u BROOKS HALL VOLUME LXV. No. 1. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per T«ar "Wfr.l k£ 3?-/ 'iHE BREEPfefet jfSlD SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 4, 1914. ENTER ANY TIME RECORD AFTER ENTRY NO BAR PHOENIX ARIZONA STATE FAIR NOVEMBER 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 1914 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT RACE MEET TROTS THE 1914 TROPHIES No. 1. 2:16 TROT $2,000.00 Silver Cups Presented by 2. 2:12 " 2,000.00 GOVERNOR GEO. W. W. P. HUNT 3- 2:09 " 2,000.00 To tne driver of the winner of the 2:07 Pace 4. 2:07 " 2,000.00 ,„,7nM, F 5. F. F. A. TROT 2,000.00 ARIZONA GAZETTE To the driver of the winner of the 2:09 Trot PACES HON. HUGH E. CAMPBELL No. 6. 2:15 PACE $2,000.00 (Five years President of the State Fair) 7. 2:10 " 2,000.00 To the driver of the winner of the 2:07 Trot. 8. 2:07 " 2^000.00 HON. J. C. ADAMS 9. 2:04 " 2,000.00 (Daddy of the State Fair) 10. F. F. A. PACE 2,000.00 To. the driver of the winner of the 2:04 Pace. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ■.»,-■,.,„ .», „„„ .„„.„.„ 2:15 Pace $2,000.00 2-04 Pace $2 000 00 2:10 Pace (Copper SATURDAY 2:07 Pace S2.000.00 2:16 Trot (Copper 2 -07 Trot Vooooo Auto Day $5,000.00 Queen Stake) $2,000.00 F. F. A. Pace $2,000.00 2:09 Trot 2,000.00 Stake) 2,000.00 3'vr Pace '(ArlzY 60000 2:12 Trot (Xrfe.y ^SSSlSS ^ "^ ^'^ 1'0°°'00 CONDITIONS. Enter any time. Records after entry no bar. Six to enter, four to start. Entries close October 1st, 1914. Three per cent, to enter. Seven per cent, from first money winners; 69© from second; 5% from third; 4% from fourth. Payments $30 at time of entry and $30 No- vember 9th, 1914. No entry accepted until first payment is made. One horse may enter in two classes and be held for but one entry fee unless two starts are made. Two horses may enter one class and be held for the entry of the horse that starts. Three Heats. Combination Plan. Heat purses $600. Money divided at the end of each heat, 50, 25, 15 and 10%. Total purse $2,000. The extra $200 goes to the horse standing best in the summary at the end of the race. A horse winning the first two heats and being distanced or drawn in the third heat shall retain its place in the summary. Should two or more horses be winners of an equal number of heats at the completion of the three heats, such horses and such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat, and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of this heat. In case a fourth heat is raced the second horse in that heat will be given $150, and the third horse $100. This will be added money, making a total purse of $2,250 or $2,150 as may be required. A horse distancing the field or any part thereof will be entitled to one money only. A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to the money already won. There will be no more moneys than there are starters. In determining the eligibility of horses to compete, only records made by winners of races shall be considered. Records made against time or by non-winners not considered. Rules of the American Trotting Association shall govern all races. $50 will be allowed as shipping expenses to every trotting horse with a record of 2:08 or better on Nov. 9th, 1914, that starts in either or both the 2:07 and Free- For-All Trots. The same amount will be allowed for a pacer with a record of 2:06 or better, that starts in either or both the 2:04 and Free-For-All Paces. Both the American Trotting Association and the National Trotting Association, in which we have membership, have ruled that under the above conditions only the horse that stands best in the final summary will "obtain a record," the other heat winners acquiring "a breeders' record" only. Rights reserved to declare off any race that does not fill satisfactorily or change program if necessary. In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry will be transferred to another class in which horse is eligible, subject to the approval of owner. Any race not finished on last day of the meeting may be declared ended and the money divided according to the summary. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great ntfmber of entries. The Arizona State Fair is given bv the State of Arizona and pay- ment is absolutely guaranteed. Free stall rent during the meet and first bedding is provided free of charge as a courtesy to our horsemen guests. No place in the U. S. equals the Arizona State Fair Grounds as a winter training place. SUNSHINE EVERT DAT. No fog. No rainv season. Green feed. Al Sta- bles, the best of Tracks. Horsemen expecting to race at the June meeting, San Francisco, cannot afford to overlook Phoenix as the place to put their horses in prime condition for that meet. For further information address, C. B. WOOD, Supt. of Speed, Phoenix, Arizona. Send for Spatial Running Race Program Arizona State Fair. Thirteenth Annual Agricultural Fair OF THE Kings County Fair Association TO BE HELD AT Hanford,Cal. Oct. 5, to 10, 1914 Entries Close, July 7,1914 Half Mil* Track RACING PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7th. No. 1. 2:11 Trot Purse, $400 No. 2. 2:23 Pace Purse, $500 THURSDAY, OCT. 8th. No. 3. No. 4. 2:10 Pace Purse, $400 2:20 Trot Purse, $500 FRIDAY, OCT. 9th. No. 5. 2:15 Trot Purse, $400 No.. 6. 2:18 Pace Purse, $500 SATURDAY, OCT. 10th. No. 7. 2:14 Pace .... Purse, $400 No. 8. 2:25 Trot Purse, $500 CONDITIONS. Entries close July 7th, 1914. Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close. All races mile heats. Three heats. Money to be divided as follows: Twenty-five per cent, of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty-five per cent, to the* win- ners of the race according to their rank in the summary. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall con- test in a fourth heat and money divided according to the rank in the summary at the termination of this heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis- tanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. (Under this arrange- ment, according to the rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, only the horse winning the race would take a mark J Nominators have the right of entering two horses in one ownership in any race by the payment of two per cent, additional, but only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the race, and the starter is to be named by five o'clock P. M. the day before the race is to take place. Moneys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Any race not filling satisfactory to the Association may be declared off. In case class in which horss is entered does not fill, entry mav be transferred to any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the nominator. Entrance fee five per cent, to start. Three per cent, due and payable when entries close, and two per cent, before starting. An additional five per cent, of the division will be deducted from money winners. Two per cent, on all additional entries. A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to money already won. There will be no more money than there are starters. 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 winner and 33 1-3 per cent, to the second horse. Entries not declared out by five o'clock P. M. on the day preceding the race shall be required to start and declarations must be made in writing at the office of the Sec- retary on the grounds. The Association reserves the right to change the order of program. The right reserved to reject any and all entries and declare off or postpone any or nil races on account of weather or other sufficient cause. Rules of the National Trotting Association of which this Association is a member will govern except as otherwise noted. One or more running races each day. Address all communications to F. E. NEWTON, Secretary, Hanford, Cal. Starting Payments - Futurity Stakes TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE Wednesday, July 15, 1914. TWO YEAR OLDS Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 12— $7,250 For Foals Born 1912, Now Two-Year-Olds. $35 on Two-Year-OId Trotters. $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Three -Year- Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-OId Trotters. 100 to the 1he Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-OId Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. $25 on Two-Year-OId Pacers. $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Three- Year- Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-OId Pacers. 100 to the ihe Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-OId Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three -Year- Old Divisions. THREE YEAR OLDS Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 11— $7,250 For Foals Born 1911, Now Three -Year- Olds. 50 on Three-Year-Old Trotters. $35 on Three-Year-Old Pacers Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. MONEY IN ABOVE STAKES DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three-Year-Oid Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose entry is named the Dam of Winner ot Three -Year- Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-OId Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose entry is named the Dam of Winner ot Two-Year-OId Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trol when mare was bred. $1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 *ir Nominator on whose entry is named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-OId Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose entry is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-OId Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three -Year- Old Pace when mare was bred. $250 IN PRIZES TO STALLION OWNERS. Address all communications to F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, E. P. HEALD, President. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. an executive officer a general favorite, we congrat- ulate not only the society but the State at large on his appointment. OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. CAKLOKIN 2:07% W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles COPA DE ORO 1:59 "W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles JIM LOGAN 2:02% J. Elmo Montgomery, "Woodland LORD DENMARK H. S. Hewitt, San Francisco THE BONDSMAN Capt. C. P. McCan. San Jose DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Breeders' Meeting, Salinas, July 25th to 29th. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford— October 5th to 10th. Riverside — October 7th to 13th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Cleveland, Ohio July 20-25 Detroit (Blue Rubbon) July 27-Aug. 1 Grand Rapids Aug. 3-8 Kalamazoo Aug 10-15 Fort Erie Aug. 24-26 N. T. State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 EVIDENCE is not lacking to prove that the sport of racing the light harness horse has taken a firm hold on the general public throughout this State. News of the formation of driving clubs is constantly being received; the latest towns to fall in line being Hollister, Petaluma and Santa Rosa. Each of these flourishing towns has formed a driving club and will give its initial race meeting during the month of July. This is very gratifying news to the breeders of harness horses as well as to those who are inter- ested in what might be termed the by-products of harness racing. There is probably no sport which furnishes the thrill of excitement and enjoyment to the spectator like that of clean, honest racing. In these races the sport is purely amateur and no pro- fessional can compete. At the races given by the various driving clubs in Golden Gate Park in this city it is not an unusual thing to see 10,000 people present. The managers try to make the meetings in all their details attractive to people of refined tastes, and that they succeed in doing so is attested by the crowds of ladies and gentlemen present on these occasions. HORSE values are on the increase and the trotting bred horse that can trot fast will bring a good profit to his breeder if developed. That harness racing is growing in popular esteem is evident on every hand by the large number of new driving clubs that are springing into life and the large entry lists received by the various associations giving race meetings this season. It must be evident to all stock farm proprietors, and all other land owners, that horse raising is now the most promising of all animal in- dustries. Whoever grows grass, or sows or reaps the grains, must see that in a country of such mar- velous possibilities as our great State, the demand for the horse of pleasure, sport, and utility, must be constantly on the increase without a thought even of the growing demand of the other States and the Old World. The rapid growth of machine motors, the electric car, and the automobile do not touch the horse of recreation, or pastime or sport, and never will. , THE appointment of Chas. W. Paine as secretary of the State Agricultural Society will meet with the approval of every farmer and stockman in California. Having served for many years as a director of this organization and on every committee having proved that his services were indispensable, this gentleman will continue to merit the praises of all with whom he comes in contact. As he is thoroughly capable, pleasant, and has all those rare qualities which make The committee appointed to submit an outline of the plans for a memorial to the memory of the late Frank H. Burke, for many years a member of the P. C. T. H. B. Association, the State Agricultural Society, Park Amateur Driving Club, and also one of the leading horsemen in California, have held a meeting and reported progress. There not being a full membership present it was decided to postpone holding a big meeting until a later day. C. A. HARRISON VISITS SANTA ROSA. San Francisco, Cal., June 30, 1914. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: You have made another request of me for horse items and observations of my present trip in Cali- fornia. When I left home this time, I thought I would not say anything in the horse line for publi- cation, therefore I have not very much to say at this time. Having had a couple of idle days on my hands, I made another trip or visit to beautiful Santa Rosa. There is something charming about Santa Rosa that seems to call me back every time I leave there. I will always have a pleasant recollection of my first visit made several years ago, during the regime of the late Pierce Bros. On this visit I had the pleasure of seeing the great horse Sidney Dillon, and I then gave him a most critical looking over. While at that time he had done nothing to startle the world. I told Mr. F. S. Turner I considered Sidney Dillon a great horse, and that he would undoubtedly become a great sire. I also saw the famous matron after- wards purchased by Sterling R. Holt of Indianopolis several of which have since became 2:10 and better performers. You and I had a nice visit to Santa Rosa some months ago, and while at this time I did not have the pleasure of your company, I tried to enjoy myself and appreciate looking at the good horses. In Sam Noriss' stables are several good ones which I con- sider high class, especially the black stallion, sired by Washington McKinney, and owned by Mr. Em- lay of Marysville, California. I find that this black horse is entered in 1915 in the $20,000 trot, and barring accidents, I believe that Sam Norris, with this black horse, will be a contender, and very proba- bly the winner of your $20,000 stake at the greatest fair race meeting in the world, in San Francisco, in 1915. Dan Misener and his son are training a few horses at Santa Rosa. They have a very classy looking bay stallion, a trotter by Dan Patch 1:55. Mr. Misener is one of the veteran trainers of the Pacific Coast, and his son is following in his footsteps. Frank S. Turner, who for almost twenty years was superintendent of this farm and race track for the Messrs. Pierce Bros., and has been instrumental in breeding a larger number of extremely fast perform- ers than any man in California, and whose intelli- gence as a student of bloodlines has placed him among the leading successful breeders in America. Mr. Turner is an ardent admirer of that sire of early and extreme speed, The Exponent 2:11%, and was closing negotiations to purchase this horse long be- fore he had achieved the reputation as a race horse and sire which he now enjoys, when the owner, having promised to book a number of mares to the colt, found that if he sold the horse to Mr. Turner he would be unable to keep his word, so he retained The Exponent. Mr. Turner had not given up his admiration for the horse, however, so he started East with his mares and bred them to this sire. He has three fine foals by him, one a yearling now in train- ing at this place is, in my opinion (and in this I am not alone), one of the finest trotting bred colts in California, and he is gifted with speed. Mr. Turner has every reason to be proud of this colt. Geo. Ramage, another of the old-time trainers, the one who first handled the erratic Lou Dillon 1:58%, the queen of the trotting turf, is jogging several very promising trotters. He recently sent to Mr. J. W. Considine a big slashing three-year-old trotting filly called Princess Olive D., bred by S. B. Wright of this place, and whether used on the track or in the harem she is bound to make her mark. She was sired by Sonoma King (brother to Sonoma Girl 2:04%, etc.) out of Olive Dillon, trial 2:20%, by Sid- ney Dillon; second dam Maud Fowler 2:21% (dam of Sonoma Girl 2:04%, etc.), by Anteeo 2:16%, etc. I will not attempt to go into details about all the "prospects" I saw there, for I know when you re- cover your health you will make a flying trip here and give full justice to everyone. The big meeting to be held here is the talk of the county. I never saw such enthusiasm and it seems that of all the cities I have ever been in where a race track is located and an annual fair is given, Santa Rosa takes the lead in progressiveness. The resources of Sono- ma, Marin, Lake and Mendocino counties seem un- limited and with big crops in sight, which means plenty of money, the people are determined to hold the best fair in California outside of the State Fair, and that's going some when we hear so much about what is being done at Fresno. The fair grounds and race track cannot be sur- passed anywhere. The large hedge of cypress trees surrounding the track prevents the high winds from interfering with the horses in training; plenty of grass everywhere; good roads outside of the grounds, and I think Santa Rosa has not only a most perfect track, but is the most charming place for any visitor in California to go to. The people of Santa Rosa, as I said before, are very enthusiastic over their coming fair. I believe a county fair does more for a town than anything else that can be brought there, as it brings together the farmers, the dairymen and the chicken raisers of the county; in fact, it is a regular social affair — it brings the people together on equal grounds. It was my pleasure and privilege to meet Mr. George Berry of Napa at the Palace Hotel this morn- ing, and after talking with him for some time, I in- ferred from Mr. Berry that the people of Napa were going to give a fair and race meeting this year. In the long ago Napa was a first-class racing place, and I believe that such intelligent men as Mr. Berry and his patron, Mr. A. B. Spreckels, feel that there is no reason why Napa should not fall in line and give a race meeting. I believe the supervisors of the county of Napa are empowered by law to contribute to the county fair, and I know of no man in the State bet- ter fitted to conduct a fair and race meeting than Mr. Berry. It is to be hoped that every county in this State will give a fair and race meeting this pres- ent year. Not wait for 1915 — let 1915 be a better year than 1914 — it is all nonsense to have these tracks lie idle and our race horses that have been raised in California running wild in the fields. The people of California dearly love harness horse racing and will turn out to see such racing, irrespec- tive of the pleasing fact that the bookmakers have been disposed of. There are several thoroughbred horses in the State ready to race, and every fair and race meeting should give good and substantial purses for thoroughbreds, for every man with red blood in his veins, who loves a contest, will appreciate seeing such horses run. I have taken up more space than I had intended to, as I did not really intend to make any mention of horse racing or county fair items; therefore, if I have sent you a poor article, you will have to accept my apology this time. Yours very truly, C. A. HARRISON. RICHARD J. HAVEY. Richard J. Havey, well-known character to all turf followers, died at the City and County Hospital in this city on Monday last. The deceased had been in ill health for several years past, at one time being threatened with blindness. He first came into promi- nence in California in the sixties; at that time Theo. Winters bought Norfolk and brought him to Califor- nia and Havey came with the horse. He rode Nor- folk in all his victorious races. After becoming too heavy for saddle work he turned his attention to the light harness horse and had considerable success both as trainer and driver, in which capacity he served at Rosemeade Farm, then owned by L. J. Rose, and at Palo Alto during Senator Stanford's lifetime. He also at one time had charge of the Hobart horses. He officiated as starter for one sea- son for the Pacific Coast Jockey Club, afterwards serving as timer for several years for the Califorrnia Jockey Club. SONOMA COUNTY DRIVING CLUB. Five trotting and pacing events and one running race will compose the card at the matinee races to be held at the track of the Santa Rosa fair grounds on Sunday afternoon, July 19th. Much enthusiasm prevailed at the meeting of the Sonoma County Driving Club held on Thursday night of last week, at which Vice-President Joseph Ryan of Sonoma presided. Twenty-three pacers and trotters are already nom- inated in the five events and many other entries are expected. A number of runners will also be on hand. Horsemen all over Sonoma county are looking for- ward to the matinee performances with a great deal of interest, and there will undoubtedly be some fine sport witnessed. ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal. Dear Sir: — Will you please call attention to the error that was made in publishing Mr. F. J. Ruh- staller nomination in the 2:12 trotting class. Same should have been Moko Hall, instead of Expedio. Yours truliy, W. J. DAKIN, Secretary. The surprise of the New York horse market as midsummer approaches is the extensive demand for drafters. Whatever gains the motor trucks may have made in other places, the increase in their use is not visible to any appreciable extent in New York. At a recent public sale of drafters one pair of grade Percherons sold for $1,010. Several other pairs sold for more than $800, and the lowest price realized for any pair in the sale was $525. These prices are indicative of the growing feeling all through the Eastern States that for heavy work there is nothing equal to the drafter. The principal owner of the sale concern told me that he had never known the de- mand for heavy seasoned work horses to be more active nor the prices higher. — Breeders' Gazette. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Rule 28, Sec. 6, defines an amateur driver as fol- lows: "An amateur driver or rider is one who has never accepted wages or hire for his services as a trainer or driver." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 4, 1914. LEADING PERCHERON FAMILIES. Among the trotters we have certain bloodlines which predominate, such as the Bingens, the Peter the Greats, the Axworthys. To such strains other families are sec- ondary. Do such conditions obtain among the Pereher- ons? What are the leading families? — A. J. H., Wash- ington, Pa. There are certain dominating strains in the Per- cheron breed, although less attention has been paid to bloodlines than to individual merit. The leading strain is the Brilliant, and this family may be said to rest on the two horses, Brilliant 3d and his grand- sire, Brilliant 1271. Brilliant 3d, in the judgment of experienced Percheron breeders, is the sire of great- est influence used within the past thirty years. This is because of the large number of noted sires and dams begotten by him, which have exerted a wide- spread and favorable influence. Most of his colts were sired in France; he >vas foundered shortly after his importation to America, and did not get many colts here. Brilliant 3d was sired by Fenelon, by Brilliant 1271, by Brilliant 1899, by Coco 2d, by Vieux Chaslin, by Coco, by Mignon, by Jean Le Blanc. His dam was Bleue, by Brilliant 1899. His second dam was L'Amie, belonging to M. Bajeon. Thus Brilliant 3d himself is a linebred Brilliant; that is, his grand- sire is Brilliant 1271 and his dam is by Brilliant 1899, the sire of Brilliant 1271. Practically co-ordinate with Brilliant 3d in influ- ence is his grandsire, Brilliant 1271, at the head of the Dunham stud at Wayne, HI., from 1881 until his death in 1896. During his fifteen years at Oak- lawn he sired 134 mares which are recorded in the Percheron Stud Book of America, while Brilliant 3d, used for a short time at Oaklawn, sired but six American-bred mares of record in the Percheron Stud Book. Brilliant 1271 also sired at Oaklawn 139 stallions which grew to maturity and were recorded in the Percheron Stud Book. Brilliant 3d was the sire of nine stallions bred at Oaklawn Farm and recorded in the Percheron Stud Book. The greatest descendants of Brilliant 1271 through which his dominance has been extended are: Bril- liant 3d, a grandson; Fenelon, a son, the sire of Bril- liant 3d; Confident, a son; Gilbert, a son; Seducteur, a grandson through Fenelon; Besigue, sired by the grandson, Brilliant 3d; Aiglon, a grandson through Gilbert; and Baccarat, a grandson. Brilliant 1271 was sired by Brilliant 1899. Brilliant 1271 was sired by Brilliant 1899. His grandsire was Coco 2d, ad- mittedly one of the greatest foundation sires of the breed. His dam, Ragout, was by Favori 1st, one of the most influential of the early sires. The descrip- tion of Brilliant 1271, taken from Mr. Dunham's cat- alogue of 1886 and confirmed by the testimony of in- dependent witnesses who knew the horse, is as follows: Black with star; height, 16% hands; weight, 2,000 pounds (in ordinary breeding condition about 1,900 pounds) ; foaled in 1876, imported in 1881; very deep-bodied, massive, well proportioned; a trifle lowset for our modern standards, but symmetrically shaped, good in the head, neck, back and croup, with well set legs, heavily muscled; wide, clean-cut joints and good feet; bone of the best quality; very mascu- line in character, and extremely prepotent in trans- mitting his good characteristics to his progeny. It is difficult to say which families should rank next to the Brilliant strain, because most of the fam- ous sires used within the past twenty-five years carry a considerable proportion of Brilliant blood. The Coco 2d strain, however, founded by this dapple gray, foaled in 1857 in the department of Orne, is impor- tant. Coco 2d was sired by Vieux Chaslin and his dam was La Grise, by Vieux Pierre, belonging to M. Therin. Vieux Pierre was a dapple gray foaled in Orne in 1849. He belonged to M. Therin of the Massuette, who purchased him as a colt from M. Chouinard, Sr. He was conducted in circuits during eight years by M. Em may Sortais and wras consid- ered at the time one of the best Percheron stallions in France. Coco 2d attained greater fame than any other horse of his time because of bis great individ- ual merit and prepotency. Brilliant rests back on a Coco 2d foundation, but the blood of Coco 2d has come down through other strains, as that of Bis- mark, used for a time at the head of the Leonard Johnson stud in Minnesota, and Vidocq. His blood has also been perpetuated through other good horses. Favori 1st was considered the founder of another distinct strain. He was foaled in 1862 by Vieux Chaslin and out of L'Amie, by Vieux Pierre, one of the best of his day. Favori 1st was kept for years at the head of the stud owned by Pierriot the elder. Favora and Superior were his sons, Philibert was a grandson, and King of Perche, one of the greatest show horses of the '80's, was an inbred Favori 1st. Another distinct strain traces to Picador 1st. This horse, rated as one of the most remarkable stallions ever stood in France, was described by James M. Fletcher as a horse of exceedingly heavy weight and large size. Despite this he possessed unusual finish and action, and one of the most beautiful heads and necks ever seen on a Percheron horse. He continued in service to a very advanced age, something over twenty years, being sound and in showyard form throughout the entire time. His progeny followed him in finish, and were of very large size. In the judgment of Mr. Fletcher, no other sire in France for a long term of years, with the possible exception of Champeaux, has to his credit so many ton or 2,100-pound stallions of first-class quality. A great many of his sons were remarkable breeders, and he ii properly considered the head of a distinct strain. These four — the Brilliant, Coco 2d, Favori and Picador families — may be said to be the four leading .trains. A critical analysis of the breeding of the prize-winning horses at the fourteen International Live Stock Expositions shows that they trace very largely to this blood, although I would not for a mo- ment belittle the importance of other strains of blood that have contributed largely to the upbuilding of the Percheron, even though it be somewhat less known. — Wayne Dinsmore, Secretary Percheron So- ciety of America, in Breeders' Gazette. o THE FALMOUTH OF AMERICAN BREEDERS. HORSES FOR THE ARMY. A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., a few years ago began getting together a trotting stud along the lines laid down by Lord Falmouth, the famous breeder of Eng- list thoroughbreds. Mr. Coxe secured for his brood- mares animals which had shown respectable speed in colthood, whether or not they acquired records at that period, and mated them with stallions of like calibre. In pursuance of this plan Mr. Coxe leased for one or two seasons the California sire Zombro 2:11, a fine colt trotter, and among the foals of 1910 were the fillies known as Tuna Z. 2:12%, and Zombro Belle 2:13. The dam of Tuna Z. is Tuna 2:08%, by James Madison 2:1794, son of Anteeo 2:16%, by Elec- tioneer, giving three generations of speed on the female side of the pedigree, and as Zombro was by McKinney 2:11%, be by Alcyone 2:27, son of George Wilkes 2:22, there are four generations of records on that side, the entire pedigree being one of the best blendings of the Wilkes and Electioneer strains. Zombro Belle is a good example of inbreeding, running to George Wilkes through her sire, and again through Rex Americus 2:11%, the sire of her dam, he being a grandson of Wilkes. The dam of Zombro Belle is American Belle 2:12%, as a three- year-old, and Mr. Geers, who drove the filly, has told me she was faster than her mark. Mr. Coxe figures prominently in the above list, as he also is the owner of Rags and of Dillon Axworthy. Del Coronado, sire of Rags, was the first stallion of any consequence bought by the Pennsylvania, and is a son of McKinney. Rags has for his dam the good mare Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:14%. She is dis- tinguished as the dam of the pacer Copa de Oro 2:01. Dillon Axworthy was bought by Mr Coxe and raced so successfully for him as a two and three-year-old that he is to be put at the head of the stud at Paoli. After Colorado E. lowered the record for three-year- old trotters to 2:04% be was leased for a season by Mr. Coxe and a band of foals by him are in training and expected to show something this year. As the system on which Mr. Coxe depends for the production of colt trotters with class enough to make good in the big stakes involves the expenditure of a large sum at the outset of operations his collection of broodmares represents a fortune, while the leasing of topnoteh stallions has not been a small matter. Now that it is settled Dillon Axworthy is to head the stud this part of the expense disappears. Dillon Ax- worthy was a wonderful racehorse two years old; he is bred, so far as his male line is concerned, in a strain that has shown "carrying" power, and his gait is the big, open sort, with plenty of action fore and aft, that many great sires have shown. His first foals as head of the stud will appear in 1915. The mares at the Coxe Farms are, as a whole, the best of their type, it being understood that early speed was the prime consideration in their purchase. Whether this theory is the correct one for the breed- ing of colt trotters still is to be decided, but the mares themselves are so notable I give them here- with: The Leading Lady 3. 2:07. bv Bingen; Czarevna 3. 2:01%. bv Peter the Great: Bertha C. 3. 2:10ii. bv Baronmore; Mrs. Stokes 3. 2:10',, by Peter the Great; Jane Jones. 3. 2:141i, by Barongale: Margaret Prima 3. 2:14%, by Peter the Great; Fruity Olcott, 3, 2:26%. by Olcott Axworthy; Bird Eliza. 3. 2:20. bv Peter the Great; Erirange. 2. 2:22, by Prodigal; Tuna 2:08^-,, by James Madison; Bisa 2:10ii. by Bingara; Muda Guy 2:09. by Guy Axworthy; Miss Griffiths 2:14%, by Bonnie Direct, p.; Chimes of Normandy 2:16*4. by Chimes; Aunt Nancy. 3, 2:26%, by Peter the Great; Deuella 2:22%. bv Director General; Nelda Worthy 2:12ii. by Axworthy; Vonia Worthy 2:21%, by Axworthy; Nye V\ orthy 2:2614, by Axworthy; Nell Worthy 2:22%. by Axworthy. Some of the mares which did not take a fast record in colthood showed great speed when two or three. Bisa, for instance, drove out Gen. Watts when he lowered the three-year-old record to 2:06%. Muda Guy was a fine colt trotter, holding the three-year- old record on a half-mile track, 2:12%. — Henry Ten Eyck White. o THE COACHER RETURNS. It was the occasion of a great cosmopolitan gath- ering. The streets were lined. Automobiles were everywhere. Society was out in force. When the crowds dispersed a great deal of attention was at- tracted to some half-dozen spanking pairs of harness horses on the boulevard, and hitched to perfectly appointed Victorias. The incident would have caused much comment a year ago; probably no pair would have been in evidence when now were half a dozen. They attracted more attention than a hundred times as many automobiles. Society is not slow to recognize the value of dis- tinctiveness. Doubtless the handsome heavy harness horse, perfect in beauty, a poem in motion, is not to give over the entire field to the motor car. Doubt- less the boulevard and country drive will continue to be graced by the coachman and his beautiful charges. — Breeders' Gazette. The task which would confront the government to provide horses for the army in case of war with Mexico is hardly appreciated by those who have only given the matter superficial thought. During the war in South Africa, in which Great Britain became em- broiled a few years ago, necessitated the purchase of 470,000 horses and 149,669 mules, making upwards of 600,000 animals by the British government to ade- quately equip its army on a war footing. Of the total number purchased, 109,839 horses and 81,524 mules were bought in the United States, making, in round numbers, 200,000 that went from this country to the war in the period extending from October, 1899, to June, 1902. In comparison with the forces the Unit- ed States would have to fight, should Mexico unite against this country, the Boers were a handful, less than 100,000 having been engaged in the war with England. The average life of a cavalry or artillery horse when war is being waged is about six weeks. When one figures the number of horses that would be required to equip the army and then add to that number at least seventy-five per cent, of the original number that would have to be used every six weeks to replace those killed or incapacitated, and one will begin to really appreciate how difficult it would be to keep the army equipped with horses for a war that would last two or three years. And the very class of horses best adapted to army use is the one that has been bred in constantly decreasing num- bers during the last decade, the trotting-bred general purpose horse. The big draft horses which have been bred so plentifully are not adapted to use in any branch of the military service. The horses re- quired in this field where activity and stamina are the principal requisites, are those ranging from fif- teen to fifteen and one-half hands high and that will weigh from nine hundred to eleven hundred pounds. Trotters and grade trotters furnish more horses of this type than any other breed and so versatile are they, being equally at home under saddle or in har- ness, that they fill the requirements demanded for military service as no other breed of horses can possibly do. Interesting, indeed, are the methods by which the German government stimulates the breeding of horses and incidentally conserves the country's wel- fare in time of war. The story is told by a German mechanic who has done service in the fatherland and runs like this: The government owns a large number of studs. They are of high class, of course, and are distributed suf- ficiently near each other as not to make traveling over long distances necessary. Within each district a register of farmers is kept and the stud managers know precisely the kind of horses each farmer has. To keep up the class and number of horses, the gov- ernment supplies stud sen-ice to the mares owned by farmers, free of all cost. If the want of cavalry mounts is greatest, a mating fitted to produce their kind is made, and if it is the lighter stock that is most needed a different mating is made. When thus served, the colt produced by mare, while owned by the farmer, can be claimed by the government in case of war, so that it is not necessary for the army department to go to the open market looking for horses for remount or cavalry service, because a complete register of government served mares, to- gether with their progeny, is kept on hand for ready use if needed. Perhaps other European countries have the same method as Germany in keeping up the supply of army horses, but whether or not the plan there is methodical in its conserving of the country's interests in case of trouble. Taken as a whole, it is given to the country that it possesses horse stock second to none the world over, the fact being due largely to the interest taken in breeding by the government. — The Horse Shoers' Journal. o RECORD MEETING AT LEXINGTON. Seventeen youngsters, — twelve two-year-olds, four three-year-olds and one four-year-old — took new rec- ords at the first record meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, at Lexington, Thursday afternoon, June 18th, and two reduced their former records. The feature of the meet was the time made by the four-year-old stallion Lord Brussells, when he lowered his previous recor of 2:12 to 2:09%, becoming the first 2:10 trotter of the season. June IS— To beat 2:30%. trotting: Hollyrood Constant, 2, b. g. by General Watts (Dodge) 2:30 Hollyrood Nell. 2. b. f. by Joe Dodge (Dodge) 2:31 % Maid McKinney. 3, b. f. by McKinney (Traynor). . .2:29% Grace Aniar, 2, b. f. by Amar Mcl^inney (Traynor) 2:29% Wortha McKinney, 2, b. f. bv McKinney (Travnor) 2:25 Allen Watts, 2. ch. c. by Gen. Watts (Chandler). .2:25 Barbara Wise. 2, ch. f. by Peter ihe Great (Snell) 2:26% Meda F., 3. b. f. by Morgan Axworthy (M. Bow- erman) 2 :21 Morgan Brook, 2, br. c. by Morgim Axworthy (M. Bowerman) 2 :28% Alice Polk, 3. by J. J. Audubon (M. Bowerman) 2:2914. Ulington, 2. ch. c. by Barongale (Miller) 2:21^4 General French, 2. b. c. by Justice Brooke (MiUer). .2:22 Etawana, 2, br. f. by San Francisco (E. Bowerman) 2:25*4 Sybil Silk. 2. br. f. by Walnut Hall (E. Bowerman) 2:24% Maud Knight, 2, b. m. by Border Knight (E. Bow- erman) 2:29% La Matin, 3, b. f. by Baron McKinney (Dickerson) 2:25% To beat 2:2514, trotting: Peter Hopeful. 3, b. c. by Peter the Great (Mocey) 2:1791 To beat 2:12, trotting: Lord Brussells, 4, b. m. by Axworthy (Dickerson) 2:09V. To beat 2:35. trotting: Alia Stretla. 4, b. m. by Barbngale (E. Bowerman) 2:29% O Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THB -BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB'S MATINEE. ABOUT DEAN SWIFT 2:19/4. A TRUE PROPHECY. Monica McKinney experienced little trouble in downing Muggins in the free-for-all trot, the feature of the California Driving Club's matinee last Sunday afternoon at the Stadium. Monica took the event in straight heats, although it was an interesting race for the large gathering to witness. In the final heat the chestnut mare won all the way, but the second heat was close all the way round. The proverbial blanket could have covered the pair into the stretch, where Monica came along and stepped it to the wire a length to the good. Perhaps, from an interest standpoint, the seventh race found favor with the crowd. Ella Wilkes, driven by a lad in short trousers, managed to win the second heat after H. Conn, with Ayeress, thought he had the contest salted away. The kid came on in the third heat to win and thus carried away the trophy. With the exception of the 2:20 trot all the events were decided in straight heats. Strathdown, the win- ner of that class, was first to the wire in the first heat, but was set back for running and had to come through first in the next two frames. Little Medium went nicely to capture the 2:24 mixed race. Hamburg Belle, who has raced in the free-for-all class, made a show of her field in the 2:15 pace. Darby Mc drove down in front of a slow field in the 2:28 mixed. Dan Hoffman had little trouble in piloting Guy Ward home in the 2 : 30 pace. The times on the whole were comparatively slow, although there was some good competition, and with a crowded audience the matinee proved quite suc- cessful. The Stadium following is now looking forward to the big matinee that will be held on July Fourth. Entries closed at noon Monday, and even, well-filled races are assured, according to Dan Hoffman of the committee which has been receiving entries. The summary: First race — 2:24 mixed; mile heats: Little Medium (Dr. H. E. Allen) 1 1 Golden Buck (W. G. Walkup) 3 2 Victor Pointer (D. W. Keating) 2 3 Fred D. (A. Di Vecchio) 4 4 "Vela A. (Shorty Roberts. Jr.) 5 5 Time — 2:24%. 2:18%. Second race — 2:20 trot; mile heats: Strathdown (G. H. Allen) 4 1 1 Ateka (L. A. Bangs) 1 2 2 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 2 3 3 Harold K. (J. V. Galindo) 3 4 4 Time— 2:21. '2:19%, 2:23%. Third race — 2:15 pace; mile heats: Hamburg Belle (G. Ginocchio) 1 1 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt, Jr.) 2 2 One Better (J. O'Shea) 3 3 Time— 2:15%, 2:16%. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats: Monica McKinney (Hoffman & Sicotte) 1 1 Muggins (F. E. Burton) 2 2 Time— 2:21%, 2:18. Fifth race — 2:28 mixed; three-quarter mile heats: Darby Mc (J. W. McTigue) 1 1 Pride of Elmhurst (J. D. Johnstone) 2 2 Jim Donnolly (D. E. Hoffman) 3 3 Caliente Girl (A. Benson) 4 4 Time— 1:49»4, 1:48%. Sixth race — 2:30 pace; mile heats: Guv Ward (D. E. Hoffman) 1 1 Hello Girl (R. Kehoe) 2 2 Emma M. (W. Malough) 3 3 Prince H. (H. Ohlandt, Jr.).. 4 wd Time— 2:28, 2:27%. Seventh race — 2:30 trot; mile heats: Ella Wilke (C. Borrowes) 2 1 1 Ayeress (H. Cohn) 1 2 2 McDougal (H. Frellson) 3 3 3 Time— 2:28%, 2:29%, 2:37. THE SPORT IN TASMANIA. Discussing trotting in Tasmania, "Otago," in the "Daily Post," puts the case for the trotter and pacer, as against the galloper from a utility point of view, and much to the advantage of the trotting horse. He says: — That trotting is rapidly increasing in popularity in the North is evidenced by the largely increased nom- inations for the meetings in all centres where the sport has been introduced, and also by the great numbers of spectators. The Northern Tasmanian Trotting Club having secured the right to hold its meetings on the show ground at Elphin, held two most successful gatherings in succession. The sport of trotting is the people's sport — every farmer can keep a trotter. A trotter is as much a general utility animal as he is a trotter or pacer. Everything is rel- ative in this world, we are told, and considered in that aspect the sport of trotting has a great deal more to recommend it than flat racing or steeple- chasing because of its economic advantages, and also by virtue of the fact that the trotter is ever so much more useful than the race horse. Nearly all the credit for the success of trotting in the North is due to Mr. W. T. Doolan, the secre- tary and handicapper of the Northern Tasmanian Trotting Club, who has not only won success for his own club, but by the keen interest and enthusiasm he has displayed, as well as organizing ability, all the unregistered clubs have been brought into the registered fold, and the sport has been placed on a satisfactory and permanent basis in the northern portion of the State. The Evandale people have con- tracted the trotting craze, and a few enthusiasts formed a club there, with Mr. W. H. Maloney as secretary. The course is on the old recreation ground, right in the township and near to the Esk river. The arrangements are not yet complete, but within a short period all the requirements will be met, and conveniences supplied for patrons — The Australian Trotting Record. I am writing to correct an error that appeared in the summary of races at Edmonton, Alta., published in your issue (of The Horseman) of May 26th. I have reference to the bay gelding Dean Swift, who was the only trotter starting in the mixed class, 2:35 pace — 2:30 trot, and who was returned the winner, taking a record of 2:19%. He is seven years old and is sired by my stallion, Almaden D. 2:16%, instead of Swift Bell, as you had it. Almaden D. was a colt trotter of some note, taking a two-year-old record in the second heat of a winning race of 2:22l/£. He won the California Breeders Futurity at two and the Stanford stake at three and is the only stallion to both win and sire the winner of the latter event. Almaden D. was the only stallion to have more than three in the list of trotters win- ning $2,500 or more during the season of 1912. Al- maden had three mares bred to him in 1908 and of the resulting foals two could have trotted to records of 2:10 as three-year-olds. How many foals were there dropped in 1909 sired by each of the big East- ern sires and from the cream of American brood- mares? Almaden D. from his three foals sired as many three-year-old trotters in the list of winners of $2,500 or more during 1912 as all of these other stallions put together. These two three-year-olds were Albaloma (3) 2:1114, beaten an inch hy Wilbur Lou driven by Budd Doble in 2:10%. Albaloma trot- ted a public mile in 2:10 twenty minutes after win- ning the final heat and race of the Canfield-Clarke stake for three-year-old trotters at Los Angeles. The other three-year-old mentioned is El Bel Maden, who was also a futurity winner and was timed in 2:12% in a heat won by Albaloma in 2:12. Albaloma 4, 2:09, was the fastest four-year-old trotting stallion for the season of 1913. These three trotters, Albaloma, El Bel Maden and Dean Swift, can all trot in 2:10 and are just half of the known foals by Almaden D. over one year old. There were just three standard-bred mares bred to Almaden D. during the past three seasons, and the ratio was about the same during the prior years while he was in California. It is a pity some breeder does not "discover" this horse and land him among a band of mares suitable to be bred to him. Almaden D. is the only stallion in the list of 2:10 sires whose sire and dam's sire have a total of as many as 40 performers in the 2:10 list. Almaden D. has never taken a pacing step and has sired all trotters and, I believe, will found the trotting branch of the Direct family. Your stories dealing with the great sires have been of great in- terest to me and more particularly those of Direct, Director and McKinney, the three nearest sires in my horse's pedigree. Almaden D. is by Direct 2:05%, dam Rose McKinney 2:29 (at 16 years), by McKin- ney 2:11%; second dam Queen Bee by Forrest Clay 1934; third dam Lovelia by Almont Lightning 1023; fourth dam Daisy, s. t. b. by imp. Yorkshire (thor- oughbred).— Albert M. Robinson, in The Horseman. Since the above was written Dean Swift has won several other races at Saskatoon, Sask., and at Re- gina, Sask. At the latter place he took a record of 2:15% in a third heat on a half mile track and proved himself a very useful performer for his owner, Lon Daniels of Chico, Cal. o YEARLING RACERS SOLD. Fifty thoroughbred yearlings were sold at auction for a total of $49,650 in the stable yard of J. B. Hag- gin's estate at Sheepshead Bay by the Powers- Hunter Company. The seventeen of Mr. Haggin's breeding fetched a total qf $24,200, an average of $1,425. Chief competition w-as for a colt by imported Watercress, a big upstanding chestnut, which finally went to T. C. McDowell with a bid of $8,150. Messrs. Lewisohn, Madden and Billings being the competing bidders. Seven of the get of Waterboy, a son of Watercress, fetched $12,000, wTith sharp competitive bidding for most of them. James Butler got the most highly thought of offer- ing hy A. B. Hancock and the estate of James R. Keene, a colt by Celt out of Network. The eight of the get of Celt sold for $13,700. Eleven youngsters by The Commoner brought $5,350, the top price, $1,600, being paid by Mr. Lewisohn, who races under the nom de course of the ElkwTood Park Stables, for a colt out of Salaire, by Salvator, a half-brother to Johnnie Blake and Columbia Girl. The following represent the best prices obtained: Brown colt, by Waterboy-imp. Colonial; Quincy Stable 53,600 Bay colt, by Waterboy-Enterprise; Quincy Stable. 1.600 Bay filly, by Waterboy-Hamburg Belle; Elkwood Park Stable 3,100 Brown filly, by Watercress-Ogalala; C. K. G. Bil- lings 1,400 Chestnut colt, by Watercress-Pearl V.; T. C. Mc- Dowell 8,150 Black colt, by Waterboy- Yvonette ; Quincy Stable.. 2,100 Chestnut colt, by Celt-Queen's Messenger; James Butler 2,100 Chestnut colt, by Celt-Ellerslie; Elkwood Park Stable 1,900 Bay colt, by Celt-Network; James Butler 4,000 Chestnut filly, by Celt-Adriana; Elkwood Park Stable 3,000 Bay colt, by Plaudit-Meddling Mary: Quincy Stable 3.300 Brown colt, by The Commoner- Alpaca; George W. Hendrie 1,200 Chestnut colt, bv The Commoner-Salaire; Elkwood Park Stable 1,600 London, 1st May. Following his victory in the Two Thousand Guin- eas on Wednesday, Kennymore has supplanted The Tetrarch for favoritism for the Derby, to be run at Epsom on the 27th inst. The prices quoted today were: 3 to 1 against Kennymore (taken and offered). 7-2 — The Tetrarch (offered). 9-1 — Black Jester (taken and offered). The Tetrarch was not a starter in the Two Thou sand Guineas, and, according to latest reports, is being reserved for the three-year-old classic event, but the fact that he was not produced last week has probably caused his retrogression in the betting market. While 3 to 1 has been taken about Kenny- more, 7 to 2 is an offer without takers about the chances of The Tetrarch, who had occupied the po- sition of favorite since last season, when he left off an unbeaten two-year-old. He wintered well, but a leg trouble asserted itself, and the son of Roi Herode was blistered, an operation that turned out success- fully. There is always a prejudice against a "fired" horse for such an event, and the probability is that as the time draws near the gray colt will see a longer price. Black Jester, who is at 9 to 1, ran third in the Two Thousand IrUineas. Writing from England in November last, Mr. Andrew Robertson, manager for Messrs. A. and G. Tye's Blackwood Park Stud Farm, Fern Tree Gully, near Melbourne, Australia, was re- sponsible for the following, which appeared in "The Leader" on 13th December: "Barring The Tetrarch Kennymore, by John o' Gaunt, is easily the best two-year-old in England. He is a great stayer, and I will not be surprised to see him beat the gray over a distance of ground." On Kennymore's latest performance there appears to be a good chance of Mr. Robertson's prophecy proving correct. o HOLLISTER DRIVING CLUB. About twenty members of the Hollister Driving Club formed the integral units of an enthusiastic meeting held last Friday night at the city hall of that place to perfect plans for the coming racing season. The first business of the evening was the election of officers and places were filled as follows: R. I. Orr, president; A. C. Lewis, vice-president; George Crosby, secretary; C. J. Shaw, treasurer. It was moved, seconded and carried, after a short discussion, that the Driving Club take over the Riv- erside racing park for the season at a monthly rental of $25. The following committees were appointed to pre- pare a matinee program for July 12th: Trotting — A. G. Wilson, Mat Zohner, Joe Sanchez (chairman) and R. I. Orr. Running — Jerry Wright, R. L. Foust (chairman), Wm. Triplett, Wm. Butts and Killis Ware. Much material is available from which to choose entries for the opening races. There are at least a dozen local horses from which to pick an attrac- tive trotting and pacing card and fully a dozen fast runners have been promised to enter by their own- ers. After July 12th the club plans to hold weekly meets. The general admission price during the sea- son will be 25 cents. o HORSE OF CENTURY. The death of the famous racehorse Carbine at the advanced age of twenty-nine years took place at the Welbeck stud on June 10th, says the Live Stock Journal. Carbine was bred in New Zealand and was regarded by every Australian sportsman as the horse of the century. He started in forty-three races, of which he wTon thirty-three, and was lame on the only occasion when he was unplaced. He was a horse of singularly placid disposition and in his native land was affectionately known as "Old Jack." Carbine's parents. Musket and Mersey, were both imported from England; the sire in 1878 and the dam in 1881. Carbine was foaled in 1885 and was nine years old when brought to this country. His purchase by the Duke of Portland for £15,000 was due to the success which had attended the mating of St. Simon with Quiver, almost a full sister to Musket. From this alliance had come the famous mares Memoir and La Fleche. o COLT'S FEET NEED ATTENTION. We are pleased to hear that Ruth Ansel, the phe- nomenally fast two-year-old trotter by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%, has recovered from her lameness and is going sound for Mr. Dowling on the Woodland Stock Farm race track. "Poor feet and legs found upon the large majority of horses are due directly to the lack of proper care of the colt's feet," says W. H. Palmer of the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University. "To neglect to see that the foot grows out evenly," he continues, "is to contribute to a poor set of legs, which influ- ence directly the efficiency of the horse when used later. As the colt grows, it may throw more weight on one side of its feet than the other, causing that side to wear faster and producing an unbalanced condition. Nature, in her attempt to overcome this, causes the bones of the legs to adjust themselves to this condition, resulting in poorly placed and de- veloped legs. Then the added weight to one side may cause the uneven development of the hoof. The ideal foot is one that is large and round, with the wall at the quarters sloping the same on the inside as the outside and the heels wide." John W. Pace, secretary of the North Pacific Fair and Racing Association, has become editor and man- ager of the "Washington Payroll" at Seattle. 1HE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 4, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS Geo. Wingfield's good mare Celesta won the open- ing handicap at Denver. «> <8> San Felipe 2:09%, the trotter in Charles DeRyder's string at North Randall, has not been in good con- dition since his arrival from California. «> "Old Joe" Patchen p. 2:01% has two new wigglers to his credit already in the eastern-owned pacers Al Patchen 2:15% and Flash Patchen 2:22%. Both are "two-tenners" handy enough. <5> ® Maymack worked a mile in 2:12%. half in 1:05, for Chas. DeRyder at Cleveland last week. Joe Patchen tl. a mile in 2:20 and Miss Perfection, three-year- Dld bv Gen. Watts, a mile in 2:18. «> •» San Jacinto by Geo. W. McKinney is racing at Mason City, Iowa. Last week he started in the 2:15 ;lass pace and won the third heat in 2:13% over the half-mile track at that place. <8> «• Wm. Hogoboom, well known as a former trainer md driver on the California Circuit, is now again iocated at Walla Walla. He has twelve horses in draining and hopes to get his share of the purses this fall. <8> <8> <8> The fastest mile of the week at Charley Dean's Palatine, 111., farm was negotiated by J. O. 2:23, R. J. Mackenzie's C. of C. candidate. The stallion set the track record for the season at 2:16, last quarter in 31 seconds. «> ■» <8> The 2:10 list for 1914was started at the Denver meeting when pacing stallion Espeire won and re- duced his record from 2:13% to 2:08m.. Espeire is by Pactolus 2:12%, out of Plumlena, sister to Online 2^04 and Ontonian 2:07%. <$> <8> There were 15,000 people at Overland Park, Den- ver, when the bugle called the three-year-olds to the post for the Colorado Berby. Dalston by Sir Huron was the winner with Judge Gheens second and Blar- ney third; time, 2:09 for the mile and a quarter. <8> <8> The latest dispatches from Cleveland and Detroit are to the effect that the Michigan State Fair As- sociation has resigned from the Grand Circuit and will conduct the events at their fair the first two weeks in September independent of that organiza- tion. The Salinas track was never in better shape than it is this season. Henry Helman, its superintend- ent, has not been sparing of water or work upon it, and it would not be surprising if several very fast records will be recorded there at the Breeders' meeting. <8> George Estabrook has been a daily visitor at the Denver races. While he has had no horses there at present, he is as keenly interested in racing as ever. He has recovered from his recent serious illness and his friends are pleased to see him out and enjoying the sport. <8> Samuel Norris, of Santa Rosa, has several very East trotters in hand this season and when the bell in the judges' stand rings he will be ready to "go up in the bunch" and take the lead to the wire, if the rumors of the speed of some of these he is handling are correct. This is the season when scratches are quite preva- lent and many of the horses are noticed to stamp because of itchy legs. As a precaution with horses predisposed to this trouble, take a little time to dry the legs and fetlocks each night when they come to the stable. <8> «■ * Mr. Geo. Wingfield of Reno, Nev., has recently pur- chased the following mares: Roselawn by Orsini — imp. Castle Hill; Chaste by Jim Gore — imp. British Blue Blood; Avona by St. Avonicus — Orellana. These mares will be added to the choice collection of stud matrons at Mr. Wingfield's farm in Navada. <$> <8> John W. Considine and C. A. Harrison have been visiting the Woodland Stock Farm this week, look- ing over the mares and foals. Mr. Considine has decided to give his beautiful stallion, True Kinney, a year's rest and then next summer take him up and prepare him for the Panama-Pacific Internationa] Fair races. Mr. Albert Joseph of this city has purchased the thoroughbred stallion Von Tronip, and all the brood- mares owned by Parker Whitnej* of Rocklin. These mares are an exceptionally fine lot and Von Tromp, which is bred on the most fashionable lines, from the appearance of his colts should prove himself to be a sire of note. The anti-gambling crusade on race tracks in Mary- land received a bad setback recently, when the bill to i revent betting was referred back to the commit- tee and cannot come up again for fifteen days, when the Legislature will have adjourned. This is one ti- le that the "Holier than thou" element lost out bt ause of popular opinion. Frank Childs gave the Cleveland contingent the final chance on Wednesday to see his chestnut trot- ter, Major By By 2:19%, romp along a part of the journey and when he concluded a 2:11% mile with a last half in 1:02%, he was voted as considerable above the ordinary, and one which will bear watch- ing as the season progresses. «> <8> <8> Havis H. James of Indianapolis has sold to H. G Winnings of the same cits' the four-year-old chestnut pacing colt Hedgewood Patchen, by Hedgewood Boy, p. 2:01; dam Miss Lady Patchen, by The Patch- en Boy. The price was 56,000 and the colt was turned over to Alonzo McDonald who will save him for 1915. He is believed to be a 2:05 or better pacer. €> «• <8> Americans fared well at the big London, England, horse show. Judge William H. Moore, of New York City, entered twenty-five horses and won twenty- eight prizes, including four cups, ten firsts, seven seconds and four thirds. J. Sumner Draper, of Bos- ton, won six prizes, including one second and three thirds, and A. G. Vanderbilt, of New York, won two thirds. •«> <8> The Horse Show at the State Fair, Sacramento, this year promises to be one of the best ever seen there. Besides the thoroughbreds, standard breds and saddle, horses, there will be the largest collec- tion of draft stock ever assembled on these grounds. Most of them are to form the advance guard of those to appear at the Panama-Pacific exhibition next year. ^ <£ <$> - S. Christenson has had his two geldings. Liberty Song and Brutus, sent him from Whalen's at Pleas- anton; he intended to work both these horses this summer, but, unfortunately, Brutus was kicked in the head by some horse, the blow being of sufficient force to paralyze his left ear. It is hoped he will recover, but it was a most unfortunate accident, to say the least. «■ Pat Logan 2:20% worked what is believed to be the fastest mile of the year at the North Randall track, last week. He stepped the distance in 2:04%. He turned the track entirely of his own accord, paced by a runner, and not once during the mile did his driver speak to him in an effort to urge him on. The mile bv quarters was as follows: 31% seconds, 1:02%, 1:33 and 2:04%. <5> <$> ' J. E. Goldberg, in an attempt to buy Single G (4) 2:08%, made a cash offer of 6,000, and agreed to give in addition one-half of thene t earnings of the colt in his later engagements and an automobile. Perhaps the latter queered the deal, as the proposi- tion was turned down by Mr. Barefoot, who has every reason to believe he has one of the greatest colts which ever appeared. «■ Millard Sanders drove the 2-year-old gelding Wm. Ervis a mile in 2:30 last week; he let him jog over to the half in 1:20 and stepped him home in 1:10, very nicely. This colt has been brought along slowly, buit is now making speed very fast; in fact, as fast as any 2-year-old Mr. Sanders has ever handled, and he has had some of the very best. He will have him ready to start at Salinas next month. <$> «■ There never has occurred in the annals of light harness horse breeding as in the last few weeks, an instance where three such celebrated trotting mares as Lou Dillon 1:58%, Sweet Marie 2:02 and Sonoma Girl 2:04% have produced _ foals. Moreover all this came about through one sire, the champion trotting stallion, The Harvester 2:01. The champion trotting mare's foal is a fillv, the other two colts. •S> The sale of colts from the Rush and Haile ranch at Suisun was quite a success, taking into considera- tion the hard times, and the fact that there were few outside buyers; most of the lot being bought by home people. The animals sired by Demonio from well known producing mares brought good prices. Those by Gen. J. B. Frisbie, an untried sire, did not sell so well, but the sale was a success in every way. <» «> Several Eureka, Humboldt county, trainers are making arrangements to bring their horses to the Santa Rosa race track this month. These men "road" their horses to Willits, put them on hoard the cars there and unload at Santa Rosa. Next year, when the through line is completed to Eureka, it is proposed to hold at least three good race meetings in Humboldt county. <8> There never was such a "galaxy" of high class trotters and pacers at the Fresno race track as at present. Charley Clark, Schuyler Walton and J. R. Zibbell have some very good "prospects" there; in fact, a correspondent writes us that these "Knights of the Sulky" never had more in hand nor better ones, and they will be ready to meet the very best California can produce when the races begin this year. The big Fourth of July matinee at the Stadium today will be largely attended. A splendid program has been prepared and as the Board of Supervisors has set aside 5500 for the purchase of prizes to be distributed among the winners, great interest is being taken in it by all trainers and owners of trot- ters and pacers who have heretofore raced over this three-quarter mile course, but have had no oppor- tunities to race for such valuable trophies. Every horseman in the United States who knows Mr. M. J. McClintock personally, or has read his able articles in the North Pacific Review, published in Portland, Oregon, will learn with regret that he has been stricken low with the "white plagne," and it is doubtful if he will ever wield his facile pen in behalf of the light harness horse again. Mr. McClintock has been editor of the North Pacific Review since it was started. «■ Single G. equalled the world's record (2:08%) for four-year-old pacers over a half-mile track at Detroit last week by winning the 2:13 pace from the heavy favorite Eel Direct. He is a bay colt by Anderson Wilkes 2:22%; dam Little Gyp (also dam of Grace D. p. 2:10%) by Shoo Fly Gyp p. 2:15% (s. t. b. by Shoo Fly, son of Kramer, by McKeen's Traveler) ; second dam Goldie by Red Dick. Single G. was bred and is owned by W. B. Barefoot, Cambridge City, Ind., who refused 56,000 and half this year's win- nings for the colt after the race. In 1915 there is to be a big horse show held in Moscow in connection with which there will be an infantry endurance test between St. Petersburg and Moscow, a distance of four hundred miles. Each team will consist of four horses hitched to a cannon. Different breeds will be represented, such as pure Orloff, mixed breed of Orloff and American trotter, thoroughbred, and various other breeds, including heavy horses. Frank Caton has been asked to train those of the Orloff and of mixed trotting breed, but as yet he has not given an answer as he wishes to retire. <8> <8> A curious result of double breeding has occurred in Ohio. A Percheron-Shire mare owned by John Hous- ton, Pancoastburg, Madison county, Ohio, produced twins in May, 1913, one colt a Percheron, the other a mule. Both twins are still living and healthy. Mr. Houston bought the mare from Hartman & Co., Co- lumbus, Ohio, for a low figure because they could not get her in foal. As an experiment Mr. Houston bred the mare to a Black Spanish Jack in the morn- ing and to a Percheron stallion in the evening, with the result as shown. The mare was sired by a Per- cheron, dam an English Shire. <$> <$> Budd Doble has several youngsters by Wilbur Lou 2:10, at Hemet, that are said to be of champion calibre. Budd is enjoying fine health and is count- ing the days until he meets his thousands of admir- ing friends on the California Circuit this season. It goes without saying that next year he, with "Pop ' Geers, Billy Andrews, "Knapsack" McCarthy, Tom- my Murphy and all the other celebrated Knights of the Sulky will be photographed by more kodak fiends than any men at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. They will "smile their purtiest, too," just for the sake of old times. A wooden peg driven from the rear between the upper incisor teeth of a cribber spreads them and produces soreness, thus temporarily preventing the vice. Cotton plugs may be inserted in the ears of horses easily frightened by noises. A sponge placed high in a nostril may stop a nasal discharge long enough to sell the horse. The blistering of an area just below a noticeable swelling on a hock makes the part appear smooth and for awhile renders the original swelling invisible. The most elementary procedure commands the buyer to beware of such frauds and avail himself of all the special knowledge he possesses in the judgment of horses if he chooses to deal with this class. «■ <$> ' First Volage, by Bon Voyage out of Elsie Downs by Boodle, won a two-mile race on May 14th at the Melbourne Trotting Club meeting, at Melbourne, Aus- tralia. This race, called the Richmond Cup, was the feature event of the meeting; purse $1,250, of which $1,000 went to the winner of first money. The track was soft, through recent rains, and under the conditions the time of five minutes was very cred- itable. The winner was foaled in Australia in 1908, his dam having been sold to Mr. A. Robertson, owner of the Allendale Stock Farm, by Mr. W. M. Mendenhall of Oakland, Cal. The Australian Trot- ting Record in its account of the race predicts a great future for First Voyage, on the turf as well as in the stud. The stable of Ed Geers, consisting of twenty-two head, arrived at the North Randall track late Mon- day and will remain at this point until after the opening of the Grand Circuit season. In our issue of June 4th, we published the work- outs of the most prominent members in this combi- natfion, and since that time no fast miles have resulted, as the weather has not been favorable at Memphis, and Mr. Geers believed that it would also be of advantage to his horses to ease up on them until he reached this city. The make-up of the stable is as follows: Dudie Arehdale 2:03%, Anvil 3:03%, Dorsh Medium 2:06%, Reusens 2:07%, Etawah (3) 2:07%, Frances Graham 2:11, Bertha Carey 2:11%, Judge Jones 2:12%, Sena- tor S. 2:14%, Barney Gibbs (4) 2:18%, Fernwood (3) 2:21%, Mayjolla (2) 2:28%, Saint Frisco (2) 2:26%, Sir Harvester (2) 2:24%, Guy Nela by Guy Axworthy (4) 2:08%, The Guide by Peter the Great 2:07%, Star K. by Burning Star 2:14%, and High Jeanson (3) by High Admiral 2:07%. The above are trotters. The pacers in this string are four in number as follows: The Assessor 2:08%, John Sneed Williams by Prodigal 2:16, Tuah Worthy 2:19%, and Napoleon by Walter Direct 2:05%. Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Mr. P. H. Smith, of Los Angeles, has sent his three- year-old trotting filly Zomarine S., from Pleasanton to Sacramento, where she is now a member of Jas. Thompson's string. This filly is well entered in the stakes, but, unfortunately, by Secretary J. L. Mc- Carthy's death at Sacramento, there were two stakes in which she was entered at the State Fair the en- tries in which, owing to the death of this gentle- man, were mislaid; and thus she has been deprived of the right to start. We believe this matter is to be brought up for consideration before the State Agricultural Society. The entries were sent by Chas. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton, and it will be a great pity if, on account of their miscarriage, this filly's chances for starting are destroyed. <8> «■ S. Christenson's remarkably good trotting colt, Natal Day, has been enjoying a month's rest in a paddock in the State Agricultural Pair grounds, Sac- ramento, and Jim Thompson, his trainer, took him up last Monday, had him shod, and yesterday jogged him a little. When he alighted from the sulky he remarked: "Well, this colt always suited me tol- erably well, but he has improved so much I must find some word that will eclipse that 'tolerable,' for he is better in every way than ever. I must not let him go as fast as he would like to; that's about all I can say just now." He seems to think of nothing but trot, and the ease with which he moves is remark- able. If he stands up, and there's no reason why he should not, he will be a record-breaker as well as a winner, sure. <8> Before Havis James left Pleasanton for the East a year ago last fall, he took a fancy to a splendid big chestnut pacing stallion which Dick Wilson brought here from the East. This horse was called Hedgewood Boy. Mr. James decided to buy him and, after some strong persuasion to get Mr. Wilson to put a price on him, finally secured him for 52,000. Mr. James took him East with his other purchase, Colusa, intending to get them acclimated and after racing them a little in the East this year starting them in 1915 at the Panama-Pacific meeting. But it was not to be; he showed that this Hedgewood Boy was a remarkably good gelding and last week a letter to John A. McKerron from Mr. James con- tained the news that he had sold this pacer for $6,000. It must have taken considerable "persua- sion" to make him part with this horse, even at this figure, for he is undoubtedly a 2:03 or better pacer. <8> Lady Brussells, dam of Lord Brussells 2:09%, the first 2:10 trotter of 1914, is owned by A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa. She ranks high as a matron and consid- ering her age — only fourteen years — she has a splen- did opportunity of being one of the greatest speed- producing matrons of all time. She is represented by six performers in the 2:30 list, and three in the 2:10 list, viz., Zarrine 4, 2:07%, Lord Brussells 4, 2:09%, and Eleanor G. 2:10. She is also the dam of three yearlings in the standard list — Lord Brussells 1, 2:09%, McKinney Mac 1, 2:27%, and The Lord Brook 1, 2:30. Lord Brussells raced to a two-year- old record of 2:12, while in 1913 The Lord Brook acquired a two-year-old record of 2:22%, Eleanor G. obtaining a record of 2 : 22 % at the same age. Sudan 4, 2:18%, the oldest of the Lady Brussells' sextette, took his record in a winning race, over a half-mile track, and is said to have been a much faster trot- ter than his record indicates. «■ «■ Lord Brussells, the four-year-old son of Axworthy, dam Lady Brussells by Wilton, driven by John Dick- erson, started to beat 2:12 at Lexington last Thurs- day, June 18th, and trotted in 2:09%, making him the first 2:10 trotter of the year. Last year's first 2:10 trotter also showed up at Lexington when Gazeta trotted in 2:08% on the same day, June 18th, 1913. Lord Brussells trotted a half in his record mile in 1:02%. Lord Brussells is a bay horse, bred by J. D. Grover, Georgetown, Ky. He took a yearling record of 2:29% and a two-year-old record of 2:12. At the latter age he was driven by Reamy Macey and took fourth money in the Kentucky Futurity (won by Lord Allen) and a two-year-old stake the next week. He did not start last year. He is the tenth 2:10 trotter for Axworthy and the third 2:10 trotter for Lady Brussells. Only one other mare (Paronella with four to her credit) has produced more 2:10 trot- ters than Lady Brussells. She is only fourteen years old. Lord Brussells is the tenth 2:10 trotter out of a Wilton mare. He is owned by Frederick Johnson of New York City. «■ Several letters have been received from Australia and New Zealand inquiring if a price would be set upon Robert Bingen 2:14%. The Bingen blood is highly appreciated there, through several descend- ants of this great sire, and as this horse is, without doubt, considered the best bred Bingen ever foaled, his bloodlines, individuality, color, size, soundness, disposition and natural speed appeals to the horse breeders on both islands. He would be just the horse to cross on the mares there that trace to Rothschild, Imperious, Wildwood, Osterley, Owyhee 2:11, and the other sires which are acquitting them- selves so well in the breeding ranks there; and, as he is only nine years old, he would prove a great money-maker either on the track or in the stud there, but we hope Mr. Considine will not part with him, even though he expects at least forty foals from him in 1915. In 1915, however, when this horse is exhibited for a prize at the World's Fair, it is doubt- ful if Mr. Considine will be able to resist the prices that will be offered for him then. "Hal Zolock by Zolock out of Belle Pointer by Star Pointer, winner of the Onehunga Handicap, was only recently imported from Los Angeles, California, by Mr. B. Shadbolt, a Hawkes Bay sportsman, at an outlay of 500 guineas. The horse was easily the aris- tocracy of the company, and had only been about three weeks in the Dominion, and was lucky to win, as he was palpably out of condition and tired to nothing in the concluding stages. — N. Z. Trotting Journal." The above article was copied in the Breeder and Sportsman April 11th. Mr. Andrew Rob- 'ertson of Mentone, Australia, noticing it, wishes to have the errors corrected. He writes: "I bought this colt when a yearling with others from Henry De- laney of Los Angeles. I sold him when he was three years old to Mr. B. Shadbolt of New Zealand at one of our speed sales for 500 guineas, and I think he was one of the cheapest horses ever sold by us. He certainly is a nice horse and a beautiful pacer with a world of speed." <8> Gerhard Wempe, I. L. Borden, and a number of other horsemen visited Pleasanton last Saturday and are loud in their praises of the condition Mr. B. Bringien, the acting superintendent of the course, has the track, the buildings, lawns, gardens, etc. It was a delightful day and Charley Durfee, the peer of our California drivers, showed them that his mare Zulu Belle was better than ever. He drove her a mile in 2 : 05, last half in one minute. John Quinn, who trains for Mr. Borden, drove Albaloma a half in 1:02%; then put this gelding up and got in behind Loch Lomond and drove him a half in 1:01%. Al McDonald drove A. V. Mendenhall's pacer, Asa Pointer, a quarter in 29% seconds very easily. Bert Webster got up behind a filly by The Harvester 2:01, called Astro Harvester, and drove her a mile in 2:12. Besides these, there were several other "green" ones given some fast workouts, and all the horses at this track will be kept "on edge" until the California Circuit commences. FAST WORK AT LOS ANGELES. Interest In Light Harness Horses At the Race Track At University Continues Strong, and Some Re- markably Promising Speed Prospects Are There. Messrs. J. W. Considine of the Woodland Stock Farm, S. Christenson of the Palace Hotel, San Fran- cisco, and James Hardman of Los Angeles, all enthu- siastic horsemen, visited the race track at the City of Angels one day last week and spent a most de- lightful day. Mr. Christenson took a few items from which we have copied the following notes. The race track itself is in r perfect shape, the grandstand is a magnificent structure, a high wire fence surrounds the course, and many fine improve- ments are noticeable on the grounds. Will G. Durfee has the largest string of really high-class young trot- ters and pacers he has ever handled, and that is a pretty bold assertion, for every year he comes out with some phenomenally fast ones. He keeps his stalls in perfect order and, as the leading horsemen do in the East, he takes great pride in having every- thing about his horses in perfect order. His rub rags, boots, harness, blankets, lindseys, sponges, buckets, trunks, etc., are all in their proper places, while his little track drug store would be a revela- tion to many of our bush trainers, for it is complete, and included in the stock of liniments, blisters, colic remedies, etc., is an assortment of bandages, syr- inges and surgical instruments which would make a veterinarian happy, should he be called upon to act in an emergency case upon any of the horses. Mr. Durfee is a believer in having plenty of the very best help procurable, and the willingness dis- played by these "Knights of the rub rag" is the strongest evidence that he is a kind and indulgent master and knows just what he wants and how he wants it done. His second trainer is genial Bob Smith, the young and successful trainer from Phila- delphia who developed Sweet Marie 2 : 02, "the great- est McKinney of them all," and Bellemont 2:09, that was sold to some prominent European racing establishment. Mr. Durfee is fortunate in having such a capable, cool-headed reinsman with him, and the way all the horses we saw worked caused us to admit that we never saw anything like it. As fast as these reinsmen alighted they jumped into the sulkys awaiting them and away they were off, reel- ing fast miles, halves, quarters and eighths with machine-like precision. While the horses they had just given to the caretakers were being unharnessed and taken care of, there did not seem to be any undue hurry to put them back in their stalls "to cool off," Mr. Durfee being most decidedly opposed to this lazy and dangerous method of "doing up" an overheated horse. Another coterie of caretakers were hitching horses so as to have them ready when wanted. Thus the work moved on without interrup- tion, and therein I could see why this young man has been so successful. He is brainy, alert, industrious, quiet and is thoroughly in accord with the horses he handles. He drove Honey Healey (full sister to San Felipe 2:09%) a mile in 2:09, and will give her a record this fall. She is heavy with foal to Carlokin 2:0v%. It is Mr. Durfee's intention to take her to Kentucky and breed her to Manrico 2:07% next spring. She is a remarkably pure-gaited trotter and her foals should bring high prices anywhere. Bob Smith sat behind Virginia Barnette when she trotted a mile in 2:13%, a quarter in 30 seconds; last quarter in 30 seconds, and the last eighth of it in 14 3-5 seconds! She will also be taken East by Mr. Durfee, and Peter Volo, Lady Wanetka and the balance of the world's greatest three-year-olds will know they have been in a horse race when they meet her. Esperanza (2:14% as a two-year-old), by Carlokin 2:07% out of My Irene S. 2:28% and F. S. Whitney, trotted a mile in 2:15, last half in 1:03%! A two-year-old by Tom Moko trotted a quarter in 33 seconds! The Lark, a three-year-old by Carlokin 2:07%, trotted a half in 1:08, last quarter in 32 seconds. Contention B. 2:24%, a pacer by Copa de Oro 1:59 out of Bonnie Ailse 2:08%, paced a mile in 2:00%, last eighth in 13% seconds. She is entered in the futurities and is one of the sweetest going three- year-old pacers imaginable. Bertha P. stepped a mile in 2:11, last half in 1:02%. She is another Carlokin. White Sox was a trotter last year; this year he will show what kind of pacer he is. It seemed no trouble for him to reel off a half in 1:02%. Mr. Clarence Berry, the famous mining man, has three of the greatest three-year-olds ever foaled. They are all in Mr. Durfee's care. There is Ethel D., one-half in 1:05; Josephine Watts, miles in 2:11%, halves in "1:05; this last named is out of the dam of Beirne Holt 2:11%, and Esperanza, as noted above. Ethel Mac and Omar trotted miles in 2:16, halves in 1:07, like a double team. Nicola B. by Carlokin, is only a two-year-old, yet he stepped a half in 1:09. Alerick, "the diving elk," that caused everybody to shudder who saw him making his sensational leaps on the tracks last year, has forgotten all about this kind of aviation and has settled down to trot; he stepped a half in 1:02% and could have gone even faster, if necessary. Tom Moko left a colt here, a two-year-old, that trotted a half in 1:10%. Sunrise, a six-year-old pacer, negotiated a mile in 2:12%, last half in 1:01%, the last quarter in this was in 30 seconds and the last eighth in 14% sec- onds. Chango (2) 2:13%, and a full sister to Don Pronto 2:02%, worked a mile in 2:16, last quarter in 32% seconds. Old Folks and Belle Fraser showed they will be heading summaries this year. Ramsey, a two-year-old by Don, trotted a half-mile in 1:06. Fred Ward has a very promising two-year-old by Beirne Holt 2:11%, that trotted a mile in 2:23%, last half in 1:09. He drove McVerde in 2:06%. Great Northern did not seem to be urged to his limit when he worked in 2:19. Dr. Wayo and Bon Courage worked a mile in 2:19. It is apparent that steps will be taken to hold a race meeting at Los Angeles this fall. The leading horsemen there are beginning to realize that to allow their meeting to go by default will be a very serious matter, considering that so many Eastern horsemen will come to California at the end of the Grand Circuit meeting and keep their horses on this Coast in readiness for the big race meetings to be held at the Panama-Pacific Exposition Grounds. There is another reason why this meeting at Los Angeles should be held: Horsemen, owners and trainers have responded most liberally to the call for entries at every other meeting on the Pacific Coast, and with such lists the associations are in- sured against losses, so there should not be any hesitancy on the part of the Los Angeles horsemen in advertising their meeting immediately and getting in line with the rest of the associations which are devoted to the development and upliftment of the Pacific Coast light harness horse. ENTRIES FOR THE MATINEE TODAY. The officials and entries for today's meet at the Stadium, Golden Gate Park, which will start at noon, follow : First race, 2:30 mixed, mile heats, best 2 in 3 — G. J. P., R. Consani; Bessie Barneto, F. W. Thompson: Guy- Ward, D. E. Hoffman: Colonial Girl. A. Benson; Mable Dillon, B. Cohen; Hello Girl, R. Kehoe; Peaches, F. Bur- ton: Baldy Mitchell, H. Campodonico; Springtime, R. Healey: Horse Shoe Boy, A. S. Hanks; Ella Wilkes, C. Borromeo; Effie Madison, J. J. Klopperich; Emma M., W. Malough; Lady Bell, A. Giovannetti; Wild Rose, G. Fabbri; Pride of Elmhurst, J. D. Johnstone; Edna S., D. Bellomini; Queen, J. Spriek. Second race, 2:20 trot, mile heats, best two in three — Strathdon, G. H. Allen; Ateka, L. A. Bangs; Laddie G., J. Holland; Soreta, McKinney Stables: Nutwood Lou, A. Ottinger; Ida M., H. Boyle. Third race, free-for-all pace, mile heats, best two in three — Bradmont, George Giannini; Frank N., M. Ford; Lieta J., J. N. Jones; Happy Dentist, J. J. Ryan; Ham- burg Belle, J. H. Ginochi; Vera Hal, H. Cohen; W. J. K.. W. J. Kenney. Fourth race, free-for-all, not mile heats; best two in three — Birdeye. A. Combataladi; Muggins, F. E. Burtin: Monica McKinney, Hoffman & Sicotte; J. C. Simpson, A. Ottinger; Silver Hunter, T. D. Sexton. Fifth race, 2:15 pace, mile heats, best two in three — Delilah, J. C. Welch; One Better, J. O'Shea; Red Pointer, McKinney Stables; Geo. Gin, Geo. Giannini; Little Medi- um, Dr. H. E. Allen; T. D. W., H. Cohen; Pointer Belle, Kidd & Luce; Little Dick, H. Ohlandt, Jr. Sixth race, 2:25 class, mixed, mile heats; best two in three — Caprice, J. J. Gethin: Search Me, R. Werner: Jim Donnelly, F. E. Wright; Vela A.. S. Roberts, Jr.; Darby Mc, Joseph McTigue; Alfred D., S. Whitemore; Gold Bond. C. Lee; Frisco Boy, Geo. Fabbri. Seventh race, 2:20 pace, mile heats, best two in three — Wm. Tell, McKinney Stables: Roman Boy, W. A. Dough- erty; Ismael, F. P. Lauterwasser: Golden Buck, W. G. Walkup; Victor Pointer, D. Keating; Fred D., A. De Vicchio; Le Dona, E.,H. Crowell. The officials: Judges — I. Ruhstaller, Thomas Smith, C. A. Durfee. Starter — F. E. Wright. Master of Cer- emonies— D. E. Hoffman. Marshal — Dr. I. B. Dalziel. Assistant marshal — E. Doyle. Timers — J. O'Shea. C. Sut- ton, P. J. O'Reilley. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July I, 1914. CARE OF BROOD MARES. WEANING TIME. GREAT HORSES. One extreme is liable to follow the other. No sub- ject pertaining to live stock has received more thought and attention than has that of extreme speed in our American harness horse. Less effort has per- haps been put forth in the scientific breeding of mares. The owner of a good mare is very careful as to who handles the mare for speed purposes, but a ma- jority of them will allow any boy to oversee the breeding operations. My attention was recently at- tracted to a very high-class stallion — one of the best breeding prospects in the country — which was being handled by a young fellow that hardly knew one mare from another. Diseased mares were being bred without any examination. The age in this case, however, cuts very little figure, as there are a lot of old men who know very little about the inside of a mare. Too many men handling stallions have lim- ited their knowledge to about one sentence; that is, "If the mare does not get in foal, breed her again." They do not seem to understand that there is a dis- tinct type of organism that can be. transmitted from one mare to the other through the act of copulation. There may be others, but the infection which I refer to is a germ which we have recently discovered; that is called barrenness in mares. If a stallion serves a diseased mare of this kind the infection is carried to other mares for several days afterwards. The penis of a stallion does not get sore. The most successful way to handle this disease is not to allow the stallion to serve one of these mares, as it is impossible to clean the penis so that he will not convey infection. There are some breeders who do not believe that this disease exists. I wish to make a challenge to any breeder of that kind and see whether he really means that or not. If any breeder in America will furnish three good young mares, in a healthy condi- tion, with colts by their sides, I will find a mare within fifteen miles of his place, take some of the material from that diseased mare and put in the uterus of these three producing dams, and he may breed them to the surest stallion in the country for a period of four months. If he succeeds in settling any one of them during that period, I will pay all my expenses. If he is not successful in settling any of these mares, he is to pay the expenses. This chal- lenge is made to any breeder in America. It is made for experimental and scientific purposes only. There are many mares that have abnormal conditions in the cervix that can be bred by the capsule system successfully, which are not diseased, but the biggest thing in horse-breeding today is the germ called bar- renness in mares. Until the breeders get more famil- iar with this infection, the percentage of foals will continue to be low. Some communities are now worse than others — Frank B. Graham. VICE IN HORSES. In nearly every instance vicious animals are the product of mismanagement and ignorance on the part of those who have been in charge of them. The horse is the most intelligent creature and possesses great powers of discrimination. He trusts those who treat him with consideration, but he also remembers the harsh word and the hasty lash, says American Cultivator. - If repeatedly overloaded or subjected to the tor- ture of a cruel bit and a heavy hand, is it to be won- dered at that he develops into a "jibber" and abso- lutely refuses to start? This indicates the horse's intelligence, although jibbing is generally considered a vice. Some horses will jib at starting if held tightly and not allowed to start quickly. This may be attributed to nervousness and want of self-confi- dence. If such an animal is allowed to "get quickly off the mark," he may forget the habit. True, he may rush the hills at too fast a pace, but when he finds he is not checked, and is able to negotiate them safely, he will settle down, and before long learn life's lesson and take things more quietly. Crib biting and wind-sucking are habits largely begotten of idleness and weariness, and are preva- lent in army stables and in studs kept for show pur- poses. Idleness is as bad for the horse as for his master. To while away the time the animal catches the edge of the manger with his incisor teeth, and powerfully contracting the muscles of the throat and neck, is able to swallow air. This sooner or later leads to gastrict and intestinal derangement, attacks of colic and mal-nutrition. It has been known that a six-months-old foal developed the vice when stand- ing in a loose-box preparatory to show. Some are of the opinion that the habit is "infectious" or com- municable to other horses; hence, it is unwise to keep such an animal in close company. Many devices have been adopted to cure this habit, such as per- forated bits, neck straps, and other ingenious con- trivances, but they prove of little avail. Regular work and plenty of it, or turning the horse out to grass, will probably mitigate the tendency to indulge in the habit, but on resumption of enforced idleness it invariably returns. Shying, another so-called vice, is frequently due to defective eyesight, and has caused many serious accidents. Some horses shy from freshness and high spirits, but in such cases the remedy is simple. Bolt- ing is another dangerous pastime indulged in by some horses, and while it may be called a vice, it is us; ally acquired in the first instance as the result of an accident or fright. It is remarkable that bolting is not more common, for practically any horse would r~ able to overpower the ordinary driver if he so sired. Often it is asked, when should a colt be weaned? There should be no hurry about weaning a colt, if the mare is properly fed and the colt has been taught to eat grain. The best results are had by early de- velopment of the foal. The mare should have grain all season and the colt should have a chance to feed out of the same box. A roomy box and four quarts of oats night and morning will make strong, healthy colts. They should be strong and healthy, for the reason that all the diseases of colt-hood have to be faced. Distemper kills the weak ones, or leaves them broken-down cripples, only too often. Vitality is bet- ter than medicine ; vitality is the result of good feed- ing of dam and colt. A man too careless to feed usually loses his last dollar in monkeying with horse- flesh. People do not buy a sack of bones; they do buy good, sleek, fat ones, healthy and sound. Often colts get lousy and there are plenty of people who do not know what to do. When a colt is lousy in the winter, take a pair of clippers and commence at the tail and clip of a band, just the width of the clippers, from the tail to the withers, then run a cross clip down each shoulder nearly to the elbows; when this is done take a strong blue ointment, 2 drachms, and petroleum, 2 ounces, then rub well together and grease the part clipped very lightly, rubbing it in close to hide; in a week after applying this remedy three successive days the lice will all be dead. Early spring clipping is good for colts if the stable is warm; they get rid of a lot of dirt next the skin and the pores of the skin are relieved. When this is done the colt will thrive better and eat more, but never clip a colt unless it is properly protected afterward. Change of diet is better than medicine. The people who are eternally doping their horses are usually in hot water all the time about their stock. Horses are like human beings; they grow tired of the same eter- nal diet. Pare the colt's hoofs if too long, and save the ring bones and spavins. A hoof too long will un- balance the center of gravity down the leg and upset the proper angle of the joints; this strains the ten- dons and ligaments, and brings on disease. Disease means deformity, blemish and a worthless animal. Horsemen are more to blame for ring bones and spavins than heredity. Never turn mares and foals in a stony field, this is also a fruitful source of dis- eased joints; the more active and playful the colt the greater the danger. Hilly fields are also danger- ous for young foals to play in, as they strain their tendons in running, and a bad curb is the result. Look out for hills and stones in fields where the colts are being raised. Leave the crooked legged ones alone, nature will straighten them up, and if she cannot, be assured you will make a sorry fist of it When a mare throws this kind, change the stallion; if she then repeats it sell the mare. She is not fit for a brood- mare in these days of early development and high pressure. Such stock is worthless, as usually a single season sends them to the cripple yard. THE YEAR BOOK. Trotting-horse men will learn with considerable relief that a plan has been adopted whereby the year book will not only continue to be published along the same lines that have marked it in the past, but that its price will be reduced from five to three dollars. This comes through an arrangement by which the two parent trotting associations, the Na- tional and the American, will include a copy of the work in the outfit furnished to each of their mem- bers, charging them for it. Inasmuch as every fair or racing association should have a year book, this seems the best possible way to assist in the contin- uation of the issuance of this most important statis- tical work. It makes it possible for the publishers to get out a larger number of the books and with the knowledge that each fair and racing association in the United States and Canada will buy a copy, ena- bles them to put the price of the work down to a point where hundreds of horsemen, who hitherto have not felt able to buy it, will now be numbered among its regular buyers. The arrangement is a most admirable one, for without this statistical work, founded by John H. Wallace thirty years ago, the trotting horse world would be lost. PETALUMA DRIVING CLUB. The Petaluma Driving Club has arranged for three races for Sunday, July 5th. All races will be the best two in three. R. S. Brown is president of the club and John Offutt track superintendent. The judges selected are R. S. Brown, Petaluma; Dr. J. J. Sumrnerfield, Santa Rosa, and Mike Cummings, Sonoma. The classification committee is composed of D. R. Misener, W. C. Helman and D. F. Ragan. The tro- phies will be the same for each race and will be as follows: First, track harness; second, cooling buck- et; third, whip. Trainer Elliott has three head at the Santa Rosa track and there are besides these Madonna, Potrero Boy, and at Petaluma there is Springtime, Petaluma Girl, Dewey, Dick Harris and others, while at So- noma Joe Rvan has Kittv Dillon and Miss Roonev. I_ . In response to an'. ' regarding the where- abouts of E. D. Dudle- - . Diablo stallion Mc- Fadyen 2:0914. and pt_ 2: ,. we will state that D. W. Wallis of Los Banc rchased them at the Dixon sale and shipped 'iiSeii.. "vone of Miller & Lux's big farms in Nevada, whe^e they have been turned out with a lot of broodmares. Great horses, as great men, begin in obscurity and many famous trotters and pacers started lives under handicaps — other stars of the turf ended as dray animals — so writes starting judge Albert H. Pendle- ton, in a recent issue of one of the St. Louis daily papers. "Many great horses, like great men, first saw the light of day amid the most humble surroundings, and their early years were fraught with hardship and misfortune. The obstacles eventually were overcome through the power of greatness, and their star shone in the ascendency when the winning of large stakes and purses brought them into the public eye. Many, raised amid the most luxurious surroundings and worshipped as idols when at the height of a winning career, end their days as have many brilliant but unfortunate, men, unwept, unhonored and unsung. The life stories of many famous race horses read like fiction. An example of these was Robert J., known in his turf days as "Sweet Little Robert." No truer, gamer, more consistent race horse ever faced a starter. Bred and raised in a small mining town of Pennsylvania, he began bis racing career in a very inauspicious manner, being distanced in his first start. The following season he startled the turf world by pacing a mile in 2:01% at Terre Haute, Ind., after a series of heart-breaking races against the "iron horse," Joe Patchen, in which he was usually re- turned the winner and was always a strong con- tender. He changed owners frequently in after years, and finally came into the hands of a rag peddler, who used him in his daily rounds. The little horse was rescued from such menial service by a kind-hearted lover of horses, who had admired him for his speed and gameness in his racing days. He was pensioned on a blue grass farm to live out the remaining days of a strenuous, career. The story of Klamath 2:07% is full of interest. In the spring of 1896 a strange party arrived at Des Moines, la., from Oregon. Their objective point was the Grand Circuit, and their home address Klamath Falls, Ore. The party consisted of one horse and traps. The owner and driver, T. W. Raymond, his invalid wife, a mascot in the shape of a wiry dog, and a caretaker for the horse. The small tent served as sleeping quarters for man and wife and was always pitched in close proximity to the horse's stall. Klamath was known by the stable name of "Cookey," and to hear Tom Raymond calling out to the horse, "Eat 'em up, Cookey," in a hot finish was enough to stir the blood of the most hardened racegoer. The horse was responsive to his every word and "Cookey" won more than his share of races. But an evil eye seemed to hang over this little outfit. The devoted wife succumbed to the dread disease which had taken hold on her. The mascot was killed under the wheels of a train. Raymond never became rec- onciled to the death of his wife and passed away about one year later, leaving his few worldly goods, including the horse, to the faithful caretaker. Klam- ath raced with indifferent success for a couple of years. For one season his star had shone resplend- ent and "Cookey" will not soon be forgotten by those who saw him race in 1896. The story of Ryland T, 2:07%. is one of the plebe- ian, rising to the heighth of fame. This homely little gelding wearing the brand of his native ranch no doubt caused more heart-aches and disappoint- ments among the betting fraternity than any horse that ever raced down the "Big Ring." His erratic manners and terrific speed were always in evidence. It was not safe to bet on him, neither was it safe to bet against him, and to those who watched his turf career he will never be forgotten as he always did the unexpected. High Ball 2:0394, for many years a disappoint- ment through unsoundness and his inclination to run away, was finally molded into a perfect race horse by the skill of Ed Geers and became a sensation on the Grand Circuit. Country Jay 2:05^4, one of the most wonderful race geldings that ever graced the turf, after racing con- sistently as a four-year-old broke down and for sev- eral years was thrown from pillar to post, being the subject of many lawsuits and much trouble. To over- come his infirmities at the age of fourteen and renew a winning career was his evidence of greatness. He was finally retired and presented by his owner to a friend in Michigan who pledged to give Jay a good home until his death. EVERY TRACK NEEDS ONE. There is probably no one whose judgment is considered superior to that of "Doc." Tanner on matters pertaining to horses, race tracks and kindred topics, and a recom- mendation from him carries weight that deserves the highest consideration. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1915. The California Track Harrow Co.,— Kalamazoo, Mich. Dr. Guerne — Dear Sir: I wish to thank you personally for the condition in which you put the track at Grand Rapids for Uhlan's exhibition last Monday. It looked like a hopeless task to me when you started. I had seen, while at Memphis, the great results of your small har- rows, as they kept that track in the finest condition. They worked the same at Grand Rapids on an absolutely different soil. I think all track managers who don't use them are making a mistake. With best wishes. I remain. Tours truly. CHARLES TAXXEK. The California Track Harrow is used on every track of any importance in the L'nited States and is the limit of perfection so far as track harrows are concerned. Every manager of a race track who' is not using one should write to the California Track Harrow Co.. Kala- mazoo. Mich., for its catalogue and particulars. Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER ANb SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CARE OF THE RIFLE IN CAMP. CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIXTURES. DEER SEASON OPENS. Tournaments Registered. July 14, 15, 15.— Nelson, B. C. Nelson Gun Club, H. Bush, Secretary. July 20, 21 ana 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tou.-nament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed §75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Rimer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 27, 28, 29— Martinez, Cal. Alhambra Gun Club, Fred M. Burnham, President. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $000 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen. Manager. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante*, Contra Costa county. Bay "View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday • of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting- San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. July 3-5 — Bayside Kennel Club. Venice, Cal. Mrs. Martin J. Smith, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cat. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. FREE RIFLES FROM UNCLE SAM. It is expected that a largely increased membership lor Coast rifle and revolver clubs will result from the action of President Wilson in signing a bill giv- ing to all civilian riflemen belonging to rifle clubs organized under rules ot the National Rifle Associa- tion tree Krag-Jorgenson rifles and 120 rounds of ammunition per rifle each year. The members of all clubs organized under these rules will be open to the free benefits. In 1905 Con- gress adopted a law to the effect that the war depart- ment might sell to any member of a National Rifle association club, government rifles, ammunition and other stores at actual cost of manufacture. At this rate the government rifle, the New Spring- field, would cost about $20 laid down at the club, and the cartridges for it cost about $25 per thousand. The report of the chief of ordnance for the army, covering the year 1909, four years after the law went into effect, showed that civilian riflemen bad bought only 400 rifles, which indicated that the law- was not meeting with the desired results. The ob- ject was to promote good marksmanship among civil- ians, so that, in time of war, the government would not have to rely upon regiments of volunteers who did not know how to shoot. It is hoped that by giv- ing rifles for nothing, together with a certain amount of free ammunition each year, better results may be attained. The Krag-Jorgenson to be issued to the clubmen was the arm of the army and navy up to 1903, when it was superseded by the New Springfield, a Mauser made in American arsenals and for which the Amer- ican government pays the Germans $1.15 per rifle in royalty. The American side of the Spanish war, and the subduing of the Filipinos, were conducted with the Krag. No reproach was ever leveled against the old rifle, and it was dropped only when the need of a clip-loading rifle of still greater strength became apparent. Uncle Sam stored away three or four hundred thousand of the Krags, cleaned up and filled with grease, when he took them from the service in 1903. Until he managed to get enough New Springfields made to arm a large body of troops in case of war, he hung onto the Krags very jealously. At present there are 750,000 New Springfields in the hands of the army, the navy, the militia, and in storage in the arsenals, and the Krags can go. Millions upon mil- lions of rounds of ammunition for the Krags are stored away in the arsenals, and it cannot keep for- ever, in the nature of smokeless powder. The mis- take of the new law is the ridiculously small number of cartridges allowed with each rifle, Wednesday morning, July 1, one-half hour be- fore sunrise, the waiting army of deer hunters may legally pull rifle trigger on bucks in game districts 2, 4 and 5 — with certain exceptions — for the Super- visors of seven counties in those districts have cur- tailed the open season on deer this year. The counties, however, where the buck slaughter may commence on July 1 and continue for two months are: Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Glenn, Yolo, Lake, Colusa, Napa, Solano, San Mateo, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obis- po, Kings, Santa Barbara, Madera, Fresno, Tu- lare and Kern counties. San Francisco county, of course, is included in the open season deer zone this week. Barring General Andy Gilchrist and some of Ins Halfmoon Bay rangers running a buck or two up the peninsula, there will be nothing doing here — unless some ill-omened rifleman has the te- merity to take a crack at one of the Golden Gate Park herd. Santa Cruz county will open up July 15. Sonoma, Alameda and Santa Clara counties the deer season will start August 1. The limit for the season in Alameda county has been cut down to one buck. In Stanislaus and Merced counties d.-'er hunting is prohibited entirely and a close season for two months will ensue. With many sportsmen, the shortening of the sea- son above noted is accepted with satisfaction. The bucks' horns are covered with "velvet" and the ani- mals can not seek safety and seclusion in heavy cover, where they are easily discovered by the July still hunter. Deer are reported plentiful in Sjanta Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties. The mountains north of Corralitos, Loma Prieta particularly, are said to be full of bucks. The mountains, near Salinas, the Gabilan range in the east extending into San Benito county, are plentifully stocked witn game also. Much of this territory, however, is preserved and permits will be necessary for hunting deer. The Tassajara and Arroyo Seco country, and the coast country south of Monterey are as promising this year as any other section of California. Here the extensive areas of wild land afford immense nat- ural ranges well protected for the deer. . In the north end of Santa Cruz county where thou- open, Game Commissioner R. B. Heacock reports, deer plentiful and in good condition. The country around King City, San Lucas, San Ardo and Bradley, which for many years has af- forded good sport, is expected this year to live up to its former reputation. For some years past there has been manifested by the hunters a general disposition to observe the game regulations, and that is one of the reasons the deer are becoming more plentiful. There have been some violations, however, to prevent a repeti- tion of w-hich in some places the ranchers and forest rangers have banded together for the protection of game and will co-operate with the game wardens in bringing to justice violators of the game laws. It therefore behooves hunters to avoid the mistake of killing a doe or fawn. The old excuse of mistaking a doe for a buck will avail nothing. It is always unlawful to kill a doe and hunters convicted of so doing may expect heavy fines. Hunters are not per- mitted to kill more than two bucks in a single sea- son. That is another good rule to bear in mind. Deer hunting this year will be a harder proposi- tion that for several years past. The surveillance of the Federal Forest Service has kept down fires to a great degree. In consequence the chaparral, brush and grass is denser and higher. The rangers have perfected a telephone system that gives pretty complete information concerning every individual or party that traverses the wildwood. Outing and hunting parties in country patrolled by the forest rangers see the forest men frequently where they never come across a game warden. With forest rangers, ranchers and here and there a game warden constantly on guard, vigilant and backed by the real sportsmen, it is likely to go hard with any one who is guilty of reckless slaugh- ter. Deer Law Violated. — William Carmen, alleged slayer of scores of deer, finished a seventy-day term in the county jail at Redding last week, and was a free man for a minute or two. Then, when he had gotten as far into the w_orld as the courthouse steps, he was re-arrested, on a warrant sworn to by Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner James S. White, on a charge of having had deer hides in his possession out of season. The term he had just served was for having had deer meat in bis possession out of season. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The hides, it is alleged, were discovered r -;he same time as the meat. White, therefore ,,,_ ™ chances at the man for hunting out of s°- ' ' /White estimates that Carmen slew eighty dV_ .".,', of season. If a person accidently shoots another person, ex- cept under the most extenuating circumstances, a jail sentence should be the reward for the fool that did it, writes E. C. Crossman, the well-known Coast rifle expert. And, if to this, the offender adds that he did not know the gun was loaded, then I'd make the said jail sentence, life. Accidents will happen to the most careful, but the "didn't know it was loaded" statement is not an excuse, it's an incentive to violence. A gun in camp or anywhere else should be regarded with the same careless indifference that would be used to- ward a live rattlesnake in a box. If the lid of the box is not unfastened at the wrong time, the rattler is a comparatively safe proposition. So is the gun, if the trigger is not pulled or the gun is not dropped or a sear does not break, or anything else happen at an unpropitious moment. The wild west party who is ever flourishing a gun in the open, who packs a cannon on his hip for pro- tection against mountain quail and filly-balloo birds, and who spins the gun on his finger to demonstrate his dexterity, should be abated with a club. No clearer proof can be given of the boob, the four- flusher, the inexperienced fool, than gun-flourishing, and general carelessness in handling of firearms — usually done for the edification of the girls that may be witnessing the performance. It is well to make sure that the gun is desirable as an addition to the camp outfit, then to select said gun with just a little of the gray matter that at- tends selecting a suit of clothes. For the heavy revolver, or the powerful rifle — except in the open season for big game — there is not the least excuse. For all-round potting, the replenishment of the pot, the pleasure of the campers in target work, and for the feeling of self-protection that a gun gives some people, the .22 single shot pistol, or the .22 revolver, or perhaps a .22 repeating rifle completely fills the bill. They won't kill bears, but bears are just as likely to disturb you as you are to disturb a bear, and both contingencies belong with the possibility of being struck by lightning. A mountain lion is as likely to come into your camp as the devil is to take a bath in holy water. And so far as human beings are concerned, you're safer in the depths of the Sierra Madre than you are on any street of Los .Angeles after 9 o'clock at night. The fisherman or the tramper can get much pleas- ure from carrying the light single shot pistol or .22 revolver in a holster, provided he has had enough experience, or has enough brains to appreciate that a .22 is not a plaything because it is small. Just for example, a soldier was shot through the side at the Camp Perry matches last year by a .22 long rifle bullet. He was within 100 yards of a fine army field hospital, with the best surgeons of the army at his service. Three days later he died, and died in spite of the fight of the best army surgeons with their complete equipment. At that the bullet merely penetrated low down, not necessarily a fatal wound with any gun. The .22 save for its lesser range, is as danger- ous as any cartridge. If the choice falls on the pistol or revolver of this sort, it is well to make sure that the puli is not more than three pounds — they are harder as they come from the factory. The front sight should be ivory or gold, the rear sight a flat bar, if the shooter really desires to hit things. The same thing applies to the rifle. The repeater as it comes from the shelf is not fit to use, either in pull or sight equipment. The pistol holster should be of soft leather, with flap to fasten across the gun and prevent it from being lost as you scramble. Never mind the carved flub-diddles, every four-flusher insists upon them to persuade the public that he is a real gun man. Les- mok or semi-smokeless powder is preferable to smokeless in the .22. A damp rag, a couple of dry ones, and then a little oil of any sort will keep a gun fired with the two first named powders, in per- fect shape. Smokeless is treacherous with the best of the special nitro oils. The care of the big gun, the high-power rifle, is more complicated. The trouble is with the average man that he lets the gun go for a week or so after firing it, then concentrates in a half-hour all the few moments that he might have spent in the evenings to keep the gun in perfect shape. On paper this figures out fairly enough, in a gun barrel it is not true. A gun barrel that goes uncleaned for a few days is never the same barrel. Tired as is the hunter when he comes in, if he will but run a single rag. soaked with a good nitro oil through the gun barrel before turning in, that gun will stay in good condition. A nitro cleaner of some sort is imperative — among them is Winchester gun grease and others. Ma- chine oil, or the commonly advertised "good for everything" lubricants will not do. Beware of the string "field cleaner" for use on the rifle in the mountains. Let one break, and that rifle is out of commission until a rod can be found to drive out the rag or the brush. Also said rod may be forty miles away. Dr. J. Auburn V . . Mrs. Wiborn are having gala times wit1- joiiowtail, albicore and other game salt water fishes off Catalina island. The Fish and Game Commission will plant 50,000 trout fry in Plumas county streams, including Rock. Spring Garden and Spanish creeks and Hungarian lake. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THli i.;«,oiJKR AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 4, 1914. AT THE TRAPS. Ninth Eastern Handicap — The scores of the two feature events of the Eastern Handicap at Bradford. Pa., are given below, a report of the tournament appeared in last week's issue of the Breeder and Sportsman, giving the winners and purses paid each day and for the two handicap shoots. Preliminary Handicap — 100 singles, 16 to 22 yards distance: Targets — 20 20 20 20 20TU. 22 yards — G. L. Lyon |19|19|19|19|19— 95 B. Lewis .|19 19|1T|1S|19— 92 •W Crosbv.,18 17 16 20 19—90 •L. GermanlT 19 IS 19 19—92 21 yards — W. S. BehmlT 20 19 15 16— 87 J. Caldwell.. IS 20 IS IS 20—94 «J. S. Dav..l8 1S20 1S 19— 93 *J. Hawkins20 19 IS 19 20—96 •H. EievenslS 19 17 20 20—94 •C Moore. .. 17 17 16 20 IS — SS Wadsworth Targets — 20 20 F. Wright ..17 17 Richardson .19 17 •J. Taylor .17 17 D. Herrold .14 19 J. Ebbets ..19 17 G. J. Elliott. 17 17 T. Conneely 17 1! W. Hart ...14 1' D. Baker -..IS IS •O. Dickey R. Travis 16 IS 18 17 15 16 17 20 20 19 IS 16 17 20 1 G. Maxwelll7 20 19 18 17—91 20 yards — •S. Glover.. 19 17 IS 17 16 — S7 R. H. Brunsl9 19 19 IS 17 — 92 G. Painter.. 17 16 16 16 19 — 84 W. Foord. . . 20 19 19 19 17—94 H. Heikes..l9 20 15 16 20— 90 A. Conlev...l7 16 17 17 16 — S3 Hellyer. Jr. IS 17 17 20 19—91 Guinzburg .15 18 19 18 18 — 88 C. Henline .15 15 16 IS 14 — 78 Van Xette .16 15 16 19 IS — 84 •N". Apgar .19 IS 15 17 19 — 88 •H. Welles 19 IS 16 18 18 — 89 19 vards — R. Pringle .IS 16 16 17 17—84 C. GalbraithlO 20 IS 19 20—96 C. A. Ward 15 17 IS 20 16—86 J. Griffith .17 19 19 19 18 — 92 J. Elliott ..18 17 15 15 14—79 S. G. Vancel4 20 19 18 17 — 88 F.D.Kelsey 18 17 20 IS 19—92 P. Edwardsl? 18 19 19 18—91 R. J. West. IS 19 16 19 17 — SSiA D. Leahy . .18 IS 17 29 29— 93 R E. Korner .18 19 19 19 17 — 92 1 J. F. Korner .17 19 19 20 17— 92IJ. S. Bilsing .14 17 16 20 19 — 86|Thompson ..16 19 *W- Joslvn 17 17 19 19 15 — S7|»L. Lewis ..18 16 Mallory, Jr .18 20 16 17 16-^S7]Eygabroat. .17 17 •Cumberl'd 17 17 17 18 16 — 85 S. Dresser .15 14 •Ed Banks. 16 IS 17 17 16 — 84 T. O. Glenn. 16 19 *E. Tavlor IS 19 19 20 19— 95|E. Connors .14 14 •Hammond 17 IS 20 17 19— 91|Mallory, Sr. 15 IS 18 yards — *T. DoremuslS 17 J. G. Martinl7 16 19 19 20— 91]W. Wilkins . 7 1' H. Hirth . .IS IS IS 19 19— 92 M. Davis ...18 17 G. PumpellylS IS 19 15 19— 89|H. Elliott ..20 19 H. B. Shoopl6 IS 15 16 20 — 85|Aza Root ...19 18 •Professionals I Eastern Handicap — J100 singles, 16 to 22 yards dis- tance : Targets— 20 20 20 20 20TU.I Targets — 20 20 20 20 20TU. 16 yards— |W. Hart . . |20|19|19il9|18— 95 Eygabroat |17|16|20118]18— 89|G. Pumpelly|16|17|16 17 16 — 82 F. S. Tyler 19 19 17 17 19— 91 IS vards- Thompson Blackmer •Keller. Jr. J. Mallory 17 yards — •H. Young .15 16 N. Reardon 19 18 I. N. KellerlS 15 Godcharles .17 19 E. Kelley ..17 17 J. S. Speer 20 19 G. dinger .16 18 J. E. Penrodl9 17 W. Woottonl9 20 16 vards — R. George ..18 14 F. S. Tvler.16 18 J. Broderickl6 IS C. Dresser .17 15 H. Brooks . IS 19 J. P. Sousa.19 20 L'tenslager .17 17 " Lamber . 19 16 Vernon ..19 19 Gumbert 20 IS Morrison 18 17 Bitterlingl7 17 20 20 20TO. 19 17 17 — 87 17 IS 18 — 89 17 17 19 — 87 15 16 19—86 16 16 IS — 87 17 17 IS — 86 15 17 20 — 87 17 IS 17—83 16 19 20—91 19 16 19—88 14 12 14 — 75 20 17 17 — 85 15 IS 19—92 20 19 19—97 17 19 IS — 88 17 17 20—91 14 14 14—73 17 18 19—91 17 18 16 — SI 15 17 17—85 17 18 19 — SS 19 IS 18 — 94 18 19 15 — 86 17 IS 16 — 87 20 19 19—97 18 19 17—86 17 17 20—88 17 17 20 — 86 16 14 16 — 78 17 17 17 — 88 16 19 19—93 15 17 20 — 86 20 18 19—92 15 19 15—90 16 IS 17—89 14 17 15 — SI 17 16 IS — 85 17 16 15—83 15 16 20 — 88 17 IS 16 — 85 14 17 17—77 19 14 IS — 86 14 14 10—66 15 15 17— SO 16 12 16 — 79 i 15 9 — 54 17 16 24 — 82 20 15 19—93 19 IS 18 — 92 E. Kelley . |19I19|17|20|19— 94|J. Martin J. Penrod .. 16 IS 15 1616 — S1H. Hirth R. George .119116 J. Morrison 17 19 Thompson 14 14 R. Gumbert 19 19 16 15 16 18119 19 18 17114114 1 1717I1S — S7|J. S. Speer. 1S;1S|1S— 90 H. B. Shoop 16:16ilS — 78 D. Herrold 19]20|18— 95 J. Mallory •Keller. Jr. T. Thomp- son •O. Dickey D. W. Baker T. Connellv 1411111114112 — 62 14 IS 17|18 — 84 19 14 17J17— 83 17 1S17I16 — 85 17 14 16 16 IS 15 13 15 1' 16—90 19 — S1IG. J. Elliott:16;20:17:lS'!9— 90 19 — SOU. Ebberts 13—62 17—84 ti9 IS 18117—90 E. Connor A. Stewart G. Bodine C. Farnum •H. Young *L. Lewis •Doremus . Crittenden H. E. Camp H. Staley . S. Dresser Bitterling . T. O. Glenn H. Brooks J. P. Sousa Lauten- slager . . [IS C. Lambert A. Vernon Mallory. Sr. C. Dresser Broderick G. dinger J.W.KeUer L. D. Joseph — Forfeited |J. Griffith . C. Cannon — Forfeited. IF. Edwards Bovaird. Jr|12|12Jll]14)15 — 64IF. D. Kelsey G. M. Wykoff — Forfeited. |«H. "Welles F. Miller .. 9;iljll 13 S — 52]D. Leahv .. IS 20 15!17 17114 15 17 17 IS 18—95 17—92 17—96 18—93 IS — 83 17— S7 18—91 15—82 19 — S2 18 — 90 19— S6 IS 16 IS 17 18!15 18 17 19119 15 19 1617 1: is 16ilS I 1SI17 20' 19 16 19 19 IS 15 19 17 20[20'1S|17— 92|»N 20|19|1S|1S!16— 91|G. IS — So 19—89 17—84 15—88 16 — 89 •Ed Banks Cumber- land *W. Joslvn S. G. Vance J. D. Elliott O. A. Ward |19 R. Pringle Van Xette 19 yards IS 16 19 1" 19 20 1' 16 19 19 17 IS 2" IS 19 16(18 19119—91 18116 15 20 17 — 86 17 18 20 17 18— 90 19 — 89 17 — SS 19—93 16 — SS 19—91 17—91 IS— 91]»S. Glover 13 — 81IA. Conley . 20— 92iEd Hellver 19— S7|C. Henline Apgar Painter 20—91 20— SS 17 — 85 19—94 17—93 18—83 16—86 F. Holley J. Van Tine C. Corwin Foster . Bloomer Wooster Johnson J. Kief Davis . . Hartberg Boyd . Heckle Stengle Wood Costello H. Hall- Hoenig Bunke 12 IC1I16 14 14— 66 R. J. West 17:17112 15 16— 77lE. Korner 15ll6 17 17 14— 79|F. Korner 14 1417 15!l5— 72Mallorv Jr. 15 15 14 1 5 9 ..116 20 1 1616 15 14 i TV. Wootton : 13 10— 68lBlackmer I 12 12— 44|»W. Darton i 17 15 — 56i*Hammond ' 14 16— 83j»E. Tavlor > 16ll7 — 82l 20 vards— 15115117112 12— 81|C. Galbraith|16ll7|18ll6|17— 84 1614 10(15 13— 6S|«G. Maxwell is|l7 17 IS 18— 88 11 lu 16 10 11— 5S|H. Heikes |1S]19[19|20 20— 96 17,17116,18119 — 87 13 19 19|1S 19 20 13119 1819 19118—94 19— SS 18—85 16 — 89 18—90 19—86 15119 — S3 17 18— 90 IS 18— 95 17 IS— 85 17 18— 85 6112 5 — 3SIR. Bruns .. 14|17|17|16]16— 80IW. Foord .. ■Forfeited |W. S. Behm 1.'.; ie, 15 16 S!13 16 13 41 4 1219 17117 14 16 14117 14 15 1617 1; 10 16—66: 17—721 11 — 57 19—831 IS IS 17 19 2fi IS 18 1 C. Moore . 21 yards — H. Stevens'17|17 J. S. Day llsllS 18117119—90 20116 20 — 92 18 18 20— 94 18|17 17 — S7 II 7— 191J. Caldwell 14 19 13 14 15113 20 IIS 14 15 17— S0|Richardson 18— 841F. Wright 17 — 801 22 vards — 17—75 «W. Crosby *J. Taylor G. L. Lyon B. Lewis . . L. German 18J1 1618 20!1S 18|16— 83 19118—92 19119—90 19 19— 91 19|20 — 97 F. R. L F. F. M. R C. J. A. G. T. B. E. W. C. Vernon F. J. Urban W. McGee . F. F. Orner Harry Jack H. Jack . . . W.H.Overs Ren'nghoff •G. Hamlin Fredericks 17 yards — Godcharles 118|19|14]1S|14— 83 Wadsworth Il8|19|l6|18 19— 90 * * * Easton Traps. — The Exposition City Gun Club monthly blue rock shoot at Easton June 28 shows general averaging good scores. The club card called for a total of 95 birds. Charles H. Knight captured high gun honors for the day with a total of 84. H. B Vallejo, second, S3; Emil Hoelle third, 81. A special feature of the day was a two-man team race in which seven teams entered. Ed Hoag and C. A. Bridgford by breaking 38 out of 40 were the inners. The other scores were: Handman and 12—69 19—90 IS— 75 18119119118119—93 16HS 17120(16—87 17 18118 16119— 88 17 IS IS 17 17— S7 17I16|16|1S|20— 87 'J. Hawkins|17|19|18|l8|l8— 90 Wickersham 35, Riley and Hoelle 32, Forestier and Vallejo 31, Dutton and Garding 30, Bacigal and Mc- Gill 29, Steinfeldt and Jones 29. Hoag's two 19's were the best scores in the 20 bird matches. McGill also scored a 19 out of 20 in the fifth event. Harry Dutton broke the only straight shot during the day — 15 in the "grub" shoot. The winners in the medal match, event 1, were: Class A — Hoelle and Handman 18 each. Class B — Vallejo 15. Class C — Jones 16. Class D — Mc- Gill 16. Event 2 — Trophy race. Class A — E. Hoelle 18. Class B — Hoag 19. Class C — Wickersham and Bridg- ford, 15 each. Class D— McGill 16. Event 3, Grub shoot — Bridgford's team 109. Wick- ersham's team 103. Event 4, challenge trophy race. Class A — Hand- man 17. Class B — Hoag 19. Class C — Bridgford 16. Class D — Steinfeldt 12. The scores follow: Events — Birds — E. Hoelle T. Handman . . . T. D. Riley Ed Hoag Ph. Bekeart Jr. C. X. Dray A. Wickersham C. A. Bridgford L. Middleton . . . R. E. McGill ... E. Forrestier . . . L. Steinfeldt . . . H. B. Vallejo . . . H. Dutton C. H. Knight. . . E. Straessler . . . J. H. Jones L. Bacigal S. Garding 1 2 3 4 5 2(1 211 Id 2ll 20 18 18 11 16 18 18 16 13 17 18 16 17 12 14 16 111 19 11 19 17 111 14 10 13 12 15 11 13 14 15 n 14 15 14 15 14 16 15 3 8 4 7 16 16 12 11 19 O If. 13 7 13 111 12 11 12 12 15 17 13 17 16 12 IB 15 13 11 17 18 14 17 18 9 13 11 8 15 16 14 12 9 9 8 1(1 10 S 11 12 8 9 8 i 95 81 69 74 79 53 63 84 56 60 49 51 Flour City Traps. — Stockton Gun Club members took part in a shoot, last Sunday afternoon at the Stockton Mineral baths grounds. The scores were close and in most cases it was not until the last mud saucer was broken that the winner was de- clared. Here are the scores: 100 birds— "Pop" Merrill 88, H. G. Balkwill 87, Yol- land Johnson 73. 50 birds — J. F. Garrow 43, J. Ross 36, F. Strong 33, E. D. Graham 32, H. Lonjers 32, M. Northcross 32. W. Grimsley, 17 out of 25. Where was Leffler? * * * Garden City Shoot — Ray Hogg won the Class A trophy June 28 at the regular shoot of the San Jose Blue Rock Club, and W. J. McKagney won the Class B. J. T. Downs tied Hogg in open competition, and in the shoot-off Hogg won. Ada Schilling looked like a sure winner in Class B. She broke 12 straight, but lost five out of the last 13. In a special double event A. F. Lewis defeated W. J. McKagney. A. F. Lewis challenged Hogg for the Class A cup, . and won 22 to Hogg's 21. Mr. Hogg has won the Class A cup three times, A. F. Lewis twice, and H. N. Cadwallader once. W. J. McKagney has won Class B three times, Ada Schilling twice, and W. Lillick once. The club, it is announced, will hold a one-day tournament July 19, when more than $100 worth of trophies, medals and prizes will be shot for. 4 * * Martinez Tournament — The Alhambra Gun Club three day registered shoot, July 27, 28 and 29, will be without doubt a big affair. Whilst Martinez has never been conspicuous itself on the trap shooting may, that burg has for many years past been well represented at central California gatherings of the scatter gunners. With the recent organization of the present club the sport up that way has been given a stronger impetus than ever, for there cer- tainly is a bunch of live wires at the helm. The club officers are: F. K. Burnham, president; E. J. Randall, vice-president; A. S. Ormsby, secretary- treasurer. Directors: Dr. Edwin Merithew, Dr. E. B. Fitzpatrick, A. E. Blum, W. M. Veale, A. J. McMa- hon, all of Martinez; Dr. C. D. McGettigan, W. H. Sanborn, Fred Webster, San Francisco; Harold Havens, Oakland; W. E. Staunton, Winnemucca. Nev. In the list of membership are the names of many prominent up river, valley and bay counties trigger pullers. The program for the club's first annual tourney offers $1,600 in purses and trophies — pretty good for an initial layout. Monday, July 27 — Ten 20 bird events — 200 targets, $2 entrance each, $35 added money each — $350 for the day. Rose system 5-4-3-2. Two cups for high amateur averages — the Cliff House cup to first, A. John Francis cup to second high gun. Tuesday, July 28 — Ten 20 bird events— 200 tar- gets, $2 entrance each, $35 added money each — $350 for the day. Rose system, 5-4-3-2. Two cups for high average men, Hotel St. Francis cup to first, Al- hambra Gun Club cup to second high gun. Wednesday, July 29 — Five 15 bird events — 75 tar- gets, $1.50 entrance each, $30 added to each — $300 total added moneys. Mrs. F. K. Burnham trophy for high amateur in these matches. Rose system, 5-4-3-2. Event 6 — Five-man-team shoot, 50 targets per man. $1.50 entrance per man. Five gold watch trophies for the winning team, high guns. Event 7 — Alhambra Championship, 100 targets, entrance $7.50, $150 added money. High guns, one money for every four entries. Ellery Arms Co.'s $100 gold medal to winner. Sunday, July 26, will be practice day. Targets 2% cents, included in entrance in all program events. A. J. Francis trophy to high amateur average on 575 targets (excepting five man team scores) — for resi- dent of Contra Costa county only. Three automatic traps will be used. Shooters for "birds only" are eligible to win trophies. "Pros" shoot for "birds only." President Fred K. Burnham and his fellow "Wild Flower City" sportsmen are to be highly commended for the generous program offered and should receive a rousing support from trigger pullers near and far. In fact, from early indications we are inclined to predict that the gathering will be a "corker." * * * Los Angeles Gun Club. — A recent Sunday shoot of the club was held whilst a strong wind prevailed, a handicap that kept down extra good scores. Two events were shot, a 100 target added bird handicap and a race at 12 double rises. The scores follow: Targets — Melius (2) Groat (7) Moist (9) O. Nelson (5) Wood (11) Hutchins (12) . . . J. Xelson 37x50, 100 9 4 24 Targets — Bungay (2) S. A. Bruner (9) Mrs. Groat (19) •A. W. Bruner (0).. Wilshire (0) 94il4|»Otiver (0) Towne 32x50, Pugh 17x25. 100124 93 14 91 12 901.. 79115 77 .. 76|12 Army and Navy Trap Shooting. — Not only on land is trapshooting in vogue, but also on the seas. An increasing number of United States warships carry traps and the other necessary equipment for the en- joyment of the sport by both officers and men. Breaking "clay pigeons" is a sport in which many hours are passed when the big sea fighters are lying at anchor waiting to take part in manaeuvres or are otherwise not engaged actively. The clear-sky "background" afforded makes the shooting of the targets a bit easier than is the case on many trap- shooting club grounds. Clay "bird" shooting is a favorite pastime also among army officers, and clubs have been organized at many of the posts in the United States and our insular possessions. Manila is not too hot nor Alas- ka too cold for the soldiers to enjoy the sport that brings memories of home. * * * Trapshooting In Spain. — Trapshooting is the prin- cipal sport of Spain, and this is particularly true of Jerez de la Frontera. The king's cup, emblematic of the national championship and presented by his majesty, Alfonso XIII., himself an ardent patron of the sport, and one of the crack shots of Spain, has been held by the organization in that town for the last two years. The next competition will be held there soon and is expected to attract several hun- dred of the best shots from all parts of the country as entries for this event. * * * Live Bird Shoot — The California Wing Shooting Club's pigeon trap shoot at Sobrante tomorrow will be the only trap shooting function for local trigger pullers. TRADE NOTES. Winchester Winnings. The new Winchester 1912 model hammerless re- peating shot gun is winning every day. Mr. A. W. Woodworth shooting one of these handsome guns and Winchester factory loaded Leader shells, easily won high general average at Kellogg, Idaho, on May 23, with the splendid score of 97 x 100. Mr. Wood- worth also won high average at Wallace, Idaho, using the same winning equipment. At Victoria, B. C, on May 24, shooting in the annual tournament of the Victoria Gun Club, Mr. Lee R. Barkley of Vancouver won high general average, scoring 140 x 150. H. H. Ricklefson was high pro- fessional with 130. Both of these gentlemen used Winchester guns and Winchester loaded shells. The Seattle Trap Shooters Association held their annual registered tournament on June 2 and 3. At this big shoot Frank Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., captured the high amateur average, scoring 285 x 300. H. E. Poston of Seattle won second high pro- fessional average with the same score. Both Mr. Troeh and Mr. Poston used the famous Winchester Repeating shot guns, the kind that won the Cali- fornia-Nevada Championship at Modesto. The championship of California ,the trap shooting season's greatest State honor, was won at Modesto, California, on May 4, 5 and 6 by Mr. M. F. Leffler of Stockton, ■ California, with the grand score of 96 x 100. Mr. Leffler used a Winchester repeating shotgun, "The kind the champions use." This win of Mr. Leffler's entitles him to attend the Grand American Handicap at Dayton, Ohio, next September, under the Interstate Association arrangement that provides a fund for State championship winners in registered tournaments of a league or association of State gun clubs. This is the first win of this character by a Coast trapshooter, and a twenty-year- old boy, at that. Easy 'Tis That "E. C." Does. 'Twas some shooting at the Circleville, Ohio, shoot several days ago. W. R. Crosby took high profes- sional honors while shooting Hercules E. C. His score was 430 x 450. Charlie Spencer tried a little of that Hercules "E. C." shooting powder a few days ago at Boonville, Mo. He captured the high professional honors. Next day he dropped off at Farber, Mo., and with his "In- fallible" shells he broke so many birds that they made him high professional again. Some shooting. Eagan's high — so they said at Oklahoma City the other day. He had another one of those E. C. scores, it made him high professional. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN U SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAME REFUGE. FISH LINES. VACATION TIPS. To protect the herds of deer and other game which roam the Santa Monica mountains, and also to guard against repetition of the disastrous fires which have swept that range two or three times every season for the last twenty years, a great movement is on foot to create a State game preserve, involving more than 50,000 acres, and extending from the sea al- most to the San Fernando valley. The preliminary steps have progressed to that point where the largest property owners have- agreed to the plan. In all more than 150 large and small owners will be asked to combine in contributing their holdings to the formation of a preserve. When this is accomplished, application for the State's pro- tection will be made to the California Fish and Game Commission. Whether the formation of a preserve will exclude the owners of the land from hunting there is a ques- tion that is yet to be determined. A vigorous protest is anticipated from hundreds of hunters who have hied themselves to the Santa Monica mountains at the opening of the deer season every year and have almost obliterated the herds. If the preserve is formed as planned it will mean that hunting therein for a period of ten years will be prohibited. The main result aimed at is the regulation of campers and a guarding against forest fires. If the preserve is created, persons wishing to camp there will have to obtain permission from the Fish and Game Commission. Rules will be enforced similar to those in effect in the Angelus National Forest, where campers must obtain permission to make a eampfire and must give name, address, etc. It is planned to extend the preserve from a point north and west of Topango canyon to the Ventura county line and from the ocean almost to the San Fernando valley. The preserve would include the famous Malibu ranch, 25,000 acres ccontrolled by the Santa Monica Mountain Park Company, 2,000 acres owned by a small private syndicate, the Decker estate, and the holdings of a large number of- home- steaders. It is believed the latter will be unanimous- ly and enthusiastically in favor of the plan on ac- count of the protection it would afford their homes and lands. WARNING TO DEER HUNTERS AND CAMPERS. Following are six simple rules for the prevention of fire in the mountains: 1 — Matches — Be sure your match is out before you throw it away. Matches whose heads glow after the flame is out are dangerous. 2 — Tobacco — Throw pipe ashes and cigar or cigar- ette stumps in the dust of the road and stamp or pinch out the fire before leaving them. Don't throw them into brush, leaves or needles. 3 — Making Camp — Build a small eampfire. Build it in the open, not against a tree or log. Scrape away the trash from all around it. 4 — Leaving Camp — Never leave a eampfire, even for a short time, without quenching it with water or earth. 5 — Bonfires — Never build bonfires in windy weather or where there is the slightest danger of their escap- ing from control. Don't " make them larger than needed. 6 — Fighting Fires — If you find a fire, try to put it out. If you can't, get word to the nearest United State forest ranger or State fire warden at once. Keep in touch with the rangers. Information regarding trails, fishing streams and camping grounds, copies of the California Fish and Game Laws, and maps of the National Forest, when available for distribution, may be had on applica- tion to the nearest forest ranger. This notice is inserted at the request of the United States District Forester, San Francisco, from whom additional information may be secured. Care of Tackle. — Rod — When fishing, remember to turn the rod from time to time so that the strain will bend it first to one direction and then in the other. In taking your rod apart be careful not to twist the joints, but pull straight, taking the tip down first, then the second joint, and so on. Carry your rod, butt first, when walking through brush and trees. If going a long distance it would be better to take the rod apart. When the varnish gets hard or has been on for a long time wipe the rod with neatsfood oil, but be careful to remove all surplus oil. You can easily do your own varnishing and winding of rods; it is not difficult and is interesting to one who enjoys going over his tackle. Line. — Do not" let your slack line drag on the ground. Step on your line and a break is sure to come later on. • Reel. — It will be sufficient if you clean and oil your fly-reel once a year, but the bait-casting reel requires more care. It should be taken apart often and oiled. If submerged in water during the day it should be wiped dry before putting away. Do not let a reel fall; it often necessitates a trip to the fac- tory. Use fine lubricating oil on bait-casting reels and in cleaning it is better to use tissue paper than old rags, as it is less injurious to the delicate bear- ings. Leaders. — Silkworm gut keeps best in chamois and should be kept in cold place through the closed season. Don't soak gut leaders overnight so they will be soft in the morning. It rots them. Remove them from the soak-box as soon as through fishing, or at least remove and wring out the wet felts. Just what the fly-fishing conditions for the holiday week-end anglers will be next week on the Truckee River is somewhat of a puzzle. Since the "june- bugs" made an appearance on the river daily limits were numerous in the vicinity of Boca. Snow fell in that section of the Truckee canyon on the moun- tain ranges a week ago, accompanied by a downpour of rain, and within a few hours the water became high and roily. The concensus of opinion is that it will take several days yet to bring the river down to clear and desired fishing condition. At that, the rod- ster who tips his fiy hook with a "junebug" is pretty well assured of a fair catch — provided he knows the river. Among the local rodsters now at Boca are Dr. Henry Abrahms, Michel Gario, James Maynard, John Barr, Cal Brougher, Mrs. E. C. Horst, James Thomson and others. Among the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club mem- bers who were at the club lodge on the river re- cently were M. L. Gerstle and Mrs. Gerstle, Louis Eaton, Dave Sachs, J. F. Siebe, Oscar Sutro, Charles H. Kewell and others. Results with fly patterns were only fair, nine and twelve-inch trout being the largest taken a week ago. Anglers who favor an annual trip to the Big Meadows country will be pleased to know that the dammed up waters of the power company are still four miles away from the Stover place and that Goolds is still a fishable stream. This portion of the valley has been a favorite fishing and camping sec- tion annually for hundreds of parties. The trout fishing in July when the "forked tails" come out, can not be surpassed. News comes from Chester to Sam Wells, that the Red Bluff, via Paynes creek, and Humboldt roads are open to machines. The only other feasible route to the Meadows is via Chico. The lower end of the Meadows and the "Big Springs" are under water. Only a few anglers were out recently. Klamath Hot Springs rod enthusiasts find the best sport in Shovel creek. Nat Boas and Joe Harlan caught large trout daily. Rufus Steel and Floyd Judah have been making daily limit catches, some of the trout scaled five pounds. Flies, helgramites and spinners are the lures, as the trout are inclined to take them. Harry Miller, formerly of this city, but now lo- cated in San Diego, with his two sons, returning from an auto outing trip to Klamath Hot Springs, stopped at Mad river, twenty-five miles from Eureka. Steelhead trout, from two and a half to three and a half pounds in weight, furnished a plenty of the finest kind of angling — which may be of interest to anglers who look forward to a July or August trip up the coast for a try at the trout in different streams. Another and nearby coast stream, the Garcia, is reported by J. P. Conner to offer "better fishing than for twenty-five years past." The fish are not large, however. Later on the anglers who go to Point Arena are promised good fishing from the mouth of the stream for five miles or '• more up river. A rare, good trouting stream these days is the Big Stoney in Sonoma county, the Little Stoney play- ing an ambitious second to the main branch. Al Baker of the California Anglers' Club landed limits each day for a week of fat, gamy trout, running from half a pound to three and a half pounds in weight. A No. 8 jungle cock fly or a No. 2 copper and silver spoon were the killing lures. George Butler, Ed Jones and Charles Isaac of this city were in on the fun, too, but have since transferred their rod efforts to Yosemite Valley. Both these creeks were a bit high a week ago, but should now be in royal shape for the angler. The Waddell lagoon, down the San Mateo coast, was fished a week ago by Floyde Spence and Lou Helflsch with pleasing results. Preliminary efforts did not indicate that there was a trout in the water, but with an incoming tide there was a big run of nice sized steelhead trout from the ocean and good catches were made. Some excellent baskets of trout were taken from the Purissima last Sunday .by A. J. Wright and others. For trout, fly-rod leaders longer than six feet should not be used because of the danger of reeling the leader knot through the tip guide, thus locking the line fast. The six-foot leader is best for three flies. But for two flies, the preferable number, a five-foot leader is long enough. The following table of weights may be found interesting. Inches. lb. oz. Inches. 9 0 5 20.... 10 0 7 21. 11 0 9 12 0 12 13 0 15 3 7 1 1 12 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. lb. oz. 3 7 4 II 4 9 5 3 5 15 6 11 7 X S 7 9 6 15 16 W"'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 2 8 29 10 7 19 2 15 30 11 9 Striped bass fishing in Russian river, near Dun- can's mills, is also picking up. Paul Cassini landed a fine catch Wednesday, the largest being a 27- pounder. Jack Parmenter, however, connected with and captured a huge bass that scaled forty-four pounds, besides other smaller ones. Catalina Island rodsters have recently had a fair amount of tuna fishing. While the fish were some- what numerous not more than half a dozen have been caught, the largest weighing 80 pounds. Colonel J. W. Dorsey and W. B. Sharpe of this city have just returned from the island fishing waters, where they had great sport with yellowtail. A new camping outfit and condensed food pack is the latest wrinkle in the camping equipments for this summer. This new food plan makes it possible for a man to carry thirty-days' rations on his back, counting only on wild game that he may get on the trip to help out. The Ellery Arms Co., 583 Market street or the Pacific Hardware and Steel Co. (for- merly Golcher Bros.), 510 Market street, carry an equipment containing thirty-days' rations, a hand ax and sleeping outfit that can be carried in an army knapsack. The entire pack will weight about thirty pounds. The ten-day rations for one man can be carried along with a cooking outfit in a package eight and a half inches wide, five inches thick and ten inches high. The ten-day rations and cook kit will weigh under ten pounds. The folding cooking kit contains a wire stove that can be set up in the ground, al- lowing the fire to be built under it. The small kit, when unfolded, contains besides this stove, two cups, two frying pans that also serve as plates, and one coffee can. This kit weighs 2% pounds. The package of flapjack flour weighs 2 pounds; mush, 1 pound; soups, 2 pounds, consomme, Vi pound; dry milk (will make over a gallon of milk), % pound; tea, % pound; sweet chocolate, % pound; saxin, 1-16 pound, and coffee, 1 pound. This outfit costs about $4.50, including both the cook kit and the food. All the foods are highly concentrated and mostly in tablet form except, of course, the flapjack flour and the mush. The tea, coffee, chocolate, consomme, milk and soups are all in powder form that can be diluted many times. The saxin (sugar) is 600 times sweeter than sugar and a tiny tablet will sweeten a cup of tea or coffee. [And is not recommended as a substitute. — Ed.] These rations are for the necessities of the meals, and when game or fish are added to this supply, the vacationist will have a supply sufficient to last him ten days with plenty to eat. * * * How many of us have wished, when too late, that we had known how to preserve the skin of some big fish for a trophy? It is not a difficult task to so care for the skin of your big fish that it may be mounted at leisure when you return to town, and the resultant trophy lends an air of truthfulness to one's account of the fish, and how he was taken, that might be difficult to impart by word of mouth alone. The most difficult part of preserving the skin of a really big fish lies in the catching of him, but having accomplished this, if the angler will observe the few simple instructions given herewith it will require no great effort of skill or patience to make a lasting trophy of the skin. First lay the fish on a clean board, belly down. Take a heavy, sharp knife, and beginning at the nose, split the head straight through the middle, carrying the cut back to the base of the skull, divid- ing both jaws and head perpendicularly. It will be necessary to force the knife down through the head by hammering on the back of same, hence a heavy knife is necessary, but from this point on a small knife is best. Continue the cut from the head down the back and belly to the base of the tail, being careful to leave the dorsal, adipose and ventral fins and the skin you have selected to save. Beginning at back of head and working down- ward and toward the tail, remove the skin carefully, but do not, during this operation, endeavor to sepa- rate all the flesh from the skin, as that can be done more easily afterward. When the half skin to be preserved has been entirely removed, lay the skin out carefully, scale side down, and with the edge of a tablespoon scrape the remaining flesh from the skin. Cut away the projecting pieces of bone from with- in the half head, but do not remove the bones them- selves. Cut carefully through the bony structure behind the cheek and remove the flesh of the cheek by scraping out through the aperature thus made. This will allow the curing liquid to penetrate to the skin over the cheek without having to make an out- side cut. Make, a salt brine strong enough to float a potato and then add another handful of salt for luck. The skin should be entirely submerged in this brine by weighting with a stone. Let it soak for at least three days. In taking home the skin wrap it in sopping wet cloths in layers with plenty of heavy paper, or if you have it, rubber cloth, outside, to retain the mois- ture. It is most important to keep the skin from drying until you are ready to stretch it in its perma- nent shape. Upon reaching home your fish skin is ready to hand over to your taxidermist. * * * In some sections of California, where the skies are always clear in summer and the vacationist need not fear thunder storms, which are so sommon in the East, there is little need for a tent, especially if the party is of men only. However, in order to secure privacy, a piece of dark green percaline or silesia cloth about six feet in width and twenty feet in length, strung up as an enclosure with a heavy cord will make an ad- mirable dressing room and weighs only two and a half pounds. If a tent is considered a necessity a light-weight 7x7 A tent with ridge ropes, or any other small tent, is very serviceable. !2 THE BREEDER AND SPOETSMiN [Saturday, July 4, 1914. I THE FARM I FOOD VALUE OF MILK. CURE FOR ABORTION. G. F. Story, extension instructor in animal husbandly at the Massachu- setts Agricultural College, calls atten- tion to three essentials in the pro- duction of clean milk that cannot be overlooked it good results are to be expected. 1. The man. Of all things he is the most important, for unless the dairyman wants to make clean milk, no amount of inspection can insure a uniform grade of milk. 2. The method. Cows and stable should be clean; use pails with a small opening as they keep out 90 per cent, of the dirt; again, milk through absorbent cotton, (cost 1-3 cent per day; wipe sides and udder of cow with damp cloth before milk- ing; as soon as strained cool milk to 50 degrees or below and hold until delivery; thoroughly sterilize all milk utensils. 3. The price. Unless the consum- er is willing to pay the extra cost of producing high grade milk he should not expect to get it by arbitrary in- spection. Many Massachusetts dairy- men would prodjuce a high grade pro- duction if they could get a better price for it than for ordinary market milk. He also, in speaking of the value of milk, says: "Milk is an ideal food for babies and an excellent food for adults. It requires no cooking and can be introduced into almost any diet, at a saving in food cost. One quart of milk has a food value equiv- alent to three-fourths pound of beef- steak or six eggs. At present prices this gives milk an actual value of from 15 to 20 cents per quart. At 12 cents per quart it is one of the cheap- est foods on the market. People are beginning to buy milk on a quality basis, the same as eggs, meat or clothing. This will be more commonly practiced when high grade milk is generally recognized to be one of our cheapest foods." The Montana experiment station ex- perts in a bulletin describe the use of carbolic acid as a treatment for con- tagious abortion. The conclusions of the bulletin are as follows: Carbolic acid, either fed in solution or injected hypodermically, seems to be a specific against contagious abor- tion. Cows, as a rule, will eat with appar- ent relish as much as 750 cubic cen- timeters of a 4 per cent, solution of carbolic acid in feed daily. The hypodermic injection as a treat- ment in an affected herd involves less labor than feeding. In cases of impending abortion car- bolic acid may be injected in sufficient quantity to cause staggering gait and dilation of the pupil of the eye, when it should be withheld for from 10 to 15 hours and repeated, with no apparent unsatisfactory after effects. All males used for breeding pur- poses should be treated as indicated. Contagious abortion and granular vaginitis may be transmitted through the medium of the male, unless prop- er precautions are observed. Heifers pregnant for the first time are more liable to abort than during subsequent periods of gestation, and they should be carefully watched and vigorously treated if abortion exists in the herd. Feeding and treating your cows as a herd instead of as individuals is a mistake. Consult each cow separate- ly; ascertain her dislikes and likes for certain feeds. Whims! Yes, they undoubtedly are, but it will pay us well to cater to them. Weigh the milk and feed daily, noting the relation be- tween the two, varying her feed to de- termine her capacity. When taking a cow's measure, remember that all sides must be considered. The cow's value depends somewhat upon size, but the inside, or her dairy capacity, is of still greater importance. Where the pigs are allowed to run with the sow, and to wean themselves, it is almost impossible for the mature female to produce more than one lit- ter a year. GzombauWs Gati&tic Balsam1 The Worlds, Greatest and Surest W$ Veterinary Remedy %m HAS IMITATOJtS BUT MO COMPETITORS J SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE, Supersedes All Cautery or T."ir« in j. Invaluable as a CUR}7, for FOUNDER. WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SKIN DISEASES, RINGBONE, PINKEYE, SWEENY, BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES ot BLEMISHES, SPLINTS, CAPPED : fCK, STRAINE TENDONS. SAFE FOR AN MNE TO USE. 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O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE. The standard bred trotter EL VUELA, bay mare (1909) Bred by C. A. Canfield, sired by El Volante 2:13V-, dam Sue 2:12Vi by Athadon 2:27, etc. El Vuela trialed in 2:29 in her three -year- old form on the trot. She is in foal to Carlokin 2:07%. Stands 16 hands, weighs 1200; a stylish and prompt driver. For sale rea- sonable or will exchange for stock suit- able for livery- H. OLSEN, 1450 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal. DIVIDEND NOTICE. THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 526 California Street- Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st streets. Richmond District Branch, corner Clem- ent St. and 7th Ave. Haight Street Branch, corner Haight and Belvedere streets. For the half year ending June 30, 1914, a dividend has been declared at the rate of four (4) per cent, per annum on all de- posits on and after Wednesday, July 1, 1914. Dividends not called for are added to the deposit account and earn dividends from July 1. 1914 GEORGE TOURNY, Manager. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR PLEASANTON, CAL. THREE DAYS RACING — PURSES $6000 SEPTEMBER 24 - 25 ■ 26 - 1914. Entries closed, June 16, 1914, except in Amatenr races, which close Saturday, September 12, 1914 Entries on Purse Races now open, close July 8, '14 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 1. Two-Year-Old Pace, Futurity Stake, No. 1, Closed 1912.. $1000 2. 2:20 Class Trotting (filled and closed) 500 3. 2:25 CLASS PACING, (new) 1000 4.. .AMATEUR RACE FREE FOR ALL Cup FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 5. Two-Year-Old Trot (Futurity Stake No. 1, Closed 1912 $1500 6. 2:12 Class Trotting (filled and closed) 500 7. 2:10 CLASS PACING, (reop- ened) 500 8. 2:15 Class Pace, Amateurs ... Cup SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 9. 2:14 Class Pacing (filled and closed) $500 10. 2:09 Class Trot, canceled. 11. 2:20 Class Pacing (filled and closed) 500 12. 2:15 Class Trot, Amateurs. . .Cup All races mile heats. Three heats. Money to be divided as follows: Twenty-five per cent, of the purse to be paid on each heat and twenty-five per cent, to the winners of the race according to their rank in the summary. Nominators have the right of entering two horses in one ownership in any race by the payment of two per cent, additional, due and payable on or before entries close, but only one of the two horses so entered to be started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock p. m. the day before the race is to take place. Entrance fee five per cent, to start, three per cent, due and payable at time entries close, one per cent, additional if not declared out on or bfore August 1. 1914, and one per cent, additional if not declared out on or before September 1, 1914. No suspensions, but aU entrance fees paid in stand forfeited where the horse does not start. Declarations must be paid in full at time of declaring out. Usual five per cent, additional from money winners, except in Futurity Stakes. Entrance fee must accompany nominations. Address all communications to the Secretary. W. J. DAK1N, Secretary, Pleasanton, 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 SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts Saturday, July 4, 1914.] THIS BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK Reg. No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 TCDMC. 4C/1 (no tha t*. . i ti'.v.^iv" 3SSVS9E RSStROT *±.'.*.*.V Casey Jones worked in 2:10; last quarter in 29 seconds, over the Pleasanton track. $■ Capt. C. P. McCan is leaving this week for Oregon with The Bondsman to make a fall season there. Zulu Belle worked a nice mile at Pleasanton in 2:05; down to the half in 1:05 and home in a minute flat. <8> Leata J., accompanied by a runner, worked a mile in 2:06 over the Stockton track. The quarters were as follows: :32, :30, :31 and :33. Next Wednesday, July 15th, is the day when the starting payments for the two and three-year-old races of the Breeders Futurities fall due. <8> «> San Felipe 2:09% worked in 2:27%, Joe Patchen 2:03% in 2:14 and back in 2:14%, Maymack 2:08% in 2:14, for Chas. DeRvder at Cleveland. There are a number of pacers sired by Searchlight 2:03% that should secure fast records this year. Present Queen 2:11% is the fastest thus far. <8> Col. Roosevelt, owned by F. H. Metz of Newcastle. is a 2:10 trotter sure. With but two or three work- outs he trotted a mile in 2:20% at Rocklin last Sai- urdav. <8> «> Havis James has shipped his stable from Indian- apolis to Cleveland. Before leaving he worked Baron Alcyone 2:11% in 2:07% and Vaster 2:09% in 2:10%. <8> ■» Entries to the Stanford Stake to be trotted and paced in 1916 for foals of 1913 will close with the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society on July 15th. The most sensational work at the Lexington track this season is to the credit of the two-year-old trot- ting colt, U. Forbes (1) 2:21%, who stepped the big oval in 2:14%. He is a pupil of H. C. Moody. «><$><$> The following clipping, taken from the New Zea- land Racing Calendar, speaks for itself: "An adver- tiser wishes to dispose of a Ford motor-car, and in part payment would take a good straight-out trotter." <8> <8> <& The fast gray pacing mare Zombrewer 2:04%, by Zombro 2:11, is again in training and is going all right for W. L. Snow, at the Detroit track, having recently worked a mile in 2:13%. She was bred in the spring, but is thought to be not with foal. Frank Childs worked Major By By a mile in 2:11%, last half in 1:02%, over the North Randall track. Our Colonel 2:04% worked in 2:09, last quarter in :30%; this horse is good now and is probably one of the best in the 2:06 class to which he is eligible. <8> •» •& The horses bought by L. L. Gilpin, of Salt Lake, from A. P. Stotts, of Oakland — Maud J. C, Cameline. Miss Hayes and Smarty — are reported as doing well in their new home. Mr. Gilpin writes that there will probably be a fair and race meeting given later in the season at Salt Lake City. «■ <8> Joseph S. Anderson, well known as a breeder and exhibitor of high-class saddle horses and a noted figure at the State and District fairs, died at the Acropolis Sanitarium in Oakland last Sunday. His death was due to injuries received last Saturday when one of his horses fell on him. ^ <^ The contract for the improvement of the grand- stand at the Woodland race track has been let to Contractor Rufus Pearse. The stand will be thor- oughly renovated and several boxes added. Harry Dowling will leave this week with the Woodland Stock Farm string for the Pacific Coast Circuit which opens in Salinas on July 25th. -$> "$■ •$> It is reported that the great broodmare, Mantua Maker, by Red Wilkes 1749, has given birth at twenty-three to her eighteenth foal. Mantua Maker is the dam of seven in the list, all trotters, the sire, Wiltondale, and her daughters have produced five in the list, stamping her as a famous matron as well as a striking example of virility. «> Mr. W. T. McBride of Los Molinos reports that Dawn o' Light 2:17 has foaled a filly by Vernon Mc- Kinney 2:01% and has been bred to Dan Logan 2:07%. La Muscovita has a colt by Graham Bel- lini and has been bred to Robert Bingen. The year- ling by The Bondsman and La Muscovita is very large for her age and acts like she would make a fast mare. Says Walter Winans: "The American trotter has won the Marathon and the Corinthian coaching com- petitions here in England against the English haek- m y. and now the hackney is being forced on the United States as the horse to breed cavalry horses from. They will all lie down and die in the first ' attle. Just imagine trying to make a team of hack- ;eys take a gun up a steep hill!" Farmer Bunch is breaking a ten-months-old colt belonging to Harvey O'Neal that is showing wonder- ful speed. The little filly has only been driven six weeks, and Friday last she trotted a quarter mile in 39 seconds, and the last eighth in 17% seconds. She is sired by Dexter Derby, dam Daisy by Moses S. 2:19%, by Nutwood 2:18%. Moses S. was the stal- lion owned by the late L. D. Shippee. «> Already trotting horse men are arriving for the best four days of racing that will be had on this Coast, beginning Saturday the 25th inst., when the Trotting Horse Breeders meeting opens in Salinas. Yesterday Messrs. Keefer & Spencer of Santa Maria arrived at the race track with seven trotters and pacers, which are entered for these races. The trot- ting races will he a great feature for Salinas Big Week, 1914. — Salinas Daily Journal. Professor L. C. Clark, instructor in agriculture in the College of Hawaii, has been spending a few days in Santa Rosa. Professor Clark, who is a Califor- nian by birth, but who has spent the last sixteen years in the islands, is visiting California at the present time and is securing some high grade live- stock for shipment to the Hawaiian Islands for the College of Agriculture farm. This is an institution something after the order of the Davis Farm here. Paris, France, June 20. — The Grand Prix de Paris, the world's richest race, was won yesterday by Baron Maurice de Rothschild's Sardenaple, which recently won the French Derby. Edward de Rothschild's La Farina was second and Herman B. Duryea's Durbar II., third. The latter ran fourth to Sardanaple in the French Derby. The Grand Prix de Paris carried a value of ?60,000, and the distance was one mile and seven furlongs. The attendance was in excess of 200,000 and the betting totaled $1,200,000. Asa Pointer last week (Thursday) went a mile at Pleasanton in 2:07 2-5, last half in 1:02 and last quarter in 29 seconds, all himself. He can step a quarter with ease any time in 29 seconds; a number of watohes were held on him that caught this time. Bystanders made the remark that he looked as if he could have done it in 2:05 just as easily. Al Mc- Donald only went out to work him in 2:10. We now know he has the speed and he will only be kept in prime condition until the races start — no fast miles. <$■ «> News has been received in Hemet from R. M. Se- bastian and he states that the horses he has in Texas are winning and that there is a prospect for an ex- cellent season. On the first day of the races at Wichita Falls, Copanaca took first money. Hal Mc- Kinney in the free-for-all pace on Thursday took first money and also broke the track record, making the mile in 2:11. The horses will be at Clarendon until the Fourth. It is expected that they will clean up considerable purse money there. «> Over thirty horses are entered to date in the great matinee races that are to be held at the Fair Grounds in Santa Rosa on Sunday afternoon, July 19th, under the auspices of the Sonoma County Driving Club. The horses entered are among the best that have ever participated in a matinee card in the county and it is expected that there will be a crowd of spectators at the track on this day. Among the entries is one from Rudolph Spreckels, who some years ago was very prominent in the light harness horse business. <8> Nathan Straus's gray gelding Denver won the President's cup on the Harlem Speedway with a clean record of twenty-eight points for the season. It was started seven times and won its race on each occasion. The last race in which he started was a close thing between him and Emily H. ; this was the first defeat of the mare this season. Both heats were closely contested and it was only in the last fifty yards that Denver was able to get into the winning position, Emily H. holding him safely until that time. Ered Woodcock has stepped Hal Norte a mile in 2:25. last quarter in :32; Paxton Hal, own brother to Hal Chief, in the same notch. J. C. B. went round in 2:23%, last quarter in 32% seconds; St. Michael, a mile in 2:25%, final eighth in :15%; Zolace, a mile in 2:28, last eighth in :16%; Ruth Hal (3) a mile in 2:35, the eighth in :17%; May Day Hal (2) a mile in 2:44, last quarter in :37%. A. C. Lohmire has placed Borena D. in Woodcock's stable to be raced this year. Mr. Lohmire's black pacer, Ikey, is work- ing well and acts as though he will justify a fair chance. «> «> There is no denying the fact that a race of half- mile heats for fast pacers is a novelty, which appeals strongly to the casual observer, as well as to the regulars. Inasmuch as action of a most thrilling nature abounds from word to wire, the spectators are worked up to a high pitch, and to judge by the interest displayed at Cranwood Park, half-mile track managers would find it well worth considering. Even the "King-pin" of all drivers, E. F. Geers, who was a daily visitor to Al Pennock's track last week, made it a point to move out nearer the edge of his chair at each appearance of the contestants in the half-mile affair and noted particularly the strenuous efforts of the contenders. "Say. they even hit them in scoring," remarked the grand old man, as one of the teamsters in his anxiety to get away at top speed, "went to the bat" before Walker gave the word. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of Patchen Wilkes Farm, has compiled a list of the sons and daughters of Peter the Great 2:07%, that have indicated, either in public trials or performances in actual races when separately timed, a probability of becoming 2:10 trotters during the coming season, and there are no less than thirty-six in the list. Ten of the lot are claimed by Mr. Stokes to have already actually trot- ted miles in time ranging from 2:05 to 2:10, un- officially, and only one in the entire list is over five years old. If one-half of them fulfil the prediction made for them it will be a most remarkable showing. •$> Some time ago the French Government Stud Com- mittee purchased from Mr. August Belmont the horse Amoureux III., by Octagon, out of Amieita, which ran second in the French Derby and showed other good form. The price paid for him was £3,200. He was sent to the stud at Tarbes, in the south of France, and his list quickly filled. Amoreux III. absolutely refused, however, to look at the first mare presented to him, says the Paris correspondent of the Sports- man. He reared and struck at his attendants, and every attempt failed to overcome his antipathy. His suggested French bride, shut up with him in a box, was nearly killed by him and had to be released. A change of air was suggested and he was sent to the Bordeaux district without any more success. There is no congenital defect existing, but merely an aversion for the duties assigned him. Last fall, when the praises of Peter Volo and Lady Wanetka were being sung by all horsemen, Will Durfee worked the green two-year-old filly Vir- ginia Barnette a half in 1:00% and a quarter in 29% seconds, and followed it up by saying that he would beat both Peter the Greats in the futurities this year. Only a few weeks ago Durfee said he would not leave California with this fleet daughter of Zombro 2:11 and Zephyr 2:07%, but the June 1st payments in all futurities having been made on her, the chances are that she will be seen at Columbus and Lexington. Virginia Barnette is a peculiar filly. Very often she refuses to go onto the track, and this spring she would lie down in the shafts before she would put her foot on the track. And yet once she goes to the track she never misbehaves, and no one ever saw her make a break. <8> 3> ^ An Australian stud was last January the scene of a sanguinary combat between two thoroughbred stal- lions— Prince Foote and Simile. The former is a horse by Sir Hugo's son, Sir Foote; Simile, a son of St. Simon — in fact a brother to St. Maclou — and a fairly successful sire. The two stallions were quar- tered in adjoining yards and one day, writes "Milroy" in the Sydney Mail, some negligent person left a gate open. This mistake enabled Simile to enter Prince Foote's yard. Arrived there, the son of St. Simon issued "a blatant challenge." Prince Foote, which is a docile and even-tempered little chap, and much smaller than his challenger, was disinclined to fight; but as Simile insisted. Prince Foote presently set to with a will, got the bigger horse down, and so mauled him that he had to be destroyed. This untoward outcome of the battle reminded "Milroy" of the fight between the Godolpbin Arabian and Hob- goblin, which resulted in the tatter's death. ^ «> A. B. Coxe, in a recent letter to Henry Ten Eyck of the Chicago Tribune, discloses part of his theory of breeding. Referring to one of Mr. White's articles Mr. Coxe writes: "You wrote as if I were simply breeding from fast mares, and it is true I have a number of such animals among my broodmares, but while I like fast mares, I do not care for them unless they come from trotting colt families; I also want them out of producing mares. Of the twenty-seven mares I own, five are by Peter the Great, seven by Axworthy, three by sons of Baron Wilkes, three from the Bingen family, and* three from that of Dictator. Among the dams of my mares are: Orianna, dam of seven, including two five-year-olds in the 2:10 list; Komura, dam of five and two three-year-olds which beat 2:10; The Widow, dam of five; Medio, dam of five; Miss Pratt, dam of six; Santos, dam of seven; Nell, dam of twelve; Expressive, dam of six; Vonia. dam of five; Muda S., dam of seven; Dorothy T., dam of four; Mignon, dam of five; Ettie Baron, dam of ten; Maud Fowler, dam of four; Hazel King, dam of The Angelus 2:10%; Honey H. 2:19%, full sister of Beuzetta 2:12% at 3 and 2:06% at 4; Nella Jay 2:14% at 3, a Kentucky futurity winner, and Mar- garet O. 2:05%." <8> •» <•> A stallion that made a great name in the history of Canadian breeding was lost when Bassetlaw, son of St. Simon and Marquess, died at Mr. Harry Gid- dings' Cedar Grove Farm at Oakville on Monday Bassetlaw had on two sides of the house the blood of conquering strains of the English thoroughbred, as his dam was a daughter of the great Blair Athol. He was bred by the Duke of Portland, and imported as a two-year-old to America. He did not race until three, when he .von three races. One of them was the Jersey Handicap, a mile and a quarter in 2:08, beating Ramapo, Sir Walter Scott and others. He also won the September Stakes, a mile and three- eighths. At the stud he got a great number of win- ners, though none of the highest class. He was bought by Mr. Giddings at auction in New York to replace Wickham at Cedar Grove, and proved a gold mine. Though his owner had never more than a small band of broodmares, Bassetlaw sired three winners of the King's Plate for him — St. Bass, jtiearts of Oak and Beehive. He was foaled in 1890, and was consequently twenty-four years old. Saturday, July 11, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N THE LAW OF THE LAND. Early in 1913 a call was sent out by one of the leading turf journals for a Moses to come and lead the trotting horse men out of the wilderness into which they had wandered. Still another paper called loudly for a Napoleon to spring up and bring order out of chaos. Needless to say, however, neither a modern Moses nor a modern Napoleon responded to these calls, though the Grand Circuit Stewards did convene and enact some highly important legislation which as time passes, no doubt will prove beneficial to all concerned. However, these few faithful men were able to enact such laws as would govern but themselves and their associates, and herein lies the rub. Without further ado the help that will do the trotting horse world the most good must come from the outside, and by that I mean from state or na- tional legislation. If the trotting horse business is to survive we must have a state racing commission in every state in the Union, the book-maker and the auction pool must be eliminated, and the pari-mutuel system of speculation recognized and made legal wherever possible. Kentucky was the pioneer state to secure a legis- lative body to govern the racing interests there, that. is for the thoroughbred sport and what has been accomplished in that state since the commission went to work in 1906 is very aptly described in tho following statement from J. Pelham Johnston, sec- retary of the Kentucky Racing Commission: "It is gratifying to report that the sales of thor- oughbred horses indicate the improving condition of the horse breeding industry. In 1912 one yearling sold at auction for §14,000, another of the same age brought $11,000. In one sale of 16 yearlings at Lex- ington, that season, the total sold for $57,650, ar average of $3,003. In 1913, forty-five stallions, mares and weanlings were disposed of in one sale for $198,000. In this sale one horse sold for $38,000. * * * For the first time in Kentucky's racing, two races are to be run this spring each worth $10,000 in added money. * * * While the racing commission has proved the real salvation of the thoroughbred racing in Ken- tucky, there is yet another contributing feature to the healthy condition in which the sport finds itself. That is the pari-mutuel system of betting has been so perfected, reaching such a degree of unqualified fairness, that today it is more popular with the spec- ulative public than book-making ever was." As has been previously stated in some of the turf journals, application for copies of the Kentucky Rac- ing Commission's rules, has been made by Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Lou- isiana, Montana, Utah, Washington and California. Colorado beat the other states to it and has already established her racing commission, with the pari- mutuel system of betting legalized. The first racing took place last month under the new regime and the outcome was successful and satisfactory in every way. The legislative assembly of Porto Rico also has just recently established a law like Kentucky's for the government of racing on that island. In view of this activity on the part of the breeders of thoroughbred horses in several states, where the trotting interests are also big, it behooves all trot- ting horse men who have any influence at all to get busy and strike for their interests while the iron is hot. In union there is strength and what has been accomplished in Kentucky and is certain to be accomplished in Colorado, can he accomplished in every other state if the proper effort is made. Too long have our trotting horse men been at swords points, too long has each one been alert only for his own interests or else absolutely passive. It is now time for unification of rousing action. As the breeders of thoroughbred horses in Ken- tucky and Colorado saved those states to the racing interests, so can the breeders of the trotting horse save their respective states to the trotting interests if they but have the nerve and courage to do so. It is useless for the track manager to make a move, for reasons that are obvious. The bookie and tuot dare not. Therefore, it is up to the breeders. For- tunately, all our breeders of trotting stock are men of wealth, culture and refinement and almost without exception can obtain an audience with state or gov- ernment officials any time a case demands. Mr. Breeder, The Journal calls upon you now. After studying the political situation in your state, go to your governor and tell your story. Remind him of the thousands of dollars that are invested in the big breeding farms and the livestock thereon, to say nothing of the thousands of racing and fair plants everywhere. Remind him that the state in which you live is doing everything in its power to foster and encourage other big enterprises that will mean much money and prestige to the state. Then ask him if he will not lend his influence to encourage the trotting horse breeding industry and help per- petuate it. Ask for a state racing commission, like Kentucky's or Colorado's. Impress upon him the necessity of this and make it clear to him that unless such things come to pass the state is bound to suffer irreparable financial loss. Ask him if he will not support such measures if they are properly presented for his consideration. Perhaps YOU, as a breeder, can think of many more vital things to say, but surely those I have sug- gested are most material. The time is ripe for real concerted action on the part of the trotting horse breeders of America. We must cease complaining about the present state of affairs and saying this ought to be done and that ought to be done. Let's all get together and do it. If we do not, our race tracks in time will resemble many one-time famous race courses that are now covered with apartment houses and our breeding farms will be like the fam- ous Palo Alto farm which has just been turned into a vineyard and orchard. For a long period hundreds of track managers in America have borne the burden for the entire trot- tinghorse world by promoting meetings in the face of much local opposition and by a persistent viola- tion of the law. However, many of them are weary- ing of their task and unless they are soon protected by law they will gladly throw up the sponge and "Let George Do It." Such a disaster as I predicc can be forestalled, however, but it can be only through a united effort on the part of all our trotting horse breeders. If the men of Kentucky and Colo- rado were big, broad and influential enough to get the kind of legislation that meant their salvation, surely representative breeders in other states will be able to secure as much for themselves and the intersts thy represnt. At any rat it's worth a trial. In conclusion, do not let Kentucky and Colorado put the other states to shame in this matter. Put YOUR shoulder to the wheel and show the world what stuff YOU are made of. By so doing you will not only be benefitting yourself and protecting your already heavyy financial investments, but you will be building for the generations yet unborn. — Tedd H. Kline in The Breeders' Journal. J. W. CONSIDINE BUYS ANOTHER TROTTER. ROCKLIN DRIVING CLUB. The largest crowd which has attended the races in the last ten years was present at the Rocklin Driving Club's meeting on July 4th; over 1,500 were in attendance and the gate receipts were very satis- factory to the committee in charge of the affair. The prizes consisted of cups, gold nuggets, leather goods, etc., and were donated by Placer county's candidates for office at the coming election this fall. The races were very interesting and were hotly contested and everybody went home happy and well pleased. Class A, mixed: Anteo Jr. (Blackwell & Hendrickson) 2 1 3 Fall (C. F. Silva) 1 2 3 Cecil B. (W. E. Tuttle) 4 3 2 Pearl Derby (A. Levison) 3 4 4 Time— 2:29, 2:2SV2, 2:30. Class B trot: Col. Roosevelt (Metz) 2 1 1 B. & H. (Blackwell & Hendrickson) 1 2 2 Time— 2:22, 2:20^, 2:23. Class C, mixed: Happy Pumpkin (McDonald) 1 1 Anona (Blackwell & Hendrickson) 2 2 Billy H. (Sandevik) 3 3 Time— 2:50, 2:28%. Class B, mixed: Gypsy King (McDonald) 1 1 Golden State (Blackwell & Hendrickson) 2 2 O. J. H. (Kinkle) 3 3 Time— 2:26^, 2:26%. Class C trot: Moko Boy (Hebuck) 1 l J. J. B. (Levison) 2 2 Time — 2:55. 2:58. Class A trot: Major McKinley (Metz) 1 1 Stamrock ( S. Hendrickson) 2 2 Time — 2:29, 2:25. ENTRIES AT SACRAMENTO. The following is the list of entries for the five purses which were re-opened by the State Agricul- tural Society and which closed on July 1st: STATE No. 2—2:14 TROT, $1,000. Matawan. H. C. Ahlers; St. Patrick, Woodland Stock Farm; Bertha Pointer, W. G. Durfee; Frank S. Whitney, Sutherland & McKenzie; Mable Van, F. E. Van Tress; Merry Widow, W. Parsons; Silver Hunter, T. D. Sexton; Wesos, Alex. Brown; Vallejo King, Thos. Smith; Copper the Ore. Wells & Bonnell; Miss Gaily, Hemet Stock Farm; Guacho. James Thompson. STAKE No. 3—2:15 PACE. Gold Lily. I. L. Borden; Enchilada, Woodland Stock Farm; Robert Bingen, Woodland Stock Farm; Pegasus, Valencia Stock Farm; Harry Mac, Russell Gray; Star Til- den. Geo. W. Putnam; White Sox, W. G. Durfee; Sou- mise, W. G. Durfee; Welcome Jr., J. M. McKiernan; Leonid. D. W. Wallis ; Red Pointer, Mrs. C. Mortizia ; Dolly Varden, Peter McCart. STAKE No. 5—2:09 TROT. Albaloma. I. L. Borden; Redeem, Jasper Paulsen; Ale- rick, W. G. Durfee; Rags, W. G. Durfee; Nuristo, Alex. Brown. STAKE No. 12—2:20 PACE, $600. Sweet Princess, H. C. Ahlers; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; White Sox, W. G. Durfee; Soumise, W. G. Durfee; The Mighty, W. R. Meese; W. J. K., W. J. Kenney; Ben Cor- bett, Jr., Wm. Young. STAKE No. 18 — 2:20 TROT, $600. Frank S. Whitney, Sutherland & McKenzie: The Proof, M. C. Keefer; Little Beau, C. A. Schiezer; The Empress, W. R. Meese; Silver Hunter, T. D. Sexton; Xmas Wilkes, Paul Sims; Nutwood Lou, A. Ottinger; Lady G., J. Hol- land. SAN JOSE DRIVING CLUB. At a meeting held last Tuesday evening at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, the San Jose Driving Club completed plans for a matinee program of harness races to be held at the San Jose Driving Park track tomorrow (Sunday) after- noon. No charge will be made spectators and ad- mittance will be free. The program includes: 2:20 pace — Red Rose, James Ferri; Clear Voyage, Geo. McCracken; Big Jim, F. Dashiell. 2:30 pace — Babe, F. Silva; Beaut, George Young; Lady C. Joseph Corri; Princes Lou. James Ferri; Lady Rea. W. W. Whitehead. 2:40 pace — Rose O., J. Orlando; Jessie D., William Sa- lazar; Kinmont, F. Price. 2:30 trot — Black Diamond, James Stewart; Jane C, Carl Campbell; Kiss Ka Dee, James Ferri. S. B. Wright of Santa Rosa recently sold to J. W. Considine, of the Woodland Stock Farm, the follow- ing described three-year-old chestnut trotting filly: Princess Olive D , sired by Sonoma King (full broth- er to Sonoma Girl 2:04%, winner of $41,327, and 4 others in 2:30) by Lynwood W. 2:20y2 (also sire of Chas. Eelden 2:08%), son of Guy Wilkes 2:15% (sire of 91, 51 sires of 337 and 65 dams of 110 in the list) and Lindale, son of Sultan Jr. (brother to Margaret 2:28, dam of Regal Wilkes 2:15%, sire of dam of Pickles 2:03%) and Flora Pierson 2:33 by Gen. McClellan 144; grandam by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont. Sonoma King was out of Maud Fowler 2:21% (dam of 5 trotters, 1 sire of 1 and 1 dam of 2) by Anteeo 2:16%, son of Electioneer and Columbine (dam of 4, 6 sires of 165 and 2 dams of 3 in 2:30) by A. W. Richmond, etc. Princess Olive D.'s dam was Olive Dillon (trial 2:20%) by Sid- ney Dillon 23157 (sire of Lou Dillon 1:58%, Custer 2:05%, Mary Dillon 2:06*4, Helen Stiles 2:06%, Ruth Dillon 4, 2:06%, Dolly Dillon 2:06%, Stanley Dillon 2:07%, Fleeta Dillon 2:08%, Wilna Dillon 2:10, Al- berta Dillon 2:10, Harry Dillon 2:10, and 57 others in 2:30, 3 sires of 5, 6 dams of 7 in 2:30), son of Sidney 2:19% (sire of 4 in 2:10 and 126 in 2:30, 31 sires of 130 and 40 dams of 65) and Venus (dam of 3) by Venture 2:27%. The second dam of Princess Ol- ive D. was Maud Fowler 2:21% (dam of Sonoma Girl 2:04%, Sonoma May 2:15*4, Sonoma Queen 2:25, trial 2:10y2, Dumont S. 2:20 and Sonoma Maid 2:29*4) by Anteeo 2:16% (sire of 56, 20 sires of 118 and 32 dams of 45 in the list), son of Electioneer 125 and Columbine (dam of 4, etc.) by A. W. Rich- mond; grandam Columbia by Imported Bonnie Scot- land, great grandam Young Fashion by Imported Monarch, great-great grandam Fashion by Imported Trustee, etc. The third dam of Princess Olive D. was Eveline (dam of Ole 2:10%, Titam 2:19, Maud Fow- ler 2:21%, McPherson 2:22%, sire of 4, and 3 dams of 9 in 2:30 list) by Nutwood 2:18% (one of the greatest of broodmare sires) ; fourth dam by Niag- ara, sire of the dam of Katie G-, one of Electioneer's greatest speed producing mares. BILLINGS GIVES STALLION TO U. S. Wilmering 2:12%, considered one of the hand- somest trotting stallions in the country, has been presented to the United States Breeding Bureau by C. K. G. Billings of New York and owner of world's championship trotters Uhlan 1:58, The Harvester 2:01, and Lou Dillion 1:58%, through George M. Rommell, Chief Department of Animal Husbandry, and will soon join the list of stallions now used for the production of cavalry horses. Wilmering is now 8 years old and took his race record at Dallas, Tex., four years ago. While his racing career was never very brilliant, yet as a horse he attracted great attention for his beauty, conformation, size, style, and especially his blood lines. He was bought by Harry K. Devereux of Cleveland, president of the Grand Circuit and a well- known amateur for matinee driving and breeding purposes. When Mr. Billings decided to send some of his champion trotters for exhibition on European tracks in 1912, including Uhlan and The Harvester, he bought Wilmering to join the group as the handsom- est American-bred trotter, although the horse's race record was the slowest of the seven shipped for the tour. For his general appearance and individuality Wilmering attracted as much attention from foreign horsemen and breeders as the two champions, in spite of the fact that on the trip abroad he was not in the best of health. Since then the horse has been used by his owner for saddle riding. The stallion is by Boreal, one of the best speed sires on the turf, whose sire, Bow Bells, is by Elec- tioneer, thus giving him a breeding which has been officially approved by the managers of the Bureau for Breeding the highest class army mounts. On his dam's side Wilmering traces to two other stout stal- lions, Onward and Belmont, his maternal sires being also producers of speed. Most of the trotting stallions so far bought by the Bureau for breeding purposes are bred like Wilmering, yet in the opinion of trotting horsemen, none is as well suited for the purpose as the Billings horse in general conformation and individuality. His career will be watched with great interest by light harness horse breeders, who have long advocated the use of trotting blood for the creation of a light- class cavalry type. CHARITY MATINEE AT SACRAMENTO. The names of sixty-six horses have been filed with Secretary M. J. Murray of the Sacramento Driving Club as entries for the big charity matinee meeting to be held next Sunday at the State Fair grounds. This is the greatest number of horses that have ever been entered in one day's race meeting and, consid- ering the high class of many of the entries, it will be the greatest matinee ever held in the West. Mr. A. Ottinger of San Francisco has received free trans- portation for twenty-five horses, sulkies, etc., to be shipped from San Francisco on Thursday morning's boat to take part in 'the programme. Drink Jackson's Xapa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 11, is)14. REVIVAL OF TROTTING UNDER SADDLE. Trotting races under saddle will be featured at a number of the Grand Circuit meetings this season. Announcement of the staging of this variety of con- tests has been made by circuit officials and several good trotters are now being taught to go fast under saddle. At Lexington this week Ramey Macey rode The Wanderer 2:08% a mile in 2:19% and the geld- ing performed well at the new way of going. Macey holds the world's record for a mile by a trotter under saddle, having ridden old County Jay 2:05% a mile in 2:08% a few years ago. The old horse is once more in training in the East and it is probable he will contend for saddle honors. Several of the leading secretaries of the Grand Cir- cuit have decided on the plan of offering purses for trotters under saddle, and many prominent horse- men believe the innovatior. will arouse more genuine interest and enthusiasm than anything proposed in recent years. President H. K. Devereux, of the Grand Circuit, is himself a devotee of riding, and for many years his stable has included many trotters suitable for work under the saddle. There are also but few better riders of trotters than Mr. Devereux, and almost any morning during the Cleveland and Lexington Grand Circuit meetings he may be seen working his own horses under saddle. It is a significant fact that Uhlan 1:58, the world's champion trotter and fastest light harness horse, has been trained to carry his owner, C. K. G. Billings. Uhlan is an ideal horse, and on the bridle paths of Central Park he attracted much attention during the winter season. After placing the world's trot- ting record of 1:58% and trotting a quarter in 2T seconds last fall, Uhlan was retired by his owner, with the announcement that he would be seen no more in public. About all the records to harness are now held by this wonderful horse, and the only rec- ord open to him is the saddle record of Country Jay. Under the new plan of racing to saddle, it is stated that Uhlan may again thrill racegoers by endeavoring to lower the time made by Country Jay a few sea- sons ago. Trotting to saddle as an institution is not new. More than one hundred years ago the Norfolk trot- ters were raced in England, ridden by professional jockeys. The Norfolk trotters had much to do with the formation of the trotting breed in America, and after racing became an established sport in America it was confined to events under saddle for the first fifty years. Such old-time trotting horsemen as Budd Doble, Hiram Woodruff, Dan Mace, John Murphy, the Goldsmiths and others of equal note, rode trot- ters on all leading tracks, and it was not until the 'fifties that driving to wagon became fashionable. The plan of racing to sulky is perfectly satisfac- tory to the men and women who love the trotter for himself and who have been regular attendants at race meetings for years. Novelties are not required to attract them. But it is no easy matter to induce "outsiders" to enter the gates of race tracks and become members of the flock. Fewer young men of the present age are familiar with trotting than ten years ago. Unless some plan is devised whereby the rising generation may become interested in the sport, it is bound to languish, as far as attendance is concerned. There are now more forms of outdoor sports to interest young people than ever before which renders it doubly perplexing in providing a plan by which they may be attracted to the scenes of harness racing. There is no question but that the public is de- manding quick action. Racing the thoroughbred has been revolutionized in the last few years. Short races have supplanted those over a distance of ground, and the thoroughbred horse has resolved itself into a generation of sprinters without the abil- ity to go the route as in the old days. The classics of the running turf require speed sustaining blood, but the ordinary races for selling platers are simply a series of dashes. Trotting to saddle will please young and old, and from a spectacular standpoint it cannot be surpassed. — H. A. Hamilton. o THE HORSE PARADE IN BOSTON. The twelfth annual work-horse parade in Boston took place on Memorial Day and proved to be the largest and biggest parade as yet held. There were over 1,700 horses in line, and they ranged in ago from an unweaned foal three months old to two champion old horses aged, respectively, 40 and 41 years. In the Old Horse class there were 65 entries and the gold medal was awarded to a little mare aged 34. She is owned by a family who also owned her dam and the period of service she covered by the two is fifty years. This Old Horse Class was started by the Boston Association and has proved to be a great success wherever it has been tried and especially at county fairs. An old horse, in this sense, is one who has been ten years or more in the service of the same person or concern. The drivers brought their families with them on their wagons and this added much to the interest of the affair. Other animals that figured in the parade, carried on the wagons, were dogs, goats, lambs and prize babies. Every dog received a special ribbon. Prizes were also awarded to drivers with a long term of service and there were silver and gold badges for those who had showed the same horseE fo five or more years. Some interesting exhibitions of driving without reins, and of tricks by work horses were given at * le reviewing stand, and one horse went through ■ie parade without any bridle. Despite the great length of the parade the judging was done so quickly by an ingenious and novel sys- tem that it was finished and the last horse went home in less than four hours. The Boston parade was the first to be given in this country and all the other parades in the United States and Canada have been patterned after it. THE FARMERS' PROTECTIVE LEAGUE. PERFORMANCE IN A BROOD MARE. Stallion owners sometimes separate their mare constituency into three classes, those that divide equally with the stallion in contributing to the inher- itance of the colts, those that breed like themselves, and those that breed like the stallion. As in general the stallions are better than the mares and as it also makes a better showing for their stallions, they are quite unanimous in recommending that the third class of mares be preserved. While for immediate profits this may be sound advice, yet there are num- erous objections to retaining such individuals. There are two ways in which a mare of this type might breed like the stallion. The desirable way is that in which the mare carries the same characteris- tics in the blood that the stallion transmits. In this manner one obtains offspring of good quality that breed reasonably true to type. The more common manner, however, is where the mare is so lacking in prepotency that the stallion's characteristics com- pletely dominate her young. While this is a big improvement to the man who has only a small amount of money tied up in such a mare, it sets a trap for the one who purchases the colts expecting them to breed to their type. The characters of the ancestors crop out in the offspring and Mendel's law shows that they first appear in the second generation. -One would there- fore expect the weak breeding characters of the mare to appear in her grandchildren in certain propor- tions, and instead of being rid of them, one would be continually fighting the same battle to build up a true breeding stock. Of course the real solution of the problem comes, not in selecting a definite type of mare, but in thinking of the character as the unit and the mare and stallion simply as carriers of the character. If this is done and one breeds to get the character pure, satisfactory results will come far more quickly. — Breeder's Gazette. THE FOAL'S START. Every kind of business needs a good start. '"Well begun is half done," are not idle words. The saying applies to raising foals as well as to making the survey for a drainage system. The Gazette has per- sistently sounded the call to feed the colts, the colleges have taught it, and the fairs and shows have demonstrfated its importance — and thousands of farmers have continued to produce 1,500-pound horses from ton foundation stock. Probably more complaint has been made on this score than on any other phase of our draft horse industry. It seems hard for any man to admit to himself that he is a stingy feeder. Let him look at his product and decide. If his mares are well graded up with draft blood and he breeds them to stallions of real ton scale he should turn out young horses closely approaching that size. A heavy-milking dam and a good pasture are not enough for the first summer. By July an early foal has capacity to handle considerable oats as well. Without the oats he may keep plump and grow fast; with the oats he will keep a little plumper and grow much faster. This early start at rapid growth is absolutely essential. It gets the foal's digestion into the habit of handling large amounts of feed, and its body into the habit of turning that feed into steadily expanding tissue. An old, stale argument of stingy feeders is that a colt fed more lightly while young will continue to grow longer. That is true, but it will not grow long enough to catch up. Even if it would grow to the same size in a year more of time it is a loss of time and probably a loss of feed in the slower process. It takes much of the feed merely to maintain life, with- out contributing to growth, so a mature idle horse does not take much more feed than a growing three- year-old of about the same size. The important point is that the principal growth must be made while the colt is young. The growth habit must be early formed and continuously supported. It takes abun- dant feed to do it. — Breeders' Gazette. PETALUMA DRIVING CLUB. There was a large crowd of spectators at the har- ness races held at the Petaluma track on Sunday afternoon. It is estimated that at least 2,000 per- sons were present. The meeting was a great success in every way. Joe Ryan of Sonoma won two of the events of the card and W. Stewart of Santa Rosa annexed another. The results: First race: Clara C Millerick (Ryan) 1 1 Mandelay, Dupont (Dupont) 2 4 Sarah C. Morris (Misener) 4 2 Spring-time, Healey (Norris) 3 5 The Potrero. Mitchell (Reams) 5 3 Mahomed, Helman (Helman) 6 6 Time — 2:22%, 2:21. Second race: Emmaline. Stewart (Stewart) 1 1 Lady Stilwell. Millerick (Ryan) 2 2 Clara Mills. Ramage (Ramage) 4 3 Liz Woods, Peterson ( Norris) 3 4 Time— 2:21. 2:22%. Third race: Miss Rooney, S. V. Stables (Ryan) 1 1 Potrero Boy, Reams (Reams) 2 2 Time— 2:19, 2:18. Farmers all over the State are enrolling as mem- bers of the Farmers' Protective League, and in nearly a score of counties branches of the League are either organized or being formed. In many instances the entire membership of farm bureaus and kindred organizations affiliate with the League. Mrs. Emily Hoppin, of Yolo county, a member of the board of directors of the League, has taken per- sonal charge of the campaign among women voters to convince them of the dangers of the universal eight-hour law, especially as it affects the agricul- tural interests of California. Mrs. Hoppin is a farmer and knows whereof she speaks. Mrs. Hoppin is widely known throughout the State, being vice-presi- dent of the Women's Federation of Clubs. "It is most important that women be made ac- quainted with the full meaning of the universal eight- hour law," said Mrs. Hoppin, "and the women of the country districts must carry the message to their sisters in the cities. Women are always anxious to inform themselves upon political and economic af- fairs and they readily accept the logical view on any question. I know that the women of California, once the facts are put before them, will realize that this proposed law would destroy utterly the farming industry of the State. "I want to make it especially clear that women workers, who are now under the law limiting to eight hours their daily employment, will not be ben- efited in the slightest if this proposed legislation is adopted. On the contrary women would be harmed, because the cost of foodstuffs naturally would increase as production is decreased, which would happen if farmers are forced to observe the eight-hour schedule." Women are not organizing separately but become members of the branch League in their respective counties, and are participating actively in affairs of the organization. THE STABLE OF JAMES BUTLER. Mr. James Butler was a liberal buyer of the young thoroughbreds sold by the estate of James R. Keene. and thus far he has done well with them. At the Belmont Park meeting, his two-year-olds won $15,400. When Mr. Butler first ventured on the running turf, it was predicted that he would fail. But he has been persistent, and now his stable is higher in the list than that of H. P. Whitney, August Belmont, R. T. Wilson or John E. Madden. The logical con- clusion is that Mr. Butler bought with judgment and had the youngsters properly trained. The man who wins must take chances, and Mr. Butler has had the courage to do this on both branches of the turf. His trotting and pacing stable is not as strong as it was in the old days, but it has been able to keep in the limelight. His chestnut stallion, Direc- tum I. 2:02%, by Directum Kelly 2:08%, dam Izetta R. 2:13%, by Pactolus 2:12%, was one of the sensa- tional harness performers of 1913, and the question is repeatedly asked, "Will he beat his record of 2:02%, made at Syracuse September 8th?" The per- formance was brilliant, and yet I do not believe that the stallion has reached the limit of development. He was a popular horse on all the tracks where I saw him lead the procession, and it would be grati- fying to see him join the two-minute group. Mr. Butler also has some very promising trotters in his stable, and, should they gather honors as the cam- paign lengthens, the old friends of the East View breeder and farmer will rejoice. The foundation of all progress is persistence, coupled with intelli- gence.— Horse Breeder. AUTUMN MEET AT BELMONT PARK. At a well-attended meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Belmont Park immediately after the conclu sion of the races June 20th, it was unanimously decided to hold a twelve-day meeting at Belmont Park in the autumn. This meeting will be a joint meeting, held under the auspices of the Westchester Jockey Club, the Brooklyn Jockey Club and the Em- pire City Jockey Club. The meeting will last twelve days, and will begin September 7th, Labor Day. The decision arrived at by the various clubs was not unexpected, owing to the success which has attended the Westchester Racing Association gath- ering just concluded. September is the most delight- ful month of the year in New York State, and that the many who are unable to leave home should be deprived of their favorite pastime would seem a hardship. The pronuneiamento of the Jockey Club to provide another meeting at Belmont Park in the fall, even if it is only a twelve-day meeting, will be received on all sides with acclaim. The feature race of the opening of the autumn season will be the Municipal Handicap, a race for three-year-olds and upward: distance one mile and a half. To this the owners' fund will add the goodly sum of ?2,500. Another valuable feature race will be the Hindoo Handicap, a race for three-year-olds, at one mile and a half. To this the added money will be $2,000, also provided by the owners' fund. Adequate purses will be included in the program, and throughout the twelve days a total of ?9,000 will be added to the stakes. C. L. Emerson has been elected secretary of the Deer Lodge County Fair Association at Anaconda. Mont., succeeding the late W. E. Coleman. The fair dates will be Sept. 17, IS and 19. Elaborate plans are in the making for the biggest and best fair ever held in Deer Lodge county. Saturday, July 11, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N ROD, GUN AND KENNEL INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S NINTH WESTERN HANDICAP. CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWlTT. FIXTURES. FORMATION OF RIFLE CLUBS. Tournaments Registered. July 14, 15, 15. — Nelson, E. C. Nelson Gun Club, H. Bush, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22.— Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 27, 28, 29 — Martinez, Cal. Alhambra Gun Club, Fred M. Eurnhara, President. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes. Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. S, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen. Manager. Sept. 20 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary -Treasurer. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger. Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. S. Bench Shows. July 3-5 — Bayside Kennel Club, Venice, Cal. Mrs. Martin J. Smith. Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary- A. K. C. rules. SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TUNA FISHING. The initial serious attempts to catch tuna in the Santa Barbara channel -waters about Santa Cruz island were made last year. It was generally be- lieved that these game fish were as plentiful in the channel as they have been at Catalina island. The Santa Cruz island camps have been popular outing resorts for several seasons past, boats cross from Santa Barbara daily during the season. The trip to Santa Cruz island can be made very comfortably in two and a half hours in the "Otter," which is a staunch, well built boat and adequate for all the immediate business. The round trip fare is $2.00 and chartered by the day is $30. It takes about seven hours to make a complete circle of the island which would leave considerable time for trolling in a day's trip. The camp is located at Friar's Harbor, a pictur- esque, small, well watered bay, fine oaks in a narrow canyon, a running stream of cold, clear water. The fishing is very good, although yellowtail and tuna have not been too much in evidence. Barra- cuda. Spanish mackerel and all the rock fish are very numerous and easily taken. The camp should have some power boats similar to those at Catalina in order to really enjoy the fishing and make large catches as trolling from a row boat lacks zest. People fond of fishing should carry their own tackle as the supply in camp is limited. The scenery on the south side of the island is rather uninteresting, being more like that along the mainland. The north side of the island is extremely picturesque, having high lava palisades, well wooded hills and valleys, and numerous running streams which however are not visible from the boats as the streams percolate through the fine gravel beaches some distance back from the salt water. This water feature lends itself particularly well for camping on the island, as an abundant supply of running water can be obtained in different places. Caves are numerous, the Painted Cave being very notable, although bearing little resemblance to the Blue Grotto at Capri. Means are lacking for the illumination of the large, pitch dark chamber at the extreme end of the passage, so that it is difficult to judge of its size other than by the washing of the tide at the end of the chamber some distance from the entrance. Anyone visiting the cave should tak-» Causton lights or colored fire. American independence owes much to the skill which our forefathers showed in the use of their trusty rifles, a skill which brought praise from the great Napoleon and fear to the hearts of the hired Hessians. Why this art should have been allowed to deteriorate by the Government is not understand- able in view of the fixed policy of the Government to rely upon untrained volunteers to fight its battles. History cites many instances where untrained sol- diers who were trained riflemen such as the Boers have gained victories over trained regulars, but his- tory has little to say of the many ignominious de- feats of volunteers who had not this qualification and who therefore were not able to stand before trained troops. After many years of effort by a coterie of rifle enthusiasts and patriots in this coun- try, legislation to correct this serious mistake of the Government has at last been secured, and Congress has authorized the war department to begin the train- ing of civilians in rifle practice. It was due to the efforts of the National Rifle Association of America, an organization which has been in existence since 1871 and which has been the pioneer in working up sentiment throughout the country for the promotion of rifle shooting as a sport as well as a means of strengthening our national defences, that Congress has at last taken action by authorizing the war de- partment to issue to civilian rifle clubs Krag rifles and ammunition free. The benefits from this action, however, will neces- sarily he limited, owing to the refusal of Congress to appropriate funds with which to carry out the pur- poses of the law. In view thereof, the Secretary of War has delegated the work of organizing the clubs, to whom the rifles and ammunition will be issued, to the National Rifle Association of America, whose headquarters are in the Woodward Building, Wash- ington, D, C. This association already had, when the act was passed, more than 150 civilian clubs orgau- ized and shooting under regulations which had been previously approved by the Secretary of War. The conditions under which clubs may organize and receive the benefit of this law provide that ten citizens in any locality may organize themselves into a club, after which they adopt the by-laws furnished by the war department and affiliate with the National Rifle Association of America with and by the ap- proval of the Governor or Adjutant General of the State. After this has been accomplished, the club is eligible to receive the rifles and ammunition on the basis of one rifle to each five members of the club and 120 rounds of ammunition for each mem- ber. Members of clubs receiving such ammunition will be required to shoot over a course of instruction laid down by the war department, which provides for rapid fire at 200 and 300 yards, and slow fire at 300, 500 and 600 yards. Those members who qualify as marksmen, sharpshooters or experts are given decorations by the war department and their names are recorded in the office of the Adjutant General of the State and of the War Department. Clubs will be required to give bond for the safe return of the rifles issued to them. Although this action fay Congress is a step in the right direction, still the final results which it was thought would be attained are bound to be disap- pointing for two reasons — the lack of an appropria- tion to put the movement on a proper national basis and the lack of ranges throughout the country where these rifle clubs, after being organized, can get their practice. There is no more serious military problem in this country than the lack of proper rifle ranges. Only one State in the Union, Massachusetts, had the foresight to acquire local ranges and bar against future encroachment of building operations. In that State every large city was compelled by law to pur- chase and maintain a rifle range for its home militia. With the rapid increase in land values and building operations in the suburbs of large cities, it will soon be impossible to purchase or maintain ranges near any of the large centers of population. There has not been a session of Congress for many years that has not had presented to it propositions to acquire target ranges and manoeuver grounds in different parts of the country, all of which have failed to secure recog- nition. The cost of one battleship would provide a dozen ranges in different parts of the country large enough to provide for the practice of the Army, Na- tional Guard and civilian clubs and they would be an asset to the national defence of the country which could hardly be estimated. The expression that we are a nation of marksmen. has ceased to be a stock phrase of our Fourth of July orators for many decades, but if this movement which has been started is followed up by proper appropriations for the building of ranges and the manufacturing of ammunition, such a phrase may in ten or twelve years have some significance. We should have in this country at least a million young men spending their holidays and Sundays in the clean and manly sport of rifle shooting, thereby im- proving their physical health as well as training themselves to be efficient volunteers in case their services may be needed for the defence of their homes and firesides. The Interstate Association's ninth Western Han- dicap tournament will take place at Green Bay, Wis., August 4, 5 and 6, under the auspices of the Green Bay Game and Gun Club, with $1,000 or more added by the Interstate Association and the club which is to have the honor of holding the event. Green Bay, the city in which the ninth Western Handicap is to be held, is a city rich in historical romance and Indian tradition, and is located at the head of Green Bay, an inlet on the west shore of Lake Michigan. The bay is 100 miles long, from fif- teen to thirty-five miles wide. The city of Green Bay is 242 miles north of Chicago and 144 miles north of Milwaukee, from which cities the Western Handi- cap will draw a good many participants. The Green Bay Game and Gun Club (incorporated) is a popular organization, and its membership is com- posed of the leading business men of the city. The club has one of the finest shooting grounds that the most enthusiastic sportsman would ask to be pro- vided for a trapshooting tournament. The equip- ment is up to date, and the opinion has been fre- quently expressed that the grounds are not surpassed for uniformly good trapshooting conditions. Monday, August 3, will be practice day, and, begin- ■ ning at 1 o'clock p. m., five 20-target events, entrance $1 to each event, will be shot, the purses to be divided on the Rose system, ratio 5, 3, 2, 1. Tuesday, August 4, the first regular day of the tournament, there will be ten 15-target events, $1 entrance to each event, and an optional sweepstake of $1 on each event; also an optional sweepstake of $5 on the 150 targets. There will also be a special event this day, 25 pairs of targets, $2 entrance. On the second day of the tournament, August 5, the program calls for five 20-target events, conditions same as on previous day, and the Preliminary Han- dicap, 100 targets each man, ?7 entrance, handicaps from 16 to 23 yards. This event is open only to amateurs, though trade representatives can shoot for price of targets. One hundred dollars will be added to the Preliminary Handicap purse, and the money will be divided according to the number of entries, the three amateur contestants making the three highest scores each to receive a trophy from the Interstate Association. On the third and last day of the tournament. August 6, there will be five 20-target events, condi- tions same as on the first day, and the Western Handicap, 100 targets per man, ?10 entrance, handi- caps 16 to 23 yards rise, §200 added, high guns to win. The number of moneys in the purse will he determined by the number of entries, though the winners of first, second and third places will be guaranteed $100, $75 and $50, or more, respectively, and each of the three high men will receive a trophy presented by the Interstate Association. The manner of shooting the Western Handicap (and, in fact, all events scheduled for the tourna- ment) will depend entirely upon the number of en- tries. However, contestants are assured that a reasonable equity will be maintained under all con- ditions. Each contestant at the time of making entry for the Preliminary or Western handicaps will be re- quired to state his average in order that the handi- cap committee can act on as near absolute knowledge of the contestant's ability as it is possible to obtain. There will be two sessions of the handicap com- mittee. The handicaps contestants receive for the Preliminary Handicap will not govern in the West- ern Handicap. For programs address Elmer E. Shaner, 219 Col- tart Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., or R. E. St. John, sec- retary of the local club, 200 South Washington St., Green Bay, Wisconsin. AT THE TRAPS. Salinas Trap Shoot. — The Rodeo Gun Club's com- bined function of barbecue and bluerock shoot at Sherwood's park on Sunday, July 2S, was an unquali- fied success. The reception committee was on hand to receive the big guns from other gun clubs with engaging courtesy and polished politeness and the arrangements committee had every detail so well looked after that nothing was neglected to contrib- ute to the pleasure of the occasion. There were bluerocks a-plenty. But the barbecue was the thing. This was pre- pared and served forth with great skill by a distin- guished citizen of Salinas, ably assisted by past masters in the various arts of preparing the condi- ments and accessories to an "al fresco" function for shotgun men. The scores for the day follow: Sh. at Eke. Sh. at Bke. Shoemaker 120 91 IF. Thoicke 110 Mook 95 46!Varier 60 98'Haight 160 92 Hawxhurst 160 79|Cadwell 30 30 Ravmone 135 65 C. Bardin 25 SJJGross 25 63!Cosseboom 60 29!F. Sargent 25 Bars tow 120 Jennings 120 Miller 120 Shaw To Black 85 Schultz 50 Townsend 85 Coltran 50 F. Horigan 50 Von Soosten 50 Conradi 120 E. Winkle 50 Massera 85 Clausen 25 Dr. G. Parker 75 Waters 95 Tarp 25 Kattner 50 Eleshio 50 D. McFadden 85 Vierra 60 F. Chappell 110 32 Cashem 35 43|W. Bardin 50 73lGrover Thoicke 85 3^ F. C. Pura 125 52IGeo. Pura 7a 161 Albert Pura 75 421J. Douglass 100 61!Lauritzen 35 I'.Dr. Chapell 50 13'Conradi • 25 38lP. Johnson 75 66Pedroni 25 50JColtrane 25 9S1F. Porter 25 50 138 144 10 79 5 16 25 16 17 32 70 101 46 46 7'J ?4 26 ifi 58 7 11 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 11, 1914. Bunting C. McFadden . Horton Earl Horigan Brewington 75lCahoon 25 41Palmtag 35 SS W. \V. Anderson. . . 25 A. Y\ . Anderson. — 45 H. ChappeU 25 17 14 3 12 19 0 S5 50 50 60 85 MitcheU 160_ 14S!Cohn Breschini 75 551 * * * Venice Traps. — The initial night trap shoot on the Pacific Coast was held at the grounds of the Los An- geles Gun Club, Thursday June IS. The main event was at 50 targets, for a silver cup prize, won by H. Pfirrmann Jr. The scores follow: Event No. 1, 50 targets: Sh. at Bke. Sh. at Bke. .29 H. Pfirrmann 50 Dr. Fitzgerald 50 Dr. Packard 50 Bungay 50 Melius 50 Smith 50 Dr. Thomas 50 Hansen 50 Reed 50 J. Nelson 10 Melius 4 Smith .... 0 Dr. Packard . . .... 0 21 13 33 31 SI 30 19 17 17 Ttl. 92 92 92 91 89 49 4tl01iver 50 43|Hovt 50 42IO. Nelson 50 42j J. Nelson 50 39lMoist 50 39ITowne 50 3S|Hunter 50 35 MeMurray 50 35|Teeple 25 Event No. 2, practice, 50 targets: Pfirrmann 37, Dr. Fitzgerald 46, Dr. Packard 44, Bungay 45, Melius 44, Hansen 45, Oliver 41. At the Sunday shoot June 21, good scores ruled in Event No. 1, 100 targets per man, added target han- dicap : Hdp. Ttl. Hdp. 98|MUler 25 96 Groat 16 95|Pu"h 16 95!Hagerman 9 93|Bungay 7 93IDoremus 0 93| Millard 54 x 75, Towne 33 x 50, Dr. Thomas 19 x 25, Kimble IS x 25. Event No. 2, 12 pairs: Melius 17, Pfirrmann 19, Groat 11, Hagerman 14, Bungay 16, Millard 14. Event No 3, tower shooting, 25 targets: Melius 15, Smith 10, Mrs. Groat 6, Pfirrmann 3, Miller 6, Groat 12, Bungay 6, Doremus 10, Millard 10, Dr. Thomas 10. * * * Live Bird Traps. — California 'Wing Shooting Club shotgun experts at the Sobrante trap grounds, July 5, piled up a number of fine scores. Five met? grassed every bird trapped in the club medal shoot and divided the added money purse. They were- T. D. Riley, C. C. Nauman, C. A. Haight, Ed. L. Hoag and E. L. Schultz; the latter shooter used both bar- rels of his breech-loader but once in this event, Hoag, Schultz, W. W. Terrill and Nauman cut up the purse in the second match, each with a clean string of twelve birds. Terrill accounted for ten of his birds with one-barrel shots. In this race every clean score man shot from the thirty or more yards mark. Riley and Haight each failed to connect with the second bird offered. Tony Prior, who was handicapped at 32 yards rise in the two preceding matches, came to the front strongly in the final miss and out shoot for the club's monthly silver cup trophy. At 32 yards rise he ran a string of 17 birds straight and won out. Clarence Haight, 29 yards, slipped his seventeentn bird and was runner up with a string of sixteen straight. The scores for the day follow: Tony Prior and Fred Willet were the winners of the May medal shoot, cutting up first and second moneys, eight ll's divided third money. Riley, Schultz and Terrill split the purse in the June medal shoot and Schultz, with fifteen straight, won the June trophy cup in the miss and out. The scores follow: May medal match, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three moneys, high guns, distance handicaps: Y\\ F. Willet 31 " 2212 21212222 — 12 Tony Prior 31 " 2221 2212 1212 — 12 A. W. DuBray 28 yds. 0111 2221 2212— 11 H. B. Gregg 2S " 2110 12111211—11 C. A. Haight 27 " 2112 21210121 — 11 T. D. Riley 28 " 2212 1222 0221—11 E. L. Schultz 30 " 1111 2111 1110—11 T. F. S. Northcroft 30 " 1112 2202 1111—11 W. W. Ten-ill 30 "' 2121 0121 1222—11 A J. Webb 30 " 1222 2122 2120—11 E. L. Hoag 27 " 2201 1221 2101—10 C. C. Nauman 33 " 2110 02212211—10 P. J. Walsh 28 " 0211 1120 0120— 8 June medal match, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three moneys, high gtins, distance handicap: T. D. Rilev 28 " 2222 2222 2222 — 12 E. L. Schultz 30 " 121112111121—12 W. W. Terrill 30 " 1121 1122 1112 — 12 C. C. Nauman 32 " 10111212 1212 — 11 Tony Prior 32 " 1222 01212121—11 P. J. Walsh 27 " 112102111122 — 11 A. 3. Webb 29 " 2112 2202 2112—11 W. F. Willet 32 " 2112 2222 0122 — 11 H. B. Gregg 28 " 0011 2111 1121—10 C. A. Haight 27 " 02210112 2112—10 E. L. Hoag 26 " 1100 1212 2112—10 A. W. DuBray 28 yds. 1111 2101 0012 — 9 T. F. S. Northcroft 30 " 1210 00110011 — 7 June cup shoot, miss and out, distance handicap: A. W. DuBrav, 29 yards. 3 birds: H. B. Gregg 27 — 13: C. A. Haight, 29 — 3; E. L. Hoag. 30—3: C. C. Nauman. 33 — 2; Torn- Prior. 32 — 14: T. D. Rilev. 28 — 8; E. L. Schultz. 30 — 15: W. W. Terrill. 31 — 2; P. J. Walsh. 28 — 2; A. J. Webb. 31—1; W. F. Willet. 32 — 9; T. F. S. North- croft, 30 — 0. July medal shoot, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three moneys, high guns, distance handicap: T. D. Riley 29 vds. 2222 2122 2222 — 12 E. L. Schultz 31"" 1111 1111 1121— 12 C. C. Nauman 32 " 121121211122 — 12 C. A. Haight 26 " 1112 11212212 — 12 Ed. L. Hoag 25 " 1211 2122 221° — 12 Capt. DuBray 27 " 2121 1122 5112— 11 Tony Prior 32 " 1121 1012 222:2 — 11 A J. Webb 29 " 2"21 1221 2°20 — 10 W. W. Terrill 31 " 1101 1100 2111— 9 July purse shoot, 12 pigeons, $50 added, three n oneys, high guns, distance handicap: Kd. L. Hoag 30 vds. 2121 1222 2222 — 12 E. L. Schultz 32 " 2222 1121 1212 — 12 V. W. Terrill 31 " 1111 1112 1112—12 (. C. Nauman 31 " 2112 1122 1211 — 12 2201 2112 1111—11 2021 2212 1121—11 2011 1112 2111—11 1112 2101 1022 — 10 1002 Withdrew. Capt. Du Bray C. A. Haight is T. D. Riley 27 A. J. Webb 30 Tony Prior 32 July miss and out cup trophy shoot, distancc handicaps: Torn- Prior. 32 vards. 17 birds: C. A. Haight, 29 — 16; W W" Terrill, 31—12: T. D. Riley. 27 — 8; C. C. Nauman. 3jl_8- A. J. Webb. 30 — 7: E. L. Schultz, 32 — 1; Captain Du Bray, 29—0; Ed D. Hoag, 30 — 0. * * * Vancouver Shoot. — Nearly sixty shooters assem- bled at the Vancouver, B. C, Gun Club two day shoot, July 1 and 2. Hugh Poston's 290 out of 305 birds trapped was the high score for the shoot. E. Ellis broke 2S8 for high amateur average. Pete O'Brien of Walla Walla was second with 282 breaks. Davs — Targets — Poston, H. E* Ricklefson. H. H.«. Holohan. P. J.*... Burtch, C. L.* Mink, C. E.« Mavnard, H.* Reihl. F.» O'Brien. P. H Cooper, D Miller. G. W Cramer Evans. A. Stokes. L. B Baker. A. R Price, J. P Turnout!, W McLean, C. E Ellis. E Field. A. Troeh. F. N Clunie. G. S Sturdy. E. A. Barber, Guy Reid, A. R Barklev. L. R. Porter. C Mclntyre. J 1 150 155 Days — Targets 146 144 Saee. G. - 126 133 Britton. G. A. 139 111 Easthom, R 126 1^4 Svlvester. J. P. . . 131 127 White. F 128 . - . Roberts, J 137 140 Fleming. H 142 14i".lowens, C. E 135 132;Owens. J. R 133 139!Quick. H. B 134 124.Dafoe, L. R 135 12e'SneU. C 122 123!01iver, T. H 127 132 McClure. J. C. . . 125 120jLenfesty, W 59 40] Stewart, H. A. .. 130 135 Boothroyd. J. ... 142 146!Kelley. J 131 121. Harrison V 137 144!Hoggan. W 116il22 Liersch, H. J. ... 125 130! Sanderson. H. S. 117 121'Shillingford. C. L, 129 12e Cutler, J 135|l35!Newman. H 126124'McCreath, J 124 12" CALIFORNIA'S WILD GAME PROBLEM. ProDer protection of fish and game — a protection that will be fair to the entire public and at the same time preserve the stock of game — is a problem that never has been solved, for the reason that equal rights to take game overlap individual rights to the use of hunting grounds. It is granted that the wild game and fish of the State belong to all the people of the State and the people have equal individual right to use these resources, states the Chico Record in a recent discussion of the fish and game initiative petition. In the case of the game, it thrives in many places at the expense of the land-owner whose crops it feeds upon and whose land it occupies, and this land-owner has the right, unquestioned, to allow the public to enter upon his lands for the purpose of taking game and he has the right to prevent the public from so doing. Moreover, he has the right to allow a certain people to enjoy this privilege and to deny others the privilege. By reason of his ownership of lands which game seeks as a home, he finds it possible to reap a profit by leasing the lands for hunting purposes and at the same time, in electing to give the lease to respon- sible persons, protect his property from indiscrim- inate, irresponsible hunters. This condition results in the formation of gun clubs, which become respon- sible to land-owners for any damage that might occur on the premises. Gun clubs secure the most of the available hunting grounds of the State and therefore their members and their friends are the chief bene- ficiaries of the game of the State, while the general public is practically barred from the privilege of a share of the game. The average citizen cannot afford to belong to a gun club. This is a fact that it does not appear possible to change without infringing upon the property rights of individuals. Because of the conditions being such mat gun clubs have most of the favorable hunting grounds under lease or ownership, there is a widespread re- sentful feeling which is being played upon by com- mission merchants and hotel men of San Francisco and one or two other large cities of the State with a vew to openng up the way for market-hunters to resume operations. The State Fish and Game Com- mission is wisely opposing this for the reason that practically all other States have found, as here, that the sale of game is principally responsible for its extermination and does not tend to bring game with- in the reach of the masses. In response to the attack to be made upon the "non-sale" clause of the game law, the State Com- mission says: "California today is experiencing one of the strang- est political fights ever made. A body of self- constituted champions of the people, under the name of The People's Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion, is advocating the sale of the' wild game of this State. Investigation will show that the majority of the men behind this so-called People's Protective Association are market hunters, dealers and hotel and restaurant men, all of whom have a pecuniary interest in the exploitation of the people's game by selling it back to them after violating every law that the public has thrown about its game to conserve it. One cannot well escape the argument that if it is the people's game, why should they buy it when the same fields as those upon which it is killed still re- main open to whosoever wants that same game enough to exert himself in the taking of it. "In 1910 five hundred thousand wild ducks were killed by market hunters to feed the people of San Francisco who lacked the energy or the inclination to kill them for themselves. In 1911, but two hun- dred and fifty thousand ducks found their way to the San Francisco markets; in 1912, one hundred and five thousand, and in 1913 this was reduced to eighty-five thousand. These figures alone should give the public an idea as to the destructiveness of the market-hunting system. All of the birds above men- tioned were killed on open grounds and in competi- tion with the farmer's boy, store clerk, factory op- erative and others of little means, by men with whom the killing of game is a business, by whom law viola- tion is capitalized seven days of the week — unfair competition, to meet which the poor shooter is as illy equipped in boats, guns, decoys, etc., as he is by the lesser experience of natural conditions and recrea- tive diversion and not the sordid business of reaping that which he has not sown. "If the game belongs to the people, there is no reason why the public should be compelled to buy the same by placing a premium upon the professional market hunter, whose aim is ever to drive that pub- lic off the open grounds and who would make a personal preserve of every foot of it if he had the power. If the aim is really to protect the people's interest in fish and game, then why not give those who wish to kill the same protection from these men whose operations are essentially directed against them? "The experience of other States has been that game cannot withstand the perpetual onslaught fol- lowing a price on its head. These self-elected 'cham- pions of the people' who are putting forth a cam- paign of misrepresentation in the hope of corralling the entire wild game of this State in behalf of the rich gourmands of one municipality, regardless of the rights of the districts to be pillaged, pander to those whose arguments at all times partake rather of the belly than of the brain. "No one denies that the hag limit was passed pri- marily to stop market hunting, because only those who make a business of exploiting the public's game for their personal profit have any inducement to persistently exceed that reasonable limitation. If the State of California were to legalize the sale of game, the entire State militia would be inadequate to enforce the bag limit- "If the idea is to exterminate the game of this State as soon as possible, then turn loose the market hunter." DEER HUNTING NOTES. Reports from deer hunting sections denote that the hunters who journeyed on the opening days to Humboldt and Mendocino counties have had no trou- ble in getting fat bucks. Robert R. Russ returned from Mendocino county with a fine four-pointer last Thursday, Lester Carr sent in a fine three-pointer head Friday to he mounted by Ed Ladd. This buek was shot near Napa. A group of ten South San Francisco rifle packers hunted in the hills on the Jersey Farm, back of San Bruno, in San Mateo county, Friday morning of last week. One of the party came back with a fine three- pointer and a spike buck. These deer were bagged within fourteen miles of this city — a coup that will no doubt be pleasing news to those hunters who made a distant trip up the coast and came back empty handed. In the San Andreas lake section of San Mateo county bucks are numerous this year. The fact that the animals have refuge within the boun- daries of the Spring Valley holdings accounts for that, however. About a dozen large bucks can be seen every night coming to drink at Lake Andreas. Halfmoon Bay and Crescent Gun Club members were out in force on the 1st, but failed to get a buck — an unusual first day experience for that country. A heavy fog enveloped the coast hills and canyons, and that is what saved the deer. Farther down the coast, Neuman brothers of Wood- side found no difficulty in dropping two large bucks back in the San Gregorio hills. San Mateo county being the only near-by county, the Fish and Game Commission had a force of ten deputies out in the hills keeping track of the hunters. Some confusion has arisen in regard to county ordinances shortening the season for deer shooting. Santa Cruz county, for instance, was reported to be on the closed limit until August 1. Such is not the fact, however, for reports from that county give ou: that a number of deer were killed on the 1st instant. H. T. Bassett and H. Harrison of this city bagged a buck near Hinckley creek, Archie Hagerman of Boulder Creek got his 100-pound spike buck back of the Koster place, on the Big Basin grade. Harry Von Bargen. Pete Hansen, Paul Bishop and Frank Irwin made up a hunting party that bagged a forked horn near the Big Basin country. The main army of deer hunters left town last Fri- day, taking advantage of the week-end holiday, and were not expected back until Sunday morning. The full moon nights no doubt handicapped the sport somewhat, for the bucks have a habit of feeding during bright moonlit nights and laying up in cover in the early morning and day time. All the old hunters of Marin county are taking down their guns and getting their dogs in trim in anticipation of a gay old time on the opening of the deer season on July 15. The Lucas Valley Club is still in possession of Mr. Wm. Barr and friends, and they will be out on the range bright and early on the morning of the 15th. The Victor Gun Club is plan ning a grand barbecue on the opening day and F. S. Ambler, the old reliable chef, is coming down from Santa Rosa to help prepare the feast. Vivian Hoxie. who is now in San Rafael for the summer, and who is one of the members, will be on hand, as well as Salvador Pacheco, Robert Pearson, Thomas O'Con- Saturday, July 11, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N 11 nor. Mayor Kinsella, Sheriff J. J. Keating-, Assessor P. H. Cochrane, Max Blum, William Janes, John Foge, Henry Knittle, Mr. Church, Thomas Pollard Jr., and a few others. The dedication of the amuse- ment hall is the prominent number on the program. The Lagunitas Gun Club is also getting ready for the opening day and from what we are told they expect some good sport. The keepers on the pre- serve state that the preserve is alive with large forkhorns. This is attributed to the fire on the mountain last summer. The Nicasio Valley boys anticipate good hunting, although a number of deer were found dead from the results of the severe winter. In the Lucas Valley several large bucks died from pneumonia. As the season does not open in Sonoma county until August 1, a number of the Sonoma county hunters are figuring on getting a hunt in the Marin hills after the 15th. Since the Woodacre people have put the ban on hunting on the Mailliard lands and all the owners of ranches on the west slope of the mountain, including the south slope of the Kent properties, have done the same, the open country for hunting in the county is about shut off. The Santa Venetia property is also closed to hunters this yea"' as well as the country to the east of Olema and in the vicinity of the Five Brooks property. This will compel the lover of deer hunting who is not a mem- ber of a club to go outside the county for his sport. The Country Club people have passed a rule not to shoot any deer this season that does not carry fork- horns. The same rule is being applied by several other county clubs. SALMON PLANTING EXPERIMENTS. Experiments of the patient and careful investiga- tors of the California State Fish and Game Commis- sion which began away back in 1911, have reached a point where the experimenters believe they have disproved some of the old theories in regard to salmon. They have laid the foundation for the es- tablishment of a branch salmon hatchery at or near Sacramento, should their further tests fully justify such action. They have proved that young salmon may be freed with safety below Sacramento, states the Union. Fish hatcheries have been located in the mountain regions because of the universal belief that salmon fry should be released in the cool, fresh waters of the mountains. It was thought that they could not survive brackish or salt water until they reached it gradually. In 1911, under the direction of N. B. Scofleld, one of the experts of the commission, salmon wer3 hatched at the small branch hatchery established for experimental purposes at Sutterville. The experi- ment was not an entire success, owing to difficulties with the water supply. For some unknown reason a membrane formed around the eggs and they did not hatch freely. The fish that did hatch, however, were strong and healthy. The purpose of the experiment was to demonstrate-, if possible, that salmon could be hatched near the bay and liberated close to salt water, so that the high percentage of loss of small fish in the long trip down the river could be avoided. Every pumping and irrigation ditch taking water from the river yearly destroys thousands of young salmon, while the larger fish of the rivers devour many. Large numbers of the small fish yearly lose them- selves in the overflows and die, as the water dries them up when they are caught in shallow pools. To save this loss, which is known to be enormous as a result of careful examination of the irrigating systems and overflow, it was decided to find a meth- od, if possible, of releasing the fry nearer salt water. Three years ago 50,000 salmon were liberated at Sisson, 50,000 more at Benicia, and a third batch of 50,000 were freed just below this city. Each group of salmon were marked in a particular way by the removal of small fins, so that the fish experts could tell accurately where they came from. Circulars were distributed among the fishermen of the Coast telling them of the markings of the salmon, and asking them to inform the Commission if any of these fish were taken. The long and painstaking experiment has met with full success. The Fish Commission has received information within the last few days that one of the salmon given to the water at Benicia has been caught in Monterey bay, and Friday came the news that a fine salmon weighing 17 Vi pounds, which was released three years ago at Sacramento, had been taken off Monterey. So far as known, none of those freed at Sisson have been caught. President Newbert of the Fish Commission and Mr. Scofield and George Neale are enthusiastic ovci the capture of these two fish. It is proof that salmun can be released below Sacramento, which will result in an enormous saving of young fish. As soon as funds are available experiments in hatching salmon will be begun by the Commission on the American river a few miles from this city. It is hoped that much of the work now done at Sisson may he transferred to this vicinity. Salmon return after three or four years to the place where they first were given to the water, to spawn. Making sure of this fact, the Fish Commis- sion already has restored the Eel river salmon run, after the fish in that stream had been destroyed by the destructive methods of the fishermen. Salmon have been released in the San Lorenzo and other coast streams, and in the next few years all these streams should be the spawning places of salmon. It is hoped to restore the salmon run of tb? American river in similar manner. As a result of the experiments of three years ago, it is believed that a spring salmon run can be estab- lished in the Sacramento river, because the fish lib- erated in the spring return in the spring to spawn. These fish, it is pointed out, are the cleanest and brightest fish we get. Few people understand the enormous value of the salmon to California. It is claimed that the salmon taken in the Sacramento river last year brought in the markets something more than $1,000,000. The painstaking care of the Fish Commission ex- perts is shown in the precautions taken by them be- fore they released young salmon far down the river. They took small fish in an open crate and towed it down the river into the bay and out to sea. All the time the fish were watched, and the tem- perature and saltiness of the water were tested fre- quently. These experiments proved that young salmon could be taken with safety from the hatchery at Sisson to the bay without injury. FISH LINES. The week-end holiday prompted a big pilgrimage of rod and reel devotees to seek favorite mountain trout angling resorts. Possibly the Truckee river drew the largest delegation. Fly-fishing conditions had been improving daily for a week at the Truckee river resorts. The rain a fortnight ago put the June bugs out of commission. That supply of insect life being cut off thus early the trout naturally were more in the humor for arti- ficial insects. But at that, the bait fishing with min- nows has been rewarded with many limit baskets and numerous big trout, and there are some whop- ping big trout in the Truckee this season. One reason advanced by several rod experts is that the high water has enabled the big fellows to slip up stream from the many down-river holes and pools. The previous week the temperature along the can- yon was pretty cold and up to last Monday there was plenty of snow on the mountain tops. From now on until the 15th instant the fly-fishing sport should be of the very best, was the opinion of Truckee river veteran anglers, a prophecy that has been borne out by practical experience. James Thomson made two trips up the Little Truckee and found the fishing good. He returned to Boca with several three-pounders in his creel. Dr. Henry Abrahms captured limits Saturday and Sun- day. A three and a half pound Loch Levin he landed after a lively fight proved to be a treat trout. Its head was large enough for a nine-pounder and it had an enormous mouth that no doubt accounted for many rainbows and other luckless fish when it was cruising for food. George B. Osgood of Alameda has also made daily limit catches for the past week. Al Schmidt and Roy Caswell camped for a week near Deer Park and had good luck every day. Last week 100,000 silver salmon fry were planted in Pyramid Lake, Walker Lake and Lake Tahoe by the Navada Fish Commission officials. Just what these fish will do to the rainbow trout in the Truckee river when the Derby dam fish ladder is in active operation is a problem that is puzzling some of the anglers. The Loch Levin trout that were planted originally in Donner Lake have made their way into the river and fattened on rainbow trout for years. The first motor boat to navigate Donner Lake is that run by a portable motor taken up recently bv Charles LTrfer of this city. The trolling is excellent at present and Urfer has been seen daily skimming the lake by his brother anglers on the Boca bound trains. Fishing at Webber Lake are Dr. E. W. West- phal, W. C. Murdoch, W. A. Tubbs and other sports- men. At different Lake Tahoe resorts fine catches of big lake trout have been made recently. At Brockway M. and L. Greenebaum in a short time landed a big catch of trout, fish running from half a pound to five pounds, taken with rod and reel. Some trolling tackle anglers, fishing down deep, have captured trout running from fifteen to twenty-four pounds. The Little Silver and other tributaries of the Amer- ican river near Georgetown, in El Dorado county, are full of nice-sized brook trout. Miss Nellie Giv- ens of Alameda has had the pleasing experience of landing limit baskets in a short time during morning fishing trips to the different picturesque mountain creeks of that region. Reports from Sims state that upper Sacramento river fly-fishing is getting better daily. Walter Mat- thews, Roscoe Havens, A. H. Hills, D. K. Turner and other anglers have not yet returned from that point, which is proof that the sport is attractive there. The California Anglers' Association will superin- tend the distribution of a hundred cans of steelhead, rainbow and Eastern brook trout in the waters of Marin county. The total output of small fry will be nearly 300,000 troutlets. An extra supply of 25,000 angling licenses was sent down from the State Controller's office in Sac- ramento to the Fish and oame Commission officials in this city last week, making a total of 135,000 licenses issued in less than six months. Batches of the new supply have been forwarded to branch offices of the Commission, county clerks and For- estry Service officials. Now that the hot days are approaching it is sea- sonable to offer a suggestion about packing trout for shipping. Wrap the fish well in manila paper or grass, keeping the inside parts from touching. Care must be taken so that if ice is used, no ice can touch Just tilled. lib. 21b. 3!b. 41b. 51b. 6ib. 71b. Sib. 91b. 101b. 111b. 121b. 131b. 141b. 151b. 161b. 171b. 181b. 191b. 2Mb. 301b. 401b. 501b. Dead 6 hours. 15V.OZ. lib. 14%oz. 21b. 13%oz. 31b. 13 oz. 41b. 12i-ioz. 5ib. lUioz. 61b. 10%oz. 7lb. 10 oz. 81b. 9tioz. 91b. 8!ioz. 101b. 7%oz. 111b. 7 oz. 121b. 6lioz. 131b. 5V.cz. 141b. 4%oz. 151b. 4 oz. 161b. 3%oz. 171b. 2y.oz. 181b. l%oz. 191b. 281b. 9V>oz. 381b. 2 oz. 471b. 10V,oz. the fish. Place the trout in a wooden box, one that is ventilated with augur holes and will allow the water to seep through when the ice melts, or one of the newly introduced cardboard knock down boxes may be used. Fish spoil rapidly when they lie in water. If ice is not handy the box or package can be wrapped in a dry sack, cover with a wet sack and then finally with a third and dry sack. The evaporation will keep the fish ice cold and in good condition for a day or more. The California State law requires that no trout shall be shipped in concealed packages, but that the box or package shall bear the name of shipper and address of recipient and also the exact contents of the parcel forwarded. Before packing, trout can be handily cleaned as follows : Dress a small trout by tearing out the gills with the thumb and forefinger and drawing out the insides with the gills. With a large trout the gills should be cut free from the lower jaw and the back of the throat, and a slit cut along the under side from head to dorsal fin. The inside can then be drawn out with the gills, leaving the trout clean within. The following table of comparative weights of fish when taken from the water and the same fish after havging been dead from six to twelve hours will be of interest: Dead 12 hours. 15oz. lib. 14oz. 21b. 13oz. 31b. 12oz. 41b. lloz. 51b. lOoz. 61b. 9oz. 71b. 8oz. Sib. 7oz. 91b. 6oz. 101b. 5oz. 111b. 4oz. 121b. 3oz. 131b. 2oz. 141b. loz. 151b. 151b. looz. 161b. 14oz. 171b. 13oz. lSlb. 12oz. 281b. 2oz. 371b. 8oz. 461b. 14oz. An allowance of one ounce to each pound will be about right. However, fish will lose more weight on a hot day than a cool one, and very fat fish will shrink more in a given time than thin ones. * * * Activities in striped bass fishing circles promise to be lively today and tomorrow, for reports from the various bass fishing conditions indicate a bit better fishing conditions than have obtained recently. The fishing skiffs out on Petaluma creek, opposite the mouth of San Antone slough, nsar the "Twin Houses" and other favorite fishing spots, accounted for a few fish last Sunday. R. Rispaud's catch cf three bass included 10, 6M and 4-pound fish. The San Antone slough delegation of bass fishermen had but fair luck. Bob Sangster and Al Christianson have the reputation of never coming back empty- handed, their combined catch Sunday being eight nice bass. They know every nook and hole in the creeks and sloughs of that section of the Petaluma marsh, and where to catch fish night or day. Charles Bond's catch was a 5 and a 6-pound bass. Reliable word comes from Wingo that big striped bass have started to run again in Sonoma creek, Steamboat No. 2 and the other fishing sloughs in that part of Sonoma county. This will be acceptable news to a large number of bass fishers who have been patiently waiting for a favorable turn in bass fishing up that way. Black Point, although much touted in past seasons as a good striped bass fishing place, never showed enough results to tempt many fishermen to try their luck there, but it may turn out good enough to invite an invasion of clam tossers. Harry Palmer, Al Cook- sey and Frank Palmer, erstwhile Wingo bass ex- perts, had the luck to locate the striped fish down the bay shore last Sunday, and returned home with a fair catch. The best striped bass fishing reported recently was found trolling in the bay. around Alcatraz island. S. Sullivan one day landed nine bass, the largest scaling 18 pounds. On a previous day, out in his launch, he hooked 17 bass. Trolling about the island has been frequently good, for several seasons past, enough so to induce more boats out fishing than have been in that part of the bay after bass. From the Tiburon ferry slip along the shore up to the castellated rocky gate in the roadway quite a number of striped bass have been recently caught by the trolling boat fishermen. This part of Rac- coon straits is known as "Castle Cove." Jack Duckell and other local bass fishing enthusi- asts who fished at Rodeo wharf last Sunday found a school of bass in the water. Several good sized fish were caught. One rodster hooked a big fish, but had the vexing luck to lose the fish and part of his tackle. The bass was too strong, and won out. A good story is told of Frank Dolliver and Abe Banker, who were fishing at Rodeo one balmy Sun- day. The two fishermen devoted their attention to John Barleycorn to the extent that they were finally overcome with a desire to sleep. They stretched out on the warm rocky ledge and were soon sleeping heavily. The tide crept in, awaking Banker, who was nearest the water, as a wavelet dashed a quan- tity of oily, salty water in his mouth. Half asleep, he started up, saying to his pal, "It's time we were getting out of this house. They're changing the booze on us!" 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 11, 1914. I THE FARM I LIFE ON THE FARM. The problems of lite on the farm are many but we can assure our readers for we have been through the "mill," than they are not worse than they are in all other walks. We believe that we know that except above the ditch the anxieties of the farm are less than in all the other callings combined. If there is real rest and comfort any- where among the children of men it can certainly be found in the green country home where the farmer, when out of debt, can reduce living expen- ses to the minimum. A good market for farm products is a great incentive to activity, but when there is no mar- ket the farmer needs only money enough to pay his taxes, and can live on the rest if he cannot sell it. This, of course, means the elimination of the hired man, for in modern farming every farmer must till his own land and for that reason the farm hand is no longer on the market. The college boy is the farm hand, or rather the harvest hand, of today. The cradle, the scythe, the dropper leaving the grain to be bound by hand, has passed, and the farm hand in the grain field handles the sheaves, in the hay field he drives the bull-rake that lifts the hay on the stack. The man that knows what to do on the farm, who can hook up a team and do farm work farmer-like is not to be found, hence our farms are small and our farm op- erations greatly reduced. Therefore it will be seen that when we say that the farmer is the one independent man. We are right, since he can if he wishes sit down and eat up his crops, or wait until prices suit him. He is the one independent man of earth and the only man that can eat within his own exertions. There is no man that can stand between him and his crop. He is first and has the first say. We have been writing this kind of lore until it has become an old story. But it has not, and will not lessen in importance as the ages roll. Eight and thirty years we have told this story, and we will keep right on telling it as long as we are able to push the pen. It is one truth to our credit, the farmer feeds the world. — Rocky Mountain Hustandman. SOUR SKIM MILK FOR CALVES. Washington, D. C, June 24. — That in summer time calves do as well on sour skim milk as they do on sweet will be interesting news to many farmers who have hitherto been kept from raising calves by the expense of keeping the milk sweet in hot weather. This expense experiments carried out by the Department indicate to be quite unnecessary. The calves will make as rapid gains on sour skim 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. 1 Removes an Bunches from Horses or Cattle. Aa a ROM EF.M11IT for Khcn- niii Itir, Surulu;, Sore '1 ljro;il, ew., it U inval \bla Every fjortle of Cnnitlc Bal*»in sold is W&rra'nteU to (rive satisfaction. Price 51 .50 t>t" Lottie. Sold by drupjrists, or sent by ex- press, charf.es paid. -vith full directions fcr lta ice. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- Tiiais.etc. Address rB UrarecB-WlUJUIS COHTIST, Clntlind. Obi" milk. In winter, it is true, this is not quite so satisfactory. It chills the calves and some of them drink it with great reluctance. Very young calves have even been known to refuse it altogether. On the other hand, of course, it is much easier to keep the milk sweet in winter. In calling the attention of farmers to these facts, however, the Depart- ment at the same time emphasizes an important precaution. Unless the milk is produced and kept under cleanly conditions, it may become contamin- ated with disease-producing bacteria. Farmers should therefore allow the milk to sour quickly and then feed it without delay. In the course of these experiments sour milk was fed to 22 calves, Hol- steins, Jersej's, and Guernseys, at dif- ferent seasons of the year. In no case did it cause digestive disturbances even when the change from sweet to sour milk was made abruptly when the calves were only a few days old. Moreover no evil results followed the alternate use of sweet and sour. It seems, therefore, that the common idea that sour milk leads to scours is quite unfounded. The calves, it was found, did not not like the sour milk as well as the sweet, but in the majority of cases soon became accustomed to it. The aversion, however, increased when the milk was fed them at a low tempera- ture. another month the grain harvesting machinery will be needed and it is probably just as bad off. LOOKING AFTER THE MACHIN- ERY. As a general rule, the prosperity of a farm owner may be estimated by the way he cares for his machinery. Poor care indicates shiftlessness, lack of energy, and the bujung of more im- plements in a short time. Good care, on the other hand, denotes prosperity, development, bank deposits and long- lived machinery. One of the first es- sentials in the handling of machinery is to thoroughly understand all parts and to be able to adjust them for best working conditions. By running a certain implement with one or more of its parts out of adjustment, there is danger of damaging other parts by throwing unequal strain on them, be- sides ruining that which is not ad- justed. The draft of an implement is af- fected very much by its condition. A dull plow requires about one-fourth more energy to pull it than one which is in good condition. Poorly adjusted implements sometimes pull twice as hard as they should and in so doing not only wear out the ranch horses, but at the same time do poor work at a loss of time with damaging results to the machinery. Another very im- portant point in earing for farm ma- chinery is to properly oil all the work- ing parts. It has been wisely said that oil is the cheapest machinery we have. The operators must not only know how and where to oil every moving part of a machine, but he must oil it. The fact that some parts need a great deal more oil than others must not be overlooked. Some parts that are handy will receive more oil than is necessary, while other places which are not so handy are neglected almost altogether. Sometimes oil holes be- come clogged with dirt and while they may appear to be open, still do not convey the oil to the wearing parts. This will often result in serious dam- age to the journels and bearings. In other cases, certain machines have been condemned by operators simply because one or two oiling places have been entirely overlooked. Iron wearing on iron must be cov- ered with a film of oil to prevent cut- ting. The oil then prolongs the life of the machine, besides making it of lighter draft. New machinery should be watched constantly to prevent the loss of bolts and small parts, as such things will work loose during the first season's use. Certain boxes or bear- ings may fit too tightly, thus causing them to heat, while others may need tightening. There is nothing that will shorten the life of farm machinery more than by failing to keep all nuts, screws, and lugs tight. A wrench should always be carried with the ma- chinery in operation and it should be used when necessary. The alfalfa season is on again and we will venture that half the mowing machines in the country are not in the necessary re- pair to do this season's work. In THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVESTOCK AND CROP ROTATION. The importance of keeping livestock and of practicing a rotation of crops in maintaining the producing capacity of the soil is becoming more apparent each year on the Washington State College farm. Three plots show thin fact very strikingly. One plot has been growing wheat continually every year since 1899 without any manure or other fertilizer being applied. Thj second plot has grown wheat every year since 1899, but has had a light application of manure plowed under each fall. The third plot has had no manure applied and has grown a crop every year but a rotation of wheat one year, oats one year, clover two years and corn one year has been carried on since 1899, the 1914 crop being wheat. The important lesson to be observed at this time is that the plot that has grown wheat continually without ma- nure promises a very low yield. To the observer, the plot that has been manured and the plot that has not been manured, but has grown a rota- tion, show an equally good growth of wheat at this time and show a better growth than they did fifteen years ago. The plots show: (1) that the fertil- ity of the soil may be maintained either through the use of barnyard manure or by a rotation of crops that includes clover or some equally good soil improving crop; (2) that it is kept in a high state of fertility. It is not necessary to practice summer fallow- ing with the rainfall received at Pull- man, either to give the land a rest or to conserve the moisture of two sea- sons for the growth of one crop. If the soil is sufficiently fertile, one inch of rainfall may carry more food into the plants than two inches of rainfall may dissolve and carry to the plants from a very poor soil. This is beginning to be very apparent in the field practice on the college farm. Except in small experimental plots, summer fallowing is no longer practiced on the state farm, but a rotation is followed that involves cropping annually with clo- ver, alfalfa and peas grown period- ically to improve the soil and corn to serve as a soil cleaning crop (com is a soil cleaning crop only when it is properly cultivated — corn itself has no effect in cleaning the soil). One twelve-acre field lying on a south slope was in summer fallow in 1894. It has grown a crop every year since. Every five years a well-cultivat- ed corn crop has helped to keep the soil in good tilth and free from weeds, while pease and clover, interspersed at about like periods, have served to keep up the supply of nitrogen and humus. The field now produces much better than when it was first taken over by the college. In 1911 it yielded forty-seven bushels of wheat per acre; in 1912 it yielded forty bushels of wheat per acre; in 1913 it yielded forty-six bushels of wheat per acre. At present there is an excellent crop of oats growing on this field that will produce a very satisfactory yield if the season is fairly normal from now to harvest. The rich color and rank growth of nearly all crops on the farm are be- ginning to show the effect of the use of barnyard manure and the growing of peas, alfalfa and clover. One of the fields last purchased has not yet received a treatment of clover and the yellower, more spindling growth of the barley shows a striking contrast to the ranker growth on the other fields. The importance of maintaining a high state of fertility applies equally well to the semi-arid regions and to the moist regions of Western Wash- ington. While it would be impossible to grow a good crop annually with the very limited rainfall of central Wash- ington, it is quite possible for the low rainfall to be much more efficient with plenty of fertility available to dissoh e and carry to the plants. The number of crop failures can be very materially reduced and the average yields greatly increased by keeping more livestock, saving and applying the manure care- fully and by growing soil-improving crops to keep up the fertility. Many sections of western Washington might grow two crops per year or three crops in two years where they are now scarcely able to grow one good crop, if the soil were kept in a higher state of fertility. CHICKEN MITES. If you allow mites to increase: They will kill your little chicks; no disease is apparent to the casual ob- server, but the little ones seem to wither and die. They will kill a setting hen, and in such a case she will have some symptoms of cholera, as a rule, before she dies. They will lower the egg production and finally stop it altogether; for they make life very unsatisfactory, then unbearable, to the layers, who have to scratch, pick, dust and scuffle to no avail because man allows these pests to accumulate in such vast numbers. They will disseminate disease from one hen to another, for if a single hen has disease commenced of a contag- ious nature, such as a cold, catarrh, roup, diphtheria or similar trouble, these parasites will help to spread it through the flock. They will make the finest flock look morse than the poorest mongrel poul- try, and even in moderate numbers will stop the growth of pullets and cockerels. Though there are thirty-two species of these parasites, they are quite easy to control and keep out of fthe poultry houses. There are eight known species thai live on the surface of the body of chickens, and these have the general term of lice. Some of them bite into the flesh to get their blood, others bury part of their body in the flesh, and a few dig with sharp claws in the flesh. There are eighteen species of mites ; some remain on the body only to feed, others stop on the surface of the skin or in the feathers, some keep to the scales of the legs and cause the trou- ble termed scaly leg, and many others may get into the internal system of the chickens. If the hen has mites affecting the feathers, the trouble comes under the head of depluming scabies, which cause the feathers to break off close to the body. Plenty of open air and sunshine is needed for pigs at all times, but they should never be permitted to run out in a cold rain. The bed should be well ventilated and dry, and the bedding changed often. It is a good thing to whitewash the inside of the bed. SAVETHEHOgSE (Trade Mark BesisteiedJ UNLIKE ANY OTHER. Dept. of Education, Neosho, Mo.. Jan. 31, 1914. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, X. Y. : There has come to my notice your book on diseases and care of horses. I believe it to be one of the best of its kind that I have ever seen. Therefore, I ask if it will not be possible for you to send me enough copies that I may distribute one to each of my rural teachers? I need 120. I shall thank vou for any reply. E. H. XEWCOMB, Supt, Be Governed by the Proven Experience of Men Everywhere, Like This Physician. E. W. T^VTMAX M. D., Twvman's Mill, Va., Jan. 4, 1914, writes: "You ask could you publish my letter. I never be- fore gave my signature to a proprietary preparation in my life; but as I consider your remedy a blessing for horses you can use this or previous letters. Yes, two cases of bog spavin, were cured and one thoroughpin, and all remained well." This remedy is. positive. It is the hu- mane treatment for sore, lame and blem- ished horses. It goes through and through both bone and tissue — it works inside, not outside. And Produces a Cure That with- stands Every Test. No Scar or Loss of Hair. Horses can work as usual. Save-The-Horse is guaranteed to make a permanent cure of Ringbone — Thoropin —SPAVIN — and ALL Shoulder, _ Knee, Hoof and Tendon Disease.* ♦ C per -bottle, ■with a binding contract "*w to cure or refund money. TROY CHEMICAL CO., Binghamton, N.Y. Druggists everywhere sell Save-The- Horse WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Parcel Post or Express paid. D, E. NEWELL, 80 Bayo Vista Ave. Oakland, Cal Saturday, July 11, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN' 13 Starting Payments - Futurity Stakes TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE Wednesday, July 15, 1914. TWO YEAR OLDS Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 12— $7,250 For Foals Born 1912, Now Two- Year-Olds. $35 on Two-Year-Old Trotters. $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Three-Year- Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Ihe Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. $25 on Two-Year-Old Pacers. $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Three- Year- Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the ihe Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three-Year-Old Divisions. THREE YEAR OLDS Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 11— $7,250 For Foals Born 1911, Now Three-Year-Olds. 50 on Three-Year-Old Trotters. $35 on Three-Year-Old Pacers Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. MONEY IN ABOVE STAKES DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominaior 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 entty is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Win- ner 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 Win- ner of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. $250 IN PRIZES TO STALLION OWNERS. Address all communications to E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. ABSORBINE I f-'m TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. OFF. Reduces Strained, Puffy Ankles, Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fistula, Boils, Swellings; Stops Lameness and allays pain. Heals Sores. Guts, Bruises, Boot Chafes. It is an ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDE [SON-POISONOUS] Does not blister or remove the hairand horse can be worked. Pleasant to use. $2. 00 a bottle, delivered. Describe your case for special instructions and Book 5 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind re< daces Strains, Painful, Knotted, Swollen Veins, Milk Leg- Gone. Concentrated — only a few drops required atanappl> cation. Price SI per bottle at dealers or delivered. W. F. VOUNG, P. u. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For tale by Tangier & Michaels, San Francisco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland, Ore ; Cal. Ding & Chsm. Co., Bnmswlg Prog Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Kirk. Cleary £ Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drag. Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drag Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Coffin, Eedington Co., San Francisco, CaL /" Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pio- fessional services to all cases of veteriu- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webfter and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. JAPANESE SPANIEL WANTED— Dog. Lemon and white. State lowest price and where it can be seen. Address, F. W. KELLEY, P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE. The standard bred trotter EL VUELA, bay mare (1909) Bred by C. A. Canfield, sired by El Volante 2:13^, dam Sue 2:12% by Athadon 2:27, etc. El Vuela trialed in 2:29 in her three-year-old form on the trot. She is in foal to Carlokin 2:07%. Stands 16 hands, weighs 1200; a stylish and prompt driver. For sale rea- sonable or will exchange for stock suit- able for livery. H. OLSEN, 1450 46th Ave., Melrose, Cal. _ DIVIDEND NOTICE. THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 526 California Street. Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st streets. Richmond District Branch, corner Clem- ent St. and 7th Ave. Haight Street Branch, corner Haight and Belvedere streets. For the half year ending June 30, 1914, a dividend has been declared at the rate of four (4) per cent, per annum on all de- posits on and after Wednesday, July 1. 1914. Dividends not called for are added to the deposit account and earn dividends from July 1, 1914 GEORGE TOURNY, Manager. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK it 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 SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, CaJ. pp-ciflc Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. FOR SALE:- STAR TILDEN, br. s. by STAR POINTER 1:59 1-4, Dam JESSIE TILDEN, by ROY WILKES 2:06 I-2. STAR TILDEN has no mark and is staked through the California Circuit. He was six years old June 7, 1914. STATEMENT BY CHAS. L. DERYDER, April 9, 1914, who has had STAR TILDEN since he was foaled: "In regard to your colt (Star Tilden), I have always felt that he was a good pacer and I have no reason to change my mind. He paced in Two-Seven and a Fraction in a race last year, and T believe should race around 2:05 or 2:06 this year. At Santa Rosa, he stepped each one of the miles faster than the winner did, coming the last half of each one of those miles in 1:02. His legs are perfectly clean and sound and he is absolutely sound in every way. I don't know of a green pacer in California that can go in 2:10 outside of Star Tilden, which makes his chances look pretty good to stake through this country." My reason for selling is, that I have no time to devote to the racing game. I will price him right. Apply to Geo. W. Putnam, owner, at Salt Lake City, Utah, or to H. G. Smith, of Pleasanton, California, who is now getting him ready for the fall races. Held Out Because of a Ruptured Tendon iHOUSANDS of races have been won by inferior horses simply because the horses that rightfully should have won were held out because of ruptured or sprained tendons. There's many a horse today pulling delivery wagons, suffering with limb diseases, whose place should be on the race track winning big purses for their owners. And they would be, if then- owners would only give them proper treatment with The Only Spavin Remedy in the World Sold Under a $1000 Bond There are no limb diseases known among horses that cannot be cured with this powerful, penetrating remedy. It goes right to the seat of the trouble and will absolutely cure Ringbone, Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Sprung Knee, Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny, etc.. quickly and without scars or blemishes. No matter how long the horse has been lame— from, what cause — or what you have tried— we'll guarantee that Slack's $1000 Spavin Remedy will cure him permanently. If it fails, we will refund every cent you pay us. You Can't Lose We have a specie! deposit Tvith the First National Bank of Einphamton, N. Y.. of E1C00 wUick. we must forfeit if we do not do exactly as we say. You tnk^ nbsolutely no chances. Send for a copy of this bond- Bead it. Your Druggist Will Obtain Mack's $1000 Spavin Remedy for You if you ask him. Price S:.C0 a bottle. IF be refuses, remit So. 00 to us and v.e will see that your order is filled without delay. Our Expert Graduate Veterinarian is maintained by us for your benefit. JHo is a limb specialist, and will diagnose any limb trouble your horse may have and will tell yon how to cure it if yon will mail the free Diagnosis Coupon. McKALLOR DRUG CO., Binghamton, N, Y. On picture of harse mark with an X just whore ing or lameness occurs, then clip oat coupon and mail to us with a letter, telling what. caused the lameness, how' _ long horse has been lame, how it af- fects the animal's gait, age of horse, etc. Wo will tell yoi just what tho lameness is and hr.w to relieve it quickly. Absolutely no charge. Write today. Free Book— "Horse Sense No. 2 Send us the Free Di absolutelyfree, acopyofi Sense.*1 Describes and illustrates diseases of horse's limbs, shows correct every part of horse and tells valuable facts every horso owner ought to know. Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard- Bred Horses Attended to. 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. CTALLION CARDS Send Eor Our SAMPLES and CATALOG oE Horse Cots Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion Owner Needs Oar Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than yon can get ■ the printing alone. Send Eor samples and prices. Oar Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a live-genera- Hoa pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; five-generations for $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome live- feneration Ubnla- tioa,16z2Q, printed in two-colors for framing, lor $6, two copies for $6-50 or Eve Eor 57. Address Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicaio, Dl Tabulated Pedigrees 1 Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 11, 1914. RACES AND CALIFORNIA RODEO THE BIG WEEK AT July 25th SALINAS, August 2d The 25th Annual Race Meeting Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Ass'n $15,050 In Stakes and Purses RACE PROGRAM FIRST DAY, JULY 25 1 — Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 11 $1300 2 — 2:09 class, trotting 1000 3 — 2:20 class, pacing 1000 THIRD DAY, JULY 28 7 — Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1100 8 — Three-year-old trotting divis- ion, Futurity Stake No. 11... 3300 9 — 2:14 class, pacing 1000 SECOND DAY, JULY 27 4 — Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1350 5 — 2:15 class, trotting 1000 6 — 2:10 class, pacing 1000 FOURTH DAY, JULY 29 10—2:12 class, trotting $1000 11 — 2:07 class, pacing 1000 12— 2:20 class, trotting 1000 FOURTH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA RODEO - $10,000 IN PRIZES Bucking Horses, Bull Riding, Chariot Races and Other Exciting Contests STREET CARNIVAL, DANCING, STREET PARADES, MUSIC, DOG SHOW, ETC. SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE. DON'T MISS IT Excursion Rates Fare and One Third for Round Trip P. W. KELLEY, Secretary Race Meeting A. J. ZABALA, Secretary California Rodeo FREE! WINRACE AND ELIGIBILITY BOOK FREE! UP TO JULY 15TH, 1914. to anyone sending $3 for subscription to the Breeder and Sportsman, old or new subscriber. The Winrace and Eligibility Book for 1914 contains an alphabetical list of all live horses with records and "winrace" records (showing class to which horse is eligible) of each, that started in 1912 or 1913, together with the new rules in regard to time allowances to be given to horses that have not been racing up to their true form, etc. Pay $3 on Your Subscription Account and Get the Book Free Address, (Price to non-subscribers, 25c.) BREEDER & SPORTSMAN. 366 Pacific Bid?., San Francisco. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: Dillcara (full brother to Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), son of Sidney Dillon, dam Guyeara 2:1S% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut son ot Nutwood Wilkes and Flo? by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire in use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo bv Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. A liberal supply of milk seems to be the basis of successful pig feeding. It is a natural bulky ration required for distending their stomachs, making good digestion and furnishing an ele- ment not otherwise obtainable for de- veloping strong, healthy animals. For this reason milk has a greater intrin- sic value than is assigned to it experi- mentally, and is usually most success- ful in producing growth to the litter when fed liberally to the sow during her gestation and suckling periods. When the pigs have grown to weigh about one hundred pounds the milk ration can be reduced, using corn in larger proportions until the animal is ready for market. Mature hogs do not derive the benefit from milk that the younger ones do. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth §1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep parried it> proportion t<-» the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Slake, Moffit & Towns D..l.r. in PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, I.os Anecl<-« HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francleco Subscribe for "Tie Breeder and SportamuL" 3 MORE Remingtons IMC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 100 x 100 James Hig'g'ins COLORADO REMINGTON UMC 98 x 100 F. D. Wade IDAHO Both Won With Remington-UMC Guns and Shells _,„ -, NOTE THESE FACTS 13 of the IS State Shoots held so far this year have been won with Remington-UMC Gun, — 10 with the Pump Gun. 3 with the Auotloading Gun. LATEST— Charleston. W. Va., June ll.-J. B. Lallance wins West Virginia State Championship. 96 x 100, shoot- ing Remington-XJMC Pump Gun. Follow the Leaders to Winning Town REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY 299 Broadway : : : New York. Saturday, July 11, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N 15 :SllOOt= The Load That Wins 3 Dram cguTDSD Smokeless SOUTHWESTERN HANDICAP Won with 3 Drams of Dupont By M. D. HICKMAN, Durant, Okla. Score: 88 x 100 from 17 yds. 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RIDLEY — 485 x 500 — Shooting E. C. Third High Professional. Won by — CARL F. MOORE — 476 x 500 — Shooting Infallible. Long Runs made by WM. RIDLEY — 115 — 111, Shooting E. C. Long Runs made by W. R. CROSBY — 162 — 158, Shooting E. C. Long Runs made by R. O. HEIKES — 152. Chicago, III. — Chicago Gun Club. S. A. HUNTLEY— High Amateur 145 x 150 with run of 56 — Shooting E. C. J. F. CALDWELL —Shooting E. C. L. M. FETHERSTON —Shooting Infallible. (Tied for 2d High Amateur, 142 x 150. Run of 59.) WM. RIDLEY— 3rd High Amateur, 140 x 150 — Shooting Infallible. EDWARD BANKS— Tied for High Professional, 138 x 150 — Shooting E. C. H. W. CADWALLADER— 2nd High Professional, 136 x 150 — Shooting E. C. Clayton, Ind. First, Second, Third and Fourth High Amateur scores were made by shooters using E. C. First and Second High Professional scores won by shooters using Infallible. Third High Professional won by shooter using E. C. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del.- J. B. 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MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at, including A RUN OP 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 4S0 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. HEINE PPIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion. N. B. — Messrs. Prior, Mitchell, Stahl, Huntley and Pfirrman shot 34-inch barrel Parker guns. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address, PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... MMHiFACTURERS «• OUTFITTERS / fOR TKE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (brnpanif EQUIPMENT •«? APPARATUS PHOTOGRAPHIC ' SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Lefaver, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition and Rifles PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO. GOLCHER BROS. 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The building will be 630x295 feet and will be one of the most notable structures of the kind ever built, being composed almost entirely of glass; set in the west end of the south garden opposite the Palace of Education, its glittering dome, 186 feet high, will be seen as one of the striking features by those who enter the exposition from the tropical south gardens. The figures on the sides, which are fourteen feet high and of which there will be 110, will each support a huge artificial Jewel four feet In diameter. At night the jewels will glitter with the reflected lights cast by the masked batteries of search lights. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 18, 1914. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK Reg. No. 2801 (Vol. VII.)- Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. 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Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-J65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Breeders' Meeting, Salinas, July 25th to 29th. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 6th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair)— September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Riverside — October 7th to 13th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Cleveland. Ohio July 20-25 Detroit (Blue Rubbon) July 27-Aug. 1 Grand Rapids Aug. 3-8 Kalamazoo Aug 10-15 Fort Erie Aug. 24-26 N. T. State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 AT ALL our race tracks, every man who has a trotter or pacer in training is working hard and continuously to get them in condition to race, and the owners of race tracks, where meetings are ad- vertised to be held, are so much gratified by observ- ing the dogged determination of these horse owners and trainers to do their best, that they have decided to place their tracks in perfect order for them. At Woodland, Superintendent Dowling has mowers at work cutting weeds that have grown waist high in the roads between the rows of empty stalls. He also has a number of men roofing stalls and white- washing the outer fences and all the sheds. The stalls themselves have been in the hands of the car- penters, and when they are through every stall will be cleansed and disinfected. The big Cottonwood trees along the road near the entrance will have their lower branches lopped off and their trunks white- washed. The entrance to the Woodland Driving Park will also be made more attractive, and stal's for show cattle, pens for the pigs and sheep will be in readiness, too. At Santa Rosa, the Messrs. Donovan Bros., follow- ing the example set by Messrs. MacKenzie of Pleas- anton and J. W. Considine of Woodland, are com- pletely renovating the famous course on the Santa Rosa farm from the very entrance to the outer fence. New roads are being made, stalls are being built, grandstands renovated, the pavilion is being over- hauled, new fences are to be made and painted, the stalls are to be whitewashed, new water pipes laid and many much needed improvements are being added to make this place better than it has ever been. All for the benefit of the stockmen, farmers and horsemen. At Sacramento, Secretary Paine is also going to have these magnificent fair grounds worthy of the splendid horses to start there. He will have every- thing clean and orderly for the reception of the crowds who will gather there September 12th and remain until the 19th. The Alameda County Pair Association has had plans drawn for the erection of new buildings for exhibition purposes and soon the sound of ham- mer and saw on these structures will disturb the stillness of the Pleasanton Driving Park. Fresno is going to surprise all visitors this year for improvements are being made in every depart- ment, buildings are being erected, trees and plants have been set out and the liberal use of whitewash will make this place span and clean. The greatest interest is being taken in this big fair by everybody in the "raisin belt." At Hanford, the famous half-mile track there will be in perfect condition for fast time, while the com- mittee in charge will have many buildings, sheds and stalls erected to accommodate the crowds that look forward to this week of relaxation and pleasure more anxiously than if a circus was billed to come. The Arizona Fair Association is never through making improvements on its spacious grounds, and although the gates do not open until November 9th, the track is kept up, the stalls are thoroughly cleaned and everything about the place is in readiness for the big band of horses which is to participate in the races there. With this outlook for having everything bright and clean it is hoped that our drivers will see that their attendants will wear neat light jackets or suits. The cost of them will be trivial, and as appearances are everything, we believe that the presence of neatly clothed caretakers, as well as drivers, will do much toward making our race meetings more attrac- tive. If the owners of these tracks are willing to spend so much to beautify everything, surely the horsemen can afford to help them in this respect. ONE WEEK from today will se the inauguration of the Pacific Coast Circuit, when the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association will give their twenty-fifth annual meeting at Salinas, Cal. The entry list this year is an unusually large one, one hundred and thirty of the best known horses in this part of the country will participate in the various events and there is every reason to anticipate some brilliant performances. Since the days of race track gambling it has been somewhat of a task to get the public enthused over betless horse racing. The gen- eral public never seemed to take to harness racing, which has always been immune from the bookmaker, as it did to the old slam-bang runners that were more more o rless the instruments of gamblers. Condi- tions are beginning to change now and the people are fast learning that the light harness horse repre- sents a different element on the race track and that there is no connection between the standard-bred trotter and pacer and the galloping thoroughbred. The directors of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association who are now keeping the game alive are doing so with the one idea in view of devel- oping fast traveling horses under harness whose racing provides pleasure for their owners; they spend large sums of money in the breeding, raising and training of these horses and their annual meet- ing is a classic* event in horsedom. There will be four days of trotting and pacing races for purses aggregating $15,050. Following the races will come the rodeo which will last four days. It will include all the sports of the cowboy on the range, from riding wild bulls to "busting" broncos. Scores of men already in Salinas are expert punchers, busters, "bull-doggers" and ropers. There will be $10,000 for the successful par- ticipants. In addition to these attractions there will be a live stock and agricultural exhibit, Salinas Kennel Club show, street carnival, al fresco dances, day and night parades, an auto meet, and the final pageant of the Colmado del Rodeo. The Southern Pacific Company has announced that there will be special excursion rates of one fare and a third for the round trip on its lines in California and Nevada from July 23d to August 2d. The conces- sions will be directed by Harry H. Main, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Simultaneously with the "Big Week" and rodeo will be the live stock and agricultural exhibit of the Monterey County As- sociation with premiums amounting to $1,650. o THE Grand Circuit meetings which commence at Cleveland next Monday, it is said, will surpass all heretofore held in the United States not only in number of entrants to each event, but also in the superiority of the horses. For the first time in many years horses will gather from all sections of the country and be seen competing for the many valu- able purses. There will be the best horses that can be secured in Canada and the entire Pacific Coast, lined up with the cream of the stock farms and race tracks from the Middle West, Southern and Eastern States. The determination to break records not only from the standpoint of time, but also for the financial end of the industry, is keener today than ever. The weather in the Middle West during the past few days has been favorable and many fast work-outs have been reported; hence it is reasonable to expect that some track records will be broken, and there will be many close and exciting contests. The people on this Coast will be impatiently waiting for the returns, for there are some promising Cali- fornians to start. o IT IS MOST encouraging to read the many favor- able notices published in the leading trotting horse journals in the United States and Canada about the big race meetings to be held here during the Inter- national Exposition in 1915. The greatest enthusiasm is displayed over the prospects and many prophecies are made that these will be the greatest race meet- ings ever seen in the world. California has every- thing in its favor and with the hard working com- mittee that is taking hold of this stupendous under- taking there can be no such thing as a failure. They are going to keep up the good work and every week sees some other attractions added that will make the enclosure where the race track is, one of the most popular on the grounds during the entire session of the fair. o A TRIO OF 2:10 TROTTERS AT LIBERTYVILLE. Last Friday, on the occasion of the record meeting held at Libertyville, 111., three additions were made to the 2:10 trotting list, viz., Belwin 2:06%, Sienna 2:08% and King Clansman 2:09%. Previously the season's initial select performer, Lord Brussells, 4, 2:09%, had scored his record at Lexington, Ky, making the count for 1914 of four performers. Belwin's performance is, for several reasons, ex- ceptionally creditable, since he is a four-year-old, and in his record mile trotted the last half in 1:01%. a 2:03% clip. Belwin is a bay colt by McKinney 2:11%, dam Belle Winnie 2:23% (dam of three), by Adbell, 1, 2:23, the ex-champion yearling trotter; grandam Gertrude Russell 2:23%, by Electioneer 125, she being an own sister of the ex-champion trot- ting stallion Palo Alto 2:08%. Pages could be writ- ten in compliment to Belwin's breeding, but we will confine our comments to the statement that he is the product of a highly developed sire, and that his first and second dams were not only developed mares, but their respective sires each in their days held trotting championships. Belwin was bred by Empire City Farms, Cuba, N. Y., owners of his sire, and previous to taking a yearling record of 2:21% was disposed of to J. D. Grover of Georgetown, Ky. In the fall of 1911 Belwin passed to John E. Madden, who sold him to H. J. Schlesinger, of Milwaukee, Wis., his present owner. While Belwin was not a record-breaking yearling, the ease with which he acquired his record indicated that he could have trotted in faster time for trainer Henry Williams. In his two and three-year-old forms the colt was afflicted with lameness, which puzzled the veterin- arians, hut now he is apparently sound. Belwin provides another example, and furnishes another lesson in respect to the value and merit of McKinney as a sire. The son of Alcyone 2:27 stands at the head of the sires of 2:10 performers, having at the close of 1913 fourteen trotting representatives and ten pacers. Belwin thus brings his grand total up to twenty-five, and in addition McKinney is the sire of the dams of six 2:10 performers. Adbell, son of Electioneer and Beautiful Bells 2:29%, sired three 2:10 performers, and his daughters are the dams of two, viz., Belwin and Deuchester 2:07. The season bids fair to produce a four-year-old colt that will dethrone Directum 2:05% as the cham- pion of the age and sex, no less than three prospec- tive candidates being in the field. These are Etawa'n, 3, 2:07%, the 1913 Kentucky Futurity winner; Lord Brussells, an extremely fast colt, and our present subject. Peter Volo 2:04%, that marvelous two- year-old, attained a faster record than did Directum; also Joan 2:04%, the filly champion, but the black son of Director 2:17 has been the premier four-yeai- old colt since 1893. The race for the honors will excite keen interest, and let us hope in the cause of progression, that one or the other of the trio will materially reduce the existing record. Sienna 2:08%, also the property of Mr. Schles- inger, is a five-year-old mare by Peter the Great, 4, 2:07%, dam The Widow 2:28% by Wilton 2:19%, she being an own sister of the popular young Iowa sire, Peter W. 2:08%. Her advent gives Peter the Great nineteen performers in the 2:10 trotting list, his roster also including three pacers. Wilton, at the close of 1913, was credited with the dams of nine 2:10 trotters and one pacer, his roll of honor being augmented so far this season by Lord Brussells and Sienna. King Clansman is by The Clansman 2:13%, son of The Bondsman 37641 and Alabama 2:15, by Ham- bletonian 1644, and was bred by W. F. Garth, of Huntsville, Ala., being purchased by his present owner, John R. Thompson, of Chicago, in 1912. He is expected to render a good account of himself in his numerous 1914 engagements. — The Horse Review. The twelve main exposition palaces which are now either completed or in course of construction upon the grounds of the Exposition are: The Palace of Machinery, the Palace of Education, the Palace of Food Products, the Palace of Agriculture, the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, the Palace of Varied Indus- tries, the Palace of Liberal Arts, the Palace of Man- ufactures, the Palace of Transportation, the Palace of Horticulture, the Palace of Fine Arts and Festival * * * More than two hundred and twenty conventions, at which more than 500,000 accredited delegates are expected to assemble, will meet at San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Among these are 21 agricultural societies; 20 business: 22 educational; 35 fraternal; 7 gene- alogical; 23 Greek letter fraternities; 15 govern- mental and civic societies; 5 historical and literary; 15 industrial; 9 labor; 13 professional; 8 religious; 19 scientific and 7 social service. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. SACRAMENTO DRIVING CLUB. Leata J., the Stockton sensation on the Grand Cir- cuit last year, was raced into submission by Jim Logan last Sunday afternoon. In accomplishing his feat the big bay stallion was forced to the fastest mile paced in the United States this year, 2:04%. Leata's defeat occurred at the State Fair Agricul- tural Grounds in the feature event of an excep- tional programme for the benefit of dependent crip- pled children of Sacramento. The race drew a crowd of 8,000 persons, 400 of whom accompanied the San Francisco and California Driving Clubs from the bay city. Leata J. probably needed a race. It is quite early in the season for these harness cracks to reach the top of their form and Leata undoubtedly will be able to cut a couple of seconds off her race in a couple of weeks. Doubtless, too, Jim Logan is capable of going considerably faster. Jim Logan only won the opening heat by a neck. A hundred yards from the finish he appeared beaten. Then he came on in his usual game style and fairly nipped the Stockton mare at the wire. Oro Mo and Teddy Bear rounded out the free-for-all field. Oro drew the pole in the opening test and set the pace to the quarter. At this point Leata J. moved past him with a great burst of speed and at the half pole was three lengths to the good. On the way to the three-quarters pole Logan showed his first speed, and turning into the stretch Leata J. was leading by a scant length. Then came the whipping finish, and Leata J. was beaten for her first time in California. The quarters were reeled off as follows: :30%, 1:01%, 1:34, 2:04%. Jim Logan made every post a winning one in the second heat. With the pole at his command, Jim raced to the front, with Leata J. fighting at his side. The mare was unable to race even with him until fairly into the stretch, and then she crumbled under the terrific pace and, breaking miserably, Logan won by six lengths. Teddy Bear, racing in fine style, fin- ished third, and Oro Mo was fourth both times. The San Francisco delegation had much the better of the prize winning. Most notable of the perform- ances of the city horses was that of Birdeye, the pride of Butchertown. As the homely roan gelding did at the Park Stadium a couple of weeks back, so he did again today, only he defeated an even better field of speedy trotters. Birdeye appeared hopelessly outclassed in the first heat, but he outdistanced his rivals in the second and third. By his performance it is thought Birdeye today won a home for himself as a racer, and from now on he will be relieved by some other faithful animal in the daily task of delivering meat to the doorsteps. Monica McKinney, Dan Hoffman's trotter, showed a nice turn of speed in the opening heat, and circled her field to win in 2:12%. The effort evidently was too much for "Yellow Mary," and she fell back among the "also plugged" in the remaining tests. Nutwood Lou was a good trotter today and won a fine trophy for her owner, Adolph Ottinger, in the 2:15 trot. Nutwood Lou stepped three speedy heats and after finishing second in the first walked away with the second and third. Harry Dowling brought over a high class trick from Woodland in Airlie Demonio. The pacer took the 2:10 event in straight heats and only had to contend with our own Piano-horse, W. J. K., to do so. It was easily the finest bit of racing W. J. K. ever showed and he was only fractions of a second worse than the winning times of 2:08% and 2:09. Although the races were run off in good time, when the eighth race was called it was nearly seven o'clock and some one made a wise suggestion, which was unanimously carried, and the three final races went on the result of one heat. On this decision George Giannini's gelding Brad- mont only had to place second in order to win first prize, he already having a heat to his credit. This is just what he did. Driver Schwartz delayed a bit too long in making his drive and Bradmont just failed to catch Lucia C, which took the second prize. Giannini almost made it a double victory with George Gin in the final race. George Gin was lead- ing in the stretch when his check broke and Schwartz had all he could do to keep him from stumbling. The faltering gave the victory to J. Elmo Montgomery, who introduced an excellent pacer in the three-year- old filly Maxine. Laddie G. almost won a cup for the San Francisco Club. The trotter was leading the 2:20 field in the stretch when he broke, and although Laddie raced over the line a winner, the judges set him back for running and awarded the race to Perlo, which fin- ished second. The summary: First race — Special mixed: Donald D. (D. D. McDonald) 1 1 Sidney Dillon (Owen Davies) 2 2 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 S Pearl Derby (A. Sevison) 4 4 Time— 2:25%, 2:22. Second race — 2:15 trot: Nutwood Lou < Schwartz) 2 1 1 Colonel Roosevelt (P. H. Metz) 1 2 5 Columbia T. (C. F. Silva) 8 8 2 Strathdon (G. H. Allen) 5 3 3 Horse Shoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 3 6 6 Frank S. (Ed Strain) 4 4 4 B. ind E (Blaokwell) 7 5 7 Harold K. (J. V. Galindo) 6 7 8 Time— 2:17%, 2:15%, 2:14%. Third race — 2:25 pace: Ladonna (E. H. Crowell) 1 1 Parsy O. (A. T. Jackson) 3 2 Ishmael (J. P. Lauterwasser) 2 3 Jim Donnelly (D. E. Hoffman) 4 S Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 6 4 Gypsy- King (D. D. McDonald) 5 7 Harold B. (W. W. Gaffett) 8 5 Tee-Tee (I. T. Tinnin) 7 S Fourth race — Free-for-all trot: Birdeye (Frellson) 7 1 1 Monica McKinney (D. E. Hoffman) 1 3 6 Sweet Adena (Jim Thompson) 4 2 4 Fiesta Maid . (Dowling) 8 5 2 Panama (S. H. Cowell) 2 7 8 J. C. Simpson (Schwartz) 3 4 5 Melrose (S. H. Cowell) 5 6 7 Alto McKinney (Walter Tryon) 6 8 3 Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:14%. Fifth race — Free-for-all pace: Jim Logan (J. E. Montgomery) 1 1 Leata J. (J. N. Jones) 2 2 Teddy Bear (C. F. Suva) 3 3 Oro Mo (S. H. Cowell) 4 4 Time— 2:04%, 2:07. Sixth race — 2:10 pace: Airlie Demonio (Dowling) 1 1 W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 2 2 Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 5 3 Booze (J. Thompson) 3 7 Hamburg Belle (Schwartz) 4 4 George Woodard (S. H. Cowell) 6 5 Time— 2:08%, 2:09. Seventh race — 2:15 pace: Bradmont (George Giannini) 1 2 Lucia S. (Ed Strain) 3 1 Alto Genoa Jr. ( Jas. Peirano) 2 6 Delilah (J. C. Welsh) 6 3 Enchilada (Dowling) 4 4 T. D. W. (Cohn) 5 5 Time— 2:13, 2:12%. Eighth race — 2:20 trot: Perlo (C. F. Silva) 1 Laddie C. (Ottinger) 2 Golden State (Blackwell) 3 Xmas Wilkes (Simms) 4 Time— 2:19%. Ninth race — 2:20 pace: Maxine (J. E. Montgomery) 1 Victor Pointer (D. Keating) 2 Pointer Belle (Kidd) .- 3 George Gin (George Giannini) 4 Little Medium (Dr. Allen) 5 Time — 2:12. ENTRIES FOR THE SANTA ROSA RACES. THE FRESNO FAIR. Specifications were adopted this week by the supervisors of Fresno county for an agricultural ex- hibit building at the county fair grounds and con- struction bids were failed for the afternoon of Aug- ust 4th. The plans call for a one-story building with a facade in mission style covering a site 100 x 150. As the structure will be of brick, it will be the pio- neer of the permanent buildings that are contem- plated in the general improvement of the grounds. In this connection the board also approved a gen- eral plan submitted by President Dickinson and Sec- retary Eberhart, according to which all future im- provement of the grounds and location of buildings will be shaped up to. This year's fair will undoubtedly be the greatest ever held. Each day this grows plainer. Not only is every standard feature that has been a part of fairs in the past to be enlarged and increased, with greater premiums and more support than in previous years, but there will be such a multitude of new features that there is a strong likelihood that the ambition of the directors to surpass the State Fair will be realized. The resources of Fresno county are to be brought before the people in a more forcible manner than ever before. Many industries that give great prom- ise of becoming important wijl be given encourage- ment to make exhibits so that Fresno county people and San Joaquin valley people will really get ac- quainted with the things they have but which a very small percentage of them know anything about. The directors of the Fresno District Fair expect the fair to become more and more important each year, and are making their plans to conform to this theory. Everything is being planned for future needs rather than present needs. This foresight augurs well for the success of the fair and insures Fresno having one of the most modern institutions of this kind in the West. Improvements will be added each year, following the systematic plan that has been so carefully worked out, so that the completed whole will be up-to-date and modern. In an interview with Secretary Eberhart he ex- pressed his views as follows: "I believe that the Fresno District Fair should have an attendance of not less than 50,000 persons a day as as average for the six days of the Fair. Now understand, I do not mean that will be the at- tendance this year. I merely outline what I think is possible and which I believe will be realized within the next few years. This is no mere dream, but is based on the percentage of gain and what is being done in other parts of the country where the con- ditions are no better than they are here. "The Fresno District Fair of the near future will be a small edition of a world's exposition and will be of much more value and interest to the people of the San Joaquin Valley than a world's fair could be. The tremendous variety of things produced in the San Joaquin Valley and the contiguous territory, with the growing importance of this district, all work to make the success of the Fair more certain. "The directors are taking a look into the future. They are planning ahead, planning in such a manner that they are giving both the present and the future full consideration. They are taking lessons from what has been accomplished in such places as Brock- ton, Massachusetts, a small town where the attend- ance on the first day islOO.OOO and which becomes 150,000 to 200,000 toward the last of the week. Of course the population to draw from is large, but when it is considered that the town is a small one, it shows what can be accomplished by the Fresno District Fair and the substantial reasons there are for planning as the directors have." 2:20 PACE. Soumise and White Sox, W. G. Durfee: Lynmovr, J. Villar; Star Tilden, H. G. Smith; McNevde. Henry De- laney; Airlie Demonio and Enchilada, Woodland Stock Farm; Clara Mac, W. W. Gallup; Eddie G., W. B. Zib- bell; Teddy, Geo. T. Henigan; Potrero Boy, Mannie Reams; Le Dong, E. H. Crowell; Asa Pointer, J. M. Dunn; The Fool, Dr. I. D. Tucker; Mary W., D. A. Allen; Dee Sherrill, T. W. Orme; A. B. C W. B. Allord; Pegasus, Valencia Farm; Colleen, Jennie Pryor; Black Mack, John C. Kirkpatrick; R. W., R. W. Earl; Myrtle, M. Lonner- gan. 2:14 PACE. Soumise and White Sox, W. G. Durfee; Harry Mac, Russell Gray; W. J. K., Kenney & Smith; Red Pointer, Mrs. C. Mortizia; Sir John K-, Frank O'Brien; Zorene, P. J. Chalmers; Zorankin, F. C. Keefer; Beretta Dee and Ah La Moscovita, R. S. Irvine; Alton S., H. G. Smith; Robert Bingen and Enchalada, Woodland Stock Farm; Potrero Boy, Mannie Reams; Le Dong, E. H. Crowell; Mary W. and Villa. D. A. Allen; A. B. C, W. B. Alford; McNevde, Henry Delaney; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; R. W., R. W. Earl. 2:12 TROT. Merry Mac, W. Parsons ; Baby Lott, W. B. Zibbul ; J. C. Simpson. Al Schwartz; John Gwynne. John Kirkpatrick; Harold C, Fred Chadbourne; Rags, and Alerick, W. G. Durfee. 2:15 TROT. Little Bear, C. E. Clark; Merry Widow, W. Parsons; Nearest Alto McKinney, Walter Tryon; Loe Blossom, Mrs. D. M. Schenck; Copper the Ore, G. W. Bonnell; Matawan, H. C. Ahlers; AVashington McKinney Jr., F. E. Emlay and S. H. Norris; The Empress. W. R. Meese; St. Patrick, and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm; Bertha Pointer, W. G. Durfee; Wesos. Alex. Brown; F. S. Whit- ney, W. G. Durfee. ' 2:10 PACE. Far Cracker. R. E. Sparks; Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. A. Allen; Hamburg Belle, J. Ginnochio; Delia H., H. G. Smith; Sweet Princess, H. C. Ahlers; Arlie Demonio, and Robert Bingen, Woodland Stock Farm. Loch Lomond, I. L. Borden; Senator H-, Chas. F. Silva. 2:09 TROT. Killarney, A. G. Pryor; Rags. W. G. Durfee; Albaloma, I. L. Borden; Vallejo King, Thos. Smith; Pavana, C. E. Clark; Alerick, W. G. Durfee; Merry Mac, W. Parsons; Prince Del Monte. Jasper Paulsen. FREE-FOR-ALL PACE. Jim Logan. J. E. Montgomery; Sir John S., John Re- natti; Don Pronto, W. G. Durfee. 2:07 PACE. Teddy Bear, Chas. F. Silva; Zulu Belle, C. A. Durfee; Dick W-, B. F. Stone; Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. A. Allen. 2:20 TROT. Princess Irene, and Ruby Mc. C. E. Dowling; Silver Hunter, P. H. Sexton; Tell Tale, and Belle. M. Lonner- gan; Kate DiUon. J. F. Ryan; Lady Arbella. J. Villar; Prince Dei Monte. Jasper Paulsen; Killarney, A. G. Pryor: Merry Widow, W. Parsons; Pavana. C. E. Clark; Vallejo King, Thos. Smith; Bertha Pointer, and F. S. Whitney, W. G. Durfee; Copper, Valencia Farm; Rose W., W. B. Zibbell; St. Patrick, and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm. o SAN JOSE DRIVING CLUB. There was a large attendance Sunday afternoon at the San Jose Driving Park grounds for the matr inee race meeting of the San Jose Driving Club. The contests were the closest that have been seen on the local track for a number of months. The surprise of the day was the performance of Babe, owned and driven by Joseph Silva. It was the first time the little bay mare was ever on a race- track, but she lived up to the reputation of her sire, Nearest McKinney, when she trotted two winning heats in 2:29% and 2:31. Deputy Sheriff Howard Buffington drove his Princess Lou in a winning race. Summary: 2:20 pace: Big Jim (Montgomery) 3 1 1 Silver Patchen (Smith) 1 4 2 Red Rose (Salazar) 2 2 4 Clear Voyage (McCracken) 4 3 3 Time— 2:23%, 2:25, 2:24%. 2:40 pace: Rose Q. (Orlando) 1 1 Kimon (Price) 2 2 Jessie D. (Salazar) 3 3 Time— 2:38, 2:36. 2:30 trot: Babe (Silva) 1 1 Kiss Ka Dee (Ferri) 2 2 Diamond (Stewart) ' 3 3 Time— 2:29%, 2:31. 2:30 pace: Princess Lou (Buffington) 1 1 Flying Jim (Rodgers) 2 2 Lady Rea (Whitehead) 3 3 Time— 2:37, 2f39%. SALINAS DRIVING CLUB. A fine program of races was given on Saturday afternoon by the Salinas Driving Club, which, in- cluding the Danish futurity, with local horses and drivers entered, aroused much interest among the sportsmen. A curious and regrettable incident was the sudden death of J. D. Kalar's brown gelding, Economy Chief, which dropped dead after coming second in the third heat. The steed had come third in the second heat in the 2:30 class. In the third heat the horse passed under the wire in second place and suddenly dropped dead. A hemorrhage of the brain is beiieved to have caused the death of the animal, which was one of the most promising on the local track — Salinas Democrat. RACING AT BISHOP. The fair-sized crowd that gathered at the driving park Saturday afternoon saw squarely contested racing, started promptly and managed well through- out. A. W. Longley, W. W. Watterson and Wm. Rowan occupied the stand as judges, and C. A. Col- lins acted as starter. W. W. Yandell's Bill Irwin and C. E. Johnson's Eva Osito trotted mile heats, Eva taking the race and prize set of harness in 2:25 and 2:24%. Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PLEASANTON. In response to an urgent request from "Brinney" (who has not the time to do so, that is his excuse), I am sending in a tew notes about the horses that are soon to be shipped away to the races and make an attempt to pay for the good hay and oats they have eaten during the last eight months or more. John Quinn and Sutherland & Chadbourne left on Thursday of this week for Salinas, where the Breed- ers meeting starts the ball rolling on the 25th. The rest of the Pleasanton contingent will leave next Monday. Mr. Quinn will take five head of racers and Suth- erland & Chadbourne's stable will contain six trot- ters and pacers, which they will ship by express to the foggy city of Salinas which, in spite of its fogs, is a good town, situated in a splendid surrounding country, and the home of a lot of good people who are enough alive to like a good time and enjoy good horse racing, which fact is evidenced every year when they hold their "Big Week." The "main guy" in John Quinn's stable is the fast trotter Albaloma (4), 2:09. This horse is in fine condition with all his old-time speed, has been a mile in 2:10% and a half in 1:02, and quarters at a two-minute lick. Judging from the little I have seen of the pacer Lock Lomond 2: 09%, the son of Zolock is better than ever; he has trained a mile in 2:08%. The three- year-old pacer Alta Barnato is a very oily fellow with lots of speed but has not been asked for a mile better than 2:15 as yet. A two-year-old by Barney Barnato is another good youngster that promises to make a fast sidewheeler, although a mile in 2:25 is his best to date. Sutherland & Chadbourne have the two green pacing daughters of Zolock 2:05%, Zoe Trix and Zorene. The former has been a mile in 2:10 and the latter a mile in 2:11. Their best aged trotter prob- ably is the handsome black horse Vallejo King 2:12%, eligible to the slow classes. He has worked a mile in 2:11 with a half in 1:02%. The Empress and Harold C. are a pair of fast green trotters with speed enough to earn some of the money, but the star of the stable is the three-year-old trotter Bon Cres, by Bon Voyage 2 : 02, dam by the great Cresceus 2:0214. This colt's best mile to date is 2:14. He is a steady going fellow that is busy trotting all the time and if they do not go too fast will get his. Everyone has heard of "Pop" Durfee and the ver- satile Zulu Belle 2:10% trotting, and 2:06% pacing. They are a pretty shifty pair and they will be there when the bell rings. As before reported, they have been a mile in 2:05, last half in one minute. The Zulu started in a trotting race at this place last Sep- tember but she didn't finish it. Her silvery haired owner told me that evening that she would not jump on "any more of his money that year." So the very next day he put her back to pacing and the next week she won a race at Fresno in 2:08%, the fol- lowing week she was a money winner at the Hanford half-mile track; from there they went to Phoenix, Ariz., where she won a splendid race in 2:06%; the next week at the City of the Angels she won a trot- ting race over a heavy track in time around 2:12, and the next day was second to Maymack in 2:09%. How can you beat them? Homer Rutherford will race Al Pryor's fast green trotter Killarney, by Cupid 2:18, although on ac- count of an ailing leg she will not start at Salinas. This mare won a matinee race here last fall in 2:12, which time is no indication of her speed, and some day she is likely to score a very fast record. Homer will also race for Mr. Pryor a four-year-old pacing filly by Charley D. 2:06% out of the famous old mare Cricket, the first pacing mare to get a record of 2:10, and that has since the close of her raciug career proven a great broodmare. This filly's name is Colleen, and although her training and develop- ment has been limited she is a fast pacer with bet- ter than two-minute speed now, and a beautiful way of going. Her fastest mile to date is 2:10%, but I would not be surprised if she should step a mile in 2:05 before the end of the present racing season. Homer's stake candidate is Geo. N. Patterson, a two-year-old by On Voyage 2:25%, son of Bon Voy- age 2:08, and his dam is Yu Tu by R. Ambush 2:09, that was a fast young trotter but went wrong. This colt has been a mile in 2:20, half in 1:06 and a quar- ter in 32 seconds. Henry Smith will take to the races Delia H. p. 2:10. She has equaled her record in her work and been a half in 1:01. Alton, a green pacer that has been in 2:11 and a half in 1:03; Star Tilden, an un- marked pacer, has been in 2:11%, half in 1:02%. This son of old Star Pointer's was second in a heat last year at Santa Rosa in 2:07%, with Charley De- Ryder up. Mr. Smith will also race the trotters Sil- ver Hunter 2:16 and John Gwyn 2:11%. Joe Twohig has the good pacer Welcome Jr. that was prominent in a number of races last year and repeatedly paced miles around 2:08, and the green pacer Casey Jones, by a son of Welcome 2:10%, that has worked miles better than 2:10 and quarters around 29 seconds. Unfortunately, this good gelding went lame during a record work-out, and although he is recovering he may not be able to start at Salinas. Al McDonald will race Mendenhall & Dunn's gre?n pacer Asa Pointer. This son of the first two-minute pacer has been a mile in 2:07%, which is, with one or two exceptions, the fastest mile ever shown by a green pacer over this track. Millard Sanders will race A. B. C, a green pacer by a son of Monterey 2:09, that has been miles in 2:10. He will also race the fast and game but un- fortunate trotter Redeem 2:09%. This horse only joined Mr. Sanders' stable on the 8th of the present month and came into his hands in very bad condi- tion. It will take all of Millard's skill to get him in shape to race at Salinas, as he was sore and lame, out of balance and pulling badly on one rein. The first time Millard worked him a mile in 2:19 and a half in 1:08 was his limit. A few days later, after a change in shoeing and a more proper shaping of his feet, he worked a comparatively easy mile in 2:15. The above two are all Mr. Sanders will take to Salinas but he has other members of histstable that are entered at later meetings. The star of this stable is a green pacer that will not hear the start- er's voice this year. He is a five-year-old bay gelding by C. The Limit 2:03%, dam Rosie Woodburn 2:16, and is owned by Lou Crellin of Pleasanton. This is one of the few real pacers that have speed and class enough to pace a mile in 2:05 or better with- out the assistance of hopples or other artificial ap- pliances, checking devices, etc., that are used on nearly all fast pacers as means of control. O. U. C, that's his name, you see, does not need anything but the harness with the plainest of checks and bits. He has been a mile in 2:06; some watches caught him 2:05%, some 2:05%, the slowest made it 2:06, and his trainer believes him capable right now of a mile not far from 2:03, but his owner says, no more better than 2:15 for the present. That is the dif- ference between the owner of O. U. C. and many other owners. A lot of them would want to see him step a mile in 2:00 or better and then some. Mr. Crellin is the only man I know of that has had as much money as he has had involved in racehorse flesh and never lost any, but has always been a win- ner in the business of racing, breeding and devel- oping. He bred O. U. C, that is now the fastest and best green pacer west of the Rocky Mountains, if not in all the country east of there as well. He bred and developed his sire, C. The Limit 2:03%, and sold him without a record for $10,000. He owned Search- light 2:03%, bought him as a two-year-old and in Tom Keating's hands raced him as a three-year-old in Montana and California, against aged horses, win- ning a record of 2:09%, the world's record for three- year-old pacers at that time. Out of eight or nine starts he was returned winner in all his races but two that year and besides paced an exhibition mile in 2:05%. The following year he went down the Grand Circuit and in eleven starts was ten times first and the only reason he lost the eleventh race was because Tom Keating, his regular driver, was not behind him. He closed that season with the world's four-year-old pacing record of 2:04%. The following year Mr. Crellin sold him for $15,000. Is Lou Crellin a wise owner and manager or is he just lucky? In either case he now owns something that looks like a coming champion, that carries the blood of champions, and has the advantage of a lucky or wise owner and of being developed by a developer of world's champions, the man who developed the first two-minute trotter and who years ago developed and gave records in standard time to five yearlings when there were only eight of that tender age in the whole world that had entered the standard list. Of the five, four were champions, viz., Prou Frou, champion yearling trotter, 2:25%; Rosedale, cham- pion yearling pacer, 2 : 22 ; Fausta, champion yearling pacing filly, 2:22%, and Wm. Sidney, champion year- ling pacing gelding, 2:25. The other was Ida 2:30, trotting, and all by Sidney 2:19. Millard Sanders also developed and gained the world's two-year-old pacing record for fillies with Fleeta Dillon 2:08%, and with Ruth Dillon he ob- tained the world's half-mile track record for three- year-old trotters in 2:15%, and the following year he drove the same filly to the four-year-old record of 1908, 2:06%. With the erratic Guy, that had been uncontrollable in all other hands, he gave a record of 2:10%, when only Jay Eye See 2:10 and Maud S. 2:08% held faster records. With Wm. H., Mambrino Sparkle, Nobby and Clemie G. he gained the world's four-in-hand trotting record of 2:36, which stood for over twenty years, and he drove Nobby and Clemie G. to the world's tandem record of 2:32, which still stands. In O. U. C. Millard Sanders has champion- ship material, and with such material he may again develop a champion. The material is the first essen- tial, and without the right material the greatest trainer in the world would soon pass into oblivion and his name be heard no more. In Rodney Patchen by Joe Patchen II. 2:03%, dam Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon, Bert Webster owns a two-year-old pacer that will be a credit to his sire and a source of pride and profit to his owner, if all goes well. Just at present the colt is slightly indis- posed and Bert will not start him at the Breeders meeting, as he intended doing. The yearling Bonds- man filly out of the same dam is as handsome a yearling as I ever saw and a perfect gaited trotter. Bert has been a quarter in 37% seconds with her. Her owner, Frank Malcolm, is to be congratulated upon securing such a highly bred and beautiful filly. The price was none too high for her kind; there are not many like her for sale even at a thousand. Chas. McCarty's five-year-old son of Nutwood Wilkes, Geo. Hammett (3) 2:15%, recently trotted a mile in 2:11% for John Quinn and a half in 1:03%. It is a wonder to me that some one looking for a fast and game trotter has not picked this fellow up. 2:10 will not stop him and where he can go one mile he can race all the afternoon. He has only had a couple of months' work this season and none at all last year; in fact, not any since he was a contender in a five- heat race that Wilbur Lou won at Stockton in 1912, and he was a pretty hot contender in the last two heats in that fastest five-heat race ever trotted by three-year-olds up to that time. It has been nearly a year since I was last in Pleas- anton, and while I am not surprised at the decided improvements that have been made at the Driving Park within that time (mention of which has fre- quently been made in the Breeder and Sportsman), I cannot fail to appreciate the same, and last evening as I was surveying the velvety lawns that beautify the landscape where Monroe Salisbury's ramshackle stables used to stand, I could not help but think of the surprise and wonder it would be to the venerable "king-maker" if he could be allowed to return in the flesh and see the wonderful transformation that has taken place on the spot where he developed so many champions and famous trotters and pacers. I imag- ine I could hear that brusque old man exclaim: "My God, my God, is this my place?" There is not a soli- tary thing standing on the grounds that the "grand old man" would recognize, except perhaps a few poplar and weeping willow trees, the only adornment to the property in the days of Director, Direct, Di- rectly, Directum, Alix and Azote. Of the magnificent willows that add so much to the beauty of the Park as it now is, the monarch of them all (as well as the parent of all the others) that at one time furnished the only shade from the heat of the summer's sun, would not be recognized now by the iron-willed but: kindly-hearted old man who so often enjoyed its welcome shade in the days of long ago. Its wide spreading but rather scraggly branches have been cut off and from the main stem a new top is forming that will in a few years develop into a better-shaped and grander tree than ever. Those other beautiful willows that dot the green lawns, eight or nine in number, are of great artistic value to the place and owe their existence to Dan Lelser, who years ago stuck them in the ground as little limbs cut from the branches of the old, original monarch. The smallest of the lot Dan planted ten years ago in front of Searchlight's (2:03%) stall when he had charge of that great pacing racehorse and sire. Had an expert landscape gardner, with the eye and taste of an art- ist, planted the trees that Dan planted he could not have excelled in artistic arrangement the positions these beautiful trees now occupy in the landscape of which they form a part. I have never seen the track itself in better condition than it is now being kept. There is probably no track on this side of the Missis- sippi river that is as well worked and cared for as this track. For this reason, together with the fact that it has practically been rebuilt within the last year, makes it a far better and faster track than it originally was. Yet, in spite of its being an ideal track to train on, I have heard fault found with it. Could those faultfinders get away from here and try some of the other tracks in the State for awhile, how gladly they would return to Pleasanton and how they would enjoy returning to the best and best- equipped training track on the whole Pacific Coast. The substantial white painted fences that have been built around both mile and half-mile tracks, both inside and outside, since I was here last fall, add very greatly to the appearance of the plant. C. C. C. 0 NEW RULES WILL MAKE WORK FOR SECRETARIES. It is pretty well known that the average secretary of a minor trotting track is far from being extrav- agantly paid. Were he not a horse lover, full of enthusiasm, he would quickly hand in his resigna- tion. I have been looking through the "Winrace and Eligibility Book" and realize that the secretary will have to give more time to his work than ever be- fore, otherwise he will wander aimlessly in the fog. At the head of the alphabetical list of all live horses with records that started at meetings given by The National Trotting Association in 1912 and 1913, we have an explanation: "The color, sex and sire of each horse is given when reported, as well as record and winning race record, the latter being the one by which his eligibility to compete is determined and which, in order to avoid confusion, is designated as a winrace. When a horse has not a winrace a blank appears opposite his name and he is eligible to any class event except a green race." When two nouns joined by "and" really represent two ideas the verb must be singular. When we speak of color, sex and sire, we refer to three different things and the verb should be plural. The winrace compound is an idea far from elegant, but let it pass. Under the head of B, I find Bird Banzia with a record of 2:50 with a blank opposite her name. She, therefore, is eligible to any class event "except a green race." The question arises as to how slow a class should be to constitute a green race. Since the formation of the National Trotting Associatiou in 1870 for elevating and protecting the standing and character of the American trotting turf, the speed standard has been advanced beyond the wildest dreams of those who were at the birth of the organi- zation of discipline. This is tersely shown by the gap between the 2:17% by Dexter and the 1:58 by Uhlan. Gentlemen of large resources became stu- dents of breeding problems and with the assistance of intelligent and ambitious trainers, old platforms were demolished. In these enlightened days the horse which cannot trot in 2:30 or better or pace in 2:25 or better has no official standing. He merely suggests a moss grown age. Races for 2:50 classes are almost as rare as hen's teeth. Why then encum- ber an official list with material of this sort? The track secretary will have enough to do without dis- secting the slow candidate's qualifications. — Hamil- ton Busby. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. 1 NOTES AND NEWS 1 1 I The dates for the June race meeting of the Panama Pacific International Exposition have been fixed for June 5 to 19, 1915. Frank Childs worked Our Colonel 2:04*4 for j. B. Jones in 2:07%, last quarter in 31 seconds, and remarked that he was up to a mile in 2:05 right now. «■ •» The Grand Circuit opens July 20th at Cleveland, thence to Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Pitts- burg, Buffalo, Syracuse, Hartford, Columbus and Lexington. <$> «> At the rate he is going Moko will have another long list of credits at the end of the racing season of 1914. He has gained at least four new ones so far this season. <5> <$> Frank O'Neill, Matt McGee and Guy Garner, three Americans, monopolize the first three places in the French jockey list this season to date. Johnny Keiff, another American, stands fifth. Milton Henry is tenth. «■ * Mr. Considine's yearling colt, Suldine, by Worthy McKinney, dam Carrietta 2:18, dam of Silent Brig- ade by Directman, is receiving some education at Lexington by H. C. Moody, and recently worked a half in 1:13. «•«>«■ A. J. Gonzales has been arrested by Constable Sandberg on a charge of not registering a stallion according to the State law. A. R. Ashill of Pan Fran- cisco, secretary of the Livestock Commission, swore to the complaint. «■ <$> C. A. Harrison's three-year-old filly, Tosora, by the Patchen Boy 2:101,4, dam Nique 2:13%, by Joe Patch- en 2:01%, is being driven by Mr. Harrison's son. She has been a mile in 2:32, quarter in 34 seconds, last eighth in :16%. «> ■$> <$> Fred Ward worked his two-year-old colt Freckle Beirne a mile in 2:23 and back in 2:19. He also worked Mr. W. A. Clark's three-year-old futurity can- didate Bon Courage, a mile in 2:12 and back in 2:11%, at Los Angeles last week. The Woodland Stock Farm horses are all doing well. Ruth Ansel, in particular. Robert Bingen worked a mile in 2:12% and back in the same notch. St. Patrick duplicated this performance and finished strong; the last half-mile being in 1:03. <•> <8> The appointment of an assistant professor of ani- mal husbandry at the Oregon Agricultural College has been announced, the incumbent being Carl N. Kennedy of the Texas college. He will have full charge of the course that relates to horses. «> It is said that the tallest horse and smallest horse now in training were in the 2:18 pace at Belief on- taine, Ohio, last week. The small horse, Pony Boy 2:19%, only weighs about six hundred pounds, while the other, Halmons 2:14%, is 17% hands high. But four declarations have been received in the M. and M. They are Dichato, Farmer Gentry, Peter Johnston and Roy Miller. The only ones declared out of the Chamber of Commerce are Akar and Lou- ise F., and Frances Graham and Peter McCormick are the only ones out of the 2:09 trot. <8> <8> «■ The cost of living will never be reduced very materially until the country roads are improved in such a manner that the cost of hauling farm, orchard and garden products will be reduced. The consum- ers and dealers in cities should be vitally interested in good roads, because poor roads mean higher liv- ing cost. The amount of money in cash premiums that will be awarded for live stock exhibits at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition has reached the sum of $352,950. This amount has been reached with the $5,000 just offered by the American Jersey Cattle Club. In purses for harness races almost $230,000 additional will be awarded. Havis James gave Grand Opera 2:12% the two fastest trips yet stepped over the Cleveland course this season, the first being in 2:06%, last half in 1:01% and final quarter in 31 seconds, and the sec- ond was in 2:06%, about evenly rated. He was accompanied by a runner. The good looking gray trotter Vaster 2:09% was given several miles right at 2:10. <$> <& Gil Curry, of Kansas City, who is training at the Independence, Mo., track this season, has recently added to his already very promising stable the fast record pacing stallion Junior Dan Patch 2:05%, by Dan Patch 1:55%, also Thomas Benton, a green pacer with lots of natural speed, and a two-year-old colt by Peter Red 2:11%. Gil's stable which num- be s a dozen or more, are all training good and some mighty promising prospects are showing up for this year and will be specially prepared for a good fail r mpaign. The horses belonging to R. J. MacKenzie now quartered at the North Randall track are rapidly rounding into form and trainer DeRyder has com- menced giving them some fast work to finish their preparation for the opening of the Grand Circuit on July 20th. On the eleventh of the monih he worked Maymack a mile in 2:07%, Joe Patchen in 2:06 and Miss Perfection in 2:08%. <8> <8> Secretary John J. Kelly has arranged the premium list for the thirteenth annual fair of the Monterey district agricultural association, which will open on the 29th inst. and close Aug. 1st. There will be premiums for all classes of horses and colts, single and in families and of different ages, the same for jacks, jennies and mules, the same for cattle of nine distinct breeds, the same for all breeds of sheep and goats. ^ <$> Mrs. Duncan's horses are merely being jogged at present by J. Conway, at Christchurch, New Zea- land," and it is unlikely that any of them will be seen out before November, though it is possible that Gal- vanita may race at the Metropolitan Club's August meeting. By the way the popular American trainer has been exercising his inventive faculties and has patented a new type of spreader for the prevention of knee-knocking. <8> <$> On July 4th, at the Rockport track, near Cleveland, Ohio, of which the well-known trainer, Harvey D. Ernest, is the owner and manager, Billy M. 2:06%, a chestnut gelding by Newtown Boy p. 2:10%, dam by Pocahontas Chief 18174, was returned the winner of the fast pace in straight heats, the time being 1:01%, 1:01% and 1:01% for the three half-miles, which is a world's record for three heats of one-half mile each over a minor track. «> ■$> At Spreckels Park, T. H, on July 4th, the con- tenders in the free-for-all pace were Denervo and Welcome Boy. Denervo won in straight heats witb Welcome Boy in second place. Time, 2:17, 2:15, 2:15. Welcome Boy broke badly in the first heat but finished close up. He paced right up to his notch in the second heat but was outfooted all the way. The third heat was a procession: the other horses were distanced in the second heat. «> There was a great clearance at the Overland Park, Denver, last Sunday night when two trains of ex- press cars pulled out for Vancouver. The express bill alone amounted to $12,000, while with railroad transportation the cost of the movement footed up a total of something like $25,000. The insurance written for individual horse owners amounted close to the half-million dollar mark. Besides this eight carloads of horses went to Butte to mix it for the miners. <*> <5> <$> Official announcement of the proposed saddle race scheduled to take place on August 18th, the first day of the meeting to be held on the historic track at Goshen, N. Y., has been made public by Rennselaer Weston, the secretary. The race will be open to horses eligible to the 2:10 and up to the 2:20 class, with a weight allowance of five pounds for each two seconds of record. The event will also be open to both amateurs and professionals, and the amount of the purse will be $2,000. «> <8> F. Woodcock worked some, good miles during the week, among them a mile with Paxton Hal in 2:16, last eighth in 15% seconds, with Hal Norte, driven by H. Weiss, close up; Rush Hal, mile in 2:29%, last eighth in 17 seconds; May Day Hal (2) a nice, smooth mile in 2:39, last eighth in 17 seconds; Zo- lace worked with Jenny May (Gambling up) three nice miles in 2:29%, 2:27 and 2:26%; J. C. B., Morris S. and Jack Turner romped a mile together in 2:14 and the last eighth in 15% seconds. The fastest mile of the year at Lexington was trotted, on Friday of last week, by Mahomet Watts 2:10, who, together with the others in the stable of Zack Chandler, was worked for his owner, Gen. C. C. Waats, now on a visit to Kentucky. The five-year- old son of the brilliant young stallion, General Watts 2:06%, worked in 2:09, with the first half in 1:034-5, the last half in 1:05 1-5, and, while he tired a bit at the finish, his work was most creditable. Mahomet Watts is sure to gain a very fast record before the season is over, and will be raced with a view of find- ing out whether or not he is worthy of being sent to California next season. <$> <8> It is said sometimes that when a horse is knocked out by his preparatory work that it is just as well because if not going to stand up to the "prep," he will not to the races. There may be a lot of fallacy in such remark and assumption. A horse may be naturally sound, stout and right, and under the right sort of preparation capable of maturing into a game and lasting race horse, which injudicious handling by the developer ruins by either his precitate meth- ods or by his reckless placing overstrain upon him when not conditioned for it. If an animal is made right, has good material in him, which is dicoverable to one an expert at all, and his way of going is not badly at fault, a trainer may well question as to his own error and fault if he does not stand up to the work necessary to mature him into a sound racing instrument. You might as well say the fault is in a piece of steel, when the manipulator destroys it by careless handling, or lack of skill, as to make the same assertion or charge of the good prospect for a race horse aborted similarly. Some sharp work was done by the various trainers at North Randall recently, and what is accounted the most brilliant work-out by a two-year-old trotter was the mile Mr. Geers rode behind Sparkle Watts, 1, 2:27. This filly stepped a mile in 2:13%, coming the last half in 1:04. Mr. Geers has often expressed himself as being opposed to racing two-year-olds, but just the same he is in love with the present pupil, and you can bet that he knew that she had a lot left when she negotiated the mile — the G. O. M. is not given to stretching 'em out to their limit F. G. Jones, of Memphis, owns the filly, and is just the sort of man who should be in possession of that kind. <8> «> Manager E. L. Richardson of the Calgary Indus- trial Exhibition reports the attendance of the meet- ing which closed last week as over 87,000. This is a remarkable showing, though the crowds at Calgary are always good. It is a racing point of increasing importance and in the center of great agricultural development. Recently findings of oil have brought a new boom to the country, which is reflected in ali the undertakings of the Albertan metropolis. It is proposed to expend no less a sum than $360,000 for new buildings and improvements, the city of Calgary having already voted the money. With this large sum available for betterments, Calgary will be strictly in the front in future. * ■$> William Russell Allen, proprietor of the Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Mass., announces that the general catalogue giving detailed descriptions and full pedi- grees of all the trotting bred horses at the Allen Farm, is now ready for distribution. The catalogue has been most carefully compiled and contains a wealth of statistical detail. It will be sent only to horsemen requesting it but every real horseman in- terested in the best will want a copy. It will be sent by parcel post, and the cost over the old method is about 28 per cent., but Mr. Allen will be glad to send it to all who ask. Trotting horses are for sale all of the time at the Allen Farm, and many of her best campaigners have been secured from that farm be- fore the horses showed their true capacity for win- ning big stakes. •3> «■ «> Probably the best thoroughbred that flashed at the Denver Park this summer was Seneca. When a two- year-old he was taken to England by James A. Keene, his breeder. He won many of the English classics and turned into a three-year-old with one of the best records of any horse in Europe. He was favorite at eight to five to win the Epsom Derby. The best English critics conceded the American horse an ex- cellent chance to pull down the rich plum. He was taken sick and scratched from the Derby at the elev- enth hour. Keene shipped him back to America in hope that he would again, regain his good form. Doc Street got him from Keene, babied him along for a time, won a race or two with him, then Bedwell, a Denver man, took him and won many races with him. Joe Tigue, his present owner, bought him from Bed- well. Seneca profited by bis trip to Denver and showed improvement in every race, as they all do in that climate. «■ «■ <8> Have you ever noticed that a silent man usually has the best broken horses? Drive with him and it will be a matter of wonder how he manages bis horses with no management visible, where the horse goes where he is wanted without apparent effort on the part of the driver. Ed. Geers, the famous turf- man, is known as the "silent man," who has been noted for his success in the art of driving a horse to his utmost limit of speed without speaking a word or making an effort, while his rivals were whooping and yelling and whipping and coming out generally behind. Probably there is a lesson in this. The av- erage horse understands only a few things thorough- ly, only a few words, signs or commands. The silent man gives only a few and he does not confuse his horse. The horse is made to know them thoroughly, he understands the man who understands him. It is a pleasure to drive a horse that understands — few pleasures in life can equal it if the horse is a good cheerful driver. There would be more of this kind if they were made to know a few things thoroughly — the right things. The great difficulty is that many horses have more sense than their drivers. — Western Horseman. It is quite possible that when the Grand Circuit horses reach Columbus next September that there will be included in the number a new pacing cham- pion, and one that has been the least talked about among great horses. This is the Wisconsin stallion, Knight of Strathmore, that will make his debut only at the second week's racing at Columbus, his first engagement outside the Great Western Circuit, being in the Board of Trade stake of $3,000 for 2:06 pacers. The reason why this chestnut stallion has not been in the limelight in recent years is only due to the fact that he has not been raced since 1910. That year he was the sensation of the west. When the world's record for a four-year-old was 2:05%, Knight of Strathmore won in 2:05%. Two weeks ago he celebrated his return to the turf by winning a race over the half-mile track at Jefferson, la., in the fast- est time of the year, 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:08, and actually jogged. The time is only a half-second from the world's record made by The Eel at a much later period in the season. Knight of Strathmore is by Twelfth Night, also sire of Knight Onwardo 2:04%, and his dam is the well-known Ohio pacing mare, Eleanor 2:11, by Strathmore. — Horse Journal, Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N The half-mile track circuits are now in full swing and encouraging reports come from all of them. The attendance at tracks in all sections of the country has been larger than heretofore, indicating that there is a widespread interest in the light harness horse, a greater interest than for several years. The "passing of the horse" is a favorite topic with some writers on the daily papers and also with magazine writers, but the horse refuses to "pass," save in greatly in- creasing numbers. From all reports the public is this year taking a greater interest in the sport of racing than ever. There is a fascination about a good horse that men and women with real red blood cannot resist. And when a dozen good horses come down the backstretch, exerting every ounce of energy that they possess, the fascination is increased many fold. The horse himself is interesting, but not less so are the drivers. Their skill as they pilot the fast horses from wire to wire adds to the excitement, for the human factor always has to be considered and is appreciated as much as the speed of the horses. In fact, the winning ability of the fast trotter is due to the skill of the trainer in developing extreme speed and so conditioning the horse that he can carry the extreme speed, not only one mile during the afternoon, but several miles — sometimes five or six. Interest in baseball is not nearly so great this season as in former ones; but whether this has an effect on the attendance at the race meetings is open for argument. In baseball one witnesses the brain and skill of nine men opposed to the ability of the others; but in a horse race there is all this with the added factor of the horse. The horse is the thing, but the horse without man would be but a poor tool, indeed. The combination of the two is what attracts the public. — Western Horseman. * * The pacing stallion Directum I. 2:02%, that was raced in the Grand Circuit last season by a young man who made his debut on the tracks of the big series of meetings with him, will most likely be a star of the first magnitude this year, as he has been turned over to the management of Dr. J. C. McCoy, of Kirkwood, Del., and he will be driven by Dr. Mc- Coy's trainer, Ray Snedaker, who so successfully campaigned the trotting stallion Lord Dewey 2:03% last year, winning with him over $17,000. Dr. McCoy is acknowledged to be without a superior when it comes to looking after the physical development of a race horse, and his trainer, Snedeker, who is also his son-in-law, can drive a horse about as well as any man in the business. James Butler, the wealthy New York man who owns Directum I., is desirous of seeing his chestnut pacing stallion set a new world's race record for pacers, and even though that record is 1:59, there are more than a few good judges who believe the son of Directum Kelly has more than an even chance to do the trick with the assistance of the good team work that Dr. McCoy and Ray Sned- eker are capable of doing. Dr. McCoy's own stallion, Lord Dewey 2:03%, will be trained with the special object of beating the world's record for trotting stallions, 2:01, now held by The Harvester, and in view of the magnificent campaign the horse made last year, after making a stud season, the son of Ad- miral Dewey has a real good chance to accomplish that most difficult feat. With these two champion- ship candidates and a green pacer called Admiral Dewey 2d, by Admiral Dewey, that rehearsed in 2:06 last fall, Snedeker promises to be a pretty prominent man in the affairs of the Grand Circuit this year, while Dr. McCoy will probably add not a little to his reputation as an overseeing and advisory trainer. Ed Reed, a successful and practical Illinois breed- er, is enthusiastic over the proposition that the breeders of the light harness horse get together for the purpose of "booming the trotter." He realizes, as do other men in the industry, that the trotter has done more to promote his own interests than have the breeders. He suggestp ihat the breeders in each county form organizations to advance the interests of the light harness horse. There can be no question as to the fact that we have not had sufficient co- operation among the breeders, that they lack the "get-together" spirit. Instead of decrying the blood- lines and individuality of their neighbor's stallion, they should rather herald his good points and those of his colts. Perhaps some of the good fillies by that stallion would nick well with your stallion. But aside from the purely personal and directly selfish view, it is better to recognize that the get-together spirit, if entered into by every breeder in the coun- try, would mean a greater prosperity for the entire industry, and when the industry all over the country is in a highly prosperous condition it is a sign that the individual is sharing in it and that the few who are not have an excellent chance to break in and get some of the cream. Certainly the individual suffers when the industry is depressed. If getting together and booming the trotter, creating an interest on the part of the public, especially the farmers, in his merits, will help promote prosperity in the indus- try, why, it must be the wise and proper thing to do. Remember, there is no breed of horses of which so many good things can truthfully be said. There is no need to decry a stallion because his colts do not develop into twelve-hundred-pound horses, for there are many who favor small, compactly built trotters; others like the long, rangy horse of good size and great stride; some will huy nothing but trotters and many delight in the swift pacer, but he must be a good horse. The slab-side, ewe-necked trotter is disappearing. All speed is marketable; all good trotters have their admirers, regardless of color, size, weight and bloodlines, and the "knocker" knocks his own interests as well as those of his neighbor. Speak well of the trotter as a breed, make others recognize his good points, tell the truth about the breed, not the bad points about your neighbor's horse, and the trotter will boom. — Western Horse- man. ENTRIES FOR SONOMA DRIVING CLUB. PROGRAM OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. Wednesday, Sept. 23rd, opening day; Improve- ment Clubs, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties. Thursday, Sept. 24th, Livermore, Washington and Eden Townships, Berkeley and Alameda Bay, and Tourist Association Day; stock parade, two-year-old pace, futurity stake, 51,000 purse; 2:20 trotting race, $500 purse; 2:25 pace, $1,000; amateur race, free-for-all cup. Friday, Sept. 25th, Children's Day, Manufacturers, Merchants Association and Oakland Chamber of Commerce Day; horse parade, grammar school foot races and other athletic sports; two-year-old trot, futurity stake $1,500; 2:12 trotting race, $500 purse; 2:15 pace, Amateur, cup; exhibition of saddle horses. Rack ^-mile dash under saddle. Saturday, Sept. 26th, Farm Bureau Day. Lecture by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, Dean of Agriculture De- partment of the State University on "How to De- velop California." Grand parade of horses and cat- tle; athletic contests by high schools; 2:14 pace, $500 purse; 2:20 pace, $500 purse; 2:15 trotting race. Amateur, cup. High school exhibition of saddle horses and other sports. One-half mile trot under saddle. Sunday, Sept. 27th, auto races; 25-mile light car races, $500 in purses; novelty race, drivers' shoes placed in a barrel, 100 yards from starting line, driv- er to go and get his own shoes, put them on, return to car and drive around the track, $25 purse; 75-mile race for heavy cars, $500 purse. Auto races under the management of the "American Automobile Asso- ciation." From reports of committees received to date, many towns are already at work preparing for their ex- hibits, for the special prizes offered, and the man- agers are preparing more space to accommodate the exhibitors. Each community will be asked to notify the Secretary of the amount of space required in order that there may be no one shut out. The chairman of each committee has been requested to select a location and designate amount of space re- quired as early as possible. Following are the entries in the 2:25 class pace, which closed July 8, 1914: Dolly Varden, P. MeCart; Mc Verde, J. W. Hitch; Pegasus. Valencia Stock Farm: Enchilada and Airiie De- monic Woodland Stock Farm; Gold Lily. I. L. Borden; Zoetrix, Jas. W. Marshall; A. B. C, W. B. Alford; Star Tilden, Geo. W. Putnam; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. Wal- lis; Far Cracker, R. E. Sparks; Dee Sherrill, T. W. Orme. Race No. 7, 2:10 class pace, has been canceled, it not having a sufficient number of entries. OWNERS OF THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS ARE DOUBTFUL. The Lexington critic "Hawley" writes as follows: "The many three-year-olds in Kentucky which are in training at the Lexington track as well as else- where throughout the country, while of considerable promise, are so far below the form of Peter Volo 2:04% and Lady Wanetka 2:10, that their owners are somewhat doubtful about the advisability of keeping them paid up ; yet, on the whole, the suprem- acy of the two three-year-olds by Peter the Great 2:07% will not deter horsemen from continuing their training operations and fitting their colts for their engagements, on the theory that something may happen to prevent the real cracks from sweeping the platter clean. The history of the past, if taken as an object lesson, has taught owners that young trotters lose their best form very quickly once they begin to go back, and, while it seems next to im- possible for the stars of last year's two-year-old divis- ion to fall by the wayside, there is always more than a possibility of their doing so. "A colt in the stable of Harry C. Stinson, by Tre- gantle 2:09%, out of a daughter of Leland, has shown a mile in 2:15, and looks to be up to one in 2:12 at this time, yet his trainer knows full well that even so promising a trotter as this fellow can hardly be expected to hold his own with either of the cham- pions of last season. Another colt from which much may reasonably be expected is Peter Hopeful 2:25%, by Peter the Great out of a daughter of Todd 2:14%. This horse has been heralded as a genuine crack, and, while without racing experience of even suf- ficient training to give an accurate line on his real capacity, he is regarded as a colt of such class that he will be raced in the Metropolitan Circuit, and, if good enough, will be seen in the rich events in which he is engaged. Kentucky will in all probability fur- nish at least a half-dozen trotters of his age capable of miles in 2:10 or bettor, but in view of the fact that there are in training two three-year-olds who need improve not in the least in order to capture the lion's share of the first money offered in the futurities of the year, the outlook is not bright for the second raters. As a sporting proposition, the odds are against either Peter Volo or Lady Wanetka winning all, or even one, of the rich prizes, yet these odds are short, while, against those of the slower division, they are very long." The Sonoma County Driving Club held a meeting in Santa Rosa Thursday night of last week with a full delegation in attendance. There were repre- sentatives from all over the county and the coming card of races, which is to be staged Sunday after- noon, July 19th, was the topic of conversation and the chief matter of business. At least five, possibly six races are to be staged during the card, including one running race, which is sure to prove of added interest. The fastest horses in the county are on the bill for the afternoon and the public will no doubt eagerly avail itself of the opportunity of witnessing the races. Thursday, July 16th, will see the close of the en- tries. Thus far the following horses are entered for the races: Miss Rooney, Clara 'C, Lady Stillwell, Petaluma Girl entered by Joe Ryan. Landis B., Presta Girl, entered by W. A. Stewart. Emmaline Dillon, entered by Mr. Conners. Liz Woods, Cara C„ Springtime. Malveck, Washington McKinney Jr.. entered by Sam Norris. Dewey, entered by Steve O'Leary. Alameda Maiden, entered by Joe Leona. Lady M., entered by Dan McGovern. Mandalay, entered by Al Dupont. Millbrae, entered by Dan Misener. Pfisters Lynwood, entered by Henry Pfister. Potrero, entered by F. M. Mitchell. Mohammed, Maid of Honor, entered by George Helman. George Dillon, entered by George Campion. Burnside, entered by Dr. J. J. Summerfleld. Jesse Dillon, entered by F. D. McGregor. Sonoma Prince, entered by A. J. McAlpine. Leona J., entered by E. H. Crowell. Potrero Boy, entered by M. Reams. Clara Mills, entered by Geo. Ramage. -O- HOLLISTER DRIVING CLUB. The opening matinee of the Hollister Driving Club at Hollister last Sunday was well attended and an unqualified success in every way. Mr. Geo. Crosby, the secretary of the club, and the board of directors, were well satisfied with the showing made and the prospects seem good for some nice matinee races this summer. Matt Zahner, the veteran San Jose trainer, easily took the honors of the meeting, piloting both winners of the pacing events to victory against close con- tenders. "Fred Branch," the San Jose horseman's own en- try, took the first race in two straight heats; time, 2:21% and 2:23. Rex, the local favorite, formerly owned by Jas. Sheriffs and now by Stoney Over- street, was the other Zahner winner. The bay pacer entered in the Class B event beat the time of Class A entries, winning in two heats; time, 2:20 and 2:22%. The third race, a free-for-all trot, had four entries and was likewise decided in two heats. That the winners took two straight heats in each event, how- ever, does not indicate that the races were not close, for the winning pilots were forced to drive on every inch of the track, with the exception, perhaps, of the first race in which Fred Branch apparently was not extended and had plenty of speed in reserve when he came under the wire. In all three events the winners had the pole, an advantage that the field found hard to overcome. Had they had outside posi- tions there might be a slight difference in the story. However, the result was sufficiently decisive to give the winning owners a lot of confidence. The losers are not disheartened on the other hand, and they will come back at the next matinee with their entries hardened by workouts and a determination to win- All of which will tend, if nothing unforeseen turns up, to make the racing game good this summer. The results were as follows: Class A pace: Fred Branch, Zahner (Zahner) 1 1 Salba, E. Wright (Sanchez) 2 2 Teddy B., Wilson (Wilson) 3 3 Time— 2:21%, 2:23. Class B. pace: Rex, S. Overstreet (Zahner) 1 1 Lillie C, J. Cruz (Soares) 2 2 B. Bounce, J. Wright (Sanchez) 3 3 Time— 2:20, 2:22%. Class C trot' Ben Alto, Kydd (Sanchez) 1 1 Prince Alto, Ware (Wilson) 2 3 Oro Guy, H. Snibley (Snibley) 3 2 Chas. Sumner, Foster (Foster) 4 4 Time — 2:27, 2:31. A PERFECT MATING DESIRABLE. In the mating season every experienced stud groom sees day after day how cold is the high-bred stallion to some mares brought to his notice. He does not willingly respond to the call for affection, and this may have something to do with the quality of the resultant foal. There are failures in mating which might be avoided if more attention was paid to tem- peramental conditions. The standard of champion- ship is now so far advanced that he who is ambitious to breed an animal to reach the head of the list should take advantage of everything calculated to improve the character of the offspring. An open manifestation of indifference on either side cannot be regarded as perfect mating. — Hamilton Busby. o DEATH OF ARGOT WILKES 2:14^. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Argot Wilkes 2:141,4. by Tennessee Wilkes 2:27, died July 1st at the home of his owner, Walter Dunn of Charleston, 111. He was a bay horse, foaled id 1886, and was twenty-eight years of age at the time of his death. The Year Book credits him with two trotters and sixty pacers, ten of which were 2:10 performers. Of these possibly the most .noted are Argot Boy 2:03Vi, Jerry B. 2:04^ and Alfalfa 2:05. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. FOUR YEAR OLD RACING. OVERWORK FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS. The musty old theory concerning the danger of racing horses in their four-year-old form has been pretty badly buffeted by the developments of the still young racing season. Nearly a dozen of the very best performances which have been recorded at the very outset of the campaign, and that would have been commendable of horses of any age at any part of the year, are credited to horses which were foaled in 1910, and which, according to the old notion, are undergoing physical changes which render them un- usually susceptible to injury. Foremost among these is Lord Brussells, who became the first 2:10 trotter of the year by his mile in 2:09% at Lexington on June 18. The high form displayed by J. D. S. 2:14%, and Earlwood L. 2:15%, two four-year-olds by the same sire, at the opening meeting of the Bay State Circuit, was the subject of wide' comment, and they are generally regarded as likely to be among the most sensational trotters of the year. Peter Pearl 2:16%, a four-year-old son of Peter the Great 2:07%, has the honor of winning the first $1,000 purse cf the season, and it is freely predicted that he is booked for the distinction of a 2:10 record before the campaign is ended. Among the pacers the form of several four-year- olds thus far to show is not less startling. Single G. 2:08%, whose brilliant victory at Detroit, in which he stepped the third, fourth and fifth heats in 2:08%, 2:08% and 2:10%, equalling the record for a colt of his age and gait on a two-lap track in the third heat, and setting a new record for a fourth heat in the next round, is counted to be one of the fastest pacers of the year and possibly to possess two-minute cali- bre. That his form was no flash, but is true and reliable, is shown by his victory again at Monroe last week, where he defeated the seasoned campaigner Doctor M„ stepping the last three heats in 2:10%, 2:11% and 2:13. It is conceded that nothing which has so far appeared in his class can beat him, and he is sure to be one of the biggest winners among the half-milers of the year. Present Queen 2:11%, and Hedger 2:161/4, are other four-year-olds whicn are already among the most distinguished performers of the season, and then there is last year's wonderful three-year-old, William 2 : 05, that already in his work this summer has stepped a mile in 2:11%, last half in 1:02 and last quarter in 29% seconds. Many good judges consider him to be the fastest pacer that has appeared since the advent of Dan Patch 1:55%, and the world's four-year-old record of 2:03%, held by Braden Direct 2:01%, is almost sure to be demolished by him this season. — Trotter and Pacer. James T. Hyde, secretary of the National Horse Show Association of America, returned from a trip to Europe on the Mauretania last week, highly en- thusiastic over the prospects of the large list of European entries in the forthcoming Thirtieth An- nual Horse Horse Show of the Association in Mad ison Square Garden. Mr. Hyde spent six weeks in London attending the Olympia Horse Show last month and a number of coaching meets in England. He declares that in spite of the vogue of the automo- bile, coaching and horse shows abroad are as popular as ever, if not more so, and English horsemen are more interested in the National Horse Show in America than ever before, largely owing to the fact that the show this year will have an unusually large number. of British entries. Numerous English sportsmen whom Mr. Hyde in- terviewed have declared their intention of sending some fine stock here this season. It is hoped that William Arthur Barron, whose coach "vivid" won the Coaching Marathon from Hampton Court to Olympia last month will come over with some of his prize winners. Mr. Hyde was the guest of Mr. Barron on this coaching trip and also was the guest of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on his drag on a trip from Olym- pia to the meet at Rannellagh. Another noteworthy coaching party which included Mr. Hyde was that of John Henry Horton who drove to the Richmond Royal Horse Show meet on June 19th. First place in this was won by Mr. Vanderbilt; Mr. Horton's entry scoring fourth place, as well as first place in the novice four-in-hand class. A number of other note- worthy entries are promised, but these will not be announced at present. "I was rather surprised to see comparatively few Americans in London at this season," remarked Mr. Hyde upon his return. "Usually there are many more Americans there during the Olympia Show. This show was most interesting, one of the features being the remarkable manoeuvers of the Queen's Hussars. Their horses are phenomenal jumpers and the way they dance intricate steps to military music is really wonderful to witness. "It was quite disappointing that Judge Moore failed to win the Challenge Cup for harness pairs at the Richmond Show. Judge Moore had two legs on the cup, secured in previous seasons, and had he re- ceived the award this time the cup would have be- come his permanent property. It seems as though he scarcely got all that was coming to him. Other- wise with his string of forty-odd horses he has been having most remarkable success this season. The Judge purchased a new lot of Hackneys, including two four-year-old bay geldings, a brown gelding, a brown mare, and a fine three-year-old bay stallion, from Percy Heaton while in England. All of them, with the exception of the stallion, are to be pre- pared for the National show." [Boulanger in London Sporting Life.] With all the discussion about the degeneration of the English racehorse, and the growing danger of French and American competition, we should, of course, readily listen to what the opposite side has to say in connection with recent developments. There are many men decidedly hostile to the idea that the depreciation of the English racehorse has been brought about by unsound breeding methods. It is asserted that such are employed in only a propor- tionately small number of studs, while in the old and famous establishments things are today in no way different from what they were twenty-five years ago. However, those critics who defend the cause of the old type of English breeder are not loth to admit that there is an obvious depreciation in the quality of the present day standard, but they attribute this deterioration to entirely different causes. Before all others, there is the sound judgment of Mr. John Porter, who ascribes the lower quality of the modern racehorse to the unsound principle cf overdoing the two-year-olds. There is certainly, after careful consideration, a lot in this view, but whatever may be said, pro or con, as to the danger of running two-year-olds too early or too often, no fresh arguments could possibly be advanced that we are different from those which have so often been discussed during recent years without avail. What we have to ask ourselves is this: Is this physical degeneration, admittedly caused by over-doing the two-year-olds, of a temporary and individual kind only, or may it develop into a permanent defect m relation to the future of the thoroughbred in general? For my part, I am inclined to take the latter view, since a colt or a filly which has been overworked during the most important stage of its life — that is to say, during the time of its maturation — can cer- tainly not prove as good and prolific a breeder as those which are permitted to develop before their physical strength is put to the test. It may not, per- haps, be right to advance this opinion as one of my own, since the fact of degeneration being caused by the over-working of two-year-olds has been recog- nized by a number of legislative bodies abroad, who know ever so much more about these matters than any single individual possibly can. French racing authorities two years ago introduced a measure pre- venting race committees from putting two-year-old races on their cards before the first of July, and the German and Austrian Jockey Clubs have followed suit. However, another and much more dangerous con- sequence may arise from over-doing two-year-olds than the one referred to above. There are breeders in England and Ireland who breed solely for the market, and there is no getting away from the fact that they may suffer great pecuniary loss from these conditions. If a two-year-old deteriorates towards the end of a very strenuous season, his owner is al- ways ready to blame the breeder. He either says the sire cannot be much good, or the dam is a weed, or the breeder does not know his business. "Compli- ments" of this kind were never so numerous as dur- ing recent years, and, in particular, at the end of last season, when, with perhaps the exception of Corcyra, all those two-year-olds which had distinguished them- selves earlier in the year, practically went to pieces. Turf statistics have shown for years that certain trainers who force their two-year-olds, and thus win more stakes with them in their first season, invari- ably fail in the classics, while others who deal leniently with their best youngsters do far better. These facts clearly tend to prove that the two-year- old is not equal to the strain which is imposed upon him by the present-day conditions of racing. A LAY VIEW OF THE HORSE AND HIS TREATMENT. WHAT CONSTITUTES UNSOUNDNESS? Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The question as to what makes a horse unsound is usually troublesome to the judge who stands in the glare of the arena. To rule a horse out for defect is to make an enemy of the exhibitor. According to Stonehenge, unsoundness is "the existence of dis- ease or alteration of structure which does, or will, impair the horse's natural usefulness." Very few horses are absolutely perfect, and yet soundness means perfect health. If the judge is a man of long experience and keen observation, he will not throw discretion to the dogs. For instance, bog spavins are caused by sprain or hard work, and, when there is no lameness, the horse is practically sound. Curby hocks, in the words of a well-known authority, "are not unsoundness." Some of our greatest track horses, notably Axtell, who sold for $105,000, were decorated with curbs, or had curby formation. If the curby hock does not produce lameness, the horse, if su- perior in other things, should not get the gate. Corns, which generally appear in the front feet and cause lameness, are marks of unsoundness. If, however, they are of a trifling nature, they should not dis- qualify the competitor. Three eases, of hocks puffed by sprain, of curby hocks and of superficial corns, have recently come under my observation, and, as there was no lameness in these instances, the ani- mals passed muster. To make sure that I was right, I consulted eminent authorities with the result given in the foregoing lines. A young horse, with hocks enlarged by strain, will recover if given the rest treatment, hut the majority of us would prefer, when trying to buy a colt, to avoid little embellish- ments. A "nerved" horse may be able to work, but is liable at any time to become useless. He is classed unsound for the additional reason that, if he had not been lame, he would not have had the nerve de- stroyed.— Horse Breeder. Although thousands of automobiles and auto trucks are manufactured and sold annually in this country, horses appear to be in as great demand as ever and at values in excess of those of a few years ago, and it is noticed by observers that more attention Is given now to the improvement of conditions sur- rounding the horse in his service than ever before. In nearly every large city and in many small cities an annual work-horse parade is a feature which at- tracts attention. Humane societies have educated users of horses in lines to secure, not only better treatment for horses, but to conserve their powers of service, lengthening the period of their usefulness and increasing their earning capacity. Even the great daily newspapers which in years gone touched editorially only upon topics relating to the civic, political and business world, now frequently devote space to the horse, his present usefulness and his future. One of the most notable allusions of this kind was noted recently appearing in the Boston Globe, and the sentiments expressed are so thor- oughly in accord with the advanced though of today regarding the horse and his proper treatment that it is here reproduced: Man domesticated the horse before the dawn of history and made this noble animal his most useful friend. Through centuries the horse has toiled un- grudgingly for us, winter and summer. He has been our great ally from the animal kingdom in time of war and our beast of burden in times of peace. And yet in spite of all these years of service we still treat horses cruelly. We still make them wear check-rein and blinders, both instruments of torture. We still cut off their beautiful tails to satisfy style. We still refuse to give them ordinary creature com- forts while in the stable. We still allow many of our faithful friends to thrash about all night long, tor- mented by the flies, in stalls so narrow that they cannot lie down to relieve their weary legs, bound to a dreary wall by too short a halter rope, and in many instances longing to quench a severe thirst. Unless suffering from extreme pain, and sometimes even then, horses have no way of making known their ills. They suffer in silence. A misfitting collar may cut into the horse's shoulder, but he plugs along as if it were all in a day's work. Too much space would be taken if all pains which come to a horse through man's neglect were described, but it must be said that in thousands of cases horses have illnesses and troubles without their owners knowing of the afflictions. Horses are tender animals in many ways; they cannot stand constant abuse. In times of war, when they are subjected to the hardest of labor, the life of the average cavalry horse is only about eight or nine weeks ! Many horses did not survive more than six weeks of actual campaigning during the Boer war. The cavalry trooper, however, if he obeys his officers, does not wilfully abuse his horse. Anyone who attends mounted drills — especially of raw re- cruits— will hear many an angry lecture delivered to the private who nags or otherwise maltreats his ani- mal. It is dishonor to allow a horse to get a sore back in the army. Men have been taken out of their regiments and sent to the rear to learn how to take care o ftheir horses. Cavalrymen do not carry a whip in this country and many do not even wear the blunt spurs which are provided. Army officers have spent years in trying to improve the treatment of horses, and they constantly urge kindness, gentle- ness, petting and watchful care when lecturing to their men. Improvement in the treatment of the horse is not confined to the cavalryman. Backed by the Presi- dent of France, newspapers drove blinders off the streets of Paris. They were never used in Russia. Organizations in this country have done a great work in helping the horse. Carriages and harness are lighter in weight, roads are smoother, stables are better equipped. There is need for improvement, however, and man's debt to the horse is a heavy one. The average horse leads a very stupid, uninterest- ing life of toil. The dog, the cat, the cow and the hog are drones in comparison with the horse. Any- one who can see a young horse being trained cannot help admiring the eagerness with which the spirited and somewhat bewildered animal tries to obey com- mands which he hardly understands. No man who has ridden or driven horses can forget the willing- ness and cheerfulness with which they carry out our wishes. If they do not appear willing, then you may be sure that something is probably the matter. The horse may be tired. He may not have slept. He may have a severe cold. His feet may hurt so that every step on a hard road means a shooting pain. Of course he may be a "mean" horse, but few horses were ever mean except when man made them so. In the "polished stone" age- horses were hunted like wild beasts and their flesh was considered good for food, but the conquest of the horse ended so long ago that horse-lovers can only look upon the animal as our friend in need and in pleasure. No animal has done more for us. Watch the horses on a city street any hour of the day and see them pulling and hauling for us. A willing bay drawing the provisions of a dozen families steps sprightly by. Two heavy draft horses come along slowly and steadily, their heads bent down to their work. Surely no one can stop to look at these quiet animals and not pay homage to their years of service and offer a silent hope that they are well treated. — The Horse World. Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N AT THE TRAPS. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. July 14, 15, 15. — Nelson, B. C. Nelson Gun Club, H. Bush, Secretary. July 20, 21 and 22. — Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; 51,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 27, 28, 29 — Martinez, Cal. Alhambra Gun Club, Fred M. Burnham, President. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eurefca Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen, Manager. Sept. 20 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, "Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. TERRIERS REVERT TO ANCIENT TYPE. Reference in the New York Herald's kennel page recently to a litter of wirehaired fox terriers claim- ing Mr. G. M. Quintard's Raby Dazzler as sire brings to light a striking illustration of atavism or reversion back to a common ancestor. Heavy markings of black patches on the body prevail among the noted wire haired fox terriers of today, and this black body colorization is so pronounced in the case of Raby Dazzler as to suggest the sobriquet of "the black dog." Some fifteen years ago — maybe more — terriers with white as the predominating color were first preferred by sportsmen to those wholly or almost black and tan or red because dogs of these colors when working were often mistaken for the quarry. In the course of time terriers used for going to earth or working heavy underbrush and hedges with white predominating came to be known as fox terriers, smooth or broken coated, the red as Irish terriers, while the black with sparse tan shadings were claimed by Wales as the terrier indigenous to the principality, and the black, with a more liberal dis- tribution of tan, such as is seen in the more modern Airedale terrier, was designated the old English broken haired terrier. In the process of development of the wire haired fox terrier two strains gradually asserted themselves until it may safely be claimed they are the dominat- ing factors in the pedigrees of the specimens repre- senting the variety today. Of these two strains one was originally developed in a section around Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, the other had for years been the special pride of the natives around Pickering in Yorkshire. In the earliy days of the cultivation of the wire haired fox terriers, i. e., in the late sixties and seven- ties, both districts had black and tans as well as terriers marked with white to a greater or lesser degree. In the seventies and early eighties many of the winning terriers were sons and daughters or direct descendants of Dodd's old Jester in the Darlington district. Jester's color was a white body with tan splashes on what would otherwise have been a white head. His immediate descendants, Carlisle Truck, Carlisle Tack, Jack Frost, Jack's Yarn, Young Jester, Boston Marvel, Knaresmire Jest and others were in some instances all white but the prevailing coloriza- tion was white with tan markings on the head. These markings were reproduced until about the early nineties. Then the winning descendants, as if tired of the family "complexion," presented a strik- ing contrast by the assumption of black patches for body adornment and bright tan, sprinkled with black, over the head Among the first Jester offshoots to attract atten- tion, owing to the patchwork like splashings on the body, were some specimens in Mr. Arthur Maxwell's string. Their sire was Jack Frost, all white, and their dam, Try Again, an all white body with a tan head. Try Again was a daughter of Jack Frost, and the latter's sister Tees Try, white body and head with black ticked quarters. The intense inbreeding, which, had resulted in the production of heavy marked specimens, struck the writer as practically irrefutable evidence that Dodd's Old Jester was closely allied with the black and tan broken haired terrier, and as Jester's parentage was never divulged to the public, it is quite probable one of his parents, or both, were black and tan broken haired terriers. Chiefly, however, through Meersbrook Bristles, by Knavesmire Jest, inbred to old Jester, heavily marked descendants of the Darlington dog were for a spell the prominent winners. At the beginning of this century, however, the win- ning specimens returned to the Jester markings of white, with tan locks or splashes on the head. This was in a great measure due to the potency of the Duchess of Newcastle's Cackler of Notts, a son of Barkby Ben, who was a grand sire of Meersbrook Bristles. Absence of heavy body markings was conspicuous among the majority of the winning terriers until about three years ago. Then heavy patches began to make their reappearance, until today the majority of winners are patched on the body. At this stage one may point to the fact that ninety per cent, if not one hundred per cent, of the pres- ent winning wire terriers are descendants in direct male line of Old Jester, chiefly through his son, Young Jester, through his son Knavesmire Jest, through his son Meersbrook Bristles, through his grandson Barkby Ben, through his son Cackler of Notts, through his sons, especially by Sylvan Result. As to the markings, it would seem that the rever- sion back to the black and tan ancestor of Old Jester alternates with a recurring reversion to Old Jester, about every fifth generation. According to it, nature's intention that all her laws should be solved by ordi- nary human calculations, then the Old Jester mark- ings should recur about 1920. Will they? Or has nature ordained that the time has come when the black and tan progenitors of Baby Daz Zbo, Matford Vic, Fast Freight, etc., will be emphasized by black and tan descendants ? Will the breeder who has one or more black and tan pups in a litter have the cour- age to disclose the fact, or will these evidences of an ancestry dating back more than a century be consigned to the bucket? As regards the black and tan broken haired terrier, the late Rawdon B. Lee told the writer that the old- est portrayal of a terrier he had unearthed was a print published in 1806. This he reproduced in his book on the fox terrier. It is that of a working terrier, black and tan in color, and broken, or rough haired. When Wales claimed the wire coated black and tan terrier as its own those who founded the Welsh Terriers' Club were, as the writer understood their attitude at the time, emphatically opposed to all specimens which were as gaily marked with tan as the present Airedale. Then the distinctive feature was that the Welsh terrier must have a solid black body and black legs, except about the feet and past- erns and hocks. Times change, apparently, for at the recent New York show the writer overheard one who passed as an authority on the breed condemn a really typical specimen because it lacked the gay tan markings, which some years back were regarded as distinguishing the old English broken haired ter- rier from the Welsh terrier. The net fishermen have been barred by county ordinance from fishing in Sonoma and Marin creeks and sloughs. Napa river and its tributaries, with Cache and Prospect creeks, are immune from the net men by State law. Merced county follows and is now on the list by ordinance of the county Super- visors passed last week, to the extent that striped bass and black bass, salmon, catfish and crappie are protected from seining operations during the months of June and July. Black bass fishing in Middle river, about fourteen miles this side of Stockton, still holds good. The catches of R. B. Murdoch, Louis Gotthelf and Ed H. Humphreys, July 4 and 5, were limit baskets. Pros- pect slough, above Rio Vista, and other bass resorts in that section are now worth visiting, according to Frank Gardner. Good catches of five and six-pound striped bass have also been made recently in Pros- pect slough and thereabouts. Montana State Shoot. — Under the auspices of the Billings Rod and Gun Club the Montana State blue rock tournament came off at Billings June 22, 23 and 24. Sixty-five shooters participated. F. W. Os- wald and E. L. Mitchell, presumably the California shooter who won the Pacific Coast handicap at Madera in 1911, were high guns with 576 out of 600 each. The total scores follow: Sh. at E. L. Mitchell 600 W. A. Selvidge 600 J. H. Bradfield 600 C. M. Ray . : 600 *Rush Razee 600 J. B. Arnold 600 E. B. Wastie 600 R. L. Dalke 600 Geo. F. Shea 600 *E. J. Morgan 600 R. J. Starkey 600 Thos. Murray 400 G. L. Becker 600 A. S. Hayden 600 499 "F. C. Riehl 600 562 Sam Weaver 600 532 Wm. Clayton 600 508 T. W. Parker 600 520 R. A. Prater 600 531 E. L. Robbins 600 516 F. Weatherhead 600 555 G. P. Garlow 600 507 •C. L. Flannigan...600 516 J. Stone 600 503 G. M. Tolemie 600 440 A. G. Barron 145 113 B. C. Brown 145 120 •A. Woodworth 525 487 A. L. Tippet 600 540 Lee Williams 600 520 J. A. Baker 600 527 H. Schnach 600 522 ♦E. S. McCall 200 119 B'k Sh. at B'k 576 W. K. Moore 300 209 490 Prosser 600 527 506 «W. M. Bowman 600 539 477 F. E. Kessler 600 504 553 D. M. Stearns 600 492 392 G. H. Slaughter 600 527 485 J. C. West 400 257 480 J. L. Crawford 580 477 515 E. A. Morley 200 147 529|B. R. Smith 200 99 550 H. Sitherwood 105 47 343 J. E. Logan 300 206 546 Phil Cook 300 204 R. B. Brubeck " L. C. Babcock. S. F. Emmons. C. L. Parsons 600 513 71 .400 329 .100 82 O. G. England. L. F. Gemmett. .600 432 .600 501 E. P. Mathewson 600 413 H. H. Nell 600 444 C. H. Smith 600 473 C. J. Drumgool 600 489 F. W. Oswald 600 576 W. R. Terrant 600 536 J. C. Norris 600 535 A. W. Stevens 600 484 R. E. Brown 600 478 «L. C. Booth 600 523 A. H. Stephenson. ..145 95 B. K. Short 255 190 G. C. Mapes 500 410 Venice Traps. — Fred H. Teeple, manager of the Los Angeles Gun Club grounds at Venice, writes to the sporting press as follows: "June 28 was an ideal day, the sun shone bright and warm and the gentle breeze that blew from the ocean was just strong enough to blow the smoke away from the shooters. Under these favorable conditions some really excellent shooting took place. Frank Melius and Guy Holohan were high, with 99 out of 100. Frank broke 86 straight and Guy 97 straight. The pair shot 50 more each and finished in a tie, with 147 out of 150; some gun pointing that. J. C. Hager- man and Smith broke 95 and 90, respectively. Teeple landed third honors by breaking 88. Melius was high in the doubles with 16 out of 12 pairs. Groat was the runner-up with 15. In the tower shooting, Hed- derly, with his little 20-gauge, broke 24; Melius, 19; Groat, 16. Dr. Fitzgerald broke 75 out of 100 with a 28-gauge, and in one string of 25 broke 24. Miss Truppel shot at targets for the first time, her scores were 3, 8 and 15 out of 25, pretty fine work for a beginner. She is a natural shooter, having shot quite a bit of game. With a little practice over the traps she would make a fine target shot. Mrs. Groat broke 86 out of her century, and without doubt is one of the best lady shooters that I know of. Melius, Smith, Oliver and Teeple put up the squad record for the grounds today. Oliver lost his first target and that was the only one to get away out of the century. The scores: Handicap event, 100 targets — Al. Bk T'l F. Melius .. G. Holohan 0 Hagerman 2 J. Nelson 10 Smith 5 Mrs. Groat 9 9—99 99—99 95—97 87—97 90—95 86—95 Al. Bk T'l O. Nelson 17 7S— 95 Mr. Groat 10 Teeple 6 Oliver 0 Dr. Fitzgerald Greenway 84—94 88—94 83—83 Deal 75 liss Truppel 75 13 12 0 76—76 Sh.at Bk Sh.at Bk 301 Adams 25 17 26 Towne 25 14 Millard 25 19lKinney 25 10 Beckwith 25 18| Twelve pair doubles — F. Melius 16IO. Nelson Mr. Groat 15|j. Nelson Tower shooting, 25 targets — Hedderly 24|Teeple 15 F. Melius 19 Dr. Fitzgerald 8 Mr. Groat 19| # * * Tower Shooting. — There being some 1,200 odd duck club shooters in this end of the State, Fred Teeple, manager of the Los Angeles Gun Club, con- ceived the idea of installing a tower to give them some overhead practice. Fred is a newcomer among us, or he never would have hesitated, for they all need said practice, writes E. F. Hedderley. So he put up a wooden tower 45 feet high, with an expert trap on the platform, and the way the 16-yard cracks went down the line on the crossers was an education in itself. The general sentiment seemed to be that if a man had to eat all of those he broke, Doc Fitz- gerald, the club dentist, still would have plenty of time to shoot. Quite a few actually got afraid of 'em, and decided there was something about the motion that prevented shot from breaking the targets, but finally a long guy came along with a fancy Parker 20-bore and got in the way of all but one in a string of 25. The game is such good practice for any form of wing shooting at ducks or doves that it should be played more generally. The gun is kept below the elbow and pitched up as the target starts. It teaches pulling on the swing. The reason so many good shots make such hard work of it is partly to be found in their use of their regular trap guns, which are bored to shoot the charge about its width higher than the shooter really expects, owing to the rapid rise of a regulation target. With crossing targets traveling horizontally or even settling downward, it is necessary to lead a' foot or two with a fast swing and be a foot below the target when pulling, even with a gun which truly fits, and with a long-stocked, 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. over-straight "stick," one would actually have to shoot at something else than the target — a yard or more under it. The crossing game is fine for the small-bore shooters, although at the 16-yard work they are doing well. Fitzgerald recently broke 23x25 with his 28-bore. Alameda Traps. — The scores shot at the Bay View Gun Club July shoot, held the 12th inst., show Hughey Wobber and George Geantit high guns in the medal match, Wobber and Miss Houghawout led in both the Du Pont and Hercules trophy shoots at 15 birds. The Geantit team won the "grub" shoot, over Wobber's squad, 10 birds per man, 48 out of 60 to 47. The scores in the doubles match, 12 pairs, were: Wobber 18, Parsons 10, Middleton 8. The regular scores follow, club medal 20 birds, Du Pont trophv 15 birds, Hercules trophy 15 birds: L. Vosburg, 15—7—10; F. Adams, 12—7—6; M. Muchs, 10—9—8; J. Millit, 10 — 9 — 10; Geo. Geanti*, 18—6—10; H. E. Wobber 18—12—13; P. Fox, 14— 11—10; Al. Young, 6—9—8; J. Tasker, 12—9—10; F. W. Parsons, 8— 9—10; L. Middleton, 11 — 9 — 11; Mrs. Haughawout, 17—12—12. * * * Pacific Coast Handicap. — Advance reports indicate that there will be a big attendance of shooters at Portland next week. Tomorrow will be practice day, five 20 bird races. Monday's card calls for ten 15 bird races and a special event at 25 double rises. Tuesday forenoon, five 20 bird events followed by the Preliminary Handicap, 100 singles, is the pro- gram. Wednesday morning's schedule will consist of five 20 bird matches concluding with the feature event, the Pacific Coast Handicap, 100 singles. The total entrance fees for the regular program amounts to $101, as follows: First Day. — Entrance in regular events, $16; Spe- cial event at doubles, $4; Optional sweeps on regular events, $10; Optional sweep on the 150 targets, $5; Optional sweep on the three days' regular program (350 targets), $5. Total, $40.00. Second Day. — Entrance in regular events, $11; Preliminary Handicap, $8; Optional sweeps on reg- ular events, $5; Optional sweep on the 100 targets, $5. Total, $29.00. Third Day. — Entrance in regular events, $11; Pa- cific Coast Handicap, $11; Optional sweeps on reg- ular events, $5; Optional sweep on the 100 targets, $5. Total, $32.00. Amateur contestants may shoot for "targets only" in any or all events and be eligible to win any of the trophies. The entrance for the five practice events amounts to $10. A brief history of the Interstate Association an- nual Coast tournament is the following: First Tournament. — Held at Ingleside grounds, San Francisco, Cal., in 1905. Total number of entries in the main event, 74. G. E. Sylvester, of San Fran- cisco, Cal., handicapped at 16 yards, was the winner with a score of 97 out of 100 shot at, after shooting off a tie with Bob Bungay, of Long Beach, 17 to 16. Second Tournament. — Los Angeles, Cal., 1906. To- tal number of entries in the main event, 60. F. B. Mills, of Long Beach, Cal., 19 yards, winner, 89 out of 100. Third Tournament. — Spokane, Wash., 1907. Total number of entries in the main event, 54. M. E. Hensler, of Colorado Springs, Colo., 18 yards, winner, 93 out of 100. Fourth Tournament. — Seattle, Wash., 1909. Total number of entries in the main event, 114. John H. Noel, of Nashville, Tenn., 18 vards, winner, 96 out of 100. Fifth Tournament.— Seattle, Wash., 1910. Total number of entries in the main event, 109. J. J. Law, of Aberdeen, Wash., 17 yards, winner, 97 out of 100. Sixth Tournament. — Madera, Cal., 1911. Total number of entries in the main event, 93. E. L. Mitchell, of Los Angeles, Cal., 17 yards, winner, 93 out of 100. Seventh Tournament. — Portland, Ore., 1912. Total number of entries in the main event, 126. M. M. Bull, of Eugene, Ore., 19 yards, winner, 93 out of 100. Eighth Tournament. — Sacramento, Cal., 1913. To- tal number of entries in the main event, 107. George E. Ellis, of Stockton, Cal., 17 yards, winner, 95 out of 100. * * * "Pull!"— The Golden Gate Gun Club July blue rock shoot will be the local trap shooting function at West Alameda tomorrow. If indications are anywhere near correct it looks as if the Martinez tournament of the Alhambra Gun Club will draw as large, if not a larger, attendance as the big shoot at Portland next week. * * * Nemour (Ladies') Trapshooting Club. — Owing to a heavy downpour of rain the regular shoot had to De postponed this week. Wednesday July 15 was held the last shoot for the Rutter cup. On Tuesday afternoon, July 7, the club held a special meeting at which the following officers were elected to serve for one year, beginning July, 1914: President, Mrs. Harry White; vice-president, Mrs. B. V. Clark: corresponding secretary. Miss Harriet D. Hammond; recording secretary, Miss Marie V. Lannan; treasurer. Miss Jessie A. Gentieu; field captain, Mrs. Chas. Springer. DEER HUNTING MAY BE COMPLICATED. By a recent decision of the Appellate Court for the Second District of this State, the fish and game laws may be changed materially. The case in question grew out of the arrest of eight net fishermen, who were charged with illegal net fishing in district No. 7, in violation of the Act of 1913, which was amendatory to the statutes of 1911 and entitled "An Act to divide the State into fishing and game districts." Setting aside the "pretty kettle of fish" cooked by one lone fisherman's application for habeas corpus, the ruling of the court declares the legislation of 1913 to be unconstitutional and void, on the ground that it is class legislation and that the title of the act does not clearly specify what that statute was intended to cover. This decision changes the dish to a "venison stew," temporarily at all events — with a "dove pot- pie" as an entre. If — There is no appeal made to the Supreme Court within 30 days from July 3, the decision of the Appellate Court will stand and the law of 1911 will be in effect; in other words there will be six fish and game districts in the State instead of seven, as provided by the 1913 amendment — the hunting sea- sons prescribed by the 1911 statute will be in force. But — Until such appeal is taken, the law of 1913 will remain in force, is the contention of the Fish and Game Commissioners. Also — The law of 1913 will be in full force and effect until the matter has been passed upon by the Supreme Court, presumably a comparatively short time, for habeas corpus proceedings do not hang fire like civil suits. And Meanwhile — The Humboldt county authori- ties have sent out notices that deer shooting must be discontinued in that county until August 15, a ruling that will not hold in court, it is contended. In Conclusion — The cook that started the trouble was denied his application of habeas corpus and re- manded to the custody of the Los Angeles sheriff. His attorneys intimate an appeal will be taken. So far as the fisherman is concerned, he is up in the air; for the net using statute of 1913, which it is claimed he violated, is exactly the same as that of 1911, and the pescadore individual is caught between the two horns of the net fishing dilemma. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME LAW PROBLEMS. Quite a few striped bass have recently been caught in Tiburon lagoon and off Belvedere island. One saltwater trailer is given credit for taking a twentv- pour d bass off the Sausalito ferry slip last week. In- dications point to a revival of the trolling sport for striped bass across the bay. The People's Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion's proposed initiative game law, which was blat- antly touted, formed for the purpose of taking the game and fish away from the idle rich and restoring them to the people, has died a-bornin', and all its friends are asking now is that it be decently interred. The whole game was nothing more nor less than a market hunters' scheme, from the beginning. The association, or some of its leaders, met Wed- nesday morning at the Palace Hotel, and after a session — stormy according to some, absolutely peace- ful according to others — resolved itself into a cor- oner's jury and brought in a verdict of death from natural causes. Definitely resolving to abandon the project and drop the petitions now in the field, the association decided to kiss its money good-by and think no more of the matter. Lack of public interest in the proposed measure to give "to all equally permission to take and pos- sess" was named as the chief contributing cause of the demise. The lack of interest became painfully manifest when F. M. Bailey, formerly of the wild game dealing commission firm of J. F. Corriea & Co. (he was the "Co."), the foster parent of the initiative, reported that the petition was still shy many thousands of the signatures necessary to place it on the ballot. Of the 33,000 odd names necessary, "about half have been obtained," according to one of the leaders; "something over 20,000," according to another. Some of the chief proponents of the measure in- sisted that it would be easy enough to complete the petitions, but said the association had become con- vinced it could never win at the polls. Letters from all over the State, and particularly from Southern California, opposing the measure, were referred to as the principal cause on which this judgment was based. Lack of interest is still another phase that came to the front when Bailey continued his report to say that only $1,195 had been collected for the support of the measure, while he had already spent $1,500 on it. To complete the petition Bailey said $2,000 was needed. Here is where the storm is said to have broken, but that is denied by some of the partici- pants in the meeting. Collections from subscribers were admitted to have been very slow, so slow that Justice Court suits have been filed in some cases by Bailey as secretary of the association. In one of these, filed in Justice A. T. Barnett's court, the Borzone Fish Company is alleged to have agreed to pay the plaintiff $200 on the printing and publication of the initiative petition and measure, but to have refused later to hand over the cash. The proponents of the initiative had until August 6 to file the petition with the Secretary of State, but the certifying officer in each county has the right to demand that the petition be in his hands twenty days before it goes to Sacramento. Registrar Harry Zemansky is said to have ruled that in this county he would demand the entire twenty days. That made Wednesday the 15 inst. the last day for the petition in San Francisco at least, and it is admitted that the list was short many thousands of names. At any rate the association declined to put up $2,000 more to complete the signatures. "What's the use," sighed one of the hotel men in- terested. "The hotels don't care much about it, any- way." The hotel men do care, however, about the prohi- bition ballot this fall. With over 160,000 licensed shotgun and rifle shooting sportsmen in this State, suppose there was a strong evidence of organiza- tion? And suppose, further, that the Bonifaces sus- pected that the shooting and fishing sportsmen (the latter body bought about 100,000 fishing licenses this year) would come out solid for prohibition, where would the hotelmen, the cafe men. the restaurant men all be? LTp in the air, no doubt. The automobile dealers and garage managers' in- terests were also threatened by the market hunters' initiative petition. They got busy also. The non-sale of ducks will come up on referendum this fall. We make the prophecy that this measure will also die after a weak struggle at the polls. DEER HUNTING NOTES. According to statistics compiled by the State Fish and Game Commission, the total number of legally killed deer in this State last year was 8,269. Based upon data secured from various sections of the hunting territory it is predicted that when the pres- ent season closes the total for 1914 of bucks, large and small, will run up to between 16,000 and 18,000, or over double last year's total. Marin county opened for deer-hunting sportsmen Wednesday, July 15, and needless to state there was a small army of riflemen out in the hills and can- yons across the bay, for this county has for many years had the reputation of being a great venison producer. On the Country Club preserve the members will not shoot any buck this season that is not a forked horn — a very humane provision, for some of the young spike bucks and towheads are hardly larger than a jack rabbit, and it is but scant sport to bag the little fellows. This same rule will be observed by several of the other hunting clubs in the county. Since the big acreage of the Mailliard property has gone under the control of the Woodacre Real Es- tate Company, that old-time favorite deer-hunting section has been closed to the deer hunters. It is also reported that all of the ranch owners on the west slope of Tamalpais, including the south slope of the Kent properties, have also put the ban on deer hunt- ing. The Santa Venetia and the country to the east of Olema, and in the vicinity of the Five Brooks property, is also closed to hunters this season. This situation just about cuts off a large portion of the open country in Marin county for the independent fusilier, and will compel the venison seeker who is not a member of one of the gun clubs to rely on another county for his hunting. Sonoma county hunters who intended to hunt for deer in Marin county this week will be in a dilemma if successful in bagging bucks, for they cannot legally bring the spoils of the chase into Sonoma county, where the season opens August 1. Several arrests were made by Oame Warden Lencioni since July 1 of returning hunters who brought in venison killed in open counties. The Lucas Valley Club members were out in force Wednesday, several bucks were jumped and shot at but not bagged. Wm. Ritchie shot at and knocked down a fine buck but it managed to get away, more's the pity. Victor Gun Club members also had a few shots but failed to score. Two bucks were bagged on the Lagunitas Gun Club preserve, in Little Car- son valley. More deer were bagged in Monterey county last season than in any other county in California, uame Warden Frank Shook, who recently made a trip through the country lying between the Salinas river and the Santa Lucia range, reports that the bucks have become wise to existing dangerous conditions, and are seeking the remote and roughest parts of the mountain ranges. The season in San Mateo county has not been up to past seasons so far. For the first time in five years the Redwood City outfit, who muster eight guns and shoot on King's mountain, returned empty handed on the opening day. Another Redwood City party of five also failed to count in that hunting ground. Al Baker of this city bagged a fine three- pointer that weighed 150 pounds last Sunday morn- ing while hunting up in the head of Tobin canyon, a few miles in from San Pedro. Lawrence Cahill Jr. dropped a fat four-pointer in the hills back of San Mateo last Sunday. Judge Richards of Halfmoon Bay fined P. Walker of South San Francisco $75 for killing a fawn while hunting on the Jersey ranch territory back of San Bruno last week. Hunting in the Santa Cruz county hills seems to be well rewarded since the seasoa opened, a number of big bucks having been killed over on the coast side. A 175-pound buck killed by Joe Fornie, back of the Gianone ranch, is the largest so far. Harry Bellamy got a 150-pound buck in the same neighbor- hood. A 130-pound deer was Charles Pinkham's prize, secured in the hills back of Davenport Landing. A number of bucks have also been killed near Boul- der Creek. Ed Garrett and Ed Keil bagged two nice bucks, one a five-pointer, last week near Ornbaum Springs, in Mendocino county. A. E. Noyes got his buck near Willits. Good deer hunting reports come in from the The open season for rabbits, in all districts of this Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN State, will begin August 1. The daily limit is twenty bunnies. The dove season opens July 15th in game districts Nos. 1, 3 and 7. The birds are said to he very plentiful in and around Sacramento county. In districts Nos. 2 and 4 the season opens August 1, excepting in Merced and Stanislaus counties. In Santa Cruz county, however, the rabbit season will not open until October 15. Tree squirrels and doves are under close season and on the county pro- tected list all the year round. Cutting down the open season on rabbits for two months and a half was in- tended by the county board of supervisors to prevent the illegal slaughter of quail by unscrupulous gun- ners ostensibly out ofter Mollie Cottontail. FISH LINES. Trout anglers who made a trip to the Truckee river resorts a fortnight ago were to a great extent disappointed, for the fly-fishing conditions did not carry out expectations. Some of the Truckee vet- erans, on their return to this city, went so far as to express doubts as to favorable fishing conditions until as late as August 1. Since then, however, the river has lowered and the stream has cleared so that good reports came down from Boca last week, and following these tidings, J. F. Cooper and Chas. H. Kewell, who were at the San Francisco Fly Cast- ing Club's lodge, supplemented the good news by the statement that "fishing is excellent, fly-fishing better than it has been so far this season." Among the Boca anglers were George B. Osgood of Alameda, who has been a daily limit angler. Bob Tonini's basket carried forty nice fish. George Hirschel's catch was twenty-four, Ralph Friedman landed forty- five, Mrs. Friedman thirty-two and other rodsters returned with from ten to twenty-five trout. This was Wednesday's tally at Boca last week and is given as an indication of what may be expected from now on, present favorable conditions keeping up. Rod and reel data from the Big Meadows country is always acceptable at this time of the year when an extended outing is in contemplation. For one fact, the roads over all the summits are open, the route via Humboldt being especially good now. Near Chester, in the upper end of the meadows, the main stream and branches are down to about the right level and the "water just right." The forked tails have disappeared and the trout are paying attention to flies and spoons in earnest — big fish, too. Fishing in Butt creek, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Seelig, with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson, also found water pro- ductive of fine trout a week ago. The largest fish taken scaled 4% pounds. A fishing trip that should develop a fund of prac- tical information concerning several long-distance fishing waters is that of Ed Jones, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wells, who left Saturday for the upper end of the Big Meadows, thence to Fall river, the William- son, Rogue and McKenzie rivers. Back to Grant's Pass, on the Rogue, then down the coast to Smith's river, near Crescent city; taking in the Mad river and winding up at Eureka for a final try in the Eel river. Reports from Eel river give out that there is a run of big fish from the ocean, fish that go up to nine and ten pounds. Besides the large trout there is a plenty of smaller fish that offer pleasing sport. Nat Boas, Ned Bosqui, J. B. Coleman and Frank Hooper after giving Williamson river and Spring creek the "once over," and where the sport had tapered off a bit, were last week located on more exciting fishing water — the Wood river, where they were catching big trout from two to five pounds in weight with No. 8 light caddis flies. E. M. Hecht and Louis Newbauer were located on the McKenzie river, about forty-flve miles from Eu- gene. Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout are numer- ous and game fighters. Those trout run from ten to thirty inches in size. The fly-fishing fun there will be over by the end of July. As a sample of the sport, Hecht caught twenty- seven large trout one morning on flies and a spin- ning spoon. The east branch of the North Fork of the American river, a rugged country reached via Emigrant Gap, was found to be a fine fishing section over the Fourth of July by Dr. S. Samson, Floyd Spence, Al Christianson and William Chambers. Limits of trout averaging twelve inches in length were taken Satur- day and Sunday. The so-called "chain of lakes" reached from Johns- ville, in Plumas county, are now in most inviting fishing shape for the rodster. John C. Sammi and Will Kiessig of Berkeley have enjoyed splendid fly- fishing in Wade, Grass, Long and Gold lakes. The killing insect lures for these Sierra mountain lakes are the blue bottle and gray hackle in the morning, supplemented in the evening hours by the royal coachman and Parmachinee Belle, the latter fly a favorite Eastern bass lure. Good fishing has been the luck of camping parties who have been on the Garcia river in Sonoma county recently. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cheney, Miss Bookhart and H. Hughes found the sport good for two weeks recently. San Mateo coast streams still appeal to the trout angler, notwithstanding these creeks have had a thorough going over since April 1. There is always a chance at the Pescadero, San Gregorio and other tidewater lagoons of connecting with a run of steel- head from the ocean. Charles F. Breidenstein had that luck July 4 and picked up a nice basket of trout in the San Gregorio lagoon. The Gazos was fished a week ago by Floyde Spence, Al Christianson and Dr. W. Ogle with satisfactory results. Purissima creek has a few nice sized rainbows left, judging from the baskets brought into Fred Sarcander's last Sunday by Asa Herrum and others. Feather river points have been good, bad or indif- ferent for many holiday fishing parties. Later ad- vices, however, indicate a decided improvement in fishing conditions. Fred C. Roebke Jr. writes from Blairsden that "trout are now rising to the fly nicely. The moonlight nights spoiled the morning fishing. The best time this week has been from 5 to 8 p. m." The brown hackle with peacock body, royal coach- man, Kamloops, Wells special and dark caddis flies give best results at Blairsden in the main river and near-by creeks. Last Wednesday evening one usher- man landed nine trout running from half to one and a half pounds. Another rodster had the satisfaction of hooking a three and a three and a half pound rain- bow. Several anglers of the fair sex have been get- ting full baskets of trout with salmon roe baits, trout averaging eight inches in size. Fraser and Gray Eagle creeks are said to be now in excellent fishing condition. Ed Thompson is re- sponsible for the report that good fly-fishing is ready now at Shady Rest and creeks of that vicinity. Herman Cohn, Joe Springer, Peter Moir, Milton Frankenburg and Walter Brant of the California Anglers' Association made up a holiday party two weeks ago for Rodgers and Blairsden. At that time their best efforts with trout tackle drew blank, which goes, in a way, to show that trout fishing savors something of a lottery. Another party of members of the same organiza- tion are located in the Sierra country at China camp, about fourteen miles from Gazelle, in Siskiyou county. In that section the creeks are alive with trout, not such very large ones, but just big enough to make the catching of them very pleasing. As an outing section the district is voted to be without parallel by George A. Wentworth, Joseph Meyer, Fred Vanniman and J. B. Hauser. Big and Little Stoney creeks in Sonoma county, in the vicinity of Fout's Springs, is reported to be in splendid fishing condition now. William Billeter and several other local anglers propose to play a two weeks' engagement with the trout in those creeks. Ed Jones, George Butler and Charles Isaac found the sport good there recently. A big run of salmon that has kept the Santa Cruz and Capitola fishing boats busy for a week past is reported by Walter C. Welsh of Capitola. The ma- jority of the boats have returned with from 15 to 22 salmon daily. A number of fish weighing over thirty pounds have been taken. These fish are caught mostly on hand lines. Sardine baits are plentiful and consequently there is an inducement for the rod and line anglers to go after salmon. The methods of the striped bass fishermen very somewhat according to locality. The San Antone and Petaluma creek frequenters use the ordinary heavy salt water rod and reel tackle and bait up with "bullheads" or "midshipmen," live fish preferred. The clam neck baits have, for the time being, been ig- nored by the striped fish. In this fishing zone dur- ing the shooting season a bait that has been effective in securing large bass is wild duck or mudhen en- trails. The trolling spoon has not had the same at- traction for bass in either San Antone slough or Petaluma creek recently as this lure had in past seasons. Other bait casting or still fishing resorts are South Vallejo, Port Costa, Rodeo, San Pablo and the Wingo sloughs and creeks. At the Oleum wharf, across the bay, good catches have been made by tying a piece of red flannel on the hook and walking up and down the wharf with the hook dangling from a cane pole and kept two or three feet below the surface of the water. At Point Richmond the fishermen wade out from shore in the shallow flats and cast baited hooks as far out as possible. The frequenters of West Berkeley wharf use a flat wooden or cork float. This device is used to carry the "shiner" baited hook out into the cur- rent, where the big fish loaf. In Tiburon lagoon the best results are achieved by still fishing. Here clams, bullheads, shiners and other baits are productive in striped bass. Trolling with brass or brass and silver spoons, either No. 5 or No. 6, is the style adopted by the men and women folks who seek sport in Corte Madera creek and in the waters about Point San Quentin. The old-time trolley line rigs that were put out from the wharves and moles on the east side of the bay are but rarely used now. The San Antone bass anglers out recently spent the week-end holidays under pleasant weather condi- tions, but did not connect with many striped bass. Among the rodsters out were Hugh C. Draper, Jack Duckell, Terry Evans, James Lynch, Dave Wallace, Frank Bond, Ed Winters and others. The largest bass taken scaled 8 pounds. Other fish caught ran from 3 to 6 pounds. San Antone slough is full of striped bass, large ones having been seen frequently, but just why the fish cannot be taken is a standing puzzle with the rodsters. The fleet of fishing skiffs that prospected Petaluma creek, off the "twin houses," and the nearby favorite fishing holes were fairly lucky last Sunday. Frank Holland's 14 pounder was the biggest bass hooked during the day. The Fourth of July fishermen did not do so well. * * * A government fish hatchery will be established at Iron Canyon if the reports of government experts sent to investigate the matter warrant it. Professor George Requa of the Sisson hatchery and Hardy Mansfield of Chico are now at Iron Canyon and will make tests that will occupy several days. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. Pioneers of the north, officials and residents of the municipality of Athabasca, members of the Royal North West Mounted Police, 150 Cree Indians and three members of his family followed the remains of Louis Fassoneure, known from Edmonton to the Arctic ocean as Captain Shott, to their final resting place, near Tawatinaw, the morning of May 18, two days after his death at Sacred Heart hospital. It was a fitting close to the eventful career of a hinter- lander, who lived 74 years in the vicinity of the 55th parallel of latitude. Captain Shott's youth is shrouded in mystery, but it is generally believed that his forebears were sturdy fishermen and trappers, from whom he inher- ited the sterling qualities that placed him in the fore of river men and pioneers in the north country trade. He was a friend of all in the Athabasca district; he had no enemies among the white people. He was feared and revered by his own people, the half- breeds. He drove a close bargain — his word was his bond. One of the old-timers of the North said of him: "Captain Shott may have been cheated, but he never cheated. He may have been 'stung' again and again, but there was so much of nature's gentleman in him that he would be the last to try to get over the weakest of his class. He was no scholar, but he could tell the value of a 'bit.' His wits had been sharpened by contact with a strange and cosmopol- itan school, and the wonder is that he did not get contaminated with the smooth and artful gangs that would fawn upon him, not for what he was, but for what he could procure." Rev. Father Demerais, friend of twenty-five years, who was at the old river dog's deathbed, where were also gathered the captain's wife and two sons prached the funeral sermon, in the course of which he spoke at length of Shott's qualities. It was an eloquent tribute from one man to another. The priest, who spoke in Cree and English, dwelt briefly on the last moments of the pioneer, mentioning that after the last offices of the church had been per- formed, Captain Shott said: "I am ready to go. I have done with the world." A writer in the Saturday Evening Post of March 14, in an article upon "The Commerce of the North," paid this tribute to Captain Shott: "The Grand Rapids of the Athabasca, which Pierre and his professional friends are going to run with all these scows when the brigade goes North, were long held to be impassable. These rapids will always be known as the Grand Rapids. This tall, dark, piratical-looking man here on the bank, owning his share of the spring thirst, will always be known as 'Cap.' Shott, his real name is Louis Fassoneure. "He is a historical character, a great figure in the commerce of the North, though unknown. It was he who forty-nine years ago altered the freight route of all this commerce of the North, and brought it not through Prince Albert and over the terrible Clear- water Trail and the Methy Portage, but over the Ed- monton and Athabasca route. He is unknown to history, but a great man. "Louis Fassoneure's claim to remembrance is that when still a young man, tall and strong as a moose, he rebelled at the thought of a mile and a half of hill portage, and swore he would run the Grand Rapids of the Athabasca or perish. "He ran the right-hand channel and did not per- ish; he came back and did it over again, exulting; took boat after boat through year after year — mil- lions of dollars' worth of cargo. "At the stern of each scow the men now are rig- ging a long sweep or steering oar cut from the thirty-foot tree trunk of a young spruce. Two pairs of small oars, say, 20 feet long, go in each boat, with one or two extra, for sometimes Pierre will break an oar. They are all hewn out with an ax in the rudest possible fashion. The tholepins are round birch limbs driven into augur holes. Along the edge of each scow there is a running-board, so that one can walk along it — or fall off. The usual method, however, is to climb over the luggage. Not a piece goes North that has not been tramped on a thousand times." Tom E. Mason, a fur trapper, running a line at th-2 headwaters of the Little Smoky river, in central western Alberta, recently arrived in Edmonton for medical treatment, following a terrific fight early in March with a golden eagle, which clawed and pecked his face, neck and left shoulder and arm. He killed the bird, which had a spread of wings of eight feet two inches from tip to tip. "I was attracted to the trap," Mason said in tell- ing the story of the encounter, "by a strange noise, and as I got closer I saw a huge golden eagle held by one foot in a wolf trap. "My first thought was to release the bird, not thinking it would venture an attack; but that is where I was fooled. I was quickly made aware of the fact when I sprawled upon my back, with the eagle and the trap on top of me. However, I suc- ceeded in warding off the pecks directed at my eyes, but the beak struck my face and neck and shoulder several times. "One of the bird's claws tore through the coat and sweater I was wearing and cut my arm and shoulder," Mason continued, as he exhibited the gashes. "Finally I got to my feet and hit the bird on the heat until it fell dead at my feet." The injured trapper brought the head and legs of the eagle to Edmonton. One of the legs, which are fully an inch in diameter, shows the "bite" of the wolf trap. This gives an idea of the size of the bird. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. ^■^^.^-.K^^^A^ THIRTY-DAY MEETING FOR NEW ORLEANS. I AMONG THE THOURGHBREDS | THE GOLD CUP FORM. The closing remarks in my article of Thursday last on the breeding of Bruleur and Orsonville have not been misunderstood by people who are at one with me in the belief that radical reforms are neces- sary to safeguard English breeding against such sur- prises as that in this year's Derby. They have, how- ever, been wilfully misunderstood by those who, either through narrow-mindedness or prejudice, do not realize the seriousness of present conditions. My allusion to the superior breeding of Bruleur and Or- sonville should not have been read in any other sense than "superior in regard to staying blood," of which so little is left in England. The result of the Ascot Gold Cup more drastically demonstrated the lack of genuine stayers than I could have wished for. The only true stayer in the field was Aleppo, and he was followed home by a horse which was simply started on the off chance. Willbrook, however, ran in the style of a superior stayer, and only his breeding can account for this. It accentuates in every detail what I stated on Thursday last. His dam, Norah Gough, is by Royal Emperor (by Atheling out of a daughter of Lord Gough), and her dam is a daughter of Lord Gough, so that there appears in the center of her pedigree a rather close inbreeding to Lord Gough, a son of the famous French horse, Gladiateur. Thus, to a certain extent, the result of the Gold Cup has not contradicted, but corroborated, my assertian that very little of the genius of staying blood is left in England, the presence of which in the pedigrees of most of the French horses render them superior stayers in comparison to the great majority of mod- ern English horses. As to Bruleur, he certainly did not run as well as I expected, but the going was against him. At any rate, he beat Cantilever, last year's Cambridgeshire and Jockey Club Stakes win- ner, and Night Hawk, the St. Leger winner of last year; and this proves the superiority of this class of French thoroughbred over our fashionably-bred ones. At any rate, it is a welcome surprise to find that there is enough of such blood as that of Lord Gough still in England which may greatly assist in carrying out the badly-needed reforms. — Boulanger in London Sporting Life. o CRYSTAL WINS NIAGARA STAKES. Buffalo, July 7. — The Niagara Stakes, today's fea- ture at Fort Erie, went to E. W. Moore's Crystal, an added starter, which made all of her own pace and won easily. She was ridden by Obert, who set a dazzling pace from the break and beat Balko, another added starter, two lengths and a half at the finish. The field numbered eight, with Ormulu the favorite. The latter was a- forward contender most of the trip, but at the end tired. Star Shooter, the Schorr representative, a recent arrival from New York, was never a factor. Keen contests were in order, and in several of the races the finishes were extremely close. In the third and sixth races, in -which Blue Mouse and Dick's Pet both won by the shortest of heads. The first disqualification of the meeting came after Notting- ham finished third. Passing the clubhouse the first time around, Nottingham cut inside one of the flags, which, of course, disqualified him. The change in the placing gave third money to Malaga, which fin- ished ten lengths back of Nottingham at the end. Frijoles, whose maiden effort the other day was a winning one, came back with another clever perform- ance this afternoon. He was again ridden by Gaddy, and led his field nearly all the way. Lady Curzon made a show of the Canadian-breds in the opener, for which she was a well-played "good thing." Hanover sent her to the front in the run down the back stretch and she was never in danger. Fair Empress sent two winners to the post during the afternoon, Blue Mouse and Joe Knight both being out of that mare. MORE OF H. D. BROWN'S CUBAN VENTURE. H. D. Brown was among the recent visitors at Latonia en route to New York from Los Angeles. He stated that he has at present a small force at work grading his contemplated track at Havana and that work on it will begin in earnest on his arrival there one week from Monday. He purposes to have it finished by December 1st, and intends to start his race meeting about December 15th or 20th. There will be no purse of less than $400 offered by his association and likely none less than $500. There will be two stakes weekly, ranging in value from $1,500 to $15,000. It is also probable that a handi- cap with $25,000 value will be an annual event, as the government is considering the appropriation of that amount for a handicap to be called the Cuba Handicap. The president of Cuba is greatly taken with the racing project and is assisting the venture materi- ally. Mr. Brown stated also that the annual fair, formerly held in Havana, and for which the govern- ment last season appropriated $100,000, will be held in conjunction with the racing. Both methods of bettin ; — books and mutuels — will be employed at the track. Mr. Brown is enthusiastic over the outlook for a highly successful season of winter racing in Havana and will build his track on substantial and permanent lines. Mr. Brown stated that feed could be secured at a reasonable figure in Cuba and that California hay could be had for practically the same amount as on the Coast. TWELVE THOUSAND AT BUTTE OPENING. Butte, Mont., July 4. — The meeting of the Butte Jockey Club opened up today with the largest attend- ance ever recorded in the history of racing in this city. Even with all the improvements which were made, the accommodations were inadequate and the large crowd kept the fourteen bookmakers rushed from the first race until the close of the day. Many prominent persons motored from out of town points to enjoy the afternoon's sport. The opening handicap was rather disappointing, owing to the smallness of the field. Many good horses that are quartered at the track are late arrivals and did not participate. Orlin Kripp was most seasoned and won from his competitors, which included an entry of two from the stable of Seymour Veiller and Bert Getty. The other races of the day furnished excellent contests for the speculators. The sport-loving element of Butte is still as keen for racing as ever in spite of the turmoil which has disturbed the city. There were 12,000 people at the track. o The doping question, according to "Deutscher Sport," is still engaging the attention of the Austrian Jockey Club, who intend making experiments with a view of obtaining some fixed knowledge of the working of dope and its effect on the appearance of the horses. To that end the three-year-olds by name Suskus and Hella, have been purchased by the Jock- ey Club Stewards on account of the club, and they are to be trained under the supervision of the club's veterinary. The two horses, duly doped, says a contemporary, will run experimentally, in races, car- rying the colors of the Senior Steward, Count Dionys Wenckheim. Doping being strictly "taboo" in Aus- tria-Hungary, the dope fiends will, of course, not count even if they come in first. Equally, of course, they will not be regarded as runners at the "Tote" offices, and any bets inadvertently made on them with the "books" will naturally be void. The experi- ment seems well worth trying, and by the time the Jockey Club's vets have run through the different brands of dope they should be in possession of useful data. o Memories of the famous Sam Bryant, of Proctor Knott fame, the winner of the first Coney Island Futurity Stakes, in which he defeated the mighty Salvator, have been revived in the last few days at Latonia by the appearance there in the saddle of Ott, an apprentice rider now in the employ of Trainer Pete Coyne, who has charge of George J. Long's horses. The boy, now seventeen years old, is a grandson of the famous Louisville turfman, and is named for his grandfather, Sam Bryant. He has so far ridden but few races, but looks like the mak- ing, in time, of a good rider, and Trainer Coyne, who is very fond of him, will give him every chance to succeed in the profession. Ott was born and reared in sight of the Louisville Jockey Club track, where his grandfather trained and raced all the great horses he was connected with in his long career as a turfman. He was one of the oddest characters ever seen around the tracks, and a skilled trainer, both of trotting and running horses. While he had many celebrated horses during his lifetime, his fame as a turfman will always be associated with Proctor Knott, which bore the name of one of Kentucky's governors. To this day many turfmen believe that, as a two-year-old, Proctor Knott was the greatest performer that has ever marked the American turf. He was beaten, it is true, at that age, but he came out in a remarkable year for two-year-olds; but still, when right at his best, he was unbeatable. Some present racegoers recall the sensation Sam Bryant created at Monmouth Park and Sheepshead Bay when he took Proctor Knott there to fill his engage- ments in the Junior Champion and Futurity Stakes. He had the diminutive colored rider, Pike Barnes, then little more than a midget, to ride the great geld- ing. In spite of being opposed by all the greatest two-year-olds in the East, which were ridden by the most skilled jockeys of that day, Proctor Knott, under Barnes' guardianship, won both great stakes and earned a lasting fame for his Kentucky trainer. George Wingfield, whose good mare Celesta won the opening handicap at the Denver meeting, re- cently purchased forty broodmares from the famous Burns & Waterhouse breeding farm in California and established them at Reno on what he calls the Ne- vada Stock Farm, and will engage in the breeding business on a stupendous scale. Mr. Wingfield hopes to see the restoration of the racing game in Nevada and believes that the next legislature will provide for the sport by passing a law to permit mutuel bet- ting the same as is done in Colorado where it came just in the nick of time to save the noble sport from extinction. New Orleans, La., July 6. — Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26th, has been selected as the opening date at the fair grounds of the horse races to be conducted under the auspices of the Business Men's Racing Association. According to plans an- nounced today, a sum sufficient to guarantee a thirty- day meet has already been subscribed, and that it is believed that but little trouble will be experienced in getting a large subscription to prolong the races until Mardi Gras. I. B. Bennison, Sam Blum, A. B. Maginnis, XJ. J. Virgin, Peter Fabacher, Albert Godchaux, Charles O'Connor, Vic Le Beau and Ben Beekman are the directors already named by the association. Six more will be elected at a meeting to be held next week, when officers will be selected. Personal apepals will be sent to all the prominent horsemen by the members of the association, and each will be shown that it will be to his advantage to bring his horse or horses here. The opening pro- gram will be one of the best that money can possibly command. SARDANAPLE AN EXTRAORDINARY HORSE. Paris, July 6. — By winning the Prix du President la Republique, worth $22,600, Baron Rathschild's Sar- danaple, yesterday accomplished the extraordinary exploit of winning in the same season the French Derby, the Grand Prix de Paris and the President's prize. These three events have not been won by the same horse since Finasseur accomplished the feat in 1905. The winnings of Sardanaple this year aggregate more than $200,000. Racing at Aqueduct has been more than satisfac- tory to its promoters, and the Jockey Club authori- ties feel that, in spite of the recent arrests for alleged violation of the anti-gambling law, there is no danger of serious interference. The running of the Carlton Stakes, last week, for three-year-olds, which was won by Mr. Schorr's Luke McLuke, with Mr. Belmont's Stromboli second and Mr. Messervey's Charlestonian third, was an event of not little comment, as indicat- ing that the winner is a weight-carrier, having picked up 126 pounds in that event; and that he is also a stake horse, doing the mile in 1:38 4-5. That racing is not such poor sport, financially, nowadays may be judged by the fact that the owner of the winner in this event captured $5,125. Stromboli made a good race of it to the finish. Charlestonian fell back. The Canarsie Selling Stakes for two-year-olds was won by Mr. R. F. Carman's br. f. Lady Barbary, with Mr. James Butler's Tnker Bell second; but in this event Mr. Carman did not win much more than he would have taken home in old days from the horse show in Madison Square Garden, namely, $675. The horse, Al Reeves, was the favorite, but was prac- tically left at the post after bolting. Mr. Carman's friends were all on Lady Barbary, and she won in fine style. "Independence Day" witnessed the presence of an old-time throng of nearly 10,000 people, who were principally attracted by the twenty-fifth running of the Brookdale Handicap. This so-called classic is for three-year-olds and upward at a mile and a fur- long, and was won by Mr. Cassatt's br. f. Flying Fairy. Mr. Whitney's b. g. Borrow, by Hamburg, was second, and Mr. Carman's Meridian, by Broomstick, was third. Flying Fairy, by the way, went to the track in a motor van from Belmont Park, and was returned to her stable there in the same manner. Flying Fairy's victory was greeted with much applause, al- though Borrow was the favorite. Meridian set the pace, but the distance was a little too far. The time, 1:52, equaled the record made by Mr. Keene's four- year-old Gretna Green in 1908, being a better per- formance, however, as Flying Fairy carried 114 pounds to Gretna Green's 106. The motor van that took Flying Fairy back and forth bore the well-known name of a member o- the Parkway Driving Club, thus showing how the horse and the automobile are now intertwined. <8> The grand steeplechase de Paris for four and one- half miles, and valued at $30,000, run over the Au- teuil track, was won by James Hennessv*s chestnut horse, Lord Loris. Sydney Piatt's bay colt Clitias was second, and L. Frates' Marteau II. was third. Lord Loris won easily by three lengths which is pretty good for three-star Hennessy. He was at four to one in the betting. Clitias was twenty-four to one and Marteau II., twenty-seven to one. «>«><$> H. P. Whitney's three-year-old colt Sandman, by Broomstick, won the Stewards' Plate at Newcastle, June 23d, being the second race falling to his stable in England this year. It has so Tar been his least successful year since he embarked in racing there. «• The success of Sunny Lake, owned by His Majesty, in the Triennial Stakes at Ascot, recently, was the signal for a remarkable outburst of enthusiasm. The crowd cheered again and again, the King facing fie enthusiastic masses from the royal box, and was evi- dently delighted, not only with the success of his colt, but also at the wonderful scene which the vic- tory brought about. Polyerates had a slight call over the royal colt in the wagering, but was the runner-up to Sunny Lake in the race — London Sportsman. Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE FARM 1 THE FIGHT ON GERMS. It is only within the last fifty years that infectious diseases have been shown to be due to the multiplication of minute organisms, or germs, in the tissues affected, and that by the de- struction of the specific germs which produce a disease its spread can be thereby prevented. With this discov- ery the science of preventive medicine may be said to have originated. The importance of this discovery and the success of its application in prevent- ing disease is shown by the fact that in all the more civilized communities such terribly infectious diseases as the plague, cholera, small pox, and yellow fever are now very effectively held in check, and epidemics which in times past carried off in such a short time so many thousands of people will probably never again make much headway in those countries where the knowledge gained in eompating these diseases is put into practice. Disease germs thrive in the filth of dark, damp places. Sanitary surround- ings must therefore be clean, well lighted and dry. Such surroundings tend not only to prevent the spread of disease, but also aid greatly in re- covery from disease when once con- tracted. For the immediate destruc- tion of disease germs in infected sur- roundings, the two most effective agents are heat and chemical disinfec- tants. Many chemical preparations have wide application on the farm in destroying not only the germs of dis- ease, but also insects, fungi and ver- min. Those best suited for destroy- 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 HTM AS EEMEDT for Bhen- madam, Spralue, Sore Throat, et«., It ia in I'-al Able. Every bottle of Cunxtlc Balaam sold Is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI-GO per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for its use. Bend for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TBI LiWRMOT-WILLUIS COMPiNT, Umlud, Ohi" ing germs are called disinfectants. The most commonly used are carbolic acid, kreso, bichloride of mercury, milk of lime, sulphur and formalde- hyde. Carbolic acid and kreso have sim- lar properties and are largely used in treating wounds. Directions are given on the labels for their use not only in washing woodwork, floors and uten- sils, but also in disinfecting garbage, sputum and excreta. Bichloride of mercury, called corrosive sublimate, is the most powerful disinfectant known. A single application of a 1 to 500 solu- tion in water is sufficient to kill the most resistant organisms in a few min- utes. A solution one-half this strengtn is the one most commonly used. It is specifically suited for washing the hands after handling infected materi- als, and is also suited for washing floors and articles of furniture. This is often done in addition to fumigat- ing as an extra precaution. The prin- cipal disadvantages in the use of cor- rosive sublimate are that it is a very dangerous poison; it acts injuriously upon metals; and its power is de- stroyed by albuminous matter, so that it cannot be used for the disinfection of excreta or sputum. Lime is used for many purposes on the ranch. It is the cheapest of all disinfectants, and is very useful when applied as whitewash for the disinfec- tion and sweetening of cellars, privies, barns, stables, poultry houses, and other buildings. Unless it can be kept from the air, lime wash should be made up fresh before using. Air- slaked lime is of no value as a disin- fectant. Sulphur dioxide, the gas giv- en off from burning sulphur, not only destroys the germs of infection but is fatal to animal life. It quickly kills rats, mice, roaches, fleas, mosquitoes and other vermin. It is for this reason particularly suited for fumigating cel- lars, vaults, stables, outhouses and similar places. Formaldehyde, which Is such a pow- erful germ killer, is not poisonous to animal life, and in the strongest con- centrations of the gas has no effect on roaches, bugs and other insects. Plac- es infected with such diseases as plague, yellow fever and malaria which are carried by animal forms should therefore be fumigated with sulphur. If the sulphur is only used as an insecticide about two pounds to a room 10x10 feet is usually sufficient, and in this case sulphur candles are suitable providing enough of them are taken to furnish the weight of sulphur specified, for in almost every case the amount of space which they are stated to fumigate is greatly exaggerated. If disease germs are to be destroyed as well from three to five pounds of sulphur must be taken for the same space, and in this case the ordinary flowers of sulphur will be found more satisfactory. This should be placed in several shallow metal dishes in order that the depth of sulphur in each dish will not exceed one inch. The dishes are in turn placed in a vessel of water and a little alcohol sprinkled over the sulphur which is then ignit- ed. The fumes of sulphur are injuri- ous to cotton and linen fabrics; they bleach substances colored with veg- etable dyes, and attack almost all met- trating power and are therefore not suited for disinfecting mattresses, pil- lows, quilts, and articles of furniture which need more than a surface fumi- gation. On account of these serious disadvantages sulphur is not desirable for fumigating furniture or rooms or dwelling houses, and has been largely displaced for this purpose within the last few years by the still more pow- erful germ killer — formaldehyde. THE FREE MARKET STANDS. One of the best features inaugurat- ed by the new commission form of government in Denver is the free mu- nicipal markets that have been estab- lished around the city. The experi- ences of other cities in the matter of markets have not always been encour- aging, but the thing is working all right in Denver. Heretofore munici- pal markets have been established, have flourished for a time and have de- clined to base uses, or have disap- peared utterly. It is not always possi- ble to predict what cities will grow great, nor is it possible to predict what markets will thrive. The market problem is not the same as it was years ago, and our mayor is seeking a way to adapt markets to new condi- tions. In the old days the housewife went to market with a basket on her arm. The fact that the market was a half- mile or even two miles away from her home did not discourage her. She went patiently about the work and re- turned home satisfied with her econ- omies. In these days of luxury, how- ever, the housewife has not the pa- tience nor the inclination, especially in the winter months, to patronize mu- nicipal markets when she can have her goods delivered at her door with- out any greater trouble to herself than a call over the telephone. The cost of delivery is the tradesman's chief ex- pense, and necessarily the goods must bring a much higher price than if he sold for cash without delivery. The municipal markets can be util- ized with ease and comfort by those who possess automobiles, but this is not the class they are primarily de- signed to attract. Housewives living a mile or two from the permanent market stand will not patronize it, especially in bad weather, unless some means is found to make delivery easy, but our people may in time resume the old custom of going to such markets when they understand its many ad- vantages. The city commissioners have considered the problem judi- cially. They have obtained informa- tion from various cities where mar- kets have been established, and they have come to the conclusion that a dozen markets are better than one, and they have already become suffi- ciently popular to anticipate the fur- ther success of the idea. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Mark Registered^ UNLIKE ANY OTHER. Dept. of Education, Neosho, Mo., Jan. 31. 1914. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: There has come to my notice your book on diseases and care of horses. I believe it to be one of the best of its kind that I have ever seen. Therefore, I ask if it will not be possible for you to send me enough copies that I may distribute one to each of my rural teachers? I need 120 I shall thank you for any reply E. H. NEWCOME, Supt. Be Governed by the Proven Experience of Men Everywhere, Like This Physician. »,S .rV" TWTMAN. M. D.. Twyman's Mill, Va., Jan. 4. 1914, writes: "You ask could you publish my letter. I never be- fore gave my signature to a proprietary preparation in my life; but as I consider your remedy a blessing for horses you can use this or previous letters. Yes, two cases of bog spavin were cured and one thoroughpin, and all remained well." This remedy is positive. It is the hu- mane treatment for sore, lame and blem- ished horses. It goes through and through both bone and tissue — it works inside, not outside. And Produces a Cure That with- stands Every Test. No Scar or Loss of Hair. Horses can work as usual. Save -The -Horse is guaranteed to make a permanent cure of Ringbone — Thoropin — SPAVIN— and ALL Shoulder, Knee, Hoof and Tendon Disease. $C per bottle, with a binding contract ▼ u to cure or refund money. TROY CHEMICAL CO., Binghamton, N.Y. Druggists everywhere sell Save-The- Horse WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Parcel Post or Express paid. D, E. NEWELL, 80 Bayo Vista Ave. Oakland, Cal. SPECIAL ADVERTISING. JAPANESE SPANIEL WANTED— Dog. Lemon and white. State lowest price and where it can be seen. Address, F. W. KELLEY. P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cat. FOR SALE.— Two-year-olds by Palo King, Zorankin. Don Rosine, Prince An- sel, and a few aged horses. Will be sold right. DR. D. F. Herspring, It Woodland, Cal. Don't Cut Out A SHOE BOIL, CAPPED HOCK OR BURSITIS FOR ABSORB1NE ^^ TPAOE MARK BEG.U.S.PAT OFF_ will remove them and leave no blemishes. Reduces any puff or swelling. Does not blister or remove the hair, and horse can be worked. $2 a bottle delivered. Book 6 K free. ABSORBINE, JRlf the antiseptic liniment for man. kind. For Boils, Bruises, Old Sores, Swellings, Vartcow Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain. Price SI and 22 3 bottle at druggists or delivered. Will tell mote if you write. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Tsmple St., Springfield, Mast For sale by Langley & Michaels. San Franciaco, Calif.; Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland, Ore ; Cal. Brag <£ Chem. Co., Brunswig Prug Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co., Lob Angeles, Call. Kirk. Cle&ry & Co., Sacramento, Calif.; Pacific Drug. Co.. Seattle, Waah.; Spokane Dm.3 Co., Spo- kane, Wash.; Ccmn, Bedington Co., San Francisco, CaL f Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." WINNING TRAPSHOOTERS USE Shells — the ® brand The greatest records in the t'rapshooting world have been made with Peters shells, the regulation factory loads, bought from retail merchants' stocks. These are just a few of them: 1911 Grand American Handicap. 1912 Grand American Preliminary. 1913 U. S. Professional Championship. 1913. U. S. Amateur Championship. 1913 Official U. S. Amateur Average. 1914 Southern Amateur Championship. 1914 Amateur Indoor Championship. High Amateur Average at 1914 Southwestern-|g-|4 Ladies' Indoor Championship. Handicap. High General Average at 1914 Eastern Han- 1914 Professional Indoor Championship. dicap. When the wise trapshooter sees that his shells bear the P brand, he knows they will produce results. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Gout Branch : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 18, 1914. RACES AND CALIFORNIA RODEO THE BIG WEEK AT July 25th SALINAS, August 2d The 25th Annual Race Meeting Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Ass'n $15,050 In Stakes and Purses RACE PROGRAM FIRST DAY, JULY 25 1 — Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 11 $1300 2 — 2:09 class, trotting 1000 3 — 2:20 class, pacing 1000 THIRD DAY, JULY 28 7 — Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1100 Three-year-old trotting divis- ion, Futurity Stake No. 11... 3300 SECOND DAY, JULY 27 A — Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1350 5 — 2:15 class, trotting 1000 6 — 2:10 class, pacing 1000 FOURTH DAY, JULY 29 10 — 2:12 class, trotting $1000 11 — 2:07 class, pacing 1000 9 — 2:14 class, pacing 1000 12— 2:20 class, trotting 1000 FOURTH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA RODEO $10,000 IN PRIZES Bucking Horses, Bull Riding, Chariot Races and Other Exciting Contests STREET CARNIVAL, DANCING, STREET PARADES, MUSIC, DOG SHOW, ETC. SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE. DON'T MISS IT Excursion Rates Fare and One Third for Round Trip F. W. KELLEY, Secretary Race Meeting A. J. ZA.BALA, Secretary California Rodeo FREE! WINRACE AND ELIGIBILITY BOOK FREE! UP TO JULY 15TH, 1914. to anyone sending $3 for subscription to the Breeder and Sportsman, old or new subscriber. The Winrace and Eligibility Book for 1914 contains an alphabetical list of all live horses with records and "winrace" records (showing class to which horse is eligible) of each, that started in 1912 or 1913, together with the new rules in regard to time allowances to be given to horses that have not been racing up to their true form, etc. Pay $3 on Your Subscription Account and Get the Book Free Address, (Price to non-subscribers, 25c.) BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, 36G Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- ling's, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: Dillcara (full brother to Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), son of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnuf son ot Nutwood Wilkes and Flo by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire in use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pio- fessional services to all cases of veteriu- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treat-d successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Abov? the Average, Mendocino County. 2,fi90 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Slake, Moffit & Towns DHhnin PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towns, I.os AjiboI^ HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. REMINGTON UMC HONOR ROLL OF 1914 TRAPSHOOTERS TO DATE REMINGTON UMC Chas. H. Xewcomb won Pinehurst, N. C„ Mid-Winter Handicap, 95 x 100 from 21 yards, with Remington - UMC Arrow Speed Shells. M. S. Hickman won Southwestern Handicap, 88 x 100 from 17 yards in a high wind, with Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun and Arrow Speed Shells. R. L. Spotts won Amateur Trapshooting Champion- ship of United States, 188 x 200, shooting Arrow Speed Shells. W. S. Behm won Pennsylvania State Championship, 146 x 150. shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Henry F. "U'ihlon won Oregon State Championship. 98 x 100. shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Shells. W. E. Roach won Indiana State Championship, 94 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. P. J. White won South Dakota State Championship, 97 x 100. shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Shells. D. F. Mallory wonMaryland State Championship, 97 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Nitro Club Speed Shells. G. M. L. Key won Mississippi State Championship. 92 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. James Higgins won Colorado- New Mexico -Wyoming Championship, 100 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. F.J). "Wade won Idaho State Championship, 9S x 100. using Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. W. L. Mulford won Missouri State Championship, 99 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Speed Shells. F. G. Rreyfus won Wisconsin State Championship, 95 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Speed Shells. W. H. Hodges won Texas State Championship, 49 x 50 and 25 straight in shoot off, using Remington- UMC Pump Gun and the Speed Shells. James M. Barrett won Georgie Sta'e Championship, 93 x 100, and 78 x 80 in shoot off, using Remington- UMC Pump Gun and the Speed Shells. E. J. Chingren won Washington State Championship, 311 x 325, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Howard S. Mills won Utah State Championship, 99 x 100, using Remington-UMC Autoloading Shatgun. J. M. Knox won Ohio State Championship, 99 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. J. T. Austin won Louisiana State Championship, 9S x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Fred Richter won Minnesota State Championship, 98 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. J. R. Jahn won Iowa State Championship, 97 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Fred Oswald won Montana State. Championship, 96 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Clarence Homer won Oklahoma State Championship, 95 x 100, using Remington-UMC Pump Gun ar.d Arrow Speed Shells. Dr. W. H. Mathews won New Jersey Stale Champion- ship, 95 x 100, shooting Remington-UMC Speed Shells. FOLLOW THE LEADERS TO WINNING TOWN REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY V 299 Broadway, New York. 12 Geary St., San Francisco. Saturday, July 18, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 THE CHAMPIONS CHOICE 3 Drams of THE CHOICE OF THE WINNERS OF EVERY INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION HANDICAP FOR 1914 If you want to be a Champion, use the powder that the Champions shoot. Improve your scores and get in the Winners' class LOOK FOR DUPONT ON THE SHELL BOX DUPONT powder, the champions' choice is made and guaranteed by the pioneer powder makers of America. For Booklets descriptive of Sporting Powders, Trophies for Shooters and Trapshooting, Write Sporting powder division Established DU PONT POWDER CO., Wilmington, 18 0 2 Delaware. C. A. Haight, Mgr. Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco CALIFORNIA Track Harrows Cut down high places fill and pack low ones drag' out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH and ELASTIC OVER ITS SUR- FACE. Me court personel in- vestigation. r "LITTLE WONDER" is a new low ced, ALL STEEL HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. kalamazoo, MICHIGAN, 0. s. A. FOR SALE:- STAR TILOEN, br. s. by STAR POINTER 1:59 1-4, Dam JESSIE TILDEN, by ROY WILKES 2:06 1-2. STAR TILDEN has no mark and is staked through the California Circuit: ITe was six years old June 7, 1914. STATEMENT BY CHAS. L. DERYDER, April 9, 1914, who has had STAR TILDEN since he was foaled: "In regard to your colt (Star Tilden), I have always felt that he was a good pacer and I have no reason to change my mind. He paced in Two-Seven and a Fraction in a race last year, and I believe should race around 2:05 or 2:06 this year. At Santa Rosa, he stepped each one of the miles faster than the winner did, coming the last half of each one of those miles in 1:02. His legs are perfectly clean and sound and he is absolutely sound in every way. I don't know of a green pacer in California that can go in 2:10 outside of Star Tilden, which makes his chances look pretty good to stake through this country." My reason for selling is, that I have no time to devote to the racing game. I will price him right. Apply to Geo. W. Putnam, owner, at Salt Lake City, Utah, or to H. G. Smith, of Pleasanton, California, who is now getting him ( ready for the fall races. Hakes Bern Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound Allays fever and inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure. UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe boils, wind puffs, thoroughpins and bunches of all kinds, bowed, strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, Dip and stifle lameness, weak joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal, in- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after bard workouts. Price $2. OO per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16. OO per doz. ; $10. OO per gat. Another State Championship won with HERCULES E. C. ASHBURY PARK, N. J. New Jersey State Championship won by DE. W. H. MATTHEWS ot Trenton, N. J., 95 x 100, shooting E. C. High Professional, All Targets — E. FRED SLEAR, 494 x 510, shooting E. C. Long Runs — GEO. L. LYON (longest of shoot), 136, shooting E. C. E. FRED SLEAR, 122, shooting E. C. HENRY POWERS, 116, shooting E. C. CAMP LOGAN, ILL. S. A. HUNTLEY, High Amateur, 293 x 100, shooting E. C. WM. RIDLEY, tied for second High Amateur, 290 x 300, shooting E. C. J. F. COUTS, third High Amateur, 287 x 300, and long run of 190, shooting E. C. W. H. CADWALLADER, High Professional, 286 x 300, shooting E. C. L. M. FETHERSTON made a Long Run of 110, shooting E. C. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. W. P. BROWN, winner of Board of Trade State Diamond Badge, (46 x 50, including 12 pairs), shooting Infallible. BRAZIL, IND. S. A. HUNTLEY, High Amateur, 146 x 150, shooting E. C. J. F. COUTS, second High Amateur, 143 x 150, shooting E. C. A. McKINNIS, third High Amateur, 138 x 150, shooting E. C. Try some Hercules E. C. or Infallible loads NOW. Don't wait until the next shoot for a good score. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del.- J. B. RICE, Manager, Chronicle Bldg., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. F. J. McGANNEY, Manager, Newhouse Bldg., SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. W. K. SMITH & CO., Tiffon, Ohio. W. E. DETELS, Pleasanton, Cal., Distributing Agent, for the Pacific Coast. PARKER GUN VICTORIES AT HOME On May 4th, at Modesto, during California-Nevada tournament, MR. TONY PRIOR won the Grand Trophy on 25 straight, and on May 6th, at same place, by scoring 94 x 100 at 21 yards, THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA HANDICAP, scoring last 50 straight, which is going "some." On May 12th, at San Diego tournament, five of the six high guns were as follows: MR. ED. L. MITCHELL, 194 X 200 Parker Gun MR FOSTER COUTS, 193 X 200 MR. GEORGE STAHL, 187 X 200 Parker Gun MR. LEE COUTS, 187 X 200 Parker Gun MR. SAM. HUNTLEY, 187 X 200 Parker Gun MR. RALPH ARNOLD, 187 X 200 Parker Gun May 12th to 14th, at San Diego tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored high professional average, 467 out of 500 targets. May 15th to 17th, at Los Angeles tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at, including A RUN OF 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 480 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. HEINE PFIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion. N. B. — Messrs. Prior, Mitchell, Stahl, Huntley and Pfirrman shot 34-inch barrel Parker guns. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 2S, address, PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefaver, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition \h& Rifles PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883. 510 Market St., San Franclic-,, cal 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 18, 1914. BY INVITATION MEMBER OF NEW YORhVU.S^, WINCHESTER Loaded Shells and Shotguns The Big Winners at the Eastern Handicap EASTERN HANDICAP: Won by PRANK S. WRIGHT, of South Wales, N. T., with a Winchester Re- peating Shotgun. SCORE: 97 x 100, from 21 yards. PRELIMINARY HANDICAP: Won hy DR. W. C. WOOTTON, of Buffalo, N. Y., with Winchester "Leader" Loaded Shells. SCORE: 97 x 100, and 35 x 40 on shootoff of tie, from 17 ye-ds. HIGH PROFESSIONAL: J. M. HAWKINS with a Winchester Repeating Shotgun p^d Winchester Loaded Shells. SCORE: 96 x 100, from 21 yards. HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE FOR 16-YARD AND DOUBLE TARGETS: Won by G. E. PAINTER, of Pittsburgh, with Winchester Loaded Shells. SCORE : 375 x 400. LONG RUN: W. F CROSBY, with Winchester "Leader" Shells, 110 straight. THE "W" BRAND LEADS IN VICTORIES AND IN POPULARITY. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle SHOOT FRESH SELBY LOADS AND YOU'LL BREAK 'EM Why? Because the exactness with which the Selby Loading Equipment assembles selected Shells, AVads, Powder and Selby Shot, insures to the shooter a shot pattern that is fast, even and hard-hitting. Then besides Selby Loads are Fresh when the shoot- er gets them. That's a second reason. Get fresh Selby Loidf from your dealer. Loaded on the Pacifle Coast Special Loads at Short Notice MT. DIABLO CEMENT beet for foundation*, dairy floor*, fruit dryer floor*, ete. oto. SANTA CRUZ LIME b««t for brlokUyi ec and fjlaBt«rInt> MT. DIABLO LIME WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY S MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. ll$t r. VOLUME LXV. No. 4. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914 Subscription — $3.00 Per Y«ar THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 25, 1914. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK Reg. No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any otner stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 TFP/W^- tlfl fnr the loaenn Payable at time of service. If mare doee not ILI\111J. $JV tvr 11/C JUdSUII provewjth foal money is to be refunded. For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager. or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldff. Telephone Pacific 1654 . Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. G ETH I N WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S "Best on Earth" Axle Oil: The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturers SAN FRANCHCO, CAL. Pott and Mcntffomery ■an Franoiaco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a, month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Tutlle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Road Harness Riding' Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets Coolers Hopples Willians Toe Weights Gombaults Balsam Reducine Sav "-toe-Horse Absorblne Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker Vita (HI Gi Embrocation Phona Park 1253 Send for Catalogue J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Cate Avenue ,.,. , naar Fillmore Straet Wholesale and Retail Ml BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco 6 Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCESCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FnfllOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard- Bred Horses Attended to. Stallion Folders with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigTee on the two inside pages and description on back page. s TALLION CARDS Send for Our SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cots Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion Owner Needs Onr Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheapc- than yon can get ■— the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Onr Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a £i ve- genera- tion pedigree (blood lines only) tor $1. A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny lor $2; five-generations for S3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome fire-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for Era mi tig, for 56, two copies tor 56.50 or five tor $7. Address Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, EL Tabulated Pedigrees 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 ail sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from stai-t to finish." Address. BREEDBR and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, CaL Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." Saturday, July 25, 1914. ] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 18S2.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sta., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One- year, $3; six months, $1.76; three months, 51. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Breeders' Meeting, Salinas, July 25th to 29th. Santa Rosa — August 31at to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to loth. Sacramento (State Fair)— September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Cleveland, Ohio July 20-25 Detroit (Blue Ribbon) July 27 — Aug. 1 Grand Rapids Aug. 3-8 Kalamazoo Aug 10-15 Fort Erie Aug. 24-26 N. T. State Fair Aug. 31-SepL 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 THAT there is a very evident division of opinion among union labor workers over the proposed Uni- versal Eight Hour Law is asserted by officers of the Farmers' Protective League of California, which is conducting a vigorous campaign throughout Cali- fornia to defeat this measure. The League, besides organizing branches in all agricultural districts, has been interviewing workingmen engaged in all crafts to ascertain their views on this initiative law, which will appear as third on the ballot to be voted in November. "Proponents of the Universal Eight Hour bill have sought to create the impression that all workingmen, organized and unorganized, are committed to the measure," said Arthur Dunn, secretary and manager of the League, "and this view was largely adopted by persons who did not stop to consider dow dras- tically this bill, if adopted, would deal with the man who labors in any capacity. There would be no more overtime, no more bonuses, no more reward for indi- vidual effort, no more incentive for industry. Every man would be reduced to a merecog in a mighty mechanism. There would be no humanism left in life, but all would be mere automatons punching time clocks at stated intervals. Scores of members of union labor organizations have assured our League that the proposed law, which has been initiated through the efforts of the Socialist party, will be very vigorously opposed by them on the ground that in reality the cardinal principle of trades unionism is jeopardized by the measure, while the Socialist prop- aganda is advanced. Many workers have volunteered their services to distribute literature presenting the farmers' side of this vital question. "In the last few days we received a half-dozen letters from workingmen and each concludes with this significant inquiry: 'What will happen to the cost of living if this measure becomes a law?' "It has not taken the trades unionist long to find the flaws in this bill. Of course, it is to be expected that Socialists and I. W. W.'s will give the measure active support, since it is entirely in accord with their teachings. "We have found that many city folk, used to the eight hour day for factories and indoor work not directly dependent upon nature, express the belief that the proposed Universal Eight Hour Law is a good thing, but the moment their attention is called to the very sweeping proposition that would deprive an industrious man of the right to work where and when he pleased they realize the utter impossibility of establishing such an uncompromising rule." Organization of branches of the League in many countries is being effected and a very thorough can- vass will be made of each voting precinct between now and election day. THE following extract from an article written by A. E. de Ricqles in the Breeders' Gazette, referring to the conditions now prevailing in the labor situ- ation, apply with equal force to the existing state of affairs in California. It looks as if some effort should be made to bring the laborer and the work together, as is done in the Canadian states: "A few days ago I was traveling in the Panhandle of Texas, and it was amusing to see the efforts made at some of the smaller towns by farmers and ranchmen who are endeavoring to secure help. At one small station where the train stopped a number of intelligent looking farmers were on the platform, and immediately on the arrival of the train began to call at the top of their voices, 'This is the place if you are hunting work. We will pay $2.50 a day to laboring men to harvest. Best 'chuck' in the county. Take you to a picture show Saturday evening and ice water if you have to have it. Don't pass our town.' After such an enthusiastic announcement one would see a few individuals peering out of the windows or going out on the platform to look over the possible employers, and perhaps some very anx- ious farmer would climb up on the platform and try to coax some likely looking fellow to get off the train and go to work. "That is a curious situation, and the other side of it is the bunch of bums and tramps that one sees camped at the occasional water stations or railroad junctions — indolent, ignorant and refusing the oppor- tunity to make a few dollars and assist in storing away the crops that we may be urgently in need of before we get through with it. These idlers when work is plenty certainly make bitterness in a man's heart when he wants labor, and perhaps it is only the lack of time that prevents some of them from being hung to a telegraph pole in these communities where so much depends on getting the crops put away." o IN ANOTHER column of this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman will be found a communication from Mr. H. B. Henderson to the "Horseman" relating to the ruling of the Board of Appeals of The American Trotting Association in a case of "ringing" which lately came before that body. Mr. Henderson's crit- icism of the action of the board in inflicting a small fine as a penalty in the case seems to be well founded, and his remarks as to the precedent estab- lished carry much weight. Similar rulings have been made in other cases of that nature at late meetings of the Board of Appeals and in no case has the penalty fitted the offence. If a trainer or owner has been proven guilty of fraudulent practice the only fit punishment for his transgression is absolute ex- pulsion with no chance to plead ignorance as to the identity of the horse as a defense of his action in a case of this kind. Rule 28, Sec. 4 of the rules of the National Trotting Association covers the ground thoroughly in cases of "ringing" and all drivers should be forced to comply with the provisions of this rule. o SUGGESTS A ROGUE'S GALLERY FOR TURF .CROOKS. Columbus, Kan., June 10, 1914. Editor of The Horseman: You .will find herewith enclosed a letter to The American Trotting Association and its Board of Ap- peals. I wrote W. H. Knight, secretary, and received a very unsatisfactory reply. I want the public to know the kind of treatment meted out to horsemen by the bunch in control of the American Trotting As- sociation and its Board of Appeals. I will appreciate it very much if you will publish this letter for me. H. B. HENDERSON. Columbus, Kans., June 11, 1914. To the American Trotting Association ana its Board of Appeals: I read with no little interest ihe report of Board of Appeals of the American Trotting Association, which met in Chicago on May 5th, 1914, published by The Horseman and Spirit of the Times. The first case reported being Case No. 5222, Amer- ican Trotting Association vs. J. C. Lamar, Len Stev- ens and "Electro Hal" alias "Roy L." I am finan- cially interested in this case to the extent of the difference between second money which we received in three $400 purses, and first money received by Len Stevens, difference being $300. The Board cf Ap- peals consists of prominent men, who should be fair- minded men as well. In this case the board made an order expelling J. C. Lamar and the horse "Electro Hal," fining Len Stevens $50, which, when paid, gives him license again to race horses over association tracks. Is Len Stevens any less guilty, or any better than J. C. Lamar? The answer of every honest man who knows of this case and the facts, mjst say. No. No fair-minded man will ever beiievr; but this board knew Len Stevens to be guilty as charged before he made his confession. Affidavits of several good men were on file in this case which showed beyond any reasonable doubt that Len Stevens was guilty as charged. W. H. Knight, secretary, knew it long before the affidavits were secured. I quote you from his letter to me of September 10th, 1312, as follows: "I have learned enough to satisfy me that the horse raced as Roy L. in Missouri is none other than the horse Electro Hal." Since the date of his letter he received the affidavits above referred to. I learned some time time before the board met, from an out- side source, that Len Stevens was to make a confes- sion to the board, he to receive therefor reinstate- ment. I wrote a letter to W. H. Knight, secretary, the latter part of April, protesting against the reinstate- ment of Len Stevens at the coming board meeting. Why should the American Trotting Association rein- state a man who had robbed his fellow-horsemen out of their money and turn him loose among horsemen, who race horses according to its rules, for a paltry $50 which goes into a fund for needy drivers and trainers? God bless the needy drivers and trainers. I wish I could help all the honest kind. Who knows, Len Stevens may become needy; if he does he will get it all back, perhaps more. Why does the Amer- ican Trotting Association want such men in the sulky? Is there any reason why "turf outlaws'" should not be expelled for life? At any rate until they pay to their fellow-horsemen the amount in full of their ill-gotten gain with interest and as much more to the association for needy drivers and train- ers. Why not establish a precedent of this kind and follow it to the letter. By the decree of the Board of Appeals in this case the injured party received noth- ing. The arch offender is discharged to go hence without pay for a paltry $50. Why should Len Stev- ens not have been expelled along with his co-defend- ant, J. C. Lamar? I hope one or all of the board will answer why. I venture the assertion, if either of the men on this board had had the same experience as was mine, with this pair of turf outlaws, Len Stevens could not have been reinstated for $50, no matter if it did go into the fund for needy drivers and trainers, as claimed by Secretary Knight in a recent letter to me concerning this matter. He further stated, "I have no comment to make except that you do not under- stand the situation or the rules and regulations. The Board of Appeals made the decision with knowl- edge of all the facts." This in reply to my letter. I will admit that I do not understand the rules and regulations governing the American Trotting Asso- ciation, although I have read all of them time and again. My opinion is that the fellows who made them do not understand all of them, and until the rules are more simple and less complicated the horsemen will never be able to place the right con- struction on them. Now as to my situation in this case, I fully under- stand it. I know the board left me to hold the bag. It is my ox that has been gored and not the fellows' who tried the outlaws in this case. I trust the bunch who sat in judgment in this case will get a dose of their own medicine some time. It takes two to make a contract. There is no doubt in my mind, neither do I believe there was any doubt in the minds of the members of the Board of Appeals that Len Stevens was just as guilty as J. C. Lamar. Stevens trained and raced the horse for Lamar. He, Stevens, knew the horse was Electro Hal 2:101,4. There can be no. doubt but that he entered into an agreement with Lamar to ring this horse in an assumed name, that of Roy L. The entries were made in the name of Len Stevens. His driver and the whole thing was prearranged. Who can believe different? Separate the sheep from the goats; show the horsemen with your rules that you intend to protect them from the outlaws. No doubt the Board of Appeals believes that in some cases drivers and owners who have been caught ringing horses will not do it again if rein- stated. Why not treat them as officers do criminals? Make a rogue's gallery of turf outlaws and their horses and furnish each member of the American Trotting Association with photographs of both horses and men. Have the art gallery on display in some prominent place on or about the track during the race meeting. When this is done it will checkmate the old outlaws. When the new ones are caught ad- minister to them the same dose. In my judgment it will not cost the association as much to do this as it does to send men all over the country to identify horses and men. Tours very truly, H. B. HENDERSON. RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR. The programme for the races to be given at the Riverside County Fair is nearly completed and will be soon advertised in the Breeder and Sportsman. The dates for this fair have been set for Oct. 13th to 17th, inclusive, in order not to conflict with any other dates claimed in this State, and will immedi- ately follow the Hanford fair. Thus horsemen racing at Hanford and afterwards at Phoenix will have an opportunity to spend the intervening time at River- side and take advantage of the opportunity to race their horses at that place. The management is spending in the neighborhood of $20,000 in getting the track and grounds in shape for this meet, and intends to give the best county fair in the State south of Fresno. The work of grad- ing the track will be completed within ten days, as will also fifty modern stalls for driving horses. The stalls will be fashioned after the most modern idea, and will be 12x12 feet with the roof projecting eight feet over the front, providing ample shade and pro- tection from rain. Work will be begun shortly on the grandstand, and they will have everything com- pleted and ready for the race meeting on the dates advertised. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 25, 1914. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. THE LOS ANGELES DRIVING CLUB. SANTA ROSA DRIVING CLUB. The homely rat-tail butcher cart horse, Birdeye, showed his heels to another select field of amateur trotters at the Park Stadium last Sunday, romping away with the feature of the San Francisco Driving Club matinee in straight heats. He turned the trick in such decisive fashion that once again the spec- tators accorded him an ovation. In the first heat the sensational trotter led all the way, with J. C. Simpson furnishing the competition. The second and final heat was more of a struggle. Birdeye broke shortly after the start and did not seem to be going just right. Hitting the backstretch Birdeye seemed to find his foot and raced head and head with J. C. Simpson. It was a contest between the pair through the stretch and Birdeye got the decision by a scant length. Silver Hunter, the other entry, was outclassed in both heats. W. J. K., another speedster that has not been rated with the elite, carried off the honors of the free-for- all pace. Hamburg Belle was there in the first heat, but W. J. K. came with his usual burst of speed at the finish to win going away. In the second Jimmy Ryan's Happy Dentist was fighting for the heat, but W. J. K. closed resolutely again and captured the trophy in straight heats. The time of 2:12 was very creditable considering that it was a raw afternoon. The headliner from an interest standpoint was the fifth, the 2:18 trot. The five starters seemed to be very evenly balanced and it was anybody's race, Ida M. going the three heats with the best standing and thus taking the cup. In the first Hugh Boyle's tiny racer led all the way, with Laddie G. being close up. The second was a fast affair, Nutwood Lou coming gamely in the stretch to win in 2:14%, which was better time than made by the free-for-all performers. Muggins was there in this event, but blew up a cou- ple hundred yards from the wire. The last heat created all kinds of excitement. Laddie G., with Jimmy Ryan up, went to the front, but broke on the back stretch and ran for a sixteenth of a mile. He caught turning into the stretch and breezed under the wire a winner. Nutwood Lou looked a winner a hundred yards out, but went up in the air, and Soreta finished second. The judges set back Laddie G. for running, and this gave Soreta the heat and placed Ida M. second and Nutwood Lou third. In figuring up the summary, Ida M. stood best and took the honors. The 2:15 pace brought out some interesting com- petition. • Jack Welsh's Delilah showed a return to old form and annexed two of the three heats in 2:13. George Giannini's Bradmont, R. J. MacKenzie's for- mer pacer, took the second heat in 2:12% and was fighting it out in the other events. First race — 2:30 mixed: G. J. P. (R. Consani) 1 1 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 2 2 Emma M. (W. Malough) 3 3 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 4 4 Time — 2:28, 2:29. Second race — 2:15 pace: Delilah (J. C. Welsh) 1 2 1 Bradmont (G. Giannini) 2 1 2 George Ginn (G. Giannini) 3 3 3 Time— 2:13, 2:12%, 2:13. Third race — Free-for-all pace: W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 1 1 Hamburg Belle (J. Ginocchio) 2 3 Happy Dentist (J.J. Ryan) 4 2 Red Pointer (McKinney Stable) 3 4 Time — 2:12, 2:12. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot: Birdeye (H. Combatalade) 1 1 J. C. Simpson (A. Ottinger) 2 2 Sliver Hunter (T. P. Sexton) 3 3 Time— 2:16%, 2:15%. Fifth race — 2:18 trot: Ida M. (H. Boyle) 1 3 2 Nutwood Lou (A. Ottjnger) 4 1 3 Loreta (McKinney Stable) 3 5 1 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 2 4 4 Muggins (F. Burton) 5 2 5 Time— 2:17%, 2:14%, 2:20%. Sixth race — 2:20 pace: William Tell (McKinney Stable) 1 1 Ishmael (F. Lauterwasser) 3 2 Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 2 3 Vela A. (Shorty Roberts) 4 4 Time— 2:18%. 2:19. ■ o RACING ON THE TWICE AROUNDS. Given the same class of horses, we would rather witness a race on a half-mile track than on a mile oval. On a mile track one is only a spectator while on the "double-o's" one feels more like a participant. We are not one who prophesies the mile track is doomed. There will always be mile tracks for the classic contests and for fast trials against the watch, but the feeling of participation in racing over the double laps will never wane, on the contrary, will doubtless increase with the population. Racing is held each year at over 1,200 points in the United States. As there are over 50,000 post offices in our country, it is apparent that if we had enough horses and enough influential sportsmen the number of rac- ing points could be materially increased. In the course of events there will be an increase. Almost all of the new tracks built each year are half-milers, so the sport on the twice arounds has a bright future. Racing on half-mile tracks early in the season, par- ticularly during the past decade, when so many haif- mile track horses have graduated to the Grand Cir- cuit, has appealed to us from another standpoint. It is interesting to study the best performers at such meetings and pick out "future greats." Then one runs across so many horses with histories — plow horses, milk wagon horses, rural-mail-wagon horses, and the like. One sees so many good horses trained by amateurs in opposition to all accepted methods and balanced (?) in a way that would give a farrier heart-failure. — Horseman. The race matinee of the Los Angeles Driving Club was held on Wednesday, July 15th, and records fell like leaves in autumn. Five trotters and one pacer go down in the books with records of 2:10 or better as a result of this day's exhibition, Carlokin gets credit for a 2:10 performer and Del Coronado for two new ones in the 2:10 list. The summary: Exhibition to beat 2:25%, pacing — Phylis Barnette, b. f. (3) (E. J. Barnette), W. J. Durfee; time, 2:20. Exhibition to beat 2:18, trotting — Josephine Watts, ch. f. (3), (Durfee and Watts), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:11%. Exhibition to beat 2:25%, pacing — Johnny Dugan, b. c. (3), (William Loftus), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:16. Exhibition to beat 2:28%, trotting — The Lark, b. f. (3), (C. J. Berry), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:18%. Exhibition to beat 2:15, trotting — Virginia Barnette, b. f. (3), (C. J. Berry), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:10. Exhibition to beat 2:25, trotting — De Ora, b. f. (3), (C. J. Berry), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:17. Exhibition to beat 2:30, trotting — Bertha Pointer, br. m. (6). (A. R. Fraser), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:08%. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting— Carl, blk. g. (2), (William Loftus), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:19%. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting — Nicola B., b. c. (2), (W. G. Durfee), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:23%. Exhibition to beat 2:12, pacing — White Sox, b. m. (6), (C. J. Berry). R. A. Smith; time, 2:08, 2:09%. Exhibition to beat 2:25%, pacing — Bon Bell, br. c. (3), (Henry Peterson), Henry Peterson; time, 2:17. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting — Donna Lee, b. f. (2), (W. R. Murphy), W. R. Murphy; time, 2:19. Exhibition to beat 2:25%, pacing — Viola Patch, b. f. (4), (G. H. Benkert), L. G. Baker; time, 2:26%, 2:26. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting — Beirne, b. c. (2), (F. E. Ward), F. E. Ward; time, 2:21. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting— Ellen C, b. f. (3), (Mrs. B. F. Thomson). W. G. Durfee; time, 2:29. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting — Vanria, ch. m. (F. R. Bain), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:26%. Exhibition to beat 2:15, trotting — Honey Healey, b. m. (W. G. Durfee), W. G. Durfee; time. 2:12. Exhibition to beat 2:11%. trotting — Alerick, b. g. (W. G. Durfee), W. G. Durfee; time. 2:09. Exhibition to beat 2:15, trotting— F. S. Whitney, b. b. (Sutherland and McKenzie), W. G. Durfee; time, 2:10%, 2:09%. Exhibition to beat 2:26%, trotting— Ethel D., br. f. (3), (C. J. Berry). W. G. Durfee; time, 2:11. Exhibition to beat 2:14%, trotting — Esperanza, b. f. (C. J. Berry), W. G. Durfee; time. 2:11, 2:09. Exhibition to beat 2:30%, trotting — Johanah R., b. m. (7), (Dr. William Dodge). E. C. Mathews; time. 2:22%. 2:10 class, trotting — Alerick, b. g. (W. G. Durfee), W. G. Durfee (1). Ethel D., br. f. (C. J. Berry), R. A. Smith; time, 2:30. 2:12 class, trotting — Dr. Wayo, b. h. (A. R. Porter), Harry Barnette (1), (1); Great Northern, br. g. (F. E. Ward), F. E. Ward (2), (2); time, 2:13, 2:14. MORGANWIND WINS THE GERMAN TROTTING DERBY. The German Trotting Derby, the premier annual trotting classic of Kaiser Wilhelm's empire, was con- tested at the Berlin-Ruhleben course on Sunday, June 21st, and resulted, as the "talent" had foreseen, in an easy victory for Morganwind, the all-winter favor- ite for the event, with his stable companion, Bertha Prince, just as easy a second. The colt and filly both belong to the Klausner stable, which has had wonderful success in the Derby, having previously won it in 1906 with Fidelio; in 1907 with Spinalmont; in 1909 with Gluecksstern; In 1911 with Paprika, and in 1913 with Adbell Toddington. The last-named colt and Morganwind are both out of the same mare, Delia Bell, 2, 2:27%, by Adbell, 1, 2:23, and both were bred in America, Delia Bell having been ex- ported to Germany with Adbell Toddington, by Tod- dington 2:20, at her foot, and in foal to Morgan Ax- worthy 2:17. The driver of Morganwind in the Der- by was R. Grossman, who has also won the other Derbies noted as to the credit of the Klausner stable. The summary of the race is as follows : Berlin-Ruhleben Course, June 21. — German Trotting Derby, for foals of 1911, Honor Prize presented to the winner by His Majesty the Kaiser. Purse, 50,000 marks ($10,333), divided. 35,000 m. to first; 8,000 m. to second; 4,000 m. to third; 2,000 m. to fourth; 1,000 m. to fifth. Dash of 3,200 meters, or about two miles. Klausner's Stable's Morgenwind, b. e. by Morgan Ax- worthy 2:17 — Delia Bell 2:27 (4:53%— rate of 2:27%) G. Grossman 1 Klausner Stable's Bertha Prince, br. f. by Prince Mc- Kinney 2:29%— Petrosia (4:53 9-10), A. Glasgow 2 Germania Stud's Ampfer, br. c. by Franko (son of Moko) — Amiese (4:55), G. Wiltshire 3 Klein-Helle Stud's Schalmei, br. f. by Hurrah — Gutta (5:02 6-10). M. Helmus 4 O. Koch's Erzherzog, bl. c. by Vive Kepi-Eulala B. (5:04 9-10), Ch. Mills 5 Germania Stud's Riparia, br. f. by Franko — Rose; G. Trenherz 6 W. Schulz's Sternschnuppe, br. f. by Hurrah— Colum- bia ; Dieffenbacher 7 The field was a comparatively small one, consider- ing that the race originally closed with 94 nomina- tions, while the time was also slow. Totalizator paid even money on the winner and for place as well. Bertha Prince, the second filly, was, like Morgan- wind, bred in America. Her dam Petrosia is also the dam of the two-year-old filly Pech, likewise by Prince McKinney (son of McKinney 2:11% and Ex- tasy 2:11%), considered the best trotter of her age in Germany. Pech won the Trial Race, of 5,000 marks, for two-year-old fillies, on June 17th, at Ruhle- ben, from a field of nine other fillies. — Horse Review. The young horses in R. J. MacKenzie's stable which are being handled by Bert Webster are in great shape and stepping along fast. A three-year- old filly by The Harvester trotted a quarter in 31 seconds. Another three-year-old miss by Bon Voy- age, dam by Zombro, went a mile in 2:20, last half in 1:06, and repeated a mile in 2:19, last half in 1:04%. The Anvelite bay yearling colt by The Anvil, dam Martha Spy, worked a quarter in 36 seconds, and Miss Bond, a yearling filly by The Bondsman — Miss Harris stepped a quarter in 35%. Homer Ruther- ford's two-year-old colt by On Voyage, dam by R. Am- bush, went a mile in 2:17, last half in 1:07. Without hitch or break and with but few of the entries scratched, the matinee races of the Sonoma Driving Club were staged at the Fair Grounds Sun- day afternoon. The verdict of the public was unan- imous and can be put in one word, "More." Close finishes marked a number of the races and the fine time of 2:12 flat was clocked for the third race, which was the free-for-all pace and was won by Po- trero Boy with Mannie Reams driving. The first race was for the 2:20 class and was a mixed mile. George Ramage's little trotter, Clara Wells, won it hands down. In the first heat she got away badly and had a big lead to cover. She came in away ahead, however, and was going easily at the finish. The second heat was won by L. L. Morris' pacer, Sarah C, with Sam Norris up. The time for the three heats was 2:15, 2:17%, 2:14%. The second race went three heats also. Joe Ryan, driving his pacer, Clara C, lost the first heat and won the next two. Clara C. broke at the start badly and at the quarter pole. The Potrero, with Mannie Reams, broke, leaving Liz Woods running free. She gained too great a lead and Sam Norris brought her in an easy winner. Sarah C. got away perfectly in the second and third heats, however, and won them handily. The time clocked was 2:27, 2:22, 2:21%. The free-for-all pace, which was the third event of the day, was won in two heats by Potrero Boy, with Mannie Reams up, in the fine time of 2:12 flat. E. H. Crowell's great pacer, Le Dona, showed fine speed, but the big bay horse was too much for her. Crowell drove her himself in the first heat and got away to a bad start. He finished third with her, and in the second heat the finish was probably the clos- est of the day. Le Dona was second with Joe Ryan driving. W. A. Stewart's Landis B. was third and the three horses were bunched, a matter of inches separating them. The time, 2:15, 2:12. Joe Ryan won again in the fourth, which was a mixed mile. He was driving the big Ramatici pacer, Petaluma Girl. He got away bad in the first heat, finishing third, but in the second and third heats won handily. The time, 2:22, 2:22, 2:21%. The running race was a half-mile dash and King Bright, with Ollie Meisner, won in :48. Meisner rode a splendid race and got just enough speed out of his mount to come in winner. It looked as if the big horse could have done much better at a pinch but there was no need. The public in general is much pleased with the meet. There was a large crowd in attendance and the races were run off according to schedule. The card was perhaps a little too long, but every race was waited for and greeted with enthusiasm. Talk of another meet is already in the air and this will be doubly well attended, as every one who went to Sun- day's matinee will become a loyal booster for the club and will do all in his power to urge another meet in the near future. Handsome prizes were given as follows: First race — First, set of harness, by Santa Rosa Bank; second, cooling blanket, Overton Hotel; third, box of cigars, Prindle & Kurlander. Second race — First, split second stop watch, Jake Luppold; second, cooling blanket, James W. Ram- age; third, whip, Belden & Hehir. Third race — First, set of harness, Joe Ryan; sec- ond, cooling blanket, Herbert Slater; third, leather handbag, M. P. Youker. Fourth race — First, set of harness, L. V. H. How- ell; second, cooling blanket, Grace Bros.; third, Baker blanket, Lafferty & Smith. Fifth race — Buggy robe, J. P. Berry; cooling blan- ket, Occidental Hotel; blanket, J. K. Smith. Sixth race — English bridle, R. R. O'Brien; leading halter, Hiram Tripp; set of bandages, F. M. Collins. NOMINATORS FOR HANFORD, OCTOBER 7 TO 10. Event No. 8, 2:25 trot, did not fill and was declared off. The other nominators for the Hanford meeting are as follows: STAKE No. 1—2:11 TROT: Merry Mac. W. Parsons; Vallejo King, Thos. Smith; Mable Van, Mrs. F. E. Van Tress; Dr. Wayo, Fred E. Ward, Agent; Little Beau, Chas. E. Clark; Albaloma, I. L. Borden. STATE No. 2—2:23 PACE: A. B. C. W. B. Alford; McVerde, Henry Delaney; Airlie Demonio and Enchilada, Woodland Stock Farm; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. WaUis; Dolly Varden, P. McCart; Peg- asus, A. C. Severance; Clara Mac, W. W. Gallup; Le Dona and Potrero Boy, Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell; Soumise, L. R. Friend; Dee Sherrill, T. W. Orme; R. W., R. W. Earl; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; Alton S., A. Sperry. STAKE No. 3—2:10 PACE. Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. W. Wallis; Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva; Loeh Lomond, I. L. Borden; Vera Hal, Mrs. H. Cohen; Zulu Belle. C. A. Durfee. STAKE No. 4 — 2:20 TROT. Copper King, A. C. Severance; Nuristo, Alex Brown: Great Northern. A. R. Porter; Tena G-, Hemet Stock Farm; Merry Widow, W. Parsons; Pavana, M. L. Woy; St. Patrick and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm; Harold C, Fred Chadbourne. STAKE No. 5—2:15 TROT. Merry Mac, W. Parsons; St. Patrick and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm; Dr. Wayo, A. R. Porter; Little Beau, C. A. Schweizer; Copper the Ore. G. W. Bonnell; Mable Yan, Mrs. F. E. Van Tress; Wesos, Alex. Brown; The Proof, M. C. Keefer; Vallejo King. Thos. Smith. STAKE No. 6—2:18 PACE. Star Tilden, George W. Putnam; Zorene, P. J. Chal- mers; Zorankin, M. C. Keefer; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; Dee Sherrill, T. W. Orme; Dolly Varden, P. McCart; Le Dona, Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell : Soumise, D. R. Friend; McVerde. Henry Delaney; Enchilada and Robert BIngen. Woodland Stock Farm; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. Wallis; Harry Mac, Russell Grey; A. B. C, W. B. Al- ford. STAKE No. 7—2:14 PACE. Delia H.. H. G. Smith; Robert Bingen. Woodland Stock Farm; Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. W. Wallis; Sen- ator H . C. F. Silva: Loch Lomond, I. L. Borden; Clara Mac, W. W. Gallup; Potrero Boy, Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell. Saturday, July 25, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ENTRIES FOR BREEDERS MEETING Salinas, July 25th to 29th 6.-2:10 CLASS PACE, $1000. I. L. Borden — br. g. Loch Lomond by Zolock — Daisy McKinney by McKinney. "VV. G. Durfee — b. m. White Sox by Del Coronado — Subito by Steinway; b. m. Soumise by Billy Dunlap — by Jonesa Basler. G. Ginocchio — b. m. Hamburg Belle by Stilwell. W. R. Meese — b. s. The Mighty by Stam B. — Lady Kohl by La Grande. H. G. Smith— bl. m. Delia H. by Hal B. — Jessie M. by Del Norte. D. W. Wallis — br. s. Leonid by Aerolite — Lorna Doone; b. s. Nat Higgins by Palite. "Woodland Stock Farm — ch. m. Alice May by Nutwood Wilkes; b. s. Robert Bingeu by Bingen — Episode by Ambassador. TUESDAY, JULY 28. SATURDAY, JULY 25. 1— THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION, FUTURITY STAKE No. 11, (Closed 1910). I. L. Borden — b. g. Alta Barnato — La Belle Altamont. J. E. Montgomery — b. f. Maxine by Jim Logan — Trilby Maid. W. G. Durfee — b. c. Chango by Copa de Oro — Lady H. Woodland Stock Farm — ch. g. Joseph Ansel by Prince Ansel — Josie D. 2.-2:09 CLASS TROT, $1000. I. L. Borden — b. g. Albaloma by Almaden D. — Loma B. by Stam B. Alex. Brown — bl. c. Nuristo by Nushagak — Nosegay by Langton. Chas. E. Clark — ch. m. Little Beau by Stamboulette — Natalie by Strathway. W. G. Durfee — b. g. Rags by Del Coronado — Atherine by Patron; b. g. Alerick by Di- recho — Alhambra Lily by Geo. W. McKinney. W. Parsons — ch. g. Merry Mac by G. Albert Mac — Bell Lynn by Diablo. Jasper W. Paulsen — b. g. Redeem by Directum II. — Muriel P. by Nutwood Wilkes. F. J. Ruhstaller — b. m. Expedio by Lijero — Mater Expedio by Knight. J. D. Springer — b. g. Mountain Boy by Seymour Wilkes — Silver Bud by Silver Bow. Fred E. Ward — b. s. Dr. Wayo by Wilkhurst — Treville by Trevillian. 3.-2:20 CLASS PACE, $1000. W. B. Alford — bl. g. A. B. C. by Young Monterey — Rosalie by Dudley. J. S. Bordges — s. m. Mae N. by G. Albert Mac. G. W. Bonnell — b. m. Dee Sherrill by On Stanley — Ziska by Zolock. S. H. Cowell — ch. m. Oro Mo by Demonio — Hanora by Oro Wilkes. J. M. Dunn — b. g. Asa Pointer by Star Pointer — Eva H. by Washington McKinney. W. G. Durfee — b. m. White Sox by Del Coronado — Subito by Steinway; b. m. Soumise by Billy Dunlap — by Jonesa Basler. R. W. Earl — br. s. R. W. by Wild Nutling — Miss Thompson by Thompson. Geo. T. Hennigan — br. s. Teddy by Stanford — Laura Z. by Alex. Button. M. C. Keefer — b. s. Zorankin by Zombro — Dimetis by Diablo. John C. Kirkpatrick — bl. g. Black Mack by Charley D. McKinney — by Derby Ash. J. W. Marshall — s. m. Zoetrix by Zolock — Trix by Nutwood Wilkes. Mrs. J. M. McKiernan — b. g. Casey Jones by Unknown — Elsie P. Jas. Redman — b. m. Daisy R. by Welcome. Homer Rutherford — br. m. Colleen by Charley D. McKinney — Cricket by Steinway. J. D. Springer — br. g. Adver Direct by Directus J. — Adwilta by Advertiser. "Valencia Stock Farm — b. s. Pegasus by Zombro — La Belle by Sidney. D. W. Wallis — s. m. Mary W. by Dictatus — Ethel C. by Sidney; bl. g. Villa by Nearest McKinney. Fred E. Ward — b. s. McVerde by Zolock — Ruinda by Kebir. Woodland Stock Farm — ch. m. Alice May by Nutwood Wilkes; b. s. Airlie Demonio by Demonio — Potrero Girl by Prince Airlie. MONDAY, JULY 27. 4— TWO-YEAR-OLD-TROTTING DIVISION, FUTURITY STAKE No. 12, (Closed 1911). H. Rutherford — bL c. Geo. N. Patterson by Bon Voyage — Tu Tu. O H. Whitehouse — b. f. May Alto by Alto Express — Maymonio. C. J. Berry— b. c. Carl by Carl okin— Subito. "P. E. Ward — b. c. Beirne by Beirne Holt — Freckle Bird. Mrs W. G. Durfee — b. c. Nicolo B. by Carlokin — My Irene S. Woodland Stock Farm— b. f. Ruth Ansel by Prince Ansel — Lottie. Wm. Loftus — bl. g. Byron by Tom Moko — Reta H. by McKinney. 5.-2:15 CLASS TROT, $1000. G W. Bonnell— bl. m. Copper the Ore by Direct Heir — May Kinney by Silkwood. Alex. Brown — b. g. Wesos by Prince Ansel — Everette by Nephew. S H Cowell b h. Panama by Kinney Lou— Dione by Eros; b. g. Melrose by Stam B. W. G. Durfee— b. s. Frank S. Whitney by F. S. Turner; b. m. Bertha Pointer by Del Coronado. „ „„,,_,. T , _ . Hemet Stock Farm — ch. m. Miss Gaily by Geo. W. McKinney— Lady Zombro by W R Meese— b. m. The Empress by Stilwell— Lady Kohl by La Grande. W Parsons ch. m. Merry Widow by G. Albert Mac — Bell Lynn by Diablo. J. W. Paulsen— s. Prince Del Monte by Kinney Lou. L M Schenck — ch. m. Loe Blossom by Lepide — Lillian TV. by Harry Hontas. T D Sexton b. g. Silver Hunter by Zombro — Silver Belle by Silver Bow. F E Van Tress b. m. Mabel Van by On Stanley — Vanity by Eucalyptus. Fred E Ward— b. g. Great Northern by Wayland W.— Cecille M. by Robin. Woodland Stock Farm— b. g. St. Patrick by D ire cho— Florence by Zombro; Fiesta Maid by Zombro— Fiesta by Bob Mason. M. L. Woy bl. g. Pavana by Stanford McKinney — Strathalie by Strathway. 7. — TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION, (Closed 1911). FUTURITY STAKE No. 12 Valencia Stock Farm — br. c. Direct Heir Jr. by Direct Heir — La Belle. W. J. Miller — b. c. Bondalean by The Bondsman — Katalina. I. L. Borden — b. c. Sheldon B. by Barney Barnato — Ramona. D. W. Wallis — b. c. Bondholder by The Bondsman — Corinne Sidmore. H. S. Hogoboom— b. f. Little Express by Alto Express — Diawalda. F. W. Cooper— rn. f. Cal. 1915 by Sir John S.^Tennie L. 8.— THREE-YEAR- OLD TROTTING DIVISION, FUTURITY STAKE No. 11, (Closed 1910). W. A. Clark, Jr. — ch. c. Bon Courage by Bon McKinney — Helen Keyes. Chas. F. Silva— b. f. Columbia T. by Bon Guy — May T. J. J. Campbell — bl. c. Bon Cres by Bon Voyage — Kate Kopje. W. G. Durfee — b. f. Esperanza by Carlokin — My Irene S. W. H. Cooley — b. f. Ethel D. by Carlokin— Roberta Madison. 9—2:14 CLASS PACE, $1000. W. B. Alford — bl. g. A. B. C. by Toung Monterey — Rosalie by Dudley. I. L. Borden — b. f. Gold Lily by Copa de Oro — Lilly Mc by McKinney. P. J. Chalmers — ch. m. Zorene by Zolock — Irene S. by Petigru. J. M. Dunn— b. g. Asa Pointer by Star Pointer— Eva H. by Washington McKinney. W. G. Durfee — b. m. White Sox by Del Coronado — Subito by Steinway; b. m. Soumise by Billy Dunlap — by Jonesa Basler. M. C. Keefer — b. s. Zorankin by Zombro — Dimetis by Diablo. Mrs. C. Mortizia — b. g. Red Pointer by Star Pointer. J. M. McKiernan — br. s. Welcome Jr. by Welcome — by Adrian. G. Peirano — bl. g. Alto Genoa Jr. by Alto Genoa. H. G. Smith — ch. g. Alton S. by Alton — by Silver Bow. R. E. Sparks — br. g. Far Cracker by Jules Verne — Daisy by Falrose. J. D. Springer — br. g. Adver Direct by Directus J. — Adwilta by Advertiser. D. W. Wallis — s. m. Mary W. by Dictatus — Ethel C. by Sydney; bl. s. Villa by Near- est McKinney. Fred E. Ward — b. s. McVerde by Zolock — Ruinda by Kebir. Woodland Stock Farm — b. s. Robert Bingen by Bingen — Episode by Ambassador; ch. m. Alice May by Nutwood Wilkes. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. 10.-2:12 CLASS TROT, $1000. Alex. Brown — b. g. Wesos by Prince Ansel — Everette by Nephew. Fred Chadbourne — b. g. Harold C. by Bon Voyage — by Silver Bow. Chas. E. Clark — ch. m. Little Beau by Stamboulette — Natalie by Strathway. W. G. Durfee — b. g. Rags by Del Coronado — Atherine by Patron; b. g. Alerick by Direcho — Alhambra Lily by Geo. W. McKinney. A. Ottinger — b. g. J. C. Simpson by San Mateo. W. Parsons — ch. g. Merry Mac by G. Albert Mac — Bell Lynn by Diablo. F. J. Ruhstaller— br. h. Moko Hall by Walnut Hall — Daisy Wilkes by Moko. J. D. Springer — b. g. Mountain Boy by Seymour Wilkes; — Silver Bud by Silver Bow. Fred E. Ward — b. s. Dr. Wayo by Wilkhurst — Treville by Trevillian. 11.-2:07 CLASS PACE, $1000. Mrs. H. Cohen — b. m. Vera Hal by Expressive Mac — Carmen by Newsboy. C. A. Durfee — bl. m. Zulu Belle by Petigru — Johanah Treat by Thos. Rysdyk. Mrs. J. M. McKiernan — b. g. Casey Jones by Unknown — Elsie P. C. F. Silva — b. h. Teddy Bear by Del Coronado — Queen S. by Sable Wilkes. B. F. Stone— b. g. Dick W. by Athadon — Thoroughbred. D. W. Wallis — br. s. Leonid by Aerolite — Lorna Doone; b. s. Nat Higgins by Palite. 12—2:20 CLASS TROT, $1000. br. m. Alex. Brown — bl. s. Nuristo by Nushagak — Nosegay by Langton. S. H. Cowell — b. m. Dione II. by Cupid — Dione by Eros; b. g. Melrose by Stam B. W. G. Durfee — b. s. Frank S. Whitney by F. S. Turner; b. m. Bertha Pointer by Del Coronado. Hemet Stock Farm — ch. m. Tina G. by Geo. W. McKinney — Bird by Napoleon. W. Parsons — ch. m. Merry Widow by G. Albert Mac — Bell Lynn by Diablo. J. W. Paulsen — s. Prince Del Monte by Kinney Lou. G. Peirano — bl. m. Tripolina by Alto Genoa — by Guy Vernon. Homer Rutherford — b. m. Killarney by Cupid—Countess by McKinney. L. M. Schenck — ch. m. Loe Blossom by Lepide — Lillian W. by Harry Hontas. * H. W. Smith — b. m. Ateka by Athasham — Bessie. Thos. Smith — b. s. Vallejo King by Gen. J. B. Frisbie — Reinette by Dexter Prince. Valencia Stock Farm — b. g. Copper King by Direct Heir — Rosedrop by Sidney. Fred E. Ward — b. g. Great Northern by Wayland W. — Cecille M. by Robin. Woodland Stock Farm — b. g. St. Patrick by Direcho — Florence by Zombro; Fiesta Maid by Zombro — Fiesta by Bob Mason. M. L. Woy — bl. g. Pavana by Stanford McKinney — Strathalie by Strathway. br. CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Entries in Stanford Stake, 1916, Closed July 15, 1914. Alesandro, b. g. by Barney Barnato— Ramona by Prince Robert; Cherry B., b. f. by Barney Barnato— Ella G. by Hamburg Wilkes; Alabama, r. f. by Barney Bar- nato—Direc tola by Direct. I. L. Borden, San Fran- cisco, Cal. „ . __. , Mono K., b. f. by Nutwood Demonio — Canno King by Valencia King, Len Brittain, Santa Rosa, Cal Princess Flomin, b. f. by Nearest McKinney— Princess Bessum by Egyptian Prince; W. S. Brown, Vancouver, Jessie Butters, b. m. by The Bondsman— Lottie Lynwood by Lynwood W. ; Chas. Butters. Oakland, Cal. Baron C. McGregor, by The Bondsman — Kate Kopje by Cresceus; J. J. Campbell, San Diego, Cal. Natal Day, b. c. by Wilbur Lou— Ella J. by Bob Mason; b f. by The Bondsman— Silver Haw by Silver Bow; S. Christensen, San Francisco, Cal. Perfect Bond, b. c, by The Bondsman— Corinne Neiison by Clarence Wilkes; Anvilite, b. c. by Anvil — Martha Spy by The Spy; , br. f. by The Bondsman— Ava J by Zombro; , b. c. by The Bondsman— Greggie by Steinway; , ro. g. by The Bondsman— May Belle by Neernut; C. L. DeRyder, Pleasanton, Cal. Miss Bon Guy, ch. f. by Bon Guy— Melba T. by Nutwood Wilkes; Wm. E. Detels, Pleasanton, Cal. , b. c. by Carlokin— Miss Queeley by Moko; , b. f. by Carlokin — Alexandria by Bon Voyage; , b. t. by Carlokin— Atherine by Patron; , ch. c. by Copa de Oro— Lucy May by Oakland Baron; , ch. c. by Manrico— Pavlowa B. by Petigru; W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal. „ __. _r , b. c. by Copa de Oro — Leonor Mr by McKinney; Wm. Loftus, care W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal. . ch. c. by Manrico— My Irene S. by Petigru; C. J. Berry, care W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal. , br. c. by Manrico — Zephyr by Zombro; E. T. Bar- nette, care W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal. blk f. by Manrico— Subito by Steinway; C. J. Berry. care W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal. Cedric Rex, b. c. by Cedric Mac— Molly Rex by Alto Rex; Oro de Lopez, blk. f. by Kinney de Lopez— Ora Viva by Geo. W. McKinney; R. L. English, Chino, CaL Miss Axworthy Dillon, b. f. by Axworthy— Cleo Dillon by Sidney Dillon; E. A. Gammon, Hood, Cal. , b. f by Escobado — Sona by McKinney; Alex. Grant, Los Angeles, Cal. _ .,„ _ . Goldsmith Lou, s. f. by Wilbur Lou— Little Louise by Boodle; Gertrude Rives, s. f. by Wilbur Lou— Nealy W. by Geo. W. McKinney; Billie Boyd, ch. c. by Wil- bur Lou— Lady Zombro by Zombro; Fiesta Lou, b. I. by Wilbur Lou — Fiesta Queen by On Stanley; Selma Paley, b. f. by Wilbur Lou — Stambia by Stam B.; Don de Lopez, blk, c. by Kinney de Lopez — Eradiate by Geo. W. McKinney; Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. Florence By Guy, gr. f. by Major's By Guy — Helen by Robert Basler; C. D. King, Hanford, Cal. Stewart S., by Chestnut Tom — Myrtle Ragan by Un- known; Vivien Belle, by Chestnut Tom — Miss Dorothy by Unknown; Yuletide, by Chestnut Tom — Evelene by Unknown; Mrs. Mabel Lipson, Tulare, Cal. Apropos, b. s. by Carlokin — Zomzar by Zombro; Mars- sham, b. s. by Donasham — Eugene B. by Zombro; J. S. Maben, Visalia, Cal. Miss Bond, b. f. by The Bondsman — Miss Harris by Sid- ney Dillon; Fresno Bond, b. c. by The Bondsman — Fresno Girl by Seymour Wilkes; Frank Malcolm, Fresno, Cal. , b. f. by Lock Logan — Trilby Maid by Black Ralph Jr. ; J. E. Montgomery, Davis, Cal. , f. by The Bondsman — La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes; W. T. McBride, Los Molinos, Cal. Lilly of the West, c. f. by Dexter Derby — Daisy B. by Moses S. ; Howey Theodore O'Neal, Stockton, Cal. Pietro Ghisleri, b. c. by The Proof — Bell by Kinney Lou; W. A. Perley, Chico, Cal. Tuba Girl, b. f . by Monteo — Madeline S. by Maurice S. ; John Renatti, Marysville, Cal. Green Hall, br. g. by Moko Hall — Evergreen by McKin- ney; F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento, Cal. Lady Bondillon, b. m. by The Bondsman — Weatewater by Sidney Dillon; Rosie Bond, b. m. by The Bondsman — Rosie Woodburn by Easter W. ; A. L. Scott, San Francisco, Cal. Peter Pierre, b. c. by The Bondsman — Burnside by An- trim; T. D. Sexton, San Francisco, Cal. , b. c. by Lijero — Blanche T. by Stickles; , br. c. by Lijero — Queen S. by Sable Wilkes; Chas. F. Silva, Sacramento, Cal. , br. f. by The Bondsman — Rosemary by Raymond; P. H. Smith, Los Angeles, Cal. Leona Whitney, b. f. by F. S. Whitney — Leonor Pointer by Star Pointer; Mrs. Jas. Stewart, Los Angeles, Cal. Zom Bain, br. c. by Montbaine — Zombowyette by Zombro; Jett Moko, blk. f. by Moko Hall — Osmuda by Bon Voyage; L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal. Alhambra Duke, b. c. by Alhambra Prince — Ezelda W. by Del Coronado; Chas. W. Winter, Alhambra, Cal. Sadie Ansel, b. f. by Prince Ansel — Lauress by Mendo- cino; Jim Hardrnan, b. s. by Directum Spiers — Ila Mo- ko by Moko; Joe Watkins, b. s. by Kentucky Todd — Fair Recluse by Moko; Hazelle Spiers, br. f. by Direc- tum Spiers — Maggie Hall by Moko; Miss Nushagak, br. f. by Nushagak — Gay Princess by Prince Ansel; Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. Lulu B., b. m. by The Bondsman — Loma B. by Stam B.; M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal. La Belle Marjorie, blk. f. by Scout — La Belle by Sidney; San Bernardino Belle, br. f. by Scout — Le Belle H. by Sidney; Valencia Stock Farm, San Bernardino, Cal. Cinderella, b. — by Skido Wilkes — Keno by Prismo; J. C. Short, Lompoc, Cal. Despatch, b. s. by The Bondsman — Eva H. by Washing- ton McKinney; A. L. McDonald, Pleasanton, Cal. Dijero's, b. c. by Lijero — Mater Expedio by Knight; E. J. Weldon, Sacramento, Cal. CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB MATINEE. Following are the entries for tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon's races at the Stadium, Golden Gate Park. The program will start at 1 o'clock p.m.: First race — 2:25 mixed, mile heats, two in three; cup presented by Judge Barnard J. Flood: Pride of Elm- hurst, J. D. Johnstone: Vela A., R. Roberts; Emma M., W. Malough ; Eff ie Maddison, J. Klopperich ; Queen Pointer, Jos. Vermet; Ella Wilkes, C. Borromeo; Liberty Song, S. Christenson. Second race — 2:15 pace, mile heats, two in three; cup presented by Judge Van Nostrand: Little Medium, Dr. Allen; Balboa. D. E. Hoffman; Pointer Belle, Kidd & Luce; T. D. W.. F. Burton; Tom Murphy, E. T. Ayers; Victor Pointer. D. W. Keating; Little Dick, H. Ohlandt. Third race — Free-for-all pace, mile heats, two in three; cup presented by C Leonhardt; Frank W., M. Ford; Hamburg Belle, J. Ginocchio. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot, mile heats, two in three; cup presented by W. Roeder: Monica McKinney, Hoff- man & Sicotte; Birdeye, A. Combatalade. Fifth race — 2:22 mixed, mile heats, two in three; cup presented by Edward J. D. Nolan: Guy Wrard, D. E. Hoffman; Bessie Barneto, F. W. Thompson; Golden Buck, W. G. Walkup; Mable Dillon, B. Cohn; Darby Mc, J. W. McTigue ; Harold K., J. V. Galindo ; Horse Shoe Boy, A. S. Hanks. Sixth race — 2 :20 trot, mile heats, two in three ; cup presented by Rathjen Mercantile Co.: Ida M., H. Boyle; Strathdon, G. H. Allen; Muggins, F. Burton. Officers of the Day: Starter — W. Higgenbottom. Judges — R. Nolan, J. V. Galindo, Luke Marisch. Timers — W. J. Senderman, D. Keating and J. O'Shea. Marshal — A. Hoffman. Secretary, F. W. Thompson. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 25, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS Alerick 2:09. Sienna 2:0814. Esperanza 2:09. Orlettre 2:09%. Belwin (4), 2:06%. <$>«■•«> <$>•«> <$> «• <$> <& <£ 3> P. S. Wliitiiey 2:09%. •3> Bertha Pointer 2:08%. •$» King Clansman 2:09%. <$> 3> Virginia Barnette 2:10. Lord Brussels (4), 2:09%. «> <8> Are the new 2:10 trotters. ^ «> <5> Last Tuesday Bert Webster worked a three-year- old pacer by Vernon McKiimey 2:01% a quarter in 31 seconds. •» <$> Secretary W. H. Gocher, of the National Trotting Association, is mailing out a supplement sheet to the Winrace and Eligibility Book. <$><$> <8> The winning of four consecutive races in as many weeks stamps Junior Watts 2:12 as one of the best half-mile track trotters ever turned for the word. <8> <8> ^ The four-year-old trotting filly, Astro Harvest, by The Harvester 2:01, that recently trotted a mile at Pleasanton in 2:12, has been a quarter in 30 seconds. «> At the record meeting held at North Randall on Friday morning, Orlettre, Pastime stable's Ormonde trotter, worked in 2:09%, and therefore is the fifth trotter to enter the 2:10 list this season. •& ® In publishing the entries for the Santa Rosa race meeting, the entry of the bay mare Vera Hal by Ex- pressive Mac, in the 2:07 class pace, owned by Mrs. H. Cohen of San Francisco, was omitted. ♦ ^ At the Pleasanton track last Saturday A. B. C, the fact pmm in Millard Sanders' stable, worked a mile m 2:10 with the last half in 1:03. Johnnie QulnT: drove the trotter Geo. Hammett a mile in 2:10%, last half in 1:03%. A man's interest in and sympathy for his neigh- bors is a good indication of his character and a fair estimate of his worth as a citizen. We cannot live to ourselves and the man that tries it is too selfish to amount to much as a citizen. ^ «■ «• In our advertising columns you will find a full description of Star Tilden, now offered for sale. He is now in training and is ready to go to the races; is sold for no fault but business interests of his owner will prevent him from attending the races this season. He will be priced right and is well worth the money asked for him. Single G. occupies a like position among the pacers as he has won all of his starts and secured a record of 2:0814 over a half-mile track and has not as yet met any horse that could really make him pace to his limit. The four-year-old filly Present Queen (4), 2:1114, has proven herself deserving of her name and has been three times first and once second in her four starts. <$> ^ The Matron Stakes of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders has been assigned to the Hartford, Conn., Grand Circuit meeting, and will be raced there on Sept. 10th. The trotting division is worth $7,000, and the pacing end $3,000. Peter Volo is not included in the nominations, as his dam was not named. There are about 30 trotters and 12 pacers eligible to compete. ■$> <$> Examine the horse's feet when he comes in, and wash them if he does not wear pads. If a horse in the city is not shod in front with pads, tar and oak- um, which is the best way, it is absolutely necessary to keep his feet soft by packing them, or draping a wet piece of old blanket or carpet around the foot, or by applying some hoof dressing, inside and out, at least three times a week. <•> Dr. W. W. Yard, state veterinary surgeon of Colo- rado, has written J. L. Beaman, secretary of the Santa Fe Racing Circuit, that the State Board of Stock Inspection has made an exception of race horses coming into Colorado, and will not require the Mallein test, but they must have a health cer- tificate from a licensed veterinary of the state from which they are shipped. He also says that he will notify all railroads entering the state to this effect. This will undoubtedly insure a much larger field of horses for the Santa Fe Circuit than was at first ex- pected. This circuit opens at Lamar, Colo., August 11th, and closes with Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 10th. Fereno 2:05% by Moko has been bred to Manrico 2:07% by Moko, and a colt trotter is predicted from this union; and in the near future this close breeding will be followed more closely than ever before. Breeders are gradually becoming educated to the fact that inbreeding greatly increases the possibilities for great improvement and does not necessarily bring imperfections into prominence. The 2:10 trotting list has had nine additions thus far this season — Belwin (4) 2:06%, by McKiimey 2:11%; Sienna (4) 2:08%, by Peter the Great 2:07%; King Clansman 2:09;, by The Clansman 2:15; Lord Brussells 2:09%, by Axworthy 2:15%; Virginia Bar- nette 2:10, by Moko; Bertha Pointer 2:08%, by Del Coronado; Aleriek 2:09, by Direeho; Esperanza 2:09, by Carlokin; F. S. Whitney 2:09%, by F. S. Turner. Records against time no longer being a bar to class eligibility, the 2:10 list, that is now generally recognized as the standard of speed, will grow tre- mendously. That the parent association acted wisely in permitting horses to take time records, thus add- ing value for foreign sale and putting into the offi- cial records these trial performances that are not any more harmful to the performers than workouts became very apparent last week, when two noted stallions went into the 2:10 list at a special meeting that was given at Libertyville, 111. Sparkle Watts, 1, 2:27, and TJ. Forbes, 1, 2:21%, both worked miles last week in 2:13, which is the fastest for two years this year. The former trotted her sensational mile over the North Randall, O., track, after going in 2:14 earlier in the day. She was driven by Ed. Geers, and is a daughter of General Watts and Twinkle, p. 2:05%. TJ. Forbes made his fast mile over the Lexington track on Tuesday, driven by Hunter C. Moody. The last half of the mile was in 2:13 and last quarter in 30% seconds, and he finished easily and without distress. «■ >3> The Detroit track has been the scene of many miles of the sensational kind the past week, the most sparkling performance being the three miles reeled off by the Peter the Great 2:07% pacer, Peter Stev- ens 2:09%. He worked in 2:03%, came back and paced in 2:04 and then topped it off in fine style by pacing the third mile in 2:02%, the last half of this mile being in 1:00%. Sellers D. worked in 2:04, 2:04 and 2:04%; Eel Direct, Dan McEwen's C. of C. candidate, worked in 2:06% and back in 2:06%, while Earl Jr. paced in 2:06, 2:05% and 2:05%. A friendly wager was made last week, that more two-year-olds from the Lexington track start in the futurity stakes this season than has ever before started, and that their standing in the summary will be nearer the top. "However," writes an observer on the ground, "I can see no particular one that stands out from the rest, but as a whole I think they are the best mannered, best gaited lot of colts I have ever seen trained here. When the fact is considered that very few of these colts were strenuously trained as yearlings, their manner and gait may be account- ed for." <8> One may raise a large number of trotting-bred foals and fail to produce a single stake winner. A trainer may have a score of horses in his stable and not be able to show up at the races with a single high-class trotter or pacer; a man may serve in the judges' stand year after year and still prove but a bump on a log. Almost anyone may claim to own the greatest sire of trotters, the greatest broodmare, the fastest green prospect, the next 2:00 performer and a lot of other things, and fall down when asked to produce the goods. As Carlyle once wrote: "You may paint with a very big brush and yet not be a great painter." — Horse Review. «> Junior Watts 2:12% is probably the kingpin trot- ter of the year up to date, having won a race a week since the opening of the Michigan Short Ship Cir- cuit, including two five-heat races. His record was made in a third heat in which he beat such trotters as King Brook 2:07% and Strafford 2:12%. King Brook was the best trotter in California a few sea- sons back and is eligible to this class by reason of the new allowance rule for horses that have not won races to have a second for each year that they fail to reduce their record or win a race. Strafford was one of the best of last season's half-mile track trot- ters and is one of the eligibles to the M. & M. C. A. Harrison, the man who purchased the Wood- land Stock Farm from Alex. Brown and later trans- ferred it to J. W. Considine and his associates, has sold his interest in the Sullivan and Considine theat- rical corporations and will retire from the vaudeville business. Before going into the show business Mr. Harrison was one of the best and best known first- class hotel men on the Pacific Coast. He success- fully operated some of California's best hotels. His many friends in California will be glad to know that he is again to become manager of the great big, elegant $750,000 New Richmond Hotel of Seattle, Washington, on August 1st. The New Richmond is one of the latest and finest fireproof hotels in the West. We congratulate Bro. Harrison on his new hotel and wish him success. We believe that every western horseman who knows Mr. Harrison will be glad to greet him at the New Richmond when he visits Seattle. Stony Ford, the famous trotting-horse stud farm at Goshen, N. Y., has been sold for the estate of J. How- ard Ford by Worthington Whitehouse to Louis Titus, of San Francisco. The property consists of approx- imately 900 acres, with the late owner's residence and eight other dwellings, breeding barns, stables, etc. The sale includes all the furnishings of the res- idence and other personal property of the late owner, and also 65 thoroughbred trotters, including the three stallions, Justo, Lord Allen and Airdale. It is the new owner's intention to continue the breeding of trotting horses on this famous estate, which has been famous for the last sixty years as the home of great trotters. On a hill beyond the stables stands a granite shaft to the memory of Green Mountain Maid. ♦ ♦ ^ In an article by Frank C. Cooke in the Horse Jour- nal, referring to the candidates for honors in the M. & M. Stake, to be decided at the Detroit track next week, he writes as follows about two Western horses which seem to have shown form enough to warrant their being considered as contenders: "The California trotter Major By By, the sensation of the Coast last season, is being prepared at Cleveland and he did a mile in 2:11%, last half in'l:02% and the final quarter in 31 seconds, so that he is putting the stamp of dependability upon the scribes who have lauded him to the skies. Frank Chllds, who raced Leata J. last season, has this fleet chestnut gelding. Apparently the Colorado trotter Pass All is very well named. He beat a lot of good horses last year and trialed so fast that everybody in the West was talk- ing about him. He has been trained at the Overland Park track in Denver which is anything but fast, and a recent workout was caught in 2:12, the last quarter being in 28% seconds according to reports. This is the fastest quarter any of the M. & M. horses have been this season and if he reaches here in good shape he may spoil the calculations of the Cleve- landers." RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PASSING OF THE HIGH WHEEL SULKY. I well recall a June day in 1892 when I was re- porting the Worcester, Mass., trots for the American Horse Breeder and when I saw the pioneer low wheel sulky run its first race. I have before me what I wrote of it, after having interviewed several train- ers of that era as to its possibilities. "Jack" Bowen said: "I will continue to use the old sulky. The new one doesn't seem practical to me." Others thought it would "slew" too much on the turn, yet it entirely did away with "slewing" and vibration on the turns of half-mile tracks; while "ironing" out, as it does, all ruts or irregularities of surface, it was a very great improvement over steel- tire wheel vehicles. The Lou Dillon sulky was stamped "40 lbs.," but most of the sulkies made prior to the advent of the present was, I think, of 48 pounds. Few remarked, I presume, such trifles, yet in that day a few pounds meant, possibly, golden results. Never shall I forget seeing Johnston pace Cleve- land to old sulky in 2:06%, Mr. Doble up, and Mr. Splan, who, in 1884, marked him 2:06%, driving the pacemaker. The first quarter was slow — :33 I think, and it proved suicidal to a grand ending, for old Johnston that afternoon really was right on top of his most sensational form, and perhaps might have reached 2:05% or 2:06 had he been taken away faster — and, too, perhaps he would have tired to nothing. I remember seeing W. J. Andrews step Belle Ham- lin, at Charter Oak in 1891, a morning trial; flagged, the last quarter in :30%, and that was some sprint- ing— even is today, as a matter of fact. I think, too, Maud S. once brushed a quarter at Chicago's West Side track in :30%, and I am very sure I caught her, at Providence, a half in 1:03, although the mile was a failure — around 2:13. Any man who has seen an old-time sulky will en- joy examining the graceful lines of the Caffrey sul- kies Mr. Weston of Goshen, N. Y., owns. That vet- eran builder certainly was a born genius as went wood shaping and delicate bracing of parts. His clips are all finished with the precision of a watch- maker, while the narrowest of steel tires are fas- tened by the very lightest possible screws to felloes that defy criticism because of their finish. Well did Mr. Caffrey earn the $150 those sulkies cost the owner. A Toomey of the 80's shows the beginning, presum- ably, of truss-work in speed vehicle construction and is interesting as a study even today. Both the John R. Gentry and Lou Dillon sulkies of 1897 and 1904 are fashioned without whiffletrees. All really old ones had them as a part of their equipment. It will be insisted on that conditions resemble those on the occasion Nelson and Jay Eye See trot- ted their memorable miles on half-mile tracks, when the competition is staged on the historic track in August for honors. No frictionless axle vehicle will be tolerated. It is the first genuine attempt at prac- tically (by comparison) solving the question of the low and frictionless bearing sulkies over their pre- decessors, and thousands will be gratified if there be a new record established; doubtless countless thousands are secretly hoping the old heroes and queens of the high wheel era may rule the roost when all is over. The track — no doubt as to that — surely is "an hour" faster now than it was back in 1892 and prior to that date. — Percy, in The Horse- man. Saturday, July 25, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N 1 THE GRAND CIRCUIT OPENING. Cleveland, July 20. — Peter Stevens won the $3000 pacing purse, the Edwards, today at the opening of the Grand Circuit races at North Randall. Peter Stevens won in straight heats, the only close contest being in the first heat, when Little Bernice got out in front and led nearly all the way. Just before the wire, however, Little Bernice broke badly and the favorite won easily in 2:05%. Omar won the first heat of the 2:07 trot in 2:08%, outbrushing Grand Marshal and Newzel, the latter the favorite, in the stretch. Grand Marshal won the second and third heats and the race, however. Belwin captured the 2:24 class trotting event in three straight heats. The race was for the best three heats in five. Belwin was the favorite and led all the way in the first heat, as in the second and third. Farmer Spears was also a straight heat winner in the last event, the 2:11 trotting class. He never was headed. About 5,000 persons asw the opening day's races. The track was fast and nothing occurred to mar the day's sport. Summary: 2:07 class, trotting, purse $1000: Grand Marshal, blk. h. by Ess H. Kay (Snow)... 2 1 3 Omar. b. g. by Noblesse (Floyd) 1 2 2 Robert Milroi, b. g. by Milroi (Cox) 4 3 3 Newzel, b. g. (Owen) ; Bob Zolock, b. g. (Garrison), also started. Time— 2:08%. 2:09%, 2:09%. "The Edwards," value $3,000, 2:10 class, pacing: Peter Stevens, b. h. by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) 1 1 1 Walnut Grove, blk. h. by Constantine (Ruthven) 2 2 2 Eel Direct, g. h. by The Eel (McEwen) 10 3 3 Baron Alcyone, b. g. by Baron H. (Ernest) 4 4 5 Rastus, br. h. by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 5 14 4 Dwight Logan, b. h. by Bert Logan (Tyrell) 8 5 7 Miss Newsure. b. m. by By Be Sure (Nickols). . .4 6 6 The Assessor, ch. g. by Walter Direct (Geers)... 6 9 8 Bon Patch, br. g. by Bon Patch (Janison) 7 7 10 Little Bernice, b. m. by Del Coronado (Frost)... 9 10 13 Grand Opera, b. h. by Forester (James) 11 12 9 Cleo B., ch. m. by Orange S. (Slate) 13 11 11 Gilbert M., b. g. by Tommy Harrison (Winslow)12 13 12 Camelia, b. m. by Cummer (Cox) 3 8 dis Ruby K., b. m. by Wilkie O'Neil (McDevitt) 15 dis Fractional time, first heat— 0:31%, 1:04, 1:35%, 2:05%. Second heat— 0:30%, 1:02. 1:34. 2:04%. Third heat— 0:30%. 1:03. 1:34%, 2:05%. 2:24 class, trot, purse $1000: Belwin, br. h. by McKinney (Gerrity) 1 1 1 Barhara Overton, br. m. by Sahib (Murphy)... 2 2 2 Fair Virginia, blk m. by Zombro (Cox) 4 3 *3 Also started — Tommy de Forrest, br. h. (Osborn) ; Lou Lewey, br. m. (Dickerson) ; Parcliffe. br. g. (McCarthy). Time— 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:12%. 2:11 class, trot, purse $1000: Farmer Spears, b. h.. by Jay McGregor (Murphy).. 1 1 Peter Billiken, ch. h. by Peter the Great (Nickols).. 3 2 Silk Hat. blk. h. by Silk Weaver (Dodge) Also started — Florence Vincent, b. m. (Andrews) ; Der- by Boy, b. g. (McCarthy). Time— 2:10%. 2:10%, 2:10%. Second Day. Records fell right and left at the second day of the Grand Circuit harness races at North Randall track on Tuesday afternoon. In the first heat of the 2:05 pace, Dr. Burns Jr. forced William, cham- pion three-year-old pacer of 1913, to a mark of 2:02. William did the second heat in 2:02%. The two heats are the fastest ever paced by a four-year-old or by a stallion. In the third and final heat of the Ohio stake, the day's classic, Star Winter established a new mark of 2:05 for the event and also trotted the fastest mile of the year on any track. Aside from the setting of new marks, the chief excitement of the day came with the first race, 2:15 trotters. The other events were all captured in straight heats. But in the first race, after Sterling Hall had won the first heat, Duchess finishing fourth, Duchess took the next three with little trouble. Summary: 2:15 class trotting: purse $1000: Duchess, rn. m., breeding unknown (McDon- ald) 4 111 Sterling Hall, m. h. (Murphy) 1 2 4 3 Alto Coast, b. m. (Dempsey) 2 3 6 5 Peter Pearl, br. h. (Nuckolls) ; Lulu Worthy, b. m. (Cox) ; Teddy Brooks, b. h. (Wilson) ; Miss Johnson, b. m. (Ruthven); Senator S., b. g. (Geers), dis., also started. Time— 2:12. 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:09. The Fasig, 3-year-old trot; 2:12 class; value $1000 added: Lee Axworthy, b .c. by Guy Axworthy (Andrews).. 1 1 Miss Perfection, br. f. (DeRyder) 2 2 Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDonald) 3 3 Holyrood Ben, b. c. (Dodge) 5 4 W. J. Leyburn, br. c. (McCarthy) ; Truesdale, b. f. (Cox); St. Frisco, b. c. (Geers); A. D. Bella Watts, b. f. (McDonald), also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:08. The Ohio, value $3000; 2:10 class trot: Star Winter, b. g. by Ed. Winter (McDonald). .1 1 1 Lulu Lumine. b. m. (Murphy) 2 2 2 Marta Bellinia. b. m. (Dickerson) 5 3 3 Judson Girl. b. m. (Cox); Harry J. S., blk. h. (An- drews) ; Moella, b. m. (McGrath) ; John Ruskin, b. g. (Shanks) ; King Brook, blk. g. (McCarthy) ; Echamore, blk. h. (Wilson); Henrietta C, b. m. (Hall), also started. Dago, ch. g. (Grady), distanced. Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:05. 2:05 class, pacing; purse $1000: William, b. h. by Abe J. (Marvin) 1 1 Dr. Burns Jr.. b. h. (Whitney) 2 5 Strathstorm, b. g. (Murphy) 6 2 Del Rey. b. h. (Cox) ; King Daphne, blk. h. (Frost) ; Leonwanda, blk. h. (Valentine), also started. Harry the Ghost, g. g. (Slaight). distanced. Time— 2:02, 2:04. Third Day. In a special event Wednesday afternoon at the third day's Grand Circuit races at North Randall, Etawah III, owned by Prank G. Jones of Memphis, ' trotting a mile in 2:04, established a world's record for a four-year-old trotter of either sex. The old record, 2:05%, was made in 1893 by Directum. Geers drove Etawah and was paced by a runner. In the morning Geers Drove Anvil, another Jones horse, a mile in 2:02%, the fastest mile trotted this season. Anvil also became the fastest record trotter in train- ing. Geers also drove Napoleon Direct to victory in the best race of the meet so far, the last event of the day. Six heats were required to pick this winner in the 2:12 pacing class. After Shadeline had captured the first, Napoleon Direct took the second and third. Then Coastless Mobel came to the front and won the next two heats. Napoleon Direct, however, out- sprinted Coastless Mobel in a thrilling brush down the stretch and took the last heat and the race. The second event of the afternoon, the North Ran- dall stake for 2:20 class trotters, also furnished sev- eral surprises. Margaret Druien, the favorite, cap- tured the first two heats without much trouble. Si- mon, who had placed third and second respectively in the first two heats, came back strong and cap- tured the next three and the race. In the second heat Geers drove The Guide in third, being the first time Geers has shown this season. Oakdale won the first event for 2:09 class trotters in two straight heats. Summary: 2:09 class trotting; purse $1000: Oakdale, gr. g. by Normander (McDonald) 1 1 Maymack, b. m. (DeRyder) 2 2 Lady Grattan, ch. m. (Cox) 3 3 Time— 2:07%, 2:07%. Will Go, b. h. (Marvin), Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) and M. L. J., b. g. (Lutz). also started. The North Randall. 2:20 trot; value $3000: Sienna, b. m. by Peter the Great (Gerrity).. 3 2 111 Margaret Druien, b. m. (Cox) 1 1 3 3 2 The Guide, b. h. (Geers) 5 3 2 2 3 Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08, 2:08%. Rhythmell, blk m. (Shanks), Lena River, blk. m. (Mur- phy) and Brook King, blk. h. (McCarthy), also started. 2:12 class pacing: purse $1000: Napoleon Direct, ch. h. by Walter Direct (Geers) 4 112 4 1 Coastless Mobel, b. m. (Cox) 6 4 3 1 1 2 Shadeline. ch. h. (Owen) 1 2 4 3 2 ro Time— 2:07%, 2:11% 2:10%, 2:07%, 2:13, 2:13%. Nellie Temple, b. m. (Murphy), Wiley Custer, b. m. (Myers), and Sidney Dillon Jr., b. h. (McDonald), also started. Fourth Day. The "dopesters" received a severe upsetting in Thursday's feature event at North Randall on the Grand Circuit. King Clansman, a rank outsider, won the $5,000 Tavern Steak by easily capturing the sec- ond, third and fourth heats, after finishing a poor fourth to McCloskey in the opening heat. His best time was 2:08%, equal to the event's best time, al- though the track was heavy owing to rain in the morning, which delayed the opening of the day's racing. Later in the afternoon, however, the track dried off a little. Four races were run on the fourth day of the North Randall racing. The heaviness of the track prevented the repetition of the fast time that has characterized the meet this year. Beth Clark, in the first event for 2:09 class pacers, after finishing seventh in the first heat, emerged from the bunch on the stretch in the second and nosed out the field. Beth Clark secured the pole in the third heat and was never headed, capturing the heat and the event. Summary : 2:09 class pacing, purse $1000: Beth Clark, blk. m. by Joe Patchen (Valentine) 6 11 Fay Richmond, g. g. (Lane) 1 2 2 Dr. M., ch. h. (Sweeney) 2 4 4 Also started — Frank Patch, br. h. (Cox); Sellers D., b. g. (Garrison); John D.. b. g. (Lutz): Lilly Tipton, b. m. (Murphy) ; Miss Newsure, b. a. (Nuckols) ; Homer Baughman, b. h. (Snow). Time— 2:05%, 2:07%. 2:06%. The Tavern "Steak," value $5000. 2:14 class trotting: King Clansman, br. h. by Clansman (Mc- Mahon) 4 1 1 1 McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) 1 2 2 2 Lassie McGregor, br. m. (Murphy) 3 3 3 4 Hazel Laing. ch. m. (Andrews) 5 5 4 3 Mont Ferris, b. h. (Jackson) 2 4 5 dis Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:08%. 2:18 class trotting, purse $1000: Mahomet Watts, b. h. by Gen. Watts (Snow)...l 1 1 Barney Gibbs, br. g. (Geers) 2 2 2 The Comet, ch. m. (Myers) 4 3 3 Also started — Lottie Simmonds. br. m. (Todd) ; Donna B.. blk m. (Reidy); The Temptress, b. m. (Murphy). Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:11%. 2:14 class pacing, purse $1000 (unfinished): R. H. Breat, b. g. by Wapanee (Grady) 1 1 3 Fred De Forrest, br. h. (Osborn) 7 7 1 Ella MacKay, blk. m. (Cox) 2 2 0 Also started — Laura Patch, b. m. (Nickerson) ; View Pointer, b. h. (Slaight); Little Director, br. g. (Valen- tine); Major Ong. b. g. (Murphy); Rodney W., b. g. (McDonald); Tom King. b. g. (Boyle). Time— 2:06%, 2:08%, 2:09%. PACIFIC AND AMERICAN SADDLE HORSES. [By R. D. Bohannon, Columbus, Ohio.] The chief constituency of the American Saddle Horse Association is in Kentucky and Missouri. The breeders of these two States control the Registration rules. It is as easily apparent to an outsider as to an insider that there is in this association a sad lack of uniformity of opinion as to what is desirable in conditions of registration. Previous to July 1, 1914, there was one set of rules entirely different from those in force and entirely different from those of the year previous. It all seems to depend upon which faction can get together in Louisville, at the annual meeting, the most voters. To one with no axe to grind and who is merely a student of the breeding problem, it is a rather unattractive picture. Consider, for a moment, the rule first become ex- tinct, namely, that there might be registered the female progeny of a registered saddle stallion in case the dam traced to registered stock. That was merely a bid and a bait for the patronage for regis- tered stallions, of those owning unregistered saddle mares; it was so used, whether or not so intended in the making. It is self-evident that for breeding pur- poses, the female progeny of a registered saddle mare by a stallion tracing to registered stock would be just as good as that of a registered stallion with the "trace" on the dam's side; but there wouldn't be any stud fee in that sort for the voters. No breeding association can afford to expose itself to a broadside shot of this character. It is also self-evident that registration rules should apply to the year of foaling and not to the time of registration. If all horses foaled in any year were subject to the same conditions of registration there could be, so far as I can see, no just cause of com- plaint. But the Association rules have all the time had to do with the time of registration and not to the time of foaling, so that even in the case of twin colts, one might be in the register while it was im- possible for the other to get in. One second before midnight of June 30th, 1914, one of these twins might have gone in; one second after that same midnight it was July 1, 1914, and the owner of the other of the twins might have fallen breathless on the floor of Mr. Lillard's office crying, "Oh, register my filly," and Brother Lillard would have had to cry, "Too late, too late." To any sensible man that is veriest nonsense. It is a very strong breeding association that can afford to appear foolish even to a simpleton. So long as two horses bred the same way the same season have not equal rights, as to registration, reg- istration rules will appear to the outsider unjust and arbitrary. And the evil effect upon the mental status of the "ins" is even worse than upon the "outs." A comparison of the registration rules of the Pa- cific Coast Gaited Horse Association with those of the American Saddle Horse Association will, it seems to me, show that the Pacific breeders have caught the spirit of the times better than their Kentucky and Missouri contemporaries. The American rules now, since July 1, in force are : I. There may be registered the joint progeny of a registered saddle stallion and a registered saddle mare. II. There may be registered the progeny of a reg- istered saddle stallion if the dam is by a registered saddle stallion and the second dam is a registered thoroughbred mare. * The Pacific Coast rules are: There may be reg- istered:— I. Any five-gaited gelding. II. Any five-gaited mare whose sire is a regis- tered standard bred stallion (trotter). III. Any five-saitod marc ttJiodc uaiii is a standard bred mare (trotter). IV. Any mare by a registered saddle stallion and out of a standard bred mare (trotter). V. Any foal by a registered saddle stallion out of a thoroughbred mare. VI. Any animal registered, or registerable in the American Saddle Horse Association Register. There are two ideas in these rules very worthy of note: First, the importance of gaits, in the first three rules, where the breeding is without saddle horse requirements. Rules 4 and 5 would be greatly im- proved by making the same requirement as to gaits, as do 1, 2, 3. Second, the recognition that, for the present and in the future more even than now, the trot in the saddle horse is to be an all-important demand. In fact, I do not see at all what the saddle horse needs now from the thoroughbred. I know thorough- breds thoroughly. I was bred and reared in Virginia and have all my life ridden thoroughbred horses and saddle horses strong in thoroughbred blood. The thoroughbred will not walk in company; he can't trot with any style anywhere and he will not trot at all in company; he can lope, but he will not canter. Alone he is often as good a saddle horse as one could wish. In company, it is pull, pull, faster, faster all the time. I know them from hoof to ear-tip. I recommend to Kentuckians and Missourians to make a note of the word "trotter" in the Pacific reg- istration rules. "No trot now no saddle horse," is the verdict of a distinguished Kentucky horseman. You can see that saying verified in any ring you go to. The five- gaited horse with the best trot is hardest to beat. With a good trot goes generally a good walk; a walk and a trot are virtually the same gait, differing in speed. A leaping walk is a fine trot. A trotter is easily made a racker. With a good trot you have the beginning of a good saddle horse at four gaits — walk, trot, running walk, rack. A saddle horse, with the trotting strains called for in the Pacific Coast rules, is a far better prospect than if he went to a "second dam thoroughbred." Watch out, Easterners, when you tackle the trot- ting bred saddle horse. — Missouri Stockman. o The illumination of the Exposition will be a tri- umph of American engineering. For the first time in the history of exposition building, the "flood lighting system" will be used for outdoor illuminations. By the use of thousand of nitrogenous arcs, of a type never before perfected, not to he used elsewhere until the close of the exposition, the chief zone of illumination throughout the 035 acres of the grounds will be maintained at night to a height of 125 feet, with a variation of but five per cent throughout this height. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 25, 1914. A WORD FOR THE TRACK MANAGER. [Tedd. H. Kline in the Breeders' Journal.] For reasons that I am unable to understand, after a close analytical study of the situation, the race track managers of the United States have been the target for a rapid fire bombardment from certain turf writers and turf publications for a considerable period. They have been accused of every heinous crime in the calendar from poisoning a well to nring an orphan asylum and in all the reams that have been written about them and their efforts I have as yet failed to find a single word of kindness or en- couragement. Just what has brought about this peculiar state of affairs? What have the track managers done or what have they left undone? Have they been active or inactive, progressive or retrogressive, builders or destroyers? If the word of some iconoclasts who write on harness horse topics is to be believed, Jesse James and Captain Kidd in their palmiest days never had anything on the race track manager of today. However, in view of the fact that the writers of which I speak never had any practical experience managing race meetings and do not know the real inside facts regarding the conduct of harness racing, especially in Grand Circuit cities, I suppose one should be charitable and try and overlook their ramb- Ungs. But whenever I find an article like the follow- ing, which appeared recently in a prominent daily, I feel like rising up and smiting the writer where the smite will be most effective: "In the race, and others of like character, the horse owners carry the load all the time. They furnish the horses, cart them from one town to another, pay for training and care, and then furnish the big end of the money for which they compete, in many instances putting down on the layout the entire amount and then adding some small change for the benefit of the track and to demonstrate what a liberal lot of enthusiasts they are. "In no other sport where gate money is charged are the people who provide the entertainment asked to also pay most of the bills, but there is an unfail- ing fountain of easy money bubbling from the bank accounts of men who own trotters and pacers of class, horse bugs in all parts of the land apparently being willing and anxious to put up most of the cash in advance." Now* if this writer had been absolutely fair he would have gone on and presented the other side of the picture. He would have shown the track man- agers as consistent law breakers, for the sake of these men whom he claims put up all the money. He would have said that the daily press, of which he is a member, does not iaKe Uie sport of racing the light harness horse very seriously and therefore the editors of the sporting pages are not prone to give it much publicity, thus working a hardship on the track managers who do their best each year to get a corporal's guard out to witness the races. He would have said that owing to the adverse con- ditions under which harness races are conducted everywhere, it is no more than equitable that horse- men should be willing to bear at least a small part of the expense and figured in actual dollars and cents, "small" is the correct word. He would have said that the greater portion of the turf press has fought for fifty years every piece of high class legislation that has been suggested to lighten the burdens of the horsemen. He would have said that it is impossible to con- duct betless meetings, unless they are in connection with some big fair, instead of slapping the track managers in this wise: "I suggested in an entirely friendly spirit, that considerable could be saved if the track would cease trying to locate an unfriendly sheriff and an equally hostile district attorney financially." He would have said that if it were not for the never-say-die spirit that is so characteristic of our track managers of today, not a single horse owner in the United States would have the opportunity to spend a nickel in entry fees, let alone any more than that amount. He would have said that the track managers are a crowd of loyal, faithful fellows, doing the very best they can under the most adverse conditions, endeav- oring at all times to help the owners, by light en- trance fees, easy payments, concessions of all sorts (which he certainly knows are made each year) and other things too numerous to mention. He would have said that this year particularly, after the horsemen got the particular concessions that they wanted in the matter of 3% entrance and all the time allowances, they were no more liberal in their support of the track managers than they have been in the past. But of course this writer was not trying to be fair, so he conveniently forgot to mention the things I have mentioned. However, I have not forgotten them and hasten to get them into print to give the track managers the square deal they are entitled to, for they never will get it at the hands of a certain coterie of pencil pushers, who follow the ponies for a livelihood. It is high time that these barnacles on the good ship Harness Horse were scraped off and thrown back into the ocean. It is this kind of anarchistic literature that has kept the pot boiling so fiercely that the horsemen are made to believe they have grievances, which as a matter of fact they have not. The game is not so rotten and so one-sided as certain me abers of the "press gang" would have you believe it is. And to prove that statement let me quote again the words of the writer who furnishes the topics for this article: "But there is an unfailing fountain of easy money bubbling from the bank accounts of the men who own trotters and pacers and who are not only willing but anxious to pay for the sport." If these same men were being imposed upon or were being played for suckers as this writer claims would they come back year after year in loyal sup- port of the sport they love? Not so that you would notice it. Because I have looked over the books of several associations in years gone by and Know something about the inside facts of the dealings be- tween track managers and horsemen, let me say right here and without fear of successful contradic- tion, that the campaigning horseman is only a party of the second part. IN NEW YORK STATE. ENGLAND'S TREATMENT OF WORN-OUT HORSES. [By Prof. W. S. Anderson.] There is on my desk a copy of the May, 1914, "The Nineteenth Century and After," published in London, England. It is one of the seven high grade maga- zines ranking with Blackwood's Edinburgh Maga- zine, The Quarterly Review and others of like char- acter. There is in the above mentioned copy an article on "The Traffic in Worn-Out Horses and the Board of Agriculture." The facts stated in this article are so astounding that it may be of interest to the read- ers of The Horseman. It seems that commercial organizations buy the worn-out horses of England and export them to Bel- gium, there to be driven inland, slaughtered and fed to "the starving poor of Belgium." This traffic is known as "The Trade in Worn-Out Horses, or the Decrepit Horse Traffic." The author of the article, E. G. Fairholme, makes the statement that in eight years, from 1904 to 1912, 362,830 horses were exported for the use as stated above. He also explains that all these were decrepit for the reason that their value was 10 pounds or under. That is, horses that can be bought in Eng- land for $50 and down to zero are exported for food purposes. The humane societies of England object to the traffic, but the author explains that under the present laws of England they cannot prohibit the ex- portation of the old derelicts. In 1908 activity on the part of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals secured 97 convictions of dealers for leading to the docks unfit horses, and had 67 old horses, destined for the traf- fic, destroyed. It will be noted here that the convic- tions were for moving horses so decrepit that it came under the ban as cruelty to animals just to move them. Under an Act of 1910 there must be a veterinary examination. During 1912 and 1913 there were 32,951 examinations, 557 were rejected and 135 slaughtered. The thing which seems to be uppermost in the mind of the writer from whom I am quoting, is the cruelty to decrepit horses in transit, the walking to dock, standing on ship enroute, and the march in- land. That the "starving poor" of Holland and Bel- gium must be fed on the "derelicts" does not so strongly appeal to his sympathies as the sufferings of the old horse. To an American horseman the mere facts must cause a shudder. That men will engage in Decrepit Horse Traffic is past understanding. But even this is not so bad as the knowledge that there is a market for the traffic. What must be the condition of the inland population of any country when such meat can be consumed for food? — The Horseman. TWO FAST TROTTERS. Although we are just beginning the month of July and the racing circuits are only nicely getting under way, two very fast trotters have been uncovered. The pair we refer to are Grattan Boy and Dean Swift that are racing in the slow trots through the Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit. At the recent Moose Jaw, Sask., meeting they met in the 2 : 35 trot and in the second heat Grattan Boy, closely pressed by Dean Swift, trotted a mile in 2:12%. The third heat they renewed the battle and in a head and head finish Grattan Boy again gained the decision in 2: ISM,- The time of the second heat constitutes a new trotting record for the Moose Jaw track, and we believe is the fastest mile trotted to date this season in a race over a half-mile track. A mile in 2:12% over a half-mile track is a very clever performance for a trotter under ideal condi- tions, and when it is known that the Moose Jaw track is slow and the day on which the race was decided was cold, Grattan Boy and Dean Swift must be rated a very high class pair of trotters. Under perfect weather and track conditions either- one of the pair would, no doubt, trot a good half-mile track at 2:10 and that means 2:06 or better over the best tracks in the Grand Circuit. Grattan Boy was raced without success on the Western Canada Fair and Racing Circuit in 1913, and was brought East to race on the ice last winter. He made seven starts and won four races, one second and two fourths, and was the largest money winning trotter with almost $2,000 to his credit. He is a large, plain looking bay gelding by Montana Gra'.- tan, a son of Grattan 2:13. Dean Swift is also a bay gelding and is by Almaden D. In the columns of The Horse World a few weeks ago was reproduced an editorial from a prominent Buffalo daily regarding the outrageous conduct of the criminally careless drivers of automobiles on the public roads, making also some suggestions as to the measures that should be taken to mete out such pun- ishment as conduct of that kind deserves. The Rider and Driver of New York in its last issue refers to the same subject as follows: "A whole page of acci- dents due to the reckless driving of automobiles on Sunday appeared in each of the daily newspapers last Monday. Several of the outlying roads were specified as the scenes of frightful speeding by ap- parently intoxicated drivers with their loads of hila- rious passengers. How to prevent these disasters is a question that should be considered seriously, not by the police alone, but by all decent users of the road and the makers and dealers in motor carriages. It was this ruthless disregard of the rights of others, not only by intoxicated drivers, but as well by those who were drunk with the lust for speed, that swept pleasure horses from the highways. Now the same element, almost line a retribution, threatens to ex- clude all cautious and timid persons from going out in the more modern form of conveyance. This last effect would be a calamity to the automobile indus- try, a privation to the law and order-loving popula- tion and in no sense a benefit to any part of the community, being even a destruction of the roads." This arraignment of a certain element of the auto- mobile-owning class is followed up by this: "The necessity for a mounted State constabulary, which The Rider and Driver has been urging for some years, grows more apparent every week with the increase of crime and the frightful carnage reaped by reckless drivers of automobiles. The mere ex- istence of such a force of policemen on the country roads, with their immediate intercommunication by telegraph, telephone and other signal devices, would be a deterrent influence of incalculable value." Prob- ably there could not be any other reason advanced to make people look kindly upon the proposition to see a system of State constabulary adopted in this State except this one, which makes it probable that such a system would extend to the decent users of the road protection from the criminally reckless actions of the persons who daily cause injury and death in all parts of the State. There has not been a very strong demand for State constabulary in this State until recently, but the indications now are that the actions of these "Apaches of the Road" will eventually force such a system of State policing. THE BLUE RIBBON MEETING. Detroit, Mich., July 6. — Trotters and pacers in training never have shown as much vitality during the waning days of this long and trying preparation as they are at this time. Generally the last part of June brings from all of the big tracks, where the fam- ous drivers are engaged, reports of ailing horses. This year the physical conditions of the campaigners is excellent, few are on the hospital list from lame- ness and all seem to have unusual vigor and speed. This condition foretells large fields and exceptional contests for Detroit's annual midsummer carnival of speed, the Blue Ribbon races, which this year will be held from July 27th to 31st. The entry in the stakes was the largest in the history of the club and the percentage of horses on which third payments have been made also is the greatest, so the racing of these and other events on the programme should produce sport of the sparkling sort. While the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Chamber of Commerce Stakes are the centers of attractions, for they stand unrivaled on the light harness turf, the programme for the Blue Ribbon meeting is such that every day may be spoken of as a big day. There are from two to three star races for each of the five afternoons, therefore, if a person is unable to be in Detroit on one day he will see juet as good racing on another. This is a convenience to the people in the state who make an annual pilgrimage to the De- troit meeting and from the hotel reservations the number of visitors will be unusual. Signs of the times point to this as the banner year for the sport of the sulky and the Detroit Driving Club may be relied upon to maintain the standard which has made the Blue Ribbon races world famous. The rebuilt mile track is the fastest race course De- troit has ever known and this, with the earliness of the meeting and the freshness of the horses, prob- ably will result in lowering all speed averages for the Blue Ribbon trots. Another matinee racing program is scheduled for the Riverside, Hollister, track Sunday afternoon. The card is not entirely made up, but the successful rac- ing of last Sunday aroused much interest and several events that should draw many spectators are on the card. It is also settled that Rex, winner of the open- ing Class B pace, will go against Ed. Wright's Salba, and there is talk of matching Billy Bounce against Wilson's Teddy B. These last named horses are supposed on account of the uncertain disposition of both to have an equal chance of winning and should make things interesting for the grandstand. Prince Alto, Ben Alto and Oro Guy are available for a trot- ting race and entries can be secured for a free-for- all, so there is no reason, according to Hollister Driving Club officials, why next Sunday's racing should be less interesting than the opening program. Saturday, July 25, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. July 20, 21 and 22.— Portland, Ore. The Interstate Asso- ciation's ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, un- der the auspices of the Portland Gun Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han- dicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy; winner of of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man- ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 27, 28, 29 — Martinez, Cal. Alhambra Gun Club, Fred M. Burnham, President. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma. Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen. Manager. Sept. 20 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger. Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. IS, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cat. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. ■ o CALIFORNIA'S FISH AND GAME VARIETY. The rapid increase of the population ot California, coupled with the wonderful progress made in the de- velopment of the resources of the State, and partic- ularly the conversion of the timbered sections of the foothills into orchards and farms, has undoubtedly exercised a potent influence in driving the wild game into the more mountainous and less accessible sections. Nevertheless, Superior California still offers an in- viting field for the sportsman. The fact that the game is now to be found, not in the broad valleys and the undulating foothills but in the higher reaches of the mountains, serves a two-fold purpose. It is more difficult to take and, therefore, to exterminate game, and it compels the sportsman who seeks it to visit the rugged but most picturesque part of the State. It may be safely said that the resident of the val- ley who goes in search of a vacation outing and a hunt in the mountains, even if unsuccessful in cap- turing one single piece of game, is richly rewarded; because California's mountains present the grandest scenery of the world, and in the summer season in the high altitudes are recognized health resorts. It is true that the game is not over-plentiful in the immediate vicinity of the summit of the Sierra Ne- vada, where the same is traversed by the overland railroad, and yet in that section an experienced hunter has no trouble in finding deer and bear and grouse and quail, not to mention the native rainbow trout, the Eastern spotted brook trout and other varieties of the trout family introduced from the East and abroad. The trained sportsman in this section of the State, without the aid of dogs and by quietly walking through the forests or climbing the rocky and almost inaccessible summits where the deer find greater safety, may easily capture the law's limit of two deer in a short vacation period visit to the mountains. The deer in this section are superior to those of the Coast Range, being a larger and more desirable species. Bear hunting in this section of the State is an attractive feature, and some sportsmen maintain large kennels solely for the purpose of hunting bear. Being comparatively easy of access from the large centers of population, this section of the State has been hunted more closely and therefore the game is less plentiful than in other parts farther away. Immediately north of it, in Nevada and Plumas counties, there is still a deal of good deer shooting and magnificent fishing. All along the line of the summit of the Sierra Ne- vada are to be found innumerable lakes, most of them not large, but many of them large bodies of water, offering unexampled trout fishing. One, sit- uated about twelve miles north of Summit Station, known as White Rock lake, covers more than 200 acres and is a most beautiful and attractive spot. The altitude is so great that the ice does not leave the lake until after midsummer and the mountain peaks which surround it are covered with perpetual snow. It was indeed interesting to note that as nature removed the blanket of snow from the hills, she garnished the earth with beautiful wild flowers, only a few yards intervening between the disap- pearing snow line and the approaching bed of flowers. In the counties of Lassen and Modoc deer are far more abundant than in any other counties of the Sierra Nevada. It requires much time and a deal of laborious traveling to reach this section of the State, but the labor is well rewarded in the abundance of game found and of the choice varieties above men- tioned. This country, while not so scenic as the por- tions last spoken of, is nevertheless very beautiful in the summer and fall seasons, and will doubtless for years remain the hunter's paradise. Many sportsmen spend their vacations and outing time in the counties of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity, approaching them through the Russian river valley. While it is true that the Coast Range moun- tains are not near so high as the Sierra Nevada, they are indeed mountains and the country is very attractive, not only for its timber productions, but for other natural resources. One of the features of hunting in this locality which first demands the at- tention of the sportsman is the great difference in the water supply of the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada. In the latter the water is ever present, and the coldest and sweetest in the world, because it is melting snow; while in the Coast Range the supply is limited and not cold. The game in the Coast region, however, is so abundant that the sportsman forgets all else. It is nothing uncommon, in a day's walk or ride through the timber, to see from forty to sixty deer, and often they will be found in droves of eight or ten, feeding together. There are a few bear in the same country, but the absence of this kind of large game is fully compensated by the abundance of smaller game. The mountain gray squirrel is very plentiful, the moun- tain and valley quail both abundant, and occasionally the hunter is rewarded by finding a covey of grouse. To illustrate the attractiveness of hunting along the Eel river, in Trinity county, may be mentioned a day spent on foot in climbing the hills and thread- ing the ravines. The country is densely wooded with various species of oak, fir and madrone, not to men- tion a superabundance of undergrowth. It was in the latter part of the month of August, a beautiful day and not too warm to be pleasant walking. The only firearm carried was a modern high power rifle, with an ample supply of heavy and miniature cartridges. The fruit of this day's hunting included a three-point buck, a wild hog, several gray squirrels, twice as many mountail quail, three cotton-tail rabbits and a lost opportunity to kill a coyote. The trout fishing is very good, though scarcely equal to that of the Sierra Nevada. In northern Humboldt and Del Norte counties the deer are scarcely so plentiful as in Trinity and southern Humboldt, and yet they are abundant and the coun- try even more attractive, because of the higher alti- tude of the Coast Range. The timber conditions change and redwood forests abound, than which noth- ing is more beautiful. This section of the State will soon be thrown open to the tourist by the completion of the connecting link between the California and Northwestern road, extending north from San Fran- cisco, and the same company's lines extending south from Eureka. The opening of the dove season attracts our atten- tion to that sport. Many people consider that it is wrong to shoot doves, but it may be said safely that the objector is unfamiliar with either the sport of taking this bird or its rare and dainty character as a food morsel. The dove is most abundant in Cali- fornia, and is usually found nearer the centers of population than any other recognized game bird, unless it be quail. It is true that at the opening of the dove season, which occurs in the middle of the month of July, the birds are easily taken; but later in the. year, when they are fully grown and stronger, there is no rarer sport for the marksman than shooting doves on "a pass." In the opinion of many sportsmen it would be wise to close the season for doves until the middle of August, to the end that it would be more difficult to take them, and the birds are more edible than prior to that time. The sport is not confined to the great agricultural valleys of the State, but is to be had in the small valleys of both chains of mountains. The habk of the dove in flying a long distance from the feeding ground to its place of watering makes it possible for the sportsman to select a point in the course of its flight, and it requires a marksman of a high degree of skill to secure his bird under these conditions; for admittedly the dove is one of the most difficult tar- gets of all game birds. An interesting characteristic of the dove is that, differing from wild ducks and wild geese, its course of flight is governed by objects on the earth. Ducks and geese are said to fly by the compass. By far the most attractive sport in this State is wild duck shooting. California is unexcelled not only in the opportunity to take wild ducks but in the vari- ety and character of the birds. These birds, gener- ally speaking, rear their young in the British North- west, and with the approach of the winter season come to California to avoid the cold weather of the north. Whenever the rainfall in California is not so great as to create vast bodies of overflow waters in the valleys prior to the coming of the Northern bird, duck hunting is simply ideal. It may sound extravagant, but often when the limit was fifty, the hunter could kill his limit in as many minutes. If the sportsman is esthetically choice in the character of his birds, it is not difficult to kill the limit of one variety. At the proper season of the year, the mal- lard and canvasback are abundant, while sprig and teal, and the most plentiful of all, the widgeon or "baldy" and spoonbills, can always be found in the feeding grounds of the Sacramento and San Joa- quin valleys and the bay counties marsh stretches. It is conceded by sportsmen that next in point of attractiveness to wild duck shooting is quail shoot- ing, and California is abundantly supplied with this rare bird. The two species commonly known as the mountain and valley quail are both abundant. They are to be found principally in the foothills or lower reaches of the mountains, and are not diminishing because of the conversion of this portion of the State into orchards and farms. The California quail is a more difficult quail to kill than any of the Eastern species, and offers a rare field for the true lover of the gun. At a con- vention of California sportsmen, held a decade ago, a San Francisco dealer, speaking of the abundance of quail, said that his house had handled, during that season, 100,000 dozen birds. The law-making power of the State, however, has prohibited the sale of quail, since which time the supply has gradually increased. Wild goose shooting is another one of the attrac- tive sports to be found in this State; in fact, many people journey from Eastern States in order to par- ticipate in the sport of shooting geese. This bird is very wary, and is bagged in considerable quantities by the adept only. It has been found profitable by some men to fully prepare themselves with decoys and other paraphernalia for goose shooting and to entertain those less educated in the art. It will be remembered that wh©n x?j?oj2id«>zit irarrioon waited visited California he spent a day indulging in this sport, and was rewarded with a generous bag. It is now fortunate that California has statistics as to the value to the State of her game supply. It is safe to say that many hundreds of thousands of dollars are annually expended with the tradespeople by those loving the sport of taking game. Which all is of vastly more benefit, as a general asset for the community at large, than giving the rapacious and unscrupulous market hunter full swing, or in fact any consideration whatever. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. Salinas Kennel Club will hold a two day show, July 30 and 31, during the "Big Week Carnival" at Salinas, Monterey county. The officers of the club are: A. J. Molera, president; Albert Joseph, vice- president; H. P. Rosenberg, secretary. Bench show committee: A. J. Molera (chairman), Albert Joseph, Julius A. Tresconi, Edw. Breen, B. F. Sargent, Albert J. Zabala, Cheri Z. Albert, N. Doherty. Judges — Anton Korbel, of San Francisco, English and French bulldogs. W. B. Fechheimer, of Portland, Ore., all sporting terriers. George A. Nieborger, of San Fran- cisco, all hounds, pointers, setters, sporting spaniels and Boston terriers. Chris Chuttleworth, all other breeds. The Del Monte Kennel Club show will follow, a one day open air exhibit, at Hotel Del Monte, Saturday, August 1. The officers of the club are: A. J. Molera, president; Anton Korbel, vice-president; H. P. Ros-' enberg, secretary. Bench show committee: Miss Alice Hagar, Timothy Hopkins, Miss Edith Cheese- borough, Mrs. C. Frederick Kohl, Mrs. Malcolm Whitman. Both of these shows will be held under A. K. C. rules. * * * It has been reported that the San Mateo Kennel Club's annual one day open air show, heretofore held September 9, will not come off this year. The show was not held last year. * * * The recent show of the San Jose Kennel Club, under National Dog Breeders' Association rules, drew an entry of 128 dogs, and that in face of the fact that no premium lists were printed and mailed nor was there any particular amount of preliminary ad- vertising. The show was a ribbon bench show pure and simple. Contrasted to the above we note that the one day show — and on a Sunday, at that, when everybody could get away — held by the Marin County Kennel Club, at Woodacre, June 14, only drew an entry of 110 dogs. The show was promoted by a wealthy realty company, was well advertised in the daily press, premium lists were printed and mailed ad lib. This was an A. K. C. show. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, July 25, 1914. GRASS VALLEY CAMP STEW. There are camp stews and goose stews and fish tries galore in California these latter days, but the parent event of them all, the annual entertainment of the Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club, will easily retain first honors. This was again demonstrated at the thirtieth annual stew Thursday, July 16, to which hundreds from all parts of northern California journeyed long distances to attend. Automobiles by the score, completely filling the large grove, beto- kened the changing order, for the guests of the first stew, and many thereafter, employed a much slower mode of travel. New faces, old faces and some just remembered, mingled in the most striking amusement event of the Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club since they first commenced to spread the fame of their dove stews thirty years ago. Amusement may have been rightly said, but while the dove hunt, the blue rock shoot, the entertain- ment furnished by the Grass Valley Concert band and entertainers from the bay city and the divers other-side features was the focal point for the eyes of the guests, numbering 518 all told, the more sus- tained interest was in the breakfast — that inimitable meal which attracts for hundreds of miles those who have once partaken of it — and the following stew prepared in accordance with the only one recipe in existence — that held by the Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club. Truly it was a delightful day, and it would be hard to imagine the wants of one whose wish and expec- tation was not fully met and justified at the Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club's thirtieth annual offering. It is in no sense picking up a stereotyped phrase for convenience to say that each member of the Grass Valley Sportsmen's Club is a star performer in the entertaining art. Much of the credit for the unqualified success of last week's outing redounds to the efforts of Will Maher, president of the club, who had worked un- stintedly for the past several weeks arranging and planning, and when the curtain rang up Thursday morning just as the sun was peeping over the hills everything had been attended to even to the minutest detail. In this work Mr. Maher had the hearty co- operation of every member of the club. Never did any aggregation have a more enthusiastic committee on arrangements. The big jolly bunch of men as they spread out underneath the pines represented a huge family, and judging from the spirit of joviality which at times ran rampant every man on the ground was a host. Just as daylikht was breaking the first machine threaded its way out of the city by the western ouciot, raa.uixis itc way to the Dikeman droves in Penn valley, and all morning up to almost noon tnere was a veritable caravan of machines and rigs, the occupants all bent on one purpose — arriving as soon as possible at the grounds, for the most of them — granting they had been there before, on such an occasion — knew just what was "coming to them." The committee on arrangements had spent the night on the grounds and everyone was astir so as to be in readiness to greet the van of the guests. They accomplished their purpose, for when the first ma- chine load arrived the chefs were the personification of daintiness in their white linens with caps to match, all in readiness to serve the first arrivals. And what a breakfast it was — a menu that proved irresistible even to the dyspeptics who forgot for the time the foods that were banished from their bill of fare in the regulation of their diet. Steaks, chops, eggs, salad, corn on cob, nutmeg cantaloupes and many other breakfast dishes and dainties all cooked to a turn, were served in liberal quantities to cope with the voracious appetites which had been augmented by the early morning ride, and everything pleased, right down to the gravy. The coffee, too, which was deliriously prepared, was a most accept- able addition to the morning menu. Richard Wed- lock supervised complete the breakfast plans and he was assisted in the culinary department by Jo- seph Abraham and J. D. Tupper, who presided over the grill where the steaks and chops were cooked in appetizing assortment; C. Temby, Jr., who looked after those dishes which were prepared on the stove, and Ed Paynter who was the chief of the salad de- partment. The army of hunters which left Grass Valley Wed- nesday afternoon, to which reinforcements were add- ed early Thursday morning, returned to the grounds during the forenoon, bringing the toothsome dove in plentitude for the stew. While several of the hunt- ers expressed the opinion that doves were not so plentiful as in former years there were many who experienced little difficulty in bagging the limit. From the time of the arrival of the guests to their departure, not a moment was permitted to lag. The breakfast over, entertainment in liberal measure and various assortment kept the festivity to the bubbling stage until the time for serving the stew. Four pro- fessional entertainers from San Francisco were ex- ceptionally clever and their late song hits were well received. One of them was a wizard on the piano and his playing brought forth round after round of applause. The presence of the Grass Vallev Concert band was a valuable acquisition to the entertain- ment. Al C. Joy, on of the San Francisco Examiner's star, sporting writers, pulled off some good stuff, and his original wit, such as naturally arises from an alert mind, was much in demand. Then "Teddy" Hall, of camp stew fame, was on hand to give vent to some of his natural comedy. Bill Brown an old- time opera singer with a deep bass voice, was heard in many selections. Others among the visitors con- tributed to the entertainment. Trap shooting, bird picking and various games also filled in the afternoon until the "big feed" was ready. Although sufficiently appeased for many long hours to come the appetites may have seemed at the conclusion of the morning meal, the savory odors from the kettles during the afternoon again aroused Mr. "Inner Man" to such an extent that the big feast of the morning was entirely obviated by the desire to taste the delicious camp stew. When it was finally announced that the stew was ready, about 4 o'clock, greetings of satisfaction were vouchsafed by every- one and there was a merry scramble for the seats. The feast was all that was promised and "then some." Seasoned perfectly, and with plenty of game and chicken, its deliciousness was attested by the numerous calls for a second helping. While "Uncle Ed" Morgan, who has cooked the stews for many a year, was in charge of this all-predominating feature of the festivities, he acted only as general overseer and gave all desired information. John Frank, who has been Mr. Morgan's assistant for years, was chief cook this year and he was ably assisted by George Bennetts and George Trotter. The chairmen of the committees in charge of the outing follow: Refreshments, Charles Howard; badges, Dr. I. W. Hays; entertainment, Martin Maher; picking birds, Harry Rowe; vegetables, C. J. Miller; serving the stew, Charles E. Brockington; table seating, Dr. W. G. Thomas; grounds, C. M. Peek; trap shooting, Henry Williams; auto parking, Fred Roehnert; sal- ads, Ed Paynter. Prior to the serving of the stew, while the guests were seated around the table, William Maher, presi- dent of the club, welcomed the guests and intro- duced Mayor Thomas Ingram as master of ceremo- nies. Remarks were made by Frank Newbert, presi- dent of the State Fish and Game Commission, who reviewed the activities of the Commission; by Attor- ney Duke, of the Commission; Al C. Joy, District Attorney F. L. Arbogast, M. A. Nurse, vice-president of the Golden Center of Grass Valley Mining Co.; Ray Hays, president of the Nevada City Hunting and Fishing Club, Ex-Mayor George W. Hall of Marys- ville and George G. Gauld, publicity manager for Samuel M. Shortridge. District Attorney Arbogast paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of the late John Rector, who was one of the club's most enthu- siastic members. Politicians were very much in evidence, although there was no active evidence of politics being "done" on the grounds. Auburn, Marysville and Sacramento sent large delegations. San Francisco and Oakland were also well represented. President William Maher was congratulated upon his success in arranging such a magnificent outing for the guests and members of the club, and was frequently reminded that in no past year was there anything that excelled it in any way. GOLDEN TROUT FOR SIERRA STREAMS. With the departure from Fresno of E. W. Smalley, Deputy State Fish and Game Commissioner, recently, en route for the Sierras, for a three months' stay, the work of transplanting golden trout from the upper reaches of Volcano creek and the smaller streams in the Mt. Whitney region, into all of the streams and tributaries that put out from the range into the San Joaquin valley, began. Sportsmen and naturalists who have seen this fish have disputed as to the origin of its color, many holding that it is the direct result of volcanic or mineral matter in the streams, and that were they transplanted they would not hold their beautiful sheen. The golden trout are natural habitues of Volcano creek and never have been found in any other stream in the world. "This contention has been proven erroneous," stated Smalley, "as we have found them even more brilliant in transplanted waters, and have found that many have reached a much larger size than in their native stream." Several years ago some of the fish were placed in the Cottonwood lakes and recently one was caught that was twenty-three inches in length and three and a quarter pounds in weight. As far as is known this has been the largest fish ever caught of this variety, though others report catches of fish measuring eighteen and nineteen inches. In 1909 a number of three-inch "fry" were depos- ited in the lakes at Crabtree Meadows, and last sea- son S. N. Ellis, one of the deputies from Fresno, found them grown to twelve and fifteen inches. When captured the fish resembles nothing so much as a huge gold piece, being many times more beau- tiful than the small red-hued Japanese gold-fish so proudly displayed in small glass jars. They have two pure golden stripes running the full length of the back and a brassy stripe running the full length of the belly, the three stripes converging near the tail. When on the hook they glisten like new gold just out of the mint, and fishermen say they are the gamiest and hardiest of all of the trout family. Smalley has a crew under his charge consisting of Jack Brownlow and J. M. Tully of Madera county, and the three men have ten pack mules and three saddle horses on the trip. A second crew will have as its captain S. N. Ellis o£ Fresno, who will take his son Ray and A. F. Bullard of Dunlop. They will also have ten pack mules and three saddle horses. They outfitted at Three Rivers, Tulare county, and left there July 7, going to Lewis' camp on the Big Kern river, ascending that stream to Whitney Mead- ows, where they will capture the fish in their native streams. The method of capture is by draining the streams wherever it is possible, the wardens building dams above and below and either confining the waters or diverting them, then capturing the stranded fish or dipping them out of the pools that are left. Where it is not possible to use this method they use the ordinary fly. As soon as they have captured enough to load seven mules in each outfit, they will leave. They will not try to take fish any larger than three inches, but may have to take a few larger. The ordinary load for each mule is between 200 and 500 fish, and when they obtain their load they are ready to trans- plant the fish in other waters. The young fish are kept alive by aerating the water, the temperature of which is maintained evenly with ice. On the first trip out after making their catch the parties will go to the Owens river valley, coming in near Bear creek, and thence to Lone Pine. They will carry the fish in water bags and make stops occasionally to give them fresh water. From Lone Pine they will go north by night to opposite Piufe pass and thence over the pass to northern Madera county, moving as rapidly as pos- sible with their live cargo. Here the trains will separate and they will plant nearby streams. As soon as they have disposed of their loads the wardens will return to Whitney Meadows and re- plenish their supply, assembling for the second trip at Piute pass, one train going north to Yosemite, where they will turn over some of their fish to the United States troops for planting in the park, and from there will go to the Wawona hatchery and complete the season planting the other fry hatched there. The other crew, after the second parting, when they pass over Piute pass, will plant the upper reaches of Kern river, that were left undone last season on account of the weather. They will con- tinue to plant the golden trout for the remainder of the season, returning to the Whitney Meadows and working in the vicinity of Yosemite valley and on the upper Kings river. In the latter part of September Smalley and his men will get another load which they will take up the Big Kern river to Mineral King and thence over Elizabeth pass and down Dead Man's canyon to Scaffold Meadows on Roaring river, where they will place the fish in the tributaries of Roaring river and the higher waters of the Kings river, the lakes about Mt. Brewer and Mt. Sillman, and will com- plete their work in the latter part of September. Always in this work the wardens will endeavor to keep at least three years in advance of the average tourist travel, and the counties will co-operate by passing laws forbidding fishing in the transplanted waters for a three-year period. THE FORGOTTEN THING. Recent experiences have led me to believe that few circumstances are more apnoying to the average fisherman than to discover, on arriving at the water- side, that some useful, even if not quite necessary, thing has been forgotten, writes "Iron Blue" in the New Zealand Express, a clever angling contributor who proves conclusively that good fishing in the antipodes is not a myth. Though I am glad to say that not all of them happened to myself, these are "modern instances," and I take leave to chronicle the misfortunes of a few, by way of aiding the fortunes of many. The forgotten thing may be the reel, the fly-box, the cast-book, or the landing net; and in these most serious cases, a lack of care may mean the loss of a day, when, seemingly, as a matter of course, the water was "just right." Apparently, on such occasions, the angler would be wisest if he went straight home and helped to do the washing; but there are clever people who are seldom at a loss, and can contrive a substitute to fit the need. One can imagine that the lack of a reel would prevent all chance of sport, but I have seen a make- shift line manufactured from ten or a dozen traces and casts. The spare length was wound around the hand which held the rod, and as we happened to be fishing in a fly-stream, where the trout rarely ex- ceeded a pound in weight, very many were landed without a smash. The wise man says: "Of course, the proper way to make sure that everything is ready to hand is to leave the tackle always in the basket, and never take anything out." I did not stay to inquire how it was he "never took anything out"; it seemed unnecessary to display my ignorance of such a useful method, so I merely replied, "That only proves your basket is never full of trout." He did not advise me further, but another proved sufficient- ly kind: "Ybu should write all the necessary things on a card, and fasten it under the basket-lid, and see that they are all there before you start." On the whole ,this way seems the best — at least the most simple — of the two; and I commend it to those of my friends who may suffer from forgetfulness. Of things not absolutely necessary, there are many which, by their absence, may detract from the pleas- ure of a day; the spring balance, a knife or scis- sors, tobacco — especially tobacco — the materials for tying exactly "that fly," which evidently is required. Even the ill-treated handkerchief, which "the partic- ular man" insists on carrying in the basket, for the purpose of wiping his hands after dealing with a cap- ture. Frequently, it appears, that some favorite big and comfortable handkerchief was captured by do- mestic powers, and sent most callously to the wash, when it was wanted elsewhere; "and I could only Saturday, July 25, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 cure them of the habit by wiring it to the lid." One thing recalls another. On a day more recent than that on which the "cure" came to pass, I witnessed the sanguinary and slimy killing of a big eel; and never were hands in a more horrifying state than those of his enthusiastic captor. Turning away, I suggested: "Your hands will want a bit of water after that." Then replied "The Nut," indignantly, it seemed: "Whatever for? I've wiped 'em on my pants." That certainly was a way out of a difficulty — the most natural way. All considered, I find that the absence of a net, more than most portions of his tackle, may incon- venience the angler; and two instances occur, the first — for an exception — of an earlier date. When I was staying at a house which overlooked a weedy willowy creek, my schemes to escape from a garden party, at which my hostess and host were due, had gained me the unqualified approval of a twelve-year- old daughter; and as a reward, she said she would take me out fishing. Then we had afternoon tea, and having stored several slices of cake for future use, in a pinned up fold of her frock, my guide showed me the stream. Among the branches and watercress, there were few openings for a dry fly; and the alter- native was to "dap" with a brown beetle at the end of a foot or so of line. At last she said: "That's where the fellow that is engaged to Laura" — her sister — "lost a big fish," and, with infinite care, I managed to lower the beetle into that spot. Twice the bait passed over the place, without result; then I gave her the rod. "I think it's best to wake up the old beetle," said my instructress, and, suiting her action to the word, she dragged it violently against the current, what time I lighted a pipe. Instantly, from the weeds, rose the father of all trout, and in a flash he had the beetle; and we had no net. I shall always regret that fish — but kindly she strove to console me by talking of other things, on our way back to the house. She asked me questions, which called for the best of my inventive powers. "Have you a favorite horse?" I had. "What do you call it?" "Westford Priory." "What a funny name; why do you call it that?" I explained that I had a sys- tem of my own, and did not invariably call it that, but altered the name to that of the residence of the lady with whom I was in the throes of love. After ' a brief pause, doubtless to consider my morals and the merits of this arrangement, she began again: "And has she a favorite horse?" She had, several, a hunter, a racer, a fast-trotting mare, a pony, and the rest. "And does she call any of them 'Iron Blue ?' " "I am afraid she does not." In the latest instance, where a net was not wait- ing, I was not able to aid an angleress. She stood on a stream bank, and for token of her skill had hooked a fish. It was not a very large fish, but a net was necessary to land it, and, unfortunately, this had been left at home. She had played her capture "until it wouldn't move any more," and then reeled it short up to the point of her rod, which was in the water. The difficulty was, what to do next, but at the moment of my arrival that was decided for her by the trout. o PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. Lester H. Reid, professional, was high gun over all, 342 out of 350, and also scored the longest run —122, A special report and the scores will appear in next week's issue. AT THE TRAPS. between Tippett and Weatherwax, which was won by the former in the shoot-off, 14 to 13. Otto Schultz of Twin Bridges was high in the doubles, getting 22 out of a possible 24. The scores in four 25 bird events and one at 12 doubles follow: Advance reports state that the ninth Pacific Coast Handicap of the Interstate Association, Elmer E. Shaner, tournament manager, opened last Monday at the Portland Gun Club grounds most auspiciously. The Oregon sportsmen had everything nicely arr- anged and proved to be most hospitable to the vis- iting shooters. Dr. H. H. Ott, of Portland and Pete O'Brien of Walla Walla tied with 93 out of 100 in the Pacific Coast Handicap, the feature event of the tourna- ment Wednesday. Ott broke 16 out of 20 in the shoot-off; O'Brien closed with 14 and lost out for the trophy, but won second money in the handicap purse. C. Collins, of San Diego and C. G. Gregory, of Vancouver, Wash., tied for third money with 91 kills each. Gilmore won third place with 20 straight in the shoot-off, Gregory broke 16. E. C. Cooper, of Tacoma, and L. Rayburn, of La Grande, tied for next moneys with 89 and divided. Over 100 shooters, representing seven different States, and British Columbia points as well, were on the firing line when the big shoot started. The California delegation numbered fifteen, including Mrs. C. E. Groat, of Los Angeles, who generally holds her own in competition at the traps with the men folks. The scores Monday were somewhat" below the aver- ages expected, but two of the shooters going over the 140 mark, in a card of 150 targets for the day. Les H. Deid and E. J. Morgan, both of Seattle and trade representatives, led with 146 and 141 respec- tively. The high amateurs were: E. E. Ellis, of Seattle, and L. Rayburn, of La Grande, Ore., 135 each . Frank C. Van Atta, of Vancouver, Wash., won the Preliminary Handicap, Tuesday; he broke 90 out of 100 singles at 18 yards rise. Harry Quick, of Che- hallis. Wash, second with 89. Les Reid broke 97 in this event. In the forenoon program, five 20 bird events, Frank M. Troeh, of Vancouver, Wash., was high amateur with 95 breaks. C. Gillmore, of the Pastime Gun Club, San Diego, and J. L. D. Morrison, of Portland, each broke 94. J. L. D. Morrison, of Portland, won high amateur average, 325 out of 350 birds shot at. H. F. Wihlon (Preliminary Handicap winner at Sacramento last year, 99 out of 100) won the Chin- gren trophy, 48 out of 50. "Pull" — The Exposition City Gun Club July trap shoot is the regular smokeless powder function for tomorrow for the local trigger pullers. The Golden Gate Gun Club initial registered tour- nament is dated for Admission Day, September 9. The program calls for ten 15 bird races, entrance for targets only, 45 cents — $4.50 for 150 targets. Op- tional purse entrance $1.00 each event — $10 for the day. Added to the purse, $15.00 in each event — $150 cash for the day. Purses divided Rose system 5 — 4—3—2. The main event of the day will be the Golden Gate Club Handicap, 16 to 23 yards rise, entrance $1.50, targets only. Optional purse entrance $350. Added purse $50.00. Money division— 30— 25— 20— 15—10. Trophies contributed by the Interstate Association will be awarded to amateurs making first, second and third high averages at 150 birds. Amateurs may shoot for birds only and be eligible for trophy wins. This program should draw a crowd. The Eureka Blue Rock Club members are banking on a large attendance at a registered shoot on Sep- tember 9. Warren E. Innes is the club's secretary, and with H. A. Hine, George Coleman, Dr. H. T. Hinman, Harry Kelly, H. H. Buehne, J. M. Carson, S. Sumner and other enthusiastic members have made the recently organized club a leading Humboldt county sportsman's organization. The San Jose Blue Rock fall registered tourna- ment is set for September 22 and 23. The value of trophies, cups and added moneys will amount to $500. Watsonville trigger pullers propose to get together and organize a blue rock club. A local paper en- courages the movement with the following piece of good and seasonable advice: "It is high time that the marksmen and sports- men of this city perfected an association to encour- age this enjoyable sport and enter into competitive contests with the clubs of neighboring towns. San Jose, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Hollister and Gilroy all have such clubs and find in them much genuine pleasure. All interested, all who enjoy practice with fire arms are earnestly solicited to be present and lend their encouragement to the new idea." * * * Golden Gaters. — Good scores were shot July 19 at the Golden Gate Gun Club blue rock trap grounds near West Alameda station. Tony Prior and Fred Webster each smashed 45 out or 50 birds in the opening club medal match. Three shooters tied in the second race, a bird handicap trophy shoot. J. Clark, H. P. Jacobsen and F. Webster each scored the full quota of 50 birds. H. D. Swales and F. K. Burnham of Martinez made the only straight scores in the 10 bird shoot. Lon Hawxhurst and Jacobsen each won a club gold bar for straight runs of 15 or more in the fourth event. W. H. Price, Prior, C. D. Lancaster and H. D. Swales won silver bars for straight runs in the same event. The scores of the shoot follow: Events— 12 3 4 Birds — 50 50 10 20 Tony Prior 45 40 8 18 F. Webster 45 50 9 J. Clark 42 50 8 12 F. K. Burnham 42 . . 10 17 L. Hawxhurst 41 47 9 20 H. D. Swales 38 46 10 17 W. H. Price 36 C. D. Lancaster 36 36 8 18 H. P. Jacobsen 38 50 8 19 P. Putzar 37 . . 8 Hewett 34 .. 5 .. L. Steinfeld 30 44 6 9 E. Klevesatil 30 Holbrook 29 39 4 11 H. C. Peet 29 43 9 11 Best 25 . . 5 . . J. H. Jones 28 46 7 16 H. HaiBht 28 44 5 15 J. W. F. Moore 28 . . 6 10 Miss Meyers 21 .. 4 E. S. Straessler 20 . . 4 13 Jones 21 . . 4 Durring 4 P. Ashcrof t 4 Bechtell 13 E. Hoelle 14 Chichester 15 Double event. 12 pairs — Lancaster 19. Prior 19, Clark 17, Hawxhurst 16. Swales 14, Jacobsen 14, Best 12, Jones 12, Putzar 10, Chichester 10, Burnham 6. * * * Martinez Tournament. — The Alhambra Gun Club registered tournament will start Monday morning. The grounds will be open tomorrow for practice. With $1600 in purses and trophies hung up there is no occasion for doubting that the attendance will be large. From this city, across the bay and San Jose there will be a strong representation of powder burners. Sacramento, Stockton, Antioch and southern valley points will send big delegations. Returning shooters from Portland will also swell the roll. The outlook therefore for a rousing shoot and a pleasant time in the "Wildflower City" seems well assured. Smelter Smoke. — The members of the Butte Rod and Gun Club entertained a number of out-of-town visitors at the traps July 19, and some excellent scores were made. The Twohy medal at 25 targets resulted in a tie Schulz D. BushneU Van Gould . Morrow . ... R. BushneU M. S. Gould Powell Dale Weatherwax , Smith Willoughby . Owens Tippett Rochester . . Mathewson . Goddard . ... 24 24 22 25 23 22 IK 17 17 ?,1 32 19 20 20 23 14 22 23 20 23 15 IK 18 18 15 14 211 24 XI 15 18 21 24 24 22 24 24 18 22 21 19 21 22 19 24 19 17 18 IV 14 17 17 16 14 22 24 24 24 24 18 l'l 21 2II 20 23 16 211 23 24 •/.'>, ■/,?, 17 24 22 24 21 14 Citrus Belt Puffs. — Los Angeles Gun Club mem- bers enjoyed a "sane" 4th of July through the medi- um of a merchandise shoot. Ten 15 target events were participated in by 26 shooters. The side play was an optional pool, $1.50 entrance. C. D. Hagermanl39, H. Pfirmann and Dr. Packard 137 each; F. Melius and Stanton A. Bruner 134, were the high amateurs. Guy Holohan copped out 146 — the final 100 being straight breaks. After the regular shoot was over, the tower was called into play with results as follows: Dr. Pack- ard, 25 straight; Hunter 20, Packmeyer 19, Melius 18, Hedderly 16, Groat 15, A. W. Bruner 12, Mrs. Groat 10, Blanehard 7. Ted Eiley, of this city, took part in the day's festivities. The scores for the regular schedule, 150 birds, were: Guy Holohan" 148, Hagerman 139, Pfirmann 137, Packard 137, Melius 134, S. A. Bruner 134, Blanehard 132, T. D. Riley 130, Llewellyn 127, Griffiths 126, "Bull 126, Groat 125, Hansen 124, Ad- ams 123, Rosebach 122, Melford 119, Mrs. Groat 119, J. Nelson 115, Moist 114, Grewell 113, Garrison 110, O. Nelson 109, "Oliver 106, Pachmayer 106, "A. W. Bruner 105, Towne 21x45. ("Professionals.) The following day the attendance was smaller but some good scores were recorded: Added target handicap, 100 birds — Hdp. TU. Hdp. 4 95IMellus . Teeple 6 12 94 94 ♦Bruner Fullerton 94 Millard . Groat .13 94 Peters . Tower shooting, 25 birds — Mrs. C Adams 10. TO. 90 67 25 25 25 Mrs. Groat 15, Groat 12, Garden City Traps. — Excellent scores marked the one-day tournament and annual trophy shoot of the San Jose Blue Rock club held July 19. The tourna- ment was held in propa.ra.tion fo-i tiic uig tnree-aay shoot to be held at Martinez, July 27, 28 and 29. The highest amateur average was made by O. N. Ford who made 187 out of a possible 200. The 100- bird handicap was won by Ada Shilling. The miss and out was won by Billy Varien of Pacific Grove on 23 out of 24; runner up, Ada Schilling, 22 out of 24. The long run trophy was won by Ray Hogg on 44 straight and the double match was won by Ray Hogg, Ada Schilling, second. The shoot was a splendid success throughout and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by those in attend- ance. Shooting started promptly at 9 o'clock and luncheon was served on the grounds. Following is a list of the scores for the high am- ateur average out of a possible 200: O. N. Ford 187, C. H. Nash 185, J. T. Downs 183, Ada Schilling 178, Tom Baumgartner 177, Ray Hogg 173, W. H. Varien 171, A. Caldwell 169, Fred Schnider 168, H. H. Clark 165, Len Allen 164, *Carl Schilling 180. 100-bird handicap scores: Ada Schilling 100, C. H. Nash 98, J. T. Downs 97, O. N. Ford 96, W. J. McKagney 93, A. Caldwell 93, W. H. Varien 91, Ray Hogg 88, H. Clark 86. Salinas Traps. — The Rodeo Gun Club proposes to provide something out of the ordinary for visiting shooters at the Salinas "Big Week" celebration. At a meeting held it was decided that the club give a big shoot on Sunday, July 26, at the conclusion of which there will be a barbecue. A feature of the day will be the first shoot of a series of four for the two trophies offered by the Dupont and Hercules powder companies. A committee comprising A. H. Rich, Grover Tholcke and L. Beevers will arrange the details of the shoot, and C. W. Ayer, Clarence Tyman, W. Lar- kin, R. D. Logan and E. Jacks were appointed a re- ception committee. The present season has been the most successful one the various State fish hatcheries have ever known. Millions of trout eggs have been taken and successfully hatched and the distribution into the waters of the State is being done as rapidly as pos- sible, with orders for trout pouring in from every direction. Alameda county has received 275,000 fish, San Luis Obispo 275,000, Monterey 150,000, Santa Clara 135,- 000, San Mateo 288,000, and thousands in smaller lots have been distributed in other localities. The Sisson hatchery has on hand over six million young trout for distribution and they are being scattered over the State as rapidly as possible. Salmon are still running in Monterey bay, on the Monterey side. A week ago the bay was pretty rough and only a few fish were taken, the largest a 27- pounder, caught by C. L. Olive of Hollister. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN I THE FARM 1 A DAY AT THE HORSE SALE. [J. S. Hoy.] "Now, gentlemen, come inside, 1 have something to tell you," the auc- tioneer said after selling a horse, bug- gy and harness in the corral. Sur- rounded by the crowd of two hundred men or more they hurried inside the sales auditorium, a building 30x60 feet divided by a railing — one-half for the crowd, the other half for th*> sales ring where the horses were led m and rid- den, run or driven back and forth be- fore the auctioneers' stand eight feet above the ground. I observed that the spectators were nearly all city men. A 1200 pound chunk of a sorrel with white spots was in the ring. "Now, boys, I will open the meet- ing." cried the auctioneer, with a voice like a caliope, "by offering this fine hoss — a pacer that can pace. Ten Spot is his name. He can pace as fast as you can ride. A woman or child can ride, drive, lead or follow him. How much am I offered for him? how much? how much? Come, fellows, I can not sell him unless you bid. Start him: 525. 25, 25, 25, 25, who'll make it $30? 25-25. 25-5, 5, 5,5 30? All right, thank you, 30-30, 30, 35, good, who'U make it 40? 40-40-40 5? 5 5 5 45. Say boys, this same hoss was jut bought a few days since and brought $135, and he is worth that sum — 45-^5 45. who'll make it 50? Take him away," he orders the ring man, "we can't sell hosses like him for $45." The horse was led back to the corral where sixty more were waiting their turn. This particular horse appeared to be all right and if looks counted for any- thing he was worth $135. Before the day's sales were over, I concluded that the mysterious thing President Wilson says is at work in business, and that Senator Root says rules our finances, had invaded the 0t&KLic. nnrroic and sales-room of the Denver horse rooms. This thing or animal is named psychology, a phe- nomenon. This particular room was full of it, or the crowd was. Psychol- ogy turned its back on the horse auc- tioneer and the spectators — nothing doing. Then dashed in a professional cow-puncher on saddle horse No. 35. "Here is a hoss, fellers, that you want," said the auctioneer. "We have been keeping him for you, how much am I offered? Start him, seven years old. sound, gentle, $50? Thank you, who'll make the 5 5 5 55 55 60; 60 60 60? If he isn't just as we say your money back; 65, the 5, the 5, 65 and sold to that fellow over yonder." Another took his place in a second. "No. 40, a pinto Shetland pony. Any- body can ride him, children drive him, and am offered, offered, offered $40, who'U give $50? Say boys, it isn't right to sell this circus pony for $40. Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curo. Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock Sprained Tendons, Founder, wind Puffs and aU lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and otner bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Tnmsh, Diphtheria Removec all Bunches from Horses or "..* "niA'' EEMEDT for Khen- ■ a. St.ri*l.i,, Mare Throat, ec, lc E*err ■,.!!,• at Cnn.tlc Balaam sold la W»",'» .^tlon. PricBjji.io -iisnrinty, or sent hy ex- press, cn*rfec»p(Li.l. with full direct!. icia fcr 1U und lor dencnpUv* <3rculars, teatimo- '■-•-9% r j UTnsnci-raLais cousin, amund. ohj- The owner paid $350 a short time ago. You'd not see another like him in a year. You can make more money off of him than off the biggest hoss here. We sold another like him, only not so good, for $S5 a few days ago. How much? $50 did you say? Who'll give the 5 5-5 5-55 55 and sold." The ring- master was barely second to the auc- tioneer in the fluency of speech. The two made a pair. He introduced No. 50. "Now, boys, pay attention," said the salesman. "Here's a hoss that is a hoss, city broke, nothing nor any- thing can't scare her, roadster, single, double, ride or drive. How much'll ye give? Start her; $60, the 5, the 5, make it 5, 65, $70! Now say, I'll tell you. This hoss belongs to a widow- woman, who is also an orphan with rive children. We want to help her out. She is not one of them suffrage sides that can live without eating, nor is she trying to blow the city off the map. Now look at this hoss, perfect lady: takes her feet up in the prit- tiest, look at her, whoa! Now boys, ain't she a beautiful girl, an' she's just as good and sweet as she looks, 70, 70, make it 75, oil right, 75 and sold to that gentleman over there." No. 55 was a common plug, showing the effects of last summer's drouth and last winter's big snow. He was also a psychology, a phenomenon in horse flesh. "Now boys, here is a poor poor man's hoss. How much? Start him! " A city rube off in a corner, as a joke said, "$5." The auctioneer looked first sad, then straightened up indignant. "Say, boys, this is no time nor place for jokes and irreverence. And you — " pointing a deadly fore- finger where the frivolous culprit had been. "Five dollars I am offered, make it ten? Come, come, this hoss is worth $25 to the butcher, make it 10, yes, thank you, 10, the 15, 10 the 15, all right 15, twenty did you say? Who'U give the 21, 21 21, yes, 22, 22, and sold for twenty-two dollars." This is the way they seU horses. There are two stables in Denver and one at the Stockyards where on Wednes- days, Thursdays and Fridays of each week horses are sold. There are horses to suit everybody — from a $5 pins to a. s.250 driver or draft horse. AU stock is warranted to be as rep- resented or you need not take it. Charges for feed and selUng are rea- sonable but the buyer has to bring his own halter. One can buy at these sales mules, cows, goats, second-hand saddles, hearses, coupes, grocery wag- ons and vehicles of every description — a psychological clearing house. THE SUMMER CHICK. It is a very common beUef that it does not pay to raise late chicks, but my experience has been that, proper- ly handled, a chick hatched in June or July can be brought to fuU size just as weU as a chick hatched in April or May. It is a weU-known fact that June is the month in which a good share of the winners at the win- ter shows are hatched, because they are in the bloom of maturity when the shows come on. At the last Boston show four of my cockerels and aU my winning puUets were hatched after the first of June. To hatch out a lot of chicks in June and let them run with the larger chicks wiU not do, as the larger ones knock them around and prevent growth. I always use hens to hatch the late chicks and they must be kept weU dusted with insect powder. When they hatch, dust both hen and chicks with insect powder again and repeat this every four or five days until the chicks are three weeks old or out of danger. As a double precaution it is a good plan to grease the head of the chick with a drop of lard. This should be done at night when the chicks are under the hen. Place them off by themselves where they will not be bothered by older chicks and feed them on bread soaked in sweet milk and squeezed dry. For variety feed boiled wheat at noon and at night after a couple of weeks try wheat, cracked white corn and hulled oats. Two or three feeds a week of boiled Uver will keep them growing fast. Remember, the late chick must be kept growing and have no set- backs. After the chicks are two or three weeks old give the hen her lib- erty to take them where she will. She may lose some cf them, but the ones left wiU get their growth and make valuable birds. The past few years my egg trade has been so heavy that by the end of June I have not nearly had my re- quired number of chicks, so I have been hatching about 400 July chicks. These chicks have grown rapidly and when cold weather comes they are weU feathered out and weigh about two or three pounds each. We house them in curtain front colony houses in flocks of 25. Mornings they are fed mixed grain scattered in the litter, also a Uttle more at noon to keep them busy through the day. At night they are given a mash consisting of cooked vegetables, mashed up and mixed with bran, oat chop, corn meal and fine wheat middUngs. Under this treatment they grow and develop into fine large birds. I admit they need a little better care and cost a Uttle more to raise than chicks hatched earUer in the season, but on the other hand the eggs hatch better and the chicks have no setbacks and make rapid growth. — John S. Martin, in Rural Life. THE WAY TO RAISE DUCKS. [Eva Walker.] I have only raised ducks one year but have had fine "luck" with them. I had 19 Indian Runner ducks, hatch- ed 13 white ones and six penciled and raised every one of them. They were never sick. Sometimes they would play in the water and get weak in their legs, but they did not quit eating or growing for that. I wiU first give my method of caring for the eggs during incubation, as some people do not get good hatches. I made good warm nests and set the hens as near the ground as pos- sible. I gave each hen 10 or 12 eggs. The fiarst week I did not disturb them. The second and third weeks I sprin- kled them once each day with warm water. The fourth week I put them in a pan of warm water for a minute or two each day, until they began to pip, and then if the sheU seemed dry I would put them in water, taking care that the pipped place did not get under the water. The eggs might not require so much moisture in a lower altitude, but in this cUmate they do. As soon as the ducklings are dry I take them from the hens and put them in a box in the sunshine. I keep them in the box until they are strong enough to run around. Then I put them in a small pen where they can be in the sun or shade, as they wish. Mine were kept in a box in a warm room at night. There was a piece of blanket in this box and another over the box. This was pressed down on their backs to "hover" them. I fed them as soon as they began to pick around. I curded milk and mixed wheat bran and a little corn meal with this. I sometimes mixed a hard-boiled egg with their feed for a change. I fed them four or five times each day until they were ten days or two weeks old. Then only three times until they were 12 or 14 weeks old. Now they are fed night and morning. I kept green feed (radish and onion tops) in their pen most of the day. Some of them had grit mixed with their feed and others had only what they picked up. I did not see any dif- ference in their growth. They should not be aUowed to play in the water. I tried to keep mine out of the water, but they would get in the irrigating ditch sometimes, and then be crippled for a day or so. FARM BOYS AND DAIRYING. The most serious side of the poor cow question after all is not the money she loses but the drudgery she causes through waste of energy be- stowed upon her which not only dis- courages and disheartens farm boys but drives them from the farm. The only way a man with a poor herd of dairy cows can hold ih.-> business to- gether is by having his children do a large amount of the Eii'feiurj ana o'h- er work for which they receive no compensation wha'et-er. Add to this poor crops, which natural >y follow ihis sort of dairying, and then go still far- ther and think of the mil ions of needless steps taken in caring for the herd and its products, due to bcrns poorlv erected for doiDtr the work con- veniently, and you have the p;>nure of [Saturday, July 25, 1914. Ufe sad in the extreme. The desolate home, no paint on the house, no hon- eysuckle over the door and no com- forts within which go to make a house a home, make conditions hard in ef- fect, especially on the children. No amount of schooling can dim the mem- ory or change the effect on a boy of such a home, for the pictuie that is burned in the boy's brain Uves for- ever. Is it any wonder that a boy raised under these conditions hates the sight of a cow and even the farm itself, and is going to get away from it at the earliest opportunity? Fortunately, in direct contrast to this, there are other farm homes and dairy homes paying large profits, where the enthusiasm of the father has spread to the children. Neatly mowed lawns surround the carefully kept, well-painted house, where money is spent for comfort. There the ques- tion of how to keep the boy on the farm never arises. — Better Farming. o RICHNESS IN CREAM. The most important factor control- Ung the richness in cream is the cream screw in the separator, but even when it is adjusted properly there win be some variations in the percentage of fat in the cream. Ordinarily in win- ter and when cows are more nearly dry they are Ukely to give richer milk- than fresh and on June pasture. Ac- cordingly cream for the winter will at times show a variation of about 7 per cent, over that produced during the summer months. Not running a separator at a uni- form speed wiU also affect the cream because the slower the separator bowl rotates it will effect the cream. If too much milk or water is used in flushing out the bowl after each time the separator is used, the cream will be thinner. Use no more than just necessary to free the bowl from cream. Sometimes the skim milk or the cream becomes clogged, interfering with the free passage of either cream or the skim milk through their re- spective openings. These two outlets should be examined frequently. — Bet- ter Farming. The teats should always be observed by the milker, and when they get hard and rough should be anointed with vaseline. The wise dairy farmer has provided himself with a bunch of shoats and will make 9 or 10-cent pork out of cheap skim milk this winter. Utensils should be periodically plac- ed in the seun, but wooden vessels should be removed before the heat is sufficient to crack or warp them. SAVE-THE-BORSE (Trade Mark BesisteredJ UNLIKE ANY OTHER. DepL of Education, Neosho, Mo., Jan. 31, 1914. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. T.: There has come to ray notice your book on diseases and care of horses. I believe it to be one of the best of its kind that I have ever seen. Therefore, I ask if it will not be possible for you to send me enough copies that I may distribute one to each of my rural teachers? I need 120. I shall thank you for any reoly. E. H. NEWCOMB, SupL Be Governed by the Proven Experience of Men Everywhere, Like This Physician. E. "W. T VV Y MAN, M. D„ Twyman's Mill. Va.. Jan. 4, 1914. writes: "You ask could you publish my letter. I never be- fore gave my signature to a proprietary preparation in my life; but as I consider your remedy a blessing for horses you can use this or previous letters. 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RACES AND CALIFORNIA RODEO THE BIG WEEK AT July 25th SALINAS, August 2d The 25th Annual Race Meeting Pacific Coast Trotting' Horse Breeders Ass'n $15,050 In Stakes and Purses RACE PROGRAM FIRST DAY, JULY 25 1 — Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 11 $1300 2—2:09 class, trotting 1000 3 — 2:20 class, pacing 1000 THIRD DAY, JULY 28 7 — Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1100 8 — Three-year-old trotting divis- ion, Futurity Stake No. 11... 3300 9 2:14 class, pacing 1000 12 — 2:20 class, trotting 1000 SECOND DAY, JULY 27 4 — Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity Stake No. 12 $1350 5 — 2:15 class, trotting 1000 6 — 2:10 class, pacing 1000 FOURTH DAY, JULY 29 10 — 2:12 class, trotting $1000 11 — 2:07 class, pacing 1000 FOURTH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA RODEO ------ $10,000 IN PRIZES Bucking Horses, Bull Riding, Chariot Races and Other Exciting Contests STREET CARNIVAL, DANCING, STREET PARADES, MUSIC, DOG SHOW, ETC. SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE. 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Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Wind Puff, Bowed Tendun, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Curb, Splint, Poll Evil, Fistula, etc., are prombtly reduced with ABSORBINE THE ANTISEPTIC LINIMENT rtni3 aTt"lild^n.S,pleasanv ren\.edy l° use—does not stain or leave a greasy resi- gn' J,,- s0°thln.e. cooling, healing and powerfully penetrating— strengthening and invigorating to tired, lame muscles or tendons. Allays pain promptly and takes out soreness and inflammation. Reduces swellings and soft bunches In addition it is a safe and harmless ouncnes. . ,. , , ANTISEPTIC and GERMICIDE Applied to an open sore, wire cut or wound, it not only makes the part asen- tiea ly clean out kills the germs and causes a healthy healing-non-destructive AbU™;hi^E«3? ab°Ut ^ SP^1 »" W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother to Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), son of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:1S% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by ifambrino Chief. Also Flosnut son ot Xutwood Wilkes and Flo by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo fov Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG.. S. F. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner "Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. Fu- turity Stake Entries Given Careful Preparation. Best of Care Guaranteed al Mcdonald, Pleasanton, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne D..l.r. In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Mottit and Towne, Los Anselo* MARKETING HOGS IN HOT WEATHER. A great many dogs die on the way to market during the summer months. The fat hog is very susceptible to heat, and it requires no little amount of care and good judgment on the part of the owner to get his hogs safely to market when the weather is very warm. Every farmer who raises hogs for the market should have a loading rack, for one-half of the danger is over when you get the hogs safely in the wagon; that is, without worrying or crippling any of them. It is the best plan to have a small pen with two gates, one for the hogs to go in at, and another that opens out into the chute. First get the hogs used to the pen by feeding them in it for several days before you intend to load them. Don't have the chute too steep, and be sure that the surface of the loading rack is rough enough to prevent the hogs from slipping as they walk up. Usually the hogs will walk into the wagon without giving you a particle of trouble, but if one should happen to get contrary, don't worry him or use violence. Work carefully with him until you get him started up the chute, then get behind him and force him on. A liberal supply of straw or leaves should be put in the wagon and thor- oughly wet before the hogs are loaded. The wet straw not only serves to keep the hogs cool, but it also pro- tects them against the jolting of the wagon. Be sure that the wagon frames are open down far enough for the hogs to get plenty of fresh air. A great many hogs die on the way to market because the wagon frames are so close that the hogs can get no air except from the top. The heat from their bodies creates a steam and the wagon bed becomes almost a furnace. Another mistake that a great many people make is to begin whipping up the team when the hogs begin to pant, for that is the worst thing that could possibly be done. The jolting of the wagon driven in a trot worries the hogs still more. When you see the hogs are getting overheated on the way to market, drive the wagon to the shade, if any shade is near by, and if water is handy cool the hogs off gradually by sprinkling them, but never dash the water on by the buck- etful. It is always the best plan to carry a tin bucket along with you. If the weather is extremely hot and your market is a good many miles away it is safest to start with the hogs some time during the night, so that most of the distance will be covered before the sun comes up. I have learned by experience that it does not pay to feed the hogs heav- ily just before you start to market with them. When their stomachs are very full the jolting of the wagon is liable to make them sick, and they will almost vomit their insides out, If the butter is slow in coming, it is due to one of two causes: Either the cream is too cold, or else the churn is overloaded and the contents do not get proper oscillation. FOR SALE. Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cat. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High- Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Saturday, July 25, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N SAFETY FIRST and POWDERS THERE is one rule in force in eyery Du Pont factory that is as unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and Persians: THE SHOOTER'S SAFETY MUST BE THE FIRST CONSIDERATION Think of this the next time you slip a shell into your gun! "Did the maker of the powder in this shell have 'SAFETY FIRST' in mind?" You have our positive assurance that he did if the shell is loaded with DUPONT BALLISTITE SCHULTZE EMPIRE Think of this the next time you buy shot shells. Ask for shells loaded with one of these "safety first" brands. 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DERYDER, April 9, 1914, who has had STAR TILDEN since he was foaled: "In regard to your colt (Star Tilden), I have always felt that he was a good pacer and I have no reason to change my mind. He paced in Two-Seven and a Fraction in a race last year, and I believe should race around 2:05 or 2:06 this year. At Santa Rosa, he stepped each one of the miles faster than the winner did. coming the last half of each one of those miles in 1:02. His legs are perfectly clean and sound and he is absolutely sound in every way. I don't know of a green pacer in California that can go in 2:10 outside of Star Tilden, which makes his chances look pretty good to stake through this country." My reason for selling is, that I have no time to devote to the racing game. I will price him right. Apply to Geo. W. Putnam, owner, at Salt Lake City, Utah, or to H. G. Smich, of Pleasanton, California, who is now getting him ready for the fall races. 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State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 6-17 NOTWITHSTANDING all efforts made to have secretaries of racing associations throughout the United States and Canada insist upon owners of heat winners giving the pedigrees of the winners, namely: the name of sire and dam, and name of sire of dam, this, one of the most important features of the trot- ting horse industry, is omitted. It is such a simple matter for secretaries to ask owners of heat winners to get this information when the amounts won are divided among them that one can hardly find a plausible excuse for this negligence. Surely it cannot be that every secretary is too timid to ask this in- formation. When race summaries are published the correspondents who send them are ofttimes criti- cised for not giving credit where it is due and forth, with some interested follower of the sport (who has been watching the progress of some favorite stal- lion) learns that one of the daughters of this sire is the dam of a heat winner, and immediately writes to the editor and wants to know why the pedigree on the dam's side of that performer was not pub- lished. Every year the journals devoted to this industry publish articles upon the importance of knowing how all horses entering the standard list are bred. The Year Book is issued and it is always full of errors; the turf journals then assume the task of correcting these and giving each sire of the dam of the winner as well as the dam credit. A few of these corrections appear after the Year Book is issued, and so far as being valuable as references they are nil. There are hundreds of race meetings held through- out America yearly and if there was some advice given to owners and trainers on every entry blank issued before these meetings are started, urging them to give the pedigrees as far back as possible (allowing space in these blanks for that purpose), in a few years the followers Of those interested in the development of the light harness horse industry would become educated and know as much about the breeding of heat winners as those who follow the histories and performances of thoroughbreds. It will take only a good black line of type printed on these blanks to call the attention of all making entries. Secretaries could then fill out the pages of their judges' books so completely that there would be no necessity to call upon owners of heat winners to aid them in getting the breeding straight, except in some cases where the trainer in filling the blank was ignorant of the bloodlines of the horse that was making money for him. There are scores of cases like this on record, be it said to their shame, where trainers do not know the breeding of the horses they are handling every day. Such men should ask how every horse they have is bred and write it down in a book. When they have nothing else to do they should learn this information so that they can give it if the question is ever asked, "How, is this horse bred?" PAYMENTS in the stakes of the State Agricul- tural Society are due as follows: On August 1st ten dollars, second payment in the 2:14 Trot, 2:15 Pace and 2:09 Trot. Five dollars, second payment in the 2:20 Pace and 2:20 Trot for amateurs. The amateur stakes for cups for the 2:20 trotters and 2:20 pacers will also close on that day. Nominators failing to make payments when due will be declared out. WORKING OF THE WINRACE RECORD RULE. WHILE the $2.50 a day minimum wage measure has not yet been placed upon the ballot by initiative petition, Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan has been informed by representatives of the Socialist party, who drafted the bill, that the proposition will be on file before August 3d, the last date upon which it may be received. The qualifying signa- tures, he has been informed, will come from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Alameda counties. The proposed statute fixes the compensation of all working persons over eighteen years of age at $2 50 a day, and $1.50 a day for all under eighteen years of age. "The Farmers' Protective League of California will fight the minimum wage bill along with its twin, the Universal Eight Hour Law, and its little brother, the $5,000,000 state factory, with its free board, free lodging and free clothing provision," declared Arthur Dunn, secretary and manager of the League at Sac- ramento. "We realize that the proponents of these measures are organized and an organized minority has the advantage of an indifferent majority. How- ever, farmers are organizing everywhere. This League will have fifty branches in fifty of the fifty- eight counties of the State. "The gravest danger California faces is the num- ber of propositions to be voted upon. Secretary of State Jordan informs me about fifty measures must be decided by the people, and he is preparing book- lets containing ninety-six pages, or about 120,000 words printed in small type, the text being descrip- tive and argumentative of the amendments. It will be almost an impossibility for a voter to read this understandingly inside of one month. These book- lets will reach electors about the 1st of October. The shortest measure described in the book is the Univer- sal Eight Hour Law which contains 108 words, eleven commas and one semi-colon. This amendment will be third on the ballot, the one authorizing a call for a constitutional convention being No. 1, and the pro- hibition amendment being No. 2. All of this extra printing and postage will cost the State and County governments approximately $200,000, and there will be a charge of $50,000 for printing the ballots. The ballots will be more than two feet long and nearly three feet wide, or 26 x 32 inches. "It must be understood that initiative measures once adopted by the people cannot be amended by the Legislature, vetoed by the Governor or altered in any manner except by another petition duly ini- tiated and receiving a majority vote at a subsequent election. That is one more reason why the Univer- sal Eight Hour Law must be defeated." A WORLD'S RECORD. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: In several of the latest trotting horse journals I have seen a report of the record meeting held at Los Angeles on the 15th of the present month, but in none of them was there any comment made upon the remarkable work of W. G. Durfee that afternoon when he gained several world's records for himself. By giving new records to fifteen trotters and one pacer he accomplished what constitutes a world's record by a very great margin. No other driver ever approached that showing in one day's work; about half that number of horses have been marked by one driver on two or three different occasions, which is the nearest approach anyone has ever made to this record of Mr. Durfee's. A more enviable record made by Mr. Durfee that afternoon, however, is the one he made when he put five trotters in the 2:10 list. There are hundreds of trainers older in years and in the business than Will Durfee that in their whole career never rode five miles in 2:10, let alone giving records to five horses in that fast time. And most certain it is that no other man ever gave rec- ords of 2:10 or better to five horses in one afternoon. Of these five horses two of them were three-year-olds and no other driver ever gave records of 2:10 or better to two three-year-old trotters in one afternoon; and that is another world's record to the credit of Mr. Durfee. Of the sixteen that Mr. Durfee worked that afternoon, nine of them were three-year-olds and all but one entered the 2:20 list. Two of the number were two-year-olds and one of them trotted in 2:19% and the other in 2:23%. White Sox, another member of his stable, got a pacing record of 2:08, but was driven by "Bob" Smith of Santa Ma- ria (2:02) fame. It was truly a great day's work for William G. Durfee, and few men can duplicate it with horses from their own training stable. C. C. C. Some time since we commented on the fact that the lists of entries in the early closing events indi- cated that the adoption of the winrace rule had the effect of bringing out for competition many horses that otherwise possibly would not start, thus increasing the fields in these events. Since the opening of the racing season in this section we have observed that this rule has had the effect of bettering the fields in the class events also, and we know of several races in which good fields started and furnished good contests that would have failed to fill but for the adoption of the winrace rule. Thus far we have had the pleasure of being present at four race meetings and have seen another effect of the rule that is worthy of comment. Ever since we have followed the harness horse we have noted what a small number of drivers seem to desire to win at the early race meetings and have on many occasions at betless meetings, where no other money than the purse was in sight, been certain that the winner could have been defeated by several of the field that failed to show in front. There being no possible betting combination, such results looked very odd and naturally we have quietly in- vestigated on some such occasions. Almost invariably the trainer would state that he would have tried, but was afraid that he would get his horse a record and then fail to win the necessary heats to get the big end of the purse, as he did not think him up to a race; that if he had been sure he could have won he would have driven for the race without any regard for the record he might take. Such an explanation ceases to be a valid one under the new winrace rule and thus one of the old and time-honored excuses goes to the discard. Relieved of the fear of securing a record with no money in return we have seen a number of drivers try for races this year who frankly told us that they did not believe they were ready, but since under the new rule a losing heat would not be a bar, they were going to do their best. The result has been that events have been split heat affairs in many cases and the public have been treated to interesting and thrilling contests, while in several instances drivers who thought their horses were not ready, have been able to pull down first money. It never looked good in the past to see so many drivers sit- ting quiet with their charges and making no effort to win, yet it must be confessed that it appeared as if the trainer was best aware of his horse's condi- tion, and on many occasions judges have been len- ienient in such instances, but they are now in the position of knowing that if they substitute a new driver and mark the horse without winning the race no harm has been done, and at the same time the jublic has been treated to a better contest. With the honest drivers relieved of the fear of a record in the losing race and driving to win, and with judges enforcing the rules against those driv- ers who will still persist in driving the best horse in the ruck, we can see a much- improved condition in harness racing. — American Sportsman. DEATH OF ASHLAND WILKES 2:17^. Ashland Wilkes 2:17% died July 16th at the ripe old age of thirty-two. He was the leading living sire after August 25, 1910, when Gambetta Wilkes died, until McKinney 2:11%, the present holder of the title, achieved that distinction some time in 1913. Ashland Wilkes was foaled in 1882, was sired by Red Wilkes 1749; dam Daisy B., by Administrator 357; second dam by imported Knight of St. George; third dam by Pilot Jr., and fourth dam was by Wood- pecker, the thoroughbred grandson of Sir Archy. Ashland Wilkes was bred by H. E. and W. H. Bos- well, Lexington, Ky. At a W. W. Adams auction sale in Lexington, Jan. 30, 1884, he was sold as a two- year-old for $705, to the late M. Beamer of Black- burn, Mo. Beamer sold him for $5,000 to H. G. Toler, Wichita, Kan. Toler sold him for $8,000 in 1896. W. Harry Orr. his last owner, bought him for $3,350. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. Six races have been scheduled for Sunday after- noon by the San Francisco Driving Club in the Sta- dium in Golden Gate Park. The first race is due to start at 1 o'clock. The horses entered follow: First race. 2:25 mixed — Emma M., W. Malough; King Pointer, H. Campodonico; Ealdy Mitchell, H. Campodon- ico; Wild Rose, J. Hayes; Springtime, G. Clotere; Steve D., J. Tassi. Second race, 2:15 pace — Delilah, J. C. Welsh; Brad- mont, G. Giannini; Red Pointer, McKinney stable; Tom Murphy, E. T. Ayres. Third race, free-for-all pace — Happy Dentist, J. J. Ryan; W. J. K., W. J. Kenney; Frank N., M. Ford; Hamburg Belle, J. Ginnochio. Fourth race, free-for-all trot — Birdeye, A. Combatalade; J. C. Simpson, A. Ottinger; Suver Hunter, T. D. Sexton; Ida M., H. Boyle; Nutwood Lou, A. Ottinger. Firth race, 2:20 mixed — G. J. P., R. Consani; J. K., P. F. Kane; Roman Boy, W. A. Dougherty; Ishmael, F. Lauterwasser; Muggins. F. Burton; Laddie G., J. Hol- land; Soreta, McKinney stables. Sixth race, 2:18 pace — Dictum, McKinney stable; George Gin, G. Giannini; William Tell, McKinney stable; Little Dick, O. Ohlandt Jr. Fiesta Lou, yearling filly by Wilbur Lou, paced a half in 1:15, last quarter in 36% seconds, last week at Hemet. Goldsmith Lou worked a half-mile in 1:08, last quarter in 37% seconds. Selma Paley, a quarter in :39, and Gertrude Rives a quarter in: 38. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 1, 1914. P. C. T. H. B. A. MEETING AT SALINAS. This was the curtain-raising meeting of the Pacific Coast Circuit and great credit is due the management for the admirable manner in which it was conducted. The neat appearance of the new grandstands and the comfortable chairs which replaced the benches formerly in use, the presence of a band of music, the excellent starts and the apparent desire of the driv- ers to do their very best and drive their horses for every heat, all helped to make this a most enjoyable occasion. The condition of the track was not all that could be desired, the course being very slow and cuppy, and consequently no fast time was made. The two-year-old colt stakes furnished some good ma- terial and while the time made in the three-year-old stakes was very slow considering the calibre of the contestants, the races were close and the finishes of a hair-raising order. On a fast track the three-year- old trotters would undoubtedly have trotted three heats in 2:10 or better. The weather was unfavor- able and the attendance very light, probably owing to the fact that it was harvest time in the Salinas valley and the farmers were unable to lose the time to attend the races. Much regret was expressed locally that the meeting could not have been held later in the season so that everyone would have had an opportunity to attend. The California Rodeo will probably suffer for the same reason. The manage- ment of the California Rodeo very kindly offered the services of some of their most celebrated performers to assist in the entertainment of the spectators be- tween heats of the races and their efforts, which were of high class, were much appreciated and en- joyed. Salinas, July 25th. — The opening of the California Circuit at Salinas was a success financially and also from a racing standpoint. When the horses were called for the first race of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' meeting a large and enthusiastic crowd was in attendance. The races were all interesting events and the time made was very fast, considering the condition of the track. The stake race for three-year-old pacers was hotly contested, and the full five heats were neces- sary before the winner was returned. The filly Maxine, which won the event, was bred by J. E. Montgomery of Davis, and wTas sired by the well-known pacer Jim Logan. The first heat of the three-year-old pacing division of Breeders Futurity No. 11, proved to be an easy thing for the Woodland Stock Farm entry, Joseph Ansel. He led throughout and won in the fast time of 2:12%. Maxine loomed up dangerously close at the eighth pole, but broke and finished second. Both horses ran under the wire. Chango was third and Barney Barnato fourth. The second heat of the stake was won by Alta Barnato. Joseph Ansel went away in the lead and held his position into the back stretch, where he broke and fell back into last position. Maxine here took the lead and held it well down the stretch, al- though closely pressed by Chango and Alto Barnato. At the finish the filly tired and Alto Barnato won, wdth Chango in second place. In the third heat they went away at a fast clip, down to the half in 1:06%. with Joseph Ansel in the lead and Alto Barnato second. Rounding the far turn the pace commenced to tell on the leaders and Joseph Ansel broke and fell out of it in the stretch. Alto Barnato was passed by both Maxine and Chango. Driver Durfee made a strong bid for the fourth heat. At the start he took Chango right to the front and held her lead until passing the eighth pole, but was beaten by Maxine. Alto Barnato was third and Joseph Ansel fourth. The fifth and deciding heat was an easy thing for Maxine. Her driver indulged Joseph Ansel with the lead until the stretch was reached and then came on and won easily. Joseph Ansel finished second, but was set back to third place for running in the stretch. The first heat of the 2:09 class was won by I. L. Borden's horse, Albaloma, in 2:10 flat. After some tedious scoring Dr. Wayo got away in the lead, closely pressed by Nuristo, and the two raced to- gether for three-quarters of a mile, where Nuristo fell back beaten. Albaloma, which had lain in a good position throughout, came fast on the outside and won going away. The second heat of the 2:09 trot was won by Alba- loma, who held the lead from wire to wire. Dr. Wayo was the contender to the head of the stretch, but broke, and Nuristo finished in second place. Time, 2:11. In the third heat Dr. Wayo and Nuristo raced heads apart for most of the distance, Albaloma draw- ing away in the stretch and winning rather handily from Dr. Wayo, with both horses under urging by their drivers. Nine horses started in the 2:20 class pace, rather a large field for the narrow track, but the starter finally got them away in fairly good shape. McVerde and Oro Mo were in the lead round the turn and down the back stretch, where Oro Mo drew away and had no difficulty in winning from White Sox. In the second heat the field was away to a good start, and there was some crowding around the first turn. When the mix-up was straightened out Airlie Demonio took the lead and held it to the finish. A. B. C. was second. Airlie Demonio rushed into the lead in the third heat and held it throughout. Oro Mo gave the win- ner a race for three-quarters of a mile, but broke on the turn and fell out of it. A. B. C. came fast and finished second. Summary: Three-year-old pace, £1000: Maxine (Montgomery) 2 3 1 1 1 Alto Barnato (Quinn) 4 1 3 3 2 Joseph Ansel (Dowling) 1 4 4 4 3 Chango (Durfee) 3 2 2 2 ro Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:15, 2:15%, 2:15%. 2:09 class trotting, $1000: Albaloma (Quinn) 1 1 1 Dr. Wayo (Ward) 2 4 2 Nuristo (Spencer) 4 2 3 Alerick (Durfee) 2 3 4 Merry Mc (Parsons) 5 5 5 Redeem ( Sanders) 6 dis Time— 2:10, 2:11, 2:13. 2:20 class pacing. $1000: Airlie Demonio (Dowling) 8 1 1 Oro Mo (Tryon) 1 8 7 A. B. C. (Schwartz) 5 2 2 White Sox (Durfee) 2 5 5 McVerde (Ward) 3 3 4 Zoetrix (Chadbourne) 6 6 3 R. W. (Trainor) 4 4 8 Pegasus (Miller) 9 9 6 Mary W. (Allen) 7 7 9 Time — 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09%. Second Day — Monday, July 27th. The second day of the Breeders' meeting furnished first-class racing to a poor attendance. The feature of the day was the two-year-old trotting stake futu- rity No. 12, which was won by Byron, a colt owned by William Lafton of Fullerton, Cal. The winner had no difficulty in disposing of his field. He is a black gelding sired by Tom Moko, dam Reta A. by McKinney. The track was soft and not very fast miles were made, although Robert Bingen, owned by the Woodland Stock Farm, reduced his record to 2:lli/i. In the two-year-old trotting division of the Futurity five colts started. After several scores they were away to a good start and George R. Patterson im- mediately took the lead, closely followed by Nicolo B. and Byron. Patterson held his advantage until well down the stretch, where he broke and was beaten out by Byron and Nicolo B. Beirne was fourth and Ruth Ansel fifth. The second heat was also won by Byron, which held a good position throughout and won as he pleased at the end. Beirne was second and Nicolo B. third. The 2:15 trot brought out a field of eight and after some tedious scoring they were sent away, with Copper the Ore in the lead. Loe Blossom was sec- ond until well down the back stretch. In the drive through the stretch there was a gradual closing up and the finish was a close thing between the first four. Great Northern won the heat, F. S. Whitney was second, Copper the Ore third and Pavarnia fourth. Time, 2:12%. In the second heat they were away promptly, and the field was closely bunched for the full mile, with Great Northern in the lead. There was a shifting of position at the head of the stretch, and F. S. Whitney took the lead, which he maintained to the wire. Great Northern finished in the place. The third heat was a duel between F. S. Whitney and Great Northern for first money. F. S. Whitney won by two lengths, with Great Northern second, St. Patrick third and Copper the Ore fourth. The first heat of the 2:10 pace furnished a close and exciting contest. The field was closely bunched throughout and the finish was very close, the leaders being lapped on one another. Loch Lomond, which had come from behind, was the winner, with Robert Bingen second. Soumise held the lead during the second heat, with Loch Lomond a contender until well down the stretch, when Robert Bingen drew out and won handily from Delia H. Loch Lomond was third and Soumise fourth. Robert Bingen, Loch Lomond and Soumise raced heads apart for three-quarters of a mile in the third heat, but Robert Bingen outclassed his field and had no difficulty in winning. Summary: Two-year-old trot, purse $1250: Byron (R. Smith) 1 l Nicolo B. (Durfee) 2 3 Beirne (Ward) 4 2 George N. Patterson (Rutherford) .3 4 Ruth Ansel (Dowling) 5 5 Time, 2:20%. 2:20%. 2:15 trot, $1000: F. S. Whitney (Durfee) 2 1 1 Great Northern (Ward) 1 2 2 Copper the Ore (Bonnell) ^3 3 4 St. Patrick (Dowling) q 6 3 Loe Blossom (Clark) . . ' 5 4 5 Pavarnia (Clark) '.....'.'.4 8 8 Merry Widow (Parsons) '..'.' ."7 5 6 Mabel Van (Best) ' ' s 7 7 2:12%, 2:14%, 2:13%'.'" 2:10 pace, $1000: Robert Bingen (Dowling) 9 1 1 Loch Lomond (Quinn) 1 3 9 Delia H. (Smith) ...'. 4 2 ■> Soumise (Friend) .'.'.' 3 4 dis Leonid (Allen) dis Hamburg Belle (Schwartz) dis Time — 2:11, 2:11%, 2:12. Third Day — Tuesday, July 28th. Esperanza took the classic colt stake of the West today, the Breeders' three-year-old futurity trot. A champion as a two-year-old, the Carlokin — My Irene S. filly came right back this afternoon in such spec- tacular style that she must be crowned queen of the younger racers. The futurity easily brought out the best racing of the season The stake was a rattling exhibition of trotting and Esperanza, to gain her crown, was forced to circle her field in the final heat in a way that only an honest game filly could do. A quarter of a mile from the finish Esperanza ap- peared hopelessly beaten. A break a moment after the field was given the word had left her ten lengths to the bad. Then started the overhauling. At first it appeared as though the task was too much for the little filly and that Driver Willie Durfee would save her for another heat. But Durfee must have known how good she really was, as he let her go. At the half Esperanza had cut the ten lengths in two. The three-quarter pole found her on the outside and enough to the rear to make her chances appear hope- less. Then Durfee let her down. The other horses looked as if they were hobbled. Slowly she passed her field one at a time, and in a lashing finish the little filly necked herself in front for the most his- toric stake in the country. Despite the fact that Esperanza proved herself the superior of any animal in the race, there were nevertheless some other excellent trotters trying. Columbia T„ Charlie Silva's Bon Guy filly, showed remarkable speed. In the opening heat she looked to have too much foot for the field, but she cracked and Esperanza came along and nipped her at the finish. Bon Courage, the Bon McKinney colt, which gave so much promise last year, failed to come up to ex- pectations. Last year there were those who pre- dicted that the game colt wTould take the Breeders' futurity. Today Ted Hayes had all sorts of trouble in keeping him straightened out and in the position of a contender. Bon Cress, a black colt by the former coast cham- pion trotter, Bon Voyage, showed nice racing quali- ties, and it was Chadbourne who was doing all the forcing with him in the final heat. By being the runner-up Bon Cress took third money. In the opening heat Columbia T. led the way to the quarter: Esperanza laid in the second hole. In this position they passed the half-mile pole. At the three-quarters Columbia T. had increased her lead to a length. Then the pair settled down for the drive in the stretch. Esperanza was gaining slightly, but a hundred yards from the wire Columbia T. was still a half-length to the good. She broke at this point and Esperanza raced home in front. Columbia T. again showed her great speed by taking the pole away from Esperanza in the second heat. At the half she was a couple of lengths in front. At the three-quarters Esperanza started cutting down the lead and burst in front fifty yards from home to win by a neck. The times of 2:17%, 2:16% and 2:17 are somewhat below the standard set in the futurities of the past, but the Salinas track must be several seconds slow, for these same horses were able to do as well, or even better, when two-year-olds. Clarence Berry won a double victory when White Sox took the 2:14 pace and Esperanza the futurity. White Sox is pacing for the first time this year, having raced as a trotter on the wheel last season. She was a sweet-going mare today and never left the issue in doubt. In the opening heat White Sox, A. B. C. and Asa Pointer set such a dazzling pace for the early part of the journey that Zorene, Alto S. and McVerde broke under the speed and fell back so far that they never recovered to be within the dis- tance flag. White Sox raced to the front each time, and the only real fight was for second money be- tween Asa Pointer and A. B. C, Asa Pointer winning when the judges set A. B. C. back for swerving in the stretch in the final heat. A. B. C. would have had second money only for this break. The two-year-old futurity pace went to Little Ex- press, the Alto-Express filly, after three heats. Elmo Montgomery's Bondwean gave a remarkable show of gameness for a youngster when, after taking the opening heat, he went lame. Parading for the final heat Bondwean limped pitifully, but he was forced to finish the race in order to get second money, which was surely his if he beat the distance flag. This he did handily. The summary: Two-year-old futurity pace, $1,000: Little Express, b. f. by Alto — Express — Diwalda (Hogobooin) 4 1 1 Bondwean (Montgomery) 1 2 4 Sheldon (Quinn) 2 4 2 Direct Heir Jr. (Miller) 3 5 3 Bondholder (Allen) 6 3 d Cal. 1915 (Renatti) 5 d Time— 2:21%. 2:20, 2:22. Three-year-old trot, Breeders' futurity, $3,000; mile heats. 3 in 5: Esperanza, b. f. by Carlokin — My Irene S. (Durfe) 1 1 1 Columbia T. (W. Smith) 2 2 3 Bon Cress (Chadbourne) 5 3 2 Bon Courage (Hayes) 3 4 4 Ethel D. (R. Smith) 4 5 5 Time— 2:17%, 2:16%, 2:17. 2:14 pace, purse $1,000: White Sox, b. m. by Del Coronado — Subite (Durfee) 1 1 1 Asa Pointer (McDonald) 3 2 2 A. B. C. (Sanders) 2 3 3 Zorene (Chadbourne) d Alton S. (H. Smith) d McVerde (Ward) d Time — 2:09%, 2:10, 2:10. A. B. C. set back to third for swerving after finishing second in third heat. Fourth Day — Wednesday, July 29th. This was the fourth and closing day of the Breed- ers' meeting and the track -was in better condition for fast time and the attendance much improved. The 2:07 pacers went within a second of their records, and the 2:12 trot was a closely contested affair. Five horses started in the 2:12 class trot. J. C. Simpson led to the back stretch but blew up, and was passed by Dr. Wayo and Alerick, who finished in that order, with Harold C. third. The second heat was a repetition of the first, and they finished in the order named. The first heat of the 2:07 class pace was a close thing between Dick W. and Teddy Bear. The former won by a head in 2:08%. Vera Hal made the pace Saturday. August 1, 1914.] THS BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN throughout, but stopped in the stretch. In the second heat Dick W. had no difficulty in winning from Teddy Bear, with Zulu Belle third and Vera Hal fourth. Teddy Bear took the lead in the third heat and held it from wire to wire, although he was forced to a hard drive to beat Dick W., who came fast from behind. Vera Hal was third. A large field started in the 2:20 trot and, after several scores, they were sent away in fairly good order. Nuristo won the heat, Tina G. was second, Great Northern third and F. S. Whitney fourth. The second heat was also won by Nuristo with Great Northern second and F. S. Whitney third. Merry Widow was fourth. The third heat was Nuristo's all the way, with F. S. Whitney second, Tina G. third and Great Northern fourth. Summary: 2:12 class trot, purse $1000: Dr. Wayo (Ward) 1 1 1 Alerick (Durfee) 2 2 3 Harold C. (Chadbourne) 3 3 2 J. C. Simpson (Schwartz) 4 4 4 Time— 2:13%, 2:14%, 2:14%. 2:07 class pace, purse $1000: Dick W. (Walton) 1 1 2 Teddy Bear (Smith) 2 2 1 Vera Hal (Cohen) 3 4 3 Zulu Belle (Durfee) 4 3 4 Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:09%. 2:20 trot, purse $1000: Nuristo (Spencer) 1 1 1 Great Northern (Ward) 3 2 4 F. S. 'Whitney (Durfee) 4 3 2 Tina G. (Blackwell) 2 7 3 Merry Widow (Parsons) 7 4 5 Dione (Tryon) 5 6 9 Pavana (Clark) 9 5 7 Fiesta Maid (Dowling) 6 9 6 Copper King (Miller) 8 8 8 Killarney (Rutherford) 10 dis Vallejo King (Chadbourne) dis Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:12%. CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB. THE PROGRESS OF ITALLION ENROLLMENT IN ONTARIO. The second year of stallion enrollment in this Province is drawing to a close, and as was to be expected, the enrollment is much more complete than in 1913. Last year, at the close of the season, July 31, there had been enrolled 2760 stallions, up to June 18; this year 2,224 of these had renewed their certificates and 780 which were not enrolled last year had received certificates, making total enrolled to date of 3,004. From this it will be seen that 536 horses which were enrolled last year either are not doing business in the Province this year, or are breaking the law. The greater number of these have been sold to leave the Province, while a smaller number have died and a number of owners of grades have reported that business was so poor that they had taken their horses off the road and castrated them, which is a very good sign for the future of the horse-breeding industry. There are, no doubt, a few horse owners who have not renewed their certificates, thinking that enrollment, like registration in the stud book, was for life. As it is only good for one year, the re-enrollment should be made at once. What is needed at this time, more than anything else, is an appreciation of the benefits of the Act by the owners of mares throughout the Province: In the past, many stallions have been misrepresented as pure-bred, by owners and grooms when it was impossible to have them recorded in the stud-book of the breed to which they were said to belong. To satisfy himself as to whether such representatons are correct, all that is necessary for the mare owner to do is to ask the stallion owner to produce his Certificate of Enrollment, if his horse is really a pure-bred it will be stated on the certificate in plain type; if he cannot be recorded as a pure-bred, it will be stated on the certificate that he is a grade, in prominent type. This information will not be of great value to the owner of pure-bred mares as he is acquainted with matters connected with registra- tion. The man who will receive real benefit from this is the one who is endeavoring to have his horses registered by the grading up process which is per- mitted with several breeds, as he can in this way assure himself that every cross he makes will count. The man who is starting in the business of breed- ing will also find it to his advantage to note whether the horse he intends breeding to has been inspected or not, and breed only to those horses which have been inspected and approved, as those who did not have their horses inspected were in many cases afraid that if they had submitted them for inspection that they would have been rejected for some of the diseases or malformations mentioned in the Act. It would, therefore, be wisdom on his part to insist on a stallion having a form 1 certificate before deciding to breed to him. Frank Starr, the well known American reinsman, who formerly trained the trotters belonging to Leo- pold Wanko, of Vienna, has left this position, and has accepted a position with a big stable as trainer and driver. Worganwind, by Morgan Axworthy 2:17, out of Delia Bell, has won the German Trotting Derby from his stable mate, Bertha Prince, a daugh- ter of Prince McKinney. Ampfer, by Franko, was third. The Derby was trotted at Berlin-Ruhleben, June 21st. The victor was driven by Robert Gross- man. Pierrot 2:13% (dash record), who was timed at the recent Trieste meeting in 2: 10% in a heat race, in which he captured third money, has been sold by Leopold Wanko to the Italian horsemen Emo Centanin and Alfredo Bolge, for the reported price of 50,000 crowns ($10,000). — The Horse Review. Frank N., the speedy pacer, was the sensation of last Sunday's programme of harness racing held on the Stadium track in Golden Gate Park under the auspices of the California Driving Club. Frank N. won the feature event, the free-for-all pace, in straight heats from Monica McKinney, and in each race the winner was far in the lead when the finish mark was passed. Hamburg Belle was the original entry in the free- for-all pace against Frank N., but Hamburg Belle is racing at Salinas. Monica McKinney was to race in a special event against the Butchertown favorite, Birdeye, but this race was called off. So rather than have the free-for-all pace scratched from the card the committee substituted Monica McKinney. Monica McKinney is a trotter and Frank N. is a pacer. Each heat was practically decided at the quarter-mark, for at this point Frank N. had a com- manding lead. Frank N.'s times were the same. He finished in 2:17 in both heats. A peculiar feature of the matinee was that each race was decided in two heats, a condition that sel- dom occurs with as many as five events on a pro- gramme. Emma M., the favorite in the 2:25 mixed, won both heats, but the margins were exceptionally close. In the second heat it looked as though Emma M. and Ella Wilkes had finished in a dead heat, but the judges saw Emma M. pass the finish line a head in front. Tom Murphy had a little trouble in winning the 2:15 pace in straight heats. The summary: First race — 2:25 class mixed: Emma M. (W. Malough) 1 1 Pride of Elmhurst (J. I. Johnston) 2 3 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 2 Queen Pointer (J. Vermet) 4 4 Time— 2:26%. 2:29. Second race — 2:15 pace: Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayers) 1 1 Little Medium (Dr. Allen) 2 3 Victor Pointer (D. W. Keating) 3 2 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt) 4 4 Balboa (Dr. E. Hoffman) 5 6 Pointer Belle (Kidd and Luce) 6 5 Time— 2:19%, 2:19%. Third race — free-for-all pace: Frank N. (M. Ford) 1 1 Monica McKinney (Hoffman and Sicotte) 2 2 Time— 2:17, 2:17. Fourth race — 2:22 class, mixed: Horse Shoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 1 1 Bessie Barnato (F. W. Thompson) 2 4 Harold K. (J. V. Galindo) 3 3 Mable Dillon (B. Cohn) 4 2 Time— 2:20%, 2:28. Fifth race — 2:30 trot: Ida M. (H. Boyle) 1 1 Strathdon (G. H. Allen) 2 2 Muggins (F. Burton) 3 3 RACING AT HOLLISTER. The matinee meeting at Riverside Park was largely attended. Five races were carded for the afternoon and were run off in good shape. The match race between Rex and Fred Branch was easily the feature of the afternoon's sport. No little amusement was furnished by Billy Bounce and Teddy B., who went two heats, in the intervals of balking, in the snail- like time of 3:21 for the first heat and 2:59 for the second. There were thirteen entries in the different classes and beyond the usual fortune that attends racing, no bad result seemed to befall the ill-omened num- ber. There were prizes for everybody. Results: Class E. buggy horses, half-mile, 3 in 5: Duke A., Neison (Neilson) 3 3 2 2 111 Sunday, A. Nunez (Nunez) 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 Dan Patch, George Cagney (Cagney) 2 2 113 3 3 Regenaldo, German (German) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Time— 1:28, 1:23%, 1:21, 1:21, 1:23, 1:24, 1:22%. Class B, trot: mile, 2 in 3: Ben Alto. Kydd (Kydd) 1 1 Prince Alto. Ware (Ware) 3 2 Oro Guy, H. Snibley (Snibley) 2 3 Time— 2:36, 2:30. Class C. pace; mile, 2 in 3: Billy Bounce, Wright (Sanchez) 2 1 Teddy B.. Wilson (Wilson) 1 2 Both withdrawn. Class D. mixed: half-mile, 2 in 3: Josephine. Kydd (Kydd) 1 2 1 Dolly Johnson, Ladd (Ladd) 2 1 2 Time— 1:21, 1:23%, 1:22. Class A. pace ; mile. 2 in 3 : Rex. Overstreet (Overstreet) 1 2 1 F. Branch, Zahner (Zahner) 2 1 2 Time— 2:21, 2:34, 2:25. RACING AT HONOLULU At Spreckels Park, on July 4th, the free-for-all pace between Welcome Boy and Denervo was the feature of the programme: the following account of the race was taken from "Tropic Topics": In the first heat Denervo outfooted Welcome Boy who lost ground at the turns but gained in the straight. The first half was paced in 1:04 1-5. It was a corking mile and the fastest ever paced on the track. Denervo , away flying in the second heat, was unable to keep on terms with Welcome Boy who paced round the Maui champion and won the heat handily. The first half of the third heat saw the pacers in close attendance but passing the stand the second time WTelcome Boy broke and lost consider- able ground. Gibson got him on his feet in work- manlike shape and set sail after the leader. The superiority of the Honolulu pacer was evidenced by the way in which he closed the gap and assumed command, winning the heat in unequivocal style. The fourth heat quickly revealed the fact that De- nervo had shot his bolt and Welcome Boy won as he liked from his eased-up opponent. Welcome Boy was in perfect shape and could have put in seven heats had that been necessary. Denervo was not given a searching preparation, probably on account of his connections underestimating the ability of the Hon- olulu horse. This cost him the race. Trotting and pacing, free-for-all, mile heats, 2 in 3; purse, $500: Thos. Hollinger's b. g. Welcome Boy, a.. Welcome— Alta (J. H. Gibson) 2 1111 A. McPhee's Denervo (D. Carey) 2 1 2 2 dis Time— 2:13 3-5, 2:14 3-5, 2:16 3-5, 2:18 3-5. SALINAS DRIVING CLUB. While the "big time" horses were resting up for the final three days, the Salinas Driving Club staged a matinee for the amusement of the crowds, last Sunday. Three races being carded, and furnished quite a good afternoon's sport. The summary: First race — Class C. mixed: Berta Lou (Parsons) 1 3 1 Alma Jay (Helman) 3 1 2 Nita Be (Stirling) 2 2 3 Time— 2:32%, 2:32%, 2:33%. Second race — Class B. mixed: Star Lou (Nissen) 1 1 Silver Tail (Spencer) 2 2 Philip P. (Storm) 3 3 Time— 2:22, 2:23%. Third race — Class A trot: Eloise Dell (Cornett) 1 3 1 Salinas Star (Iverson) 2 1 2' Welcome Dan (Helman) 3 2 3 Time— 2:18, 2:17%, 2:18. O GREAT SADDLE HORSE SIRE DEAD. From the Missouri Stockman we learn of the death of the great sire of saddle horses, Grand McDonald 2228. The State of Missouri has been particularly unfortunate during the last six months in losing no less than three great saddle stallions. Grand Mc- Donald was one of the finest representatives of the breed to be found in the country. He was an ex- ceptionally good and strong breeder, transmitting to his colts his own excellent characteristics with un- failing regularity. At the Sedalia show last fall the Grand McDonald colts of various ages were very much in evidence, winning a large share of ribbons and premiums. The following paragraphs concern- ing him we give our readers through the courtesy of the Stockman: Wednesday morning a dray bearing the cold and lifeless form of a horse passed slowly out of the little town of Holliday and pulled in at the gate of W. C. McCann. There in a blue grass pasture, be- neath a spreading elm, were interred all that was earthly of the illustrious Grand McDonald. Around the edge of his grave and helping in whatever way they could were some half-score of the old horse's friends; people who looked after and cared for him in life and were none the less thoughtful of him in death. After a bale of straw had been put in the grave and his last bed made down and the last spade full of earth put over him these friends turned away in silence. Mr. McCann blew his nose and Curt Hill, the old horse's caretaker for the past several seasons, who has shown a great number of winning colts, kicked his dog for following him. Henry CartwTright, man- ager of the Monroe County Horse Company, tried to light his pipe and burned his finger, cursed the match and put the pipe away; the breeze blowing through the leaves bowed the branches of the stately elm in silent sympathy, for it was in the presence of grief — real and sincere — these men who best knew and loved the horse in life and they were real mourn- ers— not a group of the usual idle curious that may be noted on most such occasions. Grand McDonald was foaled the property of Rob- ertson Bros., of Roanoke, Mo., and to them belongs the credit of breeding this this most wonderful horse. They showed him successfully for the first two years of his life and then sold him to the Monroe County Saddle Horse Co., in whose possession he remained until death. On Tuesday, June 24th, Grand McDonald was taken violently ill and Dr. Yohe, of Madison, was called. He pronounced it impaction and worked constantly, but fruitlessly, over the horse until the end came about two o'clock Wednesday morning. The death of this horse is more than a blow to the breeding interests of the entire state and a ver- itable calamity to this immediate vicinity. As a sire he had few equals and no superiors. As a sire of sucklings it is doubtful if any horse ever lived that sired as many colts as Grand McDonald. Though only eleven years of age he was a winner for seven successive years and immediately on his retirement that brilliant performer, Senator Stone, sired by him, made his initial bow to the show horse public and that fall both the national futurity for sucklings and the aged championship at the Missouri State Fair were won by the get of Grand McDonald, Virginia Rose and Senator Stone respectively annex- ing this event. It is safe to say that the record achieved by this brilliant son of Rex McDonald is unequaled by any other horse of his age that ever lived, and his un- timely death leaves a gap in the breeding ranks of this State that will long go unfilled. Driuk Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, August 1, 1914. J NOTES AND NEWS I Santa Rosa next. <8> Fifty-three new performers for the present racing season. The Grand Circuit starts off with real record smashing. «> <£■ <8> Grand Rapids on the Grand Circuit followed by Kalamazoo. <8> <$> Work is progressing rapidly on the Panama-Pacific Exposition race track. <8> In our advertising columns will be found an ad of Star Tilden, who can be bought at a good price. The first yearling to beat 2:30 in Kentucky this season is a filly by Cochato that has been the dis- tance in 2:26. <$> <8> It is reported that Cliff Todd was offered $10,000 for Martin C. after he worked in 2:07, at North Randall recently. <§> •» Eighty-seven thousand persons were in attendance at the recent five-day meeting at Calgary, Alberta, This is an average of almost eighteen thousand a day. California Track Harrows keep a race track in fine condition and some of the best courses in the coun- try are using them, and these tracks are a pleasure to owner and trainer to work and race over. <8> «• <8> Our readers will be glad to learn that Wm. G. Layng, editor of the "Breeder and Sportsman," is on a fair road to recovery. He has had a long siege of it and it is gratifying to hear he is convalescing. The Biggs Percheron Horse Company filed articles of partnership at Sacramento last week. The stock- holders in the company are: T. P. Cooper, C. F. Leonard, M. H. Cottrell, C. W. Stone, A. J. Gibbon and G. J. Schell. <8> The first sale of yearlings took place at the New- market, England, recently. In all 142 horses were sold for an aggregate of $261,435. The largest sum paid was for a bay colt, by Bayardo — Dame d'Or; Sir. W. Cooke — $15,600. <$> Manager Merrill of the Portland track, in a letter from Fred Ward, learns that Mr. Ward will ship direct to Portland after the Salinas meeting with Dr. Wayo 2:1214 and a couple of others which will be raced on the North Pacific Circuit. «■ <8> Maurice S. is rounding to in shape at the Port- land track and looks well. Mr. Todd thinks well of the speedy gelding, and the care he has received from Tom Gorman has been of great benefit. Tom is one of the best conditioners in the profession. <8> <8> The Rose City Speedway track that was oiled for the auto meet is being placed in first-class shape for the harness horses. The management say it will be lightning fast for the August meet. There is room for several hundred horses at the Portland track. <«>«> <5> Chas. L. DeRyder and his string are going good in the East. At the Cleveland races he was first once with Lucy Patchen 2:15%, second twice on the sec- ond day in The Fasig with Miss Perfection and on the third day in the 2:09 trot with Maymack 2:08%. "Beach Day" was a grand success, witnessing one of the largest crowds ever assembled in San Fran- cisco. The horse was there in all his glory. Broncho busting, trotting races, and the display of the Riding and Driving Club being one of the features of the day. McEwen 2:181,i, a famous sire of speed, died June 22d at Ewell Farm, Spring Hill, Tenn. In the Tear Book he is credited with having sired 18 trotters and 24 pacers. Five of his sons sired five and sixteen of his daughters produced twenty-seven standard per- formers. <•> <8> <8> What do you think of this for an aged outfit? Jacob Medsher, of Marietta, Ind., 93 years old, rides in a buggy that has seen forty-five winters and is drawn by a horse thirty-nine years old. If you can beat it, come forward and claim the prize. — Spirit of the West. <8> <$> J. David West, of 1265 Golden Gate avenue, is agent for Sells' celebrated Turf goods, Tuttle & Clark's electric stallion shield, and carries a full line of harness, blankets and veterinary medicines and liniments. If in need of anything in that line, give him a call. <$> <8> Densmore 2:10, the big bay horse raced by Geo. Loomis on the California Circuit two years ago, won the International Handicap at Vienna, Austria, on June 18th. The son of Vyzant won at a 2:14 clip from six opponents including Tenara 2:05%, which ? .are landed sixth. Margot Hal 2: 0414,, the fast little pacing mare by Argot Hal 2:07%, which raced so well for Lon Mc- Donald last season and was nominated in a number of Grand Circuit events this season, broke a bone in her hip just recently and has been shipped to her home in sunny Tennessee. New York July 21. — News has reached here from Paris that Rock Sand, the famous stallion bred in England, for which August Belmont paid $125,000 in 1906, died there yesterday. He was fourteen years old. Mr. Belmont sold Rock Sand to a syndicate of Frenchmen and Americans two vears ago for $150,- 000. The "N. Y. Herald" horse department is responsi- ble for a controversy that may result in an interest- ing $500 match. The question is, If a runner and trotter started out together to go twenty miles, which would finish first? Several horsemen favor trotters, others thoroughbreds, some western bron- chos. We would have to take a chance on our friend the "bronch." <8> Brozone, a six-year-old trotting horse valued at $5,000 and owned by Lem Ketcham, died last week of heart disease at Ketcham's racing stables in Red Bank, N. J. The horse, which had a mark of 2: 1914, was out of Kate Bradley and from the well-known stallion Ozone. Mr. Ketcham bought the horse when it was a yearling, six years ago, at Madison Square Garden. «> <8> <8> Frank S. Turner has received word from Los An- geles that F. S. Whitney, sired by the well known stallion F. S. Turner, dam by Guy Wilkes, second dam By By, has been given a time record on the Los Angeles track of 2:09%, with promise of becoming more speedy as his training proceeds. Mr. Turner is very proud of the fact that another of the horses he raised at the Santa Rosa Farm has gone into the 2:10 class. <8> What a trotting-bred mare may sometimes do to earn her oats is shown by the racing record of the American pacer, Beaut Kennedy 2:0814, recently re- tired at fourteen years of age, and bred to Sidney Pointer 2:07%. Foaled in 1900, this mare came out as a five-year-old, and in ten consecutive seasons paced 116 races, of more than 400 heats, winning fifty-four races. When a breed produces game racers like Beaut Kennedy it is no wonder army men are waking up to the merits of American trotting stal- lions as sires of cavalry horses — London Trotting World. ■» <8> <8> Countess Mobel, the six-year-old matinee trotter owned by H. V. Franks, showed on last Saturday that she is a young mare with a terrific flight of natural speed, by pulling a wagon in 2:13%, last half in 1:03% and final quarter in 31 14 seconds. All together this mare has not been trained to exceed four months, and after the conclusion of her winning performance, Charley Prue, who is not addicted to making any rash predictions, stated that he was satisfied that by the time of the Lexington meeting this daughter of Mobel 2:1014 would trot a public mile in 2:06. «> The powers that be in Sydney have decided that on and after the 1st of August, 1914, owners of hop- pled pacers that have taken records of 2:30 or bet- ter, and who wish to race same at Epping or Vic- toria Park, must have the lengths of their hopples registered, and, further, that any owner or trainer altering the registered lengths without permission of the stewards, is liable to punishment by fine or dis- qualification. To the most casual reader, or, to put it into plain words, the Sydney officials are of the opinion that the horsemen are regulating the form of their pacers by altering the lengths of their hopples. <8> «> Cleveland, July 17. — Miss Direct, owned by Capt. B. Shaw, Cleveland, today won the Gold Cup 2:12 trot, the feature event of the annual Intercity Mat- inee of the League of Amateur Driving Clubs. The cup is now the permanent property of the Cleveland Gentlemen's Driving Club, the win today being the third for that club. Pittsburgh won it twice and Syracuse once. There were two heats in today's race. The best time was 2:10%. In addition to win- ning the league cup, the Cleveland Matinee Club won the most points in the first day's racing, the points standing: Cleveland, 29; Pittsburgh, 10; Syracuse, 1, and Goshen, 1. «> A strike last Monday by the grooms at the Butte race track delayed the first race half an hour and won for the strikers the privilege of entering the paddock and betting ring. A temporary place for the grooms was made to the east end of the grand stand. Here a permanent stand will be placed for them. The strike started at 2 o'clock and at 2:30 the grooms had won their point. The grooms presented their petition in the morning to H. I. Wilson. Wilson asked them to wait a day, when he would settle their grievance. They refused. As the horses began to file into the grounds for the first race the grooms, or "swipes," as they are known, prevented them. Some owners interfered. The grooms took the horse "Miss Fissy" away from the owner, J. H. McCarren and turned him loose. McCarren grabbed him before he could escape. At 10 minutes after the starting time for the first race there was only half the entry on the ground. The grooms claimed they had a per- fect right to enter the paddock and betting ring. Delphi 2:1214, by Dictatus, owned by C. Whitehead of Stockton, died July 2d at the age of twenty-five years. Delphi was a more than useful race horse when in training and was the sire of Tappy, p. 2:10 and other standard performers. The good racer, Cock o' the Walk, by Peep 0' Day, has been shipped to Curl's Neck Farm, in Virginia, owned by C. K. G. Billings, where he will be mated to several choice mares, and if he indicates that he will stand training he will be returned to the track next season. A Frenchman, interested in the trotter, delivered himself of the following and his words now form part of the French trotting gospel: "Hopples, gro- tesque American interlacement, persuasion by force, a short season of victory, an embarrassed horse, a fall and no value afterwards." <8><8> «■ Over 1,500 tracks in the United States and Canada are devoted to the racing of harness horses — trotters and pacers — and more than 10,000 horses compete annually for $3,000,000 in purses. These animals are owned, not by horsemen, hut by business and pro- fessional men in all parts of the land, who race them for pure sport, since not one horse in twenty pays expenses while campaigning, and more than 5,000 are trained which never race for money. Har- ness racing is governed by two parent associations, of which all tracks are members. There are boards of appeal to which all questions of turf law are sub- mitted, and the members of those boards are men of high standing, who give their time and knowledge for the benefit of the sport. — The Horseman. •» «■ An Elmendorf bred colt, Onkeljoh, by Hessian — Sweet Erin, she by Montana — Tangerine, has won the Scandinavian Derby, at Stockholm this summer. It would seem that American thoroughbreds can more than hold their own, no matter in what country they may be located. Even in far away India it is told that an American horse has won everything before him. His name is Kempion, and he is by Broomstick — Flocarline, the dam of Master Robert. Kempion has won the four principal races in India, showing him to be the best horse in training there. He was exported in utero with his dam to England by Clarence Mackay, and sold there to an Indian representative who shipped the mare to the far off East. Mr. Stewart Carter of Corning, Cal., has purchased the chestnut horse The Bulletin 2:28% from H. S. Hogoboom of Woodland and intends to use him for breeding purposes at his new home. The Bulletin should prove a great acquisition in improving the breeding of foals In the northern part of the State; he is a royally bred horse, sired by Iran Alto 24586 (sire of 22 in the standard list), his dam Diawalda (also dam of Little Express 2:20, winner of the two- year-old pacing division of Breeders Futurity No. 12 at Salinas this year) was sired by Diablo 2:09%, sire of 53 in standard time, including eight in the 2:10 list. His next day is Walda by Waldstein. His sire Iran Alto 2:12% was sired by Palo Alto 2:08% out of Elaine 2:20, dam of four in the list, and is himself a promising sire of speed, having already twenty standard performers to his credit. <8><8> It was estimated yesterday that the coming of the harness horses to Santa Rosa for the great meet during the fair, the first installment of which will arrive here on Thursday, together with the fact that they will be here for five weeks, together with the horses already here, and taking into considera- tion the feed sold, the provisions for the men in charge, the wages paid, and the other incidental ex- penses, will mean something like $12,000 or $14,000 spent here alone from this one item in connection with the fair. There will be over 160 harness horses at the track by the time the fair opens and from all accounts it will he one of the best meets on the Coast this fall. There are 101 entries on the list for the Santa Rosa races, and many horses are com- ing here direct from the meeting at Salinas. The thirty-five coming on Thursday come direct from Salinas. — Santa Rosa Press Democrat. <8> Says the New York Herald: "After having sur- vived the advent of steam or electric railroads, bicy- cles, automobiles and motor trucks, each of which in its day heralded 'the horseless age,' the supremacy of man's faithful helper and friend is now threatened from another quarter. This time it is no lifeless mechanical substitute that old Dobbin has to fear, but a real, animated rival, possessing most of the attributes for which the horse is prized the world over, together with some others to which he cannot lay claim. The latest report of the Department of Agriculture discloses the fact that since the change of administration at Washington the patient beast which has long been pictured as plodding the barren road of hope in company with the party now in power is himself coming into his own. The number of mules in the United States is not only increasing by leaps and bounds but is going ahead so fast that the statis- ticians who, on the introduction of automobiles fig- ured out the early disappearance of horses would now have no difficulty in proving anew poor old Dobbin's fate at last is sealed." Hold on a minute, though! Don't every mule have to have a matron of the horse kind for a mother? Sure! Then how are mules going to be raised unless the breeders of horses can keep up the supply of mares for the use of mule breeders? Saturday, August 1, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N DETROIT GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING. Detroit Michigan, July 27th. — Of the four events on the card of today's Grand Circuit opening two re- quired six heats each to decide the winner, one race went an extra heat, and the fourth was won in straight heats. In the 2:15 pace, after Ella Mackay had won two heats and Viewpointer the third, Major Ong, who had been finishing fast and strong in second position, came through and took the next three. Except in the last round, in which Major Ong had things his own way, the heat winners never had more than a half- length margin. Ortolan Axworthy, finishing behind Miss Perfec- tion in the first heat of the sweepstakes for 2:12 trotters, took the next in a fine driving finish. The third was a procession, with Ortolan Axworthy al- ways in front. Tommy Murphy never was in great danger with Walter Cochato in the 2:04 pace, though the first two heats were close, with Flower Direct contending all the way. The second heat of this race brought out the best time of the day, the last half being covered in 0:59% and the final quarter of the third heat in 0:28y2. The summary: 2:15 pace, purse $1050, three in five: Major Ong-, b. g. by Major Gentz was made by Sonoma Girl in 1907. Summary: 2:12 pace, purse $1,050, three in five: Ruby K., b. m. by Wilkie O'Neill (McDevitt) 18 11 Frank Patch, br. h. (Cox) 5 1 2 4 Gilbert M., b. g. (Snedeker) 3 5 7 2 Also started — Shadeline, ch. h. (Owen) ; Sellers B., b. g. (Garrison); Lelie Patchen, blk. m. (Snow); Nellie Tem- ple, b. m. (Murphy); Fillmore Dillon, ch. s. (Hersey). Time— 2:06%, 2:10%, 2:06^, 2:07. 2:10 pace, purse $1,050, three in five: Peter Stevens, b. s. by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) 1 l l Walnut Grove, blk. h. (Ruthven) 4 2 2 Rastus, br. g. (McDonald) 2 3 3 Also started — Tillie Tipton, b. m. (Murphy); Coastess Nobel, b. m. (Cox); Dwight Logan, b. s. (Tyrrell); Don Patch, br. g. (Jamison): Cleo R., ch. m. (Valentine). Time— 2:06%, 2:03%, 2:04^. 2:14 trot, M. and M. Stake, $10,000; three in five: Peter Scott, b. h. by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 2 1 6 3 1 Lassie McGregor, b. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphy) 7 8 5 113 Linda Wrona, b. m. by McAdam (Mc- Devitt) 9 17 4 4 2 Also started — McCloskey, br. h. (McDonald) ; Mahomet Watts, b. h. (Snow)"; King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon); The Guide, b. h. (Geers); Margaret Druien, b. g. (Dick- erson); Rythmell, blk. m. (Shanks); Hazel Laing, ch. m. (Andrews). Time— 2:06%, 2:05^, 2:07^, 2:09%, 2:10, 2:14%. 2:26 trot, purse $1,050, three in five: Barney Gibbs, br. g. by Prodigal (Geers) 1 1 1 Mr. Forbes, b. h. (Snow) 2 2 2 Blue Feather, b. h. (Cox) 3 7 3 Also started — Kate. ch. m. (Milloy); Brook King, br. h. (McCarty) ; Lusciatania, blk. m. (Marvin); Fancy Hark- away, b. m. (Hopkins); Barbara Overton, b. m. (Mur- phy); Kongo, b. h. (Banta). Fourth Day — Thursday, July 30th. Lassie McGregor, owned by Henry Olivet of Pitts- burg, today won the seventh and deciding heat of the Merchants and Manufacturers' stake, which was car- ried over from yesterday afte rsix heats had been run off. Only three horses started in the final. They got away on even terms, but Linda Wrona broke at the first turn. Cox took a big lead with Peter Scott, while Tommy Murphy kept Lassie McGregor beside Linda Wrona, making little effort to get up. . When McDevitt's little mare found her stride, Lassie Mc- Gregor raced her off her feet again and then took after Peter Scott and won by a good margin. While the decision of the M. and M. held the center of interest, the free-for-all pace, won in five heats by Flower Direct, furnished the sensation of the day's grand circuit programme. Cox was thrown from his seat in the first heat, his horse, Del Rey, running away. A tire was torn from Earl Jr.'s sulky, while Hal B. Jr.'s machine was smashed. Del Rey stopped after passing the stand and no horse nor driver was injured. Directum I. won the heat and Hal B. Jr., who was led in, was placed. Directum I. led all the way in the second heat, but Flower Direct took the next three after keen racing and whipping drives at the wire. Summary: 2:14 trot, M. and M. stake, $10,000, 3 in 5; six heats Wednesday: Lassie McGregor, b. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphy) 785 113 1 Peter Scott, b. h. by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 2 16 3 12 Linda Wrona, b. m. by McAdams (McDevitt)9 1 7 4 4 2 d Also started — McCloskey, br. m. (McDonald) ; Mahomet Watts, b. h. (Snow); King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon); The Guide, b. h. (Geers) ; Margaret Druien, b. m. (Dick- erson); Rythmell, blk. m. (Shanks); Hazel Laing, ch. m. (Andrews). Time— 2:06%, 2:05^, 2:07^, 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:14%, 2:08%. 2:18 pace, purse $1,050. 3 in 5: Napoleon Direct, ch. s. by 'Walter Direct (Geers) 111 Rodney W., b. g. (McDonald) 2 2 3 Jean, b. m. (Murphy) 4 3 2 Also started— The Manager, b. h. (Cox); Fred de For- rest, br. h. (Osborn); Myrtle Patch, blk. f. (Hoffman). Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:09%. 2:09 trot, purse $2,500, 3 in 5 : Star Winter, b. g. (McDonald) 1 1 l Maymack, b. m. (DeRyder) -....8 2 2 Lulu Lumine, b. m. (Murphy) 2 3 5 Also started — Henrietta C, b. m. (Hall); M. L. J., b. g. (Britenfield) ; Wilgo, b. s. (Marvin) ; Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox); Moella, b. m. (McGrath); Dago, b. g. (Grady). Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08. 2:16 trot, purse $1,050, 3 in 5: Sienna, br. m. by Peter the Great (Gerrity) 1 1 l Mont Ferris, b. s. (Jackson) 2 2 6 Lula Worthy, b. m. (Cox) 3 3 2 Also started — Duchess, ro. m. (McDonald); The Comet, ch. g. (Myers) ; Teddy Brook, b. s. (Wilson) ; Mirthful, b. m. (Murphy), dis. Time— 2:10, 2:09%, 2:10%. Free-for-all pace, purse $3,000, 3 in 5: Flower Direct, b. m. by Direct Star (White- head) 3 3 111 Directum I., ch. h. by Directum Kelly (Sned- eker) 1 1 2 2 3 Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. (Murphy) 2 2 5 3 2 Also started — Del Rey, b. h. (Cox); Earl Jr., gr. h. (Valentine); Evelyn W., b. m. (Snow); Hal B. Jr., br. h. (McEwen). Time— 2:03%, 2:02^, 2:03%, 2:07, 2:09%. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. HEMET STOCK FARM. The following foals have arrived at the Hemet Stock Farm: Ch. f., Kinney de Lopez — Louise Carter, dam of Wilbur Lou.. Ch. i., Wilbur Lou — Zeta W., by Nutwood Wilkes. Ch. f., Wilbur Lou — Lady Zombro, dam of Hemet (3) 2:08%. and Miss Gaily (3) 2:12%.. B. f., Wilbur Lou— Hemet Girl. B. c, Wilbur Lou — Kinney Rosebud, by Kinney Lou. Ch. c, Wilbur Lou — Betsey Direct, by Direct, dam of Kinney de Lopez. B. f., Wilbur Lou — Stambia, by Stam B. Blk. f., Kinney de Lopez — Bonny Ailse, by Faustino; dam of Contention B. The above are all the property of the Hemet Stock Farm. Foals owned by other parties are as follows: B. c, Wilbur Lou — Sonia, by McKinney, owned by Alex Grant, Los Angeles, Cal. Ch. f., Wilbur Lou — Lady Bertha, by Constantine, owned by Revel English, Chino, Cal. Br. c, Wilbur Lou — Olivetta, by Longsworth, owned by Frank Rees. Hemet, Cal. Ch. f., Kinney de Lopez — Relief, by Velox, owned by Col. Bowden, Los Angeles, Cal. Br. f.. Wilbur Lou — Weatewater, by Sidney Dillon, and ch. i., Wilbur Lou — Lady Inez, by Nutwood Wilkes, owned by A. L. Scott, San Francisco, Cal. THE SOURCE OF BREEDING SUCCESS Why? The answer is not far to seek. The emi- nent molders of animal form are men who do not sell the young stuff that definitely excels the par- ents. High prices do not tempt, nor equal merit elsewhere concern such shapers of breed futures. Every man of earnest intent who works faithfully for consecutive years cannot fail to obtain reward for his service. But each time he converts that breeder's reward into mash or stock bred elsewhere he slips back the few feet he has climbed above mediocrity. It is with one's familiar tools that he produces his choicest results, and no matter how precise may be the borrowed or purchased imple- ment, it never equals the refinement of the home- used tool. The sire in the neighbor's herd with twenty tried daughters can never do for one what the hqme sire with a similar record can accomplish. Much less can cash carry forward the same degree of breed fashioning. AMERICAN HORSES AND HANOVER. I read some interesting remarks of my "Sporting Chronicle" friend about the poor quality of American horses in past years and the general merits of Han- over. It will probably interest him and others to read my own first impression of American horses, published in "St. Stephen's Review" on July 30, 1887. I had gone to a Brooklyn Jockey Club meet- ing absolutely alone, and therefore qualified to form a first opinion unprejudiced. About the horses I quote the following, which referred to the field for the first race: "Certainly a more moderate and ungainly lot could not be imagined. There is a gray like a giraffe — this is Ichi Ban, a performer of note in the States; there is a disreputable old cripple, fat as a bull and lame all round — this is Markland, also a much-valued horse. There are others which, even as coach horses, we should call common, and there is absolutely not one with any semblance of quality. So much for the horses." This description exactly verifies what my friend wrote the other day about American horses of the past, but the following passage from my own article of the above date, which dealt with my first day's racing in the States, interests even me, for it is only this year that I have become possessed of a complete file of "St. Stephen's Review." "The big race ,the Brooklyn Handicap, was the important one of the day, and at last I saw what I at once took to be a real good horse. This was a chestnut three-year-old, with three white legs, and of rare quality, though perhaps without the com- manding length and liberty of an absolutely first- class English horse. He was somewhat after the style of Bend Or, and knowing absolutely nothing of the supposed merits and relative form of Ameri- can horses, I wrote to Col. Buck the same night: 'I have seen one horse today which, if I mistake not, is really in the first class!' This horse was the three- year-old Hanover, which I have learned more of since, having seen him in two more races, and de- spite the low opinion I formed of American horses generally, I should not have the smallest hesitation in backing Hanover for our St. Leger this year were he engaged and in England. He belongs to the Dwyer Brothers and is a son of Hindoo. He is always ridden by McLaughlin. Nothing in the States has made him gallop this season, and he has won a dozen o rmore races. The first time I saw him he beat Dry Monopole, Oritiamme, Buckstone, Boaz and others, with all the worst of the weights, as if they were common hacks, and they are, I find, though much of by their owners." The above details would be of no particular mo- ment if they set forth nothing more than my own recollection of American horses in general, and Han- over in particular, twenty-seven years ago; but they were actually written by me at that time, and it is a fact that when I firsj. saw Hanover run, I did not speak to a single person at the meeting, for I did not know one. Hence the value which I attach to my original opinion of Hanover. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, August 1, 1914. BELWIN. In connection with the record meetings lately held over the Eastern circuit tracks and referring to the performance of the four-year-old colt Belwin 2:06%, the Horse Journal has published the following article which should be of great interest to California horse- men, inasmuch as Belwin is descended from Cali- fornia bred and owned horses on both sides: One of the performances, from a breeding point of view, is one of the most valuable of years. It was made by the four-year-old colt, Belwin, that as a precaution lest he break down again before the op- portunity arrives for him to win a race in the Grand Circuit, was driveu to a four-year-old record of 2:06%, a mark that has been beaten by only one colt of the same age in all turf history. From a breeding point of view, the performance covers many interesting facts. Belwin was bred by William Simpson of New York City, hence is the fastest stallion to come from the paddock of an Empire State breeder. His dam. Belle Winnie 2:22%, is a daughter of the yearling cham- pion Abdell 2:23, son of Advertiser by Electioneer and Beautiful Bells, while his grand dam. Dame Win- nie, produced Palo Alto 2:08%, the last stallion king at the high wheels, and that was the first to reduce the record of Maud S. from 2:13% to 2:13 in 1890. The performance of Belwin confirms Senator Ice- land Stanford's contention that thoroughbred blood in a trotter is a good thing. When the premier sire at Palo Alto, Electioneer, was at the height of his procreative career, Senator Stanford believed that he could produce a gamer type of trotters by mating that line-trotter sire with thoroughbred mares that possessed trotting action and were daughters of sires with trotting action. As he had timed the thoroughbred stallion Planet in 2:40 on a trot, he bred the daughter. Dame Winnie, to Electioneer and got Palo Alto. As the horse was given to breaking and as the produce of other mares by thoroughbred sires produced hot-headed trotters also, Senator Stanford was severely criticized. Palo Alto, however, sired some very game trot- ters himself, and Dame Winnie's daughter, when bred to a trotting sire, has produced in Belwin a c,olt that knows nothing but trot. When he earned his record of 2:06% last week he came the last half in 1:01% and the last quarter in 30% seconds. Another marked example of Senator Stanford's success as shown in the second generation is W. B. Dickerman's colt, Atlantic Express (3) 2:08%, that is a flying trotter this year. He is out of Expressive by Elec- tioneer and his grand dam Esther by the thorough- bred Express was as highly regarded a mare at Palo Alto as was Dame Winnie. CAVALRY EXHIBIT. NOTES AND NEWS FROM RUSSIA. SKILL IN HITCHING THE HORSE. Not by any means is the art of hitching a horse, even though the idea is confined alone to the time spent in his stall, a matter of light significance. Not a few valuable horses have been lost by getting cast, or otherwise hung outright by the neck, through want of tact on the part of the owner or groom in tying them. Some horses have a habit of scratching the ear or the poll with the hind foot, this arising quite often from the top of the head becoming chafed from an undue bearing of the bridle or halter. This movement can be made when horses are at liberty with entire safety, but when tied, the chances are about even, if the hitching-strap is slack, that this will catch the leg. The result to many horses has been more or less injury, and to others as stated, death in the stalls. Colts require to be hitched in their stalls with great care, as they are prone to become restive under confinement, and there is no telling what posi- tions they may worm themselves into during the night, and what the owner or groom may find their condition to be in the morniDg. Too long a tie enables the colt to turn his stern where his head belongs, and by lowering his head, as he is sure to do in his struggles, get one or both fore feet across the hitching strap, and then, with the average colt, the result is not difficult to anticipate. Horses that become restive and spend their time — as very many horses do when confined — in pawing their litter, or, in absence of litter, pawing the stall floor, are not unlikely to get a fore foot over the hitching strap. In hitching, give rope enough to allow the horse or colt to get his nose down to the floor, or very near there. Better still — a plan adopted by many — attach a weight to the inner end of the strap, giving the latter free and easy play over a roller or smooth substance. The weight should be sufficiently heavy to insure that no slack occurs in the hitching strap, which should have more weight than needed. Colts or horses that have been entangled in the stall in the manner referred to are very likely, later on, to struggle fiercely if, through any mishap, they have trouble in harness. Hired men and boys very seldom have any system in hitching, but the sliding strap is a reliable system within itself, and, like a rubber band, never sleeps. Capt. C. P. McCan arrived at his home at Forest Grove- recently, bringing with him The Bondsman and his good Barongale colt, The Cavalier. This latter chap, high bred and a beautifully gaited trot- ter, was worked some weeks ago by the Captain at tae San Jose track a mile in 2:36, the half in 1:14 and last quarter in 34% seconds. He was then eased up and it is his owner's intention to shortly start he colt at work so as to give him a record this fall. A feature of the State Agricultural Fair to be held in Sacramento in September will be the exhibit of cavalry horses. Horses with pedigree, size and qualifications neces- sary to make them eligible to the cavalry service of the State of California may be entered. A board of cavalry officers from the United States Army will be called in to judge the stock entered in this particular class, which will include the staunch- est stock in California. This is an innovation. The purpose of the innovation is to impress the farmer and breeder that there is money in raising cavalry horses for Uncle Sam. Good prices are paid, but in most instances the farmers and breeders either have not the stock or do not want to part with it to the government. Last week Adj.-General Forbes was forced to go into Oregon to purchase sixty head of stock for the California cavalry. A special list of prizes will be offered for the horses meeting the best military requirements. There is ample market, says Forbes, for all the cavalry horses that can be raised. A cavalry horse is from four to eight years of age, weighs about 1150, is free from blemishes, has a gentle disposition, does not need to be a speeder, and must not be fractious or easily frightened, and above all, must be muscular and physically strong. HEAVY-HARNESS HORSES AND SPEED. "Harness horses" — which means horses for pleas- ure in so-called heavy leather — at the western horse shows are suffering from several abuses. The editor of this journal, having judged them at a recent show in Ohio, had occasion to observe at close range a number of things that should be corrected. First of all, the horses are driven too fast. The "craze for speed," which has waxed into an epidemic since the advent of the automobile, seems to have affected the drivers of horses. This is a grave mistake. The animal can never compete with the machine on that line. Again, the horse when driven too fasi loses his beauty of appearance, by stretching his neck and sprawling his legs; some, of course, being less defec- tive than others, but all being open to criticism. In a gig class or runabout class — not to mention the light harness roadster class where, by the way, a paradox is that speed is not required — horses should show a fair amount of pace; but another paradox is found here also in that excessive knee action is ex- pected, or at least tolerated. Heavy-harness horses should show- quality, conformation, style and action at a "park gait." One of these days the parks, or at least a part of them, will be restricted to the driving of pleasure horses and speedway performances will not be permitted, thereby indicating the utility of speeding in the show ring. Of course, a certain amount of dash is necessary, but this must be in keeping with collected form and not the speed ex- hibited which throws form to the winds. Another reprehensible practice is that of letting horses' toes grow too long. This is a dealers' trick to give their commodities extra high knee action. It is not a wise policy on the part of the horse owner, as unsound feet and strained tendons are sure to result and, furthermore, in the show ring, it is weighed against him by the judge who is at all discriminating. At the show mentioned, several horses pulled their shoes and on account of the length of toes also tore off a large part of the hoof, exposing the inner laminae or "quick," which was a painful sight and a cruelty to be deplored. — Rider and Driver. DRAFT HORSES PROFITABLE. It costs but very little more to raise good draft- horses than the ordinary scrub and the drafter will sell for three or four times as much. A well-bred draft-horse is almost as good as cash in the bank, because he sells on sight and brings a good price. A farmer who breeds good drafters, using first-class stallions, can in a few years make a reputation which will add from 10 to 25 per cent, to the price of his animals over the prices of others equally good bred by men without reputation. There is always good money to be made in raising horses of this class, although many farmers seem to think that it does not pay. Most of them are right about this as far as their own experiences go because they do not raise the right kind. It is true that horses of a nondescript character, lacking proper form, weight or style for any particu- lar purpose, never bring high prices and are, there- fore, not profitable to raise. The average farmer has no business to attempt to raise fancy carriage or saddle horses because they require special knowl- edge of breeding and training, and are profitable only to men who thoroughly understand the business of preparing them for market. The draft-horse, however, is the animal that does the hard work not only on the farm but in the big cities and he is always in demand. The reason there have been so few good drafters raised in the past few years, is because too many farmers took up with the craze several years ago of trying to produce roadsters by breeding their mares to light stallions and as most of them were not willing to pay for the service of a first-class animal, the result is that the country is filled with second and third-rate horses of no particular use and which bring low prices. Draft-mares will do practically as much work on the farm as horses, and if properly handled these working mares will prove the best breeders. — Ex. The victory of Romanist in this year's Russian Trotting Derby, contested at Moscow June 21st, was first announced to American horsemen, by exclusive cable dispatch, in the Review of June 24th, while in the issue of July 1st appeared a photo of the winner and an additional discussion of his breeding and pre- vious history. We are now in receipt of an inter- esting letter from the well-known reinsman, W. J. Rosemire, resident at Moscow, with additional de- tails regarding the race. He writes, under date of June 26th, as follows: "About the Derby: There were eight starters, and the money went as follows: First to Romanist, by E. L. Robinson 2:11%, bred and owned by Mr. V. V. Lezhnev, driven by Will Caton, he winning both heats, the first in 2:13% and the second in 2:13y8; second to Berouza, by Melton 2:14% (son of Allerton 2:09%), driven by Bousey, in 2:13%; third and fourth divided by Biron, by Iris 2:11% (son of Baron Rogers 2:09%), dam by Edgar 2:16% (son of Chit- wood 2:22%), driven by Tcherkasov, and Miss Mc- Kerron, by Harry McKerron 2:24%, driven by Ser- gaev, in 2:137/s; fifth to Lavr, by John A. McKerron 2:04%, driven by Konstantinov, in 2:17. Several starters in the first heat were drawn from the second. "In no race that he has ever driven has Will Caton shown his extreme skill more brilliantly than in this one. It seemed almost supernatural and one would need to have seen Romanist's work for the Derby, also his warming up for it, to fully appreciate the drive that he got. No one believed that he had a chance to win, and the Russian horsemen all pro- nounced Will's driving of the colt the finest piece of reinsmanship they ever had seen. Both heats were severe struggles. In the first, Romanist only beat Berouza a half-length in 2:13%, Berouza's time being 2:13%, while Biron was a very close third in 2:137s, Miss McKerron fourth, well back, in 2:16%. In the second heat Miss McKerron made the race and it was a thrilling contest, Romanist just beating her a head in 2:13 '/s, her time the same as his, Biron third in 2:14%, Berouza fourth in 2:17%. "The race for the Emperor's Prize was one of the greatest battles ever seen for this event, which is worth 20,000 roubles, and is the chief aged classic of Russia. Will Caton came near pulling off a 'dou- ble' by also winning it with Fatalist 2:09%, by Fa- vora 2:12%, but was beaten a sulky length by Mr. Telegin's Meteor 2:11, driven by Andre Konstantinov, in the splendid time, for the two miles, of '4:28%, Fatalist's time being 4:28ys. Amanot was third in 4:30%, Izgoi, fourth, and Taloni, fifth, the horse that Will Caton won the Derby with two years ago. He is by Orloff, sire of Zenit 2:15%, dam by Baron Rogers 2:09%. "There were several other good races on Derby day. Brontozavr, a stallion out of the American mare Seraphina, 3, 2:16%, won at two miles in 4:36%, and Prikot, a daughter of Caid 2:07%, won a mile race in 2:16%." — Horse Review. GREAT CLYDESDALE DEAD. We learn from the "Breeders' Gazette" that the Clydesdale breed has lost its most illustrious rep- resentative by the death of Baron of Buchlyvie. This is the stallion for which William Dunlop of Dunure Mains, Ayr, gave ?47,500 at public auction, a price which has never been equaled by the Clydesdale or any other draft breed in any part of the world. On June 29th the Baron was kicked by a mare, his near foreleg being badly fractured above the knee. His owner was away, but on his arrival next morning in response to a telegram he at once ordered that his great horse should be shot and put out of pain. "Baron of Buchlyvie was bred by William Mc- Keich, Woodend, Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire, and was foaled in 1900. His sire was the celebrated Baron's Pride and he was out of the Kippendavie-bred mare, Young Maybloom by Knight Errant. He has left a great line of mares and stallions, and some of his sons bid fair to rival him as getters of high-class stock. Up to the end the old Baron was as gay and newr-looking as many a horse not half his age. It is not many months since I saw him, and he gave prom- ise then of living for quite a number of years. Al- though Mr. Dunlop has only had the Baron as his absolute property for three seasons I am inclined to believe that his plucky investment will not leave him much out of pocket. He has a great bunch of horses by the Baron which are worth any amount of money, and now that the old horse is gone they will be all the more valuable." TAKE AN INVOICE. This is a good time of the year to take an invoice of your "horse stock," and see what you have on hand and what it is worth. If many of our good breeders and farmers were asked suddenly how many horses they owned and the value of the same it is doubtful if they could give one a definite answer. If you have an over-stock, or have some young colts and fillies, good broodmares, why not get out a nice catalogue so as to put what you have in the eye of the breeding world. It does not cost much in comparison with what it would bring you in return. The price of one colt, filly or broodmare would almost pay for the output of the catalogue. The Breeder and Sportsman has a finely equipped printing department and is able to handle all sorts of work. By taking an inventory now you may dis- cover that you have a surplus, and that you can dispose of your stock to advantage, and now is the time to look after this matter. Saturday, August 1, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N FIXTURES. * ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. § Placerville along the banks of the American river up to Lake Tahoe. That region offers a splendid selection of very good trout fishing creeks. Floyd Judah's experience within a week on the upper American river was a limit basket of large-sized trout. Ralph Feusier and Charles Thissel are back from a two weeks' sojourn in that country and re- port the fishing fine. E. H. Reid, H. T. Bennett and E. J. A. Gardiner are preparing to spend two weeks fishing and hunting along the American and the north-fork branch. The motorcycle is another mode of conveyance that can readily negotiate that sec- tion. George Dawson of this city found that out during a ten-day run. Another agreeable week-end fishing jaunt is the upper Sacramento fishing points — Castello, Lemoine, Sims and other places along the river. Fly-fishing has been good at Sims and should improve from now on. Trolling in Lake Tahoe has recently been produc- tive of much sport and many large trout. The sport is not confined to any particular part of the lake. Boats, however, are necessary and can only be pro- cured at the different resorts. Webber lake trout fishing has been remarkably good for several weeks past, so states Dr. E. Westphal and W. C. Murdoch. Yosemite valley is billed for a fine season of trout fishing for the next two months. Although high water retarded the sport for the fly-pattern angler a while back, the river and creeks in the floor of the valley are now reported to be "just about right" by W. J. Street. The trout have shown a liking for the royal coachman, peacock brown and peacock gray hackle flies. The sport will be enticing in Merced river above Mirror lake. Tenaya creek and above the dam in Cascade creek are suggested as "good places to go to." A fair angler one day last week dropped a line in the stream near Sentinel Hotel and was rewarded with a catch of two trout scaling respectively three and two pounds. The odd part of this episode is that the trout were caught on a clam- baited hook; the clams were canned goods at that. Which, no doubt, will be regarded as piscine sacrilege by the fly-casting purists. Below the floor of the valley there is a fine stretch of fishing water, from Cascade falls to a point that is known as Battleship bay. The El Portal anglers have been making good catches. Ed Putnam has re- turned with limit baskets frequently. J. C. Fasshuer and R. Eller prospected Moss canyon about two miles below El Portal, one forenoon ,and returned with sixty-eight trout running in size from eight to ten inches. Crane and Tamarack creeks are well stocked with trout, small ones, however, six to seven-inch fish, but nevertheless, this size can give one a pleas- ant hour or two of fishing. Above these creeks there are lots of trout in the main stream. Recent advices from Wawona are to the effect that fine fishing is now to be found in the South Fork of Merced river. The German brown trout is plentiful in this branch. Deputy Fish Commissioner M. Cross landed one the other day that weighed six and a half pounds. One to three-pound specimens are numer- ous. George Uhl, John B. Coleman, Ellis Parrish and Ed Landis are now investigating the report of good fishing in the South Fork, and will also take in Os- trander lake, between Wawona and Yosemite. The Garcia river, from Point Arena up for nearly twenty miles, is reported to offer full baskets of trout, fish that run from six to twelve inches. In about two months, or a bit later, there will be good fishing at Point Arena when the steelhead run in again. Anglers located at Sulphur Springs report good catches can be made daily. Farther up the coast, in Mendocino county, the headwaters of Big river have a good reputation, at this time of the year, among the angling fraternity. Mr. and Mrs. F. Johnson intend to draw trout divi- dends from that river and tributaries for the next three weeks. This particular section can be reached via Willits. The roads along the coast are now in good condition for machine or vehicle travel. Differ- ent good fishing waters can be reached via the coast line stages. Big and Little Stoney creeks, in Sonoma county, near Fout's Springs, have been favorite trout streams for many years past, with numerous rod and reel sportsmen. W. H. Sanborn of this city, during a two-weeks' stay at the resort, fished both creeks re- peatedly and found conditions almost ideal. The trout in those creeks are not all small, by any means. There are enough big fellows that come up from the Sacramento river to clean out an angler's tackle every now and then. What chances for good sport prevail in the Big Meadows country can be guessed at from Sam Wells' experience recently. The lake is pretty well up now, but Wells knows the "good spots." Three fish scal- ing ZlA, 3% and 4% pounds were caught one morning by him on a No. 12 March brown fly. M. Laderke landed a whopper — 9*4 pounds it weighed — on a No. 12 McGinty fly. Wells also fished Williamson river, in Oregon. A sample of that stream is a morning catch of six trout weighing from 3% to 6% pounds. The March brown and stone fly patterns, No. 6 hooks, Tournaments Registered. July 27, 28, 29 — Martinez, Cal. Alhambra Gun Club, Fred M. Burnham, President. Aug. 10 — Edmonton, Alberta. Northern Gun Club. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock CIud. Warren E. Innes, Secretary, Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun CluD, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio.— The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $5C0 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen, Manager. Sept. 20 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopali Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas "Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. In'ov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. Caliiurnia Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. IS, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. THE CALL OF THE WILD. I know a place where the fern is deep, And the giant fir waves high. And a rocky ledge hangs dark and steep. And a laughing brook leaps by. And it's there to be with a soul that's free From the street's discordant jar, With a blanket spread on a cedar bed, And the voice of the world afar. I know of a pool in a leafy dell That the wary trout love best. And a timid trail to the chaparral Where the red deer lie at rest. A night bird's call where the shadows fall And a cougar's eerie cry. A silence deep, and a dreamless sleep Under the open sky: FISH LINES. Anglers who visit favorite trout streams within easy reach of this city find that the creeks have been pretty well whipped out by the end of July. Even at that, there are quite a few waters, among these the Paper Mill creek in Marin county, that will render a nice basket of goodly sized trout after a rest of a month or two. The wise angler knows this, and generally reserves one or two summer-end out- ings on a rested-up water for a down stream trouting trip. That is, when the creeks have not run dry as in some years. This season, however, bids fair to allow enough water in the coast streams to offer the rodster fair fishing until far into the fall. For a week-end trip, at the present time, the Truckee river offers quite a bit of encouragement. The famous Sierra river is now low and clear, and reported to be in the best condition for fly-fishing. It is believed that from August 1 fishing conditions will be still better. The high water this year will cause a late season for the sport desired by anglers who find enthusiastic enjoyment in tempting trout with artificial insect lures. San Francisco Fly Casting Club members who were at the club lodge near Union Mills recently were well pleased with results. Charles H. Kewell, Carter Pomeroy, Walter D. Mansfield, E. A. Mocker, Carlos G. Young, John F. Siebe and others landed fine baskets of trout. R. C. Weeks of Boca advised a local angler last week that "We are now having good fly-fishing. While the weather is somewhat warm, the morning and evening fishing is excellent." Charles Gibbs of this city, who is camping out near Deer Park, seems to be pleasantly located, for he has sent down daily boxes of nice trout to city friends. An interesting trip this season is by machine" from are seemingly the best lures for Williamson river. The Wells party is now at Grant's Pass, where Rogue river fishing should be first class. San Mateo coast creeks were not over productive recently when a party from this city tried the Wad- dell and then Gazos and Pescadero lagoons. The Paper Mill tidewaters have also been rather barren of steelhead trout lately, according to Moe Uri and Charles Isaacs, who prospected the Point Reyes resort Sunday. * * * The take of trout eggs at Lake Tahoe this year far exceeded any previous catch and most of the fi*h hatched out in that locality will be returned to the waters of the lake, owing to the number of fisher- men who are fishing that water for the San Fran- cisco market, the trout would be exterminated if the natural hatch were to be depended on alone. In ad- dition to the trout the hatcheries have propagated over six million salmon eggs have been hatched. Thirty-four million, one hundred and forty-two thousand fish eggs have been hatched to date in 1914 at the California hatcheries, according to the report of W. H. Shebley, hatchery superintendent. The Sisson hatchery in the upper Sacramento val- ley has been spending its effort principally in salmon fry and trout eggs and fry. At this station 21,000,000 salmon have been distributed. Of the 5,000,000 that the hatcheries recently had on hand, a carload was shipped to Grants Pass, Ore., to be placed in the Smith river in Del Norte county. The residue were placed in the Sacramento river. The hatchery has a stock of 6,151,290 trout and steelheads on hand at the present time, divided as follows: Loch Levin trout, 1,818,840; Eastern brook trout, 1,169,750; rainbow trout, 857,700; steelheads, 2,305,000. At all the hatcheries in the State there are at present 8,260,290 trout and 25,785,890. quin- nant salmon. * * * Two hundred thousand trout have been saved from dying in Bear Valley by Game Wardens Vale, Pritch- ard and Jones, according to Henry Shay of the Bear Valley Transportation Company. This is of special interest to Pomona, because so many Pomonans en- joy the sport in this beautiful country. Black bass anglers have been making nice catches of the game fish recently in the big irrigation ditches near Middle river station in San Joaquin county. R. B. Murdoch, W. J. Street and Ed. Smith of this city, a few days ago, picked up four dozen nice bass in the Middle river section. The largest fish scaled about three and a half pounds. The Street pattern of red spinner fly, number 00, was the killing lure. Numerous Stockton black bass rodsters visit the above mentioned fishing ground daily. The Stock- tonians gancy live bait to catch the bass. Good black bass fishing still prevails in Prospect creek and Cache slough, above Rio Vista. The water has cleared recently and is now in splendid fishing condition. Another well liked black bass fishing water is the Mokelumne river, near Thornton. Many large black bass have been taken out of the river at that point. At times there is also a run of large striped bass from the Sacramento river. Russian river, near Guerneville, has been fished incessantly for black bass, both before and after the season opened, July 1 in district No. 2. The river is noted for its good black bass fishing, but for the angler who likes this branch of fishing in the accepted and orthodox style it is not deemed ad- visable to try the stream until September at least. By that time the summer outing and camping par- ties along Russian river will be pretty well weeded out, and then conditions will be better for the sport. A good section of the river to keep in mind is the stretch of stream above Cloverdale. Salmon fishing is now in full swing at Santa Cruz and Capitola. The fish are working in shore, many having been taken near the "whistling buoy." Al H. Lent of Capitola made several good catches last week, his largest salmon being a 47^ pounder. Dr. B. A. Mardis had good luck with the salmon Sunday off Capitola. The largest catch of the season was brought in by the Santa Cruz fishing fleet last Sun- day. Striped bass operations have been conducted on a quiet basis recently. Local fishermen who tried the San Pablo, Rodeo and Port Costa fishing spots all report a dearth of the striped fish. Seashore and rock fishing, on the contrary, has had a boom the past week. Last Sunday fine fishing was enjoyed by Bakers Beach visitors. One lucky fisherman caught two fine big striped bass. The bass fishing at times in the past along the beach shore has been excellent. Other rod fishermen landed big catches of perch. On Wednesday morning Ed Car- roll fished about two hours near the first big rocks, at the north end of the beach. A lO^-pound capa- zoni, an 8-pound black snapper, and a 9-pound "linen" cod, to his great surprise, made up the catch. Across the Golden Gate, along the Marin shore, are many favorite fishing rocks. A party composed of Bob Bowman, Fred Hummell and Frank Grey fished near Fort Barry Sunday and had a day's fine salt-water fishing. Hummell's best showing was a 5-pound eel. Grey's best effort produced a 4-pound rock C. O. D. — that's what he called the fish, for Bob Peat bought it for cash. Besides the large fishes, numerous nice sea trout and small rock cod were caught. f Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 1, 1914. PACIFIC J. F. L. C. H. F. J. J. W. H. E. W. FIRST DAT, MONDAY, JULY 20 Events — 12 3 4 5 6 7 Targets— 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 F. D. Wade 8 12 12 14 13 14 11 Con Hilgers 8 10 11 11 10 11 11 E. D. Farnim 12 13 14 13 12 11 12 L. D. Morrison 12 12 14 15 15 15 14 Howe 13 14 12 12 9 13 15 H. Reid* 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 E. Owens 9 15 13 14 11 12 14 B. Quick 14 13 14 11 11 12 13 Landwehr 12 13 12 13 13 12 13 R. Owens 12 10 13 13 12 12 10 E. Reid* 11 14 10 11 10 11 12 H. Ellis 13 12 13 14 12 14 12 H. H. Veatch 12 10 12 13 8 12 11 B. W. Brady 12 11 12 11 12 13 9 M. Siddall 10 13 13 13 12 11 13 C. H. Knight' 10 13 15 14 13 14 12 H. Havens 10 12 13 12 14 15 14 N. A. Howard 9 11 13 12 13 12 11 F. Willet* 12 12 14 14 14 14 11 Ogilvie 15 13 13 15 14 13 11 B. Morris* 12 12 11 12 10 13 11 H. Dalrymple 12 15 13 13 11 13 11 T. L. McBath 12 14 12 14 9 12 13 E. W. Cooper 13 11 12 14 10 12 13 Ben Bell 11 7 10 12 10 14 10 H. E. Poston* 13 12 14 14 15 13 12 P. H. O'Brien 13 13 13 12 11 12 13 F. C. Riehl* 13 11 15 14 15 15 14 W. W. Caldwell 10 12 13 13 12 12 12 J. Converse 12 15 13 12 13 13 12 C. A. Haight* 12 15 12 15 13 10 14 T. D. Riley 10 14 12 15 11 10 12 Mrs. C. E. Groat 12 14 11 10 7 9 12 C. E. Groat 11 11 8 13 9 9 12 Dr. L. M. Packard 14 13 13 10 14 14 12 W. A. Hillis* 12 14 12 14 13 14 11 H. F. Wihlon 11 14 13 15 11 13 14 C. E. Feller 14 12 12 13 11 12 13 A. Blair 12 14 14 14 13 13 10 C. Leith 7 13 9 11 9 10 6 J. Starkey 14 13 12 15 14 15 11 J. Morgan* 14 14 14 15 15 13 14 F. Dodds 13 14 11 11 13 14 13 Riehl 11 12 14 13 13 13 12 Fitzgerald 13 15 13 14 13 11 14 E. Wade 10 9 8 15 9 1112 E. Butler 8 12 13 11 13 15 11 E. Oliver* 9 11 9 12 12 12 9 B. Searcy 12 13 12 13 12 12 14 O. Joy 7 12 5 5 Holohan* 14 15 14 14 14 14 12 Cramer 8 12 13 13 12 12 12 Ellis 14 11 13 13 14 13 13 Van Atta 12 14 12 12 14 13 14 M. Troeh 14 12 13 12 12 15 12 Holohan* 13 15 14 12 12 14 13 Gilmore 12 12 14 14 12 12 13 Mackey 13 12 13 13 14 14 12 Fleming 11 12 12 15 11 11 10 W. McKean* 13 13 10 10 12 12 9 W. Woodworth* 12 14 14 14 13 14 14 McElroy 14 13 11 13 13 14 10 D. Thornton 14 10 12 13 15 12 10 G. Egbers 13 13 12 9 10 12 8 T. E. Doremus* 10 12 10 11 10 12 4 J. W. Seavey 13 15 12 12 12 14 13 W. W. McCornack 11 11 14 11 9 10 14 E. A. Bean 11 10 10 9 10 11 8 F. C. Moullen 14 13 12 12 12 10 11 M. Day — 14 13 13 15 13 10 12 A. Dryden* 12 15 14 11 13 11 14 J. Holohan 14 13 14 13 11 14 14 A. Rickard 10 14 11 13 13 10 12 E. Carton 9 13 15 11 14 10 12 P. Nelson 10 13 12 14 8 10 12 Rayburn 13 13 14 13 9 15 14 Matthes 1112 13 13 9 12 12 Seguin 11 15 12 12 14 13 11 Sullivan 9 11 12 13 9 12 12 C. Hindle 10 13 11 12 11 12 10 F. Bell 9 15 10 11 11 10 11 M. Fisher* 10 15 12 14 12 14 13 R. Everding 13 9 14 13 13 11 1" 1914. 8 9 15 15 13 13 13 15 14 13 14 15 13 13 15 14 13 13 14 13 13 14 13 10 12 12 15 9 12 14 10 8 13 14 15 13 11 12 12 11 12 13 14 11 14 13 10 7 14 11 14 13 14 8 15 13 15 13 15 14 13 13 13 11 12 13 13 11 10 8 14 13 10 14 14 13 13 11 10 11 14 14 11 6 13 12 13 14 14 13 12 11 13 7 10 11 13 13 12 10 11 8 10 Tt'l ** 15—150—50 13—123 9—109—. . 15—129—37 15 — 141—33 14— 12S- 15—146—. 13—127—. 13—128—. 12 — 127—. 12—117- 14—117- 12 — 126- 13—117- 14 — 112—. . 15—127—19 14—133 — 36 12 — 125—34 13—117—27 13—129—35 15—134 — 35 10—118 11—116—. . 10—121—. . 13_125—. . 10—106—. . 14—135—37 13—128—39 15—138—42 12—122—40 11—125—. . 13— 129— 3S 13—121— . 11—104—. . 12 — 112 — . . 11—125—. . 14—131—33 14 — 129 — 42 12 — 120—30 13—131 14— 96—. . 14—133 — 45 15—141 — 41 15—131—. . 12—123 10—123—. . 12—110—. . 15—124—. . 12—108—28 8—116—. . E. E. F. F. G. C. C. H. C. c. H. O. A. R. Parrott 5 12 13 13 11 12 12 E. B. Van Arnam* 11 11 11 13 8 12 13 E. G. White 15 12 14 12 12 15 13 H. W. Metzger 10 11 11 12 9 12 13 J. A. Troeh 12 10 9 14 11 10 13 E. Nickerson 9 10 11 11 13 13 14 J. Edmondson 10 1113 11 9 12 12 J. Kienast 12 11 15 11 12 12 14 H. Williams 13 13 13 13 11 12 12 R. Oppie 10 13 13 13 12 11 13 M. Grossman 7 11 15 14 10 12 12 J. Ruppe 12 11 13 11 12 10 12 J. Bacher 8 11 11 9 8 9 9 C. E. McKelvey 12 12 11 12 8 13 12 W. B. Taft 11 10 13 11 10 9 8 D. W. Fleet 12 13 11 12 10 13 7 G. W. Miller 11 12 13 13 13 12 12 Dr. H. H. Ott 10 12 12 12 8 11 12 E. H. Keller 9 12 13 12 12 12 12 R. C. Hill 10 13 10 11 10 10 8 F. F. Hostetter 13 10 8 13 11 15 10 Pid Cooper 10 9 1112 12 12 11 N. B. Wright 13 12 12 12 11 14 11 Al Jones 11 13 12 11 12 12 12 P. J. Baltimore 8 11 7 11 9 8 10 G. K. March 11 13 10 14 10 14 13 W. Lewis 10 10 11 13 F. Lemp 3 3 2 2 Metcham, Jr 6 7 7 5 Suhr 11 J. Reno W. Metcham D. Albright B. Cadwell 7 10 10 12 10 10 4 2 5 9 11 8 2 6.. 6 7.. 14 13 12 13 15 14 13 11 15 13 15 10 15 14 14 14 13 10 12 12 14 11 13 12 15 9 15 13 14 12 14 10 14 14 12 10 10 14 10 8 14 10 15 12 13 10 14 10 44 8 14 15 13 12 14 11 14 9 14 11 14 10 13 14 10 12 11 10 13 12 15 13 12 10 11 12 12 9 13 9 12 12 11 11 15 12 10 14 13 9 12 11 12 12 12 13 13 11 15 13 13 11 11 11 15 9 13 8 13 13 13 13 13 9 8 4 10 13 13 10 11 .. 14—138—. . 15—122—. . 15—105—30 15—130—. . 14—132 — 40 15—133—33 13—131—33 13—132—. . 12 — 117—. . 13—116—30 15—135—35 15—128—35 12 — 122—37 13—118—31 10—110—27 13—128—36 14—122—35 13—104 — . . 11—119—. . 11—119—33 12 — 129—. . 13—133 — 41 10—116—29 11—119—. . 14—115 — 40 15—135 — 41 12—119—27 12—125—. . 11—112 — . . 13—117—. . 12—113—. . 13—130—40 13—120—. . 13—112—. . 14—118 — 31 14 — 135—36 13—113—34 14—116—33 13—115—. . 10—110—33 12—123—. . 11—120—. . 11—123—35 14—119—24 9—112 — 13—101— 12—116— 13—110— 12—114— 13—127— 12 — 113—31 10—114—36 11—107—. . 14—115—. . 14 — 117—. . 10—121—. . 13—118 10— 91 13—121—. . 11—105 ..— 53—.. . .— 40—. . . .— 47 COAST HAND! SECOND DAY. 2 3 4 5 Ttl. 20 20 20 20—100 18 16 16 15— 83 15 19 12 15 — 79 17 17 18 18— 89 19 19 18 19— 94 18 IS 16 20— 88 IS 20 20 20— 97 15 IS 20 19— 88 17 16 19 16— 87 15 18 16 15— 82 12 17 15 15— 77 18 14 17 18 — 87 18 16 18 17— 89 17 16 16 19— 87 14 17 15 15— 78 18 15 15 13— 78 17 13 15 17— 80 19 IS 18 19— 92 17 15 14 19— 83 15 18 14 13— 84 IS 18 13 19— 87 17 17 17 13— 83 12 IS 15 16 — 80 CAP, PORTLAND, OREGON. 16 18 13 12 15 19 17 20 18 19 18 14 18 16 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 18 19 15 17 18 19 13 20 18 17 16 13 15 18 18 18 20 15 11 14 16 18 15 15 19 17 14 11 13 15 16 13— SO 16 17— 74 20 20— 92 19 17— 92 20 17— 92 17 14— 79 19 17— 86 17 19— 88 15 15— 79 16 18— 79 11 14— 72 16 19— 91 15 18— 85 20 20— 93 12 15— 77 18 17— 89 11 17— 68 17 18 — 88 15 20 — 93 16 19— 89 17 17— 81 15 19— 86 13 15 — 75 17 17— 82 11 13— 65 13 15— 75 . . . ._ 13—. 5 8— 13—. 12 14— 26 — W. Cleaver L. Thacker C. Gregory Templeton P. Madison . . . . B. Huston Chas. O'Conner . . . E. E. Young P. Knight Matson S. Estes A. Cook Simmons Bullman B. Troeh D. Gilbert B. Troeh Abraham S. French . W. McKenzie . L. Mathews . . . S. Farrell Bateman J. Champion . . . Wollam B. Fechheimer A. Addleman . . . Jones R. Goodwin . . . . W. Walker W. Borders* Frank A. Stutt Marsha R. A. V. J. B. T. E. Li. J. M. J. W E. R. E. M. A. W. J. C. E. G. J. C. J. w. K. K. Kubli ••Special event at Doubles, 17 19 IS 17 15 16 16 17 17 20 16 18 20 20 17 18 11 17 17 17 16 19 16 17 17 15 15 16 18 13 18 19 16 20 18 18 18 IS 15 16 IS 19 15 19 17 12 14 17 17 18 16 20 16 12 13 16 17 17 15 16 16 16 19 20 16 18 16 13 16 18 15 16 14 13 17 17 20 13 16 17 14 13 18 15 20 15 16 16 15 18 15 16 15 17 16 16 12 15 17 16 83 84 78 88 85 75 92 17 17— 89 13 16— 82 11 18— 77 16 20— 87 19 19— 95 16 20— 88 18 18 — 94 13 19— 85 13 17— 77 15 20— 87 15 16— 85 18 17- 17 17- 17 17- 15 15- 17 16— i 18 20— 1 16 18- 16 15- 15 11- lS 18- 19 17— ! 14 18— 77 17 17 — 83 18 19— 92 18 19— 92 15 13— 73 15 IS— 81 17 18 — 87 11 15— 75 16 12— 75 16 18 — 93 16 17— 85 13 16— 76 17 15— 80 14 16— 79 13 19— 73 17 18 — 89 12 17 — 80 14 16— 82 11 19— 75 11 17— 76 17 19— 91 14 17 — 83 12 20— 82 14 14— 78 18 17 — 88 14 17— 77 17 16— 79 18 . .— 66 20 20 13 IS— 90 14 15 14 14— 72 13 18 15 17— 83 15 16 12 16 — 73 14 17 11 13— 73 12 13 15 17— 72 17 20 17 18— 91 14 14 20 . .— 64 15 16 15 15— 77 15 17 18 19— 86 12 19 16 19— 85 8 13 12 14— 60 15 16 16 11— 75 17 16 17 17 — 85 SDji wY, JULY 21, 1914. THIRD DAY, Preliminary Handicap 12 3 4 5 Ttl. rds. 20 XII 20 20 20—100 20 20 20 20 20—100 16 16 17 17 15 18— KR 20 18 15 15 19— 85 17 9 9 11 16 il- fifi 17 14 18 18 19— 86 18 16 19 17 16 ls— 81 16 15 17 20 19— S7 19 18 lfi 16 19 19— 88 15 17 20 19 19— 90 18 19 16 18 17 16— 86 17 IS 16 IS 14— 83 21 14 19 1fi 19 16— X4 20 20 20 19 20— 99 18 18 19 15 16 18— 85 19 IS 16 18 18— 89 18 17 17 19 18 18— 89 16 13 15 18 17— 79 18 17 17 13 18 13— 78 16 19 17 15 14— 81 16 17 19 17 17 13— 83 19 15 15 16 17 — 82 17 14 16 16 18 14— 78 17 16 13 16 18— SO 19 16 16 14 lfi 18— 80 18 19 20 18 18,— 93 18 16 15 13 19 16— 79 19 13 15 12 18— 77 18 16 12 15 17 13— 73 14 20 18 17 15 — 84 17 16 18 15 16 14— 77 13 16 14 12 13— 71 18 lfi 14 15 19 17— SI 19 17 18 18 16 — 88 17 ?,0 18 11 17 17— 83 18 17 17 19 18 — 89 16 15 17 17 17 17— 83 17 14 19 14 17— 81 19 13 19 14 14 17— 77 19 14 19 19 15— 86 19 14 18 9 18 17— 76 19 17 19 15 17— 87 17 16 18 14 17 17— XX 19 16 18 14 19— 86 16 15 17 16 17 16— 81 19 16 17 13 19— 84 18 14 18 16 17 19— 84 15 18 17 16 18 — 85 16 18 14 13 16 19— 80 15 16 17 16 14— 78 21 13 18 17 16 13— 77 20 17 17 19 17— 90 20 17 16 18 20 17— KX 19 18 19 18 20— 94 2(1 16 17 17 16 17— 83 20 19 20 19 18— 96 18 16 13 17 15 17— 78 18 17 16 16 18— 85 18 11 14 11 15 13— 64 15 12 14 18 15— 74 18 15 16 17 20 13— 83 IS 18 17 15 18— 86 16 14 16 16 16 15— 77 14 17 11 18 15— 75 16 1?, 19 17 18 15— 81 16 16 14 14 8— 68 19 16 19 16 19 15— 85 15 15 17 14 16— 77 19 15 18 13 14 15— 75 19 15 17 17 17— 85 ?,n lfi 18 16 16 18— 84 20 17 20 18 20— 95 16 16 20 11 18 15— SO 18 12 16 14 14 — 74 19 16 19 18 18 17— 88 18 17 19 17 20— 91 19 17 17 14 19 15— 82 17 17 18 18 19— 89 21 17 17 13 16 16— 79 20 18 18 16 19— 91 18 16 17 19 18 18— XX 18 16 19 17 20— 90 16 18 IS 17 lfi 16 — 85 15 15 15 10 15— 73 17 13 17 12 18 16— 76 17 15 18 13 14— 77 17 14 16 14 17 16— 77 18 16 16 13 15— 78 16 18 8 lfi 13 16 10— 63 19 14 15 12 12— 72 17 14 14 15 15 17— 75 16 15 15 17 15— 78 19 13 15 17 18 16— 79 20 13 18 20 15— 87 18 16 15 13 17 13— 74 19 16 IS 13 19— 83 19 17 15 19 17 15— 83 IS 16 20 14 15— 83 18 18 18 19 17 18— 90 20 16 17 IS IS — 89 20 14 18 14 17 12— 75 20 19 19 20 18— 96 19 15 17 17 19 17— K5 18 17 19 16 17— 87 18 18 18 14 15 15 — 83 20 15 16 17 19— 87 18 17 11 12 17 17— 74 19 IS 17 15 18— 87 16 15 20 IS IS 18— 89 18 18 17 15 19— 88 18 15 18 18 17 15— X3 IS 19 17 17 16 — 87 19 16 14 17 17' 16— SO 20 18 20 19 17— 94 18 15 18 IS 17 18— «6 19 20 19 19 20— 97 18 16 19 17 18 16— V'\ 19 12 18 IS 17— 84 18 14 14 14 12 £ 63 20 15 IS 15 14 — 82 lfi 17 16 18 15 19— 85 IS 16 14 14 16— 78 18 16 17 19 17 17 — 76 20 19 IS 18 19— 94 18 13 16 15 18 12— 74 16 17 14 16 17— 80 17 IS 18 15 16 18— 05 IS 19 16 16 19— 88 18 18 19 15 16 15 — 83 18 17 18 18 17— SI lfi 15 IS 17 15 15— 80 20 17 20 18 17— 92 19 14 18 17 17 19— 85 IS 19 19 19 20— 95 20 17 18 20 15 13— 85 18 17 18 19 20— 90 17 18 12 14 14 16 14 17 il- 72 14 16 15 14 16 — 75 18 17 17 10 18 ls— SO 20 IS 17 17 20— 92 19 14 12 17 16 14 73 18 16 20 18 18 — 90 16 13 13 11 13 13— 63 18 18 19 15 19— 85 16 13 17 18 19 IS— 85 19 14 8 17 19 18 15 17— 83 18 13— 85 16 1', 17 15 13 12— 69 19 13 12 15 15— 74 19 15 15 18 18 18— 84 IS 15 IS 16 18— 85 16 15 20 17 16 il- 79 18 17 16 16 18— 85 16 16 17 16 16 ls— 86 18 11 11 15 18—78 17 14 18 13 IS 19— 82 18 19 15 15 17— 84 18 17 IS 15 IS 17 — 85 20 IS IS 19 20— 95 16 18 17 15 15 18— 83 IS 16 19 IS 16— 87 18 16 18 17 19 17 — 87 19 IS 19 15 18 — 82 17 17 18 17 16 18— 86 15 15 17 IS 17— 80 16 16 15 15 IS 15— 79 20 18 16 16 17— S7 16 14 15 18 16 15 — 78 18 14 18 16 15 — 81 16 11 17 17 19 13— 77 18 15 9 17 18 — 71 18 18 16 lfi 16 14 — 80 16 17 19 17 18— 87 16 16 17 14 18 18— 83 15 14 17 IS 16 15 16 18— 80 14 16— 79 16 16 16 17 10 17 17 16 13— 80 16 17 13 15 16— 77 13 12 17 15 14 — 71 16 13 SO IS 19 16— 86 18 17 16 18 IS— 87 18 14 19 17 20— 88 16 IS 17 16 16 19— 86 IS 14 17 15 16— 80 16 16 15 13 18 19 16 17 19 18 16— 84 16— 83 18 18 14 16 18— 84 16 12 19 11 IS 17— 81 IS 16 19 16 19— 88 17 13 19 14 12 13— 71 14 15 13 17 14 18 13 16— 71 15 17— 87 17 17 18 15 17 19— 86 17 19 17 17 19— 89 12 16 13 14 14— 69 16 11 17 16 16— 76 16 12 1fi 15 19 17— 79 16 IX 15 16 16— 81 16 15 18 12 17 14— 76 16 17 16 19 20 IX 12 13 15 15 20— 84 19 17— 93 14 16— 70 lfi 19 19 16 16 15— 85 15 17 18 19 18— 87 16 17 14 16 18 19 17 13 19 14 13— 20— 81 12 16 16 15 15— 74 16 12 13 12 8— 61 20 13 17 15 16 — 81 IX 13 18 15 12 14 14 19— 82 12 15— 68 18 15 19 17 16— 85 ■•— 20 16 18 18 15— 87 ^■■^■M WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1914. Pacific Coast Handicap. Yds. 20 20 20 20 20—100 15 13 20 18 16 — S3 17 20 17 17 17— 88 15 18 17 16 15 — 81 17 18 15 16 13— 79 17 14 16 13— 75 16 16 18 19 18 20 18 17 17 16 17 18 17 17 16 17 16 16 18 18 17 16 17 18 16 20 19 19 17 17 17 16 16 16 18 18 19 16 19 16 14 16 20 16— 82 16 16 18 18 84 16 18 16 16 17 18 16 18 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 17 17 14 12 12 20— 75 14 18 12 17 13— 74 16 16 14 16 15— 77 13 19 13 18 12— 75 17 11 18 19 19— 84 16 10 16 16 15 12 15 18 18 19 67 IS— 75 IS— 88 18 17 17 13 17- 17 19 18 17 17— 86 15 18 15 20 18— 86 18 14 19 17 13— 81 16 15 12 16 59 19 17 17 16 19— 88 18 17 18 18 19— 90 14 16 13 18 17— 78 16 17 19 19 18— 89 14 16 15 16 15— 76 18 17 13 16 17— 81 18 20 15 20 20— 93 20 19 19 IS IX— 94 17 20 17 17 17— 80 11 16 13 14 18— 72 18 17 17 13 17— 84 15 16 18 13 15— 77 18 15 13 17 14— 77 17 15 16 17 18— 83 16 15 17 19 17— 84 15 15 15 16 ■ 20— 81 18 19 17 20 16— 80 18 16 18 15 12— 79 17 15 15 13 11— 71 IS 18 16 17 19 15— 85 211 lfi 2,0 19 18 18— 91 18 16 17 19 211 16— 88 IB IS IK 19 19 16— 88 16 20 17 13 lfi 14— 80 16 10 17 16 17 18— 78 17 16 15 13 11 14— 69 IB 14 13 IB 14 ..— 57 16 10 8 13 15 15— 61 18 16 14 17 19 16— 82 17 17 15 15 47 18 19 19 IB 19 12— 85 19 17 18 16 14 16— XI 19 18 lb 18 IS 16— X5 19 IB 14 18 Sill 18— 86 17 IS 19 17 18 19— 91 17 IK 13 17 IS 19— SO IS 13 18 lfi 17 16— X0 17 16 17 15 IS 18— 84 18 16 IX 15 19 19— 87 IS 19 18 14 IS 17— 86 17 17 14 17 17 17— 82 17 16 16 15 17 64 16 lfi lfi 13 16 15— 76 18 IX 17 IB 18 15— 84 IS 17 13 12 19 15— 76 17 18 17 13 12 ..— 60 18 lb 17 17 18 18— 85 IB 15 18 17 19 18— 87 19 17 19 17 19 19— 91 19 16 13 17 18 20— 84 17 16 16 30 16 18— 86 18 18 14 19 19 17— 85 18 20 IV 14 19 19— 89 IB 16 1b 14 Id 6— 66 16 IS 18 IV 16 14— 83 16 IS 18 16 16 16— 84 17 17 15 16 17 17 16 16 16 12 15 16 15 15 18 16 17 17 16 18 17 lb 17 16 15 19 lb 16 19 19 16 lb lb 17 12 19 16 17 17 16 17 19 17— 82 16— 81 19— 83 13— 68 19— 83 20— 87 16— 86 19— 85 16 — 82 13— 85 14— 72 14— 81 17— 82 18— 88 16 12 15 13 17 10— 67 16 IS lb 17 16 17— 83 16 15 14 15 16 14— 74 17 15 19 15 18 19— 89 16 17 211 IS 19 19— 93 18 15 15 15 18 17— 80 15 15 15 19 17 17 16 15 19 17 17 19 15 18 16 18 15 15 14 12 15 15 17 18 16— 82 17— 85 20— 87 13— 70 12— 81 19— 90 16 5 8 10 6 3— 32 16 16 14 15 15 10 16 14 17 14 14— 76 18— 71 16 16 19 17 18 17 20 17 18 18 16— 91 IS — 87 16 17 16 13 19 18— 83 17 IV IS 19 16 12— 82 16 11 12 12 14 12— 61 lfi 11 11 12 IB 13— 63 IB IB IB 12 17 lb— 76 17 19 14 17 18 14— 82 IB 11 lit 14 B 12— b6 17 14 15 13 17 lb — 74 17 16 18 18 17 lb— 84 18 IS 12 17 19 16— X2 16 10 12 9 14 12— b9 IB 16 19 15 14 17— XI lfi IS 17 19 14 17— 85 IB IB 11 13 13 13— 66 16 IB 18 16 13 16— 79 IK 8 1(1 16 13 16— 63 16 16 13 14 12 15— 70 16 14 13 ..— 27 111 11 18 10 17 14— 70 16 14 13 11 12 11— 61 16 V 12 14 7 6— 35 16 12 14 26 16 15 IS 13 16 16— 75 16 12 9 9 7 16— 53 16 12 10 SI 17 10— 58 16 18 14 9 15 12— 68 16 14 7 15 14 12— 62 25 pairs. *Trade representatives. Saturday, August 1, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 SPECIAL REPORT. The attendance at Portland, Ore., last week during the ninth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament num- bered a total of 152 shooters for the three days, a fine showing and a healthy indication ot the annually increasing ranks of the devotees of the "clean sport." The attendance at the eighth Pacific Coast Handicap at Sacramento last year totaled 140 shooters. The record gathering of shotgun sportsmen, it may be mentioned, at a blue rock tournament took place at Stockton in 1897, at the Pacific Inanimate Target Association three day shoot. The tourney last week was conducted under the auspices of the Portland Gun Club. The club officers and members are to be congratulated for their un- stinted efforts in making visiting shooters feel at home. The shooting grounds, about 20 acres, and commo- dious club house are located about 12 miles outside of Portland, easily reached by trolley cars or ma- chines, the roads for vehicle passage being of the best. A battery of "four automatic traps are permanent- ly installed" on the shooting ground. The back- ground of trees beyond one of the traps put some big holes in several promising scores. The boys became wise on practice day and Monday, however, and managed to put more patterns in the right place. The details of office and field work were ably handled, as always, by Mr. Elmer E. Shaner as Gen- eral Manager; R. A. Tyler, cashier; E. L. Matthews, superintendent of grounds; Henry Metzger and Joe Addelman, general providers; Eddie Morris, chief mechanician; the bunch of good fellows designated as directors and, by no means least important, Mrs. Matthews in charge of the culinary department. While, in advance of the event, some were skep- tical of a large attendance, it became apparent sev- eral days ahead that such fears were unfounded, and when on the 19th inst. eighty-five men were on the firing line to shoot the practice program of 100 targets, predictions of a new Portland record were freely offered. The day — July 19 — was clear, rather warm, and everything favorable except a choppy incoming, cross-quartering wind which was responsible for rather less than normal average scores. Only 19 men finished with 90 or better, but at that some fine scores were marked up. Peter O'Brien and H. P. Wihlon led the amateurs and the field with totals of 97. Harry Ellis also upheld local form by break- ing 96, and F. M. Troeh accounted for 94. Profes- sional high scores were: Poston and Les Reid, 95; Morgan 94; Fisher and Haight, 92. The trade and Interstate Association were well represented as follows: Elmer E. Shaner, Tourna- ment Manager. T. E. Doremus, C. A. Haight, P. J. Holohan, G. E. Holohan and E. G. White, for Du Pont Powder Co. H. E. Poston, E. J. Morgan and G. E. Oliver for Hercules Powder Co. C. H. Knight, A. W. Woodworth, G. H. Hambright and E. B. Van Arnam for Winchester Repeating Arms Co. R. C. Reed, F. A. Dryden, C. W. McKean and W. A. Hillis for Remington-UMC Co. J. S. French, L. H. Reid and J. E. Reid, for Peters Cartridge Co. W. B. Stadfeld, W. F. Willet and I. M. Fisher for Selby Smelting and Lead Co. F. C. Riehl and E. B. Morris for Western Cartridge Co. First Day, July 20. — The record of attendance was broken when F. P. Wade of Boise, Idaho, fired the first shot of the regular program promptly at nine o'clock Monday morning, when twenty squads had qualified, and this ran up to a total of 117 entries during the day. Weather conditions were fine, but an erratic wind injected a good deal of uncertainty into the game. This, with baffling background con- ditions that the boys were unable to figure out to their entire satisfaction, combined to make the aver- age scores rather disappointing. All, however, seemed disposed to take this good naturedly, and some really creditable scores were offered. Don Morrison easily led the amateurs with a total of 141; then was a gap of six birds to Ed Ellis of Seattle, and L. Rayburn of Roslyn, Washington, who scored 135, and H. Ogilvie of Lindsay, Cal., came in for third place with 134. In the professional class, L. H. Reid led the field with a score of 146; Earl Morgan found 141 to his liking, w-hile Peter Holohan and Frank Riehl tied at 138. The special event at doubles wound up the day's work as a feature of special interest. In this R. J. Starkey of Choteaux, Mont., was the bright particu- lar star, scoring 45 out of 50; H. F. Wihlon account- ed for 42; L. Rayburn and D. J. Holohan 41; and F. M. Troeh and P. Nelson 40 each for the moneys. Professional honors in this race went to Riehl, 42; Morgan, 41, and C. A. Haight, 38. Second Day, July 21. — Weather conditions contin- ued much as on Monday, with scores in the regu'ar events a little better. Frank M. Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., showed best form in the forenoon program at 16 yards, and went out with 95 out of 100. Don Morrison came in second with 94, and H. F. Wihlon got 93 for third amateur honors. Among the profes- sionals, Les Reid held his form, and came under the wire with 97; Earl Morgan and I. M. Fisher found 93; and Frank Riehl and Hugh Poston 92 each. The total entries showed 112 starters, with most contest- ants shooting for the purses. The optional sweeps did not fill. The Preliminary Handicap was started shortly after noon, with 102 entries, which marked another record list for this event on the West Coast. Dur- ing the afternoon the wind freshened considerably, and this, with the various distance handicaps, made the game a bit more spicy. It became evident quite early in the shoot that the winning score would not be specially high. In the final summing up, Frank Van Atta of Vancouver, Wash., led the field with a trophy winning score of 90; Hugh Fleming of Se- attle, and Harry Quick of Chehalis, Wash., tied for second honors with 89; Quick won the shoot off, 18 to 16 out of 20. For third trophy there were five contenders: J. F. Dodds of Los Angeles, Peter H. O'Brien of Portland, C. E. Owens of Wenatchee. Wash., J. L. D. Morrison and Abner Blair of Port- land, 88 each. Third Day, July 22. — The final day of the big event came with clear sky and conditions favorable, and was characterized by some very good shooting that overshadowed the rather indifferent averages of the first two days. In the forenoon program of 100 targets, Hugh McEiroy of Spokane led with 97, while Frank Troeh made 96, and H. F. Wihlon 95. Les Reid kept up his good form, and accounted for 99; Riehl breaking 96, and E. G. White and F. Dryden 95. The high averages for the regular program, a total of 350 registered targets, showed amateur honors went to J. L. D. Morrison, 325; F. M. Troeh, 322; H. F. Wihlon and L. Rayburn, 317. And in the pro- fessional class, Reid broke a total of 342 for first; Riehl 326 for second, and Earl Morgan third, 325. Manager Shaner called the feature event of the tournament at just about noon. There was a total of one hundred and thirty-eight entries. This show- ing is the high water mark in the history of Inter- state shoots west of the Great Divide. Portland held the previous record of 126 shooters two years ago, and this time a new mark was written with 134 actual starters in a Pacific Coast Handicap race. With everything favorable, good scores were prom- ised from the start and, considering the handicaps and the fact that targets were always thrown the full regulation 50-yard distance, the scores were con- sidered more than creditable. Dr. H. H. Ott of Gresham, Ore., shooting for targets only, set a pace mark in one of the earlier squads with 93. Then the real compelling interest began for nearly a thousand spectators, as possible winners finished their third or fourth strings of 20 birds. It remained, however, for Peter O'Brien to furnish the real sensation of the day. Out of the first 60 targets he had lost 7 and, although shooting from 19 yards handicap, he went through on his last 40 birds, smashing them all and tieing the high score. Meantime other good finishers were G. C. Gregory and C. Gilmore, 91; Wm. Dal- rvmple and G. K. March 90; E. W. Cooper and L. Rayburn 89; Wm. Caldwell, A. Riehl, J. F. Dodds, Mark Siddall, Con Hilgers and Matt Grossman, 88. In the shoot-off O'Brien won over Ott for first money and the trophy, 16 to 14 out of 20, and Gilmore over Gregory for second place. In this event Frank Riehl led the professionals with a score of 94, Morgan ac- counted for 91, and Morris took third place with 88. When the final shot was fired Manager Elmer E. Shaner presented the trophies to the winning shoot- ers in his usual felicitous manner. Responses were made by the recipients, and one of the best and larg- est shoots ever held in the northwest came to a close. [An inaccurate press dispatch last week caused the statement in these columns that Dr. Ott was the winner of the Pacific Coast Handicap instead of P. H. O'Brien.] Squier money-back purse. — 50,000 targets @ lc, $500.00. 89 entries first day @ $7.00, $89.00. 91 en- tries second day @ $1.00, $91.00. 91 entries third day @ $1.00, $91.00 — Total purse, $771.00. Losses paid back— $541.00. Surplus— $230.00. The winning scores and amounts paid were as follows: J. L. D. Morrison, 325 out of 350, $41.40 F. M. Troeh 322, $32.20; H. F. Wihlon 317, $24.15 L. Ravburn 317, $24.15; D. J. Holohan 315, $±8.40 P. H. O'Brien 314, ..16.10; C. Gilmore 312, $13.80 A. Blair 311, $11.50; R. J. Starkey 310, $9.20; J. F. Dodds 310, $9.20; J. W. Seavey 310, $9.20; Harry Ellis 308, $6.90; H. Ogilvie 308, $6.90; H. McEiroy 307, $4.60; H. Havens 306, $1.15; F. Van Atta 306, $1:15. * * * Preliminary Handicap Purse. — 76 entries @ $5.00, $380.00. 2 penalty entries @ $7.00, $14.00. 1 penalty entry for "targets only," $2.00. 23 entries for "tar- gets only" — 102 total entries. Added to the purse, $100.00 — Total purse, $496.00. The winners were: F. Van Atta, 90, $79.35; H. Quick 89, $61.95; H. Fleming 89, $61.95; C. E. Owens 88, $34.70; J. F. Dodds 88, $34.70; J. L. D. Morrison 88, $34.70; A. Blair 88, $34.70; P. H. O'Brien 88, $34.70; J. A. Troeh 87, $224.80; D. W. Fleet 86, $11.70; G. K. March 86, $11:70; E. Nickerson 86, $11.70; J. W. Seavey 86, $11:70; O. D. Thornton 86, $11.70; F. Howe 86, $11.70; H. McEiroy 86, $11.70; H. H. Ott 86, $11.70. * * * Pacific Coast Handicap purse. — 87 entries @ $8.00, $696.00. 1 penalty entry @ $12.00, $12.00. 4 penalty entries for "targets only" @ $2.00, $8.00. 46 entries for "targets only" — 138 total entries. Added to the purse, $200.00— Total purse, $916.00. The winners were: P. H. O'Brien, 93, $137.40; C. Gilmore 91, $105.30; G. C. Gregory 91, $105.30; G. K. March 90, $73.20; H. F. Wihlon 90, $73.20; L. Rayburn 89, $59.50; E. W. Cooper 89, $59.50; W. W. Caldwell 88, $35.00; J. F. Dodds 88, $35.00; M. Siddall 88, $35.00; Con. Hilgers 88, $35.00; M. Gross- man 88, $35.00; A. Riehl 88, $35.00; N. A. Wright 87, $18.30; F. M. Day 87, $18.30; F. Templeton 87, $18.30; W. E. Carlon 86, $6.10; G. W. Miller 86, $6.10; H. McEiroy 86, $6.10; H. Havens 86, $6.10; N. A. Howard 86, $6.10; H. W. Metzger 86, $6.10. AT THE TRAPS. Easton Traps. — A score of shotgun sportsmen attended the Exposition City Gun Club monthly blue rock shoot at Easton, July 26. The winners in several matches were: Club medal, 20 birds— Class A: E. Hoelle, 18. Class B: J. W. Dorsey, 17. Class C: A. S. Wicker- sham, 17. Class D: R. McGill, 18. • Trophy shoot, 20 birds — Class A: E. Hoelle and T. Handdman tied with IS each. Class B: J. W. Dor- sey, 14. Class C: H. Dutton and P. Swenson tied, 15 each. Class D: E. Straessler, 16. Grub shoot — Colonel Wickersham's cadets outshot Major Bridgford's marksmen, the total team scores being 81 to 64, each bombardier shooting at 15 targets. Challenge trophy match, 20 birds: Hoelle and Handman each broke 19 clay pigeons and tied. Event 5, 20 birds — Colonel Dorsey, 18, and Harry Dutton, 17 breaks, were the high guns. Six two-man teams competed in a spirited contest, Harrier and Handman emerged winners by breaking 44 out of 50 blue rocks shot at. Wickersham and Dray scored 36; Dorsey and Dutton 36, Bridgford and McGill 36, Steinfeld and Swenson 29, Forestier and Jones 29. The scores follow: Events — Birds — E. Hoelle H. Dutton J. W. Dorsey R. McGill T. Handman A. S. Wickersham P. Swenson C. A. Bridgford J. H. Jones C. N. Dray J. Obermuller L. Steinfeld E. Straessler E. H. Forestier S. J. Garding: L. Middleton E. Putzer L. Bacigalupi 1 2 3 4 5 T'tl 211 211 15 211 20 95 IV IK 13 19 17 84 17 15 12 IK 17 79 17 14 14 15 IS 78 IS 14 13 1« 15 78 1.", IK 12 19 13 75 17 12 13 15 15 72 hi 1J> 11 13 11 fifi 13 14 11 15 1H 65 14 IB 111 11 12 63 l!i 14 K 11 11 59 13 IK 14 14 57 IS 14 7 7 12 53 7 in 8 X 11 5(1 B 10 11 11 B 47 13 11 9 111 43 7 11 2 111 9 38 n H in 31 7 K 8 7 30 DEER HUNTING NOTES. Big bucks are plenty and fat in the coast foothills of Santa Cruz county. The largest deer killed so far this season was bagged by Joe Fornie on the Gianone ranch. This monarch of the forest had "used" in that district for several years past and until the present open season had been wary and lucky in avoiding hunter and dog. The head is a fine trophy, with wide spreading antlers. Harry Bellamy dropped a big spike buck that weighed 150 pounds on the same ranch, over near Scott's creek. Another 150- pound deer was killed over on the coast, on the back of the San Vicente range, by a party composed of Joe Patten, George Lu Rue and Frank Blaisdell. Charles Pinkham and Harry Fillipini captured a 130- pound buck during a two-hour hunt in the coast section. A rather freakish specimen was the one-horned spike buck that fell to the aim of Nick Maddock, who hunted in the "chalks" of the Newell creek district. This animal tipped the beam at 140 pounds and had but one small spike horn. William Jones also brought in to Boulder Creek another 140-pound buck, laid low in the Newell Creek hunting territory. Another San Vincente range venison contribution was Al Greg- ory's 130-pound deer. In the mountains back of Felton a 90-pound spike was shot by E. V. Moody, William King and Ramon Wrenn, the only four- footed game seen during the hunt. D. Adams cap- tured a young male deer alive last Sunday, near tne "sulphur springs." The buck has been placed in the Santa Cruz park to keep company with a doe that had been caught near Boulder Creek. Apparently good deer hunting country is to be found near Bartlett Springs, for several fine bucks have been killed in that section since the season opened. G. A. Feldmeyer and N. L. Donovan, two Santa Rosa sportsmen, each killed a large buck in that district recently. The Long valley section of Mendocino county, above Willets, is well populated with deer. A fine buck was shot this week near Fairfax, in Marin county. E. Z. Mumphreys had seen the animal sev- eral times in a field back of his bungalow. He heard a shot early Monday morning and shortly afterward observed a hunter passing by with the luckless deer on his shoulder. Santa Clara hunters will be out in force today, when the open season on careless bucks commences. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wolf.] Fox Breeders' and Fur Farmers' Association of Alberta, organized at Edmonton, has elected these executive officers for the year: President, Fred M. Lee, Edmonton; vice-president, A. W. Lea, Calgary; secretary-treasurer, J. C. McDonald, Edmonton. The advisory board consists of J. A.. Willsie, Athabasca; D. M. J. Hagerty, Calgary; W. T. Logan, Lamont, and A. H. Goodwin, Vegreville. The purpose of the association is to promote, pro- tect and develop the fox breeding and fur-farming industry throughout the province of Alberta. Benjamin Lawton, Edmonton, chief game warden of Alberta, presided at the organization meeting, at which fifteen fox companies were represented. The plan, it was announced, is to breed foxes along sys- tematic lines, following the course adopted by the Prince Edward Island association. There. will be four classifications. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 1, 1914. A LITTLE BIT OF HACKNEY HISTORY. Without delving too deeply into the history of the Hackney — for the breed in Britain has many well- versed students — it may not be out of place at the outset of this article to trace the origin of the word which has so long been affixed to our premier ride and drive breed — a breed which at the moment is doing better colonizing work than any other type of horse that has its origin in the British Isles. , "Nag" is the oldest surviving phrase for our pris- tine, active riding horse, a word surely derived from the Anglo-Saxon "hnegan," to neigh. When the Romans came to England they introduced their term "haquenee," or "hacquenee," the French word de- rived from the Latin "equus." The word "haque- nee" was adopted into the English tongue as early as 1303, for in the writings of Robert Mannynge, com- monly called "Robert de Brunne," from the fact of his having been a monk at Bourne, in Lincolnshire, a rider is spoken of as being mounted on his ' hak- neye." In the "Vision of Piers Plowman," written about 1350, the word comes out again in the line "hakneyes hadde thei to hyre." Chaucer, too, spells the word "hackneye" and "hacknay," and all our old writers used the word in connection with the describing of a riding horse rather than a war horse. As early as 1170 the trotting "hackneye" was de- scribed as one of the things belonging to the man- ners and customs of ancient England. By 1400 the breed was firmly established as a trotting type of horse in Eastern Anglia. The wife of Sir John Pas- ton, who lived at Heylesden, near Norwich, and whose correspondence has been preserved in book form, wrote to her husband in 1465 that three trot- ters had been bought for him at St. Faith's Fair, "right fair horses and well keeped." St. Faith's is a village about three miles from Norwich, in Nor- wich. In 1495 an Act was passed in the reign of King Henry VII, the first recorded attempt to im- prove the breed of horses. Another Act was passed in 1530, reign of Henry VIII, increasing the penalty for removing horses out of England without author- ity. In 1540 came the next Act controlling improve- ment in breeding horses, distinguishing trotting hak- neyes fro mheavy horses. In 1542 an Act was passed, 33rd, Henry VIII, in which it is shown how highly trotting hakneyes were valued, and in which a "gen- tleman" was required to keep at least one trotting hakneye. If we go on farther back than this Act of Henry VIII, in 1542, it would appear that the trotting hakeneye has been recognized for fully four hundred years. Such horses were valued for the esquires of noblemen during the Middle Ages and the Tudor period. In 1470 we learn that the price of Norfolk trot- ting horses was "twenty marks." In one of Sir John Paston's letters such a horse was spoken of as "trotting on his own courage, without the use of spurs." In the year 1558, when Elizabeth became Queen of England, Blundeville, of Newton Flotman, in Nor- folk, wrote the first English book on horses and showed the different types of horses as trotters, amblers, runners, draught, etc. At this time the squires of Norfolk and the Eastern Counties had their trotting Hackneys, and all light horsemen rode trotting horses in the wars, as distinguished from the great horses which carried lords in armor. That the trotting Norfolk horses were able to stay, Blunde- ville shows that their riders often rode them forty, fifty and -three score miles in a day. The files of the London Gazette show evidence of the trotting Hackney as early as 1709 in advertise- ments. Cosgrove's Norwich Gazette fixes the height of the Hackney or Norfolk trotter as 14 to 15 hands in 1725, and that of a stout coach gelding as 15 hands in 1727. On April 12, 1729, the Norwich Mercury published an advertisement about a "famous stallion, called an Arabian, 15 hands 3 inches, and strength in proportion," coming into Norfolk. From Blunde- ville's time efforts had been made by the introduc- tion of larger horses to increase the general height of the trotting Hackney, but this is the first pub- lished mention of Arabs in the district. On May 2, 1471, there was advertised a "very large bay stallion, exceedingly strong, 15 hands 3 inches, sire a fine strong hunter of Squire Pulteney's, near Beverly, Yorkshire, and dam a mare belonging to Farmer Bell, of York Wolds." This shows the introduction of Yorkshire hunting and running blood to cross with the old-fashioned Norfolk Hackney cob. On May 16, 1741, there is an advertisement of stallion Incitatus, brown bay, 15 hands 2 inches, strong as a troop horse with beauty, shape and speed of a running horse. From that time a regular succession of advertisements is traceable in many old English papers showing that increasing the size of the original trotting Hackney and letting in Arab and Barb blood occurred all over England as well as in Norfolk. Yet all this did not materially influence the in- herent type of the trotting Hackney. In some strains the height was increased to over 15 hands, sometimes 15 hands 2 inches, but the majority of strains must have kept pretty pure, for the original 15 hand type of Norfolk Hackney remains today with all its nat- ural high trotting action. — London Live Stock Jour- nal. o REGARDING ENTRIES. lists come to our desk in which the breeding of not r single horse is stated, not even as to the sire. If these associations allow their patrons to make their emnes m this loose way it is a clear evasion of the trotting rule which provides that "it shall be distinctly stated whether the entry be a stallion, mare or gelding, and the names of the sire and dam, if known, shall be given in all cases, and when un- known it shall be stated in the entry." The rule goes on to provide that in case these requirements are not complied with, the entry may be rejected, and that when the pedigree is given it shall be stated with the publication of the entries. Even if the associations do not require the owners to furnish the pedigree, many of them are culpable in sending out the list shorn of this feature. The object of this rule is, of course, to furnish the iden- tity of the horses named, in order to prevent fraud, but this purpose is utterly defeated by the omission of the breeding from the published list of entries. The secretary's books may show the identity of the horse, as to pedigree, but these books are not acces- sible to everybody. Another thing to be subserved in complying with the above rule is the satisfaction of race-goers, or those who read the accounts of the races, in the knowledge of 'he breeding of the contestants. If the entry lists and score cards invariably gave the breeding of the horses, the published reports of the races, in the turf papers, at least, would contain the same information, and the interest of the readers would often be enhanced. Many prominent horse- men are notoriously indifferent to the requirements of this rule; we know of one in particular who trains a string of a dozen or more every year, and in every published list of entries n whch the names of hs horses appear, the words "breeding not stated" ap- pear after each one. This is annoying to every one who desires to have correct and complete intelli- gence of the races disseminated, and secretaries ought to insist upon the enforcement of the rule.- — Trotter and Pacer. At the beginning of the racing season it seems again necessary to call attention to the laxity of many trotting associations concerning the require- ments of the rules regarding entries. Many entry Thirty-eight States of the Union have up to the present signified their intention of participating in the Exposition. The appropriations range from $35,000 by North Dakota, to $700,000 by the State of New York. Every State and Territory in the Union will be represented in some way in the exhibit palaces. An international fleet of more than two hundred vessels, including representative types of battleships from the navies of all the great maritime nations, will gather at Hampton Roads in January, 1915, and San Francisco harbor, reaching their destination early in March, 1915, and shortly after the formal opening of the Panama-Pacific International Expo- sition. 0 Gombault's lGarimt§G Balsam The Worlds Greatest anil Surest 8g$ Veterinary Remedy 01 HAS IMITATOJtS BUT MO 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, i BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS, CAPPED! tCK. STRAINE . TENDONS. SAFE FOR ME TO USE. 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Subscription — J3.00 Per y«ar THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. ^>>:^:-^»>re^fr:-:-:->>>>i^ -i- Declaration of Independence and -:- NOTICE OF REMOVAL of The Reducine Co., Incorporated fl When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a corporation to make a radical change in its location, a decent respect for the opinions of its customers requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to make the change. 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State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 WRITING for the Chicago Herald J. C. Hervey has a very interesting and intelligent article upon incom- petency of the officials in the judges' stand; among other things relative to this matter he has the fol- lowing to say: "This is an old, old lesson too, to trotting turfmen, and one which has from time im- memorial been dinned into their ears, apparently with little effect. "It is beyond computation what this fatal defect has cost the trotting sport in this country. Like a millstone tied to the neck of a man struggling to keep from drowning it has, in the language of the historians, 'from the earliest times to the present day' been a hindrance, handicap and a trouble- breeder and the 'causes celebres' and 'affaires scan- daleuses' which it has produced have, at frequent intervals, exercised a blighting effect upon the prog- ress of the sport. "There is nothing else in the entire scope of harness racing which during the last twenty years has failed to show great improvement, it alone ex- cepted. Our horses are much faster than ever before, our trainers and drivers are more skillful, our tracks are better, our meetings are managed in a more businesslike and up-to-date manner. But in the judges' stand — of all places in the world! — the same old era of incompetency and incapacity still reigns, continuing as ever to counteract in many ways all the splendid advancement that is otherwise being achieved." While Mr. Hervey's point of view is correct and his criticisms well timed, all the complications should not be laid to incompetency. Many of the errors made are relative to questions of fact which the judges are unable to decide, owing to the fact that in most cases the judges' stand is placed on the wrong side of the track in the infield. With the stand in this position it is not only impossible to see what occurs during the drive through the stretch, but it is almost impossible to place the horses in a close finish, as the judges are looking down upon them from an elevation and have no opportunity to sight across the track and separate the winner from the second horse. Nor is it possible, if a horse breaks and runs in the stretch, to determine how far he has run, or whether or not he gained by the break; fouls are also hard to detect from this side of the track and about the only thing that can be definitely decided is whether a horse has kept his position in the stretch or not. Then too, the stand should be placed on the same side of the track as the grandstand, so that the spectators and judges can have the same point of view. With the judges' stand properly placed, and so arranged that the three judges can stand one above the other and all get an equal view of the finish, the winners can be easily seen; and the ability to look across the track at the oncoming field of horses will BREEDERS who own standard bred horses eligible to registration should have them registered at once, and if they own horses not eligible but having one or more standard bred crosses they should register them as non-standard. Every day or two we hear of sales falling through because the animals were not registered or because the present owner is unable to give a certificate of pedigree, not being the breed- er of the animal. Breeders should register every mare on the farm, in one class or the other, and then follow up by registering every foal. The time will come within a few years when there will be no qual- ifications for registration except Rule 1, which re- quires each animal for which application is made to have a registered sire and dam. The time to attend to this matter, therefore, is right now. CERTAIN United States Army officials who have paid particular attention to the many advantages California possesses over all other States in the Union for the breeding, raising and development of horses of all breeds have advocated the establish- ment of a breeding farm for the express purpose of supplying the Government with cavalry and artillery horses. The idea is a good one, if those in charge were certain they could breed horses true to type. Experience has taught us, however, that this is almost an impossibility. It makes very little differ- ence how near perfect the sire may be, his produce in all instances do not resemble him in conforma- tion; there may be a striking similarity in some respects, but there will always be something lacking. If it were possible to get mares that were bred up to a standard and the best of these selected and mated with another ideal stallion, and their produce again mated with another, all patterned after the same type, there might be some reason for believing that after the fifth or sixth generation there would be about fifty per cent of the produce which would fill the requirements imposed by the United States Government upon all horses selected for the use of cavalry and artillery. Time is too precious and the risks too great for the accomplishment of this end. It will be far better if the Government offers the farmers and breeders at least $200 for cavalry re- mounts and ?400 for artillery horses, these animals to conform to the requirements specified. The in- spection of these horses and the search for them, we admit, costs money, but the officials in charge are paid well, aye, very well, to do this special work and there should be no/ hesitancy on the part of these officials to go wherever they are told that horses believed by their breeders and owners to fill every requirement are to be seen, and that have the proper color, size, weight, gait, shape, and are sound. The United States Government inspectors are aware that the prices of horses have advanced materially during the past five years and that at the low price the Government is, and has been, offering for horses there is no incentive for farmers and breeders to breed horses for the use of the service. These in- spectors should let this fact be known in Washing- ton, and as war is liable to occur at any time, horses will be needed and especially on the frontier. Troops cannot be kept waiting until the Government breed- ing station can supply them with horses. And, as farmers can get more money today in open market for the horses that would be suitable for campaigning purposes than the Government offers, they have a perfect right to sell. A Board of Inquiry should be established immediately and the statistics they can gather in this regard would undoubtedly as- tonish them and cause measures to be taken to relieve the situation. Then fanners and breeders would have some hope of getting fair prices at all times for their horses that are now used for other purposes and which are sold just a few dollars less than what the Government would pay for them. At the prices we quote, many stockmen would endeavor to breed stockier built, more substantially made, and clean-limbed horses, and would not cast aside their undersized half-breed Percheron stallions, but would use them on their round-made, non-standard ranch mares and be sure of getting a fair financial return from the produce. The idea of forming a Government stud farm on the Pacific Coast is a visionary one and will never become a reality. The only solution for the problem of getting horses suitable for use in time of peace and war is for the Government to encourage farmers and breeders throughout the United States to breed horses for them by paying them a fair price for all that pass the Government's inspection. o IN THEIR determination to force a Universal Eigh Hour Law upon California, proponents of the measure have circulated industriously the statement that a vast majority of workers on farms exist as slaves, drudging unnumbered hours under the most trying conditions. But the report of the California State Labor Bureau disproves this falsehood and shows clearly that conditions of labor in California are more nearly ideal than anywhere in the civilized world. The bureau investigated the hours of 145,154 male wage workers and found their average employ- ment t obe as follows: 1,675 or 1.5 per cent, worked 12 hours. less than 8 hours. 107,950 100.0 "That report should effectually disprove the ab- surd statements made by proponents of the Univer- sal Eight Hour Law that California labor is over- worked," said Arthur Dunn, Secretary and Manager of the Farmers' Protective League at Sacramento. "If California workingmen were being mistreated the fact would not be overlooked in official reports." Secretary Dunn announced that organizations had been effected in twenty counties to defeat the Uni- versal Eight Hour Law and the local organizations have aggregate memberships of many thousands. In the country districts the educational campaign is well under way. "It is necessary to arrange for the commencement of the campaign in the large centers," said Dunn. "We find that the total registration in three coun- ties— Los Angeles, San Francisco and Alameda — is within 2,500 votes of a clear majority of the entire vote in the State. It is the city dweller we must convince and hence our efforts will be centered around the more populous districts." 950 ' 0.9 " 11 18,115 ' 16.8 " 10 46,627 ' 43.2 " 9 39,532 ' 36.6 " 8 1,051 ' 1.0 " " les LORD DENMARK CUP. Mrs. Thos. L. Johnson offers a beautiful trophy cup, valued at ?100, for foals under one year, the get of Lord Denmark No. 2801, at the California State Fair of 1914. The cup must be won twice before being permanently awarded. Foals to be judged at the 1914 State Fair, and first, second, third and fourth ribbons awarded. The foal winning first place will be awarded the cup, provided he wins first place as a yearling in 1915. If the prize winner in 1914 is not shown in 1915 the foal winning second prize in 1914 becomes eligible to compete for permanent possession of the cup as a yearling in 1915. If the foal winning the first competition (under one year) is not awarded first place in the yearling competition the permanent award of the cup will not be made until the succeeding year (1916), when the first prize winner in the under one year class of the 1914 Fair and the first prize winner in the yearling class in the 1915 Fair will be eligible to compete as two-year- olds for the possession of the cup. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. THE FIRST TROTTER TO BEAT 2:20. [By Arthur Caton Thomas.] In Volume I of Porter's Spirit of the Times, issue for Dec. 27, 1856, began a story of Flora Temple, "written in one of our office arm chirs." There "were seven installments of the story, each occupying a full page or more. It occurred to us that some of the younger generation of our readers might be in- terested in reading a condensation of this story, hence this article. We have not the space to reprint the seven chapters in their entirety, nor does inter- est in the subject warrant such a procedure. The salient facts can be told in much less space. One who reads the series referred to gains the impression that the author availed himself of every excuse to "string things out" and fill space. Perhaps we would do the same today were we writing a history of Uh- lan. Flora Temple had just become the world's champion shortly before the series was written. At Union Course in East New York on Sept. 2, 1856, driven by Hiram Woodruff, she trotted in 2:24%, thus reducing the world's record of- Highland Maid that had stood three years. In June, 1850, Jonathan A. V y, a farmer near Washington Hollow, four miles back of the town of Poughkeepsie, in Duchess county, New York, looked from his barn door and saw a stout drover coming down the road with fifty or sixty head of cattle. Fol- lowing the cattle came the drover's wagon drawn by two stout mares driven by a sleepy-looking negro. Beside the wagon rode the drover on a graceful gray stallion. Tied at the tail of the wagon was a little rough-coated bay mare, about 14.2 hands high. The mare took the farmer's eye. He hailed the drover and walked out to examine the mare. Her teeth showed her to be five years old, her feet were in excellent condition, her legs were sound and she looked blood-like. The farmer hitched her to one of his wagons and put her through her paces. She showed a disposition to be foolish and flighty, but the farmer took a fancy to her and bought her for $175. Let us pause to quote from the original article: The drover could give no satisfactory answer to Mr. V — y's inquiries about the origin, or to speak more pro- fessionally, about the pedigree of the little bay mare. All he could say was that he had bought her in Utica, of a young man who had for some time been endeavoring to dispose of her, in connection with another little mare, which he had vainly endeavored to drive with her in double harness. The fault of the team was laid against the disposition of the little creature whom we have now under consideration, so when they were offered for sale together, in a place where both of them were known, our intractable little beauty was invariably rejected, and finally the owner was obliged to dispose singly of her mate. This was the state of affairs when the drover, whom we have seen enter Washington Hollow, went into Utica a few days before, and it was then that the re- fused animal fell into his hands at the price of eighty dollars. After the farmer had owned Flora Temple for two weeks he took her to New York and sold her to Geo. E. Perrin for §350. Mr. Perrin drove and trained the mare on Bloomingdale and Long Island roads. She developed considerable speed and outbrushed most of the trotters she met. In the summer of 1850 she outbrushed "The Waite Pony," a trotter of some local renown, on the stretch of road between Burnham's and Elm Park. The respective owners repaired to Striker's Bay Tavern, near the end of the brush, and matched their trotters to race over the Red House track the following afternoon. It was a fun match, a one-mile heat, with no stakes, but there was con- siderable betting with the pony favorite. The mare won easily without beating three minutes. The mare's fame traveled. A match was soon after made with VanderburgJs gray stallion for $500 a side, mile heats, the stallion to go to a £50-pound wagon, the mare in harness. The match was decided at Union Course, L. I., and was won by Flora Temple in three straight heats. On arriving at Union Course she had been entered in a stake to be raced on Sept. 9th. She started to a common road sulky; her opponents possessed trot- ting sulkies. She was second the first heat to White- hall, driven by James Whelpley. She then was hitched to a racing sulky and won the remaining heats, best time 2:49, in the fourth heat. The spec- tators were astounded that such a petite, indifferent- looking mare could stand the weight and fatigue of such a combat, particularly when it became known that she had been driven hard on the road the day before and put away with a bran mash. After the match Flora Temple passed to John C. Perrin, brother of her former owner, for §575. The new owner matched her against Edward White's bay horse to trot the following spring, three mile heats for $2,000, half forfeit. White paid forfeit. Unknown to him, Flora herself was not in shape to race. About six weeks before the match was due she met with an accident in a workout. Her sulky broke or some- thing of that sort and she became very much fright- ened. She was retired from the track the rest of that season and worked on the road. In 1852 she defeated Philadelphia Sal at the Red House track for a stake of $200. On November 10th at Union Course she defeated Young Dutchman for $250 a side in three straight heats, best time 2:36, driven by Hiram Woodruff. She then went into win- ter quarters as Jamaica, L. I. Early in December a horseman dropped in on Hiram at his snug tavern on the Flushing road. The stranger affected to be a little loose with wine and drank more at the tavern. He began to brag of the prowess of Centerville, a Urge horse that could pull a 250-pound wagon about as good as any nag in the neighborhood. The stran- ger finally offered to bet "that Centerville could beat Flora at any time, yes, the very next day, both to go to 250-pound wagons, mile heats, for $500 a side." Hiram, with an abundant confidence in Flora, promptly took him up, although it was asking a great deal of a small mare that was being let down after a season's training to pull this weight. The match came off on Dec. 10th. To make Flora's han- dicap heavier the track was muddy. She broke in the first quarter of the first heat but won that heat and the next two easily, best time 2:42. Centerville was driven by Joel Conklin. No more subterfuge matches were attempted and Flora spent the rest of the winter quietly enjoying her oats, for she was an excellent feeder. Before the next racing season rolled around the mare had been sold to Barney Boerum of Williams- burg, L. I., for $4,000, with a $1,000 match against Young Dutchman on her back. On April 21 she ap- peared at Hunting Park Course, Philadelphia, in a match for $1,000 a side against Black Douglas. The speed of the horse was underrated and Flora was not ready for such a contest. She met her first defeat, although she forced the Philadelphia trotter to go in 2:30% over a heavy track. She was shipped to the Union Course for the Young Dutchman match on May 3d, but the backers of the latter paid forfeit. On May 4th she trotted a $1,000 match against Lady Brooks in Sam McLaughlin's stable. Flora won in three easy heats, best time 2:31%. On May 17th Flora appeared in Philadelphia for a return match with Black Douglas. After three exciting heats she was found to be the winner, best time 2:31% in the last heat on a heavy track. On June 15th at Center- ville Flora met Highland Maid, and was defeated the first two heats in 2:29 and 2:27. The time of the sec- ond heat was a new world's record. In the third heat the Maid, a converted mare, tired and took to pacing and was distanced, and Flora won the heat and match in 2:32. Another match was made between the two for June 28th, but this time the bitch was to wagon. Highland Maid broke the first heat and Flora won in the unprecedented time to wagon of 2:28. Flora broke in the second heat and the Maid, driven by Spicer, won in 2:32. The third heat was a dead heat in 2:32. The Maid won the fourth heat, with Flora very unsteady, in 2:33. Flora led all the way in the fifth and sixth heats in 2:31% and 2:35. The Spirit of the Times characterized the race as "The Greatest Trotting Yet! The Best Wagon Time Beat- en Three Seconds." On June 30th Black Douglas came to Union Course to try his antagonist again, but was defeated by Flora in straight heats; best time 2:32. Although Flora had defeated Highland Maid 2:27, world's champion by the records, she had yet to meet two trotters that were considered the greatest racing machines of their day, viz., Tacony 2:27, a roan gelding that had equaled the world's record, and Mac 2:28 (saddle record 2:27), that had beaten all the great ones from Lady Suffolk down, and had the "call" on fame. These two trotters were described in Porter's Spirit as follows: Mac was a fine brown gelding, from the State of Maine, and trotted so fast that many declared that he had a mixed gait, which was not all trot, and that he should not be allowed to enter in a square trotting race. Tacony was a roan gelding, who had received his name from the village of Tacony, near Philadelphia. He, too, like Mac, had distinguished himself by a series of the most brilliant successes, and what rendered him the most formidable of the two at the time we are now writing of was that his star had just ascended over that of Mac, in three successive victories, which he accomplished on the respective dates of June 2d, June 28th and July 4th, in saddle, harness, and to wagon respectively. It must be stated, however, that in the previous month of May Mac had beaten Tacony twice, in harness and to wagon; and had it not been for the wondrous time made by Tacony in the race of June 2d, on which occasion he out- stripped all previous speed by winning two consecutive mile heats, under saddle, in 2 min. 25 y» sec. each, the contest would generally have been considered evenly bal- anced between himself and Mac. 2:25*£, however, ex- ceeded the celebrated Lady Suffolk's time (2:26 to sad- dle), and the lustre which had previously hung around . her brilliant name was transferred at once to the neck and temples of Tacony. Flora Temple and Tacony met on July 14th. The race was mile heats in harness for $1,000 over Union Course. Flora was favorite. Tacony won the first heat by a neck after a hard struggle in 2:28, and the second in 2:27 (equalling the world's record). Flora was still favorite but Tacony won by a nose in 2:29. It was the hardest trotting contest in harness the sport had ever seen and established a new three- heat record. It was Flora's second defeat. A return match was made for two-mile heats. This came off five days later and Flora won in two straight heats, 4:59, 5:01%. The time of the fiist heat was the best for two miles ever made and equaled the two-mile saddle record of Lady Suffolk that had stood for 13 years. The Tacony people made a return match, mile beats to harness, his favorite way of going. The race came off at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and Flora won easily in straight heats, best time 2:30, over a heavy track. Another match was made over the same course five days later, two miles to harness, and Flora won, best time 5:04. They met again at Rich- ester, N. Y., Aug. 9th and Flora was defeated for the third time in her career, although she won a third heat in 2:30%. Flora came back at Tacony three days later to wagon and won in straight heats, best time 2:3334. On Aug. 20th she appeared in her native city, Utica, and beat Tacony in three straight heats, best time 2:27, equalling the world's harness record. On Aug. 20th (or 26th) at Saratoga Flora again defeated Tacony in three straight, best time 2:29, likewise at Philadelphia Sept. 15th, best time 2:32. On the same course Oct. 18th Flora defeated Lady Vernon and Green Mountain Maid, best time 2:32%. On November 1st the latter defeated Flora at Rochester, her fourth defeat; but on November 24th Flora defeated Green Mountain Maid and Rhode Island at Cincinnati, best time 2:38. Flora started in this race in the name of James Ward. On Dec. 3d she defeated Rhode Island to wagon at Louisville, Ky., best time 2:40, and at New Orleans, La., Jan- uary 31, 1854, starting in the name of Samuel Rice she defeated u-reen Mountain Maid in two-mile heats, best time 5:07. Thus closed a long busy season and she started for home. Se had met and defeated the best of her day, except Mac. In speaking of Flora Temple's gait Porter's Spirit said: The trotting gait, too, is a peculiarity which, to a cer- tain extent, denies an exact expectation of a horse's time. It being an artificial and acquired gait, an ambi- tious horse, when flinging his whole nature in an exciting struggle, is apt to forget himself, to break into a gallop, and to lose time in being brought back to his trotting stroke. In this way some of the speediest horses fre- quently lose; while steady-going trotters of inferior qual- ity as often win by being faithful to their stroke. It is to preserve this fidelity of gait that constant training is required, and it is to the possession of this quality in such a high degree that Flora Temple owes her superi- ority over all trotting horses now upon the turf. She owes it, however, mainly to her peculiar style of action; and this, though it may strike the mind singularly when we say it, is with a trotting horse very much a matter of luck. There are doubtless horses now upon the trot- ting turf which have within them qualities of spirit, strength, and speed equal to those of Flora Temple, but though they have had equally good trainers they have not been lucky enough to hit that long, low locomotive stroke, which works with the saving exactitude of ma- chinery, and wastes no power in superfluous motion. This feature of endurance is exemplified very strongly by the fact that she is always capable of taking a vehicle be- hind her with the same ease, and to travel with it at the same rate of speed, that other first-class horses can go in under saddle. It should be remarked, however, that Flora, owing somewhat to the smallness of her size and somewhat to her style of going, cannot travel to advan- tage under saddle. When she makes her extraordinary bursts of speed she pulls with great force, and requires to be held very hard and steady with the reins; "or," to use the expression of one of her former owners, "she would otherwise trot right into a gallop." Her smooth going enables her to beat all her more showy and re- nowned competitors, and always to endure the long, pun- ishing races which breaks their superior looking natures down. She probably expends ten per cent, less power in a mile than any of her competitors, and consequently, when they are "used up," she is equal to the perform- ance of two or three heats more. Early in 1854 Mr. Boerum sold Flora to a Mr. Pet- tus, a wealthy iron merchant of New York City, for $6,000, and she became a stable mate of Lady Brooks. Mr. Pettus took both mares to Newport for the summer and drove them together on the beautiful drives of the ocean shore. On her owner's return to the city in the fall Flora was matched against the great Mac, whom she had never met, for $2,000, mile heats in harness, and the race took place at Union Course on October 5th. Flora won in straight heats, best time 2:31%. On October 18th she defeated Jack Waters (a trotter of some fame afterwards, owned by Eugene Casserly of San Francisco), best time 2:33. Mr. Pettus sold Flora to James Irving of New York City for $5,600. Mr. Irving was a prominent politician and was described at the time as "a gentleman who has long been well known among the most prominent patrons of the trotting turf and who is entitled to the flattering credit of having owned more valuable trotting horses than any other person in the United States." Mr. Irving expected to race Flora but busi- ness interfered and he sold her to J. D. McMann for $5,000. On May 7, 1854, she met Sontag for $5,000, mile heats, 300-pound wagons, at Union Course, and was defeated in straight heats, best time 2 : 31. Next came her match against time, the description of which we will quote direct: By way of evincing confidence in her endurance, her owner now made a match with her against time, agree- ing that she should, on the 24th of May, go twenty miles within the hour to a wagon, on the Centerville Course, for the sum of $5,000. Since the great performance of Trustee in 1S4S, when he accomplished his task of twenty miles within the hour in harness, no attempt has been made to rival that wonderful achievement, so opinion was rather against the mare. Between four and five o'clock on the day named, Miss Flora was brought upon the track, but, say the reports, "she seemed to be rather excited," and, after she got off, broke several times. The first mile was performed in 2:56, the second in 2:53, the third in 2:49, the fourth in 2:59, the fifth in 2:58, the sixth in 3:03, the seventh in 2:55, the eighth in 2:58%. Just, however, as she came to the judges' stand on the eighth mile, she cast a shoe, and cut herself severely, and from this out her speed began to decrease in the fol- lowing ratio: ninth mile 3:04^, tenth 3:08, eleventh 3:26, twelfth 4:01^2. It being now apparent, from the effects of her accident, that Flora had not a chance to win, she was withdrawn on the completion of the 12th mile, and the match was given up. The time in which the twelve miles were performed was 37 minutes and 11% seconds. On June 26th at Cambridge Park Course near Bos- ton Flora defeated Lancet (then called Know Noth- ing), best time 2:37. On July 6th she defeated Son- tag at Union Course, two-mile heats to wagon, best time 5:07. On September 11th she defeated Lady Franklin in a similar race, best time 5:11%. On September 17th she won a $500 purse defeating Mac and Chicago Jack, best time 2 : 29 %. Three days later she won a $500 purse, two-mile heats, to wagon, beating Frank Forrester, Miller's Damsel and Chi- cago Jack, best time 5:15. On October 17th she met Hero (the pacer that made Pocahontas go in 2:17%) to wagon, Flora going to sulky, two-mile heats. Flora won both heats in the remarkable time of 4:59 and 4:57. On June 24, 1856, she defeated Chicago Jack (whom she allowed the advantage of going to saddle) and won in straight heats, best time 2:30. On July 2d she defeated Lancet, best time 2:29. On July 22d she defeated Tacony (who went to saddle) , best time 2:28%. On July 30th she met Lancet at Fashion Course and was defeated, best time 2:29. However, Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN she was not disgraced for Lancet went to saddle and she to sulky and the track was a new course laid out for running horses and therefore loose in soil, which was too much of a handicap to overcome. On Sep- tember 2d she met Tacony (the latter under saddle). She distanced him and trotted the mile in 2:24% or 2y2 seconds faster than any trotter had made the distance before in harness and one second faster than had ever been done under saddle. The last half was trotted in 1:11%. On September 30th Flora met Lancet (under saddle) in a $2,000 match. The track was a sea of mud and a gale of wind was blowing. Lancet, unencumbered by sulky, won, but Flora made him trot in 2:28, 2:28 and 2:25% (equalling the world's saddle record). The two met again on Oc- tober 8th for $3,500, both to harness. Flora won the straight heats, best time 2:31. At the great Agricul- tural Show in Boston, October, 23d, the two met again before 30,000 people. Flora won over the half- mile track, best time 2:36%. On November 5th Flora met Ethan Allen, whom all New England thought the fastest horse in the world. She won easily in two straight heats, best time 2:32%. This closed the memoir printed in Porter's Spirit, the last installment in February 7, 1857. We will not follow her subsequent history at this time, except to say that at Centerville on Aug. 9, 1859, driven by James D. McMann, she reduced her mark to 2:23% and then to 2:22. On October 7th, same year, at Cincinnati, she trotted in 2:21%, while at Kalama- zoo, Michigan, October 15, 1859, she trotted in 2:19%, a record that stood for eight years, or until Dexter trotted in 2:19. In the Porter Memoir all that is said of Flora Tem- ple's pedigre is: "It might be supposed necessary that we should give something of a pedigree for her; but having no satisfactory data on that subject, we are forced, however much it may conflict with set- tled notions, to let her triumphs stand for her es- cutcheon. In appearance she is singularly "blood- like," and she bears a mark of the Emilium strain in the white lock near the root of the tail, but the most that is known about her lineage is that she was dropped by a mare, the very picture of herself, in the village of Clinton, near Utica. She is said to be sired by a horse called Kentucky Hunter, whose sire was a western thoroughbred of the same name; but we give this without vouching for its correctness, and only because it is due to the reader that he should have everything that has been put forward on the subject." In the February 14, 1857, issue of Porter's ap- peared this: New York, Feb. 10, 1857. Messrs. Editors: — Although much has been said as to the pedigree of Miss Flora Temple, still nothing satisfac- tory has been arrived at. As I happen to be acquainted with a gentleman, out West, who once owned the mother of her, I will give his say in the matter. She is known out there (Oneida county) to have been a catch-colt, as the mare was at that time running the roads. Who or what was the sire of her (Miss Flora) is more than the owner of her at that time could tell himself. The mare is, or was, in her day, a fast one. She now has a colt, some two years old, of a blood bay color, who, although not two years old, it is said to exhibit some very fine points. They may both be found now in the vicinity of Clinton, Oneida county, N. T. Anything more that I can inform you about on the subject I will be at some future time happy to do. Tours, etc., PHOENIX. In the February 28, 1857, issue appears: Dear Sir: — In reading your life of Flora Temple, I notice that you say she was bought at Washington Hol- low, of a drover, by Jonathan Belie. I bought her at that' place of A. M. Richardson, who lives at Logg City, Mad- ison county, N. Y., in the spring of 1850. I gave $175 for her, and sold ber the same summer to Mr. George Perrin, in New York City, for $400. Flora was sired by One Eyed Hunter, and he by Kentucky Hunter. So says Mr. Richardson. She was five years old that spring. Respectfully yours, W. M. VELIE. In connection with the March 7, 1857, issue, an engraving of Flora Temple was furnished Porter's subscribers. It is usually bound as a frontispiece to "Vol. 1 or 2. An editorial states that the picture was drawn from a painting by W. F. Atwood which "can- not fail to be recognized, at once, by her special ad- mirers, as a perfect likeness." The editorial continues: "It affords us great pleas- ure to be able to present, in connection with Miss Flora's portrait, her carefully drawn and well-authen- ticated pedigree. It will be seen that the little bay mare, which passed into the hands of Mr. Wm. J. Velie, for the sum of $175 in 1850, instead of being a 'scrub,' or plebeian strain, dates from the highest fountains. . . . This pedigree is sufficiently well authenticated to be relied on." The pedigree consists of' a letter from James M. Tower, dated at Waterville, Oneida county, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1857. Mr. Hower presents these facts: He was once owner of Flora's dam. Madame Temple was foaled the property of Elisha Jeck of Waterville in the spring of 1840. She was sired by a spotted Arabian stallion brought from Duchess county by Horace Terry. Her dam was a "small but fleet mare." Madame Temple was sold when four months old for a mere trifle to Wm. Johnson, same place. The next year Welch directed Jotham Chace to take her to the premises of Washington Loomis, Sauger- field, Oneida county, "to be served by his stallion called 'Bogus,' but this animal not being in proper condition for service, she was, at the suggestion of a son of Mr. Loomis, served by his other stallion, a one-eyed 'Kentucky Hunter.' " In May, 1845, Welch sold Madame and colt, then five weeks old, to Archer Hughes, same place. That fall the foal was sold to Nathan Tracy, Hamilton, Madison county, N. Y., for $13, who, after keeping her two and one-half years, disposed of her to Wm. Congden, Smyrna, Chenango county, N. Y. He sold her to Richardson & Kellogg of Eaton, Madison county, N. Y. The latter worked the young mare in their livery and showed some speed. Mr. Richardson was "the driver" who sold her to Wm. M. Velie. The one-eyed "Kentucky Hunter" left Waterville and was reported to have gone to Philadelphia, then to Baltimore. Philadelphia horsemen in 1856 re- called the horse but agreed he was not in Baltimore but had gone either to New York or Kentucky, the preponderance of evidence favoring the latter state. This horse was sired by Old Kentucky Hunter (sire of Oneida Chief) that was poisoned. The older horse's dam was a chestnut Sir Henry mare, brought from Kentucky to New Hartford, Oneida county, N. Y., carrying the one-eyed horse. Old Kentucky Hunter was sired by Old Highlander, dam Col. Tall- madge's full-bred mare Nancy Dawson, second dam Dido, by King Fargus, third dam by Sir Peter Tea- zle. Highlander was by Paymaster, son of Blake, dam by Heyd, second dam by Eclipse, third dam by Ancestor, son of Bolton Starling, fourth dam by Wildair. Madame Temple's sire was a remarkably strong, restless, fast trotting horse, said to be sired by a full blood Arabian stallion on Long Island. He sired a gray pacing mare that sold for $1,500. Madame Temple was sold by Mr. Hughes in 1846 to G. B. Cleveland of Waterville, then to N. W. Moss, same place, who moved later to Osage, la. Moss sold her to Jas. M. Tower, Waterville, in the spring of 1854. He sold her to H. L. Barker, Clinton, in January, 1855, and the latter owned her at the time Tower's letter was written. Flora was Madame Temple's first colt. Her second, a horse colt, was killed by lightning at three months. Her third was a horse colt, foaled in the spring of 1855, by Edwin Forrest, and was purchased for $500 by J. W. Taylor, East Bloomfield, N. Y., for R. A. Alexander of Kentucky. Edwin Forrest trotted a half in 1:30 at the U. S. Horse Fair at Springfield, Mass., in 1854, and received a premium. Madam's fourth foal was a horse colt by Edwin Forrest, foaled in 1856. In 1857 she was in foal to Norman, owned by H. L. Barker. Mr. Tower's letter is sworn to by him, and also by Elisha Peck, Wm. Johnson, Horace Terry, Archer Hughes, O. B. Cleveland, H. L. Barker and Charles Webster. The following are various versions of Flora Tem- ple's pedigree: Wallace's American Trotting Register: Flora Temple, b. m., foaled 1S45, by Bogus Hunter, son of old Kentucky Hunter; dam Madam Temple (dam of Pilot Temple 2:42V;), a bay mare, bred by Elisha Peck, and said to be got by a spotted horse belonging to Horace Terry, but not fully established; grandam by a bay mare purchased by Mr. Peck from Mr. Randall. Bred by Sam- uel Welch, Onieda county, N. Y. In the latter years of her life she was owned by A. Welch, Chestnut Hills, Philadelphia, and died his. Dec. 21, 1877. She produced Kitty Temple, b. i.. 1868, by Rysdyk; Prince Imperial, b. c, 1869, by William Welch; and The Queen's Daugh- ter, b. f., 1871, by Imp. Leamington. Sanders Stud Book: Flora Temple, b. m., foaled 1845, bred by Samuel Welch, Oneida county, N. T.T now of Reedsburg, Wis., got by a large, coarse sorrel horse with white face and feet, and of unknown blood, owned by Wash Loomis, Oneida county, N. Y., known as Loomis' Bogus; dam Madame Temple by a spotted Arabian horse. The latter was a bay mare, foaled 1840, bred by Elisha Peck, Oneida county, N. Y., dam not traced; died March 27, 1867, property of R. A. Alexander, Spring Station, Ky. (Note. — A list of Madame Temple's foals is given in this volume.) Dunton Register: Flora Temple 2:19%, b. m., 14.3 hands, bred by Elisha Peck, Sangerfield Center, N. Y., foaled 1845, got by Ken- tucky Hunter; dam Madame Temple (dam of Pilot Tem- ple 2:24%) by Spotted Arabian. Battell's Morgan Register: Flora Temple 2:19%, winner of 97 races, b. m., 14.2 hands, foaled May, 1S45; bred by Samuel Welch, Sanger- field, N. Y., got by Loomis Bogus (sometimes erroneously called Bogus Hunter), son. of Lame Bogus, by Ellis' Bo- gus, son of Imported Tom Bogus; dam Madam Temple, about 850 pounds, bay, foaled 1840, bred by Elijah Peck, Waterville, N. Y. ; sold when four months old to Wm. Johnson, of whom she was purchased, 1843, by Samuel Welch; got by a spotted stallion (owned by Horace Terry who brought him from Long Island or Duchess county, N. Y.), said to be by a full-blooded Arabian stallion kept on Long Island; second dam described by John I. Peck, son of Elijah Peck, as a bay with black points, bobtail, low set and heavy, very smart and would weigh 1,050 to 1,075 pounds! foaled about 1834, purchased by Mr. Peck of a Mr. Randall, Paris, N. Y. (Note. — For further de- tails see p. 873, vol. 1, Morgan Register, also p. 988. Mr. Battell investigated this pedigree personally and thor- oughly and we prefer his version. Mr. Samuel Welch himself wrote Mr. Battell: "I bred Madam Temple to Bogus. The mare was not taken to the horse but once, and I took her myself and saw her covered.") Parlin's "American Trotter": Flora Temple 2:19%, was bred by Samuel Welch, Oneida county, N. Y., foaled in 1S45. Mr. Welch stated in a letter published in Wallace's Monthly of Feb., 1878, that her sire was Bogus Hunter. . . . There is very strong evidence, however, to show that, owing to his ad- vanced age and the long time that had elapsed after the incident had occurred, and before he made the statement to Mr. Wallace, that some important details connected with the event escaped his memory- There is direct evidence to prove that Mr. Welch took the dam of Flora Temple to the home of Bogus Hunter and had her mated with that horse, but that she failed to conceive and was sent back by a boy. Bogus Hunter was so busy the day that she was returned that his stable mate, One-Eyed Kentucky Hunter, was used instead. — From "The Horseman." RACING AT THE STADIUM. The San Francisco Driving Club's card of six light harness races at the Stadium track last Sunday- afternoon, while nothing sensational developed, was replete with good contests and numerous close fin- ishes. Good time was also recorded, despite the fact that the track was somewhat heavy between the half and three-quarter poles. An overcast day and just a bit raw did not tend to lessen the attend- ance of spectators in the grandstand and along the rails on both sides of the track. Four of the races were finished in straight heats, the first and the fifth requiring a third start to find winners. J. C. Simpson outtrotted his field in both heats of the free-for-all trot. He came under the wire by three lengths in the opening heat, Ida M. being the contender. In the next heat Silver Hunter led at the judges' stand, with Simpson close up to the half- mile mark. Hunter bobbled and Ida M. then tried to overhaul Simpson in the back stretch. Birdeye, after several breaks, made a desperate attempt to overhaul the two leaders coming down the home stretch, making Simpson drive out to win by a scant length. Happy Dentist was in fine fettle and won the free- for-all pace from start to finish in both heats by easy margins. Delilah picked up both heats in the 2:15 pace all by herself. The race filled out in the same finish positions in each heat. King Pointer, after losing to Steve D. in the first heat, followed with a front finish in the next two heats, both being close finishes. The opening heat of the 2:20 race was fought out by Ishmael and G. J. P. from word to wire, and won by half a length by Ishmael. G. J. P. and Roman Boy fought out the next heats gamely. G. J. P. had enough ginger left in the stretch to keep Roman Boy eating dust. Both heats were pleasing races. The 2:18 pace was annexed by George Gin in two straight heats, William Tell being in dangerous prox- imity, all the way around. George Gin won the second heat by a half length. He broke near the wire, but was leading at the time and recovered quickly enough to win. Dicto, the San Jose entry, was not in the condition expected from recent workouts on the San Jose track. Yesterday the fields were smaller than usual. A number of the Stadium cracks are laid up with colds. The summaries follow: First race, 2:25 mixed, best two in three: King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 3 1 1 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 1 2 2 Emma M. (W. Malough) 2 3 3 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 4 4 4 Scratched — Wild Rose, Springtime. Time— 2:25, 2:28, 2:27. Second race, 2:15 pace, best two in three: Delilah (J. C. Welsh) 1 1 Bradmont (G. Giannini) 2 2 Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 3 3 Scratched — Dolly Varden. Time— 2:11, 2:12V2. Third race, free-for-all pace, best two in three: Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 1 1 Frank N. <8> «• Murphy worked Peter Volo a quarter in 29% sec- onds at the end o£ a 2:14% mile the other day. «> «■ George Baldwin, a nephew of the late "LucKy" Baldwin, died on July 23d at Los Angeles, aged 48 years. Carlokin 2:07%, by McKinney 2:11%, is tied with Bingen 2:06% as the leading sire of new performers, each having five new ones. «• «> Don Densmore 2:02% is in fine trim. He lowered the Minnesota half-mile track record to 2:07. Al Russell is training and driving him. Lon Childs was the biggest money winner at the late Winnipeg meeting. His winnings amounted to $3,350; nearly double of his nearest competitor. The yearling pacing record on a half-mile track is 2:26, made by Belle Acton at Omaha, Neb., driven by J. B. Chandler, and pulling an attachment bike weighing 60 pounds. «> <8> Dan Patch 1:55 is hale and hearty this season and weighs 1,175 pounds. When paraded recently before a big crowd at the International track he acted as though he thoroughly appreciated the applause. «> «• <8> Lou Taylor of San Jose has moved his string of thirteen horses to Pleasanton for training. These horses were formerly owned by the late Mrs. F. H. Burke, and had been quartered on the Burke ranch. «> <8> Three days will be devoted to the runners during the New York State Fair at Syracuse, August 31st to September 5th. There will be six races each day for purses of $400 and $500 and an $11,000 stake for three-year-olds will also be raced. If the horse does not seem to be well nourished, one of the first things to do is to see if his teeth are all right. Get a good veterinarian to examine the horse's mouth. No animal can thrive that cannot properly chew its food. <8> <8> Gus Macey has accepted a position to train for W. H. Garth, of Huntsville, Ala. Gus trained for Mr. Garth before his employment by M. Esterbrook, and was very successful with The Clansman 2:12%, Rebel Baron 2:13% and Fair Margaret 2:07%. Ramey will continue training where he is. <8> «> The blood of McKinney 2:11% is well represented in the new 2:10 trotters this season; five of them bearing McKinney crosses in their pedigrees. Bel- win (4) 2:06% is a son of McKinney. Bertha Pointer 2:08%, Esperanza 2:09 and Virginia Barnette (3) 2:10 have one cross each of his blood, and Alerick 2:09 has two crosses of it. <$> <3> A new world's record, the lowering of the track's, pacing record, new mark for the Ohio stake, specu- lation that has never been equaled for over five years, a score of pool tickets totaling $1,2,50 each, with hundreds averaging from $300 to $500, were features of sensational racing on the second day of the Grand Circuit meeting at North Randall. «> «> A match race for $44,000 has been arranged be- tween the one-eyed colt Luke McLuke, owned by United States Senator Camden of Kentucky, and The Masquerader, owned by Jere Wheelwright and Ral Parr, and the event will take place at the Sara- toga track. This surpasses in amount of money at stake all other thoroughbred affairs in the history of the American turf. <8> The list of pacers which secured new records of 2:10 or better at Cleveland includes Fay Richmond 2:05%, by New Richmond 2:07%, Ella Mackay 2:09 by Ormonde 2:08%, Coastess Mobel 2:07% by Mobel 2:10, and R. H. Breat 2:06% by Waponee 2:13%. Ella Mackay is the pacer with which Cox secured fourth money at the Combination Park meeting of the Bay State Circuit. <$> With the aid of the ferry freight slips already in- stalled at the grounds of the Exposition, and the exposition terminal railway, exhibits from all parts of the world can be handled with great facility. Miles of track have been laid over the grounds and spurs have been run into various exhibit palaces, permitting the carrying of exhibits directly from the freight slips and from outside the grounds. «> Jules Verne 57292, the sire of Babe Verne 2:25%, Reta Verne 2:29%, Dick Verne 2:24%, and Far Cracker 2:23%, has been purchased by Hon. Sam Parker of Hilo, T. H., and will soon be snipped to the islands. Jules Verne is one of the best bred sons of Demonio 28016, his dam being May Norris by Norris 17569 (bred at Palo Alto) ; second dam Idle May by Electioneer 125; third dam May by Wildidle. With comparatively no opportunities in the stud he has four standard performers to bis credit and should irove a success in his new home. In the first big three-year-old race of the year — the one at Cleveland last week — the Axworthy family was the whole thing. Lee Axworthy 2:08, the win- ner, was sired by Guy Axworthy 2:08%, son of Ax- worthy 2:15%; Miss Perfection, winner of second money, was sired by General Watts 2:06% (another son of Axworthy), and Ortolan Axworthy, winner of third money, was sired by Axworthy himself . <8> <8> «• That roan mare Duchess 2:08%, that gave the 2:15 trotters a beating at Cleveland, is a wold's-record trotter in one respect, for she is the only 2:10 trot- ter that the breeding of both sire and dam is un- known. The race this mare went for Lon McDon- ald, however, is pretty good evidence that she has some good blood in her veins, and it is likely that if the secret surrounding her origin can be unraveled that she is pretty well bred. It is to be hoped that an effort will be made to discover something about her ancestry. <3> <*> <8> A polo club is in course of formation in Seattle. The Madison Park Fair Grounds will be used for practice and for games. The infield has been cleared up and improved for a polo field. Quite a number of men, mostly wealthy young men of Seattle, have become interested in the game. E. A. Parker and other harness horse men are lending their encour- agement to the idea, believing it possible to combine polo games and harness racing and thinking that perhaps the public may thus get back its interest in the harness race horse, which now seems so low there. <8> James M. Hiatt ("Mark Field," an old-time writer for the Breeder and Sportsman) is now located at Granger, Mo., and is a regular contributor to the "Farmers Home Journal" of Louisville, Ky., making a specialty of the saddle horse department of that paper. Mr. Hiatt says in a communication to the Breeder and Sportsman that the leading breeders of saddle horses in Missouri are coming to San Fran- cisco in 1915, and expect to beat the whole world at the great Panama Exposition with their exhibit next summer. Our old subscribers will remember "Mark Field" as he was a contemporaneous writer for this paper with Joseph Cairn Simpson and Alex. Waugh in the early 90's. <8> Plans are being made by Texas horsemen to pre- sent a bill to the next session of the legislature to authorize the use of the pari-mutuel system of bet- ting on race tracks in Texas. The movement at present is in the embryo stage, and details have not been determined on. Many of the horsemen say that the loss of interest in racing since betting was abol- ished means the death of the breeding of fine horses in Texas, which had reached considerable propor- tions a few years ago. The pari-mutuel system orig- inated in France, and has been successfully tried in Colorado and Kentucky. Wagers are laid by means of a machine, and the amount of betting on each horse determines its price in the betting. When the horses leave the post the machine is locked so the prices cannot be changed. <$> <$> <8> C. A. Harrison's handsome filly, Tesora, will go into J. B. Stetson's stable at Centralia, as the track at Seattle is not up for harness horses. Tesora is the type of pacer often sought and seldom found, as she has individuality and gait and the home training she has so far received from Mr. Harrison and his son has developed her manners most satisfactorily. In breeding, Tesora is higher than the Hapsburgs, being a daughter of the successful sire, The Patchen Boy (3) 2:10%, son of Wilkes Boy 2:24%, her dam, Niquee p. 2:13%, by Joe Patchen 2:01% out of One- one p. 2:11%, by Woodford Wilkes; second dam China Wilkes by Adrian Wilkes; third dam Mam- brino Queen by Mambrino Patchen 58; fourth dam by Edwin Forrest 49, etc. No surprise was felt when Etawah trotted in 2:04, thereby lowering the world's record three-quarters of a second, for a majority of those who were famil- iar with the form of the son of Al Stanley 2:08% during last season were confident that, when fit, he could have lowered the three-year-old record. Eta- wah, after joining the stable of Ed. F. Geers, stamped himself as the greatest three-year-old ever seen, for he raced and won, in and out of condition, out-trotted and outstayed all of his rivels. He was capable of a half very close to one minute, and a quarter in 28% seconds. His race for the Kentucky Futurity was the most remarkable exhibition of stamina ever seen in the event, as the colt was stale, sore, light in flesh, and nearly blind, yet, in spite of these han- dicaps, he raced his field into the ground. — American Horse Breeder. <8> <8> The famous producer Paronella, by Parkville, seems likely to possess the unique and unparalleled distinction of having six 2:10 trotters to her credit before the season is over. She already has four — Country Jay 2:05%, Kentucky Todd 2:08%, Ormonde 2:08% and Judge Parker 2:09%, while two others of her produce, Margaret Preston and Paronhurst, have records of 2:10% and 2:12% respectively. Both of these will be trained this season and are almost certain to take records of 2:10 or better, making an even half dozen to the credit of Paronella, giving her twice as many as the next most successful 2:10 producer, Lady Brussells, and three times as many as any other mare. Paronella is dead, but it will be a long time before any other mare succeeds in reach- ing a niche so high in the temple of fame. — Trotter and Pacer. To decide who owns the best four-year-old trotter by Zombro 2:11, Dr. C. Z. Weber, proprietor of Kin- wood Farm, Jeffersonville, near Norristown, Pa., and owner of the filly Mary Warren 2:16%, by Zombro, proposes a sweepstakes race over the Belmont mile track, to occur on September 23d, and to be styled the Zombro Sweepstakes. It will be open to all colts or fillies by Zombro foaled in 1910. The entrance fee is to be $50 for colts eligible to the 2:30 class; $75 for those eligible to the 2:20 class; $100 for those eligible to the 2:15 class, and $125 for all not eligible to above classes. The race to be on the three-heat plan, 30 per cent, of the sum of the entrance fee divided 60, 30 and 10 per cent, each heat, and the balance of the money and a silver cup to go to the horse standing best in the general summary. «■ The most surprising race of the week and the most improvement improvement was seen in San Jacinto 2:08%, one of the transcontinental tourists. In two starts week before last at Aurora, HI., he was once third and once fourth; best time, 2:12%. Thurs- day he won the 2:12, the first heat from Frayola, eased down at the finish in 2:08%, the five heats of the race averaging 2:10. He was driven by John Anderson, the Burlington, Kan., trainer, who shod him a little differently at Ottawa from what he had been formerly, and he looked to be a very fast horse. He raced rigged extremely plain, without hobbles or boots and no mechanical appliances except a small toe-weight. He is owned by Dr. Arnold, of San Ja- cinto, Cal., hence his name, and is making the east- ern invasion under the management of James Mc- Guire, who is ill in a hospital at Aurora. That mis- fortune does not come singly is again seen in McGuire's case, as after San Jacinto's sparkling race, he was attacked with laminitis and was said to be in very serious condition at the close of the races Friday evening. — Horse Review. «> <$> In the description of the races held at North Ran- dall the Horse Review has the following to say about the performance of Maymack in her initial start of the season: "Maymack, R. J. Mackenzie's California star and the winner of sixteen races in 1913, made her 1914 debut in the 2:09 trot, and while she didn't win, she gave an excellent account of herself and greatly pleased her driver, Charley De- Ryder. Her manners were perfect, and she demon- strated that with DeRyder in the sulky she is,, in all respects a grand mare. Lon McDonald won the race with Oakdale, the veteran gray gelding being in the form of his life. Oakdale was first choice at $200, Maymack bringing $175, Willgo $60, Brighton B. $50, and the field $30. Oakdale set his own pace in each heat, and while the clip was fast in the stretch, he managed to stave off the challenges of Maymack. DeRyder trailed her and in the opener pulled out and brought McDonald to a drive, the last half being in 1:02, final quarter in :30%. It was the same in the second heat, the mare finishing on Oak- dale's saddle in 2:07%. Lady Grattan and the oth- ers trotted well but couldn't reach the leaders. If the writers on the daily papers are correct, the fine, blooded horse, is being used more and more by the society people of the East. These wealthy peo- ple complain that it is easy to own an automobile and that even the most costly ones give no distinc- tion to the owner. In fact, a machine is a machine, and American manufacturers are producing machines that, at a glance, cannot be distinguished from the most expensive ones of European manufacture, so that there is little social prestige to be gained by owning one of the latter. Such being the case the society leaders are turning more and more to the high-stepping trotter for social and shopping use, retaining the motor for week-end and other long trips where speed for distance is essential, 'ihese society people know that not every one can have a stable of fine horses, pairs and tandems and a few good saddlers, for the really high-class horse is scarce and expensive, and a stable of good ones is envied by their associates and is unattainable by their "inferiors," as they are pleased to term those with less wealth than themselves. Breeders and dealers should keep their eyes open for horses of this description, for they are scarce and not to be found every day, and when they can mate- u;, ~ pair of fancy high-steppers they can command a price that is in keeping with their scarcity. — Western Horseman. <8> <§> London, July 25. — Philip Chinn, the noted horse- man of Lexington, arrived in London today with Jefferson Livingston of Chicago for the purpose of buying thoroughbred horses. The two men are pre- pared to spend $1,000,000 in obtaining stallions and mares, which they will ship to Kentucky to begin breeding horses on the largest scale since the country-wide legislation forbade running races in vir- tually every part of the United States. From Eng- land they will go to Deauville, where a big sale of thoroughbreds is scheduled for early in August. Be- fore returning to New York Chinn and Livingston will visit Dublin, where the famous Irish show will be held. "We hope to get at least fifty top-notch horses," Mr. Chinn explained, "and with those we expect to develop the finest racing stable in the his- tory of horse racing in America. There is no doubt in the minds of the majority of men who know the true condition at home that there will be a tremen- dous revival of interest in demand for racing all over the country, and legislation permitting its revival is sure to come within a very few years," Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N All of the horses belonging to the Ormondale Stud of Redwood, Cal., will be sold by auction on Sept. 1 at Sheepshead Bay, L. I., by the Powers-Hunter Co. The Ormondale Stud, which formerly belonged to the late W. O'B. Macdonough, is now owned by the Or- mondale Company of Redwood, Cal., and owing to the death of Mr. Macdonough will be sold out, stock, lock and barrel, at J. B. Haggin's stable, the Neck Road, Sheepshead Bay, on the date named. The four stallions, Duke of Ormonde, Ormondale, Ossary and Orsini, are all sons of the great English sire Or- monde, with the exception of Duke of Ormonde, which is a son of Orsini, so a grandson of this cele- brated English horse. The twenty-seven head of mares are a blue-blooded aggregation, which have been selected with considerable care and horse knowledge. The yearling descendants of these grand broodmares which will come up for sale are eighteen in number, and are said to be a growthy lot, of excel- lent conformation. Catalogues may be had from the Powers-Hunter Company. <3> <§• The death of John T. Robbins, "the bone doctor," is reported from Denver, Col. He has been training and racing horses all over the country for the last twenty-five years. Two of his sons are jockeys. Robbins was well known in California; he came here in 1893 as trainer for Barney Schreiber, and made his home in Oakland for many years. At the time of the announcement of the purchase of Stony Ford Farm by Louis Titus, of California, it was not known in this section of the country that Mr. Titus had ever been associated with or had any fondness for trotting horses. But it seems that his father, Luther H. Titus of Los Angeles, many years ago purchased and owned the trotting stallion Echo, by Hambletonian 10. Echo sired Echora, dam of Direct 2:051/£, that became one of the greatest pacing race horses and sires in the country. Thus the early life of Louis Titus was spent in a trotting horse at- mosphere, and it is probable that he acquired his love for trotters from this early association, — Trotter and Pacer. <8> <& The fast pacer Dick W. 2:0814, by Athadon 20990, has been sold by his former owner, B. F. Stone of Fresno, to A. Ottinger of San Francisco; the sale took place during the 2:07 class pace at the Breed- RAC1NG AT DETROIT. Dick W. 2:08^. ers meeting at Salinas, and was made after Dick W. had won the first heat. Mr. Ottinger's intention is to keep Dick W. for the driving club matinees held at the Stadium in Golden Gate Park. TRADE PREFERENCES FOR COLOR IN HORSES. White reflects and black absorbs heat. From ex- periments made with thermometers it would appear that there is a difference of 13% degrees on a hot August day between a covering of black sand and a covering of white sand. A thermometer under white sand at 77 degrees in the shade rose to 110 degrees in the sun while one under black rose to 123% degrees. Every shade of color between these extremes should theoretically have registered its temperature as a reflector or absorber of rays. Every successful horse dealer buys what he knows will satisfy hus customers. His customers are varied, ranging from the 250-horse outfit of brewer or packer to the single horse and wagon of the purveyor of coal and ice. Many customers have a prejudice for or against or a superstition about a certain color. Every sober and industrious driver takes a certain amount of pride in the appearance of his outfit. I have yet to see the man whose steady occupation was that of a teamster who was not trying to do the best he could, or the best he knew how, for his daily companions. Even the perplexed, blundering, igno- rant peddler from foreign parts, who has tried to convince the humane society that his dumb friend has as much right to live and earn its living as has the peddler's children-ridden wife, struggles to make life at least as pleasant for his harness-sore beast as it is for himself. Teamsters study and discuss their horses with one another and report daily to the barn boss when em- ployed by the big firms. Born of these discussions unquestionably is the prejudice for or against color. In just the same way has arisen the predilection for the mare in farming localities where no horse breed- ing is attempted and also the superstition that a mare mule walks faster than a horse mule. Detroit, July 31. — A new system of handicapping was tried today for the first time in the free-for-all trot, the last event of the week of Grand Circuit racing at the State Fair grounds. Beginning at the first turn, chalked lines were laid down the track as far as the quarter-mile post. In the scoring for each heat the four starters were given positions off the pole, according to their last year's records, and each horse had to keep its own lane until the chalk marks ended. This arrangement forced Dudie Arch- dale on the outside to travel about fifty yards farther than Robert Milroi, on the pole, and Anvil about thirty yards further to complete the mile. Bon Zo- lock was in second position. With this advantage, Robert Milroi and Bon Zolock took a big lead in each heat. Anvil won the race, taking first and third heats, after a long chase. The 2:07 pace furnished a great contest. Fay Richmond winning after two hard-fought heats. John D. took the first two with ease, was fifth in the third, and distanced in the fourth. Then Fay Richmond won a couple and Marietta, whom Murphy had not been extending, won the fifth. These two were alone in the sixth and seventh. Murphy took the sixth, but Fay Richmond had the staying qualities in the final and took first place in a hard drive at the finish. The 2:22 pace was easy for R. H. Breat, which won in straight heats. Winning the 2:11 trot was a mere formality for Barta Bellini. Summary: 2:22 pace; $1050; three in five: R. H. Breat, b. g. by Wapanee (Grady) 1 1 1 Tuah A^orth, blk. m. (Geers) 2 2 2 Sidney Dillon Jr., b. h. (Osborn) 3 3 3 Also started — Maintime, b. s. (Murphy) ; Beth Clark, blk. m. (Valentine). Time— 2:10%, 2:12%. 2:10^. 2:07 pace; $1050; three in five: Fav Richmond, gr. g. by Newmond (Land).. 3 2 112 2 1 Mariettfa, blk. m. by Edward (Murphy) 6 6 3 2 112 Baron Alcyone, b. g". (Valentine) 5 3 2 3 4 ro Also started — Alcy E., b. m. (Whitney); John D., b. g. (Bretienfield); Exal, ch. f. (McGrath); Little Bernice, b. m. (Frost). Time— 2:08V2, 2:14. 2:11 trot; $1050; three in five: Marta Bellini, br. m. by Bellini (Dickerson). . . .1 1 1 Echomore, b. s. (Williams) 2 2 3 King Brook, blk. g. (McCarthy) 3 3 2 Time— 2:10i,4, 2:11%, 2:11%. Conner handicap, free-for-all trot; $1400; two in three: Anvil, b. s. by St. Valient — Vincent (Geers).... 1 4 1 Robert Milroi, b. g. (Snow) 2 1 3 Bon Zolock, b. g. (Garrison) 3 2 2 Dudie Archdale, blk. m. (Jones), also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:11, 2:09%. THE GRAND CIRCUIT. Grand Rapids (Mich.), August 3. — Although all the races on the opening day's Grand Circuit programme here were won in straight heats, there were spirited contests, especially in the 2:15 trot, in which Ortolan Axworthy was forced to step a mile in 2:07% to capture the second heat. This was close to the rec- ord for a three-year-old. Lucille Spier won the race by taking the first and third heats. Napoleon Direct in the 2:17 pace, Belwin in the 2:18 trot, and Frank Patch in the 2:12 pace were the other winners. Summaries: 2:12 pace, purse ?1000: Frank Patch, br. h. by The Patchen Boy (Cox) 113 1 R. H. Breat, b. g. (Grady) 6 3 1 7 Major Orge. b. g. (Murphy) 2 4 6 2 Also started — Fred DeForrest, br. s. (Osborn); Little Bernice, b. m. (Frost-McMahon) ; Shadeline, ch. s. (Owen); Fillmore Dillon, ch. h. (Hersey); Lelia Patchen, blk. m. (Snow); Andy K., b. g. (Harris); Miss Newsure, b. m. (McDonald); Tuah Worth, blk. m. (Geers); Nelda Shnell, br. m. (Garrison) ; Myrtle Patch, blk. ra. (Hoff- man). Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:05^, 2:08^. 2:17 pace, purse $2000, 3 in 5: Napoleon Direct, ch. h. by Walter Direct (Geers) 111 Peter S., b. g. (Harris) 2 2 2 Ella MacKay. blk m. (Cox) 3 6 3 Also started — Fib, b. g. (Winslow); J. O., blk. h. (Dean); Sidney Dillon Jr., b. h. (Walker); Maintime, b. h. (Murphy). Time— 2:08% 2:07%, 2:08%. 2:15 trot, purse §2000, 2 in 3: Lucille Spier, br. f. by Directum Spier (Shaw) 1 2 1 Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDonald) 2 1 4 Miss Perfection, b. f. (DeRyder) 3 5 2 Also started — Hollyrood Ben, ch. c. (Dodge); Kath- ryn Collette , br. f. (McMahon) ; W. J. Leiburn, b. c. (McCarthy); Adbella Watts, b. f. (McDevitt) ; Truesda, b. f. (Cox) ; St. Frisco, b. c. (Geers). Time— 2:07%, 2:07y2, 2:11%. 2:18 trot, purse §2000, 3 in 5: Belwin, b. c. by McKinney (Gerrity) 1 1 1 The Temptress, b. m. (Murphy) 5 2 3 Mr. Forbes, br. c. (Snow) 2 4 4 Also started — Barney Gibbs, br. g. (Geers) ; Tommy DeForrest, b. c. (Osborn) ; Lusitania, b. m. (Marvin) ; Lou Dewey, b. m. (Dickerson) ; Dudie Elkhunt, blk. m. (McDonald). Time— 2:08^, 2:11, 2:06%. Grand Rapids (Mich.), August 4. — The Grand Rap- ids Railway $5000 stake for 2:20 class trotters, the feature on today's Grand Circuit programme, was won by Margaret Druien in straight heats after a fine contest with Sienna in the first two miles and Peter Scott in the third. The winner was forced to lower the stake record by :01% to capture the second heat in 2:05^. Four of the seven starters in this event were sired by Peter the Great. Star Winter had all the class in the 2:09 trot, winning as he pleased in straight heats. Our Col- onel won the 2:06 pace, taking all three heats in fast time. Summary: 2:06 class pacing; purse §1000; three in five: Our Colonel, b. s. by Colonel Cochran (Childs) . . . .1 1 1 Baron A., b. s. (Cox) 2 3 2 Walnut Grove, blk. s. (Ruthven) 3 2 3 Also started — King Daphne, blk. h. (Frost); Zom- brewer, gr. m. (Snow). Time— 2:05^, 2:04%, 2:04%. 2:20 class trotting; purse §5000; three in five: Margaret Druien, b. f. by Peter the Great (Mc- Mahon) 1 1 1 Sienna, br. m. (Gerrity) 2 2 4 Peter Scott, b. h. (Cox) 5 4 2 Also Started — McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) ; The Guide, b. h. (Geers); Rythme n, blk. m. (Shanks). Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:07. 2:09 class trot; purse §2000; three in five: Star Winter, b. g. by Ed Winter (McDonald) 1 1 1 May Mack, b. m. (DeRyder) 3 2 2 Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox) 2 3 3 Also started — M. L. J., b. g. (Britenfield); Will Go, b. h. (Marvin) ; King Brook, blk. g. (McCarthy) ; Tommy Finch, b. h. (Hall); Echomore, blk. h. (Wilson); Dago, b. g. (Grady). Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:07%. Grand Rapids (Mich.), August 5. — Two world's rec- ords were established at the Grand Circuit meet today when William, winner of the 2:04 pace, did the second mile in 2 minutes fiat and made an aver- age of 2:01 for the three heats. William won all three heats easily and did not seem fully extended at any time. Lassie McGregor, winner of the M. & M. at De- troit last week, captured The Furniture $5000 stake, for 2:12 trotters, in five heats. She took the first heat in a nose finish, won the second with ease, broke badly and narrowly escaped the flag in the third, finished second to King Clansman in the fourth, and captured the final in a hard drive by a close margin. Frank Bogash Jr. took three straight in the free- for-all pace after losing the first heat to Earl jr. 2:04 pace, purse $1000, three in five: William, b. c. by Abe J. (Marvin) 1 1 1 Dr. Burns Jr., b. h. (Whitney) 2 4 2 Walter Cochato. blk. h. (Murphy) 3 2 4 Also started — Pickles, b. m. (Jackson) ; Evelyn W., b. m. Time— 2:00^, 2:00, 2:02*6. 2:12 trot, purse $o000, three in five: Lassie McGregor, br. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphy) 1 1 8 2 1 King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon) 3 3 112 Martabellini, b. m. (Dickerson) 7 2 2 3 3 Also started — Henrietta C, b. m. (Hall); Axtien, ch. h. (Harris); Harry J. S., blk. h. (Gerrity); Moella, b. m. (McGrath); Hazel Laing, ch. m. (Andrews). Time— 2:06%, 2:07*4, 2:08^, 2:06%, 2:08%. Free-for-all pace, purse $1000, three in five: Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. by Frank Bogash (Murphy) 2 1 1 1 Earl Jr.. gr. h. (Hanafin) 1 3 2 2 Hal B. Jr., br. h. (McEwen) 3 2 3 3 Time— 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:03%, 2:03. Grand Rapids (Mich.), August 6. — Etawah, who two weeks ago broke the two-year-old colt record held by Directum for twenty-one years, clipped another quarter of a second from the mark at today's Grand Circuit meet when, driven by Geers in an exhibition mile, he covered the distance in 2:03%. King Couchnian easily won the §3000 Comstocfl stake for 2:11 pacers in straight heats. After finishing poorly in two heats of the 2:08 pace, Omar showed surprising speed and captured the next three. The handicap sweepstakes was won by Grace, who started 162 feet back of the wire, the greatest han- dicap. The race went four heats, Grace taking the last two. The summary: 2:08 trot, purse §1000, three in five: Omar, b. g. by Noblesse (Floyd) 5 3 111 Oakdale. gr. g. (McDonald) 1 1 3 6 5 Reusens, ch. g. (Geers) 4 2 5 5 2 Also started — Newzel, b. g. (Andrews) ; Tomly Horn, b. g. (Owen); Grand Marshal, b. g. (Snow). Time— 2:06%. 2:10, 2:08^. 2:09%, 2:10. 2:11 pace, purse $3000, three in five: King Clansman, br.g. by Atlantic King (McMahon) 1 1 1 Thistle Patch, blk. s. (Snow) 2 2 2 Ruby K., b. m. (McDevitt) 3 7 4 Also started — D wight Logan, b. h. (Tyree) ; Sellers, b. g. (Garrison) ; Eel Direct, gr. h. (McEwen) ; Baron Alcyone, b. g. (McGrath); The Assessor, ch. g. (Geers); Gilbert M., b. g. (Winslow) ; Irene Beau, ch. m. (Mur- phy); Grand Ooera, b. h. (James); Tom King, ch. h. Time— 2:03^, 2:04*6, 2:04%. Handicap sweepstakes, free-for-all trot, purse ?1500, two in three: Grace, ch. m. by Peter the Great (McDevitt) 3 2 11 Sterling Hall, b. h. (Murphy) 2 1 3 2 Robert Milroi, b. g. (Snow) 1 4 4 3 Bon Zolock. b. g. (Garrison) 4 3 2 d Time— 2:14*4, 2:12%, 2:14%, 2:13%. O THE UNHITCHED HORSE. Here is a quotation from an advertising magazine that is well worth remembering: " 'The average man looks on advertising as a mys- terious something quite apart from ordinary busi- ness/ says an observant exchange. You bet he does, and that's right where he makes his first big mis- take. Advertising is not something apart from busi- ness, save as the horse is separate from the cart — when unhitched the cart is at a standstill." When they come to choosing the right horse, mer- chants and manufacturers find that newspaper ad- vertising is the most active steed in the stable and costs less for upkeep. THE REDUCINE COMPANY IN NEW QUARTERS. The Reducine Co. has. after several removals since engaging in business in this country, made a final shifting of its headquarters and erected a large plant for the manufacture of its remedies in Otsego, Mich- igan. It has built an office, a factory and a fireproof warehouse, each as complete as possible. It also owns its own sewer system, heating and lighting systems. There never was a remedy that has taken a hold upon the sympathies of horsemen like Re- ducine. It has been the means of displacing the cruel firing iron and relegating it to the junk-pile. Reducine has saved many a dollar in veterinary bills, and some of the cures it has made are almost miraculous. Its easy application and the fact that the animal can be ,worked just the same as if it were not in use are reasons why it is endorsed every- where. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. THE RACING OUTLOOK. A revival of horse racing in the United States appears to be at hand. If the crooks who wrecked the game can be kept out of it the chances are that the "sport of kings" will be permitted to resume at several of the old stands during this fall and next spring. Horse owners and racing men generally have at last arrived at the conclusion that the public, which is the law, will not permit racing or racetrack gamb- ling which is controlled by thieves and sharpers and that the old gang must be kept out of the game entirely. On this basis a campaign has been inaugurated and it is meeting with much success at New Orleans, Hot Springs, St. Louis, and several other places. The chances of success in reviving the game in Missouri and Arkansas are better than they ever have been and the probability is that Hot Springs will have a race meet next spring. The American public favors horse racing. The great majority want it. They will vote for it and will vote against repressive laws. But they will not submit to having the game in the control of the handbook trust or combine of crooked track and horse owTners that ruined the game in the West. Louisiana was ready to restore racing last spring and the word went out that the old combine was back of the proposed law — and it was all off. The old crowd agreed to get out of Hot Springs and turn their track over to a company of business men. The Governor was ready to let racing go on when the word came that the move was a ruse and that the old gang still had the mount. The Governor backed water rapidly. The truth is, racing can be restored only when the restorers are on the level and honest — and at last they appear to be trying to be. There is a lesson and a warning for baseball mag- nates in the attitude of the public toward horse racing. If any one a dozen years ago had said racing could be killed he would have been laughed at. Baseball men would laugh scornfully now if told they are surely killing their own game. They are as far along toward the finish as racing was twelve years ago — and going more rapidly. The prosperity of all sports depends upon the con- fidence of the public in such sports. It has been shocking in the last year to see how public confi- dence in the honesty of baseball has been shattered. And the magnates are going right ahead making con- ditions worse. Just now the three major leagues are engaged in making big trades. They are weakening strong clubs and strengthening weak ones. They are "equaliz- ing" and "adjusting." SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AT PHOENIX. Mr. C. B. Wood, the Secretary of the Arizona State Fair, has mailed conditions for a 2:03 class pace wrhich has been put on at the special request of sev- eral ow7ners, mostly Californians. The conditions of this race are published herewith. Mr. Wood ex- presses the belief that he will have no trouble in filling this pace, but if it does not fill by September first, he will cancel the same and use the money for some other purpose: "As soon as our speed program was issued, several owners of horses with records of 2:03 or better, re- quested us to make the 2:04 pace a 2:03 pace, or put on another pace, so that they could have two starts at our meet. Not wishing to change our announced program, we took the matter up with the Phoenix Board of Trade, and their directors agreed to put up a purse of $1,000 to be known as the Phoenix Board of j.rade Special 2:03 Pace, time allowance of one second for records made prior to 1914. This pace is scheduled for the first day of the Fair, and it is intended primarily for horses with records of 2:03 or better; nevertheless, if horses with slower records desire to enter, they are not barred. All the horses that are entered in our 2:04 and F. F. A. paces, will be automatically entered in the 2:03 pace and be entitled to start on the payment of the regular entry fee of 39r. If they do not care to start no entry fee will be charged against them. The idea of this race is to give the horses that are entered in the F. F. A., but cannot start in the 2:04, a chance to start on Monday, the first day of the Fair, and for the horses of this race, and those in the 2:04 pace ,to meet in a grand championship contest on Saturday, the last day of the Fair. These fast paces are scheduled as follows: Monday — 2:03 pace. Phoenix Board of Trade Spe- cial, $1,000: Wednesday— 2:04 pace, $2,000; 'ihurs- day— Free-for-all pace, $2,000. Remember, all horses entered in the 2:04 and the F. F. A. paces have the option of starting, or not, in the 2:03 pace, and there is one second time allow- ance on all records of 2:03 or better made prior to 1914. With one exception, no race meet in the United States offers as much money as Phoenix, for pacers with records of 2:04 or better, and there need be no exception for moneys offered for pacers in classes of 2:10 or better. Also, we wish to call your attention to the Phoenix Board of Trade purse of $500 for three-year-old and r.nder pacers, open to all. This purse is also offered at the request of a number of owners, who desire such a race." SAVAGE, MINN., RECORD MEETING. [By M. W. Savage.] A record meeting was held at the International 1:55 Horse Farm mile track, Savage, Minn., on July 21st. The track was rather slow, owing to lack of rain for about three weeks, but there was also a stiff wind which horses had to face all through the back stretch, making the time considerably slower than it would have been under conditions which ordinarily prevail at this track. Dan Patch secured two new 2:10 pacers at this meeting, Dazzle Patch 2:09% and Edna Patch 2:08%. All of our horses are very much behind in their work, owing to the long rainy season that prevailed the early part of the summer, during which time our covered half-mile track was out of commission. Daz- zle Patch had not been given any fast work this year, so all that Mr. Macey wanted him to do at this meeting was to slip into the 2:10 list. Edna Patch, property of Thomas Irvine, of St. Paul, looks like a very high-class mare and should be a winner in the slow paces, as she has both speed and manners. The three-year-old stallion colt, Electric Patch, furnished the surprise of the afternoon, by taking a record of 2:12, although his fastest previous work had not been better than 2:18. He stepped the first half of his mile in 1:05 and could have trotted the whole distance close to 2:10, but Mr. Macey did not care to drive him out the last half, owing to the strong wind. This three-year-old showed that he can easily beat 2:10 next week. He will have a chance to race this year, as he is entered in quite a number of stakes. Two three-year-old pacers, Minnehaha Patch and Margaret Patch, secured records of 2:161/4 and 2:18% respectively, and all the horses that started to beat their marks were successful, with one exception. The crowd which ordinarily attends the Savage meetings from the Twin Cities was greatly increased by the attendance of several hundred members of the Na- tional Retail Harness Dealers' Association, which held a convention in Minneapolis this week. They attended the meeting in a body, going down on a special train over the Dan Patch electric line. They all reported a good time and were especially pleased when the champion Dan Patch was shown in harness through the quarter stretch. Dan never looked better in his life, being hale and hearty, and weighing 1,175 pounds. This was the first crowd of any size he had seen in several years and the veteran record breaker showed his keen en- joyment of his temporary return to public life, by many proud nods of the head. Another meeting will probably be held the latter part of September for the purpose of marking the two-year-olds which are now in training. Below are the names of the horses and their performances: Savage, Minn. — mile track; American rules. To beat 2:24^ pacing: Dazzle Patch, br. h. 5, by Dan Patch (Macey) 2:09% Liberty Patch, b. h. 5, by Dan Patch (Lang) 2:12% Margaret Patch, blk. m. 3, by Dan Patch (Macey) . .2:18^ Mary E. Patch, b. m. 6, by Dan Patch (Lang) 2:19% To beat 2:25% pacing: Rita Patch, b. m. 4, bv Dan Patch (Macey) 2:17% Edna Patch, blk m. by Dan Patch (McDonald) 2:08% To beat 2:29% trotting: Electric Patch, blk. h. 3, by Dan Patch (Macey). . .2:12 To beat 2:18% trotting: Dellalto. ch. h. by Allerto (McDonald) 2:19% GLANDERS VACCINE NOT SATISFACTORY. UHLAN IS RETIRED FROM THE TRACK. New York, July 29. — Uhlan, the racing whirlwind, never again will be seen in a race, and never again will appear on a track in exhibition miles, according to the recent announcement of C. K. G. Billings, his multi-millionaire owner. "Uhlan, like Alexander, has no more worlds to conquer," declared Billings, "and so I shall put him in retirement. He has done all that ever was asked of him — and done it well. He has deserved a rest and he shall get it on my Virginia farm, where he will end his days in ease and comfort." The passing of Uhlan takes from the turf the greatest race horse that ever was foaled; a horse that never may know an equal. Uhlan, the perfect horse, today holds practically every trotting record. He has smashed so many track records with his wonderful burst of speed that it would take an adding machine to compute them all. And he rounded out his career on October 9, 1913, at Lexington, Ky., with the most amazing per- formance of all — trotting a mile, with a runner at his side, in 1:54%, the best mile ever negotiated by either trotter or pacer. LThlan holds the wTorld's record for straight trot- ting, without the aid of a runner or a windshield, with a mark of 1:58, made in Lexington, Ky., in 1912. Lou Dillon's best was 1:58%, made in 1903. But this mark is regarded as at least three seconds slower naturally than the record made by LThlan, as Lou Dillon had the protection of a windshield in stepping to her record mile, and LThlan did not.- -Exchange. Miss Perfection, who finished second in each heat of the Fasig 2:12 Trot for three-year-olds, to Lee Ax- worthy, is a daughter of General Watts 3, 2:06%, out of Sue Fletcher, by Tregantle 2:09%. She was bred by the late Clem Beachey Jr., who sold her to R. J. Mackenzie the fall she was a yearling. Early last season she was trained some by Mr. Geers, but was not started, owing to a slight mishap. Charley De- Ryder now has her in charge, and two wreeks before the Cleveland meeting he drove her a mile in 2:08%. She is a grand looking filly, is well behaved, and should do even better with another race or two. The glanders vaccine is not effective in rendering horses immune from this dangerous disease is the conclusion reached by specialists of the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, as a result of extensive experiments with horses and other animals. The experiments show that while mallein is highly effective as a means to discover the presence of glanders in a horse, neither mallein nor glanders vaccine has shown any positive value in curing animals sick with glanders. In the experi- ments seventeen horses were used. These were stabled under such conditions that vaccinated and unvaccinated horses could be brought into contact with a discharging case of glanders. Mallein and eye tests were used carefully to determine the re- sults. The investigators report the following conclu- sions which appear in a professional paper pub- lished by the Department entitled "Immunization Tests With danders Vaccine": The results obtained by these investigations ap- pear to be sufficient to demonstrate the unsatisfac- tory results of this method of immunization. Of the 13 immunized animals, 9 contracted the disease from natural exposure, which is a large proportion when it is considered that all animals were aged and kept most of the time during the exposure out of doors. Of the 4 remaining immunized horses, 1 died of im- paction after the second vaccination, while the other 3 animals were killed August 20th, 1913, in order to ascertain by post mortem examination the possi- bility of glanders existing in these animals which had given positive serum reaction, but which had re- turned to normal. In artificial infections of the vac- cinated animals, they showed no resistance whatso- ever, as both vaccinated horses promptly developed an acute form of the disease from touching the Schneiderian membrane with the platinum loop which had been touched to a growth of glanders bacilli. For the present, therefore, it seems advis- able to abstain from immunizing horses by this method, as a practice of this kind may do more harm than goood. Owners having horses which are sup- posedly immunized would naturally become careless, thinking their animals were resistant to the disease, and thus even a better opportunity would be'oftered for the propagation of the disease than if the horses were not vaccinated. Furthermore ,the fact that the blood of vaccinated animals can not be utilized for serum tests for two or three months after the injec- tions is also a great disadvantage in the eradication of the disease. As a result of this preliminary work, it appears that the control and eradication of glanders must still be dependent upon the concentration of efforts in eliminating infected horses and the adoption of proper precautions against the introduction of infect- ed animals into stables free from the disease. The results achieved in Germany, Austria and Canada by these methods have proved very encouraging, and no doubt if executed in the same spirit in this coun- try a marked reduction in the cases of glanders would result. FEEDING FOALS AT PASTURE. The foal running with its dam at pasture is ex- pected to do better than the one wThose dam must work in the fields, but very often it does not fare so well. This is especially true as the season ad- vances. When the flies get bad in late summer the tender-skinned foal is pestered to the point of dis- traction. The flies keep it too nervous to graze well. At the same time the mare's milk-flow declines, just at the time when the youngster really needs more feed. Feeding grain behind a creep will take care of these pasture foals. It is easily done. A small pen is made, a rod or more square, according to the num- ber of foals to be fed together. The bottom of the fence is 3% or 4 feet from the ground and preferably made of smooth poles. One or two wires or poles are placed above to make the fence five feet high or more. A gateway is provided with slip poles or a gate. A feedtrough is placed in the middle of this lot and a little oats or oats and bran are fed in it. The mare and foal are turned into the lot to eat. After they are fed in this way a few days so that the foal gets accustomed to the lot and the feed, the gateway is closed. The mare is salted nearby and the foal is fed regularly in the lot. It can go in and out at will under the fence. Usually horses have some certain spot in the pasture where they stand to rest and fight flies. If the creep is built nearby the foal will make the best use of it. Fed in this way the youngster will continue to grow well right along. If the flies get very bloodthirsty its thrift may be increased by providing a dark shed or stall to which the mare and foal may retreat dur- ing the day. If the creep can be built near such a shelter, the conditions are found just right. The foal that lies around in--the stable during the day while its dam is away at work commonly gains rapidly in late summer over the foal that runs out all the time. Resting in the darkened barn during the day, it escapes the flies and is handy for regular feeding. When the mare is turned with it to pasture at night there is plenty of opportunity to play and graze in comfort. Feed, exercise and comfort are the essentials for rapid early growth, and early growth is necessary for a large mature size.— Breed- ers' Gazette. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N FIXTURES. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL 1 CONDUCTED BY J. X. D9WITT. § Dr. McRae in his "History of the Province of Al- berta," has the following interesting paragraph on the value of the buffalo to the Indian: "Those Indians who dwelt in the south and west of Manitoba, and in the region between the rapid running Saskatchewan river and the International boundary of Canada and the United States, depended almost entirely upon the buffalo for food and raiment and all the essentials of life and comfort. He hunted the buffalo and his women followed in his wake. They stripped the slain animals of their hides and horns and preserved the flesh. The moccasin, the fine robes, the leggings, were made from the tanned skins. From these, too, were prepared the tent cov- ering, the bridle and the lariat. The horns became powder flasks, the sinews bow strings, the bones ornaments. "The flesh was the staple article of diet. "What was not eaten fresh was dried in long strips, or pounded down into penirnican for future use. The cradle of the infant was buffalo skin; the shrouds of the dead warrior was his splendid buffalo robe. From time immemorial these children of the plains have lived on the buffalo. To rob him of this animal was to deprive him of his livelihood. To him the buffalo was the staff of life, the very condition of his con- tinued existence." The average person today can hardly realize what the numbers of these herds amounted to, though an idea may be formed from the statement of Colonel Dodge in a report to the United States National Mu- seum. In -making a journey through Arkansas, he passed through a continuous herd of buffalo for 25 miles. The buffalo disappeared in the late 70's. The exact cause for the astonishly rapid decrease has never been satisfactorily determined. Many have thought that some epidemic peculiar to cattle carried them off. Others say it was the wholesale destruction of the animals for their valuable hides. It is related that traders in the south sent men to the north to burn the grass so that the buffalo would not return northward to breed. It is known that as a conse- quence of prairie fires, incendiary or natural, the buffalo did not again frequent their old northern stamping grounds after 1879, but roamed the prairies of the Yellowstone country where they were finally exterminated except in widely segegregated bands. Tournaments Registered. Aug". 10 — Edmonton, Alberta. Northern Gun Club. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. "W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11.— Dayton, Ohio.— The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; ?1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed ?500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen, Manager. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov, 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wolf.] There are 1,600 head of buffalo in the Dominion of Canada. Fifteen hundred and sixty of these animals are domiciled in three public parks in the province of Alberta, the largest herd being in Buffalo Park, near Wainwright, 135 miles east of Edmonton. This herd consists of 1,447 head, including 243 calves born in 1913. There are 82 buffalo at Elk Island, 35 miles south of Edmonton, and 31 head in Rocky Mountain Park at Banff. Ten years ago there were fewer than a hundred buffalo in captivity in all Canada. M. Pablo, one time owner of the largest herd on the American continent, shipped eight buffalo from Montana to Alberta in 1913. He has asked the Do- minion government for an extension of time to track the outlaw buffalo of the Pablo herd and will send them to Buffalo Park as soon as they can be rounded up and taken to the railroad. Professor Hooper, president of the American Bison Society, at a recent meeting of that organization, said, after reporting 3,453 buffalo in the United States in 1913, that the increase was 19 per cent over 1912. Five hundred and forty-nine calves were born last year. He added that renewed interest among the people of the United States and Canada assures the future of the buffalo. Of the millions of bison that roamed over and held the plains less than a half-century ago, but few remain. From time unrecorded the bison lorded over all the fertile grazing land of this continent. The greater part of these herds were in the south and west, but when Europeans began to settle in Amer- ica, small bunches of the animals were occasionally found near the Atlantic coast, though they were gen- erally rare anywhere east of the Appalachian moun- tains. From the Rocky mountains to the Great Lakes in the north, from Kentucky across the con- tinent to Nevada in the South, and from Great Slave Lake in the Northwest territories to Mexico on the south, the bison wandered in mighty droves, migrat- ing as snow-storm and drought dictated. Wide, roll- ing plains as far as the sharp eyes of the settler could reach, were blackened with huge, shaggy hump-backed beasts, bellowing, fighting and pawing. Paul Kane, a traveling artist, in describing a trip to Edmonton in 1859, says that during the whole of three days preceding his arrival at Edmonton, he saw nothing else along the banks of the Saskatche- wan but buffalo. They covered the plains as far as the eye could reach, so numerous at times they im- peded his progress, filling the air with dust almost to suffocation. At night he frequently found much difficulty selecting a place to camp on account of the immense number of buffalo. Benjamin K. Miller, traveler and big game hunter, scientist of the expedition on a jaunt of nine thou- sand miles into the northern wilds and described by Emerson Hough as "the most exact and least exact- ing soul on earth," was in Edmonton a few days ago on the way to the mountains in British Columbia, where he and "Bill" Woods, a famous guide and hunter of Wisconsin, will follow the trail of the grizzly bear. Prom the Cariboo country, where they are planning to pass a month or so, Miller, whose vote is regis- tered in Milwaukee, and Woods, a resident of the west when it was wild, will invade western Wash- ington and Oregon, going thence to California and Arizona to idle awhile in the districts made famous by the Yosemite and the Grand Canyon, returning home early in the fall. The pair will do some sci- entific work on the trip, but it is designed chiefly as a vacation. Miller has visited many parts of the world. He crossed Africa in the latitudes traveled by Living- stone and shot hippos, elephants and lions long be- fore Roosevelt wrote books dealing with the pastime. He has seen the interior of South America, Siberia and Arabia and delved into the mysteries of other equally unknown lands. He was one of the nrst white men to penetrate the unexplored places in northern Alberta and the northwest territories, on an expedition headed by James K. Cornwall of Ed- monton. One of his feats, two years ago, was a trip in an 18-foot canoe on the Athabasca river from Fitzhugh, B. C, to Athabasca, Alta., on the crest of high water, while last summer in company with Cornwall and Hough he negotiated the Arctic pass, known as the Rat Portage, a matter of five hundred miles in twenty-two days, on a trip from Edmonton to White Horse, unquestionably the longest wilderness journey on the continent. Writing of the Rat Portage Hough says, in a re- cent article: "For the purpose of geography it may perhaps be as well to explain that of all the many "rat portages" this is the most northerly. It is not the Rat portage of Manitoba, Missouri, or Allegash, but that lying above the Arctic Circle on the most northerly pass of the Rocky mountains. "You come to it by traveling something like two thousand miles northwestward on the Hudson's Bay company's steamers from Athabasca Landing, just above Edmonton. You pass Lake Athabasca and Great Bear Lake, and finally, near the delta mouth of the Mackenzie river, you reach Fort McPherson on the Peel. The Rat portage is the road that leads from the Mackenzie River basin— upstream by way way of the Porcupine." Many gold-seekers, from various parts of the world, came to grief on Rat portage during the rush by way of the Edmonton trail in 1897-8. The ridge is marked by a broadly-blazed spruce, labeled, "the Summit Tree. Please Register." Many names have been inscribed upon the smooth surface. One man wrote these lines, exprsssive of his relief, at reaching the summit: "My feelings here I scarce can tell — To um it up, 'twas simply hell!" John Firth, trader at Fort McPherson, has crossed the summit 137 times in the last 40 years. The summit is 105 miles from the fort. Engineers say that the pass is entirely feasible for a railway. Hough describes Rat portage as "the inscrutable, the invincible, the peerless, passing between two vast and unknown waterways of unconquerable wilder- nesses, hedged about with glistening snow-swept peaks and enshrouded with the eternal mysteries of the icy North." Fred M. Lee, president of the Pioneer Silver-Black Fox company, owner of a number of private ranches in Alberta, said in an interview at Edmonton, that it will be at least twenty-five years before the value of the fox is estimated on the pelt value. There is a greater demand than ever for breeding animals, he added, hence more will engage in the industry. The greatest danger to the future of the business, lies in the promotion of over-capitalized companies and through the inexperience of those who may be tempted to take up fox-ranching. He added: "There is a tendency at present on the part of persons who happen to capture a couple of foxes, to imagine they have made a life competency. For this reason they are at first disinclined to sell to the breeders at the market prices, and come to the con- clusion that the regular companies are in a combin- ation to beat them out of their just reward. "However, the business here is yet in its infancy, and with a better understanding between the trapper and the companies, and with sane regulations in con- nection with the securing of foxes, things will right themselves, and there can be no doubt but that the business will make as much money for Alberta as it has for the littleprovince down by the sea." Returning to Edmonton from Lac la Biche, 150 miles north, where he spent seven weeks, L. Trudel, a furrier, said that the district is one of the best in the world for breeding foxes. Most of the half-breed Indians, he related, own live foxes. In one place he found 81 animals. He reports that J. Belanger of Montreal recently invested $10,000 in live foxes there. Trudel is planning to open a fur factory at Lac la Biche, where the Hudson Bay company has one of the largest reserves. There are 60 families in the district. The settlement should grow rapidly, as the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway Company will have extended its line from Edmon- ton to the hamlet within six months. A. E. Hofues of Grouard, Alta., is in Edmonton with 26 black and silver foxes, which he values at $25,000. The collection is said by experts to be one of the best seen in Edmonton in many years. THE BOWWOW AND THE BURGLAR. [Five Belgian police dogs are doing patrol duty in New York City.] With each foot in a rubber-soled boot Once a burglar went out after loot. Drills and jimmies he lugged, And a tomcat he hugged 'Neath the coat of his hand-me-down suit. A police dog imported from Ghent In pursuit of the bold burglar went. And he gave a loud yelp, Meaning, "Here he is, help!" Just as soon as his nose struck the scent. Did the burglar get limp as a rag, And resort to revolver and gag? No; he merely hissed "Scat!" To his big Thomas cat, And then coolly walked off with the swag. When the roundsman rushed up in fierce glee Not a trace of the thief could he see; But the four-legged "cop," Near the burglarized shop, Had the big Thomas cat up a tree! DOVE SEASON OPENS. The open season for doves began last Saturday in Game Districts 2 and 5. The season in Santa Cruz county is closed all the year round. In those portions of Merced and Stanislaus counties, in District 5, the season is also closed by the County Supervisors. In the dove-hunting country about Woodland, the birds shot by hunters are very young for this time of year. For some reason the birds have bred late this year and are not as well grown at this time as in past years. Usually doves nest three or four times a year, with the result that there is always a per- centage of young birds shot. This condition, how- ever, could be remedied by making the open season come later. Near Tracy, since the season opened July 15, dove shooting has been excellent, birds being plentiful and well grown. Along the banks of Putah creek and through Scott's canyon, near Winters, doves are reported to he numerous. Otto Eeudner, Charles F. Breiden- stein and William Fisher investigated the "cooers" in that district a week ago but with rather indiffer- ent success. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, August 8, 1914. HUNTING NOTES. Three nearby counties — Alameda, Sonoma and Santa Clara — lifted the lid for the deer hunters Sat- urday last. The mobilization of the Santa Clara riflemen began on Friday, with the Mount Hamilton ranges as the main objective point. The army in the hills was joined by the reserves Sunday. The same may be stated comparatively as to conditions in the other two counties. Meanwhile, for the past two weeks, Marin county sportsmen have gathered in a fair crop of bucks. The Bolinas bay region and the hills near Point Reyes are said to harbor quite a number of bucks. Among the successful Victor Gun Club huntsmen were County Assessor P. H. Cochrane and Frank Reid. The club members have not molested spike bucks so far this season, the big bucks with wide-spreading antlers only being on the black list. Over 100 does and fawns have been counted in the hills and can- yons of the club preserves. One hunting party, composed of Joseph Redding and two sons, D. Redmond and L. Johanson, came in after a hunt in the Nicasio country, with four fine bucks — one a forked horn and three large-sized spike bucks. Robert Brown, J. McLoughlin and Roy Kopf of Petaluma successfully hunted on the Novato Gun Club section, two large deer being the tally for the day. On the old LaFranchi ranch one forked horn fell to the rifles of John Clarke Jr. and a party of friends. Bucks are scarce in that region, but does and fawns are numerous. Why should hunters go to the wilds of Mendocino and Sonoma counties or hit the top ranges of Lucas valley or Tamalpais when you can kill forkhorn deer within a short distance from the main street of the city of San Rafael? asks The Independent. The two fortunate young men who made the killing were F. Nelson and John McCarthy of San Rafael. They took their rifles last Sunday morning and proceeded up San Rafael hill and were hunting a short time when they encountered a large forkhorn weighing about 100 pounds. After firing a number of shots the young men succeeded in killing their prize. This is not the first time that deer were killed in San Rafael. The hills back of the Hotel Rafael have furnished a number of fine specimens in the last 20 years and at the present time there are more deer in the Santa Venetia hills and the hills back of the Hotel Rafael than any other part of the county. It is consoling to the people of San Rafael that they are only within an hour's ride of a great metropolitan city like San Francisco and can slaughter deer vir- tually within the heart of their city. Near Tomales Roy Juarez bagged a good-sized spike buck. George Newman and Fritz Schmidt each dropped a forked horn while hunting over the pre- serves of the Point Reyes Sportsman's Club, on the coast, about seventeen miles above Bolinas bay. Bucks are plentiful in that region this season. Mendocino county deer-hunting territory is also doing its share in producing fresh venison for differ- ent hunting parties. Phil Baumgartner's buck tipped the beam at 150 pounds, a three-pointer, shot above Cloverdale. Near the Black Range resort Dr. B. C. Thomas and Dr. E. Johnson spent a week, and each tallied a desired buck. Near Laytonville there is both good fishing and deer shooting. Bob Haggard, Warren Landor and Al Coddington were successful with rod and gun during a week's stay in that district. Although several parties came back to San Jose reporting that they didn't even see a deer, many hunters returned from short hunting trips after hav- ing met with success. Many nimrods were out for Saturday and Sunday only, but the big majority have gone to stay a week or two, so nothing has yet been learned of their successes or failures, states the Mercury. The consensus of opinion among old hunters seems to be the deer are plentiful and that a good season is ahead. There is the usual quota of dove and rab- bit hunters and they have all secured good bags of this game. Mrs. Bart Lorigan is probably the first woman to shoot a deer in Santa Clara county this season. Mrs. Lorigan brought a big one to earth Sunday near Al- maden after a party of hunters had tried and failed. Van Suggs killed a fourpointer on Sunday at Guad- alupe, and it is one of the largest specimens seen this year. Ray Schilling of F. Schilling & Son reported a number of successful hunts Sunday. One of the Chaboya Brothers dropped a twopointer in Dickson's canyon at the end of Story road last Sunday. Billy Davis brought a forked horn out of the Madrone Springs section Sunday. Henry Mensen killed a forked horn back of Mount Hamilton and Bob Har- ney brought in a twopointer from the Ysabel Sunday. Carl and Herman Freyschlag have returned from Monterey county, where they bagged three bucks. One was a fourpointer and the other two were forked horns. William Bocks of San Jose and Charley Bocks Jr. of Cupertino each landed a deer at Madrone Springs Sunday morning, the former's was a fourpointer, while the latter landed a forked horn. William Page and W. B. Denhart returned yester- day from a successful hunt on the Condron ranch back of Mount Hamilton. Each got a forked horn. Fritz Biaggi was one of the first Santa Clarans to bag a deer this season, bringing one down in Hall's Valley Saturday morning. A. B. Post of San Jose was also reported to have killed a deer, but particu- lars are lacking. P. R. Thomas of Madrone Springs killed a twopointer in that region Sunday. FISH LINES. A delegation of California Anglers' Association members were engaged last Sunday in conducting trout fry planting operations of much importance to rod and reel devotees. Marin and Sonoma county streams were restocked with about 300,000 troutlets that were hatched out at the Sisson hatchery. The Fish and Game Commission fish-distribution car was taken from Suisun at 4:30 o'clock in the morning to Schellville by a special engine provided by the Southern Pacific railroad. From Schellville a Northwestern Pacific locomotive then ran the fish car to Sausalito. The anglers' committee, W. J. Street, chairman; Dr. L. T. Cranz, Al Baker, Al Christiansen, Floyd Spence, Charles Gibbs, Joe Springer, Mo TJri, Will Eaton and others went with the car up the road to superintend the actual distribution of the young fish in various waters. Thirty cans of baby trout, steelhead and Loch Leven varieties, about 50,000 young fish, were put off at Fairfax and taken up for planting in the head- waters and upper branches of Lagunitas creek. At Tocaloma one can of Eastern brook trout fry was turned over to Con Roman. This consignment was placed in Schoolhouse creek, a branch of Paper Mill creek. This particular planting is somewhat in the nature of an experiment and future results will be carefully looked for and watched by many inter- ested anglers. The Eastern brook trout is a desir- able game fish for our streams and has thriven fairly in Sierra streams and lakes. Coast stream plantings of this variety, however, do not seem to develop de- sired results. These beautiful trout are rarely seen of matured size in coast rivers and creeks that have been stocked with them. Various theories have been advanced. Whether the Eastern brook trout loses its characteristics, or that its particular markings and coloring fade away, or just what prevents their propagation and increase, is a puzzle that the ang- ling fraternity would like to solve. At present defi- nite information is meager and every planting of this variety is followed ■ with interest. At different favorable spots along Paper Mill creek the finny contents of eighteen cans were liberated — the cans average about 2500 troutlets each. From Point Reyes station twelve cans of trout were trans- ferred by machine conveyance to the headwaters of Olema creek, this consignment consisting' of 3Toung steelhead trout. Twenty-four cans of fry were liberated in Pole Mountain and Ward creeks and also in the east fork of Austin creek, near ' Cazadero. These branches of the Russian river furnish the steelhead that have made the winter fishing at Duncan's Mills famous, and also produce good spring fishing from Duncan's to Cazadero and throughout that section. A smaller consignment was also taken by auto and placed in the headwaters of Guallalla river. About fifteen thousand troutlets were put in John- son creek at Redwood canyon, in Muir Woods. This stream empties into Throckmorton lagoon, on the ocean shore, and is an excellent early season trout water. Tuesday previous about five thousand trout were placed in Sonoma creek at Kenwood, in the Graham canyon creek, the Los Guillecos and other creeks. W. J. Street is making arrangements for a ship- ment of trout fry from Sisson for restocking Moss canyon, Bridal Veil, Yosemite and Tenaya creeks, in the Yosemite valley. The importance and value of these annual trout- planting operations — throughout the whole States — are beginning to be thoroughly realized, not only by the angling sportsmen, but by all intelligent observ- ers as well. With the enormous yearly increase in the ranks of the rodsters, the native trout of the waters in this State would soon disappear unless kept up by restocking operations. Eel river bids fair to be in the record class this season. Already early reports from H. C. Fassett state that half-pounders and also large steelhead are plentiful enough at Weymouth's, Grizzly pool and other favorite fishing spots to offer most pleasing sport. Advices from Boca are that the Truckee in that vicinity "was never in finer condition for fly-casting. While the weather is warm, there is good fly-fishing in the morning and evening, and good catches are being made daily." The following itinerary of V. C. Howe's McCloud river trip will no doubt interest anglers who are studying locations for vacation trips. Following the McCloud, from Pitt river up to Squaw creek, over a trail, two weeks' fishing was enjoyed, the whirling blue dun, light caddies and and dark caddies being the best killing fly patterns. Early morning fishing produced large Dolly Varden trout. One evening's casting landed ten rainbows, 10 to 18 inches in size, all caught in less than an hour. Plenty of deer were seen in that section. The fishing is excellent in Aug- ust and September, and fine camping spots abound. Squaw creek offers fair sport in the lower stretches. Trout are small, however. En route to Castle Crag the Big Soda was fished with fair success, and after- ward, from Dunsmuir up, the Sacramento river was in condition for fair baskets of trout. Cottontail and brush rabbits are now legitimate game for the scatter-guner. The open season for Mollie Cottontail started Saturday last in every county of the State but Santa Cruz county. The Supervisors put back the rabbit shooting season un- til October 15 — the date of the opening of the quail season. This ordinance was passed for the pro- tection of quail from unscrupulous gunners AT THE TRAPS. Martinez Tournament. — The Alhambra Gun Club's registered blue rock tournament, July 27, 28 and 29, put the "Wild Flower City" on the shooting map in appreciable manner. The club officers and members did everything to make visiting shooters welcome and feel "at home." The fact that 80 shooters took part in the three days' powder burning proves that the shoot was a success and reflects credit on the sportsmen who conducted the club's initial tourna- ment. Frank M. Newbert, of Sacramento, won the main trophy of the opening day's trigger pulling, the Cliff House cup for high amateur average, with the good score of 184 out of 200 birds shot at. O. N. Ford, of San Jose, won the A. John Francis trophy, offered by the club for second high gun, 178. Toney Prior, of San Francisco, and H. F. Wihlon, winner of the Chin- gren medal during the recent Pacific Coast Handi- cap at Portland, each broke 177 out of 200. The high "pros" were Dick Reed, 180, and Guy Holohan, 179. The day's program called for ten 20 bird events, singles, 16 yards rise, $35 added in each race, Rose system 5-4-3-2. In going over the scores of the first day, it will be noticed that a number of crack shots apparently fell below their usual average. This may be accounted for, it is claimed, by shooting against a baffling background. At all events the scores of the second day's shooting show a decided improvement in the scores shot by a number of contestants. Toney Prior's string of 188 out of 200, the second day, was high amateur average for the Hotel St. Francis trophy cup. Billy Sears, of Los Banos, won the club trophy offered for second high tally, 187 x 200. The San Jose clay pigeon pulverizer, Ford, came through the ruction with a score of 189, just losing 11 out of the double century schedule, but was barred from receiving the high gun trophy by reason of his win the day previous. Ed Staunton of Winnemucca, accounted for 184 birds; J. T. Downs, one of the Garden City squad, broke 183, and Frank Newbert came next with 180. Dick Reed and Hugh Poston tied with 181 each for high trade aver- age. Chas. H. Knight followed with 170. The pro- gram and added moneys were the same as on the previous day. Chester Glass, of Richmond, broke 95 out of the first 100 birds and won the Otto Feud- ner cup. A. G. Flickinger, formerly a regular shooter at the Union and Lincoln Gun Club shoots, now hailing from Vallejo, went down the line of five 15 bird events the final day and annexed the Mrs. F. K. Burnham trophy awarded to the high amateur gun in the fore- noon series — 69 out of 75 was the winning score. Ford's score of 70 and Prior's 69 were barred by reason of the trophy wins already mentioned. Presi- dent Fred K. Burnham won the club trophy offered for the high average score, on 100 birds, shot by a Contra Costa county resident. 86 breaks was the winning tally. The feature event of the tournament, the Alham- bra championship, 100 singles, in four frames of 25 each, for the Ellery Arms Co.'s diamond medal, was captured by Billy Sears with the good score of 97 breaks. Downs was next up with 93 and Dave Ruh- staller, of Sacramento, followed with 92 breaks. The added money amounted to $150, the entrance was $7.50, high guns, one money for every four entries. The medal winner did not cut in on the purse division. The five man team contest was also pulled off dur- ing the medal shoot. Each entrant shot at 50 birds. The San Jose Blue Rock Club squad won: O. N. Ford 45, J. T. Downs 44, Geo. H. Anderson 34, C. H. Nash 45, and Billy Varien 36— total 204. The Golden Gate Gun Club team broke 203 birds, just one bird shy, Alhambra Gun Club team No. 1 broke 201 clays; seven teams entered this race. Amateur high aver- age for the day's card of 175 birds was 161, shot by both Sears and Downs; Reed's 162 and Poston's 160 led the "pros." High amateur averages for the three days, 575 targets, were: O. N. Ford, 526; Toney Prior, 224; Frank M. Newbert, 522; W. P. Sears, 517; J. T. Downs, 515. Professional high averages were: R. C. Reed, 523; H. E. Poston, 512; Guy Holohan, 507; L. Hawx- hurst, 493; C. H. Knight, 479. The tabulated scores for the tournament follow: Events — Targets — 1st Day — 2d Day — 3d Day — 1| 2| 3] 4 20 2u 20 20 15I15 - 20 20 20 20 15 15 Prior |1S IS 20 20 51 6 20i20 20 20 15-25 IS 20 IS 17 20 TV. P. Sears 18114 18,19 |14|13|'13|15|14[23|22 16I1S IS IS 17 13 1" 1818 9!10 H. Ogilvie P.. C. Reed* M. O. Feudner* 12 14 16 19 1S;1S 13 14 O. X. Ford 17 [19; 19 17 20 IS IS IS* 1 M] 12113114,15 21J25 13 17 IS If. 17 16 2" Isll4il6ll5ll2ll9ll' 2324 |12|12|14|10|11 H. C. Xash J. T. Downs R. R. Caldwell Y\"m. Varien 12 10 16|l8 13 20 19 16 17 IS 17 19 19 19 13 14 15 23 23 21 15 15 15 14 16 1 17 13 17 13 17 18 S:14 11 9 15 21 IS 18 16,14 17 17 16 17 16 12 1SI13 20 15 1S;1S IS 14 20 20 16 1' 15[12]13|13|1J|20|18 24 20 . Ttl 200 200 175 177 188 159 16 IS. IS 169 19 20 IS 1S7 161 173 174 157 180 181 162 166 165 154 178 1S9 159 164 168 138 171 183 161 160 163 123 156 176 147 Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BR E.E D E R AND SPORTS MA N 11 C. A. Haight* ... T. D. Riley Geo. Stall Frank Stall H. C. Barstow . . W. E. Staunton . F. K. Burnham . . Bud Havens J. BrickeU C. D. McGettigan H. Garrison D. C. Davison . . . B. Fauks J. Plaskett . W. J. Eilert H. E. Poston* . . . H. F. Wihlon C. H. Knight' . . . "W. J. Higgins* . . G. E. Holohan* . . A. G. Fliekinger . A. P. Halliburton C. E. Groat D. R. Fulton W. A. Howard J. J. Anderson . Win. Hanson . . Bert Curry J. McNamara . . H. Poinsett E. Hoelle W. B. Sanborn . C. C. Christian . J. G. Heath J. S. French C. A. Bridgford Geo. Thomas . . . H. R. Phinney J. V. O'Hara . F. "Webster . . . L. D. Hawxhurst* R. N. Fuller G. E. Oliver* D. J. Ruhstaller C. C. Huber G. H. Anderson . L. Li. Llewellyn . E. B. Fitzpatrick F. F. Hostetter . F. M. Newbert . . H. Stelling , 14 14|14112 13112 15|12 15116 IS 20 11 10 15 17 13 17 18 17 19 |17|17|20|16|20 19 8112 15|14 19 15 13] 8 17115 13113 17117 13 14 10 12 18 17 10112 15I1C 15114 11 11110 12 17 16 10113 15 14 19 12 8 14 13 19 19 19 10 211 211 IS 17117)16120118 14121312424 171161161171.. 1213 11 . 20 19 11)119 22|23 150 159 133 164 166 133 168 173 133 168 167 131 168 162 138 172 184 147 165 164 150 17(1 172 151 155 166 148 163 169 146 160 3 150 166 176 155 156 169 160 158 171 181 160 177 172 153 172 170 137 151 155 140 179 173 155 159 175 159 167 177 147 147 122 si 12S 87 106 135 151 151 140 154 6 128 121 I 168 I 168 157 i 168 ' 158 144 I 15S i 157 131 ' 169 9 183 147 1 161153 161 52 167 160 147 129 148 124 135 184 180 158 100 15 13 12 13 12 15 17 15 13 15 14 14 12 17 15 13 13 1 17 1 6 148 12 s 111 « 1 1 17 19 14 14 . . 113 14 17 16 10 14 16 14 13 15 1 1 21 12 19 15 25 15 21 . 15 1 8 145 W. F. Willet' 14 18 19 16 16 18 12 17 is is ies 16 18 15 15 17 17 15 113 14 8 13 9 15 13 5 1 8 7 10 n ?X 13 13 15 . 41 19 18 19 20 19 18 15 9 15 . . 152 1', 16 13 16 57 E. J. Randall 15 15 10 15 13 1 15 1 18 3 76 8 11 11 13 7 15 20 15 21 14 17 . 11 1 17. 1 . 123 7 32 E. W. Merithew 17 16 20 15 18 5 2 13 1 15 1 1 63 8 51 W. M. Veal 13 in 13 36 G. B. Smith 16 19 212 0 76 17 18 17 17 14 17 13 18 20 18 169 14 13 13 12 13 21 22 17 16 . . 141 14 16 16 15 13 17 17 17 16 16 157 12 12 13 12 8 19 "2 22 20 . . 140 14 13 14 13 14 10 16 16 17 16 143 11 13 9 10 12 15 17 17 10 . . 114 10 in 14 11 14 11 13 15 14 17 129 W. H. Price 6 9 6 9 5 16 14 14 16 . . 95 5 9 11 in 13 40 Live Bird Shoot. — A heavy wind and strong flying birds baffled California Wing Shooting Club mem- bers at Sobrante August 2 during the monthly club trap shoot. In the forenoon race A. J. Webb's score of 11 out of 12 birds was the winning tally. C. A. Haight and Tony Prior with 10 each divided second honors. Haight, E. L. Hoag, H. E. Poston and T. D. Riley divided the club purse in the afternoon match, each shooter scoring clean strings. Poston was high gun in the miss-and-out shoot for the monthly cup trophy. He stopped at the eighth bird. Gregg and Schultz both fell out after their seventh pigeon. In the three concluding six-bird shoots the win- ning guns each grassed every bird shot at. The scores follow: Club medal shoot, twelve pigeons, $50 added, 3 moneys, distance handicaps, high guns to win: A. J. Webb 2S yds. 1222 0221 2222 11 C. A. Haight 27 " 1021 1221 0222 — 10 T. Prior 32 " 2022 1212 1011—10 A. W. Du Bray 27 " 012110211120—9 W. F. Willet 32 " 0112 0120 2222 — 9 E. L. Schultz 32 " 0201 1220 2212 — 9 E. L.. Hoag 26 " 20112002 1102—8 T. D. Riley 30 " 2002 2202 1220— 8 H. E. Poston 30 " 0220 2220 2020 — 7 H. B. Gregg 27 " 200 withdrew.— 2 Club purse shoot, twelve pigeons, $50 added, 3 moneys, distance handicap, high guns to win: C. A. Haight 28 yds. 2212 1211 1211—12 E. L,. Hoag 31 " 2212 2222 2221—12 H. E. Poston 30 " 2212 2222 2222 — 12 T. D. Riley 27 " 1122 2121 2122 — 12 C. C. Nauman 32 " 0112 1211 1212—11 T. Prior 31 " 111122211012—11 A. J. Webb 29 " 2112 1222 2021 — 11 W. F. Willet 32 " 0212 2221 2122 — 11 E. Li. Schultz 33 " 2211 0222 0222 — 10 H. B. Gregg 27 " 20112122 1000—8 Monthly cup shoot, miss-and-out, distance handi- caps—H. C. Poston (31 yards), 8; H. B. Gregg (27 yards), 7; E. L. Schultz (32 yards), 7; W. F. Willet (31 yards), 4; T. Prior (33 yards), 3; C. A. Haight (20 yards), 2; C. C. Nauman (31 yards), 1; T. D. Riley (27 yards), 1; A. W. Du Bray (20 yards), 0; E. L. Hoag (30 yards), 0; A. J. Webb (30 yards), 0. Six bird pool shoots, 30 yards rise, high guns — Tonv Prior 6, H. C. Poston 6, E. L. Schultz 6, C. A. Haight 5, T. D. Riley 5, W. F. Willet 5, C. C. Nauman 5, E. L. Hoag 4, A. J. Webb 4'. Willet 6, Schultz 6, Prior 5, Nauman 5, Haight 5, Webb 5, Poston 5, Hoag 4, Riley 4. Haight 6, Riley 6, Schultz 6, Webb 6, Hoag 5, Pos- ton 5, Nauman 5, Gregg 4, Willet 2 (withdrew), Prior 0 (withdrew). Sacramento Valley Traps. — The Willow's Gun Club was winner of a handsome silver cup given at the blue-rock tournament held at Corning recently for the best score made. The Willows club was repre- sented by Grover Zumwalt, Otto Klemmer and Harry Keyes, who scored 105 breaks out of a possible 120. The Corning team scored only 80 out of the same number of birds. The trophy is a very handsome cup, eighteen inches high, and is worth winning. It is expected that the Willows Gun Club will get busy during the summer and will have some events at home that will be of interest to the lovers of the sport and will also bring a large representation of shooters here from other towns. Smelter Smokeless Puffs. — The Butte Daily Post gives the following account of the wind-up shoot for this season of the Anaconda Gun Club: Fred Peckover won the Keppler medal at the shoot August 2 of the Gun Club, which closes the season until next January, for during the hunting season the club suspends all shoots excepting those that take place in the field for real game and not the clay birds. Drumgoole and Goddard, the leaders in the Panama-Pacific Exposition tournament, each had an off day and neither gained any lead, both scoring 85 out of a possible 100. The score card for the day was as follows: Out-of-town visitors at the traps were Ed Scharni- kow and A. L. Tippett of Deer Lodge; H. R. Burg of Tacoma; Messrs. Wraith and Sicka of Salt Lake and C. H. Smith and C. C. Goddard of Butte. Events — Tippett Burg Hfflard Peckover Johnson Gemmett Drumgoole Mahan Nell Mathewson Smith Goddard Case Stone Scharnikow Wraith Sicka : 1 2 3 4 5 24 23 23 21 24 10 15 18 21 20 19 21 23 23 21 23 24 23 15 16 17 18 24 19 25 20 20 22 23 20 24 19 17 16 20 16 17 14 14 17 16 16 20 21 17 20 23 21 20 23 19 23 20 23 19 23 23 20 13 12 ii 13 22 20 22 24 Vallejo Traps. — At a recent shoot of the Vallejo Gun Club there was a good attendance and some good scores developed. In the club match J. V. O'Hara and Ray Standish tied on straight scores of 25 each. In the team shoot the squad composed of Ray Schilling, J. K. Bprnham, F. Webster, R. Stand- ish and J. V. O'Hara broke 111 out of 125, winning over Mrs. Schilling, Haight, Merithew, Leicke and Packham, 102. * * * Official Record. — A communication from Secretary E. Reed Shaner states: "In accordance with the resolution adopted by The Interstate Association at its annual meeting of 1910, I beg to advise you that Mr. P. H. O'Brien, of Port- land, Oregon, was the winner of the ninth Pacific Coast Handicap, shot at Portland, Oregon, July 22, 1914. Mr. O'Brien used a Parker gun, Western shells and 'E. C' powder." A curious angling incident is the report that a large salmon was taken by a rockcod fisherman at Duxbury reef, at the entrance to Bolinas bay. The fish was caught in deep water on a sardine-baited hook. Although salmon are taken with sardine baits by the trolling fishermen, it is a most unusual occur- rence to capture one by the still fishing process. It is known, however, that the fish will seek deep water and lay up for awhile on the rocky bottmos before taking its final cruise up river to the spawn- ing beds, feeding meanwhile, which will account for a still-fishing catch now and then. TRADE NOTES. Red "W" Hints. The Board of Experts, appointed by the National Rifle Association to decide upon the ammunition to be used by the American rifle team in the contest for the historic Palma trophy, which is to be shot for at Ottaw-a, Canada, next September, has selected the cartridges made by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Board recently held a competi- tive test of various makes of cartridges at Sea Girt, N. J., and in the test Winchester cartridges outshot all others. The testing was done at 1,000 yards, 32 targets being shot with each make of cartridge. The measurements of the targets showred that those with Winchester cartridges had an average radius of only 6.85 inches. The figures of the other contestants were, Remington-U. M. C, 7.30 inches; United Cart- ridge Company, 8.34 inches and Frankford Arsenal, 12.72 inches. The targets made by Winchester cartridges were not only the best of any in the competition, but they established a new high record for accuracy in such a contest. Rem-UMC Notes. The tournament of the Alhambra Gun Club, held at Martinez, Cal., July 27 to 29, brought forth a goodly crowd of shooters from several States. Not unlike the Pacific Coast Handicap tournament at Portland, most of the victories were carried off by shooters using the Remington-UMC combination. Mr. O. N. Ford of San Jose, Cal., won high amateur average with a score of 526 x 575. Mr. Tony Prior of San Francisco won second amateur average with a score of 524 x 575, both using Remington-UMC Arrow loaded shells. Mr. R. C. Reed with his Remington-UMC combina- tion won high professional average — 523 x 575. Nearly every trophy offered was won by shooters using Rem-UMC Arrow shells. Mr. O. N. Ford won the Alhambra Trophy with, a score of 178 x 200. Mr. F. K. Burnham won the special trophy with a score of 86 x 100. A. G. Fliekinger won the Mrs. F. K. Burnham trophy with a score of 69 x 75. Mr. Tony Prior won the St. Francis cup with a score of 188 x 200. Mr. Wm. P. Sears won the Ellery Arms Co. cham- pionship medal with the splendid score of 97 x 100. These winnings emphasize the fact that Rem- ington-UMC factory shells are the popular choice of the discriminating shooter. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. A CASE OF SOUR GRAPES. WHAT'S THE USE? MORE ABOUT BELWIN. There lias been a bitter spirit of opposition mani- fested against the American trotter by certain Rus- sian breeders tor some time and it has become more noticeable as the half-bred get of American sires have proved themselves better race horses than the pure-bred Russian trotters. American trotters are not allowed to race in Russia and even trotters car- rying fifty per cent, of American blood can only race in a limited number of races, so jealous are the advo- cates of Orloff blood. The latest move on the part of those Russians who wish to see even half-bred American horses prevented from taking part in the turf contests in Russia, is a plan to have a race from St. Petersburg to Moscow, with half-bred American trotters opposing pure-bred Orloff horses, all to draw cannon. The distance of the proposed race is ap- proximately 462 miles, and it will therefore take sev- eral days "for the horses to cover it drawing their heavy loads. There are, however, in Russia a num- ber of breeders who favor the retention of the Amer- ican trotter in that country, in fact many of whom believe in using our trotting blood to a far greater extent than it is now used, and they do not propose that the half-bred horses shall start in the race under any handicaps, as regards training, and they have engaged the noted American trainer, Frank Caton, who has been training trotters in Russia for a dozen or more years, to train the half-bred Americans for the contest. Caton has, during his stay in Russia, trained and driven more great money winners tnan any two Russian trainers have during the same peri- od and the chances are that he will be able to fit the trotters carrying American blood to do full justice to their breeding in the long distance contest, which means that they will defeat the Orloffs as they have in the regulation races on the track. — Horse Shoers' Journal. THE ELIGIBILITY BOOK. The National Trotting Association spent 5700 on the "Winraee and Eligibility Book," which is so full of errors as to mislead secretaries, and it is the in- tention of the American Trotting Association, I un- . derstand, to issue an order making the Year Book a part of the equipment of the tracks in membership with that body. The secretary of a minor track is indifferently paid, and to help him do his work as it should be done, a comprehensive compilation like the Year Book should always be in his office. It is something that he will appreciate, and the trifling cost of it should not stand in the way. I am told that Registrar Best's copy of the "Eligibility Book" is so shot full of correction holes that the compiler of it would not recognize it as his baby. The imperative need of the trotting turf at the present time is clarification, not obscuration, of per- formance. Breeders and trainers have too much at stake to permit the spread of methods which, sooner or later, will put them out of business — American Horse Breeder. That Capitola (3) 2:14%, W. J. Miller's great pacing mare, who was the champion two-year filly of the Pacific Coast in 1912. may never race again is the word received at Chico by George Trank, of Hamilton City, who has just returned from Canada, where L. B. Daniels has his stable of horses, includ- ing Capitola. Trank reports that Capitola has a bowed tendon and it is feared that she never will be able to race again. Of Daniels' four horses only one is in racing condition because of climatic conditions. Dan Logan became very poor when first taken to the north and for weeks it couldn't be determined what was the matter with him. This has been discovered and he is rapidly taking on weight. It is expected that he will be ready to race in about two weeks. Kid Cupid has not been in condition to race since he has been north, while Dean Swift won several races at the first of the season, but has had to be content with second place lately. Daniels was in a wrecK on the Canadian Pacific between Brandon and Regina about a week ago. Six ears turned over, while the last car, in which Daniels was riding, stayed on the track. It seems as though the sport of racing horses is beset with more trouble than it deserves. The anti- betting wave that has been sweeping over the coun- try the past few years has only affected racing in Kentucky in a mild degree, and the sport in that State has been in a fairly prosperous condition. But it seems that a new enemy has appeared upon the scene at Lexington in the ghost-like form of prohibi- tion. In other words, an election is to be held in the county in which Lexington is situated next Septem- ber, at which the life of John Barleycorn will hang in the balance. The thought of attending a race meeting at Lexington, when nothing better than cold water and grape juice can be obtained for drinking, has led President Tipton, of the Kentucky Horse Breeders' Association, to surmise that if prohibition is carried at this election it will necessitate the abandonment of the Grand Circuit meetings at Lex- ington in the near future, and the removal of the headquarters of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed- ers' Association to some other locality. We sincerely hope that the fears of Mr. Tipton are groundless, as no greater calamity could befall the people of Lex- ngton and the horse interests o fthe country than the abandonment of "the trots" that have made the Blue Grass region famous for more than a genera- tion.— Trotter and Pacer. [Special Commissioner in London Sportsman.] On the subject of American horses I have received a letter from Mr. Whale, who writes from Rickmans- worth, asking a question, the answer to which is, I think, fairly obvious. Mr. Whale says: "I was much interested in your article on American horses, and it struck me that what was formerly true of them can hardly be so now. Why has such an improvement in their general conformation taken place? I have only been racing seven or eight years, but some American-bred horses have taken my eye. I remember at Newmarket seeing Joyner's string come back from work, and I was tremendously im- pressed by them. I thought I had never seen a better-looking lot. I am speaking without the book, but amongst other good-looking horses he has had under his charge one can recall Whisk Broom, the Lady Frivoles filly, Meeting House, and Harmonicon, all of which would, in my opinion, compare favorably in looks with any of our best horses of late years, more especially the first-named, to my mind one of the best-looking horses that ever looked out of a stable door. Why has this improvement taken place ? By the way, were not Runnymede and Cataract, two grand horses, entirely American-bred?" It is perfectly clear, in my opinion, that the im- provement in general conformation of American horses since the period, twenty-seven years ago, to which I referred, is due to the large importation of English broodmares and stallions. Mr. J. R. Keene and other American breeders did great things in this way; indeed, Mr. Keene filled the whole Castleton Stud with imported mares, and, as a result, he at- tained his immense racing successes. Runnymede and Cataract, to which the writer of the letter refers, were out of a mare of pure English pedigree, and Voter, the sire of Runnymede, was carried out from England to America in utero. Of course, Tracery is an American-bred horse, but he is by an English horse out of an English mare. It was a very differ- ent class of animals that I saw in the States twenty- seven years ago, Hanover and Kingston alone excepted. Mr. H. P. Whitney does not often win two races in an afternoon nowadays, and therefore that achieve- ment by Harmonicon, by Disguise — Harpsichord, and Sandusky, by Burgomaster — Sandria, may fairly be regarded as the feature of yesterday's racing at Newmarket. Indeed. Sandman, by Broomstick — Sandria. almost made it a triple win, but Red Finch interposed in this instance. Harmonicon added to his reputation by defeating Lord Annandale and oth- ers, though it was by only a neck that last year's Stewards' Cup winner went under. For the rest it may be noted that Mr. W. Aster's First Spear can- tered away with the Falmouth Stakes. -Andrew Joy- ner came near to achieving the "hat trick," as he led off with winning the first race with Sandusky, and was second with Sandman. — London Sporting Life, July 16. THE HORSE IN PLEASURE, SPORT AND INDUSTRY. The tide is turning towards a more universal use of the Horse in Pleasure, Sport and Industry. It is evidenced by the unable-to-be-met demand for all classes of horses even at the present prevailing high prices, and in spite of their constantly increasing number through the encouragement of the breeding of more and better animals for all purposes. If even a small part of the 73 per cent, uleultivated land in the United States were devoted to an industry which can be made more profitable to the average farmer than the raising of any other product — if the horse may be termed a product — even then the supply would not meet the ever increasing demand. One of th emost prominent physicians in the country re- cently said, "Horseback riding is the best tonic in the world and the greatest preventative of disease." That being the case, one cannot express surprise at the constantly increasing number of riders seen in our public parks and country highways where the auto is a not too frequent visitor. It's a pity that there need be any restrictions along the line of safety which limit this most exhilarating sport, and there should be none. Why should the be-goggled driver of a buzz wagon be allowed to speed along beautiful country roads at a speed which almost prohibits the appearance of even a staid old Dobbin thereon, when in former years driving a horse or team at more than twelve miles an hour was deemed a criminal offence? Between you and me, consider- ing the appalling number of fatal accidents caused last year almost invariably by speeding, isn't there a limit? — The Horse Lover. HEAVY SPECULATION AT CLEVELAND. As the followers of the circuit proceed down the line and the week's racing passes into turf history the one particular feature of this meeting will never be forgotten — namely, speculation. "I have never seen anything like it in ten years," was the verdict of the widely known pool seller, Billy Fitch, yester- day, and he should know. The value of pool tickets surpassed anything on the trotting turf for years, while the total amount poured in daily has been unheard of. For the second time the local manage- ment used the pari-mutuel machines exclusively and the result this week proved that the system is highly approved by the speculators, as on the opening day the machine carried more money than the best day last year, while later in the week the. amounts more than doubled. — N. Y. Telegraph. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: In last week's "Breeder" there was an article about the great four-year-old trotter Belwin 2:06%, and it gave his dam as Bell Winnie 2:22%, by Ad- bell (1) 2:23, second dam Dame Winnie, dam of Palo Alto 2:08%, etc., by Planet (thoroughbred). This is an error. Belwin's second dam was Gertrude Rus- sell 2:23%, full sister to Palo Alto, and third dam Dame Winnie. This is better, as it gives Belwin two crosses to Electioneer, the champion sire of world's champions, and places the thoroughbred cross of Planet one remove farther away. In 1899 at the Palo Alto Stock Farm I broke and handled Bell Winnie, the yearling daughter of Adbell and Gertrude Russell, that was destined to become the dam of Belwin, that was one of the greatest of year- ling trotters and is today one of the greatest of four- year-old trotters. And when I read in the papers three years ago about McKinney's great yearling trotter I became greatly interested in him, as I knew all his ancestors and relatives on his maternal side for several generations and I considered then, as now, that he had a right to be his sire's greatest baby trotter, inheriting as he did through his dam, so much early speed. Adbell, the sire of his dam, was the world's champion yearling trotter in his day and held the record for fifteen years, and his dam, Beautiful Bells, was and still is the world's cham- pion mother of yearling champion trotters, having produced three yearling record breakers, besides a big family of fast colt trotters. Adbell was by Ad- vertiser (3) 2:16, a fast colt trotter, and he by Elec- tioneer, the world's greatest sire of early trotting speed. Belwin's second dam, Gertrude Russell 2:23%, was a full sister to Palo Alto 2:08%, ex-champion trotting stallion, and a fast colt trotter himself, as he trotted a mile almost thirty years ago in 2:23 as a two-year-old to high-wheeled sulky over the Palo Alto farm track, and thereby earning for him- self the name he bore and helped to make so famous, as upon that performance Governor Stanford decided he was the colt worthy to bear the name of the farm, then becoming known as a great nursery of early trotting speed. Gertrude Russell herself was a fast trotter, having as much or more speed than Palo Alto, but she was very erratic and practically uncontrollable. The running instinct of many gen- erations predominated in her yet she could trot quar- ters in 30 seconds. Her dam, old Dame Winnie, and Belwin's third dam, is the greatest thoroughbred dam of trotters, having produced the ex-champion trotting stallion and great racehorse, Palo Alto 2:08%, Lone Pine 2:18. Altivo (4) 2:1814. Gertrude Russell 2:23% and Big Jim 2:23%. Belwin is almost a California product, as his sire McKinney, while not bred in this State, was owned the greater part of his life here, earned his record and reputation as a great racehorse here, as well as the greater part of his reputation as a champion sire of 2:10 performers. We hope Belwin will not only acquire the world's four-year-old record but the world's stallion record as well, and congratulate "Honest Red" Gerrity upon having his great trotter in such splendid form. May he never suffer defeat. C. C. C. C. C. Crippen, who has had part of the Keefer & Spencer horses at Pleasanton while the rest of the stable have been at Salinas, has been working two daughters of Prince Ansel that are among the best, if not the very best of the get of that sire. They are the five-year-old mare Bonnie Ansel, no record, and the four-year-old filly Arista Ansel (2) 2:1834- Pre- vious to their arrival at Pleasanton, July 8th, Bonnie Ansel had only been a mile in 2:26 this year, with no fast quarters or halves, and Arista Ansel had not been better than 2:27, but both had been given plenty of slow work over the half-mile track at Santa Maria. On July 31st Mr. Crippen worked Bonnie Ansel a mile to a Miller cart in 2:15%, last half in 1:03%, last quarter in 30% seconds; and on the following day he worked Arista Ansel a mile in 2:16, last half in 1:04, last quarter in 31 seconds, also to cart. Both mares were worked alone and in no part of the mile, even at the last end, were they driven or fully extended. Mr. Crippen says he is sure that Bonnie Ansel can step a half right now to sulky in 1:01 and that Arista Ansel can do the same distance in 1:02. This filly is owned by E. M. Barber of San Diego and was raced last year in some of the three-year-old stakes, but was in poor physical con- dition and unable to maks as good a showing as had been expected of her. She is now in the pink of health and very strong and full of trot. Her dam is a full sister to Aristo 2:08, and Nuristo 2:12% that won the 2:20 class trot at Salinas last week, and was bred by Alex. Brown of Walnut Grove, former proprietor of the Woodland Stock Farm. Bonnie Ansel is a full sister to the fast trotting mare Bon- nie Princess that Charley Spencer worked in 2:07% at Lexington, Ky., last fall, and is now a member of Oscar Ames' stable that will race on the Great Western Circuit. Her dam., is Bonnie Derby, by Charles Derby, and second dam by Red Wilkes. She was also bred" and is still owned by Mr. Brown. Both these mares will be held over till 1915. They were shipped last Tuesday to Sacramento where they will join the rest of the Keefer & Spencer stable that are located there for the present. The National Eisteddifod of Wales, one of the most marvelous musical organizations in the world, will meet at the Exposition in 1915. $10,000 will he offered for the chief choral composition in which great choirs from every part of the earth will take part, and ?5.000 for the male choir competition. Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ! THE FARM j MILK SQUIRTS. Watch the heifers carefully about calving time. A little cars at the prop- er time often will be the means of averting the loss of a fine calf, its mother, or both. Flush the separator in plenty of cold water immediately after use. Take the bowl apart and wash with v.arm water and washing powder Wash all parts until they are thoroughly cleaned and then rinse them thoroughly vitb scalding hot water and place them in the clean milk supply tank to drain. The main consideration is economy. It almost goes without saying that a delivery system which does not reduce the prices of goods radically, as com- pared with those now charged by the retailers, will not be of any assistance to the municipal markets. And yet a delivery system would seem to be ne- cessary if the markets are to be pat- ronized properly. The greatest benefit as we see it is in the free use of cer- tain vacant lots to the growers of fresh garden truck, who are allowed to come onto the stands with their loads and do business without paying a license, while the people within a radius of half a mile or so are thus enabled to get vegetable supplies from first hands without paying tribute to two or three middlemen, and the plan will work all right so long as the peo- ple patronize it. Warranted to give satisfaction. 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Stock Ranch Abov? the Average, Mendocino County. 2.B90 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $:t-J,97U. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco. Cal. al Mcdonald PUBLIC TRAINING STABLE Pleasanton Driving Park Horses Trained and Campaigned. 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Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Wind Puff, Bowed Tendun, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Curb, Splint, Poll Evil, Fistula, etc., are prombtly reduced with ABSORBINE THE ANTISEPTIC LIMMENT It is a mild and pleasant remedy to use — does not stain or leave a greasy resi- due. It is soothing, cooling:, healing- and powerfully penetrating — strengthening and invigorating to tired, lame muscles or tendons. Allays pain promptly and takes out soreness and inflammation. Reduces swellings and soft bunches. In addition it is a safe and harmless ANTISEPTIC and GERMICIDE Applied to an open sore, wire cut or wound, it not only makes the part asep- tically clean, but kills the germs and causes a healthy healing — non-destructive of tissue. Effective in Poll Evil, Fistula, Quittor, Sores. Lacerations, Bruises. Absorbine does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be used. USE ABSORBINE to remove Bursal Enlargements, Bog Spavins. Thoroughpins, Puffs, Shoe Boils, Capped Hocks, Swollen Glands, Infiltrated Parts, Thickened Tissues, Rheumatic Deposits, Enlarged Veins, Painful Swellings and Affections; to reduce any strain or lameness; to repair strained, ruptured tendons, ligaments or muscles; to strengthen any part that needs it. ABSORBINE, $2.00 a bottle at druggists. "Write me about any special case on which you would like advice. Send for Free Book. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the test. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: Dillcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so'., of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Blake, Moffit & Towne De.l.r. in PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, I.os Anecl^fl Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalzi«l Every facility to give the best of pi o- fessional services to all cases of veteri i- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM, F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster un*i Chestnut Streets. San Francisco. Cal. GUNCRAFT By W. A. Brnette treatise on guns, ^ gun fitting, am- 't munition, wing vr-1- ■ ' and trap shoot- 'rfff The theoretical side of the subject has been covered with a scientific accuracy which makes it an up-lo-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the master eye, de- fects in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that will enable cither the ex- pert or the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fits bim and how to decide upon one that docs. It will enable him to ascertain why be misses some shots and is successful with others. The secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipc, the woodcock, tbc rutted grouse. and the duck family, arc illustrated by drawings and described in a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Cloih, $1.50 A California Diana of the Traps _ GOOD, wholesome, red corpuscle-making sport that their less fortunate sisters know nothing about is enjoyed by the hundreds of alert American women who have fallen in love with trapshooting. One such enthusiast, Mrs. Carl J. Schilling, of San Jose, Calif., is pic- tured in this message with her Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun. Mrs. Schilling — now champion woman trapshooter of California— is 4 feet 11 inches in height and weighs only 90 pounds, yet she shoots out the longest programs with the keenest pleasure. One Reason Why: The recoil in th; Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun is absorbed and put to useful work in loading and ejecting the cart- ridge. There is no loading fatigue or recoil shock to tire and annoy the shooter. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion 'A ^^■mmmmw LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 TFDJWC* 4^fl f/if iUa Co^rnn Payable at time of service. If mare does not ILIMTIJ. J>JV lUl Hie JZctSUtl provewith foal money is to be refunded. For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager. or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1654 . Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. G ETH I N WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S "Best on Earth" Axle Oil The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor | Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. | Fott and MantcTMnary •an Pranelaco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Iutlle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets Coolers Hopples Willians Toe Weights Gombaults Balsam Reducine Sav«-the-Horse Absorblne Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker Vita Oil Gi Embrocation Phono Park 1253 Send for Catalogue J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue _„. . naar Fillmore Str.et Wholesale and Retail M± BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco 6 Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FaMOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard-Bred Horses Attended to. 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. gTALLION CARDS Send Eor Our SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cuts Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies ETerytMa£ a Stallion Owner Needs Oar Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than yon can get ■ the printing alone. Send Eor samples and prices. Our Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a five -genera- tion pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; five-generations fcr $3 — all on a blank 14x17. A handsome five-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framing, for $6, two copies for £6.50 or Eve for $7. Address Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chkafo, IB. Tabulated Pedigrees 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 SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal Pacific Bldg\, Cor. Market and Fourth Sta. Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." Saturday, August 8, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 F. C. RIEHL Tacoma, Wash. Maker of Highest Score 94 x 100 Pacific Coast Handicap TO per cent of the shooters in this tournament shot DUPONT BALLISTITE or SCHULTZE Powders. The Highest Score in the Pacific Coast Handicap 94x100-19 yards Made by F. C. Riehl of Tacoma, Wash., July 22, 1914, SHOOTING SCHULTZE, "The Easy-on-the-shoulder Powder." Dr. E. H. Ott, Gresham, Ore., shooting DUPONT, tied tor first AMATEUR honors in PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. Score: 9.3 x 100 — 16 yds. Messrs. Gilmore, San Diego, Cal., shooting DUPONT from 17 yds., and Gregory, Vancouver, Wash., shoot- ing DUPONT, from 16 yds., TIED FOR THIRD PLACE. Shoot-off won by Gilmore, — 20 STRAIGHT. THE FIVE HIGHEST AMATEUR AVERAGES MADE WITH SMOKELESS POWDERS J. L. D. Morrison, 325 x 350, BALLISTITE F. M. Troeh, 322 x 350, SCHULTZE Henry Wihlon, 317 x 350, DUPONT L. Rayburn, 317 x 350, DUPONT D. J. Holohan, 315 x 350, DUPONT FOR SPORTING POWDER BOOKLETS AND TRAP- SHOOTING INFORMATION, WRITE TO SPORTING POWDER DIVISION. Established DU PONT POWDER CO., Wilmington, 18 0 2 Delaware. C. A. Haight, Mgr. Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco CALIFORNIA vesti Track Harrows Cut down high places fill and pack low ones drag out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH ELASTIC OVER ITS SUR- V\e court personel in- l. NDER" is a new low STEEL HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. KALAMAZOO. MICHIGAN, u. S. FOR SALE:- STAR TILDEN, br. s. by STAR POINTER 1:59 1-4, Dam JESSIE TILDEN, by ROY WILKES 2:06 I-2. STAR TILDEN has no mark and is staked through the California Circuit. He was six years old June 7, 1914. STATEMENT BY CHAS. L. DERYDER, April 9, 1914, who has had STAR TILDEN since he was foaled: "In regard to your colt (Star Tilden), I have always felt that he was a good pacer and I have no reason to change my mind. He paced in Two-Seven and a Fraction in a race last year, and I believe should race around 2:05 or 2:06 this year. At Santa Rosa, he stepped each one of the miles faster than the winner did, coming the last half of each one of those miles in 1:02. His legs are perfectly clean and sound and he is absolutely sound in every way. I don't know of a green pacer in California that can go in 2:10 outside of Star Tilden, wThich makes his chances look pretty good to stake through this country." My reason for selling is, that I have no time to devote to the racing game. I will price him right. Apply to Geo. W. Putnam, owner, at Salt Lake City, Utah, or to H. G. Smith,, of Pleasanton, California, who is now getting him ready for the fall races. Makes TJiem Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound Allays fever and inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure. UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, sboe bolls, wind puffs, thoroughpinB and bunches of all kinds, bowed, strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, nip and stifle lameness, weak joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without lossofnairor a.day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal, in- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between beats and after bard workouts. Price $2. OO per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16. OO per doz. ; $10. 00 per «a/. W. K. SMITH & CO., Tiffon, Ohio. W. E. DETELS, Pleasanton, Cal., Distributing Agent, for the Pacific Coast. SHOWING THE MISSOURIAN that Hercules E. C. and Infallible are THE Powders BUNCETON, MO. C. B. Eaton, High Amateur 190x200— shooting E. C. Chas. G-. Spencer, High Professional 195x200— shooting E. C. J. L. Head, Second High Professional 191x200— shooting E. C. Dan G. Barstow, Third High Professional 189x200— shooting Infallible. MILAN, MO. W. L. Mulford, High Amateur 191x200— shooting E. C. . Dan G. Barstow, High Professional 197x200— shooting Infallible. VANCOUVER, B. C. B. C. Championship -won by T. H. OLIVER, 49x50 — shooting E. C. E. E. Ellis, High Amateur, 288x305— shooting E. C. P. O'Brien, Second High Amateur, 282x305 — shooting E. C. T. H. Oliver, Fourth High Amateur, 278x305— shooting Infallible. C. E. Owens, Fifth High Amateur, 272x305— shooting E. C. H. E. Poston, High Professional, 290x305— shooting Infallible. Longest run of tournament made by H. E. Poston— 103— shooting Infallible. If you want to be shown that shells loaded with E. C. or Infallible ARE THE BEST — just try them. You will get uniform loads, as well as uniformity in Powder itself. High velocity but little recoil. HEUCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. J. E. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. ^j San Francisco, Cal. j PARKER GUN VICTORIES AT HOME The Classic Event of the Year in Shooting Circles, was won by MR. PETER O'BRIEN at Portland, Oregon, on July 22, shooting his '•Old Reliable" PARKER GUN". On May 4th. at Modesto, during California-Nevada tournament, MR. TONY PRIOR won the Grand Trophy on 2o straight, and on May 6th, at same place, by scoring 94xxl00 at 21 yards, THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA HANDICAP, scoring last 50 straight, with his 34-in. barrel PARKER GUN. May 12th to 14th, at San Diego tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored high professional average, 467 out of 500 targets. May 15th to 17th, at Los Angeles tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at. including A RUN OF 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 480 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. JttEINE PFIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion. Messrs. Mitchell and Pfirrman used 34-inch barrel PARKERS. And at — SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — The Utah State Shoot held here May 28th. 29th and 30th was one of the most important events of the season. Competition for High Scores was keen. HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE WON BY S. A. HUNTLEY, Vancouver, Wash. ; 521 x 525 — shooting a 34-inch PARKER GUN. For full information regarding guns In gauges from S to 28, address, PARKER BROS., lYiericlen, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warrer Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition ^nd Rifles PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO Telephone Kearny 1883. COLCHER BROS. 510 Market St., San Frar.-i.ec. , cal 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 8, 1914. The Best Horse Boots fiNE Harness nORSE BOOTS The only Manufacturer of Horse Boots on the Pacific Coast. MODEL 1912 20 GAUGE Hammerless Repeating Shotgun If you ever used a light gun in hunting you will appreciate the advantages of this new hammerless repeater. It weighs only about 5H pounds — the weight of a .22 caliber rifle — yet it is the strongest repeating shotgun on the market, because constructed throughout of Nickel Steel. Coupled with this remarkable lightness and strength are gracefulness of outline and perfection of balance and finish. Its action is positive and works with an ease and smoothness not found in repeating guns of other makes. The gun can be taken apart easily and quickly and shoots fully up to the high 'Winchester standard. A 20 GAUGE THROUGHOUT UNEQUALLED IN LIGHTNESS AND STRENGTH SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle Going After Doves or Rabbits Probably you'll plan pretty carefully — just where and wheu to go and you'll look over your outfit a dozen times or more. If you take the same care in selecting ammunition you'll get SELBY LOADS because they are loaded right and fresh and fresh ■ loads bring home "limits." SELBY LOADS AT YOUR DEALERS Loaded on the Pacific Coast Special Loads at Short Notice MT. DIABLO CEMENT bast for foundation*, dairy floors, fruit dryar floors, ate. at*. SANTA CRUZ LIME best for brleklayicg and plastering. MT DIABLO LIME bast for spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY 9 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. *%. * VOLUME LXV. No. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Y»»r THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 3 914. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 TFDIUIG* C**fl fnr iho ^.ancnn Payable at time of service. If mare does not I Cnm J. fJV lUr me JZdSUIl provewith foal money is to be refunded. For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager. or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldgr. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S "Best on Earth" Axle Oil The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. -:^:-^:-fc:^:-^-:^-:-^-:-^:^-:-^-:-^:-^-:-^-:-i-:-'i-:-^-:-^:-'i'-:-^-:-'i'-:-'i-:-^-:-'i'-:-'i'-:-^:-^-K Paat and M«ntfom«ry ■an Fr.n.l.co ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for jjtl a month The First National Sate Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. SELLS' TURF GOODS A Complete Assortment at Right Prices Tuttle and Clark's Electric Stallion Shield Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets Coolers Hopples Wfflians Toe Weights Gombaults Balsam Reducine Sav «-the-Horse Absorblne Tweed's Linament Smith Wonder Worker Vita Oil Gl Embrocation Phone Park 1253 Send for Catalogue J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Colden Cate Avenue near Fillmore Street Wholesale and Retail BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco & Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FnfflOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts ot Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard- Bred Horses Attended to. 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. s TALLION CARDS Send lor Our SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cats Horse Books Impregnators, Supports Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion Owner Needs Our Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than you can get ■ ■ ■ the printing alone. Send tor samples and prices. Our Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a Ei ve-genera- Hon pedigree {blood lines only) for $1. A four- generation tabula* Hon with ancestor's record progeny for $2; Five-Generations for $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome £i ve-generalion tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framiog, for $6, two copies lor 56.50 or five for $7. Address Magnus Flaws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn St, Chicago, UL Tabulated Pedigrees 1 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 SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Ppcific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BU ILDI NG Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 Bast 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms— Onf year, $3; six months, J1.75; three months, |1. Foreign postage Jl per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair)— September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Riverside— October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. grand Rapids Aug. 3.8 Kalamazoo Aug 10.15 Fort Erie Aug. 24.26 N. Y. State Fair Aug 31-Sept 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) .' . .' .' . Sept 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington 0ct 5_17 ADVERTISING is necessary in every business and the man who advertises judiciously will get a good return for his money. As a rule the men who own trotting bred stallions are not judicious advertisers, the principal reason being that they have devoted no study to this branch of their business. The com- ing State Pair which will open at Sacramento, Sep- tember 12th, will afford owners a most excellent opportunity to advertise their stallions, and while we do not expect any very large number will take advantage of the situation we feel as though the matter should be brought to their attention. The State Fair is held at a time when the breeding season is over, and there will be no loss of services or time that is valuable, if stallions are shipped there and placed on exhibition. But if this exhibition is not made in a proper manner it would be better not to make it at all. In the first place, the horse should be in a show condition; that is, he should be reason- ably fat, in good coat and feeling well. His stall should be kept perfectly clean and decorated in a neat but not lavish manner. There should be a large card on the outside giving his name and breeding and such facts in regard to his record and produce as can be stated in a few words. During certain hours of the day the horse should be on exhibition with an attendant to lead him out for the inspection of breeders. Small cards containing a good picture of the horse, his tabulated pedigree, terms of service and where he will make the next season should be distributed among the visitors. If the horse is for sale it should be so stated. To l.ake a stallion to the State Fair and exhibit him there will not cost more than a couple of average priced service fees, and ten times this number may be secured by such advertising. The man who owns a stallion and would make a profit from him, must be ready and willing to make his horse's qualifications known to the public. Advertising through the turf papers is the most profitable way of accomplishing this end, but exhibiting at fairs is a great assistance and can be done at a small cost. We should like to see the standard bred trotting stallions make a numerous and creditable showing at Sacramento this year. THERE MAY be much difference of opinion as to "whether the rules of registration for standard bred torses are worded just as they should be, but this should not prevent owners from registering all of them that come under the rules. Registration will not make your horses trot or pace any faster but it will help their sale and enable you to get a larger price than you can possibly get for horses of the same breeding and individuality that are not regis- tered. Hardly a day passes but a buyer turns down a trade because the horse is not registered. Regis- tration stops all argument as to pedigree and a cer- tificate of registration often has more effect on a buyer than a half-hour of "strong conversation." If your horses are eligible register them, and do it now. LAST Wednesday, August 12th, two world's rec- ords were loweredp at Kalamazoo, Mich. The hand- some big brown three-year-old Peter Volo, bred by W. E. D. Stokes of the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, sired by Peter the Great 2: 07% out of Nervolo Belle by Nervolo 2:04% (son of Col- bert 995S and Nellie D. by Allie Gaines 2380) ; sec- ond dam Josephine Knight by Betterton 8022 (son of Geo. Wilkes 2:22 and Mother Lumps by Pearsall 243) ; third dam Mambrino Beauty (dam of Betty King (p.) 2:23Vi, H. R. Hiatt (p) 2:17, sire of the pacer Reckless 2:12%, etc.), by Mambrino King: fourth dam by Allie West 745; fifth dam by Alcalde 103, and sixth dam by Shropshire's Tom Hal, won the Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurity for three-year-old trotters in three straight heats defeat- ing the best field of three-year-olds which has ever started in this stake. In doing so he trotted in 2:04%, 2:05% and 2:06%, which are the fastest heats ever trotted by a stallion. The heats were also the three fastest by a three-year-old trotter. Long live Peter Volo 2:04%. May he lower the record to two minutes before the autumn leaves turn russet, as was predicted by a contemporary in an Eastern horse journal, and when in the stud he will prove to be one of the greatest sires of early and extreme speed, even if he is not bred in lines to suit certain fastidious sticklers for pure trotting bred sires that do not trace to any horse that was a noted pacer. Peter Volo upsets all their theories in this respect, for his dam was by Nervolo, that had a pacing record of 2:04%, and Nervolo was by Colbert, another celebrated pacer, with a race record of 2:08%, and he traces to Tom Hal. GREAT preparations are being made for the Port- land, Oregon, race meeting which commences next Wednesday, August 19th. Many of the horses that remained last week in Canada to compete in the races for which they were named have been arriv- ing daily at the Portland track. It is earnestly hoped that good weather will prevail so that there will be no excuse for not starting. The fields are all large, and as prosperity has smiled most favorably upon the people of our sister State, their anxiety to attend this meeting has increased accordingly. Many horses will appear that have never faced a starter, but the tales of their remarkable trials in workouts have created a widespread interest in them, and what they will do when lined up for the word in legitimate contests over this splendid race course. Secretary Fred T. Merrill has worked hard and faith- fully to make this, the initial meeting of tne Rose City Speedway Association, a success and his efforts should be sustained by all horse owners and trainers in striving to have their horses ready when called so that there will be no tiresome delays. In these times the public looks for and expects quick action in all out-door sports and will not stand for long delays. The command "Play bsll!" has done much to place baseball where it is, in the estimation of the American public, and the warning bell that races must begin should demand a prompt obedience on the part of every one interested in light harness horse racing. Let us hear that everything goes with a "vim" and a "snap" at the Portland meeting and the good news will no doubt spur the management of subsequent race meetings to continue this inno- vation. HORSE BREEDERS and owners should make a special effort this year to have a fine display at the State Fair. There are many entries to the harness races, and consequently there will be many standard bred horses to compete for the premiums hung up, but it is to the breeders of draught stock, saddle horses, roadsters, carriage horses and ponies that we would appeal. California is without doubt the best place in the world to breed horses. Not that we can raise any better horses than Kentucky or New England, but we can raise them for less money, and therefore can compete with the world in selling them. Every person who is acquainted with the con- dition of the horse market knows that there is a shortage of good horses in all breeds. In the draught breeds especially does the supply fail to come up to the demand and this shortage cannot be made up for years. The farmers and stock breeders of this Coast have just awakened to this fact and quite a number of fine stallions have been imported to the State during the past year. It is to be hoped their owners will see the advisability of taking these horses to Sacramento and showing them at the State Fair this year, as a fine display of draught stock will not only get the farmers of the State interested in breeding heavy horses, but such a show will make one of the most attractive features of the fair. To all breeders we would say: Exhibit your stock. It will pay. EASTERN STABLES WILL WINTER HERE. In a communication received from Mr. Chas. L. DeRyder, who is now racing his stable on the Grand Circuit, he informs us that the pick of the best sta- bles now in training will be shipped here at the close of the present racing season and will spend next winter in California preparing for the spring meeting of the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- tion. Among the stables whose coming is assured are those of Lon McDonald, Capt, David Shaw, W. L. Snow and E. F. Geers, with a probability of Tommy Murphy and Walter Cox. o MATINEE AT HOLLISTER. The Hollister Driving Club will hold a racing mat- inee at the Riverside race track Sunday, August 16 (tomorrow), starting promptly at 1:30 p. m. In order to defray the expenses of putting the track in shape, a general admission charge of 25 cents will be made. Four races are carded, and all of them promise to furnish good amusement to all who attend. Follow- ing is the program as selected by the racing com- mittee, but is subject to change: Match race, % mile, 2 in 3 — S. J. Overstreet's Rex and Jerry Wright's Billy Bounce. Mixed race. 2 in 3. mile heats — Jack Kydd's Ben Alto, Al. Wilson's Teddy B. and Killis Ware's Prince Alto. 2:40 class, V2 mile heats, 2 in 3 — Albert Elliot's Mul- berry Queen, M. J. Caldera's Benton Boy Jr., Joe Daly's Josephine, R. Bleifus' Butcher Boy and F. J. Filocheau's Red Hots. Buggy horse race, % mile, 2 in 3 — George Cagney's Dan Patch, Art Neilson's Duke. This race still open for en- tries. Everybody invited to come and enjoy a pleasant afternoon. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB MATINEE. Entries for the San Francisco Driving Club races at the Stadium track tomorrow are as follows: First race — 2:24 mixed: Baldy Mitchell, H. Campodon- ico; Emma M., W. Malough; Steve D.. J. Tassi; Dalta A., E. T. Ayres; Springtime. F. Clotere. Second race — 2:20 mixed: King Pointer, H. Campo- donico: Laddie G-, J. Holland; Roman Boy, W. A. Dough- erty; Ishmael, F. Lauterwasser. Third race — free-for-all pace: Delilah. J. C. Welsh; Happy Dentist, J. J. Ryan; Frank N., M. Ford. Fourth race — free-for-all trot: Birdeye, A. Combata- lade; Ida M., H. Boyle; Silver Hunter, T. D. Sexton; J. C. Simpson, A. Ottinger; Nutwood Lou. A. Ottinger. Fifth race — 2:15 pace: Geo. Gin. G. J. Ginannini: Dolly Vardin, P. McCart; Tom Murphy, E. T. Ayres; Brad- mont, G. J. Giannini. Sixth race — 2:18 pace: Dicto, McKinney stable; G. J. P., R. Consani; Wm. Tell, T. D. Sexton; Little Dick, H. Ohlandt Jr.; Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen. Exhibition mile by request: Dick W. 2:08%, Mr. A. Ot- tinger up. Judges — Bert Edwards, Jno. Holland and Tim Sex- ton. Timers — Fred Lauterwasser, Fred Clotere and Hugh Boyle. The races start at 1 p. m. TROPHIES FOR SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB RACES. First Race — 2:25 Mixed: Trophy presented by Mr. Wm. Glindemann, jew- eler, 818 Market street, San Francisco, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Second Race — 2:20 Mixed: Trophy presented by Schiff Brothers of Claremont Hotel, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Third Race — Free-For-AII Pace: Trophy presented by Judge Geo. A. Sturtevant, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Fourth Race — Free-For-AII Trot: Trophy presented by Frank C. Johnson, Secretary of State, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Fifth Race — 2:15 Pace: Trophy presented by Judge E. P. Shortall, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Sixth Race — 2:18 Pace: Trophy presented by Mr. William F. Roeder, to the San Francisco Driving Club. Exhibition Mile: Trophy presented by Mr. A. J. Francis of the Mor- gan Jewelry Co., to the San Francisco Driving Club. TIME ON THE GRAND" CIRCU IT. For the present season the time average made at Cleveland, Detroit and Grand Rapids follows: Grand Trotting. Pacing. average Cleveland 2:09.61 2:09.26 2:09.42% Detroit 2:10.25% 2:07.43% 2:08.84% Grand Rapids 2:09.99 2:04.94% 2:06.96% Kalamazoo 2:13.45 2:05.88 2:09.66% The grand average time for the three meetings is two seconds faster than the time made last year. It rained at Kalamazoo, Mich., on Thursday and the Grand Circuit races were, in consequence, post- poned; which accounts for the meager report in this week's issue. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. BETTING AT RACE TRACKS. AT THE SACRAMENTO TRACK. Monica McKinney. known as "Yellow Mary," took Birdeye, the sensational butcher-cart horse, into camp at the Park Stadium last Sunday in one of the closest and most exciting races ever witnessed in a local matinee. It took four heats to decide a winner and the pair were bunched in every contest. Ida M., the game and true fourteen-year-old mare, tried hard but was simply outfooted. Ida M. set a sizzling pace in the first heat, but cracked at the three-quarter pole, and Yellow Man' and Birdeye hooked up for a stretch duel. The mare came from behind to get a neck verdict in the fast time of 2:14%. Birdeye took the lead at the start in the next and led all the way, Monica being a length and a half behind at the finish. Birdeye broke at the start and again in the stretch of the third heat, but even then he closed resolutely to make Dan Hoffman put up a driving finish. The fourth and final heat was a remarkably close affair. The pair raced head and head as if a team clean up to the head of the stretch. There Monica drew out a little, and it was nip and tuck right to the wire. Monica clearly hung a nose decision on the Butchertown favorite, and the crowded stands went wild with enthusiasm. Yesterday's race was the first of a series of two contests between the rival trotters. The other race will not come off, however, for A. Combatalade, Birdeye's owner, was peeved at being beaten in the last heat, and announced that Monica will be allowed to take the cup without opposition. It is an un- sportsmanlike stand, for Birdeye was beaten fairly and squarely. The other races on the California Driving Club's programme brought out some keen light-harness com- petition. Pointer Belle, a rangy pacer, copped the 2:15 pace in straight heats in the creditable time of 2:13 and 2:14. Victor Pointer was the contender, but was outclassed. Horseshoe Boy gave another demonstration that he is a pretty nifty trotter by. walking away with the fourth race in straight heats. Horseshoe Boy is cre- ating a deal of interest among horsemen because only several months ago he sold for the meager sum of 565 and is now trimming all the crack matinee favorites. Mable Dillon had too much foot for the field in the 2:20 pace and won off by herself in straight heats. Emma M., the veteran campaigner, was winner of the 2:25 trot. The summary: First race — 2:25 trot: Emma M. (W. Malough) 1 1 Pride of Elmhurst (J. D. Johnstone) 2 2 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 4 Dalta A. (E. T. Ayres) 5 3 Vastida (J. Paris) 4 5 Queen Pointer (J. Vermet) 6 6 Time— 2:28%. 2:28*4. Second race — Free-for-all trot: Monica JIcKinnev (Hoffman & Sicotte) 1 2 11 Birdeve (A. Combatalade) 2 1 2 2 Ida Si. (H. Boyle) 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:14i-,, 2:16iA, 2:18, 2:17. Third race — 2:lo pace: Pointer Beue (Kidd & Keating) 1 1 Victor Pointer (D. Y\\ Keating) 2 2 Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 3 4 PoUv Varden (P. McCart) 6 3 Little Medium (Dr. H. E. Allen) 4 5 T. D. W. (H. Conn) 5 6 Time— 2:13. 2:14. Fourth race — 2:20 trot: Horseshoe Boy (A S. Hanks) 1 1 Sutton (J. J. Gethen) 2 2 Harold K. (J. V. Galindo) 4 3 Muggins (F. Burton) 3 4 Time— 2:17%. 2:20%. Fifth race — 2:20 pace: Mabel Dillon (B. Cohn) 1 1 Roman Bov (W A. Dougherty) 2 2 Jack (G. Conlan) 4 3 Gold Bond (C. Lee) .3 4 Time— 2:17*4, 2:18V>- HELD FOR HORSE SWINDLE. One of the big fraudulent schemes that have been unearthed by the government officials in the middle West was heard at Kansas City, July 21st, when A. J. Highly, an attorney, was arrested charged with conspiracy to defraud by use of the mails. He was indicted at Omaha recently with fifty-two other men. The indictment alleges that Highley and others planned in January, 1910, to advertise the sale of horses that were supposed to be on a ranch in Ari- zona. Literature which the men are charged with sending through the mail asserted that 9,100 head were kept on the ranch and that for a payment of $50 any person ccould rope one of the animals and claim it for his own. In the advertising the horses were said to be of the finest breed and young. Investigation, according to the indictment, dis- closed the fact that fewer than 500 head were kept on the ranch and that a majority of them were so wild that they would have been useless for any pur- pose. Thousands of dollars, it is said, were obtained from farmers throughout the Middle West who thought they saw a chance to obtain fine breeding animals. One unusual feature of the case is that the alleged conspiracy to defraud was made on January 12, 1910. of that year Section 215 of the penal code providing prosecution for a conspiracy to defraud became effec- tive so that immunity was escaped by twelve days. Highley denied all charges in the indictment and said that instead of being one of the conspirators he was one of those "bilked" in the transaction. The case against all the indicted men probably will be taken ip in November in Omaha. — Spirit of ehthe West. o Frank Childs of Leata J. fame, has been engaged to drive the horses of Dr. J. C. McCoy. In the lobby of the Hollenden at Cleveland the question arose as to the treatment of the speculative feature of racing by the daily press. .One of the earnest young scribes insisted that betting was a controlling factor of contest and to pass it over in silence would not he just to the readers of his jour- nal. Subscribers fall off when news is suppressed. The distortion of fact, however, is not news and when long pursued it makes the intelligent reader tired. Exaggeration is not the kind of news that keeps the healthy minded loyal to the morning or evening papers. Two of the listeners were Mr. Robt. McAfee of Pittsburgh and Hon. J. W. McNichol of Philadelphia, and what these gentlemen do not know about the politics of Pennsylvania is scarcely worth knowing. Both are owners of trotting horses and take keen interest in the advancement of the breeding stand- ard. Mr. McAfee explained that when in England he had looked at every angle of the betting question and was satisfied that interference with the amuse- ment of the people would increase the spirit of dis- content. Betting gives zest to racing and is a safety valve for pent-up emotion. Without it dissatisfaction with the social order of life would grow in the ranks of toiling thousands. Through all periods of civiliza- tion one of the keynotes to government has been amusement of the masses. Racing which eliminates the weak from the strong, certainly is a robust form of amusement, and men of quick discernment em- brace every good opportunity to keep it alive. It is conceded that betting when carried to ex- tremes leads to demoralization and hardship for some families, and that, therefore, it calls for wise regulation. The earnest problem is the degree and kind of regulation necessary to promote individual and national growth. Senator McNichol referred to the advice he once gave to the followers of the late Senator Tim Sullivan. "Let Mr. Belmont and his friends remain in the control of the turf; do not repeat the New Jersey folly of opening tracks like Gloucester and Guttenberg to invite the bitter criti- cism of the church: keep within the bounds of mod- eration and do not forget that the best way to live long is to let others live." Radical movements are strengthened by the abuse of privilege. The spirit of greed is prone to forget this and the end is the overthrow of all things which smack of privilege. On a few of the races at Cleveland there was stiff betting but the volume of speculation was not as great as represented by sensationalists. The after- math of the use of too much color in description may be an enquiry into the cause of an evasion, of stat- utes. On Monday following the close of the North Randall meeting a newspaper dispatch from Lima was published stating that "The action of local pas- tors in serving warning that no pool selling will "be permitted at the driving park will probably result in the abandonment of all future race meetings in the city." The Lima action probably would have been avoided had not highly colored news reports from Cleveland been so widely published. Before leaving Cleveland I talked with some of the officers of the Forest City Live Stock and Fair Co. and they were nervous over the sensational reports telegraphed from that city. And a prominent breeder of conservative thought wrote me: "Just such fool statements as are in the enclosed clipping draw at- tention to betting and start up the reformers, but the newspapers want sensations regardless of results to others." One of the officers of the North Randall Associa- tion said with biting sarcasm: "Should the exag- geration of betting odds start a crusade against racing and lead to the closing of tracks, the daily journals, hungry for what they are pleased to call news, would be in high feather because the shutting of gates would add to the volume of news. The reporters would simply have something more to write about." Anything out of the beaten path, every de- parture from fixed standards, every lapse that ex- cites gossip, is news and it furnishes an excuse for the invasion of home. According to the ethics of some journalists nothing is sacred, and little troubles of the domestic circle are given the widest publicity for the purpose of increasing circulation. — Hamilton Busby in The Horseman. MATINEE AT SACRAMENTO. Some of the fastest horses in the State, scheduled to perform in the State Circuit to open in Santa Rosa in the near future, will be entered in a big free racing matinee, to be held at the local race track Sunday. The meet, which will be held under the auspices of the Sacramento Driving Club, will be called at 1:30 Sunday afternoon. Five races will be run off. Following the close of the recent meet at Salinas, two carloads of aspirants to honors in the State Circuit were shipped to Sacramento to complete their training on the State Fair grounds track. Nearly all of these horses will be seen in action- Sunday. Jim Logan and Teddy Bear have already entered in the free-for-all pace. It is probable Stockton and San Francisco will send their best to Sacramento for the meet Sunday, as it will be the final meet of the season prior to the opening of the circuit in Santa Rosa. The horses will leave for Santa Rosa August 25th. From Santa Rosa they will go to Woodland and return to Sacramento to appear in the State Fair program. Many of the fastest horses in California are train- ing here for the races to be held at the State Fair in September. These horses raced at Salinas, but instead of going direct to Santa Rosa, where the next meet will be held the last of this month, they came to Sacramento to train on account of the excellent condition of the track. The track is unusually fast this year and horsemen generally are looking forward to a number of new records being established this fall. Secretary Charles W. Paine has spared neither time nor expense to put the track into shape, and judging from present indi- cations, his efforts have been amply rewarded. Be- sides being fast and holding well, none of the horses working on the track are lame, although many of them returned limping from the Salinas meet. Among the star performers is Jim Logan, being trained by his owner, J. E. Montgomery of Davis. Jim Logan is one of the fastest pacers on the \\ est- ern turf, with a record of 2:02%. He starts in the free-for-all pace this year. Montgomery also has a mare, Maxine, that prom- ises to give a high-class performance. Maxine is a daughter of Jim Logan, and established a record at Salinas of 2:15. This was made in the breeders' futurity. Her dad, Jim Logan, won the breeders' futurity in 1909, which was quite a coincidence in racing circles. She was the first of Jim Logan's colts to race. Montgomery is also looking forward to a winner in Lock Logan, a half-brother of Jim Logan. He is a four-year-old pacer and has done a mile in 2:14. The last half was in 1:03 and the last quarter in 30% seconds. Sam Hoy of Winters has Farcracker and May Alto, local track. May Alto is entered in the ?5000 stake. Teddy Bear, Charles Silva's well known pacer, is conditioning for the 2:07 pace. The performances of Teddy Bear, whose record is 2:05, are always in- teresting. Senator H„ with a 2:10% mark and owned by Silva, is entered in the 2:10 pace. S. H. Cowell of Santa Cruz is training a number of horses at the fair grounds. Among them is Dione II., a green mare that starts in the $5000 trot. He also has Panama and Melrose, green trotters. Frank Ruhstaller's Moko Hall, a 2:11% trotter, is entered in the Governor's stake. His Expedio, with a record of 2:09%, is entered in the free-for-all trot. C. E. Wells, a hop grower and rancher of May- hew, has a beautiful black horse, Bonnie Derby, starting in the amateur trot this fall. Walter Tryon, who is training for Wells, expects fast results from the beginner. HAL BOY'S SPLENDID SHOWING. The leading money winning pacer of 1914, to date, is the bay gelding Hal Boy, now being campaigned in the Canadian Northwest by Lew Childs, the Spo- kane, Wash., horseman, and driven by the latter"s son, Marvin Childs. Since the season opened Hal Boy has started in ten races, winning nine of them, including a ?4,000 event at Winnipeg, Man., and a series of ?1,000 events at other points. His winnings foot up to $5,610, and he is liable to increase this considerably in the farther progress of the campaign. At present he is far in advance of any other pacer of 1914 as a money winner, though as the Grand Circuit waxes older he may lose his "pride of place" to some of its stars. Hal Boy is a seven-year-old bay gelding bred in Oregon, and sired by the famous pacing race horse and sire Hal B. 2:04%, dam Altalena (also dam of Sunny Jim, p. 2:11%, etc.), by Altamont 2:26%, son of Almont 33. He just dropped into the standard list in 1913 with a record of 2:24%. His best win- ning heat so far this year has been in 2:12%, at Cal- gary, Alta., but it is evident that he can pace a lot faster. He is able to negotiate any kind of a track, and has been fortunate in winning a number of his engagements in slow time owing to heavy going. His manager and driver are, respectively, the father and brother of trainer Frank Childs, well known on the Grand Circuit as the driver of Leata J. p. 2:03, and now in the employ of Dr. J. C. McCoy. ROBERTA BINGEN'S RECORD. Hohokus, N. J., Aug. 6. — Roberta Bingen, driven by Bud Murray, established a two-heat record for a three-year-old hlly here today at the fair grounds in the third day's racing of the Metropolitan Circuit, covering the two miles over the half-mile track in 2:14% and 2:13%. The best figures for a previous performance could not be ascertained, but it was offi- cially announced from the stand as a new world's record. Close followers of light-harness racing de- clared that had the latter mile, 2:13%, been run over a mile track it would have established a new heat record for a three-year-old filly. They claimed it would have been fully a 2:12 clip, the best mark at present being 2:12%. The latter record, 2:12%. for a three-year-old filly was made five years ago by Muta Guy. owned by A. B. Coxe. The performance of the Bingen filly astounded the followers of the sport, as the track is none too good, being almost circular and the footing rather poor. Both heats were productive of exciting finishes, and Fayre Rosamond, a brown mare, was responsible for forcing the winner to the world's record, as she pressed the winner hard throughout and made neces- sary driving finishes in the stretch. Roberta Bingen is a bay filly, foaled 1911 by Bin- gen 29567. dam Oratrix 2:21% by Orator 14242; grandam Frenzy 2:27% by Florida. Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE GREAT BROOD MARE SANTOS. HORSES AND MULES SELL AT WAR PRICES. When the Grand Circuit cavalcade and followers sojourn in Kalamazoo tor the week ot August 10th to 15th, they will be afforded an opportunity to make the acquaintance of Santos by Grand Sentinel, one of the greatest broodmares of the harness turf. Sec- retary W. P. Engelman of Recreation Park has made arrangements with Mrs. D. D. Streeter, owner of Santos, whereby the famous matron will be taken to the park and placed in a box stall, which will be erected near the grand stand, and in a position easily accessible to all visitors to the races. Santos is twenty-seven years of age. She was sired by Grand Sentinel, dam, Shadow by Saddler- ville. She has the distinction of being the dam of seven in the 2:30 list, all trotters, and by seven different sires. Two of her colts early showed a decided inclination to pace but were not trained. Santos will live forever in harness horse lore, as the dam of Peter the Great 2:071,4, and J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08. Through these wonderful sires she is able to demonstrate her never-failing ability to trans- mit extreme speed to colts. It is quite commonly admitted that Peter the Great ,sired by Pilot Medium, and J. Malcolm Forbes, sired by Bingen, are more clearly marked on the dam's side than on the sire's. As a progenitor of extreme speed in young things, Santos is probably the greatest broodmare in the harness racing world. Through her two famous sons her blood lines trace to twenty-four 2:10 performers and 112 with marks of better than 2:30. Santos was the property of the late D. D. Streeter, one of Michigan's greatest and most versatile breed- ers. Mr. Streeter never boasted a large stable, but he was a keen student of the game and generally recognized as an authority on blood lines. During his lifetime Mr. Streeter was a great booster for Recreation Park and intensely interested in the suc- cess of the meetings held in this city. While never actively concerned in the management, he was a supporter of Secretary Engleman's progressive and aggressive policy. Associated with Mr. Streeter was the late Peter V, Johnston, Michigan's greatest trainer in his day. Mr. Johnston was an ornament to the harness racing pastime. Like Mr. Streeter, he was honest and clean. His record is above reproach. So when horsemen gather to see Santos, the dam of kings of the i.urf, they can pay silent tribute to those two men who have done so much to elevate the sport and make it enduring. — American Sportsman. PRIDE IN THE HORSE. A reader visiting in Denver writes that a splendid pair of heavy harness horses drove up to the door of his hotel as be was standing there. When he remarked that it was a fine pair the hotel proprietor said that his wife bought all her goods of the store to which these horses belonged because she liked to see them drive up to the door. Many a city woman's heart beats with pride to see a turnout of that character stop at her front door. It has a great advertising value. Just to have the store's name linked with such a high-class delivery is worth much; to have wealthy women glad and even anxious to have those horses stop before their doors is worth more. It brings trade. This principle is well understood by successful merchants in large cities. The famous turnouts of Chicago department stores have been maintained, like those of Denver, for their advertising value. Certainly the pride in the horse is a natural human impulse. No mechanical turnout can be quite so beautiful, distinctive or fascinating. We shall always like horses and want to see them. There will always be rivalry between horsemen to see which can own the best and present them to public view in the best form. Carriage makers report a substantial increase this season in the demand for horse-drawn vehicles. The number of heavy harness horses seen on the streets, especially in the east, seems to have in- creased. For several years the saddle horse has been gaining steady popularity for city pleasure purposes. The pride in the horse is largely responsible for this permanent esteem of turnouts and pleasures in which the horse is a factor. — Breeder's Gazette. o DEATH OF BELSIRE 2:18. Belsire 2:18 met with an accident on July 18th which necessitated his being destroyed. He had been making a season at the farm of Walter Riddell of Thorndale, Ont. Belsire was foaled in 1891 and was bred by the late Leland Stanford at Palo Alto Stock Farm. He was the last living son of Electioneer 125 and was out of Beautiful Bells 2:29%. Belsire was a very richly bred horse, and being an almost perfect individual was sold for $25,000 by Gov. Stanford to Miller & Sibley of Franklin, Pa. He afterwards passed through the hands of many different owners and finally came into the possession of Dr. C. J. Fitz- gerald of London, Ont., who had him in the stud a number of seasons and last spring sold him to Mr. Riddell who owned him at the time of his death. Belsire met with several accidents during his career which mitigated against his success as a sire and race horse, although he proved himself fairly successful in the stud, being represented in the stand- ard list by eighteen trotters and eight pacers. Four of his sons sired fourteen and eight daughters pro- duced eight, including Stroller 2:05%. Horse dealers in the city were much interested in the reports that agents of European Governments — England and France being particularly mentioned in connection with the stories — had already been sent to the Western and Southern States to get options on available horses and mules for remount and draft purposes. New York is not primarily a market for horses of the type needed. To get them the buyer must needs get close as possible to the breed- er. Yet the mere fact that foreign governments were looking to this country for horses for cavalry, artil- lery, and draft uses stiffened the market materially for animals of this class, and dealers in the Twenty- iourth Street district, New York, had an eye open to the opportunity. "Two weeks ago a cotton or sugar mule was worth $200 in the markets of St. Louis and the cities of the West where they make a specialty of dealing in those animals. A first-class mule for draft pur- poses, well bred and well finished, was worth from $300 up to twice that sum. Today a good mule is worth nearly double that figure, and I would be will- ing to pay $400 a head for a good bunch of them, provided I could find a way of getting them out of the country." The speaker was the manager of one of the largest houses dealing in horses in the East. 'We could find a ready market for any horse fit for cavalry or artillery use or good mules at 50 per cent, above the prices of a week ago, if we could nnd a safe way of shipping them across the ocean," he continued. "They are worth that today as it is, for if England continues to be involved in this unfor- tunate muddle they will probably convoy livestock carrying steamers to French ports, in which country there is the greatest need for horses for remounts and for draft animals for artillery and field trans- port service. They have got to have horses and mules on the Continent, and the United States will be the chief source of supply, just as it was in the Boer war, when Great Britain practically stripped the country of horses and mules fit for army service." Since the country was stripped of mules for Boer war purposes by agents of the British Government, farmers in the West and South have gone largely into the breeding of mules from well bred mares, with the result c f obtaining animals of size and qual- ity far better than were ever before bred in the United States. They have been in constant demand for army use, as they last longer for camp train and artillery service, and England, especially, has been a large purchaser of such animals for use in South Africa. The result is that such animals bring more than horses do for the same use, and the supply never exceeds the demand. They have been found especially serviceable in mountainous countries, and that they should be in demand by both France and Germany is expected after the success the British army had with them during the Boer war. A significant fact in connec- tion with the stories about the sudden demand for mules is the fact that one man who acted for the British Government during the Boer war as a pur- chasing agent, left for St. Louis recently "on a special mission." This and the rapid nominal ad- vance in the quotation for mules are said to be closely connected. Coincidently with the advance in the price of mules is that in the price of saddle horses suitable for cavalry remounts and for field artillery purposes. Hc-rses with only the walk, trot, and canter had a nominal advance of about 50 per cent, in value in one day last week solely on the theory that they might be wanted for use abroad. In figures the value of the ordinarily good animal which would have brought $300 a couple of weeks ago has advanced to a quotable value of $450 to $500. "Hacks" that would have sold then for $150 are worth from $200 to $225, and there is no market in the East or West but what has seen a similar advance within the past week. AMERICAN TURFMEN MAY LOSE HORSES ABROAD. TROTTING IN NEW ZEALAND. Portland, Oregon, meeting next week. It was not surprising to read that Mr. G. D. Green- wood, in his speech at the C. J. C. Meeting, inferred that galloping meetings in Christchurch were in great danger of being ousted in popularity by trotting fix- tures. The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, with its headquarters at Addington, Christchurch, has made remarkable strides. The Club, at its initial meeting at Addington in November of 1889, gave £1100 for two days' racing. At its meeting next November the New Zealand Trotting Cup (limited to horses which have done 4:38 or better for two miles in a race) alone has $£2500 attached to it, and the stakes for the three days total £10,040. Trotting has made considerable advance in New South Wales and Victoria, but it is doubtful whether its popularity will ever be so great that any club will be in a posi- tion to- give a higher stake for one race than clubs catering for gallopers. Yet that is the position in New Zealand, where the richest prizes for any event for gallopers is £2000, or £500 less than one for which trotters will compete in the same city (Christ- church) during the same week. Not only that, but it would be fairly safe to bet that the totalisator investments at Addington on Trotting Cup day will be greater than at Riccarton on N. Z. Cup day. Such was the case last year, the £45,496 put through at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's meeting being a record for one day in the South Island of New Zea- land. From an Australian standpoint the position is remarkable, and an explanation from a New Zea- lander qualified to give it would be of particular interest. — Sydney Referee. American turfmen who are racing strings of thor- oughbreds in Europe are fearful that they will lose their racers, stallions and broodmares which are now located in England, France and Germany, according to press dispatches. With war on between the great Powers, horses will be in demand for cavalry and artillery of the armies. As horses are contraband of war ,the governments will not hesitate, as they have in the past, to press into service all horses no matter who owns them. In the Civil War many thor- oughbreds were taken from the breeding farms in the South and used to help out the Southern cause. August Belmont, William K. Vanderbilt, J. W. Wildener, John Sanford, Herman B. Duryea, Francis Hitchcock and Thomas Hitchcock have been racing strings of horses in France and England for several years. If England should engage in the war August Belmont will be a great sufferer. He is liable to lose Tracery, the greatest race horse in England. In 1913 Belmont refused $200,000 for Tracery. The horse's stud book has been closed for five years to outside mares, with a total amount of $40,000. Tracery is considered the most valuable thoroughbred in Eu- rope. The chairman of the Jockey Club owns about 40 thoroughbreds, which includes the racing strings in France. If the French and English governments should seize his horses for the war he would not only sustain a great financial loss because the gov- ernments would not repay him on their valuation as great race horses, stallions or broodmares, but would merely pay him so much per head for horses; but he would suffer an irreparable loss because the stallions and mares could not be replaced. During the Civil War the identity of many thoroughbreds was lost during the conflict, and the breeding of horses re- ceived a black eye, inasmuch as the pedigrees could not be traced to several of the mares which were un- questionably thoroughbreds, when they were mated. W. K. Vanderbilt has about 300 stallions, brood- mares, sucklings, weanlings, yearlings and horses in training in France. It will be impossible for him to ship these horses out of France if that country continues at war. Individually none of his horses are as valuable as Tracery, but as he has many great horses in the string, frequent winners on the French turf during the last ten years, his loss in the aggre- gate will reach half a million dollars. John Sanford, a member of the State Racing Com- mission, has several broodmares and four or five race horses in France. Among the broodmares are the noted La Tosca, which the late General Stephen San- ford purchased from the estate of August Belmont I., for $$47,000. J. E. Widener, Francis Hitchcock and Thomas Hitchcock own nearly 40 broodmares and racers between them. All are in France. — The Horse Journal. IMPRESSIONS OF THE M. & M. It used to be that when trotters reached form, they were able to maintain it through a considerable length of time, but with the tremendous flights of speed they have to carry now through parts of a race they are as in and out as the veriest runners. Re- versal of form startling in numbers and class has been the shining feature of the Grand Circuit so far, and it was the particular feature of the $10,000 M. & M. stake raced at Detroit last week. The M. & M., that through its long years of brilliant contests, bringing together the flower of the turf so far as new and young racing material is concerned, has always in the past been the pulse by which the annual cham- pions have been measured, but when last week's racing was over the public knew as little about any one of the four top horses in the summary as they did before the battle opened. It is possible that the long training season, with weekly workouts under 2:10, is the cause of some of the marked in-and-outness that prevails. But it is the terrific pace that is playing most of the havoc and this running horse speed cannot be kept through- out the circuit. The second heat of the M. & M. furnished a fitting example of the speed that the mod- ern trotting horse has developed. Linda Wrona, a mare that never before started in a race, won in 2:05%, the fastest heat that was ever trotted by a green horse, while at her throat-latch was the five- year-old stallion, Peter Scott, practically as green, while in their wake and beaten into submission, utterly lacking the form they displayed at North Randall, were King Clansman, McCloskey, Margaret Druien and The Guide — Geo. Dietrich in The Horse Journal. MARYSVILLE TRACK POPULAR. Indications are that the Marysville track will be in great demand by horsemen during the fair year of 1915. While the exposition is in progress, big East- ern circuit races will be held in San Francisco and places such as Marysville, Woodland, Sacramento, Chico and other places that have race courses will be utilized for the stabling of the thoroughbreds. Al- ready a number of inquiries have been received at Marysville regarding the local course and its con- dition. For training this track is said by horsemen to be one of the finest in the State, and prospects are that some of the best known horsemen in the country will stable their horses here. : o The auctions handled during the week at Detroit $280,000, a trifle in excess of the sum which was wagered at North Randall the week previous. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 1914. 1 NOTES AND NEWS f Those Grand Circuit free-tor-allers will furnish a lot of thrills this year. <3> Hazel Laing is the fourth 2:10 trotter to the credit of her sire, John A. McKerron 2:04%. The season's record for two-year-old trotters is now 2:12i4, held by U. Forbes. <8> «> «• Ohio certainly triumphed at Detroit last week. The winners of the M. and M. and C. of C. were both products of the Buckeye State. <8> <8> «> Walter Cox has sold the C. of C. winner, King Couchman, to Dick McMahan who drove him in the Detroit classic. The reported price is $6,000. «■ <$> The second heat of the M. and M., that Linda Wrona won in 2:05%, is said to be the fastest heat that was ever trotted by a "green" horse. <8> «> <8> "Red" Gerrity certainly has a pair of winners in Sienna 2:07% and Belwin 2:06%. They won their classes at both Cleveland and Detroit. •» «• Joe Patchen II. has not been started yet but is rapidly rounding into form. He is acting good and has been worked several times around 2:04. <8> «> Fire broke out last week in the training barn and covered track at King Hill Stock Farm, St. Joseph, Mo., and completely destroyed it. All the racing traps we lost, but the horses were gotten out safely. Stewards at race meetings in France are not slow to inflict punishments on trainers for their short- comings. Quite recently a man was heavily fined for sending out a horse insufficiently schooled at the starting gate. • <$> •$• Walnut Hall 2:08% has two prospective 2:10 per- formers in Blue Feather 2:19% and Montferris 2:16%, both very high-class individuals, too. In fact, they look considerably alike, both being beautifully topped, and with all the finish of show horses. <«> «> At the Bluegrass fair Hunter C. Moody drove the yearling bay pacing filly, Rose McGee, by The Abbe, dam Vonia Worthy by Axworthy, a mile against time in 2:19%, thus establishing a new world record. The previous record for yearling pacing fillies was 2:20%. <8> <8> «• Manager Merrill reports seventy entries received up to press time for the Portland races, with several entries probably in the mails, which looks like good fields in the several entries there. It is planned to open a 2:17 trot, if enough of this class are inter ested. Fred E. Ward's horses arrived safely at the Port- land track; immediately after their arrival he worked Great Northern an easy mile, and finished the last quarter in 32 seconds. Dr. Wayo is in fine shape, going sound, and acts like a 2:07 or 2:08 trotter this year. A mile in 2:15 for Guylight, son of Searchlight, p., 2:03%, out of the great broodmare La Moscovita, is reported, with his owner, Charles W. Flanders, up. This Guylight is a trotter too, and ought to be a race horse. He is about the fanciest roadster in the district, being good headed and a free, pleasant driver. <8> Colorelis 2:24%, Colorado L. 2:25 and Colorado Jane 2:28, all two-year-old trotters, were marked by A. B. Coxe, the Paoli, Pa., breeder, last Wednesday, and they represent, with their stable companion, The Colorado Belle 2, 2:29, the first quartette of official performers by the lamented champion, Colorado E. 3, 2:04%. The Freemantle Handicap, a trotting race decided in West Australia, was won by a horse called J. G. with Ringleader in second place. A protest was en- tered immediately after the race by the rider of Freemantle against J. G.'s pilot, on the ground of shouting. ,An inquiry was held, and the race was taken away from the winner and given to Ringleader. «• Those two baby trotters of the Axworthy family, Ortolan Axworthy, by Axworthy, and Miss Perfec- tion, by Gen. Watts, son of Axworthy, put up a grand battle at Detroit. The colt trotted to a record of 2:08%, winning his race, but Miss Perfection got a heat from him in 2:09%. These two, along with Lee Axworthy, son of Guy Axworthy, make a most remarkable trio of three-year-old trotters. While he met defeat in the M. and M., the bay stallion, Peter Scott, trotted the best race of any of the field. He made Rhythmell trot in 2: 06 % in the first heat, forced Linda Wrona to set a record for the stake in the second, and won the third in 2:07%. This- was the first race of the season for the son of Peter the Great, and quite naturally, he was tired when they came out for the other heats. Yet he trotted gamely and showed that he is none other than a high-class trotter. He will trot more good races and if they beat him, they will break more stake records before the season comes to a close. The Cox stable for the first time, got the money in the C. of C, and Dick McMahon did the trick with King Couchman. It was Dick's first victory in the big pacing stake also, and Walter and Dick both felt very happy after the race. "I've got some more that I'm training for you to win races with," re- marked Cox to the Libertyville trainer after the race was over. Linda Wrona, the Cleveland mare that lowered the M. and M. record to 2:05%, but was so unfortunate as to be outside the money at the end of the race, is out of Miss Delia Fox 2:10%, by Patron 2:14%; grandam Jeanne, by Kentucky Prince; third dam Suisun 2:18%, by Electioneer. Suisun was the favor- ite for the M. and M. of 1890 and won two heats in it and second money to the old warrior Walter E., the battle going seven heats, as did that of last week. <8> <5> One thing that was proved by the race for the $5,000 Chamber of Commerce Stake here on Tuesday was that the class of the stake pacers racing on the Grand Circuit this season is not up to that of last season by long odds. The season of 1913 had a par- ticularly classy lot of stake pacers in Frank Bogash Jr. 2:01%, Eleata J. 2:03, Del Rey 2:04% and others, and a horse with as much class as any one of the trio mentioned would have lost the field here on Tuesday. <§> From the startling performances of the new 2:10 trotters and pacers on the Grand Circuit and the speed shown in races, the present year will probably be productive of more changes in the table of world's records than any previous season. In addition to the older contingent, probably such a great collection of three-year-old trotters has never before been wit- nessed. Of those appearing up to the present time seven have acquired records of 2:10 or better. «> «■ Del Coronado 2:09% has been sold by H. F. Pierce, Stanstead, P. Q., to a Russian buyer. Del Coronado was bred in California, by F. W. Wadham. He was bought by W. G. Durfee who raced him to his record and afterwards used him in the stud. He proved himself quite a success as a sire, having sixteen standard performers to his credit, five of which are in the 2:10 list. He was later purchased by A. B. Coxe, Paoli Pa. During the entire week at North Randall, it looked as if the stable of Lon McDonald possessed the class of this year's Grand Circuit, in fact would prove the best racing stable ever seen on the big line. The early racing at Detroit, however, found his string retrograding, while the horses of Walter Cox showed such decided improvement that within a week or two his stable should be as strong as last year. The Murphy stable will have to improve decidedly if that very clever reinsman is to again head the list of money winners. The contract for enlarging the grand stand at the Fresno race track has been let to Messrs. Reese & Atkins. The addition will be 100 feet in length. The new seating space will provide accommoda- tions for twenty-five hundred additional spectators. Owing to the heavy expense of adding this seating capacity and also the new bleachers, which will pro- vide seats for thirty-five hundred persons, it was decided to charge 35 cents for grand stand seats during the coming fair. «> «■ <3> We are advised that American importers of Brit- ish, French and Belgian draft horses, who had failed to get their purchases started for the United States before the European war cloud burst, now find them- selves unable to load the horses aboard Atlantic steamships. This of course is an inevitable sequence of the situation that has developed with such alarm- ing rapidity on the other side of the water during the past ten days. Just how long the embargo will con- tinue nobody knows. «> The district fair in Santa Rosa, August 31st to September 5th, inclusive, is the next great attrac- tion in Sonoma county, and it will be sure to attract one of the largest crowds that has ever assembled for such an exposition in that city. The fair grounds are in fine shape and the track is the fastest in the country. The number of people who are attracted to the track each morning now to watch the fast work- outs of the fine strings of trotters and pacers grows daily and there is a unanimous sentiment that at the track now there are some of the finest animals that have ever been in training in Santa Rosa. <8> <8> Chas. James, who left here for New Zealand last spring, is located at a training ground called Adding- ton near Christchurch. He is working a large stable of horses. El Carbine, who ir. suffering from the effects of the climate, will probably do stud duty this season. The New Zealand Trotting Register, from which we gathered the above, has the following note about Jas. Conway, also well known locally: "James Conway, the popular American trainer, who is in charge at the Coldstream Lodge stud, is merely jogging most of his horses at present. Amonk those he has in work are some promising young ones. They include a rising three-year-old filly called Marvinette, by Marvin Wilkes — Duchess of Rothschild, a rising two-year-old filly (a trotter) by King Cole — Vanquish, and a rising two-year-old colt by Harold Dillon — Lady Derby. King Cole, who is doing slow work, will be a competitor at the Metropolitan Trotting Club's November meeting." Judge Colburn of Denver, who went to join the merry crew on the Grand Circuit, taking with him Mary Louise 2:11% and Pass All 2:12%, has shipped the mare home while Pass All has been turned over to Fred Egan, the driver of Braden Direct. Louise developed a leg and Pass All got a trifle off. The colt trotted in 2:06% at Overland Park last fall. Several horsemen who witnessed the stallion's work at Cleve- land believe he has every chance to become a sensa- tion. Braden also pulled up lame when warming up for the free-for-all and had to be scratched although he was selling second in the betting. The touts are doping it out, however, that the champion will be all right in a few days. J. C. Crabtree of Taylorville, 111., well known to horsemen all over the country as Daddy Crabtree, the owner of the famous pacing brother and sister, Hedgewood Boy 201 and Lady Maud C. 2:00%, was instantly killed at that place last week. He was in a freight car in the railroad yards, together with Lady Maud C, which mare he had just shipped back home from Indianapolis, Ind., to which point he had gone several days ago. He was waiting for the car to be "set," in order to unload the mare, and it seems was standing in the door of the car when a train either ran or was switched into it with such force as to throw the door shut violently, catching his head and crushing his skull. His death was prob- ably instantaneous. •«> Grattan Boy and Dean Swift, the trotting sensa- tions of the Western Canada circuit, excelled all previous records last week when Grattan Boy, urged by Dean, trotted the fastest mile ever made over a half-mile track in Canada in 2:11%. In the first heat Dean Swift broke and without the California horse at his withers, Grattan Boy was able to win handily in 2:16%. In the second heat the record was made. Dean Swift clung tenaciously to the speedy bay gelding, but never once was he able to get his nose in front. Their positions seldom varied throughout the mile, Grattan Boy finishing about half a length to the good. Grattan Boy made it three . straight heats without being seriously pressed. Later in the week, in a second meeting between these two horses Dean Swift was the winner in slower time. •S> «> <8> Work on the new mile track at C. K. G. Billings' Virginia stable, Curies Neck Farm, has been prac- tically completed, writes a Richmond correspondent, only a few finishing touches such as whitewashing the fence and painting the timers' stand remaining to be done. The track is located to the north of the stallion barn, and as it was laid out and constructed by skilled engineers, is expected to prove a fast course. The track was built by Mr. Billings for use in developing the youngsters to be bred at Curies Neck and in jogging the older horses. The Har- vester, Lewis Forest and several others with fast records quartered at the farm are now being jogged daily. Plans for a barn 60 x 100 feet have been drawn, and work on the structure will begin shortly. The stable will shelter the racing material, and the plans for its construction call for a covered track on which the horses may be worked during the win- te rmonths. «> <8> <8> That Single G. is a wonderful race horse there is no doubt and his performances this year show it. He did not go to the track until late in April, and in June went a mile in 2:08. His performances on the Michigan Circuit have led horsemen to believe that he will clean up about $7,500 in his stake races. As a two-year-old Single G. had a trial of 2:15% and last fall went a mile in 2:12%. Over a mile ring last fall he was separately timed in 2:07;, the day Wil- liam got his record of 2:05. He has been somewhat of a hard luck race horse. He has been sick several times during his racing career, but the sickness has apparently not taken away any of his speed. As a two-year-old he had two bad curbs and his leg was badly hurt in the stable. Last spring he was laid up with an attack of blood poisoning, which made it im- possible for him to be sent into training as early as he should have been this spring. His showing on the Michigan circuit this year has been nothing short of wonderful. His sire is Anderson Wilkes and he is bred in the purple. He wears no rigging, except quarter boots, and has been known to step a quarter in 29 seconds. <8> <8> The Orange County Driving Park Association has been presented with the high-wheel sulkies drawn by John R. Gentry 2:00%, and Lou Dillon 1:58%, and the vehicles are now at Goshen, N. Y., ready for the test of the 20th century trotters at the meeting there on Aug. 18, 19 and 20. C. K. G. Billings donated the Lou Dillon sulky. The Gentry sulky was presented by Robert A. Fairbairn. Both vehicles were built for Charles S. Caffrey of Camden and represent the best of that famous buider's work. Rennselaer Wes- ton says he is still receiving_Jetters every day offer- ing high-wheel sulkies for sale, the impression having become prevalent that the Orange County Associa- tion wanted all the old-time sulkies they could get. Only the other day a horseman of Sussex, N. J., formerly Deckertown, where Goldsmith Maid 2:14 was bred, offered Mr. Weston a 90-pound sulky built for Adams' Andrew Jackson, a horse that trotted more than fifty years ago. The same horseman has a pair of combination quarter boots and toe weights used in 1864 or thereabouts in a race at the old fair grounds in Newton, N. J.; also a pair of wooden wagon springs, said to be "130 years o!2. . Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN This William, p. 2:00, is a tulflllment of prophecy. When he started out this year he showed so much speed that the talent predicted the two-minute mark. For once, the predictions came true. William is plain in name and so is his pa. He is by Abe J. p. 2:10, sou of San Meteo 2: 13%, by Simmons 2:28. The dam of William is Lizzie C. p. 2:20%, by Jay wood 6551, sou of Nutwood, second dam Kitty Van p. 2:13%, by Pennypacker 4803, son of Roger Hanson 2:28%; next dam Mayflower, by Caliph. This brings into view some standard blood of the great strains and some that is obscure. But when a horse, and a four- year-old at that, can pace a mile in two minutes and three miles in a race at an average of 2:01, he has speed enough to be an ancestor, if he were sired by the Godolphin Arabian. <8><8> Four records broken in one day. That was the feat accomplished by the four-year-old pacing stal- lion, William, at Grand Rapids last week and the performance bids fair to go down in turf history as a mark for future generations to shoot at. By pac- ing the first heat in 2:00% he tied the best previous mile by a pacer in a mile race, the honor having been held jointly by Star Pointer, Minor Heir and Evelyn W. In the second heat William paced in 2 : 00, which cleaned up the records he had just tied by half a second, and also established a new mark for two winning heats. By winning the third heat in 2:02% he broke the three-heat record made in 1911 by Inde- pendence Boy, who paced in 2:02%, 2:01% and 2:02, a total of 6:06%. William made short work of this performance, his total being 6:03, with an average of 2:01. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 3. — A season's record for two- year-old trotters and the record for the Blue Grass Fair Stake for two-year-old trotters was established at the Blue Grass Fair this afternoon when Hart Bros.' TJ. Forbes, driven by H. C. Moody, won the race in straight heats. The time, 2:12% and 2:12%, with Lady Anne and General French close up, was a remarkable performance for a two-year-old at this season and the best mile was a full second faster than the previous season's record of 2:13% by Rusti- coat, against time at Cleveland. The former best record for the stake was 2:12%, held by Silent Brig- ade (2) 2:10%. The race was a good one from the standpoint of a contest, as at no time during the two heats was any colt away out in front of his field and all appeared to have a chance until the wire was reached. Lady Anne and General French divided second and third money, each finishing second in one heat. U. Forbes' victory was a pleasing one and a number of people from Flemingsburg, where he is owned, and Mt. Sterling, where he was bred, were here to see him trot. The colt was a sensational yearling, being the fastest yearling of last season and the holder of the world's record for yearlings over a half-mile track of 2:21%. The judging of the classic M. and M. race which was so unsatisfactory had a parallel in the 2:16 trot at Streator, 111., on July 28th. The following item regarding this case was taken from The Horseman's report of the meeting: "The 2:16 trot will go down _ into history as a striking example of how the occu- pants of a judge's stand can burn up other people's money, through a mistake in calling the finishes, and then when this mistake is discovered refusing to rectify it. In fact, one of the officials of the associa- tion remarked the following day that the reason they did not change the announcement was because "The bookmakers had already paid off on the first an- nouncement and if it was changed they would be compelled to pay off again and thus lose money." The men who staked their money on the results of the race and the men who owned the horses compet- ing, had their money deliberately taken from them and the bookmakers protected, which is very discour- aging to the trotting horse game and its supporters. The finish in the fourth heat was called wrong by the judges when everybody saw it differently, and these outsiders were in as good positions to see the finish as the judges." <8> <5> The changing of the class of the M. and M. from the 2:24 to the 2:lt must be considered a success as the field was large and the interest in the event was never greater, if one may judge from the attend- ance. It gives owners an opportunity to try out their trotters on the half-mile tracks and if they come up to expectations they can then be entered in the De- troit classic the following season. Instead of a lot of green horses, many with bad manners, the public feels confident that they will witness a contest be- tween the best graduates from the twice arounds, trotters that can trot. One of the best features is that the man of moderate means can pay expenses by racing on the half-mile tracks and then, if his horse comes up to expectations, he can sell at a price that will allow him to develop others. Perhaps if it was not for this sale money the owner would allow some of his colts to run in the pastures without education whereas he is enabled to take up his young- sters and with the best of them repeat his campaign on the half-mile tracks. It must be remembered that it is not every breeder who feels financially able to stake a green trotter on the Grand Circuit where he will have to meet the pick of the land. He is able, however, to race on the smaller tracks, find out how good bis green ones are and is then prepared to take a chance himself on the big line or else sell the trotter for a price that makes it profitable for him to continue in the business. — Western Horseman, The Horse Review in its description of the Pon- chartrain Stake for 2:09 trotters at Cleveland, has the following to say about Maymack: "The Ponchar- train stake for 2:09 trotters, brought out a field of nine, with Star Winter an even-money favorite. The fact that he was again to meet Lulu Lumine and Judson Girl, with the addition of Maymack, did not deter his admirers from setting in their chips, and the gallant little gelding, well driven by Lon McDon- ald, made good in straight heats. The race was no such a contest as the North Randall affair, and from the word in the first heat until the termination of the final, Star was so clearly the field's master that the race requires little description. The real feature was the excellent showing of Maymack, driven by Charley DeRyder, in the select society in which she essayed. May, you know, left a rather unsavory reputation on this side of the Rockies in 1912, and even after a clean bill of health in races on the Pa- cific Coast last season, and a nice race at Randall last week, was not given a diploma for deportment until today. Lulu and Henrietta C. chased Star out in the initial heat, but couldn't make McDonald re- sort to the whip. Murphy pulled out Oscar Ames' unbeaten one of 1913 just at the right time in the sec- ond, but De Ryder was there with May, and while under stress of the drive he gave her the California mare broke, she had Lulu beaten before making the transgression. The big Missouri gelding, M. L. J., trotted a fine heat in the third, but May had him collared twenty yards from home." LAST DAY AT GRAND RAPIDS. Grand Rapids, August 7. — The three races on to- day's Grand Circuit programme furnished little ex- citement, all being won in straight heats. The 2:10 and the 2:13 trots were easy for Lady Grattan and Guy Nella, respectively. Peter Stevens had to step lively in the 2:08 pace. The meet closed h'ere today, the racing shifting to Kalamazoo. The summary: 2:10 trot: purse $1000; three in five: Lady Grattan, ch. m. by Joe Grattan 1 1 1 Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) 3 2 2 Bonington. ch. c. (Dickerson) 2 3 3 Whitelight, blk. g. (Harris) d Time — 2:0914, 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:13 trot; purse §1000; three in five: Guy Nella, b. m. by Guy Axworthy 1 1 1 Montferris, blk m. (Jackson) 2 4 2 Duchess, rn. m. (McDonald) 5 2 4 Also started— Silk Hat, blk. h. (Dodge) ; Mirthful, b. m. (Murphy); Teddy Brooks, b. h. (Wilson). Time— 2:09V.. 2:0s1/,, 2:09%. 2:08 pace; purse $1000; three in five: Peter Stevens, b. h. by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) 1 1 1 Rastus, br. g. (McDonald) 5 3 2 Alcy B.. b. m. (Whitney) 2 5 3 Coastess Mobel, b. m. (Cox) 3 4 4 Also Started — Fay Richmond, gr. g. (Lane) ; Exall, ch. g. (McGrath) : John D-, b. g. (Breitenfield) ; Marietta, blk. m. (Murphy). Time — 2:04, 2:03%. 2:03%. O GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Kalamazoo (Mich.), August 11. — With a world's record equaled and the track record broken the Grand Circuit meeting opened auspiciously today at Recreaiton Park. In the first heat of the Horseman and Spirit of the Times Futurity for three-year-old pacers, Anna Brad- ford paced a mile in 2:05%, which equals the record for three-year-old fillies, made by Miss Deforrest at Lexington, Ky., in 1911. In the final heat of the 2:04 pace, Walter Cochato made the distance in 2:02%. The former track race record was 2:02%, made by Minor Heir in 1903. The 2:08 trot went four heats and was carried over until tomorrow. Maymack took the first two and looked to have the race won, but Omar won the third and fourth heats by splendid finishes in the stretch. In the 2:24 trot, worth $2000, Margaret Druien, favorite, lost the first heat to McCloskey and then captured three in a row. The 2:04 pace went to Walter Cochato in straight heats. Wednesday's programme is the heaviest financially ever given on a Michigan track. The Paper Mill stake for 2:11 trotters, purse $10,000; Horseman and Spirit of the Times Futurity for three-year-old trot- ters, $10,000: the Horseman and Spirit of the Times Futurity for two-year-old trotters, $3,000, and the 2:15 pace for $2,000, comprise the card. Summary: The Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurity for 3-year-old pacers; 3 heats; purse $2000: Anna Bradford, blk. f. by Todd Mac (Murphy).. 1 1 2 Squantam, b. g. (McDonald) 2 2 1 John A. P.. br. c. (Crozier) 3 dis John A. P.. br. c. (Crozier) 3 dis Robert Frisko, b. c. (McMahon) distanced Time— 2:05%, 2:07%, 2:09%. 2:04 pace, 3 in 5. $1000: Walter Cochato, blk. h. by Cochato (Murphy).. 1 1 1 Dr. Burns Jr., b. f. (Whitney) 2 2 2 Del Rey, b. h. (Cox) 4 3 3 Evelvn W., b. m. (Snow) 3 dis Time— 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:02%. 2:24 trot, 3 in 5, Michigan United Traction, purse $2000: Margaret Druien. b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 3 1 1 1 McCloskey. br. g. (McDonald) 1 2 2 2 Linda Wrona, b. m. (McDevitt) 2 3 3dis Barbara Overton, c. m. (Murphy), distanced. Time— 2:06%. 2:07%, 2:10%, 2:11%. 2:0S trot. 3 in 5, $1000: Maymack, b. m. by Arthur Wilkes (De- Ryder) 1 1 2 3 Omar, b. g. (Floyd) 3 6 1 1 Reusens, ch. g. (Geers) 7 2 3 2 Also started — Oakdale. gr. g. (McDonald) ; Tommy Horn. b. g. (Owen); M. L. J., b. m. (Britenfield) ; Judson Girl, br. m. (Cox): Grand Marshal, b. g. (Snow). Time— 2:08%, 2:07, 2:07%, 2:08%. Kalamazoo (Mich.), August 12. — Two world's rec- ords were broken today by Peter Volo, driven by Tom Murphy, in winning the Horseman and Spirit of the Times Futurity for three-year-old trotters. His time of 2:04%, 2:05% and 2:06% makes them the three fastest heats ever trotted by a stallion, the former record being 2:07%, 2:08 and 2:02 made in 1910 by The Harvester. The heats were also the three fast- est by a three-year-old trotter, the honor having previously been held by Lucile Spier, who went the.'.i in 2:07%, 2:07% and 2:11 at Grand Rapids last week. trot resulted in a victory for Omar. Tommy Murphy announced the purchase from Sanford Small of Bos- ton, the trotter Peter Scott, by Peter the Great. The price was given at $20,000. Summary: 2:08 trot. 3 in 5; purse $1000 (unfinished from Tuesday): Omar, b. g. by Noblesse (Floyd) 5 6 112 1 Maymack, b. m. (Gerrity) 1 12 3 6 2 Oakdale. gr. g. (McDonald) 2 3 4 6 1 dr Also started — Reusens, "ch. g. (Geers); Tommy Horn. b. g. (Owen): M. L. J., b. m. (Britenfield): Judson Girl, br. m. (Cox); Grand Marshal, b. g. (Snow). Time — 2:08%, 2:07, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:08. 2:10. 2:15 pace. 3 in 5; American Hotel purse, $2000: Napoleon Direct, ch. h. by Walter Direct (Geers) 111 Major Ong, b. g. (Murphy) 7 2 2 Peter S., b. s. (Harris) 2 3 5 Also started — Editli C, ch. m. (Garvis); Ella McKay, b. m. (Cox); Tom King, ch. g. (Boyle): Fleeta Dillon, b. m. (Hersey). Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:05%. Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurity, for two- year-old trotters; 2 in 3; purse $3000: Sparkle Watts, ch. f. by Gen. Watts (Geers) 1 1 Rusticoat, ch. c. (Andrews) 3 2 North Spur, b. c. (Monahan) 2 3 Denali, b. f. (Cox) 4 4 Time — 2:19%. 2:21%. Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurity, for three- year-old trotters; 3 heats; purse $10,000: Peter Volo, br. c. by Peter the Great (Murphy).. 1 1 1 Lee Axworthy, b. c. (Andrews) 2 2 6 Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDonald) 4 3 2 Also started — Lucile Spier, b. f. (Snow) ; Lady Wanetka, br. f. (Cox) ; Adbella Watts, b. f. (McDevitt). Time— 2:04%. 2:05y%, 2:06%. 2:11 trot, 3 in 5: Paper Mill purse, $10,000: Lassie McGregor, b. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphy) 4 1 1 1 Sienna, br. m. (Gerrity) 1 •.» .: 4 Axtien, ch. h. (Harris) 3 .{ ■_' 2 Also started — Harry J. S., blk. h. (Andrews) : King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon) ; Echomore. blk. s. (Wilson) Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:06%, Zi')\:\. o HISTORY OF THE EMPIRE CITY TRACK. The Empire City track has passed through some vicissitudes during its brief existence. It was built by Corporation Counsel William H. Clark in 1898. Clark had at that time become a racing enthusiast and owned a good stable of horses, which were trained for him by Matt Allen. Incidentally, it may be stated, Banaster,- a- first-class handicap horse, was one of his string, and Banaster started favorite for the Suburban Handicap of 1899, won by the cele- brated black mare Imp. Danny Maher rode Banaster in that Suburban and was left at the post. Clark and his trainer felt much aggrieved at this, and Danny was set down at their request. Clark lavished money on the building of the Em- pire City track, and had intended running a spur of the New York Central at Yonkers to the track. Owing to the difficulty experienced in acquiring the land for the siding, the New York Central spur was never built, and that is the reason of the track being difficult of access by rail. Almost before the completion of the track, Clark experienced some severe monetary losses, and when he died shortly afterwards, the contractors and oth- ers were left unpaid. Frank Farrell and Clark's brother-in-law, Johnny Sexton, were left executors of his will, and the track was put up at auction by the estate to pay the indebtedness. The sale was postponed from time to time in the interests of the widow, and finally the property was bought by Far- rell, one of the executors. The question of the sale was brought before the courts, and then it was that friends of the late Corporation Counsel, James But- ler, C. K. G. Billings, and the late J. T. McDonald, a contractor, came to the rescue, and guaranteed $300,000 for the property. In the meantime a running meeting was arranged to be held at the track by P. J. Dwyer, for the benefit of the widow of W. H. Clark. This was in 1900. The Brooklyn Jockey Club's secretary. H. D. Mclntyre, assisted by Fred Rehberger and A. McL. Earlocker, made a suitable program, and the result was most satisfactory, $12,000 being turned over to the widow. Of the three men who guaranteed the $300,000 for the track, McDonald is dead, and James Butler, hav- ing bought out the interest of C. K. G. Billings, is now the sole proprietor. But it is not to be imagined that this sum represents the purchase price of the track. When the three friends of W. H. Clark prof- fered their guarantee of $300,000, they also assumed the indebtedness of the track. When this had been paid, the Empire City had cost them in all in the neighborhood of $700,000. The city of New York has taken a small slice of two acres from the prop- erty for the requirements of the reservoir and this has interfered with the three-quarters chute. It has always been an exceptionally fast track, and at the first meeting held there, both Banaster, trained by Matt Allen, and Charentus, trained by James ■ Mc- Laughlin, made records. It was at the meeting held at Empire City in 1900 that R. T. Wilson made arrangements for purchasing the Saratoga track and formed the nucleus of the Saratoga Association. A. McL. Earlocker was then was then appointed secretary and the opening meet- ing, under its present' auspices, was held in 1901. — New York Telegraph. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, August 15, J 314. HORSES AND MULES OUTVALUE AUTOS. EUROPEAN MARKET FOR TROTTERS. SANTA ROSA FAIR. c m Day' once President of the New York State Trotting Horse Breeders' Association and a lifelong lover of horses, writes to the Herald for some facts and figures about the number of horses mules and other representatives of the genus equus in the Lnited States at the present time. The editor ot one of the leading newspapers up in Rochester impressed by the increasing number of automobiles that whirl past his narrow little office window on oneSeTh»t^Ummer eJemnSs- Ha* written an editorial on The Passing of the Horse," which stirred the veteran breeder of Sunrise Patchen 2:19% to load his literary shotgun and answer the enemy's fire Quoting the New York Secretary of State the Rochester editor boasts that there are now 1 300 000 automobiles in America-not counting those in the repair shops or on the scrap heaps— and Dr Day wants to know the size and weight of the figures he can fire at him as representing the number and value ot the horses and mules in the country According to the latest available statistics of the Department of Agriculture, at Washington-the num- ber of horses and mules remaining in the United States, after fifteen years of competition with auto- mobiles, is 2o,411,000. And, despite the fact that promoters of the mechanical substitutes have con- vinced themselves and many others that the automo- bile is m every way superior, the horses and mules ™'a™ ^ estimated value amounting to $2,842- Surely, this does not look much like the passing of the horse. w hen Dr. Day gets after him the Roch- ester editor will at least have to admit that the day of extinction is still a long way off, and when he begins to compare the figures of todav with those of a decade ago he will be apt to think it is about as far away as the millennium. Ten years ago when times were everywhere good and automobiles were comparatively few the Depart- ment of Agriculture reported 19,494,000 horses and ?™lLm ™6 c0?utr'- with a total value of $1,354,- r t*L e hJls thus been an ^crease of nearly 6,000,000 in numbers and of $1,488,182,000 in values m a decade. This remarkable gain in values during the period of the greatest activity in developing and exploiting the automobile is at the rate of more than ten per cent, a year, while in actual numbers horses and mules have increased more than thirty per cent between 1904 and 1914 despite the financial panic and" f u "s iingering after effects on trade and industry in 1904 the average horse was worth about $67 Now he is worth about $109, which represents a gain of $42, or more than sixty per cent. Although the statistics compiled by the Depart- ment of Agriculture are universally cited as showing the number of horses and mules in the United States they fall far short of telling the whole truth about the equine population because they take no account of the animals in cities and towns. These were 3,4o3,160 in number and of $461,578,927 in value back in 1910, when the decennial census was taken No later figures are available, but they can be approxi- mated by noting the increase in horses on the farms during this period. Comparing the census returns for 1910 with the figures of January 1, 1914, we find an increase of 1,358,118, or about five and one-half per cent, in a little less than four years, while values have gone up during this period $194,082,000, or about seven per cent. Applying this rate of increase to the horses and mules in cities and towns we have now in the United States about 28,000,000 horses and mules of the aggregate value of about $3,336,000,000. This is perhaps the first time any newspaper has published the combined totals, showing the whole number and value of the country's horse stock. Estimating the number of automobiles at 1,300,000, and assuming they are worth $500 each, which is above the average price obtained for them under the hammer at Van Tassel & Kearney's auction mart, the whole bunch would be worth only about $650,000,- 000, which is small change compared with the value of the country's horses. When it is remembered that all the beef and dairy cattle in America are worth only a little more than 51,000,000,000, the swine less than $250,000,000, and the sheep about $100,000,000, one begins to realize the vast importance of the horse interest, which far exceeds that of all other live stock interests com- bined, with the Rochester editor's 1,000,000 automo- biles thrown in. — N. Y. Herald. The following new rule regarding the registration of hopples has been adopted by the New South Wales Trotting Club: "On and after August 1, 1914, all hoppled horses competing at meetings of the New South Wales Trotting Club and the Australian Trot- ting Club that have a winning record of 2 min. 30 sec. or better, to the mile, must register with the New South Wales Trotting Club the exact inside meas- urement of hopples used. The hopples to be meas- ured inside, as shown by the dotted lines and arrow in diagram. (Example shown in printed rules.) The length of the hopples to be stated on the entry form. After the length of the hopples has been registered no alteration will be allowed unless with the sanction of the stewards. The latter measurement will stand as the registered measurement. Failing compliance Tith this rule, the stewards shall have power to dis- qualify, suspend, or fine the person or persons con- nected therewith, and may disqualify the horse con- cerned." The breeders who have been content to scoff at the balue of the foreign market as a valuable outlet for the trotter and a source of revenue to the Amer- ican breeder and dealer may have something to think about this fall when the absence of the foreign buy- ers is felt at the big sales. Not only at the auc- tions but even more so at the farms will this absence of the foreigners be felt, for a very large percentage of their purchases weremade at private treaty. At this writing it looks as though the whole of Europe was to be engaged in a tremendous war and this will of course destroy the market for the fast trotter, whatever effect it may have on the Missouri mule and the army horse. The foreign market has been a source of increasing revenue for several years and last fall there were not enough fast trotting stallions to supply the demand. How long before this market will be restored to the breeder is a question that cannot be answered for a long time yet. No matter how long the war continues it will take time for the foreigners .to recuperate their resources and to be able to indulge in the luxury of racing. Only a few days ago notice was received at this office of the renewal of the International Prize of twenty-five thousand roubles by the Imperial Society for promot- ing the breeding of trotting horses at St. Petersburg. This race was to take place during the meeting being held between September 21st and October 4th and usually attracted trotters from practically all of the European nations interested in the trotter, and a great many American bred horses have always taken part in this event in late years. Of course there will be no possibility of this race taking place this year and it may not be renewed next year. With the race tracks closed the foreigners will have no incentive to purchase American bred trotters even though other conditions were favorable, for they selected horses capable of being raced before being retired to the stud and they always confined their purchases to stallions and mares. Those who have been com- plaining that too many good horses have been sold abroad can now take delight in the knowledge that for some time no horses will go across the water. The sport in this country is in such excellent condi- tion that breeders need have no fear that they cannot dispose of fast race horses at a profitable figure and later the foreign market may be stronger than ever. Probably many of the race horses in Europe will be confiscated by the various governments for war use and the breeders will have to replenish their stock and it is to America they will have to turn. Get ready for the demand for it will take years to breed enough horses to supply it. — The Western Horseman. FRESNO COUNTY FAIR. Fresno, August 9. — For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of exhibits prepared for the Fresno County Fair, to be held here September 29th to Oc- tober 3d, the Fair Association met Saturday last. It is assured that the 1914 county exhibit will surpass any of the county fairs given in the State. Special trains will be scheduled from San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles and will carry the members- of the Olympic Club and the Los Angeles Athletic Club for the biggest annual athletic meet here west of the Mississippi. Automobile, aeroplane and bal- loon races will also be among the events of the fair. Ten balloons will leave Fresno for a cross-continent flight to New York. Provisions to last three weeks will be carried with them. Twenty-two departments have been arranged in the exhibits. They will include stock show, agricultural, educational, fine arts, women's, floral culture and horse show departments. Show horses will be se- cured from various parts of the Pacific Coast and special rodeo features will be arranged in connec- tion. POINTS IN FEEDING SHOW STOCK. Above all things, proper feeding is the most impor- tant matter in preparing stock for exhibition. Recog- nized type must be the foundation of exhibition stock, and this must be filled in and rounded out by flesh put on smoothly, in proper proportion and in liberal quantity. This must be covered with a coat of good quality, which is largely influenced by feed- ing and the breeding of stock. Anyone can throw feed into a manger in front of an animal, and he may eat it, but not all men, even those who have been raised in the business, can feed that animal in such a manner as to bring him out in nicest form, not overdone, and yet finished. It requires skill to seep the digestive system of the animal working to the best advantage. Appetite must often be coaxed a little, and care is always necessary to keep the animal from "stalling" and fail- ing instead of gaining. Even after a "stalled" ani- mal begins to eat again it is usually some time be- fore gains are made. Refusal of food is simply a sign that the organs of digestion and assimilation have been overtazed, and are injured, and it takes them some time to regain their normal state and to exer- cise their normal functions. The animals should be fed liberally of the proper kinds of feeds at the same time exercising care that they are not overfed. Good, pure water is, of course, a very important feature. — The Horse World. o There are some people who think that Single G. (4) 2:07*4 would pace right at 2:00 if he cut loose on a good mile track. At a meeting last Thursday of directors of the Sonoma-Marin District Fair Association, very en- couraging reports were received from committees indicating that at the annual fair to be held in Santa Rosa from August 31st to September 5th inclusive the exhibition of products, live stock and the harness racing, will be the greatest ever held in this section. In the way of novel street adornment Chairman Frank Muther of the street decorations committee, outlined his plans to decorate all the poles along the streets with corn stalks, and to use agricultural products, such as pumpkins, suspended across the main thoroughfores as decorations. Other products will also be used in unique and ornate ways. Robert S. Brown, who resides near Petaluma, and who is one of the best known horsemen of the State, will be the presiding judge for the harness races, in which capacity he has officiated a number of times at meetings held here under the auspices of the Pa- cific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, of which he is a director. No more grave mistake can be committed by the management of a fair grounds and race track suit- able for training and developing speed horses over than to permit the course to suffer for want of proper work and care for the season of the year when speed making and preparation for racing are engaging the endeavors of those quartered on the place and de- pending upon completing their fitting up there. The reputation, both of the track and the society, are at stake, and reputation is vital to success and the continued existence and patronage of such an insti- tution. If trainers are forced to go elsewhere to find a course and conditions favorable for the best results, or suffer handicap in their preparation and after work because of bad condition and neglect on the part of those having the place in charge and keeping, will be more than can be atoned for in months and even years of endeavor. These things stick and they go from one to another and no denials or assevera- tion in the opposite direction coming from the soci- ety or its representatives will be given any heed or credence with the positive impression made from those speaking out of actual experience. A pig- headed, incompetent under employee, or a lazy, indo- lent one can do the business in spite of the watchful care of a superior not present all the white to note what is going on and is dear at any price at all invested with any trust or responsibility, while over- sight cannot be punctilious and painstaking by the head officials. — Spirit of the West. THE STATE FAIR. Preparations are well under way for the California State Fair, which is to be held this year from Satur- day, September 12th, until midnight of the following Saturday, September 19th. Judging from the number of applications for exhibit space received so far, this year's fair will be the largest ever held under the auspices of the State. Besides the agricultural, live stock and industrial exhibits, the directors have ar- ranged a programme for the entire week of spectac- ular and novel entertainment features. Many counties, private industrial firms and indi- viduals are arranging for exhibit space. J. W. Kav- anagh, the superintendent of exhibits, is touring the southern part of the State in regard to arranging exhibits for this year. Particular interest is being shown by farmers and breeders of live stock, as $40,000 in premiums will be awarded. The list of prizes totals several thousand dollars more than in previous years. The premium list is ready for distribution and can be had by ad- dressing Charles W. Paine, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, Fair Grounds, Sacramento. The special programme for fair week, which in- cludes both afternoons and evenings, ranges in nature of entertainment from a head-on collision of locomotives, traveling at full speed, to spectacular fireworks, Wild West features and a brass band con- test for $3000 in prizes. There will be a horse show, with many saddle-horse events, automobile exhibits by manufacturers and agents and many other forms of entertainment. o FERNDALE FAIR. The nineteenth annual exposition of the Humboldt County Fair Association will be held at Ferndale Sept. 7th to ij.th inclusive. There will be quite an attractive programme of harness and running races, also automobile and motorcycle contests and other amusing and entertaining features. Liberal purses and premiums are offered. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The following are the entries in Stake No. 11, 2:20 Class Trot, for a cup at the State Fair: 1. Delta A., E. T. Ayres. 2. Colonel Roosevelt, F. H. Metz. 3. Perlo, Chas. F. Silva. 4. Eloise Del. Chas. F. Silva. ' 5. Bonnie Derbv. Walter Tryon, for C. E. Wells. 6. Melrose. Walter Tryon. for S. H. Cowell. 7. Sweet Edina. Dan Hoffman. S. Arista Ansel. E. M. Barber. 0 The poor people of France have good reason to bless the mutuel. Out of last year's receipts nearly 60,000,000 francs went to charities and over 30,000,- 000 francs were devoted to supplying hamlets with pure drinking water and sanitary improvements. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Eureka. Blue Rock Club. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Sept. 7.— Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9. 10 and 11.— Dayton, Ohio.— The Interstate As- sociation s fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club- $1500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed 5600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club T. D. Riley, President. September 19 and 20. — Sacramento. Capital City Blue Rock Club. B. H. Worthen, Manager. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona, ger. Secretary. Nov. 7.— Williams, Ariz. Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Clut) — First Sunday of each month Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretarv A. K. C. rules. 0 WHERE THE WEST BEGINS. Out where the hand clasp's a little stronger, Out where a smile dwells a little longer. That's where the West begins; Out where the sun is a little brighter, Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter. Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter — That's where the West begins. Out where the skies are a trifle bluer. Out where friendship's a little truer. That's where the West begins; Out where a fresher breeze is blowing. Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing. Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing — That's where the West begins. Out where the world is in the making. Where fewer hearts with despair are aching — That's where the West begins; Where there's more of singing and less of sighing. Where there's more of giving and less of buying, And a man makes friends without half trying — That's where the West begins. — Kansas City Journal. o HUNTING NOTES. the last twenty years. It is reported that at the present time there are more deer in the San Venetia hills and on the ridges back of the big hotel than in any other part of the county, which is going some tor that section is but little more than an hour's ride from this city. The Lucas Valley Gun Club hunting party bagged three nice bucks a week ago, early during the hunt John Barr dropped two of them. Leon Giovanni shot a fine 130-pound buck on the old Maillard ranch a week ago. Sam Wells bagged a fine three-pointer near TJrsal above Fort Bragg, last week. E. B. Jones got two bucks in the same hunting country the next day. The party was returning from an extended auto trip up to Rogue river and back. While in Shasta county good dove shooting districts were found. According to Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner M. S. Clarke, Sonoma county, back of Skaggs Springs and the country in the vicinity of Dixon Grove and the "Blair place," is practically an ideal deer hunting territory. Bucks are very plentiful. The bag for Saturday and Sunday in that district counted up thirty-five heads. The bucks were found to be in splendid condition, one four-pointer shot by a Healds- burg hunting party being remarkably fat. There are a few notably big bucks in that region that from now on will be hunted until secured or granted immunity by close season, September 1. One day Deputy Clarke counted over 200 does and fawns, which the same should insure a good crop of bucks next year. This fact brings out prominently the mistake of run- ning deer with hounds — the does are frequently scared away from the spotted fawns before they can take care of themselves, which means the death of the fawn. Most experienced deer hunters, as well as the ranchers and residents in a deer country, prefer to use a trained fox terrier or the so-called "shep- herd dog," a collie to all intents and purposes. These dogs are not given to loud tongue, nor will they fol- low a deer for miles. The terrier can slip through heavy brush easily, and when it jumps a deer knows its task has been performed. The same may be said of the "shep." Jumping a buck in that way gives the hunters posted up on the ridge top a chance for a shot. If unsuccessful in dropping the quarry, the dogs, like all trained ranch dogs, come in to the master quickly, a big saving in time for working the adjoining gulch or canyons. The bucks are now in hard horn and better condi- tion than earlier in the season. A big crop of acorns, or "mast," this year should aid in making bucks as fat as butter. The same may be said of bear, for Brer Bruin does like to feed up on acorns. Another good deer hunting section is said to be over near the coast, about thirty-five miles from Cloverdale, the Rancho Pancho Del Monte, where Al Johnson and Ed Garrett each shot a couple of four- pointer bucks last week. Other- hunters were equally successful. CHANGES IN OPEN SEASONS. The recent decision of the Appellate Court of the Third Appellate district, which declared unconstitu- tional the act of 1913 with reference to the creation of seven game and fish districts in this State, leaves the districts, in number and boundaries, as they were under the act of 1911, that is to say, six districts only. As a matter of fact, that decision was in effect immediately, for the original case came up on habeas corpus, from which there was no appeal from the Appellate Court's ruling. In determining the act of 1913 invalid, changes were made that concern hunters of deer, doves and quail; therefore, it will be well if rifle and shotgun sportsmen will refresh their memories on the new situation, which is here noted. Humboldt and Del Norte counties are now in dis- trict one. The open season for bucks begins August 15 and closes November 1. The season for doves is now open and will end October 1 instead of October 15. San Joaquin county is transferred from district three to district four, which changes the open deer season in that county from July 1 to Septemberl, instead of from August 15 to November 1. Doves may be shot only from September 1 until November 1, instead of from July 15 to October 1. Santa Barbara county has been transferred from district five back to district six, which changes the open deer season from July 1 to September 1 (two months) back to August 15 to September 15 (one month only). The open season on valley and desert quail will now run from October 15 to November 15 (one month), instead of four months under the 1913 act — from October 15 to February 15. Doves may be shot in that county from September 1 until No- vember 1 (one month), instead of six weeks' shoot- ing from August 1 until October 15. Inyo county is back in district six again, where the deer, dove and quail seasons are enumerated in the foregoing paragraph. The western parts of Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings and Kern counties are transferred from dis- trict 5 back to district 4. The only change in a game season is for doves, September 1 to November 1, instead of August 1 to October 15. The County Supervisors of Merced and Stanislaus, however, have placed a close season entirely upon deer in those counties this year. TROUT TICKLING. Deer, doves and rabbits are now in open season for gunners who visit the hunting territory in the near- by counties scheduled in districts two and five. While many noble bucks have fallen to the rifles of the sterner sex, the shrine of Diana has also received votive offerings. Mrs. Bart Lorigan of San Jose has the honor of bagging the first buck killed in Santa Clara county this season by • the rifle of a huntress. The deer was dropped near Almaden after it had run the gauntlet of a party of hunters. Miss Marie Coughlin, Miss Thelma Fennell of this city and Miss Ethel McCormick of San Mateo hunted for deer in the Bartlett Springs country recently. When the khaki-clad girls returned to the Springs they had four deer strapped on the pack animals. Miss Coughlin shot her first deer shortly after leav- ing Bartlett. The next day she got another, which feat was also accomplished by Miss Fennel and Miss McCormick. The largest buck killed so far this season in San Mateo county weighed 168 pounds dressed. Frank Campbell and Fred Simmons shot it on the preserve of the Half Moon Bay Club. Good deer shooting has been the rule in Santa Barbara county during the short time the season was open. Dr. Ira Barker Dalziel of this city was one of a party that hunted in the mountains ten miles back of Santa Barbara City. An exceedingly rough country, but the doctor shot a fine four-point buck. Marin county still furnishes a good crop of bucks for the hunters. F. Nelson and John McCarthy, two San Rafael nimrods, dropped a large forked-horn buck early last Sunday morning at San Rafael hill, virtually within the city limits. The hills hack of the Hotel Rafael have produced many fat bucks in Doves and jackrabbits are reported to be plentiful in and around Sky Valley, outside of Vallejo White Sulphur Springs. Last week two Vallejo hunters, Arnold Olsen and Ludwig Longan, after doves, had no trouble in bagging the limit. J. S. French and George Thomas tried the flight- ways near Brentwood a week ago and enjoyed a fine dove shoot. Harry and Al Baker found fair dove shooting in the hills back of Pinole. W. H. Price and Rube Haas shot dove limits in the vicinity of Tres Pinos, San Benito county, where the birds are plentiful. San Mateo county has been the Mecca of rabbit hunters for the last week and as usual the crop of bunnies has been a bountiful one. Fred Sarcander, Fred Maynard and Charley Breidenstein each shot limits in the foothills back of Purissima last Mon- day. Ed Schultz and Fred Schultz tried the hills near Cortland, with good results on the opening day. The outlook for a big supply of mountain game this season is excellent. While yet early for young birds to come out, quail and grouse have nested in large numbers in the Sierra Mountain regions of Placer and El Dorado counties. The quail crop in Sonoma county promises to be a large one. Near Skaggs Springs recently in one open section near favorable cover Game Warden Clarke counted thirty pairs of old birds and several hundred half-grown chicks. In the Woodland country it is claimed there are more young quail this season than have been noticed for twenty years past. The woods in the foothill section are said to be literally alive with large flocks of the birds. The mild winter has been a favorable condi- tion for the birds this year, and the dearth of heavy snows and storms has tended to create good feeding and cover conditions. Mrs. Falina Kahn of San Francisco had the honor of catching the first swordfish, which sportsmen travel thousands of miles to hunt, at Catalina this season. The fish weighed 215 pounds. The plucky woman fought with the gamey monster Sunday fully an hour before pulling him into her boat. Now that swordfish have appeared there is much joy in- camp. Mrs. Kahn received congratulations at every hand upon her success. "Did you ever tickle a fish?" was the question put to several local expert trout chasers recently, fol- lowing on a line of inquiry relative to this disputed method of catching the finny denizens of the streams. Colonel J. W. Dorsey answered that he had never tried to tickle fish, but that he was mightily "tickled" when he landed a combined catch of over a ton of swordfish taken last year near San Clemente island. Phil Bekeart was more practical. He acknowl- edged readily that he had — "always with a knife and fork." Mannie Goldberg claims that tickling fish — a cer- tain variety needless to mention — was systematically and persistently applied by Lake Emeryville fisher- men before they landed a big catch. Jimmie Coffroth, after a second's reflection, re- marked that he had never given the subject a thought, but might study that branch of sport after the fall election. Frank Maskey could not recall whether he had or not, but answered absent-mindedly, "I've landed many a fine big fish from the Robinson pool in Eel river, and also lost some — maybe they were 'tickled' to get away." And so on down the line, most of the rodsters acknowledged ignorance of this particular method until Frank Dolliver, the Olema rail splitter, was catechised. Dolliver put the egg in the coffee by explaining as follows: "Tickle a fish? Why, certainly. It's easy enough. It's a sly game followed by the rankest poachers in the old country. Most of the streams over there are preserved. If any one goes along the banks carrying stuff that looks like fishing tackle or nets he is at once an object of suspicion and watched. The tickler doesn't pack anything along, except his pipe and tobacco, and he wears a coat with big hind pockets. "He never tries the little game except when the trout are almost ready to spawn. At that period the fish are sluggish and lazy. They lie up close to the bank of the stream or under an overhanging edge of earth. The 'tickler' proceeds cautiously and noise- lessly along the bank, peering down into the water's edge until he locates a fish. Then he carefully works into position where he can reach down to the trout. Ordinarily a trout would be off like a rocket, but in its listless mood it is not as wary as usual. Slowly, but surely, the poacher's hand reaches the fish; then after a few light touches or tickling movements with the fingers, the hand is in position for a quick grab and the luckless trout is yanked out and placed in the 'tickler's' pocket." This is a scurvy trick not tolerated anywhere among the sportsmen, but it is done in the way de- scribed, which explanation was afterwards corrob- orated by local rodsters who know sport in the waters of England and Ireland, and incidentally the ways of the pot fisherman. o Recent reports from Truckee river resorts are that the anglers' diversion has improved materially. ; — o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 1914. FISH LINES. Eel river fishing pools are making an early bid for the anglers' attention. Charles H. Kewell is advised by an angling expert at Fortuna that there is at pres- ent a fine run of steelhead in the river, the heaviest early run in years. These ocean trout rise vora- ciously to both fly-dressed hooks and spinning spoon. The latter lure, however, accounts for larger catches. The spoons used are brass, copper, copper and silver patterns. S. A. Wells recently landed an eight and a nine-pound steelhead near Ferndale. Half-pound trout, called by the river folks "salmon trout," are also running up stream. Usually when warm weather prevails in the Lake Tahoe region the trout seek the cool depths of the lake, at which time the angler must fish deep and with heavy tackle. A report from Deer Park last week indicates that there are chances for good fly- fishing near by. Limit catches have been made in Bear creek, and also good baskets landed by anglers at Five lakes. The black gnat and Reuben Wood are said to be the best flies. The south fork of the Yuba river, near Cisco, has recently w-on golden opinions from Floyd Judah, A. S. Carman, E. W. Colby and other rod and reel experts. Judah a week ago whipped the riffles of the stream and landed forty fine sized trout in a short time. The catch comprised not only rainbow and Eastern brook trout, but Loch Levens as well. Colby and Carman also caught several large sized Loch Leven trout. This latter variety was put in the Yuba by mistake. .-*. consignment of 10,000 supposedly rainbow fry were really of the L. L. variety and have thrived remarkably in the river. Reports from upper Sacramento river points do not indicate high class fly-fishing conditions at present. The trout do not show marked preference for the fly lures. They seem to be feeding on the bottom, which should make bait fishing produce good results. Ad- vices from Dunsmuir state that none but clever ang- lers have recently made good catches, a yellow bodied, forked tail, fly pattern being the best killer. Morning and evening catches have been made with bait. It is believed, however, that conditions should be much improved within a week. The sport at Sis- sons w_as good recently, but few anglers were out by reason of forest fires along the river. Anglers who have been in the Big Meadows coun- try lately are enthusiastic over the fine fishing they enjoyed. Among others John W. March states "trol- ling in the lake has been very good. Fly-fishing in the river up toward the head of the meadows is also good." It is anticipated that excellent trout fishing will continue until the lake is flooded up to intended high water mark. A dispatch from Klamath Falls gives out the pleas- ing report that "most all of the anglers are having good success." Fly-fishing in the mountain streams is given preference, although good catches have been made in Klamath lake, near Harriman Lodge. Rogue river fishing at Trail is now at its height. The big steelhead are rising readily to the grizzly king fly. This Oregon fishing spot has recently been visited by several auto parties of local anglers. Another long-distance trout water, said to be most excellent, is Fall river, near Eastman's, in Shasta county. This branch of the Pitt river gave one auto party five days' splendid sport with trout from one to one and a half pounds in weight, a few fish scaling from two to three pounds also being caught. The State distribution car has been busily en- gaged in transporting millions of trout fry for distri- bution in the rivers, creeks and lakes of California from the Oregon line down almost to the southern border. Noyo river has recently been well stocked with trout fry. The main stream and its branches offer about 85 miles of agreeable fishing water. This whole section is open for the rodsters' diversion and is annually the camping ground for innumerable outing parties. George A. Wentworth, Fred Venneman, Joe Hau- ser and Joe Meyers, a quartet of California Anglers' Association members, are yet pleasantly located at China Camp, four miles from Gazelle, in Siskiyou county. In this region are a number of fine trout creeks. The fish are not exceedingly large, but they are plentiful and gamey. Good hunting also abounds in that district. An appreciable flavor of sport can be had fishing for black bass near Middle River station. The irri- gation ditches are well tenanted with black bass, and the banks are free from obstructing or entangling brush, quite a consideration for the man who casts a fly. R. B. Murdoch and Louis Gotthelf had the pleasing luck to land a fine catch of the bass last Sunday. The largest fish scaled nearly three pounds. A reminder to black bass fishermen is that the law pertaining to this variety is now as follows : Open season in Del Norte and Humboldt counties from June 1 to January 1. San Joaquin county, May 1 to December 1 ; Alpine and Mono counties from May 1 to January 1; Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, Kings and Kern counties, from May 1 to January 1. These changes are brought about by a recent decision of the Appellate Court that knocked out the seven fish and game districts created by the act of 1913. This leaves the districts as they were under the act of lull — six districts. * * * Striped bass chasers are keeping close watch on the Wingo sloughs and creeks. This resort has been dormant for a disagreeably long period. Last Sat- urday night and Sunday morning indications of a coming change were apparent. Al Kramer landed five bass, running from 3 to 31 pounds in weight. The bass were caught with "bullhead" baits. The bullhead is the ordinary small mud catfish of the bay waters, and has proven a very effective striped bass bait. The San Antone Sunday delegation had a better day than usual. A number of fish were caught, the largest being a 22-pound bass. During the past fortnight quite a number of bass have been caught in Tiburon lagoon. One fisherman had "all he could carry," his heaviest being a 16- pound fish. Saturday several nice sized bass were caught at Rodeo by Frank Messager. This prompted quite a turnout of regulars at that resort next day. The catch was very poor, the weather being unfavorable. During the pleasant weather later in the week some nice catches were made. The Rodeo and San Pablo shallow wTaters are generally good for striped bass when the weather is calm and pleasant. Port Costa has not shown much bass activity recently. Local salmon trolling anglers were elated a week ago when reliable information was given out that salmon were running outside the heads. A catch of 200 pounds of salmon was made Friday off Mussel rock by several fishing boats. Prior to this catch a few stragglers had been taken at odd times. Mean- while boats had been out daily watching for the ex- pected run of the fish up coast from Monterey bay. o HE DID NOT SHOOT. Presence of mind is everything, during a hunting trip, at a critical time — even if there happens to be a humorous twist to that faculty. Frank Marcus recently was accompanied on a deer hunt in the hills back of Nicasio by a good-natured German youth. The young man was long on doing a cowboy stunt in moving picture work over near San Rafael and very short on experience in deer hunting. He was given certain directions and particularly cautioned against shooting at a doe — if opportunity offered. The pair hunted patiently and arduously one morning without avail. Coming down a trail on the return there was a commotion in nearby brush and out jumped a doe. Marcus, on the impulse of the moment, threw up his rifle. The German excitedly held his arm and shout- ed: "Frank, don'd shoot! don'd shoot! She iss — she iss a typewriter. By Gott!" A miss is as good as a mile. GUN CLUBS HOLD BIG PRESERVES. The completion of the sale of the Gridley Gun Club preserve makes a total of $191,000 worth of preserve property sold in the Sutter Buttes section, states the Chico Record. This is now the only game preserve district in Northern California and indications are that it al- ways will be in preserves, as it is the only land of its kind in Northern California that is not in some reclamation district. Since the owners of the combined preserves are in the majority in that particular section, it is almost a certainty that they would defeat any movement to reclaim the property. This insures the long life of the last preserves in this part of the State. Six gun clubs in all will be left in Northern Cali- fornia. One will be the new club on the Gridley preserves, a second is the Colusa Club which owns its own land, and a third is the Sutter Gun Club, which leases its preserves. Since Ji-ivary 1 two clubs of Sacramento men purchased preserve;? at an aggrregate cost of $89,000. while another sale since the first of the year was one involving $42,000, in which the purchasers were an exclusive guu club of ten men. By sales closed this week in Chico by V. M. New- bert, president of the State Fish and .Game Commis- sion, and T. J. Quigley, who purchased the Gridley Gun Club preserve some months ago, Chico's allot- ment of shares in the $60,000 deal for the 1700-acre preserve was closed and the sale of practically all of the shares was completed. Eight Chico men have purchased shares at $1000 each, making them the owners of twenty-eight and a third acres each at $35 an acre. The rest of the sixty shares have been purchased by business men scattered over the State from San Diego to Redding. Some of the purchasers are not sportsmen, but have bought into the project as an investinest. The new gun club will be incorporated in about six weeks. It will not take over the preserve, how- ever, until the opening of the 1915 duck season. The old Gridley Gun Club's lease embraces the 1914 sea- son, which opens October 15. CAMPAIGN AGAINST REFERENDUM. A campaign of education against the referendum which has been invoked to invalidate the Flint-Curry non-sale-of-game bill, passed by the last legislature, was outlined at a special meeting of the Santa Clara County Fish and Game Protective Association in San Jose. Speakers familiar with the subject will be procured to address gatherings of all kinds between now and the fall election, and the sportsmen hope to make voters thoroughly familiar with the case. On a motion made by Dr. A. M. Barker, which was unanimously passed, a committee of five was ap- pointed by President W. B. Hobson to take charge of this work. Dr. Barker was appointed chairman of the committee, which consists of A. M. Free, Dan Flannery, James Payne, Frank Baker and B. W. Bettenger. This committee will take the. entire mat- ter in hand. A series of meetings in various parts of Santa Clara county is also planned and shortly before elec- tion time a big blue rock Shoot and barbecue will be held by the San Jose Blue Rock Club, at which every sportsman in Santa Clara county will be in- vited. Short speeches will be made, urging the final adoption of the Flint-Curry bill by the people at the polls next November. In order to vote against the referendum, one must vote "yes" on the ballot. This is due to the analyt- ical construction of the proposition. It reads: "Do you favor the Flint-Curry bill?" or words to that effect. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. Advance pages of The Interstate Association's fif- teenth Grand A,merican Handicap program have been kindly forwarded by Tournament Manager Elmer E. Shaner. Copies can be obtained by addressing Mr. Shaner at 219 Coltart Avenue, Pittsburg, or the Trap Editor of the Breeder and Sportsman. We give be- low the leading features of the scheduled events for each day's shooting: The National Amateur Championship at single tar- gets will bring together the several State champions (or the runners-up) to decide which one shall be classed as the National Amateur Champion. Each winner of a State championship (or the runner-up) will be presented with $50 by the Interstate Asso- ciation, provided he competes in this event. While the competition is taking place no other event will be scheduled. The John H. Patterson Introductory, scheduled for Preliminary Day, provides competition, at a mod- erate cost, for the more skillful shots who favor long races and who are willing to take a chance of win- ning in an event where the element of luck is re- duced to a minimum. The "Shoot for Shooters" will provide competition for that class of trapshooters who are willing to take a chance with contestants their equal in skill. At all large tournaments held during the past several years there has been more or less comment on tour- naments not being like they used to be — that is, that there is no longer a chance for a contestant to win a large purse without conceding someone a handicap. Monday, September 7 — Preliminary Day — The John H. Patterson Introductory: Open to amateurs only — 200 singles, unknown angles, $20 entrance — targets included, 18 yard rise, high guns win — not class shooting, $125 added to the purse. In addition to first, second and third moneys, the winners will re- ceive, respectively $50, $30 and $20 in gold presented by the N. C. R. Gun Club. Squads will not be divid- ed into sections this day. Thursday, September 8 — National Amateur Cham- pionship at Double Targets. Open to amateurs only — 50 double targets, $10 entrance — targets included, 16 yard rise, high guns — not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. The winners of first, second and third moneys will each receive a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. "A Shoot For Shooters" — Open to amateurs only — 100 single targets, $50 entrance — targets extra, 16 yards rise, high guns win — not class shooting. $25 of the entrance money will be. divided on the scores made at the 100 targets, one money for each ten entries or fraction thereof. The remaining $25 will be divided on the scores made at each 20 targets ($5 per event), one money for each ten entries or fraction thereof. Note — Entries for this event will close at 10 a. m. sharp. If there are not 40 or more entries, it will be declared oft' and a special event submitted there- for. The National Amateur Championship at Single Targets, at 3 p. m. — 100 single targets, 16 yards rise, no entrance fee and no charge for targets. Open only to the winners (or the runners-up) of "The In- Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 terstate Association's Amateur State Championship" competed tor at the tournaments given by the sev- eral State Associations holding registered State tour- naments in 1914. The winner of the National Amateur Champion- ship at single targets will be presented by the Inter- state Association with a solid gold, 21-jewel, suitablv engraved, Howard watch costing $125. Each winner of a State Championship (or the runner-up) will be presented with $50 by the Interstate Association, provided he competes in this event. An optional sweepstakes, $10 entrance, one money for each ten t entries or fraction thereof, will be conducted in con- nection with the event. Wednesday, September 9 — Preliminary Handicap. Open to amateurs only — 100 single targets, $7 en- trance— targets included, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class snooting, $100 added to the purse. The handicaps contestants receive for the Grand American Handicap will govern in this event. The number of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be determined by the number of entries. The contestants making the first, second and third highest scores will each receive a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. "The Little Joker" — A special trap, known as "The Little Joker," with no restrictions as to width of angles, height and distance for throwing targets, will give the contestants an opportunity to try their skill between events. The "Little Joker" will be true to name and will, no doubt, cause many "heart burnings." Thursday, September 10 — The Grand American Handicap. Open to amateurs onliy — 100 single tar- gets, unknown angles, $10 entrance — targets includ- ed, handicaps, 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class shooting. $500 added to purse. The number of mon- eys into which the purse will be divided will be de- termined by the number of entries. The winner of first money is guaranteed $500 or more and a trophy the winner of second money is guaranteed $400 or more and a trophy; the winner of third money is guaranteed $300 or more and a trophy; the winner of fourth money is guaranteed $200 or more and a trophy, and the winner of fifth money is guaranteed $100 or more and a trophy. If first, second, third, fourth and fifth moneys fall below these amounts, the difference will be made good by the Interstate Association. Regular entries must be made on or before Saturday, August 29, and must be accom- panied by $5 forfeit. Penalty entries may be made after August 29, up to 5 p. m„ Tuesday, September 8, by paying $15 entrance — targets included. An entry is not transferable, and entrance money cannot be withdrawn after entry has been made. Friday, September 11th — Consolation Handicap. Open to amateurs only — 100 single targets, $7 en- trance— targets included, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. The handicaps the contestants received for the Grand American Handicap will govern in this event. The number of moneys into which the purse will be divided will be determined by the number of entries. The contestants making the first, second and third highest scores will each receive a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. Any entrant who has been a money winner (regardless of how small the amount) in the Preliminary Handicap or Grand American Handicap will not be eligible to take part in this event. Added Money — There will be $3,600 added money, and it will be applied as follows: Added to the Grand American Handicap, $500; added to Prelim- inary Handicap, $100; added to Consolation Handi- cap, $100; added to the National Amateur Champion- ship at Double Targets, $100; added to the John H. Patterson Introductory, $125; to 38 contestants ($50 each) in National Amateur Championship, $1,900; trophies for the winners in the Grand American Han- dicap, $250; trophies for the winners in the Prelim- inary Handicap, $100; trophy for the winner of the National Amateur Championship, $125; trophies for the winners in the Consolation Handicap, $100; tro- phies for the winners in the National Amateur Cham- pionship at Double Targets, $100; three bags of gold for the winners in the John H. Patterson Introduc- tory, $100. THE WESTERN HANDICAP. The Interstate Association's ninth Western Handi- cap Tournament was held at Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 4, 5 and 6, under the auspices of the Green Bay Game and Gun Club. The attendance did not come up to expectations although 117 different contestants took part in the tournament, there being 95 entries in the main han- dicap event. The shooting was fast and the squads were handled quickly, each day's sport being finished early in the afternoon. Practice Day, August 3. — The first squad was called up promptly at one o'clock. The grounds were in excellent shape and the conditions perfect for making high scores. Among the amateurs W. S. Hoon was first with 97 out of 100 targets shot at. G. A. Sperbeck, G. V. Dering, P. G. Fuller, G. K. Mackie, M. W. Thill and A. G. Holmes were in second place with 96. J. Raup, J. F. Caldwell and J. E. Harker were third with 95. Among the professionals C. G. Spencer led with a straight score of 100. C. A. Young followed with 99 and J. R. Graham and Edw. Banks broke 98 each. Some shooting that — Ten amateurs broke 958 x 1000 birds, four professionals smashed 395 x 400. First Day, August 4.— The first day's program called for ten 15-targets, and a special at 25 pairs. The conditions were again perfect and many high scores were recorded. The handicap committee for the Preliminary and Western Handicaps was selected as follows: Geo. K. Mackie, Scammon, Kans.; F. G. Fuller, Mukwo- nago, Wis.; A. C. Connor, Springfield, 111., and G. V. Dering, Columbus, Wis. This committee allotted handicaps to all contestants with the exception of themselves. The handicaps given the members of the handicap committee were allotted by" The Inter- state Association. Among the amateurs in the regular events at 150 single targets, W. E. Riley and E. K. Crothers were first with 145. W. S. Hoon and S. Hoge came second with 144. F. G. Fuller, H. Kennicott, M. W. Thill, J. E. Harker, Ed. Varner, Bart Lewis and T. T. Hall were third with 143 each. Among the professionals F. G. Bills and T. A. Mar- shall led with 146 each. C. G. Spencer, C. A. Young and W. R. Crosby were second with 145, J. R. Graham third with 143. In the special event at 25 double targets G. V. Dering was high amateur with 41. F. G. Fuller sec- ond with 39. H. Kennicott, A. G. Holmes and Win. Wettleaf, third with 38, and G. G. Williamson, W. J. Raup, F. A. Nolan, L. J. Robison and E. G. „ones, fourth with 37. Among the professionals shooting at double tar- gets W. R. Crosby, T. A. Marshall and Fred Gilbert broke 46 each. G. W. Maxwell was second with 41. W. D. Standard, J. R. Graham and C. A. Young third with 40. Second Day, August 5. — The second day's program brought out a larger field than the day previous. With the Preliminary Handicap event at 100 targets and 100 16-yard targets, divided into five 20-target events, the squads were shooting from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m., with an intermission of one hour for luncheon. The weather conditions still remained favorable and the shooting was remarkably good all day, a number of straight scores being made in each event. The Preliminary Handicap furnished the feature of the day's sport and there was great rivalry for high honors among the amateur and professional contestants. J. F. Caldwell, shooting from the 20- yard mark, was amateur high gun with a score of 98. W. E. Carr (16 yards) was second with 97. L. J. Robison (16 yards), W. Gruhn (16 yards), A. G. Keel (18 yards) and J. S. Frink (18 yards) tied for third place with 95. The tie for third place was shot off at 20 targets per man — Robison breaking 18, Keel 17, Frink 14 and Gruhn 12, Robison thus winning third place. Among the professionals who took part in the Preliminary Handicap R. W. Clancy (20 yards) was first with 98. W. D. Higgins (16 yards), W. D. Stannard (20 yards) and J. E. Dickey (21 yards), second with 97. J. R. Graham (22 yards) and C. G. Spencer (22 yards), third with 95. Great scores featured the five regular events at 100 targets. Among the amateurs F. G. Fuller was in first place with 99. ' Ed. Varner second with 98. B. A. Claflin, E. K. Crothers, J. F. Caldwell and W. S. Hoon came third with 97. C. G. Spencer was first "pro," with a straight score of 100. Ed. Banks and J. E. Dickey second with 98. J. R. Graham, W. R. Crosby and C. A. Young third with 97. Third Day, August 6. — Perfect weather, with the exception of a little breeze, marked the third day of the tournament which began promptly at 9 o'clock. The crowd, which had been increasing every day, was larger than any other time during the shoot. F. Schwalbe, standing at the 19-yard mark, won the Western Handicap by breaking 99 out of a pos- sible 100 targets, and leading a field of 95 amateurs and professionals. So keen was the race for high honors that first place was not settled until the 17th squad had finished shooting at trap No. 5. O. Larson (18 yards) in squad No. 1, finished with 95. This remained high until squad No. 9 came on, when M. W. Thill (19 yards) went out with 95. In squad No. 10, L. J. Robison (18 yards) also broke 95. Ninety-five was high score until squad No. 17 start- ed, when F. Schwalbe (19 yards) broke 20 straight at trap No. 5, and finished with a total of 99. In squad No. 18, F. G. Fuller (20 yards) broke 19 at trap No. 5, this taking second place. The ties for third place on 95 were shot off at 20 targets, Messrs. Larson and Robison breaking 18 to Mr. Thill's 15. Larson and Robison shot at a sec- ond 20 targets; Larson broke 20 straight, Robison 17, Larson winning third place. There were 19 squads entered in the regular events, 100 targets, the rivalry was intense and some excellent shooting was done. F. G. Fuller led the amateurs with 98. H. Kennicott, J. E. Harker, Ed. Varner and M. Kneussl were second with 97. G. Sper- beck was third with 96. Among the professionals in the regular events C. G. Spencer and C. A. Young were first with 99. C. C. Mitchell second with 98. T. A. Marshall, F. Gilbert and R. W. Clancy third with 96 each. After shooting off the ties for third place in the Western Handicap, Manager Shaner presented the trophies to the respective winners and the ninth Western Handicap Tournament became a matter of history. Preliminary Handicap Purse — 68 regular entries @ $5, $340; 2 penalty entries for "targets only"® $2, $4.00; 24 entries for "targets only." 94 total en- tries. Added to the purse, $100. Total purse, $444. Gruhn, Wm 195 Crothers, E. K. ...94 Hammersmith, H. 94 Brown, H 94 Schwalbe, F |94 31.10|Fuller, F. G. 22.20 Kneussl, Max. 22.2ll|L,ewis, Bart. . 22.20 Jennings, R. . 22.20 931 6.15 93 6.15 93 6.15 93 6.15 Western Handicap Purse — 63 regular entries @ $8, $504; 1 penalty entry @ $13, $13; 1 penalty en- try for "targets only" @ $2, $2. 30 entries for "tar- gets only." 95 total entries. Added to the purse, $200. Total purse, $719. Schwalbe, F 99 $129.40!Raup, W. J. . . . Puller, F. G 96 107.85|Harker, J. E. Robison, L,. J 95 86.30lLook. J 71.90IMuercke, H. F. 64.70|Holmes, A. G. 43.15;Claflin, B. A. . 43.15|Meloy, C. T. 43.15 Keel, A. G. ... 2S.75| received too late for this Robison, Li. J Thill. M. W. . Connor, A. C. Kennicott, H. Wulf, J. F. . Meusel, "\V. E. (Scores follow next week issue.) 93 28.75 93 28.75 92 7.20 92 7.20 92 7.20 92 7.20 92 7.20 92 7.20 MAX E. HENSLER. Caldwell. J. F.. Carr, W. E. Robiscn, L. J. Keel. A. G. Frink, J. S. . . 98$79.90|Brown, W. L,. . 97 66.60|Sperbeck, G. W. 95 53.30'Meloy, C. T. ... 951 44.40iCcnnor, A. C . 95 39.95lRiley. W. E. . . . 93| 6.15 931 6.15 93 6.15 93 6.15 93 6.15 On the morning of the last day of the Michigan State Shoot a telegram came from Colorado Springs, stating that Max Hensler had passed away after as game a struggle against the white plague as any man ever made. For the past four years we have expect- ed to hear that the end had come, but a new lease of life had until now been granted. It seemed particularly pathetic that Max should be called home at the very hour when W. L. Scone- house was winning the championship of Michigan at the tournament of the Michigan State League of Gun Clubs. Max was one of the founders of this League, and won the championship medal three times before he was nineteen years of age. The three wins give him permanent possession of the trophy. Max E. Hensler was born at Beaver Dam, Wis- consin, June 23, 1883. From his very childhood he was an enthusiastic admirer of a gun, and at an early age demonstrated beyond any doubt that he had the qualifications of a wonderful shooter. After finishing high school he made his home for some little time with his brother, A. R. Hensler, Battle Creek, Michigan. While living in Battle Creek he was instrumental in organizing the Central Michigan Trap Shooters League, and at the age of sixteen he won the emblematic of the championship of this organization. It was in a large measure due to young Hensler's efforts that the Indian Shoot was held in Battle Creek in 1902, and his phenomenal exhibition at this tournament attracted the attention of all the best shots in America. He joined the professional ranks the following year, and demonstrated his ability by winning the preliminary handicap, and second place in the Grand American at Kansas City, as well as high average over all in the handicap events of this shooting classic as the age of nineteen. The writer will never forget standing by the side of Max's father while this mere boy broke his twenty straight in the shoot-off for the preliminary tie. As the con- testants were congratulating this new addition to the galaxy of shooting stars his father turned to me and said: "The lad has a good mother and it will please her." From this time on this youngster was known as the "Boy Wonder," and toured the country giving exhibitions of his skill until his health became so much impaired that he was forced to go to the Rockies, seeking strength. After two years' sojourn in the mountains he was apparently sufficiently re- stored to warrant him in taking up his favorite pro- fession. He at once became affiliated with the Du Pont Powder Company, and demonstrated the superiority of their products in the mountain dis- tricts. While touring the west in the interests of this com- pany he won the Pacific Coast Handicap Cup at Spokane, the Spalding medal at Denver, emblematic of Colorado State Championship, the Montana State Championship of Anaconda. The trophy which was viewed with especial pride was the Fred. Stone Cup, a beautiful trophy donated by that most popular actor-sportsman, Fred. A. Stone. This cup is emblematic of the championship of the Rocky Mountain States. Max had many high average trophies and numer- ous century runs. His longest run, 190 straight, was made at San Antonio, Texas. About four years ago he again became so weakened that he was obliged to retire from active work, and from then until now he gamely fought a losing battle. In such esteem was he held by his employers, The Du Pont Powder Company, that, after he had been incapacitated for two years, he was placed upon the pension list where he remained until the time of his death. I cannot let the opportunity pass to add a word or two of personal tribute to the memory of the clean- est, straightest, truest sportsman I ever knew. I was intimately associated with this boy and man for seven years, both in a business and social way, and I can truthfully say that I never knew him to do a mean or crooked thing. Always modest and retiring — at times almost to bashfulness — this young man never allowed his many triumphs to in any way affect his bearing, and each time he appeared in the spotlight of the shooting stage he seemed to become a bit more companionable, and never even in the slightest degree conceited. Modest but fearless, helpful but not patronizing, temperate himself but considerate of the weaknesses of his fellow men, Max Hensler in thirty-one years has left a record for clear sportsmanship and game- ness which no man will ever excel though he may live a century. JOHN S. COLE, JR. Detroit, Mich., July 28, 1914. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 1914. DIVERGENT FANCIES AS TO COLOR IN HORSES. ELIGIBLES FOR PLEASANTON FUTURITY No. 1. HORSE SHOW AT SACRAMENTO. From the frequency with which his customers de- mand certain colors the horse buyer learns what his trade is for or against and the alleged reason. My attention being attracted to this subject, it occurred to me to make inquiry of the next twenty-five horse dealers I met. Following are some of the answers to my queries, as nearly as possible in the words of those questioned: "A sorrel horse is the softest horse there is for work purposes. Whenever I buy one I have a place for him." "All horses look alike to me, so far as color goes." "They say a mealy-colored sorrel or a soft mealy- colored bay does not wear as well as other horses." "Put your hand on the kidney of a black horse on a hot day; then put it on a gray horse's, the gray will be cool, the black hot." "For work give me the flea-bitten gray — not one that is speckled from age, but born that way." "People mostly prefer good solid mahogany, bays, chestnuts, browns, grays and blacks. You under- stand, there are lots of firms that buy certain colors for advertising purposes." "The only horse I ever noticed that I thought was soft were these spotted horses — not the dappled and ringed ones, but these calico circus horses." "There is a coal firm in Boston that wants all- white or very light gray horses." "There is a firm in New York that wants all its horses to have four white legs and a white stripe in their face." "If a black horse can not stand the heat, why do not the Swedes live in Africa?" "The prettiest work horses and the strongest — that is, a horse to lact and stand a lot of grief — is a roan." "Most farmers when ordering horses ask for bays, blacks or browns." "Teamsters do not like white horses because they are so hard to take care of. See how that one shows the stable on him." "A buckskin, a buckskin with a strip of black down the middle of his back, is always a tough horse." "Did you ever see a buckskin with a strip of white down his back?" "There is a difference in the wearing quality of colors, but none in the horse.." "A horse with white legs is all right, unless his hoofs are white. A white hoof is softer. It does not hold a shoe so well." "Get a horse with a good middle and good feet and you need not look to see what color he is." "People's ideas are different, that is all. I buy all kinds." "Nothing to it. Every color looks good to me." "Take a good bay horse, one worth $175 to $200 with white front legs. I would make a farmer take off $40 before I would buy him. It is a notion people have." "Take two 1,600-pound horses up to the ring, sound in every respect, of like quality, one gray and one black, and the gray will bring $25 more at auction." "You can hardly sell a black horse to a teamster in New York City. He will take a black when he cannot get any other of his kind." "I like a dapple-gray horse best." "In racing horses the colors run bay, brown, chest- nut, black, white and dun. Dun is usually looked on as a weak horse. Pilot Medium furnished the best white strain. Hambletonian 10 was a good bay." Have you any choice? — G. E. Wentworth, Supt. Horse Department, Chicago Stock Yards, in Breed- ers' Gazette. THE MAN OF MANY TROUBLES. "It is certain that under existing conditions, uneasy rests the head of the track owner or manager, and without him what is to become of our breeding interests." Thus writes Mr. H. K. Devereux, president of the Grand Circuit and treasurer of the Historic half-mile track at Goshen, N. Y., with $25,000 to pay in purses and prizes at a three days' meeting, August 18, 19 and 20, 1914, and without aid from betting, or any subsidy from the State treasury though operating as a fair. And Goshen is merely a villageis not yet large enough to be called a town! Here are a few of the secretary's troubles: The Secretary's Troubles. A tough old tout, who lives without much "visible sup- port," Stopped me last week — "Confound his cheek! He wants a drink," I thought. Says he, "Gee, boss! How well you look! You yonger get each day. "I see you! (There's a speck of dust which let me brush away.) "(No, thanks, ain't dry.) Well, racing days are drawing very near. "Say, boss! 'Er, how about a season badge for me this year?" And so it goes! The public seems to think a track is run At no expense to anyone but just to give it fun! If everyone who racing goes would paw 'round in his jeans And dig up for admission fees, we might learn what it means To show a profit on our books! We can't, it's very clear. If everyone expects free season badges every year! — Trotter and Pacer. 0 W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of Patchen Wilkes Farm, has received a letter from B. J. Aklemade, of Hamburg, Germany, under date of July 7th, in which he states that True Ring won the day prior, beating th'. best horses in that country. True Ring is by Peter the Great 2: 07^4, out of the well-known inter- national ringer Bertie R. The following foals of 1912 are eligible to start in the Pleasanton Futurity No. 1 by making starting payment, due September 13th: $35 for trotters, $25 for pacers: S. S. Bailey's Bonnie Guy by Bon Guy- —dam Nancy Wave. J. R. Balkwill's bl. c. by Black Hall— Estrella B. L.. E. Barber's Bob Evans by The Bondsman — Madge. I. L. Borden's Dr. Smith by Tom Smith — Wanda II: Lit- tle Florence by Barney Barnato — Heste McKinney: Portola by Barney Barnato — Kate Lomax, Sheldon B. by Barney Barnato — Ramona; Ella Barnato oy Barney Barnato — Ella G. Mrs. L. J. Boyd's Carlsben by Carlokin — Bonnie Ailse. Chas. Butters' Honevback by The Bondsman — Lottie Lynwood. J. J. Campbell's Mabel Bond by The Bondsman — Kate Kopje ; Great Bow by Peter Wilton — Silver Fir. P. J. Chalmers' Red Patch by Joe Patchen n — Trix Mc- Adrian. C. H. Chandler's Birdie Brnd by The Bondsman — Lady Search. F. W. Cooper's Calif. Mb by Sir John S. — Jennie L. W. E. Detels' Palado by Palite — Daphne McKinney; ch. f. by Bon Guy — Melba T. W. G. Durfee's bl. c. by Carlokin — My Irene S. ; b. c. by by Carlokin — Atherine; blk. c. by Copa de Oro — Leonor McKinney; blk. c. by Tom Moko — Reta H. F. E. Emlay's Roseletta by Washington McKinney Jr. — Hermia. Jno. H. Gay's Lakeside by Kenneth C. — Bonnie. Hemet Stock Farm's Allie Lou by Kinney Lou — Lady Zumbro; Oro Lou by Kinney Lou — Zeta W. ; Dextro Lou by Kinney Lou — Nealey W. Mrs. Mabel O. Lipson's Palanada by Best Policy — Alta Almont. Leo. Lynch's Gleaming by Wonderlight — Lena Thorpe. D. Lynn's A. Bondsman by The Bondsman — Belle Lynn. F. Malcolm's Midnight Express by Expressive Mac — Fresno Girl. Chas. Marley's Maud Bond by The Bondsman — Nusta. L. B. Taylor's Texas Tommy by Tom Smith — Carrie B. W. J. Miller's Bondelian by The Bondsman — Katalina. J. E. Montgomery's blk. c. by Zombro — Cynara. L. R. Rodgers' Las Palmas Belle by The Bondsman — Sally Rodgers. F. J. Ruhstaller's Tenie Hall Dy Moko Hall — Teme. A. L. Scott's Lady Corage by Le Voyage — Cora; Lady Ino by Le Voyage — Lady Inez. W. L. Selman's Miss Emily by Knight of Strathmore— Dulce Yedral. Valencia Stock Farm's Direct Heir Jr. by Direct Heir — La Belle. Dr E. 2. Blosser's ch. f. by Prince Ansel — My Trueheart. C W Short's Blue Beard by Skidoo Wilkes — Honda Girl. Shreve & Jagger's Ben Bond by The Bondsman — Silver J. S. Nickerson's Raya de Oro by Copa de Oro — Easter D. F. B. Stockdale's br. f. by Black Hall— Mayflower. L. H. Todhunter's Janett Bondsman by The Bondsman — Sweet Bow. _ „ , m Dr I L Tucker's Oro Bond by The Bondsman — Babe T. F. L. Walcholz's Margaret Densmore by Baron May — Miss Densmore. . D W Wallis' The Bondholder by The Bondsman — Connne ' Sidmore; Angel Searcher by El Angelo — Record Geo L. Warlow's Tewana by E. G. Diablo— Cora Wicker- sham; Neil Hall by Black Hall— Strathalie. Bert Webster's Rodney Patchen by Joe Patchen n— Miss E J Weldon's Bonostine Belle by Lijero— Mater Expedio. T. D. Witherly's Claire Wilton by Peter Wilton — Blanche Richmond. , _ „ . Wm Bond's Gay Zombro by El Zombro — Gay Princess. Woodland Stock Farm's Ruth Ansel by Prince Ansel- Lottie; Prince Majella by Prince Ansel— Majella B J. E. Montgomery's Winnie Bond by The Bondsman — La Moscovita. Henry Rohmer's Eureka Girl by Nearest McKinney— Little Light. „ _ _ _ R J. MacKenzie's Bonquin by Quintell — Lily Young. P. H. Smith's b. f . by Zombro — Kathenne A. ...... F E Ward's Freckle Beirne by Beirne Holt — Frecklebird. A B. Rodman's May Alto by Alto Express — Maymonio. C. L. Ramsay's Donna Lee by Donasham — Bay Leaf. o WHERE BETTING IS ALLOWED. "Most racing clubs in New Zealand are in a par- ticularly prosperous condition, thanks to the heavy totalisator speculation during the current season," says the Sydney Referee. "The government tax is a big drain, but the Canterbury Times says that, despite this, stakes are going up steadily, and as the clubs continue to show a profit on their meetings further increases in prize money may be looked for. 'That,' says the paper quoted, 'is one of the great points to be urged in favor of New Zealand racing methods. All the clubs exist exclusively for the fur- therance of sport, the proprietary element having been banished long ago. As a result there are no shareholders to pocket fat dividends after a success- ful meeting, and the greater the profits the more money there is to provide convenieces for the public and stakes for the owners. In both these directions it can be claimed that New Zealand occupies a posi- tion which challenges comparison with any country in the world.' The Canterbury Jockey Club conclud- ed its racing for the current season, and in ten days it has distributed $181,800 in prize money. It must be added, though, that, unlike the Australian Jockey Club it has received a large return in the way of nomination and acceptance fees. Still, even under such conditions, an average of $2,270 a race is a splendid one for a club in a city the size of Christ- church. Totalisator investments for the season ag- gregated $1,874,610, an increase of $239,315, as com- pared with the Canterbury Jockey Club's meetings during 1912-13, and in New Zealand the speculation on the course has a direct bearing on the prize money to be distributed the following season." o Mr. S. H. Cowell has sold his pacer Oro Mo 2:09% to Chas. F. Silva of Sacramento. Oro Mo obtained his record at the Salinas meeting in the first heat of the 2:20 class pace and was a free-legged pacer. His new owner intends to work and race him with hopples and expects that under the new conditions he will gain a very fast record before the close of the 1914 racing season. — — o There seems to be no limit to the sensations this year, Will they ever stop? Although the horse show at the State Fair has been a marked success since it was inaugurated in 1912, it promises to be far more of a society event this year than it has been during the last two sea- sons. Judging from the number of entries by society women throughout the State, there is a decided revival of interest in horses and riding is becoming extremely popular among those fond of out-door sports. Among the women to enter horses this year is Miss Adelaide Gillis of Los Angeles, who will ride Don Castano, a grand champion in the saddle horse class. Miss Gillis has several other horses, she in- tends showing. Mrs. W. C. Ralston of San Francisco will exhibit Rex Max, a good representative of the gaited types in California. Mrs. J. S. Bryan of Hol- lister will head her long string of entries with Dewey, a high school horse of the champion class. Mrs. Leota I. Zapp will bring up fourteen ponies from Fresno. She will also enter a number of high school horses and jumpers. Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson of San Francisco will ride Lord Denmark. Lord Denmark formerly belonged to Mrs. E. P. Riggle of Los An- geles. Mrs. Riggle will have a number of entries this year. Miss Florence Carmany and Miss Lurline Matson, members of the San Francisco Riding and Driving School, have entered horses. The program contains, besides the saddle horse performances, interesting coach horse features. There will be different forms of entertainment every night for the entire week of the show. A special feature will be the annual futurity of three-year-olds of the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Association. The association held its first futurity at the horse show last year and it proved to be one of the most elaborate saddle horse features ever staged in Cali- fornia. It will bring together the best five-gaited three-year-old saddle horses on the Pacific Coast. o NOTES FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Matt Byrnes, who in days gone by trained Salvator and Firenzi, in fact, the very many stake winners which ran in the colors of J. B. Haggin, always has a fund of interesting information to impart concern- ing- his trips to South America, where he went to dispose of a number of Rancho del Paso horses, at the time when racing in New York met with such a severe setback. "Among the stallions I took down were McChes- ney, Mimic, Greenan, Dieudonne and First Water. McChesney sold for $7,000, Greenan for $11,000, Dieu- donne for $11,000 and First Water for $10,000. Mc- Chesney has not proved much account as a sire, though he got a few winners. "Greenan and Dieudonne have both made good, and have sired some of the best horses racing in Buenos Ayres. "The oldest of the First Water crop are now year- lings, and are said to be very promising. He is a grandly bred horse, foaled in 1895, by Amphion — Mon Droit, and was raced in the string of Newton Ben- nington. I took him down there two years ago. He is a light chestnut in color, with four white legs and feet, and the South Americans were prejudiced against his color, more especially against his white legs. But I am confident he will prove a success. "After our first shipment many others thought to take advantage of the South American market and shipped a lot of worthless stock down there, and glutted the market to such an extent that a law was passed placing a duty of $500 per head on all im- ported stock, unless purely for breeding purposes. This virtually put a stop on the market, and stopped the importation of not only American horses, but English as well. "There are only two English-speaking trainers there — Britt, an Englishman, and Frazer, an Austra- lian. Englander is the only American jockey now riding there. He is making plenty of money, as he can ride at a light weight, and besides is a very good rider. I could not speak the lmgo, and although I had plenty of good offers to train there, had to de- cline. I couldn't understand a word of Spanish, and none of the help could talk anything else. If I had told them to put a saddle on a horse, likely enough they would have brought me a bucket of water. I gave it up in disgust. "They have beautiful tracks there, and each Sun- day, which is the principal racing day, they give a stake worth $10,000. I could count their money. That is one of the things I caught onto quickly. A peso is worth from 45 to 48 cents of our money. It varies according to the exchange. There is another fine racing country at Montevideo, a night's ride by boat from Buenos Ayres. All the betting is done in the mutuels, and there is a world of money to bet. The crowds at the races are far larger than they are here, 'one thing I noticed about the horses there is that they have terribly bad mouths and are badly broken. The reason of their bad mouths is that the jockeys all use the big Spanish bits, which are very severe and would ruin any horse's mouth. One of the se- crets of Englander's success is, I think, that he in- variably rides his horses with a snaffle. But the Spanish boys all believe in the heavy Spanish bit. The horses are all exercised bareback. But when racing they use the same saddle as ourselves." The Canadian Sportsman now claims Frank Bo- gash Jr. as the fastest pacer bred in Canada. When he won the first heat of the free-for-all at Cleveland in 2:01V4, he took the honor away from the dead Angus Pointer 2:01%. Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 S'^-ssiffl-^KeHH^sm}©*©*©*®*!®* THE FARM 1 FOOD VALUE OF MILK. G. P. Story, extension instructor in animal husbandry at the Massachu- setts agricultural college, calls atten- tion to three essentials in the pro- duction of clean milk that cannot be overlooked it good results are to be expected. 1. The man. Of all things he is the most important, for unless the dairyman "wants to make clean milk, no amount of inspection can insure a uniform grade of milk. 2. The method. Cows and stable should be clean; use pails with a small opening as they keep out 90 per cent, of the dirt; again, milk through absorbent cotton, cost l-3c per day; wipe sides and udder of cow with damp cloth before milking; as soon as strained cool the milk to fifty degrees or below and hold until delivery; thoroughly sterilize all milk utensils. 3. The price. Unless the consumer is willing to pay the extra cost of producing high grade milk he should not expect to get it by arbitrary in- spection. Many California dairymen would produce a high grade of produc- tion if they could get a better price for it than for ordinary market milk. He also in speaking of the value of milk, says, milk is an ideal food for babies and an excellent food for adults. It requires no cooking and can be introduced into almost any diet at a saving of food cost. One quart of milk has a food value equiv- alent to three-fourths pound of beef- steak or six eggs. At present prices this gives milk an actual value of from 15c to 20c per quart. At 12c per quart it is one of the cheapest foods on the market. People are be- ginning to buy milk on a quality ba- sis, the same as eggs, meat or cloth- ing. This will be more commonly practiced when high grade milk is gen- erally recognized to be one of our cheapest foods. Lue Gim Gong, a Chinese horticul- turist of DeLand, Florida, has devel- oped an orange that beats anything yet discovered in the citrus line. The oranges will remain on his tree for four years after maturity without ma- terial loss of juice or change in color. Moreover they will stand a degree of frost without injury that would de- stroy any of the known varieties in Florida. On one tree on this place he budded one half with the Lue Gim Gong orange. When a big frost came the Valencia side of the tree had all of the fruit badly frosted and de- stroyed. Good sized limbs were killed by the cold and the leaves were all off of the "Valencia bud. On the Lue Gim Gong side not a leaf had been lost and even the most tender growth on the tree was uninjured while the or- anges themselves were apparently un- touched by the slightest frost affec- tion. weight and females 600 to 800 pounds. Elk meat can be produced in many of our Rocky Mountain sections for less than the cost of beef, mutton or pork. Elk will effectively clear the area of undergrowth, but will not eat the bark of trees unless other food is scarce. Elk, goats and sheep may be kept in the same pasture if large enough and the elk will proetct the sheep from dogs. Elk are nervous like the com- mon deer and seldom jump an ordi- nary fence. A five-foot fence is usu- ally sufficiently high. A small enclos- ure for a vicious bull should have a strong fence seven or eight feet high. The cost of stocking a preserve is not great, as young elk in perfect condi- tion can be bought for about $100 each. One of the attractions at the Elks' convention in Denver a short time ago was the city park herd en- closed on the Bates triangle and it was rather surprising to note how many people had never before seen a wapiti. Brahmas become infested with ticks. These Brahmas cannot stand the rig- ors of the winter climate of the north and this is the reason we are not tak- ing to them in the northern States. Warranted to give satisfaction. An Arkansas man has a herd of about 100 elk on a range in the Ozark mountains. He finds that a range should be of considerable extent, with at least five acres for each animal. One hundred elk will do better on a 500 acre tract than one elk on a five- acre tract, however. The increase un- der domestication is equal to that of cattle and the percentage of dressed meat is much greater. Adult males on the hoof average 700 to 1000 pounds The other day some hybrids of the Brahma cattle in Texas were sold on the Kansas City market, but they did not seem to catch the fancy of the packers who got a hump on them- selves and discounted the stock be- cause of the hump they carried. This big hump which rises above the shoul- ders of these cattle is their most dis- tinguishing feature. It almost entirely disappears in the half-breeds, how- beef characteristics, so there is no ever, while maintaining all the other sense in disqualifying them in the sell- ing pens. The pastures in which these animals run in the Gulf coast country of Texas are open prairie without shade. Despite the insect pests which do much damage to the native cattle, these grade Brahmas thrive and grow fat. All the other cattle except the GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A sate, 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 HTTMAN REMEDY for Bhen- nmtlaiu, Spralue, Sore Throat, bW., it Is iavai ible Every bottle of Cnnntlc Baliam Bold is Warranted to give satisfaction Price 881. 50 per tottit Sold by druenlBts. or sent by ex- press, abWi paid, with rull direction!! for its tiae. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TBI LA WR?"CB- WILLIAM COaPiHT, ClsTelind, Obi" FOR SALE — The handsome broodmare LA CORONADO by Del Coronado, and five months' old filly by Carlokin. Her foal is a very handsome, natural trotter and a good prospect. La Coranado is again in foal to Carlo- kin. Address, J. M. MOLLE, San Pedro, Cal. FACTORY LOADS High Over All at Pacific Coast Handicap High General Average - L. H. REID - 342x350 Preliminary Handicap - 2d place - H. B. QUICK - tie 89x100 Mr. Quick won the shoot-off 18x20 Longest Runof Tournament - L. H= REID - 122 Straight Mr. Reid used "Target" medium grade shells, and the results shown, conditions considered, are little short of phenomenal. More contestants used red P quality throughout the tournament than any other make. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch : 583-S5 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. AND THEREBY HANG "THREE" TALES UMH PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP Tied for by DR. H. H. OTT, 93 x 100, shooting" Remington-UMC Autoloading Shotgun and Nitro Club Speed Shells. Preliminary Handicap: Won by FRANK VAN ATTA, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Speed Shells, score 90 x 100, 18 yds. High Amateur Average: Won by J. L. D. MORRISON, shooting the Speed Shells, score 325 x 350. KENTUCKY STATE SHOOT State Championship (not Interstate event) : Won by WM. H. HALL, 96 x 100, shooting Nitro Club Shells. MICHIGAN STATE SHOOT State Championship: Won by W. L. STONEHOUSE, 96 x 100, shooting Nitro Club Speed Shells. Five Man Team Championship, four members of winning team shot Reming- ton-UMC guns and shells. 23 x 34 1914 State Championships Won by Remington-UMC Shooters. FOLLOW THE LEADERS TO WINNING TOWN ! REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. tmsti 299 Broadway, New York THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN EVERYBODY CAN CANDLE EGGS. WHAT SIZE FENCE NAILS. [Saturday, August 15, 19H. Washington, D. C, Aug. 1 — To ena- ble farmers and housewives to test eggs before a candle and tell accu- rately their condition before they are opened, the Department of Agriculture has just published a colored egg- candling chart. To give a true picture of the eggs, twelve impressions were necessary to produce this lithograph- ed chart. This chart shows the eggs in their natural size as they appear before a candle, and also as they look when open in a glass saucer. The pictures include an absolutely fresh egg, slightly stale eggs, decidedly stale eggs, eggs with yolk sticking to the shell, eggs where the chicken has de- veloped so far that blood has been formed, moldy eggs, addled eggs, and eggs with a green white. Comparatively few housewives are aware that a green color in the white of eggs is due to the presence of bil- lions and billions of a certain species of bacteria that make a green coloring matter. Eggs with this greenish tint, even though the yolks seem to be per- fect, are not fit for food. As long as the Department's supply lasts, these charts will be furnished free upon application to the Editor and Chief, Division of Publications. Commercial shippers of eggs, however, should apply for Department Bulletin 51, a technical paper on testing by scientific methods not available to the average farmer. This bulletin includes the colored illustrations. This chart alone will be found to be not merely of great service to the housewife wishing to test the eggs she is to serve to her family, but also of commercial value to farmers, country merchants, or egg shippers who wish to buy and handle eggs on an accurate quality basis. The great spoilage of eggs in this country is due to bad handling and is quite unnecessary. Part of the rem- edy is to teach everybody, from the farmer to the consumer, how to tell the quality of an egg without breaking the shell. The country buyers, the middlemen and the housewife judge of the quality of the inside of a cucum- ber or an eggplant, or any other veg- etable, by the appearance of the out- side and the firmness of its texture. It is not possible to tell the quality of an egge by looking at the shell, though it is safe to say that the eggs with shiny shells are apt to be aged. A fresh egg looks as though it had been dusted with a very fine powder; the "bloom," as the egg men say. But in order to know what is inside the shell the egg must be held in front of a strong light — such as an electric bulb furnishes — which comes through a hole about Hi inches in diameter. The room must be dark. When the egg is held close against the hole the bright light renders its contents visible, and the quality is indicated by the appear- ance of the yolk, the white and the air space at the blunt end. There are many egg "candles" on the market, but the housewife can easily make one for herself by cutting a hole in a small pasteboard box, which is slipped over an electric light bulb. If gas or an oil lamp is the source of light, a tin box or can should be used. CARE OF COLT'S FEET. Every colt owner should possess a foot rasp. Never mind about a knife; the less the knife is used around the foot the better. The first time the smith — if of the ordinary kind — gets at the foot he will probably cut it enough to last a lifetime. If the colt has been handled and quieted before it is weaned, it will allow the foot to be raised and leveled with the rasp. Study the columns of bones that go into the foot. "No foot, no horse," will seldom apply to the colt wrhose owner keeps the foot level. DISPERSAL OF WEEDS BY IRRIGATION. In western farming sections irriga- tion waters are undoubtedly a most important agent in the dissemination of seeds. Ditch banks are usually al- lowed to become thickly overgrown with weeds. Seeds from these fall into the stream, to be carried along and spread out over the fields. Hav- ing received a soaking, they germi- nate readily when they strike the soil. Weeds along irrigation ditches are a source of as much harm to our crops as are those along roadsides. A great many people make the mis- take of using nails that are too large for the lumber used. For ordinary rough work such as framing buildings, etc., where two-inch lumber is used, 16d should be used. For use in one- inch lumber, 8d is large enough. For building panels for sheep pens 6d are long enough to reach through two boards and clinch them. Larger nails split the lumber, and do not make as strong a job as the smaller ones. They are also more expensive. For shing- ling, 3d fine is the best size; two pounds will lay a thousand shingles. The following table gives the length and difference in number per pound: Size Length Approximate of Nails in Inches No. in Lb. 3d fine ll/s 1140 Sd 2% 106 Kid ■. 3 70 16d 3Yz 50 20d 4 30 J. H. WILSON. Colorado Agricultural College. The intelligence of the horse de- pends largely upon the training re- ceived, yea, there is a marked differ- ence in the extent to which horses will derive benefit from training, and that difference may be accounted for only by variations in the brain develop- ment. OUR FORESTRY BUSINESS. Striking facts regarding our forest resources, their value and their waste, are condensed in an eight-page illus- trated circular of the American for- estry association, just issued. The lumber industry is said to emplay 735 - 000 people, to whom are paid annually $367,000,000 in wages, the worth of products being $1,250,000,000. An average of 70 human lives are sacrificed annually in forest fires, and a loss occurs of $25,000,000. Damage from insects and tree diseases, which follow fire, costs each year $50,000,000. The cost of destruction resulting from floods is not estimated, but is given as "countless millions." But the circular expresses hope more than pessimism. As well as the colored pictures showing the forest fire, the effects of the fire, and the damage caused by floods, it shows also forests planted and grown under in- tensive management, and the national forest ranger scouting for fires on the mountain lookout station. The effec- tive patrol here referred to has re- duced "forest fire losses to as low as one-tenth of one cent an acre." It is pointed out that by planting forests an annual income could be derived in the country of $65,000,000; and by preservative treatment upon timber each year $100,000,000 could be saved. COMMUNITY MARKETING. Co-operation in marketing and in buying is, we believe, essential to the economical distribution of products. Large quantities of uniformly good products can be sold much more ad- vantageously than can smaller quan- tities of products, each sample of which may be good in itself but which when brought together are not uni- form. When every farm was manu- facturing its own butter and each of the hundred or more farmers in the community was trying to sell butter of a different quality, the price of butter was comparatively low. Where butter is manufactured in one plant, the manager of the creamery has at his disposal large quantities of a uni- form product and can sell at the best possible price. If the products of a community, such as grain, potatoes and live stock, can be made uniform by co-operation among the members of the commun- ity in production, and then these larg- er quantities of uniform products can be sold by one man. the same advan- tages are derived that come to the large farmer. PIG POINTERS. Do not have hog lots next to high- ways, railroads, or streams. If your neighbor's hogs have cholera do not allow anyone from his farm to visit your farm, and especially your hog lot or pens, and keep away from your neighbor's hog lot, whether his hogs have cholera or not. Do not keep pigeons or allowr them to alight on your premises. Keep away crows and buzzards. Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Wind Puff, Bowed Tendon, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Curb, Splint, Poll Evil, Fistula, etc., are prombtly reduced with ABSORBINE THE ANTISEPTIC LINIMENT It is a mild and pleasant remedy to use — does not stain or leave a greasy resi- due. It is soothing, cooling, healing and powerfully penetrating— strengthening and invigorating to tired, lame muscles or tendons. Allays pain promptly and takes out soreness and inflammation. Reduces swellings and soft bunches In addition it is a safe and harmless ANTISEPTIC and GERMICIDE Applied to an open sore, wire cut or wound, it not only makes the part asep- tically clean, but kills the germs and causes a healthy healing — non-destructive of tissue. Effective in Poll Evil, Fistula. Quittor. Sores, Lacerations Bruises Absorbine does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be used. USE ABSORBINE to remove Bursal Enlargements! Bog Spavins, Thoroughpins, Puffs, Shoe Boils, Capped Hocks, Swollen Glands, Infiltrated Parts, Thickened Tissues, Rheumatic Deposits, Enlarged Veins. Painful Swellings and Affections; to reduce any strain or lameness; to repair strained, ruptured tendons, ligaments or muscles; to strengthen any part that needs it. ABSORBINE, S2.00 a bottle at druggists. Write me about any special case on which you would like advice. Send for Free Book. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mas SAVE-THE-HORSE (Trade Bark BesisteredJ WH EN a prominent banker like L. A. Burson, Gothenburg. Neb., says: — "The bottle I purchased in May for a curb did all you claim. I grave the horse a long: season, drove him every day and sold him this fall, sound as a dollar." — and when an Official — J. N. Dowell, General Agent of Wells Fargo Express Co., at Cincinnati, Ohio, says: — "This horse went lame on account of a Bone Spavin and is now sound and in the service of the Company at Columbus" — and finally, when over 130.000 other sat- isfied users acknowledge Save-The- Horse is unequalled because it cures when nothing else can It is certainly wisdom and economy to cure your horse now — while working — especially when we take the chances — make a contract to return the money if horse is not cured. Best of all, Save- The-Horse is guaranteed to make a per- manent cure of Ringbone — Thoropin — SPAVIN — and ALL, Shoulder, Knee, Angle, Hoof and Tendon Disease. $5 per bottle, with a binding con- tract to cure or refund money. Troy Chemical Co., Binghampton, N. Y. Druggists and Dealers everywhere sell Save-The-Horse WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Mail or Express paid. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pi o- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from cut of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE Stock Ranch Abov* the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 6 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. KENDALLS SPAVIN CURE I other lame- 1 n e sb, 35 I years of re- marka ble \ results, ft abottlc. 6 for 35. At all drug stores. Ask for Free i Book, '"Treatise on the Horse." nr.B.J.HendallCo.,Eno»bur&FilU,Vt. \ The old reliable remedy for j curb, splint, bony growtHs, ringbone, spavin - MODERN BREAKING By W. A. BRtETTE A revised edition of the lat- est Treatise on the Training of Setters and Pointers. THIS book enables any- one to do his own training and fully ex- plains the methods em- ployed by the most success- ful trainers in developing the setter and pointer. The important les- sons are illus- trated by pho- tographs from life; nothing is left to guess- work. The entire sub- ject is cov- ered, from the selection, raising and d evelopment o f puppies to the con- ditioning of dogs and their handling in the field. The amateur is told, in lucid language, how to make a dog a high-headed, stylish worker, stanch on his points, steady to shot and wing, and a prompt, tender retriever; all of this is accomplished by simple methods, some of them never before given to the pub- lic. The instructions for correcting the faults of bird dogs and keeping them up to their training are concise and easily un- derstood. Every man who owns a bird dog or shoots in the field should read this book. BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, Sent Postpaid J P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco Saturday, August 15, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 27 Interstate Championships (JUST 80%) WON WITH SMOKELESS POWDERS THE CHAMPIONS' CHOICE The latest entrant to the Champions' Class is Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky., winner o£ the KENTUCKY INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP 97 x 100 — SCHULTZE HIGHEST SCORE OF THE TOURNAMENT, 386 x 400 — DUPONT Made by John R. Taylor, Newark, O., who also scored 119 STRAIGHT — THE LONGEST RUN OP THE SHOOT, THE POWDERS THAT WIN Dupont : Ballistite : : Schultze Always to be depended on to improve your scores because their regu- larity of behavior inspires confidence which is so essential to cham- pionship form at the traps. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPORTING POWDERS AND TRAPSHOOTING BOOKLETS, WRITE TO SPORTING POWDER DIVISION. DUPONT Established 1802 POWDER COMPANY Wilmington, Delaware Branches: San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg. CALIFORNIA Track Harrows Cut down high places fill and pack low ones drag out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH ELASTIC OVER ITS SUR- i-moE. We court personel in- /* vestigation. Our "LITTLE WONDER" is a new low priced, ALL STEEL HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. kaumazoo. micHIGAN. „. ,. ,. GUNCRAFT By W. A. Braette "\ A modern treatise on grins, ^ gun fitting, am- _i— _»,«_. munition, wing ~---fe™- • ' and trap shoot- l£: ....I '°8' I -', . -• . ^ r The theoretical side '$&? °f toe subject has been \SL covered with a scientific '^/ accuracy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the mastereye, de- fects in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that will enable cither the ex- pert or the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fita Mm and how to decide upon one that docs. It will enable him to ascertain why he misses some shots and is successful with others. The secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipe, the woodcock, the ruifed grouse, and the duck family, are illustrated by drawings and described in a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Cloth, $1.50 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Faaneisco, Cal SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so;, of Sidney Dillon dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guv Wilkes- second dam Biscara (dam of li) bv Di- rector: third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) bv Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire in use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St.. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Slake, Moffit & Towne Oaoloro in PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, Los Ansrcl^ CALIFORNIA PB0T0 ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art in HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WAR NEWS. Hercules Infallible and E. C. Marksmen invaded the "Blue Grass" State, capturing the State Championship and other high honors. MARYSVILLE, KENTUCKY, JULY 31st. W. H. Hall, captures Interstate Kentucky State Championship 96 x 100— Shooting E. C. Sam Huntley, captures High over all Amateur honors 374 x 400— Shooting E. C. T. Hubert Fox, captures Second High Professional honors 374 x 400— Shooting E. C. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, JULY 25th. T. H. Clay, Jr., High Amateur, 190 x 200— Shooting Infallible. H. T. Strother, Second High Amateur 186 x 200— Shooting E. C. C. A. Edmonson, Third High Amateur 185 x 200— Shooting E. C. Alfred Clay, Fourth High Amateur 181 x 200— Shooting E. C. W. R. Chamberlin, High Professional 193 x 200— Shooting E. C. T. H. Fox, Second High Professional 188 x 200— Shooting E. C. J. M. Barr, Third High Professional 187 x 200— Shooting E. C. Edward Banks, Fourth High Professional 186 x 200 — Shooting Infallible. During the week Hercules Marksmen captured many other choice honors. On the Pacific Coast, Championship, Prelim- inary and General Average Honors were seized by the shoot- ers who specified Hercules Infallible and E. C. loaded shells. See your dealer for shells that make Hercules Marksmen. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. Salt Lake City, Utah. J. E. Rice. HgT., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. PARKER HOME GUN VICTORIES AT The Pacific Coast Handicap The Classic Event of the Year in Shooting Circles, was won by MR. PETER O'BRIEN at Portland, Oregon, July 22nd, shootinjr his "Old Reliable" PARKER GUN. inS mS On May 4th, at Modesto, during: California-Nevada tournament, MR TONT PRIOR won the Grand Trophy on 25 straight, and on May 6th, at same place by scoring 94 x 100 at 21 yards. THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA HANDICAP, scoring last 50 straight, with his 34-in. barrel PARKER GUN. May 12th to 14th, at San Diego tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored high professional average, 467 out of 500 targets. May 15th to 17th, at Los Angeles tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at, including A RUN OF 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 480 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. ±iEINE PFIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion, Messrs. Mitchell and Pfirrman used 34-inch barrel PARKERS. And at SALT LAKE, UTAH., May 23, 29 and 30th.— Mr. S. A. HUNTLEY won high ama- teur average, scoring 521 x 525 with his 34-inch barrel PARKER GUN. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address, PARKER BROS., r.7erio"en, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warrer Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition =»nd Rifles PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO Telephone Kaarny 1883. COLCHER BROS. 510 Market St., San FrarvsifC*, cat 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 15, 1914. BY INVITATION MEMBER OF WfNCHES TER .30 Caliber Rifle Cartridges Outshoot All Other Makes and are Selected for use by the American Rifle Team in Palma Trophy Contest Results of Tests by National Riile Association's Board of Experts: WINCHESTER Remington — ,U. M. C. United States Ctg. Co. Frankford Arsenal Mean Radius of 32 Targets Shot at 1000 Yards, 6.85 7.30 8.34 12.72 inches The average Extreme Vertical and the average Extreme Horizontal measurements of the targets made at 1000 yards with Winchester cartridges were 18.5 inches and 16.56 inches respectively. All of the targets made by Winchester Cartridges had a mean radius of LESS than 10 inches, which is 'NEW YORK.U.S^A\ phenomenal accuracy for 1000 yards. Such a decisive demonstration of the superiority of Winchester cartridges should convince the most critical rifleman that for all kinds of shooting he should USE WINCHESTER, THE W BRAND FOR ACCURACY AND UNIFORMITY . SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle SELBY SHOTGUN LOADS on Your Hunting Trips No matter how carefully you plan your hunt or what expense you go to, the whole trip is spoiled if your shells are not right. Include FRESH SELBY LOADS, in your plans, because they shoot the way the factory intends they should and you'll get a full bag if the game is there. GET FRESH SELBY LOADS FROM YOUR DEALER He will get you special loads if you wish. keel for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryor floors, sto. ate. MT. DIABLO CEMENT : dryer floors, »to. •to. SANTA CRUZ LIME MT DIABLO LIME beat fsr brloklayl eg ana plastering. beet for spraying and whitewashing, WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. °i-:-'i-:-'fr:-^:Hi.-:-^-:^:-^-:-'5-:-^:-^-:-'i'-. »-,, |i'siraK Rl"ifflH Hit ii dkHB G'fJflPW . P»«t and Montgomery San FranofBco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for 81 a month The First National Sate Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 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OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One- year, ?3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 6th (inclusive). Ferndale — September 7th to 11th. Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair)— September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 6th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Fort Erie Aug. 24-26 N. T. State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 THE WESTERN HORSEMAN of August 12th has a very able and interesting editorial upon the out- look lor the future of the Grand Circuit, the writer of which calls attention to the efforts which have been made and are being made to suppress betting by a certain element who, although in the minority, wish to force their views of enjoyment upon the general public. He has evidently given the subject much thought and investigation and presents his views upon the matter in a most convincing manner. The same conditions referred to in this editorial are more than applicable to the racing situation on the Pacific Coast. The horsemen and track owners here have been for the last four years entirely dependent upon the gate money for the payment of the purses and other expenses of the race meetings. Up to the time when the anti-betting law was passed by the legislature in this State it was possible to give a trotting meeting with fair-sized purses ($500 to $1000) and to at least break even in the expenses. Since the revenue from the auction and mutual pools has been stopped various towns in which race tracks are located have been unable to give meetings without incurring a substantial loss, and in conse- quence, instead of there being twelve or fourteen full weeks circuit, as there used to be in California seven or eight years ago, this year there will be twenty-six days' racing among seven towns in which the Fair Associations are willing to take the chances of getting out with as small a loss as possible. The same conditions may not apply to the Grand Circuit, as the gate money in the larger cities of the Eastern states is probably ten-fold what it is here, but with- out betting it is impossible to conduct racing in California without a financial loss to every associa- tion advertising a list of trotting and pacing purses. We are re-printing the editorial referred to on another page of this issue, and trust that the able arguments advanced may have the effect of stirring the interested horsemen of the Pacific Coast to action. There will be an effort made in the coming session of the California legislature to restore the betting privileges in connection with harness racing and it behooves every horseman to use his best en- deavors to achieve success in this matter. SANTA ROSA is the word in every horseman's mouth now and before next week is out the queen city of Central California will be alive with horse- men and fast horses. The citizens of that beautiful and prosperous city have subscribed generously to the race meeting and fair to be held under the auspices of the Sonoma and Marin Agricultural Association, the horse owners of the State are en- thusiastic over the prospects of a meeting there, an excellent programme of races has been prepared, and the entries are not only numerous but high class. With the Santa Rosa track in its present fast and safe condition there is every prospect that several California records will be broken as the horses are working very fast miles every day. Nearly all the horses that were entered at the Breeders' meeting at Salinas will be ready to compete and besides there will be many others from different parts of the State. There are none of the gruelling three-in-five races on the programme, but all events are under the new system of three heats. It is to be hoped that the Association will engage the very best talent in the judges' stand, as therein lies the weak spot in harness racing. There will be an honest and earnest effort on the part of the management to make the meeting high class in every respect that it may not only reflect credit on California horses and horse- men, but upon the people of this State who take interest in arranging and attending harness meet- ings. No better outing could be suggested for a business man than a week's sojourn in the City of Roses while a meeting is being held there. Santa Rosa is famed for its prosperous and substantial growth, the beauty of its location and its residences, and for the hospitality of its citizens. Let us make the 31st of August one of the old-time gatherings of California horse owners and breeders, every one determined to do all in his power to make the racng that ensues hgh class sport that will excite the admiration and favorable comment of all who wit- ness it. THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB PROGRAMME. Five races have been arranged by the California Driving Club to be held in the Golden Gate Park Stadium Sunday afternoon. The races will begin at 1 p. m. Valuable cups have been offered for each contest. The programme follows: First Race — 2:30 Trot: Mile heats, two in three. Cup presented by Cali- fornia Driving Club: Dalta A., E. T. Ayres; Ella Wilkes, C. Eorromeo; Direct Rome, E. J. Fallon; Queen Pointer, J. Vermet; Spring- time, G. Clotere; Harold K., B. Soto. Second Race — 2:15 Pace: Mile heats, two in three. Cup presented by Cali- fornia Baking Company: Tom Murphy, E. T. Ayres; Pointer Bell, Kidd & Luce; Victor Pointer. D. M. Keating; Dolly Varden, P. McCarte; Little Dick, H. Ohlandt; T. D. W., W. Higginbottom. Third Race — Free-For-AII Trot: Mile heats, three in five. Cup presented by W. Ralston : Monica McKinney, Hoffman & Sicotte; Ida M., H. Boyle; Horseshoe Boy, A. S. Hanks. Fourth Race — 2:25 Mixed: Mile heats, two in three. Cup presented by E. H. Aigeltinger, candidate for Board of Equalization: Gold Bond, C. Lee; Pride of Elmhurst, J. D. Johnstone; Emma M., W. Malough; Ateka, L. A. Bangs; Vastida, J. Paras; Hello Girl, R. Kehoe. Fifth Race— 2:20 Mixed: Mile heats, two in three. Cup presented by Cali- fornia Driving Club: Sutton, J. J. Gethin; Roman Boy, W. A. Dougherty; Little Medium, H. E. Allen; Mable Dillon, B. Cohn. Starter, W. Higginbottom. Judges — J. A. McKer- ron, J. V. Galindo, A. Benson. Timers — H. Cohn, W. G. Walkup, C. Sutton. Secretary, F. W. Thomp- ENTRIES FOR LADIES' RACE, FRESNO DISTRICT FAIR. Event — 2:10 class trot or pace; lady drivers; purse $4.00. Race to be one heat each day, Sept. 29th and 30th, and October 1st. Money divided as follows: 25 per cent, of the purse to be paid on each heat and 25 per cent, to the win- ners of the race according to their rank in the sum- mary. It is understood there must be six starters for the $400 purse. If only five starters, purse will be $350. If four starters or less, purse will be $300. Entries close August 15, 1914. Money to be divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Entrance fee 5 per cent, of the purse. An additional 5 per cent, will be deducted from money winners. Hobbles barred in this race. Rules of the National Trotting Association, of which this Association is a member, will govern ex- cept as otherwise noted. Dan C, g. s. by Athablo — Kate Ewing; John Caesar. 4255 Tulare and Ninth. Diamond, b. g. by Milton Gear — A. Thoroughbred; S. D. Harmon. Silente. s. s. by Stanford McKinney — Sextette; Alex Brown. Jessie Smith, b. m. by Tom Smith — Miss French; John Frenchaboy. Little Chief, Mrs. S. Haig, 229 Isabella. Firebaugh. br. s. by Unknown; S. Brown. Athasham, b. s. by Athadon; Harry D. Brown. Editor Breeder and Sportsman: The European war will make no change in the plans of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Of the thirty-seven foreign nations that are taking part in the Exposition, not to exceed five will be affected by the conflict of arms. It is not certain that this will apply to more than three. The exhibition palaces of the exposition are com- pleted and exhibits are being installed. The States of the American Union are erecting their buildings. The gardens of the Exposition are planted and will be ready to bloom throughout the months of the Ex- position. The Department of Live Stock will house as many exhibits as if there were no complications in Europe. Trade relations will be established with the countries of Central America, South America and with Japan and China. The total cash appropriations for prizes and trans- portation amounting to $400,000 will be available. Please say to your readers that the Exposition will he given within the dates originally fixed, Feb- ruary 20th to December 4th, 1915. Very truly yours, D. O. LIVELY, Chief of the Dept. of Live Stock. THE EIGHT HOUR LAW. The American Federation of Labor does not favor a legal eight hour day. Samuel Gompers, president of the organization since 1881, recognized throughout the world as the foremost leader of trades unionism, declares un- equivocally against the limitation of the workday for adult men workers. The Farmers' Protective League has received from Washington, D. C, the official declaration made by President Gompers, who appeared before the United States Commission of Industrial Relations at its hearing in New York City, May 21st to 23rd, this year. Subsequently Mr. Gompers compiled an ab- stract of his testimony and this is being published in the American Federationist, official publication of the American Federation of Labor. The following excerpt is taken from the July num- ber of The American Federationist: By Sampel Gompers. The American Federation of Labor is in favor of fixing the maximum of hours of work for chil- dren, minors, and women. It does not favor a legal limitation of the workday for adult men workers. The unions have very largely established the shorter workday by their own initiative, power and influence; they have done it themselves. The American Federation of Labor is opposed to limiting, by legal statutory authority, the hours of work for men in private industries. The American Federation of Labor has appre- hensions as to the wisdom of placing in the hands of the government additional powers which may be used to the detriment of the work- ing people. It particularly opposes this policy when the things can be done by the workmen themselves. It is in favor of a uniform shorter workday and would encourage and help affiliated organi- zations to secure it by collective bargaining and other methods employed by labor unions. The Order of Railway Conductors of California has not and will not officially go on record for or against the Universal Eight Hour Bill. The Farmers' Pro- tective League has given widespread publicity to a letter from T. J. Applegate, for several terms chair- man of the legislative branch of the Order of Rail- way Conductors, in which Mr. Applegate voiced his personal opposition to the proposed measure in no uncertain terms. In justice to the Order of Railway Conductors, Mr. Applegate and i.he Farmers' Protec- tive League, Arthur Dunn, secretary of the League, announces that he is informed officially that the leg- islative board of the Order of Railway Conductors has not and will not take an official stand on this question. Individually the membership may express their opinions, and many, including Mr. Applegate, have done so, but the legislative board has taken no action on this law. o GOING ON WITH NEW ORLEANS PLAN. May Mack has finally made good on the Grand Circuit; last Thursday she won the 2:09 class trot on the Brunot's Island track at Pittsburg in straight heats from a good field of horses. The report of the race says that she had no difficulty in winning. New Orleans (La.), August 10. — Announcement was today made by I. B. Rennyson, chairman of the governing committee of the local racing association, that racing is now practically assured for New Or- leans next winter. He emphatically denied a rumor that several prominent members had withdrawn their support, un the contrary he declared that the $50,000 fund necessary was only $15,000 short. "Of the total amount," Chairman Rennyson said, "$35,000 has been pledged and the rest is in sight. We can get it whenever demanded. One or two have withdrawn from the association, but in no sense have they crippled the enterprise. The rumor that the association might give up racing next winter is ab- solutely untrue. We are in touch with racing sources all over the country and prospects are most prom- ising." He stated that the plans called for the opening of the race meet on Thanksgiving Day, with five or more races daily. Stakes wrill be offered in addition to the ordinary purses of $250, with $400 purses for handicaps. The races will be run until after the Christmas holidays. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. STOCKTON DRIVING CLUB. NOTES FROM SANTA ROSA. The San Francisco Driving Club furnished a good card of light-harness races yesterday afternoon at the Stadium track. The grandstand was packed and the rails were thronged with the usual large crowd of enthusiastic spectators. A strong wind prevailing early in the day soon died down, and the afternoon developed into a warm, sunshiny day made to order. The free-for-all trot, the third race on the pro- gramme, proved to be the feature of the day. Bird- eye and J. C. Simpson were cheered to the echo when they came out from the shed, the roan trotter evi- dently the favorite. The finish of the first heat, as the horses came down the stretch, was greeted with salvos of cheers by the big crowd. The field was off to a good start, Simpson a bit in the lead passing the judges' stand. Ida M. had the pole and was close up. Ottinger, driving Simpson, took the outside posi- tion. From the half-mile post it was nip and tuck between the two. Ida M. made her bid at the far turn; both came along to the wire under the whip, Ida M. just nosing out Simpson. Silver Hunter broke coming down the stretch and was passed by Bird- eye, who also lost his stride several times in the heat. The second heat was equally exciting and devel- oped another close race between Simpson and Ida M. The two went out ahead at the start. At the half- mile, and from there to the wire it was a contest worth seeing. Simpson won out by a neck. Birdeye could not keep his stride and never was in the going. Simpson passed the judges' stand first in the third heat and increased his lead materially until he broke when near the half-mile beacon. Before his driver could get him going right again Ida M. went away out in the lead and won by two lengths. Simpson made up lots of ground, but could do no better than third. Old Birdeye, after breaking several times, finished second. The finish of each heat in the race was greeted with prolonged cheering. Happy Dentist won the free-for-all pace from start to finish. Frank N. was injured in the first heat and with drawn. The 2:25 mixed was won by Emma M., Steve D. being the principal contender. The third heat was a pretty race and well fought out at the finish. Ishmael was in good trim yesterday and disposed of his field in two heats. The 2:15 pace developed another race with cheer- ing finishes. Bradmont won in two straight heats. Dolly Varden was in too fast company. The field in the 2:18 pace was hard to handle. There was much scoring in each heat before the start. Little Dick won the first heat by half a length, closely pressed all the way by Dicto. Dicto won the next two heats by two and five lengths. Dick W., who recently won three heats at Salinas in 2:09 and 2:08%, was driven an exhibition mile in 2:10% by A. Ottinger, who recently purchased him. The summary: First race — 2:25 mixed: mile heats, best 2 in 3: Emma M. (W. Halough) 2 1 1 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 1 3 4 Dalta A. (B. T. Ayres) 4 2 2 Baldv Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 3 4 3 Springtime (G. Clotere) 5 5 5 Time— 2:2714. 2:26%. 2:28%. Second race — 2:20 mixed: mile heats, best 2 in 3: Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 1 1 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 2 3 Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 3 2 King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 4 4 Time— 2:20. 2:18%. Third race — Free-for-all: mile heats, best 2 in 3: Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 1 1 Delilah (J. C. Welch) 2 2 Frank N. (M. Ford) 3 dr Time— 2:13%. 2:14%. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot, mile heats, best 2 in 3: Ida M. (H. Boyle) 1 2 1 J. C. Simpson (A. Ottinger) 2 1 3 Birdeve (A. Combatalade) 3 5 2 Silver Hunter (T. D. Sexton) 4 3 5 Nutwood Lou (A- Ottinger) 5 4 4 Time— 2:16%. 2:16, 2:18. Fifth race — 2:15 pace; mile heats, best 2 in 3: Bradmont (G. Giannini) 1 1 George Gin (G. Giannini) 2 3 Tom Murphv (E. T. Avres) 3 2 Dolly Varden (T. McCarty) 4 4 Time— 2:14%. 2:14%. Sixth race — 2:18 pace, mile heats, best 2 in 3: Dicto (McKinnev Stable) 2 1 1 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt Jr.) 1 2 2 G. J. P. <8> Frank G. Jones has placed a price of $35,000 on Anvil 2:02%. ■$>■$■ Edna Patch 2:08% is a new 2:10 pacer to the credit of Dan Patch 1:55. <8> «> Edna Patch 2:08% is a new 2:10 pacer to the credit of Dan Patch 1:55. <8> <5> <$■ Linda Wrona's record of 2:05% is the fastest ever made by a trotter in a first race. <8> <8> Cox and Murphy carted away most of the money from the Detroit Blue Ribbon Grand Circuit meeting. «■ «■ <5> Star Winter 2:05 and Belwin 2:06% are furnishing food for considerable discussion among horsemen at the present time. When U. Forbes, the two-year-old son of J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, placed his record at 2:12%, Lady Anne, by San Francisco 2:07%, was second. <8> A lot of the critics think that if Our Colonel 2:04% were to start in the free-for-alls with the pacing stars, he would not be the last horse in. Horses winning at Randall, Detroit and Grand Rap- ids, all three, are — Star Winter 2:05, Belwin 2:06%, trotters; Peter Stevens 2:03% and Napoleon Direct 2:08%, pacers. San Felipe 2:09% has not trained well for Charley DeRyder, while Frank Perry 2:15, the champion year- ling, now four, who was doing nicely, got ol. and has been let-up on. <»«> <8> With the four-year-old pacer William having a race record of two minutes flat, the son of Abe J. really looks to have a fine chance to become the world's champion performer at his gait. «> «• <8> The body of Rock Sand, the winner of the "Triple Crown" in 1903, which died in France last month, was presented to the French Natural History Mu- seum, where it was mounted. Scott Hudson may get into the game again, as he has bough,: the three-year-old pacer, Peter Farren, by Peter the Great, out of a Moko mare, which worked in 2:08%, last half in 1:01, at Lexington. Our Colonel 2:04% registered a straight heat win over the 2:06 pacers. The son of Colonel Cochran 2:10% is a real high class pacer this season and should be among the big money winners. <8> Madison. Wis., will have a great free-for-all on its program during the week of August 24th, as those four great pacers, William, George Gano, Knight of Strathmore and Ella M., will start in the free-for-all. <8> «> «■ Patchen Wilkes Farm's chestnut stallion, Peter Donna 2:08, by Peter the Great, dam Prima Donna 2:09%, by Betterton, won first prize for stallions of any age in the breeding class at the Blue Grass fair at Lexington, Ky., last week. «> «> Another standard performer to the credit of the great broodmare, Lady Brussells, by Wilton 2:19%, is the two-year-old filly Colorells 2:22%, by Colo- rado E. 2:04%. <5> A Reuter telegram from Paris says: Camille Blanc, the race horse owner, has sold his whole sta- ble for army mounts. The rate of $200 apiece was the maximum price allowed. One horse alone was valued at $10,000. <$> 3> •» There will be a "hoss race" if Single G. 2:07% and Periolat 2:09% hook iip within the next few weeks. By their past performances and records, Single G. looks to be the better, but the son of Klatawah 2:05% seems to have a lot of speed on tap. «> <8> Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01, the great pair of pacers, were hooked to the hearse which bore the body of their late owner, John C. Crabtree, Taylorville, 111., last Saturday. <8> Henry Helman reached the Portland track a few days ago with Helen Mistletoe, Prince Zolock and a few others. The roan daughter of Hal B. has grown and is acting good. Prince Zolock has de- veloped into a showy, handsome horse and is doing all that is asked of him. At the Hastings Park, Vancouver, matinee of July 25th, Knick Knack was the winner in the free-for-all pace and Bonaday in the free-for-all trot. The pacer was not obliged to make more speed than 2:29 and Bonaday's miles were in 2:24% and 2:24%. Nelly Wilkes, Greco McKinney and Delbars won in their class. Vancouver is still to the front in its interest n the light harness horse, and preparations for a big meeting are being made by Secretary Rolston and the directors. In Vancouver, everybody is ex officio a fair booster. Walter Cox had an emissary on the trail of Lassie McGregor last fall, but she was passed up on ac- count of the condition of her legs. He purchased King Couchman 2:03% instead, paving $2,500 for him, and a mighty cheap horse. The sensational four-year-old Indiana side-wheeler, Single G. 2:07%, did not start last week in the Short Ship Circuit, having been slightly ill from cold. This is his first let-up since the opening of the circuit six weeks ago and he has never been defeated. «> «■ The Hemet horses in Texas are winning and are doing even better than expected, according to ad- vices received from R. M. Sebastian, who owns a number of the horses and is doing most of the driv- ing. Copanacca and Hal McKinney seem to be win- ning most of the money for their owners, although Mr. Sebastian's horse, Tommy Hooper, has done very well. $> <8> Anxiety as to Will Caton's welfare in Russia was relieved last Saturday by a cablegram received at Cleveland, stating that he is safe in Moscow. The dispatch also stated that harness racing in Russia is at a standstill. No word has been received from American trainers at Vienna, but it is presumed they are safe. <8> <8> There were four of the get of Peter the ureat 2:07% in the Grand Rapids Railway Stake for 2:20 trotters. The first three money winners, Margaret Druien, Sienna and Peter Scott, and The Guide that was distanced after finishing third the first heat, are all by Peter the Great. No other sire can boast of four better trotters. «> <8> On his present form and the way he races Belwin (4) 2:06%, could beat this year's stake trotters in spite of their class, as he promises to be one of the sensations of the year, and maybe he will land with a mark not so far behind that of Etawah 2:03%, if they decide to try him against the watch on some fast track later in the season. ^ <8> * The entry list of the Portland meeting is strong enough to give the promise of good racing next week. Fields are sufficiently large to ,'ili the eye and there is plenty of opposing class to bring out real contests. Admission cost will be low and those attending have a better chance for value in the way of amusement than in any other amusement ane now offered. J. T. Wallace of San Diego arrived by steamer last week at the Portland track with Axnola. now converted to the trotting gait, and a few others. Axnola takes kindly to the shift and promises to pay her way on the northern circuit this year. Mr. Wal- lace has not recently asked more of the mare than miles in the neighborhood of 2:20 and 2:22 with halves in 1:07 or so. €><•>«• Manager Merrill announces an added race in the Portland program of next week, a 2:17 class, trotting, purse $500, entries to close Monday evening, August 17th, eight to enter, five to start. The meeting, as planned, will also extend one day, running from Wednesday, the 19th. to and including Saturday, the 22nd. The entries are strong enough in each class to make good racing. <$> «• Now that Great Britain has formally declared pas- sage between British ports and Denmark open, it would look as though importers who care to take the risk might be able to get their stallions out of France and England, providing the respective gov- ernments of those countries are willing to let them go — which is doubtful, especially as to France and Belgium. Joan 2:04%, the four-year-old filly champion, after several years' retirement, bids fair to "come back." Mike-McDevitt recently worked her in 2:07. Grace 2:04%, too, is in form, and if all goes well, Captain David Shaw, their owner, may drive them to pole against the mares' team record of Aubine and Zem- bia, which is 2:13%, and was made twenty-one years ago. It should be an easy task for them to beat it. <8> «■ Messrs. Wallace, Lance, Wilson, Hogoboom and McManus are recent Portland arrivals. Some good work-outs occurred at the Portland track the past week, though the utmost notch was not sought by any one. Frank Erwin gave Mack Fitzsimmons miles in the neighborhood of 2:19 and 2:20, quarters in 33 seconds. Sunny Jim was teamed by Mr. Davis in 2:20, quarters in 35 seconds. May Davis worked three miles at the 2:17 and 2:18 notch. Red Hal worked well at a 2:15 clip. Doctor Wayo and Great Northern are taking to the course in Ward's stable. <§> «■ The performance of William made the Grand Cir- cuit meeting at Grand Rapids a notable one. The four-year-old is not only the fastest pacer of his age that the world has ever seen but he is the fastest race horse regardless of age, having the fastest first heat, the fastest second heat and the fastest three heat race to his credit. No horse has ever paced so fast in a regular race open to the world and it seems from the ease with which he performed that his limit has not yet been reached, and barring accident he promises to be the fastest horse that ever wore harness. He has accomplished more in his three and four-year-old form than any horse ever did in a racing career. What will be his limit when he finishes his racing engagements and is forced into the exhibition field? Owners of colts eligible in Oregon Futurity No. 4 and Oregon Futurity No. 5 should not overlook the date of September 1st when starting payments are due and payable at the office of the Pacific Horse Review. So many futurity races are a mere walk- over that it would often pay to keep payments up and start the colt. Once the colt is declared out for lapse in payments it is too late for other con- sideration. <$> «• Periolat 2:09%, the son of Klatawah (3) 2:05%, which was a double winner at Rockport, has the unique distinction of entering the 2:10 list in secur- ing his maiden record over a half-mile track, having won in 2:09% at Lima, O. He is a stout, rugged, free-legged pacing stallion of good size and can step so fast, without any apparent effort, as to cause many to figure him right at a 2:04 performer over a mile ring at this writing. No matter how clean the British broom may yet sweep the high seas of marauding cruisers, the sup- ply of imported stallions is bound to be short this fall. That means enhanced prices for good home- bred stock that has been well grown and was right to begin with. Here is where the breeders who have fitted their colts for the Futurities are going to score first and most heavily. It is quite safe to predict a big demand for good yearlings at the Iowa State Fair. ® ® <$> J. J. Mooney, Toledo, O., one of the foremost fan- ciers of the light harness horse sport in the Buckeye State, has a corner on the yearlings of that great sire, J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08, owning the latter's entire crop of 1913 foals, three in all. In a recent communication from Hunter C. Moody, the Lexington wizard, the latter states that it would require no strenuous effort on the part of the youngsters to secure records better than 2:30, as they are nat- urally speed marvels at the trot and can mock a campaigner to perfection. Curies Neck Farm has sent to Jas. Snell the black mare Solola, by Todd. Roy Miller trained this mare for Dromore Farm, and drive here a mile in 2 : 09 last season. She was purchased by Curies Neck Farm at the New York sale and will be added to the brood- mare ranks after giving her a record of 2:10 or better. Snell also gets the two-year-old filly, The Gloaming, by Moko. In the car were a number of broodmares that have been bred to The Harvester. They are owned by W. B. Dickenson and others. There was also a weanling colt by The Harvester, the property of Frank Jones of Memphis. <$><$■<$> John E. Madden has sold the good colt Polish, by Ogden — Lucy Glitters, to Louis Winans, of England. Polish is one of Mr. Madden's candidates for the coming Futurity, and, judging from the form he has displayed, stands a great chance of winning this valuable event. His purchaser doubtless had the Futurity in view when he paid Mr. Madden a big price for Poush, and the son of Ogden is a sure starter and in the colors of his English owner. This is not the first deal by many which Mr. Madden has made with this English owner. Four years ago he sold one of our champion two-year-olds, Sir Mar- tin, to him, and Sir Martin was heavily backed to win the Epsom Derby, but unfortunately was knocked down in the race, when he appeared to have an excellent chance of winning. Louis Winans also purchased Vanitie a few weeks back and Madden has received word that Vanitie has landed safely on a steamship of the Atlantic Transport line. <8> «> At Muncie, Ind., last week the system of dividing the money was rather singular to say the least. The races were conducted according to the Point System. In the three-year-old 2:30 trot on the first day, Carlos, in the stable of C. G. Squiers of Lima, finished third the first heat, then won the next two and the race. Axie Jay, driven by C. W. Anderson of Wabash, won the first heat and was second to Carlos in the next two miles. Both colts had five points to their credit and they were given a division of first and second moneys. As the rules provide for two out of three heats for three-year-olds, most of the horsemen failed to understand the division of the money. This same question arose during another race, and the associa- tion is said to have ordered a division of the money. In the 2:30 trot Sphinz Gregor won the fifth heat and was awarded first money. Silver Sue and Hick each won two heats, but a sixth heat was not trotted. As was expected, the $2,000 saddle event was not very attractive to owners of our sensational'y fast trotters. The field may, however, race brilliantly and make up what is denied the event in fast accom- plishments. Candidates are: TJcon, Crescent Hal, Selah Grattau, The Wanderer, Helena Constantine, Peter Billikeu. Woodford Todd, Magic Pride. Ucon, likely, will have as his rider H. K. Devereux; "Skeets" Martin will be astride Selah Grattan; Ram- sey Mamey upon The Wanderer if he starts; young Bird, a local star and capable"rider and handler, will likely be the choice should Arden Farm or Monte Cristo Stable start anything. For the high-wheel sulky special there appear to be several very fair trotters liable to make the attempt at reducing the record — 2:15% — over half-mile tracks. Ever mindful of the late O. A. Hickok's caution in 1880, when I saw much of bis eastern invasion behind St. Julien 2:11%, I will not predict so fast a mile as will a number. Many pretend to think we shall see 2:12 or even faster go out; yet if I time the fastest exhi- bitions around 2 : 14 I will feel it a privilege indeed. — Percy in The Horseman. Saturday, August 22, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Charlie Dean brought the black horse, J. O. 2:23, over from Chicago to start in the Pantlind Purse at Grand Rapids, it being his first appearance on any track for money. J. O. landed just outside the coin, pacing one of his miles in 2:10. He is owned by R. J. MacKenzie and may go to California in the fall. The British government is sending over cable- grams to this country inquiring for horses. Some of our Colorado dealers who furnished British mounts for the Boer war are in negotiations for another big batch of war steeds to be shipped direct to England. This business will open up with a rush just as soon as the Question of sea navigation is opened and pos- sibly sooner. The English officers like our half-bred broncho stock and will take all they can get of it that will size up to dimensions and requirements and they will not be so particular as ten years ago. It is a deplorable fact also that we hare not the great num- bers of range raised stock from which to choose as we had then but we can probably send them some- thing that will help out on a pinch. The world is undergoing such a horse famine that soldiers cannot be choosers as in former days and some of our little runts will surprise them as to quality and endur- ance. There is a lot of good leather left in our bronks and mustangs. We understand in this connection that Canada is collecting 30,000 horses of the heavier cavalry and artillery class for British use but they will not go very far in filling the w-ant and we can multiply the number by ten. — Denver Field & Farm. «> <8> <8> <$> <8> The Blue Grass Fair closed Saturday night and was probably a success financially. The weather was perfect, everything conducive to success happened, and at the right time. But the old-time spirit and zest of the people was lacking. Why this should be the case with Kentucky fairs I cannot tell, but it is a fact. Well I remember when each county had a fair at the county seat, many at only temporary quarters. The ring wras pitched in a woods, ropes stretched around and seats made of undressed lum- ber, and with this discomfort the crowds were large every day. Everyone had something to show, and was interested in the exhibit of others: but now one day seems to be selected for attendance, after that it seems to drag. Another feature of this fair seems anomalous — only one trotting race was given during the week and the fair held on one of the greatest trotting plants in the country, one over which there are more trotters trained each year than on any other half-dozen tracks. Evidently the management needs some advice on speed programs, or such a con- dition would not be — Henry M. Jones in The Horse- man. CLOSING DAYS AT KALAMAZOO. Kalamazoo (Mich.), August 14. — Four races, with an aggregate of forty-four horses competing, furn- ished a heavy card for the fourth day of the local Grand Circuit meeting (postponed from Thursday on account of rain). Two of the contests, the $3,000 ■Burdick Hotel Stakes for 2:10 pacers and the 2:12 pace, went five and six heats respectively and were gruelling struggles. The 2:15 trot, purse $2,000, and the 2:19 trot, were won in straight heats. Interest centered in the 2; 10 pace. The field num- bered eleven horses, including Peter Stevens and King Couehman, which were figured as the most dan- gerous contenders. King Couehman won the first heat, the second going to Peter Stevens. Then Camelia took a heat. Peter Stevens had the class of the bunch and won the fourth and fifth heats and the race. Following is the summary: 2:10 trot, three in five, purse $1000: Barney Gibbs, br. g. by Prodigal (Geers) 1 1 1 Fair Virginia, b. h. (Cox) 2 3 2 The Rebuttal, b. m. (McMahon) 3 2 3 Time— 2:13%. 2:13%, 2:13%. 2:12 pace, three in five, purse $1000: Frank Patch, br. h. by The Patchen Boy (Cox) 7 1 1 2 5 1 Lelia Patcher. blk. m. (Snow) 3 3 4 112 Grand Opera, b. h. (James) 1 2 5 4 2 dr Time— 2:06%. 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:08%. 2:11%. 2:10 pace, three in five. Burdick Hotel stakes, purse $3000: Peter Stevens, b. h. by Peter the Great (Garrison) 2 1 2 1 1 King Couehman, b. g. (McMahon) 1 2 5 5 3 Carmel. br. m. (Cox) 9 8 1 3 4 Ruby K.. b. m. (McDc-vitt) 8 11 8 2 2 Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:06%. 2:06%. 2:07%. 2:16 trot, three in five, Columbia Hotel stakes purse $2000: Belwin, b. h. by McKinney (Gerrity) 1 1 1 The Guide, b. h. (Geers) 2 6 2 Hazel Laing, ch. m. (Andrews) 4 2 4 Time— 2:08%. 2:08%. 2:08%. 2:17 pace, three in five, purse $1000 (unfinished): R. H. Brett, b. g. by Waponee (Grady) 1 Jean, b. m. (Murphy) 2 The Assessor, ch. g. (Geers) 3 Fib, r. g. (Nickerson) § Fred de Forest, b. h. (Osborne) 3 Rodney W., b. g. (McDonald) 6 Time — 2:05%. Kalamazoo, (Mich.), August 15. — An afternoon of ordinary sport was furnished for the closing day of Kalamazoo's Grand Circuit meeting. There were five events on the card, but the thrills were lacking. The weather was ideal, track fast, and all conditions pointed to fast time, which was lacking throughout. The only thing that approached a feature occurred in the 2:12 trot. The judges were dissatisfied with the showing made by Bonington in the third heat, so they removed Driver Dickerson and put Billy An- drews up. Bonington won the next two heats easily. Andrew-s was allowed $200 for driving. Walter Cochato won the free-for-all pace, in straight heats, the time being 2:07%, 2:03%, and 2:04%. The 2:17 pace, 2:07 pace and 2:15 trot also were each won in three heats. Summary: 2:17 pace, three in five heats; purse $1000: B. H. Brett, b. g. by Waponee (Grady) 1 1 1 The Assessor, b. g. (McMahon) 3 2 2 Jean, b. m. (Murphy) 2 3 3 Fib. r. g. (Nickerson) 4 d Also started — Fred de Forrest, b. h. (Osborn) ; Rodney W., b. g. (McDonald). Time— 2:05%, 2:09%. 2:10%. 2:07 pace, three in five heats; purse $1000: John D.. b. g. by Gamrose (Brietenfield) 1 1 1 Alcy E., b. m. (Whitney) 2 2 4 Coastess Mobel, b. m. (Cox) 6 6 2 Also started — Marietta, blk. m. (Murphy); King Daphne, blk. h. (Frost): Exall. ch. g. (McGrath). Time— 2:05%. 2:06%, 2:04%. 2:05 trot, three in five heats; purse $1000: Lulu Worthy, b. m. by Axworthy (Cox) 1 1 1 Glenora. b. m. (Garrison) 2 2 3 Helen Wilstar. b. m. (Carmodyl 4 3 2 Sterling Hall. b. h. (Murphy) 3 4 4 Teddy Brooks and Mr. Forbes drawn. Time— 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:13%. Free-for-all pace, three in five heats; purse $1000: Walter Cochato. blk. h. by Cochato (Murphy).. 1 1 1 Earl Jr., gr. h. (Cox) 2 2 2 Hal B. Jr., br. h. (McEwen) 3 3 3 Evelyn W., b. m. (Snow) 4 4 d Time— 2:07%. 2:03%. 2:04%. 2:12 trot, three in five heats; purse $1000: Bonington. ch. h. by Bellini (Dickerson- Andrews) 2 1 5 1 1 Guy N'ella, br. m. (Geers) 1 5 12 2 Mirthful, b. m. (Murphy) 3 3 2 5 3 Also started — Dago, b. m. (Cox) ; Mo Ella, b. m. (Mc- Grath): White Light, blk. g. (Harris). Time— 2:10%. 2:10%, 2:11%. 2:07%. 2:09%. ON THt GRAND CIRCUIT. Pittsburg, August 17.- Clear skies and a fast tracK marked the opening of the third annual Grand Cir- cuit meeting of the Pittsburg Driving Club at Bru- nots Island course today. About 1,500 spectators were present. The Duquesne stake of $3000 was set down as the feature, but the best race of the day was in the last event, for pacers. Del Rey was favorite, and won the first heat handily. He led in the other three heats until within a furlong from home, when he blew up on every occasion, Baron A. winning. McCloskey was picked to win the Duquesne stake, but Margaret Druien won in straight heats. Grand Opera's victory in the opening event was a popular one. Pop Geers, driving Reusens, took the third race from Oakdale, top heavy favorite. Summary: 2:15 class pacing; purse $1000: Grand Opera, b. s. (James) 1 1 1 Edith C, ch. m. (McGarvin) 2 3 3 Letita Patchen. blk. m. (Snow) 3 2 6 Time— 2:07%. 2:05%. 2:07%. Also started — Fred de Forrest, br. s. (Osborne) ; Shade Line. ch. s. (Owen) ; Maintime, b. s. (Murphy) ; Jaystone. b. s. (Burge) ; Nelda Schnell, br. m. (Garrison) ; Tuah Worth, blk. m. (Geers). The Duquesne Stake, 2:20 class trotting, purse $3000: Margaret Druien, b. m. (Cox) 1 1 1 McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) 2 2 2 The Guide, b. s. (Geers) 3 4 3 Barbara Overton, b. m. (Murphy), also started. Time— 2:08%. 2:12, 2:09%. 2:07 class trotting, purse $1000: Reusens, ch. g. by Prince of India (Geers) 1 1 1 Tommy Horn, b. g. (Owen) 6 3 2 Omar. b. g. (Floyd) 5 2 4 Also started — Bon Zolock, b. g. (Garrison) ; Oakdale, gr. g. (McDonald); Robert Milroi. b. g. (Snow). Time— 2:08%, 2:07%. 2:08%. 2:04 class pacing, purse $1000: Baron A., b. s. by Baron Medium (Monahan) ..3 1 1 1 Del Rey. b. s. (Cox) 1 4 2 3 Pickles, b. m. (Jackson) 2 2 3 2 Strathstorm. b. g. (Murphy) also started. Time— 2:06. 2:06, 2:06%, 2:10%. Pittsburgh (Pa.), August 18. — The last race, the 2:16 trot, in the Pittsburg Driving Club's Grand Cir- cuit meeting at Brunot's Island track today went six heats before Farmer Gentry proved his superior- ity over Hazel Laing, touted as a hot favorite. The race completely overshadowed the feature, the Homewood Stake, for baby trotters, which was won by Native Spirit in straight heats. Guy Nello won the first event in hollow style and Marietta captured honors in ths second from King Daphne after a stiff argument. The summary: 2:12 trot, purse $1000: Guy Nello, b. m. by Guy Axworthy 1 1 1 Brighton B.. b. s. (Murphy) 3 2 2 Harry J. S.. blk. s. (Andrews) 2 3 4 Also started — Dago, b. g. (Cox); Silk Hat, blk. s. (Dodge). Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:11%. 2:07 pacing, purse $1000: Marietta, blk. m. by Adward (Murfy) 1 12 1 King Daphne, blk. s. (Frost) 2 2 12 Zombrewer, wh. m. (Snow) 4 3 dis Ruby K.. b. m. (McDevitt) 3 dis Time— 2:06%. 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:09%. Homewood stake for two-year-old trotters, purse $2000 : Native Spirit, b. s. by Native King (Cox) 1 1 Bondella, br. f. (Tucker) 3 2 Denali, b. f. (Monahan) 2 4 Also started — Marchfast, ro. c. (Wright); Jacquelin P., b. f. (Grady). Time— 2:18, 2:12%. 2:16 trotting, purse $1000: Farmer Gentry, b. g. by John R. (Mc- Grath) 1 2 3 3 11 The Temptress, b. m. (Murphy) 4 3 12 2 2 Hazel Laing. ch. m. (Andrews) 5 12 13 3 Also started — Montiferris, br. s. (Jaxon) ; Lulu Worthy, b. m. (Cox); Rythmell. blk. m. (Shank); Glemora, br. m. (Garrison). Time— 2:10%. 2:11%. 2:10%, 2:15%, 2:11%, 2:13%. Pittsburg, August 19. — Lon McDonald of Indianap- olis, driving Star Winter, today won the Pennsyl- vania stake, with a value of $5,000, offered by the Pittsburg Driving Club as the feature at today's Grand Circuit races at Brunot's Island track. McDonald with Adbell M. also won the Keystone stake for three-year-old trotters with a value of $2,000. Miss Perfection, a California filly, won the first heat, but acted badly in the other two. The best race of the day was the 2:09 pace, which went seven heats to a decision. R. H. Breat finally won it. The fourth rece, an added event, was won by Lucille Spiers in straight heats. Summary: The Pennsylvania, 2:10 trotting, purse $5000: Star Winter, b. g. (McDonald) 1 1 1 Lady Grattan. ch. m. (Cox) 3 2 2 Lulu Lumine, b. m. (Murphy) \ 2 3 3 Also started — M. L. J., b. g. (Britenfield): Signal Boy. b. g. (Wright) ; Bismya, b. m. (Proctor) ; Vaster, gr. g. (James). Time— 2:08. 2:08%. 2:08%. The Keystone. 2:15, three-year-old trotters, purse $2000: Adbell M.. b. c. (McDonald) 4 1 1 Miss Perfection, b. f. (DeRyder) 1 5 3 St. Frisco, b. c. (Goers) 2 2 2 Also started — Hollyrood Ben, ch. c. (Dodge) ; Adbella Watt. b. f. (McDevitt); Kathrvn Collette, br. f. (Cox). Time — 2:12, 2:11%, 2:12%. 2:09 pacing, purse $1000: R. H. Breat. b. g. (Grady) 2 4 2 112 1 Napoleon Direct, ch. s. (Geers) 1 2 3 2 3 12 Rastus. br. g. (McDonald) 3 5 5 4 2 ro. Also started — John D.. b. g. (Britenfield) ; Tilly Tipton, b. m. (Murphy) : Carna G.. b. g. (Garrison) : Exall, ch. g. (McGrath); Coastess Mobel. b. m. (Cox). Time— 2:06%. 2:04%, 2:07, 2:08. 2:12%, 2:19%, 2:13. 2:14 trotting, purse $1000: Lucille Spier, b. f. (Snow) 1 1 1 Para Belle, b. m. (Tucker) 2 4 2 Blue Feather, b. s. (Cox) 4 2 3 The Rebuttal, br. m. (McMahon) 3 3 4 Time— 212%. 2:11%. 2:12%. 0 Pittsburg, August 20. — Small fields and interest- ing racing marked today's programme of the Grand Circuit meeting on the Brunot's Island track Only three horses faced the start for the Iron City, valued at $2,000and for the free-for-all pace, valued at $1000. The feature event of the card, the Fort Pitt, a 2:10 pace, valued at $3,000, was captured by Peter Stev- ens in four heats after King Clansman, owing to a good start, had taken the first heat. Lassie Mc- Gregor had no trouble winnng the Iron City, a 2:13 trot, and Frank Bogash Jr. took the free-for-all. May- mack had no difficulty in taking the 2:09 trot, valued at $1,000, in straight heats. Summary: 2:09 trot, purse $1000: Maymack. b. m. by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 1 1 1 Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) 2 3 2 Judson Girl. b. m. (Cox) 3 2 3 Mundy C, b. m. (Tucker) 4 4 4 Time 2:11%. 2:12%. 2:09%. The Fort Pitt. 2:10 pace, purse $3,000: Peter Stevens, b. s. by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) 4 111 King Couehman. br. g. (McMahon) 1 2 2 3 Camelia. br. m. (Cox) 3 3 3 2 Also started — Thistle Patch, bl. s. (Snow); Peter S., b. g. (DeRyder) ; Walnut Grove, bl. s. (Ruthven) ; Irene Beau. ch. m. (Murphv). Time— 2:03%. 2:05%, 2:08%. The Iron City, 2:13 trot, purse $2000: Lassie McGregor, br. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphyl 1 1 Farmer Spears, b. s. (McCar) 2 2 2 Sweet Alice, b. m. (McMahon) 3 3 3 Time— 2:16%. 2:13. 2:18%. Free-for-all pace, purse $1000: Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. by Frank Bogash (Murphy) 1 1 Earl Jr.. g. h. (Hannafan) 2 3 Longworth B., b. h. (Pickering) 3 2 Time— 2:07%, 2:02. MATINEE AT VANCOUVER. Last Saturday, August 15th, a programme of trot- ting and pacing races was run off under the auspices of the Vancouver Amateur Driving Association at Hastings ParK. The receipts were donated to a ben- efit fund for war purposes and a substantial sum was realized. Summary: Free-for-all pace: Nic Nac (Russell) 1 1 Olga S. (Marshall) 2 2 Orange Bars (Wright 3 3 Time— 2:16. 2:20%. Free-for-all trot: Cromo (Bell) 1 1 Bonaday (Miller) 2 2 Fera Montana (Stewart) 3 3 Time— 2:22%, 2:22%. C class pace: half-mile heats: Nellie Wilks (Morris) 1 3 1 Lonzo (Johnson) 3 1 2 Lady Patrick (McCullough) 2 2 3 Time— 1:10%, 1:12%, 1:09%. C class trot; half-mile heats: Elmo O (Bell) 1 1 Barney (Robinson) 3 2 Mendora (McDonald) 2 3 Time— 1:11%. 1:10. B class pace; half-mile heats: Glad Wren (Mitchell) 1 1 Delbars (Smith) 2 2 Special Blend (Wright) 3 3 Time— 1:09. 1:11. D class trot; half-mile heats: Morris Barker (Replinger) 2 3 11 Susie G. (Mason) 3 1 3 2 Greco McKinney (Miller) 1 4 2 3 Highland Mary ( ) 4 2 4 Brown Boy ( ) 5 5 5 Time— 1:14%. 1:16, 1:17%. 1:15. D class pace: half-mile heats: Billy Button (McCulloch) 1 1 Halley's Comet (McKenzie) 2 3 Vancouver Girl ( ) 3 2 Time— 1:14. 1:13. DRIVING CLUBS FAIL TO CONSOLIDATE. The meeting called Thursday night at the Palace Hotel for the purpose of perfecting plans for the consolidation of the San Francisco, California and Park driving clubs into one banner organization was without results. The directors, five each from the San Francisco and California and one from the Park, could not agree on a presiding officer and the matter was referred back to the main bodies of the clubs. There was rivalry between the organizations in selecting a president and indications are that the proposed plan of consolidation will be abandoned and the San Francisco and California clubs will continue to act independently in staging matinees at the Park Stadium on Sundays. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, August 22, 1914. HORSEMEN WILL SUFFER BY WAR. No class of the American public will escape the influence, either direct or retroactive, of the great international war now devastating Europe, but its effects will, for the time being at least, be keenly felt by our trotting horsemen. One of the greatest triumphs of the American trotter has been his conquest of Europe. For over half a century American owners and breeders of run- ning horses have been attempting to carry on suc- cessful "European invasions," hut despite an occa- sional isolated victory, they have never been able to make any real impression upon the conduct or the morale of the sport as there conducted. In partic- ular, it has been found impossible to create any real foreign demand for American 1 lioroughbreds. Such of our home products along this line as have been marketed abroad have been thus disposed of by their breeders or owners upon their own recog- nizance and at their own risk, and the results of these ventures have proved that no future exists for profitable working of that field. With our trotters the exact opposite has been the case. In every trotting center of Europe, every trans- Atlantic country in which the sport of harness racing has taken a firm position as a great sport, American horses or American blood has played or is playing a prominent, usually the leading, part, while Ameri- can training and racing methods have been generally introduced or assimilated, thus revolutionizing speed production and evolution. No one ever heard of a foreign breeder coming to America to buy thoroughbred stallions or mares for breeding purposes, unless the animals in question happened to be of European breeding and had been previously imported into this country. But, on the other hand, our export trade in American trotters has in the course of the past quarter of a century assumed imposng proportons, and, during the past decade especially, American horsemen have come to depend upon the European demand as one of their chief sources of revenue. Hundreds of our best and fastest trotters have crossed lite Atlantic annually of late years to find new homes in foreign lands and there do splendid work in the upbuilding of the trot- ting breeds of those countries. , In exchange, European trotting horsemen have left in this country tremendous sums of money. In fact, in recent seasons the foreigners have paid larger prices for trotting stars than these horses command- ed right here at home. And, liberal as have been their purchases, in many instances their tempting offers have been refused by owners who were not willing to part with their favorites. As an example of what has been doing in the way of European sales of American trotters, here are a few prices that have been realized: Star Winter 2:06^ sold for $50,000. Billy Burse 2:03% sold for $40,000. Cresceus 2:02% sold for $25,000. Onward Silver 2:05% sold for $21,000. Baden 2:05% sold for $25,000. Baldy McGregor 2:06% sold for $16,500 and resold there for $35,000. Siliko 2:11% sold for $30,000. These are only a few of the "top-notchers," but they will serve to show in which way the wind has been blowing. Many of the most valuable horses that have been "expatriated" have been sold for prices never made public, but if the entire list could be tabulated, together with the sum total paid for them, it w-ould form a most impressive exhibit. As a rule the Russians have shown themselves willing to pay the largest prices of any of the foreign buyers. Not only have they done this in their first- hand dealings with American ovners, but in many cases they have paid buyers from other European countries large advances upon the prices which the original exporters had paid in the bnited States for the animals concerned. On the other hand, the Rus- sians have purchased very few horses outside the most select category. As a rule they have taken nothing but stallions and mares of sensational speed and with records placing them in or near the cham- pion class. Austria-Hungary has been the largest buyer on the numerical basis. She has requisitioned a large num- ber of the fast record class, but raong with them she has also purchased many hundreds with slower rec- ords, or with no records at all, but of choice breed- ing, for use in the general improvement of her studs. After Russia and Austria, Italy's purchases have been the most numerous and notable, until within the last three or four years, when Germany has been increasing her requirements very largely. As a rule, though, the German trade has been a typical one, the buyers from that country rerusing to pay large prices for pre-eminent horses and hunting busily for bargains, after the manner of their race. England is so obsessed with her traditional "sport of kings," thoroughbred racing, '.hat, with her insular prejudices to back it, she has never "taken" to har- ness racing, and has bought practically nothing from us but outclassed animals and those of small merit, which are used not for breeding purposes but strictly for racing and later for what they are worth to wear out between the shafts. In France trotting is a very popular and impor- tant sport, but there breeding is practically in the hands of the government, and, as usual in that country, is conducted along rigidly paternalistic lines. Few American trotters now find their way to France, though all told quite a large number have been owned and raced there, and their descendants con- tinue consistently to make their influence felt when accorded the opportunity. With Denmark, Holland and Belgium, owing to the small size of those lands, the trade has been small, but has been growing rapidly, for the popularity of harness racing has seemed to steadily increase there. Cable advices are to the effect that all racing is now at a standstill in practically every one of those countries. But, beyond this, it is also the probability that — if the war is long continued — ultimately the different governments may press all the race horses into army service. In fact, it is said that this has already been done in Russia, and that similar action is sure to follow elsewhere. The loss to the European horsemen is bound to be immense, though it is to he hoped that powerful influences may be brought to bear to prevent the sacrifice of the best stallions and mares so uselessly. Meanwhile the reflex effect upon the American mar- ket will also be great. There will be no foreign buyers on hand this fall, for certain, and it is possible that there may not be again for several years to come. The cost of the war to the various European powers is bound to be staggering, times will be hard for a long while, and little money will be available for investment in American trotters. In consequence of these facts our horsemen will have to depend upon the home market exclusively for the present and near future. It remains to be seen just what effect this condition may have upon values, particularly as, hand in hand with it, there seems bound to be more or less financial stringency owing to causes previously mentioned. In many ways the pinch of "war prices" is sure to be felt in this country, according to the political economists. That means a curtailment of luxuries — and, as race horses are luxuries, in the main, just what the outcome will be is something which every man whose living depends upon toe trotting industry will find a solution that he cannot ignore. — J. L. Hersey in Chicago Herald. o WAR REMINDS U. S. OF NEED OF BETTER MOUNTS. The present state of war in Europe brings forcibly to mind the sad need for better remounts in this country. The national government has not shown a becoming interest in the fostering of the horse industry and the general trend of legislation has been to discourage breeding. The thoroughbred horse is the only sire suitable to furnish cavalry and officers' remounts, and the thoroughbred, properly crossed, is the only suitable sire for army horses of every description. To devel- op the thoroughbred there must be racing, for the winning post is the only test, and yet the sport has had a hard fight for its very existence. In many States the thoroughbred has been ban- ished, and this legislation has brought about the dis- ruption of numerous breeding establishments. The loss of these horses has enriched other countries, and the United States would be poor indeed in the matter of army remounts if this colossal war should spread to this side of the Atlantic. John F. Ryan, who was largely personally respon- sible for the formation of the Canadian National Bu- reau of Breeding, was far-sighted enough some years ago to put the Dominion out of danger from the dearth of horses. As a result, Canada is now in the market and ready to supply horses for the war. It is a market that should properly belong to the United States. No country is better equipped to raise horses and raise them cheaply, yet there are not enough raised to supply the needs of our own army. With Great Britain embroiled in the European war, Canada is in a splendid position to do her share, and probably a greater share than any other of the Brit- ish oversea dominions, toward supplying cavalry chargers and remounts for the army. It is estimated that if a demand were made by the War Office, that country, within thirty days, could supply no less than 1,000 officers' chargers, all fine animals by registered thoroughbred sires, and 20,000 troopers' horses. After that Canada would still be able to supply 3,500 selected horses every month. While the latter would not be by registered thor- oughbred sires, they would all be good, sound horses, fit for any campaign. This splendid showing for Canada would un- doubtedly prove of the greatest possible value to Great Britain and will give her a great advantage over every other European country, which has to depend upon her home supply of horses, with the result that the tremendous demand means a lot of inferior animals at a time when good mounts for cavalry means a great deal to any army. The diffi- culty of obtaining satisfactory cavalry horses and re- mounts was one of Britain's worst problems of the South African war. It was this difficulty which led to the formation of the National Bureau of Breeding, which during the past seven years has given a stimulus to the produc- tion of horses in Canada suitable for cavalry pur- poses which is now bearing such useful fruit. From one end of Canada to the other selected thorough- bred stallions have been placed, and have provided a crop of the right kind of colts, many of which are now at just the right age to carry accoutrements of war. Ten months ago the National Bureau and the National Live Stock Exchange, which handle the remounts for the British army, started taking a horse census for use in just such an emergency as has now arisen, at the request of the War Office. The latter wanted to know how long it would take in Canada to get 10,000 troop horses and how many remounts could be assembled in twenty days. This census was only finished a few weeks ago, so that the British authorities now know not only the number of Canadian horses available, but exactly how and where to get them, so that the work of mobilizing them could be started at once on instruc- tions from either Ottawa or London. Not only has this census been taken of the avail- able horses in Canada, even as far north as the Peace River, but figures have been received from New York State, Missouri, Wyoming, Texas, Mon- tana, Kentucky and the Dakotas. The horses would be assembled at Fredericton, N. B.: Montreal, Petewawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and at the Red Deer River Ranch in Alberta, most of the troop horses being collected at the latter place. "Every breeder of half-bred chargers in Canada," said an officer of the Bureau recently, "is a scout on the lookout for suitable troop horses — and there are 4,000 such breeders now in Canada. There never was anything like such a system in Canada before. Probably better results would be shown in a couple of years from now, but we are in a position to do real service, no matter when war breaks out." , The Red Deer River Ranch, leased by the Govern- ment to the National Stock Exchange, comprises 65,120 acres, reached by the C. P. R., and the com- pany is putting in facilities for loading these re- mounts, while it is pledged to give the Canadian Militia Department first call and second choice to England for all its remounts. The European war will probably be marked by much brilliant cavalry work. Austria-Hungary has 72,000 well-bred horses — some nearly thoroughbred — noted for their endurance and fast work. Germany also has magnificent cavalry, having paid special attention to this branch ever since the Franco- Prussian War. This work was in charge of Count Lehndorff until his death last spring. He was given ample funds and a free hand by the German govern- ment and has achieved magnificent results. France's cavalry is also superb — largely due to the great infusion of the best English thoroughbred blood. There are troops in the French army which can gallop 1,100 yards at top speed and finish abreast. Horses play a tremendous part in all warfare. Al- though Great Britain has a comparatively small army, it would require 187,500 horses for mobiliza- tion, and in a war with a foreign power she would have to secure these under her own flag. It is stated that France and Germany are both hurrying to secure horses. A German buyer visited Canada recently looking for thoroughbreds for offi- cers' mounts, but he did not meet with much suc- cess. Word has also been received that several French buyers will be in Canada within ten days try- ing to secure 500 artillery and 3,500 troopers. In all probability they will find themselves handi- capped in their quest, as the National Exchange cannot sell horses fit for war service to any foreign power until Canada and Great Britain have been supplied — and with the Empire at war there will be none left for anybody else — Thoroughbred Record. RUMORED CONFISCATION OF RUSSIAN RACE HORSES. Dispatches in last Saturday's dailies stated that the Russian government had ordered the confiscation of all race horses for army purposes. If this order is enforced to the letter, one of its results may be the appearance of such heroes of the race track as Cresceus 2:02%, Baden 2:05%, General H. 2:04%, Bob Douglas 2:04%, Willy 2:05, Sterling McKinney 2:06%, Allen Winter 2:06%, Baldy McGregor 2:06%, Deuchester 2:07, Jack McKerron 2:07%, Jay Mc- Gregor 2:07%, O'Neill 2:07%, Jupe 2:07%, Kinney Lou 2:07%, Aquin '2:08 and many others upon the actual, and not mimic, field of battle, there in a tragic way to finish their careers. The contingency is one that we dislike to contemplate, even imaginatively, and we trust that the ministry of the Czar will realize the unwisdom of such a sacrifice; for, except under the most absolutely desperate circumstances, the value of such horses merely for cavalry chargers is nothing in comparison with what it is for breeding purposes in the future. Russia certainly does not expect to be annihilated in the war, and she must continue looking forward to the future and its needs. To squander such horses as these, to say nothing of her own wonderful Orloffs and "metis" trotters, in- cluding Krepesh 2:08%, Fatalist 2:09%, Centurion 2:09%, Iris 2:11%, Meteor 2:11, Ledoc 2:11%, etc., etc., in this manner, will be worse than folly, for after the close of hostilities they could only be re- placed by the expenditure of immense sums of money, which the staggering expense of the war will make it impossible for a long time to spare for the purpose. Many of the influential statesmen and generals of Russia, from Count Vorontsoff-Dashkoff down, are ardent supporters of trotting, and it is probable that they will be able to protect these horses from confis- cation. Such, at least, is our earnest hope. Should similar conditions arise in the other nations involved in the struggle, we also trust that the same means of protection will there be extended its great trot- ting stallions. — The Horse Review. E. J. Tranter, president of the Fasig-Tipton Com- pany, has just announced November 23d to 28th, in- clusive, as the dates of the next Old Glory Sale, to be held at Madison Square Garden, New York. Many notable consignments have already been pledged for this sale, and it doubtless will be one of the best ever held. Saturday, August 22, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N **®*©*®*®K®R®K®*®*®K®KffiR®*B*®*®*®*®K^^ B*«* ROD. GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureta Blue Rock Club. "Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club. T. D. Riley, President. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wol£.] "My first conscious entrance into the Yellowhead Pass," said u. R. Ware, a customs officer of Medi- cine Hat, on returning to Edmonton from a fishing trip to Jasper, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, "was to awaken in the early morning with the sun- light streaming through the window of the standard sleeper. In fact, it compelled me to turn over in my berth with a sort of perverse and hankering curiosity as to my mundane whereabouts and to look out upon a moving panorama of picturesque rocks and trees and rushing turbid water, flanked with a tower- ing battlement of gray cliff and snowy peaks." Ware, who has fished and hunted large and small game in various parts of the world, spoke of Jasper park being an ideal spot, adding: "In the valley of the Athabasca, a turbid muddy river tearing its way down the pass like a mad thing — between two ridges of gray, craggy moun- tains, the valley literally dotted with little lakes of turquoise blue ringed to the water's edge with the dark green of the pines. To the north and east the peak of Pyramid mountain, a decided red cliff, shows out in its setting of green and gray in a wonderful color effect. Farther to the west and just visible along the pass is the snow capped summit of Geiche, one of the highest peaks of the district, a little more than 13,000 feet." Ware had some difficulty in finding the right spot to fish. Here is the story in his own words: "We drove, instead of walking, and were well repaid for the trip. Up along a low ridge crossing the banks of the Athabasca, through a green vista of pines and bushes and flowers of every hue dotting the sloping banks along the trail to Pyramid lake, an expanse of cyrstal clear water at the foot of Pyr- amid mountain, an ideal camping spot and a para- dise for the lover of 'the silent places.' "We took possession of a flat bottomed boat and under the tutelage of our genial host, who wras our guide and escort, again we rowed to the upper end of the lake and back. The ancient sea-going spirit of the Norseman is not dead. He handled the craft with a great deal of seamanship and perseverance — but particularly the latter — and not to subdue or suppress such a noble aspiration on his part, we unselfishly and uncomplainingly let him do it. "I sat in the stern and trolled but like the Apostle of old trolled all afternoon but caught nothing — nothing but a cantankerous snag or two and about the best quality of sunburn that I have yet en- countered. "The evening — well, when the sun goes down, the night comes on, as in most places, but with the dif- ference that, that is about all that happens. The moon is coming up over the crest of Gieke now and a star just poised above the peak of Pyramid looks like the signal light of a late wanderer, along its ragged crest. There is an old phenomena down the valley. The ridge of rocks facing the summit of one great wall are the features of an old man with a flowing beard, a most striking likeness to a human countenance. It is called 'the old man in the moun- tain' and reminds one of the story of Hawthorne's 'The Great Stone Face.' "After breakfast the next day, the quest of the unknown was on me and I determined to try out a new fabulous fishing ground. It was a couple of miles distant up the Athabasca on a crystal little stream that winds its way down between the over- hanging pines to join the river and, where the beav- ers had walled up the little brook, a fairly deep pool glistened like silver in the morning sun. And I was rewarded. No sooner had I cast the fly when a rainbow hued beauty made away with it and proved the first of my catch. It was a good morning's sport and well worth the endeavor. No artificial stimulus to the appetite was needed for dinner. "Maligne Canyon was our object point in the afternoon. It is situated seven miles from Jasper down the Athabasca valley and toward 'the old man of the mountain.' It was a beautiful drive past the chain of lakes we visited and up along a fresh cut trail till all at once we burst upon the turbulent beginnings of the Maligne river, only to lose it where it plunges into an abyss of almost utter dark- ness. This is the canyon or gorge — a sight viewed from the precipitous sides that is truly wonderfui. The stream has worn a narrow passage way that one may jump across — but would hesitate to try — in places to a depth of 150 feet and roaring, plunging and swirling, dashing down its rocky bed in falls, glistening with a stray sunbeam here and there and again almost lost in black obscurity in some basin- like hollow it has worn out, reminding one of the passage in Kubla Khan, 'where darkling rivers run 'mid rayless gloom through caverns measureless to man, down to a sunless sea.' A little bridge spans the gorge a short distance down where one may stand and watch the water rushing over a fall of thirty feet, with the spray dashing from that depth. "We met Colonel S. Maynard Rogers, superintend- ent of the park, who has seen service in defense of the British flag in various parts of the empire. He was most obliging and hospitable. He is enthusiastic over the possibilities of the new national playground and engrossed in its transformation from the wilder- ness into a spot where tourists may see with ease and convenience its many beauty spots. It was while talking with the colonel before a blazing fire- place of pine logs that we also met 'Curly' Phillips, the first man who in company with Dr. Mitchell scaled Mount Robson. The colonel enquired of Curly, on his breezy entrance, if he had come in to enlist for the war, and was greeted with the re- sponse, 'Nothing doing.' 'Well, what if they draft you in the army?' asked the colonel, to which there came the response from the man who for years had faced every kind of danger and held his life in his hand on many occasions: T guess there ain't many could follow me to the top of Robson. I'd be safe there.' "The view along the route is truly beautiful. Mount Geike, a short distance west of Jasper, looms up in the early morning sunlight a craggy pinnacle of white, glacier covered slopes, and beyond Mount Robson, the queen of the Canadian Rockies, looms above on a bastion of towering rock in isolated splendor. Yellowhead, the summit of the pass, is 3,700 feet above sea level and marks the boundary between Alberta and British Columbia. A short dis- tance beyond this point is Moose lake, one of the most beautiful spots along the entire route. It is flanked with pine clad mountain slopes and its clear surface reflects the reddish, gray and white peaks with a suggestion of untamed naked grandeur." PLANT FISH IN HIGH SIERRAS. A twenty-mule borax team on the desert was once a familiar sight at the lower end of the OwTens River valley, but a twenty-mule pack-train loaded with live Golden trout, plodding almost the full length of the Owens River valley in midsummer was recently a sight to make the residents of that section sit up and rub their eyes, states the Fresno Republican. A few days later this same pack-train carrying its val- uable and unique cargo could have been seen cross- ing the summit of the Sierra Nevada mountains on fifty feet of snow. To take up at Whitney Meadows in the Mt. Whitney region a big load of adult Golden trout and thereafter to carry them on the backs of mules a two days' trip to the lase of the mountains near Lone Pine, thence four days through the Owens River valley to Bishop, thence two days across the summit of the Sierras at Piute Pass, and thereafter to distribute the fish to the barren headwaters of the South-fork of the San Joaquin river was an enter- prise which marks the culmination of carefully laid plans by the Fresno office of the Fish and Game Commission. An entire success, the expedition is unique in fish planting, both by reason of the dis- tance covered and the difficulties surmounted, irans- porting live fish over rough mountain trails has been a successful practice of the Fish and Game Com- mission in this section for many years; and there- fore the carrying of fish on pack-mules great dis- tances in the valley in the heat of summer has been considered too hazardous to be undertaken. Without ice and depending on occasionally cold streams for a replenishment of the water supply and upon the use of wet sacking to assist in keeping down tem- peratures, these delicate Golden trout having been taken from their native environment in the high mountains, were carried with comparatively small loss, a four days' journey through a valley whose climate in summer is very like that of the San Joaquin valley. To give wide distribution to the Golden trout which were found naturally in one spot on the globe, has long been the ambition of the Fresno office of the Fish and Game Commission. Previous trans- planting experiments have demonstrated that the Golden trout will not, as was once popularly thought, lose their brilliant coloration and other desirable characteristics. In stocking the barren waters of the Sierra Nevadas, the Fresno office of the com- mission has consistently reserved the summit waters throughout the division to be some day planted with Golden trout. The close of the summer season of 1914 will mark the extension of the range of the Golden trout throughout the summit region of the Sierras more than 100 miles; and thus not only will the fishing attractions of the higher mountains be greatly enhanced, but the fear once expressed that the Golden trout might possibly become exter- minated, will have been put forever behind. The Fish and Game Commission's fish-planting expedi- tion left Fresno on July 1 for Whitney Meadows, where the first consignment of Golden trout was taken up. The party consisted of six deputies of the Fresno division, with twenty pack-mules, «ix horses and first-class equipment, including pack- horse cans. On July 12 Mr. Paul G. Reddington, forest supervisor of the Sierra Forest, in whose ter- ritory the Golden trout were to be planted, and Dis- trict Deputy Ferguson of the Fresno office, left Northfork to meet the expedition at the head of Bishop Creek on the Inyo county side of the moun- tains, and to assist in the final distribution of the Golden trout. This matter of co-operation between the Federal and State authorities will be further ex- tended during the present month, when Major Little- brant of Yosemite National Park will send men and pack-mules to receive five mule-loads of Golden trout lO be delivered to him at the park line in north- eastern Madera county by the Fish and Game Com- mission's pack-train, as the result of a second under- taking on the part of the commission's deputies. The long pack-train crossed Piute Pass, elevation 11,400 feet, on the Fresno-Inyo county line, on July 26, and within a couple of hours distribution of Gol- den trout was begun in the headwaters of Piute creek, which is one of the main feeders of the South Fork of the San Joaquin river. Here the party di- vided, different parties taking one or more pack- mules to distribute Golden trout to important lakes and other feeder waters lying some distance off the main trail. Desolation lake, Muriel lake and French Canyon creek were thus stocked. On the following day, half the consignment having been scattered, the remainder was brought down to Blayney Meadows and thence via Heart Lake and Seldom Pass to Marie lake and the various feeder waters of Bear creek. Of the divided party, the first half in charge of Deputy Ellis returned to Whitney Meadows, while Deputies Bullard and Brownlow with half of the pack-mules for crossing Piute Pass, proceeded to Mammoth to await the coming of a second consign- ment of Golden trout to be delivered at the foot of the mountain by Deputy Ellis and thence by motor truck 100 miles to Bullard and Brawnlow at Mam- moth, whence the fish will he again placed on pack- mules and carried to Thousand Island lake, where Major Littlebrant's men will meet them to carry the fish into Yosemite National Park. In the meantime and out of the consignment Garnet lake, Shadow lake and other barren waters in northeastern Madera county will have been planted en route. Messrs. Reddington and Ferguson, accompanied by D. A. Wil- liams of Fresno, left the party at Blayney Meadows and returned to Northfork. After finishing the Yosemite Park undertaking, the w-hole party will reassemble at Whitney Meadows to complete the work wrhich has been carried on for several years, of stocking with Golden trout all of the lakes tributary to the headwaters of Kern river, and upon the completion of this work a full pack- train load of Golden trout will be brought on the return journey to the headwaters of the middle fork of the Kaweah river. The Kern and Kaweah distri- bution work will be participated in by Fish and Game Commissioner Mr. Carl Westerfeld and R. D. Duke, attorney for the board. Messrs. Westerfeld, Duke and Ferguson left Fresno on July 10 to join the pack-train at Lone Pine. Few people realize the fishing possibilities of t.h&-- " region here described. When it is stated that in addition to the hundreds of feeder streams which form the rivers of the San Joaquin valley there are, in the mountains of the Fresno division alone more than 1,000 lakes and lakelets already mapped and platted by the United States Geological Survey, some idea of this future fisherman's paradise may be grasped. With the fish-planting work in the former barren streams which has been accomplished during the past years and with the work of reaching still other barren waters continued on a scale now made possible by the Angler's License money, the moun- tains of the Fresno division will soon acord unlim- ited sport for anglers were all of the fishing frater- nity of the State to v'isit that delightful region at the same time. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 1914. FISH LINES. But a small percentage of visitors to Yosemite valley are aware of the splendid trout fishing to be enjoyed in the valley region. This statement will also apply to the angling fraternity at large. The long-distance trips to wild country remote from the comforts and conveniences of civilization seem to have the call with many sportsmen. In the main Yosemite valley various creeks at the head of Moss canyon. Tamarack, Crane and Cascade creeks are all well stocked with the trout this sea- son. Johnson, Crescent and Ostrander lakes offer most tempting inducements for the fly fisherman. Farther back, Tenaya and Merced lakes are fine fishing waters, particularly the latter body of water, where recently one local rodster landed twenty beau- ties in a short time, fish running from eighteen to twenty inches. The creeks of the Little Yosemite region, Lost val- ley and the Tuolumne meadows have furnished a high grade of fishing this season. And all this splen- did fishing country is easily reached and has plenty of comfortable hotels and stopping places, within close enough touch of this city to enable one to take a week-end trip and return Monday morning. A party composed of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Meyer, Al Lyngren and John T. Clarke returned last week after spending five weeks in the northwestern part of Yosemite Park, the Hetch-Hetchy country, Cherry creek, Kibby lake and the Tuolumne meadows. The trout fishing found in those Sierra waters was of the best. As an added zest to the trip a large mountain lion was bagged. The party was in charge of Fred Rogge, a well-known Tuolumne guide. Another grand mountain district where fly-fishing for trout — rainbows, Eastern brook, as well as the Loch Leven variety — is high class at the present time, can be reached via Blairsden in Plumas county. Captain L. Long, Luther Long, George Klannann, W. Hanna and Dr. B. Bates spent several weeks in that section recently. Gray Eagle, Frazer and Smith creeks, branches of the Feather river, easily reached from Blairsden, are plentifully stocked with trout that are now rising to the fly hooks. Jamison, Rock and Grass lakes, strung out in one Sierra canyon, are full of fine trout. A three-day trip to Spencer lake, seventeen miles away, and to Hawley lake, the headwaters of the north fork of Yruba river, developed just as fine trout fishing as the other waters. Many of the lake trout caught averaged a pound in weight. The party above men- tioned were the first visitors this season to the Haw- ley lake region. In all of those creeks and lakes a gray hackled or winged fly, with a yellow body, was the best killer; in fact, any gray fly was a good lure, but for some reason the trout ignored any and all bright-colored fly patterns. Fishing conditions in Feather river, near Blairs- den, were most disappointing. The fact that the river bottom was covered with a heavy growth of moss may possibly account for the poor fishing at present. Reports from Boca a few days ago stated that "fishing was fair. West of Boca catches were made with flies, east of Boca muddy water spoiled the sport." Thursday there was a favorable change in conditions: "Fishing was fine and numerous catches were made, with both artificial flies and bait." Bait, however, seemed to have the preference. Warm weather and cloudy skies improved the sport since then. Pete Howard, James Maynard, Jack Karney and other rodsters will take advantage of the better turn in trout fishing at Boca. Duusmuir advices early last week were that "fish- ing was not good" in that stretch of the upper Sac- ramento river. Along the McCloud river big catches were being taken with salmon roe. Here again can be noted a favorable turn for the angler. Friday word came down that the trout were beginning to pay attention "to the fly and fishing was getting better." As a sample of what may be accomplished with the rod, three anglers left Dunsmuir on the 5:30 o'clock train Friday morning and returned on anoth- er train at 10 a. m. "All had good baskets of trout, mostly large ones." The Big Meadows district, despite the encroach- ments of the immense lake recently dammed up in the meadows, is still a favorite resort with numerous sportsmen, particularly so by reason of easy accesi- bility by machine conveyance. John C. Piver and H. Hauser left for the meadows Monday. Nat Boas and Joe Harlan are spending a fortnight there. Eel river steelhead fishing is holding up the good reports of a week or so ago. There is a big run in the pools near Weymouth. Large steelhead trout and many half-pound fish have been taken daily. A few years ago the only known golden trout in any waters were to be found only in Whitney creek, near Mount Whitney. For several years past mem- bers of the Sierra Club have been systematically stocking other creeks and mountain lakes, and now this beautiful variety of trout has multiplied rapidly. * * * Steelhead fishing, and good sport at that, can be enjoyed in the tidewater lagoons of Pescadero, Wad- dell and San Gregorio creeks, down the San Mateo shore. The fish come in from the ocean almost with every tide. Ed Humphrey caught a number of nice trout Sunday in Pescadero lagoon. Fred Bier also was very lucky Sunday and the following day. * * * The San Antone striped bass delegation were given a big surprise Sunday when a huge 48-pound bass ffas landed by C. Carpenter, an amateur striped bass fisherman hailing from Petaluma. Carpenter had ac- companied Charles Northrup, also from the chicken metropolis, to the creek for a day's fishing. He was fitted out with tackle and sat in the boat patiently waiting for a bite. He got one, and being a novice at the game, had some difficulty in handling the prize fish. During the fight with the big bass he lost a small chunk of flesh from his thumb, cut off by the line. After the fish was landed the regulars, who had poor luck that day and who fish the slough sys- tematically every Sunday, were paralyzed with astonishment that such a prize should be drawn by a casual fisherman. But that is one element of the sport that gives it relish; one never knows just what is going to happen. Wingo did not keep up the good fishing started a fortnight ago. A few fish, however, have been taken since. Henry Palmer landed two bass Sunday. Bill Ealand caught one. The largest fish scaled 12 pounds. Al Lindsay hooked five bass, but every one broke loose from the tackle. It is believed by fisher- men familiar with the Wingo waters that a fine fish- ing season is about due. Water and other condi- tions are practically the same as ensued four years ago, which was a fine striped bass season, and a repeat is confidently looked for. Tiburon lagoon seems to be alive with striped bass at the present time. Quite a few fish have been taken daily for over a fortnight. * * * Louis Gotthelf has had some pleasant experiences with black bass in the creeks and irrigation ditches near Middle River Station, in San Joaquin county. He landed one black bass last Sunday that weighed five pounds; not only that, but he hooked and landed a six-pound striped bass. * * * Halibut trolling is now on in Tomales bay, and good catches of big fish have been made for several weeks past. The halibut fisherman baits his hook with a smelt. Tomales bay is also well tenanted with other large finny salt-water denizens. Huge and voracious sharks come in from the ocean, attracted, it is believed, by the numerous colonies of sting rays that tenant various parts of the shallow bay. The sharks feed upon the sting rays. One day recently, at Hamlet, a ray that had been caught was thrown off the wharf into the water. In a few seconds the water was threshed into a seething foam by several big sharks that soon made short work of the ray's carcass. A 200-pound shark was caught in a novel manner. A dead seal was anchored off shore, near Hamlet, and secured with a stout rope. The seal was soon seized by a shark, and then the waiting shark catchers on shore took up the line and rushed up the railroad track. The shark's teeth were fastened in the seal, and before it could let go of its prey the big fish was drawn into shallow water and could not escape before it was killed with rifle bullets. * * * The exhilarating sport of trolling for quinnat sal- mon, outside the heads, has rewarded a number of salt-water anglers with good catches of these mag- nificent fish. A week ago the weather outside was ideal. A small fleet of boats was working alona: shore off Mussel rock. Al Wilson and Gid Luttrell came in with ten fine fish. Another boat containing Jack Duckell. J. Duckell Jr.. Will Turner and Terry Evans, landed five salmon and also two large halibut weighing twenty-seven and forty pounds, respectively. While the halibut does not put up much of a fight, it is a fine fish to bring in. The trolling ground off Mussel rock has rendered quite a few halibut during past seasons. Wilson's catch Tuesday was thirteen salmon. Another thir- teen take was that of Georse Fonge last Wednesday. Ten salmon, the largest a 35-pounder, were taken by J. E. Crook, J. E. Griggs, A. J. Stevenson and Wil- liam Paulson. The run of salmon off Capitola and Santa Cruz, in Monterey bay. still continues. The big run up the coast is expected at any time now — that is, the run of fish through Golden Gate. Two weeks ago the salmon trolling boats fishing off Fort Bragg brought in 2.100 salmon one day. so it was claimed. There will be a large fleet of salmon-chasers outside today. Dr. O. B. Spalding of the Shinyo Maru had .grand luck during a week's tuna fishing at Catalina island. Fourteen fish, ranging from twenty-five up to sev- enty-five pounds, was the doctor's catch. A school of extra large yellowtail are operating around Redondo Beach pier. Many of these fish have been hooked, but few landed. The phenom- enally big yellowtail break away the strongest tackle used. HUNTING NOTES. Deer hunting opened August 15 in the northern part of the State and in the Sierra region, comnrised in game districts Nos. 1 and 3. Renorts from Shasta, Trinity and Humboldt counties indicate a good hunt- ing season, for bucks are plentiful in many districts. More deer were killed in Humboldt county last month than were bagged during the entire past two hunting seasons. Slaughter, however, was stopped by the county supervisors until last Saturday, when the Southern Appellate Court declared the 1913 laws invalid. Santa Clara sportsmen anticipate enjoying better deer hunting sport next week during the dark of the moon. The Mount Hamilton range has the call on the riflemen as a hunting ground; most of the bucks bagged in Santa Clara county came from that region. Complaint against hunters comes from the San Antone valley section, where packs of hounds have been used and the farmers are becoming hos- tile. It is claimed the dogs chase the deer away from that district and also run stock cattle. Walter Crow, Henry Thayer and Charles Spotts- wood returned to San Jose Sunday with one of the largest four pointers killed in the eastern hills to date. The buck was dropped by Crow and weighed 175 pounds. The party left Smith's Creek Hotel at noon and returned with the quarry at 5 o'clock. They hunted some fifteen miles back of Mount Hamilton. A party of surveyors who have been in the Sierra country, north of El Portal and west of Foresta, at the head of Moss canyon, discovered that this par- ticular territory, just outside the boundary of the Yosemite Forest Reserve, is tenanted by more bears than any other section of the Yosemite. In another part of that country, south of El Portal, at Pinole, and also in the region above the south fork of Merced river, there are more big bucks to be seen than in any other portion of the territory north of the Merced river. The season for bucks in that section opened a week ago. The bucks were still in velvet. The sport promises to be very good this year. The average devotee of rifle or shotgun seems to be but poorly posted on the splendid hunting to be enjoyed in that region — on the high ridges just out- side the lines of the forest reserve. Besides big game, mountain quail abound and quite a few grouse can be seen. The season for these birds will open September 1. California deer hunters fancy the mountain ranges reached via Klamath Falls. Deer are said to be plentiful, but by reason of the dryness of cover and ground it is difficult to get a buck. Hunting must be done very early in the morning or late in the evening. Ed. L. Schultz, M. Magruder and Fred Willit of this city; Fred Stone, W. J. Eilert and James Bradley of Fresno; A. P. Haliburton of Lind- say, and George Shipp made up a party of deer hunters that left here Thursday bound for Klamath Falls, and thence to the Medicine lake district for three weeks of hunting and fishing. Ray Zion and several friends did not go so far away, only to his ranch above Point Arena, where both deer hunting and trout fishing conditions are good. o AIREDALE TO STAY; FIRST ONLY A FAD. The fashions in dogs can be nearly as short lived as the fashions in anj'thing else. But some dogs, by one quality or another in their appeal, will last and grow in the public favor. The Airedale is such a solid-growing favorite. He did jump into popular- ity almost in a day. But when that first flash of enthusiasm was exhausted — the champagne quality of it — then the Airedale "fancy" settled down to a rock-bottom basis. Now he is an honest, steadfast, firmly-established dog, perhaps the third in momen- tary fashionable acclaim, but he is still likely to be here with us when present-day Pekinese spaniels, and so on, have gone the long road of the pug and the mastiff. Not so many years ago a tan-an-grizzled Airedale on the streets attracted attention as a curiosity. Now he is nearly as plentiful in some cities, particularly Philadelphia, as sparrows. With all its conservative attitude toward innovations, Philadelphia can yet be a pioneer. It is known, for example, in dogdom as the "American cradle of the Airedale." That is to say, perhaps the very first Airedale ever brought to this country was imported into Philadelphia. It is a bit difficult to say, absolutely, that Philadelphia got the very first dog; but most expert opinion inclines to that view. This must have been about twenty-five years ago — that first American Airedale importation. It snould be remembered that, even in England, the Airedale is a very late-coming dog. He was bred to a positive need in Yorkshire about the middle of the nineteenth century, though the type was not standardized for another thirty years. Therefore, it was less than ten years after this British standardization of type that an Airedale came to Philadelphia. The need for the original Airedale was not a very particularly noble one. In Yorkshire, the rougher sort of countryman and the waterside city man wanted a hardy dog for fighting, poaching, and so on. Of course, it had to be a good general sporting dog, a vermin-killer, a good fellow. Dog after dog was introduced into the stock-pot of materials necessary for this result. First there was a now extinct terrier known in Yorkshire as the grizzle-and-tan, who was crossed with the otter-hound. Then came a dash ot bull terrier, and, some say, another of Bedlington terrier. But the hybrid so artificially bred had himself at first a confusing number of names. For awhile he was called the Waterside terrier. At the first dog show in which he was entered he flew under the rather long-winded title of the broken-haired working terrier. After that he was sometimes called the Stonehenge terrier, and again the Bingley terrier. It was not till the late '70s, when he was nearing his present fixed type, that the name Airedale was happily lighted on. It comes from the river Aire in Yorkshire, along the banks of which the dog was certainly first developed. In the present Airedale, then, we have a type of terrier adapted to many purposes. He is, primarily, a working dog. He has the water instinct sufficiently to make him take care of otters. He has enough speed to be of use in running down foxes and hares. And he has the stamina to go right in a hole after a badger, w-hich is no joke for any dog, and the Airedale met all these many tests imposed on him. If he had not, he would not have lasted. The Cornish miners also used him for a pit fighting dog, but he is hardly up to the bull terrier level of excellence in that gentle sport. The biggest of all the terriers, he has by the pres- ent time come to do an enormous number of things. Saturday, August 22, 1914.] THE BR EEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 He has b'een utilized in hunting everything from lions and grizzlies to field mice and moles and gophers. Somebody has adequately said of him that he is a "holy terror" for vermin, the water varieties as well as the land. He is used in both Europe and America as a police dog. He will pull a sled in the cold countries, and drives sheep, it is said (curious work for a terrier!) in Argentina. There is always one thing which must be quoted in writing of Airedales. It is the classic thing to say, and no account of him would be complete with- out it. Here it is: "The Airedale can do anything any other dog can do, and then lick the other dog." Nevertheless, in despite of all enthusiasm, it must also be here maintained that the Airedale is not the mere fighting machine that the bull terrier is. He has been tried in the pits here in the United States, and, while he fights very, very gamely, he does not. as the pit bull does, know absolutely nothing but fighting. Once in this charming professional pastime now, the Airedale will not come back in the same blind fashion that the brindle bull will. But this should probably be charged to his account as a vir- tue, rather than a weakness. And no man — nor lady, either, for the matter of that — need fear having his or her feelings hurt by seeing the family Airedale routed by the next-door family tyke when he or she goes out for a stroll in the evening. The Philadelphians who are most responsible for the high standing of the American Airedale field are Mr. Arthur E. Newbold, of the Drexel banking house, and his brother, Mr. Clement Newbold, also a prominent financier. Mr. Clement Newbold brought to that city, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1900, Clonmel Monarch, still said by many fanciers to be the best Airedale so far bred anywhere. Clonmel Monarch came from England, of course. But his residence alone in our midst immediately printed Philadelphia's name in large type on the Airedale map. Not only was Clonmel Monarch one of the first Airedales introduced in the United States, but he was positively the first champion Airedale brought to these shores. Mikado, grandson of Clonmel Mon- arch, and the property of Mr. Arthur E. Newbold, became the first American-bred Airedale champion. Following the Newbold brothers in the fancy came Mr. Buckley, Mr. Russell H. Johnson, Jr., Mr. Whit- ten and Mr. William L. Barclay. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Barclay are at the present time still very prom- inent Airedale fanciers and breeders; and Philadel- phia ranks, on the whole, as one of the best Aire- dale cities in the country. New York and Chicago may own more actual dogs, but not in proportion to the population. The Chestnut Hill district is the Airedale head- quarters. If you get out of a train at Graver's Lane station, and walk away 500 yards, you will in that distance have been likely to see, galloping along the lane or across bordering lawns, some of the very best Airedales in the country. And the sight is a pretty one to remember. At the present time there are two main families of Airedales in the world, one originating in Soudan Swiveler and the other in King Ourang. But it is from a just crossing of the two strains of blood that the best bench dogs of the day are being developed. AT THE TRAPS. Grand American Handicap — Brief history of the G. A. H.: 1900 74 Entries. Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., June 14th. R. O. Heikes (22 yards) winner, 91 ex 100. 1901 75 Entries. Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., June 18th. E. C. Griffith (19 yards) winner, 95 ex 100. 1902 91 Entries. Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., May 8th. C. W. Floyd (18 yards) winner, 94 ex 100. 1903 192 Entries. Held at Kansas City, Mo., April 16th. M. Diefenderfer (16 yards) winner, 94 ex 100 1904 336 Entries. Held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 23d. R. D. Guptil (19 yards) winner, 96 ex 100. 1905 352 Entries. Held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 29th. R. R. Barber (16 yards) winner, 99 ex 100. 1906 290 Entries. Held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 21st. F. E. Rogers (17 yards) winner, 94 ex 100. 1907 495 Entries. Held at Chicago, 111., June 20th. Jeff J. Banks (17 yards) winner, 96 ex 100. 1908 362 Entries. Held at Columbus, Ohio, June 25th. Fred Harlow (16 yards) winner, 92 ex 100. 1909 457 Entries. Held at Chicago. 111., June 24th. Fred Shattuck (IS yards) winner, 96 ex 100. 1910 383 Entries. Held at Chicago, 111., June 23d. Riley Thompson (19 yards) winner, 100 ex 100. 1911 '. 418 Entries. Held at Columbus, Ohio, June 22d. Harve Dixon (20 yards) winner, 99 ex 100. 1912 377 Entries. Held at Springfield, 111., June 20th. W. E. Phillips (19 yards) winner, 96 ex 100. 1913 501 Entries. Held at Dayton, Ohio, June 19th. M. S. Hootman (17 yards) winner, 97 ex 100. Eligible for the National Amateur Championship at Single Targets. — Following is a list of the winners (and the runners-up) of "The Interstate Associa- tion's Amateur State Championship" at registered State tournaments held up to July 15: Alabama Tournament not yet held Arizona Tournament not yet held Arkansas Tournament not yet held California. . .M. T. Leffler, winner, Toney Prior, runner-up Colorado Jas. Higgins— N. E. Eads Connecticut No state Association Delaware A. B. Richardson— W. E. Edmundson gist, of Columbia Affiliated with Maryland Florida No state Association Georgia Jas. M. Barrett— w. H. Jones lH?ho. F- D. Wade— Edw. Fitzgerald Illinois Tournament not yet held Indiana w. A. Roach— F. A. Probert J°wa John R- Jahn— Chas. Hummell Kansas E. W. Arnold— Geo. Grubb Kentucky Tournament not yet held Louisiana J. t. Austin— M. F. George Minnesota Report not yet received Maine. . . No state Association Maryland D. F. Mallory— S. O. S. Graham Massachusetts G. L. Osborne— L. H. Davis Michigan Tournament not yet held Mississippi G. M. L. Key— A. C. Robinson Montana Lee Williams — J. C. Norris Missouri w. L,. Mulford— Geo. Nicolai ™ Hampshire No State Association Nevada Affiliated with California Nebraska D. B. Thorp — R. C. Kingsley New Jersey w. H. Mathews— Henry Powers »™ Mexico Affiliated with Colorado and Wyoming New York F. s. Wright— M. E. Barker North Carolina Tournament not yet held North Dakota A. R. Chezik-J. F. Duis Ohio- J. N. Knox— Fred Harlow Oklahoma c. B. Homer— W. M. Hite Oregon Henry Wihlon— W. M. McCornack Pennsylvania W. S. Behm— Chas. H. Newcomb Rhode Island No State Association South Carolina No State Association South Dakota J. p. White— W. H. Cowan Tennessee Tournament not yet held Texas State Tournament was not registered Htah H. S. Mills— Wm. Anderson Vermont w. P. Twigg— P. E. Adams Virginia Tournament not yet held W ashington F. M. Troeh — C. E. Owens West Virginia W. A. Wiedebusch — J. B. Knapp V isconsin Fred J. Dreyfuss — Frank G. Fuller Wyoming Affiliated with Colorado and New Mexico * * * Western Handicap. — The scores for the two fea- ture events, at Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 5 and 6, Western Handicap- 99 x 100. -Won by F. Schwalbe, 19 yards, Targets — 16 yards — Mortensen . . H. Singer . . . O. Larson . . O. L. Metz.. W. Reams . . W. Brown . . E. Remy W. F. Riley. O. Goods ... W. Holtz . . . Jno. Look. . . Muercke G. Bentow... J. Schantz.. G. Rusch . . . E. Peterson. O. Johnson . •Doremus . . •J. Higgins *Ballou Jr. . E. Deidel ... Kannerwurf Tourtillott . . G. Pecor F. A. Nolan F. Kremhs . Nicholson . . F. Deviley 20 20 20 20 20Ttl Targets— I 'Patterson . 88|R. St. John. 87IA. Connor . 95IG. Mackie . 86IRobison .... 86 Tuckwood .. 85 C. Meloy . .. 90[j. Raup 2!H. Brown .. 8IW. Gruhn .. 7'*Higgins . . . 92 19 yards— 92JG. Dering .. '""Marshall . . 20 20 20 20 20Ttl 19 18 17 IS 19 IV 16 17 19 18 1!) 20 18 19 19 IX 16 IX 16 IX 211 19 18 14 IS 14 18 l:i 18 in 18 J" 17 18 17 1', IX 1,1 IB 18 IX 18 17 18 17 18 18 18 16 17 17 19 '!ii 19 17 "ii in IX 19 16 IS IX 17 ID IX |19!17|17|17|19IS IS'IS 1716 2ir.S9Kennieott 14I13I15I15I14 19116116119 88 71 !w. Riley SSlDreyfus |1S 85!S. Hoge 18 83'J. Wulf 17 77|W. Raup ...20 18l87!»Ed Banks . .|20|18|19|17|18|92 17l83!Hammersmith- 18 16115118 20l20|l9ll7 94 1.S1S19I1S 91 171711511683 ix in in in a- 19117118(1919: 15177 19I781E. Crothers 16l89!Wettleaf ... 16'16'8S:Shumway .. 16I14I631J. Harker .. 15ll8|85!J. Prink .... 18116 18116 18(14 16120 15119 17116 1516 14115 18120 IS IS 20 8|10 15 16(17119 14'14!12ll4'14!68;Schwalbe .. B. Sweeney |16[15[12|14|13|70IA. G. Keel. 17 yards — |w. E. Carr G. Mashek .117115117120119188! 20 vards— Broughton ..ll7ll7ll7!17ll7!85!«Mitc'hell .. ■Williamson. I18I18I18I18I19|91,'F. Puller .. W. Meusel..ll7ll9ll8l20|19l93lw. S. Hoon Ed Vought ,!14ll7ll4H6!lS179'Ed Varner. C. Larson - . 1 16'18'17 1171 161 S4 1 21 yards— Halverson . . l20ll8|19ll8ll5l90!*MaxwelI . W. Trimble |16ll9ll5!20ll9l89"Stannard .. A. Holmes .. 19!20(19I18I16I92!M. Kneussl Jennings .. .116113118117119173! 22 vards— Thieman .. .1161171171161151811*1. Graham .117116119119117188 *C. Hvmer . I19ll9ll5114'18,851*vsr. Crosby. .119120118119118194 •Robbins . . . !20!19!18I1S!15I90:«P. G. Bills. .117120118118116189 H. Coburn. ..I18117I14!15!1S|S21,C. Spencer C. Scudder .|17|19|19|16|18|S9I»F. Gilbert. 18 yards — !*C. Toung . Jno. Strook.ll7120!17ll6ll9l89!B. Lewis . Sperbeck . . .I18I15I17I13I16I79!«J. Dickey M. Thill I18I20I20I18I19I95IJ. Caldwell. W. Phillips |17I1SI19I17I19190!«R. Clancy. E. Claflin .. . |1S|20(18|19|17|92! _~ ♦Professionals. ' ■ - " J - - ■ ' Preliminary Handicap — Won by J. F. Caldwell, 20 yards, 98 x 100. Targets— 20 20 20 20 20Ttl Targets— 16 vards — IC. T. Melov E. F. Leidel I17I17I13I17115I79I.J. S. Frink G. Pecor ...ll6ll7ll6llSllS185!Tuckwood . Mortensen ..I1S'19I17I1911C!S9!G. Mackie . Weisenborn |16I19I18I12I18I83!R. St. John Toui-tillott ..|13I13I12|16I15|69!A. Connor . H. Singer . . 117119 116' 18 ! 17 187! A. Holmes Kannerwurf I16!18!17I17I16I84!«C. Hymer 17119118116118188 17 17119119(17189 17 16!14|17|16I80 18(19118116115186 18118 18120119193 18(19119 16llS 90 19'2lV2'l 20 2fi 95 20120116118118(92 17|18|18|16|19|8S .|19|19I17|18I16I89 .20117120120119196 .|17|19(18I20I17I91 .|18|14|17|19|18|86 I16I17I18I18I15I84 (20(15116(19(18188 .I20(18|17|18|18|91 .|19I20I17I20I15'91 .117117118115114181 .119117117118116187 .114117117117119184 .119115118115118185 .116119116115118184 .|16|19|17|18|19|89 20 20 20 20 20Ttl I19I20I17I18I19I93 I19I19119I19I19I95 119118119119(17192 119I18I19I19I16I91 I16I16I17I15I15I79 I19I19I20I17I1SI9.1 114118118117119186 116118117116118185 'Ballou Jr...U6'18ll9119ll8!901*C. Robbins. . 117118(19116116186 O. Larson . . ll7!16US116ll9186!Jno. Strook . 19|15|19|20|18|91 O. L. Metz..ll9ll8118ll8H8i91! 19 va>-ds— •W. Higgins H9'20H9'2nil9l97:B. Claflin . . . 117I1S120I17I16I88 W. Reams... I17'16:14!12116l75:w. Phillips . . 116'1SU8118I19I89 W. Brown... IIS'19 120117119 193 1 J. Harker . . . 1 191 17 11RI 19 I1RI91 W. E. Carr 119l20l20119tl9l97'Shumwav ...120116119117118190 J. N. Hittle I15il8ll9ll4il5isi'wettleaf 115117111118120181 •Doremus .. .I1SI15I16I17I17|93,'E. Crothers. .|18|19|19|19|19I94 H. B. Hall. .l16,161S'16,19lS5!Hammersmith— Rnbison I20I20I18H9I18I95I I18I20120I17I19194 W. Gruhn... I19I19I20I18I19I95IW. J. Raup. .I16U9I17I15U6183 C. Jackson. .il8ll8(19ll7llSI90l*Ea Banks . .118118119117118190 B. Remv . . . 118I15I16I19I18I86IM. W. Thill |19!18I18I17H5 — 87 G. Hevev ...I19'15I1S11SH71871S. Hoge I19I18U8117I15I87 •J. Higgins.. I16I17I17I15I18I83IP. Dreyfus . .117118120119118192 E. Torssell. . 113113 I12I1SH7I7^' 'Patterson . .118118118117117188 R. Corn I13I16I17I14I14I741W. E. Rilev. . I19118I19I1911SI93 R. Jennings I18I19I18I19I19I93IJ. F. Wulf.. . I20|18116|20|18|92 F. Krembs..lllll2!12112ll4l611 20 vards— C. Scudder. .|20|19|17|19|18|93!Ed Varner . . |19|20|20|14|17|90 IV. Holtz .. Jno. Look . 17 yards — G. Sperbeck W. P. Riley G. Mashek. G. Schell .. Broughton . Williamson O. P. Goode F. Nolan . . H. Coburn . H. Brown . W. Meusel. . E. Jones . . 18 yards— C. Larson . A. G. Keel. Halverson . . Schwalbe . . W. Trimble J. Raup •Professionals. 17 2" 1.7 IS 16 Il9|l9l20|l9ll8, .|18|18|18|18|14 |19|20|20|18|17' 18 16 16 19 18 19119 1418(20 70|«Standard .. 92|Kennicott . . , R. Clancy . 93 G. Dering .. 84 'Mitchell ... 91 P. Fuller ... 84!Caldwell . . . 91i*Marshall .. 21 yards — Maxwell ... J. Dickey . M. Kneussl. . W. S. Hoon 22 yards — B. Lewis ... Graham Crosby. Bills ... Spencer. Gilbert . 87 C. A. Toung 2n 2u J. ,«W. 95|«F. C. 94!>P. |16|16|14|15|13|74 20118 18 18120 18211 19 2HI2II 18 20 IX 17 2" 17 119 16 18(16 19 17 20 IS 19 19 20 20 IX IX 2H 19 16 19 17 18 20 16 20 1.x 19 1 i 2'i 19 2(1 IX 17 19 is 16 19 19 17 17 19 Golden Gaters. — Golden Gate Gun Club members shot up good scores in smashing clay pigeons at the monthly trap shoot on the West Alameda grounds August 16. Toney Prior broke 46 out of 50 in the club medal shoot and was high gun in the opening events. The scond match was a bird handicap trophy shoot. Prior, H. P. Jacobsen and L. D. Stein- feld each made a full tally of 50 birds. The 20-bird shoot brought Dr. C. D. McGettigan up with a string of 20 straight. He had previously run 25 straight in the first event, the only 20 and 25 straights for the day. J. Clark, E. D. Lancaster, Ted Riley and C. H. Knight won club silver bars in this event for breaking 15 bards without a miss. Otto Feudner and Jacobsen, with -9 out of 24 each, won the shoot at double rises, 12 pairs. H. Stelling, L. A. Steinfeld and Howard each scored clean strings of 10 birds in the team shoot, which event was won by Captain Feudner's team, 82 out of 100, against Captain Prior's team, 76 out of 100. Team shoot, 10 birds per man — Captain Feurner 8, Riley 8, McGettigan 8, Stelling 10. Howard 10, Jacob- sen 10, Clark 9, Beetham 6, Peet 8, Straessler 6 — total 82. Captain Prior 8, Lancaster 9, Knight 9, Price 7, Brickell 9, Miller 7, Landry 9, Miss Meyer 2, Stein- feld 10, Moore6— total 76. Results: Events — Birds— Toney Prior H. C. Peet H. P. Jacobsen . Howard J. Clark C. D. Lancaster. T. D. Riley Miss Meyer Dr. McGettigan. H. Brickell Landry 4| Events — 24 Birds— 16|W. H. Price ... ..IE. S. Straessler. 19|l. A. Steinfeld.. ..1M. O. Feudner .. 17 A. H. Beetham.. 18 J. R. Miller . . Downs . . Jennings ..C. H. Knight . . J. W. F. Moore . . . . H. Stelling I 1| 2| 3| 4| 50 50 20 24 Good Scores at Philadelphia. — Extraordinary shoot- ing on the part of most of the contestants kept the members of the S. S. White Gun Club at high tension last Saturday at the Keystone traps at Holmesburg Junction, when some wonderful scores were made and a record set for perfect scores. The chief event of the day was the match between Charles Newcomb, of Atlantic City, and Jesse Griffiths, of Philadelphia, for the Du Pont Pennsylvania State challege trophy. Newcomb lacked the one leg to make the win, and there was some excitement in the club, as Newcomb had lost has previous match with Griffiths. The latter began to shoot in fine form, as he needed to against the crack shot of the club. The match was at 100 targets, and up to the sixty- fourth not a miss had been scored against either contestant. Then Griffiths lost a bird and on the last 25 lost three, while Newcomb made a perfect score, thus clinching the ownership of the big trophy. Dur- ing the match the interest was so intense that shoot- ing at the other traps was slow. Finding himself in such good fettle, Newcomb went on to make a record and shot 192 targets before he missed one. This made about the best amateur shooting that has been seen at the club, but so many of the members began to shoot beyond their usual form and to keep it up during the afternoon that the men were tied again and again for the club trophy and the E. G. Ford special trophy. It was the intense competition that existed during the shoot for the Ford trophy that caused so many scores to run high. With Newcomb entered after his match with Griffiths, so as to see what he could run up, each man knew he had something to do to keep his place. While Newcomb hit bird after bird, there were others who kept in the competing squad be- cause their handicap helped them to get by. At the end of the first score there were nine men tied for the trophy. The handicaps were reduced for each score, and only by this means, apparently, were any of the men weeded out. When he missed his target Newcomb was satisfied and dropped out to make a train, while the rest of the squad kept on to finish their hundredth target. Du Pont Pennsylvania State challenge trophy: 100 targets, 18 yards. 12 3 4 Newcomb 25 25 25 25 — 100 Griffith 25 25 24 22—96 Sacramento Tournament Off. — The two day regis- tered tournament of the Capital City Gun Club, scheduled for Sacramento, September 19 and 20, has been canceled, according to a communication re- ceived from Secretary E. Reed Shaner of The Inter- state Association. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 1914. WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE? What about the future of the Grand Circuit? Is it not about time that the breeders of the entire coun- try and the owners of campaigning stables should give serious consideration to this subject? At Grand Rapids last week the representative of a national anti-vice association was on the grounds with the avowed object of preventing all betting. When he discovered that United States Senator Smith was a box holder and that all the prominent men in the citj were deeply interested in the success of the meeting he decided that the time was not opportune to put his anti-betting plans into opera- tion. It is rumored on good authority that he will not long remain inactive. This is undoubted'y true for he is a paid agent and the continuation of his salary and expense account depends on the amount of trouble he can make for those whose views are not identical with those of the members of the soci- ety he represents. Have American citizens reached that stage in their history when their methods of living and enjoyment must be regulated by associations of over-zealous, thin blooded long haired men and short haired women? These people get their only enjoyment out of life in devising plans to force their views on the general public. They have in them some of the blood of the old Puritans who left England that they might worship according to their own views and beliefs and having attained that wholly worthy object became more bigoted and tyrannical than the mas- ters they had left in Europe and insisted that every- one should adopt their own narrow views of life and religion, having no hesitation in flogging and even burning at the stake persons whose views did not agree wTith theirs. Have the ninety millions of people got to think and act as though cast in one mold? Is there to be no toleration of the views and methods of others? Every person with red blood in their veins, men who wish to live according to their own views and are willing to accord others the same privilege, know that these bigots would force their opinions down the throats of the great majority. They only think correctly, act correctly and live correctly, and all who do not agree with them, they would burn at the stake if they only dared! Do the horsemen realize how these local anti-vice societies — national societies are comparatively new organizations but the same principles govern — are run? Do the horsemen realize that these societies represent but a very, very small percentage of the total population? Do they know that many of the big contributors to the war chests of these organiza- tions give money under mistaken ideas? Some clever genius who is too able bodied to work gets hold of a superannuated minister who never indulged in any sport more vigorous than a croquet game in the zenith of his strength. He works on the imagination of that fossil with stories of gambling that ruins clerks, boys and girls until the man of the cloth be- lieves that every owner of a racing stable, every trainer and every secretary is the incarnation of the evil one. He believes that every race is "fixed" and that millions are "stolen" from the poor clerks, al- though the combined earning capacity of these "poor, deluded clerks" would not support a racing stable for a month. The minister works on other ministers and the members of his flock, mostly women, and soon a society with a high-sounding title is organized. Paid solicitors are coached and induced to memorize an appeal to the business men of the community. The latter, always on the alert for trade and free advertising, contribute. Ambitious politicians add a little, for the church vote must always be squarpd. So soon as the money commences to come in, the originator of the scheme gets himself appointed a paid agent to search out and suppress vice. Publicity is essential to the success of the paid agent, he must keep in print in order to make sure of his salary- The race track offers the easiest means of attaining publicity. A raid on the "bookies," the agent knows, insures columns on the front pj.ge for the cub reporters of the daily papers will seize on the sensational feature and magnify it. He can write a couple of columns on the raid easily while report- ing the races is hard work and he cannot tell a pacer from a trotter w-ithout the assistance of a score card. Following this publicity skilled solicitors reap a harvest. Concrete examples are better than glittering gen- eralities. Several very wealthy men, heavy stock- holders in a race track, were being annoyed by the paid agent of an anti-vice society, being threatened with raids, etc. At the same time they were heavy contributors to the anti-vice society, thinking that the association was working in legitimate channels. When it was explained to them that their own con- tributions were being used to close the race track they owned they saw a new light and ceased their contributions. Also they confessed they did not know that the active agent of the anti-vice society was an ex-jailbird who kept in the background, masking his own personality with the figure-heads of the society. Another exmaple. just to show what kind of men are enforcing the laws against race tracks, so that our readers may judge whether they are the right kind of men to enforce the moral law. The agent seized some pictures of females in the nude. Later he was horrified to find that the owner of the pic- tures was the man who had been paying the agent a fixed sum et^->s-:-'5-:»>-:->>>->:-'-:»>^a-:->W',„ THE FARM HEAVY ALFALFA FIELDS. Alfalfa gives better results in Cali- fornia than elsewhere, due to our cli- mate. Of course every good thing in California is due to this cause — and that is no joke. It gives best results here, too, where the season is long and hot. That is, in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and in South- ern California. Three cuttings in the season is considered a very good crop in the Eastern alfalfa growing sec- tions, and a ton and a half to the acre is excellent. In some sections cuttings have been reported, with a yield of 12 to 13 tons to the acre. Five cuttings with a yield of eight to ten tons are common. Right in this statement will be seen the great advantage which the Cali- fornian has over the Eastern farmer. The long seasons, rich soil and irriga- tion, insures larger crops than can be there hoped for . With alfalfa the growth is very rapid during the warm season. Irrigation forces this growth, and if carefully handled, crops which would astonish the Eastern alfalfa grower are had. By irrigating alfalfa, as is now done, just before each cut- ting, during the hot growing season, a new growth is forced and starts im- mediately after the crop has been cut. This results in a rapid growth and gives us an extra crop. Now, wTith this system and our longer season, we get very much more from our alfalfa fields than the Eastern farmer could be made to believe. o As a preventive of stomach worms in the spring soon after the lambing period the old sheep should all receive a one or two ounce dose of gasoline, , followed by a small dose of epsom salts. They should then be turned on a worm-free pasture, if possible. In July the entire herd, including the lambs, should be treated with gasoline and turned into a new pasture. This treatment should be repeated in No- vember, when the flock should again be removed to new pastures. Pasture rotation combined with drugs that are injurious to the worms is the most practical method of successfully com- batting this worm. COMBATING THE FLY. Poultry manure is best kind of gar- den fertilizer. It will be better and the poultry houses cleaner if two or three inches of dry earth are kept on the dropping board or on the ground under the roosts,, if there is no drop- ping board. Rake the earth over ev- ery day and replace with fresh earth every two or three weeks. Puts a stop to bad odors and when the manure is applied to the garden it can be scat- tered more evenly than if it is wet and in chunks. Until quite recently we have been content simply to keep out flies by means of screens on windows and doors and have little or nothing to prevent their increase. A stable should not be built near a dwelling house and manure should not be allowed to accumulate. Keep the manure covered or in a dark place if possible until removed. If not possible to do this the hauling away of manure every few days and spreading it over the field where it will dry will lessen the fly evil. Spraying a manure pile with poison or other liquid is not prac- tical. Keep your premises clean, as free as possible from filth of all kinds — slop, water, garbage and refuse. If you live in town and your neighbor allows such nuisances upon his prem- ises, complain to your board of health The brood sow needs to grow a strong and healthy litter; protein and ash should therefore be prominent factors in her feed, young ones requir- ing a higher proportion of the?e sub- stances than old ones. A sole corn diet lacks in protein and ash and for that reason tends toward small litters and weak boned pigs. Furthermore, corn is heating and leads to laying on fat, both of which are detrimental to best results from breeding animals. A ration that may be recommended for the sow is equal parts ground corn, ground oats and wheat mid- dlings. The proportion of corn should not be over one-third of the meal ra- tion and wheat middlings or bran may be used to dilute the corn meal with- out oats. In cold weather if the sows have good deal of outdoor exercise, they may be fed. more corn with safe- ty than when they must be kept pretty closely confined. An especially good grain ration is one that leaves out corn altogether, namely, equal parts of ground oats and middlings. In the belief that the present world- wide war will greatly increase the prices of mules and horses in this country, buyers are said to have been in Butte county during the past week in the search of such stock. Sales of mules at $250 a head are reported to have been made in Oroville last week. Reports from Canada state that Eng- land has called upon Canada for 30,- 000 head of horses, for immediate de- livery. These will be mostly for cavalry and artillery purposes. A correspondent writes to ask our opinion in regard to consulting the moon's phases in planting various crops. Get your soil in good shape, well prepared, well fertilized; get good seed, plant it at the right season and care for the crop as it grows, and you need never bother your head about the moon's phases. In his letter our cor- respondent asks whether we would "advise his planting his seed in the moon." No, decidedly not, plant it in the earth. RATION FOR TURKEYS. During the winter season the stock turkeys should be fed and watered twice a day. Only sufficient food should be given to keep them in good healthy condition. When winter is over it is advisable to feed them a small amount of grain each evening to encourage them to return to their roosting quarters and thus prevent them from wandering away with other flocks. The following ration is a good one for the turkeys. Mix equal parts by weight of corn or barley, oats and wheat screenings, and in addition to this green food should be supplied once a day. For this purpose man- gels, cabbage or clover leaves are the best. Grit and water should be sup- plied at all times. AID FOR COOLING MILK. Where ice water cannot be obtained or where a can of milk has to be left in a place where water and ice can- not be conveniently used, a wet cloth — preferably flannel — wrapped around the can is an aid in keeping milk cool. One end of the cloth is best left ex- tended from the bottom of the can and immersed in a pail of water. A large amount of the sun's rays falling on the wet cloth is consumed in evaporating moisture and is thus prevented from reaching the milk. As long as the cloth is kept wet it is a protection, but as soon as it becomes dry, heat passes through it to the milk uninter- rupted. A corn silo is simply a big sauer kraut barrel filled with chopped-up cornstalks instead of chopped up cab- bage. There is no more mystery about a silo than there is about a kraut barrel and any farmer who knows how to make kraut can fill a corn silo. A round silo twelve feet in diameter, twenty feet high, will hold thirty-eight tons of corn silage. Five acres of corn planted eight to ten inches apart will fill a silo of this size. The contents, together with hay or grass, will feed twelve milk cows eight months. Twelve ordinary cows so fed and properly cared for will bring a gross income from cream alone of $75 a month, leaving the separated milk for calf and pig feeding. The Virginia experiment station has carried on an extended trial of feeding hogs on two diets, corn and milk, with the advantage that the latter shows slight advantage over the former, prin- cipally because of the appetizing qual- ity and added moisture of the skim milk. On a commercial basis very lit- tle difference was found. The olive, one of the first fruits in- troduced into California, and left to worry along almost unnoticed in the past, is rapidly coming into the fore- ground. It is not improbable that in a few years its culture will be of as great importance as is orange growing now. Warranted to give satislaction. GOMBAULT'S CUJSTJC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curo, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puff's, 2nd 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. HCMAN REMEDTforKh^n- million), Spralup, Sore Throat, et«., Jt 1b tnvai jble Every hottle of r.m ■>!,<■ Balsam sold i? Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price SI-'jO per bottle Soi.i by druppists. or sent by ex- press, charges paid, nith full directions for its ti*e. Send for descriptive circulars, teatimi>- nt-ris.ecc. Address THI LiWUPTCE-WILtUES C0MPA5T, ClertUnd. Ohi- FOR SALE — The handsome broodmare LA CORONADO by Del Coronado, and five months' old filly by Carlokin. Her foal is a very handsome, natural trotter and a good prospect. La Coranado is again in foal to Carlo- kin. Address, J. M. MOLLE, San Pedro, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco KENDALLS — has saved thousands o£ dollars and thousands of horses. The 4 Old reliable cure for Spavin. Ringbone, Splint or lameness. For sale at all druggists. Price 51 per bottle, 6 for S5. "Treatise on tha Horse" tree at druggists Or write to Dr. B. J. KENDALL I iOHPASY, Enosbure rails, Tt,, 0. " Alcohol sofiens most fruit stains, especially i£ it is wanned over Hot water. Soaking in milk also helps. After softening the stain pour boiling water through the cloth. Dampened powdered starch applied instantly will take out almost any fruit stain from wash goods if left several hours. Some fruit and wine stains, espe- cially those of apple and pear, and some clarets are very difficult to re- move. If they are boiled gently (after soaking) in some strong borax and w-ater, well rinsed, then hung out dripping wet in the sunshine, or dur- ing a frosty night, the stains will usu- ally disappear. lfs UM€ AT WESTERN HANDICAP IN 1909 A Dr. F. H. Bailey ROW 97 x 100 1910 J. R. Dickey 96 x 100 1911 Wm. Ridley 98 x 100 1912 Frank Campbell 94 x 100 1913 jr C. A. Gunning m\ 100 x 100 v Remington-UMC Remington-UMC Remington.-UMC Remington.-UMC Remington rUMC AND HERE'S 1914'S SPLENDID STORY (Note the Scores) SCHWALBE, LA CROSSE, WIS., WINS WESTERN HANDICAP SCORE 99 x 100 at 19 Yards Shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Nitro Club Steel Lined Speed Shells. Second in Handicap Event: F. G. Fuller, 96 x 100 at 20 yards, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun. Preliminary Handicap: Won by J. F. CALDWELL. Concordia, Kansas, 98 x 100 at 20 yards, shooting Remington-UMC Pump Gun and Arrow Speed Shells. High Professional (Western Handicap): W. R. CROSBY, 94 x 100 at 22 yards, shooting Arrow Steel Lined Speed Shells. Whatever the year, Remington-UMC is dependable at Traps or Afield REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. FOLLOW THE LEADERS TO WINNING TOWN 299 Broadway, New York City 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 22, 1914. TO REMOVE FRUIT STAINS. Poor feet and legs found upon the large majority of horses are due di- rectly to the lack of proper care of the colt's feet, says W. H. Palmer of the college of agriculture, Ohio State University. To neglect to see that the foot grows out evenly, he continues, is to contribute to a poor set of legs which influence directly the efficiency of the horse when used 'ater. As the colt grows it may throw more weight on one side of its feet th&n the other, causing that side to wear faster and producing an unbalanced condition. Nature in her attempt to overcome this causes the bones of the legs to adjust themselves to this condition, resulting in poorly placed and devel- oped legs. Then the added weight to one side may cause the uneven devel- opment of the hoof. The ideal foot is one that is large and round, with the wall at the quarters sloping the same on the inside as the outside and the heels wide. o FIGHTING CABBAGE WORMS. White butterflies will soon be lay- ing eggs on cabbages. A few days later the little green worms will ap- pear, and soon the leaves will be dot- ted with holes and disfigured with the worm droppings. The only way to prevent the trouble is to poison the worms. A good spray mixture is made by dissolving one-half pound of laundry soap and a pound of arsenate of lead in 20 gallons of water. Put this on so that the leaves are completely cov- ered. A mouthful of arsenate of lead will kill any cabbage worm that ever lived. The soap is added to the mix- ture so that it will spread over the leaves more evenly. o John A. Rankin, the biggest corn grower as well as stock feeder in the world, has a way of his own for dis- posing of dead hogs. When cholera ravages the herd he has the boys dig a shallow trench, lay iron bars across it, place the carcass on the bars, pour coal oil on it, drop a lighted match and go about their business. The burn- ing oil will start the grease to drop- ping, and the grease in turn will burn fiercely with the result that the hog is reduced to ashes by a fire fed by its own fat. Just prior to calving the feeder should bear in mind three points: first, that the cow's digestive tract should be kept open; second, that enough nourishing food should be given so that the foetus will be properly nour- ished and developed; and lastly, that the cow herself should build up in flesh so as to be prepared for the work of the year. In order to accomplish these points the heifer should receive all the leguminous hay she will con- sume along with a few pounds of oats, bran and oil meal. A few days prior to parturition the feeding of rich pro- tein feed should be suspended be- cause of the danger of milk fever. The grain should be fed in the form of a warm mash, and the animal placed in an isolated, clean box stall. A few hours after calving the cow should re- ceive a pail of lukewarm water. Do not begin feeding a heavy grain ration at this time, in fact, it is advisable to take at least a month to bring the cow up to a full feed ration. This point should be carefully observed, if not the cow's stomach is likely to be de- ranged and udder inflammation or milk fever set in. o As the use of alfalfa meal in the feeding of domestic animals has in- creased, very well defined ideas have developed in the minds of buyers and consumers as to the kind of meal they want. This, of course, makes it neces- sary for alfalfa grinders to do some careful work at their end of the line. That many of the larger manufactur- ers appreciate this is evidenced by the fact that they are already con- ducting vigorous campaigns of educa- tion among the farmers in their sec- tions, posting them more thoroughly on proper cutting, stacking and cur- ing, in hope that instruction will re- sult in better and more uniform grades of hay. The growers who sell to the mills are beginning to realize the ne- cessity of properly curing hay so as to get the best grade. As with every- thing else looks go a long way and the first essential is the bright pea- green color, for it is by this test that the goods are sold. o FOR SALE. — Handsome thoroughbred chestnut mare. Dexter Prince stock. Fine for breeding purposes. Also handsome covered wagon; also covered buggy with separate runabout seat, all in fine condi- tion. Sold separately or all together. Good bargain. DR. WALTON PRESTON, Hewes Bldg., Market and Sixth Sts., S. F. TO is Your Horse an "Also Ran?" Have you ever wondered why? He may have the breeding. He may be the son of a famous family of racers. And yet he never "gets in on the money.*' You can't understand it. But — have you ever examined his limbs real close for sensitive spots? Are you absolutely sure his limbs are sound as a dollar? Remember, no motor-car race was ever won on flat tires, no matter how good the machine. No horse race was ever won on crippled limbs— no matter how fine the breeding. World Sold Under a $1000 Bond The Only Spavin Remedy in the mm moon (LMEDYl is guaranteed to care practically every limb disease known You Take No ChanCBS to borsedom reeardless of bow persistent and long standing n-ith Mack'3$1000 Spavin Remedy. If tt fails to do as we the disease may be. It will bring instant relief and abso- claim in any particular, we must forfeit a S1000 special de- lutely cure Spavin. Ringbone. Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped posit with tbe First National Bank of Binghamton.N.Y. This Hock, Shoe Boil. Sprung Knee, Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny, is an iron cladagreement which wemustliveupto and simply etc., without leaving scars or blemishes of any kind. It shows our absolute confident-* in lliia remarkable horse) goes right to the seat of the trouble and curea by correct- remedy. Got a bottle today even though your horse"s limbs inn- fhi- nes' I" dearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. GUNCRAFT By W. A. Bruette A modern treatise on guns, tm^ gun fitting, am- . . munition, wing and trap shoot- ing. The theoretical side of the subject has been covered with a scientific accuracy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the master eye, dc- *ccts in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that will enable either the ex- SJ pert or the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fits him and how to decide upon one that does. It will enable him to ascertain why be misses some shots and is successful with others. The secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipe, the woodcock, the ruffed grouse, and the duck family, are illustrated by drawings and described in a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Cloih, $1.50 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,fi90 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range Is above the average, as Is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY FARM. STOCK Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: DMIcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so., of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Eiscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambietonian) bv Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Blake, Moffit & Towne Da.l.r. In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, I^os Areola CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalzi«l Every facility to give the best of pi o- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from cut of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price- IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Hercules Infallible and £. C. Leaders at Western Handicap Tournament. Green Bay, Wis., Western Handicap. F. G. FULLER, AMATEUR, OF MUKWANAGO, WIS Shooting E. C., Won High Amateur Average, Registered Targets, 340 x 350— (97%) High Amateur Average, All Targets 664 x 700 Second in Western Handicap 96 x 100 — 20 Yds. Longest Amateur Run of 'Journament 128 C. G. SPENCER, of St. Louis, Mo., Shooting E. C., Won High Professional Average, Registered Targets 344 x 350— (98%) High Professional Average, All Targets 668 x 700 Third Hish Professional, Western Handicap 91 x 100 — at 23 Yds. Long Runs of 153 and 133 Ran Program Straight Twice W. R. CROSBY, of O'Fallon, III., Shooting Infallible High Professional in Western Handicap 94 x 100— at 22 Yds. Second High Professional Average, All Targets 664 x 700 Tied for High Professional in Doubles 46 x 50 EDWARD BANKS, Wilmington, Del. Shooting E. C, Second High Professional Average in Western Handicap— 92 x 100— at 19 Yds. HERCULES INFALLIBLE and E. C. POWDERS are high score makers. See your dealer today for shells loaded with them, Up-to-< dealers have them everywhere. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. Salt Lake City, Utah. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. PARKER GUN VICTORIES AT HONE The Pacific Coast Handicap The Classic Event of the Year in Shooting Circles, was won by MR. PETER O'BRIEN at Portland, Oregon, July 22nd, shooting his "Old Reliable" PARKER GUN. On May 4th, at Modesto, during California-Nevada tournament, MR. TONT PRIOR won the Grand Trophy on 25 straight, and on May 6th, at same place, by scoring 94 x 100 at 21 yards. THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA HANDICAP, scoring last 50 straight, with his 34-in. barrel PARKER GUN. May 12th to 14th, at San Diego tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored high professional average, 467 out of 500 targets. May 15th to 17th, at Los Angeles tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at, including A RUN OF 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 480 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. HEINE PFIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion. Messrs. Mitchell and Pfirrman used 34-inch barrel PARKERS. And at — SALT LAKE, UTAH., May 2S, 29 and 30th.— Mr. S. A. 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YOU DON'T Take "THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN" YOU SHOULD! Saturday, August 29, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPO RTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-J65-366 PAC I Fl C BUI L D I NG Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St, New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Ferndale — September 7th to 11th. Woodland — September 8th to lOtb. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12tb to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 6th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Fort Erie Aug. 24-26 N. Y. State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 THE ADVERTISEMENT of the Riverside County Fair and Race Meeting to be held at Riverside Octo- ber 13th to 17th inclusive, immediately following the Kings County Fair at Hanford, will be found in our advertising columns in this issue. Nine races are advertised, the entries to which will close on September 10th. The management regrets exceed- ingly that it was unable to offer larger purses and it realizes that it is asking a great deal of the horse- men from the North to ship so far, for so small purses, but this is the very best that could be done this year, as the improvements on the grounds are costing $20,000, all of which it has been necessary to raise by personal subscription. The stalls are all completed and the track is working down in fine shape and promises to be very fast. We trust that the horsemen will co-operate with the management in making the present initial meeting a success, and if so it will be in a position to offer larger purses next year. o IN LOOKING OVER the programme advertised for the summer meeting of the Panama-Pacific Ex- position races which will be run off next June we find that there are four pacing races for the fast classes which aggregate $32,000 in value, and these races are so arranged on the different days that a horse eligible to the 2:11 class can start in all of them and a two-eight pacer can start three times. Under the advertised conditions of three heats in all races except the $20,000 stakes a horse would be pretty sure of winning something in every start. Nev.er before in the history of harness racing has there been such an opportunity of pacers winning big money on such easy conditions. The same tacts hold true in the fall meeting, except that the oppor- tunity is still greater for the same class of pacers, there being seven races in all having a cash value of $37,000 hung up for the contestants. A 2:10 trotter has the opportunity of starting three times at the spring meeting; owing to the fact that one week will intervene between each of his races; and he will have a chance at $30,000 in purses. At the fall meeting there will be an oppor- tunity for four starts in purses having a total value of $32,500. And the shortest interval between any two of these races is three days. SOCIALISTS want to destroy the value of the land. The Universal Eight Hour Bill is one of the measures to be employed in accomplishing this end. according to Thomas W. Williams, Secretary of the Socialist Party in California. In the Los Angeles Citizen, the official organ of the party, Secretary Williams writes: "We cheerfully admit that a Universal Eight Hour Law will, to an extent, increase the cost of living. The Socialist Party, in putting forth the bill, did not claim that it would solve the economic problem. On the contrary, we most emphatically assert that so long as profits remain staple no single piece of leg- islation can bring to the workers any advantage without at the same time revealing the incomplete- ness of any program which does not strike a: the roots of capitalism — profits. But we say, 'Better that the cost of living should go up than the standard of living should go down.' "I want to break this information gently, Mr. Ranchman, that your ownership of the land is only temporary anyway. We are not agitating an Eight- Hour Day because of its effect on your profits. We propose the abolition of all your profits. The sooner you learn this the better." The Farmers' Protective League, which is conduct- ing a vigorous campaign to defeat Amendment No. 3, which is the Universal Eight Hour Bill, feels that Secretary Williams' frank admission that the Social- ists would confiscate the land is ample justification for the opposition to the bill of farmers of all polit- ical parties. The Socialists is the only party that is not on record against this measure. "If voters knew and understood what purpose inspired the Universal Eight Hour Bill," declared Arthur Dunn, Secretary of the Farmers' Protective League, "they would defeat the measure overwhelm- ingly. No person who works can afford to have California take a plunge into Socialism. We cannot accept that propaganda with equanimity, unless we are ready to overturn our entire governmental, finan- cial, educational and commercial systems. " 'We propose the abolition of all your profits,' asserts Mr. Williams, and he adds, 'the sooner you earn this the better.' "It is, indeed, well that he has given fair warning in such plain terms of the real motive that actuates the proponents of the Universal Eight Hour Bill. Now it is up to the people to say whether they are ready to vote for the abolition of all profits." : — o INTEREST AMONG racing men centers on the running of the Futurity today at Saratoga, New York, the last day of the race meeting at that point. This most valuable of the stakes for two-year-olds, it is the ambition of every breeder and owner to win, not merely because of its monetary value but be- cause it is the Blue Ribbon race of the year. With but a few exceptions the winner of the race has always proved the best horse of the season, and its winning adds much to the future value of the winner, whether matron or stallion, in the stud. The stakes this year will be worth something over $25,000 and from present appearances there will be a field of ten or a dozen starters to contest for the prize. Harry Payne Whitney won the race for the first time last year with his handsome colt Pennant, a son of the grand pacer Peter Pan, and general belief among the horsemen at Saratoga is that he is very liable to repeat the victory this year with one of his string of four eligibles, all of which are fillies. LOS ANGELES DRIVING CLUB ENTRIES. The Los Angeles Driving Club will hold a race matinee at Exposition Park September 1st. Admis- sion free to grounds and stand. The following pro- gram will be raced off: 1st event — Ho Tolus. b. m., to beat 2:15 14 trotting. 2d event — Ada Tolus, br. m., to beat 2:30% trotting. 3d event — Josephine Watts, ch. f. (3), to beat 2:11% trotting. 4th event — Contention, b. g.. to beat 2:25% pacing. 5th event — Viola Patch, b. f. (4), to beat 2:25% pacing. 6th event — Chauncey, ch. g., to beat 2:30% trotting. 7th event — Johannah R., b. m., to beat 2:22% trotting. 8th event — Julia Clay, ch. m., to beat 2:30% trotting. 9th event — King Lilly Pointer, br. h., to beat 2:25% pacing. Race No. 1 — 2:18 class trotting. Purse $150: Johannah R., b. m.. Dr. Wm. Dodge; Omar, b. g.. Wm. Loftus. Race No. 2 — 2:10 class pacing, purse $150: Capt. Todd, br. h.. S. W. Wright; Viola Patch, b. f., Geo. H. Banker; King Lilly Pointer, br. h. Race No. 3 — 2:12 class trotting: Johannah R-, b. m. (6). Dr. Wm. Dodge; Byron, blk. g. (2), R. A. Smith; Stabe, b. m. (5), Harry Mesmore. Judges — Dr. A. D. Hubbell, Charles Blackmar and L. E. McLellan. Timers — Ed. R. Smith, J. I. Nicker- son and L. E. McLellan. Starter — E. J. Delorey. 0 WHAT IS A HORSE? The McMurray Sulky Co., Marion, O., publish the following in their new catalogue, written by H. Cotrill: The most noble animal in God's creation. The pride and boast of every nation; From birth to youth when kindly reared, He's petted, loved, by all endeared. With few exceptions, if truth be told, He's often worth his weight in gold. From youth to age he'll do his part With all his might, or break his heart. He's fought our battles, won our race. When kindly urged will go the pace. The friend of King, of Prince, of Tzar, But hates a stinking Motor Car. With champing steel and restless paw. He waits outside his lordship's door; Eager to start with dashing speed. The cruel whip he does not need. "When kindness greets his listening ear. He'll safely take you far and near. With mournful pride and pluming crest, He takes us to our final rest. This is a Horse! NOTES FROM SACRAMENTO. Each day as the State Fair approaches is bringing added activity and greater interest in the working of the various horses out at the race track, it being no uncommon thing to see the fences lined with spectators, almost as intent upon the horses as if a race were actually in progress. The past week has been marked by exceptional improvement among the horses that will later con- test for the purses at the fair. Maxine, Elmo Mont- gomery's three-year-old pacer, stepped a half-mile in 2:0114, and seemed to do it rather handily. One of the trotters noticed was the bay maro by Alconda Jay, which Dr. Delano recently purchased while in Salinas. She has already been a mile in 2:15 and gives promise that she will improve with the opportunity she will have with the doctor's skillful handling. Nearest Alto McKinney was worked a mile in 2:11% and finished the last quarter with as much ease as he began the first, Mr. Tryon, the owner, being specially gratified over the results. Will Ivey, too, is looking quite happy these days as his old favorite, Moko Hall, is now going sound and has negotiated a mile in 2:14. He should not be overlooked in his race at the State Fair. Among the more recent additions to the horses training at the local track are those of Keefer and Spencer, who have eight head in their stable. The best one, judging by past performances, is the little black trotter Nuristo, that won the 2:20 class at Salinas last month, trotting all three heats in 2:12%. He is owned by Alex Brown of Walnut Grove and is a full brother to Aristo, whose record is 2:08%. Wesos 2:12% is also owned by Mr. Brown and has been timed a mile in 2:09%. Bonnie Ansel, a five-year-old mare with no record, trotted a mile the other day to a sixty-pound cart in 2:13%, and has been a half in 1:03%, and a quarter in 30% seconds. She will be saved for the big events of 1915. She is also the property of Mr. Brown, as is also the three-year-old colt J. B., that worked a mile a fortnight ago in 2:16%. The royally bred young trotter, The Proof (2) 2:29%, owned by Keefer and Spencer, has shown that he can do a mile in 2:14%, and a half in 1:05. Arista Ansel (2) 2:18% will not be raced this year. She has stepped a mile in 2:16 to cart, last half in 1:04 and last quarter in 31 seconds. She is owned by E. M. Barber of San Diego, who also owns the four-year-old pacer Don Vassar. Don Vassar is also a member of this stable that will not appear in the races this year. He has done a mile in 2:13. The remaining member of the stable is M. C. Keef- er"s pacer Zorankin, that has done a mile in 2:09, a half in 1:02 and a quarter in 30 seconds. A carload of horses left here yesterday (Friday) for Santa Rosa for the race meet that comes off there next week. Women have invaded the race horse field and are training green trotters at the State Fair grounds, where they can be seen working out their horses in competition with J. E. Montgomery, owner of Jim Logan; Walter Tryon, and other famous race horse trainers. Their appearance on the track has aroused much interest and it is likely that more women will take to driving race horses between now and the time the State Fair opens in September. Mrs. Grace Ames and Mrs. J. L. Riley, both attractive and clever women and devotees to outdoor sports, are the first to make their debut in the sulky. Both have been on the track regularly each morning for weeks and are watched by an interested, if at first skeptical, audience. Mrs. Ames grips the ribbons behind Glyn- woode. This horse has done a mile in 2:17, which is rather a lively gait for a green trotter and espe- cially with a woman piloting him. Recently Mrs. Ames drove Glynwoode in a fast heat against Hymet- tus, the pacer, driven by Louis Carillo, one of the many famous horsemen of Sonoma county, where Lou Dillon and other world champions were foaled and trained. The sport was taken up by Mrs. Riley, who drives Thanksgiving Wilkes, in preference to aeroplaning; while Mrs. Ames has driven many years — though not in races. Mrs. Ames takes the entire care of Glynwoode — harnesses, grooms and trains him. SIX RACES OVER PARK STADIUM TRACK The San Francisco Driving Club has scheduled six races for the Park Stadium on Sunday (tomorrow). The entries for the races and the officials follow: FIRST RACE— 2:25 MIXED. Steve D., J. Tassi; Springtime. G. Clotere; Emma M., . M. Malough; Baldy Mitchell, H. Campodonico; King Pointer, H. Campodonico; Dalta A., E. T. Ayres. SECOND RACE— 2:20 TROT. Ateka, L. A. Bangs; Nutwood Lou. A. Ottinger; Laddie G., J. Holland; Soreta, McKinney Stable. THIRD RACE — FREE-FOR-ALL PACE. Bradmont. G. J. Giannini; Delilah, J. C. Welsh; Happy Dentist, J. J. Ryan. FOURTH RACE — FREE-FOR-ALL TROT. Birdeye, A. Combatalade: Silver Hunter, McKinney Stable; Ida M., H. Boyle; Horseshoe Boy. A. S. Hanks. FIFTH RACE— 2:15 PACE. Tom Murphy. E. T. Ayres: Dicto. McKinney Stable; Dolly Varden, P. McCart; William Tell. McKinney Sta- ble; George Gin, G. J. Giannini. SIXTH RACE— 2:18 PACE. Ishmael, F. P. Lauterwasser; G. J. P., R. Consani: Roman Boy. W. A. Dougherty; Little Dick, H. Ohlandt, Jr. ; Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen. Officers of the Day: Judges — Bert Edwards, Hugh Boyle, W. A. Dougherty., Timers — David Dillon, Fred Clotere, F. P. Lauterwasser, Sr. Starter — W. J. Kin- ney. Marshal — James Lombard. Secretary — James McGrath. THE PORTLAND MEETING. Following a two-years blank on the Portland track, came the meeting of last week. The elements were friendly, fields were good and really high class rac- ing occurred. Enough people were in attendance to keep the officials from becoming lonesome, but a packed grandstand cannot be mentioned in the notes of the occasion. The course is a famous speedway. but the residuary oil from the automobile races worked harm for harness racing, making the track non-absorbent of the work of the sprinklers and har- rows and producing dust in abundance. Yet the summaries show remarkable time, for the class, and finishes were warm enough to satisfy any adherent of the sport. Wednesday, opening day, Fred Brooker appeared as starter. Frank E. Alley as presiding judge, with Messrs. Zbinden and Parker of Seattle as associate judges. Geo. Parker, D. C. Anderson and Ed Den- nison were the timers and John D. Olson was the handsomest young clerk of the course seen in these parts since Wylie Moores retired from the turf. The 2:25 pace was the first number on the pro- gram, with a field of nine. Indian Hal drew the pole, with Red Hal in second position and Hal Norte third. Red Hal made a bid for the pole at the quarter but Indian Hal raced with him to the half, then took the lead and paced home with Lady Hal contesting every step of the way, but Wilson came through a strong winner, though with little to spare. Rothada went a creditable mile in this heat and finished a good third. The procession was quite a long one at the wire, as there was no flag up for any race of the day. Indian Hal, the winner in 2:1014. official time, is an own brother to Hal Boy, the West's most successful pacer of 1914, and the way the Hal B.'s raced at this open- ing would convince any skeptic of the worth of the great pacing sire. In the second heat, scoring down, Sanford, with Lady Hal, was hit by a storm of cy- clonic proportions and his sulky capsized. There was a ruck of hoofs and horses all around him, but he escaped with a few bruises. The mare went guideless for a quarter, but was easily stopped with a shot across her bows at the first quarter. Sanford pluckily took his place, got through to the front and was neck and neck with the Indian horse all the way, but Wilson drove it out to a successful finish in 2:131/i, with Hal Norte third. Next time, it was evident that Lady Hal meant business. Red Hal took the pole, but was unable to hold the place. The mare was pacing like clock work and collared the bunch in the stretch, beating Indian Hal by a length, with Red Hal close up in third place. The stragglers came in better in this heat. But the day was one of bad omen. Accidents were so frequent that the wonder is why a blood loving populace did not fill up the grounds next day in expectation of more killed and wounded in plain view. After passing the wire at the finish. Red Hal and Indian Hal were in collision, and went a few rods with locked wheels. Wilson was thrown out, sustaining slight but painful shoulder injuries, and Indian Hal was reported some- what the worse for the accident. So the judges ad- mitted Wilson's request to draw, under the circum- stances, as he feared to start the horse again might work a permanent injury. With the winner of two first heats and a second out, ambitious drivers sat up and took notice of their opportunities. The little mare was favorite. She is by Hal B., out of Lady Julia, by a son of Chehalis. Red Hal set the pace again and with the mare, Rothada, Tillamook Maid and Hal Norte raced in a bunch all the way. At the distance. Fred Woodcock made a brilliant drive with Hal Norte, rounded the field and shot under the wire in a way that greatly surprised and pleased the crowd; time 2:17%. Hal Norte had been taking it fairly easy and was fresh. In the final heat. Red Hal cut in and went a good race, but it was Hal Norte's race in 2:18, with Red Hal second and Lady Hal third. The 2:25 trot brought out another big field, ten starters taking the word. Guylight had first position and went a good race, showing improved form. But the race was easily Great Northern's, that good trot- ter being never in trouble. Several of the trotters entered were showing bad manners and erratic in- stincts. Burton Carpenter's Nutway was the con- tender and is a trotter of class and promise. Wood- cock brought St. Michaels through in good shape for third money. The three heats were surely Great Northern's, with Ward sitting easy and turning on only as much speed as was necessary. One or two of the finishes, on account of no flag, were in the line of a Chinese procession. The time was not *ast. When the 2:12 pacing class was called it was evident that some contest was to be expected. Frank Erwin drew the pole, with May Davis, one of the handsomest and most impressive appearing pacers seen here in years. After St. Elmo had mussed up several starts, they got away and the big chestnut mare was never headed, coming in strong in 2:10M., with Hal Paxton second, Bonnie Antrim third and Prince Zolock fourth. This was the fastest mile May Davis had been called upon to do, and it was evident that she was not yet up to repeating form for this gait. In the second heat, it was thought that per- haps St. Elmo would know his master's voice, so Chas. Gibson, his owner, was asked to try. After a few scores, Mr. Gibson requested Wm. Hogoboom to drive the fast but cranky pacer, but St. Elmo brought little renown to any of his drivers .though he has been working well and is full of speed. This time, Woodcock batted for the pennant from the start and overhauled the mare at the long distance, reaching the wire in 2:101i, another Hal B. just missing the 2:10 mark. Third heat, Bonnie Antrim went up at THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN the three-eighths and Aldine collided with him, both drivers, Gorman and Todd, being thrown out and their mounts coming through on their own steam. Hal Paxton kept the lead in this heat, finishing in 2:13 with May Davis second, all horses finishing by mandate. In the fourth heat, Hal Paxton made a break and Bonnie Antrim, refreshed, apparently, by his accident in the previous heat, had the speed and class of his career, coming through in 2:12, with Hal Paxton neck and neck, so close that a difference of opinion developed as to the first horse. The judges saw Bonnie Antrim as the winner. In the fifth heat both favorites broke but Bonnie came through in 2:18, with May Dans in second place. This made a deciding heat necessary, as Bonnie and Hal Paxton each had two heats. As the sunset period had come, the last heat was set over to Thursday. Woodcock trailed the brown and set sail at the three-quarters, coming in first in a thrilling finish in 2:10%. Thursday's card carried, in addition to the deciding heat of the 2:12 pace, only the free-for-all trot and the combination colt race, besides a half-mile run. The trot saw sentiment divided between Dr. Wayo and Mack Fitzsimmons, both Portland owned horses. The chestnut gelding, under Frank Erwin's skillful pilotage, came back, after a two years let up. Borena D. drew the pole, and Wm. Hogoboom was asked by the owner, A. C. Lohmire, to do the teaming. As Borena D. is somewhat wilful at times, Mr. Hogo- boom thought to get him off in the first heat a little behind, which he did. Borena went to a break in the three-eighths and got the flag, which had finally been put on. Lady W. set sail for the lead and reached the half first, Mack having met with a break. But at the three-quarters the big chestnut and Dr. Wayo came a hot finish, with the gelding first. Next time, it was thought that the medical horse might win the blue, but, while he was good gaited, the going did not suit him and when crowded failed to respond in his usual manner. The finish was a final one. Erwin bringing the chestnut home in 2:13%, with the Doctor second. In the third heat, the favorites were not up to much, and Harry Squires came a wonderful finish with Oaklandmore in 2:15I4, Lance second with Dr. McKinney. In the fourth heat, Mack Fitz- simmons was strictly on hand and established his right to consideration in the trotting classes of the year. The colt race brought out six youngsters, all three but Fred Ward's Beime, a two-year-old entered in the futurities. For once, the trotters had the best of the pacers. Henry Helman shot to the front with Bonniola, by Bonaday 2:11%, and was never headed, finishing in 2:22, with Ward second with Beime. The second head was like unto the first. Bo Peep, by Sovereign, won the half-mile dash, and is a youngster of class. Friday's races were of rather quiet order and of the "special" class. In the trot, George Howitt had no trouble in winning the first heat with Sunset Bell. Wild Girl was the contender and Sanford drove the mare in the second heat, which, however, did not keep the Howitt mare from repeating her previous performance, with The Frisco and Zomdell making up the rest of the party. In the third heat, Sanford went after Sunset Bell from the start and raced her all the way, coming to the wire in such a driving finish that the judges declared it a dead heat. Sunset Bell won comfortably in the final. Francis J. romped through the three heats of the pace, only three start- ers coming out. The stallion was in good form and looked as though he could lower his record of 2:08 quite a notch. Summary: August 19. — 2:25 pace, purse §500: Hal Xorte. b. h. bv Hal B. (Woodcock) 6 3 6 11 Ladv Hal. b. m. by Hal B. (Sanford) 2 2 12 3 Red Hal, b. g. by Hal B. (Lang) 4 4 4 3 2 Rothda. b. m. (Marshall) 3 6 4 4 6 Indian Hal, 1-1-2-dr. ; Sunny Jim. 5-7-5-6-dr. ; Duke. 7-9-dr. : Teddy McGregor, 8-S-5-9-4-dr. ; Tillamook Maid, 9-5-S-dr. Time by quarters — First heat. :31. 1:03%, 1:35, 2:10%; second heat, :31%, 1:03%, 1:38, 2:1s1.,; third heat, :34, 1:08. 1:42, 2:16; fourth heat. :32%, 1:06, 1:41%, 2:17%; fifth heat. :33%, 1:07, 1:41. 2:18. 2:25 trot, purse $500: Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. (Ward) 1 1 1 Nutway, b. g. by Strathway (Carpenter) 2 2 2 St. Michaels, br. s. by McAlropa (Woodcock) 4 3 4 Guylight. b. g. by Searchlight (Flanders) 6 4 3 Sidney Wilkes. 3-7-6; Halmetta. 5-5-dr. ; Ulmanetta. S-8-7; La Corona, 7-7-5; Son, 10-6-7; Blanche Fitzsim- mons, 9-10-10. Time by quarters — First heat. :36%, 1:10%, 1:45. 2:21; second heat. :35. 1:09, 1:42. 2:17%; third heat, :34, 1:08. 1:40%. 2:17%. 2:12 pace, purse $500: Hal Paxton, b. h. by Hal B. (Woodcock). .2 112 4 1 Bonnie Antrim, br. g. bv Bonnie McK (Todd) 3 3 6 1 1 2 May Davis, ch. m. by Borado ( Erwin )..l 2 2 3 2 Prince Zolock, blk. h. bv Zolock (Helman) 4 5 3 4 5 Aldine. 5-4-5-6-dr. ; St. Elmo. 6-6-4-5-3. Time by quarters (one heat on the 20th) — First heat. :32%. 1:03%. 1:35%, 2:10%: second heat, :32li, 1:04, 1:37. 2:10%: third heat, :33%. 1:08. 1:38. 2:13; fourth heat. :33. 1:05%. 1:38, 2:12; fifth heat. :33%, 1:05%, 1:43, 2:1S; sixth heat :33%. 1:05%. 1:37, 2:10%. August 20. — Free-for-all trot, purse $500: Mack Fitzsimmons, ch. g. bv Bob Fitzsimmons (Erwin) 1 14 1 Oaklandmore, b. g. by Oakland Baron (Squires)o 3 12 Dr. Wayo. b. h. by Wilkhurst (Ward) 2 2 3 5 Dr. McKinney, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Lance) 4 6 2 3 Lady W.. 3-4-6-4: Axnola, 6-5-5-dr. ; Borena D-. dis. Time by quarters — First heat. :33%, 1:08, 1:40%. 2:15%: second heat. :34. 1:07%. 1:41, 2:13%; third heat, :34, 1:07, 1:40. 2:15%; fourth heat, :33%. 1:07, 1:41, 2:15. Three-year-old or under trot or pace, purse $300: Bonniola. b. m. by Bonaday (Helman) 1 1 Beirne. b. h. by Beirne Holt (Ward) 2 2 Ruth Hal, b. m. bv Hal B. (Woodcock) 3 3 Hemlock, b. h. by Hal B. (Sanford-Erwin) 4 5 Centralia Girl. b. m. by Aerolite (Hogoboom) 5 4 Miss Browne, 6-6. Hemlock and Centralia Girl divided fourth money. Time bv quarters — First heat. :36. 1:10%, 1:40%, 2:22; second heat, :35%, 1:11, 1:46%, 2:23. ____^_ [Saturday, August 29, 1914. August 21. — 2:17 trot: w-VT^61!: br- m-m by G°ssiper (Howitt). ...1 1 « l \\ ild Girl. br. m. (Kept and Sanford).. ... ; 5 2 * 5 i * Frisco, ch. g. by Caution (Lance)....'. '3335 Zomdell. b. g. by Zombro (Archer)..... 4 4 4 4 *Dead heat. * * o.iTA™6 by . 2 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 3 4 Springtime (G. Clotere) 3 3 4 Queen Pointer (J. Vermet) 5 5 5 Hime— 2:26. 2:26%, 2:2S. Scratched— Dalta A. Second race — 2:15 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Pointer Bell (Kidd & Luce) 1 l Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 2 2 Dolly "Varden (P. McCarte) 3 3 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt) 4 4 T. D. W. ( W. Higginbottom) 5 5 Time — 2:14. 2:14%, 2:14. Scratched— Victor Pointer. Third race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats, best three in five: Monica McKinney (Hoffman & Sicotte) 2 111 Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 1 2 2 2 Time— 2:22. 2:18. 2:17%. 2:2114. Scratched— Ida M. Fourth race — 2:25 mixed: mile heats, best two in three: Hello Girl (R. Kehoe) 1 l Ateka (L. A. Bangs) 3 2 Vastida (J. Paras) 2 4 Emma M. (W. Malough) 6 3 Pride of Elmhurst (J. D. Johnstone) 4 5 Gold Bond (C. Lee) 5 6 Time — 2:25, 2:26%. Fifth race — 2:20 mixed; mile heats, best two in three: Mabel Dillon (B. Cohen) 1 1 Little Medium (H. E. Allen) 2 2 Time— 2:17, 2:17. Scratched— Sutton, Roman Boy. 0 HOLLISTER DRIVING CLUB. Sunday's racing matinee drew a fairly large crowd of the local devotees of the sport of kings to the Riv- erside track. The four events that furnished the afternoon's entertainment were warmly contested and the finishes were close and interesting. The surprise of the afternoon was the defeat of Rex, the king of the local speedway, by Billy Bounce. The big bay pacer had an off day for once and the little sorrel came in ahead in two straight half-mile heats. The time made — 1:13% and 1:17 — would in- dicate to those familiar with Rex's past achievements that he was far from his usual form, which is usually not above 2:22 for a mile. Another close race was the third event in which Mulberry Queen out-distanced Benton Boy Jr.. in two straight half-mile heats, making the first in 1:16 and shading that time by a second in the second. First race. Half-mile heats: Dan Patch (Cagney) 2 1 1 Josephine (Kvdd) 1 2 2 French Jim (Frenchy) 3 3 3 Time— 1:32. 1:26, 1:25%. Second race. Mile heats: Ben Alto (Kydd) 2 1 1 Prince Alto (Ware) 1 2 2 Teddy B. (Wilson) 3 3 3 Time— 2:32%, 2:21%, 2:22. Third race. Half-mile heats: Mulberry Queen (Elliott) 1 1 Benton Boy Jr. (Caldera) 2 2 Time— 1:16, 1:15. Fourth race. Half-mile heats: Billy Bounce (Sanchez) 1 1 Rex (Overstreet) 2 2 Time — 1:13%, 1:17. 0 SACRAMENTO DRIVING CLUB. Straight heats and some unusually close finishes furnished plenty of sport for turf followers who gathered at Agricultural Park for the Sacramento Driving Club's matinee. Charlie Silva's Teddy Bear broke back into the winning class in the free-for-all pace, and in the first heat reeled off one of the best performances of his career, doing the half-mile in 1:02 and finishing up the mile in 2:06%, with S. H. Cowell's Oro Mo a close second in a pretty stretch finish. In the second heat the horses got away to a slower start, and Teddy Bear won in 2:10%, doing the second half in 1:03%. But Cowell had revenge in the class A pace, driv- ing his George Woodard to straight heat wins over Silva's Senator H. The first heat was the prettiest finish of the day, Silva trailing all the way and in the stretch picking up until the Cowell horse had less than a head the better of the argument. Frank Wright's J. H. Donnelly was a straight heat winner in the class B pace. Gaffett's Harold B. put up a hard fight but lost a good chance by breaking in the stretch in the second heat. Sidney Dillon broke at the halfway post in the second beat and dropped out. The class A trot was the only event of the day requiring more than two heats, and of the three heats run no horse was a winner more than once. Cowell's Panama took the first heat and lost a chance to take the second by breaking after having a comfortable lead into the stretch. Expedio took the second heat and had a good chance for the third. Tryon's Prince Alto McKinney got away to a big lead in the third heat, but broke at the quarter: Expedio went to the front and held the lead to the three-quarters, where a break let Silva's Columbia T., a rank outsider, jump to the front for the honors. The balancing of the heat left Expedio the winner of the race, with Panama second, Columbia T. third and Prince Alto McKinney, who finished third in every heat, fourth. The summary: First race — Class B pace: J. H. Donnelly. (Frank Wright) 1 1 Harold B. (\V. H. Gaffett) 3 2 Sidney Dillon (Owen Davis) 2 dis Time— 2:16, 2:16%. Second race — Class A trot: Expedio (Frank Ruhstaller) 2 1 2 Panama (S. H. Cowell) 1 2 4 Columbia T. <& The "pace that kills" on the Big Ring is getting in its work. In two of the four races on the opening day's card at Pittsburgh last week, only four horses made up the field of starters. «> <8> <8> Capt. C. P. MeCan attended the Portland races and reports The Bondsman in the pink of condition. Orlena 2:11% has a yearling colt by The Bondsman of especial promise. This one comes of strong foun- dation maternally and ought to be a top notcher Recent advices from the Dan Patch Farm at Savage, Minn., report Dazzle Patch 2:09% stepping a little faster in his work with each succeeding week. A mile last week in 2:08, with the last half in 1:03, is a fair sample of his ability, and indicates that he is coming along nicely for Mr. Macey. Lafayette, Ind., August 25. — Members of a local stock buying firm began today buying horses which are to be shipped to France for use in the allied armies. The Lafayette firm announced it had re- ceived an order for 15,000 animals from the French government. <8> Matt Zahner has moved his stable, consisting of three trotters, from Hollister to the San Jose Driving Park, and will train at the latter place next winter. The San Jose track was never in as good condition as at present; it is receiving the proper amount of care and is watered regularly, and the grounds are receiving a thorough cleaning up. <» «> Bonniola, the three-year-old filly that Henry Hel- man won with in the combination trot and pace at Portland is by Bonaday 2:lli,i, dam Addiola Mack by McKinney, second dam by Direct, third dam by Steinway, etc. She is a youngster of nice conforma- tion, sweet disposition and a most attractive trotting gait. The filly's manners and way of going are very creditable to the careful preparation Mr. Helman has given her. <$> «■ Frank Childs, who had reason to expect such great things of the chestnut trotting gelding Major By By 2:19%, was at Kalamazoo driving the little mare Miss New Sure in the 2:07 pace. He said that it had been decided to hold the Major over until next year, and that he was shipped Monday. August 17th, to Spokane, Wash., to the Childs home. «> The wise road builder of the future will think more of the horse of action than of a mere pleasure machine. The needs of the War Department are urgent in this direction and one-half of the road, at least, will be constructed for the use of iron-shod feet. In communities where these dual like roads exist, less objection to motor cars is made by farm- ers and other drivers of horses. <8> An unusual occurrence marked the recent meeung at Peoria, 111., when the mare The Spartan QueeD by The Spartan, won the 2:12 trot, taking a record of 2:11%, while on the same day her four-year-old son, Isaac R. T., by Albingen, took a record of 2:11% in the 2:19 trot, in which he won second money. It is seldom that a mare and one of her produce have raced to as fast records at the same place and on the same day. <$>■$>«> Charley De Ryder aired his green pacing filly Madam Mac, 4, by Expressive Mac 2:25%, on Friday of last week, the best mile being one in 2:07, last half in 1:03. Joe Patchen II. 2:03% worked in 2:10, going better gaited than he has any time recently, but the Patchen horse and the rest of the Mackenzie- DeRyder string, with the exception of Maymack 2:07, and one other, are to be shipped to Detroit, where they will lay up until the Grand Circuit returns there this fall. •» <8> «> Frederick Johnson, the business associate and per- sonal friend of C. K. G. Billings, has shipped to Curies Neck farm a stable of runners, including the great handicap horse Cock-o'-the-Walk, who is being broken to harness by Thad Logan, who trains the Billings trotters. Cock-o'-the-Walk is a son of Peep o' Day and highly thought of by Mr. Johnson, who will ultimately retire him to the stud at Curies Neck. The three days' trotting meeting at Goshen was brought to a close Thursday afternoon when another world's record was placed on the historic track. John Splan of Lexington, who drove Rarus in. 2:16 to a high-wheel sulky over the half-mile track at Toledo, Ohio, offered $100 to the driver who beat this record made by Rarus in 1878. Three horses made the at- tempt, but only one was able to beat the record. The ..hestnut stallion, Peter Billiken, driven by William Hodson, went the mile in 2:14%, establishing a new world's record. Lord Dewey 2:02% will go against time for the world's stallion record on Monday, August 31st, the first day of the Grand Circuit meeting in Syracuse in connection with the New York State Fair. Dr. J. C. McCoy, owner of this sensational trotter and Rob- ert Snedeker are at the State Fair track conditioning Lord Dewey for the trial. Directum I is also at the track training to go in two minutes or better to cap- ture the free-for-all pace which will be raced the same day, with seven starters. The Indiana State Board of Agriculture has ar- ranged with A. E. Van Natta of Otterbein, Ind., the owner of the sensational pacing horse William, for an exhibition to sulky with prompter, on Monday, September 7th, at Indianapolis, in which he will endeavor to lower the world's record of Dan Patch 1:55%, made in an exhibition such as it is proposed to give William. <$> Peter Scott 2:07 was sold by Walter Cox to Thom- as W. Murphy for $30,000 real money last week. Murphy was acting for a Pittsburg syndicate. If Las- sie McGregor stays good the remainder of the season, Peter Scott will be held over for next year's stakes. He is a green horse under the new rules, has trotted in 2:05% in a race, and will be hard to beat in another year. Sanford Small, Neponset, Mass., who sold Peter Scott to Tom Murphy for $30,000, purchased the gray stallion Earl Jr. 2:01%, from R. C. Lasbury of Broad Brook, Conn., and has turned him over to Walter Cox to race. The gray stallion paced nearly all of his best races while a member of the Cox stable, and the New Hompshire reinsman believes that there is a good race or two left in the veteran side-wheler. •$> <£ «■ Another world's record was made at the Goshen track Wednesday afternoon for two successive heats over a two-lap course when Billy M. paced the sec- ond and third heats in the 2:08 class in 2:04 and 2:04% and won a special prize of $100 offered by William J. Andrews, the driver of the pacer that first beat 2:04% at the meeting. Mr. Andrews drove John R. Gentry to this mark in 1900. «■ The world's champion yearling, Airdale (1) 2:15%, was given a time record of 2:09 at Grand Rapids by Lon McDonald. He is the third three-year-old stal- lion that Lon McDonald has put in the 2:10 list this season, the others being Ortolan Axworthy 2:07% and Abdell M. (3) 2:09%. The latter is also a time record and in him and Aairdale McDonald should have a pair of high-class aged horses for the stakes provided they are kept eligible to the slow classes. The feature of the Gentlemen's Driving and Riding Club matinee at City Park, Denver, last Saturday was the exhibition of Charles E. Guy's famous jumper, Shamrock. This grand little horse which has been in all the leading horse shows abroad was originally purchased in Ireland by Judge Moore, who won the high jump at Madison Square Garden with him in 1912, defeating all the crack jumpers in the country. He has always been ridden by a man, but last week Mrs. Grace Maxwell give quite a remark- able performance by riding and jumping the little black over six feet two inches. ■$><$>«> A. L. Camp, the well known Colorado trainer and driver of the Red Bird Stock Farm at Greeley, en- tered the horse Espiere in the races recently held at Overland Park, Denver, and won, making a mark of 2:08%. The feat is all the more remarkable because of the fact that Espiere had raced with front shoes but did not carry hind shoes. He dropped the second heat because of losing one of the shoes. Not for many years has a horse appeared in the race unshod, at least of which there is any record, al- though one was driven by W. H. (Knapsack) Mc- Carthy, in New York, some years ago. The race of Espiere must have created a great deal of interest, particularly among the horseshoers who witnessed it, but being driven by Mr. Camp they might readily conclude that he was previously in possession of the best judgment as to what his horse needed to do the best work. <$> <8> By virtue of the performance of her daughter Ideal McICinney, by McKinney 2:11%, who took a trotting record of 2:20% at Norristown, Pa., last week, the great broodmare Leonor 2:24 is now the dam of seven standard performers, or eight if we count the record of one of them at both gaits. The lis is as follows: Jennie Mac 2:09 (p); Dock Book 2:10 (p. 2:18%); Miss Jessie 2:13%; Judd 2:24% (p); Wallace McKinney 2:26%, and Zealous 2:26%. Wallace McKinney is credited with ten trotters and thirteen pacers to the close of last season, and Leonor's daughters have also contributed to her fame by producing Silver Coin 2:10, Cuate 2:13%, and Hope So 2:27%. Two other sons of the old mare, George B. Mac and Esperanto McKinney, both by McKinney, should have been added to her list long ago, as the former, a pacer, has beaten 2:10 in his work, while Esperanto McKinney has trotted better than 2:15. Little can be said of Leonor's pedi- gree, which is short. She was bred by C. A. Durfee, of Los Angeles, Cal., foaled in 1884, and got by Dash- wood, out of Geraldine by Echo. There the narra- tive stops. Dashwood is by Legal Tender, who had almost no pedigree, out of Grave's Maid by Volun- teer, and Echo is a son of Hambletonian 10, whose chief claim to distinction is the fact that he sired the dam of Direct 2:05%— Trotter and Pacer. Peter Volo's racing career is fairly well known, but it will be briefly reviewed. He is the only trot- ter that was a champion at one, two and three years. He started only once as a yearling and that in a trial against time. Driven by Ed Willis he reduced the world's record of Miss Stokes from 2:19% to 2:19. Murphy received the horse in January, 1913. At first he gave considerable trouble because he would persist in pacing. Murphy was very patient with him and finally induced the colt to establish his gait without the use of excessive weight. When the gait was established Murphy told his friends tha1" he had the greatest trotter that was ever foaled and developments have proven his prognostications cor- rect. As a two-year-old he trotted in a race in 2:04%, thus lowering the two-year-old record of Native Belle 2:07%, and trotting faster than any three- or four- year-old trotter had ever done. <8> At Galesburg this week one of the special features of the meeting will be an attempt by the Chicago pacer, Dr. Burns Jr. 2:04%, to beat his record. This handsome stallion, in the hands of Trainer Al Whit- ney, has shown wonderful form on the Grand Circuit. He was there obliged to race against the phenomenal colt William, and could not beat him — but he won second money in the race at Nortn Randall, Ohio, when William lowered the two-heat record, and did the same thing again at Grand Rapids, when William broke the three-heat record and for the first time in history paced a mile against a field of horses in a regular race of heats in 2:00. In the first heat of this race Dr. Burns Jr. was so close to the winner that his separate official time was 2:01. Whitney thinks that if the Galesburg track is good, and other conditions favor, he can drive the stallion a mile there very close to 2:00, and it would not be sur- prising if he did. <8> <8> According to report, William, the unbeaten cham- pion pacer of 1914, will not appear again in a race this year, W. W. Marvin, his owner, having decided that William has gained sufficient fame as a racer. Hereafter Bill will be reserved exclusively for exhi- bitions, which means that he will gradually be pre- pared for an attempt against the world's record of 1:55%, now held by Dan Patch. Also, Dr. Burns Jr., the Cleveland-owned pacer, which has chased Wil- liam to all his record-breaking stunts, will be retired for the rest of the season. But Dr. Burns Jr. will not be saved for exhibitions. Instead he will be sent one fast mile for a breeders' record, and will then be saved over for the big features of 1915. At pres- ent Dr. Burns Jr. has a mark of 2 : 04 % and has been separately timed in 2 : 01 in a race. By virtue of not having won a race this year, he gains a second allow- ance, and next season will be eligible to the 2:06 class. Therefore, Dr. Burns Jr. will be headed for the two $20,000 2:06 paces at the Panama Exposition, as well as an extensive campaign in the stakes to which he will be eligible. <8> «> Reports sent out from Saratoga told of the per- formance of Uhlan 1:58, under saddle, in which he trotted an eighth of a mile in 13 seconds with 192 pounds up. If this is correct, the champion has done something never even approached by a trotter, him- self included. I consider this feat more remarkable than his mile in 1:58, and I know of many thorough- breds incapable of duplicating it. The average thor- oughbred has speed enough to run an eighth in 11 seconds with about 115 pounds up, and while, under certain conditions, horses have covered this distance in faster time, 11 seconds will stop ninety per cent, of them. I have timed at least a thousand thor- oughbreds, yet never saw one carry as much as 125 pounds and run the distance in faster time, and I doubt very much if any runner can be foun1. at Saratoga capable of carrying 192 pounds and cov- ering an eighth in 12 seconds. If Uhlan trotted this distance in 13 seconds with his owner up, it is good betting that he can do an eighth in 12 seconds with 110 up and ridden by one of the best jockeys at The Spa. — Hawley, in the Horse Breeder. S> Charles Dean and his son, Charles Jr., showed up some pretty fair timber during the week at Janes- ville, including the trotting filly Susie Zombro. the pacers J. O. and Beau Beaucaire, and the four-year- old filly Baroness Amalia, 4, 2:18%. Susie Zombro only had a jog in the colt trot and won like a true daughter of her sire, the mighty Zombro 2:11. J. O. may not be good enough to cope with the Grand Circuit stars, but out west he can take care of him- self pretty well, thank you. Beau Beaucaire is a slick going rascal and seemed to be under pretty strong restraint at the end. He is a five-year-old chestnut stallion by Waltz 2:22%, dam Charlotte Wood, by Argot Wilkes, p. 2:14%, and like Abu Tabel, was bred by M. W. Johnson, Assumption, 111. Baroness Amalia is the filly that Charley started a few times last year on the Great Western. She is owned by Sol Schloss, Indianapolis, Ind. Alvin W. 2:20% looked to have a splendid chance in his race, but made a break in the third heat and was dis- tanced. Alvin was the star three-year-old of these parts in 1912 and was gelded and laid over last sea- son. Charles Jr. drove Baroness Amalia and made a nice job of it. Charles made a big hit in Wisconsin in 1912, when he all but swept the boards in the southern part of the State with Billy Smith, El Vivillo, James T. Boyle, Alvin W., Spriggan and others, and he found a warm welcome awaiting him from racegoers in these parts. Saturday, August 29, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN After two years' residence on the Pacific Coast, Al Russell returned to Minot, N. D., where he is racing a stable for D. A. Dinnie, owner of Don Dens- niore, p. 2:02% and others. Russell will be recalled as the developer of Don Densmore, and while pre- viously in the employ of Mr. Dinnie had a very suc- cessful stable. All of Russell's horses reflect the careful training and care they had the past spring and winter, and every one knows that the men who can successfully cope with him in a horse race are few and far between. Don Densmore is the stable's headliner, and the great son of Pactolus 2:12% looks as fit as he ever did in his life. Don is a loafer at all times and requires strenuous driving to make him exert himself, hut when he is well woke up he can pretty nearly take the measure of any weslern pacer. He paced the Grand Forks, N. D., half-mile track in 2:06% to defeat George Gano and Rob Roy, and won at Janesville in 2: 05 %, 2:05% and 2:07, coining from far behind each heat to pick up Ella M. Bessie Bee, p. 2: 06%, is also in Russell's stable and has won three of her four starts to date. Al also has two colts by Don Densmore, Don B. 4, 2:16% and Don Conamore, 3, 2:18%, both race-winners and dem- onstrating that Don Densmore is sure to be a great sire. Lauretta Todd, 4, 2:22%, trotting daughter of Sorrento Todd 2:11, has only started a couple of times but has won. Baron Wizard, p. 2:16%, is a recent addition to the stable. To date Al's horses have started in nineteen races, won eleven, been sec- ond in two; third in four; fourth in one and once unplaced, winning $3,360. <8> Buffalo, August 26. — Grand Opera, who has sev- eral big stake events to fill this season, will have to remain in Canada as a result of the conflict in Euro- pean countries. The horse is owned by Smith and Proctor of Toronto and trained by Havis James. Today they received orders from the Canadian Gov- ernment not to take the horse out of Canada. The owners brought Grand Opera to the Canadian track yesterday for the Fort Erie purse stake of $5,000, the horse finishing third in the race. <8> RACING ON THE GRAND CIRCUIT. Pittsburg, August 22. — Anna Bradford, the black filly by Todd Mac, featured the closing day of the Grand Circuit meeting on the Brunot's Island track here, by lowering the world's record for three-year- olds on a mile track. The Kentucky filly, without urging from her driver, T. W. Murphy, circled the track in the second heat of the pace for three-year- olds in 2:03%. Anna Bradford at Kalamazoo last week equaled the record for three-year-old fillies. The mile record for three-year-olds had been held by William, who set the mark at 2:05 last summer. The track was rather heavy from yesterday's rain. The 2:12 pace, valued at $1000, furnished the best race of the afternoon. It took six heats to decide the winner. Sellers D. took the first heat and Don Patch took the third and fourth heats. Little Bernice, after winning the second heat, showed great staying powers and took the fifth and sixth heats. Fair Virginia won the 2:24 trot in straight heats without trouble. The pace for three-year-olds went to Anna Bradford, who won the first heat in 2:06 and the second in 2:03%. Summary: 2:24 trot; purse $1000: Fair Virginia, b. m. (Cox) 1 1 1 Tommy Deforrest, br. c. (Osborne) 2 2 2 Berne, b. s. (Rodney) 3 3 3 Gambette Moko, b. s. (Proctor) 4 4 4 Time— 2:13%, 2:15%, 2:12%. 2:13 pace; three in five; $1000: Little Bernice, b. m. (Frost) 3 15 2 11 Don Patch, br. c. (Jamison) 4 5 112 2 Sellers D.. b. g. (Garrison) 1 3 3 3 4 3 Also started— Frank Patch, br. s. (Cox); Lustrous Mc- Kinney, b. g. (Rodney); Nelly Temple, b. m. (Murphy). Time— 2:0614. 2:061,4. 2:07%, 2:08. 2:08, 2:10. Three-year-old pace; two in three; 51000: Anna Bradford, b. 1. (Murphy) 1 1 Squantum, b. g. (McDonald) 2 2 Budd Elliott, br. c. (Geers) 3 6 Robert Frisco, br. g. (McMahon) ._...i 4 Time— 2:06, 2:03%. «>«■<& Buffalo (N. Y.), August 25. — Despite the recent heavy rains, the track at Fort Erie, Ont, was in good shape for the opening of the Grand Circuit races this afternoon. No records were broken, but fast time was made in the four events carded. King Couchman, driven by Dick McMahon, won the Fort Erie stake of $5000 for 2:11 pacers. The winner of the Chamber of Commerce stake at De- troit sold favorite and won the race in straight heats, the best time being 2:05%. Samelia, driven by Wal- ter Cox, finished second in each heat. The sum- mary: 2:15 trot, three in Ave, purse $1000: The Temptress, b. m. by The Exponent (Murphy) 1 3 1 J Fair Virginia, b. m. (Cox) 5 1 i I Hazel Lang, ch. m. (Andrews) 2 2 7 3 Also started— Adella Watts, b. m. (McDevitt); Tom Detorrest, b. h. (Osborne); St. Frisco, b. m. (Geers); Alta Coast, b. m. (Dempsey) ; The Rebuttal, b. m. (Mc- Mahon). Time— 2:10%, 2:11, 2:10%, 2:11%. 2:11 pace, three in five, the Fort Erie purse. $5000: King Couchman, b. g. by Atlantic King (Mc- Mahon) 1 J J Camelia, b. m. (Cox) 2 2 2 Irene Beau, ch. m. ( (Murphy) 8 3 3 Grand Opera, b. h. (James) 3 4 4 Also started — Gilbert M., b. g. (Winslow) ; Peter S.. b. g. (DeRyder); Sellers D., b. g. (Garrison); Shade Line, ch. h. (Owen). Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:07%. 2:10 trot, three in five. Dominion of Canada purse, $2,000: Star Winter, b. g. by Ed Winter (McDonald) ... 1 1 1 Lady Grattan, ch. m. (Cox) 2 2 3 Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) 3 3 2 Also started — Harry J. S., blk. h. (Andrews); Bismaya, b. m. (Proctor). Time— 2:08%, 2:09, 2:07%. 2:06 trot, three in five, purse $1000: Guy Nellow, rn. m. by Guy Axworthy (Geers).. 1 1 1 King Clansman, blk. h. (McMahon) 2 4 2 Grace, ch. m. (McDevitt) 3 2 4 Also started — Robert Milroi, b. g. (Snow) ; Ben Zolock, b. g. (Garrison); Don Labor, b. g. (McDonald). Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:10. «> <8> Buffalo, August 26. — Only four horses started in the King George V. $5,000 stake for 2:14 trotters, the feature of the second day's Grand Circuit races at the Fort Erie track this afternoon. The big "ace was won by Lassie McGregor, but for a time it was thought Margaret Druien would draw down first money. After Oakdale had won the first heat of the Queen City stake for 2:08 trotters the judges ordered all bets off on the heat. The gray gelding covered the mile in 2:12. Omar won the next three heats and the race, and the judges after investigation an- nounced that no further ruling would be made in the matter. Omar's best time for the mile was 2:06%. May- mack, trotting queen of the West, was outclassed, finishing out of the money. The summary: Buffalo Drivers' Futurity for three-year-olds; mile heats, best two in three: Lyndon, b. s. by Kentucky Todd (E. I. White) 1 1 Bee Linsworthy, ch. f. (H. J. Goodsmile) 2 2 Madsey, b. g. (Rider Lattimer) 3 3 Miss ada, b. f. (Paully) 4 4 Time — 2:22%. 2:23%. The King George V. $5000, 2:14 trot, three in five: Lassie McGregor, b. m. by Jay McGregor (Murphy) 1 1 3 2 1 Margaret Druien, b. m. (Cox) 2 2 1 1 2 The Guide, b. h. (Geers) 3 3 2 3 3 McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) 4 dis Time— 2:09%. 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08. 2:07 pace, purse $1000. three in five: R. H. Breat, b. g. by Wapanee (Grady) 1 1 1 Frank Patch, br. s. (Cox) 4 2 2 Rastus, br. g. (McDonald) 2 3 6 Also started — Little Bernice. b. f. (Frost) ; Napoleon Direct, ch. s. (Geers); Garna G., br. g. (Garrison); Mari- etta, blk. m. (Murphy)... Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:05%. Queen City Stake, $2000, 2:08 trot, three in five: Omar, b. g. by Noblesse (Floyd) 3 111 Oakdale. gr. g. (McDonald) 1 4 5 4 Reusens, ch. g. (Geers) 4 5 2 2 Also started — Tommy Horn, b. g. (Owen) ; Maymack, b. m. (DeRyder) ; Lumline, b. m. (Murphy) ; Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox). Time— 2:12, 2:06%, 2:0694, 2:08%. THE MATTER OF INBREEDING. Buffalo (N. Y.), August 27. — Frank Bogash Jr. won the free-for-all pace, the closing event of the Grand Circuit races at Fort Erie, Ont., today, pacing the final mile in 2:02%. The horse sold a prohibitive favorite and won in straight heats. The 2:11 trot did not fill and was declared off, but one of the best races of the meeting was witnessed in the opening event for 2:12 pacers. Eleven horses started and the race went six heats to decide the winner. Jones, driving Our Colonel, favorite in the pools for the 2:04 pacers, was removed by 'the judges after Our Colonel had finished behind Del Rey and Pickles, the time for the mile being 2:09. Our Colonel lost the second heat to Del Rey, but won the next three and the race. Summaries: 2:12 pace, purse $1000, three in five: Countess Mabel, b. m. by Bel (Cox) 8 9 18 11 Leita Patchen, b. m. (Snow) 5 3 10 1 2 2 Fred Deforrest, b. s. (Osborn) 2 18 3 3 3 Grand Opera, b. s. (James) 1 2 3 6 4 4 Also started — Don Patchen, br. g. (Floyd) ; Shade Line, ch. s. (Owens); Edith C. ch. m. (McCri-vi 0: 1-= 'on Al- cyone, b. g. (Ernest); T. C. S., b. g. (Murphy); The Rev- erend, b. s. (MCManon); -\eiua Scimeu, u. m. garrison). Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:10%. 2:04 pace, purse $1000, three in five: Our Colonel, b. s. by Colonel Coehi-an (Jones-Childs) 3 2 1 1 1 Del Rey, b. s. (Cox) 1 1 2 2 2 Pickles, b. m. (Jackson) 2 4 3 3 4 Baron A., b. s. (McMahon) :.4 3 4 4 3 Time— 2:09, 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:06%. Free-for-all pace, sweepstakes: Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. by Frank Bogash (Murphy) 1 1 1 Earl Jr., gr. g. (Cox) 2 2 2 Hal B. Jr., blk. h. (McEwen) 3 3 3 Time— 2:07. 2:06%, 2:02%. THE JUDGES' STAND WRONGLY PLACED. In the 2:08 pace at Cleveland, Ohio, last week at the end of the fifth heat, Fred W. and Cleo B. had each won two heats and the finish between Fred W. and Lowanda, a new contender, was very close for the fifth heat. The judges were divided in their opinions and when Presiding Judge Yates started to announce the crowd protested so loudly that Owner Pennoek rushed into the stand and after consulting with the judges-, and after they had learned by the demonstration, that the majority of the spectators had seen Lowanda first, the judges admitting that they had erred, announced Lowanda winner of the heat. In his first announcement Mr. Yates had only said: "The fifth and final heat." That of course meant that Fred W. had been seen first. The judges' stand at Cranwood, like at many half-mile tracks, is on the opposite side of the track from the grandstand and many close finishes are seen differently by the judges than by the public. Mr. Dwyer, the owner of Fred W., entered a protest after Cleo B. had won the sixth and deciding heat. A peculiar feature of the time made by Peter Volo (2) 2:04% last week in winning The Horseman Fu- turity lies in the fact that his first heat equaled the record of Colorado E. (3) 2:04%, his second that of Don Chenault (3) 2:05% and his third that of Gen- eral Watts (3) 2:06%. I wish I could make breeders regard from a wholly different point of view the question of breeding for their own racing, and that of breeding for sale. The latter is past praying for, and the latest craze — generally an untried horse at a huge fee is essential. But why should a man breeding for his own purposes join in this sheep-like rush after the ignotum which is for the instant pro magnifico, and later on peters out into nothingness. Breeders for sale are bound to defer to these fads and fancies, and, even so, they often get caught by the ebbing tide before they can put a yearling on the market. A man who breeds his own racing stock, however, should regard the posi- tion from a wholly different point of view, for I am certain that such degeneracy as there may be in the British thoroughbred is due to the continuous in- breeding for many, many years. Inbreeding properly understood is right enough, for it has again and again been usefully resorted to in hounds and all sorts of stock, but what has been done in England resembles the old-time habit before railways enabled people to travel, and that was continuous inbreeding in villages, the inhabitants of which did not go ten miles away in their lifetimes. In my time, at Kil- vington, in Yorkshire, there was a Tom Palliser — a great character— and the Church Register, or what- ever you call it, shows that there was also a Thomas Pallacere living there in the days of Queen Elizabeth. The people of these villages interbred, and seldom went outside their ten-mile radius. There was always a village idiot in the days to which I refer. You do not find village idiots now, when conveyance by bicycle or otherwise outside the ten-mile radius has rendered outside marriages so common. Now, this is exactly my point as regards bloodstock breeding, for the people who run after fashion are all in a groove, and are asking for the production of rogues and jades, just as the old ten-mile radius villagers degenerated into at least one village idiot. — [The Special Commissioner in London Sportsman. EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN WAR. ["Reader," in The Thoroughbred Record.] Lexington, Ky., August 12, 1914. I wonder if the breeders and turfmen of this coun- try fully appreciate the effect this great war in Eu- rope will have on the thoroughbred horse business in these United States? When war was first de- clared, I admit I thought it would entail as great a hardship upon them as did the blue laws of Governor Hughes and his fanatical followers, which ruined thousands of families and came near exterminating a great industry for our people. After mature reflec- tion, I see it now in an entirely different light. With the continuance of war for a year or two, there can be but one result. All the great studs embraced within the theatre of war will be scattered over the face of the earth, and the horses not destroyed will be extremely difficult to identify on the return of peace. France, Germany and Austria-Hungary, where so many great thoroughbred studs are located, will naturally suffer greater loss of horses than Great Britain, where it is not probable that the war will be brought to their doors. Yet the English people know the value of thoroughbreds for army purposes probably better than any other nation, and it is al- most a certainty that there will be requisitions on all their studs for such horses and mares as are fit for cavalry remounts which will bring a serious shortage in the numbers of their breeding stock. After the return of peace, it will be years before England can fill its depleted studs and supply the demand of Europe for thoroughbred horses. Now, in this country, we have possibly about one- half as many thoroughbred horses as were here five years ago. We know what is the effect of demand and supply upon any market, and I don't think it would require either much imagination or business acumen on the part of owners to see what their good thoroughbreds in the near future will be worth to them — both in the markets at home and abroad. Let those who can, keep what they have, and those that have not, buy all they can pay for, and reap the profit they so much need and that is sure to come to them. CARE OF THE FOAL. If the mare foals in the barn one should provide her with a roomy box stall with plenty of straw. Within an hour after the arrival of the colt it should be standing and getting its first nourishment. If it cannot stand, give it help, as the first milk is valu- able not only as a food but also as a natural purge which rids the intestines of the meconium. It is well to put a wide bandage around the body of the colt and protect the navel from becoming infected from the stable. Some use a dusting powder of equal parts tannic and boracic acid on the navel before applying the bandage. The navel should be kept protected until it becomes dry. If the colt strains considerably soon after birth one should relieve this suffering by warm water in- jections. If the first faeces are very hard a dose of raw linseed oil will be advisable. — L. C. Barnes, Colorado Agricultural College. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Saturday, August 29, 1914.] THE FIRST TWO-MINUTE PACER. Eighteen years ago John R. Gentry, by pacing a mile against time in 2:00%, demonstrated the fact that the two-minute harness horse was a possibility. The next season (1S97) that possibility became a reality when Star Pointer paced a mile against time in 1:59% at Readville, Mass. Since then a number of other harness race horses, both trotters and pac- ers, have covered the mile in two minutes or better — but always against time or in exhibition races. Two minutes was reached in competition by the pacer Minor Heir at Galesburg, HI., four years ago — August 25, 1910 — but the feat was achieved in an exhibition dash against other horses owner or controlled by his owner. Again, on September 12th of the same sea- son, the same marvelous stallion, under the same circumstances, at Indianapolis, Ind., covered the mile in 1:59. But never, until Wednesday, August 5th, at Grand Rapids, Mich., did any horse race in "even time" in a regular class race for which entries were opened for all horses eligible, and in which a field of starters took the word, each of which was owned by different parties and was racing for different inter- ests. For many years horsemen have been looking for- ward to such a performance, but always, until Wil- liam realized their dreams, have those horses which threatened to achieve the goal halted this side of it. In a special match race against Joe Patchen, at Springfield, Dl., in 1897, Star Pointer paced a heat in 2:00%. At Lexington, Ky., in 1908, in the Tennessee stake, Minor Heir equaled this time, and still again, at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1911, Evelyn W. covered the mile in 2:00% in a contested heat race, against other horses. It has remained for William to do what none of these speed marvels did — he has paced in 2:00 in a contested heat race, against a field of horses, and has placed himself upon record as the first genuine two-minute race horse in light harness history. William is only four years old. Of the five other pacers that have entered the two-minute list, when he first did so Dan Patch 1:55% was six years of age; Minor Heir 1:58% was six; Audubon Boy 1:59% was eight; Star Pointer 1:59% was eight; and Prince Alert 1:59% was eleven. It will be seen that William is two years younger than the youngest of them, and that they were, on the average, ■ nearly twice as old as he now is, their average age at the time of acquiring two-minute honors having been 7 4-5 years. William is the first pacer in history, likewise the first harness performer, to pace in two minutes in a regular public race against a field of horses; also the first horse in history to enter the two-minute list in a race. He is the first and only colt performer to enter the two-minute list. He holds the world's record not only for four-year- old pacers, but for three-year-olds as well — 2:05 over a mile track and 2:09 over a half-mile track. He holds the world's record for three consecutive heats in a race by a pacer of any age or sex — 2:00%, 2:00, 2:02%, average time 2:01. The previous best record was 2:02%, 2:01%, 2:02, average time 2:02 1-6, by the aged performer Independence Boy. He holds the world's record for the fastest hrst heat ever paced in a race, 2:00%, also the fastest second heat, 2:00. He holds the world's record for a two-heat race by a pacing stallion, 2:02, 2:02%. He has to date started in nine races, six as a three-year-old and three as a four-year-old, winning them all without the loss of a single heat. . He has paced a last quarter, in a public race (at Detroit), in 28 seconds flat, official time. He goes free-legged, wears few boots, plain, light shoes, has perfect racing manners, and has never been known to make a break after taking the word. Pacing history may be searched in vain for any- thing approaching this record. William is a solid bay colt, without white, foaled 1910, and bred by A. Earl Van Atta, Otterbein, Ind., who still owns him, although, we believe, a racing interest in him is owned by his trainer, William W. Marvin, of Lafayette, Ind. Incidentally it may be said that William increases the pre-eminence of the Hoosier State as a producer of pacers. There are now just six in the two-minute list, and three of them, or fifty per cent., were bred and raised in Indiana, namely: Dan Patch 1:55%; Prince Alert 1:59%, and William 4, 2:00. As stated above, William has, to date, started in nine races, winning them all without the loss of a single heat. He has contested in all 20 heats. As a three-year-old he raced four over half-mile tracks in the average time of 2:07%. As a four-year-old he has raced eight heats, all over mile tracks, in the average time of 2:02%. William is an exponent of the notable Wilkes- Nutwood cross, his sire, the pacer Abe J. 2:10, being a son of San Meto (4) 2:13%, he a son of Simmons 2:28, by George Wilkes 2:22; while his dam, the pacer Lizzie C. 2:20%, is by Jaywood (6551), son of Nutwood 2:18%. The Wilkes-Nutwood combination has given many sensational performers, among which are the following pacers: Vernon McKinney 2:01%, winner of the C. of C. stake in 1911, and former holder of the world's race record for a three-heat race by a pacing stallion . Leata J. 2:03, the champion green pacing mare and leading money-winning pacing mare of 1913. George Gano 2:02. winner of the C. of C. of 1909, and leading money-winning pacer of the same sea- son; also joint holder with Minor Heir of the world's record for pacing teams, 2:02. Branham Baughman 2:04%, the leading money- winning pacer of 1911. Jerry B. 2:04%, winner of many stakes and purses, including the Tennessee stake at Lexington in 1908, the world's record seven-heat race. Red Bow 2:04, R. F. D. 2:05, and many others. o PETER VOLO 2:04^. RECORDS AT GOSHEN TRACK. Thomas W. Murphy, driver of Peter Volo, is one of the most taciturn and reticent of all reinsmen, especially has he been so in recent years when, as the leading money winning driver, he is being con- stantly bothered with questions from bettors looking for information about the condition of horses he is going to race, but to his friends, when asked about Peter Volo, he becomes almost loquacious and will expatiate on the greatness of his three-year-old. "He is the greatest trotter the world has ever seen," Murphy said after last week's race. "Driving him is like running an automobile. If you want him to go fast h will go fast, if you want him to go slow he will go slow. He can change from one speed to another without missing a step. His round frietion- ionless action in front is simply marvelous. When I drive him I imagine he is running on a wheel in front that just keeps rolling on and rolling on. You know what most trotters will do while going at a high rate of speed if you attempt to take them back — they will roll and toss and hop and hitch, but I can talk Volo back from a two minute clip to a 2:10 shot without observing the least roughness in his stride. He will just slow up naturally like a good horse does that has just finished a fast mile. I never felt so safe behind any other horse in my life. He takes just the right hold of the bit, — it is a leather one, by the way, — and does not pull an ounce. I never saw a horse gaited exactly like him. He is almost a line trotter, except for being a trifle wide behind, still he goes straight behind; that is, he is not what is called passing gaited. He is even better gaited than last year. He carries less weight, no toe weights, and has narrowed up behind. I wouldn't know where to improve him a particle even if I could do so. He is a perfect horse. He doesn't know a thing but trot. He is a good feeler, a good eater, and one of those kind that doesn't care wheth- er school keeps or not, and game to the core. He is the only trotter I ever had that I didn't have to make speed with. I like to brush my horses occasionally at somewhere near their limit, but I have never dared to do that with Peter Volo. He could always trot faster than I wanted him to in any workout. In the spring if I wanted a quarter in 32 seconds he gave it to me, if I thought he was ready for one in 31 seconds he was ready too, and so it went." — The Horseman. GETTING THE HORSE'S CONFIDENCE. There has been always something fascinating to me about buying, training and working with horses. I have studied and handled them all my life and now I am fifty-one years old and yet I am learning something new about "man's best friend" every day. I once owned a beautiful Clydesdale horse, one of the best and most faithful animals at times that ever tightened a tug, but he had a habit of getting balky once in a while, perhaps on account of former bad driving or abuse, which are the causes of balki- ness in a good many cases. This horse seemed to get up "cranky" some mornings. When he was in this mood the points of his ears would almost touch each other and this was the signal for trouble. The remedy was to hitch him up and keep puttering around the wagon, sometimes offering his mate a handful of oats. This would take his mind off his sulky mood. He seemed almost to court punishment at such times and not to let on that you noticed him was a sure cure. After a few minutes he would start off and be all right for a long time. A few years ago I purchased a pair of horses that were very balky at times. I knew all about this when buying them and took a chance on reforming them. They were each different in disposition. One was as crafty as a fox and would not stand a bad driver. The other was a willing worker but had been abused. This is how I cured them — drove them around several times with the empty wagon, then I put on a very light load, after which I loaded them up gradually and after a time I had their confidence. I used them for three years and a better team to work I never owned. I find that a few horses are born with a balky streak the same as others are kickers, but the majority of balkers and kickers are driven to it by careless drivers, overloads and abuse. A driver that does not know his business in nine cases out of ten starts to abuse and whip bis horses when they get stuck with a load. A good teamster knows when a team has done its best when in a bad place. Instead of abusing the animals he does the very opposite, petting and encouraging them. It is wonderful how far a little judgment will go in getting a load out of a bad place. Sometimes it may be necessary to dig in front of the wheels or remove part of the load, but no one should ever let his temper allow him to abuse his team. It doesn't pay. — John Underwood in Farm Stock and Home. Indian Hal p. 2:1014: Hal Paxton p. 2:10%; Lady Hal 2:16: Hal Norte p. 2:17%, were new performers for Hal B. p. 2:04%, the first afternoon of the Port- land meeting, and are all out of Altamont mares. Quite a showing for the old horses. Goshen, N. Y„ August 18. — A crowd of 8,000 people turned out to witness the opening of the Metropolitan Circuit races at the historic track this afternoon. Two new records were established. Henrietta C. set a new track record of 2:09, clipping one second off the mark made by Shawbay for this course, and Reamy Macey established a new world's record over a mile and a two-lap course of 2:14% for trotters under saddle when he won with The Wanderer, the second heat of this class, defeating Woodford Hodd. Vance Nuckols captured the 2:12 trot with Peter Billiken, after losing the third heat in 2:09 to Henrietta C. The mare would not score at the pole with the field, and the word in the fourth heat was given at the request of her driver with Henrietta C, a couple of lengths behind the others. She made a break just after the start, and also broke again after passing the half-mile post, finishing behind the flag. A hand- some cup, known as the Hambletonian trophy, was offered by the Hon. Samuel McMillan of New York for the trotter winning the fastest race during the meeting. WILLIAM AT MILWAUKEE. William 2:00, the pacing sensation of 1914, will go against his record at the Wisconsin State Fair at Milwaukee the week of September 14-18. William is entered in the free-for-all pace at Milwaukee, but he will not start in that race, going against the mark he made at Grand Rapids, Mich., instead. Last week Superintendent of Speed R. J. White, and W. W. Marvin of Lafayette, Ind., completed arrangements for William's trial record at Milwaukee. Mr. Marvin is to receive §500 in any event for William's trial. H the famous four-year-old travels the Milwaukee track in 2:00 or better, Mr. Marvin will receive an additional $2,000. It is expected that William will be sent from In- dianapolis, where he will try for a new record the week preceding the Milwaukee fair, to the Milwaukee track. The agreement between Superintendent White and Mr. Marvin calls for two trials for a rec- ord on as many days, if Mr. Marvin desires more than one trial at the 2:00 mark. It is expected that William will make his first attempt at a new mark on State Day, Sept. 16th. THE HORSEMAN AND SPIRIT OF THE TIMES FUTURITY. In accordance with its usual custom The Horseman publishes a report of the receipts in the $15,000 Horseman and Spirit of the Times Futurity for foals of 1911: 1.385 nominators at SI 5 1,385 889 second payments at S5 4,445 716 third payments at S5 , 3,580 IS final payments in two-year-old trot at $50.... 900 19 final payments in three-year-old trot at $150. . 475 15 final payments in three-year-old trot at $150 2,250 Deficit made up by D. J. Campau 1.965 $15,000 It will be noticed that the owner of "The Horse- man" was obliged to make up a deficit of $1,965 in this stake. In the past three years "The Horseman" has distributed ?75,000 in futurity money to the breeders of this country, 553,949 of which was con- tributed by the breeders themselves and $11,051 by Daniel J. Campau, owner of "The Horseman," to make up deficits. What other paper has done so much in four years for the breeders of the United States? When it is remembered that Horseman Futurities are guaranteed stakes, and that their conditions pro- vide that any surplus received will be added to the purse, a great deal of credit is due .to Mr. Campau for his liberality, as it is impossible for him to profit financially from the futurities. The horse world is the gainer for having such a substantial supporter. The sport would be better off if we had more like him. o ANOTHER WORLD'S RECORD PACER. Anna Bradford, a black filly by Todd Mac, last Saturday lowered the world's record for three-year- old pacers to 2:03% at the Pittsburgh meeting. The track was rather heavy but the filly paced the fast mile without urging from her driver. Anna Bradford was sired by Todd Mac 2:07% (son of Todd 2:14% and Edmonia 2:14%); her dam Mary Louise 2:27% was by J. J. Audubon 2:19; second dam Lois L. (dam of Allie Jay 2:08%) by Allen Lowe 2:12; third dam Flaxy (dam of Audubon Boy 1:59%) by Bourbon Wilkes 2845. Anna Bradford was the winner of the Horseman Futurity at Kalamazoo the week previous. Many observant people have noticed that the sulky which is being drawn by the- pacing marvel William 2:00, is constructed on a different plan from that commonly used, and it has aroused considerable dis- cussion and attention. The seat of the William sulky, instead of being in the rear of the arch as usual, is directly over it, and the troublesome rear part of the shafts is entirely eliminated. Some claim that by this construction it is possible to build a more rigid, steadier-running and faster sulky than when the old style, overhanging seat is used. It seems as though there may be something in the idea, but what if all other drivers should adopt the same plan? Saturday, August 29, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N ANTIDOTE FOR SNAKE VENOM. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. I FIXTURES. THE NATURE MAN. Tournaments Registered. Sept. 7. — Eureka, Cal. Eureka Blue Rock Club. Warren E. Innes, Secretary. Sept. 7 — Tacoma. "Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9 — San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. Sept. 22. 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas "Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the ' auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger. Secretary. Nov. 7.— Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept, 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wolf.] Edmonton Trades and Labor council, at its last regular meeting, instructed the members of its execu- tive committee to confer with officials of the provin- cial government of Alberta in respect to removing all fees for licenses to shoot ducks, prairie chickens or any other game that can be used as food during the regular season while the European war is in progress. The action, it is explained by officials of the organ- ization, was taken with a view to relieving condi- tions, consequent upon the closing of public and private work in central and northern Alberta as a result of the financial stringency caused by the armed conflict overseas. The only restriction which the council would Impose would be to prohibit the sale of game. "There are hundreds of thousands of wild birds in the upper parts of Alberta," an official of the council said, "and, with the license fees abolished for the time being, many of our men could go into the coun- try and provide one of the largest items of food supply for the winter. "It is not purposed to exterminate the wild birds or other game; but we do believe that the abolishing of licenses would do much to solve the problem which many will have to face during the coming winter." * * * Benjamin Lawton, game warden of the province of Alberta, with headquarters at Edmonton, has just issued a special chart setting forth the open and closed season for game. The open season for moun- tain goats is September 1 to October 14. Only two male mountain sheep and two mountain goats may be taken by one person. Deer, caribou and moose may be shot from November 1 to December 14, but of deer and moose only male may be taken and of caribou only one. Ducks, swans, cranes, plover, rail coots and snipe may be shot from September 1 to December 31, and the sale and purchase is prohibited between March 1 and September 20. Prairie chicken and partridge may be shot during October and No- vember but the number is limited to 10 a day and 100 for the season, with the sale prohibited. Hun- garian partridge may be shot during October and November, being limited to five birds a day and 25 birds for the season, and the sale prohibited. Fox, mink, fisher and marten may be hunted during No- vember, December and January, February and March, and otter and muskrats during November, Decem- ber, January, February, March and April. There shall be no Sunday shooting. [By Wilbur Hall.] To the canyon's depths, where the river tumbles and splashes; Where the cool pools lie, or some cascade foams and nasties; Where each bend reveals a picture new and entrancing. And the breeze is fresh and light on the water is dancing, I am off and away — Where the big fish play. And I gain back a year of my life in a day. In the heart of the hills where the trout stream swirls and dashes — Purls and murmurs, or roars through the rocky gashes; There, with my face to the sun and my line cast singing, I am master at last and care is a-winging. Though my catch be small. The catch is not all. For I've heard and have answered the out-of-doors call. CATALINA ISLAND SHEEP HUNTING. Lpper Sacramento trout fishing is improving at Dunsmuir. Good catches are being made, the gray hackle fly with yellow or red body being the best killing lure. Hunting goats on Catalina Island has been in vogue for some years past. These animals are the familiar domistic "billy" variety run wild. At that, the game of bagging one of the agile cliff climbers was a task of no easy nature. To secure a good head has been an ambition not always successfully reached by keen hunters who have tried to do the trick. Besides the "wild" goats the island is tenanted by a nimble footed and leathered lunged brand of sheep that, tolerated for years past as an animated season- ing of the picturesque higher regions, have now be- come in a way a nuisance, and efforts for their ex- tinction were begun early this summer. It seems, however, that the opening campaign against the animals was a bit more baffling than contemplated. As the professional hunters hired by the Banning company to rid the island of its cliff-climbing sheep of uncertain breed could not do so, visitors to the magic isle have been invited to take rifles in hand and sally forth. The company is tired of the sheep, but the sheep are delighted with the island and pro- pose to remain there and multiply forever. The company desires to restock the island with imported thoroughbreds, but it first wants to clear the island of its present sheep. It wants more wool and less sheep, whereas the present 'breed is of much sheep and little wool. In horns, legs, muscle and wind the Catalina sheep are marvels. The cliffs of Catalina rise romantically from the sea to heights of 2,200 feet in places and their sur- faces are cleft by narrow' chasms which seem bot- tomless. Up these rocky precipices the sheep climb like flies on a dining-room wall and across the breath-taking chasms the sheep leap gaily while the hunter climbs laboriously after them, 1000 feet below. When Cabrillo, the Spanish navigator, discovered Catalina in 1542 he found it densely populated with Indians, history says, but no mention is made of sheep. Viseaino visited it in 1602 and thereafter the isle was a landing place for pirates and explorers for decades. Some of them put ashore a few sheep and these multiplied amazingly. They formed a hardy and distinct breed as capable of climbing as the wild Rocky mountain sheep and goats, and nearly as untamable. Later other sheep were placed on the island and restrained by pastures. At times the fences have been broken down in places and some of the sheep escaped to the peaks, joining the original inhabitants. The cliff-climbing descendants of the old stock are the ones which defy the huntsmen. When they are located with glasses the men, rifles in hand, start upward from the mesas; but the sheep in the nearest band gaze calmly down upon the hunters until they hear a faint report or see a tiny wisp of smoke curl away from a rifle, then they begin to seek the clouds. Leaps of twenty feet are common feats for them. Led by a sturdy ram, they swiftly pass into territory which to reach a man must crawl like an ant and resort to the use of ropes, and when at last he has gained the objective point the sheep are miles away. Catalina is twenty-two miles long and from a half- mile to eight miles wide. It is wild ground and the company having given up all hope of ever extermin- ating the wild sheep through its own employes, hired hunters. They climbed and shot and climbed and shot for days, killed a few of the sure-footed quad- rupeds, but the more they investigated the more sheep they found in the higher spots, so they finally quit and took up easier work on the mainland. And now the company offers the visitors a chance. There is one wise old ram of immense size and strength, called Santa, leader of all the bands, and DE WITT —FIVE owing to his great speed and confidence he often descends to the lower levels with his own band, where he has often been seen. He knows a rifle as well as anyone and at sight of one he rushes to the cliffs and spreads the alarm among all the cliff- dwellers. He has been shot at a thousand times, but seems to bear a charmed life. Various expeditions of hunters have been after these sheep this summer — every individual setting forth determined to bring back a sheep. The Ban- ning company employes on hearing their declarations smile quietly. James A. Smith, the American Consul General at Calcutta, has sent an interesting communication to the United States Government describing the method by which venom is extracted from snakes for the purpose of preparing an antidote for snake bite. In the twenty-live years from 1S87 to 1891 the number of human beings killed by snakes in India was 543,991, or an average of 21,760 annually, accord- ing to official reports. During the same time snakes caused the death of 187,436 cattle. The mortality among human beings is so appalling that any steps taken to decrease the figure must be welcome. In Central India the poisonous snakes usually found are comprised in four varieties — the cobra de capella, Russell's viper, karait, and the small viper. The king cobra, a huge reptile, is probably the most formidable and aggTessive snake in the world, as it is always ready not only to attack but to pursue. It attains over fifteen feet in length, and will attack a human being unprovoked. The karait is a dark snake, whose bite is the cause of many deaths. The Russell's viper is an aggressive snake, striking with lightning-like rapidity, and its fangs are larger than those of any other Indian viper. The small viper is ten to twenty inches long and is a peppery little rep- tile when irritated, throwing its body into folds and making a loud, purring noise. The mortality from snake bits among the poorer inhabitants of India is due in part to their habits and mode of life. Many sleep on the ground in their houses, the walls and floors of which often give cover to snakes. Persons are sometimes bitten by serpents which crawl over their bodies in the dark and are perhaps irritated by some unconscious movement of the limbs during sleep. In such cases the reptile is seldom seen, and there is a dreadful doubt as to whether a rat, a mongoose, or a deadly snake has caused the wound. During the great heat of the plains in summer scanty clothing is worn and many people go bare- footed, while those who do wear shoes seldom wear hose, thus leaving the ankle and instep exposed. Many fatal cases of snake bite occur among natives engaged in cutting grass when the vegetation is dense and capable of concealing even a panther. The native squats down on his heels, grasps a handful of grass, and cuts it off near the roots with a curved hand scythe, and often touches and irritates hidden reptiles. The work of extracting venom from snakes for the purpose of making an antidote for the poison is being carried on at Parel Laboratory, Bombay. An interesting account of the operation recently ap- peared in a local paper: "A couple of Indian assistants dragged forth a tin box, the lid of which was lifted up, and an angry cobra disclosed. It expanded its hood and swayed its wicked little head from side to side, hissing like a steam engine. One of the Indians with remarkable dexterity seized it firmly at the back of the neck, at the same time placing his foot on the end of its tail to prevent it from coiling. "The cobra, being thus harmless, was carried for- ward and a wine glass with a piece of American cloth covering the top was placed near its head close to its darting tongue and glittering eyes. At once it struck, its two sharp fangs pierced the cloth, and the deadly poison dropped into the glass. There was perhaps half a teaspoonful in the glass, sufficient to kill half a dozen human beings. The cobra was then forcibly fed with egg flip through a tube and put back into bis box hissing ferociously and was then left for ten days to meditate on the indignity he had suffered. The venom is extracted only once in ten days. "The venom is dried over lime and sent to Kasauli, where it is dissolved in a salt solution. It is then put into a horse, only a small dose being given at first. This is gradually increased until at the end of two years the animal can stand a dose two hundred times the original one, since it acquires immunity from the poison. The substance which confers this immunity is in the blood, and when the corpuscles are separated from it the residue is the snake-bite antidote. "Each bite requires an antidote made from the venom of the same sort of snake as that which in- flicted the bite. It is absolutely effective if injected in time, and several lives have been saved in Bombay by its use. At the laboratory there is now enough of the venom to supply all the demands for the anti- dote that India is likely to make, and it is now being sent to Germany and America, cobra venom being very useful in experiments connected with the blood. A similar antidote is being made from the venom of Russell's viper, but at present there is no antivenine made from the venom of the karait, or from that of the small viper or echis. The latter snake causes many deaths in the Bombay Presidency, and experi- ments are now being made with a view to obtaining an antidote for its bite." A number of local anglers, including George Uhl, Ned Bosqui, J. B. Coleman, J. Landers and others, are at present enjoying fine steelhead fishing in Rogue river, near Trail, in Oregon. There is a big run of fish in the river, steelhead from 2 to 12 pounds in weight. The fish take both fly and spoon readily. Cutthroat and rainbow trout are also plentiful. Eel river steelhead fishing seems to hold good. Frank W. Maskey, who is located at his bungalow near Robinson's, is reported to have made good catches of large trout. Ira Dick's experience at Greggs has been a similar one, which signs indicate good fishing in the river next nion-h. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 29, 1914. TRAP SHOOTING IDIOMS. THE PACIFIC INDIANS. John Philip Sousa, in a recent article on trap- shooting, entitled "Ready! Pull! Dead!" says that, "as a game grows in popularity there is created a jargon, a cant, and a slang peculiarly its own," and "trapshooting has risen to the dignity of a language of its own." This is indeed true, as the attached vernacular of trapshooting will indicate, writes E. R. Galvin of Wilmington, Del. This is not original with the writer, merely compiled from various sources and means of information at hand, and no doubt could be materially augmented by others who are sufficiently interested to give the matter the necessary attention. Believe the publishing of same will be interest- ing to your readers, and hope that you will give it some of your valued space. Expressions used to designate the clay targets: Bird, Blue Rock, Clay Bird, Clay Pigeon, White Flyer, Saucers, Flying Saucers, Mud Pies, Dickey Birds, Black Birds. Expressions used to designate dusted targets: Drilled it. Dusted it. Couldn't break it with an ax. Made a sieve of it. Shot the fuzz off it. Scared it. Tickled it. Expressions used for targets hit by shooter: A puff of smoke. Busted. Centered. Blotted it out. Clouted it. Cracked it. Dead. Dead baby. Dead rabbit. Extinguished. Got him. Got a leg. Got an ear. Got a wing. Knocked the tar out of it. Hit. Killed. No live ones. Powdered. Plugged 'em. Puffed 'em. Puff balls. Pulverized. Put a crimp in them. Smashed. Smoked 'em. Smothered 'em. Splintered it. Split. Stingy break. Touched. Winged it. Right on the nose. Expressions used for shotguns: Automatic. Blun- derbuss. Cannon. Corn Sheller. Double Gun. Gas Pipe. Huller. Pea Shooter. Pump. Shooting Iron. Scatter Gun. Stick. Expressions used to designate shotgun shells: Crab shells. Bullets. Hulls. Roman Candles. Slugs. Pea Shooter. Expressions for hard, fast or difficult targets: Away down in Dixie Land. Breeders. Corkers. Die dippers. Double-jointed targets. Duckers. Erratic targets. Flipper. Grass-cutters. Grounders. Hum- dingers. Iron targets. Iron men. Jumpers. Low boys. Nancy Hanks. Jack rabbits. Jack snipes. Screamers. Side-whelers. Skimmers. Sheet steel. Them birds are mighty tough. Them saucers are mighty tough this evening. Twisters. Wabblers. Whipsaws. Wolf targets. Wooden targets. Expressions for missing or "dropping" targets: Blew up. Couldn't see 'em. Dropped. Fell down. Gone. Got away. Had a bad half-hour. Lost 'em. Shot into space on several. Muffed them. Never touched a hair. Skipped one. Slipped one. Several goose-eggs in that bunch for me. The breeders got away. Went to the bad. Went to sleep on them. They went the wrong way. Expressions used for flinching or balking: Balked. Straining the gun. Flinching. Fudging. Mucksen (German for flinching). Fell out of the boat. Stut- tering. Expressions for "going straight" or breaking all targets in one event: A John Davis. All busted. All dead. All smoke. Annihilated 'em. Blew 'em all out. Blotted 'em all out. Broke 'em all. Broke the whole smear. Broke the whole cheese. Brought 'em all in that time. Busted them all. Broke 'em clean. Cleaned 'em up. Cracked 'em all. Did it that time. Going straight. Got 'em all. Got their number. Hit 'em all in the middle that time. Jumped on that bunch. Killed the whole business. Killed the string. Knocked 'em all down. Knocked the tar out of every one. Made a puff of smoke out of that bunch. Made dust out of them. Made a clean score. No pick-ups. None down in that event. Not a skip. Now, ask how many I broke! Put 'em nil in the ground. One hundred per cent. Put 'em all in the game-sack. Puffed 'em out. Smashed 'em all. Smoked that bunch. Smothered the whole smear. Smothered the whole cheese. Straight. Walked the buck. Some other expressions and their meanings: Century — breaking one hundred targets straight. Cripple — Target which leaves the trap broken. A flock of 'em — Target which leaves the trap broken. Donaters — Losers at tournaments. Pot Greasers — Losers at tournaments. Dutch Doubles — Missing both double targets. Dub Targets — Targets being thrown easy. Down the Line — Shooting one event after another over several traps. Four-eyed Shooter — One who wears glasses. Gun Runner and Shell Peddler — Professional shooters. Gun Pointer — Very slow shooter. Handicap — The penalty one pays for being a good shot. Riding Them Out — Shooting slow. Snaps 'em — Shoots fast. Leading Them — Shooting ahead of the target. Left Quarter — Target thrown at left angles to trap. Right Quarter — Target thrown at right angles to trap. Straightaway — Target thrown straight away from center of trap. Move— To change from one position to another. Change — To change from one position at traps to another. Where a shooter stands at the traps — Peg. Post. Position. Score. Stand. Sky-scraper — Target thrown straight up by a freak of the trap. The Pacific Indians met in seventh annual con- clave and war dance [third annual tournament] at Raymond, Wash., August 18 to 21, and while they did not break any records of attendance, they did make history. Seventy men faced the firing line during the week, and in view of the many big tour- naments held in the Northwest this year and, what is worse, the war-scare feeling that has dominated the public mind of late, this is considered more than satisfactory and indicates what would under ordinary conditions have gone far beyond the old high water mark. This year we departed entirely from the fixed custom of shooting for purses. Instead, we put nearly four hundred dollars into forty high class trophies, all of which were to be awarded for keeps at this meet. Each day's program offered ten high average medals, class shooting, one long run trophy, one consolation prize for low run, and one or more special prizes that any man would covet. No one contestant being eligible to win more than one trophy of a kind, this gave over thirty men a sure chance to get in. All ties were shot off immediately in following events. Altogether interest centered so intensely around these events that the fat average purse at the end of the program was placed deeid.dly in the background. At that we had money up— oh, yes, — a cold thousand dollars that was left after the trophies and expenses were paid for, and this was offered in forty average prizes ranging from $10 to $80 . Figuring this against our last tournament when the money-back system was used, we found that in actual returns for good, bad or indifferent shooting, the result was almost the same: that is to say, the winner of high average, with $80 returns, did just about as well as he wrould in close competition in the money back system, and the man who did not feel he had a winning chance shot for targets only from the start. The net result of all this was, that instead of figuring what he would get for 12, 13, 14 or 15 in each event, the shooter spent his time be- tween events visiting, and having a "one good time." It was generally remarked that so much good-fellow- ship had not been seen at any shoot on the Coast for years. In being able to make this statement the Indians have achieved their highest ambition. That is, what we aim at — to have an organization of good fellows, meeting thus once a year to renew friendly greetings and strengthen the ties of mutual regard and trap shooting sportsmanship. The grounds were situated within the city of Ray- mond on an ideal location, and every convenience and equipment necessary to the proper conduct of a trap tournament was provided by the enterprise of the local gun club. We cannot say more than that the Raymond boys outdid the club record of a year ago, which brought us back there the second time. Practice Day, August 17. — Right from the start it became evident that some top scores would be made. The three auto traps threw perfect targets to a good background, and straight scores were developed in the first squad. The usual string of 100 birds was shot, and as contestants arrived by train or autos they formed squads and went over the line. When the returns were in the doughty paleface, Pete O'Brien of Portland, had accounted for 96; while the other high warriors were F. M. Troeh, Vancouver, Wash.; H. F. Wihlon, of Gresham, Or., and Ed. Young of Tacoma, 93. Among the scouts Frank C. P.iehl and L. H. Reid had 97, "Ram" Poston 95 and Pete Holohan 94. First Regular Day, August 18. — Guns began pop- ping promptly at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, and our own Leslie, who led by being first man up, finished just so by losing only two birds all day. In his class Riehl was second with five down and Fisher third with six unfound. O'Brien held his place as high warrior, losing five; Mark Siddall who jour- neyed from Salem, Ore., to participate, lost but seven, while Frank Troeh, H. A. Sullivan and Frank Van Atta were but one behind. The regular program of 120 birds was finished by noon, with sixty shooters contesting. Then, after refreshments, it took 580 targets to decide the ties for the ten medals, and this gave an hour of intense interest to half a thousand people. Followed then a contest for the Willipa- Horner solid gold trophy, won by Warrior Wright of Portland. The annual open contest for the Indians' diamond badge was annexed by Warrior Troeh of Vancouver, with a perfect score from 18 yards. Honor prize winners today were, in the order named, L. H. Reid, F. C. Riehl, Fisher, Siddall, Hillis, ■ Poston, Wright, Morris, Diem, Blair and Troeh. Second Day's Program, August 19. — Weather held fine, but a storm brewing on the Pacific brought in a mean cross wind blowing up the river, making con- ditions decidedly adverse to high scores. Still some high class work was done. Fisher, Riehl, O'Brien and Troeh each accounted for 113 of the 120 shot at; Dague found 112, L. Reid and Fleming 111, and below that point they began to be pretty well bunched. The day's ten average trophies were again the special feature of interest and, after ties had been decided, fell to the following — yesterday's win- ners of course being eliminated; Pete O'Brien, J. A. Dague, Hugh Fleming, Ed. Keller, P. J. Holohan, Frank Van Atta, J. F. Dodds, C. R. McKelvey, M. A. Rickard and Frank Templeton. In a special handicap race for the Olympia trophy, with 50 entries, F. Troeh proved best man, wich a score of 47, made in the wind from the 19 yard han- dicap mark. Third Day, August 20. — Weather s:-i-»:~>:-*:-c-»;*:-«-:-s^ THE FARM K-&:-&H5-:-©-:+iT:+>:+>;*-;-'->;-&:-'i+:-^ RULES FOR MEASURING ALFALFA HAY. SHARPENING LAWN- MOWERS. To the Editor: Is there any rule for measuring alfalfa hay in the stack? — Subscriber, San Jose. Answer by Miller & Lux, San Fran- cisco: The rule most generally in use for that purpose, so far as our experience goes, is known as the Government rule and is as follows: Multiply the length of the stack by the width; deduct the width of the stack from the over-measurement oi the stack [The over-measurement meaning the distance from the base on one side, over the lop to the base on the other side. — Ed.]; and divide the remainder by 2; multiply the puo- tient of this by the product of the length times the width. The result is supposed to represent the number of cubic fi?et contained ir. the stack. Divide this by, 512 — the es- timated number of cubic feet per ton — and the quotient will represent the number of tons in the stock. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of this rule, as it will vary according to conditions and particularly accord- ing to the length of time that the stack has been standing. Answer by G. R. Wales, Milford, Lassen county, Cal. : The most satisfactory rule here for measuring alfalfa hay in the stack is to take the over-measurement of the stack; that is, the distance over the stack from the base on one side to the base on the other side, and which we call the oval. One-third of the dis- tance over the stack is allowed for the height of the stack: for instance, if the over-measurement is 45 feet, we call it 15 feet in the square, and mul- tiply the width by it, then multiply the length of stack and divide by 512, the number of cubic leet per ton. As an illustration, suppose that the stack is 24 feet wide and will square to 15 feet; 15 times 24 equals 360 cubic feet in each running foot of stack. If the stack were 60 feet long, we would multiply 360 by 60, giving us 21,600 feet. This divided by 512 gives 42.21 tons in the stack. [In Circular No. 131 of the Bureau of Plant Industry, the following fig- ures are given regarding the number of cubic feet in a ton of hay: The average number of cubic feet per ton of hay in 55 stacks which had been standing less than 30 days was 589.6; for 30 stacks which had been standing 30 to 60 days, the average number of cubic feet per ton was 581.5, while the average for 7 stacks which had been standing from 74 to 155 days was 514 . 9 cubic feet per ton. These meas- urements were mostly made with tim- othy, or a mixture of timothy and clover in which timothy predominat- ed. As it is well known that timothy is heavier than alfalfa, the figures given by Mr. Wales and by Miller & Lux when compared with the above experiments seems to be about right as to the number of cubic feet to the ton. From these experiments you can get a fairly accurate idea of the dif- ference in weights at different periods of time the hay has been stacked. — Editor.] — Pacific Rural Press. F. N. Lang of Pasadena asserts that by irrigating trees or other forms of vegetation with soda water they can be made to grow much more rapidly and yield heavier returns. His theory is that, in the carboniferous age. the rank growth which existed then was due to the heavy percentage of car- bonic acid gas in the atmosphere and that this is a natural vegetable food substance which is becoming scarcer with the ages. By supplying this in quantity vegetation can be stimulated to extra effort and made to produce more. o No man can do good work with dull tools. That men may work to advan- tage, tools should be kept in first-class condition. The time taken to sharpen any tool is not time lost for wonc will go with greater ease and speed after- wards. But many a rainy speel may he utilized for tool sharpening or re- pairing machinery, thus making wise use of every hour. It is a general practice when a lawn- mower becomes dull, to take it to a shop to have it sharpened. At the shop there are two meihods employed in sharpening the mower. One meth- od is to use a file on the reel and blade. This is a very poor way, as only experts with the file can produce a good job. More often the blades are uneven, being too high in places and too low in others. The result is, the blades on the reel do not touch the lower plate or blade the same through- out their length, causing the mower to run hard and cutting the lawn un- evenly. The second method is to grind the blades of the reel in a special ma- chine designed for that purpose. This is a much better way than the first method as it leaves the blades quite true. But this method does not give the result desired, as the lower plate or blade is not touched in the process of grinding. To put the mower in the best condition both the blades of the reel and the lower or fixed blade re- quire sharpening. A lawn mower may be sharpened at home, at a very small expense, and in such a manner that the objections alluded to above are entirely eliminat- ed. Reverse the driving wheels on the mower, thereby driving the reel backward. Set up the lower blade until the reel touches it. Feed in be- tween the reel blades and the lower, fixed blade, emery or carborundum mixed with oil to the consistency of thick paste. Run the mower over the lawn. This will grind the reel bladse and the fixed blades at the same time. Both blades are made true with each other, and the mower will run as nicely and do as good work as when new. There is no danger of spoiling the machine by sharpening it in this manner. Tubes of paste consisting of car- borundum and grease, are on the mar- ket for this purpose. A twenty-five cent tube of this paste will sharpen a lawn-mower for the whole summer; and only a few minutes every two or three weeks, will serve to keep the machine in first-class condition. — L. D. Crain, Colorado Agricultural Col- lege. CALIFORNIA GRAPE JUICE. Friends of the prohibition amend- ment have suggested that if wine making were prohibited in this State an ample demand could be made for all the product of the wine grapes and vineyards by the manufacture and sale of unfermented grape juilce. An ex- cellent paper on this subject has been published from the pen of Prof. F. T. Bioletti, who is perhaps the best in- formed man along viticultural lines in California, in which he sets forth sev- eral reasons why this industry has not grown to larger volume, and how the difficulties may be overcome. It would seem, from Prof. Bioletti's statement, that there is a very large demand for grape juice in the United States and that California is doing very little toward filling it and this largely for the reascn that our output is inferior. The method of overcoming the diffi- culties are also pointed out, and it is not improbable that California's prod- uct may yet force its way into a wider market. o HANDLING GOOD COWS CARE- LESSLY. Careless handling and slipshod methods can prove most disastrous in the milk and butter producing factory, for the better the cow the quicker she will be ruined by poor care, and, as a rule, the best cows in the dairy herd under poor management, are the ones that are first spoiled. No animal on the farm will respond to kindness and quiet surroundings so quickly as will the dairy cow. All who work about the cow barn should be quiet, kind, clean, regular in details, energetic and endowed with sufficient brain power to take an active interest in the work. The feeder should have the faculty of studving and learning the individual needs of the cow and sufficient ener- gy and interest in his work to cater with regularity to each member of the herd. Success is not a matter of luck, but rather of common sense and hard work, and the application of these i.wo to the dairy business can have only one result.— I. B. Henderson, B. S. A. HOT WEATHER REMEDY FOR ANTS. The past two weeks of hot weather have increased the habitation of ants in California to a great extent. Weath- er, such as we have been having, is just to their liking and causes them to hatch in many thousand fold. Kel- logg's Ant Paste will solve your prob- lem under present conditions. A jar can be purchased from any druggist or grocer. Spread the paste in the path of the ants and in twelve to twenty-four hours all traces will be gone. Never has such an efficient remedy been discovered and thousands of suc- cessful users are lauding its praises. It is best to act as soon as possible as now ants will multiply in great quantities, and where you may have at present only one or two paths over which to spread this remedy you may have several times as much to do in a few days. In purchasing this paste be sure that you get a jar with a rattle cap as this contrivance will remind you that an ant paste is contained in the bottle. Warranted to give satisfaction. KEEP TAB ON THE HENS. A hen can, will and does eat more in proportion to her weight than any- thing we ever fed on 8 farm. There are broad sections of the map upon which at this minute three doz- en of 7-cent eggs scarcely pay for one 100-pound bag of Henfood.- And at this particular minute there are tens of thousands of matured pul- lets, eating heartily and methodically, seemingly with no thought ever of looking into empty nost-boxes, steam- heated and with janitor services, liter- ally thrust upon them. All of which means that a man should know whether Ms hens are pay- ing their way or not and decapitate those who do not. Use trap nests and kill those that do not lay. o CARROTS FOR BREEDING STOCK. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure lor Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Pufis, 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. HITMAN EEMEIIT forRhen- rnallim, ftprulue, Sore Throat, et*., It Is inval Able. Every bottle of Catiatlc Balaam eold Is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI. GO per bottle. Sold by drnereists. or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions frr its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TEB LlWaSKCg-mUHUSCOlIPlHT.CleTfllsnd, 0hi« FOR SALE — The handsome broodmare LA CORONADO by Del Coronado, and five months' old filly by Carlokin. Her foal is a very handsome, natural trotter and a good prospect. La Coranado is again in foal to Carlo- kin. Address, J. M. MOLLE, San Pedro, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Practically every breeder can find a little patch of ground that can be sown to carrots, provided he cannot buy them cheaper than he can raise them. We believe thar. every breeder will find it profitable to have a good supply of carrots on band for winter feed. They, of course, should be kept in the basement or buried for the 'jest results in keeping. A few carrots each day or at each feed are exceptionally good for breeding stock during the winter and spring months. This is especially true in the case of jacks. Carrots can be easily raised with profit for this purpose. 25 Years of Grand Results 24LlttellAve., Buffalo, N. T. Mar. 7, 1911. Gentlemen: I have asedyour Spavin Cure for twenty-five years with excellent results. T. M. Nolan, Kendall's Spavin Cure Keeps lees sound and trim. It will add many dollars to the value of your horse. The old reliable remedy for Spavin, Rlnpbone, Splint, Curb, Swollen Joints and Lameness. Equally reliable as house- bold remedy. At druegisls, $1 a bottle. Get free book, "A Treatise on Ihe Horse,1' or write to — 12 DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., ENOSBURG FALLS, VT. Riverside County Fair and Race Meeting Riverside, California FAIR DATES: OCTOBER 13 to 17 INCLUSIVE Entries Close Thursday, Sept. 10, 1914 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1914 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914. Free-for-all Trot . . 2:17 Pace. i/2-Mile. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914. 2:17 Trot 2:14 Pace, /2-MMe. $300 200 $300 200 2:12 Pace 2:20 Trot, Mile SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914 $300 200 7. Free-for-all Pace S. 2:14 Trot 9. 2:30 Trot, '/2-Mile. $300 300 200 There will be Matinee and Running Races each day CONDITIONS Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close. All races (except matinee), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided as follows: Twenty-five per cent, of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty- five per cent, to the winners of the race according to their rank in the summary. Heat purses will be divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Any race not filling' satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off. ■ Entrance fee five per cent, to start. Three per cent, due and payable when entries close, and two per cent, before starting. An additional five per cent, of the division will be deducted from money winners. Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in one ownership in any race by the payment of two per cent, additional, but only one horse so entered shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 5 o'clock p. m. the day before the race is to take place. One or more running races each day. Address all communications to O. P. SANDERS, Secretary, Riverside, California. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 29, 1914. A MATCHED TEAM. One would imagine that it would not be a very difficult matter t-j se- cure a well-matched team. However, facts tell a different tale. In many instances search has to be made for days and weeks in certain neighbor- hoods before this can be accomplished and in many neighborhoods it can not be accomplished at all. One would naturally suppose that where careful attention is given to the breeding of good horr.es great diffi?ul- ty should not be experienced in this respect. But there is difficulty in se- curing matched teams, and it is a striking commentary on the nature of the breeding that is practiced. It shows that the farmers of a certain neighborhood are not breeding to type. Every one has his own idea and breeds accordingly, and the unfortu- nate ihing is that these ideas do not harmonize. Even when a team of horses is matched in color and in general con- formation, it may uappen that they are so different in style and action that they do not drive well together. It also happens that they differ ma- terially in disposition and because of this there is not that pleasure in driv- in gthem that there would otherwise be. Matched teams can more easily be found in studs where a limited num- ber of staliions are in service and where the number of females has been selected with care for some genera- tions. In such studs the progeny of the same sires, if prepotent, . will bear considerable resemblance to one another. They will probably be near- ly alike in size, very similar in color, possess much of the same conforma- tion and will resemble each other in spirit and action. This is, of course, on the supposition that the dams have been chosen with reference to the same standard. While it is not an easy matter to breed horses exactly alike it should not be extremely diffi- cult to breed them so that they shall bear a somewhat close resemblance to one another in all respects named. — Practical Farmer. An acre of bearing lemon trees has been entirely enclosed by cloth in Whittier, with a view to ascertaining whether there is any advantage and, if so, how much, to be derived by growing lemons under cover. It is thought that the trees and the fruit will be protected from sun, wind and frosts. That the irrigation water will not so soon evaporate, that blossoms will not he chilled, and that very many advantages will be derived from the experiment. o If animals in the pasture in the day- time can resort to a shed or deep shade, or to water, they are much less troubled by flies. Nets or light cov- ers are, of course, a protection. Some members of one genus of horse-fly at- tack principally the region about the eyes and ears of stock. Horses' ears may be protected by nets, or the ears and skin about the eyes may be smeared with a repellant solution. Hogs, with careful management, are the velvet to any dairy farmer, but especially so on the place that pro- duces alfalfa as roughage to go with the skim milk. An old rule in regard to the value of skim milk, even when fed alone, is to multiply the price of live hogs by five which gives the value of 100 pounds of skim milk. At the present time, therefore, the skim milk produced on our dairy ranches has a pork-making value of forty cents per hundredweight. It is an item in the dairy income that should not be taken lightly if a fellow wants to re?lize every possible cent out of his cows. o FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), $8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23*A in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1^ in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared §6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLET. care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. MODERN BREAKING By W. A. BBCETTE A revised edition of the lat- est Treatise on the Training of Setters and Pointers. THIS book enables any- one to do his own training and fully ex- plains the methods em- ployed by the most success- ful trainers in developing the setter and pointer. The important les- sons are illus- trated by pho- tographs from life: nothing is left to guess- work. The entire sub- ject is cov- ered, from the selection, raising and d evelopment o f puppies to the con- ditioning of dogs and their handling in the field. The amateur is told, in lucid language, how to make a dog a high-headed, stylish worker, stanch on his points, steady to shot and wing, and a prompt, tender retriever; all of this is accomplished by simple methods, some of them never before given to the pub- lic The instructions for correcting the faults of bird dogs and keeping them up to their training are concise and easily un- derstood. Every man who owns a bird dog or shoots in the field should read this book. BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco Sent Postpaid A Practical Treatise on the Training of Hounds Foxhounds Beagles and Coonhounds The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who carries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, Eng- lish and Native Hounds, Developing the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Qualities of Scent, Manners. Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting. Training the Beagle, Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning. Selecting and Rearing Puppies, Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, in heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Wind Puff, Bowed Tendun, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Curb, Splint, Poll Evil, Fistula, etc., are prombtly reduced with ABSORBINE THE ANTISEPTIC LINIMENT It is a mild and pleasant remedy to use — does not stain or leave a greasy resi- due. It is soothing, cooling, healing and powerfully penetrating — strengthening and invigorating to tired, lame muscles or tendons. Allays pain promptly and tabes out soreness and inflammation. Reduces swellings and soft bunches. In addition it is a safe and harmless ANTISEPTIC and GERMICIDE Applied to an open sore, wire cut or wound, it not only makes the part asep- tically clean, but kills the germs and causes a healthy healing — non-destructive of tissue. Effective in Poll Evil, Fistula, Quittor, Sores, Lacerations, Bruises. Absorbine does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be used. USE ABSORBINE to remove Bursal Enlargements, Bog Spavins, Thoroughpins. Puffs, Shoe Boils, Capped Hocks, Swollen Glands, Infiltrated Parts, Thickened Tissues, Rheumatic Deposits, Enlarged Veins, Painful Swellings and Affections; to reduce any strain or lameness; to repair strained, ruptured tendons, ligaments or muscles; to strengthen any part that needs it. ABSORBIXE, $2.00 a bottle at druggists. Write me about any special case on. which you would like advice. Send for Free Book. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. CTALUON CARDS Send for Oar SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cats Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion Owner Needs Oar Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed cheaper than yon can get - ■ ■ . ■ ■ — the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Oar Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a Erve-£eaera* tion pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A I oar-£e aeration tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny Eor $2; live-gene rations Ear 53— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome live -feneration tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors Eor Eranini, Eor $6, two capiat for 56.50 or Eve for $7. Address Mapos Flaws & Co,, 542 S. Dearborn St,Clikafo,fiL Tabulated Pedigrees! Pott and Montgomery San Francisco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure jou absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for $1 a month The First National Sate Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building CALIFORNIA Track Harrows Cut down high places fill and pack low ones drag out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH ' and ELASTIC OVER ITS SUR- FACE. Be court personal In- vestigation. Our "LITTLE WONDER" Is a naw low priced, ALL STEEL HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, u. S. A. GUN CLUB members wanted for one of the best ( lubs in San Joaquin Valley on S. P. R. R. 129 miles from San Francisco. Club is being reorganized; all local members out. A limited number of memberships are now open, which must be filled at once. If interested write A. C. Hayes, 24 W. Santa Clara St , San Jose, Cal. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." Saturday. August 29, 1914/ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN DUPONT and SCHULTZE THE CHAMPION'S CHOICE in the Arkansas State Shoot At the Arkansas State Shoot, August 12, 1914, MR. J. R. TANSIL, Blythedale. Ark., shooting DUPONT, WON INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP Score: 92 x 100 MR. H. C. STILWELL of Helena, Ark., shooting SCHULTZE, "the easy-on-the- shoulder-powder," WON ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Score: 47 x 50 The champions are partial to DU PONT POWDERS. DUPONT and SCHULTZE make for high scores and championship shooting. Make every shot count by shooting DUPONT or SCHULTZE, — the champions' choice. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPORTING POWDERS AND TRAPSHOOTING WRITE TO SPORTING POWDER DIVISION. DUPONT POWDER COMPANY Established I802 Wilmington, Delaware Branches: San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg. GUNCRAFT Bj- W. A. BruettD A modern treatise on guns, ^ gun fitting, am- „__. munition, wing - * and trap shoot- ing. The theoretical side of the subject has been covered with a scientific accuracy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the master eye, de- fects in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that will enable either the ex- pert or the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fits him and how to decide upon one that does. It will enable him to ascertain why be misses some shots and is successful with others. The secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipe, the woodcock, the ruffed grouse, and the duck family, are illustrated by drawings ani described jn a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Cloth, $1.50 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE Stock Ranch Abov? the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 6 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: ?13 per acre; $34,970, Address, BREEDER &. SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dlllcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so., of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold ; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Blake, Moffit & Towne D..l.r. In PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, L,oa Ansrl^ CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pio- fessional services to all cases of veteriu- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treatad successfully. Calls from cut of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prlcej IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Long' Runs SHOOTERS SCORING 100 STRAIGHT OR OVER WITH HERCULES POWDERS Thirty-eight Century runs of from 100 to 288 have been made this year with Infallible and £. C. The number of Half-Century runs scored with these powders has reached the remarkable total of 278. No stronger testimonial to the reliability and regu- larity of Hercules Powders could be advanced than the unerring way in which their users pile up the long runs. In addition to this, however, Hercules Powders have been used by the high men at a large number of the most important shoots. Scores at the Pacific Coast Handicap, the Western Handicap, and the Sunny South Handicap Tournaments proved that the best shots have a decided preference for Infallible and £. C. J. K. Warren, of Birmingham, Ala., won the Interstate Championship of Alabama on August 11, shooting £. C. Every week brings new victories and makes new friends for Hercules Powders. HERCULES POWDER CO M Wilmington, Del. Salt Lake City, Utah, i J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. PARKER GUN VICTORIES AT HOME The Pacific Coast Handicap The Classic Event of the Year in Shooting Circles, was won by MR. PETER O'BRIEN at Portland, Oregon, July 22nd, shooting his "Old Reliable" PARKER GUN. On May 4th, at Modesto, during California-Nevada tournament, MR. TONY PRIOR won the Grand Trophy on 25 straight, and on May 6th, at same place, by scoring 94 x 100 at 21 yards. THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA HANDICAP, scoring last 50 straight, with his 34-in. barrel PARKER GUN. May 12th to 14th, at San Diego tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored high professional average, 467 out of 500 targets. May 15th to 17th, at Los Angeles tournament, MR. ED. L. MITCHELL scored 590 x 630 targets, which was high on all targets shot at, including A RUN OF 135 STRAIGHT. At this shoot MR. FRED B. MILLS by scoring 452 x 480 was high amateur with MR. RALPH ARNOLD second, and on third day MR. HEINE PFIRRMAN scored 116 x 120 targets, landing in first place on that occasion. Messrs. Mitchell and Pfirrman used 34-inch barrel PARKERS. And at — SALT LAKE, UTAH., May 23, 29 and 30th. — Mr. S. A. HUNTLEY won high ama- teur average, scoring 521 x 525 with his 34-inch barrel PARKER GUN. For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address, PARKER BROS., rvreriden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... 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(Cash winnings $21,087.75.) STRATH ALIE, lone daughter of ATHALIE (7 in 2:30 list out of 9 foals). Dam of Strathboule 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. STALLIONS BLACK HALL 48645 by OZONO 40480 out of MAGGIE YEAZER, Best Wilkes Stallion in California. Imported Walnut Hall Farm, Kentucky. STANFORD McKINNEY 45173 by McKINNEY 8818 out of PALAVENA by PALO ALTO 2:08%, Sire of Kinnesham 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. COLTS and FILLIES BEST BRED AND FORMED RACING COLTS AND FILLIES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA. Bred on logical lines for speed, early development and racing sense. Write for catalogue FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS, OCTOBER 1st, 1914 Geo. R, Warlow, Fresno, Gal. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VI!.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California £. __. State Fair. 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I Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. j§ Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, 91.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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 eood faith. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Santa Rosa — August 31st to September 5th (inclusive). Ferndale — September 7th to 11th. Woodland — September 8th to 10th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 6th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Fort Erie .' Aug. 24-26 N. T. State Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 SAN DIEGO HORSEMEN have organized and formed an association for the purpose of holding race meetings and County Fairs; a letter received at this office from the secretary is self-explanatory and it will be found in another column of this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman. This is as it should be ,and is a well advised movement as, from the experience gained in the last few years by those who have endeavored to secure a State appropria- tion for the purpose of giving District Fairs, it seems as if all efforts made in that direction will be futile and barren of results. Several times the bill has passed the legislative bodies but has failed to secure the signature of the Governor, and if any fairs are to be held, they will be dependent upon individual subscriptions or aid from the County Supervisors. That County Fairs can be successfully held is proven by the showing made by the Fresno Agricultural Association and the Kings County Fair at Hanford, where from small beginnings these two associations have grown, until an annual fair is assured at both cities, and the Fresno Fair has every indication of rivaling the State Fair both in number of exhibits and attendance at the gate. The Sonoma and Marin County Fair held its initial meeting last year and the results were both surprising and gratifying to every one connected with it. This year it promises to far surpass the fair of last year and it has become a permanent feature in the entertainment and in- struction of the people of the two counties men- tioned. Under the laws existing the Supervisors of a county are empowered to make an appropriation of funds to advertise the resources of the county; and what better medium of advertising could be selected than an exhibition of products and manufac- tures such as can be displayed at a County Fair? Then too, the social side of the fair is one that ought to be strengthened in every possible way. In many communities the fair is the one medium by which farmers and their families meet friends and relatives and form acquaintances among people liv- ing in other parts of the county. People meet at the fair who seldom see each other throughout the rest of the year. This chance to renow acquaintances and friendships and to meet strangers of course is a splendid thing. A wide acquaintance is a broaden- ing factor in the life of any person and the farmer needs such an influence as much as any one. The worth of a county fair is judged by the number of exhibitors. It can never be of great influence unless a large percentage of the people within the county are interested in its growth and improvement. Every- one should plan to exhibit. Then only does the fair become a real vital, helpful institution. ANOTHER TWO-MINUTE pacer has developed. Directum II. paced two heats in even time at the Syracuse, N. Y., track last Monday. Veterans can well remember when the two-minute harness horse was considered either a pleasing dream or the fig- ment of an over-heated imagination. Horsemen talked about him but none of them really expected to see one in the flesh, and many believed that a two-minute trotter was a physical impossibility. About twenty years ago Star Pointer paced a mile in 1:59*4 over the Readville track and since that time four other pacers and three trotters have worked miles officially timed in two minutes or better. These miles were all traveled under the most advantageous circumstances, with the aid of wind shields or prompters, or both. Never until the season of 1914 was the two-minute mile negotiated in a race until the four-year-old William paced three heats at Grand Rapids in 2:00%, 2:00, 2:02%, shattering several world's records by this performance. Now comes another pacer which lowers the record still farther, Directum II., by Directum Kelly — Izetta R., after dropping the first heat in the free-for-all pace at Syracuse, stepped the second and third heats in two minutes flat, establishing two new world's records. The average time of the winner gives him the world's race record for more than one heat. PRIZE MONEY AT THE PANAM A-PACI FC SHOW. WOODLAND is the place to which the circuit horses will move next, and on Tuesday, September 8th, racing will begin at the best meeting held at this horse center for years. There will be three days of high class racing and those who attend will find one of the best appointed tracks in California. The grandstand has been greatly improved and will be in better condition than it has ever been before, and many more improvements which will please the public to see and that will add to their convenience and pleasure have been made. The horses that raced at Salinas and Santa Rosa are now just ripe for record breaking and as there will be good fields in nearly every event on the card, while in a major- ity of the events the horses are very evenly matched, the outlook for very high class racing was never better in California. Everything points to a great week of racing, and those who want the best rooms at the hotels should make their reservations im- mediately, as the best are in great demand although there will be accommodations for everybody. LOS ANGELES DRIVING CLUB MATINEE. A good sized crowd witnessed the program con- ducted by the Los Angeles Driving Club last Tues- day at Exposition Park, Los Angeles. The meet was oneof the best the local club has held in some time. In the nine different events against time eight of the horses were successful. Probably the biggest surprise of the afternoon was the defeat of Captain Todd in the 2:24 class pacing by Viola Patch, best two in three. Captain Todd won the first heat in the fast time of 2:23% and looked like a sure winner. The second heat was won by Viola Patch, and the fans were put on edge for the final. Captain Todd was off to a good start in this race and held the lead until the three-quarters mark. Viola Patch then let out a burst of speed and breezed in twenty yards ahead of Todd. Race No. 2, 2:18 class trotting, was won by Byron. Byron won the first event of this race andwon the second and final heat with ease. Byron was driven by R. A. Smith and was well applauded at the finish. In event No. 3, Josephine Watts trotted a mile in 2:10%, and later attempted to beat this time, but failed. Contention, in event No. 4, to beat 2:251/4 pacing, was one of the sensations of the afternoon's pleasure. This remarkable horse made the fast time of 2:10%. This beat the time by 14% seconds and the crowd cheered the horse and its driver, R. A. Smith. The judges of the day were Dr. A. D. Hubbell, R. B. Morehead and J. S. Nickerson; timers, L. E. McLellan, Harry Messmore and J. W. Nickerson. E. J. Delorey acted as starter. The summary of the events and races follows: Event No. 1 — Ilo Tolus, br. m. by Pactolus — Pocahontas Queen, to beat 2:15% trotting; time 2:11%. Event No. 2 — Ada Tolus. br. m. by Pactolus — Daisy Graham, to beat 2:30% trotting; time 2:25%. Event No. 3 — Josephine Watts, ch. f. by Gen. Watts — Sally Andrews, to beat 2:11% trotting; time 2:10^. Event No. 4 — Contention, b. g. by Copa de Oro — Bonnie Ailse, to beat 2:15% pacing; time 2:10%. Event No. 5 — Viola Patch, b. f. by Jr. Dan Patch — Hail Cloud, to beat 2:25% pacing; time 2:24. Event No. 6 — Chauncy, ch. g. by Strathway, to beat 2:30% trotting; time 2:17. Event No. 7 — Johannah R., b. m. by Limonero — Mollie Rex, to beat 2:22% trotting; time 2:17%. Event No. 8 — Julia Clay, ch. m. by Clay Edwin — Black Bell, to beat 2:30% trotting; time 2:19%. Event No. 9— King Lilly Pointer, br. h. by Star Pointer Lily S., to beat 2:25% pacing; time 2:19%. Race No. 1—2:18 trotting; purse $150: Byron, blk. c. by Tom Moko — Reta H 1 1 Stabe, b. m •■•■ 2 2 Race No. 2 — 2:24 class trotting; purse $150: Viola Patch, b. f 2 1 1 Captain Todd, br. h Baronteer Todd — Manila... '1 2 2 The Department of Live Stock of the Panama- Pacific International Exposition has sought to inter- est the various 'states to participate in a plan that will result in a part of their appropriations being used to pay transportation on live stock shipments. In a general way this request has been acceded to and appropriations have been set aside to duplicate premiums that may be won and to pay transportation on shipments that may be deemed worthy of enter- ing the exhibition. The amounts so far reported to be used for premium duplication and for transporta- tion are as follows: New Tork $25,000 Ohio 25,000 Oregon 15,000 Illinois 19,000 Missouri 12,000 Wisconsin 10,000 Indiana 35,000 Washington 7,500 Idaho 4,000 Massachusetts 2,500 Total $155,000 Added to this $155,000 there is an additional $266,950 available for live stock premiums as fol- lows: Panama- Pacific International Exposition $175,000 American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders Association. . 6,000 American Ayrshire Association (for view herd expense) 2,000 American Guernsey Cattle Club (for view herd and supplemental premiums) 10,500 American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association (minimum) 3,000 American Shorthorn Breeders' Association 5,000 Red Polled Cattle Club of America 2,500 American Holstein-Friesian Association 7,500 American Galloway Breeders' Association 2,000 American Jersey Cattle Club 5,000 American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses (minimum) 2,000 Belgian Draft Horse Society (Belgium) 5,000 American Shire Horse Association 1,500 American Shetland Pony Club (minimum) 500 American Trotting Register Association (cash and trophies) 1,000 American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association (trophy) 250 Percheron Society of America 3,000 Societe Hippique Percheronne de France (objects of art, estimated total value) 10,000 Morgan Horse Club (silver cup) 250 Hunters' Improvement and Breeding Society (England, 2 gold medals) 500 Standard Jack and Jennet Registry 350 National Pony Society (England) (2 silver med- als, 2 bronze medals) 300 American and Delaine Merino Record Association 500 American Cheviot Sheep Association 150 American Cotswold Registry Association 50C American Hampshire Sheep Breeders' Association 1,000 American Oxford Down Association 2,000 American Shropshire Registry Association 500 Continental Dorset Club 500 National Lincoln Sheep Breeders' Association 50C American Angora Goat Association 400 Standard Milch Goat Breeders' Association 250 American Berkshire Association 2,00t American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Associ- ation 1.50L1 American Hampshire Swine Record Association. . 3,000 American Poland-China Record 3,600 American Tamworth Swine Record Association. . . . 500 American Yorkshire Club 500 Chester White Swine Record Association and O. I. C. (cash and trophies) 3,400 National Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Associa- tion 1,500 National Dog Breeders' Association 500 The grand total to date is $421,950, exclusive of several thousands in medals, cups and trophies that have been offered by poultry clubs and other organi- zations representing the breed and fancy. The build- ings of the department of live stock are at this time practically completed. The interest in the live stock show is widespread. Apart from the munificent cash prizes that will be offered the comprehensive plan will insure an educational show, and I am glad to be able to announce that it is practically assured that every breed of importance and the leading breeds of poultry will be on display at the Exposition for its entire term, from Feb. 20th to Dec. 4th, 1915. D. O. LIVELY, Chief of the Dept. of Live Stock. THE REAL HORROR OF WAR. What Samuel Johnson said about it: "It is won- derful with what coolness and indifference the great- er part of mankind see war commenced. Thost that hear of it at a distance, or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, con- sider it little more than a splendid game, a proclama- tion, an army, a battle and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the most successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor 'resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death.' The life of a modern soldier is ill- represented by heroic action. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless; gasping and groaning, unpitied among men made ob- durate by long continuance of hopeless misery; and they were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless and enterprise im- practicable, fleets are silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS I Dr. Wayo gave a good account of himself at Cen- tralia. <8> <8> R. M. Sebastian won the free-for-all pace at Hills- boro, Texas, with Hal McKinney last week. The fair season is going in full blast. From now on there will be plenty of action for the trotters and pacers. <•> <8> <5> Mr. James B. Haggin remains critically ill at his villa in Newport and all hopes for his recovery have been abandoned. <•> <$> Dick Watson is back in the sulky. He is cam- paigning the trotting mare, Aileen Patch, owned by Frank Wilson, Rushville, Indiana. Fred Woodcock won three races at the Portland meeting, with Hal Paxton, Hal Norte and J. C. B., all by Hal B., and made a good showing in several other starts. <8> "Red" Gerrity shipped Belwin 4, 2:06%, Sienna 2:07% and his other horses from Kalamazoo to Galesburg, where they were laid up last week. They will race on the Great Western for some time to come. <$> <$ Mr. C. A. Harrison's filly Tosora by the Patchen Boy — Niquee won the three-year-old pace at Chehalis, Wash., last week. J. B. Stetson, who drove her, says that she is a nice filly and has plenty of speed and class. «> <8> The world's record for the one-mile pace to a four- wheeled vehicle on a half-mile track was broken in the State Fair races at Des Moines, Iowa, on August 29th. Franklin Pierce and Buck Muscovite entered by W. S. Pike of Mena, Ark., made the second heat in 2:1014. The former record was 2:13%. «> According to report, W. E. D. Stokes, owner of Patchen Wilkes Farm, has made the statement that the sudden breaking out of the European war pre- vented his closing a $225,000 sale of trotters to the Austrian and Russian Governments. And Peter the Great 2:07%, and Peter Volo 2, 2:04%, were included in the proposed deal, too! Entries for the Champion Zombro Sweepstakes for four-year-olds by the dead son of McKinney, to be raced in Philadelphia, closed on August 5th with a value of $575, and the following colts are nominated: Lena Zombro, Mary Warren, Hollyrood Francis, Zombesi, Joker D. Zombro, Zobediah and The Lady Zombro. «> When the year book is compiled next fall it is doubtful if it will contain in its lists a trotter or pacer having made more starts during the season than Grattan Boy 2: 11 %. The Western Whirlwind has been racing two or three times a week all sum- mer and will continue his campaign into the late fall. Grattan Boy is the fastest and strongest trotter ever raced through the Western Circuit and probably another season will find him making it with the Grand Circuit stars. When Charley DeRyder came over from California with Maymack 2:07, we all predicted that she would "turn turtle" when she met the G. C. cracks — the opinion being founded upon her showing on the cir- cuit in 1912, her string of coast victories being dis- counted. But May has made more than good, and so has the popular Californian. With May and the three-year-old filly Miss Perfection, Charley has made twelve starts, finishing first once, second ten times, and once third — a pretty fair batting average. — Marque in The Horse Review. John E. Madden, with his usual shrewdness, has prepared for new fields to conquer by entering Mar- garet Parrish 2:06%, in the stakes to be decided at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in California next year, and by employing the former groom of Uhlan 1:58, well known as "Dutch." The mare will be sent to California during the coming autumn, and, in the late winter and early summer, will be given her preparation for the season's campaign. The daughter of Vice Commodore is a speed marvel quite the equal of the best, and, if she can stay as well as she can sprint, there will be more than one victory credited to her before she returns to her native State. In her three-year-old form, Margaret Parrish was never given a chance to do herself justice, being sick in the spring and, in consequence, "without the neces- sary strength to carry her great flight of speed from one end of the journey to the other. She was, how- ever, the only filly to complete her engagements, and during the October meeting of the Kentucky Horse Breeders' Association, was up to a mile in 2:05. She is now bigger and stronger in every way, and as she >.an trot a quarter in 28 seconds, some idea can be had of the reason for the care with which her owner is laying his plans for his invasion into the far West. Word comes from Rochester, N. Y., that the noted trotter, Lisonjero 2:08%, died last week as the result of a kick by a stable mate. Lisonjero was best known for his Grand Circuit campaign in 1904, when he was trained and driven by Webb Howard, of Rochester. He was the property of Thomas F. Adkins, the well- known sportsman of Rochester, who owned him at the time he was campaigned. Lisonjero was a son of Dexter Prince, son of Kentucky Prince, out of Liska 2:28%, by Electioneer; second dam, Lizzie by Wildidle. «> Little Bernice 2:09%, by Del Coronado, has finally made good this season by winning the 2:12 class pace at Pittsburgh on August 22d. This mare, which was one of the crack three-year-olds last year, a winner of six races, and finishing numerous times in the money when racing with such horses as William and Single G., has been a disappointment this year until the Pittsburgh meeting. She is now equipped with the hopples and went a good race in a contest which required six heats to decide and in which she reduced her record to 2:06;. The Los Angeles filly is liable to be rather hard to beat in the future for she is now showing her 1913 form. <5> Field-Marshal Sir John French, commanding the English forces now allied with those of France and Belgium in fighting the army of Kaiser Wilhelm, rides an American trotting stallion, bred at Dromore Farm, St. Clair, Mich., a son of Barongale 2:11%, presented to the famous soldier by his friend Mr. George Gordon Moore, the proprietor of Dromore. On the other hand, Barongale himself is now owned in Germany where, it is very probable, he will be commandeered into army service. Thus war will bring sire and son into the field arrayed against each other. Let us hope that their lives will not be sacri- ficed in the terrible struggle which the rest of the civilized world is watching with such horror and apprehension. — The Horse Review. <8> «> William 2 : 00 will have to fly to get the money, and that is a guarantee to the thousands who will attend the Indiana State Fair on the opening day, that they will be treated to a great exhibition of speed. Unless he equals or reduces his record, his owner will not receive one penny. If he goes in two minutes he wins fifteen hundred dollars; if he shades even time he gets two thousand dollars, and if he equals Dan Patch's record, he gets twenty-five hundred dollars. No exhibition contract was ever drawn to protect the interests of the public. The latter furnishes the money and are entitled to the best, and Secretary Charles Downing proposes to see that they get it. It is an equitable contract and a credit to both par- ties making it. — Western Horseman. A letter from R. M. Sebastian tells us that the first division of the Texas "short-ship" circuit closed last Friday. Mr. Sebastian has been racing a stable of horses trained at the Hemet Stock Farm last win- ter. The animals most familiar to Hemet people are Hal McKinney, Copponacca, Tommy Hooper and Shortnut. Bunnell's Lady Sunrise and Beatrice B. were sent to a ranch in Oklahoma to be acclimated, the Texas climate not agreeing with them. All of the horses are now in splendid condition, and from a financial standpoint the races in the first division have been successful, the total earnings being $3,990, and the net earnings $2,569. The horse will now be re-classed and re-entered for the second division of eight weeks, ending at Phoenix, Ariz., November 17. They will be shipped to Hemet Stock Farm for the winter. <$> <8> "A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse!" cried some one of old, and who knows that the cry will not be repeated in the near future? Last week it was suggested that remounts might be wanted. This week they are being bought up by the govern- ment agents in all parts of the country, and the dif- ficulty is to' find enough for immediate needs; so if the war proves to be a protracted one it is difficult to see where the horses will be found to make good the wastage which is inevitable, but stipulations as to age and short tails will have to be ignored, and all the animals which are reasonably sound and fit for service accepted. The demand could hardly come at a better time than just before the cub- hunting commences, as many of the kind used for that will be taken by the remount officers. Of course, the price will not equal that which is ob- tainable for even a moderate hunter, but the Nation's needs stand first, a fact which horse owners and sportsmen recognize. Horses cannot be reared as quickly as other kinds of stock so, when once a shortage occurs, it is the work of years to replenish. For the past few years it has been the fashion to talk of "the passing of the horse," and this has pre- vented timid people from breeding animals which they thought would never be wanted. When the nation declares a state of war at midnight and sets its agents to buy horses as fast as possible the next day it is obvious that they are indispensable. In some instances tradesmen have had to part with two out of three of their trade animals, which it will be difficult — if not impossible — for them to re- place. Four-year-olds are being taken by the army, so it is certain there will be very few three-year-olds lying idle during the coming months. All this proves the necessity of keeping up our horse strength in peace times, then we shall be prepared if war is forced upon us, as it has been this week. — [From the Live Stock Journal of London. As the Eastern campaign progresses, Lassie Mc- Gregor looks more and more like the best aged mare that we have had since Sonoma Girl 2:04%. When the Grand Circuit opened four weeks ago, she was unsteady and it took everything that the masterful Murphy possessed to keep her in the fighting front. He had to carry her long miles and only for her mar- velous endurance, she would have been beaten. Tender nursing leaves her now where she can be set down in the bunch, and at the meeting last week little more could have been asked from her in the practical way. In the fourth heat she was in front from wire to wire in 2:06% and this for the second time this year. Lassie McGregor has now two wins of $10,000 value to her credit and another of $5,000 and it looks at present as if she would go through the circuit as did Baden two years ago. Hunter Moody, the most successful speedmaker in Kentucky or elsewhere, has in his stable several yearlings of great promise, but he has been satisfied to allow them to develop, and not until autumn will his youngsters be seen at their best. The only con- spicuous yearling from the Orchard Park Kinder- garten at this time is the pacing filly, Rose McGee, 1, 2:19%, the champion of her age and sex, and the daughter of The Abbe 2:04, has so much speed that the effort she has made thus far has been compara- tively easy for her. Two yearlings from Allendale Farm have shown early promise; one, a colt by Tre- gantle 2:09%, having trotted an eighth in seventeen seconds very early in the summer, while a colt by Echo Todd 2:14% can beat 2:30 right now if called upon, of the two the latter is perhaps the better yet the other is a growthy fellow, and will eventually be the stake colt if either develops into first-class material. «■ Hamilton Busbey writes to the Horse Breeder as follows regarding thoroughbred racing in Ken- tucky: "And now we are told that the action of the Kentucky Racing Commission in chopping off five days from the fall racing schedule in the Blue Grass State is not popular with some of the horse owners. Already there is too much racing with betting in Kentucky for the good of the community, and the leading breeders of thoroughbred horses are not anx- ious to invite disaster. They will cultivate the con- servative spirit, because safety lies in that direction. The State is not rich enough to keep the pari-mutuel machines in continual operation for eight months out of the twelve. If the lessons of the past are not heeded in Kentucky and elsewhere, there will be another prostration of thoroughbred interests. At the last day of the Parkway meeting in Brooklyn, the police raided the speculators who operated too boldly, and this action should be accepted as a warn- ing by the owners of other tracks in the Empire State. Long open defiance of the statutes gives the radical reformer the very chance that he is look- ing for." <8> The Indianapolis pacer, Billy M., owned by Fred Cline, was one of the star performers last week over the "historic track" at Goshen, N. Y. In winning the 2:08 pace he stepped in 2:09, 2:04 and 2:04% a new world's record, reducing the record held by Prince Alert. Mr. Cline also received one hundred dollars from W. J. Andrews for the first mile reduc- ing the record of 2:04% made in 1900 by John R. Gentry 2:uu%, driven by Mr. Andrews. Billy M., in the hands of Trainer William Sweeney, has been a remarkably good performer for Mr. Cline. Purchased to race on the half-mile tracks, as Mr. Cline's busi- ness would not allow him to witness his horses per- form far from home, he won several Grand Circuit races and this year he has been winning very con- sistently. His performance over the half-mile track at Goshen was a remarkably good one. Incidentally, he lowered several half-mile track world's records at Goshen, as follows: Fastest three heats; fastest two consecutive heats; fastest single heat; fastest third heat; fastest second heat by a gelding; fastest third heat, any sex; fastest second heat, any sex, and at Rockport, Ohio, earlier in the season, he estab- lished a world's record for half-mile heats. At Goshen he won first, third and fourth money and the one hundred dollars additional offered by Mr. Andrews. <$> <$> The two heats in 2:04 and 2:04% by the pacer Billy M. at Goshen last week are the fastest ever trotted or paced over a half-mile track. It was a really remarkable performance and justifies some consideration of the horse which did it. Billy M. boasts no particular claim to aristocracy in his family tree. If there were any social distinctions in the equine kingdom he would be classed with the canaille, or the hoi polloi, on blood considerations. He is the antithesis of the "jenniless lass wi' a lang pedigree," for though scant of fashionable blood he is "long" on speed and racing quality. He is just an ordinarily bred hoppled Hoosier pacer, but like many another such from the common herd he has the inherent faculties w-hich have enabled him to rise superior to humble birth and meager advantages. Billy M. is an eight-year-old chestnut gelding by Newtown Boy out of a daughter of Pocahontas Chief. That is all of his pedigree that is defined by the Year Book. His sire, Newtown Boy, is a son of Venture 2:09%, by Bald Hornet 2:21, dam Blackie by the same Bald Hornet, second dam Polly by Red Buck. Posahontas Chief, sire of Billy M.'s dam, is by Poca- hontas Boy, son of Tom Rolf, out of Kitty Thompson by Rochester, son of Aberdeen. The second dam of Billy M. is not recorded and is probably unknown. — Trotter and Pacer. Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE CLOSE AT PORTLAND. The Portland meeting closed on Saturday with two strong harness races and the best run of the week. There were eight starters in the 2:18 pace, which developed into a five heat contest of good drives, reversals of expectations and close finishes. Sanford drew the pole with Bell Smith and was quickly overhauled by Red Hal. May Davis crept up at the Quarter and led at the half with J. C. B. bidding for second place. In a splendid finish, Prank Erwin brought the big chestnut mare home in 2:11%, J. C. B., Red Hal and Sunny Jim being the order for place. Next time, Red Hal hooked the mare at three-eighths and the two raced in with Red Hal winner by a nose in 2:10%, Lang making the drive of his career. But a new Richmond entered the field in the third. Woodcock had been coming strong with J. C. B., finishing well in the previous heats. This time, Uncle H. made a bid and became one of the leaders. In the stretch J. C. B. let out a link and took the heat. Time, 2:10%. Thereafter, there was small doubt of the end, the Hal B.-Lovelace nomina- tion standing plainly to win. No race of the meeting was more interesting from the standpoint of the spectators. The consolation trot admitted five to membership and the handsome mare, Ulmanetta, was quite the best in straight heats and brought out a lot of favorable notice. Wm. Hogoboom behind Arengo had earnest intentions and stood second in the sum- mary. Blanche Fitzsimmons responded a little bet- ter to the demands of the occasion than in her other start and in the third heat finished second, going good gaited and steady. The mile run aroused quite a bit of jockeying. Tony Muratto did the starting and greatly delighted the crowd by his efforts for an even break. The races finished according to sched- ule, with the management gamely standing the wear and tear, and, in view of the fact that most of the races were strictly first class, the absent portion of the populace decidedly missed a good amusement opportunity, put on at a price well worth the money. The summary: August 22. — 2:18 pace, purse $500: J. C. B., b. g. by Hal E. — Midget, by Love- lace (Woodcock) 2 3 111 May Davis, ch. m. by Eorado (Erwin) 1 2 4 3 4 Red Hal, b. g. by Hal B. (Lang) 3 13 4 7 Bell Smith, b. m. by The Blacksmith (San- ford) 5 6 7 2 2 Uncle H.. 8-4-2-7-3; Sunny Jim. 4-8-6-5-6; Haledo. 6-7-5-6-5; Rothada, 7-5-dr. Time— 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:13%, 2:12%. Consolation trot, purse $200: Ulmanetta, b. m. by Dr. UUman-Lenmeeta, by Norcatur (McManus) 1 1 1 Arenga, br. g. by McV. (Hogoboom) 2 2 3 Blanche Fitzsimmons, ch. m. by Bob Fitzsim- mons (Erwin) 4 3 2 Sidney Wilkes, br. h. by Marvin Wilkes (John- son) 3 4 5 La Corona, 5-5-4. Time— 2:25, 2:21%, 2:21%. Half-mile dash, consolation — Tampa, won; Sea Fowl, second; Bargain, third. Time, :56%. One mile dash — Paddy Button, won; Gilt, second; Leo H., third. Time. 1:42. CENTRALIA-CHEHALIS RACES. [Half-Mile Track.] Tuesday, the second day of the Southwest Wash- ington Fair, midway between Centralia and Chehalis, Wash., and the first day. of racing, brought out a fair crowd. The two harness races were all that the lovers of the sport could ask, the finishes being close and the time good. C. D. Jeffries made a very satis- factory starter, with W. F. Hutchings presiding judge and H. H. Helman and John Lance to com- plete the board. Great Northern, the favorite, won the first and sec- ond heats in the 2:25 trot, while St. Michaels was the surprise of the race by winning the third, besides finishing second in the other two heats. In the 2:20 pace, May Davis, the chestnut mare that had shown up well at Portland, won the first and third heats, Hal Norte taking the second while Indian Hal, the local favorite, was no better than third in any heat. Summary: August 25. — 2:20 pace, every-heat-a-race, purse §500: Mav Davis, ch. m. by Borado (Erwin) 1 2 1 Hal Norte, br. s. by Hal B. (Woodcock) 2 1 3 Indian Hal, b. s. by Hal B. (Wilson) 3 3 5 Lady Hal. br. m. by Hal B. (Sanford) 4 4 2 Admiral W., 5-7-4; Lady Hal, 6-5-6; Booster, dis.; Duke, dis. ; St. Elmo, dis. Time— 2:1114. 2:15%, 2:14. 2:25 trot, every-heat-a-race, purse S500: Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. (Ward) ... 1 1 2 St. Michaels, blk. s. by McAlropa (Woodcock).. 2 2 1 Arenga, b. g. by McV. (Hogoboom) 3 4 3 La Corona, b. m. by Del Coronado (Wallace) ... 5 5 4 Ulmanetta, 3-dis. ; Blanche Fitzsimmons. dis.; Hal- metta, dis. Time— 2:21%. 2:23, 2:16%. Three-eights mile dash, purse $50. — Black Sam, won; Tommy W., second; Sister Julia, third. Time — :38. Jockey Walter Adams on D. W. was thrown and badly hurt. Exciting contests, close finishes and good time marked Wednesday's programme. In the 2:14 pace nine horses faced the starter, Major Hardy winning the first heat and J. C. B. the other two, each being hotly contested. In the 2:18 trot heats were also split, The Frisco winning the first and Kenneth C. winning the other two. While only four horses start- ed in this race, it was a beautiful contest in every heat, the last one never seeing the horses more than two lengths apart and being won by less than a half a length. Summary: August 26. — 2:14 pace, every-heat-a-arace, purse $500: J. C. B.. b. g. by Hal B. (Woodcock 3 1 1 Major Hardy, b. s. bv Oh So (Erwin) 1 5 6 Mack N., b. g. by McKinney (Sanford) 2 4 2 Aldine, b. m. by Alcone (Lindsey) 7 2 4 Bell Smith, 5-3-5; Prince Zolock, 6-5-3; Uncle H„ 4-7-8; Black Joe, 9-6-7: St. Elmo, S-dis. Time— 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:14. 2:18 trot, every-heat-a-arace, purse $500: Kenneth C, blk. s. by McKinney (Wallace) 3 1 1 The Frisco, ch. g. by Caution (Lance) 1 3 3 Mack Fitzsimmons, ch. g. by Bob Fitzsimmons (Erwin) 2 4 2 Jerry Zombro, b. g. (Helman) 4 2 4 Time— 2:18%, 2:15, 2:18. Half-mile dash, purse 75 — Old Settler, won; Ison, sec- ond; Hardson Fred, third. Time — :50. Thursday. — Some wind was blowing today, but not enough to much affect the good weather record of the week. The track is in good condition and fairly fast and another good program with good time and exciting finishes was given. The 2:12 trot had but four starters and although Dr. Wayo won in straight heats, he had no walkover, while there was the hottest kind of a drive each heat for second place. There were five entries in the special 2:08 pace, May Davis again proving her good racing qualities by taking the first heats and making a game race for the third which was won by Hal Norte, who had been close up in the second. Summary: 2:12 trot, every-heat-a-race. purse $500: Dr. Wayo, b. s. by Wilkhurst (Ward) 1 1 1 Lady W-. b. m. by King Alexis (Hogoboom) 3 2 2 Dr. McKinney, blk. g. by Capt. Kinney (Lance) .2 3 3 Oaklandmore, b. g. by Oakland Baron (Squires).. 4 4 4 Time— 2:16%. 2:15, 2:15%. Special 2:08 pace, every-heat-a-race, purse $250: May Davis, ch. m. by Borado (Erwin) 1 1 2 Hal Norte, br. m. by Hal B. (Woodcock) 3 2 1 Aldine, b. m. by Alcone (Lindsey) 2 3 4 Black Joe. blk. g. by Pricemont (Frank) 4 4 3 Delmas, ch. g. by Dialect (Hogoboom) 5 5 5 Time— 2:11%, 2:11%. 2:15%. Three-eights mile dash, purse $50 — Black Sam. won; Tommie W., second: Drummer, third. Time — :38. Three-fourths mile dash, purse $100 — Paddy Button, won; Ethel Sampson, second; Sal Pearl, third. Time — 1:16%. Three harness races were on Friday's card. Fairly good time and exciting finishes marked all three. The 2:30 trot was won in straight heats by Great North- ern but Nutway gave him a hard race each time. In the three-year-old race there were only three starters, but each of them won a heat. The 2:15 pace was a great contest. Major Hardy, considered a good thing, only won one heat. Uncle H. showed wonderful speed and won the first and third. In the second he broke badly and finished fourth. Results: August 28. — 2:30 trot, every-heat-a-race. purse $500: Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. (Ward).-l 1 1 Nutway. b. s. by Strathway (Carpenter) 2 2 2 Ulmanetta. b. m. by Dr. Ullman (McManus) 3 3 3 Handsome Guy, b. g. by Guy Falcon (Ramsey.. 4 4 4 Time— 2:21%. 2:22%. 2:20%. Three-year-old trot or pace, every-heat-a-race, purse $100: Tosora, br. m. by The Patchen Boy (Stetson) .. .2 1 2 Centralia Girl. b. m. by Aerolite (Hogoboom) . .1 2 3 Hemlock, b. s. by Hal B. (Wilson) 3 3 1 Time— 2:39. 2:26%. 2:29%. Special 2:15 pace, every-heat-a-race. purse $200: Uncle H., b. g. by Garvin Wilkes (McManus).. 1 4 1 Major Hardy, b. g. by Oh So (Erwin) 3 1 2 Prince Zolock. blk. s. by Zolock (Helman) 2 2 3 Admiral W., b. g. by Garvin Wilkes (Frank)... 5 3 4 Time— 2:15%, 2:12%. 2:14%. Five-eighths mile dash, purse $100 — Ethel Sampson, won: Paddy Button, second; Leo H., third. Time — 1:02 3-5. Half-mile dash, purse $50 — Tampa, won; Cozolo, sec- ond; Drummer, third. Time — :49. COLT CANDIDATES FOR THE STALLION RECORD. THE HORSE IN WAR. [From the Sportsman, of London.] The great trouble is on us, and it naturally calls for resolution — such as we have none of us ever exercised — to face it. Gradually we shall accommo- date ourselves to the new conditions and find out what each man can do best, in however small a way, for the common weal. Among other things, in my humble judgment, there should be no thought of abandoning the principal race meetings, for these willi do infinite good in relieving the nerve tension of the general public. York and Doncaster ought on no account to be missed. As for Doncaster, it is to be noted that the St. Leger has been run without intermission every year since 1776, and we passed through terrible times again and again in that period — the American War, war all over Europe, war in India, the French Revolution, the Irish Rebellion, war culminating in Trafalgar, and then Waterloo. In later years the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Yet never was the sequence of the classic races interrupted, and it would be disgraceful indeed if in 1914 we shirked bringing them off for no better reason than that we do not fancy the prospect of a little trouble in getting ourselves and our horses to the scene of action — trouble which to our fathers and grandfathers would have been gone through as a mere matter of course. No, I make no doubt we shall see the Doncaster meeting brought off as usual, and also the Stockton fixture. The smaller meetings may have to be ex- cused, or allowed to reconstruct their programs : for, after all, sooner than not race at all people will race for small stakes. Naturally, we are hard hit all round, and it is idle to differentiate the position of one business from another; but bloodstock breeders must be among the chief sufferers, and all the training stables will feel the pinch very badly. The maintenance of animals which for an indeterminate period can do you little or no good, presents a prospect which if needs some courage to face; and I presume that the Doncaster sales will be gone through with, though there may be no sensational bidding. Breeders must get rid of their yearlings, even though the prices be miserably inadequate, It would be strange at this period in harness racing history, when the world's record for trotting stallions is only a second slower than two minutes, if the championship for the sex should pass to either a three or four- year-old; yet, if some of the very best judges are not wrong, that is just exactly what may occur. Thomas W. Murphy has stated that he will be much disappointed if the three-year-old colt Peter Volo does not possess the stallion champion- ship when the season closes, and earlier in the sea- son the veteran trainer, Ed. Geers, stated that he expected the four-year-old colt Etawah, that recently took a record of 2:03%, to develop the ability to carry his speed far enough to enable him to beat The Harvester's record of 2:01 before the season is over. ' Peter Volo's race at Kalamazoo, where he set a new record for three heats for stallions of any age— 2:04%, 2:05% and 2:06% — has caused his chances for securing the championship to receive the greater consideration from those who have been giving the matter any attention, and perhaps his per- formance justifies this, for he is a year younger than Etawah. But there are a few who remember that in his mile in 2:04 at Cleveland Etawah trotted the last half in 1:00% and the last quarter in just 30 seconds, and all who witnessed the performance agree that Mr. Geers did not attempt to do more than sit still behind the great colt and let him race along with the runner that accompanied him. Possibly Peter Volo can duplicate this feat; if so, the battle for the stallion championship will most certainly be between these two great colts and, judging by what they have done before the middle of August was reached, it seems reasonable to believe that both of them will have a chance to beat The Harvester's record, provided they remain sound and have no set- back in form between the present time and the record-breaking days of October — The Horse World. OUTSIDER WINS FUTURITY. Saratoga (N. Y.), August 29. — All of the juveniles that had been discussed as probable winners of the Futurity w~ere beaten over the course of the Saratoga Association this afternoon and the winner turned up in Trojan, from the Quincy stable, a racing establish- ment owned by James F. Johnson. The race was run over a track that was deep and heavy from a long- continued rain. The running was not without its accident, for The Finn, bearing the silks of Louis Winans, who con- fines most of his racing endeavors to the English turf, blinded by the mud in the stretch, bolted into the fence and fell in the stretch. At the time he was well beaten and his fall had no effect on the result, while Kedoris. his rider, escaped injury. Though a drizzling rain fell all afternoon there was an immense crowd out. There were thirteen starters and Kaskaskia from the Oneck stable of H. K. Knapp was generally considered as having the best chance to win. Polish and The Finn were next in demand, and the Harry Payne Whitney pair, Spun Glass and Dinando, came next. There were those who pinned their hopes to Trial by Jury and Garb- age, the Captain Edward B. Cassatt pair, and all of the others were more or less deserted. It was a good start and Trojan, breaking from the , middle of the track, was the first to find his racing legs. He dashed to the lead, closely followed by Solly and Sea Shell, both of whom had shown a great liking for the muddy going on other occasions. Try as they would, neither Solly or Sea Shell could wrest the lead from the Quincy stable colt and, though he was not able to draw away from them until the stretch was reached, by that time he had them so well beaten that he went into a safe lead. All this time Kaskaskia had been battling along in very close quarters, but her gameness was re- warded in the stretch and she came clear of the others in the last furlong. It was too late, and though she finished gallantly, she was beaten home by the outsider, Trojan, and in turn she beat Harry Junior, another of the outsiders, five lengths, for the place. Trial by Jury also made his run too late, and though he was running over horses at the end, he was beaten a head for the short end of the purse. The Finn, generally believed to be the better one of the Winans pair, was never able to show promi- nently in the running. The summary: Third race, the Futurity, for 2-year-olds, handicap, six furlongs — Trojan. 117 (Burlingame), 12 to 1, 6 to 1 and 3 to 1, first; Kaskaskia, 120 (Butwell). 5 to 2, even and 1 to 2, second; Harry Junior, 120 (Geogh), 20 to 1, 8 to 1 and 4 to 1— time, 1:16 4-5. Trial by Judy, Sea Shell, Solly, Polish, Panmaid, Dinah Dl, Spunglass, Ivy Marquette, Garbage and The Finn also ran. The war in Europe has figured even in the ar- rangement for the State Fair in September. Just because a u-erman warship was not fast enough to run down the Atlantic liner Minnetanka, which left Cherbury, France, on August 1st, the Thomas D. McLaughlin Importing Co. of Chico has been able to enter nine Percherons wrhich have landed safely in New York. The firm had a shipment of twenty-seven Percherons on the Minnetanka. Since the French Government has taken over all the horses in the country during the war, the importers believe it will be a long time before any more horses are brought to the United States from France, THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. GRAND CIRCUIT RACING. The San Francisco Driving Club's card of six light harness horse races Sunday afternoon at the Stadium track was attended by a fairly large gathering of spectators, although the day was cold and foggy. Silver Hunter made his first win this season when he annexed the cup trophy in the free-for-all trot. The finish of the first heat was made under a volley of cheers from the crowd. The quartet of trotters came under the wire bunched close together, Birdeye in the lead, Ida M. at the gelding's sulky wheel, Sil- ver Hunter lapping the mare, and Horseshoe Boy about a length behind the first horse. Off to a good start ,the big black Oakland horse led by the judges' stand, Birdeye close up, Silver Hunter trailing. Birdeye broke before reaching the half-mile post and lost some ground. Horseshoe Boy kept in front until coming into the stretch where the race for home started in earnest. Birdeye passed Hunter and Ida M. and won the crowd when he nipped out the field in the last fifteen yards. In the second heat Silver Hunter led from start to finish and won by half a length. Ida M. was the contender. Birdeye broke near the head of the stretch and could not overhaul the leader. The wind- up between the three was under a strong drive. The third heat was a struggle between Hunter and the roan, and developed a spirited sprint in the stretch, Hunter winning by a neck. Horseshoe Boy broke near the three-eighths pole and Ida M. was out of the going and way in the rear at the five-eighths pole. King Pointer lost his stride in the opening heat of the first race and finished fourth. He annexed the two winning heats handily. Emma M. won the first heat and was the contender in the following heats. Soreta win the 2:20 trot in straight heats. Laddie G. broke in the first heat, but made up a lot of ground for a close arrival at the wire. Delilah was fit and turned off two heats in the free-for-all pace in good time, leading from wire to wire, but with Bradmont and Happy Dentist always in reaching distance. Tom Murphy also trimmed his field in two straight heats. Mabel Dillon won the last race. A programme of six races will be made up for Labor Day. Eighteen fine cups and trophies will be offered — three for each race. The entries are open to all. Entries of non-club members' horses must be made Thursday evening, September 3d, at the meet- ing of the club in Mission Improvement Association Hall, Valencia near Sixteenth street. First race — 2:25 mixed, mile heats, best two in three: King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 4 1 1 Emma M. (William Malough) 1 2 2 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 2 3 3 Springtime (G. Clotere) 3 4 4 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 5 5 5 Time — 2:25%, 2:26, 2:23%. Scratched — Dalta A. Secord Race — 2:20 trot, mile heats, best two in three: Soreta ' McKinney Stable) 1 1 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 2 2 Nutwood Lou (A. Ottinger) 3 3 Time — 2:22, 2:22%. Scratched — Ateka. Third Race — Free-for-all pace, mile heats, best two in three: Delilah (J. C. Welch) 1 1 Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 2 3 Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 3 2 Time — 2:13%, 2:12%. Fourth Race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats, best two in three: Silver Hunter (McKinney Stable) 3 1 1 Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 1 3 2 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 2 2 4 Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 4 4 3 Time— 2:16, 2:16. 2:17. Fifth Race — 2:15 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 1 1 Dolly Varden (R McCart) 2 3 Dicto (McKinney Stable) 3 2 Geo. Gin (G. J. Giannini) 4 w Time — 2:17. 2:14%. Scratched — William Tell. Sixth Race — 2:18 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Mabel Dillon (B. Cohen) 1 1 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt Jr.) 2 2 G. J. P. (R. Consani) 3 3 Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 4 5 Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 5 4 Time— 2:16%. 2:16%. GEO. I_. WARLOW'S SALE. Mr. Geo. L. Warlow of Fresno will sell all of his stallions, broodmares and young stock by auction at Fresno, on October 1st. ihe sale will be held at the Fair Grounds when the famous broodmare Cora Wickersham (dam of the Futurity winners Athasham 2:09%, Nogi 2:10%, Donasham 2:09%, Mattawan 2:13% and Kinneysham 2.13%) will be offered; also Strathalie, dam of Strathboule 2:13% and Pavana (timed in a race in 2:08%). The stallions offered will be Black Hall 48645 by Ozono — Maggie Yeazer and Stanford McKinney 45173 by McKinney — Pala- vena by Palo Alto. Regarding the colts and fillies Mr. Warlow says that he has never had such a nice lot in conformation and breeding and free from blemishes as he has now. He has mated and mingled blood and conformation that would give him foals bred on scientific lines to produce the highest type of trotting bred horses, and he feels that he has suc- ceeded in getting what he wanted for training and racing purposes. Owing to business conditions and lack of real good health he is forced to sell and very much regrets that he has to do so. Syracuse (N. Y.), Augnst 31. — Directum II, the chestnut stallion owned by James Butler, New York City, and driven by Robert Snedeker, furnished the sensation of the opening day's programme at the Grand Circuit races here today by establishing two new world's records and equaling the pacing record of 2:00 established by William at Grand Rapids earlier this season. In winning the free-for-all pace, valued at $5000, Directum II stepped the last two of three heats in two minutes flat, _ beating Frank Bogash in each. Frank Bogash won' the first heat in 2:02%. By pacing in 2:00 in the third heat, Directum II broke the rec- ord of 2:00% established by Star Pointer at Spring- field, 111., in 1897. The average time of the winner gives him the world's race record of more than one heat. The meeting was not without other features, in that Star Winter, the sensational trotter, driven by Lon McDonald, lost his first heat of the season today. He also lost the race, the 2:10 trot, Martha Bellini nosing him out in the stretch of three sensa- tional heats. An amateur race for two-year-old colts valued at $2500 brought on a good contest, Ernest I. White winning with Eudora Spier, by Directum Spier. Lee Axworthy had things his own way in the three- year-old stake. Leila Patchen won the final race, the 2:13 pace, after five heats. No horse won more than two heats, but because of the Syracuse condi- tions the race was terminated at the end of five heats. The summary: The Messina (amateur) two-year-old trot: two in three, value §2500: Eudora. bv 'Wilton (E. I. White) 1 1 Native King II. ch. s. (Hopkins) 2 2 Denton Hale, blk. g. (Alvard) i,v3 ,3 Also started— Colonel King, b. s. (Cahill); Rheagale. br. f. (Quencer). Time— 2:22%. 2:25%. Free-for-all pace, two in three, value $a000: Directum II. ch. h. by Directum Kelly— Izetta, by Pactolus (Snedeker) 2 1 1 Frank Bogash Jr., b. g. (Murphy) 1 2 2 Braden Direct, blk. h. (Egan) 4 d Time— 2:02, 2:00. 2:00. 2-10 trot, three in five; the Onondaga, value $5000: Marta Bellini, b. m. by Bellini— Monesta, by Mendocino (Dickerson) J J J Star Winter, b. g. (McDonald) j £ 3 Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) .-: 4 5 i \lso started— Henrietta C. b. in. (Hall); Bismaya, b. m. (Proctor): Harry J. S.. blk. h. (Andrews); Starlight Mc- Kinnev, b. m. (Phelps): Lady Grattan. ch. m. (Cox). Time— 2:05%. 2:08%, 2:07%. The Kl-Xoo-Xo; three-year-olds. 2:15 trot, three in five. $2000: . Lee Axworthy, b. c. by Axworthy— Gaiety Lee, by Bingen (Andrews) . } \ \ W. J. Leyburn, br. c. (McCarthy) 2 I i \dbell M-, b. c. (McDonald) 3 4 z Also started— Kathn-n Colette, br. f. (Cox) ; Treleder, br s (Dickerson); Adbella Watts, b. f. (McDevitt); Miss Perfection, b. f. (DeRyder) Time— 2:10%, 2:10%. 2:09%. 2:13 pace; three in five, value $1000: Leila Patchen. blk m. by Dan's Brother— Jennv Stanly, by Indianapolis (Snow) 6 114- Major Woolworth. br. s. (Hubbard) 1 Z z 3 4 T C S ch g (Murphy) •> d d z J- Also started— The Assessor, ch. g. (McMahon); Lus- trous McKinney. b. s. (Rodney); Peter S„ b. g. (DeRy- der); Coastess Mobel, br. m. (Cox). Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:10%. o Syracuse (N. Y.), September 1.— Fast time marked the efforts of eleven horses participating in three races constituting today's Grand Circuit programme at the New York State Fair. Despite the small fields, the racing was keen. With three starters, the free-for-all trotting sweep- stakes was easily the feature. Anvil won both heats, with Peter Scott, driven by Walter Cox, second, and Dudie Archdale, with Frank G. Jones driving, third. Harry the Ghost took the first two heats of the 2-05 pace after coming from the rear at the head of the stretch In the third heat, however, he failed to last the distance. Del Rey, who had led much of the way up the back stretch, won handily. Del Rey also won the remaining two heats and the race. Maymack was second to Etawah in the trot. The Wagner 2:05 pace, three in five, value $2000: Del Rev, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes-Ramona^ - by Delmonico (Cox) - * J * i Harry the Ghost, gr. g. (Floyd) 1 \ % % % King Daphne, blk. d. (Frost)..... 4 4 2 2 z walnut Grove blk. s. (Ruthven) 3 4 4 3d WaJn Tim£-2:06%. 2:05%, 2:05%: 2:05%. 2:07% The Governor's 2:06 trot, three in five, value $3000. Etawah. b. s. by Alstanly-Alicia Arion by Anon (Geers) uy, J 5 J Maymack. b. m. (DeRyder) - \ % Grace, ch. m. (McDevitt) \ \ - Bon Zolock, br. g. (Garrison).... ....... ; * * Time— 2:06. 2:09%, 2:05%. Free-for-all trot, sweepstakes, two in three, $1000 \n^h' b. h. by St. Valien Vincent- Amy Smith, by Emperor Wilkes (Geers) \ J Peter Scott, b. h. (Cox) - - Dudie Archdale. blk. m. (F. G. Jones) 3 3 Time— 2:06%, 2:04%. In the Syracuse stakes for 55000 for 2:11 pacers, King Couchman, the favorite, was pressed hard by Napoleon Direct in each of two heats. In the first heat Geers was in fourth place at the three-quarters pole and was within inches of the winner at the wire, the last quarter having been paced in 29% seconds. Peter Stevens had a procession in the third race for 2:08 pacers. Garrison pulled up in the stretch to save Murphy, with Marietta, from the flag. Summaries : The Syracuse 2:11 pace, three in five heats, value $5000 (unfinished) : King Couchman, br. g. by Atlantic King — Electric C. by Electricity (McMahon) 1 1 Napoleon Direct, ch. s. (Geers) 2 2 Camelia, br. m. (Cox) 3 3 Also started — Irene Beau, ch. m. (Murphy) ; Baron Al- cyone, b. g. (Cahill). Time— 2:05%, 2:03%. Empire State 2:14 trot, three in five, value $10,000 (unfinished) : Margaret Druien. b. m. by Peter the Great — Huntress by Onward Silver (Cox) 1 1 Sennit, br. m. (Garrett) 3 3 Lassie McGregor, ch. m. (Murphy) 2 5 Also started — McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) ; King Clansman, br. s. (McMahon) ; Hazel Laing. ch. m. (An- drews). Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. The Hudson 2:08 pace, three in five, value $2000, un- finished) : Peter Stevens, b. s. by Peter the Great — Roxie Aller- . ton (Garrison) 1 Walnut Grove, blk. s (Ruthven) 2 Marietta, blk. m. (Murphv) 3 Time— 2 :11% Margaret Druien Earns Big Half of $10,000 Stake. Syracuse (N. Y.), September 3. — Margaret Druien earned the "big half" of the Empire State $10,000 stake for 2:14 trotters at the Grand Circuit meeting of the New York State Fair this afternoon, when she won the third and final heats. The first two heats were raced on Wednesday. Lassie McGregor, winner of the big stakes along the line, was hardly in the running and was forced down to fourth money because of her continued mis- behavior. A second reversal was suffered when King Couch- man, the heavy money winning pacer, took defeat in the Syracuse $5,000 stake for 2:11 pacers. Napoleon Direct, driven by Ed Geers, took the three final heats today, after having lost two on Wednesday. King Couchman was far in the rear today. Vallejo King went a great race in the 2:09 trot at Santa Rosa. This horse has improved wonderfully pnd will be hard to beat in his class from now on. Syracuse (N. Y.). Sept. 2.— Rain interrupted the racing at the Grand Circuit meeting held m connec- tion with the New York State Fair this afternoon. Five heats were contested but not one of the four numbers on the program was completed. Two heats were raced in the Empire State stake of $10,000 for 2-14 trotters, and in both Lassie McGregor, the favor- ite was beaten, Margaret Druien taking first place in both. In the second heat, Lassie McGregor almost got the distance flag after behaving badly on the get- away. PANAMA-PACIFIC ENTRIES. The following excerpt is from a letter written by Geo. J. Deitrich to F. W. Kelley, Secretary of the Panama-Pacific Races. Mr. Deitrich is working in the interests of the coming race meeting at the Ex- position grounds. "I find it easier to iine up the owners than I expected. McDonald, Snow and Ccers are coming over this fall with their entiri stables and they will have two entries apiece at least for the 2:10 trotting stakes, and one each for the pacing stakes. Thistle Patch, owned by T. E. Newton of Detroit, is to be kept so that he -can be entered in the 2:06 pace, and it is now the intention of Mr. Geers to save Napoleon Direct 2:05% if possible "At Cleveland this week I absolutely sewed up Dr. Burns, Jr., for each pacing stake. That horse is surely the best class horse now out, and at Grand Rapids was up at Williams' reck in 2:00%. When I explained to Mr. Leech what good chauces he had by holding ais horse he promptly withdrew him from racing, and has asked me to arrange with Charlie DeRyder to have the horse taken over to the Coast this fall. "I took a run up to Toledo to see W. G. Barefoot, owner of the wonderful "Single G.," 2:07%, and he will be entered in both pacing stakes also. This horse has won nine consecutive stakes on the half mile tracks, and will not be seen on the mile ring this year. "I also lined up with Henry B. Rea of Pittsburgh for the nomination in both 2:10 stakes of Junior Watts. He has won ten consecutive races this year and has trotted a half mile track in 2:10%. "At Pittsburgh I devoted most of my time to the amateur drivers there, of which there are many of great wealth, and who are in for good sport. They were surprised about the programme for your meet- ing. Surely they are coming and will buy some horses. "Sam Pickering will pay as much as $7,500 for a trotter to go out with, and he has several of bis own that he will take along. "J. T. McCane is very enthusiastic. He owns the trotter Ross B, 2:04%; Princess Margaret, 2:06%, and Redlac, Jr., 2:08%. "Geo. Castle of Chicago intends to buy something to take to California. Samuel Harris, I am quite sure, will enter Axtien in the 2:10 trot. W. B. Eck- art will surely come with Peter Stevens and some others. Senator .1. P. McNichol thinks very strongly about sending Nic Grady over with his horses. Roy Owen of West Point, Neb., and G. P. Lutz, Kansas City, are coming. David Shaw promised me surely that he would come over, and I think there is a splendid chance for getting H. J. Schlessinger to send over Belwin and Sienna-Carson and Frees have promised to come with Flower Direct, and surely you are going to get William. I had a thorough talk with both W. W. Marvin and A. E. Van Natta and if the horse lives he will be with you." The first day's racing at Santa Rosa saw three coast records established: The fastest heat ever paced in a race in California; The fastest three heats ever paced in California; The fastest three heats ever trotted in California. Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN SANTA ROSA FAIR. A triumph has been scored in the Sonoma-Marin District Fair which was auspiciously opened by former Governor James N. Gillett in the main pavil- ion Monday afternoon at the Santa Rosa fair grounds. A wondrous exhibition of agricultural and horticul- tural products, fine horses, cows, swine, poultry and other livestock; choice flowers, art work, the results of manual training and domestic science work in the schools; but particularly the products of the soil in favored Sonoma county, is made. To see this exposition is to admire, and if anyone misses a visit to the fair grounds this week he or she will be the loser. It is truly a sight that must be seen to be believed. Three big pavilions are used to house the agricultural, horticultural, industrial and poultry exhibits. The livestock is in stalls and pens elsewhere on the grounds. Several hours can be most profitably spent in viewing the fine displays made. The exhibits are all meritorious and reflect much credit on the exhibitors. As Manager Edward H. Brown put it in his brief address in the opening ceremonies, "The exhibitors make the fair." He gave all the credit to the exhibitors and they are most certainly entitled to full credit. But Manager Brown must also come in for much compliment. Wednesday was the opening day of the harness racing, and the occasion proved a great success, attracting a crowd of fully 4,000 persons who wit- nessed some of the finest racing ever seen in this State. The judges were R. S. Brown, presiding, with Frank Newman and W. H. Lumsden as associates. Dan Misner, Jas. Sutherland and R. S. Abies officiat- ed in the timers' stand. W. P. McNair acted as starter. The track was lightning fast and no heat in any of the races was negotiated in slower time than 2:09. In the first heat of the free-for-all pace Jim Logan lowered the track record of 2:031/i, held by Mona Wilkes, a fud second, and thus tied the Pacific Coast record made by Don Pronto last year at Sac- ramento. The average time for the eight heats trot- ted and paced was 2:06%, something never before equaled on the Pacific Coast. In the 2:20 class pace a new performer was shown up which bears all the ear marks of a coming champion; this is a four-year- old mare called Clara Mac, owned and driven by W. W. Gallup of Hardwick, Cal., which stepped the three heats in 2:0514, 2:06*4 and 2:06%. This mare was sired by Expressive Mac from Clara by Apex, the next dam the Russell mare. The horses for the 2:09 trot, the opening number, were called at 2 o'clock. Merry Mac drew the pole and after some tedious scoring Starter McNair sent the field away with Merry Mac on the run. Rags immediately took the lead and held it until the last eighth pole was reached; here Albaloma, which had lain second throughout the mile, forged to the front and won easily with Rags second, Vallejo King third and Redeem founh. Merry Mac ran in and saved his distance. Pavana was distanced. Time 2:081,4. The second heat was Rags, Albaloma and Redeem all the way until near the finish where "Vallejo King passed Redeem and finished third to Albaloma and Rags; Redeem was again fourth. Albaloma won very easily in 2:08%. In the third and final heat Rags and Vallejo King set the pace for three-quarters of a mile, when Alba- loma came on and pgain won easily in 2:09. Vallejo King was second and Rags third. The first heat of the 2:20 pace brought out a large and unwieldy field which was finally dispatched in fairly good shape. Asa Pointer, Pegasus and Clara Mac was the order rounding the first turn and down the backstretch, where Pegasus took the lead; in the stretch Gallup brought up Clara Mac and won the heat, going away in 2:05*4. Pegasus was second, Asa Pointer third and Star Tilden fourth. In the second heat the field was sent away on the tenth score to a fair start. It was Clara Mac all the way with Asa Pointer and Pegasus as contenders; in this heat Potrero Boy showed some speed for half a mile. At the finish the order was Clara Mac, Peg- asus, Zoetrix and Colleen. Zoetrix paced a long mile from a bad start in this heat and finished very strong. In the third heat Zoetrix held the lead, closely pressed by Colleen, Potrero Boy and Pegasus, until well down the stretch; here Clara Mac loomed up and again won easily with Zoetrix second, Pegasus third and Potrero Eoy fourth; time 2:06%. In the first heat of the free-for-all pace Jim Logan drew the pole but Durfee set a sizzling pace with Don Pronto and took the track, going to the quarter in 29% seconds and to the half in one minute. In the drive through the stretch Jim Logan proved to be the stronger finisher and won the heat by half a length in 2:021,4, a new track record for Santa Rosa. The second heat was also closely contested but Jim -Logan was a good horse today and outfinished the little black stallion in 2:04%. The summaries: 2:09 class trotting. Purse §500: Albaloma, b. g., Almaden D.-Loma B. (Quinn) 111 Rags, b. g., Del Coronado (Durfee) 2 2 3 Vallejo King. blk. s.. Gen J. B. Frisbie (Chad- bourn) 3 3 2 Redeem, b. g., Directum II. (Sanders) 4 4 4 Merry Mac, ch. h.. G. Albert Mac (Dowling). . . .5 5 5 Pavana, bl. g., Stanford McKinney (Clark) dis Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:09. 2:20 class pacing. Purse ?500: Clara Mac, br. m.. by Expressive Mac-Clara (Gallup) 1 1 1 Pegasus, b. h., Zombro (Miller) 2 2 3 Zoetrix, ch. m., Zolock (Chadbourne) 7 3 2 Asa Pointer, b. g.. Star Pointer (McDonald). .. .3 6 5 Potrero Boy, b. g., Demonio (Reams) 6 5 4 Star Tilden, br. h., Star Pointer (Smith) 4 7 6 Colleen, br. m., Charlev D. (Rutherford) 9 4 8 R. W„ br. h.. Wild Nulling (Trainor) 10 9 7 Soumise. b. m.. (Billy Dunlap (C. A. Durfee)... 5 S dr McVerde, br. h., Zolock (Delaney) 8 dis Dee Sherrill, b. m.. On Stanley (Bonnell) 11 dr Time— 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:06%. Free-for-all pace. Purse $500: Jim Logan, b. h. by Charles Derby — Effie Logan (Montgomery) 1 1 Don Pronto, blk . h.. Director General (Durfee) 2 2 September 3. — Everything is speed down here. They were stepping some again today, reeling off miles that under normal conditions would have caused somewhat of a sensation. But as it is, a horse that cannot pace a mile better than 2:08 and a trotter that cannot get within the charmed 2:10 circle isn't much of a horse at Santa Rosa this year. Arlie Demonio, a bay son of Demonio, out of a mare by Prince Arlie, did just what was expected of him. He took a field of 2:10 pacers today, raced them into submission and then won pulled up in 2:071/4, 2:07i4 and 2:08%,. That he could have done more isn't even questioned. He was a prohibitive favorite and the railbirds have caught him miles in better than 2:05. The trot was different. F. S. Whitney and Copper the Ore were still fighting it out in the third heat and Whitney gained the decision. There wasn't much to choose between the trotters, at that, and Whitney's superior staying qualities alone brought him victory. Copper the Ore took the opening heat. He had too much foot for Whitney early in the going, and opened up an advantage that Whitney just failed to nip at the wire. There were those who thought the son of F. S. Turner had caught the black mare, but the judges decided in favor of the Copper trotter. The second heat was much like the first, Whitney laying close up all the way, but he had enough left to overcome the advantage gained by the mare this time. It was a tight fit again, but Whitney won by inches. Willie Durfee made the going to suit himself in the final test and Whitney won by half a length with Copper the Ore still fighting at the finish. The times in each test were the same, 2:10%, which is consid- erable consistency. There wasn't much to write about the pace. Arlie Demonio took command at the word each time and held his advantage to the finish. The summary: First Race — To beat 2:25%, pacing: Emeline Dillon, b. m. by Guy Dillon — John L. (Stewart). Time— 2: 18%. Second Race — To beat 2:12 trotting: Honey Healey, br. m. by Zombro — Ella J., by Bob Mason (W. G. Durfee). Time — 2:08%. Third Race — To beat 2:30%, trotting: Boncress, 3, blk. c. by Bon Voyage — Croecus (Chad- bourne). Time — 2:10%. 2:15 trot, purse §500: F. S. Whitney, b. h. by F. S. Turner— By Guy (Durfee) 2 1 1 Copper the Ore, bl. m. by Direct Heir — May Kinney (Bonnell) 1 2 2 St. Patrick, b. g. by Direcho — Florence (Dow- ling) 3 3 6 Merry Widow, ch. m. by G. Albert Mac — Belle Lynn (Parsons) 5 5 3 Mabel Van, b. m. by On Stanley — Vanity (Best) 4 4 7 The Empress, b. m. by Stillwell — Lady Kohl (Chadbourne) 6 7 4 Nearest Alto McKinney, b. c. by Nearest Mc- Kinney by Iran Alto CTryon) 6 7 5 Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:10%. 2:10 class pace, purse S500: Airlie Demonio, b. h. by Demonio — Potrero Girl (Dowling) 1 1 1 Delia H., bl. m. by Hal B.^Jessie M (Smith).. 6 2 2 Loch Lomond, b. g. by Zolock — Daisy McKinney (Quinn) 2 4 5 Hamburg Belle, b. m. by Stellwell (Schwartz) . .4 3 3 Senator H., b. g. by Diablo by Montana Direc- tis (Ivey) 3 7 7 Far Cracker, b. g. by Jules Verne — Daisy (Hoy) 5 5 4 Leonid, b. s. by Aei-olite — Lorna Doone (Allen). 7 6 6 Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%. O — : OF INTEREST TO AMERICAN HORSEMEN. As American owners who have trotters they con- template selling to foreigners are deploring the war situation in Europe, the following article reproduced from the Philadelphia Record will no doubt prove of considerable interest to Americans who are interest- ed in export trade: "In time of war any horse, international lawyers say, can be commandeered by the military power, not even the most valuable animals belonging to citizens of another country being exampe from this rule. Such owners would, of course, be compensated eventually for the loss, but the horses taken could never be recovered, unless by a miraculous stroke of luck. "Because of this rule there is considerable anxiety for the many valuable thoroughbreds belonging to Americans who have been racing in France. That the French authorities would take them, except in case of extreme necessity, is nowhere believed, but if they happened to be in the path of a hostile army they might be destroyed, dispersed, or captured and pressed into service before measures could he taken to protect them. French breeders and turfmen also possess some of the most valuable thoroughbreds in the world, their recent successes on the English turf having demonstrated this. And besides their thor- oughbreds the French possess distinctive breeds of draft and coach horses of incalculable value, which have been transplanted in all parts of the world. These, it is feared, are bound to suffer decimation, if not annihilation, in case the theatre of war extends to the provinces in which they are almost exclusively raised. "Unfortunately Belgium, always fated to be the battleground of the warring French and Germans, has a breed of draft horses that in many respects is the most valuable in Europe. Never large in num- bers, it may be almost wiped out by the sudden out- break of hostilities, which gave no time for breeders to send away their stock to places of safety. "Germany possesses many celebrates of the racing world, the Government having paid fabulous prices in England in the last few years for winners of the Derby, St. Leger and other classic races to be used for breeding purposes in the Kaiser's domain. Most of these valuable stallions and mares are owned or controlled by the Government, and are likely to be protected to the last, but with a powerful foe to fight on either frontier there is no telling what may yet happen to anything in the German Empire. "Old horsemen contemplating the present situation in Europe, are reminded of conditions and happen- ings here during the Civil War. Kentucky, Tennes- see and Virginia, with other states which possessed most of the thoroughbreds and very many of the best trotters and saddle horses, were the battle- ground, and when the war was over they had com- paratively few well bred horses of any breed. "R. A. Alexander, of the famous Woodburn stud, at Spring Station, Ky„ sent the renowned Lexington and some of his other valuable stallions to Illinois for safe keeping while the conflict raged, but the guerrillas made on" with those remaining at the farm. Among them was the great trotting stallion Alexander's Abdallah, son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian and sire of Goldsmith Maid 2:14. He was then in his prime but was fat and soft, in stud condition. The marauders rode him hard when pursued, and though he was recaptured, he died of pneumonia, brought on by exposure and overexertion. Alexander's Bay Chief, perhaps the best son of Mambrino Chief, was lost to the stud in the same way, and Asteroid, one of the greatest sons of Lexington, narrowly escaped destruction." SIDE LIGHTS ON PARI-MUTUEL BETTING. Pari mutuel betting is just what the name indi- cates— mutual betting. Instead of bucking the book- ies with their thirty or forty per cent, edge, the public bets against each other and in this way the money is kept at home. Reduced to simple terms it is just a big pool or jack pot in which etch indi- vidual backs his judgment against all the other bet- tors. As only one horse can win, the money bet on all the other horses in the race goes to pay off the backers of the winner. For instance if there are ten horses in the race and $10 is bet on each horse there will be $100 in the pot. If there is only one ticket on the winner the backer takes the entire amount, less five or ten per cent. If two tickets are sold it is halved, if four tickets are sold the pot is divided in four equal piles, each holder of a winning ticket getting his pro rata. For second and third horses the same system prevails. Two horses figure in the second money, the winner and the second horse. The money bet on the other horses sweetens the pot, which is divided in two equal piles, the first and second horses drawing an amount regulated by the number of tickets sold on them. For show money the pot is divided into three piles and the same method of division is followed out. While no odds are posted as under the old bookmaking system an approximate idea of the odds can easily be figured. The mutuel machines are merely indicators which show the number of tickets sold on each horse, while another dial shows the total number of tickets sold on the race. If $100 has been wagered on a race and a certain horse carries $10 of the amount, he will reward his backers at the rate of ten to one. If only $5 has been bet on him the price will be twenty to one. The public makes its own odds by the amount bet on the race and the popularity of the favorite. The more tickets sold on one horse the smaller the winnings will be. The favorite may have $100 wagered on him and the highest amount wag- ered on any other horse be $20, stil lthe favorite may pay as high as two to one, the total bet on the other horses making the pot large enough for such division as ten other horses carrying $20 each would make a total of $200 to be pitted against the $100 on the favorite. A STABLE LIVE STOCK POPULATION. Recent official statistics show that the live stock population of France has remained fairly stable dur- ing recent years, and that the conditions governing the production and marketing of farm animals in that republic are not subject to important changes. Domestic animals have been fitted into sound, per- manent systems of agriculture, the small farmers stick to their land generation after generation, and the result is a uniformly level market demand from year to year. Americans do not stick to their knit- ting so tenaciously as Europeans because necessity has not forced them to do so. Rolling stones begin to lodge as a country settles down to intensive, in- ternal development. The live stock industry in the United States has undergone changes in order to meet new conditions. But the forces that compel radical shifts of people and domestic animals have now largely spent themselves in this country, and the future development of the live stock industry will be permanent. It is to this inevitable end that the aging and mellowness of the new republic des- tines its basal industries. That is why men with an appreciation 0 fthe simple facts of history insist that the present is the most auspicious time in the annals of American agriculture to begin the founding and improvement of farm herds, flocks and studs. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. THOROUGHBREDS FOR FARMERS. COMMANDEERING HORSES IN BRITAIN. Interest in the breeding of horses for army use naturally centers about a discussion of the breed most clearly adapted to that purpose. Each of the breeds of light horses in this country has furnished army horses, and each of these breeds has champions who feel that their favorite breed is best. Only a presentation of corroborative data can adequately support statements in favor of one breed or another for army use. Bare assertions or assumptions are insufficient and useless. Neither will anything be gained by acrimonious discussions. It is merely a matter of the practical merits of breeds for army work and the possibilities of economically promoting their production in this country in sufficient num- bers. Some who assume that the thoroughbred is the best horse for the army have asked why this jour- nal has not taken that position, and has never cham- pioned the thoroughbred in any capacity. The rea- son is simple. We are not convinced that the thor- oughbred is the best horse for army use or the one which may be the most readily and profitably pro- duced in this country for that purpose. We have never discussed the breeding of thoroughbreds be- cause this publication is devoted to the interests of American farmers who must breed stock of prac- tical utility. The modern thoroughbred is a racing machine. He is not big enough for average farm work or suited by disposition to its steady grind of drudgery. The thoroughbred has furnished a valuable in- fusion in the foundation stock of several breeds of horses, including practically all of the light breeds. The nerve, vigor and quality which other breeds have gained from the thoroughbred have been fully recognized and exploited in this journal. That is- a matter of historical interest. The practical utility of thoroughbred horses to American farmers, either in their efforts to supply army horses o rto produce farm work stock, is another matter. The breeding of race horses is a business for the specialist, not for the general farmer. Thorough- breds which have not speed enough for the track are too low-priced for profitable production. Farmers cannot afford to raise them when other breeds more easily managed are also more useful at farm work and sell at higher prices on the general market. Probably the principal reason why the supply of horses for army purposes seems inadequate is that the government attempts to buy its horses at less than their market value. Commercial interests which pay more money get the horses which the Govern- ment might obtain. So long as the Government can buy enough for its present needs at less than cur- rent values it is futile to encourage the breeding of horses which if not needed for the army are unsuited to farm use. — Breeders' Gazette. HANDLING STALLIONS. There is no reason to worry about the sureness of a stallion because a large proportion of the mares first bred may ■ return again later in the season. Mares do not usually breed well early in the spring. They are much more likely to conceive after the weather gets warmer and their systems are cooled out by a little grazing. The percentage of foals secured by the earlier spring services prompt many experienced stallioners to discourage farmers from bringing their mares in at all before the middle of April. They depend upon those who are determined to be early to bring in enough mares at the start of the season to get the stallion squared up in good shape for a hard season later on when his system has become accustomed to the renewed sexual activ- ities. A horse that has been maintained in idleness all winter is also less likely to be sure at first than one having continuous exercise sufficient to keep the muscles firm and the circulation strong. Some impotent stauions have regained their vitality when the bondage of a close box stall has been exchanged for the freedom of the harness. That which can effect a cure in such bad cases will also prevent the trouble in the first place. Horses naturally take far more exercise than any other kind of stock. They require it for continued health. The stallion that has been rationally handled up to the present period of the season should get a large proportion of mares in foal from this time on. VICE COMMODORE SOLD FOR EXPORT. John E. Madden, of Lexington, Ky., has sold Vice Commodore 2:11, for export to Russia. While the sale was closed just before the war broke out in Europe, it has only now been made public. The stallion was to have been shipped this month, but it is very likely that he will remain here until peace has been restored in the land of the Czar. The price is said to have been somewhere near $10,000, and, although the new owner's name has not been an- nounced, it is believed that the Russian owner of Adbella Watts, 1, 2:25^, now being campaigned on the Grand Circuit, was the purchaser. Vice Commodore is one of the best bred stallions that has been sold for export. The fact that he is a son of Bingen 2:06% backs up the above statement as far as his paternal breeding is concerned. His dam, Narion ,by Arion 2:07%, is the dam of two other standard trotters, including Albia 2:08%, and, as his grandam was Nancy Hanks 2:04, nothing further need be said of his maternal breeding. Of the twenty-three standard performers to his credit, all but two are pacers. Those American veterinary and agricultural station authorities, professors, doctors and the like, whom I have met in welcome profusion of numbers this summer, hit England just at the right time to ob- servea nation making ready for war. They saw our remount officers and our veterinary surgeons go in and out among our peerless horses and sift the wheat from the chaff and dispatch the right types to the seat of war. It was all done so quickly, done in the showyards, in the hunter ring, round among the Shire horse stalls; at street corners where the cab ranks still linger under London's beautiful trees; outside railway stations and everywhere. Exhibitors of pure bred stock horses have been heavily hit. One hunting friend, who never gives less than $1,500 to $2,000 apiece, yielded up three of his best mannered, safest conveyances across coun- try, at $250 apiece. Many gentlemen have gone fur- ther and one real sportsman is an American lover of fox hunting. He allowed a half dozen hunters to go at the army's price and then when he got the nation's check in payment, sent it back to the chancellor as a gift to the country. While the Prince of Wales had ten of his polo ponies commandeered, the Princess Royal gave six horses to the Household cavalry. Mr. Walter Winans has handed over a number of his beautiful riding horses and so has James Dunn, the Canadian, who is now domiciled in Surrey. All of the leading masters of hounds have thrown open the stable doors to the government to walk in and take the hunt servant's horses, and the servants themselves have enlisted as well. There will be no hunting in England this fall. Greater use than ever is today being made by the army of the Shire and the half-bred Shire. He has been taken right out of the harvest fields and farm- ers have been left with their light-legged horses to finish getting in the cereals. This mobilization has brought the horse back to us at every street or lane corner. London is full of horses still and this is accounted for by the fact that the army has swept from the streets a huge percentage of the fleet of motor buses. The bodies are changed into every conceivable thing; only the chassis remain as Lon- don knew them. Good luck to you all across the sea. My work as a conscientious scribe of things agricultural has fiz- zled out. I am off to Belgium. — G. T. Burrows in The Breeders' Gazette. the money) be allowed one second; of three times, two seconds. It is further provided that horses whose records were made even in winning races prior to 1913 be allowed two, provided they have not won two races on mile tracks this year. But best of all is the final provision of the revised racing conditions which provides that the winnings of such horses on half-mile tracks will not count against them. At Pittsburgh this week turfmen discussed the new scheme freely and it is the concensus of opinion that it will be of vast benefit to Grand Circuit tracks.— Geo. J. Deitrich in The Horse Jaurnal. WAR DANGERS TO PEDIGREE STOCKS. No one knows to what extreme will run the fires of hell kindled by the European war. At present it is pure speculation, but the fundamental fact of war- fare is that an army travels on its belly. It requires, therefore, no prophetic vision to see a practical ex- tinction of the pure-bred herds, flocks and studs of Britain and the continent, if the struggle at arms is prolonged. Purchases of stock in Britain and the Island of Jersey for this country are temporarily held up by the interruption in ocean traffic, but it is within the possibilities that the nursery herds and flocks of the old world may fall victims to the inex- orable demand of the armies in the field and the people at home for sustenance. Already some of the draft stallions and mares purchased for this country have been requisitioned for war, and the hunting stables of Britain have been swept of their mounts for army use. If this possibility should eventuate it would prove not the least of the economic calamities inevitably attendant upon such a conflict. The con- servation of all our own resources of this character should engage the careful attention of breeders. The sacrifice of high-class breeding stocks on this side the water should be prevented at all costs. — The Breeders' Gazette. CHANGES SUGGESTED IN TIME ALLOWANCES. Turfmen are beginning to see that some changes are necessary if racing through the middle of the circuit is to be kept as successful as it is at the beginning and at the end. It looks as if Ed A. Tipton, the dean of American track managers and President of the Kentucky Trot- ting Horse Breeders' Association, will rid the turf of the serious condition that now prevails. One year ago he saved the day by introducing the first scheme of time allowances, a privilege to beaten and out- classed horses that proved such a boon that it is now in general use. Mr. Tipton now announces the broad- est allowances known in the history of racing and they are so liberal that, once put into effect, they should bring back to the mile tracks the horde of fair and good trotters and pacers that have been going to the small rings ever since the Detroit meet- ing ended three weeks ago. He steps outside of the limits of both the National Trotting Association and the Grand Circuit simply because the rule of the N. T. A. covers only horses that have raced whereas they should have covered horses that made records years ago but decidedly those that have not raced at all, for it is patent to all that they would have been raced had they been in condition. Moreover, it is harder to bring a horse back that has been laid aside than if he had been raced. In the Grand Circuit regulations allowances to beaten horses are limited to circuit races and this has caused a storm of protest from those beaten else- where and who have been unable to get into the big line on an equitable basis. The new scheme of Mr. Tipton's provides that horses that have started any- where in 1914 without winning a race (not merely in FOR ASSOCIATION TO REVIVE RACING IN SAN DIEGO. Horse racing is to return to its own in San Diego and this place made one of the biggest racing cen- ters on the Coast, according to the present plans. Last week at a meeting in the offices of the Mer- chants' Association, Timken Building, the Horse- man's Association was formed, the backers all being well known San Diego business men. Officers were elected and the first steps taken toward putting the game on a strong footing when the Sweetwater track was leased from its present owners until the first of January. By that time the promoters will have a plant of their own built. Matinees will be held on that track every other Sunday with the fastest horses on the coast com- peting. Few people realize what an important center San Diego has been in the past three or four years for horse breeding, raising and training. Some of the most prominent horses on the Grand Circuit tracks have been raised here and broke in on the quiet at Sweetwater and shipped east to win big purses and fame for their owners. The new association proposes that the local public shall see these yearlings and two-year-olds in action before they are sent up to the big show. The Horseman's Association will also inaugurate a yearly county fair in San Diego, where people can show live stock, poultry, farm products, etc., in other words a regular "down East" county fair. The officers elected are as follows: A. G. Dahl, president; William V. McConnell, vice-president; E. M. Barber, treasurer; J. W. Sampsell, secretary. Board of directors — Dr. Francis S. Law, James E. Connell, Stewart Russell, J. R. Williams and Fred Fanning. Further plans will be discussed at lenth at a sec- ond meeting to be held this week. RACING IN ENGLAND. [Vedette in Dublin Sport.] Never has one felt less inclined for writing about racing and breeding. Indeed, it may be safely as- serted that never, not even in the darkest of South African days, has racing in England been so tame or indulged in with such an entire lack of enthusiasm. Indeed, at race meetings this week men have gath- ered mainly to discuss the international position. The turn which events have taken has been breath- less in suddenness and the general question is. How long will racing be carried on? The usual answer has been: As long as the railway companies are able to grant facilities for the transport of racehorses. Already, however, several of the Southern railways are advertising their inability to undertake the car- riage of any horses. Apart from the question of racing, thoroughbred breeders must necessarily be becoming very apprehensive. Now that the Govern- ment has taken over the railways, ere long all horses must be appropriated. This proceeding would nat- urally go a long way toward causing a cessation of racing in this country. Even if competitors could be walked to the meetings in various parts of the country, it is tolerably certain that there must of necessity be other reasons militating against the holding of the Doncaster Sales a month hence, apart from the mere question of transport. It is apparent that unless the present serious trouble is terminated speedily — which is far from being indicated just now — financial considerations must exercise considerable influence in imposing great restraint upon possible buyers. It has been pointed out in several directions that buyers may have a great opportunity, as prices are certain not to rule high; but it remains to be seen whether there will be any bidders quite free from financial considerations, to speculate to any extent in the purchase of bloodstock. This is, perhaps, a gloomy point of view to take, but it is as well to face it. Even if Doncaster takes place, one is bound to reflect as to what chance Irish breeders will have of getting their valuable young- sters to Yorkshire and whether they will be prepared to take the attendant risks. Really, just now noth- ing definite can be stated. SAN JOSE DRIVING CLUB ENTRIES. The San Jose Driving Club will give its regular program of races at the driving park tomorrow (Sunday), and special prizes have been put up for the ponies to compete for. The admission, as usual, will be free. Entries are as follows: First Race — Red Rose, Jas. Ferri; Rose D., Al de Smet; Silver Patchen. Jas. Smith; El Sidelo, F. W. Frehe. Second Race — Jessie D., Wm. Salazar; Eva L-, P. Lo- cicero. Third Race — Jane C, Carl Campbell; Kiss Ka Dee, Jas. Ferri; Lady Rea, W. X>. Whitehead; Flying Jim, Jos. Rodgers; Princess Lou, Howard Buffingfton; Rose O., J. Orlando; Black Diamond, Jas. Stewart. Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. FIXTURES. Tournament! Registered. Sept. 7 — Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. TV. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohio. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 9— San Francisco, Cal. Golden Gate Gun Club, T. D. Riley, President. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary- Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopab Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. October 17. — Wilmington, Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. E. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club.— Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23: June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. 8. FLY CASTING AT STOW LAKE. San Francisco Fly-Casting Club members resumed the season's medal contest at Stow lake Saturday and Sunday last, alter the midsummer six weeks' intermission. The schedule o£ events embraced: Quarter ounce lure casting, accuracy percentage (event 5) ; quarter ounce lure casting, distance (event 6) ; quarter ounce lure casting, long distance (event 7); heavy tackle long distance fly-casting (event 8) ; light tackle, distance fly-casting (event 9) ; and salmon tackle distance fly-casting (event 10). Stanley Forbes' two casts of 155 and 130 feet in event No. 7 were the top scores in that event. H. B. Sperry's 110 feet and Sam Wells' 108 feet with the heavy salmon rods, led in that contest. T. W. Broth- ertan made his reappearance on the casting platform, alter an absence in the East o£ over ten years, and made the creditable score of. 108 feet with the heavy tackle rod, the best score in that class for the two days. The general average of scores was good. An effort will be made by the club to have a repre- sentative of local fly-castin experts in attendance at the Chicago open-to-the-world fly-casting contests, scheduled for September 5, 6 and 7. The club team Intimated may be composed of J. Boswell Kenniff, T. C. Kierulff, J. F. Cooper and Charles H. Kewell. The tip is out that the local long-distance champions would have a walkover at Chicago, the Middle West manipulators that put out a line more than 110 feet are few. As for lure or bait casting, Cooper is con- sidered as being capable of holding his own with the Chicago men. Rube Leonard, however, has a record of 276 feet with lure tackle in a single cast, but to make an average of 276 feet in five casts is regarded as most improbable. The Chicago club has eliminat- ed the delicacy fly-casting event. Tom Kierulff, no doubt, on his past performances, could not be reached by the Eastern fly-wielders. In the event of the local fly-casters competing in the Chicago tournament the contests will be followed here with absorbing inter- est, for the belief is keen that more than one trophy will be brought back to the Coast. Saturday Contest, No. 6, Medal Series, Stow Lake, August 29, 1914. Wind, variable. Weather, cloudy. Referee. C. H. Kewell. Clerk, E. O. Ritter. Events— [ 5 [ 6 | [7 [ 8_| 9 J 10 701 85 H. H. Russell C. H. Kewell 98.4 78 T. C. Kierulff I ...|...|1M| 94 Stanley Forbes |97.5 |107|155| 90)90 J. F. Burgin 192.9 |...|...|...| 84 W. J. Davis 165.5 C. H. Gardner 197.8 . Sunday Contest No. 6, Medal Series, Stow Lake, Aug- ust 30, 1914. Wind, variable. Weather, cloudy. Referee, C. H. Kewell. Clerk, E. O. Ritter. Events— I 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Sam Wells I I...J...J82 C. H. Kewell J. F. Burgin T. C. Kierulff H. B. Sperry H. A. Thomson . . . F. A. Webster .... H. A. Russell Stanley Forbes . . . W. D. Mansfield . . F. J. Cooper W. J. Davis T. W. Brotherton. Re-entry: W. D. Mansfield . . 96. 1 87.5 1101. 92 FISH LINES. The campaign started recently by Lake Tahoe anglers, property owners, resort and hotel keepers of that Sierra region, to prohibit the sale of Lake Tahoe trout is receiving almost unanimous support from the local angling fraternity and the sports- men of the various bay cities. The Sierra sportsmen and others identified with the project to suppress the sale of the lake trout are circulating a petition which will be submitted to the next Legislature, several thousand signatures having already been secured. In connection with this movement, the argument is advanced that the most effectual method to put a stop to the depletion of Lake Tahoe by the fishermen is to prohibit entirely the sale of all wild trout. It is claimed that at least 95 per cent, of the mountain trout shipped by the market fishermen are caught in Lake Tahoe, the balance come from two or three Truckee river points and from a few Feather river and upper Sacramento river stations. The taking of big steelhead trout for sale in the markets has also aroused a strong antagonistic senti- ment in Humboldt county. It is there figured that the visiting anglers to the Eel river and other coast stream resorts bring more money into those sections in one season than have the steelhead market fisher- men combined, for five seasons previous. The large steelhead are now recognized as the principal means of keeping the coast streams in the county stocked with that variety of trout, and valued accordingly as an asset. The trout usually arrives here in poor condition and consequently is not regarded as a desirable market staple. Most of the wholesale deal- ers in this city state that they would rather not handle steelhead trout at all. The market fisherman ships in his consignment of steelhead and has to ac- cept whatever price the dealer gives him. Some- times steelhead shipments arrive here in unmarket- able shape and are thrown away. The destruction of just so many large breeding trout makes the ship- per's loss insignificant by comparison. * * » Feather river fishing resorts have apparently been turning out good baskets of rainbow trout recently. At Lakes Center Camp, near Blairden, H. C. Morri- son, George Short and Jerry Crum of Oakland, re- cently brought in combined catches of trout, near limits for three days. Fishing in the lakes of that region is better than usual. Near Quincy, Al Wright has found limit basket fishing water for two weeks past in Rock, Greenhorn, Stone, Spanish, Squirrel and Mill creeks. The trout caught were from eight to fourteen inches in length. These creeks are in splendid shape for the trout fishermen at present. Charles L. Pockman and family propose to spend two weeks at Rodgers Camp. E. Heine will stay at Cresta for a like period. * * * Dunsmuir, on the upper Sacramento, offers im- proved inducement for the fly-fisherman, for good catches of trout are now made daily. Sisson anglers get fair results. Cool weather has prevailed at that resort recently. Truckee river sport, near Boca, recently, has not been overly praised by returning anglers during the past week. Most of the trout caught were taken with bait. The river was in poor fishing condition by reason of the installment of a new floodgate at the lake dam upstream. At that a comp of market fisher- men have taken a good toll of large trout from the river below Burkhalter's dam. * * * Members of the San Francisco Fly Casting Club at the club lodge near Union City a fortnight ago were : Carter Pomeroy, Walter D. Mansfield, Tom C. Kierulff, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bogart, Mr. and Mrs. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Chickering, John F. Siebe, Edw. Everett, T. W. Brotherton, Mr. and Mrs. How- ard E. Huntington of Pasadena and others. Prior to the muddled condition of the stream fairly good fly fishing was enjoyed. Nice catches of trout run- ning in size from ten to fourteen inches were made. The killing fly pattern was a No. 16 ginger quill, while the red or blue quill were also effective. A big trout that cruises in the shadow of a huge sunken rock in mid-stream a short distance from the clubhouse has received the devoted attention of the club rodsters ever since the season opened. The big fish has been hooked several times, but always man- aged to break away. This fish has the reputation of being equally as cunning as was the famous "Big Mike," whose safe haven was under the Prattville bridge in the Big Meadows, but who finally suc- cumbed to a spoon lure operated by Alex. Vogelsang. The Truckee leviathan has an exasperating habit of swirling around his rocky lair in the river bed about 7 o'clock every evening. When this trout is landed the feat will decide the ownership of a neat little sweepstake pot, it is said. * * * Steelhead fishermen are advised that there has been a run of the salt water trout for a week and more past in the tidewater lagoon of Pescadero creek, down on the San Mateo shore. Fred Bier caught 35 fish Sunday and Monday, a basket that was about the prettiest looking lot of trout taken down the coast this year. A No. 3 Wilson silver spoon, copper out, the hooks tipped attimes with sand fleas, was the killing lure. Sand fleas, by the way, are an effective bait in all of the San Mateo shore lagoons. This take of trout ranged from half a pound to three and one-half pounds in weight. Other fishermen have been almost as luck as Mr. Bier during the succeed- ing week. Purissima creek was fished with good results in rainbows Sunday by W. Billeter. * * * Recent reports from Eel river points indicate that there is a big early run of steelhead on at present. That the sport is enticing is evidenced by sugges- tions from local anglers now located at several re- sorts, to angling friends in this city to "come up as soon as you can." Ira Dick states that eighteen large steelhead were taken one day last week and six fine fish the next day by rodsters who fished in Greig's pool, a well-known and favorite fishing spot. Good fishing for the past two weeks has prevailed at Wey- mouth's. Mrs. J. M. Vance of Eureka landed four smaller half-pound fish from Greig's pool last Tues- day. W. C. Murdoch and Dr. Westphal will leave for Weymouth's for a week's stay at that point. George P. Vance will stay on the river for a month. Other local rodsters will soon be there in force. Other coast streams, the Garcia, Navarro and Gua- lalla, will be kept in close watch anticipating an early run of steelhead this season. Further north, Big, Mad and Noyo rivers will not be neglected by the rod and reel men, as soon as the tidings come down that "steelhead are running." The coast roads are in good condition just now, thus making the trip by machine a most enjoyable outing. The Noyo and its branches offer about eighty-five miles of good fishing water. This stream has been plentifully stocked this season and is open everywhere, from mouth to source, for the anglers' recreation. Camping places along the banks are both numerous and invit- ing. This region has been a favorite outing place for local anglers for years past. Salmon trolling developments outside the heads for the past week prompted a number of salt water trolling enthusiasts to get busy Sunday and the fleet cruising off Mussel Rock and Duxbury Reef was quite a large one. Big catches of quinnat salmon were made Thursday and Wednesday last week. The boats returning to fishermen's wharf and Sausalito brought in numerous fish, one boat coming back with 23 salmon. Last Sunday forenoon a week ago the launches trolling off Mussel Rock were working in very rough water, while the boats cruising off Bolinas Bay and Duxbury Reef were in water as smooth as glass. Harry Hosmer, Dave Donzell, A. Sutro Jr., in one boat, had fair luck. Jack Duckell, J. Duckell Jr., Will Turner and Terry Evans manned another launch. Evans was high hook, with two fish. A. Stevenson, E. Crooks and D. Jones failed on salmon, but landed a big catch of rock cod, fishing near Duxbury Reef. The salmon run was still on in Monterey bay off Santa Cruz. Early this week fairly good catches were brought in by numerous fishing boats. It is believed that the run of salmon outside and through the Golden Gate this year will be a very large one. So far but very few fish have been taken in the bay. * * * Striped bass fishermen are busy keeping tab on the Wingo fishing waters. A catch of four bass by Harry Palmer and Frank Holland will prompt a number of local rodsters to protect the Sonoma creek and sloughs tomorrow. The bass scaled from 11 to 22 pounds and were taken with "bullhead" baited hooks. San Antonio slough has also given signs of striped bass activity. H. Hedges of Petaluma, who knows every foot of the slough, landed a catch of three bass, each fish going over 20 pounds. These bass were caught with live chubs and splittails at Fishermen's Bend, a deep stretch of the slough. Charles North- rup and another Petaluma fisherman connected with five nice bass last Sunday while trying their luck in the slough near the Mudhen ranch. Some of the San Antonio contingent put out light rods and tackle and managed to catch enough small splittails for bait. San Antonio slough at present is full of small sized striped bass. One fisherman caught a baby five-inch bass on a No. 5 Wilson hook. This size of spoon and hook is as long as the fish. The marvel was that such a small bass could be caught on so large a spoon. The small fry, catfish and the like, are ap- parently gradually deserting the San Antonio waters, consequently the bass are again taking clam bait. A big catch of striped bass was made by market fishermen recently near the mouth of Schultz slough, in Petaluma creek. Louis Daverkosen, Dr. Dunn, Dr. Dohlman and J. Wolf comprised a Rodeo striped bass fishing party. Twenty-five fish, ranging from three to five pounds, were taken. Tiburon lagoon is still good for the bass fishermen. Black bass fishing near Middle river station, in San Joaquin county, still holds excellent, both in the main stream and the irrigation ditches. # ♦ # Tomales bay is not yet depleted of its stock of big halibut, fair catches having been made byl local fishermen and residents of that part of Marin county during the past week. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. BIRDS AS VERMIN DESTROYERS. HUNTING NOTES. Probably no class of birds has been more often misjudged or misunderstood than the birds of prey. In fact, the time is not long past when the name hawk or owl was enough to convict any bird. In these days, however, we are beginning to realize that, with a few exceptions, they are "among the most valuable, if not the most valuable birds that wage war against the foes of the agriculturist." While the smaller birds destroy the insect foes of the farmer, the hawks and owls help to hold in cheek the small animal life, which, when uncontrolled, works such havoc in the crops. It has been estimated that every hawk and owl, in the course of a year, kills at least a thousand mice or their equivalent in insects. If each mouse, or its equivalent in insects, caused the farmer a loss of only two cents per annum, this would make each hawk and owl worth at least twenty dollars a year to the farmer. For convenience we may divide the birds of prey into two general classes, (1) those almost wholly harmful, and (2) those almost wholly beneficial. In the first class, among the hawks, are the Coop- er's, sharp-shinned and duck hawks. The Cooper's and sharp-shinned are very similar in appearance, the sharp-shinned being simply a "smaller edition" of its larger cousin. These are the two species com- monly known as "hen and chicken hawks," being especially destructive in the poultry yard. Aside from the direct loss which they cause the farmer in this way, they also add to this loss by killing great numbers of the useful insect and seed-eating birds. The decrease of certain game birds, in some locali- ties, can also be laid at the door of "these despera- does in feathers." The duck hawk being found chiefly about large bodies of water, confines its depredations almost entirely to waterfowl, so it is of little interest to the farmer. One practical farmer has suggested that "shelters which will enable chickens to escape from hawks can be easily made by putting forked sticks in the ground and over all a layer of brush, a foot or eigh- teen inches from the ground." Among the most common of the beneficial hawks may be placed the marsh hawk, the western redtailed hawk and the sparrow hawk. While these birds may occasionally invade the poultry yard or destroy birds, the harm done in this way is very little compared with the good which they do in the destruction of injurious rodents and insects. The following quoted from Dr. A. K. Fisher of the U. S. Biological Survey serves to show the economic value of the marsh hawk. "It is probably the most active and determined foe of meadow mice and ground squirrels, destroying greater numbers of these pests than any other species. ... It preserves an immense quantity of grain, thousands of fruit trees, and innumerable nests of song-birds, by de- stroying the vermin which eat the grain, girdle the trees and devour the eggs and young of the birds." The distinguishing mark of this hawk is the large white patch at the base of the tail above, which shows very plainly when the bird flies. The western redtailed hawk is probably one of the best known of all the hawks. Unfortunately it is often killed under the misleading name of "hen hawk." Only about 7% of the food of this hawk is chicken, while 66% of it consists of ground squirrels, mice and other injurious rodents, which places the bird decidedly among the farmer's friends. The ground squirrel not only preys on the crops, but is a chicken thief as well, and is so sly that it often carries on its work entirely unnoticed. While most of the hawks are especially useful as rodent destroyers, some of them feed largely on insects. One of these is the little sparrow hawk, its food being chiefly such insects as grasshoppers and crickets. At certain seasons it also feeds largely on mice and other small animals. The sparrow hawk is often confused with the sharp skinned hawk. It may be distinguished by the lighter color and black mark- ings on its head, by its habit of hovering in the air, and also by the fact that it is found out in the open! often on telephone poles, while the sharp shinned hawk usually remains hidden until ready to dart out after its prey. Another bird very similar to the sparrow hawk in its food habits is the California shrike or "butcher bird" as it is commonly called. Although this bird is placed on the black list because of its habit of de- stroying birds, in an examination of 124 stomachs only two birds were found. On the other hand, the injurious animals eaten far outnumber the birds, while about 837r of its food for the year is insects. According to Mr. Grinnell of the University of Cali- fornia. "As it is such a persistent destroyer of the Jerusalem cricket and other injurious insects, it is undoubtedly one of the most beneficial birds from the agriculturist's standpoint." Space prevents the discussion of the food habits of other hawks to be found in the State, but suffice it to say, that the farmer who protects all members of this family, with the exception of the harmful species mentioned, will get more than "value re- ceived," by seeing a marked decrease in the rodent pests on his farm. Just how the auto figures in excursions made from this city is illustrated by a trip made from here Tuesday morning, starting at 1:30 o'clock. The party proceeded to the San Mateo shore, below Pes- cadero, after mussels. After securing several bush- els of fine, big shellfish, Bill Ealand and his friends were back at the starting point by 10 o'clock a. m. Ii. the old days this trip would have consumed about three days' time, The open season for hunting antlered bucks in game districts two, four and five, of this State, closed one-half hour after sunset Tuesday, Septem- ber 1. The sport is open, however, in districts one and three, embracing the northern counties and the Sierra ranges of eastern Central California. Generally speaking, deer hunting in the territory easily reached from this city has been excellent. Marin county has furnished the usual full quota of fat deer this season. The Bolinas ridge and the region about Bolinas bay seem to have been better stocked with venison this year than for several sea- sons past. The preponderance of does and fawns this year promises a good crop for 1915. A hunters' dinner was given on Saturday evening, August 29, by Mr. A. W. Scott Jr., at his camp at Lagunitas Gun Club to celebrate the killing of a fine buck by Mr. Scott. The grounds were brilliantly illuminated, not only by a camp fire, but by a large bonfire and Japanese lanterns. The following guests were present: Carl Bosworth, H. L. Sanders, John D. McKee, C. Templeton Crocker, Jas. K. Lynch, J. K. Lynch Jr., L. D. Crichton, Geo. H. T. Jackson, J. D. Lewis, Frank Jones, Mr. Pancoast, H. C. Chris- tofferson and Hollis E. Cooley. The club members and guests enjoyed not only a fine venison dinner, but celebrated the occasion with speeches and songs, and all pronounced Mr. Scott a genuine host and great hunter. On the following day the final hunt of the season was held. Santa Clara county has also yielded a fine tally of bucks. Tony Serpa bagged the first buck brought in to Gilroy Hot Springs this season. This fine buck was killed within a mile of the hotel. Other hunters in that section have also been lucky in downing bucks. Hundreds of hunters took advantage of the last Sunday of the deer season, and the mountains on both sides of the valley were thoroughly combed by sportsmen enjoying their final deer bunt of the sea- son. The present season has been successful, and al- though better years have been seen, no one has cause for complaint. Hunters report a scarcity of bucks, but all declare that the mountains were alive with does, many of them with fawns, and therefore the prospects for future years are very bright. Mrs. Pinard, the taxidermist, gave out as her opin- ion that more than 125 bucks have been killed in this county up to the close of this season. She has actually counted 113. Mrs. Pinard mounted 74 pairs of antlers this season, which is ample evidence that deer have not been scarce. Mrs. Pinard reported last Saturday one of the big- gest bucks killed this season. R. E. Graham was the lucky captor, and he brought it to the ground in the Santa Cruz mountains. The buck weighed 165 pounds, had seven points not including two large eye guards, and the horns measured 42 *£ inches across. Santa Cruz county also contributed a good share of venison this season. A. Ratto killed the biggest deer of the season Monday on the ridge of Hinckley gulch. The animal was a two-point buck and weighed 170 pounds. The deer was shot at a dis- tance of 150 yards and the dog had a fierce fight in the bush for 20 minutes before the deer was driven out. The deer would charge on the dog and would drive it from the thicket, but finally the dog worsted the other animal. E. E. Hollenbeck recently returned from a very successful hunting trip in Northern California in the vicinity of Mt. Lassen, as the guest of H. C. Hag- lund, of Mineral. Both young men bagged the limit of deer, the former getting two forked horns, while the latter shot a spike buck and a large fourpointer. The hunting trip incidentally furnished an excellent opportunity to view Mt. Lassen in action at close range, a visit to the top being included in the trip. During the last two weeks the mountain has been unusually active, some of its most violent eruptions having occurred. In the south Watsonville hunters who have been out in the Little Sur country state that the bucks were scarce recently. Many local sportsmen are arranging to make hunt- ing trips of a week or month's duration in Siskiyou or other of the northern counties. One party com- posed of Al Holt, Clarence Lucky and C. F. Breiden- stein will leave Tuesday for Dunsmuir, where they will be joined by three friends, from which point a 145-mile trip by automobile will bring them to Ham- burg in Northwestern Siskiyou county. Then fifteen miles to Grider Creek, from which place the party will "pack in" to a good hunting district fifteen miles away, where deer, bear, mountain lions, grouse and mountain quail are reported to abound, and where five-pound rainbow trout are not unusual in the mountain creeks. Hot weather in the McCloud river country — for ten days the thermometer registered from 100 to 111 in the shade — made deer hunting an arduous task and spoiled the trout fishing the past fortnight. Colonel William Ellery, who returned last week from a three weeks' hunting trip in that region, saw but one buck during the few times he was out after venison. He got the deer after trailing it for four and a half hours. He states that he saw very few does and no fawns at all. The reason why there was a dearth of fawns in that region, he claims, is that the young deer were cleaned out by coyotes. On his hunting trip of two days and a half he saw more coyote tracks than he had noticed in fifteen years past. While he came across the tracks of both bucks and does, he failed to note a single fawn track. The fawns, it is believed, were cleaned out early in the season by coyotes, these marauders having the trick of laying in wait at the "licks" for the young deer. Rattlesnakes are disgustingly plentiful everywhere in that district, a sure sign, so the Indians up there state, of a late fall. El Dorado county has the reputation of harboring more deer at present in the higher foothills than for several seasons past. Deputy Fish and Game Com- missioner Enell Gray killed a fine four-point "mule- tail" buck that weighed 240 pounds, which certainly is a pretty good-sized buck. Good hunting for both deer and bear can be had in the Hell's Hole section of the county, an exceedingly rough country, how- ever. Southern California hunters, however, report that deer are scarce in many of the usual hunting dis- tricts. In other sections the bucks keep up in the higher ranges, where feed and water are plentiful. In the vicinity of Skaggs Springs a number of bucks have fallen to hunters' rifles recently. Orland Groves, a thirteen-year-old boy, bagged a four- pointer, weighing 124 pounds. O. H. Bailey and T. G. Fry and Howard Fry secured a fine buck near Los Lomas. Dove and rabbit shooting in Plumas county is everything that could be expected, it is reported. Scores of hunters are out daily, and return with good bags, particularly near Portola station, on the Feath- er river. Local hunters who have gone after rabbits re- cently in the foothills back of Purissima have found the cottontails numerous enough to make the trip worth the while. Farther south, back of Lobitas and Tunitas, rabbits are reported to be plentiful. AGAINST THE REFERENDUM. The campaign of the Santa Clara County Fish and Protective Association against the referendum and in favor of the Flint-Curry non-sale-of-game bill, which will be voted on by the people of California at the November election, will soon be put in progress. It is planned to have speakers go before the various civic bodies of the county between now and election time and show the voters why they should vote no on the proposition. Dr. A. M. Barker, District At- torney A. M. Free and several other speakers will address these meetings. ANNUAL DOVE STEW AND TRAP SHOOT. The sixth annual dove stew and blue rock shoot given Sunday, August 16, by the Lincoln Gun Club at Lincoln, Placer county, famed far and near for its hospitality and good fellowship, is now a matter of history and was one that members and citizens will long refer to as "the best ever." Close to fifteen hundred men, guests and members, assembled at Leavell's grove Sunday to partake of our famous dove stew and participate in the biggest merchandise shoot ever pulled off in Northern Cali- fornia, bar none. The visitors came in all sorts of conveyances, except in balloons and air ships, there being at one time 157 autos and 24 motorcycles parked on the grounds, besides numerous rigs, and everybody enjoyed himself to the limit. Not an acci- dent or untoward circumstance marred the day's pleasure. The big feast was prepared by William Landon, past master in the art of making a dove stew, and an able corps of assistants, in ten great kettles on the grounds, and was certainly a delicious feed, com- posed as it was of about 1,200 toothsome doves and about 300 chickens, with potatoes and other ingre- dients, which were incorporated with it. It was surely a luscious dinner and worth coming miles, as many did, to see, smell and taste. Bread, coffee, corn, muskmelons, grapes and other fruit comprised the rest of the menu and every one had plenty. Even enough for a snack in the afternoon. Liquid refresh- ments were also served in unlimited quantities, but were partaken of in moderation and every guest and member proved himself a gentleman. There was no dearth of amusements, for the Sac- ramento visitors, 250 in number, brought along a sex- tette of colored troubadors, who made all sorts of fun with their music, singing and dancing, and the famous Lincoln concert band was present with a fine program of band pieces, effectively rendered. The merchandise and trophy shoots were partici- pated in by nearly 500 contestants and the three banks of traps were kept going constantly from early in the morning until darkness set in. Twenty-five of the most valuable prizes were set aside for the high- gun shoot. Then there were trophy shoots for two cups, won by Francis McCoy and Doc Steinman, of Roseville. McCoy also won the Lincoln Gun Club cup, held last year by Pedro Swears, donated to the club by Harry Gray. There were 115 prizes in the merchandise shoot, each prize being numbered and numbered slips in envelopes drawn from a hat, and. they varied from a small gold pin to a rocking chair, scores as low as 10 out of a possible 20 receiving prizes. Lincoln certainly did herself proud this year and intends to make this annual event gradually larger and more complete until there is not a city or hamlet but sends representatives. This year sportsmen from Sacramento, Reno, Truckee, Colfax, Auburn, Rose- ville, Rocklin, Loomis, Newcastle, Elk Grove, Pleas- ant Grove, Gridley, Marysville, Wheatland, San Fran- cisco, Los Angeles and several other places were reg- istered on our visitors' list. Too much praise cannot be given the officers. and members of the club for their indefatigable work to make the affair a success, each doing his allotted share in perfect accord, while Jute Tofft, president, and Bob Adams, secretary, worked overtime and are entitled to special mention. Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 CONTEST FOR HISTORIC HAZARD DOUBLE TARGET TROPHY. The general expression heard on all sides is that the flifteenth Grand American Handicap to be held at Dayton, Ohio, September 8 to 11, inclusive, will be the largest, best and in every way the most remark- able trapshooting tournament ever staged. The pro- grams are now in the hands o£ the shooters through- out the country, and it is generally conceded that ■ Manager Shaner and the tournament committee of the Association have surpassed themselves. As a preliminary event for the shooters who jour- ney to Dayton to spend the Sunday prior to the open- ing of the big event, a contest has been arranged for the Historic Hazard Live Bird Trophy, which is now known as the Double-Target Challenge Trophy. This handsome trophy, which is probably the most valu- able trapshooting trophy in the world, is now in the hands of Fred Gilbert, the Wizard of Spirit Lake, Iowa. It will be called in by the Du Pont Powder Company and placed in open competition at Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, September 5, 1914. The match will he at 100 pairs, or 200 targets (doubles) and under the rules governing contests for the trophy, as appended. In 1901 the Hazard Live Bird Trophy was placed in open competition at live birds. Several compe- titions were arranged for it, and in 1911 as little interest had been shown in live bird matches for several years, the trophy was redeemed from W. R. Crosby, the then holder, and became a trapshooting trophy. The first contest was between Fred. Gilbert and Lester German and took place at Wilmington, Delaware, on July 10, just prior to the Eastern Han- dicap. Gilbert was the winner, breaking 183 out of 200, to German's 178 out of 100. The next match was between Fred. Gilbert and Fred. G. Bills and was staged at Bradford, Pa., at the Seventh Eastern Handicap. Here again Gilbert demonstrated his superiority as a double target shot, and scored 180 out of 200, while Fred. Bills, who was in anything but good shape, scored 152 out of 200. The match today at Dayton should be a good one, and no doubt will be largely attended. The conditions under which the match will be shot are those which govern all contests for the trophy, and are as fol- lows: 1. All challenge contests to be at 100 pairs (200 targets) per man, 16 yards rise, the targets to be thrown from either three expert traps or from a magazine trap. In either case the targets shall be thrown in manner prescribed by the Interstate As- sociation's trapshooting rules. (Revision 1904.) 2. The challenger shall post a forfeit of twenty- five dollars ($25.00) and mail same, together with notice of challenge, to T. E. Dorernus, Manager Sporting Powder Division, E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company, Wilmington, Del., who shall in turn notify holder of the trophy and the sporting press of receipt of such challenge and forfeit. - 3. The holder shall name date, hour and place for the contest within two weeks from the date of the letter mailed him notifying him of the receipt of the challenge and posting of the forfeit; but the date for the contest must be such as will allow the chal- lenger at least ten full days' notice of the accept- ance of his challenge and the naming of the date, etc. 4. The contestants shall mutually agree as to the referee, scorer, puller and trapper (or trappers), but if unable to do so, such officials shall be ap- pointed by the DuPont Company, or by such repre- sentatives of that company as may be held with the consent of the DuPont Company by any regularly organized gun club, such club sending to the DuPont Company twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, to be handed to the holder of the trophy for the purpose of calling it in. All such open competitions shall be at 100 pairs (200 targets) per man, and the targets shall be thrown, and the officials for such competition shall be appointed, in the manner prescribed for challenge contests. 6. Any holder of the trophy desiring to have same in his possession shall be permitted to do so, provid- ing he deposit with the DuPont Company a bond in the sum of seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars, the actual value of the trophy. 7. The above conditions can be changed at any time the DuPont Company may see fit to do so, upon said company to the then holder of the trophy the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for the redemption of said trophy. The trophy is a beautiful work of art and one to delight the hearts of all true art lovers. It is a mas- sive silver pitcher, and is a typical example of the Martele or hand-wrought silver which is recognized as a distinct artistic achievement, and for which the manufacturers received highest awards at the Expo- sition Universaill Paris, 1900, and the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. The piece is 18 inches high, and of massive weight. It is entitled "The Wave," the motive and feeling of which are most successfully expressed in outline and decoration. Four heads of Tritons and Mer- maids emerging from waves from the base of the pitcher. The body is decorated with water sprites at play amidst waves from which emerge sea weed, and shell forms express the neck and lips. A mer- maid gracefully posed forms the handle, and is con- tinued into a decorative fish form where it merges into the wave forming the body of the piece. The artistic design, subtle feeling and vivid expression so well depicted make this trophy the most beautiful and valuable of all trapshooting prizes of this or any other day. The trophy goes into open competition September 5 at Dayton. Looking over the official records of the Interstate Association for 1913 one gets the idea that a contest between some of the shooters who com- peted in double target events in Interstate Associa- tion tournaments last year would be a "Battle of Giants." Here are a few of the good ones in both the amateur and professional ranks, who can snuff the doubles just about as quick as the ordinary man would break a single target. It is to be hoped they will all be on hand at Dayton for this shoot: George L. Lyon, Mark Arie, Roy H. Bruns, R. D. Borgan, George Grubb, H. D. Gibbs, Charlie Spencer, John R. Taylor, W. R. Crosby, R. W. Clancy, Mrs. Topperwein, A. H. Durston, Allan Heil, Jessie S. Young, C. A. Galbraith, Ben. Donnelly, Isaac An- drews, L. S. German, Fred G. Bills, Jimmie Day, Woolfolk Henderson, D. D. Gross, Wm. Wettleaf, H. E. Snyder, Barton Lewis, F. W. McNeir, J. R. Graham, Fred. Gilbert, Dan. Barstow, H. D. Free- man, Ed. O'Brien, Tom Marshall, R. O. Heikes, Ed. Daniel, W. H. Jones, Nick Arie, George Tucker, B. B. Ward, W. H. Heer, Walter Huff, Art. Killam, Geo. Maxwell, Homer Clark, O. R. Dickey, J. M. Hawkins. The entrance fee will be $4.00, or 2 cents per target. Optional sweeps can be arranged for if the contestants so desire. The match is open to all and everybody is welcome. E. R. GALVIN. Wilmington, Del. AT THE TRAPS. PAST HISTORY OF E. C. CUP CONTESTS. In view of the pending match between Jimmie Day, the holder of the "E. C." cup, and Billy Crosby, challenger for the same, to be shot at Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, September 5 (today), a short review of the previous history of the famous trophy will not be out of place. The first competition for the trophy was held at Weehawken, N. J., on May 5-8, 1896, at the "E. C." tournament, when Fred Gilbert, the "shooting star" from Spirit Lake, la., who was just commencing his triumphant career across the trap shooting firma- ment, annexed the trophy and the championship title that goes with it by breaking 266 out of 300 in the open competition which decided who was the then champion of the United States. The conditions were 100 targets, unknown angles, 100 targets, ex- pert rule, one man up, and 50 pairs. The contest was scheduled as follows, running through the entire four days of the tournament: 25 targets, unknown angles, each of the four days, and 25 of the expert rules' targets the same day; the doubles were shot 10 pairs on each of the first two days, and 15 pairs on each of the last two days. It was a man's race. Since that time there have been twenty contests for the trophy, four open contests and sixteen chal- lenge contests. The winners of the different compe- titions stack up as follows: Gilbert, one open com- petition and four challenge matches. W. R. Crosby, one open competition (St. Louis, May 16-22, 1899), and five challenge contests. R. O. Heikes, one open competition (Dayton, O., October 11-13, 1898), and three challenge contests. Then follow Geo. L. Lyon with a win at the open competition at Atlantic City, N. J., September 23, 1911, when the conditions were changed to 100 singles, unknown angles, 50 targets, expert rules, and 25 pairs (the same conditions which govern all contests for the trophy at the pres- ent time). Mr. Lyon also won a challenge contest on May 4, 1912, at Wilmington, Del., when he defeated Lester German, the challenger, in an interesting match. Back in 1899 Jim Elliott took the trophy from Crosby in a match shot at Batavia, N. Y., on July 24 of that year. In later years, that is, May 14, 1912, Charlie Young won the open competition for the trophy staged during the West Virginia state shoot at Fairmont, W. Va„ breaking 184 out of 200. H. D. Freeman challenged Young for the trophy and took it away from him at Cincinnati on July 4 of the same year with the good score of 189 out of 200. Jimmie Day did not let Freeman keep the trophy very long, for he put in a challenge for it at once, and broke 188 to Freeman's 183 at Cincinnati on August 24 of the same year. Since then there has been nothing doing until Crosby stepped once more to the front and claimed the right to challenge Mr. Day for the trophy, and that match, as stated above, will be shot on September 5, about 2 p. m., at Dayton, O., on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club. Prior to the open competition held at Atlantic . City on September 23, 1911, the challenge contests were 50 targets per man at each style of shooting, unknown angles, expert rules, and pairs (25). Under those extremely hard conditions Gilbert holds the best records. At Arnold's Park, la., on September 8, 1900, he broke 143 out of 150, and defeated Jim El- liott. Again at Dayton, O., three years earlier, namely on July 31, 1897, he defeated "Pop" Heikes, the holder, by breaking 142. To Gilbert also belongs the honor ( ?) of making the lowest winning score for the trophy. On November 4, 1899, at Batavia, N. Y., Gilbert as challenger met Crosby, the holder, under most strenuous weather conditions, the tar- gets, too, it may be mentioned, incidentally were thrown about the limit. When the last target had been shot at, and the goose eggs counted up, it was discovered that Gilbert's total of 120 out of 150 was just one target better than Crosby's 119 out of the same number. Grand American Handicap. — The big trap shooting noise throughout the United States and Canada is the Grand American Handicap tournament of the In- terstate Association scheduled to come off at Dayton, Ohio, September 8 to 11, inclusive. This gathering of smokeless powder burners will bring together over 500 of the most expert shotgun devotees in the United States and Canada, and that means the best in the world. Up to August 29, a total of 321 entries had been made; this list will of course be materially increased by entries mailed on that date and which will be accepted as regular entries. The Pacific Slope list is not a large on: S. A. Huntley, Vancouver, Wash., R. A. King, Delta, Col., B. E. Morritz, Denver Col., F. P. Williams, Las Animas, Cal., and E. E Young, Portland, Ore. make up the squad. A feature of the big tournament will be the Nation- al Amateur Championship match at 100 targets, 16 yards' rise. The contestants eligible for this match are the winners and runners-up in the different con- tests during this season. Toney Prior of this city may represent California, having won second place at the Nevada-California tournament recently at Mo- desto. M. T. Leffler of Stockton will not be able to participate by reason of ill health. The Oregon shooters eligible are H. F. Wihlon of Gresham, also winner of the Preliminary Handicap at the Pacific Coast tournament last September in Sacramento. Washington eligibles are F. M. Troeh of Vancouver and C. E. Owens of Seattle. T. D. Riley of this city proposes to be present, during his Eastern trip, at the Dayton tournament. A Coast aggregation of trigger pullers would be strong enough to compete with any like number of shooters from any part of the country. Admission Day Shoot. — The Golden Gate Gun Club has arranged for a big registered tournament to take place on the club trap grounds at West Alameda station on Admission Day, September 9. The pro- gram is an inviting one — ten 15-bird matches, 45 cents entrance each. There will be a purse of $150 hung up for the winners in these events. Besides this there will be optional pools. The Rose system, 5-4-3-2, will determine the purse divisions. The feature event of the day will be the Golden Gate Handicap, 50 birds, 16 to 23 yards' rise, 50 added, purse divided 30, 25, 15, 10 per cent. % % % Live Bird Shoot Postponed. — The California Wing Shooting Club's regular monthly shoot for September will not take place at Sobrante tomorrow owing to the absence of several members. The shoot, there- fore, has been postponed until September 27. % * ♦ Eureka Draws Out. — The newly organized Eureka Gun Club has canceled the registered trap shoot scheduled for September 7, so writes Secretary E. Reed Shaner, of the Interstate Association. * * % Garden City Traps. — At the regular shoot of the San Jose Blue Rock Club August 23 O. N. Fard was high gun with 94 out of 100. Ray Hogg won the class A trophy was second with 92. This is the fifth time that he has won the class A cup championship of Santa Clara county. There will be three more shoots for it before the season closes. The scores were as follows: O. N. Ford 94, Ray Hogg 92, A. F. Baumgartner 90, George H. Ander- son 90, H. Bridges 80. The five high club shooters on the season's handi- cap shoot on 175 are: Ada Schilling 171, E. W. Jack 172, W. J. McKagney 172, George H. Anderson 171, Louie Baumgartner 171, Ray Hogg 171. Standing of class A on 300 birds, season's average: A. F. Baumgartner 292, Charles Nash 290, Ray Hogg 286, Dr. Barker 285, G. H. Anderson 283. Class B (four highest) : Ada Schilling 278, E. W. Jack 270, W. J. McKagney 269, W. F. Lillick 260. The tenth season's shoot will be held October 6. The club will hold the fall shoot September 22-23, with $400 added in cash, trophies and medals. Both championships will be shot for at the tournament. & % * Newman and Los Banos clubs will give a big three- day shoot October 11, 12 and 13; there will be $600 added money. At an informal shoot of the Vallejo Gun Club, A. G. Flickinger and F. G. Leicke tied with 21 out of 25 in the main event. The shoots held by the club so far this year have been largely successful and the abandonment of the season is not caused by lack of interest but because of the interference of duck season for which the gun enthusiasts are now mak- ing preparations. * * * At the recent Pacific Indians shoot at Raymond. Wash., seventy shooters took part; $1000 was divided among forty high guns, $80 to $10 apiece. This sys- tem was found far more acceptable than the Squire money-back style. In fact, the high guns were about as well rewarded as the winners at various big tour- naments this year. The dove season in district four, embracing the San Joaquin valley counties, opened Tuesday morn- ing, September 1. The birds are reported to be plen- tiful in many sections. Bench Shows. Sept. 4,5 — Vancouver Exhibition Association, Vancouver, B. C. H. S. Rolston, Secretary. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club. Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel' Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary^ A. K. C. rules. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. JIM LOGAN 2:0214, Entered in the Free-For-AII Pace at Sacramento. SACRAMENTO STATE FAIR NEWS. Missouri King, the famous saddle horse owned by- Edward R. Maier of Los Angeles, will not be seen at the horse show at the State Fair in September on account of his death recently at Santa Susana, Ven- tura county. The beautiful stallion had been entered for the horse show this year. Missouri King was purchased a number of years ago from W. P. Haw- kins at Bowling Green, Missouri, by Maier for a large price, after a long search for the best horse in the saddle class in Missouri and Kentucky. Mis- souri King was bred by T. H. Moore of Speed, Mis- souri, and sired by King Turner and out of Pansy Blossom, all noted saddle horses. At the time of his death Missouri King was showing a 2:40 clip at the rack, trot or canter. He gave promise of being far better than when he was crowned grand champion at St. Louis in 1911 and 1912. He achieved that honor after a severely fought battle in a class of eighteen horses and after two hours of hard riding. It was in this contest he finally rode to victory, and received the title of Grand Champion of Missouri. Missouri King was in the pink of condition at the time he was stricken. The morning he became ill he showed a splendid tryout and appeared to be in perfect health. * * * The Hemet Stock Farm will ship fourteen horses to the State Fair. The horses to be taken are: Wilbur Lou, Miss Gailey, Tena G, Allie Lou, Hemet, Fiesta Lou, Selma Paley, Billy Boyd, Gertrude Rives, Don de Lopez and Lady Zombro and family. Of these only Miss Gailey, Tena G. and Allie Lou will be entered in the races. The others are for exhibi- tion purposes only. Miss Gaily and Tena G. are entered in the 2:12 trot. Allie Lou is entered in the two-year-old division of the State Fair futurity. Wilbur Lou will be on exhibition with his colts. There is a special prize of $500 given in this class, by the California State Registration Society, and also a gold trophy cup. The horses have been working out at the farm for some time and are in splendid form. On Thursday Miss Gaily trotted a mile in 2:12%. Allie Lou (2) 2:21%. Goldsmith Lou (1) one-fourth mile in 37 seconds. Gertude Rives (1) one-fourth mile in 36% seconds. * * * Not one person in one hundred thousand has ever seen a head-on collision between locomotives. But every person who attends the State Fair which opens in Sacramento on September 12th can see two giant moguls, each weighing 60 tons, crash into each other at high speed. Last year ::the railroad wreck made to order" was easily the feature of the fair. More persons by many thousands crowded into the fair grounds on the day of the wreck than on any other day during the fair. The wreck lived up to expectations. It was an awe-inspiring sight to see the two iron monsters dashing at each other over the half-mile of track, like two great fighting bulls, to meet half-way in a crash of rending, breaking, twisting iron and steel, flying bolts and the sizz of escaping steam. The thud of the impact of the two engines was heard above the roar of the great crowd that cheered the engines on to their destruction. The engines which are to crash this year are being tested out daily at the fair grounds and expert engineers are seeing to it that the moguls will meet each other with great force and speed. One of the engines was once the favorite of the president of a trans-conti- nental road. This engine hauled the "old man's" car over the road for several years. The other engine, a ten-wheeler, ran over the mountains until recently. * * * Since the days of '49 Californians have taken a pride in mineral displays. Many of the largest nug- gets found in California gold mines have been pre- served in casts. A splendid display of minerals, headed by Caleveras county, the first to enter, will be seen at the State Fair in September. San Diego county will exhibit, besides minerals, precious gems. * * * A prominent part of the dairy department at the State Fair this year will be the dairy products ex- hibit. Since the erection of the new dairy building and the installation of the large exhibition refrigera- tor, buttermakers, cheesemakers and dairymen have taken more interest in exhibiting their products. With increased premium lists and better facilities for handling, the dairy products exhibit is now on a more permanent basis, and more will be realized by those who take part in the display. The prem- ium list this year shows that a total of $850 is available for premiums in the dairy products depart- ment. Of this sum $425 is for creamery butter, $315 is for the different grades of cheese, and $70 is for milk and cream. The balance is for the best display of creamery butter and dairy products. The pro rata plan of distributing the premium fund is to be used and each exhibitor whose entry scores 90 points or more comes in for a portion of the prize money. Every dairyman, buttermaker or cheese- maker in the State is entitled to take part in the exhibit. Full information and entry blanks can be obtained from the Secretary of the Agricultural So- ciety, Sacramento, California. Some exhibitors last year made the mistake of not getting their entries in on time, and were able to obtain nothing more than a complimentary score. Entries in the dairy pro- ducts department are due Friday, September 11th, and if not received by this time will not be eligible for competition. Colusa enjoys the distinction of being the first county in the State to commence work at the State Fair Grounds this year in preparation for its exhibit. The frame for the big booth, manufactured from carefully selected wood and skilfully turned at the mill, has been set in place by a number of carpen- 'ters under the supervision of F. B. Pryor, commis- sioner for Colusa county. This year Colusa county will occupy the center of the main exhibition build- ing— the space allotted to Solano county last year. It will be remembered Solano county carried off first honors last year and this year Colusa already claims that the big prize will be carried home to the west side of the Sacramento Valley. Colusa is out to win first prize and it means business, according to the boosters on the job. * * * A new plan of entertainment may be inaugurated at the Fair by the directors as a result of a letter received from Mrs. M. D. Beadle, of the Sacramento Valley Kansas Society. The society asked, through Mrs. Beadle, that a day be set aside during the Fair when all natives of Kansas may attend and be able to meet one another. The society also asked per- mission to erect a tent on the fair grounds for a Kansas Etate headquarters. A proposition will be presented to the directors at their next meeting to encourage other State societies to establish head- quarters in the fair grounds during the exposition week. A band of head-hunting Igorotes from the Philip- pines will be one of the attractions of the amusement center to be established at the fair. The members of this strange troupe are with the Foley and Burk Carnival Company which will supply the concessions along the midway. The brown men and women are from one of the tribes that gave the soldiers of Uncle Sam much trouble during the Philippine In- surrection, and while they have abandoned their warlike attitude and become the personification of the "little brown brother" they still retain their island customs, manner of dress, etc., and, with the exception of one of the headmen, speak no English whatever and very little Spanish. The Igorotes are from Bontauk in Upper Luzon and the troupe consists of eight men and four women. They are a part of a party brought to this country for study by anthropologists and give wonderful dem- onstrations of their arts and crafts, weaving beauti- ful blankets, construncting fanciful baskets, working metals and fashioning spears and other weapons. The crude tools with which they work are of their own construction and many of them are made in the presence of the audience. Native dances and the weird melodies of the South Seas are among the repertoire of the savages and various religious rites are interspersed through the performance. A great delicacy of the Igorotes is dog stew pre- pared with care and religious detail. It is needless to assure dog fanciers that the canines used are pur- chased for the purpose and that pets running loose are taboo with the Igorotes. * * * Recognizing that the State Fair patrons deserve nothing but the best in the form of amusements the directors have selected the Foley and Burk Amuse- ment Company to furnish the attractions for the State Fair this season. While departing somewhat from the policy of former years, it is thought that the engagement of a "real" organized carnival will greatly enhance the interest on the "Midway" and will prove a strong attraction. The Foley and Burk aggregation carries three and four cars of show property, has a company of one hundred and twelve people and is noted for the cleanliness of its attrac- tions. The usual graft and indecent carnival fea- tures incident to some traveling organizations are lacking and all features are entertaining in every particular. A galloping horse carrousel takes the place of the usual merry-go-round, and the machine is a show in itself. It is thronged from morning to night by youngsters who crowd it to capacity on every ride A ferris wheel; Igorote village; motordome; modern cabaret show; circus unique; Beef Trust; Pilgrim's Progress; Trip to Mars; Topsy Turvy Town, and Elizabeth, "the living doll," are among the attrac- tions to be brought here by the Foley and Burk company. # * * Visitors to the fair grounds will find them in far better condition than ever before. The lawns in all parts of the grounds are growing well and the shade trees have developed in size during the last year making them useful for shade as well as ornamental The flower borders at the base of the exhibition buildings are in full bloom. The beautiful large lawns in the foreground and the dark gray walls of the buildings form a splendid setting for a very pretty color scheme. The grounds have been care- fully cleaned and the weeds removed from the en- tire ninety acres that comprise the fair grounds. All the sheds and barns for the live stock have been whitewashed and antiseptically treated. There will be many comfort stations on the grounds for women and children and sanitary drinking fountains will be found at every corner. All of which, the directors have learned, are important factors in assisting to make the State Fair this year the "best ever." The directors have decided to make the big en- gines purchased for the head-on collision at the State Fair in September useful while awaiting their turn to perform. The engines are busy switching cars on the spur tracks in the fair grounds, thereby rendering much assistance in cleaning up the grounds and in receiving the exhibits. * * * The horse show tent at the State Fair Grounds has been raised in its former site, north of the main exhibition building. Much attention will be given to the interior arrangement of the tent this year so that the seating will be better and one will be able to witness the show from any part of the tent. * * * The Federal Government will be an exhibitor at all the California fairs this fall. It recognizes the value of such opportunities of reaching the farmer direct. The post office department has ordered ex- hibits of the parcels post system at county fairs, in order that farmers may become familiar with its advantages. Postmasters have been instructed to open booths in which the direct exchange of farm products with city consumers can be illustrated. Sample packing boxes and containers will be on view and sample shipments will be prepared ready for consignment to the mails. Literature will be distrib- uted suggesting methods by which direct trade with the city may be established. The growth of the par- cels post has been remarkable, but it is still capable of further profitable expansion, and it is a capital idea to bring this demonstration directly to the farmer at the places where he has long been accus- tomed to learn of the new things that promise aid to his industry. The exhibit will prove one of the most popular at the coming fairs. Saturday, September 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 THE FARM J THE ORCHARD. I*©*®*© GRAPE JUICE. Without discussing the merits of the prohibition movement, now on in California, the great value of grape juice in the household is little under- stood among Californians today, and whether or not Its free use as a bever- age is likely to become popular, the fact remains that it has nutritive value and like other fruit juices is useful as an appetizer and an aid in the assimilation of foods. Grapes for Health. — The value of fresh grapes such as are grown in California can hardly be estimated from the standpoint of health. A great many eastern people who come to California are greatly bene- fited and often chronic troubles disap- pear and the eating of ripe grapes freely gets the credit for the change. Without any reason for doubting the beneficial effects of the grapes in the diet it would naturally follow that the use of unfermented grape juice put up in convenient form for use when want- ed would become popular by reason of its accessibility at any time of the year, while the ripe grapes are only obtainable for a few months. Commercial Grape Juice. — Large quantities of grape juice are brought to California from the Eastern States made from those varieties with a strong Labrisca flavor like the Con- cord, Isabella and Catawba, which at this time seems to be preferred to the juice made from the varieties ordi- narily raised here. However, we have many varieties of grapes of every fla- vor to produce a blend or a number of blends, that would become popular, and in any event California can raise the Concord, Isabella or Ctawba quite as successfully as it is grown in the East and particularly that most excel- lent sport from the Isabella the Pierce, with which to flavor the juice of other varieties. This matter, however, is only a de- tail to be worked out by the manu- facturer of grape juice, for according to Prof. F. T. Bioletti of the University of California, "Palatable grape juice can be made from any of our ripe grapes." "For the best results, how- ever, some care must be exercised in the choice, blending and degree of ripeness of the varieties." "What is required is full acidity and flavor." As we have no better authority upon all that pertains to grapes and grape products than Prof. Bioletti, the mak- ing of a palatable juice that will please the majority of users, or as indicated above, various flavors for a variety o£ tastes, may be easily worked out. As to Cost. — The popularity of grape juice for general use will depend in part upon its cost at the door of the consumer. At this time much of the juice upon the market is too high- priced to be used freely by everybody, but there are indications of a lower price in the future. There are no large establishments for putting up grape juice at this time although there is some California juice on the market, but it is possible that the agitation of temptation at this time may have the effect to turn the attention of some of those now en- gaged in making wine to the possibili- ties of making grape juice instead. RAILROAD COMMISSION FEARS CAR SHORTAGE. Active steps have been taken by the California Railroad Commission to do all in its power to avert the shortage of cars threatened by the big crops awaiting shipment. The commission has addressed a circular letter to all shippers and receivers of freight, the text of which follows: Indications point to a serious car shortage during the next few months, when a large number of cars will be required to move California traffic. The carriers are apprehensive that the situation in California will be more acute during the next few months than it has been at any time in the past. September sees the end of the early fruit season. Shipments of fresh fruits now comprise late peaches, prunes and table grapes form the greater part of the shipments. So far the movement of fresh fruit to the eastern markets has been much larger than ever before in any one season, and it is probable that the end of the season will see the record of last sea- son very largely increased. The bulk of work in the orchard this month will consist of picking, packing and shipping late fruits, and aside from this there is little to be done. This month, however, will see the greater part of the harvesting over, and next month will introduce us to active field work again. It is well, therefore, to get our plans ready in time for the winter's campaign. All preparations for the winter's work should be made in time, so that we shail be able to take advantage of the favorable weather at that time. It is a waste of time, and sometimes the loss of a season, when we have to consume the fine days of winter in getting ready for work that should be done then, and then find that inclem- ent weather frustrates those plans. If you intend to extend your or- chards, see that your orders for neces- sary trees are placed with the nursery in time. All tools and implements should be put in shape, so that as soon as the first rains come and the land is in shape there may be no hitches. Spraying machinehy should be overhauled and a supply of spray materials be got in time. To be ready to take advantage of a favor- able time in orchard work may some- times mean the saving of a season, or even of a crop. Orchards and vintyards should be kept free from all debris. The worst pests of both find refuge under fallen leaves and rubbish in the orchard, vineyard, or along fences and in cor- ners. Vine hoppers, thrips, codling moths find harbor in such locations. Clean up and burn all, and the quan- tity of next year's crop of these pests will be greatly lessened. In the berry patches remove all the old wood of the past season's growth. Next year's crop will be borne on the new growth of this season and the old wood should be removed and burned. Burn all prunings, as by this means eggs of injurious insects and spores of fungous diseases will be largely de- stroyed. Clean out the patch, cut back straggling canes and leave it in shape for spring. CLEANING WASTE PIPES. One of the most trying annoyances of housekeeping is the obstructions to the free, quick outlet of waste mater of the washstand, bath tub, or kitchen sink. This is caused by the gradual accumulation of small bits of refuse material which check and finally en- tirely stop the outflow of waste water. A simple, inexpensive method of cleaning the pipe is as follows: Just before retiring at night, pour into the pipe enough liquid potash (not soda) lye of about 36 per cent, strength to fill the "trap," as it is called, or bent portion of the pipe just below the out- let. The amount necessary will be from one to two pints. Be sure that no water runs into it until the next morning. During the night the lye will con- vert all the fat or grease into soft soap and the first current of water in the morning will remove it entirely and leave the pipe as clean as new. Imperial Valley is threatened with great destruction from the overflow of the Colorado river. This overflow comes from the Mexican side of the international boundary, and the people of Imperial are taking the matter up with Congress to get that body to take the matter in hand and make arrange- ments with Mexico either to make it safe or permit us to do so. Tulare is working up quite a boom in olive growing, especially for the pickling varieties. There is no ques- tion but that pickling olives are about the best paying of orchard fruits at the present time, and Tulare county can raise as good ones as any section we know of. Gombauit's Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest f*% Veterinary Remedy $■ HAS IMITATOJtS BUT HO COMPETITORS I SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE, Supersedes All Cautery or Fir- ing. Invaluable as a CURF. 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 of BLEMISHES, SPLINTS, CAPPED I " $ CK, STRAINE : TENDONS. 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Free-for-all Pace 2:14 Trot 2:30 Trot, '/2-MiIe. $300 300 200 There will be Matinee and Running Races each day CONDITIONS Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close. All races (except matinee), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided as follows: Twenty-five per cent, of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty- five per cent, to the winners of the race according to their rank in the summary. Heat purses will be divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Any race not filling' satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off. Entrance fee five per cent, to start. Three per cent, due and payable when entries close, and two per cent, before starting. An additional five per cent, of the division will be deducted from money winners. Nominators have the right of entering1 two or more horses in one ownership in any race by the payment of two per cent, additional, but only one horse so entered shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 5 o'clock p. m. the day before the race is to take place. One or more running' races each day. Address all communications to O. P. SANDERS, Secretary, Riverside, California. Mahes Them Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Kel^ThenT^ound Allays fever and Inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure. UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe bolls, wind puffs, thoroughpins and bunches of all kinds, bowed, strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, hip and stifle lameness, weak Joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash it has no equal. 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Dowell, General Agent of "Wells Fargo Express Co., at Cincinnati, Ohio, says: — "This horse went lame on account of a Bone Spavin and is now sound and in the service of the Company at Columbus." — and finally, when over 130,000 other sat- isfied users acknowledge Save-The- Horse is unequalled because it cures when nothing else can It is certainly wisdom and economy to curt; your horse now — while working — especially when we take the (.hances — make a contract to return the raonev if horse is not cured. Best of all, >Save- The-Horse is guaranteed to make a per- manent cure of Ringbone — Thoropin — SPAVIN — and ALL Shoulder, Knee, Ankle, Hoof and Tendon Disease. AC -uoo Sutputq 13 miAv 'aftioq jad M*w tract to cure or refund money. Troy Chemical Co. Binghampton, N. Y. Druggists and Dealers everywhere sell Save-The-Horse WITH CONTRACT, or we send by Mail or Express paid. Sunset Limited Daily to New Orleans via Los Angeles Leave Ferry Station 4:40 P. M. No Extra Fare Sunset Limited connects at New Orleans with fast trains to Eastern cities ; also with Southern Pacific's Atlantic steam ers sailing to New York. For sleeping car and steamship reser- vations, ask Agents Southern Pacific " FIRST IN SAFETY " THE EXPOSITION LINE — 1915 HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO FOR SALE — The handsome broodmare LA CORONADO by Del Coronado, and five months' old filly by Carlokin. Her foal is a very handsome, natural trotter and a good prospect. La Coranado is again in foal to Carlo- kin. Address, J. M. MOLLEf San Pedro, Cal. Ton can never tell when a borse I Is going to develop a Curb, Splint, \ Spavin, Ringbone or a lameness. \ Yet It is boiind to happen sooner ' or later. And you ean'tafford to ] keep him In the barn. Keep a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure I handy atall times. John Sayer of 324 Eronsori^ I Avenue, Ottawa, Ont., writes: Iwouldnotbe j without Kendall's Spavin Cure at any cost. _ Itis a priceless liniment for ~B both man and beast. K,s'f\ ^9?r H ^eti Kendall's Spavin $SH BBS] Cure at any druggist's. ^tfF^ISTii*^\^ist 61 per bottle— 6 for 85. ^KMNniDFrH "Treatlse °" ""-' IIorse" M7\VIN tUlftjH —free— or write to Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO. LEnosburg Falls, Vt., U.S.A. I A-BSORBINE F% TRADE HARK MG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will reduce inflamed, swollen Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Soft \ Bunches; Heals Boils, Poll Evil, Quittor, Fistula, or any unhealthy sore quickly as It Is a positive antiseptic and germicide. Pleasant to use; does not blister under bandage or re- more the hair and you can work the borse. 52.00 per bottle, deliv- I ered. Book 7 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment "for mankind. Reduces Painful, Swollen Veins. Goitre, Wens, Strains, Bruises, stops pain and inflammation. Price SI. 00 per bottle at dealers or delivered. WiU tell you more if yoa write. Manufactured, only by W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass; FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), §8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, iyz in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1%, hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-roorn cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLET, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY FARM. STOCK Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother to Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), soil of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from cut of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Slake, Moffit & Town© D..l.ro in PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Ansfelo* Saturday, September 5, 1914.] The breeder and sportsman 15 THE PARKER GUN PARKER BROS, desire to announce that they have recently issued a pamphlet on small bore shot guns entitled Advent of the Small Bore Gun If interested in the coming gun for game shooting write for one of these booklets, which will be sent free, addressing PARKER BROS., Mermen, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warrerr Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102.. Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns PISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition ind Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal . CALIFORNIA Track Harrows Cut down high places fill and pack low ones drag out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH STIC OVER ITS SDR court personal in- DER" is a new low HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. KALAMAZOO. Michigan, o. s. a. Championship of Tennessee State and Interstate won by Tom Hale, Shooting Hercules E. C. NASHVILLE, (TENN.), Aug. 19.— The State and Interstate Championship, the first and second high professional averages, and the long run of the tour- nament went to shooters of Hercules powders at the Tennessee State Shoot which ended here today. The principal event was won b,y Mr. Tom Hale of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., whose set re was 79 x 100. Mr. Hale used E. C. W. R. Crosby won the high professional average and tied for high general i. erage with a score of 387 x 400. Mr. Crosby also made the long run of the tournament: — f 193 STRAIGHT WITH E. C. H. D. Gibbs, of Union City, Tenn., made the sec- ond high professional score, 384 x 400. Another to distinguish himself with E. C. was J. H. Livingston of Springville, Ala., fourth high amateur, 374 x 400. As usual, the shooters who used Hercules brands profited by the absolute reliability and uniformity of these powders by piling up the long runs. Eight Half-Century runs Were made in the two days shoot. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Eldg. San Francisco, Cal. Post and Mantcomery San Prariolaco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for $1 a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Ptefepli FACTORY LOADS Win HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE, 385 x 400 By L. H. Reid, of Seattle, Wn., at the PACIFIC INDIAN SHOOT, Raymond, Wash., Aug. 17 - 20 " Steel Where Steel Belongs" the most efficient ammunition. WV.V.WWWVY THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Geast Branch : 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 5, 1914. HORSE CLOTHING HORSE MEDICINES BLANKETS, ROBES, AND WHIPS Polo Saddles, Bridles, Boots, Etc., a Specialty. Phone Park 6141 Tbe Best Horse Boots >fJNE Harness nORSE BOOTS The only Manufacturer of Horsa Boots on the Pacific Coast. Gra WON WITH WJNCH£ST£K " Leader " Loaded Shells Winchester loaded shells and shotguns were conspicuous winners at the big' shoot of the Dominion of Canada Trap shooting Association, held recently. Some of the important events in which Winchester shooting superiority was shown, were : Grand Canadian Handicap: Won by S. G. Vance, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 91x100 and 24 and 23 on shootoff. Brewers' and Malsters' Cup: Won by W. Barnes, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 25x25, and 25 straight on shootoff. High Professional Average: J. R. Taylor, with a Winchester repeating shotguns and Winchester loaded shells. Score, 289x300. Eight-Man Team Championship of Canada: Won by Stanley Gun Club Team. Score, 186x200. Six of the eight members of the team shot Win- chester "Leader" loaded shells. Five-Man Team Championship of Toronto: Won by the Stanley Gun Club No. 1 Team of Toronto. Score, 233x250. Four of the five members of the team shot Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. The Earl Grey Cup: Wot by Walter T. Ely, It's Time to Mobilize Your Winchester Gun and Shells for the Fall Shooting Leader" loaded shells. Score, with Winchester 290x300. Long-Run Trophy: Won by W. Barnes of Ham- ilton, 76 straight made with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. High Amateur Average: W. T. Ely, first; score, 290x300. A. E. Millington, second; score, 287x300. M. Fletcher, third; score, 286x300. All using Winchester loaded shells. THERE'S A SELBY LOAD FOR EVERY SHOOTER EXCELSIOR A high-grade Black Powder Load. ' "EXCELSIOR" receives the same factory atten- tion as "SUPERIOR" and "CHALLENGE" and has a long record for field efficiency. SUPERIOR A popular priced load with ?*ght and medium charges of Smokeless Powder. Un- equaled in its class, "SUPERIOR" is a general favorite among shooters. CHALLENGE Our high-grade Smokeless Load. Because of the extra reinforced shells and special wadding, "CHALLENGE" meets the requirements of the most exacting sportsman. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle ALL DEALERS SPECIAL SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. FOR SALE BY EVERYWHERE LOADS AT SHORT ALL THE TIME NOTICE SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE aaat for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryor floors, ate. at*. MT. DIABLO CEMENT I dryer floors, «te. •■•. SANTA CRUZ LIME IS- MT DIABLO LIME boat far brioklayici an* •Iastsrlnc. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATRRIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME S CEMENT COMPANY t MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. AGRICULTURAL COLLET LIBRARY VOLUME LXV. No. 11. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Y«»r THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. Geo. L Warlow Sells at Public Auction Entire Stock Standard Bred Horses ■ Including MARES- FAMOUS PRODUCER, CORA WICKERSHAM, Dam of Futurity Winners Athasham 2:09%, Nogi 2:10y2, Donasham 2:09%, Mattawan 2:13% and Kinnesham 2:13%. (Cash winnings $21,087.75.) STRATH ALIE, lone daughter of ATHALIE (7 in 2:30 list out of 9 foals). Dam of Strathboule 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. STALLIONS BLACK HALL 48645 by OZONO 40480 out of MAGGIE YEAZER, Best Wilkes Stallion in California. Imported Walnut Hall Farm, Kentucky. STANFORD McKINNEY 45173 by McKINNEY 8818 out of PALAVENA by PALO ALTO 2:08%, Sire of Kinnesham 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. COLTS and FILLIES BEST BRED AND FORMED RACING COLTS AND FILLIES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA. Bred on logical lines for speed, early development and racing sense. Write for catalogue FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS, OCTOBER 1st, 1914 Geo. L, Warlow, Fresno, Cal. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 TFPMC* fifl frtf iYie Caac/in Paj'abie at time of service. If mare does not iLrwru. JlJW IMl lilt Jtasuu provewith foal money is to be refunded. For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN Have You Tried The Improved Grand Circuit Hopple ? No. 471 x Price $14 THE EEL HCPPCE RING^PREAOER ■ PREVENTS -CHAFING. LACES ON. " FITS ANY HOPPLE. This Patent Ring Spreader Is an exclusive SELL Feature There's no other hopple on the market that's one, two, three with the famous Grand Circuit. It has been the leader for over eleven years and contains more exclusive features than all the other makes of hopple together, including the Sell Patent Aluminum Ring Spreader, English Webbing and Indian Tanned Raw- hide construction, Detachable Ring Covers and Improved Safety Hopple Harness Fastener. It's the strongest and most comfortable hopple ever devised. Come in and examine it, or write for full particulars. I stock all the famous Sell Brand Horse Goods, including Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddler. Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets Coolers Hopples and the Patent Keller, and Williams Toe Weights. — also — Gombault's Balsam Absorbine Smith's "Wonder Worker Phone Park 1253 Send for Catalogue Reducine Vita Oil J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue Save-the-Horse Tweed's Liniment Giles Embrocation near Fillmore Street Wholesale and Retail WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S "Best on Earth" Axle Oil The finest Coach Oil on the mar ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor • Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturer* SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, J3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Ferndale — September 7th to 11th. Sacramento (State Fair) — September 12th to 19th. Pleasanton — September 23rd to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 5th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix ( Arizona State Fair)— Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Hartford (Connecticut Fair) Sept. 7-12 Detroit (Michigan State Fair) Sept. 14-19 Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 6-17 TODAY will be a gala day at Sacramento. Nearly every business house in tbe Capital City will close and the gates of the California State Fair will open, thus affording owners and employes an opportunity to bring wives, families and friends to Agricultural Park. From present indications this promises to be the very best fair and race meeting ever held in this State. The several committees who have been assigned in charge of the different branches con- nected with this exposition have labored hard and are still working to make it a success. The infusion of new blood into this society has imparted new life, greater energy and a more general desire to have everything ready for the opening, so everybody will be pleased with the many attractions they have to show from all parts of California and Nevada. The best that the fields, forests, vineyards, farms, dairies and mines can offer have been secured. The various agricultural colleges and universities will also con- tribute their quota of attractions; these will be the most interesting as well as greatest educational fea- tures of the fair. It will be a place which no progressive man can afford to miss. He will learn more there during that week than he can in a year from books. Then, again, at a fair of this kind, men meet who have similar views, ambitions and tastes and the acquaint- ances formed there ofttimes result in lasting friend- ships. There are scores of exhibitors who have their ex- hibits ready for inspection now. There are others who may be backward in sending in their choicest specimens of manufactured articles or the fruits of their orchards or vineyards, or the best products of their farms or gardens. To these we would say, you should strive to be in readiness by the opening day. Even the Scriptures, which teach lessons applicable to almost every phase of modern life, admonish you not to hide your light under a bushel, and if you grow any kind of a crop or any variety of poultry or live stock you should make an effort to produce some- thing good enough to show at a fair of this kind. Remember, you are not advertising your farm alone or your skill as a farmer, but you are giving your county, district and State a big boost in the most substantial way. "By their works ye shall know them" and by the exhibits an idea may be had of the resources and possibilities of that section of the county you represent. But if you can not be an exhibitor at this fair, do all you can that will interest others so that they will attend. Keep one point in view, and that is, that you are the one who can help in making it a success. There is something catching about whole-souled enthusiasm, and if you have a patriotic interest in the success of this fair you will soon inspire your friends and acquaintances with a like interest. Would it not be worth working for, to double or treble the attendance at this State Fair? Yet how easily could this be done if every visitor of last year would interest two or three friends by giving an account of what he saw and heard, and telling them how much better this fair of 1914 will be. Then, the racing programme. Has any fair been held in California that equals this in the size of the purses offered? No! Has there ever been a fair where the horsemen have striven harder to have their horses ready to race than this one? No! The three meetings at Salinas, Santa Rosa and Wood- land were better attended and more successful than any heretofore held. The class of horses shown is so far superior to any we have had that a rare treat is in store for all who attend this annual gathering. Another thing: The State Agricultural Society has made provision to handle and care for tbe crowds this year and to make every visitor — man, woman and child — comfortable, so that in the morning when tired of wandering through the pavilions and around the grounds, they can find seats in the enlarged grand stands and watch the live stock parades while listening to the bands of music. Let us see that the efforts of the members of this society are sustained by such an overflowing patronage that we can show to everyone that the public endorses all this society is doing. We are getting ready for the big, aye, the greatest fair the civilized world has ever known — the Panama-Pacific Exposition — and many features or ideas may be cre- ated here that can be adopted then; and when its gates open in 1915 let us hope that we will see, as a sequel to our preliminary State Fair, more enthusias- tic and intelligent work done than ever before, to astonish and delight visitors from all parts of the world by the diversity, magnitude and grandeur of our exhibits of the manufactures and resources of this, the greatest of all the United States — California. o THE JUDGES' STAND has of late been a favorite subject for discussion by the papers devoted to har- ness horses, and if all that has been written in re- gard to it were collected it would make a very large book. But probably no discussion ever held has had so little effect in working reform as this one. Things happen every year in the judges' stand that are sup- pressed by the turf journals simply because they are ashamed to lay the truth before their readers, and nine times out of ten these disgraceful matters are not the result of dishonesty, but simply of ignorance or diffidence. Any wide awake man who has ever acted as clerk in the judges' stand at more than one meeting knows that many times the judges do not know how tbe horses have finished and have to ask others to tell them before they can give their verdict. In a field of eight or ten horses where two or three of them are in the lead and make a close finish, all the others are often overlooked entirely. Sometimes the judges do not know what horse is first, and when there is a close fight for second or third money it often occurs that none of the judges has placed any but the first two horses and ask the clerk for the positions of the others. The man who judges the fin- ish of a race should have nothing else to distract his attention and if he devotes his best efforts to finding which horse reaches the wire first in a close heat he will be doing all that can be expected of one man. Where the horses are strung out at the end of a race anybody can call the order that has eyesight good enough to read the numbers on the saddle cloths and drivers' arms, but where several horses come to the wire head and head or even two make a nose-and-nose finish, the judge must watch the wire very closely to be able to tell which horse pokes bis nose past it first, and if the other judges are both trying to do the same thing they cannot tell the relative positions of the other horses or pay atten- tion to fouls or interference. The work of the judges in races is not clearly enough defined in the rules, and in this connection it is as well to say that the running tracks have far better rules covering this subject than the harness tracks. It is absurd to put three men in the stand, each having equal power. The presiding judge should alone have the voice in deciding all matters pertaining to racing. There are few judges selected who come up to the requirements laid down by the rule which says, "The member shall choose or authorize the selection of three competent judges for the day or race, who shall understand the rules of this association and shall rigidly enforce the same." There is no doubt but judges are some- times placed in the stand who are not competent, while at other times men act as judges who could not understand the rules if they were read to them, and everyone knows that enforcing the rules of the association "rigidly" is more honored in the breach than the observance. The Horse Review of last week published the following paragraph, which is no doubt true, and is an instance of what might easily occur in any judges' stand: "We listened to a judge at a 1914 race meet- ing declare that he did not know what the rule was concerning a certain disputed point, neither did he care. That was the limit of arrogance and intimidation, but, thank fortune, it was the first time we ever heard such a confession. Hon- estly, now, would not racing under such a judge be something fierce?" The rule adopted some time ago requiring a starter to be licensed worked considerable improvement in the starting of horses, and it might not be a bad idea to have another rule adopted that will require the presiding judge to be licensed and to know his busi- ness before a license is issued to him. STATE AND COUNTY FAIRS should offer larger prizes in the breeders' classes. It has been sug- gested, and we think the idea should be given consid- eration by the State Board of Agriculture, that a first prize of $200, second prize of $100 and third prize of ?50 should be offered for the best pair of California bred three-year-old draft geldings or mares of any breed, to be shown in harness, and prizes of the same value for the best pair of California bred three- year-old carriage horses of any breed shown to an appropriate vehicle. In awarding these prizes con- formation, style and manners should be considered and the adaptability of the pair to the work for which it was bred and mated. The breeding of the sire and dam of each animal, so far as known, should be required at the time of making entry. California is a great horse breeding State, but there is much haphazard breeding done here. It is all very well to offer prizes for the best stallions and mares of the different breeds, but there should be a well defined effort made to encourage breeders to produce a high class, finished product. Induce the heavy horse breeder to bring to the fair a pair of drafters that are well broken at three years, have size and style, are well mated, and when hitched to a heavy wagon know how to handle it. An entry of a half- dozen or more pairs in a class of this kind would be an object lesson worth while, and when the prizes are awarded the judges should have the data from which to tell the spectators as to how the prize win- ners were bred and how cared for while growing. Let the same thing be done with the carriage pairs. Prizes of the magnitude suggested should attract many entries and lead to the production of more good-looking, sound, well mannered, finished horses. With a show ring in front of the grand stand these contests would arouse nearly as much interest as the races. THE PRICES OF HORSES that can work are still well up and a good useful animal can be sold readily in any State in the Union at a fair price. Horse breeders and farmers need have no fear that the supply of work animals is going to catch up with the demand very soon. All over the western country, and especially on the Pacific Coast, the large farms are being cut up into smaller ones. Here in Califor- nia during the past year many immense tracts of land formerly farmed almost entirely with traction engines for a motive power have been cut up into small farms of 10, 20 or 40 acres, each requiring from two to eight head of horses. There has been a large demand for horses in the farming sections of California for the past year and the demand is increasing and will continue to increase. Horse val- ues are not coming down, and at present quotations it will pay the farmer to breed and raise good work animals for farm or city use. The horseless age is a very long way off. o THERE SEEMS to be a pretty general desire among horse owners all over the country that the fractional time in races be given in fifths instead of quarters. All the best watches in use at the present time split the seconds into fifths and it is utterly absurd for the timers to report the time in quarters and to have it so recorded. Because the records heretofore have all been made with the fractions quartered is no reason why, with watches dividing the seconds into fifths, more accurate time should not be given. It might be well for the National and American Associations to request all members to see that the fractional time is recorded in fifths next season. It would be much more satis- factory all around if this' suggestion were made and we believe it would be adopted by every association in membership. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS Grand Opera 2:05% will not be allowed to leave Canadian soil, and will most probably not be seen on tbe Grand Circuit again this season. Zoetrix is a much improved mare and has com- menced to show some speed and gameness in her races. «■ «> Murphy took down $4,750 of the $20,000 hung up at Fort Erie. Cox was a close second, his winnings amounting to $4,300; McMahon, $1,850; McDonald, $1,650; Geers, $1,550; Floyd, $1,000. <5> <8> <8> The first of a series of team races for free-for-all pacers at several state fairs in the Mississippi Val- ley took place at Des Moines, Iowa, on last Saturday. Franklin Pierce 2:08%, and Buck Muscovite 2:07%, driven by W. S. Pike, of Mena, Ark., set a new record by stepping the second heat in 2:101/i. The time of the first heat was 2:13%. «> •$> Albaloma is a very much improved horse over the form shown by him last season. He gives every indication of developing into a top notcher. The easy way in which he trotted his miles in the race won by him at Santa Rosa leads to the belief that at the present time he is at least a 2:06 trotter, and is undoubtedly the best trotter in training in Cali- fornia today. <$><$> <8> Little Bernice is a hard luck filly. She had been unsteady in her early races and Arlie Frost equipped her with the hopples some weeks ago. At Pittsburgh she had adjusted herself to the new arrangement and won a good race, but in her race at Fort Erie she hit a knee and may be on the shelf for a time, unless it yields rapidly to treatment. S> * <8> The Fasig- Tipton Company had intended to ship tbe stallions, Vice-Commodore 2:11 and Del Coro- nado 2:09%, which they had recently bought for a Russian patron, on the first steamer sailing after September 1st, but in view of the present conditions across the Atlantic, they will be held here until safe delivery can be guaranteed. Mr. Tranter looks for a better market and higher prices as soon as the hos- tilities are ended. <8><8><» The four-year-old trotting mare, The Zombro Belle 2:13, owned by A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pa., defeated three aged pacers at a recent matinee over the Bel- mont mile track, near Philadelphia. The time of the miles was 2:11% and 2:10%, the first half of the second mile being timed in 1:04%. It was announced that she would be raced no more this year, but would be staked on the Grand Circuit in 1915. «■ <8> <8> Immediately after the champion racing pacer, Wil- liam 2:00, won the free-for-all at Madison, Wis.- in easy fashion, on last Wednesday, the best time being 2:05%, M. W. Savage, of Minneapolis, promptly offered A. E. Vanatta, of Otterbein, Ind., the sum of $60,000 for the pacer. Mr. Vanatta refused the offer, according to press dispatches. <5> Chalmers B. Wood, Secretary for the Arizona State Fair, retiring State Senator and Salt River Valley rancher, has been appointed postmaster at Phoenix, which is a post office doing business of over a million and a half dollars a year. Mr. Wood will be suc- ceeded as Secretary of the Arizona State Fair by Thomas D. Shaughnessy, who has filled the position of speed clerk for the Fair Association. Mr. Shaugh- nessy is well and favorably known all over the State, and there is no question but he will make a great success in his new position. Mr. Wood has done much towards making the Arizona State Fair one of the biggest fairs in the country, and no doubt will prove a very efficient postmaster for the biggest post office in Arizona. The State fairs are now having their inning and for six or eight weeks will have an important part in the lives of the citizens of the various States. These institutions are now great educational as well as amusement enterprises. The questionable attrac- tions that offended the moral senses of the more thoughtful patrons have been banished and clean, wholesome amusements and entertainments that in- struct also have taken their places. Light harness racing has always been one of the leading features of all fairs and has become stronger as the fairs have grown and prospered. The reason is that the sport not only provides intensely interesting enter- tainment, but it also has an educational value, as the breeders of fine horses are able to learn which of the various families are the best. The county fairs have been unusually prosperous this year, the attendance having broken all records with uniformity in all sections of tbe country, and there is every rea- son to believe that the State institutions of a similar nature will do as well. — Western Horseman. The rainmaker was busy again in several sections last week, and the programs of many meetings were cut short as a result. <8> <$> John Sheppard and wife of Boston, Mass., arrived in Riverside from Pasadena last week and spent sev- eral days at the Glenwood. Mr. Sheppard was run down by an auto in Pasadena several days ago, re- ceiving several minor injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Shep- pard spent last winter in Hemet and made many friends there at that time. Mr. Sheppard is one of the most noted horsemen in the country and he spent considerable time at the Hemet Stock Farm while in California. <8> ■$> Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt continued to run his London- Brighton coach, the Venture, until nearly the end of August, but the English Government commandeered forty of his best coach horses, including several win- ners at Olympia and New York Horse shows, so he had to cancel all arrangements and is going home on the Olympic. The average value of his forty horses is put by the dealers at the Barbican as not less than 400 guineas— or $80,000 for the lot. But he does not seem to mind it, so long as they let him keep his famous old team of four grays, with which he always has been identified since his earliest coaching days. <8> «> California boys will have an opportunity during the State Fair that opens in Sacramento on Septem- ber 12th to secure a free scholarship at the State University Farm. In the stock judging contest for boys several scholarships at this splendid State school are offered. All boys are eligible to this com- petition and in order that the young men who have had some schooling in the finer points of animals may not have any advantage over the lads who have gained their knowledge from observation on the farm only, the amateur stock judges will be divided into two classes and the judging will consume several days during the fair. Many youths from all sections of the State will compete for the scholarships and various valuable prizes. There will be a large num- ber of horses, cows, bulls, sheep, etc., to be judged by the amateur stock critics. <8> <8> The London Trotting World directs attention to an incident at the Blackpool meeting, where George Dodd was fined by the stewards for not trying to win. His excuse was that he followed the instructions given to him by the owner of the horse. "Most driv- ers in a similar position," says the Trotting World, "would be able to make the same defense, and while we do not think that the owner should escape pun- ishment, we certainly do not agree that the culpable driver should not be punished simply because he was told to commit a wrong." The surprising thing is that there should be two views of this matter. The driver who pulls a race horse because he is told to do so by the owner is not an ornament to the trotting turf and he should be forced to earn his living at some other calling. The only way to build up har- ness racing is to make an honest effort to win. No apologies should be made for those who perpetuate fraud. An exchange publishes the following interesting remarks: "I was informed of a singular fact a few days since, wThich upon inquiry I find to be strictly true. I know all the parties, and can vouch for it. The fact is this, and living, as I do, among breeding mares and horses, colts, etc., as you well know, I never have heard of any such instance, to-wit: In 1848 a broodmare owned by Mr. Wilkeson of Sand- wich, C. W., after a race of five miles (mile heats), cast a foal. This was on the 28th of October. On the 15th of the following April she bad another living foal, full grown, and evidently born at its due time; which foal I have often seen do itself justice since in mile heats. It is a case of separation of twins cer- tainly new to me. Another singular case: A Frenchman on Grosse Isle had a pony mare which cast twins. They were both pure white at time of foaling. The spring following, on shedding, one came out pure black, and the other sorrel, and so continued. Will not some of your correspondents, who are posted in such matters, inform us how to judge of the final color of a colt — the colt being three months old; also, whether gray horses foal black, or black gray?" -8> The Sydney Sportsman says: "Of all nations in the world, Germany, the home of the State totaliza- tor, has been the first to openly and legitimately legalize the book-maker. After some years of failure to suppress the book-maker in favor of the machine, Germany has at last decided to make the calling legally respectable and capable of being carried out openly. The State is to appoint its own book-makers, under conditions and costs that are as legal as the laws of the Medes and Persians. There will be State-concessioned book-makers and none others, who will only have the right to operate in their own districts under conditions that failure to comply with will mean a two years' imprisonment. As a set-off against the reduction of 4 1-3 off the totalizator com- mission charges, the books will have to pay 6 per cent. The profits are shared between the Empire and the federated States, the States expending their share of the profits in encouraging horse-breeding. One condition of the recognition of the bookmaker is that he must not wager with jockeys, whether pro- fessional or amateur, or there will be trouble in store for him." THE GEO. L. WARLOW SALE. Announcement. I am offering every horse I own except Athadon 20990, for sale at this auction sale, because other business, conditions of my health, and the age at which I have arrived, compel a curtailing of my business affairs. I have had much enjoyment, and derived keen pleasure in breeding trotting bred horses, for more than twenty-five years. Most of this period I have had very limited financial means for breeding ani- mals so expensive, and developing their speed to prove scientific theories I have held as to mating so as to produce a nature-constructed racing machine at the lateral gait, oiled and frictionless, with speed enough to go miles below 2:10 and stamina enough to stay five or six heats. I believe that the young animals I have now and am offering in this sale will come far nearer my ideal race horse than any I have ever bred. They have the breeding, the con- formation, the indicated speed, either at the trot or pace. They are a superb lot, and nearly all the young stock have five or six standard dams, and there is not a dam among the broodmares I have used that has faulty or bad conformation, and but one that has a blemish on her. They are a grand lot. I have had some success in this horse breeding venture, much pleasure, and a very considerable financial profit. The pleasure came in the anticipation of what I would produce, and the realization that I never was sorely disappointed in these anticipations. These brought me more genuine satisfaction and real en- joyment than the money my colts won in races, al- though their winnings have been a good many thous- and dollars, and the sale of horses has brought me many thousands more. I have bred and raised quite a few horses that have a national reputation for their racing qualities and speed endurance, and their speed has been tested on nearly all the prominent Eastern race courses as well as the Pacific Coast, and one, after crossing the Atlantic ocean, obtained the trotting record of Europe. I bred a three-year-old that, in 1895, as early as the month of June, trotted to a record of 2:11% in a race and beat the three-year- old time record of 2:12 obtained by Axtel, that caused him to sell the day he obtained that record for $105,000. I bred a colt that at three years old was started in a race at Buffalo, N. Y., against 13 aged horses, and he won the second heat in 2:12, the sixth heat in 2:14 and the seventh heat in 2:14%. I bred Nogi, who won all the California three-year- old trotting stakes and one purse race of $1,500.00 in 1907, and never lost but one heat, his winnings amounting to over £5,000.00. I won both the two-year-old and three-year-old futurity trotting stakes of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association in 1909, being the only breeder of trotting horses who ever won both of these stakes in one year. I bred, one year, two colts that in 1910, as three- year-olds, one won the Breeders' Futurity stakes for three-year-old trotters, trotting to a record of 2:13%, and the other won the Occidental stakes, trotting to a record of 2:13%, these two being the largest ruonied stakes in California, the two colts winning $4,017.75. To breed a yearling that took a world's record; to breed a stallion that held the European trotting record: to breed a four-year-old that won every race he started in, as Othasham did; to breed a three- year-old that won in every race he started in, to breed two colts that in one jear won both the two- year-old and three-year-old Breeders' stakes of Cali- fornia; to breed in one year two colts that as three- year-olds, trot to a record of 2:13% and 2:13%, and each win one of the great three-year-old trotting stakes of California, is not an accident. I have had two really great broodmares that stand out distinctly as a few of the really great standard bred broodmares that have been produced in the last fifty years. They both have national reputations as trotting speed producers. No greater broodmare of early and extreme speed ever lived than Athalie, the dam of Athadon and Athablo, considering the age at which she died. Her seven first foals obtained records of 2:25 or better, two of them held champion trotting records. Atha- lie's full sister, Ida F., is the dam of Queen Bee 2:13%, Avana 2:1S%, Bob Allen 2:27% and Inner- guard, that trotted a trial mile in 2:09. Cora Wickersham is proving herself Athalie's equal, for Cora is the dam of Athasham 2:09%, Dona- sham 2:09%, Nogi 2:10%, Matawan 2:13%, trotters, and Kinneysham 2:13%, pacing. Each of these were great futurity stake winners. Cora is the dam of Wick Hall that is only three years old and last year, as a two-year-old, showed a 2:08 gait pacing. She is the dam of Tewana, a two-year-old that has shown a 2:20 gait trotting, and she has a yearling pacing colt and a yearling filly that are both very promising. Take the breeding of my'broodmares and the trot- ting speed inheritance of Athadon, Black Hall and Stanford McKinney, the sires of all my young colts and fillies out of these dams, and you will realize the value of these colts and fillies. You are not experimenting when buying one of these colts; they are ready-made and have the breed- ing and inherited speed qualities that it takes years for a breeding farm to produce. All the stock offered for sale by me are halter broken. Respectfully, GEO. L. WARLOW. Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CLOSING DAYS AT SANTA ROSA. Santa Rosa, September 4. — Tbe third day's racing meet at the Sonoma-Marin District Fair, -while good, was not sensational, like that of the first two days, and the long, drawn-out scoring in the 2:14 pace made the wait wearisome. Baby Doll and White Sox reeled off some fast miles today and took the major portion of the money. Baby Doll won the opening two heats of the trot after some tight work and then was nosed for the final. Alerick was a better trotter than usual today. Driver Willie Durfee allowed Alerick to come in be- hind the field in the opening two heats and never once rushed him. The result was that the generally erratic gelding was as tame and smooth as a buggy horse, willing to do his best in the final heat. The surprise of the day was furnished by the San Francisco trotter, J. C. Simpson. The Ottinger horse was never better in his life. He went three miles under 2:11, much to the delight of the San Francisco delegation. W. J. K. was not so fortunate. The piano horse was caught by the distance flag in the second heat after he had shown a rattling third in test one. In the opening heat W. J. K. had to circle his field in order to get his place in the opening heat and it looked as though he would be the horse to force White Sox. However, the way the White Sox mare raced in the heats that followed, she made it clear that there would be no forcing. White Sox won easily in all three heats, with Potrero Boy a good second in the last two, crowding out Zorene, who took second in the first heat, hut was unable to keep up the pace in the other heats. Mary W. picked up from seventh to third place in the final heat. Zibbell, with Baby Doll, easily took first money from Durfee, with Alerick, although the latter won out in the final, the fastest mile of the day. Summary : First race — 2:14 pace, three heats, every heat a race, purse $500: White Sox. b. m. by Del Coronado — Subito (W. G. Durfee) 1 1 1 Potrero Boy, b. g. (Reams) 6 2 2 Zorene, b. g. (Chadbourne) 2 5 4 Mary W., s. m. (Allen) 7 7 3 Lelong, ch. g. (Raraage) 9 4 5 Mc Verde, br. h. (Delaney) 5 3 d A. E. C, blk. g. (Sanders) 4 6 w W. J. K., b. g. (Smith) 3 d Time— 2:07%, 2:08. 2:10%. Second race — 2:12 trot, three heats, every heat a race, purse ?500: Baby Doll, b. m. by Tom Smith — Kate Lumrey (Zibbell) 1 1 2 Alerick, b. g. (W. G. Durfee) 2 2 1 J. C. Simpson, b. g. (Schwartz) 3 3 3 Harold C, b. g. (Chadbourne) 4 4 4 Merry Mac, ch. h. (Parsons) d Time— 2:10%, 2:10%. 2:09%. Vera Hal Takes 2:07 Pace. The last day's racing at the Sonoma-Marin Dis- trict Fair last Saturday proved one of the best cards of the week, despite there being only two feature events run. Vera Hal, the Stadium favorite, turned out winner of the 2:07 pace with two out of three heats, Dick W. finishing first in the second frame. The first heat was by far the most sensational of the day. The field of four raced close all the way round, and three noses were on the wire at the finish. Vera Hal got the verdict in the fast time of 2:05, with Zulu Belle and Teddy Bear right there. Dick W. kept his feet in the second and was first, with Zulu and Vera close up. Vera Hal acted nicely in the last and final heat and hung the verdict on Dick W., who was coming strong. The respective times of the last two heats were 2:07% and 2:07%., which was in keeping with the fast marks of all week. Charley Spencer, back on the local circuit again, took the 2:20 trot with Nuristo in straight heats, over F. S. Whitney. The first saw a nose finish be- tween the two, but in the final two Nuristo was not pressed so closely. Vallejo King showed a nice race in the final heat to nose out Whitney, and thus land- ed third in the summary. The summary: First race — To beat 2:25%, pacing — Sarah C. went a mile in 2:14%. Second race — To beat 2:30%, trotting— Liz Wood went a mile in 2:16%. Third race — 2:20 trot; purse $500: Nuristo, blk. h. by Nushagak out of a mare by Langton (Spencer) 1 1 1 F. S. Whitney (Durfee) 2 2 3 Vallejo King (Chadbourne) 4 6 2 Copper King (Miller) 3 5 4 Pavana (Clark) 6 3 6 Fiesta Maid (Dowling) 5 4 5 Merry Widow (Parsons) 5 Time— 2:10%, 2:12, 2:10%. Fourth race — 2:07 pace, purse §500: Vera Hal, b. m. by Expressive Mac, dam by News Boy (Cohen) 1 3 1 Dick W. (Schwartz) 4 1 2 Zulu Belle (C. A. Durfee) 2 2 4 Teddy Bear (Silva) 3 4 3 Time— 2:05, 2:07%, 2:07%. LIVE STOCK AWARDS AT SONOMA-MARIN AGRICULTURAL FAIR. The Sonoma-Marin District Agricultural Fair in its official report announces the following live stock awards, judged by Prof. J. I. Thompson and associ- ates of the University of California: HORSES. Open class, free-for-all — Stallion 3 years old and over — First, J. P. English. Mare 3 years and over — First, W. C. Durfee. Standard bred stallion 3 years old and over — First, W. C. Helman's Allen Jay, aged five years; second, Frank S. Turner's Guy Dillon; third, W. C. Helman's Archie Dillon. Standard bred stallion 2 years and under — First, F. S. Turner. Standard bred stallion 1 year and under — First, Ethel B. Davies' Robin Hood. Standard bred mare 3 years old and over — First, G. B. Wright; second, W. C. Durfee; third, W. C. Helman's Jolli Jay. English Shire stallion 3 years and over — First, Jack London's Nauade Hillside, grand champion of the State Fair in 1912 and grand champion of the District Fair in Santa Rosa in 1913. English Shire mare 3 years old and over — First, Jack London's Cockerington's Princess; second, Jack London's Orphan Girl. Grade draft stallion 3 years old and over — First, J. J. Summerfield's mare. Grade draft stallion 1 year old and under — First, Wm. R. Roberts' Prince Albert. Grade draft mare 3 years old and over — First, R. Heck- ley's Belle, a grade Percheron. Pony stallion 3 years old and over — First, Geo. Stretter, Healdsburg. Pony stallion 2 years old and under 3 — First and second, Geo. Stretter. Pony stallion 1 year old and under — First, Mrs. Ada Beall Triggs. Pony mare 3 years old and over — First, Geo. Stretter; second, S. B. Wright's Babetsy. Pony mare 2 years old and under3 — First, S. B. Wright's Babetsy 2nd. Pony mare 1 year and under — First, S. B. Wright; sec- ond, Geo. Stretter; third, Geo. Stretter. Jack — First, W. F. Cummings; second, Eaton & Hughes' Black Republican; third, Eaton & Hughes' Cal. Breck- en ridge. Jenny — First, Eaton & Hughes' Miss Teager. Hirses, get of a single sire, four animals under four years — First, F. S. Turner, entered five get of Guy Dillon. Team of ponies — First, Mrs. Ada Beall Triggs, on her team consisting of the California pony Hans and the Si- berian pony Fritz; second, Geo. Stretter's teaf of Nebras- ka bred ponies; third. Geo. Stretter on another team of Nebraska bred ponies. Saddle pony — First, S. B. Wright. Three gaited saddle horse — 3 years old and over — First, Anna P. Dahl's Sonia. Ladies' gaited saddle horse — First, Anna P. Dahl's Sonia. High school saddle horse — First, Winslow Anderson's Dixie Queen. Pair carriage roadsters — First, J. G. Cochrane. Single carriage horse in harness — First, Mrs. J. Sar- railh; second, Mrs. H. B, Leggett. Novelty horse and rig— First, J. G. Cochrane. Draft team weighing over 1400 with rig — First, A. J. McAlpine. Four mule team and rig — First, Frei Bros. Span of mules and rig — First, Frei Bros. Buggy mare with suckling coit — First, Ethel B. Davies' mare Jewell and colt Robin Hood; second, J. G. Cochrane. Draft colt 1 year old — First, W. R. Roberts' Prince Albert. Weanling or suckling draft colt — First, J. G. Cochrane; second, A. L. Davis. Roadster 2 years old — First, Wilson Peterson. CATTLE— SHORTHORNS. Champion Shorthorn bull of the show — T. S. Glide's Mysie's Knight. Bull 2 years and under 3 — First, T. S. Glide's Green- wood King. Yearling bull— First, T. S. Glide's Hillcrest Knight. Senior bull calf, dropped since Sept. 1, 1913 — First. T. S. Glide's Mysie's Knight; second, Hopland Stock Farm's' Hopland Peter. Junior bull calf, dropped since Jan. 1, 1914 — First, T. S. Glide's Lancaster King; second, Hopland Stock Farm's Hopland Master. Cow 3 years and over — First, T. S. Glide's Flower Girl 14th. Cow 2 years and under 3 — First, T. S. Glide's Lady Perfection. Senior yearling heifer — First, T. S. Glide's Mary Lan- caster. Junior yearling heifer — First, Hopland Stock Farm's Rlgitha's Queen; second, T. S. Glide's Spicy Maid; third. Hopland Stock Farm's Snow Girl's Queen. Senior heifer calf — First, T. S. Glide's September Morn ; second, Hopland Stock Farm's Hopland Lass; third, T. S. Glide's King Lassie. Junior heifer calf — First. T. S. Glide's Hillcrest Count- ess; second. Hopland Stock Farm's Hopland Gay Lass. Champion Shorthorn cow of the show — T. S. Glide's Lady Perfection. Champion herd of Shorthorns — T. S. Glide. CATTLE— OTHER BREEDS. Champion Jersey bull — Eaton & Hughes' Flying Fox. Jersey bull 3 years and over — First, Eaton & Hughes' Flying Fox. Jersey bull 1 year or under — First. S. B. "Wright's Rooney's Victor; second, A. S. Brittain. Yearling Jersey bull — First, S. A. Brittain. Jersey Heifer calf 1 year and under — First, second and third, S. A. Brittain. Yearling heifer — First, S A. Brittain. Cow of any other breed — First, Eaton & Hughes' grade red polled Cherry; second, Eaton & Hughes' Holstein Daisy. Bull of any other breed, 1 year or under — First, Blank Bros. Special: Steer 2 years old — First. T. S. Glide. Steer 1 year and under 2 — First, T. S. Glide. Steer under 1 year— First, T. S. Glide; second, T. S. Glide. SWINE. The awards in the swine, sheep and goat department were as follows, completing the awards for livestock: — Champion Berkshire boar — F. A. Brush. Champion Berkshire sow — F. A. Brush. Berkshire boar 2 years and over — E. C. Rand, first; S. B. Wright, second. Boar 1 vear and under — F. A. Brush, first; S. B. Wright, second; E. C. Rand, third. Boar 6 months and under 1 year — First, E. C. Rand: second and third — S. B. Wright. Sow 2 years and over — First. F. A. Brush; second, E. C. Rand. Sow 1 year and under 2 — First, S. B. Wright; second, F. A. Brush; third, S. B. Wright. Durocs — Boar 2 years and over — Wm. C. Chisholm; sow 2 years and over — Wm. C. Chisholm. Hampshires — Boar 2 years and over — Dr. Clyde B. Laughlin. Chester white sow — Eaton & Hughes. Sow one year and under 2 — Dr. Clyde B. Laughlin. Sow 6 months and under 1 year — First and second. Eaton & Hughes; third, Dr. C. B. Laughlin. Sow and litter of her own pigs under 4 months and not less than 4 pigs — Berkshires — E. C. Rand, first; F. A. Brush, second: E. C. Rand, third. Duroc — Wm. C. Chis- holm. Hampshires — Dr. C. B. Laughlin. Herd of boar and three sows over 1 year — First, S. B. Wright; second and third, E. C. Rand. SHEEP. Dorset horn ram 1 year and under — T. S. Glide. Dorset horn ram under 1 year — S. B. Wright. Champion ram — T. S. Glide. Ewe 2 years old and over — T. S. Glide, first and second; S. B. Wright, third. Ewe 1 year and under 2 — T. S. Glide, first and second. Ewe lamb under 1 year — T. S. Glide, first and second; S. B. Wright, third. Dorset horn champion ewe — T. S. Glide. Mutton sheep, pen of four lambs — S. B. Wright, first. Flock of one ram and four ewes of any age — First, T. S. Glide; second, S. B. Wright. Merino ram 2 years old and under 3 — First, second and third, T. S. Glide. GOATS. Toggenberg buck, any age — D. H. Currier. Toggenberg doe, any age — D. H. Currier. Toggenberg kid, any age — D. H. Currier, first and sec- ond. American kid, any age — D. H. Currier, first and second. FLOWERS AND NURSERY STOCK. General exhibit of orchard and vineyard nursery stock — V. Gieumano. Collection of flowering plants in bloom, including orna- mental plants and cut flowers — Fred Grohe, first; B. A. Crabtree, second; Mrs. Geo. Wetzel, third. THE WOODLAND RACE MEETING. Woodland, September 8. — Weather conditions were against the attendance for the opening day of the races today, but a fair-sized crowd saw an attractive card. Although the 2:30 trot was decided in straight heats, it furnished an interesting contest. St. Pat- rick held the lead throughout in all the heats and had no difficulty in winning. The 2:07 class pace proved a victory for Zulu Belle, who after dropping the first heat to Teddy Bear, won the next two. The 2:09 class trot was declared off, as there were but two horses left to contest. Pegasus had no diffi- culty in winning the 2:25 pace. He won in straight heats without being extended. Summary: 2:20 class trot, purse §500: St. Patrick, b. g. by Direcho (Dowling) 1 1 1 Harold C, b. g. by Bon Voyage (Chadbourne) 3 2 3 Nearest Alto McKinney, br. h. by Nearest Mc- Kinney (Tryon) 2 5 4 Merry Widow, ch. m. by G. Albert Mac (Parsons) 6 4 2 Copper King, b. g. by Direct Heir (Miller) 4 3 5 Lady Arabella, ch. m. by Alta Vela (Villar) 5 6 6 Time— 2:11%, 2:14%, 2:13%. 2 '07 class pace, purse §500: Zulu Belle, blk. m. by Petigru (C. Durfee) 2 1 1 Teddy Bear. br. h. by Del Coronado (Silva) 1 2 2 Vera Hal, b. m. by Expressive Mac (Cohen).... 3 3 3 Dick W., b. g. by Athadon (Schwartz) 4 4 4 Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:0$%. 2:25 class pace, purse $500: Pegasus, b. s. by Zambrola Belle (Miller) 1 l 1 Asa Pointer, b. g. by Star Pointer (McDonald) 2 2 6 Potrero Boy, b. g. by Demonio (Reams) 6 6 2 Soumise, b. m. by Billy Dunlap (C. Durfee) 4 3 4 Colleen, b. m. by Charley D. (Rutherford) 5 4 3 R. W., g. s. by Wild Nutling (Trainor) 3 5 5 Dee Sherrill, b. m. by On Stanley (Bunnell) ... .dis Mc Verde, b. s. by Zolock (Delaney) dis Time— 2:07%, 2:09. 2:09. * * * Woodland, September 9. — The odds-on-favorites swept the card today. F. S. Whitney, White Sox and Arlie Demonio divided the money between them. White Sox and Arlie Demonio won in separate events today. White Sox was easily the class of the 2:14 pace. Oro Mo, the Sacramento speedster, acted kindly and alone proved the contender. The big gelding set all the pace in the opening heat. Arlie Demonio continued to show his great speed. The stallion never left the issue in doubt. Among the trotters P. S. Whitney again showed the way. The victories of F. S. Whitney and White Sox meant a double bracket for Willie Durfee. The summary: First race, to beat 2:30% trotting — Fiesta Maid, br. m. by Zombro-Fiesta by Bob Mason (Dowling), won in 2:11%. Second race, to beat 2:25% pacing — Sweet Princess, b. m. by Prince McKinney-Arawaua B. (Frellson), won in 2:16%. Third race, to beat 2:30*4 trotting — Georgia Kalos, b. m. by Prince Ansel-Majella B. (Dowling), won in 2:24. Fourth race, 2:15 class trot, purse $500: F. S. Whitney, b. s. by F. S. Turner, dam by Guv (Durfee) 1 1 1 Mabel Van (Best) 4 2 2 Copper the Ore (Schwartz) 2 4 5 Pavana (Tryon) 3 3 3 The Empress (Chadbourne) 5 5 4 Fiesta Maid (Dowling) C 6 6 Little Bean (Clark) 6 Matawan (Frellson) d Time— 2:11, 2:11%. Fifth race. 2:15 pace class pacing; purse §500: White Sox, b. m. by Del Coronado — Subito (Durfee) 1 1 1 Oro Mo (Tryon) 2 3 2 Zorene (Chadbourne) 4 2 4 Far Cracker (Hoy) 3 5 3 Mary W. (Allen) 5 4 5 Gold Lily (Quinn) d Time— 2:07%, 2:09, 2:07. Sixth race, 2:10 class pacing, purse $500: Arlie Demonio. b. h. by Demonio, dam by Prince Airlie (Dowling) 1 1 1 Delia H. (Smith) 7 2 2 2 Zoetrix (Chadbourne) 3 3 3 Hamburg Belle (Schwartz) 5 4 5 Loch Lomond (Quinn) 6 5 4 Senator H. (Ivey) 4 6 6 Leonid (Allen) 5 Time— 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:07%. The Canadian Racing Association is anxious to have the Ottawa Jockey Club do away with the book- makers and install pari-mutuel machines at once, but the Connaught Park directors take the stand that the local public is not yet sufficiently educated to the sport and wish to retain the books until 1915 at least. The Racing Association is said to be anxious to eliminate the bookmakers and thus do away with the objectionable element whfch follows the sport. The "iron men" will be in vogue everywhere within the country if the C. R. A. has its way. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. THE SACRAMENTO STATE FAIR. PROGRAMME FOR THE STATE FAIR. A real railroad smashup made to order! This will be one of the features of the State Fair which opens in Sacramento September 12th. It will be more thrilling than any moving picture ever made. It will be an awe-inspiring sight, this collision of two sixty- ton locomotives going at between forty and fifty miles an hour. The crash of two great moguls last year at the State Fair was easily the greatest attraction ever staged by the fair society. More than 40,000 per- sons crowded into the grandstands and lawn in front of the race track that day to see the great engines rush at each other like two fighting bulls. The engines met half way on the half-mile track. There was a crash of breaking steel and a sizz of escaping steam that was heard for more than a mile away above the shout of the multitude that had come from the ends of the State to see this one feature of the State Fair. The engines that are to furnish the thrill this year will be larger and more powerful than those of last season. Two giant moguls — the largest engines in use in the West today — have been purchased out- right for this one event. Even now the engines are being overhauled and are to be tested daily before the day of the crash. No race horse was ever trained more faithfully before the Derby than will these monsters of steel be prepared for the brief few moments they are to rush at each other and meet in a crash of doom. An entirely new feature of entertainment for the fair has been decided upon by the directors, who have arranged for a contest between boys' bands from various State and private institutions. On Sat- urday, September 12th, Opening Day of the State Fair, juvenile bands from Preston School of Indus- try at lone, Amador county, from the Lytton Orphan- age, a Salvation Army institution at Lytton Springs, Sonoma county, and from St. Francis Orphanage at Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, will compete for a beautiful trophy. A drill corps of one hundred boys will accompany the Preston band and give an exhibi- tion drill. Since the lone State institution has adop- ted a form of self-government it has attracted con- siderable public attention. The president of the "Republic of Preston" will be present at the fair with his Cabinet. The boys will camp in the grounds. John P. Stanton, bandmaster in the United States Navy, stationed at Mare Island, will act as one of the judges in the band contest on Sunday, September 13th. Chas. W. Paine, secretary of the State Agricultura' Society, is a great admirer of horseflesh and he has spared no effort this year to make the horse show a feature of the greatest fair in the history of Cali- fornia. Among the social leaders who have already announced their intention of entering their favorite animals in competition for the many and varied prizes are: E. Cortney Ford, a leader in San Francisco club and social life; Edgar De Pue, Woodland; A. H. Brinton, Woodland; Miss Adelaide Gillis of Los An- geles, who will ride her grand champion, Don Cas- tano, and who will enter several other blooded animals; Mrs. John S. Bryan of Hollister, who will bring her long string of blue ribbon winners, headed by Dewey, a high school horse of the champion class. Oscar Romander of Berkeley will enter a large string. Mrs. Leota Zapp of Fresno will again delight the lovers of high-bred horses with her several trained horses and hurdlers. Sixteen thoroughbreds will represent the Revel L. English stable of Chino, San Bernardino county. Lord Denmark will be seen nightly during the horse show. This beautiful animal, winner of many prizes, will be ridden by his owner, Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson of San Francisco. Judge E. A. Bridford, San Francisco; Mrs. E. P. Riggle, Los Angeles; A. D. Davis, Porterville; C. H. Ragsdale, Merced; S. Mitchell, Visalia, and W. J. Smyth, secretary of the Pacific Coast Saddle Horse Association, will also enter their favorite steeds. Secretary Payne has arranged a beautiful souvenir program in which all the entries and events of the show will be listed. This program, which is really a work of the printer's art, will be given to every person entering the great tent. * * * Secretary Chas. W. Paine is building fifty addi- tional horse stalls. This will make a total of eighty new stalls erected this year to care for the laige increase in the number of horses entered in the various competitions. A limited number of boxes will be provided in the Horse Show tent this year. They will rent for $10 for the season. A limited number of boxes will be provided in the Horse Show tent this year. They will rent for $10 for the season. The railroad companies will establish branch freight offices in the fair grounds this year to care for all shipments of stock and exhibit materials. In addition to the educational departments, there will be plenty of amusement features. The famous Russian Imperial Brass Band, under the leadership of Phillip Pelz, will give daily concerts, while on Sunday, September 13th, there will be an all-day band contest between the best amateur brass bands of California for $3,000 in prizes. The official programme of the California State Fair which opens at Sacramento today (Saturday) and runs until Saturday night of next week, Septem- ber 19th, includes many special features of enter- tainment. Monday, Sept. 14th, has been designated as Placer county and Colusa county day. Tuesday will be Alameda and San Joaquin counties day. Sacramen- to day will come on Wednesday. The same day has been dedicated to Kansas and the women of the Kansas Society of the Sacramento Valley will enter- tain persons coming from Kansas and living in Cali- fornia. Governor's day has been set for Thursday, on which day the Governor's Stake race for a $5,000 purse will be trotted. Santa Clara county also en- joys the distinction of sharing the same day. Fresno county day falls on Friday, and Calaveras county will enjoy the closing day of the fair, Saturday, Sep- tember 19th. Following is the official program: EACH DAY. Diving Girls at 4 p. m. and 8 p. m. Races.. Foley and Burke Amusement Co. Saville Eros., Comedy Rube Acrobats (free act). Rolph and Bimo, Premier Gymnasts (free act). Fireworks each evening. Auxiliary Midway. "Wild West — chariot races — men wrestling with wild steers. Horse Show each night. SATURDAY, SEPT. 12. First race, 3-year-old trot. State Fair Futurity, stake $1,400 — Ethel D.. W. H. Cooley; Esperanza, W. G. Dur- fee; Nearest Alto McKinney, Walter Tryon; Bon Cour- age, W. A. Clark Jr.; Columbia T., C. F. Silva. Second race, 2:14 trot, stake $1,000 — Matawan. H. C. Ahlers; St. Patrick, Woodland Stock Farm; Bertha Pointer, W. G. Durfee; Frank S. Whitney, Sutherland & McKenzie; Merry Widow, W. Parsons; Vallejo King, Thomas Smith; Miss Gaily, Hemet Stock Farm. Third race, 2:15 pace, stake $1,000 — Goly Lily, I. L. Borden; Enchilada, Woodland Stock Farm: Robert Bingen, Woodland Stock Farm; White Sox, W. G. Dur- fee; Soumise. W. G. Durfee; Pegasus, Valencia Stock Farm; Star Tilden, George W. Putnam; "Welcome Jr., J. M. McKiernan; McVerde, Henry Delaney. Concert — State Institution bands. General display and illumination of all buildings. SUNDAY, SEPT. 13. Band Contest for $3,000 in prizes. Pavilion and Live Stock barns opened to the public. Grand fireworks display at 7:30 p. m. 13 bands playing in mass after contest is over. MONDAY, SEPT. 14. Judging live stock department, beginning at 9:30 in horse tent. First race, State Fair Futurity. 2-year-old pace — Shel- don B , I. L. Borden; California Sir John S.. F. W. Coop- er; Direct Heir Jr., Valencia Stock Farm; The Bond Holder, D. W. Wallis. Second race. 2:09 trot, $1,000 — Albaloma, b. g., I. L. Borden; Redeem, b. g.. J. O. Johnson; Alerick, b. g., W. G. Durfee; Rags. b. g., W. G. Durfee. Third race, 2:15 pace, for amateurs only; purse $500 — W. J. K., b. g., W. J. Kenney; Sweet Princess, b. m., H. C. Ahlers; The Fool. b. g.. Dr. I. L. Tucker; White Sox, b. m., W. G. Durfee. TUESDAY, SEPT. 15. First race. Occident Stake for 3-year-olds — Yoncalla. L. B. Taylor; Bon Cres, J. J. Campbell; Ethel D., W. H. Cooley: Bon Courage, W. A. Clark Jr.; Zomanne S„ P. H. Smith. . . . Second race. 2:16 trot, for amateurs, owners driving; purse $600— Little Beau, ch. m.. C. A. Sweiser; Matawan, b. g.. H. C. Ahlers; Tripolina. bl. m., G. Peirano; Merry Widow, ch. m., W. Parsons; Xmas Wilkes, br. g., Paul Sims; Pavana, bl. h., M. L. Woy; The Empress, b. m., W. R. Meese; Frank S. Whitney, b. s.. Sutherland & Mc- Kenzie. Third race, 2:07 pace, purse $1,500 — Zulu Belle, bl. m., C. A. Durfee: Dick W., b. g., A. Ottinger; Robert Bingen, b. s.. Woodland Stock Farm; Arlie Demonio, b. s.. Wood- land Stock Farm; Teddy Bear, b. h.. C. F. Silva; Vera Hal, b. m„ Mrs. H. Cohn. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16. Head-on collision between two monster 60-ton loco- motives. First race. 2:10 pace, California Stake, purse $2.500 — Asa Pointer, b. g., J. M. Dunn; Clara Mac, br. m., W. W. Gallup; McVerde. br. s., Henry Delaney; Delia H., bl. m., H. G. Smith; Senator H.. b. g., C. F. Silva; Far Cracker, br. g.. R. E. Sparks: Loch Lomond, br. g., I. L. Borden; A. B. C, bl. g., W. B. Alford; White Sox, b. m., W. G. Durfee; Soumise, br. m., W. G. Durfee; Oro Mo, ch. h., Chas. F. Silva; Potrero Boy, b. g., E. H. Crowell and M. J. Reams. Second race, 2:20 class trot, for a cup — Delta A., E. T. Ayres; Colonel Roosevelt. F. H. Metz; Perlo, Chas. F. Silva; Eloise Del, Chas. F. Silva; Bonnie Derby. Walter Tryon. for C. E. Wells; Melrose, Walter Tryon, for S. H. Cowell; Sweet Adena. Dan Hoffman; Arista Ansel, E. M. Barber. Third race — 2:20 pace for amateurs, purse $600 — Sweet Princess, b. m., H. C. Ahlers; Gold Lily. b. m., I. L. Borden; White Sox, W. G. Durfee; Soumise, W. G. Dur- fee; Ben Corbett Jr., b. g.. Wm. Young. THURSDAY, SEPT. 17. Stock parade, 10:30 a. m. Governor's Day. First race — State Fair Futurity No. 4, 2-year-old trot — Ruth Ansel. Woodland Stock Farm; May Alto, White- house and Rodman; Carl, C. J. Berry; Nicolo B., W. G. Durfee; Byron, Wm. Loftus; Allie Lou, Hemet Stock Farm. Second race, 2:12 trot. Governor's Stake, purse $5,000 — Mable Van. b. m., F. E. Van Tress; St. Patrick, b. g., Woodland Stock Farm: Matawan, b. g., H. C. Ahlers; Moko Hall, br. h., F. J. Ruhstaller; John Gwynne, b. g., John C. Kirkpatrick; Merry Mack, ch. h., W. Parsons; Pavana. bl. g.. M. L. Woy; Rags, b. g., W. G. Durfee; Frank S. Whitney, b. s.. Sutherland & McKenzie; Bertha Pointer, b. m.. W. G. Durfee; Nurosto. bl. s., Alex Brown; Wesos, b. g., Alex Brown; Kinney de Lopez, ch. h., Hemet Stock Farm; Tena G., ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm: Miss Gaily, ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm; Dione II. b. m., W. R. Zibbell. Third race, State Fair Futurity No. 3, 3-year-old pace — Alta Barnato, I. L. Borden; Joseph Ansel, Woodland Stock Farm; Chango, W. G. Durfee. FRIDAY, SEPT. 18. First race. 2:20 trot, purse $2,000 — Little Beau, ch. m.. C. A. Schweiser; Fiesta Maid. br. m., Woodland Stock Farm; St. Patrick, b. g.. Woodland Stock Farm; Vallejo King. b. s., Thos. Smith; Copper King, b. g., Valencia Stock Farm; Merry Widow, ch. m., W. Parsons; Lady Arbella, ch. m.. R. M. Hersey; Pavana, bl. g., M. L. Woy; Frank S. Whitney, b. s., Sutherland & McKenzie; Ber- tha Pointer, b. m., W. G. Durfee; Nuristo, bl. s., Alex Brown; Kinney de Lopez, Hemet Stock Farm; Tena G.. ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm; Panama, b. h.. S. H. Cowell. Second race, 2:20 trot for amateurs, purse $600 — Frank S. Whitney, Sutherland & McKenzie; The Empress, W. R. Meese; Xmas Wilkes, Paul Sims; Nutwood Lou, A. Ot- tinger. SATURDAY, SEPT. 19. Stock parade at 10:30 a.m. First race, Stanford Stake for three-year-olds — Bon Courage, W. A. Clark Jr.; Ethel D., W. H. Cooley; Es- peranza, W. G. Durfee; Nearest Alto McKinney, Walter Tryon; Columia T., Chas. F. Silva. Second race, free-for-all pace, purse $1,000 — Leata J., b. m., J. M. Jones; Jim Logan, b. s., J. E. Montgomery; Don Pronto, bl. s., W. G. Durfee. Third race, 2:20 pace, purse $2,000 — Asa Pointer, J. M. Dunn; Clara Mac, br. m., W. W. Gallup; McVerde, br. s., Henry Delaney; Arlie Demonio, b. s., Woodland Stock Farm; Pegasus, b. s., Valencia Stock Farm; Sweet Prin- cess, b. m., H. C. Ahlers; Beretta's Dee, b. m., R. S. Ir- vine; Zoetrix, s. m., J. W. Marshall; R. W., br. s., R. W. Earl; Far Cracker, br. g., R. E. Sparks; The Fool, b. g.. Dr. I. L. Tucker; Gold Lily, b. f., I. L. Borden; A. B. C, bl. g., W. B. Alford; White Sox, b. m., W. G. Durfee; Soumise, b. m., W. G. Durfee; Oro Mo, ch. h., Chas. F. Silva; Dee Sherrill, b. m., T. W. Orme. Fourth race, free-for-all trot, purse $1,000 — Expedio, b. m., F. J. Ruhstaller; Merry Mack, ch. h., W. Parsons; Albaloma, b. g., I. L. Borden; Alerick, b. g., W. G. Durfee. One of the features of the Foley and Burk Carnival which has been engaged for the State Fair this year will be the "Kid Show," consisting of a large canvas 150 by 50 feet and housing a variety of attractive features of special interest to all youngsters. It would be hard for the "oldest inhabitant" to say when Punch and Judy made their bow before the public with their violent domestic troubles, and yet, where is the youngster who is not interested in this puppet show? Glass blowers furnish education as well as amuse- ment for Young America, and both young and old find pleasure in the surprising feats of magic of the up-to-date entertainer. Monkeys of various species; curious animals from all parts of the universe and many found in the United States, which are com- paratively unknown, furnish interesting natural his- tory lessons. Sword swallowers and balancers and a variety of smaller attractions are found within the canvas walls of this so-called "Circus Unique." A booklet nine inches long and five inches wide and containing 144 closely printed pages is required this year to list the prizes that are to be awarded in the nineteen departments of the fair. The prizes are wide in range and each class contains valuable awards. In many departments, notably in the poul- try division, the rules have been revised and the prizes increased over last season. In the list of prizes awards are offered every product of California, from dairy cattle to broom corn. Each day during the week there will be a Wild West show, a real, genuine wild and woolly West rodeo with real cowboys and real cowgirls and horses that will buck for all they are worth. The entries and registrations show that this year's fair will be the largest, most entertaining and in- structive in the history of the California State Fairs. This will be the sixty-first State Fair. PACING RECORD BROKEN AT WOODLAND. Woodland, Sept. 10. — Jim Logan, bay son of Charles Derby, crushed the pacing record of the West today by doing a mile in 2:01%. On the rail a half length behind, and fighting every inch of the way, came Don Pronto. Don Pronto was two lengths in front at the quarter in the opening heat. Logan was going along- easily, while Leata J. was breaking. At the half, which was stepped in 1:02, Pronto held his advantage. Logan started moving up at the three-quarter pole, and then settled down for the stretch drive. One hundred yards from home they were even, and then Logan just pulled away from him. Leata J. was coming fast, but not near enough to be troublesome. Clara Mac, the Expressive Mac mare, which last week paced a heat in 2:051,4, came back today again and won easily. Clara was so far in front each time that she wasn't forced to travel faster than 2:10%. This was the final day of the Woodland meeting. The horses now move on to Sacramento, where the State Fair will open on Saturday. Summary: First race. 2:20 trot, purse $500: Vallejo King, bl. s. by Gen. J. B. Frisbie — Rein- ette (Chadbourne) 1 1 Nuristo (Spencer) 4 2 Pavana (Clark) 2 4 Fiesta Maid (Downing) 3 3 Time— 2:1114. 2:10%. 2:10%. Second race, 2:12 trot, purse $500: Rags, b. g. by Del Coronado — Atherine (Durfee) 1 1 Baby Doll (Zibbell) 3 2 Merry Mc. (Parsons) 2 3 J. C. Simpson (Bonnell) d Time— 2:12%, 2:09%, 2:11%. Third race, 2:12 class pace, purse $500: Clara Mac, br. m. by Expressive Mac-Clara (Gallup) 1 1 Potrero Boy (Reams) 3 2 Star Tilden (Smith) 2 4 McVerde (Delaney) * 5 5 Dee Sherrill (Bonnell) 4 3 Time — 2:13%. 2:09%, 2:10%. Fourth race, free-for-all pace, purse $500: Jim Logan, b. s. by Charles Derby out of Effie Logan (Montgomery) 1 1 Leata J. (Jones) 3 2 Don Pronto (Durfee) 2 3 Time— 2:01%, 2:04%, 2:03%. Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN A SENSIBLE SOLUTION. The sensible solution ot the Grand Circuit situa- tion in Buffalo seems to be the getting together of the business interests of this city for the formation of a big fair association with a provision for a big harness race meeting in connection with a fair the same as marks the State Fair at Syracuse. Any of the managers of fairs, big or little will freely admit that harness races make the biggest attraction to the public that a fair can have. At Syracuse, with its attendance amounting to something like 200,000 dur- ing the week, the income from the grandstand comes pretty near to financing the racing department, and there is no reason why the same conditions would not prevail in connection with a fair held here. Buf- falo business men and business organizations fail to realize what it means for a city to have more than 100,000 visitors once a year. Trade excursions are all right in their way, but how much more valuable it would be to a city to have 100,000 or more visitors from all over the State come to Buffalo every year. If the Chamber of Commerce is really desirous of doing something to make Buffalo a Mecca for the farmers and stock-breeders throughout the State, the persons who make up the great buying public, there is nothing that could be done that would bring that result about so Quickly as to lend their efforts to the organization of a big fair association that will in- clude Grand Circuit racing as one of its features. — The Horse World. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Hartford (Conn.), September 7. — The brown mare Sienna, by Peter the Great, owned by P. J. Schlis- singer of Milwaukee, Wis., won the historic Charter Oak stake, valued at $10,000. The summaries: The Corinthian, 2:20 trot, three in Ave; purse $2000: Bronson, b. g. by Bingen (Graves) 1 1 1 The Mason, b. g. (Mahoney) 2 2 2 Gambetta Moko, b. s. (Proctor) 3 4 3 Dolly Dixon, blk. m. (Nolan) 4 3 4 Time— 2:13%, 2:14%, 2:14%. 2:18 trot, three in five; purse $1000: The Temptress, br. m. by Exponent (Murphy) 2 111 Tommy O., br. g. (Crozier) 3 2 2 2 Jonah Man, ch. g. (Constanero) 1 d Emma Dillon, ch. m. (Nolan) d Time— 2:10%, 2:12%. 2:11%. 2:12%. The Charter Oak stakes, 2:14 trot, three in five: purse $10,000: Sienna, br. m. by Peter the Great (Garrity) .... 4 1 1 1 McCloskey, b. g. (McDonald) 1 4 2 3 The Guide, b. s. (Geers) 3 2 3 2 Also started — Lady Watts, b. m. ; Mirthful, b. m. : Hazel Laing, ch. m. ; Lassie McGregor, b. m. Time— 2:10%, 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:08%. O Hartford (Conn.), September 8. — All three events at the Grand Circuit meet were stake races for $2000 purses, the Nutmeg going to King Couchman, driven by Tommy Murphy, after five heats. Summaries : The Nutmeg. 2:10 pace, three in five; purse $2000: King Couchman. br. g. by Atlantic King (Murphy) 3 2 1 1 1 Rastus, br. g. (McDonald) 1 1 2 3 3 T. C. S., b. g. (Carr) 2 3 3 2 2 Walnut Grove, blk. h. (Ruthven) 4 4 dr Time— 2:0S%. 2:07, 2:07%, 2:09%. 2:11%. The Acorn. 2:24 trot, for three-year-olds, best two in three; purse $2000: Airdale, b. c. by Tregantle (McDonald) 1 1 Prize Cochato, blk. f. (March) 2 2 Bonnie Setzer. ch. g. (Crozier) 3 3 Treledor. br. c. (Dickerson) 4 4 Kathryn Collette, b. t. (Egan) 5 d Time— 2:13%, 2:13%. The Elmwood, 2:12 trot, best three in five; purse $2000: Brighton B., b. g. by Brighton (Murphy)... 2 111 Harry J. S.. blk. h. (Andrews) 3 3 2 2 Marta Bellini, br. m. (Dickinson) 1 2 dis Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:11, 2:12%. Hartford (Conn.), Sept. 9. — Despite the fact that there were only two classes on the card, the third day of the Grand Circuit at Charter Oak Park devel- oped the finest racing and the most exciting finishes thus far. The Capital City stake for 2:08 trotters went to Newzell, but it required six heats. Andrews won easily with Newzell in the first two, but tired in the third, and Atlantic Express came first under the wire, while in the fourth Dickerman's horse in a driving finish just failed by a head to beat out Oak- dale. The 2:16 pace was won by Zaida in straight heats, both of the first two finishes being very close. 2:15 pace, three in five; purse $1,000: Zaida, blk. m. by Peer (Brazil) 1 1 1 John A. P., br. s. (Crozier) 2 2 3 Maintime, b. s. (Murphy) 3 3 2 Time— 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:10%. Capital City, three in five, 2:08 trot; purse $2,000: Newzell. b. g. by New Leaf (Andrews).. 1 14 4 4 1 Atlantic Express, b. s. (Dickerson) 4 3 12 12 Bismaya, b. m. (Proctor) 3 4 3 3 ro Oakdale. g. g. (Avery) 2 2 2 1 2dr Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:10%. 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:11. 0 Hartford (Conn.), Sept. 10. — Tommy Murphy made a clean sweep of the four events carded for the final day of the Grand Circuit meeting at Charter Oak Park this afternoon, taking the trotting division of the Matron Stake with Peter Volo; the pacing divis- ion of the same stake with Anna Bradford, winning the 2:14 trot with Barbara Overton and the free-for- all pace with Frank Bogash Jr. Frank Bogash Jr. was never hard pushed in the free-for-all pace, stepping both heats in 2: 05^4, and Barbara Overton had no trouble in leading all the way in three heats in the 2:24 trot. The summary: Matron stake, trotting division, 2 in 3. purse $5,042.50: Peter Volo, br. c. by Peter the Great (Murphy). .. .1 1 Lee Axworthy, b. c. (Andrews) 2 2 Adbell M., b. c. (Avery) 3 3 Time— 2:13%. 2:17%. Matron stake, pacing division, purse $802.50: Anna Bradford, blk. m. by Tod Mac (Murphy), first. Time. 2:12. 2:24 trot, three in five, purse $1,000: Barbara Overton, b. m. by Sahib (Murphy) ... .1 1 1 Tommy O., br. g. (Crozier) 2 2 3 Dolly Dixon, blk. m. (Nolan) 3 4 2 Ned Sterling, b. g. (Griswold) 4 3 4 Cattaraugus, br. g. (Delaney) dis Time— 2:16%. 2:10%, 2:17%. Free-for-all pace. 2 in 3, purse $2,500: Frank Bogash Jr.. b. g. by Frank Bogash (Murphy) 1 1 Bradin Direct, blk. h. (Egan) 2 2 Del Ray, b. h. (Andrews) 3 3 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. NO MORE FOUR-MILE RACES FOR HORSES. Abandoned When "Improving the Breed of Horses" Is An Economic Necessity. VANCOUVER EXHIBITION. The race programme of the Vancouver Exhibition Association started on Friday, September 4th, with a 2:14 pace. Out of twenty-one original starters, seven went to the post. At the start the trim little mare, Ovieda by Bob Fitzsimmons, went to the post as favorite, though J. Carson's Strathtell was fancied by most, and the Spokane and Portland contingent pointed very fair on Imbro, ably handled by Marvin Childs. The track was slow, owing to rain in the early morning. Time was remarkably good under the cir- cumstances ,the third heat being 2: 13%. The sum- mary does not tell the detail of the race exactly as it was a contest all the way, even though it was won in straight heats. The wild horse race had five starters and was won by O. Demilla. Eight starters appeared in the first relay race, which was won by J. Kent in 5:14V4. Summary : 2:14 class pacing; purse $1,000: Ovieda, b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons (Dennis). .. .1 1 1 Strathtell, b. h. by Mothell (Barnes) 4 2 2 Imbro. br. s. by Zombro (Childs) 2 4 5 J. C. B., b. s. by Halby (Woodcock) 3 5 3 Major Hardy, b. s. by Oh So, 7-3-4; Olga S., 6-dis. ; Ingian Hal, 5-6-dr. Time— 2:14%. 2:13%, 2:13%. Free-for-all pace, %-mile heats: Mercury, g. g. by Merrimac (Dixon) 1 1 1 Elma O.. blk. m. (Bell) 2 2 4 Bonaday, b. s. by Bon Voyage (Riplinger) 4 5 2 Feara Montana, b. m. (Stewart) 3 3 3 Cromo. 3-4-5; Barney, 3-5-6. Time— 1:12%. 1:11%, 1:12. 0 SEVEN RACES CARDED FOR THE STADIUM MATINEE. Seven races have been carded for the harness horse matinee that will be given at the Golden Gate Park stadium tomorrow under the auspices of the San Francisco Driving Club. The entries and offi- cials for the meet will be as follows: First race, 2:25 mixed — Dalta A. (E. T. Ayres), Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico). Lucero (J. Holland), Steve D. (J. Tassi), Springtime (F. Clotere), Pride of Elmhurst (J. Johnstone). Second race, 2:18 pace — Little Dick (H. Ohlandt Jr.). G. J. P. (R. Consani), William Tell (McKinney Stable), Johnnie K. (J. Kramer), Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser). Third race, free-for-all pace — Bradmont (George Gian- ninl). Delilah (J. C. Welch), Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan). Fourth race, free-for-all trot — Birdeye (A. Combata- lade), Ida M. (H. Boyle), Silver Hunter (T. D. Sexton), Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks). Fifth race, 2:15 pace — Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres), Mabel Dillon (B. Cohen), Dicto (McKinney Stable). Sixth race, 2:20 trot — Laddie G. (J. Holland). Ateka (B. Cohen). Soreta (McKinney Stable). Bodecker (S. Christenson). Seventh race, 2:22 pace — King Pointer (A. Campodon- ico), Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty). Jim Logan Jr. (Mc- Kinney Stable), Emma M. (W. Malough). Judges — George Giannini, Bert Edwards and J. Holland. Timers — Fred Clotere, Dr. Dillon and F. Lauterwasser. Starter — W. J. Kenney. Marshal — J. Lombard. THE "TOTALIZATOR" ELSEWHERE. "Most racing clubs in New Zealand are in a par- ticularly prosperous condition, thanks to the heavy totalizator speculation during the current season," says the Sydney Referee. "The Government tax is a big drain, but the Canterbury Times says that, despite this, stakes are going up steadily, and as the clubs continue to show a profit on their meetings further increases in prize money may be looked for. 'That,' says the paper quoted, 'is one of the great points to be urged in favor of New Zealand racing methods. All the clubs exist exclusively for the furtherance of sport, the proprietary element having been banished long ago. As a result there are no shareholders to pocket fat dividends after a success- ful meeting, and the greater the profits the more money there is to provide conveniences for the pub- lic and stakes for the owners. In both these direc- tions it can be claimed that New Zealand occupies a position which challenges comparison with- any country in the world.' The Canterbury Jockey Club concluded its racing for the current season, and in ten days it has distributed $181,800 in prize money. It must be added, though, that, unlike the Australian Jockey Club, it has received a large return in the way of nomination and acceptance fees. Still, even under such conditions, an average of $2,270 a race is a splendid one for a club in a city the size of Christchurch. Totalizator investments for the season aggregated $1,874,610, an increase of $239,315, as compared with the Canterbury Jockey Club's meet- ings during 1912-13, and in New Zealand the specu- lation on the course has a direct bearing on the prize money to be distributed the following season." At last even Kentucky, the home of the American thoroughbred horse, has been compelled to abandon the trials of speed over the four-mile course which the breeder has always held to be the supreme test of a horse. During the past three years the Endurance Race, as it is called, was a feature of the October meeting at Churchill Downs, the famous race course just out- side of Louisville, K. This fall the race has been given up for a revival of the Kentucky St. Leger at two miles and a quarter. Even at this distance the race will be over the longest course a horse will be asked to negotiate in 1914. The original St. Leger was run at the Louisville track in 1879, but was abandoned a number of years ago. Old-school breeders of the thoroughbred held that a horse that could not run four-mile heat races was not fit to breed from, and even so recently as the days of the original Monmouth Park track, just out- side Long Branch, heat races at that distance were run, and dashes of three and four miles constituted regular features of the meetings in which the best horses of the East were pitted against the best of the West, and even of the Pacific Coast. California kept up races at this distance until comparatively re- cently, but the Monmouth Park management aban- doned them in response to the demand of the specu- lative racegoers, who wanted "quick action for their money." The last races at this distance run on Eastern tracks were those staged at the Sheepshead Bay track of the Coney Island Jockey Club. Horse breed- ers admired those races, but the betting element pre- ferred the sprints. "Billy" Lakeland, "Johnny" Camp- bell— both now dead — "Matt" Allen, and John Hug- gins, all of whom bad had experience with trotting horses, were about the only trainers left who then knew how to prepare a horse for races at that dis- tance ,and the only ones who knew the trick of "cool- ing out" a racer for a heat race. So the madern trainer was at a disadvantage, and as he could not fit a horse for these supreme tests, they were reluc- tantly abandoned by the elder August Belmont, W. K. Vanderbilt, J. G. Lawrence and J. G. Bradford, then the active managers of the Coney Island Jockey Club. Kentucky and California have both revived four- mile races at intervals since, but found few horses fit to run the distance, and now Kentucky has been forced to give up its attempt to foster races that should test both the stamina and speed of the thor- oughbred. The distance horse has given place to the sprinter, certainly, when Kentucky can find no horsemen who will race their horses at a distance above two miles and a quarter. This apparently ends a battle that has lasted for half a century between the horse breeder and the horse racer, with victory for the racing man. .The latter wishes a wonderful turn of speed over a short distance: the former wanted speed combined with stamina and ability to carry weight. This latter quality he held was the only one that would "improve the breed of horses," which racing is theoretically supposed to do. It was a contest between the horse and the gambling machine, in which the latter has been victorious, and at a time when the breeder should have won. With the war in Europe wiping out all the high- class horses there was in sight, and still is, for that matter, an opportunity for the American breeder such as he has not had in years. It is from this country that the supply of high-class horses of the future must come. All the world, which has hereto- fore looked to the stud farms of Great Britain and France for foundation stock for both Government and individual breeding farms, will have to come to the United States and Canada for both stallions and broodmares to renew a supply the war will have wiped out. But those buyers will want stamina in- stead of extreme speed. With the tests that long- distance races alone give, the selection of animals for a renewal of Europe's supply will have to be de- pendent on blood lines rather than performances, and those are not always reliable. So the abandonment of races over a distance of ground will operate as an economic as well as a sporting loss to American breeders. Such breeders as have kept alive strains of saddle horses of the best type and trotting horses which have stamina as well as action and speed will reap the benefit a few years hence. European breeders will not take kindly to the three-quarter or half-bred saddler or the colder-blooded trotter or pacer. They want proved bloodlines. In this emergency they may have to take such as we have for crossing with the hot- blooded Arab or Barb horse of Africa. If American thoroughbred horse breeders were long-visioned enough to see their opportunity, they would go in for breeding powerful animals which could race three or four miles without falling dead in their tracks, instead of clinging to the fine-drawn, short-coupled horse they now breed, and which could not show to advantage even in a two-mile race. There is certain to be a greedy foreign market for all the horses America can breed, if they are able to do a long route across country, as they have to do in hunting, or stand the long, hard rides the ani- mals get in military work. Abandoning races at/ two miles or over will not help the American breeder to take advantage of his golden opportunity. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. RUSSIAN DUMA ENDORSES TOTALIZATOR FOR PROGRESS OF HORSEBREEDING. The California Driving Club's programme of eight light harness races at the Stadium track last Sunday produced several hotly contested heats. Hello Girl picked up a pebble in the first heat of her race and finished very lame. Mabel Dillon won the 2:25 pace in two straight heats. This contest was one of the best races driven on the track this season. The free-for-all pace was won by Pointer Belle over Frank N. The second heat was a walkover for Frank N. when the mare broke. She came strong in the final. Hello Girl, after pulling up lame in the opening heat, won the 2:25 pace handily. The third heat developed a spirited finish. Horseshoe Boy won the first heat of the 2:18 trot. Bodaker, the first time out this season, trailed along in good position. Gold Bond disposed of his field in two straight heats, the second in better time than the first, in the free-for-all trot. Ateka was also a two-heat winner in the 2:25 trot, just nosing out Modicum in the second heat. The last race was captured by Springtime in two well-rated heats. Effie Madison kicked her sulky out of commission and did not go in the last heat. Dalta A. was a close contender, losing the first heat by going off his feet when in the lead and close to the wire. First race — 2:30 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Gold Bond (C. Lee) 1 1 Caliente Girl (A. Benson) 2 3 Vaxtida (J. Paris) 3 2 Alfonso (W. G. Walkup) 4 w Time— 2:24, 2:21. Scratched — Edna S.. Pride of Elmhurst. Second race — 2:25 trot, mile heats, best two in three: Ateka (B. Cohen) 1 1 Direct Rome (E. J. Fallon) 2 3 Modicum (George D. Mackay) 3 2 Darby Mc (-J. MeTigue) 4 4 Time— 2:20, 2:18%. Scratched — Searchlight Jr. Third race — 2:15 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Mabel Dillon (B.Cohen) 1 1 Victor Pointer (D. M. Keating) 2 2 Little Medium (H. E. Allen) 3 4 Jim Donnellv (Hoffman & Wright) 5 3 T. D. W. (W. Higginbotham) 4 5 Time— 2:15%, 2:16%. Scratched — Little Dick. Fourth race — Free-for-all pace, mile heats, best two in three: Pointer Belle (Kidd & Luce) 1 2 1 Frank N. (M. Ford) 2 1 2 Time— 2:13%, 2:23, 2:13%. Scratched — Ledona. Fifth race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats, best two in three : Monica McKinney (Hoffman & Sicotte) 2 1 1 Sweet Adena (D. E. Hoffman) 1 2 2 Time— 2:23, 2:18%. 2:16. Sixth race — 2:25 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Hello Girl (R. Kehoe) 4 1 1 Fred D. (A. De Vecchio) 1 2 4 Golden Buck (W. G. Walkup) 2 3 2 Little Jack (George Conlon) 3 4 3 Time — 2:22. 2:22, 2:23%. Scratched — Sleepy Dick, Allegro. Seventh race — 2:18 trot, mile heats, best two in three: Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 1 1 Bodaker (S. Christenson) 2 2 Sutton (J. J. Gethen) 3 3 Time— 2:20. 2:17%. Eighth race — 2:30 trot, mile heats, best two in three: Springtime (D. Healey) : 1 1 Dalta A. (E. T. Ayres) 2 2 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 4 Minnequa (M. Ford) 4 3 Queen Pointer (J. Vermet) 5 w Effie Madison (J. J. Klapperich) 6 w Time— 2:27, 2:23%. SACRAMENTO HORSE WINS PACE AT STADIUM. The light-harness races last Monday afternoon at the Stadium track, under the auspices of the San Francisco Driving Club, drew an immense audience that packed the grandstand and crowded the rails on both sides of the track. The summary: First race — 2:25 mixed, mile heats, best two in three: Emma M. (W. Malough) 2 1 1 Pride of Elmhurst (J. Johnstone) 1 6 2 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 4 2 3 Steve D. (G. Clotere) 6 3 6 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 5 5 5 Time— 2:29, 2:29%, 2:27%. Scratched— Dalta A.. Lucero. Second race — 2:15 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 1 1 Tim Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 2 2 Wm. Tell (McKinney Stables) 3 3 Time — 2:14%, 2:14. Scratched — Dicto. Third race — Free-for-all pace, mile heats, best two in three : Sutter Basin (C. Silva) 1 1 W. J. K. (W. J. Kinney) 2 3 Happv Dentist (J.J. Ryan) 3 2 Delilah (J. C. Welch) 4 4 Time — 2:10, 2:11%. Scratched — Geo. Woodward. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot, mile heats, best two in three : Silver Hunter (McKinney Stables) 1 1 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 2 3 Birdeye (A. Combatalade) .....3 2 Time — 2:18%, 2:16. Scratched — J. C. Simpson, Horse- shoe Boy, Panama. Fifth race — 2:18 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Baby Gommet (McKinney Stables) 1 1 Little Dick (H. Ohlandt Jr.).. 2 2 G. J. P. (R. Consani) 3 3 Sir John K. (J. Kramer) 4 4 Time— 2:15. 2:16%. Sixth race — 2:20 mixed, mile heats, best two in three: Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 1 1 Soreta (McKinney Stables) 2 3 "toman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 4 2 Jim Logan Jr. (McKinney Stables) 3 4 King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 5 6 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 6 5 Time — 2:20, 2:20. Scratched — Nutwood Lou, Hello Girl. The moot question of the totalizator, which has been swaying the passions inside and around the horse breeding interests of the country for the last thirty-five years and formed the subject of spasmodic local legislation, culminated in the issue being brought to a head before the National Assembly on the 20th of May. Representative Safonoff's straight-from-the-shoulder motion for the total abolition of the totalizator throughout the Russian Empire was thrown out by a majority of 96 to 71, with twenty members ab- staining. Hurrah for Russia! Ever since the totalizator was first introduced in 1867, at the Tzarskoye-Selo race track, in an attempt to do away with the evils of gambling and book-making, the trotting interests of the country had been kept fighting with their backs to the wall against a venomous horde of social re- formers and public benefactors, who could not tell a trotter from a zebra and to whom the horse breed- ing industry of the country, its importance, its needs, its progress, were astronomical nebulae. Totalizator betting has always been the favorite cut of pie for the ambitious Russian politician. Never was there a juicier bait unearthed in fishing for cheap glory in troubled waters. Think of it! Race horse gambling aided and abetted by Government controlled institutions! The officially controlled totalizator machines, issu- ing ten rouble tickets for first, second or third place, are now installed at twenty-nine trotting and twenty- one running tracks. About twenty million roubles ($10,000,000) is turned over in course of a year's racing at Moscow, or St. Petersburg, the two largest trotting centers in the Empire. Ten per cent, of the turn-over is retained by the local association, and the disposition of this money is controlled entirely by the State Department of Horse-breeding — for prizes, building and improvements in tracks and stands, for the purchase and distribution of stallions. The growth of the trotting industry in Russia since the advent of the totalizator has been truly amazing. Twenty years ago the 2:30 list of Russian trotters barely counted a hundred. Russian tracks are sev- eral seconds slower than in this country. It was not long, however, after the introduction of the totalizator that it attracted the attenion of all sorts of press and political muckrakers. In 1886, the first legislative attempt to end the totalizator was engineered in Moscow. Bills for the abolition of the totalizator came up again in 1889, 1897, 1907 and 1909. In March, 1909, the issue came up for discussion before the Upper House (the Imperial Council), for the first time as one of national importance. The discussion, in which some of the most prominent statesmen of Russia took part (including Count Vitte) lasted two days, and for the first time the totalizator got what might be termed a square deal. The whole issue was dissected and looked into from every angle and view point. Impassioned attacks brought out cold facts of squelching repudiation; illustrative sophisms and statistics were pricked like bubbles; firework denunciations exploded through their own impetuosity and went up in smoke. Aligned against each other, were in the national assembly the partizans of the abstract idea, utterly uninformed as to the practical sides of the issue, and seeking no such information, but speaking from the moral standpoint, pure and simple. On the other side — the defenders of a great national industry, talking business, facts and horse sense. In the cross- fire of illuminating facts and figures the entire issue, rapidly stripped of flimsy generalities, stood out in bold relief. And it was this and nothing else, that upheld the totalizator as a condition sine qua non of the horse-breeding industry — the alignment of facts and logic versus trashy sentiment. In 1889, when the agitation was carried up to the throne, the following opinion was handed down by Emperor Alexander III. to the Minister of the In- terior: "This (totalizator) is a monstrous evil, an indignity, not as a menace to public morals merely, but by direct corruption of racing associations. Take this matter up seriously with Count Vorentzoff- Dashkoff (Chief of the Department of Horse-Breed- ing). This was on the 3rd of September. The matter was taken up accordingly and the result was, that on the 3rd of December following the totalizator was endorsed and its operations regulated for the first time, fully sanctioned by the Emperor. There was as yet no House of Representatives in Russia at that time*. But now, on the 20th of May, this subject came up in the Duma. The Duma sustained the decision of the Imperial Council favoring the reten- tion of the totalizator and now the issue is settled for all time and for the entire country. The totalizator does not in any way encourage betting on horses. It merely regulates the backing, making everything open and above board. Tickets on each race are not sold until a few minutes pre- vious to the start of the given event, which elim- inates all advance speculation. The number of tick- ets issued on each entry is kept in full view of the public all the time. Playing the totalizator could by no means be termed a game of chance, for it is based essentially on the knowledge of horses, of the drivers, on con- sidering the conditions of the track, weight and a great many other elements, utterly incompatible with the idea of hazard. The fact that a thousand men will be backing one horse to five who will pick another is best proof to this. Playing the totalizator renders big loss impossible for any one, for the big- ger the stake, the smaller are the winnings, in pro- portion, for the backer. In raising the stake farther yet, the backer will be actually betting against him- self. A St. Petersburg sportsman, who once bought 200 tickets on a favorite was talked about as a mad- man, for 2,000 roubles invested in this manner even in "a dead cert" will yield about as much on the money as a dime saving bank would. But a heavy plunge on an off-chance, on a dark horse, would be sheer idiocy, not gambling. Of course,' there is no such thing as dead certainty in playing the totalizator, no matter how well the contending horses might be known, no more than this is possible in a game of chess between well matched players. Accidents will always happen, but in playing the totalizator the risk from accidents is reduced to the minimum. Thus money is returned to the backers in case a winning horse should lose the race on account of bad gait, a crossing, improper driving and so forth, everything which might prove an unforseen handicap to a winner on merits. Attempts were made at different times in every country in Europe where trotting sport is pursued to abolish the totalizator, with most deplorable results, both as regards public morals and the decay of the sport itself. The news, that the Duma definitely upheld the necessity of the totalizator for the horse breeding industry of the country, caused gratification in trot- ting and breeding circles. The encouraging effect of this assurance is felt already. Thus, the St. Peters- burg Association forthwith increased the appropria- tion for prizes for the coming winter campaign of forty days to three-quarters of a million — fully 100,- 000 roubles more than last winter's appropriation. — R. J. Lowery, in American Sportsman. HAVE TROTTERS IMPROVED? Last winter a nonsensical article appeared in an agricultural journal in which it was claimed that the improvement in trotting speed has been due almost entirely to the improvement in tracks and equipment. This article was to a large extent re- sponsible for the Goshen, N. Y., association offering a prize for the trotter entered in its fast trotting event that could go the fastest mile later in the week to a high wheel sulky. Only three horses competed for the special prize, viz., Peter Billiken. Raffles and King Brook. These three, especially the last two, are far from being champion trotters, that is, none of them could hope to approach the 1:58 mile of Uhlan. Under perfect conditions over a mile track, Peter Billiken might trot a mile in 2:05, Raffles in 2:08, and King Brook in 2:09, which would be respectively 7, 10 and 11 seconds slower than the world's record. The three started to beat 2:16. Peter Billiken, the fastest horse of the trio, was the only successful one. His mile was in 2:14*4 and reduced the world's record of Nelson by a full second. If Peter Billiken, possibly a 2:05 trotter (although his record is only 2:11), can pull a high wheel sulky in 2:1414 it is reasonable to assume that a marvel- ous trotter like Uhlan 1:58 could have done so in 2:07V&. Therefore we can assume that the fastest trotter of today is approximately 8 seconds faster than the trotter of 22 years ago, under the same con- ditions, except for track. Allowing that our tracks are 3 seconds faster than those of 22 years ago (and this allowance we consider more than ample), it is safe to say that the trotter of today is 5 seconds faster, under like conditions, than the trotter of 22 years ago. At any rate, we believe our deductions prove the absurdity of the statement that improve- ments in equipment is mainly responsible for the im- provement in speed. A similar deduction might be made as to the saddle record. In 1866 Dexter trotted a mile under saddle at Buffalo in 2:18 and it was considered a wonderful performance. Country Jay in 1909, at the age of thirteen, trotted under similar conditions, except for improvement in track, in 2: 08 %. Uhlan could prob- ably have done so in 2:05 or better. Who says trotters have not improved in speed! — The Horse- man. NO HORSE SHOW THIS YEAR. For the first time in years there will be no horse show in Madison Square Garden this year. The offi- cials of the National Horse Show Association have called off this year's exhibit because of unsettled conditions caused by the European war. Foreign entries have always been a feature of the show in the Garden, but with the big war raging in Europe there would be no chance of the foreigners entering this year. The Association's notice calling off its show follows: "After careful consideration, it has been decided by the directors of the National Horse Show Asso- ciation of America to postpone the holding of its an- nual Horse Show for another year. The unsettled conditions in this country due to the great European war make this course now advisable. "JAMES T. HYDE, Secretary." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. 1 ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. [By August Wolf.] FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Sept. 7 — Tacoma. Wash. Tacoma Gun Club, E. W. Cooper, Secretary. Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11. — Dayton, Ohto. — The Interstate As- sociation's fifteenth Grand American Handicap tourna- ment, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club; $1,500 added money. Winner of first place in the Grand Amer- ican Handicap guaranteed $600 and trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $500 and a trophy and winner of third place guaranteed $400 and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be guaranteed. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. October 17. — Wilmington, Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. E. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A. K. C. rules. THE HAUNTED GULLY. We had been making a short march from one jungle to another and had got into camp early, with nothing to do, writes "Gum Shake" in The Asian. Rai Gora, our old head shikari, had been regaling us with stories of a haunted gully, down which no native dared to go. When we tackled him as to its terrors he would give us no answer. It was haunted and no native dared go into it — that was the whole story. When we said we would like to have a look at it, he said that was our affair. The place was a bad place for the "Canarese," he knew nothing of its powers towards the "Sahib-log." It had so happened that we had had quite an ex- citing time with snakes during the few days we had been in these jungles, but it did not strike us that snakes might be the bogies of the place. Nor do I know, in spite of our experience when we went into the gully, whether they were, for the old shikari put on a look of the most owlish stupidity when we spoke of it and refused to be drawn. The gully was to prove the culmination of our little series of snake adventures. The day we de- trained, we camped by a tank on which we found a few belated snipe and picked up a specimen of that ugly but succulent bird, the black ibis. While I was skirting the shore of this tank, a very line cobra had a shot at me, and I believe, but am not sure, touched me on the boot. That evening Reid went into a bit of thick jungle with his .410 bore gun to try and shoot a bird he could not recognize and as nearly as possible put his foot on a duboia, and the next night, when we slept in a very tumbled-down bunga- low because of the rain, something fell with a soft flop from the roof across my legs. I was wide awake when it happened and gave a most tremendous kick, which sent it flying. I do not know to this day what it was but snakes that live in roofs are apt to be bad ones and I know that, as neither of us had a light handy, we both absolutely refused to move out of bed to try and find one! We saw our camp pitched in the shade of a huge banyan tree and after tea we strolled out to have a look at the mysterious gorge. Reid took a 16 bore shot gun and I my .400 cordite rifle. We walked along the shady jungle road for a quarter of a mile, until we came to a dry and rocky gully which fell away steeply to our left. This was our path and we left the road and began to make our way down it, moving silently from sheer force of habit in the jungle and not becouse we had the least hope of seeing game. The opening was like any other forest gully, at this time dry and dusty and stony. The forest on either hand was almost entirely sparse and meagre bamboo, testifying to the poverty of the soil. It was unattractive but it was not at all out of the way. We had not gone more than a hundred yards down it when Reid saw a karait, whose back he broke with a stone. Nothing strange about that, but a minute later we got a glimpse of another snake, but did not recognize it as it glided off into the jungle which was too thick to make it worth while following it, and almost immediately after we came on a small black cobra, which we accounted for. Then we had a rest. I was on ahead, moving along at a good pace, jumping from rock to rock and stop- ping now and then to make a remark to my compan- ion, and we had gone thus for some distance when I saw something gleam in the checkered sunlight which came through the bamboos and found that I had nearly jumped on to one of the largest snakes I had ever seen. I gave a shout of warning and sprang aside and the snake made off into a hole among the rocks. Reid's gun was loaded, but, before he could get a chance at the snake, it had all disap- peared, except about two feet of its tail, which he blew off. The hole was evidently a shallow one for the bleeding stump remained outside. We were standing looking at it when Reid said: "Shall I pull him out?" "Yes," I said. "It's quite safe. There's no poison- ous snake as big as that," and the only excuse for my ignorance is that I had not been out here more than three or four years. He got hold of the snake's stump with his right hand and holding his gun in his left, began to walk backwards. Six feet, eight feet he went back, when suddenly there emerged from the rocks the enormous distended hood of a full-sized hamadryad. "Drop it, it's a cobra!" I yelled and Reid let it go and tried to get his gun to work. The hamadryad, however, turned and made straight for where I was standing, on the stony bed of the gully, not three yards away. He came like a golden flash and I, who had nothing in my hands, but a heavy rifle, had to get out of the way best pace. I sprang for a pinnacle of rock five feet below me and I only just moved in time. I landed fair and square, but although I had on a pair of rubber shoes, I took a most im- perial cropper, bruising my knee badly and denting the stock of my rifle. The snake fortunately did not turn aside, and partly because Reid could not shoot while I was in front of him and party because of the great pace at which he was traveling, he got away into a crevice and we saw him no more. Well, we went home soon afterwards and saw no more snakes. Next day I was pretty lame and stayed in camp, but Reid had another walk down the gully in the hope of seeing the hamadryad's mate; we having in the meantime read up all about them and discovered that they almost always go in pairs. Not only did he see the mate, but he shot it and brought it home. It was just an inch under ten feet and therefore probably a full grown specimen of average size. In girth it was about as great as the wrist of a well developed man. A pale golden color, with no very distinct markings, except towards the tail, made it an exceedingly handsome snake in a high light. Reid had shot the second snake while it was bask- ing in the sun and had not seen it in motion, but the point that struck us both about the first one was the remarkable pace at which it moved. Both at first and afterwards, when it came in my direction, it went literally "like a flash." When it came towards me, the first thing I knew was that it was on me and I only had just time to clear out. I have no doubt whatever that had I remained where I was for a fraction of a second longer it would have struck at me, being naturally furious and hissing hard as it went. It is little to be wondered at that there are stories of these snakes deliberately charging men. In fact, the stories are a remarkably fine collection, headed by the superlative one of putting its tail in its mouth and coming down hill like a hoop! But this was certainly a most formidable serpent and the extra- ordinary rapidity of movement made it an uncom- fortable creature to tackle. With a stick in one's hand one is quite safe from any other of the thana- tophidia, except in thick jungle, but I should be quite reluctant to take on a hamadryad with a stick, even in an open space. I have never seen one since then. There are very few jungles in which they are to be found and even in them they are very rare; which is, perhaps, after all, a good thing. An odd seizure of a striped bass shipment was made last week by Fish Deputy J. L. Bundock, on the Oakland pier. He was examining a consignment of striped bass from Giant, Contra Costa county. He picked up a fish and saw a smaller fish in the mouth. Pulling the small fish out he was surprised to see more small fry in the cavity, and he extracted a half- dozen small minnows. On weighing the emptied bass he found that it was nine ounces under weight, the aggregate weight of the stuffed small fry made up the difference in the required three pounds weight of a legal sized bass. A number of the other bass in the box proved likewise underweighted. Following up the matter he arrested Antone Petrich of Giant, who was fined $20 by Judge John Roth. "All members of the expedition are in good health and prospects of accomplishing some work next year are good." Rudolph M. Anderson, a member of the Canadian Arctic expedition, headed by Stefannsson, says this in a letter received in Edmonton from Escape Reef, west edge of the Mackenzie Delta, May 16, by way of Athabasca, August 31. He adds: "I started from Colinson's Point on May 2 to at- tend to expeditionary business at various points and returned west today as the rivers are now on the point of breaking up here. No news has been re- ceived from the Karluk or from Mr. Steffannson's ice party. Stefannsson started on the ice on March 22, from Martin's Point, Alaska, near the 145th meridian, with four sleds and 24 dogs. Two sleds and three men were to return after ten days while three men and two sleds were to go north indefinitely. "On April 7 the supporting party, James R. Craw- ford, Fritz Joahnen and Burt H. McConnell, started back from Separation Camp on the ice near the edge of the continental shelf. They made soundings of 175 fathoms about 40 miles from shore, longitude 140 degrees approximately. The supporting party reached shore safely on April 16, about 30 miles west of Herschel Island, crossing some extremely high rough pressure ridges composed of screw ice and young and old ice mixed together. "The advance, made up of Stefannsson, Storkeson and Ole Anderson, started north at the same time with one sled and six very fine dogs. They had pro- visions for men and dogs up to the middle of May, not taking into account seals or bears which were easy to obtain. They had greased tarpaulin, oars and seat pokes. "Stefannsson's intention was to go north for 15 days more before attempting to turn back and he said that if conditions were favorable he might at- tempt a crossing to Banks Island, where he might be picked up in the summer. "The present plans of the expedition are for the gasoline schooner Alaska to proceed to Coronation Gulf and the Victoria Island region to prosecute sci- entific work; for the gasoline schooner North Star to go to Banks Island as a rescue vessel for the ice adventurers and to make a base on Western Banks Island or possibly on Prince Patrick Island for the benefit of possible shipwrecked men of the Karluk. "The Mary Sachs is first to take some stores to Dolphin and Union Straits and then establish a base on the southern or western shores of Banks Island. "Kenneth V. Shipman, chief topographer and Dr. J. J. O'Neil, geologist, are now working in the west branch of the Mackenzie delta and will survey the branch in a launch as soon as the river opens. John R. Cox, topographer, will survey the east branch of the Delta. Shipman and Cox have completed a post survey from the Alaskan boundary to the Mackenzie and O'Neil and Cox have surveyed a large part of Herschel Island. "Jennis, ethnologist, who comes ashore with Stef- annsson from the Karluk, has been working among the Eskimos at Cape Halkett, Point Barrow, Colinson Point and various points as far east as the boundary- He expects to spend the spring in archaeological study on the ancient Eskimo village on Barter Island, Alaska." CRANES AND RAILS. Precise information as to the ranges of the North American cranes, rails, and others of this family is given in a new bulletin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This is a professional paper, and is hardly of general interest. However, it furnishes data that should be valuable as a basis for protec- tive legislation in the respective States where these valuable game birds are found. The Carolina rail or sora, a bird allied to the crane, has existed until recently in great numbers in the marshes of the Atlantic States. It is so highly prized as a table delicacy that it is slaughtered in great numbers. As many as 3,000 have been shot in a single day on a marsh of 500 acres. It is abso- lutely harmless, breeds only in places not suited for agricultural purposes, and if given a fair chance will survive as a game bird long after many others have been compelled to give way before the advance of agriculture. Immediate steps should be taken by the States to decrease the bag limit for the sora. The coot is a member of the rail family and has a wide range over the United States. Although it is much despised by many hunters who class it with the crow as a food bird, nevertheless, under some conditions, it is a delicacy. After this bird has been fattened on wild rice, which is the best of all duck foods, it appeals much more to the taste than when it has fed for many weeks on the animal life of the salt-water marshes. There are twenty-one kinds of rails and their cousins the cranes, coots, and gallinules in the United States. Some are migratory and some are not. Much misunderstanding has arisen in regard to the powers of flight of certain of these birds. The sora's flight is so slow and labored that the bird seems unable to fly long distances, and some writers have even supposed that it performed its migration on foot. As a matter of fact, the sora often travels not less than 2,500 miles and sometimes as much as 3,000. Great numbers of them make the hundred- mile flight between Florida and Cuba and there is every reason to believe that some easily cover the 500-mile passage from Florida to Yucatan. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. FISH LINES. Eel river steelhead fishing is apparently improving every day, according to recent advices received by local anglers. The run is counted on to last through- out this month, and will most probably be followed by a later run. Many local steelhead enthusiasts are inclined to believe that Russian river steelhead fish- ing near Duncan's Mills should also be extra good this fall. Truckee river points are not regarded warmly at present by the fly rod anglers. Most of the trout recently taken have responded to the lure of baited hooks. Excellent steelhead fishing still continues in Pes- cadero lagoon down the San Mateo shore. Salmon grilse are running. These fish, however, have not paid much attention to hooks baited with boiled shrimp, sand flies, etc., nor to spinning spoons. Reports from Dunsmuir, Sisson and other upper Sacramento river points indicate an improvement in trout fishing conditions. During the past week the creeks in the vicinity of Sisson were stocked with rainbow, Eastern brook, Loch Leven and black trout varieties from the Sisson hatchery. More than 140,000 troutlets were liberated in Box canyon, Sullaway creek and at Rupp's Spring in Keyser's Meadow. This planting .should produce a fine crop of trout for next season — that is, the survivors of the cannibalistic maws of the larger trout. Nt so many anglers are aware that fine trout ang- ling sport is to be found down in Inyo county. L. C. McKenney and L. L. McKenney are back in San Jose after a 1000-mile trip by machine through that coun- ty. A trip by pack train to the head of Big Pine creek brought the anglers to fine trout streams. They landed limits of ten to twenty inch trout. These fish were taken in water located up in the mountains at an altitude of over 10,000 feet. A side trip over to Little Black lake, nestling in the range at an eleva- tion of 12,000 feet, was also replete with good catches of fine trout. Inyo county and southern Mono county waters will be well stocked with trout fry before the season ends. Recently 2000 well-grown golde ntrout were placed in Thousand Island lake and near-by waters. % ^ *fc Early last week there was a big run of salmon outside the Heads. Every fishing-boat came into port loaded almost to the guards. The fish dealers paid the fishermen a cent and a half a pound for the salmon. Notwithstanding the glut in the market, housewives were compelled to pay 15 cents a pound or two pounds for a quarter. Last Sunday probably every available launch on the bay was outside, manned with crews of salt-water anglers. The fleet of trolling boats cruised from Mussel rock up to Duxbury reef and out to the nine-fathom buoy off the reef. Some boats went out midway to the Faral- lones. Nearly every boat had good luck. Many of the salmon caught were taken on No. 6 brass Kewell- Stewart spoons at a depth of from eight to twelve feet. The fish ran large in size also. There will be a big fleet outside tomorrow, weather permitting. So far, only a few stragglers have been caught in the bay. Al Wilson is credited with a thirty-five- pound salmon caught in Raccoon straits a fortnight ago. A few fish have been caught since. The run up the bay is on to some extent for salmon have been seen "jumping" in the straits and off California City, at which spot several were caught. * * * A few striped bass were caught in San Antone slough recently. Jack Wallace's 15-pound fish was the largest caught one Sunday. The slough is full of small-sized striped bass at present. A few bass have been caught at Rodeo. Last Wednesday L. Frey, S. H. Obergaard and "Chicken" Sam caught a number of small bass with both clam and bullhead baits. Wingo sloughs are somewhat dormant again in the striped bass output. Jack Holland's 12-pound fish was about the only result noted last Sunday among the rodsters who visited that fishing resort. HUNTING NOTES. The "Non-Sale of Game" law comes before the people at the November election for ratification or rejection. Every man or woman who desires to pre- serve the wild life of the State, as it is protected by all neighboring States, will vote YES on this ques- tion. The marketing of wild game is only in the interest of the market hunter, the game dealer, and the French restaurants of the big cities. The people of the country in neighborhoods where wild game still has its habitat should sustain the Act, which is designed solely to prevent the complete destruction of wild life. The open season for hunting bucks, which came to a close Monday, August 31, brings out the usual aftermath in the shape of opinions pro and con rela- tive to the duration of the open shooting season. Many Marin county sportsmen favor a close season for one or more years. Santa Clara deer hunters are of the opinion that the season in that county could be extended without depleting the deer supply unneces- sarily. County Game Warden I. L. Koppel is quoted as stating that nearly 250 bucks were bagged this season in the county. He is in favor of extending the season from August 1 to September 15, two weeks longer than at present. The Santa Clara hunters who shot deer this season during the month of August were experienced deer shooters and out- maneuvred the bucks in most cases, as the wily ani- mals kept in the heavy brush cover and were diffi- cult to locate. It is stated further that there were just as many deer in the county this season as there were last year when the hunters could shoot in July. During this month the bucks' horns were still soft and in velvet, and the deer were an easy quarry. The season did not open until August 1 this year, and generally the deer horns were dry and hardened. In district number six, where the deer season will be open until September 15, the hunters who have been out in various hunting sections have had but poor success. Game Warden Pritchard of Los Angeles advocates a five years' close season. He states the present scarcity of deer is caused by hunters killing off the bucks. The stories that deer have been driven fur- ther inland are denied by hunters who have been over the inland ranges; they claim the deer are not there. The scarcity of bucks in the Santa Monica mountains, once the refuge of a plentiful supply of deer, has aroused the southern sportsmen to urge more stringent laws for the protection of this fast disappearing big game supply. And so the arguments come up, pro and con. One fact, however, remains, and that is, it is a hard prob- lem to solve the creating of proper and efficient open and close seasons that has an equitable applica- tion to the area of this State. Two important mat- ters in connection with deer hunting the sportsmen are almost unanimously in favor of, and they are: Bucks should not be hunted and shot when the horns are in velvet nor late in the year during the rutting season. During these periods the venison is not worth bringing in and the bucks are not hard to get at with dogs or by stalking. County Surveyor James V. Newman claims the distinction of shooting the largest deer bagged in San Mateo county during the season which just closed. He shot a buck weighing 195 pounds the last day of the season on the Ralston ranch above San Gregorio. E. A. Ratto and W. M. Voight closed the season in Santa Cruz county in a very pleasing way. They bagged a 170-pound forked horn on the Hinckley gulch ridge near Loma Prieta. The buck fought the hunters' dog and drove it out of the cover a number of times before they had the opportunity to put in the fatal shot. Packing the carcass on their shoul- ders over the rough mountain and rugged gulch for four miles was required before reaching their vehicle, but they had their venison. William Jose's experience was different; he did not. enjoy a venison steak as he anticipated. A fine buck was shipped to him from Cazadero. When he went to the express office to take it away he found Food Inspector S. J. Campbell had confiscated it and put the meat out of commission because it was "badly spoiled." Jose protested, claiming that the buck was not killed forty-eight hours. He had to compromise by taking the head and horns, which he had mounted. Campbell also seized another buck this season. William Glindemann shot at a buck while hunting late in the day on the Pacheco ranch, near Ignacio. The animal was wounded and made off in the brush. Despite every effort Glindemann and his hunting companion failed to find the buck. Going back next morning the deer was located with the aid of a dog. During the night some animal, probably a coyote, had chewed the hams. Campbell's fiat was "eaten by dogs," and the buck, when it arrived here by express, was condemned. Another deer hunt, where venison dividends were scarce, was the expedition of Germain Carp and Fred Willet of this city, George Magruder of Berkeley, Bill Eilert, Fred Stone, Elmer Anderson and George Shipp of Fresno, Ed. L. Mitchell of Los Angeles, to East Central Siskiyou. The party, in three wagons, pitched camp near Medicine lake, in the mountains, at an altitude of 7000 feet. George Shipp, an experi- enced hunter, shot the only buck brought into camp. At that time the stock of provisions had run very low, and fresh meat had to be secured or camp broken up. Bob Peat, Tom Bunyon and Robert Bowman did hot go so far for their venison. They were located in a good deer country, eighteen miles above Point Arena, in a stock-raising section. They were joined by Albert Delbring and Henry Madsen, a range rider. The latter killed the largest buck — a 170-pounder. The two Mendocino men are expert trailers, and know every foot of the country. The result was that everybody got a buck. Besides plenty of venison, the camp was plentifully supplied with trout. San Mateo rabbit hunters are getting quite a few bunnies . The shooting will be better, however, after the fields are harvested. Shotgun devotees are busily engaged in getting ready for the coming duck-shooting season six weeks hence. Not any too much time in which to get shacks and boats in order, decoys ready, ponds pre- pared and given a few preliminary baitings to get the ducks accustomed to their free boarding places. The fall shooting promises well. Home-bred birds are most plentiful. Reports from the Suisun marshes are that sprig are already numerous. One day last week, on the Green Lodge preserve, near Cygnus, sprig were hovering about in clouds, and the open ground was tenanted by lots of English snipe. The Napa and Sonoma creek marshes are also alive with wild ducks. Deputy William Armstrong of Vallejo found several dead sprig recently lying on the marsh right under a heavy electric power wire. The pre- sumption is that the luckless birds flew against the wire during the night and were electrocuted. Lee Muncey, of Dinuba, while on a day's hunting in the hills, killed an enormous rattlesnake, five feet in length and six inches in diameter. The reptile's tail was capped with twenty rattles. Deputy Game Commissioner J. H. Hill of Watson- ville arrested Ray Burgess of Gilroy for killing a spotted fawn on August 16 near Bell station. Bur- gess was taken before Justice of the Peace Willie of Gilroy where he was fined ?50 or 50 days in the county jail after pleading guilty to the charge. Harry Wilds and Ben Rountree, both of Gilroy, were in company with Burgess when he killed the young deer. President Elmer Gum of the North Fork Game Pro- tective Association has appointed the various com- mittees to take charge of the fourth annual buck barbecue, to be held in Auburn on September 27. On some of the committees just chairmen have been appointed. These chairmen have full power to ap- point their sub-committees. Gum's selections for committeemen and committee leaders have been wise ones, and he has the "livest" ■ of "live ones" banded together and working hard for the success of the barbecue, which will be bigger and better this year than ever before. The committees follow: Grounds, L. Armbruster; entertainment, Fred Hohman, F. L. Tripp and O. G. Houchin; invi- tation, Guy Lukens, Charles Purington, M. Z. Lowell, Dave Gordon, Charles Dapper and William Lardner; refreshments, L. A. Duryea; police, William Hoffman, F. H. Dependener, Fred Smith and Chester Scroggs; bar, A. N. Hoffman; reception, James D. Stewart; blue rock, Fred Roumage; soliciting, J. B. Landis, George McAulay and N. J. Cohen. % % % Dove dinners were an important attraction to hun- dreds of Fresno homes September 2, as the result of the opening of the season the day previous. The crack of guns was heard from daylight until sun- down and great numbers of sportsmen in all parts of the valley went to their homes with game bags lagen with the limit. Many of the sportsmen left Fresno early in auto- mobiles and scores had the limit of 20 by 8 o'clock. The season opened in a large section of the San Joa- quin valley, comprising Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Stan- islaus, Merced, Kings and Kern counties, which taken in all, is district number 4 of th esix divisions of the fish and game sections of California. David Appling was one of twenty who shot on Ven- tura avenue about seven miles from the city. He says: "Practically every one in our party secured the limit within an hour's shooting. The birds are un- usually plentiful and all that we bagged are larger than the average birds at this time of the year. Nearly every one that we saw had the limit." The season for mountain quail also began Septem- ber 1 and will remain open until December 1. The open season of the valley quail does not begin until October 15 and runs to February 15. The dove sea- son closes on November 1 and the limit is 20 in one day. AT THE TRAPS. Golden Gaters' Registered Shoot. — San Jose shoot- ers captured the premier honors at the Golden Gate Gun Club's registered blue rock tournament at the club's West Alameda shooting grounds Wednesday. J. T. Downs, a member of the San Jose Blue Rock Club, won the Golden Gate handicap by breaking 49 out of 50 birds from the 18-yard mark and outshoot- ing a large field of contestants. C. H. Nash, another Garden City trigger puller, ' and Heiney Stelling of this city divided second and third purses. W. Priest and Armorer Bill Price each broke 45. Harold Hav- ens of Berkeley, 44; R. H. Phinney, 44; C. D. Lan- caster of Oakland, 43, and D. Daniels of this city, 43, were also in the money division. The Interstate Association high gun trophy win- ners were: First, O. N. Ford of the San Jose Blue Rock Club, 141 out of a total of 150 birds in the regular program of ten 15-bird matches; second, R. E. Tarney of San Jose, 137; W. P. Sears of Los Banos, 136. The shooters who scored straight 15's in the regular schedule were: C. A. Haight, three 15's; T. D. Riley, 1; Charley Huber, 1; O. N. Ford, 3; J. T. Downs, 1; A. E. Tarney, 3; Ray Hogg, 1 George Anderson, 1; H. Stelling, 1; W. P. Sears, 2 W. H. Price, 3; J. F. Dodd, 1; Harry Ogilvie, 2 H. Havens, 4; A. C. Barstow, 1; G. E. Olevea, 1 H. R. Phinney, 1; C. A. Bridgford, 1; Dick Reed, 4 C. D. Lancaster, 2; E. Hoelle, 2; O. F. Chister, 2 Edgar Forster, 1; D. Daniels, 1. Over fifty shooters participated in the day's sport, representing various bay county and San Joaquin valley points. The total scores at 150 targets in ten frames of 15 birds were: San Francisco shooters — C. A. Haight 135, H. P. Jacobsen 121, T. D. Riley 107, H. Stelling 135, W. H. Price 117, C. A. Bridgford 123, H. R. Phinney 127, A. C. Barstow 112, R. C. Reed 141, E. Hoelle 133, W. W. Terrill 114, M. Priest 117, O. F. Chichester 112, E. J. Forster 132, A. F. Wickersham 112, D. Dan- iels 130, A. S. Dutton 92, J. S. French 101, J. W. F. Moore 75, P. Swenson 76, C. C. Nauman 114, L. A. Steinfeldt, 76 out of 90; J. B. Maynard, 17 out of 35. San Jose— O. N. Ford 141, "J. T. Downs 125, W. J. McKagney 126, Mrs. Ada Schilling 122, A. E. Tarney 137, E. W. Jack 113, C. H. Nash 117, R. C. Hogg 128, G. A. Anderson 123. Oakland and vicinity — C. D. Lancaster 130, Harold Havens 135. Newman — C. C. Huber 122, A. A. Huddleson 116. Stockton — C. A. Merrill, 121. Los Banos — W. P. Sears, 136. Lindsay — H. Ogilvie, 132. San Diego — J. F. Dodd, 131. Dick Reed's 141 was high gun among the profes- sional shooters. Mrs. Ada Schilling was the only powder burner present representing the fair sex and shot a very good string of scores. Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 Garden City Traps. — O. N. Ford shot in fine form Sunday, September 6, during the shoot of the San Jose Blue Rock Club, and he had to break the birds in top style or little Mrs. Ada Schilling would have been high gun for the day. Ford broke 98 out of 100. Mrs. Schilling made the good score of 95 out of 100. In class B W. J. McKagney won the first contest with 23 out of 25. Mrs. Schilling won the second with the same score. Secretary Ford of the San Jose club is contin- uously receiving requests from blue rock shooters from all over the coast for programs of the shoot which is to be held in San Jose September 22 and 23 inclusive. This promises to be the biggest shoot, Ford states, ever held there. Scores on 100 shots Sunday: O. N. Ford 98, Ada Schilling 95, Geo. H. Anderson 94, R. E. Tarney 93, J. T. Downs 92, W. J. McKagney 92, R. C. Hogg 92, C. H. Nash 91, Dick Reed 90, J. S. Smith 88, A. Jones 85. The San Jose Blue Rock Club held a shoot in honor of Clarence A. Haight, of San Francisco, Sun- day, August 30. Mr. Haight came down to see the local shooters and inspect the grounds of the club, which he says are the best on the Coast. Mr. Haight broke 23 in his first 25 and was one of the high men of the day. On the last shot he broke the hammer of his favorite trap gun and had to use another gun, which handicapped him. The wind blew a gale all afternoon and the lowest scores of the season resulted. George H. Anderson and O. N. Ford tied on 88 for high gun on 100 shots. The scores were: G. H. Anderson 88, O. N. Ford 88, A. F. Baumgartner 85, J. F. Downs 85, C. A. Haight 84, A. F. Jones 83, C. B. Smith 80. , * * * The Sport Alluring. — The importance attached to "the Grand American" by the sporting world in recent years is due to the wonderful growth in popu- larity which has characterized the comparatively brief history of trapshooting. It was only about twenty-five years ago that this modern American sport had its beginning, though it traces its origin back to the English pastime of pigeon-shooting. The name "trapshooting" originated in this country at the time when American inventiveness substituted inanimate targets for live birds and the game was otherwise transformed. Today there are something like 3,400 trapshooting clubs in the United States, with an active membership of 110,000 to 115,000. One of the highest authorities on the sport estimates that counting those who shoot over the traps with consid- erable frequency in the course of a season, without being officially enrolled as club members, there are at least 250,000 and perhaps 300,000 trapshooters in this country. Country clubs in large number have 'placed trap- shooting among their standard outdoor sports, and many colleges have done likewise. Several Amer- ican warships carry trapshooting equipments, and at naval and military stations in the Philippines and Alaska, as well as at army posts here at home, the sport has an enthusiastic following. In Europe its adherents include monarchs and princes. King Al- phonso, who is an ardent trapshooter, donated the cup which represents the national championship of Spain and for which an annual contest is held at Jerez de la Frontera. Only a few weeks before the outbreak of the European war, the Germans carried off an international trophy for which British, Ger- man and Belgian shooters competed at Hendon, Eng- land. H1 & ^ New Meaning to "Champion." — The National Ama- teur Championship match, the chief card of the open- ing day of the Grand American Handicap, held in Dayton, Ohio, September 8, 9, 10 and 11, promises to be an event that will give new meaning to the usually misleading term of "national champion" in sports. Instead of simply facing a field in which many of the entrants have never won anything approaching a real title, contestants in the trapshooting champion- ship match will be limited to those who have earned their right to fight for national honors by defeating the best shots in their respective States and will settle down to a survival of the fittest from prac- tically every State in the Union. A feature that will add novelty to interest in the contest will be the wearing of the coat of arms of his State by each shooter and a pennant on his back with the name of the State. A large scoreboard, with the names of the shooters and their States, will enable spectators to learn who is representing any particular State. . As the winner of the match at Dayton must van- quish those who have secured their titles by out- shooting all comers in their home States for the first time in trapshooting or any other sport, there will be decided beyond question who is the real champion. ii= SH ^ Southern California Traps. — Two new gun clubs, organized recently, will hold their first shoots this month. They are the Long Beach Gun Club and the Cerritos Club. The former club has fine grounds at Long Beach, a good shotgun range, rifle ranges from 800 to 1200 yards, and a 50-yard revolver range. This club will hold its opening shoot on Sunday. The Cerritos club also has good grounds and club- house. The Los Angeles Gun Club held its season prize shoot Sunday, August 30, and September 6 held its Merchandise shoot. The grounds of this club are at Venice. RIFLE SHOOTING BECOMING A POPULAR NATIONAL SPORT. [By General George W. Wingate, President Public Schools Athletic League, New York City.] Popular interest in small bore rifle shooting is so rapidly increasing that there can be little question but that within a very short time it will have taken a leading place among the favorite sports of America. There are a good many reasons for this remarkable growth. As a sport, rifle shooting possesses several unique advantages, in addition to the general bene- fits to those practicing it, which it shares with other forms of recreation. It is a sport for evening as well as daytime, for winter as well as summer. Its inexpensiveness has helped to make it attractive to people both in city and in country. In this, as in many other respects, small bore rifle shooting is exceedingly democratic. The present interest in this fascinating sport, which develops skill and character, encircles the globe. However far one may travel one is sure to encounter frequently the rifle club idea. The inter- est is not merely local or national, but international. The small bore (22 calibre) rifle is used, as best adapted to short range target shooting purposes. Across the water — meaning both the Atlantic and the Pacific — this kind of rifle shooting has attained a remarkable and constantly increasing popularity in the different civilized countries, having as loyal a following in the Orient as in Europe. The Jap- anese have taken it up with the seriousness that might be expected from that nation. In the British isles there are now at least 5,000 rifle clubs — sport- ing organizations, not military — the membership fig- ures reaching half a million. Switzerland has 3,600 shooting clubs, with a total membership of 214,000. Other continental countries, like Germany, France and Austria, have also shared largely in the results of this world-wide sporting movement, and through- out Europe in summer or winter, day or night, the crack of the 22 calibres is heard at the ranges. Be- yond the equator conditions are the same. South Africa and Australia are equally interested in the sport, and the distance between their rifle ranges is short. Go down to that wonderful country, Argen- tina, and you will find there that rifle shooting is esteemed in the front rank among the national sports. Here in our own country it is finding favor all the way from coast to coast. Four thousand lads in the high schools of New York city are now shooting en- thusiastically under equally enthusiastic instruction. The Young Men's Christian Association in many places has made rifle shooting a part of the training which it gives the boys in the formative period of their lives. This has not been a difficult step, espe- cially as a first class range can be installed for $150 and after the small initial expense has been provided can be made to do considerably more than pay its own way. Especially in the smaller towns the idea has developed and borne fruit. In country communities it is usually very easy to secure, at hardly any cost, a suitable location for an outdoor range, and where, as is the case in most of such places, the opportunities of recreation are limited the young people in more than one instance have taken up the game almost as a matter of social self protection. We hear a good deal nowadays about "social engineering." The social engineer — the man who helps a community to regenerate itself — has learned that he can make valuable use in this direc- tion by organizing a rifle club. But, of course, the real reason of the popularity of rifle shooting lies in its inherent attractiveness as a sport, pure and simple. It is much easier to organize such a club than is generally supposed to be the case. This is illus- trated by the following incident: Something like a year ago, on a Saturday afternoon, a company of young men were lounging at their club. The town "afforded scant opportunity in the way of recreational amusement. There really seemed to be little else to do but idle and play cards. One of the young men at the card table finally tired of a listless game and said, "Come on, fellows: let's do some shooting." The shoot was pulled off in an open field behind a barn, with a target tacked to a fence which ran along the foot of a hill, and the half-dozen compet- itors took turns using the only two rifles available. These young men made a discovery. They dis- covered the fun of rifle shooting, its possibilities as an amusement, a recreation, a sport. That Satur- day's extemporized contest was the beginning of a rifle club which now numbers 400 members. Eventually every town in the country will have its rifle club — in many towns, indeed, there will be sev- eral clubs, representing the different fraternal organ- izations and similar bodies. For rifle shooting makes an appeal to virile, red blooded men, and such are its peculiar characteristics that no other sport can be substituted for it. Shooting is not confined to persons who have more leisure than they know what to do with, as those who cannot use the range in the daytime can do so in the evening. A simple illuminating device solves the problem, and artificial light is no hindrance to good marksmanship. The workers in the stores, shops and offices, therefore, are not excluded from this alluring pastime, which is another reason for its growing popularity. Rifle shooting, moreover, is possible at all seasons of the year, for even an out- door range can be protected in winter so that its use need not be interrupted. One of its principal advantages as a sport is the fact that by the employment of a system of handi- capping the beginner competes on equal terms with the expert, though everybody gets full credit for his proficiency, a thing which is difficult to manage in other sports. Rifle shooting does not call for physical strength or prowess like athletic sports. But it does demand mental and physical control in marked degree and develops these qualities; hence its great value to boys and young men. Learning to hold a rifle with- out letting it wabble and to pull the trigger without jerking it means self-discipline. It is .discipline in itself. Rifle shooting requires a great deal of prac- tice all the year around. This develops will power, determination and stick-to-it-iveness. It also more than almost any other sport develops concentration, self-control and "cold nerve." Many are the matches where victory or defeat depends on the man shoot- ing, and he must be able to keep his hand steady and his judgment cool under the hard strain of an excit- ing competition. There is more individual work in this sport than in any other. In baseball or football it is teamwork that counts. One man may have an off day and not make much difference to the team, but this is not true in shooting. Rifle practice devel- ops clean living and temperance. The rifleman has to say goodbye to bad habits if he has them. The old idea that it is dangerous to let San Johnny have a rifle is fast disappearing. Once every mother firmly believed that Johnny, if he were allowed to handle firearms, would shoot himself or somebody else, perhaps with "the gun that wasn't loaded." The newspapers every little while print accounts of such accidents. But that is an argument in favor of organized rifle shooting, not against it. How do firearms accidents usually occur? Through the care- lessness of somebody who does not know how to han- dle firearms, somebody who has had no instruction and training in their care and use. Johnny may be forbidden to have a rifle, but he is allowed to go camping with other boys. Somebody sneaks a cheap firearm into camp. None of them know how it should be used, and one after the other proceeds to "fool with it." Then the accident. A small bore rifle club usually starts with one man. This man owns a rifle, and, though he enjoys shooting for its own sake, he feels that there would be much more pleasure and profit in it if he could get some other riflemen together and thus provide for all the zest of competition. Or this prime mover may be the good citizen who sees in the establish- ment of a rifle club a means of helping the boys or of supplying a need in the general social life of the community. The purpose behind the project may also be incident to the development of one or more of the existing local organizations, like a fraternal order, the grange, the Y. M. C. A., the churches. Reasons for starting a rifle club thus extend all the way from the sheer fun that shooting affords to the good it may do the town and to the individuals in it. You yourself may see an opportunity for a gun club in your community. You can start a good rifle club with as few as two dozen members, but the interest will be greater and the financing easier if you can get fifty. That is not difficult. There are probably several dozen persons scattered around your locality who like to shoot, even though you yourself know but a few. You have only to bring them together. And even if there are not many shooters every small town and city neighborhood has fifty young people who will like shooting when they get acquainted with it. You can find that many in your town. It is only necessary to put the proposition before them in an interesting way and bring them together for organi- zation. When you issue the invitation to the first meeting be sure to extend it to everybody — men and women, boys and girls, old and young, rich and poor. The more people brought out the better the club will start off. Put the proposition on a platform of neigh- borhood pride and court newspaper publicity. Finance, organization and management of the club are simple enough if one keeps in mind certain principles that bring success. To provide money for ranges, rent and equipment the club usually issues bonds in small denominations and should have little difficulty in selling them to members. These bonds carry interest at 5 or 6 per cent and are to be bought back by the club as funds accumulate. With good management, providing constant interest for the members by matches and other events, it is a simple matter to have a club out of debt in a year with fine quarters and equipment. With a fairly large membership the difficulties of raising capital and maintaining an income are relatively small. Let us suppose that you have secured fifty members at the start (not a large number to get together in a small town or a city neighborhood). Fifty $5 bonds will provide a working capital of ?250, and these can be easily sold to members. In addition to capital a club must have an income to meet its current working expenses. Heretofore under the system on which clubs have been managed practically the only source of income has been the members' subscriptions. The effect of this system is to impose an equal expense on all members irre- spective of the amount of shooting they do, and this expense has been such as to deter the less well to do members of the community from joining the club. A far more preferable system is to impose a light annual subscription and to derive the greatest source of income from the sale of ammunition used in the club to the members at a profit. This can be done without unduly adding to the cost of shooting and is more equitable, inasmuch as the member who does the most shooting and thereby uses the club facilities the most contributes the most toward the club's 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. expenses. At a conservative estimate the average member will shoot 2,000 shots a year. With fifty members the club will consume 100,000 rounds. This will cost the members 50 cents per hundred, while the club will derive a net profit of $250 a year. These figures are very conservative and with an economical man- agement will go a long way toward covering expen- ses and provide for taking up bonds. The sale of old copper and lead, special matches and other sources of income will suggest themselves to an energetic management. If the proposed system of financing is adopted an ' annual subscription of §2.50, collected by half yearly or quarterly installments, should suffice. A small bore rifle of good design and construction is as effective as any for target shooting up to 100 yards. In designing a range, therefore, you are not necessarily limited to seventy-five feet. In fact, ranges which admit of shooting at 50 and 100 yards, afford more variety and are on many grounds prefer- able. While, however, seventy-five foot ranges can often be built in some existing building at relatively little cost, longer distances mean outdoor shooting and specially constructed ranges for making such shooting possible at all seasons. For this reason, though clubs are strongly advised to make such ar- rangements at the beginning that they can eventually provide sufficient target accommodation for a large membership and expand their range to 100 yards, many will prefer to start with an indoor range of seventy-five feet or less, for, be it observed, very good practice can be had on a range as short as forty feet. Seventy-five feet is generally recognized as the standard distance for indoor ranges. Though in a sparsely populated country it is often a simple matter to improvise an outdoor rifle range suitable for .22 ammunition, improvised ranges al- most invariably lack that comfort and convenience so essential to the permanent prosperity of a rifle club and, of course, can only be used for a few months in the year. The fact is that while the pres- ent clubs consist mainly of enthusiasts prepared to submit to almost any inconveniences in the pursuit of their hobby, the generality of mankind -neither possesses exceptional enthusiasm for anything nor can be induced for very long to tolerate even a mod- erate amount of discomfort and inconvenience. Yet it is mainly upon its success in attracting these that the future development of the rifle club movement depends. Consequently the first consideration is the choice of a range site upon which shooting can be conducted with due regard to the safety of the public and which is conveniently accessible and served if possible by train or trolley car. The ground should be inexpen- sive, with pleasant surroundings, and, if possible, should have such natural features as would dispense with the erection of large, costly butts and firing points. To give variety to the shooting the site should be wide enough to admit of firing at three butts — 25 yards, 50 yards and 100 yards distant — simultan- eously. Each butt must be large enough to accom- modate an ample number of targets. Members do not like waiting, and, as the earning capacity of the range upon which the income of the club is largely dependent is exactly proportioned to the number of targets multiplied by the number of hours in which they are available for use, target accommodation suf- ficient for at least 10 per cent, of the club to shoot at one time will never be found too much nor add materially to the cost of the range. Target shooters have not, as a rule, too much spare time during daylight even in summer and none in winter. While in summer baseball, trips to the woods, etc., constitute counter attractions, in winter the want of something with which to employ the idle hour is often strongly felt; hence the club will be wise that constructs its range so as to permit shoot- ing by night as well as by day and in winter as well as in summer. This implies illuminated targets and a sheltered firing point, of which at least a portion can be warmed in winter. The whole firing point should be roofed so as to afford shelter from sun and wet, but as the attendance of members is usually less in winter than summer it will not be necessary entirely to enclose the whole, but a portion sufficient to allow of say 5 per cent, of the members shooting at one time should be so constructed that it can be warmed, and the inclosing medium should be remov- able in summer. Something in the nature of a clubhouse or a pavil- ion is desirable. The most successful club is gen- erally that which, while steadily prosecuting its pri- mary objects, does not entirely ignore the social aspect. For this reason it is impossible to empha- size too strongly the desirability of a comfortable, attractive pavilion in conjunction with a comfortable, pleasant and easily accessible range. In addition to butts and clubhouse the club should provide a few club rifles and telescopes for the gen- eral use of members. A small charge of say 5 cents per day for the loan of these will provide a fund which will eventually pay their original cost and subsequent repairs and renewals. One of the most important items of successful club management is handicapping. Nature has failed to endow us all with equal ability, and no amount of effort on the part of some men will enable them to equal the performance of others in all kinds of sports. This is the case in rifle shooting, although steady, careful practice will work wonders with m:jiy of those who at first think they can never be- come good shots. Consequently to make it possible for these to compete with any hope of success it is necessary to establish equality artificially. This may be accomplished by a process known as handi- capping. With the decimal system of scoring with ten points as the highest value of a hit, a good method of al- lotting handicaps is to regard the member's ability as expressed by the average value per hit of his shots and allot him the difference between this aver- age and ten as handicap per shot, multiplying this handicap by the number of shots in the competition. For example, if A in a few targets scores 282 points in thirty shots, the average value per shot is 9.4. This is A's figure of ability, and his handicap will be 0.6 per shot, or six points in a ten shot competi- tion and eighteen in a thirty shot competition. An absolute novice should average between six and seven per shot, but usually improves very rapidly, and it is not safe to award him more than 1.5 per shot, or fifteen points in ten shots, to start with. A shooting program which has proved successful in inducing about 10 per cent, of one club to shoot every week for nine years might be adopted with advantage. The basis of this is a weekly handicap sweepstakes in which the entry fees, 10 cents per competitor, are divided in the ratio of one prize for about every five competitors. Assuming, for exam- ple, that there are twenty entries in any week the entry fee would provide first, second, third and fourth prizes, value, $1, 50 cents, 30 cents and 20 cents. Club vouchers for these amounts are given to the respective winners, and at the end of each year the amount due to each member on his accumu- lated vouchers is used to purchase a more or less substantial prize to serve as a memento of his prow- ess. The weekly handicap, the round robin tourna- ment and the club champion matches are other sug- gestions for a varied shooting program which will foster interest among the club members. Capital sport for holidays or when a good number of members are present is a team shoot at breakable clay disks two inches in diameter and colored white at 100 yards. Several teams, say, of four men each, are selected and drawn to shoot in pairs. The team breaking all its opponents' disks first wins, the los- ing team is knocked out and the last team in wins the match. This is not only exciting fun, but splen- did practice, and affords interest for spectators. The latter is important, as an ordinary target match is not attractive to a gallery. It is otherwise when the progress of the match is made visible by the breaking of the targets. Competitions imply prizes and prizes cost money. A very few club funds will admit of devoting more than a very nominal sum to this purpose. Fortu- nately large sums are unnecessary, and an entry fee of 5 or 10 cents will generally provide a fund out of which a few inexpensive prizes, more as mementoes of the event than as rewards, can be awarded, and these should be sufficient. If money and valuable prizes are shot for the crack marksmen are apt to degenerate into what they call "pot hunters" in England — that is, experts who seldom shoot unless there is a rich stake to be won. These are objec- tionable, not only as opposed to the principles of amateur sport, but because such people deter others from competing. But that danger can be easily obviated. Skill and democracy are the keynotes as rifle shooting is organized today. Prizes are kept down to inexpensive trinkets. In England the stand- ard prize seems to be a silver spoon, worth perhaps a dollar. In cases where wealthy men have offered competition among clubs the riflemen have said that they would much rather have improved ranges and facilities for practice. Special matches, particularly shoulder to shoulder matches with neighboring clubs, are interesting and furnish an indirect motive for practice, inasmuch as the honor of shooting for one's club is generally coveted. Telegraphic and mail matches are a some- what less interesting substitute for shoulder to shoul- der matches. Match teams are usually selected and controlled by the club captain, who should be elected annually. Unselfish enthusiasm and a suave temperament are more essential qualifications in a captain than great skill in shooting. Indeed, it is on many grounds preferable that the captain himself should not shoot in matches. In selecting a team he should give pref- erence to consistent shots rather than to those who are in the habit of alternating more brilliant per- formances with bad breaks, and when meeting weak opponents should take the opportunity of encourag- ing the more promising of his improving members by including them in his teafh. Your club should be conducted for all classes and give everybody ample scope, according to his skill. The women and girls can give tone to the club by their presence, even though they are on the range but one night a week. They are splendid organizers, too, and the club that has their co-operation and Interest is fortunate. Women and girls now participate in bowling every- where, and rifle shooting calls for far less physical exertion and undoubtedly gives greater scope for skill based on good nerves and good thinking. Wo- men's work in sewing and similar feminine occupa- tions makes their eyes truer than those of most men. With a little practice they learn to shoot very well. In the New York high schools many of the girls qualify as "marksmen." Make your appeal remem- bering that women are proud of their achievements as women. Man is individualistic. What men as a sex are doing in the world doesn't interest him very keenly because he has pride chiefly in what one man is doing, and that is himself, or what a group of fellows do who make up his crowd. But women will join the organization as women and work for it on that basis. A good rifle club should be something more than an organization for the benefit of its members alone. It can be made a very fine influence in its community, an encouragement to clean living and the abandon- ment of bad habits, the best possible training for both the body and mind, a center for men and women, boys and girls, an outlet for energies that might not be expended so healthily if it were not in existence and something upon which the com- munity can be united on a basis of community spirit. I foresee the rapid continued spread of the rifle club idea in America. [Concluded next week.] SUGGESTIONS IN FRACTURE TREATMENT. Most people, even veterinarians, are of the opinion that a broken bone should be set immediately, or at least as soon as possible, — and that is the greatest mistake that can be made. The fact is, a broken bone should be left alone for several days, except for loosely tieing it with a little absorbent cotton (after cleaning it with an antisep- tic, when there is an open wound), and then put on a few splints, and if it is a leg, put it on a light board to hold it securely in place, so that the ragged edges of the fracture cannot irritate the tissue surround- ing the break. The reason is, that healing process, i. e., the formation of "callus," will not start for about a week, because the field has to be cleared first, before the mending-process begins. The bone is nothing but tissue, filled with lime — and the new material which grows between the broken ends is at first soft, and slowly hardens, as it fills up with lime. Therefore, the dog (or other animal) should be fed such materials with their regular meals, which contain the necessary cement to mend the break. Then there is the swelling to be reckoned with. Should the bone be "set" before the swelling is com- plete, the bandages must be put on very loose, or the pain may be so frightful that the animal will try to get it off, and is likely to cause more harm. Besides, when tied too tight, the blood circulation is cut off and gangrene will result. Another blunder may be made by bandaging the break when the swelling is at its height, and that later, when the swelling goes down, the bandages are too loose and give not sufficient support, so that the ragged edges of the bone will injure the surrounding tissue. The best method is to make a temporary bandage first, wait three or four days and then set the bone, and after another three or four days renew the bandage after examining the fracture carefully. In compound fractures, surgical aid may be neces- sary, and the greatest precaution has to be taken to keep the wound clean. The easiest obtained disin- fectant is tincture of iodine; some fanciers prefer succus calendulae and have it always on hand. Should the break show that it has started to knit, but not smooth and right in every way, it has to be reset, which causes no pain, because the tissue- building has not proceeded far enough to be hard; it has not absorbed sufficient lime. After the second bandaging, the mending process will rapidly proceed; cases are not unusual where the break healed perfectly within two weeks. Care should be taken in everything, and the animal watched if it tries to bite at the bandages, which is a sure sign that it is tied wrong, either too loose, when the ragged edges will injure the surrounding tissue, or too tight, so that the blood-circulation is cut off, and gangrene is likely to set in. As a rule, the break has healed perfectly within three weeks, but this depends largely on the vitality and age of the animal. o DOINGS IN DOGDOM. W. E. Mason, of Southport, England, editor and publisher of the Collie Folio, and one of the most prominent collie breeders in England, will be super- intendent of the Panama-Pacific International Dog Show next year. Mr. Mason has an international reputation as a judge, breeder and exhibitor of col- lies, having brought such dogs to this country as Southport Student, Southport Sample, Valverdie Sapphire and Champion Anfield Model, the greatest collie of all time. * * * Mr. Mason will bring a dog of every known breed to the show. He has written a book on dogs, every known breed being mentioned. There will be a mil- lion copies published and placed on sale at the expo- sition, so it is reported. * * * Mr. James Mortimer, for many years superintend- ent of the Westminster Kennel Club, New York, has been invited to superintend the Golden Gate Kennel Club dog show next year. The recently organized Peninsula Kennel Club will hold a one day show, under A. K. C. rules, on the Burlingame polo grounds, September 19. Local talent will judge the various breeds. * * * Entries close for the Fresno show, Sunday, Sep- tember 20. * * * Premium lists are out for the Oakland show. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 12, 1914.] TSE BREEDER AND S?ORTSMAN THE FARM || 1 CARE OF YOUNG CHICKS. By H, L. Kempster. During the first two days of the chick's life it should rest and be kept warm. It is better without having food until it is forty-eight hors old. Then the following mixture should be fed in dry litter and also in a shallow tray : Three parts finely cracked wheat, three parts finely cracked corn, one part steel cut oats. Keep some of this in the litter all the time. Chicks should have access to a clean drinking fountain which should be so constructed that they cannot get themselves wet. It is also desirable to give them access to sour skim milk or buttermilk. Twice daily the chicks should receive rolled oats or the fol- lowing mixture: Three parts bread crumbs, three parts corn bread, one part boiled egg. This mixture may be fed dry or it may be moistened with sour milk. A very small amount of charcoal and finely cut green food should also be fed. Continue the mixture of wheat, corn and oats until the chicks are four weeks old, changing gradually from the finer to more coarsely ground feed. Keep the following mixture in a box where chicks may run to it at all times : Thirty parts wheat bran, thirty parts corn meal, thirty parts wheat middlings, ten parts beef scrap, sifted fine, and one part bone meal. Keep fine charcoal and grit where chicks may have free access to it. Feed four times daily. Continue the green feed and give the chicks milk. It may be advisable to feed a wet mash once a day at 4 p. m. Feed only what the chicks will eat up clean be- fore going to roost. Change gradually from chick food to cracked corn and wheat. Chickens that are not yarded should be fed corn and wheat in litter as a scratch food and should also have access to a dry mash in a hopper where they can help themselves. Raise chickens with the simplest rations possible. Clean food, consist- ing of cracked and ground grain; ani- mal food, such as sour milk, butter- milk, commercial meat scrap and bone meal; clean water, plenty of shade, comfortable and dry quarters, freedom from lice and access to clean fresh earth are essentials for successful brooding. There has been considerable discus- sion regarding the possibility of a shortage of sugar beet seed for next year owing to the war. A greater pro- portion of the seed comes from Ger- many and it may be a difficult matter to obtain a new supply for next sea- son. However there is little danger of a great shortage for our 1915 crop. Each Colorado factory has a certain surplus of seeds held over from last spring because the acreage was short and not so much replanting had to be done. The German seed dealers have their field work done by women and the fighting thus far is a long distance from the beet districts. It is likely that they will be able to supply the trade. THE DAIRY SIRE. The selection of the herd bull is of the greatest importance because he is at least half the herd from the breed- ■ ing standpoint. His influence on the characteristics of every calf born in the herd is as great as that of the dam of the calf, and ifhe is a pure bred animal used on grade cows his influence will be more than half be- cause his transmitting powers in breed characteristics will be stronger. No bull whose dam and paternal grand dam were not capable of producing 300 pounds of butter fat in 365 days should be used for breeding purposes. o HANDY ESTIMATES. To find the number of gallons of water in a cistern or tank: If rectangular, multiply the three dimensions, in feet, together and mul- tiply the result by 7^. If cylindrical, multiply the square of the radius of the base by 3.1416 and that result by V&. To find the number of bushels in a bin: Multiply the three dimensions, in feet, together and divide the result by 1*4. To find the number of bushels of shelled corn equivalent to a given number of bushels of corn in the ear: Divide the number of bushels of corn in the ear by 2. To find the converse of the above estimates, reverse the process. In measuring grain, seeds, or small fruits, the measure must be stricken (even full). In measuring corn in the ear, coarse vegetables or large fruits, the measure should be heaped about six inches. The standard gallon of the U. S. contains 231 cubic inches, and holds a fraction over 8 1-3 pounds of distilled water. The standard bushel of the United States is the Winchester bushel and contains 2,150.42 cubic inches. "DON'TS" FOR SWINEMEN. Don't select brood sows from "twin" litters. Don't have fat, lazy sows; make them exercise. Keep their appetites well "whetted." Don't feed the brood sow too much corn. Don't forget to provide dry, warm, well-ventilated hog houses. The colony house is cheap and effi- cient in case none other is available. Don't overfeed at farrowing time. Don't fatten pigs; keep them grow- ing. Don't fail to provide green forage for pigs. Alfalfa, rape, clover, or rye make first-class pasturage for swine. Don't let pigs drink from mud holes and stagnant pools. Provide pure, clean drinking water for them at all times. Keep floors, troughs and bedding clean. Disinfect occasionally. Dip to prevent lice; vaccinate to prevent cholera; place worm killing mixtures within easy access at all times. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. — James G. Fuller, Agricultur- al Experiment Station, The University of Wisconsin. As your chickens grow old re, re- member that they need more feed. The amount required to produce a pound of gain increases as the birds grow older. Increase the amount of feed each week so that they will have enough. If you go around the last thing before dark with a pail of feed throw a little in each coop, and you will soon know whether or not they have had enough. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curo, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases oi Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Re move c all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a. HTMAST fiEMlTDT tor Bhen- mallim, Kpralui, Sore Throat, efr., it la mvai \bla Every bottle of Canntlc Balsam sold Is Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price S1.50 per bottle Sold by draeplst9, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directf oiib for Its ti?e. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TE1 LlWaCTCE-WIlLUKS COMPAIT, CleTalind, Ohjn FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), §8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1*4 in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons," oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared §6.850 and has averaged a profit of over §6,300 for the last 5 years, f] 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ' ment. House cost §7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over §700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Eros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price §35,000. For further particulars, address F. "W. KELLET, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific BIdg., San Francisco, Cal. A BEAR BEAVER ROSE CITY PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES The San Francisco & Portland S. S. COMPANY 722 Market St. San Francisco Telephone Sutter 2344 SELDOM SEE a big knee like this, but your horse may have a bunch or bruise on his Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat. ABSORBINE *^ TRADE MARK MG.U.S.PAT. OFF.' will clean it off without laying the horse up. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated — only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Describe yonr case for special instructions' and Book 8 K free. ABSORBINE, JR.. antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands, Goitre, Wens, Bruises, Varicose Veins, Varicosities, Old Sores. Allays Pain. Price SI and S2 9 bottle at druEEists or delivered. Manufactured only by W. F. YOUNG, P. D, F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mas*; KENDALLS SPAVIN CURE y Other lame- n e a s. 3 5 year3 of re- mnrka ble results. fclabotUe, Gfor*5. At U drug stores. Atk for Free Book, -Treatise on the Horse." 3. Kendall Co., Eaabois, Falla.Vt. The old rellahle remedy for curb, splint, bony growths, ringbone, . In or SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. "Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sol of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) bv Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. FOR SALE — Black stallion by Kinney Lou, dam by Oro Wilkes. Six years old, handsome trotter, well broken and with very little work shows speed; a promis- ing" prospect. Bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by Direct, pacer, handsome, fast and a good racing prospect. To see the horses and for further par- ticulars address B., care BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific BIdg., San Francisco. PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFU1 COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FrtfflOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY bast for foundation*, dairy flaora, fruit dryar f loora, ato. ata. MT. DIABLO CEMENT t dryar f loora, ato. ata. SANTA CRUZ LIME MT DIABLO LIME at for brlaklaylcg «nd alaatarlng. baat far spraying and whltawashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY t MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. 14 THE BREEDER ANFI SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. HORSE NOTES. The colt should be handled while running with the dam. It is a great mistake not to halter- break the colt while it is a suckling. Have a halter made of soft, strong leather to fit the colt's head. Have it made so it can be let out by buckles, to fit the colt until it is two years old. A little sugar will go a long way as an aid in teaching the youngster to lead, and in overcoming its resist- ance to being handled. Let the colt wear its little halter through the day, but remove it at night to prevent the possibility of get- ting its feet caught in it. Don't expect to get a high-class road horse from a mare with draft blood. The mares with draft blood are too coarse to give quality to the colt, no matter what the sire is. It is a waste of time and money to breed colts unless the inheritance on both the sire's and the dam's side will blend There is profit in raising mules, but the right kind of mares must be se- lected for that. Mules are hardy and almost immune to disease. Colts should be castrated when they become troublesome. Leaving a colt entire as long as pos- sible will tend to the development of a better neck and forward part. Wet the feet of the road and saddle horses every day. Just a dip in a pail of water will do wonders. — Farm Jour- nal. A Practical Treatise on the Training of Hounds TramM^^Hound Foxhounds Beagles and Coonhounds The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who carries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, Eng- lish and Native Hounds, Developing the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Qualities of Scent, Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle, Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, in heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Ca!. Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard-Bred Horses Attended to. 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. Address: BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. (Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.). NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter" PRICE, $3.u0 DOSTPAID "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, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Francisco, CaL ppclfic Bid*., Cor. Market and Fourth Sta. GUNCRAFT By W. A. Bruette A modern treatise on gn ns, f^ gun fitting, am- J , - . . munition, wing -Vr-1- ■ " and trap shoot- The theoretical side of the subject has been covered with a scientific accuracy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the mastereye, de- 'ects in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that will enable either the ex- pertor the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fits bim and how to decide upon one that docs. It will enable him to ascertain why he misses some shots and is succeisful with others. Tbe secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipe, the woodcock, the rurTed grouse, and tbe duck family, arc illustrated by drawings and described in a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Cloih. $1.50 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. MODERN BREAKING By W. A. BEVETTE A revised edition of the lat- est Treatise on the Training of Setters and Pointers. THIS book enables any- one to do his own training and fully ex- plains the methods em- ployed by the most success- ful trainers in developing the setter and pointer. The important les- sons are illus- trated by pho- tographs from life; nothing is left to guess- work. The entire sub- ject is cov- ered, from the selection, raising and d evelopment o f puppies to the con- ditioning of dogs and their handling in the field. The amateur is told, in lucid language, how to make a dog a high-headed, stvlfsh worker, stanch on his points, steady to shot and wing, and a prompt, tender retriever; all of this is accomplished by simple methods, some of them never before given to the pub- lic. The instructions for correcting the faults of bird dogs and keeping them up to their training are concise and easily un- derstood. Every man who owns a bird dog or shoots in the field should read this book. BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. 0. Drawer 447, San Francisco Sent Postpaid J E ter any time Record after entry no bar PHOENIX ARIZONA STATE FAIR November 9-10-11-12-13-14, 1914 ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st. Daily Racing Summary: MONDAY 2:03 Pace (Board of Trade Special) $1,000 2:07 Pace 2,000 2:09 Trot 2,000 2:25 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 TUESDAY 2:15 Pace $2,000 2:16 Trot (Copper Stake) 2,000 2-yr. Pace (Ariz.) 500 2-yr. Trot (Ariz.) 500 WEDNESDAY 2:04 Pace $2,000 2:07 Trot 2,000 3-yr. Pace (Ariz.) 600 3-yr. Trot (Ariz.) 600 THURSDAY Auto Day $5,000 In Prizes. FRIDAY 2:10 Pace (Copper Queen Stake) ... .$2,000 2:12 Trot (C. & A. Stake) 2,000 2:18 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 3-Yr. Pace (Board of Trade Special) 500 (Open to All) SATURDAY F. F. A. Pace $2,000 F. F. A. Trot 2,000 2:20 Pace (Ariz.) 1,000 OPEN PURSES Trots 2:16 $2,000 2:12 2,000 2:09 2,000 2:07 2,000 F. F. All 2,000 2:15 ...$2,000 2:10 2,000 2:07 2,000 2:04 2,000 2:03 (Special) 1,000 F. F. All 2,000 3-yr. Pace (Special) 500 S50.00 allowed as shipping expenses to all trotters having a record of 2:08 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that start in the 2:07 and F. F. All trots or either of them, same allowance made for pacers having a record of 2:06 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that Starr, in one or more of the 2:03, 2:04, or F. F. All paces. One second time allowance on records made prior to 1914 for 2:03 pace and this pace and race only. Three-year-old pace (special) open to all. Mile heats, best 2 in 3. For further information address, C. .B. WOOD, Secretary. s TALLION CARDS Send for Onr SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cats Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, S erring Hobbles Remedies EretTfmog a Stallion Owner Weeds Onr Stallion Folders, Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed _.. „ _ cheaper than yon can get the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Onr Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a Erve-ftenera- tioo pedigree (blood lines otry ) for SI- A four-generation tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; Eive-geoeratioos Ear $3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome bVe -generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for Eraaung, for $6, two copies tor J6.50 or Eve for $7. Address f%DBsnaws&Co.)542S.DearborDa,Clnago,E Tabulated Pedigrees; FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 26,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. CGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner "Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Slake, Moffit & Town* D*.l.r. In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, Los Anojele* CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Hi&h-Class Art in HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 HPii IIMMIIIIIIB ■Pii MMIM The Shooters' Allies Smokeless Shotgun Powders DUPONT - BALLISTITE - SCHULTZE For victories it tbe traps and full game sacks afield, insist on shells having THESE LOADS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TRAPSHOOTING AND SMOKELESS AND BLACK SPORTING POWDERS, WRITE TO SPORTING POWDER DIVISION. DUPONT Established 1802 POWDER COMPANY Wilmington, Delaware Branches: San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg. THE PARKER GUN PARKER BROS, desire to announce that they have recently issued a pamphlet on small bore shot guns entitled Advent of the Small Bore Gun If interested in the coming gun for game shooting write for one of these booklets, which will be sent free, addressing PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102.. CALIFORNIA Track Harrows Cut down high places fin and pack low ones drag out roots, pick out stones and LEAVE the track SMOOTH and ELASTIC OVER ITS SUR- FACE. WE court personal in- vestigation. Our "LITTLE WONDER" Is a new low priced, ALL STEEL HARROW. Send for CUTS and PRICES to CALIFORNIA TRACK HARROW CO. kaumazoo, Michigan, II. s. A. GUN CLUB members wanted for one of the best C lubs in San Joaquin Valley on S. P. R. R . 129 miles from San Francisco. Club is being reorganized; all local members out. A limited number of memberships are now open, which must be filled at once. If interested write A. C. Hayes, 24 W. Santa Clara St , San Jose, Cal. LONG RUNS Twenty-eight shooters in fifteen States won forly-four HERCULES CENTURY TROPHIES with runs of 100 to 267 straight, shooting HERCU- LES INFALLIBLE and E. C. Following is a list of those who have received Hercules Century tro- phies: Name. Address. Runs. Arie. Mark Thomasboro, 111 106-105 Clark. Homer Alton. Ill 174 Couts, J. F. Jr San Diego. Cal 114-190 Crosby, .W. r O'Fallon, 111 162-143-193-158 Fetherston, L. M Chicago. Ill 110 Freeman. H. D Atlanta. Georgia 130 Fuller, F. G Mukwonago, Wis 128 Graper, F. A Custer Park. HI 147 Heikes. R. O Dayton, Ohio 152 Holt, E. R Montgomery, Ala 126-105 Hummel, Chas La Porte City, Iowa 125 Huntley, S. A Vancouver, Wash 100-105-114-1S7-228-267 Jain. J. R Davenport. Iowa 108-148 .143-103 .101 .110 .113 .136 .119 140 Kennicott, H Evanston. m. Leahy, D. T New York City, N. T. Little. E. C Cadsden, Ala Livingston John Springviile. Ala Lyon, George Durham, N. C Mills, H. S Salt Lake City, Utah . Morgan, R. D Baltimore, Md OBrien. Pete Portland. Oregon 101 Poston. H. E ..San Francisco, Cal 137 Powers, Henrv Atlantic City. X. J 116 Ridley, William What Cheer. Iowa 145-115-122 Schmitz, J. A Storm Lake, Iowa 104 Sharp, Dr John F Salt Lake City. Utah. ..134 Spotts, R. L ..New York City, N. Y ...102 Spencer, C. G St. Louis. Mo 133-153 SHOOT SHELLS LOADED WITH HERCULES INFALLIBLE AND E. C AND MAKE LONG RUNS. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., New-house Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg1. San Francisco, Cal. Paat and Mantfofnery • an Pranalaeo ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for 81 a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building MANUFACTURERS m OUTFITTERS , SPORTSMAN T,AMPER«5? ATHLETE. EQUIPMENT , »!? APPARATUS I FOR SVERY SEED.. PHOTOGRAPHIC ■ SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Letever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition and Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. The Grand Canadian Handicap WON WITH " Leader " Loaded Shells Winchester loaded shells and shotguns were conspicuous winners at the Dig shoot of the Dcminicn of Canada Tiap shooting Association, held recently. Some of the important events in which Winchester shooting superiority was shown, were : \ Grand Canadian Handicap: Won by S. G. Vance with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 91x100 and 24 and 23 on shootoff. Brewers' and Malsters' Cup: Won by W. Barnes, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 25x25, and 25 straight on shootoff. High Professional Average: J. R. Taylor, with a Winchester repeating shotguns and Winchester loaded shells. Score, 289x300. Eight-Man Team Championship of Canada: Won by Stanley Gun Club Team. Score, 186x200. Six of the eight members of the team shot Win- chester "Leader" loaded shells. Five-Man Team Championship of Toronto: Won by the Stanley Gun Club No. 1 Team of Toronto. Score, 233x250. Four of the five members of the team shot Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. The Earl Grey Cup: Won by Walter T. Ely, It's Time to Mobilize Your Winchester Gun and Shells for the Fall Shooting with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 290x300. Long-Run Trophy: Won by W. Barnes of Ham- ilton, 76 straight made with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. High Amateur Average: W. T. Ely, first; score, 290x300. A. E. Millington, second; score, 287x300. M. Fletcher, third; score, 286x300. All using Winchester loaded shells. A Real Boy and a Remington MANY American boys have learned to shoot better than some of the famous grown-up marksmen whose names are household words. A few of these alert youngsters are Bloice Bowen of Colorado, Robert McGivern of Montana, James Colvin Francis of Missouri, Sergeant Otto Reynolds of California — all winning fame with their victories and having a good time doing it.. "A Real Boy with a Remington" is an ideal combination for clean, healthful, manly sport, and the development of sturdy American character. Start your boy with a Remington, that he may reap the advantage of gun-making progress that was under way when his great-grandfather was a boy. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner will be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. This is why Selby Loads are efficient. They are loaded right and reach the shooter while Fresh. FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE UrttbU/' "■""BBS/ VOIiTJME LXV. No. 12. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per T«»r / f/i ft J1M LOGAN 2:01%, at Woodland, Sept. 10, 1914. Owned by J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal. r/ * & HUS i fr-r ^W^lV^/>' fcfcfc ■*# ^v^«> Capt. C. P. McCan of Forest Grove, Oregon, will send The Bondsman and most of his other horses to the Old Glory Sale this winter in New York. Farmer Bunch has a fourteen months old colt at the Stockton track which has trotted a half in 1:12% and a quarter in 36 seconds. This colt is by Dexter Derby, dam Daisy O. by Moses S. The three year old black colt Bon Cres by Bon Voyage, dam Kate Kopje by Cresceus, that took a trotting record of 2:1014 at the meeting at Santa Rosa, is the property of J. J. Campbell of San Diego, Cal. <8> «> The bay gelding Contention by Copa de Oro — Bonnie Ailse, at the recent matinee of the Los An- geles Driving Club paced a mile in 2:10% in an attempt to beat 2:15%, and then in a second attempt paced in 2:10 flat, thus making a 2:10 performer for his sire, Copa de Oro 52785. Glad Wren, winner at the Vancouver, B. C, meet- ing in a half mile heat pacing race, in which she took the first and third heats on- a heavy track in 1:07 and 1:09, is a registered Morgan mare, being a daughter of the great Morgan show stallion, Jubilee de Jarnette 2:29%. The exhibit of horses at the New York State Fair last week, as stated by The Horse World, was a credit to the Empire State. Three hundred and eighty-five horses, all but a few owned in the State, were shown and the quality was such as to attract the favorable comment of all who are interested in this branch of the animal world. The trotter, Worthy Prince 2:11%, was reported sold at the Clarksburg, West Virginia, meeting for $10,000, W. R. Cox taking the stallion over. He is regarded as a good candidate for the fast classes next year and is a son of Prince McKinney (2) 2:29%, by McKinney, the dam of Worthy Prince being Nell Worthy 2:22, a great broodmare by Axworthy. And the price is encouraging. A strip of ribbon two inches wide and three miles in length will be used by the Department of Live Stock of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in the badges to be given the winners in the various classes. These are in addition to the $450,000 already set aside for livestock prizes and not including $227,- 000 to be given in purses at the two racing meets for harness horses. Catalogues are out for the George L. Warlow sale to be held at the Fresno Fair Grounds October 1st. Cora Wickersham, one of the greatest living brood- mares in the United States, is catalogued to be sold at the Warlow sale, as well as four of her foals that are well staked and promising individuals. She has earned Mr. Warlow over $38,000 by foals that he sold and money that they won in races. She is now in foal to the Moko stallion, Black Hall 48645. Horse-buyers are reported to be astir in Kentucky and all through the West looking up horses and mules of the right stamp for the army and getting options on them in expectation that an unprecedented demand for all such animals will shortly set in, says the Horse World. Market experts express the opin- ion that the United States can supply two million horses and mules to the warring nations within a year if they will pay the price and come here to get them. Clara Mac, a brown mare by Expressive Mac and Clara, with a record of 2:05%, was purchased Tues- day of this week from W. W. Gallup by the Wood- land Stock Farm. Gallup had the mare entered in Wednesday's 2:10 pace and the entry was trans- ferred to the Woodland Stock Farm list. According to H. Dowling of the Woodland farm, Clara Mac is the best green pacer that has come out on the Coast this year. She won both of her races at Santa Rosa and Woodland very handily and on Sunday last paced a quarter in 29% seconds at the end of a fast mile. <§><$> A well known Illinois firm of importers and breed- ers of Percheron and other horses last week re- ceived a contract from the French Government to supply it with 15,000 horses at once at prices ranging from $175 to $200. These horses are required for military purposes and the minimum price exceeds that offered by our Government, which is only $152.50 per head. Virginian and Canadian firms have also, we are informed, been instructed to obtain horses for tie British Government. Altogether it is expected that upwards of 100,000 horses will be contracted for in this country by foreign governments in the ini- " lediate future. An automobile writer in the "Rider and Driver" last week announced that the European war was be- ing fought with motors. There is no question about this, but the war is also being fought with horses to a larger number than ever before in the history of the world. The "cavalry screen" is an expression used in the daily newspaper reports more frequently, perhaps, than any other, and another that has become a terror to the French is "the Uhlans are coming," which, of course, means mounted troops who make devastating raids in all directions, and have been especially active in harassing the allied forces. Bril- liant deeds of the cavalry on both sides of the con- flict are recorded in all the dispatches, and we also regret to learn that the mortality natural to the dar- ing of such troops has been appalling. The decima- tion of horses in Europe will, of course, mean that they must be replaced in America, and the news is already spreading about of demands for thousands of horses, which will undoubtedly make a tremen- dous boom for breeders, dealers and others inter- ested. According to the dispatches in the daily papers, the Russian government is seizing all racing stables, regardless of value. This is a simple thing for the government, as one story relates that a string of race horses, valued by the owner at one hundred thousand dollars, was inventoried by the Russian officials at five hundred dollars. Still, the Russians of the upper classes are immensely wealthy and it is not the financial loss so much as the horses themselves that troubles them. They have great estates that will not be devastated by the war as the damage so far has been outside Russian domain and it does not seem probable that the scene of battle will shift to Russian territory. Some predict a short war, other experts contend that it will last two or three years. Even should it last the longer term of years, the breeders of this country will not have too long to prepare for the big demand that is sure to come. The Russians have shown a marked partiality for Amer- ican trotters, and so soon as the way is clear to replenish their breeding farms and racing stables, they will place big orders for the best in this coun- try, -regardless of price. There will be no other country for them to look to even though they did not care particularly for American trotters, which fortunately they do. One American breeder com- plains that he was on the eve of closing a contract with a group of Russians for almost a quarter of a million dollars' worth of trotters when the war broke out. There is no question but that these Rus- sians and many others will be in the market so soon as the war ceases. American breeders should now prepare for this demand that is sure to come. — Western Horseman. o THE SUCCESSFUL BROOD-MARE. As one-half of the elements which form the embryo of the foal come from the egg cell, it is evident that the success of every breeder of horse stock depends largely upon the kind of mares selected for brood purposes. This applies to breeders of all kinds of horse stock, whether bred for the track, road, family or farm use, or for heavy draft purposes, but more especially to those of track, road and carriage horses. An article written by A. E. Trowbridge of the Uni- versity of Missouri on this subject was published in Colman's Rural World. It is as follows: Market quotations continually impress us with the fact, that the "better grade of horses" and not the "common lots" are in demand. The selling price for good horses of all grades is such as to allow a good margin of profit for the producer. The particu- lar emphasis laid upon "better grades" of horses "and the prices that they actually command is only another proof of wisdom in the selection and mating of mares and stallions of the better grade. The op- portunity for the breeder to make a profitable selec- tion of mare for improvement is immeasurable. A glance at the class of mares which are sent to the stallion in almost any community furnishes ample proof of this fact. Too many mares which have passed the prime of life and which are fit only for partial service on the farm are bred with the expectation that their off- spring will help to pay for their keep. Other cases are very numerous in which the female, expected to produce offspring which will ultimately result in profit to the owner, is unable to perform very ordi- nary labor because of some hereditary unsoundness which renders her physically unequal to the task. On the other hand, we see many fine young mares being mated with the stallion or jack and, as would be expected, the class of men who practice such systems of horse husbandry are the men who realize both profit and pleasure from the business. The question often arises as to just what sort of horses or mules it is best for the farmer to produce and what sort of mares should be used to produce this or that given type of horse or mule. This is a question which each man must settle in accordance with his environment. In settling this question he must realize fully that the market shows preference for certain classes of horses. In the State of Mis- souri we have a variety of types in our horses. This presents a problem in horse breeding which if prop- erly managed will maintain our State in the foremost rank as a producer of high-class horses and mules, but if improperly managed will lead to disastrous results. We have mares carrying a preponderance of Amer- ican trotting horse blood, some of them conforming to the race-horse type and many which fill the qual- ifications of the American carriage horse. We have many mares of saddle horse, Morgan and thorough- bred lineage. Through some sections of the State is found a class of native mares which show the results of the draft sires and in almost every section we have mares of somewhat mixed breeding which are known by a variety of names on the market. The good mares of any of these classes may at present be utilized in the production of horses and mules, but as soon as the poorer ones of all classes have been discarded our capacity for horse and mule pro- duction will be on a higher level. Those men who contemplate breeding mares, should consider the fol- lowing qualifications, keeping in mind the old truth that "like produces like." The earliest age at which mares should first pro- duce foals_ is a question, but it is certain that to yield the greatest profit on the ordinary farm they should be bred as early as their development will warrant, which will vary usually from two to five years of age. Once started, these mares should be kept., breeding regularly. Young mules and young geldings- can be made to perform that particular farm work which would endanger the welfare of a mare in foal. Broodmares should be worked steadily, thereby obtaining sufficient exercise, an all-important factor in the production of healthy foals. It is too often the case that mares are not bred until they are too old for work. By starting early, the length of their period of usefulness as broodmares is in- creased, and some a rgue that they increase, their abil- ity to produce regularly. Size is a powerful factor in the determination of the values of horse flesh in our present markets. Past experience, however, has proven that the. mare of good size for the breed, with style and action, has been the most successful as a producer. It is. not the ungainly, overgrown mare that produces the most serviceable horses, neither is it the dwarfed, anaemic specimen that perpetuates the good charac- teristics of her kind. Increase in size is one of the greatest needs- of our lighter class of mares. 'This size can be secured only by the most careful scrutiny of animals mated. In obtaining this qualification great care should be exercised that quality be not sacrificed. It is the mare of medium refinement, to the point of decreasing size and constitutional vigor, that are essential considerations in selecting brood- mares. In breeding mares having an hereditary unsound- ness, we are inviting disaster, for the law that like produces like holds good in the majority of cases. Blemishes, the results of accidents, are not trans- mitted to the offspring. We should always be cer- tain, however, that the blemishes are the result of accident, otherwise mares thus affected should be discarded as broodmares. There are certain essen- tials of conformation for all classes of horses and mules, whether for saddle, for harness, or for hard labor. A head of sufficient width and features plainly outlined are evidence of intelligence and good disposition. A neck of good length showing a clean- cut windpipe with a clean throat-lath points toward good wind. Sloping shoulders and sloping pasterns, associated with straight, well-set, strongly muscled legs and dense, tough feet are extremely essential to longev- ity or hard service. The back should be compara- tively straight, strong, short, closely coupled, well muscled and support a deep chest of medium width, good deep ribs and flank. The rump should carry width to the tail, which should set fairly high. The hind legs of the horse should be set well under the body. Strong hocks, well-set and sloping pasterns are of great value. True, level action with good style is essential in all good horses. Close observation will call our attention to the fact that our best broodmares possess real feminine character, which gives them power to reproduce suc- cessfully. Consequently, along with the character- istics of type, age, size, quality, constitution, sound- ness, action and conformation we find our greatest broodmares are those possessed of that latent and unexplainable quality of real feminine character and adaptability to motherhood. A FEW RULES GOOD FOR FITTING SHOW STOCK. "Special preparation of animals that are to be exhibited at fairs and shows is absolutely necessary for success," says J. G. Fuller of the agricultural col- lege, University of Wisconsin. "Stock cannot be taken directly from the pastures and put into the show ring with any legitimate hope of success. Animals that are to compete for prizes should be carefully housed and fed from two to four weeks and groomed a number of times before going to the show. During the day they should be kept in a cool, darkened stable and turned out for green feed and exercise only at night, when flies and in- sects will not pester them. "The horse exhibitor should see to it that all of his animals are thoroughly haTter broken and easily handled. He should take along plenty of blankets, rope halters, and neat bridles. Horses' feet must be carefully looked after and those of the older animals shod before leaving the home stables. "Show animals ought to be thoroughly fitted and in good flesh before they reach the fair grounds so that during the fair they may be kept on a cooling ration, thus avoiding danger of sickness from over- feeding. While at the fair, stock requires at least one hour of exercise a day. This is very essential to insure good health and the wise exhibitor will use the early morning to lead his entries about the grounds." Saturday, September 12, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE VANCOUVER FAIR. The heavy rains made a slow track at Vancouver last weeK. The summary for the meet follows: Sept. 7—2:20 pace, purse $300: Tillamook Maid, blk. m. by Zolock (Merrill). . .1 1 1 Lady Hal, b. m. by Hal B. (Sanford) 2 2 6 Bonnie B., blk. m. by Hal B. (Stetson) 3 3 2 Jennie May, b. m. by Hal B. (Gambling..) 4 4 5 King Zolock, 6-3; High Hoo, 5-4; Rubenstein Jr., 7-7. Time— 2:25, 2:25%, 2:28. One-half mile dash — Leo H. won; Cardinal, second; Sea Fowl, third. Time ;53. Three-eighths mile dash — Ducal Crown, won; Ethel Sampson, second; Bo Peep, third. Time :39. Sept. 8 — 2:18 trot, purse $300: Zomdell, b. g. by Zombro (Abbett) 1 2 6 Guylight, b. g. by Searchlight (Flanders) 2 1 5 Sargo. b. g. by Keeler 3 6 1 Lady W., b. m 4 4 2 Sunset Bell, 6-3-; Perrio, 5-5-4. Time— 2:22%, 2:25%, 2:27. One-half mile dash — Bob "VVate, won; Fore, second; Drummer, third. Time :52%. Five-eighths mile dash — Paddy Button, won; Glen Rus- sell, second; Tilly Coke, third. Time, 1:06. Sept. 9 — 2:20 pace: Jack Turner, b. g. by Meredith (Hogoboom) 1 5 1 Black Joe. blk. g. (Frank) 4 1 5 St. Elmo, b. h. by King Alexis (Baddeley) 3 2 2 Bonnie B., blk. m. by Hal B. (Stetson) 2 3 3 Red Hal, 5-4-4. Time— 2:18, 2:17%, 2:21. Sept. 10—2:10 pace, purse $200 Delmas, ch. g. (Hogoboom) 1 2 1 St. Elmo, b. h. by King Alexis (Baddeley) 3 1 2 Haledo. b. m. by Hal B. (Abbette) 2 3 5 Rothada, b. m. (Marshall) 5 4 5 Time— 2:16, 2:14%. 2:18. Three-quarter mile dash — Leo H., won; Gift, second; Greenlow, third. Time 1:18. 0 . . CAPSULE IMPREGNATION OF MARES. Since a number of our readers are seeking infor- mation about the method of impregnating mares with capsules, the operation is here discussed in full for the benefit of all who are interested in this simple, safe, practical way of increasing the number of foals from a stallion and of getting many hitherto barren mares in foal. Stallion owners should save this for reference. Before the operation is performed the mouth of the womb should oe opened to make sure of an easy entrance. Hobble the mare. Smear vaseline on the hand and arm; then introduce the hand into the vagina and advance it forward to the mouth of the womb which is in the center of a prominent projec- tion into the forward end of the vagina. One must be careful not to mistake the mouth of the urinary duct or urethra, which is on the floor of the vagina near the outer opening, for the larger and more interior mouth of the womb. Sometimes the mouth of the womb is quite tightly closed and considerable patience and pressure are necessary to open it. It need not be opened more than enough to admit two fingers. If a number of mares are to be impregnated from one service, get them all ready before the stallion is allowed to serve one of them. If a mare has leu- corrhea, or harbors the germs of contagious abortion or is sick from any cause, there is little likelihood of successful impregnation even by artificial means. As a precaution against spreading any possible infec- tion from a mare of doubtful condition, the hand and arm should be thoroughly washed after being insert- ed in her vagina for any purpose, but a disinfectant should not be used on the hands or instruments used for impregnation unless they are very thoroughly rinsed afterwards, for there is danger by that means of destroying the germ cells and thus defeating the object of the work. Instruments must be cleansed in boiling water. The capsule may be used either to advance the semen to the womb from the vagina where it has been deposited by the stallion or to transfer it to the womb of another mare. Capsules used for this purpose are the large size gelatin capsules sold by drug stores. The two-dram capsule is a hand size to use. These are about 1% inch in length and not too large for the finger completely to cover them to confine the contents. Capsules are made to hold as much as an ounce, but there seems to be nothing gained by using these very large ones and they are cumbersome to manipulate. Every drop of semen is abundantly supplied with sperm cells and only one of these is finally needed to fertilize the ovum that gives rise to the fetus. There is no difficulty in getting semen into the capsule. It is done by holding the capsule flrmly between the thumb and fingers while it is inserted mouth forward into the vagina of a mare that has just been served. The capsule is scopped along the floor of the vagina through the semen deposited there, using the- forefinger to push the semen into the capsule, and when it is full the opening of the capsule is closed by slipping the forefinger over it. Then if it is desired to place the semen into the womb of the mare the capsule is simply carried for- ward to the mouth of the womb and pushed into it. It is not necessary to withdraw the gelatin capsule as it will dissolve and do no damage. If the semen is to.be carried to another mare it is withdrawn when filled and transferred as quickly as possible by way of the vagina into the womb of the other mare." In this way a number of mares may be sup- plied rWith the seminal fluid from one service. If a 'mare at some distance is to be impregnated so that more than a few moments are required to carry; the semen from one mare to the other some special provision must be made for keeping the fluid warm; otherwise the warmth of the hand snugly enclosing the capsule will suffice for warmth and the exclusion of light, both of which are essential. Successful impregnations have been claimed from semen carried some miles in a rubber bag carried next the skin under the arm to maintain it at body temperature. For securing a large quantity for this purpose a syringe or impregnator for extracting the semen from the vagina is very convenient and some prefer to use it altogether for impregnating mares. The syringe is filled with the animal fluid, drawn into it from the floor of the vagina, and then the nozzle is carefully guided by the hand into the mouth of the womb where the contents are deposited. The capsule method has been given abundant trial and has proved to be a success, making it possible greatly to increase the number of mares a stallion can accommodate. Special instruments for introduc- ing the fluid into the womb are also efficient. The capsule is inexpensive and quite free from danger of injuring the delicate internal parts of the mare, but it does not carry so large an amount of fecun- dating material as a specially constructed instru- ment. In either case, great care should be taken to avoid spreading infection from a mare which is suffering from any disorder of the genital organs. The mare served by the stallion should be a per- fectly healthy one. — Breeders' Gazette. o yCSTHETICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS OF RACES. So far as the public is concerned attendance upon races is inspired chiefly out of the desire for rest, recreation and wholesome sport. This is eminently the case with light harness horse contests. Not one race-goer in a hundred who visits the trotting tracks has any purpose of making or turning a dollar, it is safe to say. This being the case those who would seek the patronage of this class of persons find a ready cue to be employed in bringing them out. Con- venience and comfort, as insisted upon so commonly and largely, both in reaching the place where the en- tertainment is to be given and in the provisions made for the time to be entertained are evidently of pri- mary and vital concern. But a matter almost equally important, though much less talked or thought of pertains to what may properly be termed aesthetical accompaniments and surroundings. The love of the beautiful and artistic and harmonious found in mod- ern cultivated people is to be most carefully consid- ered and provided for in every manner possible. This is what is done at every seaside, mountain re- sort, Chautauqua, theater, secret society hall, club house, room or grounds, everywhere where general public patronage is solicited and expected. Every device is employed to add to attractiveness and to produce artistic effect, and to pander to taste and fancy and even to the whims of the great general public. But very remiss in this, in many regards, the ma- jority of fair and racing societies have been. They have depended almost solely upon the interest to be created by the contests themselves to hold and please 'and continue to draw out paying patronage. And it is truly marvelous, all things considered, how large the success has been and continues to be all out the States where refinement and cultivation have reached their highest acme. But as long as more might have been, or might yet be attained than has been, easy contentment and placid satisfaction should not he allowed to settle managements down upon their "lees," and put them into a quiescent state in which progress becomes an indifferent mat- ter, and the best possible not the aimed-at things. As long as there is room for improvement the only right and safe thing is to pursue it to the uttermost. And an entire revolution should be the least stopped with in transforming the entire surroundings and effects of the harness race meet. First the grounds, buildings, track and the entire setting should be made over with the strictest regard as to what is artistic and pleasing to the people knowing what art is in every feature belonging to it. The grounds and buildings and all appointments ought to be equal or superior to the finest park, electric or otherwise, that has been devised and created. Then the persons in charge should be distinguished in dress, manners and general appearance and bearing to an extent making observable at once that it is a place where prosperous, cultivated and highly refined people are expected, controlling and sought. Last and crowning all, the entertainers, including horses, drivers, care- takers, owners, and all paraphernalia should present the most attractive and beautiful appearance possi- ble. And right here in the last mentioned feature is the point where greatest fault has hitherto rested and where occasion for keenest criticism now rests. When the bell sounds the call for the performers to appear on the track, as is too well known, in place of a brilliant and imposing pageant coming out of finely harnessed and bedecked horses and carts, and drivers clothed uniformly in colors easily distin- guishable, and grooms and caretakers and owners habilitated in garments bespeaking good pay and large property and high respect for the occasion, a very different sight is witnessed. One outfit after another straggles upon the track with nothing to show whether a work-out or a racing combination till time to line up for the word arrives. With very many harness, sulkies and blankets are evidently re- garded as wholly indifferent concerns to anybody, and the more uncouth the outfit the better some owners seem to view it. As for drivers and their uniforms, the average race shows up a motley set of reinsmen dressed in clothing ranging from jockey suits to the garments worn by old-fashioned "hay- seeds" in the fields, or the seedy clothing worn by the cheapest work hand doing the hod-carrier's stunt, or tramp that visits the back door. Hats there may be quite different in style, but ranging from a neat cap to the old slouch, cast-off looking head gear of the corn chopper, or the grimless remnants of the chip. Coats, or no coats, as it happens, but having no more suggestion of a race company than of a barn raising; gloved or ungloved hands absolutely indifferent. As to caretakers it seems sometimes that the rougher and tougher, and the more hideous the gang following a horse can make themselves appear, the better satisfied they are that they will be known as swipes and stable touts. Even owners will show up in working garb or threadbare home- spun, as though the game was tough, the luck hard, and the end at the alms house not far off. Now this is not extravagant speech, but is descriptive of what is not infrequently actually seen. And people who live and dress well, and have liveried servants and groomsmen, and chauffeurs, out for pleasure and the gratification of their fancy for things artistic and beautiful and nice to look upon, are expected to pay for the privilege of gazing for three or four hours at a mob of this sort posing as performers in the enter- tainment advertised as high-class. It ought not so to be and must not continue thusly if step is kept with advancing civilization which becomes more aesthetic', whether more ethical or not, and will not support things cheap and shoddy and ill-kept, and inartistic and unattractive in appearance. Insistence, as far as drivers are concerned, should be made at once that never shall they be permitted to appear but in caps and suits, and gloves, with colors cor- responding to what is printed on the program, so that they may enable onlookers to recognize them in the field and race throughout. If not supplying them- selves, then should societies furnish them and exact their employment in every race. The effect alone would pay aside from any question of convenience to the spectators. But the whole occasion needs elevating and improving from this point of view and the sooner done the better. The American people are fast becoming one of good clothes as well as of good manners, and breeding and intelligence, and can not be pleased and edified with things grotesque and hideous and coarse and clumsy and unfitting. Pleasureable recreations and engagements of all sorts suggest and demand the aesthetic, and must have it, or the turn will be elsewhere to something else. o THE PREHISTORIC HORSE. In a lecture delivered at Edinburgh, Scotland, re- cently Professor Cossar-Ewart said: "Engravings and paintings suggested that towards the close of the early Stone Age at least four distinct types of horses ranged over Western Europe. Some of those engravings gave a striking portrait of the wild horse, which still survived in Mongolia. Bones from Plio- cene and more recent deposits supported the conclu- sions arrived at from a critical study of the paleo- lithic engravings and colored drawings. In addition to fossil bones belonging to a horse with a coarse head but slender limbs, as in the wild horse of Mon- golia, bones and teeth had been found at Salutre, to the north of Lyons, in the elephant bed at Brighton and elsewhere, which belonged to a robust race al- most identical with the stout, broad-browed, modern, long and low Iceland ponies — to a race probably as well adapted for a forest life as the wild horse of Mongolia was adapted for a 'steppe' life. Other fossil and sub-fossil bones, more especially bones from the Siwalik hills of India, afforded evidence of the exist- ence in Pliocene times of a fine-limbed horse, meas- uring not less than 15 hands at the withers, which, but for the face being strongly deflected on the cra- nium, differed but little from Stockwell, Persimmon and other thoroughbreds, with a marked prominence between the eyes, such as are found in certain Arab and Indian strains." The lecturer also referred to the evidence found of a fine-limbed race, which in- cluded the Celtic pony, though only from 12 hands to 13 hands high, in prehistoric times, which contrib- uted to the making of modern as well as ancient racehorses, more especially to the finer kinds of desert Arabs. ST. LOUIS MAY BE THE GREAT NATIONAL. Loud praise is heard in all directions for the enter- prise and sportsmanly spirit of Mr. Adolphus Busch, III., who, in spite of the war and other conditions which some less courageous sportsmen have looked upon as drawbacks, has determined to make the St. Louis Horse Show a record breaker. From all parts of the country we hear of exhibitors who intend to flock to St. Louis, they say, and "make it the greatest national show on the continent." Centrally located as it is, St. Louis certainly occupies an unique and most advantageous situation, and, being in the heart of the saddle-horse section of the country, there is no doubt that it will become truly national in name as in spirit. Many of the big exhibitors from the East have already announced their intention of going to St. Louis, where Mr. Busch and his associates will give them the "time of their lives," not only during the show, but during the recesses, and both in the city and on Mr. Busch's magnificent yacht on the Mississippi river. The show will be held in the Coli- seum Building the week of October 26-31. Mr. Ev- eritt Everitt, well known to coaching enthusiasts some years ago, and Mr. Frank Donovan, assisted by Mr. W. S. Blitz, are attending to the details of the show. — Rider and Driver. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 19, 1914. SACRAMENTO STATE FAIR. The sixty-first annual State Fair, the great event looked forward to with much anticipation by most of the people of Northern California, threw open its doors to the public last Saturday. During the after- noon and evening the turnstiles were kept moving in order to admit the first day's visitors, whose num- ber ran into the thousands. The afternoon sports and pastimes were fine, while the evening's entertain- ment was not the less attractive. From every point of view the opening day must be pronounced a suc- cess, and well up to the highest standards set in former years. It is estimated 5000 people were pres- ent in the afternoon. The good things to see and to enjoy were many and varied. The livestock exhibits, more varied and more extensive than ever, held much of the attention of the day's guests. There was also harness racing and fancy diving, the wild West show, and some clown acts which brought much laughter from the grandstand. The exposition pavilion, filled with the choicest agricultural and horticultural products of California, attracted hundreds of visitors. All the industrial and county displays were not finished yesterday, but by Monday each and all will be in place. Some of the county booths were a marvel in the excellence of the soil products shown, in the beauty of arrange- ment, and in the high-class selection of subjects. In the evening the State Fair grounds were filled with merrymakers enjoying the fireworks, the band music and the exhibits. The outside lighting effect, arranged under the direction of the State engineering department, was superb. The big water tower and all the main tents and buildings were wonderfully illuminated, while hundreds of stringers, from which hung myriads of Japanese lanterns, electrically light- ed, made the whole park look like one vast Oriental garden. As far as the afternoon's entertainment was con- cerned, the chief event was the harness racing. W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles driver of Clarence Ber- ry's and other southern horses, opened the State Fair race meeting by making a clean sweep of all three contests. In the first heat of the 3-year-old trot, State Fair Futurity No. 3, Durfee finished second to Charlie Spencer behind Bon Courage. Then Durfee came into his own and cleaned up the field, driving Esperanza to the front in the next three heats of the 3-year-old trot; driving Frank S. Whitney to vic- tory in straight heats in the 2:14 trot and making a runaway affair of the 2:15 pace, driving White Sox to straight heat victory in easy style. Barring the first heat of the 3-year-old trot in which Durfee could not finish better than second with Esperanza, there were only three heats in which Durfee failed to lead coming into the stretch. And in these he staged pretty finishes, in each case nosing out for a narrow margin win. In the first heat of the fourth race the Valencia Stock Farm entry, Pegasus, driven by J. Miller, was leading into the stretch when Durfee drove White Sox from behind and won by a nose. In the second heat of the third race, it looked like a fight between the Woodland Stock Farm St. Patrick and the Hemet Stock Farm Miss Gaily. But Durfee shot Frank S. Whitney from third place at the beginning of the stretch and finished safely in front. Durfee's best finish was in the final heat of the third race when at the three-quarter pole he was w-ell in the rear of the field. By the time he had reached the stretch, Durfee had Frank S. Whitney up in third place, and in the stretch he nosed out Merry Widow and Miss Gaily. Bud Doble, veteran driver, could not make Miss Gaily behave and the start of the first heat for the third race was delayed fully twenty minutes. Then Miss Gaily was sent away on her own protection, broke at the start, and trailed the field all the way. In the next two heats Doble managed to get her un- der control, however, and he finished in third money. Nearest Alto McKinney, Columbia T. and Ethel D. had no chance at the money in the second race and were ruled out after the third heat, leaving Espe- ranza and Bon Courage to fight it out. With the pole position, Durfee sent Esperanza into the lead at the start and was never headed, winning by two lengths. H. Dowling of the Woodland Stock Farm, driving St. Patrick, lost two good chances to finish in front in the third race. In the first heat St. Patrick was up fighting for the lead in the stretch, but broke and dropped back to fourth position. In the third heat, again with a good chance to finish in front, St. Pat- rick was forced back to fourth place when the sulky wheel broke and the axle dragged three-quarters of the stretch before attendants could go to the rescue. The first heat of the fourth race, when Durfee drove White Sox from behind, saw the fastest time of the day, 2:10%. A high wind that swept down the back stretch marred the racing and was the cause of the slow time. James Thompson gave Peter McKyle a new mark of 2:15 in an exhibition race to beat 2:30% trotting. Summary : First race^-To beat 2:30% trotting: Peter McKyle, b. h. by Peter the Great by Jay McGregor (Thompson), won. Time. 2:15. Second race — Three-year-old trot. State Fair Futurity No. 3. -51400, best, three heats: Esperanza, b. m. by Carlokin — Irene S. (W. G. Durfee) 2 1 1 1 Bon Courage ( Spencer) 1 2 2 2 Neare >t Alto McKinney (Tryon) 3 4 3 * Ethel D. (C. A. Durfee) 5 3 4 * Columbia T. (SUva) [\_ 4 5 5* •Ruled out. Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:13, 2:12%. Third race— 2:14 trot, 51000, three heats, every heat a race: Frank S. Whitney, F. S. Turner— By Guy (W. G. Durfee) 1 1 1 Merry Widow (Parsons) 2 4 3 Miss Gaily (Doble) 5 3 2 St Patrick (Dowling) 4 2 4 Matawan (Aiders) 3 dis Time— 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:14%. Fourth race — 2:15 pace, 51000, three heats, every heat a race: White Sox, b. m., Del Coronado — Subito (W. G. Durfee) 1 1 1 Pegasus (Miller) 2 2 2 Star TUden (Smith) 3 3 3 McVerde (Delaney) 4 4 4 Time— 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:11. Second Day. With the smallest field of starters of any day in the Coast harness racing circuit thus far this season, there was little to inspire thrill at the State Fair track Monday afternoon. I. L. Borden's Albaloma, with John Quinn at the reins, showed about the only class of the day, taking the 2:08 trot in straight heats in easy manner. The quiet of the day seemed to promise plenty of sensations for Tuesday, when the Occident stake for 3-year-old trotters was the big feature. D. A. Allen drove the Bondholder to a rather easy win in the 2-year-old pace, finishing second to Direct Heir Jr. in the first heat and then taking the next two. In the third heat California 1915, with no chance at the money, was ruled out, and Direct Heir Jr. and the Bondholder put up the best fight of the day for the purse, the latter holding its slim lead all the way down the stretch and winning by a nose. W. J. Kenney's W. J. K. and W. G. Durfee's Sou- mise divided first and second money in the 2:15 pace, each finishing with a first, second and third in the three heats. H. C. Aider's Sweet Princess would have also been in on the even cut except for a bad break in the third heat that left her badly distanced. W. J. K. took the second heat, coming from behind at the half when Sweet Princess and Soumise broke and lost their advantage. Summary: First race — To beat 2:30% trotting: Allie Lou, b. f. by Kenney Lou — Lady Zombro (Blackwell), won. Time, 2:25. Second race — 2-year-old class, pacing, State Fair Futu- rity No. 4, best two in three heats: Bondholder, bv Bondsman — Corinne Sidmoor (Allen) 2 1 1 Direct Heir Jr. (Miller) 1 3 2 California 1915 (Tryon) 3 2 ro Time— 2:28, 2:28, 2:22%. Third race — 2:08 class, trotting, three heats, every heat a race: Albaloma, b. g. by Almaden D. — Loma B. (Quinn)l 1 1 Alerick (W. G. Durfee) 2 2 2 Redeem (Sanders) 3 3 3 Time— 2:11, 2:11%, 2:09%. Fourth race — 2:15 class, pacing, amateurs only, owners driving, three heats, every heat a race: Soumise, br. m. by Billy Dunlap — Dam by Jonesa Basler (Friend) 2 3 1 W. J. K., b. g. by Dexter Prince— Payke (Smith)3 1 2 Sweet Princess (Aiders) 1 2 dis The Fool (Tucker) dis Time— 2:13%, 2:14, 2:11. Third Day. Sacramento, September 15. — Arlie Demonio lost a heat today. For the first time this season the rangy son of Demonio was led to the wire. The fall came in the final heat of the 2:07 pace after Arlie had stepped circles around his more seasoned rivals in two heats, 2:05% and 2:05%, the fastest time during the fair. Dick W., the San Francisco gelding owned by Adolph Ottinger and driven by the Stadium reins- man, Al Schwartz, brought about the defeat of the Woodland Stock Farm speed wizard. Arlie Demonio showed a lot of class in the open- ing tests. Of the others Zulu Belle was the only one to be reckoned with. ; Teddy Bear was somewhat of a disappointment, while Vera Hal was never in it. Esperanza came right back today and the racy Carlokin filly added the $2,220 Occident stake to her list of winnings. Bon Courage made a game bid for the final heat of the stake. Esperanza was tiring perceptibly and Bon Courage came so fast at the finish that Esperanza broke under the strain ten yards from the wire. Esperanza stepped the first heat in 2:11%, which is getting close to Wilbur Lou's three-year-old Coast record of 2:10%. Merry Widow took first money in the 2:16 class trot , though The Empress won the final heat. Mat- awan faded away. The summary: First race — 2-year-old performance against time: Win- nie Bond (Montgomery), won. Time, 2:32%. Second race — To beat 2:30% trotting: Christmas Wilkes (C. Jurgenson), won. Time, 2:16%. Third race — 3-year-old trot, Occident stake, 52,220: Esperanza, b. f . by Carlokin — My Irene S. ( W. G. Durfee) 1 1 1 Bon Courage (C. Spencer) 2 2 2 Bon Cress (Chadbourne) 3 3 3 Ethel D. (C. A. Durfee) 4 d. Time— 2:11%, 2:14%, 2:12%. Fourth race — 2:16 trot, amateurs driving, §600: Merry "Widow, ch. m. by Albert Mac — Bell Lynn (W. Parsons) 1 1 3 The Empress ( W. R. Reese) 3 2 1 Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 2 3 2 Time— 2:15, 2:14, 2:16. Fifth race — 2:07 pace, purse $1,500: Arlie Demonio, b. s. by Demonio — Polriro (Dow- ling) 1 1 2 Dick W. (Schwartz) 3 3 1 Zulu Belle (C. A. Durfee) 2 2 3 Teddy Bear (C. F. Silva) 4 5 4 Vera Hal (Cohan) 5 4 5 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:07%. Fourth Day. Sacramento, Sept. 16. — Clara Mac, the phenomenal green pacing mare purchased by John W. Considine at the State Fair, captured the California stake for 2:10 class pacers, §2500, before the largest crowd of the week on the fair grounds, it being estimated that there were over 35,000 people present. This is the greatest pacing event on the Pacific Coast circuit and has demonstrated the supremacy of this great green mare over her principal contender, White Sox. How the winner compares with Airlie Demonio was not shown as they are stable mates and under the conditions could not start in the same race. Driver Harry Dowling was compelled to go around the field to gain the pole in the first heat, which he did easily, and held the lead until the finish. White Sox fought gamely in each heat and was well driven by Will Durfee. The first heat she was under great disadvantage, being pocketed until well into the stretch. There were two other races on the card for ama- teur drivers, Dan Hoffman with Sweet Adena taking the cup in the 2:20 class trot, and in the 2:20 class pace Soumise won in straight heats with W. J. K. second in the summary. The Stadium horse made a game try for the race, but the mare was a little too speedy for him. Summary: California Stake, 2:10 class pacing, purse 52500: Clara Mac, br. m. by Expressive Mac — Clara (Dowling) l l 1 White Sox (W. G. Durfee) 2 2 2 Potrero Boy (Reams) 3 3 3 Far Cracker (Hoy) 5 4 5 Oro Mo (Tryon) 4 6 6 Delia H. (Smith) 7 7 4 Asa Pointer (McDonald) 6 5 d Senator H. (Ivey ) d Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:06%. Second race — 2:20 class trotters, amateurs driving: Sweet Adena, bl. m. by Zombro, dam by Alta- mont (Hoffman) 1 2 1 Eloise Del (Silva) 2 1 2 Melrose (Cowell) 3 3 3 Time— 2:16, 2:19%, 2:16. Third race — 2:20 class pace, owners driving, purse 5600: Soumise, br. m. by Billy Dunlap. dam by Jonesa Basler (Friend) , 1 1 1 W. J. K. (Smith) 3 2 2 Gold Lily (Borden) 2 3 3 Sweet Princess (Ahler) d Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:11%. Fourth race — To beat 2:15 trotting: Peter McKyle, won. Time, 2:12%. Fifth Day. State Fair Grounds, Sacramento, September 17. — The $5000 Governor's stake, the richest light-harness event of the California sulky circuit this season, was marred today by a mix-up when the field of eight started scoring for the first heat. Miss Gaily, a bad actor, threw her former veteran driver, Budd Doble, and after upsetting Pavana and her driver, Charley Clark, ran away for half a mile until captured by Marshal Tevis Paine after a long chase. Matawan, a Stadium performer, sprung a big sur- prise in the first heat of the Governor's stake by stepping out in front until half-way down the stretch. Rags caught him there, but Matawan hung on for second place. St. Patrick and Nuristo followed in. In the second Matawan refused to score and was practically left at the post, Rags winning all the way, with Nuristo second. M. L. Woy*s Pavana, an er- ratic speed burner, made up about ten lengths to land fourth. Mabel Van trotted consistently into third place. In the final Matawan again shot to the front, but was caught at the three-quarter pole by Rags, who romped home to the wire. Mabel Van held second place safe from Pavana. Durfee experienced no trouble in winning the three- year-old pace in the Futurity, in straight heats with Change Alta Barnato was right there in each event, but was simply outfooted. The summary: First race — Two-year-old trot. State Fair Futurity, purse 5600: Bvron, blk. c. by Tom Moko — Reta H. (R. L. Smith) 4 1 1 Carl (W. G. Durfee) 1 4 4 Allie Lou (A. L. Blackwell) 3 2 2 May Alto (Sam Hov) 2 3 3 Ruth Ansel (W. Maben) 5 5 w Time— 2:23%, 2:24%, 2:22. Second Race — 2:12 trot. Governor's stake, 55,000: Rags, b. g. by Del Coronado — Atherine (W. G. (Durfee) 1 1 1 Mabel Van (William Best) 5 3 2 Nuristo (C. Spencer) 4 2 5 Pavana (C. E. Clark) 6 4 3 St. Patrick (H. Dowling) 3 6 4 Matawan (W. Tryon) 2 7 6 Moko Hall (W. Ivey) 7 5 7 Miss Gaily (Budd Doble) w Time— 2:12%, 2:13, 2:13%. Third race — Three-year-old pace, State Fair Futurity, purse 51100: Chango, b. g. by Copa de Oro — Lady H. (W. G. Durfee) 1 1 1 Alta Barnato (J. Quinn) '. 2 2 2 Time— 2:13%, 2:17%, 2:17. Detroit (Mich.), September 16. — Three new world's records were established at the Michigan State Fair races today when the Philadelphia gelding R. H. Breat won the sixth and deciding heat of the 2:04 pace in which five heats were raced yesterday. Breat beat Peter Stevens in a furious drive in the final mile, the time. 2:03%, being a new sixth heat mark. The race also was the fastest six-heat race ever paced, averaging 2:03%, and Breat's time, 2:03%, is the best ever made in a race by a four-year-old gelding. The $5,000 Aitken stake for 2:14 trotters was won in straight heats by King Clansman driven by Dick McMahon, who also piloted The Assessor to victory in the 2:13 pace. Japstone won the unfinished 2:10 pace in which three miles were raced yesterday. Anna Hal easily Saturday, September 19, 1914,] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN DIRECTUM I. IN FAST EXHIBITION MILE. Detroit, September 17 —Directum I. paced an unu- sual mile here today in a trial against his record of 2:00, as an exhibition in connection with the State Fair races. Driven by Ray Snedecker and accompanied by a runner driven by Tom Murphy , the chestnut stal- lion paced the first Quarter in 30 seconds, the half in 1:01, the three-quarters in 1:30, and then paced the last quarter in 28% seconds, making the mile in 1:58%. Lord Dewey, in another exhibition trial, failed to beat his trotting mark of 2:03%. He made the dis- tance in 2:04%. . Brighton B. won the last three heats and the race in the 2:12 trot after Bertha Cary had taken the first two heats. Marta Bellini was an easy winner in the 2:10 trot and King Couchman won the 15,000 pace after it had gone five heats. Results: 2:12 trot, 3 in 5. purse ?1,050 — Brighton E. won; Bertha Clay, second: Fair Virginia, third. Best time, 2:08%. 2:10 trot — three in five, purse §1.050 — Marta Bellini, won; Vanity Oro, second; The Wanderer, third. Best time, 2:07. 2:11 pace, 3 in 5, stake $5,000 — King Couchman, won; Camelia, second; Eel Direct, third. Best time, 2:04%. PROGRAM OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. Wednesday, Sept. 23. Opening day; Improvement Clubs, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties. Thursday, Sept. 24. Livermore, Washington and Eden Townships, Berkeley and Alameda Day, and .Tourist Association Day; stock parade. First Race — Twto-Year-Old Pace, Futurity Stake No. 1, Purse $1,000. Second Race — 2:20 Class Trot, Purse $500. Pavana. blk. g.. M. L. Woy; Vallejo King. b. s.. Thos. Smith; Lady Arbella, s. m., R. Hersey; Merry Widow, ch. m., W. Parsons: Copper King. b. g.. Valencia Stock Farm; Rose W.. b. m., W. R. Zibbell; St. Patrick, b. g.. Woodland Stock Farm; Fiesta Maid, br. m.. Woodland Stock Farm; Tena G., ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm; Kil- larney, b. m.. A. G. Pryor; Best Policy, b. s., Mrs. E. V. Leggett; Nuristo, blk s., Alex Brown; Princess Irene, ch. m., C. E. Dowling. Third Race — 2:25 Class Pace, Purse $1,000. Dolly Varden, P. McCart; McVerde, J. W. Hitch; Pegasus, Valencia Stock Farm; Enchilada and Airlie De- monio. Woodland Stock Farm; Gold Lily. I. L. Borden; Zoetrix. Jas. W. Marshall; A. B. C, W. B. Alford; Star Tilden, Geo. W. Putnam; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. Wal- lis; Far Cracker, R. E. Sparks: Dee SherTill. T. W. Orme. Fourth Race — Amateur Race, Free-For-AII, Cup. Friday, Sept. 25. Children's Day, Manufacturers, Merchants Associ- ation and Oakland Chamber of Commerce Day; horse parade, grammar school foot races and other ath- letic sports. First Race — Two-Year-Old Trot, Futurity Stake No. 1, Purse $1,500. Second Race — 2:12 Class Trot, Purse $500. Mable Van, b. m4 F. E. Van Tress; Pavana, blk. g.. M. L. Woy; Merry Mac, ch. h.. W. Parsons; The Empress, b. m.. W. R. Meese; Baby Doll. b. m.. W. R. Zibbell; True Kinney, b. s.. Woodland Stock Farm; St. Patrick. b g.. Woodland Stock Farm; Miss Gaily, ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm: J. C. Simpson, b. g., A. Ottinger; Expedio, b. m„ F. J. Ruhstaller; John Gwynne, b. g., J. C. Kirk- patrick; Wesos, b. g., Alex Brown; Alerick, b. g., W. G. Durfee; Rags, b. g.. W. G. Durfee. Third Race — 2:15 Class Pace, Amateurs, Cup. Exhibition of saddle horses. Rack %-mile dash under saddle. Saturday, Sept. 26. Farm Bureau Day. Lecture by Thomas Forsyth Hunt, Dean of Agriculture Department of the State University on "How to Develop California." Grand parade of horses and cattle; athletic contests by high schools. True Kinney, b. s., Woodland Stock Farm; Miss Gaily, First Race — 2:13 Class Pace, Purse $500. Gold Lily. b. m.. I. L. Borden; Le Dona, br. m.. E. H. Crowell; Potrero Boy, b. g., M. Reams; Zorene. ch. m., R. J. Chalmers; Marr W.. s. m., D. W. Wallis; Villa, b. g., D. W. Wallis: Enchilada, ch. g.. Woodland Stock Farm; Robert Bingen, b. s.. Woodland Stock Farm; Daisy R., b. m., Jas. Redman; Alton S., ch. g., A. Sperry; Casey Jones, b. g.. Mrs. J. M. McKiernan; Zorankin, b. s., M. C. Keefer; Alto Genoa Jr.. blk. g.. G. Peirano. Second- Race — 2:20 Class Pace, Purse $500. Dolly Varden, b. m., P. McCart; Le Dona. br. m., E. H. Crowell; Potrero Boy, b. g., M. Reams; Pegasus, b. s., Valencia Stock Farm; Zoetrix, s. m., J. W. Marshall; Mary W.. s. m., D. W. Wallis; Villa, b. g.. D. W. Wallis; Asa Pointer, b. g.. J. M. Dunn; Eddie G-, b. g., W. R. Zibbell; Alice May, ch. m.. Woodland Stock Farm; Airlie Demonio, b. s.. Woodland Stock Farm; The Fool, b. g.. Dr. I. L. Tucker: McVerde, b. s., J. W. Hitch: Harry R.. ch. g., Hemet Stock Farm; Red Pointer, b. g., Mrs. C. Mortizia; Colleen, br. m., Mrs. Jennie Pryor; Star Tilden, br. s., D. W. Putnam: Black Mac, blk. g.. J. C. Kirk- patrick; Welcome Jr., b. s., J. M. McKiernan; Clara Mac, b. m., W. W. Gallup; R. W.. br. s.. P.. W Ear.l; Soumise, b. m., L. R. Friend: A. B. C blk. g., W. B. Alford. Third Race — 2:15 Class Trot, Amateurs, Cup. High school exhibition of saddle horses and other sports. One-mile trot under saddle. Sunday, Sept. 27. Auto races; 25-mile light car races, $500 in purses; novelty race, drivers' shoes placed in a barrel, 100 yards from starting line, driver to go and get his own shoes, put them on, return to car and drive around the track, $25 purse; 75-mile race for heavy- cars, $500 purse. Auto races under the management of the "American Automobile Association." RESULTS AT SWEETWATER TRACK, SAN DIEGO A large and enthusiastic crowd attended the races on the 13th. Close finishes were the order of the day. R. G. Dahl officiated as starter. The judges were W. V. McConnell, Fred Fanning and Jas. E. Connell. Timers, J. W. Sampsell and S. Brown. Summary: Class R. Geo. W., b. g., B. Newman (Newman) 1 1 1915, s. m., C. S. Russell (Russell) 2 2 Orange Boy, s. g.. J. R. Williams (Hodges) 3 3 Nimbus, g. g., J. Rutledg (Wilkinson)... 4 4 Time— 2:19%, 2:19%. Class C. College Boy, r. g., C. D. Stewart (Stewart) 1 1 Prince, b. g., Mr. Higgens (Higgens) 2 3 Laura Smith, b. m.. Club Stables (Woulfe) 3 2 Lulu Kinney, b. m., J. R. Williams (Hodges) 4 4 Time — 2:37. 2:32. Class B. Wanna G., s. m., Harry Gillman (Gillman) 2 1 1 Lady Wilson, s. m.. Club Stables (Pidgeon) 1 2 2 Bon Roy, b. s., John Neitel (Neitel) 3 d Time— 2:41%. 2:40^4, 2:45. Class D. Robert B., s. g., Robert Brown (Hodges) 1 1 Lady Foster, b. m.. Geo. Richert (McKee) 2 2 Time— 2:29%, 2:34. 0 TROTTERS FOR THE ARMY. THE ANTIQUITY OF RACING. After the sensational work of Directum I. at Syra- cuse last week the match-makers got busy, with the result that a race has been arranged by George Diet- rich between Directum I. and the fast four-year-old William, who raced to a record of two minutes at the recent Grand Circuit meeting at Grand Rapids, Mich. The contest is to take place over the Grand Rapids track during the week of September 21, for a purse said to be $6,000, raised by the citizens of that city. George W. Rommel, chief of the animal husbandry bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, is much impressed with the value of the trotter as the breed of horse most suitable for army remounts. It is a much discussed fact that the government is finding it difficult to secure the right kind and num- ber of horses for cavalry purposes and the admirers of the thoroughbred have taken advantage of that fact to advocate the use of the running horse for the purpose of breeding saddle horses for the army. The trotting horse men, for the most part, seem to rest secure in their own knowledge that the trotter is the greatest all-round horse in the world and have taken little, if any, action to call the attention of the army officials to the fact that the trotter makes the best saddle horse in the world. With proper selec- tion the trotter would prove invaluable in the army. While the trotting horse men are resting secure in their own knowledge the running horsemen are tak- ing steps to have thoroughbred stallions located in sections of the country where there are plenty of good mares for the purpose so that the farmer breed- er can patronize them and sell the produce to the government for use as cavalry horses when they attain the proper age. In view of this it is refresh- ing to have a gentleman of Mr. Rommel's standing say a few words for the trotter, which he does as follows : "Whether this army situation is met now, next year, or at some future time, the trotter will play a large part in its solution. Of all the good traits of the trotter, his gameness, his stamina, his speed, his level head, one characteristic, in the writer's opin- ion, stands pre-eminent — that is the breed's versa- tility. It is not such a wonderful thing that R. T. C. may once have been a plain drudge of a plow horse. Who knows how many good racers went down to their final resting place pulling a harrow, a cultivator or a mowing machine, in the good old days when every farmer bred to a trotter? "Many good saddle horses are trotting bred and some of the best show carriage horses our country ever knew were trotting bred, and even standard bred. Therefore, when Uncle Sam takes hold of this breeding problem in earnest, the trotting horse will have his full share of the work. "Will it help the trotter? Of course it will help. If the government can show a farmer breeder how to breed intelligently, will not that farmer remember the lesson? And if the advice is to breed to a trot- ting stallion, will not that help the trotting breed? If the army can show a regiment of cavalry mounted on remounts sired by trotting horses in, say Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Montana or Wyoming, and that regiment has a high efficiency on account of the quality of its mounts, will that not help the trotter? Of course it will help. "The army horse breeding plan of the government is a splendid opportunity to demonstrate by definite, careful experiment, the value of the trotter as a use- ful, versatile horse, 'the kind everybody likes.' " HORSE BREEDERS' MEETINGS. Several States have state horse breeders' associa- tions. Every State should have one. The Iowa horse breeders met at the Iowa State Fair. The breeders present gave their views on various subjects of espe- cial interest to draft horse breeders. There was an occasional difference of opinion, which is necessary to cause men to think. The next meeting of the Iowa Draft Horse Breeders' Association will be held at Ames in January. Some special legislation will be asked for at the next legislature, including a lien on the mare and foal for 18 months from the last serv- ice. Some changes in the present stallion inspection -law will be discussed. A few enterprising breeders can start something very easily in States which do not have regular asso- ciations. After a temporary meeting is held, perma- nent officers can be elected and have regular and called meetings. These meetings should be held as often as there is opportunity, even though they have to be very informal, and the secretary should see that an early report of each, telling the real news of the meeting, should be published or in some way made to reach the absent members. We shall be pleased to print reports if the secretaries of all such organi- zations will send them in. The race horse in the eyes of many is a necessary evil. From the days of Ptolemy down to the present, men have raced horses in spite of all manners of opposition, raised fcy the many fanatics and individ- uals, who seem to hold the belief that they were created for the sole purpose of directing affairs in keeping with their narrow and warped ideas. In Wallace's "Ben Hur," he makes his description of the chariot race the most beautiful and interesting chapter of his "Tale of Christ," and when the mag- nificent story was staged, the reproduction of the race proved to be an attraction of the greatest value. The Egyptians, Babylonians and Assyrians raced horses, Cyrus had a stable of the very best obtain- able; so had many prominent Greeks and Romans, and without even the slightest degree of abatement in the interest of the sport, it has gone on down the centuries, even to the present one. Job's best 'description is of the horse — his very poorest, of his wife. And yet from what we learn, his peculiar physical condition certainly required more assistance from the gentle touch of the tender female, than from the "war horse who snuffeth the battle afar off." Solomon, too, had more horses than wives. From what we can learn, that vigorous gentleman whose chief desire appeared to be to raise fine horses and thankless children, managed to always keep up about three horses for every new bride he took unto him- self. There is hardly a great man in history, which can be touched by a pen, but speaks of his favorite horse. Darwin once said, that man was distinguished from all other animals in that he laughs; and we may as well add, that a civilized man is distinguished from all other men, in that he will bet on a horse race. It is wrong, We admit; just as it is wrong to bet on the price of stocks, grain, raffle off any article, or make a bill with your grocer when the chances are "ten to one" that you will never pay it — and a hun- dred other kinds of wagering. We can't stop it — being inherited from our earliest ancestors and will no doubt remain with us till the end of time. But we may do one thing — we may refrain from betting ourselves, and if people must bet on a horse race, we should insist that the race be an honest one. DOBLE AND GOLDSMITH MAID. Budd Doble, dean and patriarch of the American trotting game, waxed reminiscent at the State Fair grounds race track the other day. Doble, vice-presi- dent of the Hemet Stock Farm of Hemet, Riverside county, California, is in Sacramento with a string of fourteen horses of the Hemet stables. "I was in Sacramento in the 70's," said Doble. "I brought Goldsmith Maid clear across the continent to race her on the old Sacramento track. I brought her in a special car, the first specially constructed car ever used for the transportation of race horses. We were met at the depot by 3,000 men and women. Those were the great days. She was to race against Occident, a 2:16% trotter, the property of Senator Leland Stanford. "Goldsmith Maid was a grand old girl. I took charge of her in 1867. She belonged to Alden Gildsmith of Middletown, Orange county, New York. She was ten years old when I took her in charge. Later I purchased her for $20,000. She won the best as long as she lived. Yes, sir, that was a wonderful mare. The first year I had her she trotted in 2:i>4%. Within a few months I reduced her rec- ord 10% seconds when she established a world's record at 2:22%. She kept getting faster until, when she was 15 years old she stepped off a mile in 2:17, lowering Dexter"s record by a quarter of a second. The mare kept getting faster instead of slower as the years went by. At 17 years she trotted a mile in 2:14.' Two years later she repeated that 2:14 twice and made the fastest six heat race on record when 19 years old. And when she got to be 20 years old, an age when most race horses are turned out to the clover patch or hitched up to the family cart, Gold- smith Maid trotted at the 2:14 gait." Doble 'speaks of Goldsmith Maid as one would of a child one has buried. He has great affection for her memory and while he developed at least two other world cham- pions, Nancy Hanks, who established a world's rec- ord by doing the mile in 2:04, and Dexter, his first champion who made a record of 2:17% drawing a heavy, high-wheeled sulky of the period, Doble likes to think mostly of Goldsmith Maid. THE MOST USEFUL BREED OF HORSES IN THE WORLD. In a communication to The Trotter and Pacer, "A Friend of the Trotter and Pacer" writes as follows: Another illustration of the versatility of the Amer- ican trotting and pacing horse was given at the re- cent Flemington Fair, when W. R. Young, of Leb- anon, N. J., won the 2:30 class trot or pace under saddle with T. J. Connor's former Speedway horse, Onward Patch. This son of Dan Patch has been used as a road and family horse all this season, besides doing his share in gathering over 100 tons of hay, and had seen a track but once this year before the fair opened, and that was on May 30th when he won a $100 a side match race at half-mile heats in time around 1:10. He had never had a saddle on until the morning of the race, as Mr. Young was only asked to put him in the night before in order to fill out. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 19, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. DEATH OF JAMES B. HAGG1N. Sunday's racing at the Stadium developed a couple of accidents that marred the pleasure of spectators at the San Francisco Driving Club's matinee meet. The most serious incident took place during the initial scoring for a start in the last race, when Jimmy Ryan, up behind King Pointer, was thrown out of his sulky and sustained a painful wrenching of his right knee. Just as King Pointer turned back at the head of the stretch, Emma M. bumped the sulky into Ryan's wheel, broke the shaft brace and sent him out on the track. Pointer ran away, once and a half around the track, before he was caught. Ryan was taken in a machine to the Park emergency hispital, where examination showed that, while the injury was se- vere, no bones were broken. Happy Dentist won the free-for-all pace in two heats, both close finishes. The free-for-all trot was annexed by Ida M. The three entries came in a length apart in the first heat. Will Tell won both heats in the 2:18 pace. Johnnie K. and Ishmael did not finish the first heat, but put up a good race afterward. Mabel Dillon won both heats of the 2:15 pace. Tim Murphy, always close up, could hot overhaul her. Summary: First race — 2:25 mixed; mile heats, best two in three: Pride of Elmhurst (J. Johnstone) 5 1 1 Dalta A. (E. T. Avres) 1 2 4 Time— 2:24%, 2:3414, 2:26. Steve D. (J. Tassi) 2 3 3 Springtime (F. Clotere) 3 4 2 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 4 w Second race — 2:18 pace; mile heats, best two in three: William Tell (McKinney Stable) 1 1 G. J. G. (R. Consani) 2 4 Johnnie K. (J. Kramer) 2 Ishmael (F. P Lauterwasser) 3 Scratched — Little Dick. Time— 2:16. 2:16%. Third race — Free-for-all pace; mife heats, best two in three: Happy Dentist (J. J. Eyan) 1 1 Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 2 2 Delilah (J. C. Welch) 2 3 Time— 2:11, 2:12. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats, best two in three : Ida M. (H. Bovle) 1 1 Silver Hunter (T. D. Sexton) 2 2 Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 3 3 Time— 2:1714, 2:16. Fifth race — 2:15 pace; mile heats, best two in three: Mabel Dillon (B. Cohen) 1 1 Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 2 2 Scratched — Dicto. Time— 2:13, 2:13. Sixth race — 2:20 mixed; mile heats, best two in three: Soreta (McKinnev Stable) 3 1 1 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 1 4 4 Ateka (B. Cohen) 2 2 3 Bodecker (S. Christenson) 4 3 2 Time— 2:19, 2:18, 2:17. Seventh race — 2:22 pace; mile heats, best two in three: Roman Boy (W. A Dougherty) 1 1 Emma M. (W. Malough) 2 3 Lis Logan Jr. (McKinney stable) 4 2 King Pointer (H. Campondomco) 3 4 Time — 2:20, 2:17. 0 DRIVING RACES AT DETROIT. Detroit, September 14. — Frank Bogash Jr., driven by Tommy Murray, won in straight heats the $3000 free-for-all pacing stake, the event of chief interest on today's programme at the Michigan State Fair races, for which many of the Grand Circuit horses are entered. Walter Cocato led into the stretch in each of the three heats, but could not stand the fierce pace at the end. Driver Frost was fined $100 by the judges for not trying to win the 2:07 pace "with King Daphne. Gar- rison drove the final heat and won easily. Results: 2:11 trot, purse $1050 (four heats Saturdav)— Gratta Boy. won; Fir Virginia, second; Peter Billiken, third. Best time. 2:09%. 2:07 pace, purse $1050 (two heats Saturday) — King Daphne, won; Alcantara, second; Frank Patch, third. Best time. 2:04V». Free-for-all pace, stake $3000 — Frank Bogash Jr., won; Walter Cocato, second : Earl Jr., third. Best time, 2:10%. 2:18 trot, purse $1050^Blue Feather, won; Kate, sec- ond: Aunt Barb, third. Best time. 2:12%. 2:17 pace, purse $1050 (unfinished) — Madame Mack, won two heats; Myra Belle and Dan Tavlor. one each. Best time, 2:10%. 2:24 trot, purse $1050 (unfinished) — Rythmell took the two heats decided. Best time, 2:10%. STAR TROTTER ADDS ANOTHER VICTORY. Detroit (Mich. , September 15. — Margaret Druien, the* star stake trotter of the Walter Cox stable, added another to her long string of victories when she easily won the Dickinson stake for 2:19 trotters in straight heats at the State Fair harness races here today. Etawah, splendidly handled by Geers, cap- tured the Fifield stake for 2:08 trotters in three heats. Results: 2:24 trot, purse $1,050 (two heats Monday)— Rythmell, won; Adbella Watts, second; Fancy Harkawav, third. Best time, 2:10%. 2:17 pace. 3 in 5, purse $1,050 (four heats Monday — Xelda Schnell, won; Madam Mack, second: Mvra Belle, third. Best time, 2:10%. 2:19 trot, stake $1,500 — Margaret Druien, won; Tommy De Forrest, second: The Guide, third. Best time. 2:08. 2:08 trot, stake $2.500 — Etawah, won; Omar, second; Peter McCormick, third. Best time, 2:05%. 2:04 pace, purse $1,050 (unfinished)— R. H. Breat took two heats; Del Ray. Peter Stevens and Billy M. each took one. Best time, 2:02V-. 2:10 pace, purse $1,050 (unfinished) — Periolat took two heats and Jay Stone, one. Best time, 2:05%, "Fritz Joahnen, marine biologist and botanist, has been taking tidal observations at Demarcation Point, simultaneous with automatic tidal records kept at Colinson Point. Other observations were obtained at Martin Point and Humphrey Point which may throw additional light on Arctic tides. James B. Haggin, for many years a resident of San Francisco, and one of the leading breeders and own- ers of race horses, died last week, aged eighty-seven years, at bis villa in Newport, R. I., heart disease causing his end. He leaves a young widow, formerly Pearl Voorhies of New York City. He was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1826, his father being an eminent lawyer there. Mr. Hag- gin was educated in Louisville, and at Centre Col- lege, Kentucky. He afterwards studied law in Frank- fort and Woodford counties, and began the practice of his profession in that State. Thence he moved to Mississippi, and from there to New Orleans, from which place he came to California. Mr. Haggin, in ins younger days, while a member of the law firm of Haggin & Tevis, was noticeable for bis dark hair, eyes and swarthy skin, bis taci- turnity and his remarkable foresight; and many were the comments and fictions advanced as to bis genealogy; then his naming his son Ben Ali, capped the climax; "he must be a Turk." This was a false conjecture. This name Ben Ali was the maiden name of J. B. Haggin's mother. Her father, Ibrahim Ben Ali, was a Turk, a Janissary of rank, and a Chris- tian. His mother, also a Christian, was a Greek. He was a physician and left his own country and en- gaged in the wars between the Turks and the Rus- sians, in which he was captured, and for a long time was a prisoner in Russia. In consequence of his skill in relieving some Russian princes of severe ophthalmic diseases he was rewarded with his lib- erty. He returned to bis own country, found his family scattered and being persecuted for their relig- ion. He then went to England, remaining there some time, a close and intimate friend of the celebrated divine, Dr. Adam Clarke. From England he came to the United States, and lived for a time in Philadel- phia, and later in Baltimore. In America he married a lady of English parentage, and early in this century died at or near Baltimore of yellow fever, occasioned by bis incessant and unremitting attendance upon those afflicted at that time with the disease. It was one of the few times when the yellow fever has ever appeared in the northern part of the United States, and was very virulent and fatal. After Mr. Haggin's arrival early in the fifties in California he engaged in a law partnership with Lloyd Tevis. This firm assumed a leading position because of its success in handling some of the big- gest lawsuits in California involving immense sums. These men were what was known as land and cor- poration attorneys, and as such commanded the very highest fees for their services. At Sacramento, where they had their offices, they were the advisors for many of the big mining companies and land owners. They acquired in the course of their law experience the famous Norris Grant, some 44,000 acres of ex- ceedingly rich and fertile land adjacent to Sacra- mento and lying along the banks of the American river. It was known as the Rancho del Paso. About this time there were great undertakings under way supervised by such intellectual and administrative giants as Ralston, Sharon, Stanford, Huntington, Crocker, Hopkins, Baldwin, Sutro, Mackey, Flood, Hearst, O'Brien, Hayward, Fair, and other bold spir- its of their kind who were rending colossal fortunes from railroad lands and from the minerals, forests and soil of California and Nevada by dint of adven- tures and operations of such magnitude and returns as the world has seldom known. Mr. Haggin was associated with most of these men and his services were eagerly sought after. He invested heavily in mines. In the mining industry he was a plunger, par excellence, as Asbury Harpending, writing in an evening publication, recently said. "I do not mean that he invested recklessly or without mature inves- tigation, but when he once made up his mind, a few millions, more or less, never moved him from his purpose. The broad, liberal way he played the game had more to do with the development of the West than perhaps anything else. "Haggin had nothing in common with good fellow- ship. He was always silent, sober and cold. But under it all he must have had a heart. He was the only one I knew who remembered the men who helped to give him wealth. Every man, without ex- ception, who rendered Haggin faithful, efficient serv- ice, he made rich. And he was very loyal to his friends. At a crisis of his fortunes, Haggin saved George Hearst from ruin at a sacrifice to himself. In these days — and other days — when men of power exhaust the energies of their subordinates and then toss them without concern on the scrap pile, like so many sucked-out oranges, and treat their business associates just a shade better, an example such as Haggin gave ought not to be overlooked." In the meantime his Rancho del Paso had been used almost exclusively for the pasturing of sheep. He had moved his law office to San Francisco and every day he could spare he took a keen enjoyment in driving a pair of good horses, and, after becoming acquainted with the late John McKay he decided to take the latter's advice and began to breed trotters on the "big farm," Mr. Tevis taking over the other farm in Kern county in which both he and Mr. Hag- gin were interested. On this latter place Mr. Tevis decided to breed draft stock and cattle and spent thousands of dollars in this venture. The draft stock department proved unprofitable, however, but the cattle department was made a paying investment. Mr. Tevis did not take any interest in the products of the Rancho del Paso. Imbued with the traditional Kentuckian's love for a thoroughbred, Mr. Haggin proposed that an experi- ment be made in breeding thoroughbreds; as he said, "there was plenty of room for them." So, with Mr. Mackey, they picked out a number of thoroughbreds and bought them from those who had brought to or bred some in California. He tried to buy Norfolk, Joe Hooker, Marion, and, in fact, all of the thorough- breds belonging to the late Theodore Winters who owned a stock farm not far from Sacramento, but this game old horseman would not put a price on them. I remember attending a sale of Vv inters' horses near the old Agricultural race track, Sacra- mento, prior to Mr. Winters' removal to Nevada. John Mackey stood beside J. B. Haggin, and when Norfolk and Joe Hooker were brought out the little dark-eyed gentleman told Mackey to see Mr. Winters and advise him never to part with them. When Mackey walked over and gave Mr. Winters his mes- sage the latter turned around and taking off his hat with one hand, bowed his acknowledgments, and then putting his arm around old Norfolk's neck led him back to the stall amid the cheers of the crowd. He did the same with the white slashed, peculiarly marked stallion, Joe Hooker. At this sale, Mr. Hag- gin purchased a number of fine fillies. He had been having some of his two and three-year-olds trained and was gratified to see them win in California, so much so that he decided to go in deeper. In 1885, he decided to send a stable East, also a jewel of a jockey in the famous but bibulous Patsy Duffy. The first convincing evidence he gave the Easterners that a new racing force was in their midst to be reckoned with was when he won the Withers Stakes at Jerome Park with his Great Tom colt, Tyrant, and empha- sized this introduction by shortly afterwards winning the Belmont Stakes with the same fast colt. His black Joe Daniels colt, Hidalgo, also won for him that year the rich Emporium Stakes and the Septem- ber Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, while his great two- year-old, Ban Fox, after a successful western cam- paign, which included the Hyde Park Stakes at Washington Park in its spoils, won the Saratoga Stakes at Saratoga and Champion Stallion Stakes at Monmouth Park. This auspicious beginning as a turfman was followed up so effectively that in the course of the succeeding five years, Mr. Haggin had presented to the racing world such tremendous celebrities as Salvator, Ben Ali, Firenzi and King Fox, besides a galaxy of lesser stars that included such names as those of Fitz James, Fresno, Aurelia, Daruma, Rosalind, Miss Motley and others that could run fast and stay far. Subsequently to 1890 Mr. Haggin curtailed racing in his own name in favor of breeding, although now and then sending a horse to race in his colors, and even until recent years had a few racing in England. However, Green B. Morris, Walter Jennings and others raced big strings, of which he was part owner, if not entire owner. In the meantime he sent John Mackey East and to England, Ireland and France for choice brood- mares and stallions, for he had already imported from Australia Sir Modred and from New Zealand the stallions Darebin and Maxim. In the course of a few years he had established in the service of bis huge establishment such English-bred sires as Star Ruby, Watercress, Greenan, Goldfish, Midlothian, Golden Garter, Toddington, Prestonpans, Dieudonne, Basset- law, Slave, Anchorite, Calvados, Golden Dawn, Mimic, Prospector, St. Andrew, St. Gatien, Royal Flush III., and such American-bred sires as Salvator, Tenny, Tyrant, Ben Ali, Africander, McChesney, Colonel Wheeler, Del Paso, Dorian, Fitz James, Fresno, Hiero, Indio, Maximo, Montana, Rubicon, Torso, The Greek, Waterboy and others. At one time he had over 600 choicely-bred brood- mares on the farm and the yearly product of royally bred colts and fillies was remarkable. He held sales in California and New York and so successful were those bred at Rancho del Paso, that breeders and trainers from all parts of the world attended these sales and paid enormous prices for those that suited them. The size and development of these yearlings astonished the breeders from the "blue grass region of Kentucky" and no better advertisement of the splendid feed for horses in this State or of its equa- ble climate, has ever been seen. Wherever these big youngsters found a home they became the object of admiration by all who saw them and, when trained, their strong muscular development backed up by their stout breeding, made them almost invin- cible over all tracks and distances. In time the accommodations of this tremendous stud farm near Sacramento became inadequate and Mr. Haggin purchased the Elmendorf Farm near Lex- ington, Ky., and stocked it with a big detachment of stallions and mares from Rancho del Paso. Elmen- dorf was retained, but Rancho del Paso has been sold and cut up into small farms. Breeding on such a scale was necessarily costly, but so long as racing was in a flourishing condition it was probably highly profitable. In three years alone the sales of year- lings at public auction brought an aggregate return of considerably more than a million dollars. How- ever, when legislation closed the New York and Cali- fornia race tracks it also in effect brought to a close Mr. Haggin's great breeding ventures. The majority of his broodmares and stallions were sent to Eng- land, Germany and Argentina and sold for what they might bring at auction, which, in most instances, wTas much below their real values. A few of his favorite sires and broodmares are still retained at Elmendorf, with a comparatively modest annual out- put of yearlings, which of late years have been sold in England with the progeny of his favorite stallion Watercress, generally bringing the best prices, the highest. Saturday, September 19, 1911.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. RIFLE FIRE AND AIRCRAFT. ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club, C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary. Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. October 17. — "Wilmington. Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. B. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger. Secretary. Nov. 7.— 'Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. H. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Bay View Gun Club — First Sunday of each month. Grounds, south end of High street, Alameda, near San Leandro bridge. Golden Gate Gun Club. — Third Sunday of each month. Grounds, West Alameda station. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Oct. 7-9 — San Jose Kennel Club. Chas. R. Harker, Sec- retary. N. D. B. A. rules. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Calfc- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A. K. C. rules. PACIFIC COAST TRIALS. The thirty-second annual trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club v.ill be run near Bakersfield about a fortnight later than usual next year. Everything up to the present looks most promising for one of the greatest trials ever held in the United States — or anywhere else for that matter. There will be 15000 in purses and trophies hung up, as follows: All-age Stake— $1250, divided 40-30- 20-10%. Derby Stake — $1250, divided 40-30-20-10%. Panama-Paeiiie Champion Stake — $500 to winner. Three Panama-Pacific international trophies will be awarded to placed three dogs in each stake. Derby and All-Age winners will be awarded a valuable and unique trophy. Nominations for all stakes close positively Octo- ber 15 next — $15 to nominate, $15 to "start in either the Derby or All-Age, in the Champion Stake, $25 to enter — surely a temptation for bringing together the best dogs, aside from the magnetic influence that will automatically bring numerous entries from sportsmen of the United States and Canada, for the Dominion shelters a bunch of enthusiastic field trialers. Following the prosaic first aid treatment above, we add, without a breach of confidence, the following characteristic paragraph from Secretary Henry L. Betten, which will be received, we have no doubts whatever, by all good sportsmen as a good-natured augury of what the "vets" in the field trial zone pro- pose to pull off — and will! "Everything looks good at the present time and we anticipate a fine entry in the different stakes. Re- ports from Eastern field trial centers lead us to be- lieve that the crowd will be out in full force and fanciers of this section will have an opportunity to meet the men and see the dogs that have made field trial history on this continent. We will have a lot of good things and unique features on tap for all and the fellow who can't enjoy himself on that occasion must have passed into a state of mummification, or possibly putrefaction. You must be sure to be on hand. Join us on a moonlight ride aboard the steamer Yale as we glide down the boundless Calloway canal. See the little red schoolhouse again on the left bank of the canal; the one you showed Mike Geary. Take a ride in the phantom hack and patron- ize the itinerant bar. What we stand in absolute need of is a competent guide, one who can take a party out on a foggy morning and reach the destina- tion. Can you conscientiously assume that responsi- ble position? We want a few fat and cheerful fel- lows with us who can sit tranquilly at a banquet and who will drink a bit of wine with good grace and without finding fault with the vintage or the tempera- ture of the liquid. As Moses said in his prayer on the mount just prior to his departure for the siege of Troy: 'Give me guys about me who have fat on their ribs.' We place absolute faith in them. "I will try to dig up some news that will he of Interest to coast fanciers and will give you a line Dn entries as soon as they come in." The experiment of shooting with a rifle at an army target from an aeroplane has been tried by Edward C. Crossman, who tells his story in the United Serv- ice Magazine. The targets used were six feet square, with a 20-inch bull's eye, and constitute the mark used at 500 and 600 yards in army slow fire practice, so the task set- for the aerial marksman was decid- edly severe, especially as his work had to be done under particularly trying conditions. "In front of me stretched the hood, covering, like the hood of a motorcar, the engine of the tractor bi- plane," says Mr. Crossman. "My left elbow rested comfortably on the top of the hood, the muzzle of the light sporting Springfield protruded beyond a pair of crossed stays running Erom upper to lower plane. "Just under my left elbow, as I sat half faced to the right, were the four black pipes of the exhaust, innocent of muffler and but a few feet from my ears. "The muzzle of the rifle did not clear the forward part of the hood, and I was implored by Earl Dough- erty, the aviator, and by Gage, the owner of the great tractor, not to shoot off either the crossed stays or the top of the radiator just below my rifle. They made me nervous, there were too many things to con- sider. Just above the breech of the rifle ran the flexible tube of the gas line from the tank just over my head. I was beseeched not to let the nfle recoil into this tube and break it, lest the engine stop and we be forced to do some unplanned volp fining With the engine chattering under his elbow like a rapid fire gun the machine swept around the field, and the targets were discovered as a far off postage stamp affair against brown ploughed earth, but too distant for the experiment, so the craft was turned, and, pitching and vibrating unsteadily in the "rough air," a long circuit was made to get within range; and it became evident that it would be a case of snap shooting, and some luck to make a hit under the conditions. "Heeling over before the heavy breeze under our planes," Mr. Crossman continues, "we turned once more, and this time pointed our bows for the tiny white square a half-mile away. We dropped a little, but it was rougher as we went down. Apparently we were not traveling fast, but the target came to meet us with the most amazing rapidity. "At 400 yards, with the muzzle of the rifle traveling in quick vibrations far larger than the target, I caught the flitting gold bead on the paper, and squeezed the trigger. "I had expected a surprise party of some sort, but not that sort. The light rifle, fired with the heavy army cartridge, tapped me lightly on the shoulder, but there was not a whisper to announce that the shot had gone, not the faintest sound of the usual Springfield bellow. The roar of the engine and the blades close to me were terrific, but that they could utterly drown the sound of the rifle seemed im- possible. "Seemingly from behind the paper there spouted from the soft dry earth a brown column of dust that put an end to any doubt as to whether the rifle had been fired. "Another shot kicked up a second plume at the range of 200 yards, then we swooped down for the target like a hawk on its quarry. The familiar white paper with its lines and its jet black center came up to meet me at horrifying speed. One more shot tapped my shoulder, and spouted dust behind the paper; then we swept off into the air once more and sought our old height. "Apparently the last two shots had hit, the dust seemed to be directly behind it, although I could plainly see it from where I sat. We swept around the field in our mile-long circle, while I noted my assistant making frantic signals with his disks that my shots were going high." A second circuit produced the same results, while in the third attempt the craft was headed point blank for the target, but the marksman, waiting for the last second, pulled the trigger too late, just as the ship shot suddenly upward, sending the last shot higher than any of its predecessors. The summing up of the trial is instructive, al- though disappointing for those enthusiasts who ex- pect such universal application of the flying machine. "Needless to say, the man on the ground with his own rifle is far more formidable to the man in the ship than the airman can ever hope to be to the humble plodder below him. Hitting the ship at a range wrhen fire from the ship becomes remotely effective is an easy task for any skilled shot; and with two passengers, stays, gasoline tank and engine as the vital points of the 'bird,* the pilot will do well not to cross rifles with anybody on the solid ground. "With a mark 25 feet square, and with circum- stances such that the said mark contained no rifle- men to reply, the airman might approach the earth and open fire with his own rifle. "Aside from such combination of fortunate circum- stances, the airman will do w-ell to keep out of reach of the humble infantryman below, even though there be but one of the infantrymen, and he be guarding something most desirable to the fliers above him." [By August Wolf.] Crammed full of exciting exploits on land and sea were the five years that Rev. W. H. Fry, an Anglican missionary, passed among the Eskimos in the North- west territories, with headquarters at Kitigagjuit, geographically known as Encounter Point, on the mainland about forty miles west of the Alaskan boundary, the extreme easterly arm of the Macken- zie river delta. He encountered numerous difficulties and met with bitter disappointments, but he had the satisfaction of accomplishing a feat of endurance by reaching the farthest eastern point from Herschel Island ever attempted by any missionary. Speaking of his experiences in the north country, while visiting in Edmonton on the way to England where he will pass his furlough, Mr. Fry mentioned a journey of a thousand miles in an effort to get into touch with the "blonde Eskimos." He and his col- league, W. D. Young, were forced to return when within ninety miles of their destination as a result of the illness of their Eskimo guide. Subsequently, owing to the ice not breaking up that year, no ships could get in or out of the Arctic, and the ship Elvira, containing the supplies, was crushed in the ice and all the supplies lost. They subsisted on meager fare for several months, while Young went to Fort Mc- Pherson. Mr. Fry's story of his attempt to reach the blonde Eskimos is intensely interesting. In company with an Eskimo, he went by schooner to Cape Paris and then took a sled for the remainder of the journey. The two took traps, netting and guns, and hunted for meat as they went along. When the going was good the two dog teams, with their heavily laden sleds, averaged thirty miles a day, but in the rough ice it was impossible to make more than from four to ten miles a day. They did not see a human being during the twenty- eight days of the journey. At one time a tribe of natives lived between Cape Bathrust and Cape Bex- ley, but an epidemic took them off one by one, and those who managed to survive finally joined other tribes, leaving only graves, houses and other rem- nants of a by-gone day still to be seen. At Tinney Point, ninety miles from Cape Bexley, where the blonde Eskimos are, Mr. Fry's sole Eskimo companion fell ill, and the two had to retrace their steps to Cape Paris, the sick man being sent west to see a doctor. Mr. Fry then prepared the schooner for the open water, so as to go west for supplies, which would enable him to continue his journey east. But the ice did not break up off Cape Paris and Cape Bathurst that year, the floes simply moving bodily to and fro. It was not until August 7, 1913, after the most prolonged winter he had known, that he was able to leave the winter's harbor and follow the streaks of water along the coast line — a risky pro- ceeding, with the ice moving on and off shore. The boat was pushed ashore several times and but for the low beach would have been crushed to atoms. After getting into the loose ice at Langton Bay, a fog settled down, and steering was only possible by compass. It was hard work trying to get through the network of ice. First he would sail in one direc- tion, and find the way effectually blocked by ice; and then sail in another direction with the same result, until, after tremendous perseverance, he finally reached the mainland between Horton river and Langton bay. Had the trip not been a matter of life and death, it would have daunted the missionary, inured as he was to privation and danger, but provisions had given out and it was absolutely necessary to reach headquarters once more. Mr. Fry continued and reached Cape Bathurst, where he waited a short time, hoping that a ship would come in with provis- ions, but he waited in vain, and consequently pro- ceeded to Kitigagjuit. After another long delay, W. D. Young, his colleague, who had been expected to come along with supplies, turned up and said that no ships had come to Herschell Island and that the supply ship, Elvira, had been crushed in the ice and all the supplies lost, consequently he had no food for the coming winter. It was a desperate plight to be in. Fortunately, Mr. Fry had kept enough on hand at that point to tide one man over the winter, and the two had to share this through the winter until, toward the end, Mr. Young was able to go to Fort McPherson and wait until the steamer came. Mr. Fry said that were he not in love with his work he would not care very much for the northern climate, with its long winters and frequent gales. At Cape Paris, he said, there is no sunlight for two and a half months at a stretch, and when the sun nears the horizon once more all the natives leave their huts and joyously welcome its approach. Mr. Fry's description of how he built a hut lor his own use at Cape Paris gives some indication of the difficulties of a pioneer missionary's life. He got together some drift wood, the pieces being from two to six feet long, many of them having to be hauled ten miles, and made a frame of the larger wood, with the smaller pieces as "fillers in," and kept the whole in position by rocks. He covered the structure with clay, and placed a two-foot square of ice in the roof for a window. "It was like a bear's hole more than anything else," he commented, "but it was warm, at any rate. On one occasion, while I was away, two bears were shot inside." The missionary said the natives always told him to be careful how he put his head out of the hut in the morning, as bears were in the habit of waiting over seal holes, and had been known to watch the 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 19, 1914. door of an Eskimo hut and strike at the first thing they saw emerging. Mr. Fry mentioned at the close of the interview that on June 1, just before he left Encounter Point, he received a letter from an Eskimo, saying that Stefannsson, the Canadian explorer, had gone on the ice off Herschell Island with a party of men, who assisted him in taking supplies. The note stated that Stefannsson, Anderson and Storkinson did not re- turn, but the missionary gathered from the letter that the explorer and his little party did not make an attempt to return before being cut off by the water in the spring, and that he probably had sufficient provisions with him to last until he was able to re- turn to Herschell Island during the coming winter. Stefannsson had plenty of ammunition and therefore could obtain bear and seal on the ice. He also had dogs and sleds and scientific instruments. FLY CASTING CONTESTS. San Francisco Fly-Casting Club medal contest No. 7 took place at Stow lake Sunday forenoon and Sat- urday afternoon. Event No. 3, 5-ounce rod, light tackle accuracy fly-casting shows remarkably high percentages, every score being over 97 per cent for both days' casting at the ringed buoys. Good scores were also made in dry fly-casting event No. 4. Event No. 1 comprises net averages in accuracy and delicacy. Event No. 11 shows results with half-ounce rubber frogs in accuracy casts as anchored targets, 60 to 100 feet distant. F. J. Cooper's longest cast Sunday with the half- ounce lure tackle was 226 feet. C. G. Young put out his line 190 feet Saturday. Saturday Contest No. 7. Medal Series, Stow Lake, Sep- tember 12, 1914. Wind, miderate. Weather, fair. Judges, T. C. Kierulfc. S. Forbes, C. G. Young. Ref- eree. C. H. Kewell. Clerk, E. O. Ritter. Events — 1 2 3 4 a b c C. G. Young . ..I99.4 I99 .40(99 .22)98. 56 99.16 C. H. Gardiner. :99.12:99.50j99. 31.99. 36 99.12 C. H. Kewell... |9S.12|9S.40;9S.26!99. 36 99.16 J. F. Burgin... 9S.36|99.iJi|9S. 53199.32 99.16 S. Forbes I9S. 321100. 199.16199.16 99.20 Sam WeUs 99.3 99.20 99.14 99. 8 98.36 W. J. Davis ]97.24|9S. 20197. 52:99. 16 99.20 T. C. KierulfE...I99.8 100. |99.34|99. 30 99.36 Re-Entry: C. G. Young |98.52|99.40j99.16 9S.52;99.16! C. G. Young I I 199.12 F. J. Cooper.. .| | | |98.54| Sunday Contest No. 7. Medal Series. Stop Lake, Sep- tember 13, 1914. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. Judges, F. J. Cooper, E. A. Rogers. J. F. Burgin. Ref- eree. C. EL Kewell. Clerk, E. O. Ritter. Events— 1 2 3 4 11 12 b 11 12 97.9 98.6 :>s.;. 98.5 98.9 95.6 XT 97.7 94.3 93 98.10 97.7 151 .....In 95.8 S2.4 124 98.6 98.7 i-5 SS 2 ST. 10 98.1 123 DP La ke, S ep- T. C. Kierulff. . 99 C. H. Gardner.. 98.8 198.30 F. J. Cooper... 97.4 |99. .97.25 97.10 .4 99.10 .36'98.20 .48 99.30 9T.36 96.40 199. 30]99. 15|98. 20 -"98.49J9S.8 98.2 99.4 97.19 98.52 98.3799.8 9T.5S I'S.HS 99.8 98.56 .8 99.40 98.40 96.40 9S.S0 98.20 9T.30 06.40 9S.49 .2 97.1 9 99.40 95.44 98.16 99 99.28 99.8 99.20 99.36 99.24 99.20 99. 2S 4 99.8 97.40 97.48 97.11 98.7 97.9 97.8 98.4 99.2 98.1 97.5 98.7 97. 9T.11 97.3 OS 98.2 98.1 78 96.8 136 98.3 98.1 11" 98.4 IS4 95.7 112 86.8 98.9 48 97.5 E. A. Rogers. C. G. Young J. F. Burgin... Stanley Forbes C. H. Kewell... J. Springer Dr. W. E. Brooks99.8 C. H. Russell...! W. J. Davis 97.44 A. Sperry |96.32 Re-entry: C. G. Young | | NOTE: Event 1 — Delicacy and accuracy combined. a, accuracy percentage; b, delicacy percentage: c, net percentage. Event 2 — Heavy tackle accuracy percentage. Event 3 — Light tackle accuracy percentage. Event 4— Dry fly accuracy percentage. Event 5 — ,4 ounce lure, accuracy percentage. Event 6 — hi ounce lure, distance average. Event 7 — hi ounce lure, long cast, feet. Event 8 — Heavy tackle, distance cast, feet. Event 9 — Light tackle, distance cast, feet. Event 10 — Salmon fly, distance, feet. Event 11 — h^ ounce lure, accuracy percentage. Event 12 — hh. ounce lure, distance, average. Event 13 — y° ounce lure, long cast, feet. I97.3 FISH LINES. Angling recreation in the vicinity of Cisco, partic- ularly in the north fork of the American river, has been inviting so far this season, in fact, some ardent devotees of rod and reel claim that the fishing in that Sierra stream has been better this year than at the Truckee river resorts. At present that fork of the American river is low and clear and trout are plentiful. Advices received by Charles H. Kewell state : "Fishing in this vicinity is improving, and will continue to do so throughout September. During the latter part of August there was a lull, but September has always proven the better month for fishing. Lake fishing, just now, is better than in the streams. There are several good fishing lakes in this locality, varying in distance from two to nine miles. "The following fish are found in the lakes and streams: Loch Leven, rainbow, Eastern brook, My- itis, chubs and black bass. The Eastern brook and rainbow predominate in the river, which runs about a half mile from Cisco. The flies mostly used are the brown and gray hackle, red and black ant, cadis and the royal coachman." The brown hackle, here referred to, is a fly with a peacock herl body, an efficient and generally used fly pattern in nearly every water in this State, par- ticularly so in the coast streams. Among recent visitors to the Cisco district are M. R. Clark and H. G. Larsh, who fished two days and landed limits of Loch Leven and Eastern brook trout, fish running from eight to twelve inches in length. Jack Winner and Jake Kullman tried their luck at Lake Fordyce over the holidays and enjoyed fine sport. Eagle lake in that region has long been noted for good black bass fishing. As for Truckee river trout fishing, word from Boca early last week states that fly fishing near by was not very inviting by reason of repair work being lone on the dams along the river above that point. The water was very muddy and would "probably con- tinue so for two weeks at least." When the river clears again fly-fishing conditions are expected to be agreeable. Results with baited hooks, however, are stated to be excellent, and it is no trouble for anyone to catch a good mess of fish — in most instances the limit — by using angle worms, salmon roe or any kind of grubs. The present muddy stretch of the river reaches from the mouth of Prosser creek down to and past Boca. From Union Mills down to Prosser creek the river is clear and offers a better chance for the fly-fisherman. Several local anglers were re- cently camped below Boca, between Burkhalter's dam and "Burnt Tree," a stretch of the river where the market fishermen, so it is claimed, have been reaping a crop of big rainbow trout for weeks past. Upper Sacramento river trouting resorts are on the map for late summer outings. In referring to Sims, a sportsman familiar with that section of the river is quoted for the following seasonable infor- mation: "Fishing always has been very good here during the months of September, October and part of November, rainbow trout being our favorite fish. In regard to tackle, Roscoe Havens, Walter Mathews, A. H. Hills, D. K. Turner, Kirkham Wright and oth- ers too numerous to mention, who have been coming here from ten to twenty-nine years annually, use these flies: Gray hackle, No. 12; black backle, No. 12; gray Palmer, red tag Palmer, professor, brown hackle improved, royal coachman, caddis, both dark and light; also gray hackle (yellow and peacock body), are their favorite flies. The best braided silk casting lines, tapered, are the most used, the best of Spanish silkworm gut leaders, tied by themselves, and very light split bamboo rods." Clarence Waterhouse and Adam Andrews have found McCloud river trout fishing conditions pleas- ing recently, despite the fact that the water has not been very clear. The sport in this favorite Sierra stream will be improved next month, a period of the year when that picturesque region is at its best. The different clubs and individual owners of lodges and bungalows along the banks of the McCloud have combined in a campaign to clear out the Dolly Var- den variety of trout in the river. This species has developed into an exasperating nuisance. It is a voracious cannibal and preys on every other fish in the stream, particularly the rainbow trout, large and small. Instances are many where an angler who had hooked and was trying to land a rainbow, would have the provoking experience of losing his fish, which was gathered as a tribute for the hungry maw of a huge Dolly Varden trout. Rainbows weighing a pound and a half have been swallowed — all but the head, which was left on the hook for the fisherman to swear by. The Dollys are not regarded as a game trout, for when hooked they give but little fight, coming in to landing net or gaff with about the vitality of a gumbeot. Webber lake has been recently stocked with 50,000 trout fry from the hatchery at Tahoe City. The Fish and Game Commission, it is reported, is re-stocking the lake. It is intimated that several thousand more troutlets will be put in the lake before it is deemed that enough fish have been placed there. As the fishing privileges of the lake are controlled by a club — owning, it is reported, the land adjacent to and surrounding the lake, the question arises: Can non-members of the club enjoy the trout fishing in a private lake stocked by the State officials? The expense of raising and transporting these trout fry has been contributed by sportsmen who pay a yearly license fee for the privilege of fishing for game fishes, the State treasury not being drawn upon for one cent ^ ^ * Eel river steelhead fishing, according to Frank Maskey, who spent six weeks at Robinson's recently, has "been the best in ten years past." The runs of steelhead trout have been intermittent so far, but the intervals of fresh run schools of ocean trout have been short — "some days nothing doing, and then with a run and everybody busy and happy." William Archibald's six days at Greig's were rewarded with well-filled creels. W. H. Ingalls was booked for that fishing section of the river this week. An automobile trip, starting from Salt Lake City, enabled Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dougall Jr. and compan- ions to fish innumerable streams and creeks en route between that point and Truckee, which surely is some extended fishing diversion. The party made the trip leisurely in machines fitted up for a long trip of that character. Stops were made here and there during the journey at many inviting camping places. * * * Steelhead catches have been frequent recently in both San Gregorio and Pescadero lagoons, down the San Mateo shore — when the tide has been right. Sam Wells landed sixteen trout Sunday; the largest weighed one and a half pounds, the balance aver- aged eight inches long. A ginger quill floating fly was the killing lure. Two anglers caught four steel- head, one and a half to three pounds in weight, fish- ing in Pescadero lagoon. They used a No. 2 spinner, the hook tipped with sand fleas. The larger trout, it seems, have a preference for the latter lagoon, but are rather hard to lure at times. They have the reputation of ignoring every sample of bait or lure offered. % % * Salt water anglers are having a grand time with quinnat salmon these days. For the past two weeks fine catches of big salmon have been made outside the heads, near Duxbury reef, and also in the bay waters. Sunday and the Monday holiday a large fleet of trolling launches went outside. Among some of the lucky salt water fishermen were: Charles H. Kewell, two fish; Captain Wick, three salmon;. L. McManus, one; Charles P. Landresse was unlucky, he got five good strikes but lost each fish. Another boat party, Julius Eisenbach, A. Larsh and Chas. Wasserman, caught five fish, all over 30 pounds in weight. Eisenbach's 45-pound salmon was the larg- est. Charles Paddon and his party landed five fish and lost as many. One of the fishermen had his line fastened about his waist. A big salmon grabbed the hook and nearly jerked the astonished fisherman overboard. Ed Schultz and several others accounted for nine salmon during a Wednesday trip. C. H. Kewell, Fred Kewell and Harry Russel captured four salmon on the same day. Russel landed the heaviest fish, 35 pounds, and that on his initial salmon raid. Fishing for salmon inside the bay Monday, Sep- tember 7, about about 20 trolling launches were cruis- ing in Raccoon Straits; every rodster got more or less salmon. Ed Ladd and Harold Ladd got a 32 im- pounder off the east end of Angel Island. One fisher- man, from Greenbrae, was out after striped bass, but was agreeably astonished to hook a salmon off San Quentin Point. He finally picked up 14 salmon, all good size, between the Point and Red Rock. A num- ber of salmon were also caught off California City. Fred W. Kelley and Harry Kelley, of Tiburon, while trolling in Raccoon Straits, caught several large fish. Harry Kelley finally hooked a whopper, and after playing it he brought bis prize up to the boat. Fred Kelley gaffed the big fish, but this giant of his tribe was so big and heavy that in the struggle it pulled the heavy gaff hook straight and escaped. Kelley landed a 54-pound salmon last season. He says the fish that broke away was much larger. The striped bass fishermen are also having good times nabbing the linear prizes at different fishing points. Baker's Beach, for instance, for two weeks showed evidence of a big run of bass along the beach. The best fishing grounds are about the big rocks up toward the old brick fort. Not counting small cap- tures, 35 big striped bass were caught off the beach during ten days' fishing. Monday five large bass were taken. Ed Carroll one day landed a 15-pound beauty and hooked another and much larger one. The fish drew out a lot of line, jumped out of the water a couple of times, just to show his size, and then broke away. The present run of bass at the beach is the largest observed in years. The red- finned perch are plentiful there just now and have been breeding. It is believed the bass have been feeding on the perch and their vivaparous young. San Antone slough was also active again. A num- ber of nice sized bass were taken Sunday, Monday and Wednesday of last week. The prize fish, a 17- pound bass, was lcnded by Miss Nellie Givens of Alameda. Her companion was a good second with an 8-pounder. Jack Wallace's take was five bass, from three to fifteen pounds in weight. Charles Bond and his brother caught eight bass during two days' fish- ing. Ed Schultz and several friends made a catch of five bass Sunday in Petaluma, opposite the mouth of San Antone slough. Hugh Copeland spent three days fishing for bass in the Wingo district. He tried the favorite spots in Backdoor slough with ordinary results. Sunday forenoon the weather was fine; in the afternoon the wind blew a gale 'and roiled the water until it looked like coffee. That spoiled the fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Urfer fished above the Wingo bridge, at Turkey point. The best fish caught weighed 5% and &y2 pounds. The slough at that point was alive with undersized bass. Harry Palmer landed two bass, S% and 13 pounds they scaled. Al Cooksey and Harry Burns had several good strikes; the bass must have been big as whales, for they cleaned out line and hooks each time. Al Harding managed to connect with two bass, 5 and 6 pounders. The fishing team, of Day and Nicodemus put in three days' bass fishing at Wingo, but only had a half day's decent fishing. W. B. Day, of the Pines, Bass Lake, Madera county, writes Chas. H. Kewell as follows: "Tours of recent date received and noted. We have had the poorest bass fishing this season our lake has ever afforded. Within the past three weeks the fishing has been picking up. A good catch made last night on W'ilson spinner. One day with another, bass are taken morning and evening. Fly better than anything else, but I am sorry to say fishing is uncertain. Fairly good for two or three days, then poor without any apparent reason. It is about time for the rainbows in the lake to begin taking a lure. Wilson spinner best usually. "Hear so many favorable reports from people who come here from San Francisco about your tackle, flies, etc., have about decided to handle your lines of goods another year." In the Emigrant Gap country deer, grouse and mountain quail are reported to be plentiful, more so than for many previous seasons. In the Big Mead- ows region, deer, grouse and mountain quail are also numerous. The lakes of the Big Meadows valley are at present tenanted by large flocks of mallard ducks. Big flights of sprig from the north have been arriv- ing in the meadows daily. In Amador county antlered bucks are rather scarce, but mountain quail are plentiful. Valley quail, how- ever, are scarce this season by reason of early forest fires, which destroyed both nests and feed. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 19, 193 4.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. The California Fish and Game Commission, believ- ing that education showing the necessity and value of game protection and preservation is a more effi- cient means of conserving the State's wild game than police patrol, has recently inaugurated a bureau of research and publicity. Dr. Harold C. Bryant of the university has been placed in charge of the new work. The function of this bureau will be to find ways and means of protecting and preserving foreign and domestic game birds within the State ind to dis- pense information relative to game by means of cor- respondence, public illustrated lectures, and by the issuance of bulletins dealing with the status of game. A study will also be made of the habitats, habits and breeding seasons of the different bame birds and mammals of this State, so that a basis for sane and efficient game laws may be developed. Laws and police measures, though necessary, are not so effective, it is claimed, for the preservation of game as an enlightened public sentiment. This new move of the commission, it is suggested, will hasten the day when a large force of game wardens, making hundreds of arrests annually, will be necessary. * * # The fall duck shooting season promises a most auspicious opening. Wild ducks, almost all of them home-bred birds, are now congregated in the bay marsh sections in big flocks. The Alameda marshes are full of birds, mostly sprigtails, while farther south in theAlviso district mallards are plentiful, as well as sprig. The birds have been seen daily in immense flocks resting on the bosom of the Crystal ■Springs lakes and flying back and forth from the :outh bay marshes. The Petaluma and Sonoma tarshes are also resorted to by big bands of web- «t. Forther north in the Napa sloughs and creeks le birds are exceedingly plentiful. Vallejo sports- ien who have surveyed conditions in the sloughs uorth of that city are sanguine that the gunners will enjoy one of the best duck-hunting seasons in many years. The local marsh is alive with young ducks, and those flocks are being increased with new arriv- als of broadbills every day. Conditions in the tule sections of the Tolo Basin are substantially the same. As many as 10,000, it was figured, were seen n one district last week. The Suisun and Joyce Island Gun Club members ire also in line for fine duck shooting. A party of Volante Gun Club members, Pete Howard, Harry 31atchley and John Barr, after a morning's session vith black bass, last Sunday, took a trip around Toyee Island and inspected various duck-shooting )onds. Sprigtail, mallard and teal were observed by he thousands on the Calhoun preserve ad.ioining the /olante shooting grounds. The Joyce Island Gun }lub ponds are also well populated, that particular ;ection of the island being famous as a breeding rround. Up the coast ducks are coming in to the ■arious lagoons and ponds. Big bunches of sprig .re now loafing in Salmon creek and its lagoon, .bove Bodega bay, according to Dave Harefieldl Joe larlan, Milton Unger, Dr. Derby and M. Moise, who lassed the holidays at the club house. The creek .nd lagoon, by the way, is full of seven to nine inch teelhead trout, some good catches of the fish being aade by the party during the trip. Down Los Banos way and other valley duck hunt- ag resorts both mallard and sprig are most numer- us. So far not many northern birds have come in, ut these migrants will soon be due here. Up around lumboldt bay and farther up the coast, but few orthern birds have arrived so far. Up in the Pan oaquin tule marshes birds are comparatively as lentiful. A seizure was made last week by a deputy Ish and Game commissioner of a sack of "floppers" young ducks) that had been caught in salmon nets, ■hese birds were picked up by net fishermen and rought into Black Diamond, where they were seized ad the holders arrested. From now on the duck hunting brigade will be usy getting ready for the opening day, October 15. very Sunday and on odd days during the week, as pportunity offers, arks, scows, launches, skiffs and nek boats will be given a going over, ponds baited, 3coys made ready and a thousand odds and ends of reparation made to welcome the broadbills on the pening morning of the season. As to decoys, some hunters make the mistake of arting the season with bright and newly painted ooden birds. That is quite a mistake ; the wooden teats are more effective in luring ducks if left with e muddy streaks and dulled colors of the prior season. The birds do not come into fuli plumage until near the mating time at the end of the season. Both northern visitors and homebred birds are rather sombre in plumage early during the shooting season. Another mistake has been to cut down too much of the tule growth around the ponds. In the first place such proceeding destroys much breeding locations for home birds, secondly, an open pound without the natural growth of tules and other vegetation is side- tracked by ducks when they can find the style of ponds and refuge they are familiar with. Another suggestion that is timely is this: Don't wait until the last day to have your gun overhauled by the gunsmith. Lots of fellows do that every year, and some are left without a gun in the rush. The gunsmith can only do so much work every day. The Exposition City Gun Club will wind up the club blue-rock season Sunday, September 27. The California Wing Shooting Club's closing pigeon shoot for 1914 will also take place September 27. AT THE TRAPS. Grand American Handicap. — Mark Arie won the John H. Patterson Introductory, Monday, September 7, practice day at Dayton, Ohio, on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club. Patterson broke 194 out of 200, S. A. Huntley closed with 193, one bird behind. Toney Prior broke 189, J. F. Couts 187, A. G. Flick- enger 183, H. F. Wihlon 183, W. E. Staunton 179. In the professional event at 100 targets, Lester German and H. Clark each scored straight. Pete Ho- lohan broke 99, Guy Holohan 92. The official scores and special report of the big shoot did not reach here this week in time for ex- tended mention in this issue. * * * "E. C." Cup Match. — The shoot for this trophy came off at Dayton, Ohio, September 5, between J. S. Day, the holder and W. R. Crosby, challenger, before a large crowd of trap shooting enthusiasts, at the N. C. R. Gun Club grounds. R. O. Heikes acted as referee, J. R. Graham and Lester German, judges; C. F. Moore and Walter Huff, scorers. Day won the race. He broke 48 out of the first 50 singles, 49 in the next 50 — 97 out of 100. Crosby scored 49 and 31 — 90 out of the 100 shot at. Crosby led by four in the second division of the match; he broke 43 out of 50 targets, expert traps one man up. Day closed with 39. When it came to doubles Day finished with 46 out of 25 pairs. Crosby broke 40. Day finished with a total of 182 out of 200, Crosby made 173 out of 200. Hazard Cup Race. — Forty-eight shooters lined up for the Hazard Cup event as soon as the "E. C." challenge match was concluded. This event is em- blematic of the double target championship of the United States, open to all. Mr. T. E. Doremus of Wilmington, Del., and Ed Banks were the officials in charge of the match. The race was at 50 double rises, G. A. H. five traps being used, 10 pairs at each trap. S. A. Hunt- ley of Vancouver, Wash., landed the prize with a total of 91 out of 100. Among the other Coast shoot- ers who took part in this contest were: Toney Prior 84, J. F. Couts 82 and W. E. Staunton 76. Alamedans Finish Season. — The Bay View Gun Club closed the club's blue-rock season September 13, on the south High street trap grounds in Ala- meda with a big merchandise prize shoot. Every shooter participating won a prize — any- thing from a shotgun down to a ham or a box of condensed milk. After the regular club program was concluded, a special merchandise shoot at 15 birds was arranged. The contestants and scores were: U. E. Wobb 13, R. McGill 13, T. W. Parsons 7, L. Vosburg 12. The tie was shot off, miss-and-out. Wobb again broke 13 and won over McGill's 12 out of 15. Both the DuPont and Hercules trophies were won by R. McGill, whose scores — 170 out of 200 and 173 out of 200 birds for the season — were the top records in the two events. Percy Fox was the winner of the club championship medal for the season with the total score of 104 out of 120 birds. Captain Vos- burg"s squad broke 49 out of 70 clay pigeons and won the "grub" shoot match over A. Adams' squad, 44 kills out of 70 shots. The scores in three 15-bird merchandise shoots were: U. E. Wobb 11, 13, 13 (Wobb scored four 13's out of five 15-bird matches during the day) ; F. Ad- ams 12, 10, 8; F. Webster 13, 10, 9; L. Vosburg 14, 9, 10; G. Geannetti, 10, 9, 11; S. McKillop, 4, 10, 6; J. Tasker 7, 9, 10; A. Young 9, 10, 9; J. W. F. Moore 7, 10, 5; L. Middleton 5, 8, 11; Percy Fox 12, 8, 10; T. W. Parsons 11, 10, 8; R. McGill 9, 12, 13; Mrs. Houghawot, 10, 9, 12; M. Ulrichs, 9, 10, 7. Mrs. Houghawont was second high gun in the third match. * % * Garden City Shoot. — Members of the Garden City Blue Rock Club kept the club traps going Sunday last. Among the visiting shooters was a delegation of San Jose Blue Rock Club shots. The final shoot of the club will take place September 27, a merchan- dise race will be one of the feature events of the day. This shoot will also determine the club trophy winners for the season. The scores for last Sunday follow : William McKagney, 41 out of 50; O. N. Ford 67-75, J. Bollinger 37-50, H. Richter 36-50, Mrs. A. Schilling 38-50, A. E. Tarney 60-75, William Downs 38-50, J. Bryant 58-75, A. Richter 50-75, C. Paulain (beginner) 34-50, L. Paulain (beginner) 17-25,, N. H. Cadwallader 16-25, C. Nash 18-25, R. Regal 16-25, M. Colbert 15-25, G. Broderick 18-25. Mrs. Ada Schilling, F. Regal and William McKag- ney had a match at double rises. They scored as follows: F. Regal, 16 out of 24 and a tie between Mrs. Ada Schilling and William McKagney of 11 out of 24. In the shoot-off Mrs. Schilling won, breaking 12 out of 24 to McKagney's 10 out of 24. * * * The Golden Gate Gun Club final shoot for 1914 will take place tomorrow at the West Alameda trap grounds. =£ ^ % The Tonopah Gun Club will hold a two-day regis- tered shoot, September 28-29. $1000 in coin and prizes are offered to induce a big attendance. The program is a good one — ten 15 bird regular events, 50 bird individual championship, team shoot, 25 birds per man, the first day. Ten 15 bird regular events, 50 bird Southern Nevada Handicap, and 50 bird pro- fessional match the second day. £ * * The San Jose Blue Rock Club's two day registered tournament, September 22 and 23, will draw a big attendance of local shotgun experts. Trophies, med- als and purses amounting to ?400 will be hung up for winning shooters. The feature contests of the shoot are three California championships — miss-and- out, single targets and double targets. TRADE NOTES. DuPont On Top. In a field of 4S6 shooters the Grand American Handicap at Dayton, Ohio, was won by Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, who broke 98 singles out of 100 from the 22 yard mark. He also won the National Amateur Championship at single targets, by smashing 99 out of 100 birds. Keeping up his winning string he wound up by annexing the National Amateur Cham- pionship at doubles — 90 out of 100. Three drams of Schultze made this record in trapshooting history — the feature event and two championship races, won by the same shooter. The Preliminary Handicap won by C. F. Riffe, 17 yards, 96 out of 100. Tony Prior won the Conso- lation Handicap, 20 yards distance, 97 out of 100. Both shooters used Du Pont. The "Shoot for Shoot- ers," W. S. Behm tied with 99 x 100, he used 3% drams of Schultze. Following the above remarkable wins there was 14 ties, in. the two handicaps, for trophy wins by shooters using Du Pont and Schultze. Use Du Pont smokeless powders and be up with the winners. The Old Reliable Again. The winners of the Grand American Handicap, Amateur Championships at singles and doubles, the Consolation Handicap, and the Hazard Champion- ship Cup all used Parker Guns. The performances and winners are given on page 15 and are worth noting. Peters Points. The "E. C." Cup and Hazard trophy were won by shooters who shot "steel where steel belongs" shells. High average, 198 x 200 was also made with these shells, on practice day, at Dayton, September 7. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. MT. DIABLO CEMENT boot for foundation*), dairy floors, fruit irytr floors, oto. Ota. SANTA CRUZ LIME boot for brlokloylci oM olootorlnf, MT DIABLO LIME best far spraying and whltawsahina. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICE* ON ALL BUILDING MATBREAL. / HENRY COWELL LIME «S CEMENT COMPANY t MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 12, 1914. SPORTSMEN TAKE NOTICE! [By E. E. Bowles.] An empire tributary to San Francisco is being opened in the North-west yet we hear very little about it. We had just got our rebuilding, after April 18, 1916, well in hand when we tackled the exposition proposition, and between the two we have been so busy that we have not had time to look up and see what was doing up there in the counties of Mendo- cino, Humboldt and Trinity. I have just returned from a two weeks' trip through that territory, and I want to tell you that they are working on a big proposition. For the past four years from a thous- and to two thousand men have been woridng daily, largely in three shifts of eight hours each, building a railroad for which the settlers have been waiting patiently for about half a century. The building of that "ailroad has been one of the toughest jobs that Caliiornians have ever tackled, a heart-breaking, back-breaking job, but it is nearly completed now, and the golden spike marking the finish will be driven probably within the next thirty days. The new road, connecting San Francisco with all that vast territory of Northwestern California, so rich in natural products — gold, copper, oil, lumber, the richest of fruit and nut land, so prolific in dairy products, vegetables, berries, scenic wonders, etc. — begins away up at the headwaters of Eel river and follows the meanderings of that stream and canyon for 125 or more miles. The new construction covers about 110 miles, virtually from Willits to Shivery, or near there, where it connects with what formerly was the Eel River and Areata road, but is now a part of the general system of the Northwestern Pacific. I have just been over that line, part of the time on a flat car. some of the time in a work train caboose, twenty-odd miles in a motor truck and occasionally on foot, and have some slight idea of the difficulties encountered and obstacles overcome by those chaps who have been working for four years to open a ter- ritory as large as several Eastern States to more direct commerce with San Francisco. Take that Island mountain tunnel, for instance. They have cut a foot-path across the face of a 1000-foot precipice to reach the path where the 4634-foot tunnel was to begin. Then they had to build about fifty miles of wagon and auto truck roads across the mountains in order to haul in supplies and material for the con- struction men before the work began, and that road alone cost about $200,000. But, a little history first, and then you will know all about it. There are a good many of us who do not remem- ber when Peter Donahue built that little road from Santa Rosa over to Healdsburg in 1S72 and extended it on to Cloverdale: a good many wondered what he was going to do with it. Later he extended it to Petaluma, where it reached tidewater in 1879. That was better — it gave Sonoma and the "Valley of the Moon" direct communication with the San Francisco markets. In 18S4 there was another extension opened, that to Tiburon, giving Marin county tide- water connection. Eventually the little road was built around the head of Richardson's bay to Sausa- lito. and then extended from Cloverdale to TJkiah in 18S9. Very few knew it at the time, but as early as 1872 Donahue's terminal, in his mind, was Eureka, and seventeen years after that dream he had reached TJkiah. Along about 1893 A. W. Foster was elected president of the road. Foster abandoned the Eureka idea, for the time at least, and devoted himself to making the road ray as operated. Almost yearly we had stories that the Southern Pacific had an option on the road and ultimately would build to Eureka and on to Portland The op- tion feature of the stories was based on the fact that the Southern Pacific's engineers had been over the line repeatedly, had acquired a good working knowl- edge of the cost of the proposed extension and prob- able amount of freight traffic to be developed There the proposition hung fire and dillv-dallied along for several years, the Southern Pacific, confident by its negotiations that it held the key to the situation took its own good time to perfect plans. Then came the disaster of 1906. which destroyed all the maps plans, etc., and there was another delav. but at out a year later the S. P. awoke with an awful iolt Presi- dent Ripley, for the Santa Fe. had purchased the little Eel River and Eureka road, which ran from Eureka this way to Shively and Carlotta the latter a summer resort In the Humboldt mountains, and had also taken over the Eureka and Areata road and the extension north to Trinidad, about twentv-one miles, operated by the Hammond Lumber Companv The instant this was known the Southern Pacific got busy, and in a hurry too. It at once closed nego- tiations with the Donahue road, then known as the California Northwestern, and took over the road then completed to Willits, with an extension into the lumberforests about Sherwood. With this hand the .L ♦ i the Santa Fe- and tne officials of the two roads met for a "show down." With all JtVl °a L °Uc the table' an ^eement ^as soon reached: the Santa Fe held the only feasible route to Eureka and the north, the Southern Pacific held the southern extension and the terminals on tide- water. There was no denying the eommunitv of in- \IZS% as.^«h" would sell to the other for fear of a pool with the Hill interests from the north they agreed to build and- operate the road join™ An organization was effected under the corporate name of the Northwestern Pacific. W. S PaWr then general manager of the California Northwest: era, was elected president, the new road financed to the amount of $12,000,000 or more, and the work of construction began in 1910. The contract for b-iild- ing the road was let to the Utah Construction Com- pany, and, owing to the mountainous country and the character of the formation, it has been, mile for mile, probably the most costly piece of road ever built in California if not in the United States. But it will be worth it arid more, for look at the abso- lutely virgin territory it will develop. A territory over 250 miles long and about 100 miles wide — Mendocino, Humboldt, all of Trinity and Del Norte counties and the western half of Siski- you— a territory where, as Leigh Irvine says, "The call of the wild beast to its mate comes across the morning hills of a world that is new and clean." Jus how new it is may be judged from what the driver of the Femdale stage told me: "A few weeks ago," he said, "I had as a passenger from Mattole Valley a woman 60 years old who had never seen an electric car, locomotive or a steam- boat. She was bora and raised and had lived all her life in the valley. There are others just like her." That, however, is not surprising when one comes to analyze the situation. It was generally an over- land ride of a day or two to Eureka, then, in the old days, a sea voyage of anywhere from three to five or ten days on a sailing schooner and later from twenty to thirty hours on a small coast steamer — either that or an overland drive of about a hundred miles or more to Willits, the railroad terminal. There was no reason why the settlers should come out; they had no business in the city. Annually the men folks bring out a few steers, hogs or wool to Eureka, lay in a supply of clothing, boots and shoes, tea, coffee and sugar, and return to their homes in the mountain valleys, where they raise in the greatest abundance everything else they consume; in fact, it would not surprise me to find in some of those moun- tain homes the old wool and flax card and the spin- ning wheel. Talk about the dolce far niente, the "sweet do nothing" existence, a 1914 Arcady — if it is anywhere on this earth it is up in the redwood forested moun- tains and valleys of Northwest California. It is an acknowledged fact that redwoods require the best of soil and that anywhere redwoods grow is an excel- lent locality for all deciduous fruits and nuts, espe- cially English walnuts. Therefore the most of the northwest country soil will produce probably the bib- lical "sixty and a hundred fold" of anything that is planted and reproduce it better than that which gave the seed. Those mountain and valley settlers simply plant the stuff and wait for it to grow. In the mean- time the streams are alive with salmon and steel- head trout, and the forests and open hillsides furnish quail, wild pigeon, gray squirrels, deer and bear. ■ There is no place to spend money, so what is the good of it? With a land that will produce richly of anything they care to plant, ' with streams full of trout and the woods full of deer and bear, "they should worry." Siven a few acres up there, what more could a man want — unless it be a pack of hounds? I began, however, to tell you about the railroad, but it is hard to get away from that coun- try, for I like it. Four mighty hard-working years they have put in up there, years that have put a few herring-bones in the hair of the chief engineer's staff. Take W. C. (Billy) Edes, J. W. Williams, W. S. Wollner, Ned Edes and others of the staff who laid out that road so that the grade nowhere is greater than seven- tenths of 1 per cent, and who determined where to bridge, where to tunnel and where to cut, it has been a busy time for them. Take that Island mountain tunnel in the fact of that 1000-foot precipice, where a man had to hang on by bis eyebrows and a rope while he started the bore. That tunnel is 4634 feet long, and they began at both ends. When they met in the center of that nearly-a-mile-wide mountain they were only a fraction of an inch out of plumb. Some engineering that, and one runs right off a great iron and concrete bridge directly into the tunnel. But first they had to lay out the motor truck road for fifty miles over a mountainous country. Over that road they have transported locomotives, rails, steam shovels and other construction material. When I think of that road I nearly gasp yet. I went over it in a motor truck from Island mountain to Cain rock, and in some places it was a sheer drop of over eleven hundred feet to the railroad grade. In some places there was not over a foot or eighteen inches between the outer wheels and the edge. I had some doubts as to my ability to beat the five-ton truck to the bottom and suggested to the driver that, as it was quite a distance for me to hold my breath, he should let me out to walk over the next place. But he onlv gave me the "ha-ha." Then there is the Cain rock bridge, heavy steel and concrete, the latter in 200-foot spans, the entire bridge being 1.116 feet long. Jim Neilson is building that. Jim built the big iron and wooden county bridge across the river a few miles below over twenty-four years ago. Two or three years ago the Board of Supervisors concluded it might not be in good condition after so many years and decided it should come down. Blocks and tackle were provid- ed, several yoke of oxen hitched on, but, as they could not even start the top timbers above the bridge they concluded to let it stand. It is there yet and still in use. There are a number of San Francisco boys at work up there. Ed Schroeder, who used to be with The Chronicle, is boss of the material at Island mountain; Ned Edes, chief of the engineer corps at Cain rock, is just as reticent tut keeps up "a deal o' thinkin' " the same as ever; D. C. Johnston has a personal acquaintance with every tie, rail and fish-plate be- tween Cain rock and Fort Seward — but the list is too long. They are all brown as Indians, and as healthy. One of the most enthusiastic officials of the road is F. K. Zook, superintendent of maintenance. In point of service Zook probably is the oldest man on the road, he having been on the job for forty years, but there is not a youngster on the line who takes a greater interest in the work or who is as anxious to see the first passenger train go through to Eureka. Come to think of it, do you remember any really bad wrecks ever having occurred on that line to Willits? I believe Zook could draw a map of that line from memory, showing every cut, fill, grade, trestle, tunnel, bridge and curve on the 250 miles — and one or the other occurs every few rods. He was up there with President W. S. Palmer and other officials of the road the day when I was, and the entire party hiked the twelve miles over the grade from Island mountain to Cain rock, the gap where the rails are yet to be laid, the grading having been finished. When this is done and the Cain rock bridge completed the line will be continuous from San Francisco to Eureka. There is to be a celebration at Cain rock when the last spike is driven, but the officials are in doubt as to the maintenance of a passenger service to Eureka during the coming winter. There are so many loose ends to be tied up, some of the tunnels to be lined with concrete, yards to be constructed, etc., that it is believed the work trains will occupy the right of way for the next few months. When that road is completed Eureka and all that great northwest will have some grand, whoop-up time, believe me; they are preparing for it now. Can't blame them if they make the sky the limit, for they have been waiting fifty years for that road. As a scenic ride it will be one of the most noted in California. From Willits it heads into the upper canyon of the south fork of the Eel river, runs down that to the main canyon at Outlet and then follows the Eel river down the canyon for 125 miles — from an elevation of 1364 feet at Willits to tidewater at Eureka, or, to be correct, Loleta. One is never out of sight of the river save during a quick dash through a tunnel, and on either side rise the wooded and grass-covered hills. That Eel is one of the greatest salmon spawning grounds on the Coast, and from the train one can see the schools fighting their way up stream. It is an easy stream to fish, with long, deep pools and broad gravelly banks with no brush to interfere with the fly-caster. The day I was at Island mountain a trainload of cattle came in from the Merritt ranch for shipment to San Francisco. Good encouragement that, a whole trainload of commercial freight before the road- is open for traffic. This is already too long to tell you about the products of that fertile northwest, but, as I visited all the principal towns, I will tell about them later. SAN JOSE SHOW. The sixteenth annual show of the San Jose Kennel Club will be held October 7, 8 and 9. Valentine Ruh will judge English and French bulldogs, fox terriers and cocker spaniels. W. V. N. Bay will take all other breeds. Entries close September 26, positively. Exhibitors can enter their dogs at 5^3-585 Market street, Ellery Arms Co., or with Stone and Bay, 355 Sutter street Entrance fees are, for each dog, $2.00 for the first class, $1.00 for a second entry, and 50 cents for a third entry. Kennel entries, three or more dogs, will be $1.50 each dog for the first entry, 75 cents for the second and 50 cents for a third en- try. Entries must be paid when made. The rules published in the premium list are concise and plain and "mean what 'they state." "Dogs will win and not owners!" Dr. C. C. Marckres is president of the club; Chas. R. Harker, 739 Jackson street, secretary. Henry Berrar and Valentine Ruh with the above mentioned officials compose the show committee. Premium lists and further information can be had by mailing request for same or calling at either of the above given addresses. Oakland Show. — The annual exhibit (the second one) of the Oakland Kennel Club last week across the bay had, so it is given out 130 dogs benched. This show, under A. K. C. rules, is the smallest show ever given under a roof in Oakland, notwithstanding the announcement was made that: "The exhibit was largely attended and aroused much enthusiasm among the dog fanciers." The war in Europe (says a correspondent of the English Shooting Times) has not been without its effect upon bird-life, and in the North Sea some re- markable sights are to be seen around the fishing- boats operating within sight of land. The with- drawal of the trawlers from the Dogger Bank has meant that thousands of sea.-birds are starving, for \hey have practically existed upon the offal cast back into the sea by the fishermen. Now that the food supply is stopped, thousands of gulls are starving, whilst huge flocks of the birds have flown towards land, and in the far North they are inland scouring the newly ploughed hillsides for an existence. These birds have not appeared on the coasts in great num- bers for many years. The small rocks at low tide are swarming with desolate-looking birds, and the capture of a small fish or some garbage is the signal for a general battle for possession. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 19, 191'.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE FARM 1 ALFALFA MAXIMS. Tile word now comes from Canada that alfalfa, the wonderful wealth pro- ducer, is the best suited to fhe condi- tions of farming in that region also. 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The above ten head can be bought for $1000, on or before October 1st, 1914. Must be sold as a whole or not at all. Address. All the Comforts ot Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY Blake, Moffit & Town* D*al»r» In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. MoSlt and Towne, Los Angelo. CALirOKNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Sscond Strut. 8AN FRANCISCO JOHN REANOS, Oakley, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veteriu- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco E ter any time Record atter entry no bar PHOENIX ARIZONA STATE FAIR November 9-10-11-12-13-14, 1914 ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st. Daily Racing Summary: MONDAY :03 Pace (Board of Trade Special) $1,000 :07 Pace 2,000 :09 Trot 2,000 :25 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 TUESDAY :15 Pace $2,000 :16 Trot (Copper Stake) 2,000 -yr. Pace (Ariz.) 500 -yr. Trot (Ariz.) 500 WEDNESDAY :04 Pace $2,000 :07 Trot 2,000 -yr. Pace (Ariz.) 600 -yr. Trot (Ariz.) 600 THURSDAY vulo Day $5,000 In Prizes. FRIDAY :10 Pace (Copper Queen Stake) $2,000 :12 Trot (C. 4 A. Stake) 2.000 :18 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 -Yr. Pace (Board of Trade Special) 500 (Open to All) SATURDAY '. F. A. Pace $2,000 '. F. A. Trot 2,000 :20 Pace (Ariz.) 1,000 $50.00 allowed as shipping expenses to all trotters having a record of 2:08 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that start in the 2:07 and F. F. All trots or either of them, same allowance made for pacers having a record of 2:06 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that start in one or more of the 2:03, 2:04, or F. F. All paces. One second time allowance on records made prior to 1914 for 2:03 pace and this pace and race only. Three-year-old pace (special) open to all. Mile heats, best 2 in 3. For further information address, C. .B. WOOD, Secretary. OPEN PURSES Trots 2:16 $2,000 2:12 2,000 2:09 2,000 2:07 2,000 F. F. All 2,000 Paces 2:15 $2,000 2:10 2,000 2:07 2,000 2:04 2,000 2:03 (Special) 1,000 F. F. All 2,000 3-yr. Pace (Special) 500 Minor Heir Jr. Racing Harness A harness with two styles of hitches — the two minute attachment for racing and the breast collar and traces for jog- ging and training. Another famous Sell Brand product. Made from genuine old-fashioned, slow- tanned Hollinger Oak Leather, without exception the finest harness leather produced in this country, reinforced with Indian tanned rawhide. Hand cut, hand finished. No other racing harness at anywhere near its price can equal this in quality. It is indeed a masterpiece of harness-making. If it wasn't the best of its kind, I wouldn't be backing it with my name and reputation. Write for price and full information or come and see it. I sell all Sell Brand Horse Goods, including Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets and the Patent Keller, and Williams Toe Weights — also — Gombault's Balsam Absorbine Smith's Wonder Worker Coolers Hopples Save-the-Horse Tweed's Liniment Giles Embrocation Reducine Vita Oil J. DAVID WEST 265-1267 Golden Gate Ave., near Fillmore St, Phone Park 1 253 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOR SALE— Black stallion by Kinney Lou, dam by Oro Wilkes. Six years old, handsome trotter, well broken and with very little work shows speed; a promis- ing- prospect. Bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam bv Direct, pacer, handsome, fast and a good racing prospect. To see the horses and for further par- ticulars address B., care BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. ABSORBINE STOPS | LAME NESS from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or sirailai trouble and gets horse going 6ound. Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tells how. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Horse Book 9 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands, Goitre, Wens, Bruises, Vari- cose Veins, Varicosities, heals Old Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell you more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence'* free. Manufactured onlv by W. F. YOUNG, P, D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Han. Saturday, September 19, 1911.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the TERMSl$50 lOr thC SeBSOn pr0vewith foal money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bide. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES • A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S "Best on Earth" Axle The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. -i^r^i-^r^-^i^-^K-^^-i-^-i-^i-^^-i-^-i-^i-^-i-^-^-^-^-i^fr:^-:-^-:-^:-^^?!^ LONG RUNS Twenty-eight shooters in fifteen States won forly-four HERCULES CENTURY TROPHIES with runs of 100 to 267 straight, shooting HERCU- LES INFALLIBLE and E. C. Following phies: is a list of those who have received Hercules Century tro- Name. Address. Runs. Arie, Mark Thomasboro. HI 106-105 Clark, Homer Alton, 111 174 Couts, J. F. Jr San Diego, Cal 114-190 Crosby, W. R O 'Fallon, 111 162-143-193-158 Fetherston, L. M Chicago, HI 110 Freeman, H. D Atlanta. Georgia 130 Fuller F G Mukwonago, Wis 128 Graper, F. A Custer Park, 111 147 Heikes, R. O Dayton, Ohio 152 Holt, E. R Montgomery, Ala 126-105 Hummel, Chas La Porte City, Icwa 125 Huntley, S. A Vancouver, Wash 100-10o-114-187-228-267 Jabn J R Davenport. Iowa 108-148 Kennicott, H Evanston, 111 143-103 Leahy, D T New York City, N. T 101 Little, E. C Cadsden, Ala 110 Livingston. John Springville, Ala 113 Lyon, George Durham, N. C 136 Mills. H. S Salt Lake City, Utah 119 Morgan, R. D Baltimore, Md 140 OBrien, Pete Portland, Oregon 101 Pbston, H. E San Francisco, Cal 137 Powers, Henry Atlantic City. X. J 116 Ridley, William What Cheer, Iowa 145-115-122 Schmitz, J. A Storm Lake, Iowa 104 Sharp, Dr John F Salt Lake City, Utah. ..134 Spotts, R. L New York City. N. Y....102 Spencer, C. G St. Louis, Mo 133-153 SHOOT SHELLS LOADED WITH HERCULES INFALLIBLE AND E. C AND MAKE LONG RUNS. HEQCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr. , Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker . in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore guns free on application. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., TVferlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... THREE WINS AT DAYTON BY USERS OF PETERS SHELLS E. C. Cup - - - Hazard Trophy High Average The Challenge Match between W. R. Crosby and J. S. Day for the possession of this famous trophy was won by Mr. Day. He scored 97x100 single targets, 39x50 singles, expert rules, and 46x50 doubles, a total of 182. Mr. Crosby accounted for 173, and both shot the (p) brand. In this match there were 46 entries, each shooting at 50 pairs from 16 yards. S. A. Huntley won with the fine score of 91, and J. S. Day tied for 2nd with 90, both shooting Peters. High score in the single target practice events was made by C. A. Young, 198x200, with " steel where steel belongs " shells. These events were shot on the grounds of the N. C. R. Gun Club, Dayton. O., Saturday. Sept. 5. in the presence of some 200 shooters, who were already in the city to compete in the Grand American Handicap. Sept. 7-11. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Paolfle Ctitt Brancti: 583-85 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 19. 1914. The Best Horse Boots Jtne Harness nORSE BOOTS The only Manufacturer of Hors* Boot* on the Pacific Coart. The Grand Canadian Handicap WON WITH TVrNCH£ST£ R " Leader " Loaded Shells Winchester loaded shells and shotguns were conspicuous winners at the big shoot of the Dominion of Canada Trap shooting Association, held recently. Some of the important events in which Winchester shooting superiority was shown, were : Grand Canadian Handicap: Won by S. G. Vance, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 91x100 and 24 and 23 on shootoff. Brewers' and Malsters' Cup: Won by W. Barnes, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 25x25, and 25 straight on shootoff. High Professional Average: J. R. Taylor, with a Winchester repeating shotguns and Winchester loaded shells. Score, 289x300. Eight-Man Team Championship of Canada: Won by Stanley Gun Club Team. Score, 186x200. Six of the eight members of the team shot Win- chester "Leader" loaded shells. Five-Man Team Championship of Toronto: Won by the Stanley Gun Club No. 1 Team of Toronto. Score, 233x250. Four of the five members of the team shot Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. The Earl Grey Cup: Won by Walter T. Ely, It's Time to Mobilize Your Winchester Gun and Shells for the Fall Shooting with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 290x300. Long-Run Trophy: Won by W. Barnes of Ham- ilton, 76 straight made with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. High Amateur Average: W. T. Ely, first; score, 290x300. A. E. Millington, second; score, 287x300. M. Fletcher, third; score, 286x300. All using Winchester loaded shells. A Real Boy and a Remington MANY American boys have learned to shoot better than some of the famous grown-up marksmen whose names are household words. A few of these alert youngsters are Bloice Bowen of Colorado, Robert McGivern of Montana, James Colvin Francis of Missouri, Sergeant Otto Reynolds of California — all winning fame with their victories and having a good time doing it.. A Real Boy with a Remington" is an ideal combination for clean, healthful, manly sport, and the development of sturdy American character. Start your boy with a Remington, that he may reap the advantage of gun-making progress that was under way when his great-grandfather was a boy. Remington-UMC .22 Cal. Repeater SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner will be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. This is why Selby Loads are efficient. They are loaded right and reach the shooter while Fresh. FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE "■«««. VOLUME LXV. No. 13. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Y»»r ?&Jf&®f^&ms55^^&ffi*^£&i% THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 191*. The Greatest Achievement of Trapshooting 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 98 ex 100 from 22 yards. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP of the United States, single targets 99 ex 100 from 16 yards. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP of the United States, double targets 90 ex 100 from 16 yards. at The Grand American Handicap Tournament, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 8-12, 1914. were won with PETERS SHELLS, the famed © brand Mr. Wool folk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., was the victor in each of these gTeat races, and in all of them he used PETERS Ideal Shells, made with "steel where steel belongs." His performance stands without a parallel; no individual shooter and no make of ammunition has ever before won all of the world's trap-shooting honors, a fact which in itself is a marvelous tribute to Mr. Henderson's marksmanship, and to the QUALITY of his ammunition. But in addition to this, he established a new WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORD, 98 out of 100 at 22 yards, the full significance of which will at once be apparent to every trap or field shooter. High Average for all Targets was won by MR. S. A. HUNTLEY, using PETERS Shells. J. H. Patterson Introductory 193 ex 200, from 18 yards Double Target Championship 89 ex 100, from 16 yards Special Event 98 ex 100, from 16 yards Preliminary Handicap 90 ex 100, from 22 yards Grand American Handicap 95 ex 100, from 22 yards TOTAL, 565 ex 600. 2nd Average was won by Mr. Henderson, 562 ex 600. High General Average at Raymond, Wash., Aug. 17-20, was won by L. H. Reid, 385 ex 400, and Third Amateur won by Mr. Mark Siddall with 364 (tie), both using PETERS Factory Loads. At the Eureka. Gal., club shoot Sept. 13th. Mr. H. Kelley was High Amateur, 174 ex 200, Mr. Ira Russ second with 173, and Mr. H. A. Hine third, 172. M. O. Feudner was High Professional, breaking 182. All used the "shells with steel where steel belongs." At Los Angeles, Cal., Ang. 2nd, Mr. Guy Holohan was High Expert, 186 out of 200; Mr. A. W. Eruner second with 151. Mr. S. A. Bruner and Mr. C. D. Hagerman tied for third amateur, breaking 182. Each used PETERS shells. Mr. L. H. Reid won High General Average at Roslyn, Wash., July 31st, breaking 146 out of 155, using PETERS shells. No such record as this has ever before been made or approached by any make of ammunition. It can lead to but one conclusion — PETERS Shells have all the desir- able and essential qualities of dependable ammunition and afford the Shooter greater satisfaction and results than any other. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch: 583-85 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. Geo. L Warlow Sells at Public Auction Entire Stock Standard Bred Horses MARES - Including ■ FAMOUS PRODUCER, CORA WICKERSHAM, Dam of Futurity Winners Athasham 2:09%, Nogi 2:10%, Donasham 2:09%, Mattawan 2:13% and Kinnesham 2:13%. (Cash winnings $21,087.75.) STRATH ALIE, lone daughter of ATHALIE (7 in 2:30 list out of 9 foals). Dam of Strathboule 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. STALLIONS BLACK HALL 48645 by OZONO 40480 out of MAGGIE YEAZER, Best Wilkes Stallion in California. Imported Walnut Hall Farm, Kentucky. STANFORD McKINNEY 45173 by McKINNEY 8818 out of PALAVENA by PALO ALTO 2:08*4 Sire of Kinnesham 2:13%, Pavana (Timed in race 2:08%), etc. COLTS and FILLIES BEST BRED AND FORMED RACING COLTS AND FILLIES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN CALIFORNIA. Bred on logical lines for speed, early development and racing sense. Write for catalogue FRESNO FAIR GROUNDS, OCTORER 1st, 1914 Geo. L. Warlow, Fresno, Cal. Saturday, September 26, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Pubbshed every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACI FIC BU1LDI NG Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts.. San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, 53; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. will astonish visitors who have never made a trip through Fresno county and noted the extent and variety of its resources in this respect. The race programme will be a good one, large purses and liberal conditions have secured a large entry list. Every race will be conducted with the same fidelity to the rules as marked them at Woodland and Sac- ramento. Some of the very fastest trotters and pacers on this Coast will be there, and as the rail- roads have made special reductions in passenger rates from all points to Fresno during the fair, it is hoped that a large number of people will take advan- tage of this and go. We must make these county fairs a success in order that we can win our fight for appropriations for the maintenance of more fairs in this State, and the only way to do this is for every one interested to come and induce his or her friends to share the pleasure of attending this and all other county fairs. Pleasanton— September 24th to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 8rd. Hanford — October 6th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix ( Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Columbus, Ohio Sept 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 5-17 WHAT more can be said about the State Fair which ended last Saturday than that it was the greatest, best and most successful of any heretofore held in California. From every view point it was a striking and brilliant success, and not an accident occurred to mar the week's pleasure. The display made by the farmers and manufacturers was partic- ularly noticeable and furnished a powerful illustra- tion of the progressiveness of the tillers of the soil and the mechanics who are striving to excel in mak- ing the work of the farmers, and in fact, all humanity lighter. This fair was a revelation to the stock breeders. Many came there expecting to see horses, cattle and sheep such as they had often seen before at the fair, but they were astnoished to note that the very choicest individuals, collections, herds and flocks were on exhibition for their inspection and instruction. The exhibition of draft stock was of the most creditable description. Careful and experienced judges had visited England, Belgium, France and Germany to get the very best that could be procured for this Coast and many competent judges declared there never were so many high class representatives of the various breeds assembled on one fair grounds before in America as they saw at this State Fair. This State Fair will always be remembered for the excellence of its races. The splendid manage- ment and close contests furnished entertainment of the highest class to the lovers of light harness horse racing. There were so many other features connected with this successful exhibition that columns could be written about them and then the half would not be told. The big tent in which the judging of cattle and horses, and also the horse, show took place, was the scene of many interesting gatherings. Great praise is due the management of the fair in every department and it is a pleasure to know that their efforts to please and and their desire to make this, the annual Show institution of California, one of the greatest "drawing cards," were appreciated. It is also hoped that the present management will be continued, for every one connected with it proved a worker, and every statement made about what would be shown the public was verified. Keeping faith with the people, they have achieved results which will be effective for good and redound to their credit for many years. JAMES B. HAGGIN. JAMES B. HAGGIN, who has just died in his ninety-second year, was one of the last, perhaps the very last, of the illustrious band of forty-niners, pio- neers of California, who acquired large fortunes in the development of gold mines which had been dor- mant during the centuries of Indian and Spanish occupation. It cannot be said that Mr. Haggin was precisely of the forty-niner type; he was not a hardy adventurer, he did not carve his fortune out of the rocks with a pick, but gained his foothold in the new country through his skill and experience in legal practice. He was a Kentuckian and had prac- ticed law in his native State and in the far South before he hung up his shingle in the gold mining region, and he acquired the foundation of his fortune in fees obtained in the adjustment of property rights. All that he made he shrewdly invested, and his ven- tures in gold lands and copper mines during a long term of years made him one of the wealthiest men of his time. His share in the protracted fight, against short- sighted opposition, to secure irrigation for the San Joaquin Valley is well remembered, and in later years as a breeder of thoroughbred horses he achieved memorable triumphs on the turf with Ben Ali and Firenze. All that he did was done on a large scale, bis ranches and stock farms were the largest, his hop plantations the most fertile and extensive, his horses among the fastest, his homes palaces. He was liberal and popular. His death may be said to close a noteworthy and most interesting chapter in American history. The era of the argonauts has departed. Fortunes as vast as his are not to be gained hereafter in this country as he gained his. There is no more buried treasure to make Monte Cristos of daring men with alert minds. There was just enough of mystery in the origin of Mr. Haggin, in the tales of his strain of Turkish or Arab blood, to enhance the glamour of his career. Take him all in all, he was an eminent American, one in whom his fellow-citizens could take honest pride. o ORMONDALE FOR HAMBURG PLACE. NEXT TUESDAY the great Fresno fair and race meeting begins. Members of the organization in charge are working hard to make it a great deal better than the ones previously held there. Many additional improvements have been made in the shape of new buildings and facilities for the exhibi- tion of products of all kinds. New stalls and pens for the live stock have been built, and, as many of the prize winners at the State Fair will be there to compete for the premiums offered, those people who were unable to go to Sacramento will have an oppor- tunity of seeing the best that was there, at this place, and then they can judge of the merits for themselves. The pavilion is in good hands and the agricultural, horticultural and viticultural displays John E. Madden added another Futurity winner to the list of stallions at Hamburg Place, when he secured the bay stallion Ormondale from the Ormon- dale Company last Monday. Ormondale, like Ogden, won the Coney Island Futurity, the most classic event of the American turf. A stallion must have early speed to suit Mr. Madden if he is to use him for a sire. Ormondale reminds one of his sire, Ormonde, the unbeaten, "the horse of the century." Ormonde scored sixteen victories as a two, three and four-year- old. At two he won a sweepstakes at Newmarket, the Criterion Stakes and Dewhurst Plate. At three he won the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, St. James Palace Stakes at Ascot, Hardwicke Stakes, St. Leger, Great Foal Stakes and Newmarket St. Leger. ORIGIN OF THE WORD "STALLION." Mares and entire horses ran together on the com- mon lands and created so much confusion that a law was passed ordering males to "be kept in bounds and tied in stalls, whence the name of stallion or stalled one was applied to the entire horse." Then came emasculation. Henry VIII. had a law passed that no stallion less than 15 hands high and no mare less than 13 hands should run wild in the country. One of the great objects in view was a horse adapted to cavalry purposes. Stoutly built, small horses were preferred to tall leggy ones because they better stood the wear and tear of a campaign. In times of stress the exportation of horses was prohibited. The good specimens were kept at home for reproductive purposes. PROGRAMME OF FRESNO DISTRICT FAIR. Tuesday, September 29. Floral Festival; The Republican Cross City Race; Katherine Stinson, School Girl Aviator; "All Around Championship" Athletics; Motor Polo; Horse Show. First Race — 2:15 Pace, Purse $500. Alton S-, s. g., A. Sperry; Harry Mac. blk. s., Russell Gray; Zorene, ch. m., P. J. Chalmers; Casey Jones, Mrs. J. M. McKiernan; Red Pointer, b. g., H. W. Smith; Le Dona, br. m., E. H. Crowell; Gold Lily, b. f., I. L. Bor- den; Adver Direct, br. g., J. D. Springer; McVerde. br. s., J. W. Hitch; Robert Bingen, b. s., and Alice May, ch. m.r Woodland Stock Farm; Potrero Boy, b. g., M. Reams; Dolly Varden, b. m., P. McCart; Welcome Jr., b. s., J. M. McKiernan; Mary W., s. m., and Villa, b. g., D. W. Wallis; A. B. C, blk. g.. W. B. Alford; The Mighty. b. s., W. R. Meese. Second Race — 2:20 Trot, Floral Festival Stake, Purse $1000. St. Patrick, b. g., and Fiesta Maid. br. m., Woodland Stock Farm; Ateka, b. m., H. W. Smith; Princess Irene, ch. m., C. E. Dowling; Ruby Mac, ch. m., C. E. Dowling; Rose W., b. m., W. R. Zibbell; Vallejo King, b. s.. Thom- as Smith; Prince Del Monte, sor., Jasper W. Paulsen; Lady Arbella, s. m., R. Hersey; Miss Gaily, ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm; Loe Blossom, ch. m., Mrs. L. M. Schenck; Best Policy, b. s.. Mrs. E. B. Leggett; Pavana, blk. g., M. L. Woy; Killarney, b. m., Al Pryor; Merry Widow, ch. m., W. Parsons; Silver Hunter, b. g., P. H. Sexton; Copper King, b. g., A. C. Severence; Panama, b. h., S. H. Cowell. Third Race — First Heat of Ladies' Race, Purse $300. Dan C, g. s.. John Caesar; Diamond, b. g., S. D. Har- mon; Silente. s. s., Alex. Brown; Jessie Smith, b. m., John Frenchaboy; Little Chief, Mrs. S. Haig; Firebaugh, br. s., S. Brown; Athasham, b. s., Harry D. Brown. Two Running Races; Baby Show; Night Chariot Races, under Searchlight; Wild Mule Race. Wednesday, September 30. Fresno Day; Premium Awards, Floral Festival De- partment; Athletics; Katherine Stinson, Aerial In- terpretation Modern Dances; Horse Show — Special Features; Opening of Dog Show, Fresno Kennel Club; Stock Judging and Various Premium Awards, also Judging of Town Exhibits; Stock Parade; Motor Polo. First Race — 2:12 Trot, Chamber of Commerce Stake, Purse $1000. True Kinney, b. s., Woodland Stock Farm; Baby Doll, b. m.. W. R. Zibbell; Prince Del Monte, sor., Jasper W. Paulsen; Kinney de Lopez, ch. h., Hemet Stock Farm; Loe Blossom, ch. m., Mrs. L. M. Schenck; Merry Mac, ch. h., W. Parsons; Dione II., b. m., S. H. Cowell; The Empress, b. m.. W. R. Meese; John Gwynne, b. g., John C. Kirk- patrick; Mountain Boy, b. g., J. D. Springer; Mable Van, b. m., F. E. Van Tress; Copper the Ore, blk. m.. Wells & Bonnell; Little Beau, ch. m., C. A. Schweitzer; Robert Bingen, b. s.. Woodland Stock Farm; Delia H-, m., H. G. Smith; Casey Jones, b. g., Mrs. J. E. McKiernan; Loch Lomond, br. g., I. L. Borden; Leonid, br. s., and Nat Higgins, b. s.. D. W. Wallis; Teddy Bear, b. h., C. F. Silva; Zulu Belle, blk. m., C. A. Durfee; Dick W., b. g., B. F. Stone; Vera Hal, b. m., Mrs. H. Cohen. Second Race — 2:07 Pace, Raisin Ass'n Stake, Purse $1000. Alice May, ch. m., and Robert Bingen, b. s., Woodland Stock Farm; Delia H., m.. H. G. Smith; Casey Jones, b. g., Mrs. J. M. McKiernan; Loch Lomond, br. g., I. L. Borden; Leonid, br. s., and Nat Higgins, b. s., D. W. Wallis; Teddy Bear, b. h., C. F. Silva; Zulu Belle, bl. m., C. A. Durfee; Dick W„ b. g., B. F. Stone; Vera Hal, b. m., Mrs. H. Cohen. Third Race — Second Heat Ladies' Race. Two Running Races; Baby Show; Novelty Acts; Gigantic Pyrotechnical Display, Capture of Vera Cruz, etc.; Night Chariot Races under Searchlight; Wild Mule Race. Thursday, October 1. San Joaquin Valley Day; Start of the Cross Conti- nent Balloon Flight, Ten Balloons; Special Program by Aviator; Horse Show and Stock Parade; Motor Polo. First Race— 2:25 Trot, Purse $500. St. Patrick, b. g., and Fiesta Maid, br. m.. Woodland Stock Farm; Prince Del Monte, sor., Jasper W. Paulsen; Tena G., ch. m., Hemet Stock Farm; Merry Widow, ch. m., W. Parsons; Little Beau, ch. m., C. A. Schweitzer; Princess Irene, ch. m., and Ruby Mac, ch. m.. C. E. Dowling; Best Policy, b. s., Mrs. E. B. Leggett; Pavana, blk. g., M. L. Woy; Hanford Mac, b. s., George Russell; Harold C, b. g., Fred Chadbourne. Second Race — 2:20 Pace, Commercial Club Stake, Purse $1000. Airlie Demonio, b. s, and Alice May, ch. m.. Woodland Stock Farm; Mary W., s. m., and Villa, blk. g., D. W. Wallis; Star Tilden, br. s., George W. Putnam; Blacb Mack, blk. g., John C. Kirkpatrick; Eddie G., b. g., W. R. Zibbell; Harry B., ch. g., Hemet Stock Farm; Oro Mo, ch. g., S. H. Cowell; Adver Direct, br. g., J. D. Springer; Dee Sherrill, b. m., T. W. Orme; Daisy R.. b. m., H. W. Smith; Pegasus, b. s., A. C. Severence; A. B. C, b. g., W. B. Alford; Le Dona, br. s., E. H. Crowell; McVerde, br s., J. W. Hitch; Potrero Boy, b. g., M. Reams; Dolly Varden, b. m., P. McCart; Welcome Jr., b. s., J. M. McKiernan; Clara Mac, b. m., W. W. Gallup; Asa Pointer, b. g., J. M. Dunn; Dicto, b. g., J. F. Dunne; Colleen, br. m., Jennie Pryor; R. W., b. s., R. W. Earl; Zoetrix, s. m., J. W. Marshall; Far Cracker, b. g., R. E. Sparks. Two Running Races; Baby Show; Judging of Dogs; Special Evening Program now being prepared, including chariot races under Searchlight; Wild Mule Race. Friday, October 2. All Schools Day — (All schools expected to close and be entertained by best annual athletic meet held west of the Mississippi River, several world's cham- pion participants, seventeen events) ; Katherine Stinson, School Girl Aviator; Dog Show Judging; Baby Show; Second Night Fireworks, Mt. Lassen in eruption, Panama Canal Lock in Operation; Chariot Races under Searchlight and additional special even- ing program. Saturday, October 3. Automobile Day — Three Grilling Events for $4,000 in purses; Final Aerial Program; Motor Polo; Nov- elty Automobile and Cycle Car Races; Grand Final Evening Program. CLOSING DAYS AT THE STATE FAIR. With the best day of harness racing seen on the Pacific Coast this season, the 1914 California State Fair passed into history with what is unofficially pronounced to be a record-breaking closing day at- tendance. It is estimated that close to 20,000 people passed through the gates, which should do much to boost the week's attendance figures close to last year's record mark of 101,000. Although this year's 'fair fell short of last year's in the way of major attractions, the success of the head-on collision on Wednesday had the effect of boosting the last three days to far bigger proportions than the last three days of 1913. Closing day opened with a grand stock parade, in which more "than 1000 animals passed in review in front of the grandstand. Prizes won by the various entries were exhibited and it was a proud day for the owners. The top-notch racing card of the after- noon attracted the biggest crowd of the week to the grandstands, barring of course, the head-on collision day. Saturday night the fireworks display and band concert were more pretentious than usual: the final awards were made in the horse show, and then sev- eral thousand of the visitors lingered behind to min- gle with the fair exhibitors and employes in an informal carnival through the midway and main pavilion. One of the most consistent winners of blue ribbons at the horse show held nightly during the fair was Lord Denmark, the beautiful bay five-gaited stallion owned and exhibited by Mrs. T. L. Johnson of San Francisco. Lord Denmark proved his superiority by winning the blue ribbon Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday, and two red ribbons on Saturday night. He won the title of champion stallion of Cali- fornia Friday night when he was awarded the sweep- stakes premium from one of the finest classes of stallions ever shown here. Edith Adams, winner of the three-gaited champion- ship among the horses exhibited at the fair, claimed the attention of the spectators throughout the week in the evening horse shows, winning eight blue rib- bons out of nine times entered. E. L. English of Chino, Cal., is the owner of the animal, defeated onlv once, and that time by Obregon, the property of Mrs. E. H. Lockwood of San Francisco. Edith Adams was an easy winner over Obregon in the final appearance Saturday night. All jumping honors were carried away by Bounder, the property of Adelaide S. Gillis of Los Angeles. Bounder outclassed all opponents in jumping form by long odds, making a long, graceful, easy hurdle in ail performances. In the special riding contests for lady and gentle- men riders Mrs. E. P. Higgle and Miss Andrews, both of Los Angeles, tied for first honors. E. A. Bridge- ford of San Francisco was awarded first place over E. L. English of Chino. Sixth Day. Willie Durfee added to his reputation as one of the greatest light harness teamsters in the country when he captured today the 2:20 class trot, the fea- ture of the State programme, with Frank S. Whitney. This makes Willie Durfee's record for the meet seven firsts and three seconds out of ten mounts, which is considerable shooting around the money. The young Los Angeles driver was forced to do some clever handling of the ribbons to land Whitney a winner. In the first heat, Panama stepped out in front all the way, although Whitney was fighting at the wire, a half length behind. The next two finishes were also close, and Whitney finished first. The amateur trot saw A. Ottinger of San Fran- cisco pilot Copper the Ore, a winner in straight heats. Some interest was added to the race because Ottin- ger and Dan Hoffman, who entered Monica McKin- ney, had a side bet up, but Copper the Ore was simplv too classy. An added feature was a trotting race under saddle for gentlemen amateur riders. S. Christenson's Bo- daker annexed the honors easily, because Wireless suffered several bad breaks. The time of 2:14 was announced as the Coast record. The summary: First race To beat 2:30%, trotting. Winnie Bond. b. f. bv The Bondsman— La Muscovita (Hoey). Time, 2:27. "Second race — 2:20 class, trotting; stake $2000; three heats, every heat a race: Frank S. Whitney, b. h. by F. S. Turner— dam unknown <\V. G. Durfee) 2 1 1 Panama (Tryon) 1 2 5 Parana (J. Quinn) 6 3 Vallejo King (Chadbourne) 3 4 4 Fiesta Maid (Maben) i 5 3 G. (BlackweU) o ■ 6 Nuristo (Spencer) 4 6 w Ladv Arbella (Villa) S d Time— 2:1 - . 2:11%. Third race — 2:20 class, trotting; amateur owners driv- ing: The Empress, b. m. by Stillwell — Lady Kohl i 2 1 1 Christmas Wilkes (Sims) 1 2 2 Tin. -2:2 . 18%, 2:20. Fourth race — Amateur trotting: owners driving: Copper the Ore (Ottinger) 1 1 Simpson (Bunnell) 3 2 Monica McKinney (Hoffman) 2 3 Tin.- - 2:14%. Fifth race — For trotters under the saddle: one mile, gentleman amateur drivers: Bodaker. by AntrimBirdie (Hewett) 1 Wireless (Romander) 2 Seventh Day. Leata J., the Stockton mare which J. M. Jones had previously been content to drive to second or third money against Jim Logan and Don Pronto in the feature races of the Coast harness meets, slipped over a surprise today and took first money in the free-for-all pace. Leata J. took the first two heats by two of the greatest spurts from behind seen during the State Fair racing, and was well on the way to THE BREEDEE AND SPOETSMAN come from behind in the third heat. But she made her start too late and could not quite overtake Jim Logan in the stretch and Montgomery's pacing king saved himself from the disgrace of a straight heat defeat. In each of the three heats Leata J. was well in the rear at the half mile post. Durfee took the lead with Don Pronto in the second heat and held it, with Jim Logan second, all the way to the three- quarter pole. Just as the spectators were getting all worked up over a spectacular stretch finish between these two horses. Leata J. swept around into the stretch and from an outside position swept down the track, passing the other horses easily for a half length win over Don Pronto. This heat was timed in 2:03%, the fastest mile of the week. The first quarter was done in :3114. the half was done in 1:02*4 and the three-quarters was chalked off in 1:32%. In the first heat Durfee was in front up to the half when Leata J. started her spurt. Within a hun- dred yards she passed Don Pronto, and reeling off the second half in 1:01 and the last quarter in :2934, the Stockton mare was a winner by a head over Don Pronto, with less than a length from Leata J.'s head to the sulky of Jim Logan, who finished third. Leata J. did not win the third heat, but her spurt from a bad third at the three-quarters to second place with only a head to spare for Jim Logan at the wire won her as much applause as though she had cleaned up the event. Jones, her driver, was wreathed with a floral collar and also presented with a handsome cup, the latter being donated by Frank Ruhstaller. Second in interest to the free-for-all pace came the 2:20 class pace with the slowest heat run off in 2:0614. Clara Mac, J. W. Considine's new mare, hitched up one more notch in her claim to being the pacing queen of the Coast by beating out Dur- fee's White Sox in the first and third heats. The third heat Clara Mac won in 2:04%, which betters her own mark of 2:051i made at Santa Rosa three weeks ago. Incidentally it boosts her into the 2:05 class for next season. Dowling, driving Clara Mac, took the lead in the first quarter in the second and third heats and held it safe all the way, even though hard pressed by Durfee, who finished a close second. In the second heat Clara Mac's pole position was only good for the lead for the first quarter, Durfee nosing in front and nursing White Sox along with just enough lead to finish safe. The Stanford stake for three-year-olds was a cinch for Bill Durfee behind Esperanza, with Ted Hayes nosing Bon Courage into second money just ahead of Walter Tryon's Nearest Alto McKinney. In the free-for-all trot Durfee did some great driving, but could not get enough speed out of Alerick to prevent John Quinn from driving Borden's Albaloma to a straight heat win. A mile race for saddle horses, made up of a quarter mile walk, a quarter mile trot, quarter mile single foot and the last quarter in a gallop, was an easy win for Davis on Alpha, winding up the 1914 State Fair race meeting. From here the horses go to Pleasanton, where a four-day meeting opens Wed- nesday. First race — Three-vear-old class; Stanford stake, $1120: Esperanza, b. f. by Carlokin-My Irene S. (W. G. Durfee) t J J Bon Courage (Hayes) 3 2 Nearest Alto McKinney (Tryon) 2 4 4 Ethel D. (C. A Durfee) 4 3 o Columbia T. (SUva) o o 3 Time— 2:12. 2:10. 2:14. Second race — Free-for-all class, pacing; purse 51000: Leata J., b. m. bv Roval McKinney — Geraldine (Jones) 1 J 2 Jim Logan (Montgomery) 3 2 1 Don Pronto (W. G. Durfee) 2 3 3 Time— 2:06, 2:03%. 2:u7. Third race — 2:20 class pacing; stake value S2000: Clara Mac. br. m. by Expressive Mac — Clara (Dowling) 1 2 1 White Sox OV. G. Durfee) 2 1 2 Oro Mo (Tryon) 3 3 3 Pegasus (Miller) 4 4 o Zoetrix (Chadbourne) o o 4 Far Cracker (Hoy) 6 wd Colleen (Rutherford) dis Time— 2:05%, -2:<->SU. 2:04%. Fourth race — Free-for-all trotting, purse $1000: Albaloma. b. g. bv Almaden D. — Loma B. (Quinn)l 1 1 Alerick (W. G. Durfee) 2 2 2 Merrv Mack (Parsons) 3 3 3 Time— 2:14%. 2:15. 2:12. Fifth race — Novelty race for saddle horses: one mile: Won by Alpha (Davis) : Highland Lucia (Burke), sec- ond; Gypsy Jim (Anderson), third. Time, 4:17. 0 HOLL1STER DRIVING CLUB. Two harness races and a fast running race furn- ished amusement for the crowd of spectators at Eiverside Park Sunday afternoon. The running race was a quarter mile dash and repeat event. Caldera's Euinart Jr. finished first in the first dash. De Roza's Dandelion nosed out in the second heat and won the race in the third heat which was run to decide the tie. A. H. Fredson's Jr. Pilot ran in the first heat and finished third. Both harness events were half-miles, best two in three heats. Joe Sanchez' Oro Guy won the first and E. Garcia's Sis the second race. First race — half-mile. 2 in 3: Oro Guv Sanchez (Foust) 2 1 1 Quidado. Soares (Soares) 1 2 2 Teddy B.. Wilson (Wilson) 3 3 3 Time— 1:19, 1:21. 1:21%. Second race — half-mile. 2 in 3: Sis. Garcia ( Soares) 1 1 Time— -1:10%, 1:12. 1:14%. Ben Alto, Kydd (Smbley) 2 2 Third race — quarter mile, repeat: Dandelion. De Roza ( ) 2 1 1 Ruinart Jr.. Caldera (Foust) 1 2 2 Pilot, Fredson (Wilson) 3 Time — :25%. :25]->, :25. [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. RACING AT THE STADIUM. The California Driving Club's card of matinee races at the Stadium track last Sunday afternoon was illustrated with two dead heats, both of which were greeted with salvos of cheers when the horses came down the stretch to the wire. Emma M. and Golden Buck finished the opening heat in the 2:25 pace with four other sidewheelers bunched and at their sulky wheels. Caliente Girl pulled a shoe and was out of the going. The finish was a lively one. Emma M. annexed the next two heats, Little Jack and Golden Buck being the con- tenders. Matawan and Monica McKinney finished the other dead heat in the third time out of the free-for-all trot. The drive for home was fought out every inch of the way between Matawan, Monica and Ida SI., Horseshoe Boy being out of the race. Ida M. was but a neck back of the two dead-heat horses. This heat was the most exciting one during the afternoon. The judges awarded the cup to Matawan on the sum- mary positions. Ida M. nosed out Matawan at the wire in the first heat. Matawan led all -the way in the second heat and won by half a length. Harold K. won the 2:25 trot in two straight heats, beating out Direct Eome in close arguments at the finish. This was Harold K.'s first win in two sea- sons. Pointer Belle won both heats in the free-for-all pace quite handily. Dick made a better showing than in his previous races. Victor Pointer nosed out Little Medium in the I first heat of the 2:18 pace, and beat Little Medium I by half a length in the second heat. The 2:20 trot was won by Ateka in two straight j heats. Weather conditions were balmy and pleasant I and a large crowd was in attendance. Summary: First race — 2:25 trot; mile heats, best two in three: Harold K. (V. Galindo) 1 1 II Direct Rome (E. J. Fallon) 2 2 II Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 3 4j Springtime (G. Clotere) 4 3 ] Minequa (M. Ford) 5 5 II Time— 2:27, 2:26%. Scratched— Dalta A., Effie Madison. | Second race — 2:25 pace: mile heats, best two in three: I j Emma M. (W. Malough) l l ill Golden Buck (W. G. Walkup) 1 3 2 . Little Jack (G. Conlon) 3 2 7 1 Hello Girl (P. Keogh) 4 4 3 1 1 Vastida (J. Paras) 5 7 4 Fred D. (A De Vecchio) 6 5 5 1 Caliente Girl (A Benson) 7 6 6 R Time — 2:18%, 2:20%, 2:21. Third race — Free-for-all pace; mile heats, best two in 1 1 three: Pointer Belle (Kidd and Luce) 1 111 Dicto (W. De Rnvder) 2 2 1 1 Mabel Dillon (B. Cobb) 3 3 B Time— 2:12%. 2:13. Scratched— Tom Murphy. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats, best two I in three: Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 2 1 111 Monica McKinney (Hoffman and Sicotte) 4 2 ill Ida M. (H. Boj-le) 1 3 3 Horseshoe Boy (A S. Hanks) 3 4 4(| Time— 2:1514. 2:15%, 2:16%. Scratched — Melrose. Added starters — Ida M-, Horse- I shoe Boy. Fifth race — 2:18 trot: mile heats, best two in three: Declared off. — Scratched: Birdeye, Sweet Adena, Bo- 1 daker. Horseshoe Boy withdrawn and entered in free- 1 for-all trot. Sixth race — 2:18 pace; mile heats, best two in three: j Victor Pointer (D. Keating) 1 1 Little Medium (Dr. H. E. Allen) 2 2 Roman Boy (Dr. W. A Doughertv) 3 3 II Time — 2:16, 2:16. Seventh race — 2:20 trot; mile heats, best two in three: I Ateka (B. Cohn) 1 111 Modicum (G. D. Mackay) 2 2 I) Time— 2:18%, 2:19. Scratched — Sutton. THEN AND NOW. There is more difference in the average speed of the trotting horse family of today compared to what prevailed in earlier years of the development of the tribe than there is in the champion performances. This follows as a natural law of the evolution of any product whatsoever. The evolution is from the tribe or class as a whole and not isolated individuals, and at any particular point in time the rare avis of the variety is simply the choicest specimen, or vary- ing the figure, the rarest flower on the bush. This topmost at the time may be the highest possibility of the genius to produce and it may not be, and nobody can say whether it is or not. But the level of the whole rises with something like mathematical precision, and registers the progress made accord- ingly. It is true the phenomenon appears with some- thing like periodic regularity, though with nothing approaching certitude of either chronology or meas- ure. With one or two of unusual champion calibre at present attracting attention, they in no wise com- pare with the grand racing cohorts from weanlings to old aged winners of stern contests, and in time doing the two-minute race stunts and smashing rec- ords over courses of all sorts, north, east, south and west, and putting up at pumpkin shows more thrilling races than Grand Circuit leaders of the earlier days dreamed of. Why, George Wilkes, Director, Dexter and Goldsmith Maid speed would not excite the spectators of a cornfield sailors' meeting on the west- ern prairies, while the average contests and contest- ants of their time would not size up with a program made up of "untrained," or roadster hacks. If some one fond of computation in figures would take the successive year books and compute the advance year by year, or in regular periods, an approximately trustworthy comparison would result. — Spirit of the West. Saturday, September 26, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN LIVE STOCK AT THE STATE FAIR. With 150 head of registered Jersey cattle on the California State Fair grounds during the State Fair week, Jersey fanciers had the opportunity to congrat- ulate themselves on having not only the largest num- ber of animals exhibited at this year's fair of any breed represented tut also of breaking all previous records set at California shows. High class fitting up was much in evidence and the majority of the firsts went to a herd of imported animals which re- cently came from the Isle of Jersey where Jersey breeding has reached its highest point of perfection. The showing of Holsteins this year caus*ed a sen- sation in breeding circles of the black and whites, as the quality was superior to anything ever before shown in this State. Professor H. H. Killdee who came from the Iowa Agricultural College to judge the dairy cattle, stated he was entirely unprepared to witness such quality as the California breeders had prepared for this show. The exhibit of swine this year was conceded by exhibitors and judges the best ever brought together at the fair in competition. Judge Edward A. Baxter of Pawnee, Illinois, said the exhibits were of the highest quality and fit to compete in any competitive exhibit and that the character of the exhibits, show that California swine breeders are among the fore- most in breeding fine stock. Judge Baxter has been a breeder for more than forty years and is considered one of the best judges in the country. The champion boars and sows of all classes showed wonderful breeding and careful exhibit preparation on the part of the exhibitors. Several new breeders entered stock in the swine classes and added much to the general high quality of the show. The most representative show of Shorthorn cattle that has ever been seen at the California State Fair was on exhibit this year. Four herd containing 54 animals in the best of condition appealed to the vis- itors and demonstrated the fact that interest in bet- ter beef cattle is growing every year in California. Other breeds shown, in which the quality was ex- ceptionally good, were Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Red Polled. The competition for the grand championship hon- ors in all the live stock classes at the California State Fair this year was very keen. In the Holstein class the grand champion bull of last year, Lorene Korndyke, the property of A. W. Morris and Sons of Woodland, Yolo county; and the grand champion cow, Inka Tritomia, of last year, owned by James McGillivray of Sacramento, came back and took their positions this year. Following are the grand champions: Percherons: Champion stallion, Londricitos, Whitehall Estate, Tracy; champion mare, Fritezi, C. A. Penniger, Stockton. Belgians: Champion stallion, Vulcain De Leeobo- coherie, G. L. Luhrsen, Bethany. Clydesdales: Champion mare, Lady March, O H Brant, SheUville. Shires: Champion stallion, Salvador Forest King, H. Wheatley. Napa; champion mare, Lady Redlinch' H. Wheatley, Napa. Champion Jack: Jumbo, C. W. Blevins, Williams' champion Jennie, Jennie Flood, M. A. Merrill, Wil- lows. Beef Cattle. Shorthorns: Senior champion bull, Greenwood King, T. S. Glide, Davis: junior champion bull, My- sie's Knight. T. S. Glide; grand champion bull Greenwood King, T. S. Glide; senior champion cow Lady Perfection, T. S. Glide; junior champion cow' September Morn, T. S. Glide; grand champion cow' September Morn, T. S. Glide. Herefords: Senior champion bull, Young Donald, Simon Newman, Newman; junior champion bull University Prince, TJ. of C. Farm, Davis; grand champion bull, Young Donald, Simon Newman; jun- ior champion cow, Lenora D„ Simon Newman; grand champion cow, Lenora D„ Simon Newman. Red Polled: Senior champion bull, Corbat, R. C. Cartwright, Angels Camp; junior champion bull. Dandy Heil, R. C. Cartwright; grand champion bull, Corbat, R. C. Cartwright; senior chamnion cow, Laura Davyson, R. C. Cartwright; junior champion cow, Elorie, R. C. Cartwright; grand champion cow, Laura Davyson, R. C. Cartwright. Dairy Cattle. Holstein-Friesians : Senior champion bull, Lorena Korndyke, A. W. Morris & Sons; junior champion bull, Prince Juliana Walker, A. W. Morris & Sons: grand champion bull, Lorena Korndyke, A. W. Mor- ris & Sons: senior champion cow, Inka Tritomia 2d, Jas. McGillivray; junior champion cow, Squaw Queen Johana, Stanford University; grand cham- pion cow, Inka Tritomia 2d, Jas. McGillivray. Jerseys: Senior champion bull, Rochette's Noble, C. P. Hembree, Monmouth. Ore.; junior champion bull, Rochette's Noble Fountain, C. P. Hembree; grand champion bull, Rochette's Noble, C. P. Hem- bree; senior champion cow, Imp's Brilliant Spray, C. P. Hembree; junior champion cow, Noble Peer's Jewell, C. P. Hembree; grand champion cow. Noble Peer's Jewell, C. P. Hembree. Guernseys: Senior champion bull, Tungsten, W. H. Saylor, San Francisco: junior champion bull, Wanggen Vista, Dr. W. J. Henderson, Berkeley: grand champion bull. Tungsten, W. H. Saylor: senior champion cow, Imp. Juliu's Maid 4th of Baulieu, Saylor; junior champion cow, Princess Sequel, Elliott-Brant Rancho, Owensmouth; grand champion cow. Princess Sequel, Elliott-Brant Rancho. Dutch Belted: Senior champion bull, Hopsey's Hummer, Mrs. Strader, Ceres; junior champion bull, Imperator, U. G. Strader, Ceres; grand cham- pion bull, Hepsey's Hummer, Mrs. Strader; senior champion cow, Princess Elaine, Mrs. Strader; junior champion cow. Mistletoe, Mrs. Strader; grand cham- pion cow, Princess Elaine, Mrs. Strader. Sheep. Rambouillets: Champion ram, A. A. Wood & Son 135, Bullard Bros., Woodland. Shropshires: Champion ram, Bishop Bros., San Ramon; champion ewe, Bishop Bros. Hampshires: Champion ram, University of Cali- fornia, Davis; champion ewe, University of Cali- fornia. Southdowns: Champion ewe, University of Cali- fornia, Davis. Fat Sheep: Champion wether, middle wool, Uni- versity of California; grand champion wether, Uni- versity of California. Goats. Champion buck, Kid Devlin, W. Howland, Red- lands; grand champion doe, Winthrop Howland, Redlands. Swine. Berkshire: Champion boar, Improver B., Oak Grove Farm, Woodland: champion sow, Robin's Ruby, F. W. White, Elk Grove; champion boar bred by exhibitor, Panama Lee, C. W. Barrows, Los Mo- linos. Duroc Jerseys: Champion boar bred by exhibitor, King Col., University of California; champion sow, Lamb's American Beauty, Elmer Lamb, Ceres; sow of any age, bred by exhibitor, Elmer Lamb, Ceres. Yorkshires: Champion boar, Capt. of U. F., Uni- versity of California; champion sow, Unilola of Uni- versity Farm, U. of C. Poland China: Champion boar, Kings Wonder, W. F. Bernstein, Hanford; boar of any age bred by exhibitor, King's Wonder, Bernstein; champion sow, any age, Candy Kid, Bernstein; champion sow, bred by exhibitor, Banker's Lady, M. Bassett, Hanford. Chester Whites: Champion boar, California Dan- dy, University of California; boar any age bred by exhibitor, Dodo, C. B. Cunningham, Mills; champion sow, any age, Star Vino, C. B. Cunningham. Judge John T. Caine of the Utah Agricultural Col- lege, who judged the draft horse classes at the Fair said that the Pereheron horses were greatly superior to anything shown at previous shows and the prize winners in the aged stallion classes were competent of winning at the International Stock Show in Chi- cago, which is the recognized leader of horse shows in the United States. Close competition was in evi- dence in all of the Pereheron classes and while this was not so noticeable in the Shire, Belgian and Clydesdale exhibits, the quality of these horses was excellent. The prizes offered by the State Stallion Registra- tion Board for the best registered stallion and three of his get, exemplified what is possible in the breed- ing of better draft horses and many of those present considered the benefits of this new offering of ut- most importance to the horse industry of the State. BELMONT HORSES SAFE. PANAMA-PACIFIC ENTRIES. Mr. Geo. J. Dietrich, who is working on the Grand Circuit in the interests of the race meeting to be given in connection with the World's Fair next year, reports wonderful progress in his endeavors to induce Eastern owners to ship their stables here this fall. Some weeks ago we published excerpts from a letter written by him on this subject and the following extracts are from a letter received yesterday at this office : "I want to say that Geo. White of Syracuse, N. Y., is coming over with a carload. Some of his horses will race in the amateur events and others in the professional races. Ernest J. White has a wonder- fully fast pacing mare in Anna Hal. He intends starting her at a few of the fall meetings but will keep her eligible for the 2:06 pace. He definitely promised the nomination." "If they do not break their necks you will have the most wonderful free-for-all pace that ever took place. There is no chance for the whole bunch of free-for- allers to come together this fall as it looks now. That is, some will race against others but the entire lot will not meet at any one time. As I wrote you some time ago, you are going to have William sure. At Syracuse I got Dr. McCoy to promise to bring Direc- tum I. Of course Murphy will have Frank Bogash, having said so at Syracuse. Walter Cochato is in Murphy's stable also but I saw his owner, Will Ma- ple, and he said that even if Murphy does not have the horse next year he will send him over. He wants to horse to go over this fall and be wintered. Then there will be the other free-for-allers like Earl Jr. and Flower Direct. You will get Worthy Prince in your 2:10 stakes, Walter Cox having bought him. Fred Jamison, one of the best of young trainers, said that he would come over. He races fifteen or twenty every year and high class ones. He wants to enter Present Queen in the 2:06 pace. Gay Audobon is now racing kindly and Mr. Gatcomb is fully deter- mined to enter him in both big stakes. He is coming by way of Dallas and Phoenix this fall. Tommy Murphy really paid ?30,000 for Peter Scott so as to win both trotting stakes and he told me he was sav- ing him for them. When the time comes you will find that Murphy will have a very powerful stable for your meeting. I had another talk with Henry Rea at Wheeling this week and he has stopped racing Junior Watts; he does not wish to take any chances of getting out of the 2:10 class. He won ten straight races and Rea says he can trot the third heat in 2:06. He will come over this fall. " August Belmont, Chairman of The Jockey Club, has received word from his stable managers in both France and England that, up to a week ago, his sta- bles had not been raided by either the French or English governments in search of horses, and that at that time — about ten days ago — all his horses in training in France, all but one of which are two-year- olds, were safe. They are located in a farm a short distance out of Chantilly, and his trainer had assur- ances that the Government would not commandeer any of them. The only fear he has is that some of the German Uhlans may have got near enough to the stables in their raids since his communications to have com- mandeered all the fodder, and so left the horses in a condition where starvation was possible, as his advices were that it was almost impossible to get feed for the animals at any price. Both the stallion Flintrock, now six years old, and Ethelbert, who is about eighteen years old, will probably escape requi- sition, as there is no desire on the part of the army officers who look after remounts to take stallions so long as they can get geldings or mares not in foal of about five years old, and hacks and hunters. From England, where he has a number of young horses, Mr. Belmont has received word that none of the animals in his stable have been impressed as yet, and these, with the twenty-nine broodmares he has on a farm in France outside of the war zone, will not be disturbed. Milton Henry, w-ho founded the famous "Henry's American Bar" in Paris, and who recently sold it to Tod Sloan, another American jockey; John Loftus, w-ho has been riding for J. E. Widener of Philadel- phia; Guy Garner, who has been riding for Don J. Gamiguel, a Madrid sportsman, who races in France, and Lucien Lynne, all well-known jockeys in France and all of whom served their apprenticeship in this country, were passengers on La Touraine, refugees from France. They were all at Chantilly when the war broke out, Henry riding at the time for M. Alex- ander Aumont, a large breeder as well as racing man. "France wras not at all prepared for war when the invasion of Belgium woke them up with a start," said Johnny Loftus, who with his wife and nine-weeks- old daughter, Eleanor Marie, are at the McAlpin. "The army was not mobilized and racing was going on' as lively as ever. Then everything stopped with a bang. Trainers, stablemen, and other employes about the track were ordered to the front overnight. The race tracks were closed. Stables were deserted and the smart ones among those left in charge of the horses at once began shipping their horses to the south or extreme northwest of France. We got eleven of Mr. Widener"s older horses and eight mares away to Trouville, where he has a farm, but four of our jumpers, Escanaba, Jacques de Coeur, Plaisir d' Amour, and a fourth, whose name I cannot recall, were snapped up by the military authorities before we could get them in hiding. The stallions and young fillies we were not worried about, as the first call was for horses five years old or upward, and it was only just before I left that they began taking four-year-olds on a second call for horses. "I understand that Mr. Herman Duryea's horses are all safe, as they were taken up to Normandy, many miles from the seat of trouble, and shipped from there to England. John Sanford's horses have escaped, in all probability, so far as we could find out, for they were at Maison Lafitte. A few of W. K. Vanderbilt's horses were taken, but most of them were shipped away secretly to points where it would be possible to get feed for them." NATIONAL HORSE SHOW MUST BE WRONG. This European war is proving a godsend to every person who loves a good old alibi. An alibi, be it known, is that form of excuse which is elastically useful on both sides of an argument. The war is the most beautiful example of alibi that has come to notice in many a day. For instance: If a person wishes to stall off a call upon him for funds, he pleads the war; if he desires to avoid buying mil- linery for the better portion of his family, the war makes his plea plausible; European travel is barred, per se, and if the person using the alibi is at all brisk on his mental feet, he can apply the same reasoningto contemplated expenditures in a hundred and one different directions. Even in the important matter of horse show~s, the alibi takes effect. Only a short time ago the National Horse Show Associa- tion issued an official statement that the great fixture held annually at Madison Square Garden would be postponed because of conditions in Europe. It is ad- mitted that the international classes are among the most interesting on the program of the National Horse Show. It is admitted that international class- es equal to past years will be impossible this season. But there is no reason apparent for postponing the show. As has been fully outlined in The Rider and Driver, the holding of an American show in which our horse wares can be displayed adequately and with due regard for the beauty and spectacular as- pects of the horse and intelligent human interest, is distinctly possible. Repeating our statement that the foreign officers and horses made an interesting feature of the National, we assert once more that the war alibi fails as an adequate excuse for aban- doning so important a feature as the National Show. — Rider and Driver. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. , NOTES AND NEWS | ii ■ Lord Derby 2:05% is still alive, and is running out on a farm. E. E. Sniathers, of New York, still owns the gelding. Single G. 2:07% met his first defeat of the season, last week, at the hands of the Western mare, May E. Pick 2:09%. Up to Portage. Wis., Charley Dean, Charley Jr., and second-trainer "Red" Callahan, accounted for five of the eight races contested, two second moneys and one third. Going some! * May Mack defeated King Clansman and Guy Nella in the 2:09 class trot at Detroit last week in straight heats and slow time. «> <8> The dead Todd 2:14% now lacks just one per- former of being a "century sire." Toddress, p., 2:12% is his 99th standard record-maker. «> Sim Lindsay considers the three-year-old colt Pat- rick de Oro, by Copa de Oro, a pacing wonder. It is reported that he worked the Winnipeg track in 2:08. <$> Ed. R. Smith of Los Angeles sold at the State Fair, Sacramento, the high schooled trick saddle horse Quarrie Denmark to Mr. John W. Considine of the Woodland Stock Farm for Mrs. Fred Beckman. The price paid was $2,500. «> ■» Something like 2,000 horses bought by the British government at St. Louis have been shipped to Can- ada for export out through that channel and are still being bought at the rate of 200 a day. Prices on this kind of horses range from $110 to $170. «• James M. Hazelton of Frankfort, Indiana, the new owner of Bon Voyage 2:08, reports that this stallion was shown seven times, being first six times and once second. He has done a good stud business with him as he is well liked in Indiana and adjoining- states. <8> Edwin R. Smith of Los Angeles has been appoint- ed representative of the National Trotting Associa- tion for the Los Angeles Harness Horse Association. His duties will consist in supervising and reporting all record meetings given over the Los Angeles race track under the supervision of the L. A. H. H. A. «> <$> Walter Cox has paid $10,000 for the trotting stal- lion. Worthy Prince 2:11%, by Prince McKinney, purchasing him of Thos. Griffin, Moston, Mass. He will be shipped to Cox at Detroit from West Vir- ginia, where he has been racing successfully. Last year this stallion was very successful on the half- mile tracks and in the fall, Cox made an unsuccessful attempt to purchase him. J. O., driven by Charles Dean Jr., performed a rather unusual stunt for a five-day mile-track meeting by winning three races at the Michigan State Fair. This is the pacer purchased by Dean Sr. for R. J. MacKenzie after J. O. had worked a mile in 2:06 at Lexington. He was off early in the season because of cracked heels, but is now in top condition. Dean is out to win as much winter feed as possible. «> A novelty in the shape of a three- wheeled sulky was exhibited at the Michigan State Fair, by Dr. J. L. Benson of Winnipeg. The doctor claims it is four seconds faster to a mile than a two-wheeled sulky because there is no body motion. Dr. Benson is the owner of the three-year-old Brisac and the two- year-old Barsac, full brothers, by Bingara, dam by Kremlin, purchased from Wm. Russell Allen. ■& <3> The war cloud in Europe has set the horse buyers to milling around and England is the best patron thus far in the game. The Kansas City market is already shipping out great quantities of horses and mules to some, one up in Canada and this somebody knows what to do with them, for he is sending them across the ocean by the shipload and the call is for more. One of our Colorado breeders maintains that not enough attention is given to this species and says: "The mule is much more easily raised than the horse, and if well broken is more agreeable to handle, more trusty and gentle. In breaking a mule first bit and break with as much care as a Dan Patch colt. Be easy and explain what it should know. Do not imagine you are breaking oxen and apply the same methods, but remember that a mule is the most intelligent work animal living and too often knows more than the driver. Do not ever tease a mule to teach it tricks but be always gentle and kind. A mule never kicks and becomes untrustworthy until taught to be so. If mules are raised this way folks will wonder why they have not always been raising mules. For good sense and judgment and for a pleasant team nothing equals a pair of properly raised and broken mules. As soon as weaned they should be put in the feed lot and fed oats and crushed com or any suitable fattening feed until about the first of February when they will bring from $150 to $200 a head on any of the southern markets." There seems to be plenty of fast horses in Cali- fornia this year, but little for them to do, as week after week goes by and no meetings of any conse- quence are held. It is said that recently at the Pleasanton track fourteen different horses have worked in 2:10 or better, of which only a few have records that fast. It seems a pity that some organi- zation cannot be effected whereby a racing revival upon the Pacific Coast may be brought about. — Horse Review. <$> <5> <$> Esperanza ,the three-year-old trotting filly in the stable of W. G. Durfee, is the best three-year-old trotter ever seen in California; she holds a record of 2:09 which is the Pacific Coast record for that age. She also went a trial mile in public at Santa Rosa in 2:07%, the fastest mile ever trotted by a three-year- old on the Coast. Her racing career has been brief but sensational: as a two-year-old she won the State Fair Futurity and the Oregon Futurity; at three she won the Breeders' Futurity, the State Fair Futurity and the Stanford and Occident stakes. She is Cali- fornia bred, sired by Mr. Durfee's successful horse Carlokin 2:07% out of My Irene S. (full sister to Zulu Belle 2:12%, p. 2:06%), by Petigru, next dam Johannah Treat. Secretary W. H. Liggett, of the Herington, Kans., Fair Association, also the proprietor of Bald Knob Stock Farm, at that place, has purchased from J. O. Vroman, of Pomona. Cal., the noted trotting stallion Zombronut 2:08%, by Zombro 2:11 — Mont Rose, by Pilot Lemont 2:21%. During his racing career Zom- bronut acquitted himself with much credit on the Pacific Coast and elsewhere, winning eleven races and being first or second in nineteen out of thirty- two starts. His record was made at Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 11, 1910, on which occasion he won the first, third and fourth heats in 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:08%, showing himself to be both game and fast. His winnings reached the sum of $7,795. He is now thir- teen years of age. With the sole exception of San Francisco 2:07%, now one of the stallions at Walnut Hall Farm, Zombronut is the fastest trotting stallion bv his famous sire. Just at present we have upon the turf two per- formers which are as yet unbeaten, but their careers are unfinished, nor has that of either been sufficient- ly protracted to submit him to an unequivocal test. We refer to the trotter Peter Volo, 2, 2:04%, 3, 2:04%, and the pacer William, 3, 2:05%, 4, 2:00. Thus far Peter Volo has raced four times as a two- year-old and once this season, at three, winning every race. William has raced six times at three and three times this season at four, and has won every race. Both Nancy Hanks and Dan Patch lost a solitary heat; Peter Volo also lost one heat this season. William has not, thus far, ever been headed to the wire after receiving the word "Go!" Having gone thus far on the path to glory, the interesting question arises, Do they possess the requisite indi- vidual qualities, and will they have the racing luck, to preserve their unbeaten certificates to the ends of their careers? The thoroughbreds belonging to the estate of the late William O. MacDonough of California were sold at auction at Sheepshead Bay on September 1st. The stallions sold were the get of the Derby winner Or- monde. The prices realized were far below the ex- pectation of the consignors. The top price of the sale was paid for the eleven-year-old futurity winner Or- mondale that was sold for $2,000. Twenty of the brood mares were purchased for prices ranging from $50 upwards; $1,600 was the highest price realized for any of the mares. Kentucky breeders picked up the best of the others at prices so low that only in four instances was as high as $500 reached. The twenty mares brought a total of $6,575, being an av- erage of $324. For the 38 animals sold — some being passed for want of a bid — the estate received the sum of $15,200, or only about one-tenth of the amount that Mr. MacDonough paid for Ormonde a number of years ago. <$> <8> John Anderson of Burlington, Kans., and his good reliable pacing mare, May E. Pick 2:07%, dropped off at Indianapolis on their way home to Kansas from West Virginia, where they created consternation in the camp of Single G. 4, 2:07%. May beat the four- year-old in a thrilling six-heat battle at Clarksburg, in which she and her Kansas owner were pitted against a formidable field of horses and some very resourceful sulky diplomats. This event really set- tled the ownership of the drivers' purse in the triple- town circuit of Clarksburg, Parkersburg and Fair- mont, W. Va„ in which the drivers' stake of $1,000 was offered for the reinsman winning the most money in the circuit with one horse. May E. Pick landed it for Anderson and incidentally proved her- self to be one of the best pacing mares of the year. As stated, she also won at Indianapolis, on points, and by a narrow margin. She is one of the most pleasant and attractively rigged pacers seen this year — a medium sized black mare by Silkwood, p., 2:07, dam Celia Belmont, by Allie Wilkes 2:15; grandam Bonetta, by Commodore Belmont 4340, son of Belmont 64. Plain harness and few boots describes her equipment, as she goes in an open bridle, wears the minimum in protection and so far as reliability in racing is concerned, can be said to be always on the job. C. X. Larabee, owner of the Brook Nook Ranch, died last Wednesday at his home in Bellingham, Wash., in his seventy-first year. As a banker Mr. Larabee was well known in Montana, Idaho and Washington. Thirty-one years ago Brook Nook was founded and devoted to the breeding of the light harness horse. Of the better known trotters and pacers foaled at Brook Nook are Kingbrook 2:07%, Donax p. 2:07%, Mandolin p. 2:10, Knick Knack p. 2:11%, etc. «> * One of the remarkable performances of the past week was the winning of the free-for-all class trot, purse $100, "at the Berea, O., Fair by Gertrude in 2:27. This mare has now reached the ripe old age of twenty-one years, is by Chinesbrino 2:28% and out of Lucy Wilson by Williston, a son of Happy Medium; grandam Irene Wilson (dam of Myrenne 2:27%) by Sherman 2:23%. During her entire life, this mare has been used exclusively as a family driver and, though never trained, was occasionally used in the matinees at Berea, O., by her owner, John Heffner, a "real dyed in the wool" horse lover of Gresham, O. Last season, when twenty years of age, Gertrude was started in a slow event of $100 value and secured a record of 2:28%, a performance probably never before equaled by a twenty-year-old mare in her maiden race. Last week she won another $100 event at Berea and reduced her mark to 2:27, which is indeed a remarkable performance for a trot- ter of similar age. This mare was foaled in 1893, the property of Malvern Farm, Malvern, Pa., and con- signed by that farm along with Acolyte 2:21 and others to the Fasig-Tipton sale at Cleveland and there purchased by Mr. Heffner. — Amer. Sportsman. o YEARLINGS AT AUCTION. Fifty-three thoroughbred yearlings were disposed of at the combination sale at the J. B. Haggin private stables at Sheepshead Bay this week for a total of $41,025, an average of $774. Considering the rather uncertain outlook for racing both here and in Canada next season, breeders looked on the sale as a satis- factory one, particularly as a number of the offerings were from practically untried stallions and mares, and so had to be sold on bloodlines alone. Popularity of sires was shown in the sales of three of the get of Star Shoot for $4,450, four by Peep o' Day for $5,700, seven sired by Peter Quince for $5,425, and six of the get of Trap Rock, brother to Tracery, for which Mr. Belmont refused $200,000, for $5,200. Robert Davies of Toronto, Canada, was the buyer of several of the highest priced animals sold, paying $3,000, the top price of the sale, for a bay son of Peep o' Day— My Gyps, by Kyrle Daly; $2,800 for a bay son of Jack Atkins and Miss Marion, by Him- yar; $1,100. for a chestnut daughter of Trap Rock and Avon II., by Avington; $1,000 for a chestnut son of Trap Rock — Golden Bush, by Oriflamme, and $600 for a bay daughter of Trap Rock and Miss Marconi, by imp. Albert. For $2,000 Moses Goldblatt obtained the chestnut colt by Star Shoot out of Berry Maid, by imp. Odd- fellow, and Schuyler L. Parsons paid $2,300 for a bay daughter of Waterboy and Hamburg Belle. James Blute bought the brown colt by Peter Quince out of Sweet Marjoram, by Dinna Forget, for $2,000, and the Oneck Stables paid $1,000 for a bay daughter of Ormondale and Lady Bramble, and so a half sister to the speedy Helen Barbee. For $1,500 each there were sold a chestnut colt by Star Shoot — El Salado to J. T. McDonald and a bay son of Peep o' Day and Vic Kinney to Frederick Johnson, the latter making several other purchases at lesser prices. James Fitzsimmons paid $1,400 for a colt by Mc- Gee out of Any Day, by Locohatchee, the first of the youngsters that came under the auctioneer's ham- mer. R. T. Wilson gave $1,300 for a half brother to Fireball, a dark bay by Trap Rock — Sly Nun, and James McManus paid $1,100 for the colt by Trap Rock out of Africa, by imported Saville. Of the others disposed of sixteen sold for $500 or more and the balance for sums from that amount down to $100 for the unfashionably bred ones, which had no individuality to commend them to bidders. JIM LOGAN JR. (3 Mos.) By Jim Logan 2:01%, dam Berta Logan by Bert Logan 2:16. — Owned by H. G. Angevine, San Jose, Cal. Saturday, September 26, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GRAND CIRCUIT RACES. Frank Bogash Jr. Paces Fast Mile. Detroit, Sept. 18. — Frank Bogash Jr., a prohibitive favorite, won the free-for-all pace at the closing State Fair harness races today, and traveled the second heat in 1:59%, the fastest heat ever paced in an open race. Directum L, an original entry, did not race, having been sent to Grand Rapids, where he will race William in an exhibition contest next Thursday. Both heats of the free-for-all were won by the bay gelding, driven by Murphy. The first heat was easily taken in 2:05, but Walter Cochato led in the second until the five-eighths pole was reached, when Bogash drew away and paced the last half in 5S% seconds. The 2:17 pace went to Baron Marque after a four- heat duel with Nelda Schnell. Peter Pearl won the 2:17 trot. Burt Axworthy took the first two heats, but the brown colt claimed the next three. Results: Free-for-all pace; purse $2,500 — Frank Bogash. Jr., won; Earl Jr., second; Walter Cochato, third. Best time, l:59ii. 2:17 pace, -purse $1,050 — Baron Marque won; Nelda Schnell second; Myra Belle, third. Best time, 2:08%. 2:17 trot, purse $1,050 — Peter Pearl won; Burt Axwor- thy, second; The Temptress, third. Best time, 2:09%. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 21. — Peter Stevens and Lelia Patchen were winning favorites at today's opening of Columbus Grand Circuit races. Each took a straight heat victory, Peter Stevens fixing his record at 2:02 V! in the second heat of the King stake for pacers. Lelia Patchen took the 2:14 class pace without great trouble, her best opponent being Patrick M. Summary: King Stake. 2:05 pacers, three in five, $3000: Peter Stevens, b. h. by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) 1 1 1 Harry the Ghost, g. g. (Hedrick) 2 2 2 Minnie Chimes, b. g. (McVey ) : 3 3 5 Also started — Del Rey, b. h. (Cox); Towanda, blk. h. (C. Valentine); Hal Grey, g. h. (Pendleton); King Dapnne, blk. h. (Frost). Time— 2:03%, 2:02%, 2:03^. 2:11 class, trotting, three in five, purse $1200: Brighton B., b. h. by Brighton (Murphy). 4 2 2 2 11 Marta Bellini, br. m. by Bellini (Dicker- son) 2 1 1 7 3dis Fair Virginia, br. m. by Zombro (Cox) 1 5 16 2dis Also started — Grattan Boy, b. g. (Geers), Bertha Car- they, b. m. (DeRyder), James W. rn. g. (Dore), Echo- more, b. h. (Bogash), Florence Vincent, b. m. (Andrews). Time— 2:07%, 2:06%. 2:09, 2:08%, 2:12%, 2:14%. Hotel Hartman Stake, 2:13 pacers, three in five, $5000: Napoleon Direct, ch. h. by Walter Direct (Geers) 1 3 5 1 1 Camelia. br. m. by Cummer (Cox) 2 12 3 2 Major Ong, b. g. by Major Gantz (Murphy).. 5 5 12 3 Also started — King Couchman, b. g. (McMahon), View- pointer, b. h. (Saight). Time— 2:12%, 2:04%, 2:08, 2:05%. 2:06%. 2:14 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200: Lelia Patchen, blk. m. by Dan's Brother (Snow) 111 Patrick M., ch. g. (Stokes) 2 2 3 Flash Patchen, blk. h. (Hilman) 9 3 2 Shadeline, ch. h. (Owen) 3 4 5 Also started — Mr. Zimmerly, ch. g. (Vail). Tango, br. h. (Todd). Teddy Strathmore, b. h. (D. Valentine), Fred de Forrest, br. h. (Osborne), Dingola, ch. h. (Monahan), Tommy Direct, b. h. (Hall). Time— 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:07%. Columbus (O.), September 22. — At the Columbus Grand Circuit races this afternoon a time average better than any ever known was made by four sets of trotters and pacers. Thirteen heats were raced to an average of 2:051-5. Anna Bradford lowered her own world's record of 2:03^ for three-year-old pacers to 2:0iy2 and took away from "William the record of 2:05^ and 2:05 for a two-heat three-year-old pacing performance. Squan- tum, the contender against the filly, was timed sep- arately in 2:04 and 2:02%. Etawah made a break in the first heat of the Cap- ital City stake trot and it was taken by Omar in 2:05Vi. The Geers horse then won two heats in the same time and ended the race with a fourth heat in 2:04^, making the total time 8:20% and breaking the previous four-heat record of. 8:20%, made by Dudie Archdale. Margaret Druien, a pronounced favorite, won the card's richest stake, the $10,000 Hoster Columbus trotting stake, in straight heats. In the middle heat she equaled her record, 2:05^, taken at Grand Rap- ids early this season. Carna G. won the 2:08 pace. Capital City Stake. 2:08 trot, three in five, $3,000: Etawah, b. h. by Al Stanley (Geers) 6 111 Omar. b. g. by Noblesse (Floyd) 1 3 2 3 Newzel, b. g. (Andrews). 3 4 6 2 Time— 2:0514. 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:05%. Also started — Peter McCormick, br. h. (Shuley). Dago, b. g. (Grady), Orkdale, g. g. (McDonald), Tommy Horn, b. g. (Owens), Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox). Horse Review Futurity, three-year-old pacers, two in three, $3000: Anna Bradford, blk. f. by Todd Mac (Murphy) 1 1 Squantum, b. g. (McDonald) 2 2 Prince Jolla, b. c. (Hedrick) 3 3 The Whip, b. c. (McMahon) 4 4 Time— 2:03%, 2:01%. Hoster Columbus Stake, 2:14 trot, three in five, $10,000: Margaret Druien, b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox)l 1 1 Rythmel, blk. m. (Shank) 8 2 2 McCloskey, br. g. (McDonald) 2 5 3 Also started — King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon), The Guide, b, h. (Geers), Mirthful, b. m. (Murphy), Tommy De Forrest, b. h. (Osborn), Hazel Daing, ch. m. (An- drews). Time— 2:07%, 2:05%. 2:06. 2:08 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200: Carna G., b. g. by Allerton (Geers) 4 111 Little Alfred, b. g. by Red Elk (Ray) 1 3 7 3 Don Patch, br. g. (Jamison) 5 2 2 2 Also started — Ella Mackay, blk. m. (Cox). Cleo B.. s. m. (C. Valentine), Merry Direct, b. h. (Childs), Tillie Tifton, b. m. (Murphy). Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:07%. Columbus, (O.), September 24. — Over a slow track that was put entirely out of commission by a shower after being used for five heats, the Columbus Grand Circuit meet was revived this afternoon. The Horse Review Futurity, for three-year-old trotters, was not taken up on account of the condition of the course. None of the three races, on each of which there was heavy betting, was completed. The summary: Free-for-all class, trotting, two in three; purse $1200; unfinished: Ross B., b. g. by Petronius (Wright) 2 1 Joan, br. m. by Directum Spier (McDevitt) 1 3 Grace, ch. m. (C. Valentine) 3 2 Time— 2:08%, 2:10. 2:06 class, pacing, three in five, purse $1200; unfinished: Baron A., b. h. by Baron Medium (Cox) 1 1 Mansfield, b. g. ( Spray) 2 3 Major Ong, b. g. (Murphy) 4 2 R. H. Brant, b. g. (Grady), and Ruby K., b. m. (C. Valentine), also started. Time— 2:12%, 2:14%. 2:15 class, trotting, three in five, purse $1200; unfinished: Signal Boy, b. g. by Signette (Wright) 1 Burt Axworthy, ch. s. (Murphy) 2 Irving Heart, b. s. (DeRyder) 3 Peter Pearl, b. c. (Nuckols), Belzona, b. c. (Young), Glenora, br. m. (Garrison), F. A. L., b. g. (Dickerson). Sheila, b. m. (C. Valentine), Sadie Baron, b. m. (Flick), Cacus Star, b. s. (Rodney) and Helen Wilstar, b. m. (Richley) , also started. Time— 2:13%. ENTRIES FOR THE RIVERSIDE MEETING. WILLIAM CHAMPION PACER. By defeating Directum I. in three straight heats on Thursday afternoon, William became the world's champion pacer. Each heat of the match race, which was for a purse of $6,000, was a real contest. Directum broke right at the start of the first heat and William took a two-length lead. Directum I. slowly cut down this advantage and forced William to a whipping finish to win the mile in 2:01% by a nose margin. In the second heat the horses alternately showed in front, with Directum I. holding the advantage at the upper turn. Here William took the lead, holding it to the wire and winning by half a length in 2:0114r. William took the lead at the beginning of the third and final heat and never was headed. The first half of this mile was covered in :59^. Then the pace eased a trifle, and William won the heat slowed up in 2:02V2. The track was in splendid condition, but a cold brisk wind impeded the horses on the back stretch. ENTRIES AT THE STADIUM. The San Francisco Driving Club has arranged a programme of harness races to be held at the Sta- dium Sunday afternoon, when the Indoor Yacht Club will entertain the orphan children of this city with many kinds of outdoor sports. The following is the programme of harness events: First Race. Sutton. H. Frellson; Laddie, G. J. Holland: Bodecker, S. Christensen; Ateka. B. Cohen; Muggins, H. Cohen. Second Race — 2:20 Pace. Jim Logan Jr., McKinney Stable; Emma M., W. Ma- lough; Roman Boy, W. A. Dougherty; G. J. P., R. Con- sani; Ishmael, F. Lauterwasser; King Pointer, H. Campo- donico. Third Race — 2:15 Pace. Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen; Delilah, J. C. Welsh; Brad- mont, G. Giannini; Dicto, McKinney Stable; Tom Mur- phy, E. T. Ayres. Fourth Race — Free-For-AH Pace. Happy Dentist, J. J. Ryan; W. J. K., W. J. Kenney; Wm. Tell, McKinney Stable; Johnnie K.T J. Kramer. Fifth Race — Free-For-AII Trot. Silver Hunter, McKinney Stable; Bird Eye, A. Com- batalade; Matawan, H. C. Ahlers; Soreta, McKinney Sta- ble; Ida M., H. Boyle. Sixth Race — 2:25 Mixed. Sea Breeze, Shorty Roberts Jr.; "Vastida, J. Paras; Dalta. A., E. T. Ayres; Pride of Elmhurst, J. Johnson. Seventh Race — 2:30 Mixed. Steve D., J. Tassi; Springtime, F. Clotere; Ella Wilkes. G. Borromeo; Greatness, E. Cerceit; Baldy Mitchell, H. Campodonico. Officers of the Day — Judges, J. C. Welsh. G. J. Giannini and A. Ottinger. Timers, H. Boyle, J. Holland, F. Clo- tere. Starter. W. J. Kenney. Marshal, J. Lombard. James McGrath, secretary of meet. Races start at 12 M. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. When the racing season of 1913 closed, the stal- lion Allerton 2:091/£ had made good the prediction of his breeder, C. W. Williams, made nearly twenty years before, that the son of Jay Bird would event- ually be the sire of two hundred and fifty standard performers, unless he met with premature death. The new performers added to Allerton's standard list last season brought his total of such performers up to two hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and ninety-nine of which were trotters. Now Allerton has made another record in breeding annals, for he is the first stallion to be represented by two hundred standard trotters, the addition to his list of such performers having been made a few days ago when his son, Alleroid, took a record of 2:19%. When Allerton's career is reviewed, what a wonderful horse he appears to have been! Raised and trained by an Iowa farmer, he proved to be the greatest trotter of his day, placing the world's record for trotting stal- lions at 2:09*4 after he had been through severe racing campaigns which in each case, followed a heavy season in the stud. As soon as his foals were trained he jumped to the forefront among the sires of his time and several seasons headed the sires of new performers. He was the first sire to have two hundred and fifty standard performers, the first to have two hundred standard trotters, and his list of 2:20 trotters is probably the largest ever credited to a stallion, with a few more yet to come. o Driok Jackson's Napa Soda. The following is a list of entries received in the 2:17 class pace at the Riverside meeting, Oct. 13-17: Oro Mo. ch. g., C. F. Silva; Captain Todd, S. H. Wright; Lady Silverthorn, b. m., Thos. Silverthorn; San Jacinto Girl, br. m., D. D. Ellsworth; The Pig, b. m., Chas. June; Atlantic Fleet, s. g., Fred L. Cole; Zella D., b. m.. Abe W. Johnson; Petty McKenney, b. m., Lincoln McCulloch; Maude Wilkes, M. I. Wheeler; J. A. C, T. N. Goldsmith. All the other races were declared off as they did not fill satisfactorily, but they have been reopened, all of the races to be mile heats and the purses being increased to $300 straight through. Following is a list of the entries to close Wednesday, Sept. 30th: Tuesday, October 13 — 2:30 trot, $300; 2:23 pace, $300. Wednesday, October 14 — 2:14 pace, $300; 2:10 trot. $300. Friday, October 16 — 2:20 trot, $300; 2:18 pace, $300. Saturday, October 17 — 2:10 pace, $300; 2:15 trot, $300. OREGON FUTURITIES NOS. 4 AND 5 ELIGIBLES. Following is the list of three-year-old and two-year- old trotters and pacers on which starting payments have been made, in Oregon Futurities 4 and 5, and which in consequence are eligible to start at the Sa- lem meeting: Three -Year-Old Trot. Valeen M.. by Bonaday — Diabella C; F. M. Anderson. Bon Cupid, by Bonaday — Diona; J. J. Fahie. Bon Cress, by Bon Voyage — Kate Kopje; J. J. Campbell. Ethel D., by Carlokin — Roberta Madison; Mr. Cooley. Esperanza. by Carlokin — My Irene S. ; W. G. Durfee. Salem Boy, by Zom Norte — Dianna; Mrs. lone Mauzy. Zombronun, by Don Zombro — Sela Nun; Fred T. Merrill. Lucifer, by R. Ambush — Zodell; H. C. Fletcher. Bon Courage, by Bon McKinney — Niquee; Ted Hayes. Three -Year- Old Pace. Chango, by Copa de Oro— Lady H.; W. G, Durfee. imuss rsx-ownie, oy Hal B. — Brown Lace; Fred T. Merrill. Hemlock, by Hal B. — Eliza Lincoln; S. A. Agnew. Ruth Hal B., by Hal B. — Dictatress; Sam Weis. Maxine, by Jim Logan — Trilby Maid; J. E. Montgomery. Two-Year-Old Trot. Sela Curzados, by Cruzados — Sela Nun; Fred T. Merrill. Nicola B., by Carlokin — Caroline; W. G. Durfee. Beirne, by Beirne Holt — Freckle Bird; F. E. Ward. Two-Year-Old Pace. Hal Lovelace, by Hal B. — Love Me; Fred T. Merrill. May Day Hal, by Hal B. — Altalena; Henry Weis. Janice L. P.. by Hal B. — Pundeta;; G. L. Parker. 0 RESULTS AT WALLA WALLA. Sept. 14. — 2:18 trot. 3 in 5, purse $750: Tom Moko, b. h. by Moko (Childs) 1 1 1 Jerry Zombro, b. g. by Zombro (Helman) 2 2 2 Lady W., b. m. by King Alexis (Hogoboom) 3 3 3 The Frisco, ch. g. by Caution (Lance) 4 5 4 St. Michael, 5-4-5. Time— 2:37, 2:40V2, 2:42%. 2:18 pace, 3 heats, every-heat-a-race, purse $500: Jack Turner, b. g. by Tommy R. (Hogoboom)..! 1 1 Mack N., blk. g. by McKinney (Sanford) 4 2 2 St. Elmo, b. h. by King Alexis (Baddeley) 2 4 3 King Bird, b. h. by King Almont (Pridemore) . .3 3 4 Time— 2:39%, 2:44%, 2:45. Half-mile dash, purse $150 — Silver Bell, won; Black Sam, second; To Solo, third. Time, :53%. Five-eighths mile dash, selling, purse $150 — Boas, won; Clim Buchy, second; Sea Coast, third. Time, 1:07%. Three-fourths mile dash, selling, purse $300 — Lady Mc- Nally, won; Iver Mill, second; Bobbie Cook, third. Time, 1:21. Sept. 15. — 2:24 trot, 3 in 5, purse $500: Lathrop, br. g. by Evergets (Barclay) 1 1 1 Bonniola, b. m. by Bonaday (Helman) 2 2 2 Arenga, br. g. by McV. (Hogoboom) 4 3 3 Lady Rosaline, b. m by Packline (Bridemoore). .3 4 4 Time— 2:33, 2:39, 2:36%. 2:13 pace, special, three heats, purse $250 net: Hal Norte, br. h. by Hal B. (Woodcock) 1 1 3 Prince Zolock, blk. h. by Zolock (Helman) 3 3 1 Red Hal, b. g. by Hal B. (Lang) 2 2 2 Carlyle F., b. g. (Franklin) 4 4 4 Time— 2:27%, 2:27%, 2:26%. Five-eighths mile dash, purse $160 — Yo Solo, won; Greenbrae. second; Clem Bucy, third. Time, :57%. Seven-eighths mile dash, purse $150 — Lady McNally, won; Buddy Cook, second; Tucanon Lily, third. Time, 1:35%. Five-eighths mile dash, pure $150 — Davolta, won; May, second; Gib C, third. Time, :50%. Sept. 16. — F. F. A. pace, 3 in 5, purse $1000: Hal Boy, b. g. by Hal B. (Childs) 1 1 1 Ovieda. b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons (Dennis).. 2 2 2 College Gent, blk. h. by Kentucky Patterson (Barnes) 4 3 3 Dan Logan, b. h. by Chas. Derby (Daniels) 3 4 4 Delmas, b. g. by Dialect (Hogoboom) 5 5 5 Time— 2:16%, 2:15%, 2:16%. 2:24 trot, 3 in 5, purse $1000: Dean Swift, b. g. by Almaden D. (Daniels) 1 14 1 Tom Moko, b. h. by Moko (Childs) 3 3 1 3 Seneca, ch. g. by King Entertainer (Barnes).. 2 2 2 2 Dr. McKinney, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Lance) 4 4 3 4 Time— 2:21. 2:22, 2:22%, 2:22%. Four and one-half furlongs dash, consolation, three- year-olds and over — Handsome Fred, ■ won ; Sylvia N. , second; Jack Robb, third. Time, :59. Four and one-half furlongs dash, consolation for two- year-olds and over — Ada, won; Greenbrae, second; May. third. Time, 1:01. Five furlongs dash, purse $150 — Free Will, won; Dor- othy Ann, second; Bobby Cook, third. Time, 1:06%. 0 Although the bookmaker is supposed to be extinct in New Zealand as the dodo, it is feared in official circles that he not only exists, but thrives. To divert business from bookmaker channels, therefore, the New Zealand authorities are attempting to get a res- olution passed to the following effect: "1. By the entering of a horse, any person having or subse- quently acquiring an interest in such horse shall be deemed thereby to undertake, neither directly nor indirectly, to make any wager with a bookmaker in connection with such horse or any other horse in the race in which such horse is so entered. 2. That it be an instruction to licensing bodies to require from all licensed trainers and jockeys an undertak- ing neither directly nor indirectly to make any wager with a bookmaker while so licensed." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. THE ROADS OF ENGLAND. There was something statesmanlike in the fore- sight that suggested to the invading Romans the idea of" building permanent roads into the remote corners of the provinces they conquered, wilderness though many of them were. Our own age yields tribute to the great pioneer railway builders of our Western country, and to them civilization owes a debt through their subjugation of distance, and in their bringing of wide stretches of fertile land, otherwise inacces- sible, within the reach of commerce. There is some- thing ever more picturesque in the pathway that the Roman army cut through hill and forest, as it stretched its iron hand out over almost all Europe. It was much more than a "biazed trail." Great high- ways were constructed leading from one point of vantage to another in such manner that the suprem- acy of the imperial city reached out through these open arteries to the provinces and kept the confines of her empire secure. The old Roman roads in Brit- ain have not yet passed out of use, but remain still as monuments to the Roman genius for conquest, and as object lessons to those who have builded in after years. Many European countries seem to have fallen heir to this heritage. Travelers from America remark this as one of the first impressions of their visit. The long, level stretches of straight country road in France tell very plainly of the value that is set there upon the commercial advantage of ease and safety of locomotion upon the public highways. In Scotland and England the roads are equally as good, even though the twists and turns in them remind one of the tracks of sheep across a pasture field. One must have his wits about him, who would follow the intricacies of a cylist's road map. But though direc- tion may be difficult, the roads are one with the beauty of the rural landscape and one with the sta- bility of the energies of the British people. The con- viction grew upon me that herein the country pos- sessed a permanent asset, and one that proved a very important factor in its prosperity. It is a question of wider significance than we think. The first impression is one of delight in journeying through the country. The hedges have had their turn of bloom. The blackberries, the hawthorn, the wild rose and the honeysuckle appear in blossom one after the other, and in the spring time make the whole air fragrant. Now and again, by the grounds of a mansion of a large estate, the hedges change to brick walls, higher than a man's head, which leave the passerby in wonder at the gardens and groves which lie within. Beyond the walls lies the open stretch, with the green fields on either side, and farther on is a meadow, where the scurry of rabbits to their burrows brings a stranger to his feet to watch them. At a turn of the hedge, we enter a wood, and the sunlight through the trees remains in the imagination as a memory that will not pass. But it is of the roads themselves I have to speak. They are built as those of city streets. The founda- tion is of broken stone. Two years ago I saw the old men at work with their hammers, cracking the stone by the roadside. A slow and tedious job it seemed to be, but the square, neat piles gradually grew as the hours passed, for these old-timers had the knack of the thing, and the merry clip, clip of their hammers usually told its tale. This year there were fewer of them, power crushers having largely come into use. The crushed stone is carted from the mill to the road-side, and left in recesses placed at intervals for the purpose. In past years, after being carefully laid, this was largely worked into a solid roadbed by the traffic, but now steam rollers are used. The heavy stone, however, is not now needed so much as formerly, except in construction. Much of the work at present consists in dressing the surface with a light layer of fine stuff, which is frequently laid down solely in the tracks leftby the cart wheels, or perhaps I should say by the motor cars. The rubber tire's have a habit of sucking away the lighter material of the surface layer, and thus distinct tracks are gradually worked into the road- bed. When these are formed, the rain, instead of running off to the side, trickles down these channels, and further destroys the surface. On this account, a special tax is being placed on motors, and an effort is being made to have part of this revert to the municipalities for use in road improvement. The work on the roads is under control of the counties, and a special tax is levied for the purpose. The counties own their own machinery, and employ tlleir own foremen and gangs of men. These men, with their steam rollers, carts, sprinklers, etc., we saw at work in gangs all over the country. They dress the road wherever it is necessary, leaving the surface slightly rounded from side to side to shed the water. They also trim the turf at the edges, and cut channels to the ditches, as occasion may require. These roads are of immense advantage to the country districts, and bring them within much more convenient access of markets. Buyers of farm pro- duce, of whatever kind, find no difficulty in covering large sections of the country in a day, which fact in Ltsi If is a very great stimulus to business. I myself traveled seventy-five miles in a day, on a visit to different stock farms, and this would not be consid- ered a big day's work. Our own country falls far short of such facilities for travel, and we have the greater need, since distances are greater, and rail- way lines much farther apart. There is encourage- ment to producers and breeders in knowing that their firms can be easily reached, and many remote and outlying farms would come into this category through 'he medium of good roads. Further, with travel made easy, the townspeople go much more into the country, and take a large trade with them, and indi- rectly create a greater demand for all that the coun- try yields. Continual regret is expressed at the isolation of life on the farm. It would be a revela- tion to many to see how much real social enjoyment there is in the country districts of the Old Land, and how much evidence there is of it in the traffic upon the roads. Walking, driving, bicycling, motoring — each plays its part; and when travel is made a pleas- ure, people are brought nearer together. I know of men that wheel nineteen miles to business in London on a Monday morning, after having spent the week- end in the country. The week-end holiday is one of the great recreations of the English people, and city life and country life thus join hands. One other thing I noticed: well-kept roads have given a stimulus to the production of better horse- flesh. A farmer is almost ashamed to appear with a dirty carriage and a shabby looking horse. His pony and trap are usually very smart and trim, and he takes a pride in them. His cart horse, even, has something of the gentleman about him. And so the story goes. I need not speak of mail delivery, access to school, obtaining of provisions and carriage of goods to market. This I will say, that, other things being equal, a remote country district can have few things more conducive to prosperity than the easy access which is given to it through good roads. — H. S. Arkell. o WHAT GREAT SIRES SHOULD BE. Certain families whose descendants total a great number of 2:30 performers have in the past been regarded as having accomplished great things, and if a stallion is credited with a hundred or more 2:30 trotters and his sons and daughters find a prominent part in the Year Book under list of sires, many students of breeding at once jump to the conclusion that a great founder of a family has been seen. There are today the descendants of certain sires who are conspicuous only because they have records better than 2:30, certain tribes from which have come long lists of heat winners, yet which have failed signally to give to the world, either great campaigners, win- ners of important events or more particularly colt trotters. No family can truly be said to have achieved greatness unless among its members are occasionally seen a first class horse, a winner either of a colt race, or a victor in a classic event. In judg- ing families and comparing them with others they must be given what has come to be called acid tests, and any tribe that fails to furnish a champion colt trotter, a Transylvania winner or a great campaigner has failed to achieve real greatness, and, regardless of the number of his progeny that gained records better than 2:30, is but commonplace. If the breeder hopes to be successful in his ven- tures he must judge only by the highest standard of excellence and can not afford to content himself merely with mediocrity. An example of a family in which great stake winners have been conspicuous by their absence is that founded by Nutwood, who, in spite of the fact that he is credited with more than a hundred in the 2:30 list, never sired but one high class colt trotter, nor have his sons or grandsons succeeded in taking a prominent place in the list of stallions. The mere fact that a sire begets early and extreme speed, that his youngsters come to hand quickly and are possessed of genuine racing ability, is itself proof positive that he has a capacity that is lacking in others who fail to do as well. Even such a sire, however, may fail to breed on in succeeding generations in the male line, and when this fact is clearly established after the best of opportunities are offered, breeders show a lack of judgment in ad- hering to this line of blood. Prepotency in a sire is the ability to breed on, to beget sons who sire race horses, and by race horses is meant colt trotters as well as aged campaigners. Even the ability to breed on in the female line does not constitute real great- ness in a family, for there are hundreds of such where there is found one that is a genuine progeni- tress. For many years it has been the belief of breeders that almost any well-formed, well-gaited young trot- ter, possessed of speed and gameness, will, if he is fashionably bred, transmit his good qualities to bis get and is deserving of being placed at the head of the stud of really high class mares. Such a belief has long since been shown to be a fallacy, for unless a stallion comes from what is known as a sire fam- ily the chances are greatly against his breeding on. The get of a stallion who is the sole representative of a tribe may breed on in succeeding generations, yet this is due more to atavism or breeding back to some remote ancestry than to any other fixed law of heredity. A stallion whose sire is a failure can not be expected to beget with great uniformity early and extreme speed, and the instances where such stallions have succeeded may be due to chance or to some other cause than the prime law of nature. Breeders in the past have been prone to jump at conclusions, to take it for granted that because a stal- lion was bred in what are popularly known as fash- ionable lines, he will prove a success in the stud, and as a result of this method of breeding there is today in this country no fixed type among trotters and few stallions who have either been a pronounced success in the stud or have bred on in the male line. Many breeders ridicule the idea that any one tribe is more desirable than another to breed from, and they completely overlook the fact that a horse who comes from a line of failures is himself almost sure to meet with little success. In England and in France, where breeding the thoroughbred has been conducted scientifically for something over a hundred years, it has been shown that certain lines have given to the world the great sires of their day, while others have bred on through the female. So pronounced has this theory of breed- ing become that discriminating owners completely ignore certain stallions no matter how successful they have been on the turf, and prefer one of lesser ability as a race horse if he traces through a line of sires for many generations. In England, if a high class race horse appears who is the sole representa- tive of his immediate family, breeders look at him with distrust, and not until he has shown his ability to get stake winners do they patronize him. Some of the most brilliant horses ever produced in England have been dismal failures as sires, not because of any physical defect, but because they come from a line from which sires were missing. If breeders of the light harness horse would show the same discrimination, would in addition to reject- ing all unsound and ill-shaped stallions, profit by the lessons of the past and breed from strains in which there is no missing link, they would meet with greater success. If they would bear in mind that of the thousands and thousands of trotting stallions now doing service in this country, only a few and a very few can accomplish great results, they would save themselves from much disappointment and would in addition confer a boon on posterity. One great trouble with the breeders of trotters in this country has been that they conducted their opera- tions solely with the view of accomplishing some- thing for their own era. They have attempted to make successes where such were impossible, have tried to make great trotters come from tribes lack- ing in the capacity to breed on. They have, indeed, attempted to draw water from a dry spring.— Stock Farm. WAR MAY DESTROY THE BELGIAN HORSE INDUSTRY. It is in and around Liege, where, so far, the fiercest fighting of the European war now raging has been done, that the horse-breeding interests are centered. The American consul at that point, H. A. Johnson, in writing of this great Industry, recently said: "It is estimated that there are 275,000 horses in Belgium and horse breeding has, thanks to judicious fostering on the part of the government, become an important and remunerative industry. There were 29,999 horses, valued at $7,000,000, exported last year. The exhibit of working horses at the annual show in Brussels surpassed anything ever seen there. Belgian horses may be divided into two distinct groups — the Flemish breed and the Ardennes horse. To the first group belong the large, massive work horses in general use throughout the country. These animals are much appreciated in England and Amer- ica and are largely exported to the United States for breeding purposes. The horses of the Province of Namur, although belonging to the group of heavy draught horses, represent in a measure the transi- tion from the Flemish breed to that which inhabits the Ardennes and Condroz districts. Much smaller than the smallest Flemish horse, the Ardennes type is robust, long-necked and broad-shouldered. He re- sists fatigue and endures privation better than the other. The Condroz horse very closely resembles the Ardennes and is prized for light, quick draught work." It appears almost certain now that the war will wipe out the Belgian breed in its native country, in which case the fine mares and stallions of the breed imported into this country during the past three or four years will greatly increase in value on that ac- count. How far the war will go toward decimating the Percheron breed of France it is difficult to say. Its fate depends a great deal upon the length of the war and the consequent demands that will be made upon the country for horses; but it can be stated with certainty that the foreign countries will be so denuded of good breeding horses when the war does finally close that this country will be the one which will be looked to for stock to re-establish the breed- ing studs of Europe. o : WATERCRESS PUT TO DEATH. James B. Haggin's famous old English thorough- bred stallion Watercress was destroyed and buried at Elmendorf Farm this week. The infirmities of his twenty-five years were becoming too numerous for the son of the great Springfield and the good mare Wharfdale, granddaughter of the illustrious Queen Mary. Watercress was bred by Lord Falmouth and was foaled in England in 1889. When he was six years old John Mackey, acting for James B. Haggin, bought him for $2,400. A few days after a syndicate of Ger- man breeders offered Mackey $15,000 for Watercress, but it was refused, and the horse was shipped to this country and sent to Rancho del Paso, near Sacra- mento, Cal. At the dispersal sale of the Rancho del Paso Stud, in which the Tevis heirs were interested with Mr. Haggin, and which was held in New York, December 5, 1905, Harry Payne Whitney bid $70,000 for Water- cress, but Haggin retained him at $71,000 and sent him to Elmendorf. Watercress won the Prince of Wales Stake at As- cot, Liverpool St. Leger, Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, 1% miles, and Drayton Handicap at Goodwood, Great Lancashire Handicap, etc. Saturday, September 26, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIXTURES. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Tournaments Registered. Sept. 22, 23 — San Jose, Cal. San Jose Blue Rock Club. C. N. Ford, Secretary. Sept. 24 — La Junta, Colo. Arkansas "Valley Trap Shoot- ers' League Tournament, under the auspices of the La Junta Gun Club. John F. Cook, Secretary- Sept. 28, 29 — Tonopah, Nev. Tonopah Gun Club, "Vail M. Pittman, Secretary-Treasurer. October 17. — Wilmington, Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. B. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Trap Shoots. California Wing Shooting Club. — Live birds. First Sun- day of each month. Grounds, Sobrante, Contra Costa county. Exposition City Gun Club. — Fourth Sunday of each month. Grounds, Easton, San Mateo county. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Sept. 14-17 — Spokane Kennel Club, Spokane, Wash. Rob- ert H. Cosgrove, Secretary. A. K. C. rules. Oct. 7-9 — San Jose Kennel Club. Chas. R. Harker, Sec- retary. N. D. B. A. rules. Oct. 10 — Peninsula Kennel Club, San Mateo. One day open air show. A. K. C. rules. Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1 — Colorado Kennel Club. C. A. Ellis, secretary. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Call* fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A. K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary, Alameda, Cal. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FOR ASSISTANT RANGER. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced that an examination for assistant forest ranger will he held on October 19 and 20 at all national forest headquarters in District 5. The places of examination will be as follows: Los Angeles, Willows, San Diego, Placerville, Bishop, Yreka, Red Bluff, Alturas, Arbolado, Quincy, Santa Barbara, Hot Springs, Sisson, Northfork, Sonora, Navada City, Weaverville — all in California — and Gardnerville, Ne- vada. The examination is open to men between 21 and 40 years of age. It aims to test the ability of the competitors to actually perform the duties of a forest ranger. It includes both written and field tests. Pre- vious experience either as forest guard or in some similar line of work is very important. The salary is at the rate of from $900 to ?1200 per annum. For the next year or two, however, it is probable that no new appointments will be made in California for periods exceeding six months. All inquiries regarding the examination should be addressed to the Civil Service Commission, San Fran- cisco, California. o ECHOES FROM THE NORTHWEST. Jacob Hansen, Roland Secord and Irwin Wisner, residents of West Edmonton, where they are em- ployed in the Grand Trunk Pacific railway round- house; had a terrifying experience in the heart of a dense forest in Jasper Park the night of September 10. While motoring from Jasper House to Fitzhugh, B. C, 250 miles west of Edmonton, the automobile broke down and as the chauffeur was unable to re- pair the machine, the men pitched camp near the south trail. Within an hour after the sun had slipped behind the western mountains, the trio, seated on the grass, heard the long drawn howl of a wolf, quickly an- swered by others. The pack drew closer and the three men, headed by Hansen, ran to a deserted cabin, where they made shelter. Fires were lighted and the men armed themselves with clubs, in the ab- sence of weapons, and passed the night watching the wolves trying to climb through the circle of flames. "I have had numerous hair-raising experiences during my lifetime," said Hansen when the party returned to Edmonton the morning of September 14, "but the night in the woods was the-most terrifying. "We had neither food nor weapons, and there with just the protection of the fires, we passed the long hours of the night, which seemed a year, literally hemmed in by a band of half-famished beasts. That luck was with us is the only reason we are alive and safe today. I shall never forget that night. "We dared not rest as we had to constantly replen- ish our fires with brush to keep the wolves from rushing on us, and it was not until 4 o'clock the fol- lowing morning, when dawn began to break, that the wolves slunk away. I can tell you a heartfelt sigh went up from our party when, with our auto at last repaired, we made our way into Fitzhugh."' A change in the enforcement of the Federal migra- tory bird law, known generally as the Weeks-McLean law, of more than passing interest to sportsmen is announced. Violations of this law have been in charge of the Department of Agriculture since the passage of the bill. This year, however, the adminis- tration of this statute has been turned over to the Department of Justice and violators of the law will be confronted with the same machinery of prosecu- tion used for the currency, revenue and other federal statutes. Up to this season, although the Department of Agriculture was in charge, no means were provided for the enforcement of the law, and few prosecutions resulted. By reason of the decision of an Arkansas judge, an impression has been created that the new Federal law was unconstitutional. Another Federal judge, in South Dakota, about the same time, decided that the law was constitutional. This latter decision has been accepted as the more legal ruling. =5= * sjs A game protective association, with a membership of thirty sportsmen, was organized a fortnight ago near Fort Bragg. The purpose of the organization is for deer protection during open as well as closed seasons. In that section it has been suspected that different hunters have killed more than the limit of two bucks and always "have one coming." In closed season deer have been killed and the matter hushed up. Realizing that these practices have become a bit too common all over the northern section of the State, game protection associations are being formed in different counties. The form of organization im- poses secrecy as to membership and harmonious and co-operative working between the different bodies, a line of tactics that should produce desired results. # * # An erroneous impression is rife with many hunters holding shooting licenses for 1913-14, that the docu- ments are good until the end of this year. Such be- lief is incorrect. Those licenses expired June 30, 1914. The licenses issued July 1 for this year have printed across the face, "Expires June 30, 1915." This is definite as to the date of expiration and may save misleading contention in the future. * * * Marin county has the reputation of being one of the leading venison-producing sections in this State. The animals are plentiful in the Marin hills, because they are protected and most of the hunters are care- ful to discern a pair of horns before shooting at a deer. As a result, the ranges are full of does at present, and this means a good crop of bucks for next season. The Country Club grounds are said to be alive with deer, and it is not an uncommon sight to see a herd of bucks and does in that section of the country. A partial schedule of the deer killed during the hunting season of six weeks, and which closed Sep- tember 1, shows that the Lucas Valley district pro- vided eighteen bucks — shot by members of the Vic- tor, Big Rock and Lucas Valley Gun Club clubs. Nicasio accounted for seventeen, the Camp Taylor and San Geronimo country seven bucks. The Coun- try Club's tally was seventeen and twenty bucks were brought into the town of Bolinas, some of these gathered in by poachers. The Tamalpais Gun Club is reported to account for eleven bucks. The country about Inverness and Marshalls, on the opposite side of the bay, turned out seventeen venison carcesses. Seven bucks were killed at Willow Camp and Big Ravine. The higher slopes of Mount Tamalpais pro- duced nineteen deer. From the Lagunitas Gun Club preserve thirteen bucks were sent in to San Rafael alone, and all large ones. The hills in the vicinity of San Rafael gave the modest number of three deer, practically shot in the city limits. Two more bucks were bagged near McNear's Point. The Novato Gun Club hunters shot eleven deer and the Burdell and Bodkin ranches are credited with fifteen more. This brings the total up to 167 bucks shot on club grounds. To this record could be added quite a respectable number of deer bagged by ranchers and independent hunters who know the hunting country. To give an idea how plentiful the deer were this season, it is claimed that at present there are at least one hundred does in the Lucas valley alone. Before the season closed, the keeper of the Lagunitas Gun Club states that he saw a bunch of fourteen forked horns at one time. Sportsmen in the county claim that the recent revocation of the bounty on vermin has worked dis- astrously to hunting interests in that section. Valley quail increased 20 per cent, after the varmint bounty was in force. This year the hills and canyons are alive with quail, the big increase attributed to the destruction of bluejays, wild cats, foxes, skunks and coyotes previously. With the quail hunting season but three weeks off, upland sportsmen are looking forward to great sport with the "hoodlum of the valley." Reports from most of the nearby shooting territory state that feed and cover this year has brought about most favor- able breeding conditions. The Alameda County Supervisors have cut down the open quail season one month. Instead of opening in that county on October 15 the season to hunt and shoot valley quail will begin on November 15. In Contra Costa county, it is given out, "there never was so many quail in the county." The same observer during a recent trip along Marsh creek, from Brentwood, states that doves were few and far between during a drive of twelve miles, not a bird was seen in a country that at one time was famed for dove shooting. Sonoma county will be another good quail shooting territory, if current reports are reliable. In the mountains back of Skaggs Springs the birds have nested in oak timbered country this year, finding plenty of feed in old grain fields. Plenty of water in the hills was one reason, possibly, that tempted the birds to locate higher up this year. San Mateo county is also most promising for limit bags — only early in the season, however. Safe to say an army of skirmishers from this city and penin- sula points will cause the birds to get exceedingly wild after a few days of powder burning. Marin county's quail croiD is also a large one. The imposi- tion of a $50 fine on a San Rafael citizen for shoot- ing a quail in his yard, within the city limits, the other day, has prompted the Marin county press to advocate stiff fines for game law violations within city and town limits across the bay. * % & Dove hunters in district six find the outlying grain fields in many localities full of doves and" limits of 20 are shot by many gunners. Good dove shooting can also be had near Fresno and other valley points. San Francisco dove hunters have to go far now for a limit shoot. In the nearby districts of San Mateo and across the bay a day's bag of over ten or a dozen is not often shot. The opening days of the dove season in the vicinity of Newman enabled a big crowd of gunners to secure limit bags, particularly so on the grounds of the Sycamore Dove Club. Doves are so plentiful near Fresno that residents of the Alta Vista suburbs, in the city limits, have sought police relief from the many hunters in that district. & * * The open season for mountain quail, grouse and sagehen in all game districts of this State runs from September 1 until November 1, three months. The daily individual bag limits are ten mountain quail, four grause and four sagehens. About this time of the month mountail quail are leaving the high al- titudes for the Sierra foothills lower down. The grouse, on the contrary, moves up on the highest and bleakest ranges. Sagehens are getting scarcer every year in this State. Modoc and Lassen counties and the Sierra valley, near Boca or Loyalton, offer chances for a few birds. Mountain quail are reported to be plentiful in Lake county. Flocks of this beautiful quail have recently been seen feeding along the road from the foothills up to Bartlett Springs. Grass Valley hunters have shot numerous limits of both grouse and mountain quail in the eastern parts of Nevada county since the season opened. The birds are very plentiful this year in that section, it is said. Deer are also report- ed to be plentiful in that region, which is embraced in district No. 3, where the deer season remains open until November 1. With the quail hunting season but five weeks off, upland sportsmen are looking forward to great sport with the "hoodlum of the valley." Reports from most of the nearby shooting territory give out that the feed this year has brought about most favorable breeding conditions. :£ jfs $ According to Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner Andy Ferguson of Fresno, the reports from the field deputies in the San Joaquin valley are to the effect that more ducks remained in the valley' this spring than have been noted for many years past. FISH LINES. Coast saltwater anglers may possibly be interested in the following account of the doings of Eastern brothers of the angle as given in the New York Times : Black drums are biting at Long Beach, and to date four fish have been taken, w-eighing 206% pounds. These individual fish weighed 60, 56%, '50 and 40 pounds respectively. The black drum has a mouth like leather. When he has taken the bait and mouthed it long enough to assure the angler that it is well within his lips the hook must be driven home by a firm turn of the wrist to fasten it, and then by a smart strain on the line. The power of their jaws demands hooks of extra- ordinary thickness and hardness. These are fast- ened to the line with a strong snood of either cord or gut. The fish are neither cunning nor shy, so the angling for them demands much less skill than does that for striped bass. From the southern part of New Jersey to Florida the drum are generally sought over ledges of rock in the open sea. From Atlantic City north the angling is done from the beach. Black mussels, whelks, young conch, shedder crab, lobster, and hermit crabs are the usual food of the black drum fish. There is no better bait than a good sized hermit crab, put on whole. Soft clam, sand- worm, bloodworm, and mossbunker also make good 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. bait for the black drum. The outfit needed is a surf casting rod, such as is used for big striped bass. The reel must be pow- erful and able to bold 600 feet of 21-thread line. A sinker weighing from three to five ounces is the weight. Attach it to the end of the line with a swivel. One hook is sufficient. A short leader, not more than two or two and a half feet long, three or four ply in thickness, should be attached to the line about two feet above the sinker. The hook must be of the very best spring steel that can be obtained. The black drum's jaws, being able to crush small oysters, can cut a soft steel hook in two with com- parative ease. A fine blue Virginia spring steel or Shaughnessy hook is the proper thing to use. The size should be from 3-0 to 5-0. Black drum weighing twenty pounds and under are excellent eating, many persons liking them quite as well as sheepshead. The flesh of black drum weighing over twenty pounds is rather coarse. The scale of the drumfish is an inch wide and an inch long and very thin. Drumfish run into the bays at night more fre- quently than they do in the daytime. * # % Most writers on the art of dry-fly fishing, both English and American, strongly advocate the pur- chase abroad of lines and flies. Many of our local rod experts, as well as prominent Eastern dry-fly enthusiasts, dissent positively from this view. Dry flies, both snelled or eyed, can be found in our tackle stores (Ellery Arms Co., or Palace Hardware and Steel Co., formerly Golcher Bros., particularly), that are perfect imitations of insects familiar on both coast and mountain streams, as well as appearing over the Middle West or Eastern waters. These flies are carefully and artistically tied and made up with imported material. The line required for dry-fly casting must be of tapered silk, size P being best adapted. Here also much general advice has been offered calling for the very expensive imported line which is not at all necessary. Standard American- made lines of tapered silk offer every advantage, in- cluding that of less cost. Although not cheap lines, the price is in proportion to the wear and tear qualities. To augment the buoyancy of the dry fly it will be necessary to paraffin it from time to time. Most dry- fly rodsters carry a small phial of paraffin oil, which substance may be applied to the fly with the thumb and fingers. The first application should be made on fly and tackle after tying the flyhook to the leader. The leader should be of tapered gut, six feet being the most convenient length for all weather casting. For dry-fly fishing a rod with snap, whip and back- bone is required, both for comfort and results. The length best suited — about nine feet — weights not more than 5% to 6 jounces. Split bamboo rods are best. The reel should be of the single click variety, of sufficient weight to balance the rod. Eyed dry-fly hooks are gaining in favor more and more every season. When the gut on a dressed fly is chafed or worn out the fly hook is of no further utility. On the contrary, the eyed fly hook is always ready. It is a very easy matter to change flies, the jam knot being simple to tie. When the gut snell on the leader is worn it can readily be changed for a new snell length. Dry-fly patterns used are the same as sunken fly patterns, a bit more delicate and lighter in makeup. It is a comparatively easy matter to duplicate any sunken fly pattern with dry flies. To enumerate here the best dry-fly patterns and sizes w-ould simply be to list the favorites for coast and mountain streams. Many fishermen, however, have their own creations made up for them, or dress the trout hooks themselves. The sunken fly fisherman will find an added pleasure in his day's fishing if he will put aside prejudice long enough to give the dry- fly a tryout ,and while he may not get so full a basket, he undoubtedly will add a delightful variety to his day's sport and perhaps become a devotee of the alluring art of floating a fly. Always considering, however, that his efforts and application must be carried on over a smooth and easy flowing stretch of water. Your hurly-burly tumbling brooks are no place to lure trout with the dry fly. The Fish and Game Commissioners are arranging to locate two new fish hatcheries, one of local im- portance for the joint benefit of anglers in Alpine, Mono and Inyo counties. A site will be selected that will have favorable transportation facilities. The othr-r proposed hatchery will be located south of Te- hachapi pass, probably in the San Bernardino moun- tains. This establishment will be maintained for the benefit of Southern California fishing waters. Commissioner M. J. Connell and Hatchery Super- intendent W. H. Shebley will shortly proceed down south and select a suitable site for the State fish farm. Several favorable locations are in view. It is probable the selection of a satisfactory site for the hatchery will not be a difficult matter, as ground, tree water and also offers to build necessary roads have been tendered the Fish and Game Commission from more than one source. $ $ ' $ Eel river steelhead angling, as far as capturing the big ocean trout goes, seems to have taken a bit of a slump during last week. Anglers who have re- turned from different resorts along the river state that fly-fishing sport with large steelhead, fish that run from five to ten pounds or more, has been rather nrliffi rent. On the contrary, the run of half-pounders is still on, and these fish respond readily to the fly patterns. Among those wise in the ways of the river trout the belief is that there will be another run of large and hungry steelheads toward the end of this month. Such being the case, the sport will improve materially. W. H. Humphrey spent a week recently on Eel river and landed numerous catches of half- pound trout. "Chub" salmon, young male fish run- ning from four to six pounds in weight, render good returns to the angler of fly-fishing disposition. W. H. Ingalls of this city and Clarence Haywood of Red- wood City, two veteran Eel river anglers, left for that stream this week. Upper Sacramento anglers do not offer encouraging accounts of the sport during the past week. Three days' trial by H. H. Kirk were rewarded with but few rises to the fly lures. At Dunsmuir, "very little fish- ing being done, weather cold," was the condition early last week. Possibly the principal reason for slight catches has been the big salmon run up the Sacramento. It is believed that the rainbow trout and other finny inhabitants of the river are feeding on salmon eggs dropped by the schools of quinnats on the journey to the headwater spawning beds. Truckee river trout anglers are still depending on baited hooks for a decent showing in the baskets. Indications point that best fly-fishing results are ob- tained up river, beyond Truckee. T. C. Kierulff and party of rodsters enjoyed a five days' turn at the river near Union Mills last week. Reports from Williamson river are that big trout are plentiful — but there were no rodsters on the stream a fortnight ago. Good catches, trout running up to seven and eight pounds, have been made by one or two "natives" of that section. Ned Bosqui, J. B. Coleman and George Uhl tried Spring creek for ten days' fine fishing, trout weighing two and three pounds were plentiful and game. Prior to stopping at the creek, the party had enjoyed a grand time with Rogue river steelhead. They were located near Trail, in Oregon. Trout from seven to ten pounds in weight kept their rods busy. Bosqui claims he hooked the father of all Rogue river trout— he played one big fellow for an hour and a half and lost out when the fish broke away. Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Burnham are back from a Klam- ath lake trip, during which time daily catches of large lake trout were made. The big lake trout take kindly to the spinning spoon. K. C. Mobley, hack from a trip about the mountain lakes, reached via Blairsden, is not overly enthusi- astic with trout fishing there, as he found the game. Smith's creek, east of San Jose, toward Mount Hamilton, one would imagine had been pretty well whipped out this season. S. A. Wells tried the stream one Sunday and picked up seventeen trout, averaging eight inches in length. Our near-by creeks get a lively threshing during the early weeks of the season and soon show up in basket results. A rest- up of a few weeks generally means a fairly nice basket for the rodster who knows his creek. %. :£ 4 Salmon grilse have been running in San Gregorio lagoon, dowTi the San Mateo coast. Some days the fish would pay no attention to the rodsters, other days the mood of the young salmon was different and they were taken on spoons, the hooks baited with shrimps or sand fleas. Truckee river anglers no doubt will be pleased to know that it is proposed to utilize the waste liquids from the Floriston paper mill in a novel manner. An evaporating machine, it is reported, will be in- stalled at Floriston. The machine manufactures a road binder from waste liquids which is said to be superior to oil and non-injurious to automobile tires. This contrivance has been used successfully in the East. The mill waste has long been a bone of con- tention on the Truckee river. It is said to be the direct cause for the black, inky appearance of the river water below Floriston and an alleged cause for the destruction of thousands of trout and other fish. Salmon trolling anglers have caught quite a num- ber of salmon in Raccoon straits, off California City, and near Red Rock the past week. A week previous there was a large fleet of launches outside, mostly in the vicinity of Duxbury reef. Although the weather was pleasant during the forenoon, but few fish wTere taken. Most of the salmon caught were picked up off Gull rock during the afternoon. One lucky angler landed a fifty-one pound fish. # * * The California Anglers' Association has started a whist tournament. Wednesday evenings of each week will be devoted to the competition until the series is ended. An experiment in planting Sacramento river perch in sloughs near Watsonville was tried recently, when a consignment of breeding fish was liberated by Frank Shebley and Game Warden J. H. Hill. This variety, if given a chance, will multiply rapidly, is a game fresh water fish and has a good reputation as a pan fish. Black bass fishing in the canals near Middle River recently by heavy northeast is well thought of by black doch, Louis Gotthelf, W. J George Klarman composed clouds of dust and strong a fair catch of bass. main river and irrigation station was handicapped winds. This fishing water bass anglers. Bob Mur- Street, Ed Schultz and a party, who, despite the wind, managed to land and 11 pounds. These four were the largest caught. The bass fell to the temptation of "bullhead" baited hooks. Frank Holland and Jack Hannah managed to hook and land three-nice-sized bass, while fishing in Appleby bay, so called. On the contrary, the fishermen who prospected Turkey Point had poor luck. The general belief is that there is a run of large bass in the sloughs on the bay side of Wingo station. Fishing close to the Benicia wharf Sunday, Cap- tain E. V. Brown and party landed four bass of good dimensions, a 16-pounder being the heaviest. Good fishing is reported to be in vogue through Carquinez straits at Port Costa and other points and also across the straits at South Vallejo. On the return trip sev- eral large sized salmon were hooked, on trolling spoons, near Red Rock. In the American river near Folsom some nice sized striped bass have been taken recently. O. B. Thorp celebrated Admission day by landing a twenty-six pound bass, the largest of its species yet caught in that vicinity. Other catches of bass running from eleven to eighteen pounds have also been reported. The first tuna weighing over 100 pounds caught this season at Catalina Island, was landed and a Tuna Club red button awarded last week. Dr. B. F. Alden of San Francisco is the first angler this fall season to catch a tuna weighing over 100 pounds. His fish weighed 151 pounds. This accom- plishment entitles him to an active membership and the gold button bearing the emplem of the club. A. W. Hopper won a red button by hooking a 66- pound tuna on light tackle. On the same afternoon Dr. Alden hooked his tuna a companion caught a swordfish. The next day W. C. Boschen of New York caught two more small swordfish. AT THE TRAPS. Golden Gaters' Windup Shoot. — The Golden Gate Gun Club season closed September 20 with a good attendance of shooters for the closing shoot. The winners of the club trophies for the season of 1914, seven monthly shoots are: Club medal shoot, champion class — Tony prior, first medal; C. D. Lancaster, second; J. Clark, third; W. H. Price, fourth. First class — H. P. Jacobsen, cup; C. H. Beetham, second; F. Webster, third; E. Klevesahl, fourth. Second class — H. Holbrook, cup; L. D. Steinfeld, second; H. C. Peet, third; Miss Meyers, fourth. Toney Prior won the Parker shotgun prize for high average in the fourth regular club event, 12 pairs. H. P. Jacobsen, second, gold medal. Fred Webster won the Du Pont trophy, for best long run in the 50 bird match, a string of 36 breaks. L. D. Steinfeld won the Hercules trophy, "for new member showing the greatest improvement during the season." Bob Bungay's team, with a score of 87, won the "grub" shoot over Sam Huntley's team, which broke 85 out of 100 birds. Gold bars were won by H. B. Vallejo and T. Handman for runs of 15 straight. Silver bar winners, 10 straight, were A. C. Haight, C. D. Lancaster, H. P. Jacobsen, Tony Prior, J. Clark and C. H. Beetham. The scores follow: Events — Birds— C. A. Haight H. E. Poston H. B. Vallejo Dr. C. D. McGettigan C. D. Lancaster H. P. Jacobsen H. C. Peet Lon Hawxhurst G. Thomas W. H. Price Tony Prior J. Clark L. D. Steinfeld C. H. Beetham H, Haig-ht H. Holbrook J. W. P. Moore Miss Mevers R. H. Bungay T. Handman Miss Houghawout S. A. Huntley Pete Ashcroft ♦Designates winning team in "grub 1 2 3 50 21) 10 44 19 6* 41 20 10 44 19 8» 43 19 10« 4(1 IS 8 39 17 8» 31 13 6 47 111 9< 39 IS 9 35 13 8 45 17 9 43 18 31 14 8* 26 17 9* 37 17 ?,9 10 S3 11 6 IS 43 10« 43 19 10 8 io 9« she ot. 4 24 18 21 17 16 20 Striped bass fishermen look forward to good catch- es in the Wingo sloughs from now on. A lucky indi- cation is taken from the catches made by Harry Palmer and Al Cooksey recently. Palmer landed a 47 and a 32 pound bass. Cooksey's fish weighed 38 ..Santa Maria Blue Rock Club. — Clubs participating in the tournament September 13 were: Santa Bar- bara Trap Shooting Club, Paso Robles Blue Rock Club, San Luis Obispo Blue Rock Club, Santa Maria Blue Rock Club. Sam Chase of the Santa Maria club won the trophy for high gun in the five 20 bird events with a 92; Mr. Mitchell, representing the Selby people, had the fine score of 97 but could not qualify for the trophy. Mr. Williams of Santa Barbara won the trophy for long run in the events, breaking 34 with- out a miss. In the five-man squad match for the Denton trophy, the squad representing the Santa Maria Blue Rock Club won the cup with the remarkable score of 95 x 100. This is getting around the world's amateur mark. The squad shot in fine form, the 100 birds being trapped in 6 minutes 32 seconds. Members of the Santa Maria squad and their scores: E. Tavlor 19x20, Sam Chase 19x20, E. Rubel 17x20, El. Bryant 20x20, C. Campbell 20x20. Mr. Denton deserves special mention for the dona- tion of the Denton trophy, this toward the further- ance of a fine clean sport. The cup does not become the property of any one club until it has been won three times by an individual club. The following is the standing of the squads in the shoot for the Denton trophy: Santa Maria Blue Rock Saturday, September 26, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 Club — First— 95x100; Paso Robles Blue Rock Club — Second — 84x100; Santa Barbara Trap Shooting Club —Third— 80x100; San Luis Obispo Blue Rock Club — Fourth— 75x100. In the miss-and-out event, Campbell (S. M. B. R. Club) was high, Elwood Bryant (same club), second. In the doubles event, for birds only, Mitchell was high with the fine score of 23 out of a possible 12 pair. Among the amateurs, Williams of Santa Bar- bara was high with a 22 out of a possible 12 pair. Campbell, Santa Maria, and El. Bryant, Santa Maria, tied for second place with 19. Haese and Boeseke, of Santa Barbara, tied for third place with 18. The shoot was a grand success from every stand- point. The Santa Maria Blue Rock Club intends to hold an Inter-State Shoot here next year; Santa Maria is a fine live town and will be able to enter- tain visiting shooters royally. The Santa Maria Blue Rock Club has the support of the entire com- munity. G. M. SCOTT, Secretary. Scores in five 20 bird events- Oliver* Lambert, Chas. . . . Van Schaick, J. E. "Vear, M Talbot Taylor, E Parsons Johnson, W. A. . . Boyd, Elmer Sherman, R Lewis, C. S Coblentz, L. B. ... Phillips, J Gaxiola, V. D Exline Risden, H Sword, E Hill Bryant, E. T. ...... Hearne, Jr Campbell, Clyde . . Hoyt. H. T.* Stair, J Chase, Sam Wilson, J. A Maxwell Johnson, F Reubel, Eugene . . . Bryant, Elwood . . . Harding", J Mitchell, E. L.« ... Williams Larson Boeseke McCaffery Haese Tungling- Hearne, Sr Hughes, L Seavey Bradley Nelson 17 16 13 18 1R in 17 16 17 16 n 13 17 18 18 17 IS 14 17 14 IS 16 16 no 16 17 19 17 19 17 13 13 15 13 18 13 8 13 17 15 13 '9 12 15 16 15 IS 19 17 17 1R 17 18 18 16 17 16 16 19 13 17 7 17 16 15 14 12 11) n 15 16 14 12 17 16 16 17 18 18 19 15 17 19 17 19 15 15 Ifi 15 18 15 Id 18 lit 18 18 19 15 14 18 15 11 18 11 13 14 17 18 17 16 16 IK Ifi 18 14 18 17 18 18 18 17 7 13 19 20 20 19 19 19 2II 15 17 17 16 17 18 15 16 19 IS 17 17 15 16 18 18 15 15 17 17 19 19 9 8 20 16 18 9 4 16 12 6 10 San Jose Tournament — Bob Bungay of Long Beach won the California state championship in singles Tuesday last, the opening day of the registered shoot of the San Jose Blue Rock Club. 0. N. Ford of San Jose retained the miss-and-out championship in a lively match, the last event of the day, defeating a large field in which J. F. Dodds of San Diego was the last contender. J. T. Downs of San Jose dropping out after missing his 21st bird. Dodds and Ford were then left to fight it out, but the former missed on the 27th shot. Ford "killed" the next bird, winning the championship and the beautiful cup. The special miss-and-out event was won by Sam Huntley. One re-entry was allowed in this event. Huntley won high average for the day, breaking 204 out of 210, one of the best performances ever seen on the local grounds. Huntley had two long runs of 56 and 69, and dropped only 6 birds. Bobby Ford had the record run of the day, break- ing 95 straight. Ford was also second high average man of the day, breaking 202 out of 210. Ford had a chance to tie, but missed several shots from the last 15 and then failed to break his last target. Among the professionals, Hugh Poston showed the best form, breaking 200 out of 210. Dick Reed was a good second with 195, and L. S. Hawxhurst was a close-up third, with 194. In the California championship for 50 targets, Bob Bungay and Harry Ogilvie of Lindsay tied for first place on 47, and the shoot-off of this event was one of the features of the day. Shooting at 25 targets, the men started out in form but Ogilvie missed on the 15th. In the meantime Bungay was making a run. Ogilvie missed the 23rd, and then Bungay dropped bis first blue rock, the 24th. He broke the next, however, and won the match. The following are the total scores of the day at 210 blue rocks: Sam Huntley 204, O. N. Ford 202, Bob Bungay 200, Dodds 193, Handman and Nash tied for fifth with 191, Ogilvie 189, Haliburton and Nash tied on 186 for eighth place; Ada Schilling and J. T. Downs tied on 184 for tenth place; McKagney and Tarney tied on 181 for 12th place; H. Stelling 178; Philmay and Baumgartner tied on 169 for 15th place; E. W. Jack, 119 out of 140; Huber, 129 out of 160. The scores of the 50-bird championship were: Bungay 47, and Ogilvie 47, tied for first place; (Bungay won on shoot-off) ; Ford and Nash tied for third place on 46; Haliburton 45; Dodds, Ada Schil- ling, Stelling and Handman, tied for sixth place on 44; Downs and Anderson tied for tenth place on 43; McKagney 42; Tarney 40; Philmay 38; Baumgart- ner 37. Professional scores: Poston, 200 out of 210; Reed, 195; Hawxhurst, 194; Haight, 186; Moore, 134; Straessler, 132. A banquet was held by the blue rock shooters at the Lamolle House Tuesday night. The following were present: Win. J. McKagney, Dick Reed, O. N. Ford, H. E. Poston, J. H. Dodds, L. S. Hawxhurst, Ted Handman, Harry Ogilvie, H. R. Phinney, A. P. H. Haliburton, Robt. H. Bungay, Mrs. Robt. H. Bun- gay, Mrs. Ada Schilling, Carl S. Schilling, C. A. Haight. The shoot came to a close Wednesday afternoon, O. N. Ford, manager of the local club, winning the 50 bird doubles championship. Sam Huntley was high amateur and high over all for the day with 175 out of 180. Huntley was high over all for the shoot, losing only 11 birds out of 380. Ford, who lost 21, was second. After Ford and Harold Havens of Berkeley had tied on 40 for the doubles championship, the San Jose crack ran away from his opponent in the shoot- off on 15 pair. Ford broke 26 to Havens' 16. Hugh Poston was high gun among the profession- als, breaking 172 out of 180. Hawxhurst was second with 169, and Dick Reed was third with 167. In the doubles Dick Reed was victorious, breaking 43 out of 25 pair, to Poston's 40. The long run of the day was made by Bob Bungay of Long Beach, when he broke 91. In the doubles, Huntley broke more than anyone else, but was ineligible for any of the money. He broke 42 out of 25 pair. The scores on 180 targets: Huntley 175, Haliburton 170, Barstow 169, Ford 167, Havens 166, Bungay 165, Dodds 163, Nash 160, Phinney 159, Schilling 152, Ogilvie 151, McKagney 149, Brewington 138. % % % Nemours (Ladies) Trapshooting Club. — Friday's shoot, September 17, closed the Westy Hogan con- test which has held the attention of the Nemours shooters for the past five weeks. The management of the Westy Hogan shoot invit- ed a squad of the Nemours ladies to take part in the women's event to be held on Saturday, the 19th. In order to give all the ladies a chance for the trip, the club threw it open to competition among the mem- bers and decided that the contest should run for five weeks, the three best scores of each shooter to count in the totals. At the close of the contest Friday, it was found that Miss Carson had first place with 55 points, Miss Hammond second with 51, and Mrs. Riley third with 44. Mrs. White, Mrs. Joslyn, Miss Lannan and Mrs. Springer tied on 41 for fourth and fifth places. As Mrs. Springer dropped out of the contest, Mrs. White, Mrs. oJslyn and Miss Lannan were in the shoot-off of ten birds. In this event, Mrs. White broke 8, Mrs. Joslyn 5 and Miss Lannan 3, so the ladies who will take part in the Westy Hogan shoot will be Miss Carson, Miss Hammond, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. White and Mrs. Joslyn. Mrs. Leonard Hall, one of the charter members of the club, who has been living in Tamaqua, Pa., for some months, paid the club a visit and broke 16 of her 25 targets with a strange gun. Mrs. White was high in the handicap event and was awarded the Ramsay medal until the next regular shoot. Scores (25 targets) follow: Mrs. Joslyn 10, Mrs. Hall 16, Mrs. Springer 1, Miss Carson 16, Miss Lan- nan 11, Miss Hammond 15, Mrs. Riley 15, Miss Hirst 8, Miss Schfield 4, Dr. Seward 2, Mrs. White 12, Mrs. McCrea 4. BLUE BIRD. Wilmington, Del. NATIONAL RIFLE PRACTICE ADVOCATED. The admonition of Lord Kitchenor, bead of the British War Office, about training the recruits for the second army to be sent to the continent to fight the Germans, "teach the men to shoot," hits the nail on the head. Lord Kitchenor said further in his dis- patch from France: "See that the new levies know how to handle their rifles. It makes very little dif- ference whether they know their right foot from their left if they know how to shoot." It is very evident that the head of the British armies saw enough on his inspection of the battle lines in France to convince him that straight shoot- ing was the first lesson of a good soldier. Reports from the seat of war have all agreed that the lack of this training among the Germans has greatly reduced the casualties of the allies and has been more or less a detriment to the advance of the invading Teutons. What a lesson this is to the United States, where rifle shooting has been more or less neglected not only among the civilian population but even in the army itself, where among higher authorities the opin- ion prevails, assimilated from German text books, that individual training in marksmanship is not es- sential, notwithstanding the lessons of our own sol- diers in the Revolutionary War and in the Boer- British conflict. After years of effort, the National Rifle Association of America, a patriotic organization closely allied with the War Department, has secured the passage by Congress of a measure to issue free to rifle clubs rifles and ammunition so that those citizens, who in time of war, would compose the volunteer armies, would have some knowledge of the care and use of the military arm, a knowledge which as Lord Kitch- enor has stated, is more important than marching and drilling. Under this act, the Government will issue the rifles with which the regular army was formerly equipped, popularly called the "Krag." It is a splendid shooting arm and the equal of any of the rifles which are now being used by the troops in the European war. With each rifle will go 120 rounds of ammunition. This ammunition will be issued annually to every club member whi will guarantee to use same in practice shooting as prescribed by the War Department. Although this law has been in effect only four months, there has already been organized in different parts of the country more than 40 rifle clubs. These clubs all allied themselves with the National Rifle Association of America, which organization has been delegated by the Secretary of War to carry out the purposes of the new law, organize the clubs super- vise the firing record and issue decorations to those who make the qualifying escore. From the headquarters of the National Rifle As- sociation of America in the Woodward Building Washington, D. C, there is being issued tons of liter- ature on the organization of clubs, the building of 5?nF;l' a°d mstruction in target firing. It is hoped that the initiating of this new movement will result m the revival of the noble sport of rifle shooting in this country, a sport which has almost become ex- tinct owing principally to the cost of cartridges and the lack of ranges. The most serious problem to be overcome in the proper promotion of this movement so that the Government will get adequate returns is the lack of ranges whereon members of rifle clubs can practice. The United States is practically the only great power in the world that has not set aside large tracts of land for manaeuvering, artillery and small arms practice. At the present time, the Gov- ernment owns only one range and that is located in Wisconsin, and for several reasons it is not in com- mission. There are small ranges located at or near most of the Army posts, but such ranges are only used at stated times of the year for the target prac- tice of the local garrisons. Practically all the states have state ranges for the use of the National Guard but these ranges are so hedged about with restric- tions and lack of funds that they are only in use during the period that the National Guard is pratic- mg. What this country needs above all other things m the military line at the present time is the acquir- ing of land and the construction of rifle ranges as near as possible to large centers of population. The cost of such land even at this date is almost prohib- itory and the longer the Government puts off acquir- ing same, the harder it will be to acquire and greater the cost. Efforts have been made from time to time in Congress to pass legislation looking to the ac- quirement of sites for ranges, manaeuvering grounds, etc., but without success. A definite policy of range construction should be adopted by Congress similar to the battleship building plan. One range a year should be constructed until ranges have been pro- vided in all the different sections of the country. Un- til this has been done and not before will the civilian rifle club movement flourish and become of actual value to Uncle Sam. ^ 3= * The plan of dividing the country into five divisions to hold national matches in each division has been a keen disappointment to its promoters. It was thought that by this method, the cost to the States of training and sending rifle teams to the national matches would be so reduced that more States would be induced to send rifle teams to the competitions, but actual results have shown the fallacy of this argument. The matches of Division A which were held at Sea Girt, N. X, have just come to an end. Of the thirteen States composing this division ,only five sent teams to this match. In Division B, in which the Southern States are grouped, it is expected that all but South Carolina will be represented at the matches to be held at Jacksonville, Florida, in Oc- tober. There will be no matches held in Division C, comprising the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota. In Division D, comprising the States of Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, the national matches in conjunction with the National Rifle Association matches will be held the first week in October, but only the States of Arizona, Indiana and Kansas will participate. These matches will be held at Fort Riley, Kansas. In Division E, which includes the States of Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and the Territory of Hawaii, no matches will be held as only two States, California and Oregon, were interested. The failure of the division al shoot proposition will undoubtedly cause the return to the annual matches at one central point, but unless legislation is secured to equalize the cost of the States in sending teams, it is more than propable that interest will want until the national matches will become a farce. This will be most unfortunate in view of the stimulation which the holding of these matches has given to rifle shoot- ing in this country. Under the present law an oner- ous burden falls upon those States located farthest away from the range where the matches are held and in many cases this burden falls upon small and finan- cially weak States that cannot afford to carry such a burden. It has been recommended by the Secretary of War and by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice that Congress make a lump appro- priation to cover the cost of transportation of all teams to the national matches and thereby remove the unequal burden now imposed through the method of charging this expense against the States Federal appropriation for military purposes. Rem-UMC Notes. C. A. Edmonson of Clayton, Ind., was high ama- teur, 144 out of 150, at the shoot of the Indianapolis Gun Club September 7, using a Remington pump gun and Nitro Club speed shells. At Charles City, Iowa, Sept. 4, Charles Hummel of Laporte City, Iowa, led the amateurs in a trapshoot- ing meet with a score of 190 out of 200, shooting a Remington pump gun' and Nitro Club speed shells. Charles H. Newcomb of Philadelphia was high am- ateur at the tournament of the Fox Logan Gun Club at Philadelphia Sept. 5, shooting Remington-UMC shells. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. r. i^-:^-;^:-^:^:-^:-^-:-^:^;^-»;-Pt; THE FARM) ^:^-:,>:-£--:-c->>>r->i--;-i->>:-c-:->i-:~s The method ot using this substance in the case ot stables is to sprinkle the borax or eolemanite in the quantities given above by means ot a flour sifter or other fine sieve, around tae outer edges of the pile of horse manure. The manure should then be sprinkled im- mediately with two or three gallons of water to eight bushels or manure. It is essential, however, to sprinkle a liule of the borax on the manure as it is added df.ily to the manu;:-, instead of waiting until a full pile is obtained because this will pre/ent the eggs which the flies loy on fresh manure from hatching. As the fly maggots at the outer edges of the manure piles, most of (he borax should be sprinkled there. 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THE BREEDER ANx) SPORTSMAN You Can't Win on Poor Limbs! No matter how fine the breeding, unsound limbs can't win races. If you want to get in on the money, you've got to give your horse a chance — you've got to meet him half way by seeing that his limbs are sound. Even what seems but a trivial injury may be so aggravated by the strain of the first heat as to make the animal absolutely worthless on the track for months. It costs but a few dollars to put those limbs in perfect condition now, but neglect may cost you hundreds of dollars at the tape in a close finish. Don't take the chance. You can't afford it. If your horse presents the slightest indication of lameness, get a bottle of The Only Spavin Remedy in the world mm 1290 ntMEDYl Sold Under a Thousand Dollar Bond now and cure him yourself quickly and permanently, without leaving a scar or blemish of any kind- Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy is the most powerful rem- edy of its kind in the world. 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With every bottle we send our legal, binding guarantee bond of 51.000. McKallor Drug Co., Binghamton, N. Y. FREE DIAGNOSIS On picture of horse mark with an X just where the swelling or lameness occurs, then clip out coupon a»d mail to us with a letter, telling what caused the lameness, how long horse has been lame, how it affects the animal's gait, horse, etc. We will tell you just what the lame- ness is and how to relieve it quickly. Absolutely no charge. Write today. Free Book, g* Norse Sense" Send us the Free Diagnosis Coupon, get absolutely free, a copy of our book, "Horse Sense, No. 3 ." De- scribes and illustrates disease of horses' limbs, shows correct name for every part of horse and tells valu- able facts every horse owner ought to know. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. Over 300 Copies of "Care and Training of Trotters" Have Been Sold in Europe and Australia. This is tne book for you. It should be in your library. 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Drawer 447, San Francisco PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FnfflOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY GUNCRAFT By W. A. Bruetto .4 "^ A modern treatise on guns, ^ gun fitting, am- _ . munition, wing " and trap sboot- { ing- r The theoretical side of the subject has been covered with a scientific accuracy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- erence, and the practical side of wing shooting, gun fitting, the master eye, de- fects in vision and other important questions have been treated in a way that wiU enable either the ex- s& pert or the amateur to de- termine if he is shooting with a gun that fits him and how to decide upon one that does. It will enable him to ascertain why he misses some shots and is successful with others. The secrets of success in trap shooting, as well as the peculiarities in flight of the quail, the jacksnipe, the woodcock, the ruffed grouse, and the duck family, are illustrated by drawings an-1 described in a way that will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, $1.00; Gold, $1.50 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal* MODERN BREAKING By YT. A. BBULTTE A revised edition of the lat* est Treatise on the Training of Setters and Pointers. THIS book enables any- one to do his own training and fully ex- plains the methods em- ployed by the most success- ful trainers in developing the setter and pointer. The important les- sons are illus- trated by pho- tographs from life; nothing is left to guess- work. The entire sub- ject is cov- ered, from the selection, raising and d evelopment o f puppies to the con- ditioning of dogs and their handling in the field. The amateur is told, in lucid language, how to. make a dog a high-headed, stylish worker, stanch on his points, steady to shot and wing, and a prompt, tender retriever; all of this is accomplished by simple methods, some of them never before given to the pub- lic The instructions for correcting the faults of bird dogs and keeping them up to their training are concise and easily un- derstood. Every man who owns a bird dog or shoots in the field should read this boot BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447f San Francisco FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa. Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing). §8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches. 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1*4 in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose. 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLET, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. Sent Postpaid Enter any time Record after entry no bar PHOENIX ARIZONA STATE FAIR November 9-10-11-12-13-14, 1914 ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st. Daily Racing Summary: MONDAY 2:03 Pace (Board of Trade Special) $1,000 2:07 Pace 2.000 2:09 Trot 2.000 2:25 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 TUESDAY 2:15 Pace $2,000 2:16 Trot (Copper Stake) 2.000 2-yr. Pace (Ariz.) 500 2-yr. Trot (Ariz.) 500 WEDNESDAY 2:04 Pace $2,000 2:07 Trot 2,000 3-yr. Pace (Ariz.) 600 3-yr. Trot (Ariz.) 600 THURSDAY Aulo Day $5,000 In Prizes. FRIDAY 2:10 Pace (Copper Queen Stake) $2,000 2:12 Trot (C. & A. Stake) 2.000 2:18 Trot (Ariz.) 1,000 3-Yr. Pace (Board of Trade Special) 500 (Open to All) SATURDAY F. F. A. Pace $2,000 F. F. A. Trot 2,000 2:20 Pace (Ariz.) 1,000 OPEN PURSES Trots 2:16 $2,000 2:12 2,000 2:09 2,000 2:07 2,000 F. F. All 2,000 Paces 2:15 $2,000 2:10 2,000 2:07 2,000 2:04 2,000 2:03 (Special) 1,000 F. F. All 2,000 3-yr. Pace (Special) 500 §50.00 allowed as shipping expenses to all trotters having a record of 2:08 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that start in the 2:07 and F. F. All trots or either of them, same allowance made for pacers having a record of 2:06 or better by Nov. 9, 1914, that start in one or more of the 2:03, 2:04, or F. F. All paces. One second time allowance on records made prior to 1914 for 2:03 pace and this pace and race only. Three-year-old pace (special) open to all. Mile heats, best 2 in 3. For further information address, C. .B. WOOD, Secretary. NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter" PRICE, *3.u0 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 Btart to finish." _ Address, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, CaL Pacific Bldff., Cor. Market and Fourth Sta Blake, Moffit & Town© DMlmln PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towns, Los Anffelo*. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: D i 1 1 cara ( full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sou of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Hhjh-Clasa Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WM. F. CGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francises b.«l for found. tl.ru, d.l ry fleers, fruit dryer flews, St*. ate. MT. DIABLO CEMENT d rysr floors, ste. «t*. SANTA CRUZ LIME c- MT DIABLO LIME best far brleklaylcg m> plastering. b.tt far spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICKS ON ALL BUILDINO MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME fc CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, September 26, 1911.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the TFDMC-4i;fl tnr iho Co^nn Payable at time of service. If mare does not 1 Ln.lrlJ.fDU IUI Hie JCaiUll provewith foal money is to be refunded. □ RIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 3608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETH1N WHITTIER-COBURN COS "Best on Earth" Axle Oil The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor Oil, because it does not gum. | WHITTIER-COBURN CO. § Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. i A Practical Treatise on the Training of Hounds Training ^Ifound Foxhounds Beagles and Coonhounds The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who carries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, Eng- lish and Native Hounds, Developing the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, "Voices and Pace of the Hound, Qualities of Scent, Manners. Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle, Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning. Selecting and Rearing Puppies, Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, Various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, in heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cat. THE PARKER GUN AT DATTOX, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. W'oolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championsh% at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefaver, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition =*nd Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal HaHbFACTURERS ™ OUTFITTERS , MB THE - | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (pitman' EQUIPMENT , »J?APPARATUS FOR IVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES- SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Po*t and M»ntconi«ry ■an Frinoitco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for %\ & month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Attention ! Sportsmen I PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS CLUB'S THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL TRIALS The PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL MEET (Open to setters and pointers.) An event of tremendous interest, to be held in California in February, 1915. $5,000 IN PURSES AND TROPHIES. PURSES: All-Age, $1250, .... Divided 40 — 30 — 20 — 10% Derby, $1250, .... Divided 40 — 30 — 20 — 10% Panama-Pacific Champion Stake, - - - $500 to winner TROPHIES: The three splendid Panama-Pacific International Trophies to Owners of Winners of First in Each Stake. A Valuable and Unique Trophy to the Owner of Each Other Winner in Derby and All-Age. NOMINATIONS for all stakes close promptly on OCTOBER 15, 1914: $15 to nominate and $15 additional to start in either DERBY or ALL-AGE. $25 to nominate and $25 additional to start in CHAMPION STAKE. A cordial invitation to attend the trials is extended to every sportsman. If you have a classy field dog, enter it and strive for these rich stakes. Send entries to H. L. BETTEN, Secretary, 1215 Lincoln Ave., Alameda, Cal. Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, September 26, 1914. I The Grand Canadian Handicap WON WITH WINCHE5T2K " Leader " Loaded Shells Winchester loaded shells and shotguns were conspicuous winners at the big shoot of the Dominion of Canada Trap shooting Association, held recently. Some of the important events in which Winchester shooting superiority was shown, were : Grand Canadian Handicap: Won by S. G. Vance, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 91x100 and 24 and 23 on shootoff. Brewers' and Malsters' Cup: Won by W. Barnes, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 25x25, and 25 straight on shootoff. High Professional Average: J. R. Taylor, with a Winchester repeating shotguns and Winchester loaded shells. Score, 289x300. It's Time to Mobilize Eight-Man Team Championship of Canada: Won by Stanley Gun Club Team. Score, 186x200. Six of the eight members of the team shot Win- chester "Leader" loaded shells. Five-Man Team Championship of Toronto: Won by the Stanley Gun Club No. 1 Team of Toronto. Score, 233x250. Four of the five members of the team shot Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. The Earl Grey Cup: Won by Walter T. Ely, Your Winchester Gun and Shells for the Fall Shooting Leader" loaded shells. Score, with Winchester 290x300. Long-Run Trophy: Won by W. Barnes of Ham- ilton, 76 straight made with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. High Amateur Average: W. T. Ely, first; score, 290x300. A. E. Millington, second; score, 287x300. M. Fletcher, third; score, 286x300. All using Winchester loaded shells. Shooters Win 24 Out of 38 State Championships VIRGINIA THE LATEST CLEAN-UP With 100 x 100 Strong. Dr. L. G. Richards' State Championship Score, Shooting Nitro Club Steel Lined Speed Shells. Other Virginia Winnings : High Amateur Average, 387 x 400, won by Dr. Richards, with Nitro Clubs — the five highest amateurs shot same ammunition. Five of seven State Medals won by amateurs shooting Remington-UMC shells. Three men on winning Five-Man Team shot Rem- ington-UMC Shells. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 Broadway, New York 12 Geary St., San Francisco. REMINGTON UMC SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner will be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. This is why Selby Loads are efficient. They are loaded right and reach the shooter while Fresh. FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE L'SLc°Ue6f >ny VOLUME LXV. No. 14. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1914. Subscription— $3.00 Per Y«»r ft m ,i.A ./% AIRLIE DEMONIO 2:05>/2, Winner of five races — Woodland Stock Farm, H. S. Dowling up. Iff THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. The Highest Honors at the Fifteenth Grand American Handicap Dayton, Ohio, September 6-11, 1914 515 ENTRIES— 486 STARTERS THE WORLD'S GREATEST TRAPSHOOTING TOURNAMENT WON BY SHOOTERS USING Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky. SMOKELESS I POWDERS THE THREE BIG EVENTS OF THE TOURNAMENT,— The Grand American Handicap The National Amateur Championship at Single Targets The National Amateur Championship at Double Targets Won by WOOLFOLK HENDERSON Shooting 3 drams of SCHTJLTZE MR. HENDERSON'S remarkable scores for the entire tournament broke all past records, and -were high over all on all targets in the program. 192x200 single targets from IS yards - - - John H. Patterson Introductory. 90s 50 double " "16 " National Amateur Championship. 98x100 single " 16 Shoot for Shooters. 99x100 single " " 16 " - - - National Amateur Championship. 84x100 single " " 22 " Preliminary Handicap. 98x100 SINGLE " " 22 - - GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 661x700 Grand Total. ~~ 94-4% on 700 targets, including doubles, 22 yard and 16 yard targets. THE PRELIMINARY HANDICAP, won by C. T. RIFFE, Score 96x100 from 17yds. THE SHOOT FOR SHOOTERS, W. S. BEHM (tie), 99x100. Mr. Riffe shot 3 drams DUPONT. Mr. Behm shot 3ls drams SCHCLTZE. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP won by Toney Prior, 97x100, from 20 yards. Mr. Prior shot 3 drams DUPONT MR. SHOOTER: Du Pont Powders Make and Break Records. If You Don't Win with a Du Pont Powder the other man will. $5150 mmm ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE O.IVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For foals of mares Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners, $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions, $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Ware 50 to Owner of Stallion. Sire was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare 50 to Owner of Stallion, was bred. 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- FIRST PRIZE. $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22. 1914 __ M ENIRA,NC^-AN° PAYMENTS— $2 to nominate mare on December 1. 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be siven- $5 March 1 1915- $5 November 1. 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1. 1916; $10 on Two-Year-Olds Februarv 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Year-Old* Februarv 1 1<*1S erven, *d iuarcn i, iyio. 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 Pirf «0 tn «tai4 in thP Three-\ ear-Old Trot All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race A totake place Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. Entries must be accompanied bv the entrance fee. antee.No°E-.'>aU""S 'i:""e °'"y '"°r amounU paid in- Failure to ™ake a">' Payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for J5.150. tie amount of the suar- Hopplea will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in ease the number of entries received is not satisfactory- to the Board of Directors .vision of the Stake ii... 25. 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in ePch division or heat than there are starters Membership not required to enter; but no horses, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has* become a member Write for Entry Blanks to Entries open to the world. E. P. HEALD. President. F. W. KELLEY. Secretary, Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-265-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts.. San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.76; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Pleasanton — September 24th to 26th. Fresno — September 29th to October 3rd. Hanford — October 6th to 10th. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). GRAND CIRCUIT DATES. Columbus, Ohio Sept. 21-Oct. 3 Lexington Oct. 6-17 STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, OF THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, published weekly at San Francisco, Cal., for October 1st, 1914. Name of Post-Office Address. Editor, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Managing Editor, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Business Manager, F. W. Kelley. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Publisher, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Owners; (If a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of stock. If not a corporation, give names and addresses of individual owners.) F. W. Kelley 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold- ers, holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities; (If there are none, so state. ) None (Signed) F. W. KELLEY, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d day of Sep- tember, 1914. (Signed) J. H. KELLEY. [SEAL] Notary Public in and for Marin County, State of California. (My commission expires Feb- ruary 7, 1918.) FRESNO is in the limelight this week and from all accounts received of its county fair and race meeting now in progress, there is every indication that for good racing, attractiveness, variety of ex- hibits and attendance it will surpass all others held in this beautiful place. The management is com- posed of progressive business men who take pride in their adopted city, and want to see every attractive feature exploited to the limit, even the race track and fair grounds is being made one of the most beautiful in California. The racing is well conducted and many new records may be expected and some of the fastest will be reduced over the splendid course kept there. There are side shows and amusing games to attract and please the young and old all day, while at night fireworks are featured, and this display draws thousands of spectators. Surely Fresno is in the limelight this week. o THE QUESTION of having district fairs will be discussed again at the legislature in Sacramento this winter. The necessity for these exhibitions and the countless benefits to be derived from them in this State have been demonstrated to the satisfaction of visitors and exhibitors wherever fairs without State aid have been held this year. Their maintenance is a positive necessity in this land where thousands of visitors and homeseekers arrive every month. As educational exhibitions to these people, as well as to all who have been residents of our rich agricultural valleys, foothills, cities and towns, they cannot be surpassed, and should receive the endorsement and liberal support of every one elected to a legislative office in this State — irrespective of politics. These officials, together with the directors of our leading fairs, and men most prominently identified with the formation o£ exhibitions, augmented by the presence of business managers and editors of the leading live stock, agricultural, mining and manufacturing jour- nals published in California, should hold a conven- tion in the near future to devise ways and means to hold these fairs. At such a meeting, a plan of action may be evolved which would be easy for our repre- sentatives in Sacramento to follow and assist them in the work as planned, for instance: The appoint- ment of qualified fair commissioners, selecting the number, dates and location of fairs, arranging amounts to be awarded for premiums, transportation of exhibits and fixing rates between exhibition points; besides devising plans to encourage exhib- itors to be liberal in sending their very finest pro- ducts, and offering inducements to public schools for displays of the best work of the scholars in various departments. These and many other projects, might be considered at such a convention, and when the subject of holding district fairs comes before the legislature there will be no fatal mistakes made. The time is ripe for this most commendable work. OREGON STATE FAIR RACING. Oregon Futurity Goes to Durfee's Nicola B. Salem (Or.), Sept. 28.— The fifty-third annual meet- ing of the Oregon State Fair began today. The ar- rangements are very complete and indications point to the greatest fair ever held in the State of Oregon. The 2:24 class for trotters brought out a field of eight. This race was taken by L. B. Daniels' good horse Dean Swift, who established a new trotting record of 2:08% for the Salem track in the first heat. The former record was 2:10, made by Alberta Dillon in 1913. No better racing has been seen anywhere than was witnessed today. The audience seemed to ap- preciate it more than upon any former first day and larger crowds are assured for the balance of the fair. First Day. Salem (Or.), September 28. — The Oregon Futurity for two-year-olds was the opening event of the State Fair racing card. The trotter Nicola B., Durfee up, showed the way in every heat. Beirne was second each time, and Sela Cruzado third. Best time, 2:27. The 2:10 pace was won by King Seal, Durfee up, taking two firsts and one second in a field of seven. The best time was 2:09. Summary: Oregon Futurity for two-year-olds, best two in three, purse $900: Nicola B., by Carlokin — Caroline (Durfee) 1 1 Beirne, by Beirne Holt — Freckle Bird (Ward) 2 2 Sela Cruzado, by Cruzado — Sela Nun (Legg) 3 3 Time— 2:27, 2:36%. 2:10 pace, three heats only, purse $700: King Seal, blk s. by Red Seal— Mildred E. K. (Taylor) 2 1 1 Harold Welcome, b. s. by Welcome — Judith D. (Butcher) 1 2 2 Prince Zolock. blk. s. by Zolock — By Teddy A. (Helman) 3 6 2 J. C. B., b. g. by Hal B.— Midget (Woodcock) 4 4 5 Albia, s. g. (Swisher) 5 3 4 Aldine, b. m. by Alcone (Todd) 6 5 6 Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09. 2:24 trot, three heats only, purse $700: Dean Swift, b. g. (Daniels) 1 1 1 Seneca Boy (Barnes) 2 2 2 Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. — Ceceile M. (Ward) 3 3 3 Hallie B., b. m. by Hal B. — Zircom (Ewischer). . .4 4 4 St. Michael, by McRopeal — Oregon Belle (Wood- cock) 5 6 5 Axnola, ch. m. by Excel — Nola (Wallace) 6 5 6 Perriro, b. g. by Sheppard Laddie — FernClay (Gambling) 7 dis Time— 2:08%, 2:11%, 2:10. Second Day. Salem (Or.), Sept. 29. — The State Fair sport today was in keeping with the weather, while the attend- ance was large. W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles brought home the winner in each of the three races, never losing a heat of the eight. He did not ride in the relay race. The track was fast but no exceptional time was made for the reason that Durfee never had to extend his horses to their limit of speed. In the three-year-old the best time was 2:15, in the 2:16 trot it was 2: 15% and in the 2:18 pace it was 2:08%. His winners were, in the order named, Esperanza, F. S. Whitney and White Sox. Oregon Futurity, three-year-old trot, purse $2000, 2 in 3: Esperanza, by Carlokin — Irene S (Durfee) 1 1 Bon Courage, by Bon McKinney — Nique (Hayes) . 2 2 Salem Boy. by Zom Norte — Dianna (Mauzey ) dis Valeen M., by Bonaday — Diabella (Childs) dis Zombronun, by Don Zombro — Sela Nun (Lang) dis Time— 2:15, 2:15%. 2:15 trot, purse $700, three heats only: F. S. Whitney, b. s. by F. S. Turner — Sky Pointer (Durfee) 1 1 1 Zomdell, b. g. by Zombro— Homdell (Tilden) 2 J 3 Kenneth C blk. s. by McKinney — Mountain Maid (Wallace) 3 2 4 Tom Moko, b. s. by Hazel Nutwood — Marvin (ChUds) 4 5 2 McAlzo, b. s. bv Zolock — Zodell (Kirkland) 5 4 5 Time— 2:15% 2:16%, 2:15%. 2:18 pace, purse $700, three heats only: White Sox, b. m. by Nutwood Wilkes — Gen. Wash. (Durfee) 1 1 1 May Davis, ch. m. by Borado — Blossom (Dennis)2 5 3 Hal Paxton, b. s. by Hal B. — Col tie (Woodcock) 3 3 dis Jim Hill, b. g. by Commonwealth — Indian Girl (Childs) 4 2 2 Hal Edo, b. m. by Hal B. — Dove (Abett) 5 7 4 Majesta (Barnes) 6 6 5 Major Hardy, b. s. by Oh So — Lillian Welborn..7 4 7 Time— 2:08%, :09, 2:11. Third Day. Salem (Or.), September 30. — A feature of today's racing was the three-year-old pace, which was won by Chango, Durfee up, with two firsts. Toroso and Ruth split second and third money, each winning a second and third. FRESNO DISTRICT FAIR. The Fresno District Fair was officially opened Tuesday at noon to the people of the San Joaquin valley country and a good attendance recorded for the day that compares favorably with the first day crowds at former celebrations. Coincidently with the firing of the State salute of thirteen guns from the top of the Republican building by the officials of the Fresno County Agricultural Association, the gates of the fair were swung open to admit a throng of enthusiastic boosters of the raisin belt. Each division of the general exhibits was carefully inspected by the visitors. However, no department was actually crowded yesterday. Lovers of stock were agreeably surprised by the vastness of the ex- hibit as compared with former years. The exhibit is nearly twice as large as it was last year and some of the finest blooded stock in California is .0 be seen on the district grounds. The entire exhibit is valued at one-half million dollars. Rather a heavy track, due to the recent rain, pre- vented fast time being made on the first day of the meeting. While the fields were small, the starter seemed to have considerable trouble in getting them away, and as a result the harness events were drawn out to such an extent that the six furlongs running race was put over. Both the 2:15 and 2:20 trotting races were won in straight heats. The first heat of the ladies' race, which is a continued event to run three days, was won by Mrs. Harmon who drove Silente a mile in 2:19. In a trial against time to beat 2:25%, 2:25 being the standard pacing mark, Silente secured a record of 2:19%. First event — Performance against time to beat 2:15%, pacing: Silente, ch. h. by Stanford McKinney — Sextette (Har- mon). Time, 2:19%. First event — Performance against time to beat 2:25%, Second event — 2:15 pace: Mary W.. ch. m. (Allen) 1 1 1 Zorene. ch. m. by Dictatus — Ethel C. (Chad- bourne) 2 2 3 Soumise, b. m. (Durfee) 7 3 1 Alton S., ch. g. (H. Smith) 5 4 4 Gold Lily, b. s. (Quinn) 4 5 5 Potrero Boy, b. s. (W. Smith) 6 7 6 Also started — Robert Bingen. Time—2:10%. 2:11%. 2:12%. Third event — 2:20 trot: Panama, b. s. by Kinney Lou — Dione (Tryon).-l 1 1 Miss Gaily, ch. m. (Blackwell) 3 2 3 St. Patrick, b. g. (Dow-ling) 4 3 2 Pavana, bl. g. (Quinn) 2 4 4 Copper King, b. s. (Miller) 5 5 5 Fourth event — Ladies' race, 2:10 pace. First neat, Si- lente, ch. s. (Mrs. Harmon), won. Time, 2:19. Fifth event — Three-eighths mile, running: Little Mamie, b. f. (M. Joseph) 1 Pearl, br. m. (F. Gruber) 2 Rosie Aef , b. m. (J. Duncan) 3 College Gent won in the 2:08 class, pacing, at North Yakima, Thursday of last week, in straight heats; time, 2:10, 2:10%. 2:09%. St. Elmo was sec- ond each heat. Seneca Boy won the trot the same day, best time 2:16%. Fresno, October 1. — The final day of racing at fhe Fresno District Fair was marred by an accident in the final heat of the ladies' race. Ln making the turn into the stretch, Firebaugh, driven by Mrs. S. Brown of Fresno, hooked the sulky to which Jessie Smith, driven by Miss Grace Smith of Fowler, was attached. Both sulkies were overturned and the women drivers thrown out. Mrs. Brown was serious- ly injured while Miss Smith escaped with a few scratches. Clara Mac and Harold C. were the winners in the two big events of the day. Summary: First race — Performance against time to beat 2:30% trotting: Major's By Guy, b. h. by Major Dillon (King). Time, 2:19%. Second race — Performance against time to beat 2:25% pacing: Maude S., b. m. by Robert Direct (King). Maude S. fell at the first turn. No contest. Third race — 2:25 trotting, purse $500: Harold C, b. g. (Chadbourne) 2 1 1 Fiesta Maid, b. m. (Dowling) 1 2 3 Tena G. b. m. (Blackwell) 3 3 2 Time— 2:13%, 2:11%. 2:12%. Fourth race — 2:20 pacing, purse $1000: Clara Mac, b. m. (Dowling) 1 1 1 Oro Mo, b. s. (Silva) 2 2 2 Zoetrix. ch. m. (Miller) 3 3 3 Star Tilden. b. s. (Smith) 4 4 5 Soumise, b. m. (Friend) 5 6 6 Potrero Boy, b. s. (Tryon) 6 dis Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:07%. Fifth race — Lady drivers; 2:10 pace, final heat: Athasham. b. s. (Mrs. Lane) 1 Silente, ch. s. (Mrs. Harmon) 2 Diamond, b. g. (Mrs. Rushing) 3 O Esperanza (3) 2:09, by Carlokin 2:07% and driven by Will Durfee, is the first three-year-old trotter to win all four of California's trotting stakes for three- year-olds, viz., the Breeders' Futurity, the State Fair Futurity, the Occident and the Stanford, the last named three being raced at the State Fair. In those stakes Bon Courage won second money and was driven by Charley Spencer in the first tw-o in which he trotted seven splendid heats without a break or bobble, winning the first heat of the first race in 2:12% and making Esperanza trot the other three in 2:13 or better on a day when the wind blew a gale. In the Occident, three days later, he made Durfee's filly trot in 2:11% and was her only con- tender in the race, which was trotted on a day when the wind blew even harder than in their first race. Ted Hayes, his part owner and old driver, came from Montana to drive him in the Stanford on the last day of the Fair, and while he managed to win second money Bon Courage made a break in the first heat and finished third; he was second in the other two heats and in the last showed a great flight of speed in the stretch, after making two breaks. More than one horseman believes that with Spencer be- hind him that day he would have beaten Esperanza or made her trot better than 2:10, as the day was perfect for fast time and the track good. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR. Pleasanton, Sept. 24. — The fastest horses on the Coast are participating in the racing at the Alameda County Fair. Conditions are ideal tor racing; not too warm, and the track, which has been thoroughly overhauled, is in first-class condition. The racing program will continue tomorrow and Saturday. The record attendance of the opening day of the fair yesterday, when thousands of visitors came in from various parts of the State, was repeated on an even larger scale today, the judging of exhibits and the racing being added attractions. Blooded stallions, racers of State-wide fnnie, prize stock and poultry and farm products from different parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties are on exhibition. Farming implements, samples of soil analysis, vet- erinary accoutrements, are an interesting exhibit. The State Farm at Davis has sent several fine head of cattle. Danville has a variety of grains, wines and fruits, and from Livermore and Washington townships there is a fine display of nuts, fruits and farm products. Over 100 quail, ducks and other game are being shown by the State Game Farm. Interest today centered in the exhibition awards made by the judges. The horse parade and horse show will take place tomorrow and Saturday. The horse show will be under the direction of William McDonald and William Bond of Newark. The track and field meet will take place Saturday morning under the sanction of the Pacific Athletic Tnion. and will be followed by a football game in the afternoon between teams from Livermore and Richmond. Thomas F. Hunt, dean of the department of agriculture of the State University, will lecture during the day. First Day. The opening races of the Alameda County Fair at Pleasanton today brought out some interesting light harness competition. In the feature 2:20 trot the erratic but speedy Pavana finally got down in front of the three heats to take the honors. The black gelding acted badly in the second heat for Driver J. Quinn, and finished away back, but he was there in the first and third heats, reeling off a mile in 2:10%. Nuristo was the contender, finishing first in the second heat and second in each of the other two events. Fiesta Maid also trotted nicely. Airlie Demonio annexed the 2:25 pace in straight heats, the best time being 2:07%. Pegasus was the contender. Zoetrix came on in the last heat to make a thrilling and close finish. Bondalean, a The Bondsman colt, beat The Bond- holder in straight heats in the two-year-old pacing futurity. The summary: First race — Two-year-old pace, Futurity Xo. 1, purse $1000: Bondalean, b. c. by The Bondsman — Katalina (Mont- gomery) 1 1 The Bondholder (AUen) 2 2 Direct Heir Jr. (J. L. Miller) 3 3 Time— 2:2114, 2:20%. Second race — 2:20 trot, purse $500: Pavana. blk. g. by Stanford McKinney — Strath- alie (J. Quinn) 1 6 1 Nuristo (Spencer) ..■. 2 1 2 Fiesta Maid (Dowllng) 3 2 3 Tina G. (Blackwell) 5 3 5 Copper King (Miller) 4 4 6 Lady Arbella ( Vular) 6 5 4 Time— 2:10%, 2:13%. 2:13%. Third race — 2:25 pace, purse $1000: Airlie Demonio, b. s. by Demonio — Potrero Girl (Dowling) 1 1 1 Pegasus (Miller) 2 2 3 Zoetrix (Chadbourne) 4 3 2 Star Tilden (Smith) 3 5 4 Far Cracker (Hoy) 5 4 5 McVerde (Delaney) d Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:09%. Second Day. Pavana came back again today and made it two races in as many days. The Stanford McKinney gelding lost the final heat of the 2:12 trot, but he was dead lame. Only his gameness carried him through to the end. Delia H. had too much foot for the bunch in the 2:10 pace. The mare stepped into the lead whenever Driver Smith urged her along and she went three easy heats in 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. Loch Lomond had the speed of the others in the stretch and finished second to Delia H. each time. Starter William Higginbotham got the pacers off to perfect starts in each of the heats and they were bunched for the greater part of the journey. Ham- burg Belle, the former Stadium pacer, with Al Schwartz at the reins, was a bang-up third, while Robert Bingen showed that he much preferred to trot and raced over the wire in this way in the third heat. The judges promptly set him last for not complying with the gait required. Byron proved that he was the best two-year-old trotter brought out this year. He made a show of his field in the futurity today and won pulled up in straight heats in 2:21 and 2:20%. Carl showed much speed, but as at the State Fair, broke in the stretch each time and put himself out of the money. The summary: First race — Two-year-old futurity trot: Byron, blk. c. by Moko (R. A. Smith) 1 1 Allle Low (Blackwell) 3 2 May Alto (Hoy) . 2 4 Carl (C. A. Durfee) 4 3 Time— 2:21, 2 2 Second race — 2:12 trot: Pavana, blk. (,-. by Stanford McKinney (Quinn) 1 ] 4 iiv (Doble) 2 4 1 St. Patrick (Dowllng) ....3 3 2 Mabel \ 4 2 3 jpre.ss ('"hadbourne) '...'.'.'.6 5 5 J. t. Simpson (Bonnell) 5 c 6 Tims- 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. - bird race — 2:10 pace: De'Ia H., br. m. (H. G. Smith) 1 1 1 Loch Lomond (Quinn) 2 2 2 Hamburg Belle (Schwartz) 3 3 3 Robert Bingen (Dowling) 4 4 4 Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. Third Day. Clara Mae set a new track record at Pleasanton, pacing a third heat in 2:05%. The previous record, 2:06%, made by Sir John S., had stood for eight years. Clara Mac also brought home first money by winning in straight heats, Zoetrix landing second. In the 2:14 pace, Zorene plucked the lead in straight heats from the contender, Mary W. Alton S. was a good third. The summary: First race — 2:14 pace, purse $500: Zorene, ch. -m. bv Zolock (Chadbourne) 1 1 1 Mary W. (Allen) 4 2 2 Alton S. (Smith) 2 3 3 Gold Lily (Quinn) 3 4 4 Time— 2:1054. 2:10%, 2:11%. Second race — 2:20 pace, purse §500: Clara Mac. b. m. by Expressive Mac (Dowling) 111 Zoetrix (Chadbourne) 2 2 2 Colleen (Rutherford) 3 3 3 Soumise (C. A. Durfee) 4 4 4 Time— 2:10, 2:07%, 2:05%. 0 HORSE SHOW AT SACRAMENTO STATE FAIR. Owing to the intelligent and unwearying prelim- inary work of President Scott, Secretary Paine, and Directors Ramsay, Jastro and Perry, and Dr. Paxton, the horse show was one of the most successful as well as popular features of this year's fair. Seven of eight classes were judged on each of the six nights, and the six thousand whom the big tent accommodated nightly felt themselves fortunate, especially when they learned of the many who were turned away. Dr. Carl W. Gay, of the University of Pennsylvania, was the judge, and his decisions were able, quick and satisfactory to all. His businesslike and impartial methods met with great favor. There were over 200 entries in the horse show classes. Revel Lindsay English, Sierra Vista Stock Farm, Chino, California, was there with a stable of seven, and was the heaviest winner of the show. At the head of his string was the old war horse, Highland Squirrel King, who won in "Stallion and Four of His Get." San Jacinto, chestnut stallion, four years old, by Highland Squirrel King, who won Futurity No. 1, Pacific Coast Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, 1913, which was the first saddle horse futurity ever shown anywhere, followed up his last year's success by winning the Junior Championship Stake. This colt is entered in the big ?6,000 Saddle Stake to be shown next year at the Panama Exposition and should be well to the front when the ribbons are tied. Edith Adams, four-year-old brown mare, by High- land Squirrel King, and one of the classiest three gaited mares ever seen at the show, won thirteen straight classes, being undefeated throughout the week. Highland Lucia, another daughter of Highland Squirrel King, three years old, showed herself a con- sistent winner by taking first in four classes, includ- ing P. C. G. S. H. Association Futurity No. 2. Del Monte Denmark, chestnut two-year-old by Prince Arthur, out of the famous mare Lizzie Crom- well (the dam of The Moor), was the winner in the two-year-old stallion class. Altadena, a hunter, divid- ed honors with Miss Gillis' Bounder, in the Hunter classes. Mr. English rode his own horses, most ably assist- ed by Mrs. E. P. Riggle of Los Angeles, whose bril- liant and exceptional handling of Altadena in the hurdle jumping was one of the prettiest sights of the week. On two occasions she rode Edith Adams in the ladies classes, winning the blue both times, and Friday night she won the class for Five Gaited Horse, any age or sex, riding Highland Squirrel King. This was the first time he was ever shown by a woman. The horses belonging to Miss Adelaide S. Gillis, of Los Angeles, in charge of and shown by Mr. Fred J. Bork, were prominent throughout the show among the prize winners. To the great regret of all (includ- ing, doubtless, the horse himself), Miss Gillis' beau- tiful Don Castano got a nail in his foot and was unable to appear after the first night. He has been the State Champion for two years and, as he is in better form this year than ever before, would un- doubtedly have made a decided difference in the awards had he been shown. San Vicente, a beautiful chestnut yearling, by Rex Peavine out of Undine, won the class for stallions one year old, also the American Saddle Horse Breed- ers' trophy for colts three years old and under. He is such a beautiful colt that he was one of the fea- tures of the show, being quite in a class by himself. Monarch Dare, by Highland Monarch, out of Undine, captured the class for weanlings, also the weanling division of State Fair Futurity No. 1, defeating a field of fourteen entries. Two other beautiful colts by Don Castano — Undine, and Bounder, a hunter, who carried away the honors in the hunting class, com- pleted the string. Mrs. Charlotte B. Anderson of Oakland had four. horses, including that good mare Angelus Butterfly, the gelding Midnight, a two-year-old filly Undulata Anna, and Weissinger's Chief. The last two she bought in Kentucky last spring. Angelus Butterfly finished a week of fine performance by winning the Senior Championship Saturday night. This mare was considered an outlaw two years ago. Since coming into the hands of Mrs. Anderson, who is capable and fearless, and always rides her, she has come to the front in the saddle horse world. Judge E. A. Bridgford, of San Francisco, was there with his stable, always ready to show when oppor- tunity offered, and receiving his share of success during the week. On Saturday night he won the riding contest. He is the veteran of the riders, hay- ing reached the age of 66. He always shows his own horses, and takes a keen interest in all that pertains to saddle horses. The Riding and Driving Club of San Francisco in charge of Mr. J. J. Gethen, ably assisted by Mr. Ro- rnander and by Mr. Anderson, had a very successful week. Mr. Courtney Ford, that good and game sportsman, showed his beautiful horse Golden, finishing second to Edith Adams a number of times. Golden was selected by the Judge as the best of the U. S. Artil- lery type, Class 277. Mrs. E. H. Lockwood of San Francisco carried away a number of ribbons, with her horses Lord Golden, Oregon and Chancellor. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Johnson of San Francisco were successful exhibitors, showing Lord Denmark with several of his colts; Noya, and the ponies Pluto and Proteus. Dr. W. J. Smyth, of Oakland, the genial Secretary of P. C. G. S. H. Association, had his two good fillies, Candy Kid and Peg o' My Heart. With the latter he took the blue ribbon for two-year-old mares, and sec- ond ribbon in A. S. H. B. Association trophy. Other exhibitors were Mr. Edgar J. Depue, of Woodland Hackney Stud; Mrs. R. C. Schand of Ham- ilton City, who showed her gelding Tommy Mack; and Mr. Leon Greenbaum, of San Francisco. RACING AT THE STADIUM. The Indoor Yacht Club played hosts to thousands of orphan children at the Stadium last Sunday. The day was ideal for racing, and Matawan, after refus- ing to start in the first heat, came on to put over two in a row. Birdeye finished first in the opening heat in a sensational finish with Soreta and Ida M. The free-for-all pace was annexed by J. J. Ryan's Happy Dentist. W. J. K. took the honors of the second heat. The 2:15 pace saw some fast competition, with Dicto winning in straight heats, the best time being 2:10. The 2:20 pace was a tight affair, with Ishmael, G. J. P. and Roman Boy each winning a bracket. Ishmael stood best in the summary and won the cup. A deal of interest was manifested when Doc Mar- tin finished first in the seventh race, with Greatness, a two-year-old pacer of promise. The summary: First race — 2:18 trot: Bodecker (S. Christenson) 1 1 Sutton (H. FreUson) 4 2 Muggins (H. Colin) 2 5 Ateka (B. Cohen) 3 3 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 5 4 Time— 2:17, 2:16. Second race — 2:20 pace: Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 1 3 2 Roman Bov (W. A. Dougherty) 4 2 1 G. J. P. (R. Consani) 5 1 2 Emma M. (W. Malough) 2 5 3 Jim Logan Jr. (McKinney Stable) 6 4 4 King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 3 6 5 Time— 2:12%. 2:10. Third race — 2:15 pace: Dicto (McKinney Stable) 1 1 Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 3 2 Tom Murphy- (E. T. Ayres) 2 4 Delilah (J. C. Welsh) 4 3 Time— 2:12%, 2:10. Fourth race — Free-for-all pace: Happv Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 1 2 1 W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 2 1 2 Johnnie K. (J. Kramer) 3 3 3 William Tell (McKinney Stable) 4 4 4 Time— 2:12, 2:12%, 2:12. Fifth race — Free-for-all trot: Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 5 1 1 Birdeve (A. Combatalade) 1 3 5 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 3 2 3 Soreta (McKlnnev Stable) 2 4 4 Silver Hunter (McKinney Stable) 4 5 2 Time— 2:15%, 2:14%, 2:16. Sixth race — 2:25 mixed: Pride of Elmhurst (J. Johnson) 1 1 Dalta A. (E. T. Avres) 2 2 Sea Breeze (Shorty Roberts Jr.) 3 3 Time — 2:24, 2:27. Seventh race — 2:30 mixed: Greatness (E. Cerceit) 1 1 Springtime (F. Clotere) 3 2 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 2 3 Ella Wilkes (G. Borromeo) 4 4 Baldy Mitchell (H. Campodonico) 5 5 Time— 2:26%, 2:25. 0 SAN DIEGO COUNTY POULTRY ASSOCIATION. San Diego, Cal., Sept. 24. — All the old lovers of racing attended the meet at the Sweetwater track yesterday for the first time in six years. The meet- ing was well attended and the public well pleased. Summary: Class A: George W-, b. g.. B. Newman (Newman) 1 1 1915. s. m„ C. S. Russell (Russell) 2 2 Orange Boy, s. g., J. R. Williams (Hodges) 3 3 Time — 2:21%, 2:22. Class B: Pronto J., bL g., P. Pidgeon (Pidgeon) 1 1 Markee. g. g., F. Fanning- (Fanning) 2 2 Nimbus, g. g., J. Rutledg (Pigdeon) 3 3 Time— 2:27%, 2:28%. Class C: Wanna T„ b. m.. P. W. Hodges (Hodges) 2 1 1 College Boy. r. g., C. D. Stewart (Stewart) 1 2 2 Time— 2:27, 2:30, 2:35. Class D: Laura Smith, b. m.. Club Stables (Woulf) 1 1 Ladv B., b. m., Bert Baker (Parks) 2 2 St. Patrick, b. g., G. H. Crawford (Crawford) 3 3 Time— 2:49%. 2:49. Class E — Running race, % mile: Babe, b. g., Boden Bros 1 Minney, b. m., Boden Bros 2 Geo. R., Geo. Richert 3 Time— :24. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN NORTH YAKIMA RACING. North Yakima, of Washington State, had the pleas- ure of ideal weather and a fast track last week at the opening of the Washington State Fair. The revival of harness racing brought together a number of the fastest harness horses in the West, which found dry land after a series of rainy meetings. The free-for-all pace for ?1000 was the first race on the card and horses met in this event that had not before contended. The race developed into a record- breaker for the State. Summary: Sept. 21 — Free-for-all pace, purse §1000, 3 heat plan: College Gent, blk. h. by Kentucky Patterson (Barnes) 2 1 2 Oviedo, b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons (Dennis)... 1 2 3 Hal Boy, b. g. by Hal B. (Childs) 3 4 1 Dan Logan, b. h. by Charles Derby (Daniels). . .4 3 4 Haltamont, 5-5-5. Time— 2:05, 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:18 trot, 2:24 pace, purse §1000, three heat plan: Red Hal, b. g. by Hal B. (Lang) 1 1 3 Tom Moko. b. h. by Moko (Childs) T S 1 Majesta, ch. m. by Zolock (Barnes) 2 2 5 Jerry Zombro, b. g. bv Zombro (Helman) 6 6 2 Indian Hal. 3-4-6; Dr. McKinney, 5-5-4; Dulse, 8-8-7; The Frisco, 4-7-dr. Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:13. Starost, son of The King Red 2:20%, stood first in the 2:30 trot, taking the second heat in 2:13%. Summary: 2:30 trot, purse $500, three heat plan: Starost, ch. h. by The King Red (Woodside). .2 1 3 St. Michael, br. h. by McAlropa (Woodcock) . . . 1 2 4 Blanche Fitzsimmons, ch. m. by Bob Fitzsim- mons (Erwin) 3 3 2 Halmetta, dis. Time— 2:15%, 2:13%, 2:18. 2:13 trot. 2:17 pace, purse §750, three heat plan: Dean Swift, br. g. bv Almaden D. (Daniels). .. .4 1 1 Major Hardy, b. h. by Oh So (Erwin) 1 3 3 Prince Zolock. blk. h. by Zolock (Helman) 2 2 2 Seneca Boy, ch. g. by King Entertainer (Barnes)3 6 5 J. C. B., 5-4-6; Hal Norte, 6-5-4; May Davis, 7-7-7. Time— 2:08%, 2:08, 2:09%. The fates were still favorable on the third day of the meeting, with the crowd doubled over that of Tuesday. Summary: 2:25 pace, purse $1000. three heat plan: Majesta, ch. m. by Zolock (Barnes) 1 1 1 Red Hal. b. g. by Hal B. (Lang) 2 2 3 Nigger Boy, blk. g. by Oregon Patch (Rabie) 3 3 2 Admiral W., b. g. by Garvin Wilkes (Frank) 4 5 4 Jack Turner, 5-4-5; Hallie D., 6-6-6. Time— 2:11%. 2:12%. 2:14%. Three-year-old trot or pace, purse §500, 2 in 3: Bonniola, b. m. by Bonaday (Helman) 1 1 Valeen M-, ch. m. by Bonaday (Childs) 3 2 Tesora, br. m. by The Patchen Boy (Stetson) 2 6 Miss Brownie, br. m. by Hal B. (Dennis) 5 3 Time— 2:22%, 2:22%. The fourth day of the Washington State Fair opened with a bright sunshine and every train added to the multitude of people who had come to see the fair. The first race, the 2:08 pace, had five contenders for the $1000 purse awaiting the decision. As was the case with all other races at this meeting, it was a horse race from start to finish. In the first heat, Jack Turner, owned by B. M. Turner, showed signs of distress on the back stretch. Billy Hogoboom seemed to be coaxing and nursing him along, but when he reached the seven-eighths pole, the spark of life had expired and, as the starter announced, Jack Turner had gone to horse heaven. In the third race May Davis, who had won the first heat, fell just after passing the flag, but did not appear to be much damaged as she came on and won the third heat by a throat-latch from Strathtell. RACING AT SPOKANE, WASH. Rainy days visited the Spokane Fair last week. In spite of this fact the attendance has been large and the live stock display was bigger than ever be- fore, making it the best show Spokane has had in its life of twenty-one years. On Thursday the Panhandle selling stake was de- clared no race and the two hoys on Pay Streak and King Worth were suspended until October 15, 1914, and the two horses and the trainer were suspended until December 1, 1914. On Friday the rain and track were too much for even the runners, so it was declared off. BAKER, OREGON, RACING. At Baker, Oregon, on Thursday the weather was threatening but the people were loyal, and promptly at 1:30 p.m. the programme started. The track was good but a little heavy. The first race on the pro- gramme was the 2:30 trot and it was a five-heat bat- tle, the field being so evenly matched that no horse was able to win in three of the five heats. Creta, driven by Charles Willbourn, being the only horse winning two heats, was the one that took the record under the old placing system. The second race called was the 2:19 pace, and it took five heats, every one being so close that the audience argued as to who had won. On Friday the first on the programme was the 2:18 trot. John P. Well, driven by the young driver Thomas Brady, landed the first two heats by only a short head; then came J. C. Wallace with the good little chestnut Axnola, winning the next three heats by inches only. Following this came the three-year- old trot. The main contest for this purse was be- tween Bell W. and Valeen M., entered by F. M. An- derson of Portland. Bell W. finally got the decision. On Saturday there were some close decisions in the 2:24 trot. Charles Willbourn nipped the first heat with the big black Wilkes stallion Gen. Bright- heart, after which came Burton Carpenter, the young- est man in the business, with the good colt Nutway, and won the next three heats. John P., Charlie Marrs and Axnola were close for positions. Next came the 2:14 pacers, Jim Hill winning the first heat with three of the others close up. In the second heat something happened to Jim Hill on the first turn and Direct E. worked through the bunch and came on and won. From this time on it was Jim Hill first at the wire with the rest close up. On Sunday the first race on the programme was a special 2:10 pace. Allerdaw won in three straight heats, Harold Welcome second and lapped on him; the good mare May Davis was third. The next race was a special 2:12 trot. This race was won by Wild Girl in three straight heats with Oklan Moore and Kenneth C. racing her all the way; Sidney Wilkes was fourth. After this came a mile run, the time of which was remarkable under the conditions. After Segurds and La Taranta fighting it out to the last fifty yards, Soon came from behind and won in 1:46. o The chestnut mare Majesta, p. 2:11%, a straight heat winner at the Washington State Fair, is now a member of the Carson stable. Majesta is an Oregon product and was bred by G. A. Westgate. She is by Zolock, p. 2:05%, dam Webfoot Belle, by Young Sal- isbury 15243, a son of Judge Salisbury, by Nutwood and Nora Sprague, by Gov. Sprague 2:20%. The second dam was Cloud, dam of Waubeek King 2:19%, by St. Cloud 2:23%; third dam Maud H„ the dam of Brown Dick 2:12, by Escort 4497, thence thorough- bred. A NOVEL FEATURE AT THE STADIUM. Four of San Francisco's fat men will endeavor to settle a dispute a week from Sunday at the San Fran- cisco Driving Club's matinee at Golden Gate Park Stadium. This novel feature will be a light harness affair. The stunt is a pacing race with heavy-weights in the sulky. It has been proposed that George Giannini drive Bradmont, Jack Welsh Delilah, W. J. Kenney W. J. K., and Fred Lauterwasser Happy Dentist. The only hitch to the race is a question of weight. The four San Francisco amateur reinsmen all qualify from a poundage standpoint to handicap their speeding pacers, and a matter of ounces is being figured to show that the other fellow would have the advantage. George Giannini is bucking on the ground that he would have to give too much weight, and further- more has the smallest pacer of the four. George tips the beam around 260 pounds, so that Brandmont would have a tough mile to negotiate. The other drivers are withholding their weights, but it is a safe bet that Welsh, Kenney and Lauterwasser are over the 200-pound mark. It would be an amusing stunt if some member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should step in and decide that it would be cruelty to pack almost 1,000 pounds of drivers a full mile. In answer to that it might be set forth that the drivers would suffer almost as much as the horses them- selves, for crouching in a tiny sulky with a racing steed pulling at your arms is not much pleasure for a fat man. MOQUETTE (4), 2:10, DEAD. Those who had the privilege of seeing Moquette (4) 2:10 when in his prime will never forget the degree of equine beauty he presented and they will be pleased to learn that, rather than have this fam- ous trotter and sire suffer from the afflictions which extreme age pressed upon him during the last year, his owner, W. H. Dans of Washington, Pa., merci- fully had him put to death on August 15th. Moquette took his record in 1892 as a four-year-old and that same season he set a new world's record for four- year-olds — 2:11% in the fifth heat of a winning race in which the game mare Nightingale was one of the contenders — taking two world's records with him when he went into winter quarters, for his record of 2:10 was the fastest for four-year-old stallions. The next spring, after showing a half in 1:03%, he met with an accident and was retired to the stud, where he established a reputation for siring per- formers of extreme speed and beauty of conforma- tion, having at the close of last season 4S standard performers, including Laura Bellini 2:04%, Roamer 2:05%, Clinton B. 2:04%, Princess Moquette 2:08% and Bessie Drake 2:08%, all pacers, and a number of trotters closely approaching the 2:10 mark. Mo- quette had been owned at Mr. Davis' Littleton Farm for several years, and from the youngsters he sired there will come some most creditable performers to swell his list of record holders. — The Horse World. WILLIAM 2:00 BEATS DIRECTUM I. 2:00. On Thursday of last week the expected match race at Grand Rapids between William, p. 2:00 and Direc- tum I. p. 2:00, was won in three straight heats by William, the fastest time being in the second heat, 2:01%. The money at issue is reported to be ?6000 and the son of Abe J. was plainly the best. Directum I. broke badly right at the start of the first heat, and William took a two-length lead. Di- rectum I. slowly cut down this advantage and forced William to a whipping finish to win the mile in 2:01% by a nose margin. In the second heat the horses alternately showed in front, with Directum I. holding the advantage at the upper turn. Here William took the lead, holding it to the wire and winning, by half a length, in 2:01%. William took the lead at the beginning of the third and final heat and never was headed. The first half of this mile was covered in 58% seconds. Then the pace eased a trifle, and William won the heat, slowed up in 2:02%. FRANK BOGASH JR. 1:5914. What a great year it has been for pacers! The latest eye opener was the performance of Frank Bogash Jr. at Detroit last Friday. After winning the first heat in the free-for-all pace in 2:05, and although it was his second race of the week, the hoppled gelding was sent for a record. He used Walter Cochato as a windshield to the quarter in :31 and the half in 1:01, but at the middle of the upper turn Murphy pulled his horse out and went on alone. He passed the three-quarters in 1:31 and made the mile in 1:59%. The quarter time was 31, 30, 30, 28%. The records broken in this performance were as fol- lows: Fastest Former Holder. Pacing gelding- Prince Alert "1.59%. Gelding in race See Xote 1 2:00% Mile in race See Note 2 2:00 Second heat See Note 2 2:00 Hoppled performer Prince Alert ..*1:59% (Note 1 — Prince Alert and Bolivar tied.) (Note 2 — William and Directum I. tied.) ('Against time.) Frank Bogash is a nine-year-old bay gelding by- Frank Bogash, p. 2:03%; dam Phyllis Stanford by Stanford 10968; second dam by Oliver W. 4135. He was bred by E. C. Warner, Sand Hill, Province of Quebec, who used him as a farm horse. Like William 2:00 he is not standard. William is by a standard sire out of a non-standard dam. On the contrary- Frank Bogash Jr. is by a non-standard sire, out of a standard dam. — The Horseman. ANOTHER RULE PROPOSED. The new rule which allows a horse to win one or two heats in a race without acquiring a bar to eligi- bility is, in our opinion, detrimental to the best in- terests of the turf. We thought so at the time the rule was promulgated and we are more strongly of that opinion after seeing it in operation. The rule was advanced by several horsemen interested in the Grand Circuit, and was expected to increase the number of starters in big events and elsewhere, but it has failed of its purpose. On the contrary it has prolonged racing and has invited laying up of heats. We do not criticise the drivires who have taken ad- vantage of this rule. If the law-makers pass freak legislation that invites what was formerly looked upon as cheating, horsemen would be foolish not to avail themselves of the opportunity and advantage offered. The part of the new rule which allows a horse to take a record against time without acquir- ing a bar is, we believe, a step in the right direction. Likewise, we find no serious fault with the time allowance rule. If a horse wishes to win second money without taking a record, his driver has only to win one or two heats, as circumstances may require, and not win the rest. It is very well to say that the rule must not be discarded because of incompetent judges, but the fact remains that the average judge is either incompetent or inexperienced (i. e., not able to de- termine whether a horse is being driven to win), and the result is the same. So long as judges are incompetent why pass rules that require competent officials? The state might just as well say "Thou shalt not steal," and neglect to provide prisons for the offenders. There are good points in the rule we object to. It seems proper not to outclass a horse that is trying to win and is not able to do so after capturing one or two heats. But it is unjust, in trying co nelp such horses, to inaugurate a rule that is injurious to the whole harness sport. What is the big bugaboo of the trotting world? A record. An owner wants to win as much money as possible with a green horse before it takes a record and when the horse gets a record he schemes to win money without reducing it. YTear after year horses are "held over" rather than acquire a fast mark. Of course one way out of the difficulty (but not the one we are going to suggest) , would be to classify horses by another method than at present, but for some reason horsemen look askance at such sugges- tions. We expect to see the day when horses will be entered at a meeting and classified by a handi- capper, irrespective of records. At present horsemen laugh at the plan, fearing they would get the worst of the handicap. Our reply to this objection is that in some races they would get the best of it, and in others the worst, but by the end of the season the score would be even. However, this suggestion seems too advanced for the present. We have wondered if it would not be possible to correct the condition which the new rule aimed to correct and escape its deleterious effects. We believe we see a way out of the maze. The rule we are about to propose may not be perfect but we are will- ing to be the goat and present it herewith for the study of our readers. If there are holes in it( and there probably are) they are sure to be discovered by others, and w-e would he glad to learn of them. Our proposal is. in short, to take the time of the first four horses in each heat and give them records. (In some European countries the time of the first six horses is kept.) So long as horsemen want the record system of classifying, let us make records so common and so easy to acquire that owners and drivers will lose their fear of the record bugaboo. Make it impossible for a horse to win money without receiving a record. Then a horse would have to be raced irrespective of record or kept at home. One big incentive for cheating, pulling and laying up of heats would be an- nihilated.— The Horseman. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS Who is the best pacer, anyway? Especially since Frank Bogash Jr. has hung up that 1:59%. <8> <$> Airlie Demonio, the California pacer, now carries a race record of 2:05% made at Sacramento, Cal., last week. <8> <•> «■ W. G. Durfee made a star record at the Sacra- mento meeting, winning eight races and finishing second five times. «> Dean Swift 2:08. This gelding and Albaloma 2:081.1 are among the best Coast trotters o£ the year and are surely a credit to their sire, Almaden D. John W. Considine was in Portland this week and expressed much satisfaction at the wonderful per- formance of his mare, Clara Mac, p. 2:04%. The mare has no northern engagements. <8> <8> «> The Northwest pacing record of 2:04% is still held by Mona Wilkes. At the Portland track September 26, 1908, she won in straight heats against Leland Onward and Delilah in 2:06%, 2:04% and 2:05. «> «> M. J. Reams of Santa Rosa has sold his Cast pacer Potrero Boy to J. F. Heenan of Sacramento. Potrero Boy is a full brother to Airlie Demonio and has raced well through the California Circuit this sum- mer. <8> <£ The bright particular star of the Pleasanton race meeting was. the black gelding Panama, sired by Stanford MeKinney — Strathalie, owned by Mr. M. L. Woy of Fresno, Cal. This horse started twice in two days and won both of his races. He was always possessed of a remarkable turn of speed and on many occasions showed extreme gameness, and only his erratic behavior caused his defeats: he now seems to have become level-headed and acts well, and should be hard to beat from now on. <8><$> President Ed. A. Tipton and Secretary J. W. Wil- liams, of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' As- sociation, are just now two of the busiest men in Lexington. They are working from early till late each day in preparation for the forty-second annual race meeting of the Association, which is to open October 5th. The program was made complete by the closing of entries to twenty-one purse races, and the naming of starters for the Transylvania and Ten- nessee stakes last Tuesday. President Tipton has expressed himself as well pleased with the entries to the purses. <$> Ted Hayes, acting for W. A. Clark, Jr., has leased to Rush & Haile, of the Suisun Stock Farm, the splendid voung sire Bon MeKinney 2:24%, sire of Bon Courage (2) 2:12% and BonBell (3) 2:17. This deal should prove a good thing for all parties con- cerned for in this best and best-bred son of Bon Voyage 2:08 Rush & Haile have secured the best outside sire they have ever had on their farm, and at the home of the great Demonio Bon MeKinney will be mated to many highly bred and speed- producing mares and have an opportunity to prove his worth as a sire. «> On Sept. 11th of this month E. L. Hunt, or "Landon Hunt" as he was mostly known, died at his home in Eureka from a lingering trouble of the heart. Mr. Hunt was well known as a conditioner of harness horses and was well liked for his honesty and abil- ity as a horseman. During his early life he trained and rode running horses successfully: later he trained and drove many well known harness horses. among them Bolivar 2:00%, Forest W. 2:12. Wayland W. 2:12%, Tobasco 2:05%, Morosco 2:12, Uno 2:13%, Tell Tale 2:12 or 2:13, and many others. Mr. Hunt leaves a wife and two daughters to mourn his de- parture. The feature of the Pleasanton races was the start- ing done by Wm. Higginbottom of San P'rancisco, who officiated for the first time at a public race meeting. His work was of the highest order and was the best seen in California for many years. He had good control of his fields and no time was wasted in tedious scoring although several times during the meeting he had some very unruly horses to handle. «■ Arista Ansel (2) 2:18% had the misfortune to pick up a nail four weeks ago on the Sacramento I rack while working a mile in 2:15. This accident resulted so seriously that for a time her life was considered in danger but under the care of Dr. M. C. Delano she has recovered sufficiently to be shipped to Santa Maria, the home of Keefer & Spencer in whose stable she was. Although it was not intended to race her this year she was in fine form and capa- ble of trotting a mile in 2:10 when the accident occurred. Arista Ansel is another good daughter of Prince Ansel and is owned by E. M. Barber of San Die^o. Charley Spencer thought her capable of a mile in 2:07 or better before the close of the training season. Sixty-eight high-class foals were exhibited before a crowd of 1,300 people recently at Washington. HI. It was the first colt show held in that town, and a distinct success, says the Breeders' Gazette. This season the three leading stallion owners at Wash- ington were induced to take it up. They stand alto- gether three light stallions and twelve drafters, and each owner offered the free service of one horse as the first prize for the best foal sired by him. One owner went even further and offered two services, one for colts and one for fillies. One owner offered cash prizes also from $10 down, on a class open to all draft foals from his stable. A fund was also raised by subscription for championship prizes and ribbons, $40 in all. Then the stallion owners urged their patrons to show their best foals. Financially, such a show was a fine thing for those farmers who won $15 to $40 apiece in prizes on single entries, but best of all are the lessons it taught about colts. It will be something of a hardship to the owners of the pacer Grand Opera if the order prohibiting the exportation of any horses from Canada to this coun- try is moderated, unless the racing associations in this country with whom the horse has engagements decide not to hold his owners for the entrance money in view of the peculiar conditions which appear to stand in the way of his filling those engagements. It is the large number of stables of running horses in Canada which will be hit hardest by the order, however. All these stables, under the usual order of things, would have come cross the line a little later in the season to race; but, unless the order of the government is not modified, they will be unable to come this fall. And, added to that, conditions may arise that will cause the government to commandeer all those horses for war purposes. Horses are being purchased by the government at many points in Can- ada now, and if the war should continue for a con- siderable length of time the dreaded commandeering order may be put in force — The Horse World Last Friday at the Sacramento track C. C. Crippen drove the five-year-old green trotter Bonnie Ansel a mile in 2:18 with the last half in 1:03, to a heavy jogging cart, and then worked her another mile to cart in 2:11%, with the last three-quarters in 1:35% and last quarter in 31 seconds. She was then hitched to sulky and stepped a mile in 2:09, with the first eighth in 15 seconds, the last quarter in 31 and last eighth in 15 seconds. Her mile in 2:09 was the fast- est mile trotted over the Sacramento track during the State Fair of last "week, either in races or oth- erwise. An offer of $3,000 was promptly refused for her by her owner and Breeder, Mr. Alex Brown of Walnut Grove. Bonnie Ansel is by Prince Ansel, first dam by Chas. Derby, second dam by Red Wilkes, third dam by Almont 33, fourth dam by Alexander's Norman and fifth dam by Pilot Jr. She is in the stable of Keefer & Spencer but has been given all her work this year by Mr. Crippen, who says she can trot a half-mile in one minute. Previous to her work of last Friday she has only beaten 2:20 four times this season. A few days ago a writer on trotting horse breeding topics referred to the apparent success of the Ax- worthy-Prodigal "nick." Years ago breeders of trot- ters used to hear a great deal more about 'nicks" than they do now. There was first of all the Ham- bletonian-Star "nick." Then came the Wilkes- Mambrino Patchen "nick." Then out in California Gov. Stanford found the Electioneer-Gen. Benton "nick." At Village Farm, C. J. Hamlin had first the Almont Jr.-Hamlin Patchen "nick" and later the Chimes-Mambrino King "nick." As a matter of fact each one of these "nicks" was the result of circum- stances which happened to place certain stallions in a locality where the daughters of another horse were so plentiful that more of tbem wrere mated with him than mares of any other breeding. Take Hambletonian, for instance. While American Star mares were regarded as the great "nick" for Ham- bletonian. today the two great branches of the Ham- bletonian family come through George Wilkes and Electioneer, both out of Clay mares. Most of George Wilkes' famous sons are, it is true, out of Mambrino Patchen mares, but one of his greatest, Jay Bird, was not. The Electioneer-Gen. Benton "nick" produced Sunol 2:08%, a world's record champion, but neither of the three sons of Electioneer which have made breeding history in the greatest degree — May King, Arion and Conductor — had a drop of Gen. Benton blood in their veins. The Axworthy-Prodigal "nick" has produced some very great trotters, because it chanced that a large number of Prodigal mares have been mated with Axworthy. Axworthy's fastest trot- ter, however, Hamburg Belle 2:01%, is out of a mare by Simmons 2:28, son of George Wilkes, while his next fastest one, Hailworthy 2:05%, is out of a mare by Altivo 2:18%, son of Electioneer. There is every reason to believe that, so far as giving speed is con- cerned, any one of our highly bred, fast stallions would be successful when mated with good mares by almost any other good sire, not too closely related, and when a stallion stands in a locality where the daughters of a certain horse are very numerous and is therefore mated with many of them, his success would result in what is often called a successful "nick," but which is only the natural result to be expected under the circumstances — Horseshoers' Journal. A CHANCE FOR AMERICAN BREEDERS. American horse breeders now have a golden oppor- tunity for attaining the supremacy of the world in horse breeding, and controlling the horse markets, in the opinion of George M. Rommel, chief of animal husbandry of the Department of Agriculture. At the close of the war the nations involved will find them- selves badly in need of horses. The number of ani- mals being destroyed in the combat is enormous. There is no call on the United States at the present time for animals, for Russia is amply able to supply France with all the horses she may need, while Austria-Hungary, which has always been a breeder of fine horses, will be able to furnish Germany with horses needed for military purposes, but should that supply be cut off the Germans will be in dire straits unless they are able to fight their way through the Russian ranks and confiscate the large herds of horses in the Steppes. England is more fortunate than the other countries, as she occupies a more isolated position and will be able to draw on her own possessions for draught and military horses. Wise horse breeders will undoubtedly take quick advantage of the terrific destruction of horse flesh now proceeding in Europe, and confidently build up a stock with which to supply the depletion of war. That war uses up horse flesh is shown by the records of the civil war, during the last year of which there were purchased nearly 190,000 horses, besides 20,000 captured. General Sheridan's army alone during his campaign in the Shenandoah Valley used up horses at the rate of 150 a day. Although the census figures show about 23,000,000 horses in the United States, but few are suitable for army use; most of our horses are light roadsters, lacking the strength and endurance required in the army cavalry horse, or else the slow, heavy draft type. With even our small military establishment of regulars and militia on a war footing, about 50,000 horses would be required as against 20,000 at present on a peace footing, and the army finds the greatest difficulty in securing the latter number of suitable horses. Of late, under a small appropriation by Congress, a number of remount stations have been established through co-operation of the Department of Agricul- ture and the War Department, thereby encouraging the breeding of suitable army types. According to General Leonard Wood, the thoroughbred army horse is fast disappearing, and he has evinced a strong interest in the preservation of the riding horse for military purposes. The cavalry is a most important accessory of the land force. Possibly no mechanical force can ever take its place, and it is hoped that these remount stations will be able to furnish the cavalry horses of the future. Long before Congress appropriated money for the establishment of the remount stations, a number of our millionaire sportsmen recognized the value of preserving our breeding stock for the benefit of the army, and presented valuable stallions to the Gov- ernment for breeding purposes. August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club of New York, presented the stallions Footprint and Vestibule. Both were sired by Rock Sand, who won many prizes in Eng- land, including the Derby and the St. Leger, and who was purchased for the Belmont stables for $150,000. Later Mr. Belmont presented Octagon and Henry of Navarre, both well-known throughbreds. Other dona- tors were Thomas W. Lawson, Captain E. B. Cassatt, etc. The British in South Africa, ten years ago, bought about 100,000 horses in the United States, and these have not been replaced except by the draft type. It is exceedingly doubtful whether such a number of horses could be secured in the country today, accord- ing to Mr. Rommel. How, then, says he, could the United States mount an army? CALIFORNIA CLUB'S MATINEE AT STADIUM. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Seven well patronized races make up the matinee programme of the California Driving Club which will be held at the Park Stadium on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4th. A free-for-all pace and a free-for-all trot are the feature races and have drawn large fields. In the trot, Matav.an, Ida M., Silver Hunter, Mon- ica MeKinney, Birdeye and Bodecker will meet. Mabel Dillon, Dicto, Hamburg Belle and Pointer Belle make up the pace event. Hamburg Belle, fresh off the Coast circuit, has shown lots of speed and should go a fast mile. The entries and officials follow: First Race, 2:25 Pace, Mile Heats, Two in Three. Pride of Elmhurst. J. D. Johnstone; Vastida, J. Paras; Caliente Girl, A. Benson; Jack, G. Cordon; Hello Girl, R. Keogh. Second Race — 2:15 Pace, Mile Heats, Two in Three. Victor Pointer. D. W. Keating; Little Medium. Dr. H. E. Allen; Tom Murphy. E. T. Ayres. Third Race — 2:18 Trot. Mile Heats, Two in Three. Ateka. B. Cohn; Horseshoe Boy, A. S. Hanks; Sutton, J. J. Gethen; Muggins, H. Cohn. Fourth Race — Free-For-AII Trot, Mile Heats, Two in Three. Matawan. H. C. Aiders; Ida M., H. Boyle; Silver Hun- ter. MeKinney Stable; Monica MeKinney. Hoffman & Si- cotte; Bodecker. S. Christenson; Birdeye, W. J. McDonald. Fifth Race — Free-For-AII Pace, Mile Heats, Two in Three. Mabel Dillon, B. Cohn; Dicto. Mr. Lowery; Hamburg Belle, J. Ginnocchio; Pointer Belle. Kidd & Luce. Six h Race — 2:18 Pace, Mile Heats, Two in Three. Golden Buck, W. G. Walkup: Emma M., M. Malough; Roman Boy. W. A. Dougherty. Seventh Race — 2:25 Trot. Mile Heats, Two in Three. Ella Wilkes. C. Borromeo: Minequa, M. Ford; Dalta A., A. T. Ayers: Springtime. G. Clotere; Sea Breeze. R. Rob- erts; Harold K.. J. V. Galindo. Officers of the Day — Starter, William Higginbotham. Judges, J. A. McKerron, Luke Marisch. J. V. Galindo. Timers, C. Becker, E. H. Aigeltinger, I. B. Dalziel. Mar- shal, A. Hoffman. Secretary, F. W. Thompson. Saturday; October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GRAND CIRCUIT RACING. Columbus (O.), September 25. — Driver N. Grady of Philadelphia and the pacer R. H. Breat were sus- pended by Columbus Grand Circuit judges for the remainder of this racing season after the horse, with Fred Jamison substituted for his regular driver, had won the 2:06 pace this afternoon. Two heats of the six were decided Thursday in the mud, Baron A. taking both. Today's first heat, previous to which Grady was unseated, was won by Major Ong. Before the start of the next heat R. H. Breat's hopples were lengthened and he went on to victory without any trouble. Jamison was awarded $250 out of the win- ner's share of the purse. The track today was cuppy. It was announced today that a $5,000 purse will be put up for the William-Directum I. special pace next Wednesday. 2:15 class trotting-, three in five, purse $1200 (one heat Thursday) : Signal Boy, b. g. by Signette ( Wright).. 1 12 3 1 Belzona, b. c. by Bingara (Young) 5 4 114 Burt Axworthy, ch. h. (Murphy) 2 9 4 2 3 Also started — Irving Heart, b. h. (DeRyder) ; F. A. L., b. g. (Dickerson); Glenora, br. m. (Garrison); Peter Pearl, b. h. (Nuckols); Sadie Baron, b. m. (Flick); Cacus Star, b. h. (Rodney); Sheila, b. m. (C. Valentine). Time— 2:13%, 2:11^, 2:12%, 2:13, 2:12%. Free-for-all class trotting, two in three, purse $1200 (two heats Thursday): Ross B., b. g. by Petronius (Wright) 2 1 1 Joan, br. m. by Directum Spier (McDavitt) 1 3 2 Grace, ch. m. (C. Valentine) 3 2 3 Time— 2:08^4, 2:10, 2:06. 2;06 class pacing, three in five, purse §1200 (two heats Thursday) : R. H. Breat, b. g. by Wapanee (Grady- Jamison) % 3 5 4 1 1 1 Baron A., b. h. by Baron Mayum (Cox) 112 3 3 3 Major Ong, b. g. by Major Gantz (Murphy) 4 2 12 2 2 Mansfield, br. h. (Ray-Dore), and Ruby K., b. m. (C. Valentine), finished as named. Time— 2:12%. 2:141^, 2:09*4. 2:0S*4, 2:08^4. 2:10. 2:07 trot, three in five, purse §1200: Bonnington, ch. h. by Bellini (Dickerson) 1 1 1 Tommy Horn, b. g. (Owens) 2 2 4 Bon Zolock, b. g. (Garrison) 4 3 2 Reusens, ch. g. (Geers), and Gold Dollar, uh, g. (R. Macey), finished as named. Time— 2:11%, 2:10H. 2:10. 2:19 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200, unfinished: Virginia Brooks, b. m. by Margen (C. Valentine) 1 1 4 Abdella Watts, b. m. by General Watts (Mc- Davitt) 9 S 1 Blue Father, br. h. (Cox) 2 3 2 Palmer de Forest, br. g. (Osborn), Lusitania, bl. m. (Marvin), Junior Barongale, b. h. (Finney), Countess Mo- bel, b. m. (Jamison), Billy Bing, b. c. (Albin), and Bessie Axtell, ch. m. (Castle), finished as named. Time— 2:12^, 2:11%, 2:12%. Columbus (O.), September 26. — Horse Review trot- ting futurities were raced this afternoon as part of the fifth day programme of the Columbus Grand Cir- cuit meeting. Peter Volo did not have to extend himself at any time to win the three-year-old division. Native Spirit, second choice, took the two-year-old race. She earned third and fourth money also, $2250 in all, by shutting out Bondela and Luke A. in the first heat. May Mack reduced her record of 2:06% while winning the 2:09 trot, in which Dorsh Medium made her first start of the season and took the opening heat. Judson Girl did good contending in the last three heats. Virginia Brooks easily won the deciding heat, of the 2:19 trot, three miles of which were contested Friday. The summary: 2:19 class trotting, 3 in 5, purse $1200 (three heats Friday) : Virginia Brooks, b. m. by Margen (C. Valen- tine) 1 1 4 1 Abdella Watts, b. m. by General Watts M- Davitt) 9 8 17 Blue Feather, br. h. (Cox) 2 3 2 2 Also started — Palmer de Forest, br. g. (Osborn); Lusi- tania, blk. m. (Marvin); Junior Barongale, b. h. (Finney); Billy Bing, b. c. (Albin); Countess Mobel, b. m. (Jam- ison); Bessie Axtell, ch. m. (Castle). Time— 2:12^, 2:11*4, 2:12%, 2:11%. 2:09 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200: Mav Mack. b. m. by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder) 2 111 Dorah Medium, blk. m. by Red Medium (Geers)l 7 3 4 Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox) 3 2 2 2 Also started — Wilgo. b. h. (Marvin) ; The Wanderer, b. g (R. Macey); Tommy Finch, b. h. (Hall); Peter Bil- liken, ch. h. (Nuckols); Vanity Oro, g. m. (C. Valentine). Time— 2:08ii. 2:09, 2:06%, 2:07^. Horse Review Futurity, three-year-old trotters, two in three, purse SS000: Petre Volo, br. c. by Peter the Great (Murphy) 1 1 •Lady Wanetka. b. f. (Cox) 2 3 •Lee Axworthy, b. c. (Andrews) 3 2 Also started — W. J. Leyburn, b. c. (McCarthy); St. Frisco, b. c. (Geers); Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDon- ald). -Divided second and third money. Time— 2:07%, 2:08%. Horse Review Futurity, two-year-old trotters, two in three, purse $3000: Native Spirit, b. f. by Native King (Cox) 1 1 Sparkle Watts, ch. f. (Geers) 2 2 Bondella, b. f . (Murphy) d Luke A., c. h. (Long) d Time— 2:13%, 2:09%. 2:10 class pacing, three in five, purse §1200: Jaystone, b. h. by Redfield Jr. (Snow) 7 2 111 Rastus, br. g. by Liberty Boy (McDonald). .1 12 2 4 Edna Hamlin, b. m. (Berry) 2 3 6 3 3 Also started — Carana G., b. g. (Garrison); Miss Miriam, r. m. (C. A^alentine); T. C. S., b. g. (Murphy); The Christian, b. h. (Forrest); Coastess Mobel, b. m. (Cox). Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:06^, 2:06%. 2:08. 2:18 class pacing, three in five, purse ?1200. unfinished: Vera, ch. m. by Loreno Hamlin (Pitman)... 2 6 112 Baron Marque, ch c by Sir Marpue {Murphy)l 13 7 4 Tuah Worth, blk. m. by Joe Patchen (J. Ben- yon) 9 10 7 2 1 Also started — Richard, b. g. (C. Valentine); Jessie J., g. m. (Hedrick) ; Madame Mack, br. m. (DeRyder); Red Mike, ch. g. (McAllister); Sir O., b. g. (Greeno) ; Anna Glynn, br. m. (Talbot); Governor Tod, b. g. (Boyd). Time— 2:07%. 2:07^, 2:07*6. 2:11%, 2:12*&. O Columbus (O.), Sept. 28. — Etawah, Our Colonel and Frank Bogash Jr. set the world's record at Columbus, Ohio, September 2Sth, with a time average of 2:04.06. Etawah, the Geers trotter, was the sensational per- former. In winning the Chamber of Commerce stake he made a world's record three-heat trotting mark, regardless of sex or age. The total, 6:13:U> is just two seconds below that made by Hamburg Belle at Hartford in the Charter Oak stake race in 1908. Of the three heats the third was the fastest. Omar contended even better than in the previous miles, forcing the four-year-old to take a record of 2:031/4. Our Colonel, second choice to Fay Richmond, won the Board of Trade stake in straight heats. He ac- quired a new record in 2:03% in the first heat. In the free-for-all betting Frank Bogash Jr. was barred. He won as he pleased. Earl Jr. was favored over Walter Cochato for the place and obtained it after Walter Cox became his driver. The summary: 2:18 class pacing, best three in five, purse $1200 (five heats Saturday) : Vera, ch. m. by Lorenzo Hamlin (Pitman) 2 6 112 1 Baron Marque, ch. c. by Sir Marque (Murphy) 1 1 3 7 4 2 Tuah Worth, blk. m. by Joe Patchen (J. Benyon) 9 10 7 2 13 Time — 2:07%, 2:07U. 2:07U, 2:11%, 2:12*&, 2:09*A. Richard, b. g. (Valentine), Jessie J., g. m. (Hedrick), Madame Mack, br. m. (DeRvder), Red Mike, ch. g. (Mc- Allister), Sir O., b. g. (Greeno). Anna Glynn, br. m. (Tal- bot). Governor Tod, b. g. (Boyd), also started. Board of Trade Stake, 2:06 pacers, best three in five, purse §3000: Our Colonel, b. h. by Colonel Cochran (Childs)-.l 1 1 Knight of Strathmore, b. h. (Halley) 2 2 4 Fay Richmond, g. g. (Lane) 6 4 2 Time— 2:03%, 2:04, 2:05. Lowando, blk. h. (C. Valentine). Alcey E., b. m. (Whit- ney), Hal Gray, g. h. (Pendleton), Baron A., b. h. (Cox), also started. Chamber of Commerce Stake, 2:07 trotters, best three in five, purse §3000: Etawah, b. h. by Al Stanley (Geers) 1 1 l Omar. b. g. (Floyd) 2 2 2 Bon Zolock, b. g. (Garrison) 5 3 3 Time— 2:05M>, 2:05, 2:03%. Tommy Horn, b. g. (Omens), Dago, b. g. (Cox), Belford Bell, b. g. (Ames), Santos Maid, b. m. (Osborn), also started. Free-for-all class pacing, best three in five, purse $1200: Frank Bogash Jr.. b. g. by Frank Bogash (Murphy) 1 1 1 Earl Jr., g. h. (Lasbury-Cox) 3 2 2 Walter Cochato. blk. h. (McMahon) 2 3 3 Time — 2:02. 2:04, 2:04%. Columbus (0.), September 29.— Anna Bradford, in the final heat of the American Horse Breeder's Futu- rity, which was the last feature of today's Grand Circuit Racing Programme, lowered the three-year- old pacing record to 2:00%. The black filly raced far in front, winning the first heat in slow time. There was no wind to act as a barrier during the second heat, in which the time by quarters was as follows: :Z0Y2, 1:00*4, 1:30 and 2:00%. Lord Dewey failed to lower his record of 2:03%. he trotted the first half in :59% and was at the three-quarters in 1:30. The trip through the stretch was so tiring that a mile in 2: 04 ^ resulted. Peter Stevens, prohibitive and winning favorite in the Arch City pacing stake, equaled his record, 2:02%, when driven out in the third heat. The Assessor won the 2:13 pace after Dingola took the first heat. Betting on this race was heavy, with Anna Hal and Auto Zombro in the greatest favor. The winner was third choice. Rythmel was favorite over eleven other 2:18 trot- ters and won in straight heats, leading all the time. Summaries : Arch City stake, 2:10 pacers, three in five, purse $3000: Peter Stevens, b. h. 'by Peter the Great (Gar- rison) l 1 1 Camelia, br. m. (Cox) 2 2 3 King Couchman, br. g. (McMahon-Cox) 3 3 2 Irene Beau, b. m. (Murphy) 4 4 4 Time— 2:05%, 2:03, 2:02%. 2:1S class trotting, three in five, purse $1200: Rythmel. blk. m. by Rhythmic (Shank) 1 1 1 Parcliffe, b. g. (McCarthy) 7 2 2 Willow Mack. b. h. (Brown) 2 4 4 Also started — Tommy De Forrest, br. g. (Osborn): The Temptress, b. m. (Murphy) ; King Ambit, br. h. (Jami- son): Lusitania. blk. m. (Marvin); Abdella Watts, b. m. (McDevitt); Barrill, b. c. (Young); Davis Dillon, ch. h. (Magers) ; Sylvia, b. m. (Hedrick); Marvelous Sheet, ch. m. (Erskine). Time— 2:0Sli, 2:07%, 2:08%. 2:13 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200: The Assessor, ch. h. by Walter Direct (Mc- Mahon) 6 1 1 1 Dingola. ch. h. by The Expedition (Monahan)l 2 8 8 Flash Patchen, blk. h. (Pitman-C. Valentine)4 3 2 2 Also started — Auto Zombro. b. h. (Loomis) ; T. C. S., b. g. (Murphy) ; Igow, ro. h. (Stokes) ; The Christian, b. h. (Nuckols); W'ilkie Elder, blk. h. (Hedrick); Anna Hal, b. m. (Rodney). Time— 2:05V2, 2:05%, 2:06%. 2:07. American Horse Breeders' Futurity, 3-year-old pacers, two in three, purse 53000: Anna Bradford, blk. f. by Todd Mac (Murphy).... 1 1 Squantum, b. g. (McDonald) 2 2 Robert Frisco, br. g. (Wright) 3 3 Also started — Prince Jolla, b. c. (Hedrick) ; The Whip, b. c. (McMahon). Time— 2:09*6, 2:0034- To beat 2:03% trotting: Lord Dewey, b. h. by Admiral Dewey (Snedeker). Lost. Time, 2:04%. Columbus (O.), September 30 — Directum I., the New York pacer, managed by Dr. J. C. McCoy of Kirkwood, Del., and driven by Ray Snedeker. this afternoon over the Columbus truck gave to William the first defeat that this Indianapolis four-year-old has ever taken in a racing career of two seasons. To do so the chestnut stallion was forced to pace the first mile in 1:58 and the second in 2:00. 2:09 pacing, three in five, purse $1200: Jaystone, b. h. by Redfield Jr. (Snow) 2 1 1 1 Tillie Tipton, b. m. by Zono (Murphy) 1 fi 7 3 Rastus, br. g. (McDonald) 7 2 2 2 Also started: C;rna D.. b. g. (Garrison); Don Patch, br. g. (Jamison); Little Alfred, b. g. (Rey) ; Ella Mackay, blk. m. (Cox). Timc._2:*)(31.1. 2:fi4%, 2:07%, 2:08%. Buckeye stake, 2:12 trotters, three in five, purse $5000: Brighton B., b. g. by Brighton (Murphy).. 2 ill Margaret Druien, b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 2 2 2 Bertha Carey, b. m. (DeRyder) 4 4 3 3 Also started: Barney Gibbs. br. g. (Geers): Harry J. S., blk. h. (Andrews); Henrietta C, b. m. (Hall). Time— 2:08%, 2:05*6, 2:06%, 2:06%. Championship stallion pace, two in three, purse $5000: Directum I., ch. h. by Directum Kelly (Snedeker). .1 1 William, b. h. by Abe J. (Marvin) ..2 2 Time — 1:58, 2:00. American Horse Breeders' Futurity, three-year-old trotters, two in three, purse $6000: Peter Volo, b. c. by Peter the Great (Murphy) 1 1 St. Frisco, b. c. (Geers) 2 3 Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDonald) 3 2 St. Frisco and Ortolan Axworthy divided second and third money. Time— 2:09^, 2:09%. To beat 2:12% pacing: Judge Odmonde, blk. h. by Ormonde (Magers) , won. Time, 2:05%. 2:15 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200: Lelia Patchen. br. m. (Snow) 1 1 1 Vera, ch. m. by Lorenzo Hamlin (Petman) 6 2 2 Fred De Forrest, br. h. (Osborn) 2 3 6 Also started: Richard, b. g. (Valentine); Shadeline, ch. h. (Owen); Hal Mapes, br. g. (Loomis); Red Mike, ch. g. (McAllister). Time— 2:06%, 2:08, 2:08%. Columbus (O.), October 1. — So many horses were heat winners at today's Grand Circuit races that but half the programme was completed. Coastess Mobel took the 2:11 pace without dropping a heat. Lillian W., winner of second money, was the original favor- ite. Signal Boy won the 2:15 trot, a six-heat strug- gle. Summary: 2:11 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200: Coastess Mobel. b. m. by Mobel (Cox) 1 1 1 Lillian W-, ch. m. (McMahon) 2 5 3 Irene Beau. ch. m. (Murphy) 3 2 6 Also started — Miss Miriam, ro. m. (C. Valentine); Merry Direct, b. h. (Childs) ; Hal Mapes, br. g. (Loomis). Time— 2:08*6, 2:08%. 2:06%. 2:15 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200: Signal Boy, b. g. by Signette (Wright)... 9 2 114 1 Irving Heart, b. h. by Great Heart(De- Ryder) 1 1 2 9 2 3 Peter Pearl, b. h. by Peter the Great (Nuckols) 5 1 8 2 1 2 Also started — Bert Axworthy, ch. h. (Murphy); Parr McKerron, b. m. (Gray); Palmer de Forrest, br. g. (Os- born); Dublin Lady. b. m. (Gerrity); F. A L.. b. g. (Mal- low); Sadie Baron, b. m. (Flick); Blue Feather, br. h. (Cox); Jim Red. b. h. (Jamison); Glenora, b. m. (Gar- rison). Time— 2:09%. 2:09y2, 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:f(9%. 2:05 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200 (unfinished): Minnie Chimes, b. m. by Council Chimes (McVay) 5 2 1 1 2 Lowando, br. h. by Col. Loomis (C. Val- entine) 2 1 4 2 3 R. H. Brett, b. g. by Waponee (Osborn- Jamison) 6 5 2 4 1 Our Colonel, b. h. by Colonel Cochran (Childs) 1 6 6 3 4 Also started — Del Rey, b. h. (Cox); Harry The Ghost, g. g. (Hedrick). Time— 2:07, 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:08. 2:10 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200 (unfin- ished): The Wanderer, b. g. by The Tramp (Macy)....l 2 4 Wilgo, b. g. by Togo (Marvin) 5 1 2 Judson Girl, b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 7 1 Also started — James W., ro. g. (Dore); Vanity Oro, g. m. (C. Valentine) ; Strafford, b. h. (Murphy) ; Tommy Finch, b. h. (Hall). Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:07%. O PROGRAM OF KINGS COUNTY FAIR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7th. First Race — 2:11 Trot. Purse $400. Merry Mac, W. Parsons; Vallejo King, Tho-s. Smith; Mable Van. Mrs. F. E. Van Tres; Dr. Wayo, Fred E. Ward; Little Beau, Chas. E. Clark; Albaloma, I. L. Borden. Second Race — 2:23 Pace, Purse $500. A. B. C, W. B. Alford; McVerde, Henry Delaney; Airlie Demonio and Enchilada. Woodland Stock Farm; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. Wallis; Dolly Varden, P. McCart; Peg- asus, A. C. Severance; Clara Mac, W. W. Gallup; Le Dona and Potrero Boy, Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell; Soumise, L. R. Friend; Dee Sherrill, T. W. Orme; R. W., R. W. Earl; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; Alton S., A. Sperry. THURSDAY, OCT. 8th. First Race — 2:10 Pace, Purse $400. Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. W. Wallis; Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva; Loch Lomond, I. L. Borden; Vera Hal, Mrs. H. Cohen; Zulu Belle, C. A. Durfee. Second Race — 2:20 Trot, Purse $500. Copper King, A. C. Severance; Nuristo, Alex Brown; Great Northern. A. R. Porter; Tena G., Heniet Stock Farm; Merry AVidow. W. Parsons; Pavana, M. L. Woy; St. Patrick and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm; Harold C, Fred Chadbourne. FRIDAY, OCT. 9th. First Race — 2:15 Trot, Purse $400. Merry Mac, W. Parsons; St. Patrick and Fiesta Maid, Woodland Stock Farm; Dr. Wayo, A. R. Porter; Little Beau. C. A. Severance: Copper the Ore, G. W. Bonnell; Mable Van, Mrs. F. E. Van Tress; Wesos, Alex. Brown; The Proof, M. C. Keefer; Vallejo King, Thos. Smith. Second Race — 2:18 Pace, Purse $500: Star Tilden. George W. Putnam; Zorene, P. J. Chal- mers; Zorankin. M. C. Keefer; Gold Lily, I. L. Borden; Dee Sherrill. T. W. Orme; Dolly Varden. P. McCart; Le Dona. Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell; Soumise L. R. Friend; McVerde, Henry Delaney; Enchilaha And Robert Bingen, Woodland Stock Farm; Mary W. and Villa, D. W. Wallis; Harry Mac. Russell Grey; A. B. C, W. B. Al- ford. SATURDAY, OCT. 10th. First Race — 2:14 Pace, Purse $400. Delia H., H. G. Smith; Robert Bingen, Woodland Stock Farm; Leonid and Nat Higgins, D. W. Wallis; Sen- ator H.. C. F. Silva; Loch Lomond, I. L. Borden; Clara Mac, W. Y\ . Gallup; Potrero Boy. Mannie Reams and E. H. Crowell. -O- INTERESTING TO HORSEMEN. J. David West, the well known dealer in saddlery and harness goods. 1265-67 Golden Gate Avenue, car- ries a complete stock of the famous Sell horse goods ready for quick delivery at all times, including their popular track harness, road harness, riding saddle and horse blankets, etc., of all kinds. He has a full line of flexible vulcan leather imported French russet calfskin and soft elkskin boots that are the finest ever produced. If you cannot call at the store, send for a free illustrated catalogue, from which you can get a good idea of the goods, besides a whole lot of valuable information to anyone who is interested in horses. It is worth while. Send in your name. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, October 3, 1914. VICISSITUDES OF RACE HORSES IN WAR. All during the spring and earls" summer the per- formances o£ the three-year-old colt Sardanaple were the sensation of the running turf in continental Eu- rope. He won the Grand Prix de Paris; the French Derby; the Prix du Conseil Municipal; the Prix du President de la Republique; and a series of other richly-endowed stake events, showing himself, in the opinion of many critics, the best three-year-old ever seen in France, for he beat repeatedly and without effort the English Derby winner Durbar II. and the other thoroughbreds brought against him . His win- nings, within a comparatively short time, exceeded the sum of $200,000, and if the war had not inter- vened to stop all racing in France, it is probable that he would have eclipsed all records for the amount of money won by a race horse of any age or sex. Sardanaple, however, was confiscated — or com- mandeered, to use the technical military term — by the government of France soon after the war broke out, although owned by Baron Rothschild, one of the most powerful members of the great financial family of that name; and. according to a story recently printed in an American paper, was one day not long afterward found in the environs of Paris being aim- lessly led about by a boy who had not the slightest idea of the horse's identity or what he was worth. What has subsequently become of the son of Pres- tige and Gemma we have not learned — whether res- cued and removed to a place of safety, or rigorously confiscated and pressed into army service. The fates of the race horses of the countries now engaged in the gigantic conflict on the Continent is a subject full of interest to American horse lovers. That many of them will be sacrificed cannot ,how- ever, well help being the case, but some must surely escape. In war time the most foolish and useless procedures are often the order of the day, and per- haps nothing could be more utterly foolish and crim- inally wasteful, in its way, than the wanton sending to war of all the best race horses in a country — for, as we have previously said, the war will not last forever, and when it closes there will be the most urgent and vital need of breeding stock wherewith to replenish that country's equine resources and rebuild its devastated studs. During the Civil War in America many of the best stallions and mares in the North, where the tide of battle did not penetrate, were conserved, for the gov- ernment was at no time forced to confiscate any horses in order to satisfy its requirements. But in the South it was different, and a large quota of its best animals were sacrificed, many perishing in bat- tle, many others being captured or carried off, strayed or stolen, their identities and their pedigrees alike hopelessly lost. But of all the incidents of Re- bellion history in which horses were concerned, cer- tainly none was so memorable or so disastrous as that which occurred at Woodbum Farm. Kentucky was one of the "buffer states" during the war and suffered terribly. Mr. Alexander at various times sent certain of his stallions and mares north to get them out of harm's way, but failed in the end to use due precaution. In February, 1S65, Woodbum was raided by a band of Southern guerillas, and those in charge forced at the point of the gun to produce the best stallions yet remaining on the place. Of these, the chief were the two trotters Abdallah 15 and Al- exander's Bay Chief, by Mambrino Chief. Both were run off by the guerillas, but a troop of Federal sol- diers went in pursuit and overtook the raiders. A fight ensued in which Bay Chief, who was ridden by one of the guerilla chiefs, was a conspicuous figure and was mortally wounded. Abdallah was recap- tured, unharmed, by a Federal, who however refused to give him up, saying that he was very valuable and would command a large ransom. So he rode him away. But the stallion was in stud condition, fat and soft, and without shoes. He gave out, after being hard ridden for miles, and was finally turned loose and left by the roadside. Men from Woodbum found him next day in a terrible plight and his death from pneumonia quickly followed. Abdallah was then but thirteen years of age, and only an inkling of his real worth was known^but the achievements of his off- spring and descendants have since demonstrated that in his loss the trotting breed suffered the greatest blow that it has ever sustained in the premature death of a great progenitor. Although only a scat- tering few of his get remained behind him, his blood is today to be found in nearly fifty per cent, of all 2:10 performers yet produced. The grimness of the tragedy is also emphasized by the fact that only a few weeks later Lee surrendered to. Grant at Appo- mattox and the war came to an end, all danger to property. North and South, from such incursions, being terminated summarily. If all the facts could be known, a large volume, replete with romantic incidents and thrilling tales, could be related of similar occurrences, and it is im- possible that the present great international Euro- pean conflict will pass without affording food for many tales beside that in which Sardanaple has fig- ured. Aside from the race horses sacrificed, the losses of horses of all kinds will be appalling. As is well known, one of America's chief sources of supply for heavy horse breeding stock is Belgium, whose products of that variety are in many respects unequaled. It is stated, however, that the entire breeding region of that heroic little country has been lie of some of the most terrific fighting thus far done, and according to cabled descriptions, has ,.een transformed into a district of utter desolation and ruin. It is, of course, the human suffering produced by war that is its chief curse — but associated with it are innumerable other forms. After mankind, no other form of life in animal guise feels the force of war's destructiveness as does the horse. Upon the altar of that impossible deity referred to as "the God of Battles" — as if such a god were conceivable to any civilized mind or heart! — millions uncounted of the equine kind have been offered in slaughter since first the savages of prehistoric ages went forth against each other in chariots or on horseback. And still the slaughter continues. During the Boer War alone, Great Britain purchased in the United States over 200,000 horses, which were sent to the front in South Africa, the great majority of them never emerging alive from the hell into which they were sent. Even now the warring nations are rushing into our horse markets orders for tens of thousands of animals, and if hostilities are prolonged for months to come, as is possible — or even for a year or more — it sickens the sensitive mind to think of the number which will go to the slaughter. Let us all pray, therefore, as President Wilson has requested in official proclama- tion, for the speedy end of the war; and for the inauguration of world conditions making another such monstrous iniquity forever impossible. — Horse Review. BREEDING OF ARMY REMOUNTS. I think it will be conceded by everyone who has any idea of the reason for the existence of Conti- nental fiscal studs that ther can be only one aim In view, viz., the establishment of strains breeding true to distinct types as outlined by the require- ments of the various classes of mounted military units. Indeed, the chief difficulties which the direc- tors of these fiscal studs had, and to a certain degree still have to contend with, is in the selection of proper crossing material to attain this end, and also in the question as to whether the male or female blood is of higher efficiency for amelioration pur- poses, says Boulanger in London Sporting Life. In connection with the first-mentioned problem, the following quotation from a book written by the Frenchmen, Moll and Guyot, may be of interest; In common breeds their origin (being plebeian, low, mixed, or unknown) is the source of their im- perfections and vices. This origin has a tendency to oppose all other influences, including those of soil, climate and food, and can only be counteracted, or its power minimized, by a constant weeding out of bad animals, or by introducing the more potent blood of a higher and purer caste. ... In breeds of high race, quality and antiquity, it is the influence of blood which is the very foundation and principle of the preservation of the breed. It is the quality which struggles incessantly against any alteration in the type, or any deterioration in the structure. And, indeed, after many costly experiments, it was admitted by all concerned in this national-political work that in the establishment of true breeding strains of light horses for army purposes the blood of the English thoroughbred is the most suitable and the most reliable factor. It would lead me too far to refer at length to the various treatises written on the subject of a prepotency of either the male or female element. But as in all Continental fiscal studs the method was adopted to cross half-bred mares with thoroughbred stallions, we may presume that amongst competent judges this important ques- tion has been settled once and forever. I always have defended and repeatedly alluded to it in these columns, the argument that the sire element has a far greater influence upon bodily conformation of the progeny than the female, whereas the latter is a far more reliable transmittent of the mental characters essential in a racehorse than the male. The breeding method which ensues herefrom, and which I shall always continue to support, is to breed mares de- scending from prominent racing strains to sires which transmit to their produce a certain and dis- tinct type that may enable breeders to make prac- tical use of a given prepotency of an ancestral ele- ment in a stallion's hereditary constitution. Of course, I do not claim that this is a new idea in breeding, but having studied so many methods, I am prepared to accept the one which has produced the best results. Breeders in England have often wondered at what they thought to be absurd methods on the part of representatives of foreign govern- ments, who came to England with a view to buying stallions for their half-bred studs. On many occa- sions the pick of English thoroughbreds, judged on their racing merits, were shown to them, but were subsequently rejected, while many a stallion of a kind was taken which no English breeder would ever dream of breeding from, owing to lack of racing qualities. "We want correct horses," these commis- sioners declared, and "correct" in their minds means a stallion of 16 to 16.2 hands in size, strongly topped, endowed with the cleanest of legs and feet, and with perfect action. Since it has been proved at every show at the Agricultural Hall that such correct horses only in very rare instances can be found amongst the rank and file of successful turf perform- ers, there is nothing really to be wondered at in the attitude taken up in recent years by these foreign commissioners. In France they are present at every race meeting, and so soon as they come across a correct horse, whether a winner or a loser, they com- mandeer it. To my knowledge they have not pur- chased a thoroughbred mare for a great number of years. Those who have ever witnessed the French army manoeuvres and seen a cavalry attack, must have been surprised at the astounding uniformity in type and work which has been attained by these methods. There is, first of all, the rather heavy type of horse of the Cuirassiers, the chief essential of which is weight-carrying propensities. The foundation was a sort of home-bred cart horse, which merely required uniformity in type, and this was brought about by the thoroughbred cross. Various methods were used for the establishment of the light army horse proper, for which speed and endurance were of somewhat greater importance than weight-carrying qualities; and here either the medium-sized thoroughbred or the Anglo-Arab proved the most reliable factor for uniformity. An interesting feature in connection with the method employed in these fiscal studs is breeding for color, which, according to a number of experts, has greatly assisted in obtaining the desired strain of horses breeding true to a desired type. The big weight-carrier almost invariably is a bay or a brown; browns and chestnuts we find among the middle-weights; whereas the best of the smallest army horses (the hussar's remount) are greys and chestnuts, which have derived a great deal of their quality from the cross with the thoroughbred Arab. Uniformity in type amongst the various classes of horses is most essential for the purposes of training, since action and speed must be similar as possible in order to secure the success of military plans which rest upon a presumed ability of the mounts. These would be greatly endangered by the presence of horses which, owing to a natural disposition of bodily conformation different from the others, are bound to break away from or remain behind the line. How easily uniformity in army horses could be produced in England is apparently not known in our army remount quarters, though the authorities must cer- tainly be aware of its paramount importance in war- fare. Perhaps they realize the impossibility of at- taining this end under the present conditions; but that is all the more reason why the government should proceed without further delay in the estab- lishment of fiscal studs. THE HORSE'S SHARE IN THE WAR. Speaking of war and the part horses are called upon to play in it, how much truth is expressed in the following, from the Pittsburgh Dispatch: While we are bemoaning the loss of men in this inception of the European war, let the world in some sense couple the suffering and wounding and death of both men and horses. Both are impressed into the service. The men must begin their training for the military life when they ought to be in school or learning some useful calling, especially that of tilling the soil. The horses, scores of thousands of them, are commandeered for the cavalry and artillery when they should be plow- ing and reaping and transporting the product of peaceful industry to the markets; and this applies to all of the countries engaged in this murderous and inexcusable strife. The man might protest, but he dare not; no mat- ter how unwillingly he present his body to the bul- lets of his brother man in the name of patriotism. The horse cannot protest ,and those who have heard the screams and groans of the four-footed animal say that its cries of agony are more heart-rending than those of the biped. The latter has as kindly nursing as possible from the Red Cross and other organiza- zations, with medicaments and surgery. The noble equine lies and slowly dies, unconscious as the mass of the men in regard to the explanation of it all. Meantime the masters of wholesale murder sit in safety poring over maps, planning new movements, seeking new strategical points, sweating blood, not shedding it; devising the surest means of killing both men and horses in the interests of the thing called victory, assailed by the mental agony of the possibility of the thing called defeat, regardless of the mighty and immutable truth of all history that victory is a hollow and debasing nomenclature which tells a brutal story of brutal ambition and undying shame. And the masters of murder know not the man or the horse, and neither the horse nor the man knows aught of the masters of murder. A NEW WAY TO DETECT DOPING. One of the evils of the racing game today is the use of dope. Much to my surprise and without any apparent effort to perform the operation on the quiet, during the past two weeks I have seen, just before the horses are called, big doses of what the grooms called "hop" poured into several horses, especially pacers. At one very recent meeting talk was general in the stables that such and such a stallion had been "doctored," and the talk finally reached the judges' stand. Many wondered why the horses were scored so many times when they all seemed to be on a pace as they came to the wire, but the officials, believing themselves unable to get any direct evidence of the use of dope, got at the situation by having the starter score 'em until the staying power and temporary "speed spirit" had worked. And it was successful, the pacer being distanced when they eventually got going. — ("Onawa.") o The world's mile record for a three-year-old trotter on a half-mile track was broken at the State Fair grounds at Louisville, Ky., on Sept. ISth when Hugh Miller, owned by E. R. Little of Mount Sterling, Ky.. went the distance in 2:11%. The previous record was 2:12*4, made by Muda Guy in 1909 at Allentown. Pennsylvania. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIXTURES. Tournament! Registered. October 17. — Wilmington, Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. E. Doremus, President. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stal- Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona, ger. Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Oct. 7-9 — San Jose Kennel Club. Chas. R. Harker, Sec- retary. N. D. E. A. rules. Oct. 10 — Peninsula Kennel Club, San Mateo. One day open air show. A. K. C. rules. Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1— Colorado Kennel Club. C. A. Ellis, secretary. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali.- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary* A- K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary, Alameda, Cal. o GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. Practice day, September 7 — The John H. Patter- son Introductory. Open to amateurs only. — 200 single targets, unknown angles, $20 entrance — tar- gets included, 18 yards rise, high guns — not class shooting, $125 added to the purse. In addition to first, second and third moneys the winners received respectively, $50, $30 and $20 in gold presented by the N. C. R. Gun Club. Practice day purse — 161 entries at $16 — $2576. Added by Interstate Association — $125. Total purse $2701. Distributed as follows: Mark Arie 1194 S. A. Huntleyf F. A. Graper . . . W. Henderson . . R. H. Bruns C. Gunning Frank Fuller . . . R. A. King Geo. Grub T. .Priorf F. S. Wright A. C. Skutt G. W. Ball A. R. Chezik . . . F. O. Williams.. W. S. Hoon J. F. Coutsf W. S. Behm W. H. Jones ... Score Am't 194 $270.10 i:o: 243.10 19a 189.05 1:12 189.05 192 189.05 l.n 135.05 1 1] 135.05 1911 81.05 189 64.80 1X9 64.80 1X9 64.80 ISO 64.80 I .VI 6«.80 1X8 64.00 188 54.00 1X7 54.00 1X7 54.00 1XV 54.00 187 54.00 Score A. E. Richardson. 1 187 H. Duckham |186 H. S. Hootman. ..|1SG P. H. O'Brien G. L. Lyon .... H. H. Hicks... Wm. Ridley . . . C. D. Coburn... C. A. Buckles.. W. E. Roach... D. F. McMahon J. M. Barnett . J. S. Young W. A. Wiedebusch|l84 J. S. Speer 184 C. B. Owenst 184 M. Kneussl 1184 Am't 54.00 54.00 54.00 54.00 54.00 42.40 42.40 42.40 42 . 40 42.40 42.40 42.40 16.20 15.20 16.20 16.20 16.20 52,699.80 Five well known Coast shooters, among the above list of winning guns, are designated by a dagger. A. G. Flickinger, o£ Vallejo, and H. F. Wihion, of Gresham, Ore., each broke 183 targets. Ed Staunton, of Winnemucea, centered 179 birds in this event. First Day, Tuesday, September 8. — National Ama- teur Championship at Double Targets. Open to amateurs only. Fifty double rises (100 targets), $10.00 entrance — targets included — 16 yards rise; high guns, not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. The winners of first, second and ibird mon- eys received a trophy, presented by The Interstate Association. Purse: 84 entries at $8 — $672. Added by The In- terstate Association, $100. Total purse $772. divided into 18 moneys, viz: 1st, $115.80; 2d, $100.35; 3d, $77.20; 4th, $61:75, 5th, $61.75; 6th, $54.05; 7th, $46.30; 8th, $38.60; 9th, $38.60; 10th, $39.90; 11th, $23.15; 12th, $23.15; 13th, $23.15; 14th, $15.45; 15th, $14.45; 16th, $14.45; 17th, $14.45; 18th, $15.15. Total, 772.00. Individual distribution — W. Henderson . . . 90 S. A. Huntleyf... 89 Wm. Wettleaf ... ss C. A. Gunning. .. . 81 J. M. Markham. . . 81 F. S. Wright XI T. Priort 80 So xo F. H. Mellust xo w. H. Anderson. . sn R. A. King 79 Score Am't $115.00 100.35 77.20 51.95 55.95 55 95 55.95 30.90 30.90 30.90 30.90 30.90 17.00 G. L. Lyon . . F. G. Fuller H. Dunnill L. S. Rambo J. H. Noel J. F. Couts Jr.|. . H. E. Dickerman. C. A. Galbraith . . . R. D. Morgan L. Fisher W. S. Behm A. R. Richardson. Score Am't 17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 Wihion broke 76, Staunton 74, O'Brien 64. Neither Flickinger nor Owens shot in this event. Special event instead of "Shoot for Shooters" list- ed on the regular program and which did not fill. 100 targets, in five 20 bird sections, 16 yards rise. Purse: 93 entries at $25— $2325. Divided high guns, $1000 on 100 targets— $930. $3.00 on each 20 targets, making $297 in each section — $1,395. Total purse $2,325. Division on 100 targets: 1, $204.60; 2, $167.40; 3, $130.20; 4, $102.30; 5, $93.00; 6, $74.00; 7, $46 50; 8, $46.50; 9, $37.20; 10, $27.90. Total, $930. W. Henderson Geo. Grubb . . . S. C. Vance... J. Rummel . . . M. Arie W. S. Hoon .. Am't 47.55 47.55 47.55 47.55 47.55 37.55 Winners on 100 targets: Score Am't Scori J. R. Livingston. .19915167. 40 W. Henderson 98 T. Hale 99 167.40 " W. S. Behm ,99 167.40 S. A. Huntleyf... 981 47.55 C. A. Gunning ... 98 47.55 M. Arie 98 J. H. Noel |9(j| 47.55 W. S. Hoon 98 5930.15 Division on each 20 targets: 31 20's in event 1, each $9.00; 33 20's in event 2, each $8.45; 26 20's in event 3, each $10.75; 17 20's in event 4, each $16.40; 25 20's in event 5, each $11.15. Sam Huntley was the sole Coast shooter in the 100 target money division — three 99's and nine 98's. Huntley cracked out three 20's ($33.85). Toney Prior three also ($33:85): Couts two ($19.20). O'Brien two ($19.15). Wihion one ($9.00). Flickin- ger's score was 19, 18, 17, 19, 19—92. Melius, Owens and Staunton did not enter. In this event 64 shoot- ers made 90 per cent or better. National Amateur Championship, 100 singles, 16 yards rise. Open only to winners (or to the runners- up) of The Interstate Association's Amateur State Championship, competed for at State association reg- istered tournaments during 1914. Thirty-six shooters were eligible, 35 entered. Toney Prior (runner-up), California; H. F. Wihion, Oregon; C. E. Owens (run- ner-up), Washington, was the Coast representation. The winner of this event received an Interstate Association trophy — a $125 solid gold watch, suitably engraved. Each shooter entered also received from the Interstate Association a $50 purse. Purse: An optional sweepstakes of $10 each by 21 entries — $210, three moneys, 50-30-20 per cent. Winners — Woolfolk Henderson (Kentucky), first, broke 99, $105. J. M. Barrett (Georgia), second, broke 97, $52.50. W. S. Behm (Pennsylvania), third, broke 97, $52.50. All but eight shooters scored 90% or better in this event. Prior broke 96, Wihion 93, Owens 91. Sanford Trophy, professional race — Won by C. O. Le Compte, 100 straight over a field of 40 shooters. W. R. Crosby and Fred Gilbert tied on 96 each. In a subsequent match at 100 birds they each wound up with 95 breaks. Second day, Wednesday, September 9. — Prelimin- ary Handicap. Open to amateurs only. 100 single targets shot in 20 target frames, $7 entrance — tar- gets included, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. The handicaps contestants received for the Grand Amer- ican Handicap governed in this event. First, second and third highest scores, each received a trophy, pre- sented by The Interstate Association. Purse: 398 entries (18 for targets onlyi, 380 at $5.00— $1900. Added by The Interstate Association, $100. Total purse $2000. Fifty moneys— $200, $180, $160, $140, $120, $100, $80, $60, six $40's, twenty $20's. Winners : C. Rifle 196 A. R. Chezik.. 106 Wiedebusch ...i95 C. E. Dimmit.. |95 G. Grubb |95 H. F. Wihlonf.|95 F. H. Mellust-. 94 H. M. Williams|34 Joe Gray |94 A. Piatt ;04 J. A. Blunt i34 C. B. Homer... 194 C. O. Carothers 93 W. A. Dalby. .193 H. L. Hildinger 93 J. E. Schreck.. 93 M.P.G.Hillman |i)3 W. Webster . . . |93 J. M. Barrett .,93 M. Kneussl ...[93 G. C. Maxwell. |93 J. N. Bates ... 92 E. A. Hebard..|92 R. S. Miller ..192 J. C. Delong...|92 W. E. Spencer. |92 T. J. Donald.. 92 Mini 180. 130. 130. 130. 130. 50 40 50 50 50. 50. 24. 24 24. 24. 24. 24. 24 24 24 20 20 20 20 20 20 Score Am't 28 C. E. Owenst... 92 20.00 29 F. A. Richter... 92 '0.00 30 H.A.Swearengen !'2 20.00 31 H. E. Whitney. 92 20.00 32 H. Bonser 0'< 20.00 33 Geo. Kisler .. . 02 20.00 34 Ed Eilver 92 20.00 35 D. F McMahon. 9 2 20.00 36 Sam Leever . . . 92 20.00 37 W. S. Behm 92 20.00 38 E. J. Skidmore. 92 20.00 39 G. W. Ball 91 16.00 40 E. W. Fry 91 16.00 41 W. H. Kivitts.. 91 16.00 42 E. O. Lothamer 91 16.00 43 B.D. McCormick 91 16.00 44 C. E. McKelvey. 91 16.00 45 C. W. Wheeler. 91 16 00 46 W. H. Deaver. . 91 16.00 47 J. B. Knapp 91 16.00 48 H. N. Knapp... 91 16.00 19 G. T. Hall :il 16.00 50 D. A. Herrold... 91 16.00 R. A. King 91 16.00 J. N. Speary... 91 16.00 A. N. Wesner. . 91 16.00 Shoot-off on tie of 96, for first trophy — C. Riffe (17 yards) 18 out of 20. A. R. Chezik (19 yards), 17. Shoot-off in tie of 95, for second trophy — W. A. Weidebusch (20 yards), 19 out of 20; C. E. Dimmit (16 yards), 18; Geo. Grub (19 yards), 18; H. F. Wihion (20 yards), 18. Sam Huntley (22 yards) broke 90; J. F. Couts Jr. (21 yards) 89; Pete O'Brien (20 yards) 85; Toney Prior (20 yards) 90; W. E. Staunton (19 yards) 81; A. G. Flickinger (16 yards) 88. Melius stood at the 16 yard peg. Owens, 18 yards. Professional match, 100 birds in five 20 sections — O. R. Dickey, Ed. Graham and H. Clark, 98 each, were high guns among 43 entries. Guy Hollohan broke 92, P. J. Hollohan 94 and Jack Fanning 92. Match races between professionals — Tom Marshall vs. R. O. Heikes, tied with 91 each. J. R. Graham (97) vs. J. S. Day (95). Walter Huff (99) vs. R W. Clancy (98). Guy Holohan (96) vs. W. R. Chamber- lain (92). "Third Day, Thursday, September 10. — The Grand American Handicap, open to amateurs only, 100 sin- gles, unknown angles, $10 entrance — targets includ- ed— handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class shooting. $500 added to the purse. Winner of first money guaranteed $500 or more and a trophy; sec- ond money, guaranteed $400 or more and a trophy; third money, guaranteed $300 or more and a trophy; fourth money, guaranteed $200 or more and a trophy; fifth money, guaranteed $100 or more and a trophy. Purse — 515 entries: 439 regular entries at $8 — $3512. 47 penalty entries at $13— $611. 29 forfeits at $5 — $145. Added by The Interstate Association, $500. Total purse— $4768.65. Fifty moneys— S476.80, $429.10, $381.45, $383.75, $286.10, $238.40, $190.70, $143.05, six $95.35's, eighteen $47.70's, and eighteen $40.70's. Individual distribution of purse — Yds. Score Amt W Henderson 122 9S $500.00 W. A. Phillips to 94 47.70 O. P. Goode.. 16 :"/ 420.10 P. J. Krueger . 16 94 47.70 A. C. Blair 16 97 381.45 H. Schnell 16 94 47.70 J. D. Parker. . 18 96 333.75 A. H. Aber 18 94 47.70 A. Flickingerf 16 96 286.10 D. A. Herrold . ri 94 47.70 M. Hiliman . . 18 91) 23S.40 F. S. Wright... 22 94 47.70 Ira Galbraith 19 96 190 70 E. Apperson . . 16 93 35.75 J. F. Coutst.. 21 96 143.05 A. D. Davis . . . 16 93 35.75 C. H. Binns... 16 9b 69.70 G. C. Maxwell. . 16 93 F. W. McNeil. 16 95 69.70 J. Gray 17 98 35.75 E. B. Barker.. 17 .15 69.70 Fred Plum 17 93 35.75 N. J. Johnson IV 95 69.70 J. S. Speer 18 93 33.75 Chas. Riffe . . . 16 95 69.70 C. H. Wagner . IS 93 35.75 N. Northcott . 16 95 69.70 Wm. Runner . . 15 •13 35.75 Wm. Dalby . . . 16 95 69.70 J. R. Swick 10 93 35.75 B. F. Failey . . IB 95 69.70 J. B. Lallance.. 18 93 35.75 G. E. Hiner... 16 95 69.70 L. H. Gambell . 19 9? 35.75 J. A. Swaby. . . 16 9a 69.70 G. T. Hall 19 93 35.75 H. Bonser .... 19 95 69.70 Ed. Silver 19 93 35.75 Dr. McMahon 2o 95 69.70 J. G. Martin... IS 93 35.75 S. A. Huntleyf 22 95 69.70 F. S. Tomlin... 19 93 35.75 G. W. Ball 16 94 "7.70 H. B. Shoop 19 93 35.75 B. Cole 16 94 47.70 B. E. Moritz... 20 93 35.75 Guy Hooper . . 16 94 47.70 J. M. Barrett.. 21 93 35.75 C. H. Dimmit 16 94 4".70 H. F. Wihlonf.. "ii 93 35.75 F. H. Mellust . in 94 47.70 ?,?, 93 35.75 E. M. Fry 16 94 47.70 Total . 54.768.25 E. A. Hebard 16 94 47.70 Shoot-off of ties on 97 at 20 targets — Blair 17, Goode 17. Blair 20, Goode 20. Goode 19, Blair 18. Shoot-off of ties on 96— Hiliman 20, Couts 20, Gal- braith 17, Flickinger 16, Parker 15. Second tie shoot — Hiliman 20, Couts 15. C. E. Owens (18 yards) broke 92, Pete O'Brien (20 yards) 89, Toney Prior (;s0 yards) 84. The professional match brought out a field of 45 contestants. Fred Bills broke 99 out of 100 for high gun. Pete Holohan was one of five 98's. Jack Fan- ning broke 93, Guy Holohan 88. Three professional matches at 100 birds were: Homer Clark (100) vs. Fred Bills (96). L. S. Ger- man (98) vs. J. R. Taylor (98). C. A. Young (100) vs. E. S. Graham (98). Mrs. Topperwein 99x100. Fourth Day, Friday, September 11. — Consolation Handicaps, open to amateurs only, 100 singles, $7 entrance, — targets included — handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns — not class shooting, $100 added to the purse. Handicaps contestants received in Grand American Handicap governed in this event. First, second and third high guns received an Interstate Association trophy. Money winners in either Pre- liminary or Grand American Handicaps barred. Purse — 219 regular entries (17 not eligible and re- funded), 200 entries at $5, 2 entries for targets only — $1000. Added by Interstate Association, $100. Total purse.. $1100. Forty moneys — $110, $99, $88, $77, $66, $55, $44, $33, sixteen $22's, sixteen ill's. Individual distribution — Toney Priorf . 20 F. J. Colburn. 19 A. H. Capinger IB A. C. Connor. . 19 W. Wettleaf . . "0 G. E. Clark . . 10 C. H. Peck . . 18 W. Shattuck. . 19 H. W. Heikes "1 W. E. Reilly.. 18 C. C. Lane .. 16 C. C. Lane 10 H. E. Furnas. 17 E.M. Humston 17 J. J. Hamm. . IV C. M. Beer . . IX H. Sturt 111 R. D. Morgan 20 A. R. Luer 10 J. Richards . . 16 Yd. Bk. Am't 97 Yd. Bk. r. Horix (i. Reimers .... v. B. Smith 0 Williams . . . .1 M. Markham K E. Pobert... J. M. Shropshire kS. S. Cooper. . . H Hirth Ii. J. Robison. . .1. R. Jahn A, G. Brooks .. . G. J. Fuller B. P. Remy (',. D. Coburn. . F. M. Holaday. H D. Smart . . (1. E. Zint 17 C. L. Moeller is J. Seaborn . M. S. Hootman. 17 90 1, mi 17 90 1 ,■ .10 IX 90 is Oo is 90 19 00 19 90 19 911 "1 oo 16 89 16 so is SO "0 X9 10 S.S 10 XX 10 S.S 1 , XX is ss 20 88 Am't 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 15.25 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 7.35 7.35 7.35 7.35 7.35 7.35 'Brien $110.00 99.00 88.00 77.50 75.50 35.20 35.20 35.20 35.20 35.20 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 l->.25 15.25 W. E. Staunton (19 yards) broke 79. Pete O (20 yards) 69. Henry Sanford Trophy, for professionals; final scores for possession of trophy — Events — Targets — C. O. LeCompte F. G. Bills E. Graham .... J. R. Taylor . . . W. R. Crosby . . Professional matches, at 100 targets — H. W. Cad wallader(92) vs. J. Terry (91). E. G. White (96) vs. W. M. Hammond (93). C. F. Moore (95) vs. E. H. Taylor (91). The actual number of targets trapped during the week were: Practice day, amateurs, 32,200; profes- sionals, 3,900. First day, amateurs, 21,180; profes- sionals, 4,400. Second day, amateurs, 38.640: pro- fessionals, 5,100. Third day, amateurs, 45,300; profes- sionals, 5,200. Fourth day, amateurs, 17,400; pro- fessionals, 1,100. Total, 174,420. Joker trap, four days, 7,500. Grand total, 181,920. Coast shooters who attended the big tournament at Dayton, Ohio, numbered eight amateurs and two professionals — Pete J. Holohan and Guy Holohan. The amateur Coast trigger pullers gathered in the respectable total of purse and money winnings (aside from optional pools, if any) of $1651.10, divided as follows: S. A. Huntley of Vancouver, Wash., $494.55; A. G. Flickinger, of Vallejo, $286.10; Toney Prior, of San 3 25 241 25 25 2.0, 4 Ttl 25 100 231 96 24 98 25 100 97 10 Francisco, $239.55; J. F. Couts, Jr.. of San Diego, $218 20- H. F. Wihlon, of Gresham, Ore., $174.75; H. F. Melius, of Los Angeles, $128.60; C. E. Owens, of Wenatchee, Wash., $36.20. The fifteenth annual Interstate Association Grand American Handicap, at Dayton, Ohio, under the auspices of the N. C. R. Gun Club, goes on record as the biggest trap shooting meet up to date in this country" or anywhere else. A total entry of 515 shooters, of which 47 were penalty entries, 23 forfeit- ed, left the top notch amateur entry of 486 contest- ants in the feature event of the tournament. This year the "pros" were eliminated from the regular amateur events and had a battle roya! be- tween themselves at a special trap allotted for their use. There were 71 "pros" in attendance last year, not over 45 shooting in this year's tournament. Elmer E. Shaner again proved his wizard-like executive abilities in running the big shoot from start to finish without a bobble. Visiting shooters were unanimous in their praise of the N. C. R. Gun Club officials and members who all worked together for the comfort and convenience of the attending shooters. The precedent set on the lines of hospitality and true sportsmanship may be equalled at future tournaments but will never be exceeded. o AT THE TRAPS. Live Bird Medal Winners.— The California Wing Shooting Club's seventh and final monthly live bird shoot w'as held at Sobrante, Sunday, September 27, postponed from September 6. The medal winners for this season are: C. C. Nauman. first; W. W. Terrill, second; Toney Prior and E. L. Schultz, tied for third, Schultz won the tie shoot. Nauman shot up a back score and dropped 2 birds, killing straight afterwards in the regular match he wound up with 78 out of 84 birds for the season. Terrill grassed every pigeon in shooting up his back score; this let him in for second medal with 77 out of 84. Schultz was 6 birds down up to Sunday and lost 2 in the regular shoot, leaving him with 8 down out of 84. Prior was 7 shy up to the last shoot, losing 1 left him eight birds lost out of the 84. In shooting off the tie, miss and out, Prior slipped his sixth bird, Shultz killed and won. Hoag, Terrill and Nauman's straight strings divid- ed the purse in the forenoon match. Captain Du Bray, Hoag, Nauman, Prior and Terrill all shot clean strings in the afternoon purse match and divided the pot. The miss-and-out shoot was a lively race between Toney Prior and W. W. Terrill, the former running up a string of twenty-six birds. Terrill stopped one bird less, that bird being the first one he lost out of sixty-seven. He shot at fifty-four birds Sunday and used the second barrel but ten times. Seven shoot- ers each grassed six birds in the pool shoot and split the money between them. The scores follow : Medal match, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 2 moneys, dis- tance handicaps, high guns to win: Yds. B. L. Hoag 26—1122 2212 1211—12 W W Terrill 31—2111 1111 1122—12 C. C. Nauman 32—2121 2121 2212—12 T. Prior 31—2222 2111 0122—11 T. D. Riley 29—2212 2212 0122—11 B. L. Schultz 31—2112 2220 2120—10 A. J. Webb 28—2220 2221 2120—10 A. W. Du Brav 26—2221 1020 2021— 9 N. Northcroft 30—1000 1110 2101— 5 Purse match, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 2 moneys; dis- tance handicaps, high guns to win: Yds. A. W. Du Bray 28—2121 1111 1212—12 E. L. Hoag 32—2122 1112 2222—12 C. C. Nauman 31—2211 1121 1221—12 T. Prior 31—1121 1111 1122—12 W. W. Terrill 31—1122 1111 1111—12 B. L. Schultz 32 — 1112 1101 2222—11 A. J. Webb 29—2121 2201 2112—11 N. Northcroft 30—1211 1201 2211—11 T. D. Riley 28—2222 2022 2212—11 Daisy 30—1222 0220 1002— 8 Monthly miss-and-out cup match — T. Prior (33 yards rise), 26 kills; W. W. Terrill (31 yards), 25; E. L. Hoag (30 yards), 15; Captain Du Bray (29 yards), 3; E. L. Schultz (32 yards), 4; C. C. Nauman (33 yards), 2; A. J. Webb (31 yards), 2; T. D. Riley (28 yards), 0; Daisy (30 yards), 15 out of 18 birds only. Six-bird pool shoot, 30 yards rise, high guns — Nau- man 6, Terrill 6, H. Stelling 6, Riley S, Prior 6, Schultz 6. Webb 6, W. H. Price 5, Hoag 5, Daisy 4, Northcroft 4, R. H. Bungay 4. * * % Clubmen At the Traps — A relurn blue rock shoot, 50 birds per man, was shot at the Claremont Country Club grounds last Sunday, with a Family Club team of trigger pullers. The Claremont Club won by a margin of 29 birds— 435 out of 500. The scores fol- low: Family Club— J. C. Holmes 47, Dr. C. D. McGet- tigan 46, George Uhl 45, Ellis Parrish 44, W. L. San- born 44, Louis Sloss 44, W. E. Laundry 43 E R Dimond 42, W. D. Mansfield 41, A. M. Shields 39— Total, 435. Claremont Club— Harold Havens 45, Win. De Frem- ery 45, M. A. Howard 43, M. R. Sherwood 43, Geo W McNear 43, E. C. Prather 42, H. H. Smith 40 Harry Haight 36, C. R. Parker 36, E. R. Folger 33— Total Ini;. * * * San Jose Traps.— The Garden City Gun Club prize winners for the season of 1914 announced at the club's final shoot September 27 were: Ray Hogg, first prize, Lamolle House cup, 266 out of 300; William McKagney, second prize, Fredericks- burg cup, 263 out of 300; George McCubbin, third THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. prize, Garden City Blue Rock Club chair, 258 out of 300; Jesse Bollinger, fourth prize, watch fob, 244 out of 300; James Bryant, fifth prize, Garden City Blue Rock Club's cup, 223 out -of 300; August Rich- ter, sixth prize, Hercules fob, 218 out of 300. A series of ten 20 bird merchandise events were shot, the winners were: First event, N. H. Cadwal- lader, 19 out of 20, a cup. Second event, Jesse Bol- linger broke 18, a cup. Third event, Wm. McKagney broke 19, a cup. Fourth event, O. N. Ford broke 19, a cup. Fifth event, Chas. Nash, 18, merchandise prize. Sixth event, Geo. McCubbin broke 18, mer- chandise prize. Seventh event, Ray Hogg broke 18, merchandise prize. Eighth event, A. Southerland 18, merchandise prize. Ninth event, H. Gordon broke 18, merchandise prize. Tenth event, L. Poulain broke 16, merchandise prize. The miss-and-out shoot was won by Ray Hogg who ran up a string of 23 breaks. High average for the day, O. N. Ford, 180 out of 200. The club members and visiting shooters partook of an appetizing barbecue luncheon at Cedar Brook park. Exposition City Gun Club. — The final shoot of the club's 1914 blue rock season took place at the Easton trap ground September 27. Weather conditions were ideal. The attendance was less than usual, the Wing Club, Family Club and Tonopah shoots being the counter attractions. The season's winners in the club medal race, four classes, were respectively: Ernil Hoelle, H. B. Val- lejo, C. A. Bridgford and R. E. McGill. The cup trophy winners were: T. Handman, Ed L. Hoag, J. Hervey Jones and C. N. Dray. J. H. Obermuller won the Du Pont trophy and E. H. Forestier was high gun for the Hercules trophy. A. S. Wickersham was the winner of the rifle trophy, Event 2. Challenge cup winning shooters were: E. Hoelle, Ed. L. Hoag, Colonel J. W. Dorsey and R. E. McGill. The scores last Sunday were: FISH LINES. Events — Birds — E. Hoelle H. B. Vallejo . . . C. A. Bridgford . R. E. McGill . . . E. H. Forestier . T. Handman . . . J. H. Jones H. Dutton P. B. Bekeart . . L. D. Steinfeldt C. N. Dray E. Straessler . . . 1 2 3 4 20 20 15 20 15 19 11 16 18 18 14 16 18 12 10 13 18 14 9 17 12 13 6 10 16 18 15 16 16 16 8 17 15 13 11 10 12 12 11 13 12 14 7 7 11 11 8 13 17 11 12 "E. C." Cup Match. — Following the Consolation Handicap finish, Saturday, September 12, at Dayton, Ohio, a match between J. S. Day, the holder of the cup and Homer Clark, of Alton, 111., was arranged. The race was at 100 singles, 50 targets, expert rules and 25 pairs — 200 targets in all. Clark won out by one bird. The scores were: Homer Clark 98 x 100, 38 x 50, 46 x 50—182 J. S. Day 96x100, 40x50, 45x50—181 & * -'fi Hazard Cup Match. — Right after the "E. C" race was decided, Lester German challenged S. A. Hunt- ley, the holder of the Hazard Cup. The contest was at 100 pairs and was shot in ten frames of 10 double rises each. Huntley won by 8 birds. The scores were: S. A. Huntley 19]18|16|19|20|18|19|17[17|18— 181 L. S. German 19j20|l7|17 17 19 19 17 15|14— 174 * # # Pajaro Valley Tournament. — The Hollister Gun Club won first place in a competitive shoot between teams from Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Salinas and Hollister, at Watsonville Sunday, September 27. The five shooters composing the Hollister team broke 264 targets out of a possible 300. Watsonville was next with 249. James Huntsman of Hollister was high gun among 25 competitors, breaking 58 targets out of a possible 60. Carl Schults, also of the Hollister team, was second with 57. The Watsonville Gun Club entertained their visitors royally, treating them to a barbecued dinner with all the trimmings. The clubs represented at this shoot intend to organize a league next spring. The Hollister Gun Club held the final shoot of a prize tournament that was in progress for several months September 20. Duke Hargous was awarded first prize; Elmer Sherman second; and Carl Schulz won third prize in shooting off a tie. "Duke" made a perfect score in the final shoot, breaking 25 targets straight. The Tacoma Gun Club's registered tournament at Tacoma, Wash., scheduled to be held September 7, has been postponed to a later date. A NEW LOCATION. Barney Worthen, well known to the sportsmen of this State, particularly so to the Sacramento valley trigger pullers, will be located in this city for the future. He will be connected with the Pacific Hardware and Steel Company (formerly Golcher Bros.), No 577 Market street, where his gun repairing plant has been established, and he will continue to look after the needs of sportsmen who want their shootin' irons kept in order. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Eel river steelhead angling is reported to have taken on a decided improvement within the past week. Reports from anglers at various points on the river indicate enough sport, with large and small steelhead trout to tempt a trip to the Humboldt county stream. W. Ingalls, Dave Sachs, A. Frank and L. Greenbaum, all seasoned rodsters, have gone to Greigs. Dr. George W. Lane and Ira Dick are at that point. Dick's catch of twenty-seven half-pound trout, besides two big steelhead, during two morn- ings' fly-casting efforts, is a sample of what can be done on the river at this time. Fishing at Weymouth pool is also good, catches of large steelheads and half-pound fish are made daily. The California royal coachman and the Parmachene Belle being the killing fly patterns. Edward E. Quayle gives the information that fly fishing near Rogers Camp, on the Feather river, is improving daily. Some nice baskets of trout have been picked up in the creeks near by. Trout fishing has been in full swing at Webber lake. Several boxes of rainbow trout, sent to friends in this city by W. C. Murdoch, contained some five- pound beauties and smaller fish that were in the pink of condition. Dr. E. C. Westphal, Major and Mrs. Sidney J. Clo- man, Captain Lister, G. Anderson, Henry Vrooman and W. H. Metson were among recent anglers who made fine catches of both rainbow and Eastern brook trout at Lake Webber. For the present, the Beaver- kill fly pattern seems to be the best kinner. The famous Big Meadows section is now covered by a lake about thirty-two miles in length and seven miles wide. The old road leading into Prattville, a former headquarters of the anglers for many years, is now submerged entirely. Near the site of Pratt- ville, on a hill, an old residence and landmark is the only house habitable in that district and conducted as a resort for anglers by Mr. Spring. The people residing in the house use a launch to go to and from the big dam. Dr. and Mrs. Rodley of Chico, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marsh of Sacramento, Henry Merrill, Theo- dore Decker and Norton Hulse of this city recently enjoyed splendid fishing in the lake. The trout caught were all of large size, up to seven and a half pounds. Anglers who have fished Big Meadows lake lately report that no trout of small size have been seen anywhere in the lake. It will be remembered that in the main river and branches trout ranging from five to twelve inches were plentiful. What has caused the disappearance of the smaller fish is a puzzle to the anglers who have noticed the change. It is possible that the smaller fish have gone up into the river and different creeks that empty into the lake, or it may be that the big trout have cleaned the smaller fish out, not at all improbable, for rain- bow trout are known cannibals. A report from Boca last week states that the Truckee river was muddy and that poor fishing, with fly patterns, was expected for some time. Farther up stream conditions must have been more inviting, for a number of the San Francisco Fly Casting mem- bers were at the club lodge, near Union Mills. The club officials had two large fish ponds con- structed this year, ponds capable of holding at least 100,000 trout fry. About half that number of young trout are now in the ponds and thriving well. These fish will be liberated, through connecting troughs, into the river this fall. It is the intention of the club to restock the river annually in that manner. G. Ridley and H. Murphy have left for a two weeks' outing, via Cisco, at Fallen Leaf lake, Yuba river and tributary creeks of that section. L. Greenbaum, who recently returned from that district, recommends the rod and reel inducements. Mud creek, in Marin county, near Camp Pistolesi, was a refractory fishing stream early this season, but few good baskets have been picked up in that favorite creek. Sam Wells, hawever, a week ago whipped the creek for a couple of hours and landed over a dozen nine-inch trout. A No. 14 coche-y- bondhu fly was the coaxing lure. Pescadero lagoon bar has been closed for a week or more. A few large steelhead and quite a number of small ones have been seen in the lagoon. W. H. Miller made a fair catch a few days ago, but the fish did not show any keen desire to rise to the fly pattern. W. Archibald and son tried both the Pes- cadero and San Gregorio lagoons Sunday, with but indifferent success. Numerous trout were seen, but the fish fought shy of the rodsters. During the pres- ent week however, fine catches have been made in the latter lagoon. Deputy Fish and Game Warden Green, accom- panied by Deputies Mandeville and Breckenhoff, has recently been working on the creeks running into Lake Tahoe, the spawning grounds of the lake trout, and they have accomplished a great benefit to the future propagation of the fish from that great body of inland water. Blackwood Creek, a favorite spawning ground, has been cleared of brush and log dams that have pre- vented the fish from reaching headwaters. Many of these dams, formed of drifted logs, had to be blasted away with dynamite. In addition to clearing the stream of such obstruc- tion, they also picked up and buried all the dead trout that lost their lives in the reproduction of their spe- cies. Like the salmon, many trout, exhausted by the drain on their vitality in spawning, give their lives to reproduce their young. This work on the part of the State Game and Fish Commission means a far bigger supply of fish for the lake next year. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 Salmon angling has not been overly exciting the past week, but few fish being taken by trolling boats either outside the Heads or in the bay waters. Salmon can only be taken now with hook and line, the daily limit being three fish. The close season for salmon netting ends November 15. Black bass fishing, under favorable weather condi- tions, at Middle river station, in San Joaquin county, was excellent a week ago. W. R. Murdoch and Louis Gotthelf of this city made good catches, one of Gott- helf's bass weighing five pounds. This resort is a pleasant place to fish when the wind does not blow and stir up the heavy clouds of dust from the levee banks. Saltwater fishermen are exceedingly puzzled over the baffling tactics of striped bass. For a long time past, striped bass fishermen have been tantalized by the aggravating habit of the fish in ignoring every bait or lure put out for the fish's attention. And this takes place in creeks and sloughs where the striped fish are plentiful, the evidence of this being plain sight of the fish here and there and also the swirls made by bass when they are "rolling." Some- times the fish seem to have a voracious appetite for anything and everything the fishermen use. At other , times only clam baits, or "bullheads," or live small fry will be accepted. And when one particular bait is a killer, anything else will be useless for the time I being. On a recent Sunday, with a favorable tide and clear water conditions, a big crowd of striped bass chasers were out in boats on San Antone slough. Bass were known to be numerous in the slough, but nevertheless only a few small sized fish were taken with claim 1 baits. Several fishermen trolled mile after mile, but never got a strike. Other rodsters anchored in a I' selected spot and still fished, but with no better luck. Schultz slough, on the contrary, produced a fairly decent catch of bass. Six large fish were landed on Saturday night and early Sunday morning by Peta- lunia fishermen. The chicken metropolis fishermen use live chubs, fish about five inches long and caught in a small creek near Petaluma. The small fry are kept alive in minnow buckets and seem to be most effective in attracting the large bass. Two or three rods are used. The live baited hooks are put over- board, the rods placed securely in rest; a turn of the line around the reel and the fisherman sits back awaiting developments. A smoke or a siesta kills time at night — a book or a paper in the daytime. When the bending of a rod shows that a bass is monkeying about the bait, the waiting fisherman , grabs the tackle, unbends the line from the reel, gives the fish a few feet of running, and then makes his "strike," sending the hook home in the fish's jaw. Rather lazy fishing, but then they get good regular results and seemingly by the only effective method, for the present at any rate. A few bass were also taken in Petaluma creek, near the "twin houses," the same day. Fishing at Benicia, Harold Ladd captured a 14 and an 8-pound bass, while other fishermen near by did not get a. nibble. San Pablo has shown a bit of striped bass activity recently in the form of catches of fish scaling from three to six pounds. Wingo station also was the objective point Sat- urday and Sunday of a large crowd of striped bass fishermen. A most favorable fishing tide was ex- pected to aid in developing a day's good sport. Hugh Copeland, Harry Palmer, Bill Ealand, Graham Rid- ley, Al Cooksey, William Matthews and others were on the scene Saturday night. A heavy northwest gale until 10 o'clock p. m. kept everybody indoors and made conditions decidedly uncomfortable for the rodsters who were camped at various spots along the levee. Many rods were put out after the wind died down a bit. A 12-pound bass was caught about 11 o'clock by a member of the Owl Club. This fish was the only decent sized one caught in the Wingo sloughs and creeks that night or the next day. Steam- boat slough and other creeks were known to be full of bass. The fish could be heard all night long jumping and splashing. Sunday morning was an ideal forenoon until 11 o'clock, the wind again blew heavily from that hour until 5 o'clock, roiling the creek waters into a pea-soup consistency. All familiar and favorite bass fishing spots drew blanks Sunday, which experience is given as an added illustration of the uncertainties of striped bass fishing in waters where the fish are plentiful. Notwithstanding numerous disappointments, a number of the seasoned Wingo clam tossers are getting ready for another foray, to take place when the moon is full. Fishes feed during bright moon- light nights, and many fine catches of bass have been made in the Wingo fishing zone when the moon lit up the creeks. Sometimes the levee campers strike a night when a cold tule fog comes down over the marsh, and that means discomfort in a superla- tive degree. The closed net season for taking striped bass is now on and will be in force until November 15. Bass can only be taken with hook and line, and the daily limit catch is 10 fish. FLY-CASTING CONTESTS. IF YOU BUY YOU DESTROY. IFOR THE CAMP COOK. The Ellery Arms Co., Nos. 583-585 Market street, have issued an appealing booklet to sportsmen who believe that the camp larder, with tasteful and ap- petizing dishes, should be an integral part of the ! enjoyment of outdoor recreation. A number of well | tried recipes for cooking game and fish, hints to campers and useful tables is a fund of information that no lover of outdoor sports should be without, particularly as the document may be had for the asking. The San Francisco Fly Casting Club's eighth gold medal contests were held at Stow lake last Sunday forenoon and Saturday afternoon. Three events em- braced casting with bait or black bass tackle, one- quarter-ounce frogs being used. The first was for accuracy percentage. The other two were distance events, in both of which Stanley Forbes made the highest scores. Events 8 and 9 were heavy and light tackle distance fly-casting contests. The salmon tackle fly-casting, event 10, developed the best long-distance scores on Saturday afternoon, Sam Wells' 115 feet being the longest cast. The scores follow: Saturday Conlest No. 8. Medal series. Stow lake, Sep tember 25. 1914. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. Referee, C. H. Kewell. Clerk, B. O. Ritter. Events — 5 6 7 T. C. Kierulff C. H. Kewell E. A. Rogers J. F. Burgin H. A. Russell S. A. Wells P. W. Shattuck C. H. Gardner W. J. Davis Re-entry score — S. Forbes 86.9 95.7 98. 1 97.5 80.6 70 113.6 68 :hi 140 .[ 95 _ 90 no • !■ 10 102 101 105 108 98 115 99 Sunday Contest No. 8. Medal series. Stow lake, Septem- ber 27, 1914. AVind, moderate. Weather, fair. Referee, C. H. Kewell. Clerk, E. O. Ritter. Events — 5 96.5 6 7 8 90 92 81 9 88 88 10 T. C. Kierulff 92.3 97 86 78 84 85 76 90 97.8 101.6 135 94 95.6 49 78 91 GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. With the fall shooting season for wild ducks less than three weeks off, the army of scatter-gunners is looking forward to an opening day campaign that will return many limit bags of broadbills. Reports from all of the bay counties' salt marsh stretches are that wild ducks never were so plentiful in many years past. The immense Big Meadows lake has been pre-empted by thousands upon thousands of mallard, teal and sprig. In Lassen county. Eagle lake and other smaller lakes of that region are also ten- anted by myriads of wild ducks and geese. Near Marysville, Gridley and the rice-field districts of the Sacramento valley, the birds are also reported to be most numerous. The birds, however, will not stay overtime in the Sierra lakes country for winter sets in early. In fact, snow has already fallen in the Big Meadows section. A band of seven antelopes was recently seen in Grasshopper valley, Lassen county, by a party of local sportsmen who spent three weeks hunting and fishing in that territory. Among the party were : Dr. F. D. Walsh, Burt Hart, Jake Stevens, William Bry- ant, J. W. Engle, S. W. Brown and Paul Maraux. Several bucks, one a seven pointer; numerous limits of sage-hens, doves and mountain quail made up the hunting diversion of the trip, whilst the Susan river trout were plentiful and well-flavored. Open season for bucks in districts one and three will not close until November 1. The season in Southern California, which closed September 15 — one month's deer hunting — did not pan out as well as usual, this year, in many of the hunting districts. Various reasons have been advanced for the scarc- ity of bucks in district six. Some hunters contended that the bucks sought the highest and most inacces- sible ranges for safety, there being an ample supply of feed and water this year. Other sportsmen claim that the bucks have been thinned out and that there should be a close season for several years to replen- ish the supply. A number of prominent hunters of Monrovia and that vicinity are of the belief that mountain lions decreased the venison crop in the hills of that section. Few deer were found in the hills above Monrovia, Los Angeles county, this season, but lion tracks were noticed plentifully on the ranges where deer were expected to be seen. A round-up hunt for the big cats is under contemplation in consequence. One large mountain lion was killed by a Monrovia deer hunter a fortnight ago. A statement in the San Bernardino Index gives a more cheerful view of deer hunting conditions: Partial returns made to the supervisor of the An- geles National Forest Reserve indicate that 183 buck deer were killed in the big woods of the local reserve during the recent season. Some of the large deer- producing sections that have not been heard from are San Dimas, Lytle Creek, Beaumont and Banning, Cajon, Little Bear valley, City Creek and the upper San Gabriel sections of the deer hunting country. The returns, so far as received, follow: Big Creek and Dalton, 22; Mt. Wilson, 6; Prairie and Fish Forks of the San Gabriel, 12; Camp Baldy, in San Antonio Canyon, 6; upper Santa Ana, 18; upper Rrroyo Seco and its tributaries, 19; Little Mojave River Canyon, 4; Monrovia Canyon, 3; Tehungo country, 20; Camp Ricon, on the San Gabriel, 5; West Fork of the San Gabriel and Devil's Canyon, 21; Big Bear valley and vicinity, 35. It is believed that the total number killed will be much larger than the last season, although no official figures were collected that year. The most of the deer were killed during the dark of the moon. There is just one argument advanced by those who favor the sale of game, and that argument is so es- sentially selfish that it reflects no credit upon its user. We must admit, however, that it has some controversial merit, and a spirit of fairness compels us to concede a measure of justice to its contention. It is usually launched at a fellow with an I'm-ihe- boy-to-stick-up-for-my-rights bearing, and when this attitude is displayed we retire from the field with what grace we may, leaving the stick-up-forhis-rights man pawing up the ground and emitting loud indig- nant snorts. He usually states his position thus: "I don't shoot. I like to eat game, and I've just as much right to buy game when I want it as the other fellow has to shoot game when he wants it." There is a certain logic in this view and it is only fair that we recognize it. But it is an argument for an individual right solely. This man doesn't care whether his neighbor buys any game or not. He likes to eat game; game is the property of the State; he is one of the State's units and he feels that he should be allowed to pull a wild duck out of his purse when- ever he feels like eating one. Conceding it technic- ally just that this man should be permitted to buy ducks when other people are shooting them, is it fair that to accord him this occasional privilege we must turn over a hundred thousand ducks to seven game dealers in San Francisco? Is it fair to the rest, of the people that he insist upon this personal privi- lege to the certain extinction of the supply? Tsn't it the manifestation of a peculiarly porcine disposi- tion that a man will insist upon the certain destruc- tion by market hunters of a hundred thousand ducks that he may buy one, or two, or three? We make no appeal to such as these. We can appeal to Conscience. We can appeal to Sense-of- Right; but we find it quite useless to appeal to Ap- petite-for-Duck. Personal gratification or personal profit is fhe basis for every sale-of-game argument, for we have an un- controverted world-wide experience to show that the marketing of any form of wild life is certainlv and speedily attended by its destruction; while, properly protected from the game-hog, and absolutely barred to the market, it can be made to indefinitely fulfill its purposes of pleasure and use to countless per- sons who have the grace to buy its perpetuation at the cost of a very little personal sacrifice. The situation is simple. We can buy game, sell game, shoot game and eat game for two, or three or four years, and then cease from troubling ourselves about game, — or we can (under reasonable laws which it is your duty to help us make), shoot game, eat game and have the satisfaction of knowing that no more Class A buildings will be erected in San Francisco from the sale of game (your property and mine, whether we choose to shoot it or not) for as long a time as you care to look ahead. FOXES ADOPT LITTER OF BLOODHOUNDS. A strange freak of wild animal life happened re- cently at the little village of Lagunitas in Marin county. Mr. Romeo Berrittoni owns a large blood- hound which whelped a litter of pups. The pups occupied a cosy spot in the brush back of the Eerrit- toni home, and about a week ago Romeo was mysti- fied by the disappearance of three of the pups dur- ing the night. The dam expressed her feelings by indulging in a continual howl, and Romeo tried to locate the missing members of the family. Several children hunting ferns in the hills a few days later, reported to Romeo that they heard a noise in the gulch not far from the Berrittoni home, that sounded like puppies crying. Romeo organized a searching party and they were gone but a short time when they discovered the three missing puppies in a comfortable home in the rocks close to a stream of water. The ground around was littered with the bones of rabbits and quail, showing plainly that Mr. and Mrs. Fox provided bountifully for their adopted family. The searchers hid some dis- tance away to watch for the return of the foxes and in about half an hour they were rewarded for their pains by the return of one of the foxes with a little cottontail rabbit. The other fox returned later with a bird. The food was turned over to the three pup- pies, who evidently devoured it with relish. The puppies were taken back to their old home and the foxes left undisturbed. The puppies were none the worse for their experience, having evidently fared well during their stay. o Greenville, Plumas county, has established one of the most unique industries in the State, namely, a skunk ranch, states the Sacramento Union. Early in the spring Will Stevens, a butcher formerly of Goldfleld, rented the F. W. Peck ranch and entered the business on a small scale. Young skunk? were captured and placed in pens. They grow and mul- tiply rapidly. The business proved so lucrative that larger pens of corrugated iron were made, and the number of skunks increased. The skins sell for from ?3 to $6 each. The oil is also valuable, and is sold to drug- gists. Stevens now has 80 large skunks that will be ready for market in a couple of months. The skunks will eat all sorts of scraps and waste food, but are especially fond of milk and vegetables. They seem to like human companionship, and when called come to be petted. To see 40 chicken thieves, with their long, white striped bodies and bushy tails, feeding at a trough like so many pigs, is an interest- ing sight. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. IZAAK WALTON AND "THE COMPLEAT ANGLER." ADVENT OF THE SMALL BORE GUN. It is two hundred and thirty years since Izaak Walton was laid to rest in Prior Silkstede's Chapel in the south transept of Winchester Cathedral. He died shortly before Christmas, in the year 1683, dur- ing the great frost which then prevailed, and which doubtless proved too much for tbe'failing strength of the aged fisherman, then "full ninety years or past," as we learn from the inscription, believed to have been written by Bishop Ken, on the black marble slab that covers his remains. But the lapse of time has only served to deepen the affection in which the memory of the "prince of fishermen" and the prince of biographers is justly held. During his lifetime he had" a "genius for friendship." He was on terms of intimacy with a large number of distinguished men. Among his associates may be reckoned Arch- bishops Sheldon and Ussher, Bishops Morley of Win- chester, Ward of Salisbury, and Sanderson of Lin- coln, whose biography he wrote in his eighty-fifth vear. His circle of friends also included the learned Dr. Hammond, the "ever memorable" Hales, Fuller the historian, Sir Henry Wootton, Provost of Eton, Dr. Donne, the famous Dean of St. Paul's, and Mich- ael Drayton, whom he speaks of as "my honest old friend."" In these days it may be said that the name of Izaak Walton's friends is legion throughout the English-speaking world. His abiding memorial is. of course, his own im- mortal classic, "The Compleat Angler, or the Con- templative Man's Recreation," first published in the month of May, 1653, and since reprinted in over one hundred editions. But in comparatively recent times other memorials have been raised to his memory. In the year 1878 a marble bust of "Piscator" was placed in St. Mary's Church, Stafford, where he was baptized. In 1888, a beautiful statue of the gentle fisherman was placed on the great altar screen of Winchester Cathedral. A few years later a stained glass window was erected in St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, in which he was overseer and sidesman for many years. And now another memorial in Win- chester Cathedral has been dedicated to !iis memory. The window immediately above his grave in Prior Silkstede's Chapel has been filled with stained glass by Messrs. Powell of Whitechapel. The ceremony of unveiling the window was fitly performed by Sir Herbert Maxwell, w-ho represented alike the "honest fishermen" who subscribed to the memorial, and that larger number of cultured individuals who recognize the undying charm of Walton's writings. In his address to the reader of "The Compleat Angler," Izaak Walton speaks of the whole discourse on this wise: "It is," he says, "or rather was, a picture of my own disposition, especially in such days and times as I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing with honest Nat, and R. Roe; but they are gone, and with them most of my pleasant times, even as a shadow that passeth away, and returns not." And the picture presented is one of "gladsome piety," of "sweet content," of "inward happiness," of "fresh delight in simple things" — a fine May morning, a sweet honeysuckle hedge, a meadow full of cowslips and lady"s-smocks, a good day's fishing, a shower of rain failing gently on the earth. And this sense of serenity and peace becomes the more striking when we call to mind the age in which this book appeared. To a Churchman and a Royalist of Walton's disposition it was an age of thick clouds and darkness. A king and an arch- bishop had but lately perished on the scaffold; even the British Parliament had been abolished with the words, "The Lord has done with you." But the good man could turn from the storm without to the sun- shine of an approving conscience within. Religious sectaries might rage and the people imagine a vain thing, but, with the coming of the cuckoo, the king- cups would be blooming in the meadows and the nightingales would fill the darkness with music. It was still possible for the "meek" to possess the earth. Both Wordsworth and Keble apply this epi- thet to Walton. With no exaggeration, Wordsworth speaks of "meek Walton's heavenly memory," and the poet of "The Christian Tear" exclaims; — O who can tell how calm and sweet. Meek Walton! shows thy gTeen retreat. When wearied with the tale thy times disclose The eye first finds thee out in thy secure repose? And in more than one passage in "The Compleat Angler" Walton would almost seem to claim the attribute for himself. "The meek only," he says, possess the earth, or rather they enjoy what the oth- ers possess and enjoy not, by being humble and cheerful, and content with what the good God has allotted them." And again he says, "God has two dwellings, one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart, which God Almighty grant to me and my honest scholar." It is this spirit of sweet contentment, of gladness of heart, of possessing the soul in patience amid the fretful stir and fever of the world, that renders "The Compleat Angler" so dear to discerning minds. The book is more than a treatise on fishing enlivened by folklore and quaint conceits: it is a discourse on the golden virtue of thankfulness and gratitude. "Every misery that I miss," says this honest fisherman to his companion, "is a new mercy, and therefore, let us be thankful." "What would a blind m<>n give to see the pleasant river and meadows, and flowers, that we have met with since we met together? And this, and many other blessings, we enjoy daily." In view of the many inquiries that are constantly being received by us relative to the merits of double barrelled small bore shot guns — particularly the 20 gauge — we feel that some information on this inter- esting subject may appeal to sportsmen who would like to heighten the charm of game shooting, and at the same time place no material handicap as to actual results achieved, when using light guns of small calibre. Experience has demonstrated that featherweight guns of whatever gauge are not, when put to actual test, as serviceable as they appear when being han- dled indoors without loads in them, for then nothing but the handiness with which they are mounted to the shoulder appears. While such guns can unde- niably be swung with great celerity and ease, yet when they are fired, the recoil is very unpleasant if they are loaded to the capacity of their gauge, and nothing will so surely mar the pleasure of shooting, and be at the same time as conducive to missing as to shoot with a kicking gun. A small bore gun, if of sufficient weight and prop- erly bored to withstand full charges with perfect safety, is a tremendously hard shooter, giving greater velocity to the shot than can be obtained with any featherweight of wider bore, which, owing to its lightness can never be loaded up to the capacity of its gauge. Hence, a 12 gauge weighing S pounds is merely a 12 gauge in name but not by any means a representative of the 12 gauge class, whereas a 20 gauge weighing 6 pounds is a very serviceable gun and quite capable of withstanding a moderately heavy charge. A 12 gauge of 6% pounds weight is still of dwarf type as compared to the full size, but a 20 gauge at that weight is a very powerful shooter and unless needed for exceptionally hard shooting that is the full weight limit for guns of that calibre. To sum up the entire situation in a few words, it is just as well to admit that the main advantage of using a 20 gauge gun lies in its diminished weight, and also the lightness and reduced bulk of its ammu- nition, hence, both are more easily carried and the gun itself is more easily handled, especially in all kinds of covert shooting where snap shots are the rule. To recommend the use of small bores solely on their diminutive features, regardless of what can actually be accomplished with them afield, is too absurd, because if the 20 gauge cannot give a good account of itself when in action, under service condi- tions, it is folly to use one and naturally no manufac- turer would recommend any kind of a gun that has not proved itself to be fully up to standard. The chronograph, as will be shown, has established the fact that a 20 gauge propels its load of shot with as great, or even greater speed, than does a 12 gauge, when both are loaded with normal game charges, so, in that respect neither has the advantage excepting that a 20 gauge weighing 6% pounds will shoot a full load of ammunition, whereas it takes quite 7% pounds in a 12 gauge to reach the limit for that calibre. Naturally, the larger gun shoots a greater quautity of shot, but after all, why crush a butterfly on a wheel; the smaller load in the 20 gauge is enough, and that should suffice, especially when the pleasure of feeling one has done something skillful is taken into consideration, and that sensation should counter-balance whatever shortcomings may be inher- ent to the trim little guns. It is just as well to dispel the erroneous idea that a 20 gauge gun is invariably a very close shooter, and that none but the very best shots need ever expect to do good work with it, as the pattern made by a gun of any gauge depends entirely upon the way it is bored and loaded. So since a 20 gauge can be regulated to throw its charge of No. 8, No. 9 or No. 10 shot to cover a 30 inch circle at 25 yards, so that even so small a bird as a quail has very little chance of escape, that of itself proves it must be a good gun for all kinds of covert shooting where snap shots predominate. On the other hand by properly chok- ing the barrels, they can be made to pattern as high at 65% of the pellets in the same size circle at 40 yards, even when using the full charge of 2^ drams of bulk nitro powder and % of an ounce of say No. 7 shot. So, purely in the matter of the gun itself nothing further can reasonably be desired, — although of course none but first class guns can be expected to give such results. It thus can clearly be seen that the gauge of the gun does not operate against the shooter, as it will depend entirely upon him as to whether he bags or misses his quarry. For all shooting where the gun has to be carried long distances over rough ground and hard going, a 20 gauge with 28 or 30 inch barrels weighing 5% to expounds will be found about right, and the charge should be 2% dram bulk nitro powder and % of an ounce of small shot. If the weight of the gun is from 6*4 to 6% pounds, then 2^. drams of powder and % of an ounce of shot; and it will nay in the end to adopt a gun of this weight as the extra 14 of a dram of powder in a 20 gauge means a great deal in the way of velocity, i. e., striking force, and that is what is needed, especially when shooting small shot. For all kinds of wild fowl shooting, guns with longer barrels are preferred by many men of experi- ence because here the shooting will he at longer range and the increased length of the barrels un- questionably affords better alignment. So here 32 inch barrels bored full choke are much used, and these should be chambered to use shells from 2% to 3 inches in length, allowing full charges of 2 % drams of bulk nitro powder and % of an ounce of shot with wadding enough to hold back all the gases. By cushioning the charge of shot, steadier shooting at long range is obtained. For duck shooting over de- coys, 20 gauges of this kind will be found perfect, and by having their weight say 6% to 7 pounds, thereby minimizing the recoil, the pleasure of shoot- ing is enhanced to such an extent that any slighl shortcoming inherent to the gun will be entirely ignored. One seldom hears of a good 20 gauge being shelved to make way for any other gun. Sportsmen who suffer from gun headache will never know the comfort derived from adopting these heavy small bores until they have actually tried them, and as in this class of shooting the gun is never carried much, its increased weight is all in the right direction. Chronograph tests show that the average 12 gauge game load of 3 drams and IVs ounce No. 7 shot gives velocity of 921 foot seconds, while the 2% dram load in the 16 gauge gives 948 foot seconds, and the 20 gauge with its 2y2 drams gives 941 foot seconds, both outstripping the 12 gauge game load for speed. Fur- thermore the 12 gauge with the maximum charge of 3% drams, reached a velocity of 963 foot seconds as against 974 foot seconds attained with 2% drams of powder and % of an ounce of shot. This latter load is not to be recommended, and is not loaded by load- ing companies, as none but a very heavy 20 gauge can be successfully used. The full limit of hulk nitro powder should not exceed 2^ drams, which if prop- erly wadded, will be found to answer every purpose, and as that charge can be fired comfortably from a gun weighing 6% pounds, nothing more need be de- sired. The 28 gauge Parker shot gun has many staunch advocates, and while the possibilities with this gun are not generally realized, yet the time will come when many more of them will be shot. The published tables clearly show what may be expected from guns of this calibre when full charges of powder are used, but as the breech pressure is very much greater in these narrow chambers, the only safe plan is to have these guns of full weight and especially to be sure that the breech is extra thick to avoid bulging or bursting under the great strain to which it is sub- jected. By having guns of this gauge chambered for 2Ys inch cases a respectacle charge of powder can be used without putting too much pressure on it and still have room for a full complement of wads and % or ?i of an ounce of shot. It is just as well to remember that 70% of % of an ounce of shot and 70% of 1U ounces is a vastly different proposition, so when targeting all small bores one should bear this in mind and be guided by what can he accom- plished with the little guns afield rather than what is revealed from shooting at a paper target. It should be apparent to the most casual observer that the smaller the charge of shot, the greater is the skill of the gun borer to so concentrate it that even at long range, and when using full charges of powder killing patterns will be obtained. Therefore it is imperative that the choke should be shaped in such fashion that it will hold the pellets together at extreme ranges even when going at "express" speed, and it is in just such tests that the Parker gun will invariably show its superiority. The above is borne out by the innumerable victories of our 12 gauge guns, at the trap, whether it be shooting at flying targets or at pigeons, in open competition against all other makes of guns, both in the hands of amateurs and professionals. As game guns, small bore Parkers have taken the lead in America ever since their introduction and have been regarded as standards of perfection and serviceability, earning for themselves and their mak- ers the thanks and unstinted praise of thousands of sportsmen, whose burden afield has been perceptibly lightened by having adopted these handy little guns. To attempt chronicling what Parker guns have done in the hands of amateurs and professionals at the trap, during the last half century, would fill a volume and still leave some grand achievements unsaid; so no attempt will be made in that direction. Suffice it to say that the Grand American Handicap, which is the largest tournament in the world, has been won more times by contestants shooting Parkers than by others using any three makes of guns com- bined, and the only perfect score of 100 straight in this classic event stands to the credit of the "Old Reliable" Parker gun. Under the auspices of the Interstate Association, the bona fide Championship of America has been won six times out of eight and twice with scores of 198 x 200 targets at 18 yards, which are the highest ever made in this event. In the year 1912, the highest official averages at single and double targets were made with Parker guns, and when the famous Amer- ican team, composed of the finest trap shots on earth, went abroad to meet all comers, eight of the twelve shot Parker guns, proving conclusively that when left to their own choice, our best men pinned their faith to the "Old Reliable," knowing from past ex- perience that it is the peer of any gun made, a gen- uine American shot gtin, original in its construction, faultless in its balance, unexcelled in shooting quali- ties, positive in its action, strong and durable in its working parts, artistic in its design, and dollar for dollar, the best gun made. o Rem-UMC Notes. On Sept. 2, at the traps of the Cushing, Okla., Gun Club, E. V. Fisher of Oklahoma City made the high- est amateur score. 94 out of 100, shooting a Reming- ton pump gun and Arrow speed shells. Joseph Bell of Arkansas City was high amateur at the tournament of the Hutchinson, Kansas, Gun Club, September 1, scoring 139 out of 150 with Nitro Club speed shells. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Within five months from the time the seed was placed in the ground the University of California cut three and one-third tons of alfalfa to the acre at the University Farm at Davis. This photograph shows how thick the hay lay on the ground. I THE FARM I PROTECTION OF WOUNDS OF ANIMALS AGAINST FLIES. When an animal is wounded, it is important to treat the wound in such a way as not to prevent its healing, and jet to prevent screw worms and house flies from attacking the open surfaces, laying eggs, or carrying in- fection to the animal. The screw worm, particularly, de- posits eggs in wounds, and there are other flies that may deposit their eggs in this way. The larvae or maggots hatching from these eggs infest the wound and burrow more or less ex- tensively in the surrounding tissues, so that serious damage may result. The housefly alights on wounds to suck up the exudate, and is a cause of considerable annoyance to animals. It prevents wounds from healing and may introduce agents of infection which adhere to its body. The Department of Agriculture, in a bulletin on repellents for protecting animals from the attacks of flies, quotes the following formulas for ap- plication to wounds: Jensen gives three formulas of re- pellents for application to wounds: Formula No. 1: Oil of tar 8 ounces. Cottonseed oil to make 32 ounces. Formula No. 2 : Powdered naphthalin . .2 ounces. Hydrous fool fat 14 ounces. Mix into an ointment. Formula No. 3: Coal tar 12 ounces. Carbon disulphide 4 ounces. Mix; keep in a well-stoppered bot- tle and apply with a brush. Mixtures Nos. 2 and 3 are said to adhere to moist surfaces, and No. 3 is r,-jid, in addition, to form a coating over raw surfaces and protect from the screw-worm fly. The editor at the close of the arti- cle in which the above formulas are giveu adds the following formula: Oil of turpentine 1 dram. Phenol 1 dram. Cottonseed oil to make 4 ounces. Mix and apply freely to v. ounds. It is stated that this remedy is highly effective and is used widely in the South. It is said to induce healthy granulation of wounds. To rid a house of black ants, poi- soned fly-paper is used very success- fully, putting it on plates with a little sweetened water or syrup, and placing them where the ants are most trouble- some. After a few ants are poisoned the others will leave in disgust. The SELL ] HA 2Rflu NO. 2801 HIND SHIN, ANKLE AND HINGED SPEEDY CUT BOOT. 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The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FaMOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY CALirORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Hieh-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 12 Second Street. SAN FRANCI8CO WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster &n«a Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Blake, Moffit & Town* Dealers in PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake. Moffit and Towne, Los Angel'** FOR SALE — Black stallion by Kinney Lou, dam by Oro Wilkes. Six years old, handsome trotter, well broken and with very little work shows speed; a promis- ing prospect. Bay mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by Direct, pacer, handsome, fast and a good racing prospect. To see the horses and for further par- ticulars address B., care BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), SS.400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23% in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1% in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over §6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother fo Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sou of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) bv Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. SUNSET LIMITED Every Day — No Extra Fare 3 DAYS to New ORLEANS Via Los Angeles FROM San Francisco (Ferry Station) 4:40 p. m. SOUTHERN PACIFIC The Exposion Line 191; First in Safety s TALUON CARDS Send ior Our SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cuts Hone Books Impretnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Stiffion B*^2S?ft Oar Stallion Folders, Posters. Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed — -ay- - - ----- -■ cae*Pej' t^an yon can get < the printing alone. Send for samples and prices. Our Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a Erve-teaera- (job pedigree (blood . lines only) for $1. A foar-fieojE ration tabula* tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; Eve-generations Ear S3— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome £ive-(enerstion tabale- tioD, 16x20, printed in two-colors for frssusi, for $6, two c*p*M for $6.50 or fire for $7, Address MagBM Raws ft Co., 542 S. 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Stallion Folders with picture of the horse and terms on flrot page; complete tabulated pedigree on the two Inside pages and description on back page. Address: BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. (Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.). 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." AddresB, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Francisco, CaJ. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market said Fourth St*. MT. DIABLO CEMENT D.st f«r found. tl.n., dslry f lows, fruit dryer floors, St.. etc. SANTA CRUZ LIME •est fer brl.klsylcf .no plastering. MT DIABLO LIME best far spraying anal whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY » MAIN •THHKT, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, October 3, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 {Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the TtRMS:$50 for the SeaSOn provewith foal' money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. 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Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and Rearing Puppies, Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that everv man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somelv illustrated with bloodhounds. Various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, in heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco, Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON. OHIO. DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. "Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scorin;; 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition ^nd Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal MANUFACTURERS '^OUTFITTERS , -FOR THE | . SPORTSHAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (pmpani) EQUIPMENT , ""APPARATUS I FOR IVERY SEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Attention ! Sportsmen ! PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS CLUBS THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL TRIALS The PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL MEET (Open to setters and pointers.) An event of tremendous interest, to be held in California in February, 1915. $5,000 IN PURSES AND TROPHIES. PURSES: All-Age, $1250, ..... Divided 40 — 30—20—10% Derby, $1250, .... Divided 40 — 30—20—10% Panama-Pacific Champion Stake, - - - $500 to winner TROPHIES: The three splendid Panama-Pacific International Trophies to Owners of Winners of First in Each Stake. A Valuable and Unique Trophy to the Owner of Each Other Winner in Derby and All-Age. NOMINATIONS for all stakes close promptly on OCTOBER 15, 1914. $15 to nominate and $15 additional to start in either DERBY or ALL-AGE. $25 to nominate and $25 additional to start in CHAMPION STAKE. A cordial invitation to attend the trials is extended to every sportsman. If you have a classy field dog, enter it and strive for these rich stakes. Send entries to H. L. BETTEN, Secretary, 1215 Lincoln Ave., Alameda, Cal. Paat and Mtnlcomwy San Franolaco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute. protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman.* THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 3, 1914. The Grand Canadian Handicap WON WITH TVlNCHESTMk " Leader" Loaded Shells Winchester loaded shells and shotguns were conspicuous winners at the big shoot of the Dominion of Canada Trap shooting Association, held recently. Some of the important events in which Winchester shooting superiority was shown, were : I Grand Canadian Handicap: Won by S. G. Vance, with Winchester "Leader" loaded sheljs. Score, 91x100 and 24 and 23 on shootoff. Brewers' and Malsters' Cup: Won by W. Barnes, with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 25x25, and 25 straight on shootoff. High Professional Average: J. R. Taylor, with a Winchester repeating shotguns and Winchester loaded shells. Score, 289x300. It's Time to Mobilize Eight-Man Team Championship of Canada: Won by Stanley Gun Club Team. Score, 186x200. Six of the eight members of the team shot Win- chester "Leader" loaded shells. Five-Man Team Championship of Toronto: Won by the Stanley Gun Club No. 1 Team of Toronto. Score, 233x250. Four of the five members of the team shot Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. The Earl Grey Cup: Won by Walter T. Ely, Your Winchester Gun and Shells for the Fall Shooting with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. Score, 290x300. Long-Run Trophy: Won by W. Barnes of Ham- ilton, 76 straight made with Winchester "Leader" loaded shells. High Amateur Average: W. T. Ely, first; score, 290x300. A. E. Millington, second; score, 287x300. M. Fletcher, third; score, 286x300. All using Winchester loaded shells. Shooters Win 24 Out of 38 State Championships VIRGINIA THE LATEST CLEAN-UP With 100 x 100 Strong. Dr. L. G. Richards' State Championship Score, Shooting- Nitro Club Steel Lined Speed Shells. Other Virginia Winnings: High Amateur Average, 387 x 400, won by Dr. Richards, with Nitro Clubs — the five highest amateurs shot same ammunition. Five of seven State Medals won by amateurs shooting Remington-UMC shells. Three men on winning Five-Man Team shot Rem- ington-UMC Shells. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 Broadway, New York 12 Geary St., San Francisco. REMINGTON UMC SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner vill be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. This is why Selby Loads are efficient. They are loaded right and reach the shooter while Fresh. FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE •|&fc' tl«w"" VOLUME LXV. No. 15. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per T«ar THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 10, 1914. The Greatest Achievement in Trapshooting 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP of the United States, single targets - AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP of the United States, double targets - 98 ex 100 from 22 yards 99 ex 100 from 16 yards 90 ex 100 from 16 yards were won with at e Grand American Handicap Tcurnsment, Da> ten, C hlo, Sept. 8-12, 1914. PETERS SHELLS*'-®"- Mr. Woolfolk Henederson, of Lexington. Ky., was the victor in each of these great races, and in all of them he used PETERS Ideal Shells, made with "steel where steel belongs." His performance stands without a parallel; no individual shooter and no make of ammunition has ever before won all of the world's trap-shooting honors, a fact which in itself is a marvelous tribute to Mr. Henderson's marksmanship, and to the QUALITY of his ammunition. But in addition to this, he established a new WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORD, 98 out of 100 at 22 yards, the full significance of which will at once be apparent to every trap or field shooter. HIGH AVERAGE FOR ALL TARGETS Was won by Mr. S. A. Huntlay. using PETER* SHELLS J. H. PATTERSON, introductory 193 ex 200, from 18 yards DOUBLE TARGET CHAMPIOMSHIP - - - - 89 ex 100, from 16 yards SPECIAL EVENT 98 ex 100, from 16 yards PRELIMINARY HANDICAP 90 ex 100, from 22 yards GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 95 ex 100, from 22 yards TOTAL 565 ex 600 2nd Average was won by Mr. Henderson, 562 ex 600. No such record as this has ever before been made or approached by any make of ammunition. It can lead to but one conclusion — PETERS Shells have all the desir- able and essential qualities of dependable ammunition and afford the Shooter greater satisfaction and results than any other. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Paelfic Coait Branch: 583-85 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. $5J50 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For foals of maras Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $250 to owners of Stallions. ':■■■■■■■■■■ -■■ - i ■ ::. :": ■ ■. ..-:- '■. ■■■.■■ ' J jyj ■BffJVfj ^iWi *1 .■■■■< ■. ■ . HE § si ■■■;, '■..■■.■.. ..■.■:■ $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of Slalllon, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. lion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare 50 to Owner of Stall was bred. SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS. G.ven to Owners of Stallions standing highest in number of Mares nominated in this Stake that were bred to their respective horses, divided as follows- FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22, 1914 to must be given; $5 March 1, 1U15; Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the .~~ ^r,"..* ~wu~xu ""-""" ""•* ."A "«= '"ccuiiK at wmen me race is to taKe pl£ to start whether the horse is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. divided aecc^dfngfToTrk\n%rhe0lsdumWmary1 "and to'? Three" Y3ear°OI«°s -V* tMrtJt'th? £&? U9II i^'VJW" "t^ Wi" be ,inished at the end °f th<= «""« h.»t and money yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 Yards. Year-Olds one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; Distance for Two-Year-Olds, 150 another maTelr^oT^^ ^ 1- ™*- her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute ,he" n^^Z^^^Z^^/^^^\^^"^°^ ^seTo^chTheWwasTednt„- iSi'.*"' *' ™~ *h" ™ »" '» " "»«™« '<"" '" " antee,No°nTymat0r3 "^ °n,y ^ am°UntS Paid '"■ FaUure to make an^ ^m™t «■*««. •" Previous payments. This Association is liable for $5,150, the amount of the guar- Hoppies will be barred In trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received : Entries open to the world. E. P. HEALD, is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors lore nr ~ vned, Write for Entry Blanks to Money divided in each division of the Stake 50 25 i^ nnH "in ■ MemDershr£^^^ P. O. Drawer 447. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, October 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts.. San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, |3; six months, ?1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage ?1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, California. Communications must be accompanied by the writer 3 name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Hanford— October 5th to 10th. Riverside— October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912, OF THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, published weekly at San Francisco, Cal., for October 1st, 1914. Name of Post-Office Address. Editor, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Managing Editor, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Business Manager, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Publisher, F. W. Kelley, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Owners: (If a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of stock. If not a corporation, give names and addresses of individual owners.) F. W. Kelley 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold- ers, holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: (If there are none, so state.) None (Signed) F. W. KELLEY, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d day of Sep- tember, 1914. (Signed) J. H. KELLEY, [SEAL] Notary Public in and for Marin County, State of California. (My commission expires Feb- ruary 7, 1918.) WHENEVER a man buys a standard and regis- tered trotter or pacer he should insist upon having the seller sign a certificate of transfer so that proper credit can be given the new owner in the American Trotting Register. Much useless confusion and cor- respondence will be avoided if this is done. The rules of registration demand that certificates of breeders and successive owners are absolutely neces- sary. Very often when a horse or mare gets a record the owner would like to have the animal registered and, in trying to get the papers necessary, he finds that some of the owners of the sires and dams of that particular animal are deceased and no one is left to sign the documents or have any definite knowledge of the breeding, and he is unable to do so, although the current belief is that the breeding of the animal was never in doubt. Hence, without the properly certified certificate of the owner of the sire or dam, it is useless to try to get the trotter or pacer registered. If as much attention had been given this subject by trotting horse men years ago as by breeders of thoroughbreds and the compiler of the English and American Stud Books demanded, the work of regis- tering standard and non-standard horses would be comparatively easy in all cases, and credit would be given where it is due. Therefore we wish to impress upon purchasers of trotting stock the necessity of receiving with bills of sale, certificates of transfer, if the horses are registered ; if not, certificates giving the names of all previous owners and the breeders. It is a little thing, but in after years it becomes one of the most valuable and important, especially if the horse turns out to be fast. The American Trotting Register Association will furnish free to all appli- cants breeders' certificates and applications for trans- fer of ownership. o ATTORNEY GENERAL WEBB, having given an opinion to Governor Johnson that the proposed Uni- versal Eight-Hour Bill would be unconstitutional if adopted, the Farmers' Protective League of Califor- nia announces that its vigorous campaign to defeat the measure at the polls will be continued. Attorney General Webb declares that the proposed bill contravenes the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. "The Attorney General's opinion confirms the be- lief often expressed by the officers of the League," said Arthur Dunn, Secretary and Manager of the League, "but it must be remembered that it would be necessary to have adjudicated the legality of the measure, if it were adopted, and we are not so cer- tain that the court would accept the logic of the Attorney General's opinion, especially if a majority of the voters had expressed themselves as favoring the law. We cannot permit this cheering decision to lull to sleep the opposition to the proposed meas- ure. Unless the fight is continued until the last vote shall have been polled there is very grave dan- ger that the bill will be enacted, and a very harmful impression would go forth that California was com- mitted to a severe restriction of individual effort. "Farmers and all citizens having at heart the wel- fare of California must be up and doing irom now until election day to defeat the proposed Universal Eight-Hour Bill. The League is informed reliably that the propent of the measure, the Socialist party, will redouble its efforts to have the bill adopted as a protest against the Attorney General's opinion, and, if successful, will insist on carrying the proposition through all State Courts and to the United States Supreme Court. California cannot afford to create a chaotic condition even temporarily. The Universal Eight-Hour Bill must be decisively defeated in No- vember." THERE is grave danger that the Universal Eight- Hour bill — Amendment No. 3 on the ballot — may be adopted because of the failure of opponents of the measure to vote on it in the belief that the opinion rendered by Attorney-General U. S. Webb that the proposed law would be unconstitutional, if adopted, settles the question for all time. "The Attorney-General's opinion," said Arthur Dunn, Secretary and Manager of the Farmer's Pro- tective League of California, "expresses merely his view of the proposed Universal Eight-Hour Bill. The measure appears upon the ballot as Amendment No. 3, and if a majority of the votes cast at the Novem- ber election are in favor of the measure it certainly will be the law in California, at least until it shall have been declared unconstitutional by the courts. "The people have no guarantee that the ittorney- General's opinion would be upheld by the court, espe- cially if the vote shall appear that it is the will of a majority of persons voting on the proposition. "An organized minority, by diligent effort, may succeed in casting more votes for this measure than will be cast against it. Opponents of the Universal Eight-Hour Bill believe that such a law would be impossible of operation, they consider it to be absurd and, having been informed that it is invalid, many are likely to refrain from voting against it. The propo- nents of the bill will vote "Yes" regardless of legal opinions which cannot be made effective until a court has adjudicated the question. "It is vitally necessary that every man aud woman opposend to Amendment No. 3, vote "No" on Amend- ment No. 3, November 3d. Otherwise that measure will be saddled upon California and the whole people suffer until the highest court in the land shall have passed upon the constitutionality of the law." The Musicians Union of Sacramento is another trades union actively opposing the bill. It has ap- pealed to the entire membership of the A. P. M. in California to vote against Amendment No. 3. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. There will be seven trotting and pacing races at the matinee of the San Francisco Driving Club on Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon at the Stadium, Golden Gate Park. The racing will begin at 12 o'clock noon. First Race — 2:18 Pace. Johnnie K., J. Kramer; Emma M-, W. Malough; G. J. P., R. Consani; Ishmael, F. P. Lauterwasser; Wm. Tell, McKinney Stable. Second Race — 2:15 Pace. Hamburg Belle, J. Ginocchio; Delilah, J. C. Welsh; Bradmont, G. J. Giannini; W. J. K., W. J. Kenney. Third Race — Free-For-All Pace. Dicto, Geo. Lowry; Dick W., A. Ottinger; Happy Dent- ist, J. J. Ryan. Fourth Race — Free-For-All Trot. Ida M., H. Boyle; Birdeye, W. J. Donnall; Silver Hun- ter, McKinney Stable; Bodecker, S. Christenson; Soreta, McKinney Stable; Muggins, H. Cohen. Fifth Race — Special Trot. Copper the Ore, A. Ottinger; Matawan, H. C. Ahlers. Sixth Race — 2:20 Mixed. Ateka, B. Cohen; King Pointer, H. Campodonico; Pride of Elmhurst. J. D. Johnstone; Laddie G., J. Holland; Jack, W. J. McDonnell; Sydney B., H. Cohen. Seventh Race— 2:25 Mixed. Dalta A., E. T. Ayres; Vastida, J. Paras; Greatness, E. Circeit; Steve D., J. Tassi; Ella Wilkes, E. Borromeo; Springtime, F. and G. Clotere. Officers of the Day. Judges: J. C. Welsh, Geo. J. Giannini. A. Ottinger. Hon- orary Judge, Geo. Lowry. Timers: J. A. Wilkens. J. Hol- land, F. Clotere. Starter. W. J. Kenney. Marshal, J. Lombard. Secretary, Jas. McGrath. WHY THE MATRON STAKE CONFLICTED WITH THE WESTERN HORSEMAN. An explanation is due to our members as to why our Matron Stake this year should have been in conflict with that of the Western Horseman — a most unfortunate happening and one that we regret ex. ceedingly. To begin with, it can be called a stupid blunder on the part of your secretary and in assum- ing the blame for it, I wish to offer an apology to the Western Horseman. The conditions of the Mat- ron Stake fixed as they are, demanded that this stake be raced for, after August first and that the time and place be announced not later than July first. It seemed to us imperative that the Stake should be trotted at some one of the Grand Circuit meetings, as a very large number of the eligible starters were members of the Grand Circuit stables. There were only two Grand Circuit meetings after August first that were available, these being Syracuse and Hart- ford. Some time prior to July first we wrote these Associations and the Michigan State Fair, asking for bids on the Matron Stake, and no answer was re- ceived from any except Hartford, while a number of our members wrote advising giving the stake to Hartford in order to help retain the interest in our Eastern breeders. We made a second solicitation with no better result and after waiting until after July first, the stake was given to Hartford, or, the Connecticut State Fair. After this was done and after the Hartford management had accepted and advertised their acceptance, we discovered we were in competition with the Western Horseman Futurity to be trotted at the Indiana State Fair, Indiaapolis. It was then too late for this Association to act and to make matters worse, the Michigan State Fair put in a bid for the stake but not, however, until the fact had been advertised that it had been given to Hart- ford, a competitive meeting. This is a plain and truthful statement of facts and personally it hurts, as it does a few of our members, for I am interested in a colt paid up in both these stakes and one that looks as if he could have been in the money in bothif given the opportunity. — H. K. Devereaux in Breeders' Journal. o RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR. A feature of the second annual Riverside County Fair, October 13-17, will be the exhibits of livestock. Particular attention has been given toward providing convenient quarters for these. At the forty-two acre fair grounds 65 stalls have been erected for racing horses and 50 stalls for show stock. These are adjoining the fast half-mile track. A new grandstand with seating accommodations for 2,000 people has been erected near the track. This half-mile course, that has been examined by leading horsemen of Southern California, is consid- ered one of the best in the State. The course is fast and new records will probably be set at the coming fair. RIVERSIDE ENTRIES. 1.-2:30 TROT. H. E. Webster. Dark Streak, b. h. by Raymond; O. E. Folk, Ilo Tolus, b. m. by Pactolus; Valencia Stock Farm, Copper King, b. g. by Direct Heir; W. F. Mespelt, Ma- jella. b. m. by Zolock; Hemet Stock Farm, Tena G.. ch. m. by Geo. W. McKinney; W. R. Murphy, "Ada Tolus, b. m. by Pactolus. 2—2:23 PACE. Lincoln McCulloek, Petty McKinney, b. m. by Petigru; Abe Johnson. Zella D., bl. m. by Zolock; Dr. T. W. Orme, Dee Sherrill, b. m. by On Stanley; Dr. H. J. Stevens, Anna Stevens, b. m. by Unknown; Thos. Silverthorn, Lady Silverthorn, b. m. by Del Coronado; W. R. Murphy, Tim Whiffler, b. g. by Zombro; H. G. Smith, Star Tilden, br. s. by Star Pointer; F. Buzzini, Hal Wood, by Un- known. 3—2:14 PACE. Chas. June, San Jacinto Girl. br. m. by Geo. W. Mc- Kinney; R. L. Friend, Soumise, b. m. by Unknown; H. G. Smith, Delia H., br. m. by Hal B. ; F. Zuzzini, AV ay ward Jr.. by Unknown. 4 — 2:10 TROT. Mrs. F. E. Van Tress. Mable Van, b. m. by On Stanley; Abe W. Johnson, Directum Penn, br. s. by Directum; Alex M. Wilson, Larry K, b. g. by Larry Kinney; Hemet Stock Farm, Miss Gaily, ch. m. by Geo. W. McKinney; Fred E. Ward. Dr. Yvayo, b. s. by Wayland W. 5—2:20 TROT. S. L. Gowell, Bolock, ch. h. by Zolock; O. E. Folk, Ilo Tolus. b. m. Pactolus; Velencia Stock Farm, Copper King, b. g. by Direct Heir; Wm. Rourke, Larry Kinney, b. s. by McKinney; Hemet Stock Farm, Tena G., ch. m. by Geo. W. McKinney; Fred E. Ward, Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. ; G. W. Bonnell, Nutwood Lou, b. m. by Nutwood Wilkes. 6—2:18 PACE. Chas. June, San Jacinto Girl. br. m. by Geo. W. McKin- ney; T. W. Orme, Dee Sherrill, b. m. by On Stanley; Dr. H. J. Stevens, Anna Stevens, b. m. by Unknown; Thos. Silverthorn, Lady Silverthorn, b. m. by Del Coronado; W. R. Murphy, Tim Whiffler, b. g. by Zombro; H. G. Smith. Alton S., s. g. by Alton; T. Buzzini, Wayward Jr., by Unknown. 7—2:10 PACE. C. A. Durfee, Zulu Zelle. blk. m. by Petigru; Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, br. g. by Geo. W. McKinney; Fred L. Cole, Atlantic Fleet, s. g. by Murry M. ; H. G. Smith, Delia H., br. m. by Hal B. ; Hamilton Bros., Onedo, b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons. 8—2:15 TROT. Mrs. F. E. Van Tress, Mable Van, b. m. by On Stanley; S. L. Gowell, Bolock, ch. h. by Zolock; Abe W. Johnson, Directum Penn, br. s. by Directum; Hemet Stock Farm, Miss Gaily, ch. m. by Geo. W. McKinney; Fred E. Ward, Dr. Wayo, b. s. by Wayland W. 9—2:17 PACE. C. F. Silva. Oro Mo, ch. g. by Demonio — Ora Wilkes; S. H. Wright. Captain Todd, by Earonteer Todd — Manda; Thos. Silverthorn, Lady Silverthorn, b. m. by Del Coro- nado— Happy Medium: D. D. Ellsworth. San Jacinto Girl, br. m. by Geo. W. McKinney — Fly; Charles June, The Pig, b. m. by Morris A. — Unknown ; Fred D. Cole, Atlantic Fleet, s. g. by Murray M. — Beneta: Abe W. Johnson. Zella D., b. m. by Zolock — Florence McKinney; Lincoln Mc- Culloch. Petty McKenney. b. m. by Petigru — Lilly Mc. ; M. I. Wheeler. Maude Wilkes, by Stanton Wilkes — Lady Nutford; T. N. Goldsmith, J. A. C, by Diracho. THE BKEj,^-sR AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 10, 1914. OREGON STATE FAIR. Sept. SO. 1914. This is Salem Dav at the Oregon State Fair. Every line of business is abandoned in order that the day may have a worthy representation. More than 30,000 people passed through the turnstiles and every- one seemed to be pleased with what they saw. It was a beautiful dav and the racing card a good one. In addition to the regular program the management added a special for 2:15 trotters and 2:20 pacers for $700 As a rule these made-up races are not a suc- cess but the race today was different in that each heat was a hot contest and the summary was won by a trotter The first race called was the three-year-old Futurity pace, valued at $1500. Four colts present- ed themselves but the Durfee entry Chango was the class and won easily. The 2:30 trot brought out three and the major part of this purse was won by the Iran Alto mare, Virginia Lee. This mare tired very perceptibly the third heat. Nutway made a stand-still break on the back stretch, came on and beat the mare by two lengths in 2:18%. The 2:08 pace brought together eight very evenly matched pacers College Gent was looked upon as the class in this race, but the Bob Fitzsimmons mare Ovida was never in trouble and took the three heats, the balance of the field fighting for what was left. The racing here has been of the highest class and of a character to cause the occupants of the grand- stand to rise to their feet. There have been several instances of horsemen being dissatisfied with posi- tions assigned at the close of heats, and as the changes have been made in every instance it would indicate that the stand was wrong in the original placing. It is another illustration of the great need of having experienced men in the stand. These men are undoubtedly honest, but, having occasion to go into a judge's stand but once in a year their eyes are not trained to catch a field of horses making such finishes as have been here all the week. It is as essential to have an experienced judge as it is to have an experienced starter, and until some action is taken looking to a more intelligent stand such troubles must be expected. Oregon Futurity. 3-year-oid pace, $1500: Chango, b. c. by Copa de Oro— Lady N (Durfee). .. .1 1 Toroso. b. c. (Stetson) » r Ruth. b. f. (Woodcock) - a Time— 2:2414, 2:18. 2:30 trot, purse $500: m Virginia Lee, b. m. by Iran- Alto — Soudan (Hog- n oboom) J J - Xutwav. b. g. (Carpenter) 2 ^ i Babe Verne, br. g. (Daniels) dis Time— 2:15%, 2:20%, 2:18%. 2:08 pace, purse $2000: Ovida. b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons — Miss Otta (Dennis) \ J \ Imbro. br. s. (Childs) 3 2 i College Gent, bl. s. (Barnes) 4 » f Francis J., b. h. (Sanford) 6 4 4 Dan Logan, b. s. (Daniels) i j> j> Hal Norte, bl. s. (Woodcock) 8 r 6 Bonnie Antrim, bl. g. (Todd) 2 6 dis King Seal, bl. s. (Taylor) S 8 dis Time— 2:07%, 2:09%, 2:10%. Salem (Or.), October 1. — The fourth day of the Oregon State Fair opened with regular Oregon Fair weather. Clouds were to be seen in every direc- tion and while there was an optimistic feeling, due to the hope engendered in every breast, by the time the races were called a strong drizzling rain had set in which made the track a regular lob-lolly of mud. More than 30,000 people passed through the turn- stiles and as they seemed to be used to thise kind of weather there was an evidence of good feeling and each event was cheered as lustily as it would have been had the track been dry. Three good colts re- sponded to the call for the Oregon Futurity for two- year-old pacers, valued at 3600, but owing to the con- dition of the track the time was very slow. Seven came for the word in the Lewis & Clarke purse for $2,000 for 2:12 trotters. Dean Swift again carried the bacon to the Daniels family with Rags of the Durfee stable a contender. Five good pacers came out for the 2:15 pace. White Sox of the Durfee sta- ble took the first heat in 2:12% but tired in the very heavy going and was drawn after the second heat because Durfee did not wish to take chances of crip- pling her in the muddy going. This left the race to Warren Dennis' mare Ovida without challenge. At this time it looks like an all-night rain which will make the track a sea of mud, but the racing will come off just the same. Oregon Futurity, two-year-old pace, $600: Slav Day Hal. b. f. by Hal B— Altalene (Woodcock) 1 1 Janice L. P.. b. t. (Parker) 2 2 Hal Lovelace, b.c. by Hal B._ Lone Me (Lang) 3 3 Time— 2:47%, 2:46%. 2:12 trot, purse $2000: Dean Swift, br. g. by Almaden D. (Daniels)l 12 1 Rags. b. g. (Durfee) 3 2 12 Seneca Boy. b. g. (Barnes) 2 3 dis Wild Girl. br. m. (Dennis) 4 4 dis Mack fitzsimmons ( Erwin) dis Dr. Wayo. b. h. (Ward) dis Jerry Zombro. b. g. (Helman) dis Tim— 2:13%. 2:1S>,. 2:22%, ! -- 2:15 pace. $700: Ovida. b. m. by Bob Fitzsimmons — Miss Otta (Dennis) 2 1 1 Strathell. b. m. (Barnes) 3 2 3 Zolock, br. k- (Helman) 5 2 3 White Sox. b. m. (Durfee) 1 4 dr Major Hardy, b. s. (Erwin) 4 5 dis Time— 2:12%. 2:17. 2:22. Salem (Or.), Oct. 2. — The weather man certainly dealt the Oregon State Fair a mighty mean hand today. It rained as it only rains in Oregon yet the Fair management said, "Boys, there is the money, if you want any of it race for it." Every driver was rigged for the weather and McXair had his slicker a\d gum boots on, too. It seemed almost too bad to ■•ace over such a track, yet 5,000 people paid to see the fair and its races and were not disappointed. As the time made indicates, it was hard going and every driver wore a full beard — of mud — after each heat. A beautiful rainbow is in the northern sky and the weather prophets promise good weather for tomor- row. Free-for-all pace: Don Pronto, bl. s. bv Director General — Silurian (Atkinson) 1 1 1 Haltamont, b. s. (Childs) 2 2 2 Ella Penrose, b. m. (Barnes) 3 3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:26%, 2:26. 2:20 trot, $700: F. S. Whitney, b. s. (F. S. Turner — by Sky Pointer) (Atkinson) 1 1 1 HaUie B., b. m. (Swischer) 3 2 4 McAlzo, b. s. (Kirkland) 5 3 2 Seneca Boy, b. g. (Barnes) 4 4 3 Wild Girl. b. m. (Keyt) 2 5 dr La Corona, b. m. (Wallace) 7 6 dis ZomdeU, b. g. (Tilden) 6 8 dis Blanche Fitzsimmons, ch. m. (Erwin) 8 7 dis Sunset Belle, br. m. (Hewitt) dis Time— 2:28%, 2:32, 2:27%. 2:20 pace, $700: Hal B.. b. g. bv Hal B.— Altalena (Childs) 1 1 1 May Davis, ch. m. (Erwin) 2 2 3 Majesta. b. m. (Barnes) 3 4 4 Time— 2:21%, 2:24%, 2:27%. 0 Salem (Or.), October 3. — The last day of the Ore- gon State Fair opened with sunshine, but clouds threatened to mar everything. However, this being Shriners' Day, a good crowd was in attendance. The track was still bad and got no better fast. As a re- sult, the 2:10 trot was declared off because the own- ers did not wish to take a chance on the heavy, sloppy track. The first race was the 2:12 pace with five horses scoring for the word. Imbro was the class but was kept busy by Harold Welcome, who won the second heat. Considering the condition of the track the time was most excellent. The 2:25 pace brought out four starters and as the talent had picked, Red Hal annexed the race in straight heats. It was most unfortunate that the rain had not held off for a couple of days. The class of horses here would surely have put a new record on the Salem track for pacers, as was done by Dean Swift for the trotters. The fair, from a financial point, has been a success, for which President Booth and Secretary Meredith deserve the credit. From a racing stand- point it has been one of the most successful ever held. The judges' stand was filled with capable men, the timers were strict to give every man his deserts, and starter McXair has been complimented on every hand by horsemen and the public. He was surely up to his best form every day of the meeting and his voice was as strong tonight as when he began on Monday. I overlooked saying in the report of yesterday's races that Don Pronto and F. S. Whitney of the Dur- fee string were driven by Henry Atkinson, W. G. Durfee's understudy. It was the young man's first race and the way he piloted both horses to victory was very creditable indeed. ANOZIRA. 2:12 pace, purse $700: Imbro, br. g. by Zombro — Athelene (Childs) 1 2 1 Harold Welcome, b. h. (Butcher) 3 1 2 J. C. B., b. h. (Woodcock) 2 3 3 King Seal, blk. s. (Taylor) dis Albia, ch. g. (Swisher) dis Time— 2:16%, 2:17, 2:17%. 2:25 pace, purse $500: Red Hal, b. g. by Hal B. — Rambler Maid (Lang) 111 Tillamook Maid, bl. m. (Kirkland) 3 2 2 Enchilada, ch. g. (Hogoboom) 2 3 3 Grace N-, bl. m. (Swisher) 4 4 dis O SAN BERNARDINO RACING ASSOCIATION. The San Bernardino Racing Association was tem- porarily organized at a special meeting held at the close of the racing meet at Harlem Springs last week. Discovering that time was too short for the making of complete preparations, a decision was reached to hold a meeting at the Hotel Stewart on Wednesday night, at which lime the new racing association was permanently organized and arrangements made for the future. G. E. Bonnell of Colton was chosen temporary chairman and Stacey Lamb was selected for tem- porary secretary. Mr. Lamb immediately took steps toward securing out-of-town members for the new association by inviting well-known horse fanciers from Redlands, Riverside, Rialto and San Jacinto to be present. One of the first actions taken at the Wednesday night meeting was the laying of final plans for the new half-mile track and the election of permanent officers. o HOLLISTER DRIVING CLUB. Interest in racing at the Riverside track receives fresh stimulus in the announcement that "Sis," a fast one owned by Enos Garcia and well known to local horsemen, and Manuel Caldera's Benton Boy, Jr., a promising horse whose speed upwards of a" quarter mile is still a rather unknown quantity, will pace a mile October 18th for a purse of $200. The Saldera entry, so it is said, has never been tried out in a long stretch, but can go a quarter-mile fast enough to make admirers confident that he stands a chance with "Sis," who has a record of traveling twice around the local half-mile circle in 2:17. Other interesting events that will help to fill the race card for the matinee are quarter and three- eighths mile dashes in which all of the runners that have been performing at the track this season are figured as entries. Two handsome saddles will be prizes for the winners in these events. Also there is talk of a race between "Rex," "Billv Bounce" and "Daisy R." for a purse of $100, which may be run at the same date. SECOND DAY AT FRESNO. Fast time in the main events featured the racing card at the second day of the Fresno District Fair. Thousand dollar purses were offered for both the trotting and pacing events. Dick W., until recently owned by B. F. Stone of Fresno, won the 2 : 07 pacing event while Mabel Van, a bay mare driven by Best, won the 2:12 trot in straight heats. In the first heat ol the 2 : 07 pace Zulu Belle was set back from third to fifth place for interfering with Teddy Bear and Vera Hal on the stretch. Up to the time of this interference, Zulu Belle was a contender. Teddy Bear took the first heat and Dick W. was awarded second. Zulu Belle stepped the first heat in 2:06ii and Dick W. equaled this time in the sec- ond heat. The second heat saw Dick W. and Teddy Bear race to the three-quarter pole about even. Zulu Belle ran a close third to this point. The three horses turned to the stretch well bunched, Dick W. coming to the wire a half length to the good and Zulu Belle beating Teddy Bear out for second place. Teddy Bear got away to a good start in the third heat and led the field to the stretch where Dick W. took the lead, winning by a close margin. All three heats of the 2:12 trot were closely con- tested although there were but three starters. Mrs. Lane driving Athasham won the second heat of the ladies' race. The summary First event — 2:12 trotters, purse $1000: Mabel Van, b. m. by On Stanley — ^ anity (Best) 111 The Empress, b. m. (Chadbourne) 2 3 2 Copper the Ore, bl. m. (Schwartz) 3 2 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:13%. Second event — 2:07 pacing, purse $1000: Dick W., b. g. by Athadon (Schwartz) 2 1 1 Teddy Bear, b. s. (Silva) 1 3 2 Zulu Belle, bl. m. (Durfee) 5 2 3 Loch Lomond, b. g. (Quinn) 3 5 5 Vera Hal, b. m. (Cohen) 4 4 4 Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:09. Third event — Second heat ladies' race: Athasham, b. s. by Athadon — Cora Wickersham (Mrs. Lane) 1 Silente, ch. s. (Mrs. Harmon) 2 Firebaugh. br. s. (Mrs. Brown) 3 Diamond, b. g. (Mrs. Rushing) 4 Julius Caesar (Miss Smith) 5 Time — 2:21. Fourth event — Six furlongs, running, purse $125: Edwin Adams, b. g. 1 Lady M. M.. b. m. (Roberts) 2 Thoroughpin, b. g. (Eddie Josephs) 3 Time— 1:14. Fifth event — Half-mile, running, purse $125: Sweeper, b. g. (Manuel Joseph) 1 Fresno Girl, b. m. (Clarence Josephs) 2 Sidney, s. b. s. (Roberts) 3 Time — :57. CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB. Matawan proved again last Sunday that he is too speedy for the Stadiu mtrotters. In the feature free- for-all trot of the California Driving Club matinee the big bay won the last two heats and race rather handily. In the first heat Monica McKinney came on in a sensational stretch trot t win by half a length. "Yellow Mary" was the contender in the last two heats, but was simply out-footed. The feature pace was somewhat of a disappoint- ment in that Mr. Lowery's Dicto was the only one of a field of four to hold his feet. The others acted badly and both heats were processions. Jack captured the first race after finishing second to Caliente Girl in the first heat. Dr. Allen's Little Medium stepped out in straight heats in the 2:15 pace. After Horseshoe Boy won the first heat of the 2:18 trot he threw a shoe and Muggins came on the win the last two heats and the trophy. Emma M. and Harold K. accounted for the other two events. The summary: First race — 2:25 pace: Jack (G. Conlon) 2 1 1 Caliente Girl (A. Benson) 1 3 3 Hello Girl (R. Keogh) 3 2 2 Vastula (J. Paras) 4 4 4 Time— 2:22%, 2:23%, 2:21. Second race — 2:25 pace: Little Medium (Burton) 1 1 Victor Pointer (Frelson) 2 2 Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 3 3 Time — 2:15%. 2:16. Third race — 2:1S trot: Muggins (H. Cohen) 4 1 1 Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 1 4 4 Ateka (Burton) 2 2 2 Sutton (Frelson) 3 3 3 Time— 2:17. 2:17%, 2:18. Fourth race — free-for-all trot: Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 2 1 1 Monica McKinnev (D. E. Hoffman) 1 2 2 Birdeve (W. J. McDonald) 3 4 5 Silver Hunter (T. Sexton) 5 3 4 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 4 6 3 Bodecker (S. Christenson) 6 5 6 Time— 2:14%, 2:16, 2:15%. Fifth race — free-for-all pace: Dicto (DeRyder) 1 1 Hamburg Belle (Schwartz) 2 2 Pointer Belle (Frelson) 4 3 Mabel Dillon (Burton) 3 4 Time— 2:16, 2:12. Sixth race — 2:18 pace: Emma M. (W. Malough) 2 1 1 Roman Boy (Burton) 1 2 3 Golden Buck ( W. G. Walkup) 3 3 2 Time— 2:20, 2:16%, 2:21. Seventh race— 2:25 trot: Harold K. (J. V. Galindo) 1 1 Dalta A. (E. T. Ayres) 2 4 Springtime (G. Clotere) 5 2 Ella WUkes (C. Borromeo) 4 3 Minequa (M. Ford) 3 5 Time— 2:24%, 2:25%. Saturday, October 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN MANY NEW WORLD RECORDS. FRESNO COUNTY FAIR. JIM LOGAN AND LEATA J. MATCHED. Last week was a prolific one in respect to new world's records, several old ones going into the dis- card, by virtue of the terrific speed displayed in the turf battles of the week. Of course Columbus was the storm center and had the weather man been at all kind in the disposition of warm days, untainted by rain, the week in entirety would undoubtedly have marked a new record for fast racing. Anna Bradford's performance in winning the pac- ing division of the Horse Review Stake was the most notable, as the daughter of Todd Mac 2:07% not only established a new world's record for her gait and age by her mile in 2:01% in the second heat, but she hung up a new world's record for two consecutive heats in that division. These miles — 2:03%, 2:01% — displaced William's two miles made in 1913 at Peoria, viz.: 2:05%, 2:05. In the Capital City Stake for 2: OS trotters on Tues- day, Etawah, by winning the fourth and final mile in 2:04%, hung up a new four-year-old race record for trotters and a new four-heat record for all ages, while the time of the four heats marks a new w-orld's record, also. Omar took the opening heat in 2:05%, while Etawah's miles were in 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:04%, making an aggregate time of 8: 20%, or one-half sec- ond faster than the former record made by Dudie Archdale and Billy Burk over the same track in 1912. Tuesday's events were also notable in producing the fastest racing program, the thirteen miles averaging a bit slower than 2:05%. A new record was hung up at the Illinois State Fair meeting at Springfield. This was in the pacing team race, where the Indianapolis team, consisting of Billy M. 2:03%, and Doctor M. 2:07%, owned by Fred Cline, won two straight heats in 2:08% and 2:07%. The performance displaces the world's rec- ord for pacing teams in races, set at 2:08%, the previous week at Milwaukee, by Rob Roy 2:05% and Sham Boy 2:05%. DIRECTUM I. SETS NEW PACING RECORD. Columbus (O.), Sept. 30. — Directum I., pacer, owned by James Butler of New York and driven by Ray Snedeker this afternoon over the Columbus track, gave to William the worst defeat this Indiana four- year-old stallion has ever taken in a racing career of two seasons. To do so the chestnut stallion was forced to pace the first mile in 1:58 and the second in 2:00. The time of the first heat is the fastest ever made in competition, and the race stands as a world's record. Before today each horse had won a second heat in 2:00. The former record for one heat was 1:59%, made two weeks ago at Detroit by Frank Bogash Jr. It was a hard track, the sort desired by Directum I.'s handlers. William in the betting sold favorite at $100 to $50. After the first heat the odds shifted to 2 to 1 on Directum. A seventeen-mile wind was blowing when the first heat started, but its velocity was much reduced wThen the last was called. The horses had to race against it on the back stretch. Directum I. drew the pole, and the pair got away on the first attempt. William went rushing, and took the lead forty yards from the starting mark. Two lengths ahead he reached the first quarter in 29 seconds, and went on to the half in :59%. He was leading comfortably when the three-quarter post was made in 1:30. At the last turn Directum I. was stirred up, and the two pacers were on even terms . when half the home stretch had been traversed. An instant later Driver Marvin struck William with his whip, but his pacer did not respond well enough to withstand the rush of Directum I., who finished strong, with his rival a full length behind. The last quarter was paced in 28 seconds. William covered the mile in 1:58%. At the start of the second heat William was rated slower, and was kept beside Directum I. until the first quarter had been passed. Then he stepped out and took the pole, his opponent dropping back a couple of lengths. The first quarter was done in 30% seconds and the half in 1:01%. On the far turn sprinting started. Directum I. steadily cut down Wil- liam's lead, though the latter was ahead at the three- quarters in 1:32. There was a terrific brush through I the stretch, the final quarter being paced in 28 sec- onds, with Directum I. holding a neck lead. Championship stallion pace, two in three, purse ?5000: Directum I., ch. h. by Directum Kelly (Snedeker). .. .1 1 William, b. h. by Abe J. (Marvin) 2 2 Time — 1:58. 2:00. O FATE OF THE OUTCLASSED. kThe fate of all harness horses that develop ex- treme speed has overtaken William 2 : 00 and Direc- tum I. 1:58. So far as racing is concerned they are useless from this time on, and in the future their efforts must be confined to bouts with Father Time. So much for our perverted system of rewarding merit in the harness-racing world. One is justified in calling it a fool system. For here you are. The green and untried horse has all sorts of money-winning invita- tions awaiting his pleasure and acceptance. But those same opportunities dwindle and disappear in a ratio corresponding with increase of speed and rac- ing ability. The nearer he approaches thetwo-minute mark the less there is doing. Once let him pass that point and his day of usefulness for racing purposes is ended. Great system! It stands alone in the world, unique in its incongruity; for in no other sport, business or line of endeavor can anything like it be found. Lucky it is for these two great pacers that they are entire horses, else their valuation would be measured by very few figures indeed — Spirit of the West. With the stroke of twelve last Saturday night the main gates at the Fresno County Fair grounds were closed, the last of the crowds swarmed onto the street cars, and the eighth annual Fresno District Fair, proven beyond any question of doubt to have been a success from start to finish, was officially brought to a close. All records for the week and in fact for. any gath- ering were smashed on Saturday when more than 20,000 people passed through the gates. Every seat in the grandstand was taken and thousands crowded into the oval and along the fence. Nearly 5,000 auto- mobiles entered the grounds and were left in the automobile spacing. President Dickinson, Secretary Eberhart and the directors of the Fair Association are more than pleased with the record breaking attendance at the fair for the week. Encouraged with the support given by the entire State, plans will be started soon for the 1915 fair. Early Saturday afternoon automobile enthusiasts started for the grounds. Every street car was crowd- ed and hundreds of automobiles speeded along the road to the race track. Long before the hour for the starting of the first race every available seat was taken and the crowds were entertained by flights by Katherine Stinson. Every section of the grounds was crowded with people, who divided their attention between the dif- ferent town exhibits, the automobile show, the poul- try show and the midway. Nothing escaped the eyes of the spectators and each exhibitor reports he is more than satisfied with the results obtained at the fair. As stated, the closing day was the record-breaker in attendance. While the exact number of paid ad- missions had not been figured out Saturday night it was stated by one of the officials that the attendance would go over the 20,000 mark. He based his figures on a comparison with the crowds at previous days. Men who have had vast experience in handling crowds all over the State informed the fair manage- ment that the crowd at the fair was the largest ever witnessed in the San Joaquin Valley. The following standard bred horses were awarded premiums at the Fresno County Fair last week Stallions. Four years old and over: First, Hemet Stock Farm; second, R. S. Kellogg. Three year old: First, Geo. L. Warlow; second, Mrs. A. O. Mix. Two year old: First, Geo. L. Warlow; second, J. H. Wagner. One year old: First, Geo. L. Warlow; second, Mrs. A. O. Mix. Less than one year old: First, G. W. Libby; second, Mrs. A. O. Mix. Mares. Four years old and over: First, M. L. Woy; sec- ond, Mrs. A. O. Mix; Three year old: First, R. S. Kellogg; second, Geo. L. Warlow. Two year old: First, L. R. Rogers; second, Geo. L. Warlow. One year old: First, M. L. Woy; second, Geo. L. Warlow. Less than one year old: First, M. L. Woy; second, Geo. L. Warlow. Families. Stallion with not less than three of his colts: First, Geo. L. Warlow. Mare with not less than two of her colts: First, M. L. Woy. Roadsters — Stallions. Less than one year: First, Charles Hubbard. Mares or Geldings. Four years old and over: First, R. S. Kellogg; second, C. W. Phillips. Three year old: First, Charles Hubbard. Two year old: First, R. S. Kel- logg; second, Charles Hubbard. One year old: First, and second, R. S. Kellogg. Less than one year: First, F. A. Gilroy; second, Mrs. A. O. Mix. Families. . Mare with not less than two of her colts: First, Charles Hubbard. Figures as compiled by Secretary Eberhart and his assistants of the Fresno County Agricultural As- sociation show that the weekly attendance at the Fresno District Fair was 55,030 and that in the neighborhood of $36,000 was taken in at the gates and grandstands. This is an increase of approxi- mately 13,000 over the attendance last year and about $8000 in money. Tuesday, 3,500; Wednesday, 10,500; Thursday, 11,300; Friday, 15,350; and Saturday, 16,580; mak- ing an attendance of 55,030. The Friday's attendance includes the 6,000 children admitted to the grounds free of charge. There was also approximately 2,500 who entered the grounds daily, using season passes. They were in some way connected with the fair, either as exhibitors, employes, or with the side-show attractions. The gate receipts were as follows: Day Main Gates. Grandstand Tuesday ? 692.50 $ 117.25 Wednesday 3,932.50 1,130.00 Thursday 4,098.50 1,120.55 Friday 4,225.50 874.90 Saturday 6,920.00 1,950.00 The above figures do not include the sales of sea- son passes or seats sold in the boxes in the grand- stands. When this amount is added it will make the grand total reach in the neighborhood of $36,000. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. To settle the supremacy of the pacing king, Jim Logan 2:01%, and the Pacific Queen, Leata J. 2:03, a match race has been arranged between these two great race horses to be paced over the Stockton track, next Sunday, October 11th, and incidentally to settle the rivalry existing between Yolo county, where Jim Logan was bred and is owned, and San Joaquin county, the home and birthplace of Leata J., one of the fastest and gamest pacing race mares that ever scored for the word. Both of these great pacers represent the acme of the light harness horse breed- ing industry in the counties where they were bred and the loyal and enthusiastic friends and admirers of each are numbered by the thousands. That the race to take place next Sunday between these wonderful pacers will prove a battle royal for the pacing crown of the Pacific Coast and attract a great multitude of eager spectators is a foregone conclusion, as never before in the light harness rac- ing history of this golden west country have two such fast and famous horses, either trotters or pac- ers, met to settle the question of supremacy between them. It is true that this is not their first meeting, but on other occasions when they have faced the starter together, there have been other horses in the field. The owner of Leata J. is Mr. J. N. Jones, better known to his friends around Stockton as "Adobe" Jones, who, while an amateur, handles and drives the mare with the confidence and skill of a profes- sional. Mr. ones is a wealthy rancher and popular resident of the Stockton country and part of the popularity of his mare is due to that of his own, and next Sunday will witness the cheering of his thou- sands of Stockton friends when he appears upon the track with Leata J. to wrest the championship crown from Jim Logan's brow. The Logan horse first became known to fame four years ago when by pacing the third heat of a win- ning race against aged horses in 2:05%, he won the world's championship for three-year-old pacers. As a four-year-old he v,as not raced. Since then he has lowered his record each year. Two years ago he paced 2:03; at Detroit, Mich., last year in 2:02% at Woodland, this year in 2:02% at Santa Rosa, and then made his present record of 2:01% at Woodland; and next Sunday over the fast track at Stockton his owner and many enthusiastic friends expect him to set a mark very close to two minutes opposite his name. His owner and driver, J. Elmo Montgomery, was born in Davis, Yolo county, and is a wealthy stock raiser and horseman and there lives no better known or more popular man in Yolo county than the owner of Jim Logan. Mr. Montgomery bred and de- veloped his great pacer and has driven him in all his races, and when he faces the starter next Sunday in his effort to trim the game little Leata J. he will know that half of Yolo county and a large delegation from Sacramento are watching and" pulling for their idol, Jim Logan, the king of Yolo. SOME SPEEDY TWINS. A noteworthy instance of quality in both members of twin trotting youngsters appears in the case of the two-year-old fillies, Biddie King and Beatrice King, bred and owned by Hillandale Farm, Mama- roneck, N. Y. The pair is by King Bellini 2:12%, and their dam, Miss Previous, by Ponce de Leon 2:13, is fast establishing a reputation as a producer of speed, wholly on unions with King Bellini, four results of their mating having already taken records within the standard list of trotters. Druida, the first, as a three-year-old in 1911, took a record of 2:24%, La Contessa, one of 2:30, in 1912, at two years, and Allen King, a mark of 2:25 last year at the age of two, also. At Lexington, on September 3d, during the record meeting, Biddie King was given a time record of 2:28% by Trainer Frank Phillips, and a dispatch from the Kentucky city during the past week states that Beatrix King worked a mile for the same trainer in 2:29, with the final quarter in 35 seconds, so it appears that it should be extremely easy for her also to enter the so-called charmed circle along with her twin sister. As a living argument for the "speed produces speed" enthusiasts, the results of this union make splendid material. King Bellini, who took his record in a race in 1913, at the age of six, is by Bellini 2:13%, and his dam is the renowned broodmare Nettie King 2:20%, dam of twelve record animals, including The Abbott 2 : 03 % ; The Abbe, p. 2 : 04 ; Bon- ington (4), 2:06, the fast but erratic The Hugenot 2:07%, and Necia (2) 2:13%, a filly of sensational speed that was cut down by death before she had a chance to demonstrate the real greatness which she undobtedly possessed. — Western Horseman. DATES SELECTED FOR NEW ORLEANS RACING. New Orleans, Sept. 28. — It is announced that a running race meeting will be started here January 1st and end February 17th. It will be conducted by the Business Men's Racing Association of which I. B. Rennyson is president. It is planned to have six races each day. Purses will range from $150 to $500. The charter of the new association has been drawn up. I. B. Rennyson, a prominent local real estate man, will serve as president, with T. C. Campbell. John Dillon, Sam Blum, Peter Fabacher, Gabe Haus- mann, Victor LeBeau, Sam Hart and Harry S. Kauf- man as directors. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 10, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS Native Spirit (2) 2:09% is the season's first 2:10 two-vear-old trotter. Zombro 2:11 ranks second as sire of new 2:10 performers this season, having three to his credit, including Mr. R. J. MacKenzie's mare Bertha Carey 2:08%. ♦ 3> ♦ Persons seeking horses for the British cavalry service have been making an effort to get one thou- sand horses from horsemen in the vicinity of Miles City, Montana. <$> v=> «> Dan Patch 1:55% gets credit with a corking good three-year-old trotter in Elastic Patch (3) 2:09%, which won the events for age and gait at the Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota State Fairs. <5> <8> Frank Caton arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 25th from Moscow, Russia, and will make the Ohio city his permanent home after a sojoprn of twenty- one years in the land of the Czar. Mr. Caton states that harness racing in Russia is at a standstill, but as yet none of the imported trotters have been com- mandeered for war service. Etaw-ah trotted the three fastest heats ever seen in a race at Columbus last Monday, when he beat the 2:07 trotters in 2:05%, 2:05 and 2:03%. Etawah now holds the following world's records: For four-year- old trotters, both in a race and against time ; fastest three-heat race; fastest four-heat race; fastest three- heat race bv a stallion; fastest fourth heat. The fact that Squantum 2:09% was separately timed in 2:02% when Anna Bradford paced the mile in 2:01% at Columbus, last week, stamps him as a remarkable pacer, and, had Anna Bradford not put in an appearance this year, he would have probably been heralded far and wide as the equal, or, possibly, the superior of the wonderful William 2:00. 3> ■$> H. Atkinson, the promising young horseman who has ably assisted 'Win. G. Durfee as second trainer for the past year, was pressed into service as race driver at Salem on Friday of last week and acquit- ted himself with much glory by winning with Don Pronto in the free-for-all pace and with F. S. Whit- ney in the 2:20 trot. <8> «> Jack Wall, former New England trainer, but who now hails from the Golden Slope, sold the good trot- ter Grattan Boy 2:0914 last week to Ed. Geers for $5,000. Wall raced Grattan Boy on the Canadian ice tracks last winter and in the Canadian Northwest this summer. Quite recently he stepped over to the half in 1:02, some improvement within the last year, as he could not trot a mile in 2:25 when he first came into Wall's hands. «■ Bon Voyage 2:08, shown in the light harness and breeding classes at the Indiana State Fair, won six of the events out of seven in which he was shown, and was second in the seventh. His latest new per- former is Boncress, a three-year-old trotting colt, that took a record of 2: 10% at the recent Santa Rosa, Cal., race meeting. Bon Voyage is much appreciated by breeders of Indiana, and is receiving a large pat- ronage, especially from those who insist on individ- uality combined with breeding that produces early extreme speed. The grim necessities of warfare have led the French authorities to commandeer five of August Belmont's racers and he will be fortunate indeed if any of the five is ever returned to him. That the destruction of cavalry and transport horses in the present war is already lamentable is evidenced by the fact that four of the five were three-year-olds. Except under conditions of great stress, no horse under four years old is taken into the French army service. The horses reported as taken are the four- year-old Bayard, by Ethelbert — Bivouac and the three-year-olds Dramatiste, by Rock Sand — Drama; Kincade, by Rock Sand — King's Favorite; La Val- liere IV., by Octagon— Lady of the Valley, and Vol an Vent, by Ethelbert — lady Viola. All were speedy and the first three had won well in racing. <$> Another great pacer changed owners last week when William Conners, Registrar of Wills of Alle- gheny Co.. and President of the Pittsburgh Driving Club sold to Stougtton Fletcher of Indianapolis the great three-year-old gelding. Squantum (3) 2:09%. Nexl io Anna Bradford (3) 2:00%, this great grand- son of Bingen 2:06>i is the most remarkable pacer of big age which ever appeared, and we are not alone in our belief that he is capable of a mile under fav- orable conditions in 2:00. While tin's may seem rather strong to some, it will not to those who watched Squantum last week when he finished right with Anna Bradford in 2:01% and separately timed, paced his last three-quarters in 1:29%. which is bet- ter than a two-minute clip. With a winraee of but this gelding will be eligible to most of the rich classics of 1915, and he has but to hold his pres- ent form to make him one of the most formidable er .rants which ever took part in the important pac- ing events. The world's three-year-old half-mile track trotting record of 2:12%, which has been held by Muda Guy 2:09 since 1909, was broken at Louisville, Ky., last Friday by the bay colt Hugh Miller, who won the first heat in 2:11%, and repeated in 2:12% in the fourth. The new titleholder is a son of Bardnmore 2:14%, son of Baron Wilkes 2:18 out of Fanforan 2:11%, by Tommy Britton 2:06%, son of Liberty Bell, by Bell Boy 2:19%; second dam Axtellene 2:24%, by Axtell 2:12. He is owned by E. R. Little of Mt. Sterling, Ky. •$> «> <3> Willie Durfee, the crack Los Angeles driver, who has been cleaning up around the circuit all season, has returned to San Francisco from Salem, where he won seven races and one second out of nine starts. Esperanza, Chango, Rags, White Sox, Don Pronto and a two-year-old trotter, Nicola B., did the honors. Rags was beaten, but it was over a muddy track. White Sox won one heat over the same track, but found the going so bad that she was withdrawn. Durfee will return to Los Angeles to rest up for the big Phoenix meet, where he has entered his entire star string. «■ «■ A total of 406 horses have been received in the 21 purse races to be trotted and paced during the meet- ing of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso- ciation at Lexington October 5-17, an average of slightly less than twenty horses to the race and a very satisfactory one. The largest number of entries in any race is in the 2:10 pace, which received thirty-four, while the smallest list, four horses, were named for the $1,500 free-for-all trot, the October prize. There are fifteen stake races to be raced dur- ing the meeting, making a total of thirty-six races to be decided during the ten days, or a little less than four races a day. These races make up one of the most attractive lists of horses ever presented there. Dean Swift 2:08. in the stable of L. B. Daniels of Chico, Cal., took his record at the Washington State Fair at North Yakima week before last. This is the trotting record for Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. The performances of this more than use- ful trotter call attention to his sire Almaden D. 54055 who was himself a good race horse and also the sire of the fastest California trotter, Albaloma 2:08%, campaigned thisseason. It is seldom that a horse with such limited opportunities in the stud as Almaden D. has succeeded in siring two such ster- ling performers as Albaloma 2:08% and Dean Swift 2:08; only three mares were bred to Almaden D. in 1908 and from the resultant three foals of 1909 came two money-winning three-year-olds. We know some horses have born in them the spirit and stamina to stand work that would kill others en- dowed to all outward appearances with the same physical characteristics. In that respect they are not unlike their masters, some of whom seem almost untiring in their physical and mental efforts. If a breeder could in some way secure in all the colts he raised this ability — determination or grit or what- ever we may call it — his colts would sell above all others and his fame as a breeder would become wide- spread. We can breed in that direction, but too often the individual with a yellow streak will crop out, a horse that wears out early in life. It seems to be a matter of disposition which the breeder cannot in all cases control, says a correspondent of the National Stockman and Farmer. <$> Argot Hal, record 2:07% trotting, and 2:11% pac- ing, went down the grand circuit two years ago and cleaned up everything at the trot. It was astonish- ing to Geers that he should be such a wonderful trotter when he is a Hal and the only son of Brown Hal that is a trotter. After being in the stud for two years, they took him out the other day and gave him a time record pacing of 2:04%. It was a won- derful performance for a horse that has been used in the stud for so long. Dr. Calmes of Oakland recently purchased a filly from H. M. Polk of Spring Hill, Tenn., by Argot Hal, first dam the dam of two, by Duplex; second dam Stellene, dam of four, by Brown Hal; third dam Stella, dam of Twinkle 2:05% and Direct Star 2:09%, by Tom Hal; fourth dam Dolly by Pat Malone; next dam Old Ball by the Collins horse. <$> A question for the N. T. A. to decide has arisen over the entry of Rythmell in the 2:20 trot at Lex- ington. The entries closed Sept. 15th with "records made that day no bar." Rythmell started at Detroit in the 2:24 trot, winning two heats Sept. 14th, in 2:10 %and 2:12, and finished the race on Sept. 15th, winning the third heat and race in 2:12. Under the rules her record would be no bar had she lost, but as she won is a bar, but she won on the 15th. Is the record to be construed as applying to the day the race was won, or to the day it was made? Upon their decision depends her eligibility to start in the 2:24 trot. Decisions of the courts in criminal cases have been that when a man was shot in one county and transferred to a hospital in another county and died, the county in which the hospital was located has jurisdiction, as the crime was completed in that county and was not really a crime of murder until death had ensued. If this view is taken she must be eligible to start, as the record would not be a bar until the race was finished on the 15th. I know of no other instance where these conditions have arisen, even under the old rules. — Horseman. Dr. M., a chestnut horse, and Billy M., a chestnut gelding, owned by Fred Cline of Indianapolis, set a new world's record for a pacing team in a race at the Illinois State Fair last week. The pair paced the second mile of the contest in 2:07%. The former record was established by Charles B. and Babby Hal in 1911. Four teams were sent away. The Cline entry broke the world's record in the first heat by covering the distance in 2:08%. They then reduced the time to 2:07%. <8> «■ «■ The first annual sales catalogue of the young stock owned by the Woodland Stock Farm Inc. has been received at this office. The management of the Woodland Stock Farm has shown great enterprise and, we believe, a practical innovation in taking this manner of placing before the horsemen and breeders of this country a description and price list of some of the choicest standard bred colts and fillies ever foaled in California. Every animal offered is nom- inated in all the Pacific Coast Futurity stakes and was sired by a stallion noted for early and extreme speed. A pathetic tale may be related regarding San Ja- cinto. He was brought over from California in the spring by J. D. McQuair, who, upon his arrival at Mendota, 111., suffered so greatly from rheumatism that he had to go to the hospital. Meantime, too, his gelding trained off and for a time it appeared that whoever the Patron Saint was for whom the pacer was named, would have to intercede, asking favors from the Deity for both man and horse. McQuair managed to drag his tortured body around, and al- though he looked like a victim for an undertaker, he gamely left his bed, and while still in bad shape, was present to witness his gelding's victory. You can talk of church charity, organized charity, or any other brand of it that may appeal to your particular fancy, but give me the charity such as horsemen pos- sess when occasion comes to offer it. The boys took care of man and horse, with mother-like sympathy ministering to McQuair's afflictions. He was a stran- ger in a strange land, but he was not without friends or sympathizers. His horse was trained and cared for in the best manner, and the best obtainable driver who did not have a mount in his races was always up behind San Jacinto. Henry Thomas drove the geld- ing at Aurora; Ed Allen won with him at Des Moines; Charley Bond was his teamster here; and thus at each and every point the pair's interests were looked after. There is among horsemen much jealousy, some of them are narrow-minded, some, too, lack the finer details of culture and refinement — but you can put it away in the back of your head that without exception their hearts are in the right place. — Marque in The Horse Review. «> <8> There are still people in the world who regard the horse as a dumb animated machine, created solely for the use of men and women and having no rights of his own. That is largely because the horse is in the fullest sense a dumb animal. If you strike a dog he yelps; if you step on the tail of a cat she screams. A horse, on the other hand, may be beaten almost to death and make no sound. Pleasure he expresses by whinnying; but it is only in his death agony that his suffering finds audible expression, and frequently not even then. It is this pathetic silence, this inability of the horse to give utterance to his pain, that causes so many persons to ignore Lis sufferings. They have no imag- ination, and he has no cries with which to impress their indurated senses. If he could cry out as the dog does, our city streets would re-echo sounds that could not be borne a day. The change in the treat- ment of horses would be instant and enduring. Take, for example, navicular disease, from which many horses suffer. It attacks one of the bones of the fore foot. Tne bone decays just as a human tooth decays. Imagine the suffering of a horse obliged to walk on a foot in that condition. Some forms of spavin are so painful that a horse afflicted with them becomes thin, even if he is gen- erously fed and does no work. The troubles may, indeed, be recognized by this peculiar emaciation — an excessive thinness about the waist or loins. But although the horse does not speak nor cry out, he tells his story plainly enough to those who can understand it. It is his eye that speaks. When he suffers his eye is contracted and has a nervous, flur- ried, restless expression, indescribable, yet easily recognized. WTien he is comfortable, his eye seems large and full and has a quiet and serene look, the expression of fun and mischief. From a stableful of city work horses an expert will select by the ex- pression of their eyes alone the horses that have good drivers and those that have cruel ones. That the ears of the horse also express his emotion is too well known to need more than a reference. When he is unhappy, ill-treated or neglected, his ears have a backward slant that is characteristic. You sometimes see it in animals that are vicious; you always see it in those that are abused. Since the horse's vocabulary is so limited, owners and drivers can learn it all. — A Nova Scotia Paper. LIVESTOCK AT RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR. The exhibits of cows and swine promise to be good with animals from the Hall Stock Ranch at Perris and many individual owners in various cities. From the State school at Whittier will come a number of wild hogs. Saturday, October 10, 1911.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE GRAND CIRCUIT Columbus (O.), October 2. — Grand Circuit racing here closed today with a programme better than the usual getaway one. In the final heat of the 2:05 pace R. H. Brett established a new world's record for a seventh heat when he won in 2:05%. Five heats of this event were decided on Thursday. The former seventh-mile mark was 2:06%, made by Wal- ter Cochato. Beth Clark won the 2:07 pace, which required four heats. Wilgo outtrotted Judson Girl in each of the two heats required to finish the 2:10 trot. The other trots were won by favorites, Fair Virginia and May Mack. The former was second to Mirthful in the first heat, when three other opponents were distanced. As the last announcement of the meeting came a notice that the judges had reinstated Driver Grady, suspended last week along with the pacer R. H. Brett. The horse was restored to good standing early this week. The summary: Pacing, 2:05 class, three in five, purse §1200, five heats Thursday: R. H. Brett, b. g. by Waponeo (Osborn- Jamison) 6 5 2 4 1 1 1 Minnie Chimes, b. m. (McVay) 5 2 112 2 2 Iowando, br. h. (C. Valentine) 2 14 2 3 4 4 Our Colonel, b. h. (Childs) 1 6 6 3 4 3 3 Del Rey, b. h. (Cox) ; Harry the Ghost, g. g. (Hedrick) ; also started. Time— 2:07, 2:05%. 2:04%. 2:05%, 2:08, 2:05%, 2:05%. Trotting-, 2 :10 class, three in five, purse $1200, three heats Tnursday: Wilgo, b. h. by Togo (Marvin) 5 12 11 Judson Girl, b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 7 12 2 The Wanderer, b. g. by The Tramp (R. Macey) 1 2 4 4 4 James W., ro. g. (Dore) ; Vanity Oro, g. m. (C. Valen- tine); Strafford, b. h. (Murphy), and Tommy Finch, b. h. (Hall), also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%. Trotting, 2:12 class, three in five, purse §1200: Fair Virginia, br. m. by Zombro (Cox) 2 111 Mirthful, b. m. by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 1 2 2 2 Echomore, b. h. (Begash) d Vanko. b. g. (Pierce) d Florence Vincent, b. m. (Andrews) d Time— 2:08%, 2:11%. 2:10%, 2:14. Pacing, 2:07 class, three in five, purse §1200: Beth Clark, blk m. by Joe Patchen (C. Val- entine) 1 1 4 1 Major Ong, b. g. by Major Gantz (Murphy)3 3 13 Alcy E., b. m. (Whitney) 4 2 2 2 Frank Patch, br. h. (Cox-DeRyder) ; Mansfield, br. h. (Ray), and Hal Gray, g. h. (Pendleton), also started. Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:03%, 2:07%. Trotting, 2:08 class, three in five, purse §1200: May Mack, b. m. by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 1 1 1 Reusens, ch. g. (Geers) 2 2 3 Oakdale, g. g. (McDonald) 3 3 2 Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:08%. To beat 2:19% trotting — Zomodotte, b. f. by Zombro (Patterson), won. Time, 2:11%. To beat 2:30% trotting — Sydney Forbes, blk. c. by J. Malcolm Forbes (Patterson), won. Time, 2:26%. To beat 2:19% trotting — Willow Mack, b. h. by Wallace McKinney (Brown), won. Time, 2:10%. 0 Lexington (Ky.), October 5. — The victory of Frank G. Jones' Sparkle Watts, driven by the veteran "Pop" Geers in the $5000 two-year-old trotting futurity fea- tured the programme of the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting on the grounds of the Kentucky- Trotting Horse Breeders' Association today. After losing the first heat to General French, Geers came back in the second and won in a driving finish, re- peating in the third, a neck in front of Native Spirit. Rythmell, owned by Senator David Tod of Youngs- town, O., won the ?3000 Walnut Hall and $500 gold cup in straight heats, and her best time, 2:04%, was a new record for the race. The summary: Walnut Hall cup, 2:12 trotters of June list, best three in five, value §3000: Rythmell, blk. m. by Rhythmic (Shank) 1 1 1 Margaret Druien, b. m. (Cox) 2 2 2 Brighton B., b. g. (Murphy) 3 3 3 Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:04%. King Clansman, br. h. (McMahon), Bertha Cary, br. m. (DeRyder), Bonington, ch. h. (Dickerson), Henrietta C. b. m. (H. Thomas), McCloskey, br. h. (McDonald), also started. The Futurity for two-year-old trotters, best two in three, value §5000: Sparkle Watts, ch. f. by General Watts (Geers) 2 11 General French, b. c. by Justice Brooks (Miller) 15 7 Native Spirit, b. f. (Cox) 3 2 2 Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. Bondella, b. f. (Murphy), Petress Burton, b. f. (Shank), Bacelli, b. c. (Young). Henry Todd, b. g. (Lazell), Silver Axworthy, ch. c. (Andrews), also started. 2:09 trotting, best three in five, purse $1000 (unfin- ished) : Oakdale. gr. g. by Normaneer (McDonald) 5 1 2 Tommy Horn, b. g. by Otto Wilkes (Owen) 2 8 1 Lizzie Brown, b. m. by The Bondsman (Andrews) 1 6 7 Time— 2:07%. 2:07%, 2:08%. Slav Mack, b. m. (DeRyder), Peter Billiken, ch. h. (Nuckols), Atlantic Express, b. h. (Dickerson), Peter Mc- Cormick, br. h. (Schuler), County Tramp, ch. g. (Home), Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox), Parcliffe, b. g. (McCarthy), Craman Boy, b. g. (Geers), Santos Maid, b. m. (Grady), The Wanderer, b. g. (Macey), also started. 2:09 pace, best three in five, purse $1000: Jaystone. b. h. by Redfield Jr. (Snow) 1 1 1 Tillie Tipton, b. m. (Murphy) 9 2 2 It Will Tell, b. g. (Thomas) 8 3 3 Time— 2:05%, 2:04%. 2:0e%. Princess Patch, b. m. (Macey), Ella Mackay, blk. m. (Cox). Lillian W., ch. m. (McMahon), The Importer, b. g. (Jones), Rastus. b. g. (McDonald), Bessie B., b. m. (Rus- sell). Dick Sentinel, b. g. (Woods). Miss Xewshare, b. m. (Canfield), also started. 0 Lexington (Ky.), October 6. — A large crowd saw four world's records smashed today, the second day of the Grand Circuit meeting. Peter Volo, in winning the $14,000 Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old trot- ters, set three new marks when he lowered the world's record for three-year-old trotters to 2:03%, at the same time setting a new mark for the fastest third heat for a three-year-old trotter and the fastest three-heat race for a trotter of any sex of that age. Tommy Horn, in winning the 2:20 trot, postponed from yesterday, trotted the fastest seventh heat on record when he trotted the mile in 2:08^. Joan equaled her own record of 2:04% in winning the Oc- tober prize in straight heats from Ross B., the only other starter, her time being the same in both heats. Summary: three heats 6 7 5 3 12 12 3 2:08 trotting, three in five, purse ?1000; Monday : Tommy Horn, b. g. by Otto Wilkes (Owen) 2 8 1 1 2 3 1 Lizzie Brown, b. m. by The Bondsman (Andrews) 1 May Mack, b. m. by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder) ,. 8 Also started: Oakdale, g. g. by Nomaneer (McDonald); Peter Billiken, ch. g. (Nuckols); Atlantic Express, b. h. (Dickerson); Country Tramp, ch. g. (Horine) ; Peter Mc- Cormick, br. h. (Schuler); Judson Girl, b. m. (Cox); Par- cliffe. b. g. (McCarthy); Graton Boy, b. g. (Geers). Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:04%, 2:06%. 2:08, 2:08%. 2:14 trotting, three in five, purse flOOO: Harry J. S., blk. h. by Admiral Dewey (Andrews) 6 2 2 112 1 Andral. b. g. by Nowal (Nuckols) 9 8 12 3 12 Silk Hat, blk. h. by Silk Weaver (Dodge) 1 1 3 9 4 3 3 Also started: Belzona, b. m. (Young) ; Irving Heart, b. h. (DeRyder); Virginia Brooks, b. m. (Valentine); Peter Sirns, br. g. (Lasell); Blue Feather, br. h. (Cox); June Red, b. m. (Chandler); Homestake, blk. g. (Thorn- Time — 2:11%. 2:09%, 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:13%, 2:09%, 2:09%. Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old trotters, three in five, §14,000: Peter Volo. br. c. by Peter the Great (Murphy) 111 Lee Axworthy, b. c. (Andrews) 2 2 3 Lady Wanetka, br. f. (Cox) 3 3 2 Ortolan Axworthy, b. c. (McDonald) 4 4 4 Time — 2:07%. 2:05. 2:03%. The October Prize, free-for-all trot, two in three, purse $1500: Joan, br. m. by Directum Spier (McDevitt) 1 1 Ross B.. b. g. (Wright) 2 2 Time— 2:04%, 2:04%. 2:14 pacing, three in five, purse §1000, unfinished: The Assessor, ch. g. by Walter Direct (McMahon) 6 1 1 Fred Mac, br. g. (breeding untraced) (Glasscock) 12 6 T. C. S., b. g. (Murphy) 2 5 5 Also started: Wilkie Elder, br. h. (Hedrick); Shade Line, ch. h. (Owen); Lillian T.. blk. m. (Wilson); Blue Line, b. h. (Ruble); Nelda Schnell. b. m. (Garrison) ; Stiletto Prat. blk. m. (Pratt); Baby E.. b. m. (Rea) ; Din- gola, ch. h. (Monahan) ; Vera, ch. m. (Pittman). Time— 2:05%, 2:04%. 2:06%. O Lexington (Ky.), October 7. — A world's record of 1:59% for a third heat in a race was established by Directum I, in the Tennessee, which he won in straight heats from a small field. Frank Bogash Jr., the horse that was expected to be the principal con- tender, did not start, because of lameness, Murphy drawing him after warming him up. Directum I.'s mile is also the record for the Tennessee, being a full second faster than the mile of Minor Heir in 1908. William will start tomorrow to beat his own world's record for four-year-old pacers of 2:00. Summary: 2:14 pace, 3 in 5, value §1000, three heats Tuesday: The Assessor, ch. g. by Walter Direct (McMahon) 6 1 1 1 Fred Mack, br. g. (Glasscock) 1 2 6 6 William T.. blk. m. (Wilson) 3 4 4 2 Also started— Wilkie Elder, b. h. (Hedrick); T. C. S., b. g. (Murphy); Shade Line, ch. h. (Owen); Stiletto Pratt, blk. m. (Pratt); Blue Line, b. h. (Ruble); Nelda Schnell, b. m. (Garrison) ; Dingola, ch. h. (Monahan) ; Vera, ch. m. (Pittman). Time— 2:05%. 2:04^. 2:06%, 2:04%. 2:22 trot, three in five, value $1000: King Ambit, ch. h. by Robert King (Jamison) 2 4 1 1 1 Billy Bing. br. c. (Albine and Walker).. 3 5 2 2 2 Dan C. g. g. (Warner) 5 2 5 4 3 Also started — Sylvia, b. m. (Hedrick and Floyd) ; Baron Todd. b. g. (McDonald) ; Barrilli, b. c. (Young); Marvelous Sheet, ch. m. (Murphy). Time— 2:10%. 2:11^, 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:12%. The Tennessee, £or free-for-all pacers; three in five, value §3000: Directum I., ch. h. by Directum Kelly (Snedeker)l 1 1 Earl Jr., g. h. (Cox) 2 2 2 Don Denamore, b. h. (Russell) 3 3 3 Walter Cochato, blk. h. (McMahon) dis Time— 2:02%, 2:04%, 1:59%. 2:17 trot, three in five, value §1000, unfinished: Mirthful, b. m. by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 8 11 Hazel Laing, ch. m. by John A. McKerron (An- drews) 1 2 2 Silver Bell, g. m. (McDonald) 2 6 5 Also started — Signal Boy, b. g. (Wright); Alice Arion, b. m. (McQuaig) ; Peter Pearl, b. h. (Nuckols); Holly- Rood Ben, b. c. (Dodge) ; Hugh Miller, blk. c. (Little) ; Zobedah, b. m. (Brawley); Glenora, br. m. (Garrison); Lottie Simmons, br. m. (Todd). Time— 2:08%, 2:06%, 2:08%. Lexington (Ky.), October 8. — The twenty-fifth re- newal of the Transylvania stake today was won by Etawah, driven by Geers and owned by F. G. Jones. The record for the stake of 2:04% made by Penisa Maid, in 1909, was beaten in each heat, reducing Etawah's own world record for a three heat race made last week at Columbus. Omar and Star Win- ter were the contenders. Peter McCormick was distanced in the first heat. May Mack broke on the first turn in the second heat, but was placed last by the judges because of inter- ference by Shuler, who was driving Peter McCor- mick on the track while the heat was trotted. Summary : 2:17 trot, three in five, purse $1,000, three heats Wed- nesday: Hazel Laing, ch. m. by John A. McKerron (Andrews) 1 2 111 Mirthful, b. m. by The Star of Patchen (Murphy) 8 113 3 Peter Hart, br. c. (Nuckolls) 11 4 4 2 5 Also started: Silver Bell, g. m. (McDonald); Signal Boy, b. g. (Wright); Alice Arion, b. m. (McQuaig); Hollyrood Ben. b. c. (Dodge); Hugh Miller, blk. c. (Little); Tobedah, b. m. (Brawley); Glenora, b. m. (Garrison); Lottie Sim- mons, b. m. (Todd). Time— 2:08%, 2:06%. 2.08%. .2:09%, 2:10%. 2:04 pace, two in three, value $1,000: R. H. Breat, b. g. by Naponee (Grady) 1 1 King Couchman. br. g. (Stokes) 2 3 Del Rey, b. h. (Cox) 4 2 Harry the Ghost, g. g. (Hedrick) 3 4 Time— 2:05%, 2:03%. Kentucky Futurity for three -year-old pacers, three in five, value $1,000: Anna Bradford, blk. f. by Todd Mac (Murphy) 111 Bud Elliot, b. c. (Geers) 2 3 2 Sweetie F., blk. f. (Darnaby) 3 2 3 Time— 2:09, 2:07%, 2:08%. five, value §5,000: Etawah, b. c. by AI Stanley (Geers) 1 1 Omar. b. g. (Floyd) 4 2 I Star Winter, b. g. (McDonald) 2 3 ! May Mack, b. m. (DeRyder) 3 4 4 Peter McCormick. br. h. (Andrews) dis Time— 2:03%, 2:03%. 2:03%. 2:20 pace, three in five, value $1,000: Baron Marque, ch. c. by Sir Marque (Murphy).. 1 1 ] Vera, ch. m. (Pittman) 6 2 * Billy Law, blk. g. (Woods) 4 3 I Tuah Worth, blk. m. (Benyon) 8 4 i Madam Mack, blk ai. (DeRyder) 5 5 < Also started: Javelin, b. g. (Jones) ; Lucille Brooks b. m. (Little); Jessie J., g. m. (Hedrick). Time— 2:08%. 2:09%, 2:09%. Exhibition, one-eighth mile under saddle: Uhlan (Mr. Billings). Time. :13%. -o- EUGENE, OREGON. (Half-Mile Track.) The Lane County Fair opened on September 23d, with good weather, a good track and a fair attend- ance. The opening race was the 2:17 pace and Grace N. had no trouble with her field, winning in straight heats. Haledo was a comfortable second. Bellsmith acted badly and spoiled her chances. In the 2:18 trot, Great Northern won his fifth race of the season, going the second heat in 2:19*4. Hallie B. and La Siesta went a good race, dividing second and third money. Ward worked Great Northern two miles each in 2:16 at Eugene. In the three harness races of the second day. Dr. Wayo and Enchilada were straight heat winners while Miss Stockings headed the summary in the half-mile race. Last day, the free-for-all pace was the feature before a crowd of six thousand people. Aldine slipped to the front in the opening and won in a stiff drive with Bonnie Antrim at her wheel. Next heat, Bonnie Antrim nosed out Albia and repeated in the third but Aldine raced Albia through the course in a drive that won by inches. Five trotters answered the bell tap in the 2:30 trot. Virginia Lee had the foot of the party. Perrieo was unsteady the first heat but went away trotting as in the second trip and won pulled up, driving the Iran Alto mare to a record of 2:18% in the last heat. Babe Verne went a cred- itable race, but was a little short. Sept. 23 — 2:17 pace, two in three: Grace N., blk. m. by Hal B. (Swisher) 1 1 Haledo, b. m. by Hal B. (Archer) 2 2 Enchilada, ch. g. by Palite (Hogoboom) 3 3 Bell Smith, b. m. by Blacksmith (Todd) 4 4 Time— 2:18, 2:20. 2:18 trot, two in three: Great Northern, br. g. by Wayland W. (Ward). . . -1 1 Hallie B„ b. m. by Hal B. (Swisher) 3 2 La Siesta, br. g. by Iran Alto (Staats) 2 3 Zomdell, br. g. by Zombro (Tilden) 4 4 Time— 2:21%, 2:19%. Sept. 24. — ....pace, purse $250, two in three: Enchilada, chfl g. by Palite (Hogoboom) 1 1 Ladv Hal, b. m. bv Hal B. (Sanford) 3 2 Grace N., blk. m. by Hal B. (Swisher) 2 3 High Hoo, b. h. by Alcone (Archer) 5 4 Halmont, b. h. by Hal B. (Norman) 4 5 Jennie May, 6-6. Time— 2:18%, 2:18%. Dr. Wayo, b. h. by Wilkhurst (Ward) 1 1 Hallie B., b. m. by Hal B. (Swisher) 2 4 La Siesta, br. g. by Iran Alto (Staats) 4 2 Zomdell, b. g. by Zombro (Tilden) 3 3 Time — 2:21 2-5, 2:21. Local race, half-mile heats: Miss Stockings (Watson) 1 3 1 Doc Munday ( S warverud) 2 1 3 Babe Verne (Daniels) 3 2 4 Wing and Wing 4 4 2 Time — 1:13. 1:11. Sept. 25 — Free-for-all pace, 2 in 3, purse §350: Bonnie Antrim, bl. g. by Bonnie McK (Gorman)2 1 1 Aldine, b. m. by Alcone (Todd) 1 3 3 Albia. ch. g. by Iran Alto (Swisher) 2 2 2 Lo Lo, br. m. bv Diablo (Staats) 4 dr Time — 2:13. 2:14. 2:14. 2:30 trot, two in three, purse $300: Virginia Lee, b. m. by Iran Alto (Hogoboom). . .1 4 1 Perio, b. g. by Shepherd Laddy (Todd) 5 1 2 Babe Verne, blk. g. by Jules Verne (Daials) 2 2 3 Dr. Munday, b. g. by Zombro (Sangard) 4 3 4 Time— 2:21%. 2:20. 2:18*4. The Atlantic liner Minnehaha brought to New York last week thirty-two thoroughbreds purchased in England by Phil T. Chinn for Jefferson Livingston of Cincinnati and several others consigned to this country in care of Chinn for various owners. Of the thirty-two purchased by Mr. Livingston, twenty were yearlings, purchased at the recent Don- caster sales. Others which made up the consignment were seven thoroughbreds which have made for themselves a reputation on the English turf, and which are des- tined to race in this country under the silks of John Kelly of New York; four older horses which have been purchased by Mr. Chinn for his own racing; seven polo ponies and two hunters belonging to Aug- ust Belmont. Both August Belmont and Jefferson Livingston were at the pier, awaiting the arrival of the Minne- haha, and eager to know how their thoroughbreds had fared in the journey across the pond. The men in charge reported no cases of seasickness. The sires of the imported yearlings are as follows: Wiffy, Cicero, Land O'Gaunt, Orby, Picton, Poly- melus, St. Mant, Fowling Piece, Forfarshire, Trout- beck, White Eel, Santoi, Dark Ronald. Cocksure II., and two by the American horse Colin. The yearlings will be placed in the hands of the Livingston trainer Herman Brandt, and have been consigned to him at Douglas Park, Louisville. The horses in training consigned to John Kelly of New York are as follows: Ghm Cairn, Short Cross, Run- nymede, Lady Colonist, North Light. Handsworth, Devil Fish. Those belonging to Mr. Chinn are Lady Flotsam, Miss Chaucer, Pickton, Pride, and a stallion six years old, Bermuda, by Desoris-Beauty's Daugh- ter, by Gallinul. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, October 10, 1914. A BRILLIANT FOUR-YEAR-OLD SEASON. WHAT DOES THE RULE MEAN? IT APPLY? ■HOW DOES For several years past the Review has been urg- ing harness horsemen to abandon their illogical and improvident but time-honored practice of "laying over" four-year-olds, under the supposition that at this age most performers experience an off year, and to race them instead. The practice was one so long followed and firmly established, one deferred to by so large a majority of the leading horsemen, that it was difficult to make its unwisdom readily apparent; for owners and trainers, like all other human beings, are largely guided by precedent and if their argu- ments on occasion are proved to be unsound, they will take refuge in the contention not only that "Ev- erybody is doing it," buc that everybody always has done it, hence, while doubts of the correctness of the policy may be allowed, to adopt it is "the thing" after all. This argument always impressed us as akin to the good-bet-if-you-lose proposition — in other words, as an unmitigated fallacy. In consequence we went counter to it and have done so with consistency; and at last, it begins to appear that we have not been sowing seed upon altogether barren soil. For the past few seasons the number of four-year-olds cam- paigned, and not only campaigned but campaigned successfully, has been steadily if unobtrusively growing. And now this present season is witnessing by far the largest number of four-year-old achieve- ments ever incident to a campaign. We have previously drawn the attention of our readers to the fact that the first undisputed two- minute harness race horse, the pacer William 2:00, is a four-year-old, and that he has outclassed any aged performer of his gait in training; also that the four-year-old trotter Etawah 2:03% is considered by many experts capable of beating any aged trotter in training at the present time. The records that these two marvelous colts have broken thus far this sea- son we have discussed in detail and they need not now again be specified — but the "end is not yet," and still more sensational achievements by them are con- fidently to be anticipated ere their retirement to winter quarters. Etawah and William are the outstanding figures among the four-year-olds of 1914 — but immediately behind them are many others which, en masse, make a really grand showing. Taking, firstly, the trotters, we have those two Grand Circuit luminaries, Mar- garet Druien 2:05% and Belwin 2:06%, each of which has repeatedly demonstrated speed, gameness and class sufficient to put to the blush most of the aged stake horses of the year. Belwin, indeed, has won every one of his races. He has now, unfortunately, fallen lame and been retired. The limit of his speed remains unknown — but that it was seconds below his record is universally conceded. As for Margaret Druien, her series of races "along the line" have proved her one of the best stake mares of recent years. A third star is the Bellini colt Bonnington 2:06%, whose record was made against time, but who has a fourth heat winning-race record of 2:07%. In the contest referred to, he defeated the fast and game aged mare Guy Nella 2:07%, who last week, at Fort Erie, was good enough to bowl over such trotters as King Clansman 2:06%, Grace 2:04%, Rob- ert Milroi 2:06%, and others. On the Great Western Circuit two unusually high- class four-year-olds are racing with much credit to themselves — Isaac R. T. 2:11% and Lord Kitchener 2:13%, both of whom may be expected to acquire 2:10 honors, if such are desired for them. On the half-mile tracks we may single out for special "men- tion honorable," those two splendid eastern young- sters Earlwood L. 2:12% and Nathan Axworthy 2:12%, each the hero of a sparkling series of races in very hot company and known to be able to beat 2:10 considerably over any good mile course, Among the pacers, aside from William 2:00, the peerless, the Grand Circuit has a second notable four-year-old in R. H. Breat 2:05%', a gelding of extreme speed and unusual gameness, and a winner at Detroit, Kalamazoo, Pittsburgh and Fort Erie. On the Great Western Circuit there are two four-year- olds of outstanding prominence — Direct Gentry 2:05% and Stellar Advice 2:05%, each of which is racing with unusual success against high-class aged horses. On the half-mile tracks there is a true "crack," Single G. 2:07%, who has lowered the world's record for his age and sex over two-lap courses a full second, and to date has won nine out of ten races, nearly all of them for $1,000 stakes. We have singled out this group of four-year-olds from a large number of trotters and pacers of the age which are racing with success, often with bril- liance, over all sorts of tracks and in all sorts of company. A long list might easily be made if it were desired to tabulate the entire company of good ones, but such is not our purpose. We wish merely to call attention to the possibilities of the four-year- old trotter and pacer as demonstrated by the per- formances of a few of the best ones, which in them- selves are eloquent proof of the fact that the "laying- over" of performers of this age is illogical and un- necessary; robbing their owners and trainers, as it does,- of what should be one of their best and most profitable seasons in deference to a mistaken and antiquated idea which, as experience amply estab- lishes, should henceforth be allowed rapidly to be- come obsolete. — The Horse Review. Apparently a complication has arisen, involving the eligibility of harness race horses to class events as affected by their performances against time. The situation seems to be as follows: Last February the congresses of both the Amer- ican and National Trotting Associations radically revised their former stipulations in this regard, and ordained that henceforth eligibility to class races should be governed by records made in winning races only, and that records made in losing races, or against time, should not operate as bars. The text of the new rule as adopted by the N. T. A. is as follows : Rule 5 — Section 1. In determining the eligibility of of horses to compete in public races, only the records made by winners of races shall be considered. R CO made in performances against time and in public I by non-winners shall not be considered a bar to eligibility to races. The similar rule of the A. T. A. reads as follows: Rule 4S. In determining the eligibility of hori - compete in public races, only records that have been made or which hereafter may be made by the winners of races shall be considered. Records that have been made or hereaftermay be made in performances against time (not for money premiums), and in :s by non-winners of races, shall not be red a bar to eligibility to public races, but shall be considered a breeder's record. As will be seen, there is a material difference between the two rules, caused by the insertion in the A. T. A. rule of the clause "(not for money premiums)" following the stipulation regarding per- formances made against time. The uncertainty which governs the workings of this rule is causing much confusion and considerable apprehension among horsemen. A case in point : Last week it was the intention of trainer Al Whit- ney, of Chicago, to start the pacing stallion Dr. Burns Jr. 2:04% against time at Galesburg, 111., for a record. This horse had paced second to at Grand Rapids, Mich., in the race in which the world's race record was set at 2:00, and his sep: time had been 2:01. It was thought that over fast Galesburg track, and with conditions in his favor, he would be able to pace a mile in 2:00 or better, and his owner and trainer were naturally anxious for him to obtain so coveted a record. They were, however, informed by Secretary Knight, of the A. T. A. (under whose rules the Galesburg meet- ins was to be conducted), that if the horse was thus given a record his eligibility to race would there- after be governed by the time which he made. In consequence he was not started. We arise to ask, therefore, What does the A. T. A. rule mean? How does it a According to our understanding, the Galesburg association had made no arrangement to pay for the proposed performance of Dr. Burns. Jr., nor was he taken there with any such expectation upon the part of his managers, who wanted the record and ' not looking for anything i can understand how, under the A. T. A. rule, if the ps rformance had been for a purse specially offered by the Galesburg association, the time made by the horse would be an index of his eligibility for racing purposes. Bui. . is well known, when a horse is started tor a time record it is the custom at most tracks, that, instead of remunerating the performer, he'is assessed for the privilege; usually, we believe, the sum of $10. Only when a horse is going to break a championship or a track record is it the custom for him to receive any remuneration, and these cases are very infrequ: As will be observed, the N. T. A. rule makes no distinction whatever regarding time records, wh< for a money purse or not — none of t in any way racing eligibility. We imagine that this was the idea which inspired the origi :• brought before the Joint Rules Committee and, later, the trotting congress. All things considered. \r. is to be regretted that any uncertainty is possible regarding this phase of record making, and the situation should be clarified. It seems to us a great pity that Dr. Burns, Jr.. was debarred from starting at Galesburg. The fact that he was has. perhaps, i 1 us of another two-minute trotter. What is r. horsemen who will be anxious, e weeks, to give their horses fast time records are likely to be deterred by a knowledge of the facts above set forth. It is true that they can have no fears in so far as N. T. A. tracks are concerned, but many of them race over A. T. A. tracks, and. in consequence, will be "up in the air." A public sta ment by Secretary Knight and a formal interpreta- tion of just what the rule does not mean, how it does and does not apply, would be welcome. — The Horse Review. HORSE MAY DECIDE EUROPEAN WAR. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Though the war in Europe has been in progress only about six weeks it is now all but cert: i the horse is just as import i in the equipment of a successful army no invention of the automobiles, aeroph balloons since the Jast great war rope. In reviewing the irthern France the Herald's militar; drawn attention to the vi : layed by tl airy of the Allies in constant! right Hank of the German its re- treat by threatening to get i; ,:1 Von Kluck's command and thi mail The .use of mounted troops in heavy masses is declared to be every whit as effective as it was in our Civil War. when the brilliant and telling exploits of Sheridan, Stuart and other cavalry leaders made them popuular heroes of the day. Aeroplanes and automobiles now supplement the work of the horse by locating the forces of the enemy and by transport- ing troops and supplies from point to point, but neither of these mechanical inventions seems to take the place of the horse in anything save the minor functions of the cavalry. us far the artillery has played a more important part than ever before in both the French and German army, and here again everything depends on the adequate supply of suitable horses to move the guns and ammunition In advance and retreat. Reports from re of war last week stated that the invading Germans were in a bad way for fresh artil- lery and cavalry horses after their wonderful suc- cession of forced marches from the frontier toward ! back again. That such work would ex- haust the best horses in the world can be readily believed when it is remembered that unusually hot weather marked the period of advance and that many heavy rains succeeded the heat. The wastage of horses by gun fire and overwork must have been ter- rific in both armies under these conditions but the Germans doubtless suffered most besides having to bring fresh animals from a long distance to take the of those killed or disabled. It has been said that nearly one-half of all horses in the invading army had been destroyed or worn out n the German advance reached high water mark, on September 6. Making due allowance for the exag- ions which accompanies so many reports from the seat of war, it is reasonable to believe the losses have been very serious to a vast army so actively* engaged and so far from its base of supplies. The French are reported to be buying heavily in o and South America as well as in the United States and the English are taking thousands of from Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. Ger- present bring in any horses from abrc. from Norway, Sweden or Holland, e comparatively few, and she must :ok to her own supply and that of Austria. iber of horses in Germany, accord- available statistics, is about 4,500,- 000, and in Austria and Hungary about 3,800,000. France has about 3,200,000 horses and 200,000 mules and the British Isles about 2,500,000 horses, and Rus- . about 25,000,000 horses. Comparatively few of • in England, France or Germany are well adap- ted to cavalry work, and Russia could doubtless mount more troops acceptably than all the rest of Europe put together. When it comes to efficient horses for the artillery and the transportation serv- ice, however, the Western nations possess far better horses than Russia has in any considerable number. As an indication of the importance of artillery in the -nt war it is worthy to note that England's first call for horses took 74.000 gunners and draughters as compared with 56,000 for the cavalry. — Guney C. Gue in Horse Journal. A NEW EXPERIMENT. The light harness races alone should insure the success of the AUentown Fair, which will be held at AUentown, Pa., for the four days beginning on Sept. 28th. Last year the race entries fell to 17". and it was felt that something was needed to stimulate interest. With the election of Dr. Victor H. Wieand as president a determined efford was made to revive the glory of the AUentown track, so a proposition was put up to the horsemen of free oats, free hay, free straw and free entrance, with the re- sult that almost every possessor of a half-mile track tumbled over themselves to enter, and the result been that this year there are no fewer than 350 horses named to start. One class has 45, another 38, and a third 37. It will be an impossibility to start such fields, and the association will therefore be compelled to split many of the classes. But there is one clause in the qualifications that many of the horsemen in their eagerness to enter i to have entirely overlooked. This is that an .' failing to show up at the track without a rea- sonable excuse, such as illness or something that would prevent the horse starting, is subject to a fine Naturally this will help the Fair Association, because it promises to insure good racing, and even if the fields are cut down the fair will profit finan- cially. As a rule the horses are entered in more than one race, and the owners will naturally pick the easiest race in which to start. If they start in one race they will be relieved of penalty for not taking part in the other events. Thus the 350 entries really only represent about 200 horses, and in classes where a great many are entered it is certain that not more a dozen horses at most can start, which should quite a number will be penalized. Money winners will have to pay a percentage to the asso- ciation— 10 per cent, by first and second horses and 5 per cent, by third and fourth — so in the long run the association promises to come out better than had an entrance fee been charged. There is a widespread rumor to the effect that Ed- ward A. Tipton will be the next president of the Grand Circuit. If his name is brought up it is a cer- there will be no objections, as he is known tan of exceptional ability. His wonderful suc- cesses in other ventures where harness horses play a leading part, malces him look like the right man in the right place, especially as the Grand Circuit is waning. Saturday. October JO. 1914. '( THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL j ^ — — —— CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. YOU CAN'T SELL GAME AND STILL HAVE IT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. October 17. — Wilmington, Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. E. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Kay Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7.— "Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. IS, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 10, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. S. Bench Shows. Oct. 7-9— San Jose Kennel Club. Chas. R. Harker, Sec- retary. N. D. B. A. rules Oct. 10 — Peninsula Kennel Club, San Mateo. One day open air show. A. K. C. rules. Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1 — Colorado Kennel Club. C. A. Ellis, secretary. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A! K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary. Alameda, Cal. BAD FOREST FIRE SEASON CONTINUES. Because there have been no spectacular fires such as occurred last year on Mount Tamalpais and in the Santa Cruz mountains, the impression prevails in California that the season of 1914 has been a mild one in the matter of forest fires. District Forester Coer DuBois, at San Francisco, states that this is not the case and that the season of 1914, which is not yet over, has been one of marked severity. On the National Forests in California 1049 fires have occurred, and they are still being reported at the rate of about 50 a week. Most of these fires would have caused serious damage if they had not been handled with the utmost promptness. But less than 17 per cent, got sufficient start to cause any consid- erable damage, and 876 of them were caught and put out before they had burned a space twenty rods square. The total area burned over amounts to 45,000 acres, of which 34,000 acres are timberland. The direct damage to timber and improvements is estimated at $76,000. As usual, a large proportion of the fires were caused by campers. The rangers were forced to make numerous arrests for violation of forest laws, chiefly the law that requires campfires to be extinguished before leaving camp. A few offenders were given jail sentences, but as a rule the minimum fine of $50 was imposed. FACTS ABOUT FURS. In an interview with a newspaper man, Mr. I. Abraham of St. Louis, who has just returned from the seat of war in Europe, says that the losses on American raw furs caught last year alone and held by dealers in different parts of the world will exceed ten million dollars. This loss is directly due lo the war, as most of the fur manufacturers are located in Germany and France. There were approximately 25,000,000 fur-bearing animals caught in North America last year, whose pelts had a cash value of about $20,000,000. The greater part of these skins were left on deal rs' hands, owing to a large surplus from the previous year. Most of the fur-bearing animals are trapped by farmer boys, many of whom have derived a neat little income as well as a great deal of sport in pit- ting-their wits against the cunning of the various wild animals, which roam the unsettled places on this great American continent, and while they will still have an opportunity to enjoy the sport of catch- ing Mr. Coon, Skunk, Possum, etc. ,they will have to content themselves with a much lower price for his hide after they have caught him, according to Mr. Abraham, who is the head of the I. Abraham Fur Co. of St. Louis, one of the largest exporters of furs in the United States. The North American catch of the various animals caught last year is approximated by Mr. Abraham as follows : Value. Muskrat 15,000,000 skins, $4,570,000 Opossum 2.800,000 skins, 1,680,000 Raccoon 2,400,000 skins, 2,160,000 Skunk 2,152,000 skins, 4,304,000 Mink 630,000 skins, 1 ! Civet Cats 500.000 skins, 300,000 .Various other kinds including Fox, Wolf. Beaver, Fisher, Wild Cat, Lynx, Lynx Cats, Ringtails, Bear, White Weasels, Marten, Wolverine and Moun- tain Lion, 1,500,000 skins, value $4,500,000. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. By Henry Cb of "Game Protection Propaga- ,vers. Duties 0 I," Etc. ne who has spent the best years of his life ing and laboring for the cause of conservation of our national wild life, I am intensely interested in ; lifornia fight now in progress. And I could impress it upon the heart and mind of Public ; at State that it is his duty as such i lit and vote against any :il permit the sale of game in your mar- kets. This is absolutely vital to the best In of your citizens. I do not say this as a mere lentalist— I am not of that brand of co tionist. I am in full sym a the view that the game should be used to supply human needs and aent, and it is in view that I assert, and stand ready to prove it, that this is a business proposition. At the outset I assume that every intelligent Cali- fornia!! knows, and fully appreciates the fact, that the wild game of a State is a great asset in many o tiie people. It is of economic importance on account of its food value and oth It is of itortance because it produces an incen- lent to an out-door life. In this way it not only makes a strong people physically, but it as and car - care of themselves under trying circum- est financial •isitors. For years California has been [ our leading I hundreds of gone to your State for no other purpose to pursue Now. conceding that the ■ die citizen's dm game? To see how it can best be oyed in the si ne? Nonsense, you say, no, but how can we bast preserve a fair balance of of that wild life? What -.'-ill you say t it has been le; rr 3d i i the hard school of experience of over a hundr ■-■ ;'iat the commercialization of gome is coni he very imental principles of ei a; that the sale of or traffic in i ith and ant to the doctrine of Hon that the two theories cannot possibly exisl together, They are like oil and positively not mix. ou cannot eat your cake and still it, nor can you permit the sale of game in your markets and still preserve it. Let me go a little farther. The unlimited commer- cialization of any or all of o ices is is leading to their spe- ion. This is so because, the two theories being inconsistent, the former must be restrained by lav- or the latter will perish. Of course, we all know that our mines, for- ests, water courses and the like will withstand the commercial spirit for some time to come, but on the other hand the supply of wild game throughout the country is so depleted that there now remains not ate in the Union which could permit its sale in the market and have any left a couple of years. haps there ar ho will question this, but if they will only pause and consider California's present situation they cannot doubt its import for one moment. Let r you why. We all know that even in those States which have wholesome pro- tecti - that are well enforced, the game is constant!:- decreasing and there is a demand for propagation measures to supplement these laws; that is, we must assist nature in preserving the balance of supply, as more game is destroyed each year than is reproduced in the natural way. Thus showing that we are not living upon our interest as an income but arc treading and drawing upon the principal, which process can have no other ultimate i xtermination unless it is cheeked and supplemented by propagation. ' a rl her i "ml our efforts if I to save tb ur pres- ent system wherein eve- have be ated by law. We now kill for our own use or benefit merely, or to give to a few friends. Suppose, however, in teeth of this it tl irkets, then what will happi n? loo, in California where a great expi 'in its borders, thereby lormous infli ■ . ■ . I excite in every man who owns a gun a the cupidity of is the ■■.■ nor fatigue to their bodies until the i or animal in the - b will bring a dollar is exterminated. I do not make this statement lightly, nor as an idle prediction. No, it is founded on com- mon sense and experience. In the light of these truths, then, may I not raise my humble voice and feeble pen and request all good rnians to smite the "sale of game" bills full in the face every time they get the opportunity? It would not only be a suicidal policy for your State to adopt such a measure, but it would be something in the nature of a national calamity. It would be so palpably reactionary in its effect that it would injure other States in the neighborhood. Your splendid wild life supply was never in so much need of further protection as at present. Not protection in the inter- est of the few at the expense of the many, but for the benefit of all the good people of your State, and it is positively in the interest of all that the markets of California be absolutely closed to your wild life. A MESSAGE TO THE SPORTSMEN OF AMERICA. John B. Burnham, president of the American Game Protective Association, presents the following timely ions: The national movement for game protection and propagation has never before needed the loyal sup- port of its friends as it does now. are witnessing a world war, and the disposi- tion of practically every one is to retrench in all ex- penditures. While we regard this as a natural impulse, we remind the sportsmen and conservationists of the country that steady, persistent and uninterrupted work is necessary to carry out the extensive con- servation program that the American Game Protec- ' ssociation has undertaken. This work cannot be taken up and left off at will. The passage of the federal migratory bird law, resulting chiefly from the efforts of this Association, was only the beginning of the great national cam- paign that the sportsmen of this country have en- trusted this organization with. For one thing, an important fight to save this law must be waged in the United States Supreme Court, and the country is looking to this organization, the recognized parent of the law, to see to its safeguard- ing. During the summer just ended, unremitting work has been carried on in Canada in connection with our campaign for a treaty providing protection for all birds that migrate between this country and that. Similar treaties will have to be negotiated from time to time with our neighbors to the south. Forty-three state legislatures convene in January, this being the "on" year. Game propagation experimentation is in its infancy here. This Association is the one national institu- tion that is devoting itself whole-heartedly to giving 1 stimulation to this important branch of wild life conservation. Many other things of equal importance might be cited but enough has been said to show conclusively, we think, that there should be no. faltering in sup- port of the work of the American Game Protective Association. We believe the business situation has already taken on a more encouraging aspect. Our country is too rich in natural resources, too full of faith in its future and too bountifully supplied with earnest, constructive manhood to quail before any situation it may be called upon to meet. Our faith is strong that the good fight for wild life protection will be continued. Remittances may be forwarded to W. S. Haskell, Treasurer, Broadway, New York City. Membership in the Association is as follows: Supporting, $1 up- : Club, $5 upwards; Associate, $25 upwards; Sustaining, $100 upwards; Life, $250 upwards. We call upon the sportsmen of America to remem- ber their plain duty and see that the fight for wild life conservation is waged with unabated vigor. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. local sportsmen are in a quandary as to how aud by what officials, Government or State, the Fed- ild game regulations will be enforced during the coming fall shooting season, which opens Oc- tober 15 in all six districts of this State. United States Marshals and their deputies will, of course, do their duty under the statute. But the number of these officials, considering the hunting territory em- i I lie whole State, is entirely inadequate to per- form any great amount of patrol service, however effective they may be in police or arresting enforce- ment when duly set in motion. There will be no field appointments made or roving commissions given the Department of Agriculture for the present, it has been stated. situation has been met by the Fish and Game lission, so the writer has been informed, and the Commission will work, for the time being, in harmony with the Federal authorities. Which means that State deputy fish and game commissioners and, it is intimated, county game wardens also, will take cognizance of violations of both Federal and State game laws. The fact that the State officials - will no compensation from the United States authorities has impelled some of the trigger-pullers to put the question, "Why should our money pay the ■ of doing Uncle Sam's work?" Not so very liberal, considering the results. The arrangement, if it can lie called that, is an emergency one, and "dice until other methods are evolved. The first gun in the game law campaign above outlined was fired last week when Deputy Commis- 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN sioner Joe Hunter filed information with the clerk of the United States District Court against Pete Swenson of Live Oak, Sutter county, "for killing a wild duck" during close season. Swenson was to he arrested by a United States marshal and prosecuted before the United States District Court, which makes a Federal game law violation of more serious portent than when an arrested person is haled before a jus- tice of the peace or police judge. Wild goose shooting was carried on, in some sec- tions, early this year after the season had closed. Goose hunters who go out after January 31, 1915, will not be, it is claimed, given the same latitude this season: the bars are up. In this respect there is no doubt but what the Federal game law as applied to wild geese is decidedly out of gear. During Feb- ruary and March the birds do an incalculable amount of damage in the grain fields. As given out in these columns previously, wild ducks are most numerous in the bay counties marsh- es, and are increasing in numbers daily. The out- look for untold limit bags on the 15 inst. was never better — unless rain falls a few days before, for then the birds will scatter afar. An indication, it is claimed, of an early winter is the presence of small bunches of canvasback in the Sonoma marsh region around Appleby bay, near Wingo. From the Petaluma marshes clear up to North Vallejo mallard and sprig are unprecedentedly numerous for this time of the year. Northern sprig are already coming in, with now and then an odd blue bill or two. Floyde Spence and Al Christenson, members of the California Anglers' Association, found very enjoyable hunting and fishing country in Siskiyou county, eight miles west of Fort Jones. They were camped part of the three weeks' trip on Scott river, a tributary of the klamath river. Two fine bucks, a four and five pointer, were tagged, tree squirrels were num- erous and grouse fairly plentiful. Scott's river never failed good messes of 8 to 11 inch trout. Big steel- head come up the Scott river in large schools, as many as fifty heavy fish being taken by one of the "natives" in a day when a run is on. The twain were snow-bound for four days in a forest ranger's cabin, which structure they luckily came upon whilst leading their horses over a ragged trail in a blinding snowstorm — this all at an elevation of about 8000 feet. That section is a fine bear hunting country according to Charles Wicks, a well-known Indian guide, who lives on Scott's creek. He and a partner kill fifty-seven bear one season a few years ago. Both black and cinnamon bears are yet plentiful enough in that territory to enable hunters to have fine sport. Bruins' pelts will be fine and prime in about a month. The animals will be fat and in condi- tion prior to the winter hibernation. Deer are also plentiful, and so are mountain lions, for the big cats are partial to a well stocked venison preserve. Wicks has a pack of Airedales and hounds that are noted in that country for treeing mountain lions or bring- ing a bear to bay. In Plumas county, Buck's ranch, so called, is known as a hunting and fishing district worthy of attention and this section is only about 200 miles from this city. Ed Seretto spent a month there and well satis- fied he was. A limit catch of nice sized trout was no trick at all every time he put his rod together. Two bucks, one tipping the beam at 235 pounds, the other 185, is a venison limit that is seldom the good luck of any hunter in a season. On top of that he killed a black bear that weighed 325 pounds and also a cinnamon bear that weighed 550 pounds. The skins of the two bears he displayed in a downtown sport- ing goods store this week. Three other bears were also slain in the district during his sojourn there. Siskiyou county, in the northwestern part, where Greider creek runs, was the district selected for a month's outing by Al Holt, Emil Cunio, Charles Breid- enstein, "Biscuit" Michal, F. MeConnell, Burt Gwin and Clarence Lucky. The party traveled by machines from Dunsmuir, where they were joined by Ben Wag- ner, 145 miles to Hamburg, from which point they packed in fifteen miles to a wild section. Ranger's Camp, Panther Camp. Huckleberry, Headwaters of Greider creek are the local names by which different sections of that country are known. Seven bucks were killed by the party. Grouse, tree sqirrels and a plentiful supply of fine trout kept the camp larder well supplied. The deer In that district will be "fat as butter" the latter part of this month. They are feeding upon acorn mast and will soon have their ribs covered with three inches of fat. The deer season does not close in Siskivou eountv until November 1. Sierra county hunters have enjoyed fine sport hunt- ing mountain quail. Joseph Meyers, who recently visited Portwine. a point out from La Porte, shot three limit bags without much trouble. Canvon creek, in that district, is the favorite mountain quail hunt- ing ground. Commissioner Henry Lencioni arrested F. Lenci on Monday and haled him before Justice George Mac- farlane at Sebastopol for killing quail out of season and for hunting without a license. For the first of- fense he was fined $25 and for the second ?10 -\ enice hunters say the outlying fields are full of doves indeed there are more birds this season than have been noted for several years past. And there are also plenty of men and boys, especially bovs, in the fields to kill off the greater number of the birds. o r ^I,,00Kt,r°,StfCned-— The Proposed °lue r0Ck tourna- next sprin Ke™an has bee° Postponed until STEELHEAD TROUT IN THE GREAT LAKES. [By R. H. Smith.] As a foreword the writtr wishes to state that by no means should this article be considered in the light of a scientific paper. The facts herein contained, with the exception of information obtained from vari- ous fish commissions, the United States Bureau of Fisheries and works by Pordan and Everniann, are taken from practical experience as a fisherman in Lake Michigan. Before proceeding, the use of the name steelhead trout should be explained. The term steelhead brings in the name rainDow trout, for the two have long been considered identical. The general opinion is that they are one species, the name rainbow trout being applied to the fish prior to their descent from the rivers to the sea. However, quoting Dr. Jordan in his Guide to the Study of Fishes, Vol. H., they are two different species; although it might be added that this authority is quoted as having later qualified this statement. Jordan also dissents from the gen- eral rule in giving the scientific name of the steel- head trout as Salmo rivularis, whereas the older and probably, therefore, more used term is Salmo gaird- neri. Whatever may be said, both names in each of the above cases are generally considered to apply to the same fish, at least for practical purposes. The name steelhead is, therefore, used as the common commercial term. The history of the steelhead trout in the Great Lakes is a history of the effort at artificial propaga- tion of foreign fish to these waters. Early attempts had been made by the United States bureau to plant salmon in the inland bodies of fresh water with only partial success. It was not until the early eighties that a few small plantings of steelhead trout were made in streams tributary to Lake Michigan. The results were noticeable, catches of salmon by Wis- consin fishermen being recorded in 1883 and succeed- ing years. Plants, of which no complete records were kept were made by the United States and State Commissions in a desultory way until 1895. From that date to 1904, not including donations of steel- head trout eggs to various States bordering on the Great Lakes, nine plantings were made in Lake Su- perior, as follows: 1895—70,000 fry off Isle Royal, Mich. 1895—5,000 fry off French Harbor, Minn. 1896—30,000 fry and finge.rlings off Washington Harbor, Isle Royal. Mich. 1898—10,000 fry and fingerlings off Isle Roval, Mich. 1900 — 15,000 fry and fingerlings off Washington and Grace Harbors, Isle Royal, Mich. 1900 — 5,000 fry and fingerlings off Baptism River, Minn. 1902—20,000 fry and fingerlings off Tobin's Harbor, Isle Royal, Mich. 1904—10,800 fry and fingerl'ngs off Tobin's Harbor, Isle Royal, Mich. Following these plantings, steelhead trout in- creased to such an extent as to become commercially important. The years 1906-1907 found them well established and flourishing in Lake Michigan and other lakes, and from that time to the present, catch- es of these fish have increased in amount with each season, while the specimens caught improved in size. While no exact figures are obtainable regarding the total catch of steelhead trout in the Great Lakes in any one year, it is safe to say that during the season of 1912 upwards of one-half a million pounds of these fish have been taken from the waters named. The fish average 7 pounds each, the extremes being 1 to 22 pounds. Compared with the lake trout they have less entrails, are found nearer shore and are more "gamey," a characteristic which ought to make a whole lot of sportsmen sit up and take no- tice. Many steelhead trout have been caught going up streams, especially during the spring months, when they spawn. About two-thirds of the fish taken are females, many of which have been found so weak at spawning time as to be easily caught. Contrary to the habit of the Royal Chinook and other real salmon, the steelhead does not die after spawning. While most of the steelhead trout of the Great Lakes are caught in pound nets, many are taken on reefs near shore in gill nets. They are not as good "leaders" as lake trout and will readily gill them- selves or jump high in the air in an effort to escape. The meat of the steelhead trout resembles very much that of the Royal Chinook, being flaky and firm, although not quite as red. As a table fish, when not spent by spawning, the steelhead is said to be unexcelled for flavor; the flesh is finer and less oily than that of the salt water salmon. While steel- head trout spoil quickly after being caught in gill nets, the fish are excellent keepers when properly taken care of. The market price for this fish rules about the same as that on lake trout. The question as to what the food of the steelhead is has remained, at least partially, unsolved by fish- ermen in the Great Lakes. Only on a few occasions is a specimen caught with anything in its stomach, and then the food is found to be lake chubs and lake herring. Should these fish depend entirely on the smaller fish for food their great abundance will surely bo no hancdicap to the increase of the steelhead trout. With encouraging results obtained .the propagation and planting of steelhead trout is being continued by the fish commissions of the several States bordering on the Great Lakes. In this direction the State of Michigan seems to have taken a lead. During the past five years plants of two to three million fry and fingerlings have been made annually, the results of which have been gratifying. It is estimated that each year one-half to one million pounds of steel- head trout headed up stream during the past season in six rivers that empty into Lake Michigan between Grand Traverse Bay and Muskegon, Mich. Catches of these fish are also reported from Lake Huron, especially along the Canadian shore. Steelhead are also found in Lakes Erie and Ontario, but in small- er numbers, probably because of the absence of trib- utary streams for planting, or because of the slower migration of these fish from other lakes. Under the name rainbow trout the reputation of the steelhead as a game fish is generally known. There is much to say of the gameness of the lusty and vigorous steelhead before it leaves the head- waters of the streams for the lakes. It will readily take a fly, which fact ought to claim the attention of any angler. Of the smaller lakes where the steel- head has been planted and has flourished is Keuka Lake, New York, and Sunapee Lake, New Hamp- shire, where also the Chinook salmon has been in- troduced with success. The rise of the steelhead trout to a place where it has become a valuable adjunct to the Great Lakes fisheries and of great commercial value, has proved again the value of artificial propagation fish. It has been often argued that Dame Nature cannot be im- proved upon. She cannot. But she can he assisted and led to work in her way where results will show and he of advantage to man. The advent of the steel- head trout in the Great Lakes is an example. Who shall predict the limit of introducing other fishes to new environments to which they are perhaps as well suited as they were to the old? FISH LINES. Rod and reel sportsmen manage to find quite a bit of sport at various angling resorts these waning days of the trout season. The season for rainbow trout will close November 1 in all districts of this State except Nos. 1 and 4, where the open season stops December 1. So far as that goes, it will be rather cold and wintry in most of the fishing terri- tory open until December 1. The steelhead trout season for taking these fish above tidewater will close December 1, and in tidewater January 1. Flattering reports continue to come in from Eel river fishing resorts. Both at Greigs, where Dave Sachs, Albert Franks, J. Dougall and other local Waltonians are located, and at Weymouth's good catches of steelheads are reported. At the latter point nice baskets of half-pound trout and numerous big steelhead have been made every day recently. The California royal coachman and Parmachene belle fly-patterns are the killing lures. Late reports indicate that the Truckee river is still in a discolored condition and fly-fishing operations were not productive of limit creels. J. F. Cooper spent the day, a week ago, at the San Francisco Fly- Casting Club's lodge, but was not overenthused at trout fishing results. Charles H. Kewell. Tom C. Kierulfl, J. A. Dougall, Carter Pomeroy, W. B. Tubbs, Walter D. Mansfield and other club members whipped the river a week ago. Smith's Point, two miles above Belden, where the north fork joins the Feather river, is reported by J. F. Fricke to offer most agreeable fly-fishing results. Pulga, or Big Bar, as the resort is also known, has been reported to be on the fly-casting list. A sample of what may he accomplished was a catch late last week by two anglers of nineteen trout scaling seven pounds and thirteen fish weighing six pounds, aver- aging about half a pound each, taken with fly hooks. Salmon roe and grasshoppers were also doing a good business at that point. Al Costa, a noted fly dresser, who made a specialty of tieing fly-patterns for catching Big Meadows trout, is reported to be seriously ill, with but slight hope of recovers". Costa's place was a popular resort for many local anglers before the Big Meadows were flooded over. The steelhead trout in San Gregorio lagoon were in the humor one day last week to enable M. R. Bern- heim and J. G. Payne to catch limit baskets. A No. 2 spoon, silver out, and a gray hackle fly were the taking lures. The fish were four and five pounders. Purissima creek, whipped by Dr. L. T. Cranz last Sunday was good for a nice basket of trout, a half- pound fish being the largest. A big run of striped bass has been located for the past fortnight in the waters off South Vallejo and up Carquinez straits as far as Benicia. Vallejo fisher- men have been out daily and every boat, it is report- ed, has returned with a fine mess of good sized striped bass. Al Wilson of this city and Charles Bouton of Tiburon are reported to have made several good catches of bass in the Vallejo fishing ground. A fewr fish have also been caught by trolling boats in Raccoon straits, fish that averaged about 7 pounds. San Antone. although the rendezvous of a large crowd of bass fishermen, last Sunday yielded but a few small fish. Emil Accrete 5-pounder was as good a showing as any. The "twin house" prospec- tors in Petaluma creek were rewarded with five small sized striped bass. Water conditions were very good, but a small ebb tide is supposed to have spoiled the fishing chances. The Wingo sloughs, since Harry Palmer's catch of a 51-pounder and a smaller bass, have not shown any progressive symptoms. Last Sunday the "bujl- head" verein was out in force, as was the Owl Club the preceding night. Weather was pleasant, water clear and apparently just right for limit catches, but few fish were taken, the bottom of the creeks were Saturday, October 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 alive with small crabs, however. The crustaceans played hob with the bait and went so far as to nibble paraflned lines. Al Cooksey made the biggest catch, a 160-pounder. It was not a fish he landed. His side-kick, Harry Palmer, fell overboard. This accident occurred about 9 o'clock at night and dark as could be with the tide running fast. Palmer went down in 20 feet of water and struck the bottom of the skiff with his head as he came up. He luckily managed to grab the stern with one hand and was pulled aboard by Cooksey, which all goes to show that striped bass fishing at night has its vicissitudes. Frank Holland's 14-pound bass, caught in "Back Door" slough, was the biggest bass taken that Sun- day. Two local rodsters tried the Wingo creeks for three days this week and could only connect with two small ones. Back Door slough is now dammed up at one end and, it is stated, will be leveed up at the main entrance and a floodgate put in. That portion of the Sonoma marsh has been leased by the Alameda Gun Club. Striped bass and big ones, too, are very plentiful in the Wingo sloughs. Near Appleby bay, when the tide was out Sunday last, a large school of bass were seen rolling and splashing about in a large mud enclosed shallow pool. It is expected, if the experience of past seasons is any guide, that from now on the striped bass sport in San Antone, Petaluma and the Wingo creeks will improve materially. TRAPSHOOTING. Trapshooting — as keen as tennis, as scientific as golf, as delicate as billiards — is fast becoming one of the leading sports in America. To the man or woman who has yet to make its acquaintance, it opens an unsuspected vista of inter- est and healthy fresh-air fun. The novice never dreams of the possibilities for enjoyment that lie before him until he has tried it. To those who have once fallen under its spell, it is irresistible. Those who know nothing of trapshooting will tell you it consists merely of hitting a flashing disc of clay with a load of shot from a scatter gun. Let the doubters try to hit that disc and fail, as they prob- ably will at first, and the sport instantly becomes marvelously elusive, fascinating, beset with all sorts of unsuspected mental problems and brimming with excitement. The best way to test the lure of this, the cleanest of all sports, is to try it once. That is usually enough to fasten forever your allegiance to the the brotherhood of that fraternity of which the doxology is the death song of the clay pigeon: "Pull — Bang— Puff!" It is not difficult to put this to the test. No ex- pensive paraphernalia, nor is initiation to the sport hedged about with embarrassing ritual. The nearest traps may be at the country club, set in the midst of rolling green lawns and close to a sumptuous club house, or the local trapshooting club may boast of nothing more extensive in the way of equipment than a small frame shack and an open field, but in either case your reception will be a warm one. There will be plenty of devotees glad to lend you a gun, and to offer advice and instructions for demolishing the skimming clays. Once he has tasted the pleas- ure of what he considers the greatest sport on earth, your trapshooter feels a profound pity for all who have missed the joy of hearing the referee call "dead." And he is never happier than when teaching a novice the first simple rules of the game. There is nothing selfish about this sport; it is meant for everyone, men and women, boys and girls, the more the merrier. This is one of the things that makes trapshooting the most generous sport in the world, where fellow- ship evists in the highest degree, where competition is keen but where defeat and a smile always go to- gether and where an alibi cannot creep in. You hit them or you miss them, and there is nobody to blame but yourself. The conquered never begrudges his victory to the conqueror in trapshooting. The story is written clean and immutable on the score sheet and there is no appeal. As. you read this, somewhere the guns are pop- ping; somewhere an enthusiastic band that is anxious to welcome you into its ranks is gaining health and recreation from a pastime that you, too, could easily enjoy. Tired brains, forgetting worry, are taking on a new alertness; shaking nerves are growing steady; flaccid muscles getting strong, stimulated by invig- orating exercise on the firing line. Make up your mind now for a trial at the traps, and then don't put it off. Next Saturday will be a good time to start. Get out into the fresh air in the companionship of congenial sportsmen and sports- women. You will find them to your liking, these good fellows who are to be found at the gun club, rain or shine. And remember, you need only try it once to be convinced. Let us take it for granted that you have made the first step toward becoming a trapshooter, or are about to do so. Whether you are a beginner or one who has grown old (in years; trapshooters never really grow old) in pursuing the cleanest of sports, it is hoped that you will find something of interest and benefit in the following discussion of the more technical points. There are a few fundamentals which must be mastered if you would become successful in pulver- izing clay pigeons. The first of these is two-eye, or binocular, shooting. Y'ears ago it is probable that all shooters of the scatter gun closed one eye and squinted along the barrels at the object they wished to hit. Many fair shots still stick to the old-fashioned way of one-eye shooting, but you will find all the top-notchers shooting with all the eyes they have and often wishing they had a few more. Experimentation has shown that to hit swiftly moving objects when the time in which one has to shoot is extremely short, the best results are ob- tained by pointing the gun in identically the same manner you would point your finger. Time is prec- ious in trapshooting, and the person who stops to aim with one eye is sacrificing one of the essentials to success — swiftness in shooting. To achieve the highest degree of skill of which you are capable you must shoot with both eyes wide open. Why? The answer is simple; Pick out some object across the room. With a swift movement, throw up your arm and point your finger at it. Then close one eye and squint along the finger. Is it aiming directly at the object? It is. Now, take your hand down, and raising it again, close one eye and align your finger on the same object across the room. Note the difference between the time it took you to whip your finger with both eyes open directly on the object and that which was re- quired for you to sight and get the alignment. A clay pigeon is a small object. With both eyes open it is none too easy to see it skimming out of a trap, especially if the light is poor. It is twice as hard with one eye closed. You do not close one eye when you play billiards. A baseball player does not look at his bat when he swings for a ball. In golf you keep your eye on the ball. Then, why should you look at your gun when you shoot? It is the object you desire to hit which should claim your attention. With the necessity of two-eye shooting thoroughly impressed on your mind, let us take up the subject of shooting positions. A golf instructor will teach the details of playing every shot except the putt. When it comes to this feature, he will say, "Putt in the way that comes easiest, that is most natural to you." And so in trapshooting, stand in the way that comes most natural. For right-handed persons this will be with the left foot slightly forward and most of the weight on it. Your position must not be strained. You must be poised to swing easily from the hips in order to follow swiftly and surely the various angles at which the clay birds are thrown from the traps. This matter of angling birds brings us to one of the most important subjects we shall have to treat: the "lead," or that place at which you must point your gun so that the shot will meet targets flying away from you at an angle. 'Lead is one of the most discussed questions in trapshooting. It means different things to different shooters. One may tell you he led a target two feet and broke it, and another may declare he led an exactly similar target not at all and smashed it equally well. The significance of these varying opinions is that one shooter swings his gun faster than the other and that in the case of the shooter who held right on the nose of the target, his gun swung so rapidly that between the inception of the impulse that pulled the trigger and the time when the shot actually left the barrel, the gun was carried far enough ahead to break the target. The other man, swinging more slowly, had to use a great- er lead because if his brain had registered the com- mand to pull the trigger at a time when the gun was pointing directly at the mark, the target would have passed out of the range of the pattern by the time the shot left the muzzle. If you shoot correctly, lead is governed by the rate at which you swing, and the distance you will have to lead a quartering bird will be determined by ex- perience. It would seem obvious that it is desirable to learn to swing fast enough so that if you decide to pull the trigger when you are pointing right at the bird, the imperceptible time which elapses be- tween your decision and the action of pulling the trigger will allow the gun to swing ahead the cor- rect distance. This is probably what happens in the case of those shooters who tell you they never lead quartering targets. They swing so fast that they do not have to consider the lead question at all. As the speed of the swing is slackened, the lead must be lengthened until we come to that class of shooters who simply point at a spot ahead of the target and pull the trigger without any swing at all, or who swing way past and then stop and pull. Stop- ping the swing is the most common fault of novice shooters and many old-timers are not exempt. Re- member to keep your gun moving until you see the target transformed to a cloud of dust on the sky. And if you have a tendency to stop swinging, keep on even after this; it cultivates the habit. The quartering bird is a hard proposition, but to some shooters the straightaway is hardly less diffi- cult. Of course, as it goes directly away from the traps, the straightaway gets off faster and allows the shooter less time. The tendency of the beginner to stop his swing is even greater on straightaways than on quartering birds and as a result he under- shoots if he fires after the target has commenced to descend. He lifts his gun, stops it and pulls the trigger. The target, not stopping, climbs above or drops below his patterns with annoying persistency. You must learn to shoot before the clay bird has reached the top of its rise. Follow it by raising the gun as it rises and keep on raising it as you pull the trigger. The man or woman who can stand easily, who shoots with both eyes open, who will swing smoothly and quickly with angling birds, who will "lift" as smoothly on straightaways, who will pull the trigger firmly and not with a jerk, needs only a gun that fits to have within grasp a fair measure of success. A twelve gauge, full choke gun, weighing from 1% to 8 pounds, with 30- or 32-inch barrels and with a trigger pull of from 4 to 4% pounds is recommended for trap work. While lighter guns are easier for some people to handle, they are apt to give too much recoil with the regular trap load of 24 grains of dense powder, or 3 drams of bulk powder, and 1% ounces of shot. Unless they buy a gun especially designed for trapshooting, and it is not wise to do this until sure of the lines on which it should be built, most persons start out with a gun that has too much "drop" in the stock. To determine the drop, lay your gun on a table so that the top of the barrels rests flat against it. Then measure the distance between the surface of the table and the comb( that part of the stock on which your cheek rests when the gun is at the shoulder) and also between the table and the heel (the top part of the stock at the butt). If your gun were absolutely "straight," both comb and heel would touch the table with your gun in this position. As a matter of fact, most guns built for field shoot- ing have a drop of from 2 to 2% inches at the comb and from 3 to 3^ inches at the heel. A trap gun should be straighter than this. A drop of from 1% to 1% inches at the comb and from 2 to 2% inches at the heel will fit the average man or woman. As a general rule, a person with a thin face re- quires a thicker stock than a full-faced person. If your gun fits you perfectly, when you throw it to your shoulder and drop your cheek against the comb you will find that you are looking straight down the rib to the sight. Obviously, the thickness of the stock and the proportions of the shooter's face are factors which enter into this. Throw the gun to your shoulder and point at some near object with both eyes open, then close your left eye (if you are right- handed) and if the gun is aligned correctly it prob- ably fits you in this respect. [Concluded next week.] o CONTEST CONDITIONS FOR THE HAZARD "DOUBLE-TARGET" CHALLENGE TROPHY. S. A. Huntley is now the holder of the Hazard double target trophy. Possibly some Coast trap shot would like to shoot a match for this prize; such being the case, the conditions under which contests for the trophy are conducted are here given: (1) All challenge contests to be at 100 pairs (200 targets) per man, 16 yards rise, the targets to be thrown from either three expert traps or from a mag- azine trap. In either case the targets shall be thrown in the manner prescribed by the Interstate Associa- tion's trap-shooting rules. (Revision 1904.) (2) The challenger shall post a forfeit of twenty- five (?25.00) dollars and mail same, together with notice of challenge, to T. E. Doremus, Manager Sporting Powder Division, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, Wilmington, Del., who shall in turn notify holder of the trophy and the sporting press of receipt of such challenge and forfeit. (3) The holder shall name date, hour and place for the contest within two weeks from the date of the letter mailed him notifying him of the receipt of the challenge and posting of the forfeit; but the date for the contest must be of such as will allow the chal- lenger at least ten full days' notice of the acceptance of his challenge and the naming of the date, etc. (4) The contestants shall mutually agree as to the referee, scorer, puller and trapper (or trappers), but if unable to do so, such officials shall be appoint- ed by the Du Pont Company, or by such representa- tives of that company as may be present at the con- test. (5) Open Competitions. — Open competitions for the trophy may be held with the consent of the Du Pont Company by any regularly organized gun club, such club sending to the du Pont Company twenty- five dollars (?25.00) to be handed to the holder of the trophy for the purpose of calling it in. All such open competitions shall be at 100 pairs (200 targets) per man, and the targets shall be thrown, and the officials for such competitions shall be appointed, in the manner prescribed for challenge contests. (6) Any holder of the trophy desiring to have same in his possession shall be permitted to do so, providing he deposit with the du Pont Company a bond in the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00), the actual value of the trophy. (7) The above conditions can be changed at any time the du Pont Company may see fit to do so, upon said company paying to the then holder of the trophy the sum of twenty-five dollars (?25.00) for the re- demption of said trophy. o Peters Shells Win. High General Average at Raymond, Wash., Aug. 17.20, was won by L. H. Reid, 385 ex 400, and Third Amateur won by Mr. Mark Siddall with 364 (tie), both using Peters Factory Loads. At the Eureka, Cal., club shoot Sept. 13, Mr. H. Kelley was High Amateur, 174 ev 200, Mr. Ira Russ second with 173 and Mr. H. A. Hine third, 172. M. O. Feudner was High Professional, breaking 182. All used the "shells with steel where steel belongs." At Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 2, Mr. Guy Holohan was High Expert, 1S6 out of 200; Mr. A. W. Bruner second with 151. Mr. S. A. Bruner and Mr. C. D. Hagerman tied for third amateur, breaking 182. Each used Peters shells. Mr. L. H. Reid won High General Average at Ros- lyn, Wash., July 31, breaking 146 out of 155, using Peters shells. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 10, 1914. THE PREVENTING OF ILLEGAL COMBINATIONS. The sessions of the congresses of the two parent trotting associations last winter devoted more time and attention to the adoption of rules designed to benefit the campaigning horsemen than that angle of the light harness sport had received for many years, if indeed at any time in the past so much consideration has ever been given. Much of the legislation adopted at the time met with our hearty approval and we were not at all chary in expressing our appreciation of the evident earnest and honest effort devoted to the cause of bet- tering the general conditions of the game. Some, on the contrary, did not seem practical and we feared evil would possibly result therefrom, but we indulged in no extreme criticism, as we could easily recall many instances in which premature condemnation without a trial had undoubtedly prevented innova- tionsthat after events proved would have been of benefit. The new rule adopted at that time which did not then appear as a desirable addition to our racing code was the winrace rule, but, as the time of re- ceiving entries for the early stakes came upon us, we perceived that the application of the rule cer- tainlv had the effect of quite materially increasing the number of nominations, something greatly to be desired of recent years, and we were pleased to be able to endorse the section for the results in that direction. Much had been said about the effect of the new rule rendering the great events at the mercy of cer- tain performers with fast records and no winrace charged against them, but only a few weeks of racing were necessary to dispel the idea that any such effect would be observed this season, as the horses claimed to benefit the greatest were found wanting from the start. Up to this point all the working of the winrace rule was in its favor, but then there was injected into the situation an element that has always found flaws in every rule devised that was not absolutely iron clad and incapable of no mistake of construc- tion. We refer to the combinations of owners, driv- ers and trainers entered into for the purpose of fix- ing the results and thereby preventing the honest contesting of the event, with the intention and de- sign of "wolfing" those not on the inside. Turf scribes see more of races and get more real information of the actual facts that lead to results than the average spectator and many times we see contests where no real effort is made, and recognize jobs, where the general public is satisfied that they have witnessed a wonderful race, but this year at almost every meeting we have witnessed deals at- tempted, and in many cases carried through, which nobody but the blindest and most casual race-goers could fail to see the trickery in. These crooked races have been, we are sorry to say, exceedingly common this year and up until last week, when the judges at Columbus acted and inflicted punishment upon Grady for what they decided was an attempt to defraud the public, there has been no adequate or severe punishment visited upon any offenders for the violations of the racing rules that have been carried on under the very eyes of the officials. The action of the judges in removing Grady from behind R. H. Brett and substituting Jamison met with a complete vindication in the subsequent victory of that horse and hearty approval was heard on all sides for the prompt action taken. The offending driver is popular and no one was pleased over the fact that he personally was punished, but the popular verdict given in support of the officials was in ap- proval of the blow aimed at the dishonest racing combination that had endeavored to prevent the best horse from winning. As with many of the evils of our existence, both in business and social life, we are very prone to dis- cuss and deprecate any form of unfair racing, but usually we pass the matter with merely a word or two of condemnation and take no real steps to put a stop to such practices, except to pass some other form of legislation, with which to add to the already prolix codes we have, and, incidentally, in nine cases out of ten, thereby add to the difficulty of their in- terpretation. In accordance with this practice, we heard on all sides a condemnation of the winrace rule as especially designed to aid these unfair prac- tices and suggestions that the same should be im- mediately repealed at the first opportunity, but for ourselves we must confess that we long ago arrived at the point that we believe the remedy for the ills of the harness game can be sooner found in the strict application and construction of our present penal sections than in any other way. It is unfortunately a fact, yet nevertheless true, that the great majority of race meetings, not held in connection with fairs, are not a financial success, and in theatrical parlance, "angels" to meet the bills are needed at many tracks. For this reason, from our point of view, much is overlooked on the part of horsemen, particularly the managers and trainers of big stables for fear that another season will find that stable or trainer racing elsewhere. Theoret- ically that is wrong and we hear many men, whose money is not tied up in racing ventures, unhesitat- ingly declaim against associations taking such a course, and insist the association should hew to the line, "cut whom it may," but unfortunately the diffi- culty of conducting a successful meeting renders it necessary that some attention be paid to practical natters as well as theory. Theory will settle all the difficulty at once by placing in the judges' stand gentlemen thoroughly competent, observant, willing, and prompt to act. Practice queries where such persons may be found and then further pertinently asks what effect such a course would have on the financial outcome. Proceeding along such a line of reasoning, our answer is, that although it is human to err, compe- tent gentlemen can be found to serve in such posi- tions, if their services are reasonably compensated, but it is too much to ask competency from persons in ordinary business avocations, and, if possible to find them there, unfair to ask them to act in such a capacity. From our point of view, we are there- fore committed to professional officials and as pro- fessional officials can accomplish nothing without unhesitating support from the associations, it neces- sarily follows that there should be such an organiza- tion of the associations of the Grand Circuit and other prominent- tracks that owners, trainers and drivers should feel assured that corrupt practices will be dealt with severely, without regard to the prominence of the trainer or size of the stable and the associations could, at the same time, feel that such action would not militate against them alone. There is really not much fear that the small fry of the harness world will put over jobs of any mag- nitude or deals that are so raw as to be plainly ap- parent to the ordinary spectators; they have always been engineered by the prominent trainers and driv- ers who regard their very position as certain to grant them immunity from any drastic action. And we do not hesitate to say frankly and openly that we believe more illegal combinations have been perpe- trated by such horsemen this year than in any year of our recollection. The situation undoubtedly needs a remedy and why not one that will place the racing associations in such a position that big fish and little fry will look alike. — American Sportsman. ARMY NEEDS AND FISCAL STUDS. [Boulanger in London Sporting Life.] "We race horses for the sake of breeding, but we do not breed horses for the sake of racing." Of the many things said and written in these days, this is one of the truest, and, indeed, he must be a biased man who does not admit it. Too many faddists are getting a hearing at the present moment, but while in time of peace strenuous efforts have often had to be made to silence the crowd who decry racing as a menace to the economical and moral welfare of the people, it should not be a very difficult task to prove they are in error when the war horse of the various nations, which has so vastly been improved during modern times, is put to its severest, and, possibly, decisive test. Opposition against speedy resumption of racing denotes a painful ignorance with regard to all the vital points of horse breeding generally, and in particular of the cult of the noble horse. Nobody can accuse me of being possessed of a too vivid imagination if I declare that there is not a single horse on the battlefields which comes within the range of Army remounts that, in parentage or ancestry, is not related to the British thoroughbred. I had in my time many an occasion to inspect regis- ters of fiscal and private half-bred studs, and I am certain that if I compiled a list of British breeders mentioned in these I could get a complete directory of English and Irish breeders which one would have some difficulty to obtain by the usual means. It is perfectly true to say that, for the first time in British history, the English soldier is to become aware of the efficiency of that essential "weapon" which has been produced and raised on the soil of his mother-land, viz., his mount, and being, lam almost inclined t osay, an instinctive connoisseur of horseflesh, we shall probably have to listen to lucid descriptions of the French army horse, which, for my part, I consider the most efficient means of of- fense to be employed in this disastrous war. Thoughts of this kind induced me to observe, in my article in the Sporting Life of August 11th, that the establish- ment of fiscal studs in England on Continental lines can be a matter of time only. It is certain to come, since the Government is now obtaining the first prac- tical conception of the immense value of a uniform type of army horse, and may in future, therefore lend a willing ear to those whom they thought to be pleading for a wrong and impossible cause. I am highly pleased to note that an esteemed confrere has been encouraged by this comment of mine to discuss this important subject from the proper English point of view, and versatile and impulsive as he is, he should not fail to strike a suitable scheme with a view to encouraging the Government to at once take the necessary steps. Only a few days ago I chatted about these matters with a prominent English breeder who was commis- sioned to buy horses for the War Office, and he alluded to the great difficulty in procuring the proper material. Of course, there are heaps of splendid hunters and hacks to be got, but they are not used to army routine, which is so vastly different from, and much more strenuous than, daily work over a country. Only the dire need for horses for military purposes can justify the enormous capital outlay con- nected with this item of the mobilization. It has cer- tainly cost more than the maintenance of fiscal studs would have required, yet this sort of remounting can never serve its purpose, since uniformity in type of the army horse as a whole, and not supreme indi- vidual merits on the part of a few amongst them, is its chief asset. A squadron of lancers mounted on 16.2 hands hunters and 15 hands hacks cannot pos- sibly attack in straight and close lines, and, instead of over-riding a column of infantry, they would soon be all over the ground, and, seriously handicapped in the proper use of the rifle, would be made prisoners part which the British bloodstock breeder is playing in this war. Even then, if problems of this kind are discussed, he will probably stubbornly deny the ex- istence of any relations between breeding and racing. However, he may in time listen to this. No indus- try can prosper which is deprived of a testing ground for the quality of its products. Prices are determined by quality, and quality is the result of competitive labor. The ultimate goal of international competi- tion is to gain a sort of monopoly in the production, manufacture, and supply of such goods or articles that are essential for the maintenance of national health, comfort and safety. In the course of years it was proved that, while the natural resources for the production of an essential article are, in respect or shot without difficulty. We may have to wait for some time ere the man in the street will admit the enormous, though passive, of either quantity or quality, limited in one country, they are unlimited in another. Consequently the more fortunate country can attain a sort of monopoly in the supply of a special article, but only as long as opportunities are given to test and prove its superi- ority. The British bloodstock industry is in exactly the same position. It would be doomed if its testing grounds — the racecourses — are abolished. We have no need to fear that this will ever happen, but it is a certainty that if racing is stopped for any length of time, particularly during the most important part of the year, breeding will suffer so severely as to be unable to cope with the enormous demand for blood- stock which is certain to spring up after the termin- ation of the war. Unless a breeder is put in a posi- tion to prove the quality of his stock, he risks losing his home and foreign market for a considerable time, if not forever, for the simple reason that he would run short of the capital needed to keep up the high standard of breeding which he has attained after many years of arduous and costly labor. Once his reputation is gone, his enterprise slackens. I hap- pen to know of several particular instances of breed- ers who, assisted by the boom of the last few years, had sufficient means to spare to mate their mares with first-class stallions. Unless they now find a good market for the produce, they will have to fall back upon their old and primitive ways of breeding, and will probably be ruined before they are able to re- trieve the enormous losses they would sustain if this year's market should collapse. LIKES MUTUEL SYSTEM. The report of Charles Granger, steward of the Louisville Racing Association, throws some interest- ing light on the good effects on racing of pari-mutuel system of betting as compared to the old-time book- maker. In part he says : '"l he bookmakers owned and raced large stables of horses, engaged by con- tract skilled jockeys, employed dockers, and paid for and secured stable information, gaining to them advantages not possessed or attainable by the public. Adverse comment followed, and in some cases scan- dal. This objectionable feature, one which will pertain to bookmaking as long as it continues, has been entirely eliminated by the pari-mutuel system. LTnder the latter there is practically no incentive for fraud. There is no remuneration for dishonesty, as is possible with bookmaking. No jockey, owner, bookmaker or other person can become a beneficiary of fraud or connivance thereof, for the reason that no direct or assured benefits can accrue. Not only, therefore, is the pari-mutuel system productive of clean racing, but it is more satisfactory to the public in other respects. It is the fairest and most equit- able mode of betting known upon the turf, for the reason that it places all bettors upon an equality, the public making the favorite, and not the bookmakers, as in the past. It practically eliminates the tout, the cloeker, the betting commissioner and other para- sites that have for years infested the turf, there being no longer a profitable field of operation for them." DECOTO DRIVING CLUB. A matinee race meeting was held at Decoto last Sunday which was well attended. The races were called at 1:30 P. M. and were all half-mile heats. The races were between local horses and were very inter- esting. The feature of the day was the performance of J. C. Simpson who trotted to the track record; he' is a much improved horse to what he was; in his race he stepped the first quarter in 31 seconds and the half in 1:09, and the next heat in 1:09%, winning both heats easily. He was driven by F. W. Bryant. F. Goulart drove Decoto Boy an exhibition half-mile; accompanied by a runner he stepped the distance in 1:06. Summary: First race — Hal'-mile heats: Irvington Girl (Joseph) 1 1 Mark S. (Terry) 2 2 Time— 1:20, 1:19. Second race — Two-year-olds: M. Joseph's colt 1 1 M. Gueerrri's colt 2 2 Time — 1:25, 1:25. Third race — Mixed: J. C. Simpson, trotter 1 1 Balronia, pacer 2 2 Time— 1:09, 1:09%. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Eate/iay, October SO, I9M.3 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 | THE FARM I UNIVERSITY FARM CUTS BIG CROP OF ALFALFA. < No less than three and a third tons of alfalfa to the acre have been cut this summer by the University of Cali- fornia at the University Farm at Da- vis, in two cuttings, within five months from the time the seed was placed in the ground. Visitors to the University Farm at Davis this summer have been greatly interested in the excellent showing made by the spring seeding of alfalfa in front of the dormitory. This land grew a crop of barley in 1913, after summer fallow the previous season. The stubble was burned, the ground plowed, and then the ground leveled for irrigation between the dates of Oc- tober 7th and 31st, 1913. During the latter part of February and prior to March 3d the land was checked and then leveling was completed. The ground was then harrowed and seeded on March 11th at the rate of eighteen pounds per acre, with a drill, placing the rows of alfalfa seed six inches apart. The ground was im- mediately rolled. Shortly after, a light rain fell, but not sufficient to prevent the alfalfa coming through the ground. May 8th the weeds were cut and allowed to lie on the ground. From May 22d to 27th, it was irrigated with five inches of water, from a well. On June 15th the first crop was out, yield- ing 1.16 tons per acre, of excellent hay. On June 30th, the second irriga- tion, consisting of six inches of water, was applied, and on August 10th the second crop was cut, yielding 2:2 tons of hay of excellent quality. Within five months from the time the seed was placed in the ground three and one-thirds tons of alfalfa have been ob- tained. The accompanying photo- graph shows how thick the hay was on the ground. Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curt, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Pounder, 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 HTJMA!V EEMEDT for Khett- imillatn, Spralur, Sore Throat, et.*.. It Is InvalAbla Every Bottle of Canetlc Balaam sold Is Warranted to give satiaf action . Price 881. SO per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for Its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TEE UWHEHCE-WILLIAUS CGHPiNY, Cleveland, Olu" ~3£g CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art in HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 121 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webeter anu Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francises s TALLION CARDS Send for Oar SAMPLES and CATALOG of Horse Cots Horse Books Impregnators, Supports, Serving Hobbles Remedies Everything a Stallion Owner Needs Our Stallion Folders. Posters, Sale and Farm Catalogs Compiled and Printed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cheaper than yon can get — — — — — ^^—^^—^— the printing alone. Send tor samples and prices. Our Stallion Service Books are the cheapest and best. We make a Eive-fienera* tioo pedigree (blood lines only) for $1. A fonr-fteneraiioa tabula- tion with ancestor's record progeny for $2; five-tfeoerations for 53— all on a blank 14x17. A handsome five-generation tabula- tion, 16x20, printed in two-colors for framing, for $6, two copies for $6.50 or five for $7. Address Magnus Haws & Co., 542 S. Dearborn Si, Chicago, HL Tabulated Pedigrees! 'THE EEfHlJPPLE RING SPREADER PREVENTS CHAFING- LACES ON. FITS ANY HOPPLE. Have You Tried The Improved Grand Circuit Hopple ? No. 471 x Price $14 This Patent Ring Spreader is an exclusive SELL Feature There's no other hopple on the market that's one, two, three with the famous Grand Circuit. It has been the leader for over eleven years and contains more exclusive features than all the other makes of hopple together, including the Sell Patent Aluminum Ring" Spreader, English Webbing and Indian Tanned Raw- hide construction, Detachable Ring Covers and Improved Safety Hopple Harness Fastener. It's the strongest and most comfortable hopple ever devised. Come in and examine it, or write for full particulars. I stock all the famous Sell Brand Horse Goods, including Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets — also — Reducine Gombault's Balsam Absorbine Smith's Wonder Worker "Vita Oil Coolers Hopples Save -the- Ho r se Tweed's Liniment Giles Embrocation DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue Phone Park 1253 near Fillmore Street Send for Catalogue Wholesale and Retail TROPHIES and TRIUMPHS FOR SHOOTERS USING Smokeless PowderS AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF THE WESTY HOGANS VENICE PARK, ATLANTIC CITY, September 16-19, 1914 Every Important Event was won by a Shooter using a DU PONT POWDER The "Bull Durham" Handicap Mr. H. E. Buckwalter, Royersford, Pa., shooting: 3 1-8 dram load of SCHULTZE from 21 yards, won the $350 "BULL DURHAM" Handicap Trophy donated by Mr. Geo. L. Lyon, Durham, N. C. SCORE: 93 x 100 — 21 YARDS. Mr. Vincent Oliver, Phila., Pa., shooting 3-dram load of DUPONT tied with Mr. Buckwalter who won in the shoot-off — 18x20. H. H. Eyre, Phila., Pa., score 92 x 100 — 18 yards, and Wm. Foord, Wilmington, Del., score 91 x 100 — 22 yards, won other trophies in this event. Messrs. Eyre and Foord shot a DU PONT POWDER. HIGH PROFESSIONAL SCORES IN "BULL DURHAM" HANDICAP C. O. LeCompte, 94x100 — 13 yards; P. J. Holohan, 93x100 — 20 yards; E. F. Slear. 91x100—20 yards, — all shot 3 drams of DUPONT POWDER. THE WESTY HOGAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. Winner: Mr. F. S. Wright, South Wales, N. T. Score: 98x100. Shoot- off: 39x40 SHOOTING 3 drams DUPONT. Messrs. W. S. Behm, Barton Lewis and J. Hand, all shooting a DU PONT POWDER, tied with Mr. Wright for first place. For the 12 Trophies offered in this event, 14 of the 17 contestants, who tied for them, shot a DU PONT POWDER. Mr. J. M. Hawkins shooting a 3-dram load of DUPONT POW- DER, broke 199 STRAIGHT — the HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE. THE DU PONT 18-YARD MARK CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. Winner: Mr. William Foord, Wilmington, Del. SCORE: 97x100. Mr. Allen Heil, Allentown, Pa., score. 95x100, was the "runner-up" in this event, followed by Messrs. Geo. L. Lyon, C. H. Newcomb, W. Handerson, Barton Lewis, W. S. Behm, H. H. Sloan and A. B. Rich- ardson. ALL USED A DU PONT POWDER ATLANTIC CITY CUP. Winner: Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky. SCORE: 148x150. (SHOOT-OFF: 25 STRAIGHT) Mr. Henderson also made the HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE SCORE OF THE TOURNAMENT FOR 16-YARD TARGETS, — 489 x 500 — 97.8%. The John Philip Sousa TRAP TROPHY went to Mr. Henderson by a score of 10 0 STRAIGHT. Mr. Henderson shot a 3-dram load of SCHULTZE. THE WESTY HOGAN SPECIAL EVENT. Won by Mr. W. F. Bippus, Dayton, Ohio. Score: 95 x 100. Mr. L. L. Jar- rell, Wilmington, Del., score: 93 x 100, was the "runner-up." Both shooters used a 3-dram load of DUPONT POWDER. DU PONT POWDERS WIN TRAP TROPHIES. The John Philip Sousa Trap Trophy won with SCHULTZE by Woolfolk Henderson. SCORE: 100 STRAIGHT. The B. M. Shanley Trap Trophy won with SCHULTZE by W. S. Behm. SCORE: 100 STRAIGHT. The D. T. Leahy Trap Trophy won with SCHULTZE by Barton Lewis. SCORE: 99 x 100. The H. W. Smith Trap Trophy won with DUPONT by Allen Heil. SCORE: 99 x 100. LONG RUNS OF THE WESTY HOGAN TOURNAMENT PROVE THE RELIABILITY OF DU PONT SMOKELESS POWDERS. C. A. Jenkins, 167; AMATEUR LONG RUNS: Woolfolk Henderson. 157; E. H. Adams, 110; J. Hands, 106. PROFESSIONAL LONG RUNS: J. M. Hawkins, 170; W. A. Joslyn, 146; Walter Huff. 135. 76 STRAIGHT RUNS OF FIFTY or better were made by shooters using Du Pont Powders. SHOOT DU PONT POWDERS — THE CHAMPIONS' CHOICE Made and guaranteed by America's pioneer powder makers. Established 18 0 2 DU PONT POWDER CO. Branches: Wilmington, Delaware. San Francisco: C. A. Haight, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. Seattle: J. H. Willman, Mgr., Maynard Bldg. a—llBI Denver: W. C. Howard, Mgr., Central Sav. Bank Bldg 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 10, 1914. THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have Thick Wind or Choke-down, can be -fl'fc reduced with ABSORBINE also any Bunch or Swelling. No blister, no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Con> centrated — only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Book 3 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for man- kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Knotted Varicose Veins, Ulcers. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence'* free. W. F. YOUNG, P.D. F., 54Temple St, Springfield, Mass. KENDALLS SPAVIN CURE other lame ,ness. 3 ! I years of re ' mark a b It | res-alts. *1 b bottle, 6 for *5. At I all drup Btores. Ask for Free I Book, "Treatise on the Horse." L Dr.B.J.KcndallCo.,E»>»bTii&F»lli,Vt. The old reliable remedy for oorb, splint, bony growths, ringbone, — pavln or Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prioea IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCLSCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FhMOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, slock and sheep ranch, 6 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance g-ood grazing land, 26,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to Irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which Is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried In proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Town© Outer, in PAPER 37-1at St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Ajigele* FOR SALE — Black stallion by Kinney Lou, dam by Oro Wilkes. Six years old, handsome trotter, well broken and with very little work shows speed; a promis- ing prospect. Bay mare by Nutwood "Wilkes, dam by Direct, pacer, handsome, fast and a good racing prospect. To see the horses and for further par- ticulars address B., care BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), $8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1% in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Dos Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Dast season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KEDDEY, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred slrea In use: DMIcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sol* of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. SAVE - THE - HORSE Trade-Mark Registered A RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY HAS VALUABLE EXPERIENCE PELEG 2:11; SYZYGY2:15; INCOME'S TOPSY 2:14y4; FROM THE OWNER OF RENE'S BABY 2:14 THE PANORAMA 2:20!/4; PAP O 2:1414; RUSTICWOOD JR. 2:19|^. FRISBY H. McCULLOUGH Attorney and Counselor Edina, Mo. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. I had a valuable mare with a bog spavin of long standing. I followed instruc- tions and my mare was completely cured of her lameness within two weeks from the time I made the first application. While using your remedy I worked her slow miles and shortly after she got over the lameness she went three heats in 2:19, 2:21%, 2:18%. I began racing her the last week in August and raced her ten races in seven weeks, winning four firsts, one second and two fourth moneys, and finish- ing twice outside the money and once withdrawn on account of rain, and closing the season the first week in October with a half-mile track record of 2:14*4. Your remedy absolutely removed all traces of the trouble so that she was sold at the Chicago sale for about $500, absolutely sound, after passing inspection of one of the most distinguished members of the veterinary profession in the country. "Save -the -Horse" is a sovereign remedy and the claims you make for it are warranted by facts. F. H. McCULLOUGH, Edina, Mo. IT'S THE BEST INSURANCE HE KNOWS OF. Brazil, Ind., April 23, 1914. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sirs: — Enclosed ?5. Please send one bottle of Save-the-Horse at once. I have cured two spavins and one very bad case of shoulder lameness. To have a bottle of Save-the-Horse in the stable is the best insurance against loss I know of. I cannot praise it enough for what it has done for my horses. J. L. CUTSHALL. Prospect, Va. Enclosed $10. Send two more bottles Save-the-Horse. The horse I used it on last spring for bone spavin still goes sound; has not limped a step and has been used hard since. It is useless for me to say I have faith, as this makes six bottles I have bought for different horses. C. A. GARDEN. 18 YEARS A SUCCESS. This remedy is positive, not experimental. We originated the plan of treating horses under an iron-clad Guaranty Contract to return the purchase money if the remedy fails. SAVE-TH E-HORSE is sold by Druggists and Dealers Everywhere -**> f« with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND JK*% BOG SPAVIN. THOROUGHPIN, RINGBONE, CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED ▼ w HOCK, WINDPUFF, SHOE BOIL, INJURED AND BROKEN DOWN TENDONS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON N. Y. Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing) Registration of Standard-Bred Horses Attended to. Stallion Folders Address Cal. (Pacific Bid with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on back page. BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.). 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 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, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Franelsco, CaL Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. MT. DIABLO CEMENT aast for found .dona, dairy floors, fruit dryer floors, *to. ate. SANTA CRUZ LIME aaat far brioklaylcg and alaetarlnc. MT. DIABLO LIME best fer spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, October 10, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the T£RlWS.'$50 for the SeaSOn provewith foal'money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 36th Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manafler.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S J "Best on Earth" | Axle Oil=| The finest Coach Oil on the mar- k ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor g Oil, because it does not gum. I WHITTIER-COBURN CO. | Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 1 A Practical Treatise on the Training of Hounds Training ^Hound Foxhounds Beagles and Coonhounds The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who carries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, Eng- lish and Native Hounds, Developing the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Qualities of Scent, Manners. Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle, Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and Rearing Puppies, Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, 'various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and 8PORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at IS yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warrerc Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition nhi Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Kearny 1883 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal Attention ! Sportsmen ! PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS CLUB'S THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL TRIALS The PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL MEET (Open to setters and pointers.) An event of tremendous interest, to be held in California in February, 1915. $5,000 IN PURSES AND TROPHIES. PURSES: All-Age, $1250, .... Divided 40— 30— 20— 10% Derby, $1250, .... Divided 40—30—20—10% Panama-Pacific Champion Stake, - - - $500 to winner TROPHIES: The three splendid Panama-Pacific International Trophies to Owners of Winners of First in Each Stake. A Valuable and Unique Trophy to the Owner of Each Other Winner in Derby and All-Age. NOMINATIONS for all stakes close promptly on OCTOBER 15, 1914. $15 to nominate and $15 additional to start in either DERBY or ALL-AGE. $25 to nominate and $25 additional to start in CHAMPION STAKE. A cordial invitation to attend the trials is extended to every sportsman. If you have a classy field dog, enter it and strive for these rich stakes. Send entries to H. L. BETTEN, Secretary, 1215 Lincoln Ave., Alameda, Cal. PhI ind NUntcomcry San Fr.n.i.co ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI & month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman." THEBREE - • D SPORTS: [Saturdav, October 10, 1914. ^V > _&— SRI FRANCISCO, CAl. lOCffS. t^ SW* fW/NCffESTEfa .401 Caliber High-Power Self-Loading Rifle In hunting many species of big game, a rapid-shooting, hard-hitting rifle is necessary for success. The Winchester Model 1910 .401 Self-Loader is just such a rifle. The cartridge it handles is enough to stop almost any animal known, and there is no ."iade that will deliver five as powerful blows as quickly as it will. As the reloading is done by the recoil, this rifle can be shot accurately .reat rapidity. An inspection of this Winchester will show that it has many features that appeal strongly to experienced hunters. IT HITS LIKE THE HAMMER OF THOR ~JU J WESTY H00M AMATEURS win with UM€ Westy Hogans Special Vciass/ Won by W. F. Bippus, of Dayton, with 95x100 — an excellant " high--. shooting Remington-UMC Mhro Clu Bull Durham Tropby Won by H. E. Buckwalter, of Royersford, m 21 yards, shooting Nitro Clubs, . TrPiCAL SPEE^ SHEuL WORK— TAKE THEM ALONG FOR YOUR FALL HUNTING, TOO. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 Broadway, New York 12 Geary St., San Francisco. ■gilRB^ SEL8Y SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle Ducks and Quail open the Fifteenth all out — where you're going — and of ome the limit. If birds are there and 'em because fresh loads shoot up ard. Get Fresh Loads from your Dealer SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE VOLUME LXV. No. 16. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per Y»»r .( /,'*". ■ w . .... ■ ,'V-.Zjt " (" ij ^ ' -' •A ijfThe Good Trotting Daughter of On Stanley 2 Property of Mrs. F. E. Van Tress. 11, 17^'-' THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 17, 1914. MT. 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I sell all Sell Brand Horse Goods, including Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddler. Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets and the Patent Keller, and Williams Toe Weights. — also — Gombault's Balsam Reducine Absorbine Smith's Wonder Worker i »— '"■WISKI2II Vita Oil J. DAVID WEST 126 5-1267 Golden Gate Ave., near Fillmore St. Phone Park 1253 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Coolers Hopples Pott and Mantfomary San Franoi.co ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for 81 a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK Life With the Trotter" PRICE, $3.u0 POSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" rives us a clear insight into the ways and meane to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and Bhould 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, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Francisco, CaL ppcific Bide-, Cor. Market and Fourth Sta. $5 150 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For Ifoals of maras Covered in 1914 to Trot and Paeo at Two and Threa Yaara Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec- 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting"Foals. $300 to Nominators of Darns of winners, $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions, $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of Slallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three -Year- Old Pace when Mare was bred. 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22, 1914 ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, $5 November 1, 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds Februarv 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1918. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Tear-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 Is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; 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 the mare dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. 1915; E. P. HEALD, President. Saturday, October 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, %1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Riverside — October 13th to 17th (inclusive). Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). "COWS IS COWS.' It was down at the Holstein-Friesian stables at Hanford that it happened and the way of it is thusly: We have within our midst a horseman of something past middle age who has achieved a comfortable success in the game since the driving of the first trotting race held in Boise sometime back in the sixties, and beside his canny judgment of horseflesh he has, withal, a very nice eye for the points of a cow in the "juicier" class, and a hankering for the ownership of such individuals of that kind that appeal most to his fancy. All over the grounds he had been, noting with his "juicier eye" the better points of a number of bovine ladies whose milk pro- ducing qualities would apparently qualify them as foster mothers for the inmates of a populous orphans' home, when he became irresistibly attracted by a big black and white Holstein-Friesian cow in the stable of a gentleman of about his own age. It was agreed mutually that the matron in question was abundantly possessed of most excellent points in many, many ways. At last the horseman brought about, very easily and diplomatically, the question as to whether the cow might be bought. When he first saw her she looked like somewhere in the neighbor- hood of a hundred dollars, and close inspection had enhanced his estimate some twenty-five to fifty dol- lars, a fact which he was trader enough to keep to himself. Strange to say, the dairyman failed to "rise" on the first mention of a possible trade, and it was only after some little added extolling of her merits, vocally and mentally, on the part of our horseman friend that the other gentleman showed much interest. The preliminary skirmishing over he got down to cases something like this: "Well, I don't own this cow myself, though I am in charge of her, and I know the owner didn't send her here look- ing for a buyer. He's going to be here a little later in the day, though, and I tell you what I'll do, because I see you really appreciate this girl's points and want to buy her. The man that owns her just got her home here a few days ago — paid sixteen hundred dollars for her in Wisconsin — and I know he figured on keeping her for breeding purposes, but if you feel like sticking a couple of hundred or so on top of that figure I'll take it up with him and let you know next time you come around." The veil of silence and charity covers many, many embarrassing situations. Let us drop it and go our various ways in peace. But say, folks, here is one little thing you can paste in your memory box per- manently— out here in California, without room for argument of any kind, it certainly is true that "cows is cows!" A REVERSE ENGLISH HANDICAP. Writes the editorial pencil pusher of our esteemed "contemptuary," the Pacific Horse Review in a recent issue: "One race at Salem that interested the writer as much as any was the 2:10 pace, where six local horses took the word and the three heats were in 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09, with nobody outside the flag. It was a real contest with close finishes and excite- ment enough in the air to bring the crowd every time to its feet. While King Seal won two heats in splendid style, with good teaming on the part of his driver, the, way little Harold Welcome shot under the wire winner in the first heat was a wonder. A stal- lion as game as he hardly deserves the handicap of 'Harold.' " Now while it is fully admitted that the appellation of "Harold" is a long way removed from "Hank," or even "Mike," or "Jim" or "Dan" or any one of numerous other rugged names perhaps more gen- erally fitted for race track use, it seems to the writer that in this particular instance the Review is carry- ing its aversion to the more "sissified" cognomen to an extreme. Harold, so far as the trotter is con- cerned, is a good old-fashioned handle from "away back," and many a good horse has headed a sum- mary and yet carried it as the major portion of his name. Harold Brooks carried the ladylike 'monaker" into the 2:10 list without being worried by it espe- cially, and the writer can recall a time not too long gone when a pool ticket on Harold H. 2:03% was considered about as good property as an ordinary plug race scribe was licensed to possess. And then, too, how many times have our eyes and heart lightened when, cudgelling our puny brain for something good to say about some untried youngster or some short bred stallion, we noted a close up cross to "Harold 413, sire of the world's champion trotter Maud S. 2:08%"! What a relief! What a field it opened up! And v.hen we got through nobody no- ticed our voluminous silence in regard to the balance of the critter's pedigree! And so. Review, while "Harold" may be a bit dis- tasteful to you, let us bid Harold Welcome — "the drinks is on us" — and bear patiently with the name, remaining truly thankful that up to this writing Algernon and Montmorency, at least, have failed to break into the 2:30 list. UNDER the caption "Horses for the Armies" the New York Times in a recent issue presents some plain facts that make the horse breeders of the United States "sit up and take notice," and in con- clusion sounds a note that will meet with approval in general. Unless the military authorities of the United States do something about it, said the Times, they will find the domestic supply of horses suitable for army re- mounts speedily exhausted by the "raids" being made upon it by the fighting Governments of Europe. Dis- patches appearing yesterday in the Times report that the British agents have placed orders for 10,000 head in Illinois, and in that State alone the French are buying 350 horses a day. The peace equipmem of the United States Army is 20,000 horses: a war foot- ing would require 50,000 at once, followed by a com- plete new supply every six months, or from 100,000 to 150,000 a year. During the Boer war England prac- tically stripped the United States of cavalry horses, and since then the development of the automobile has largely prevented the breeding of the saddle type of horses. As American army horses are bought in the open market, there being no Government breed- ing farms, like those in Prussia and other European countries, there will soon inevitably be a dearth of remounts. The waste of horses for cavalry and artillery in war exceeds 50 per cent.; in the Crimean war it rose to 80 per cent., while in the Boer war the percentage was almost as heavy. In The Spur of Oct. 1 the number of horses available in Germany is placed a* 450,000, as against a mobilization that calls for 550,- 000. France is reported to be 40,000 short of her full complement of remounts, and the fact that most nations keep only two-thirds of the number of horses necessary in proportion to the number of men en- rolled suffices to show that the rush already begun to get horses in the United States will soon become a serious matter. The United States Army is now equipped with horses a large proportion of which are not of good types — not strong enough through the shoulders to carry weight nor wiry enough for cavalry, while the artillery lacks the "blocky" type that is specially needed. Has not the time come for Congress to au- thorize the establishment of a Government breeding farm? THOUSANDS of California women today are cam paigning against the Universal Eight-Hour Bill, Anient No. S.Mrs. Emily Hoppin of Yolo, second vice- president of the Farmers' Protective League of Cali- fornia, has been in active command of the campaign among the fair voters of the State and she has aroused the women to enthusiastic efforts to defeat this drastic measure. "In the beginning of the campaign," said Mrs. Hoppin, "many women were under the impression that if Amendment No. 3 — the Universal Eight-Hour Bill — were defeated the eight-hour law for women would likewise be stricken from the statute. They seemed to think that the two propositions were linked together in some way. But we have made it quite clear that the Universal Eight-Hour Bill — Amendment No. 3 — is vastly different from the women's eight-hour law. The present law, which protects women absolutely — makes exceptions as to women working in perishable fruits and also exempts domestics. The proposed law will include every man and woman in all v,alks of life. There would be no overtime permitted in the State of California if the Universal Eight-Hour Bill were adopted. "Women who live in the country districts and in the small towns and cities realize the impossibility of operating farms on an eight-hour basis. It cannot be done successfully. We hope to convince the women residing in the cities that all California is absolutely dependent upon the prosperity of . the farmers of the State. Our cities are built and main- tained by the farms, and if one is injured the other suffers correspondingly. "The proposed Universal Eight-Hour Bill is one of the most drastic ever put forth. It provides that any person who permits another to work more than eight hours in one day or more than forty-eight hours in one week shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not less than ten days or more than 90 days, or both so fined and impris- oned. "The law would make a criminal of every farmer who, by shortage in labor and unusual weather con- ditions, sought to save to himself and the State hfs crops." THERE are three foolish pursuits in life which may be set down in the records as the final exempli- fication of "thankless jobs" — starting race horses, running the dope department of a horse paper, and trying to patch up the matrimonial difficulties of your best friend and his wife. In the two former the best you can get off with is a first-class, able-bodied cussing, and in the latter you are fortunate to escape with your life and a thoroughly scared expression on your face. The work of Starter Smith at Hanford was noteworthy in that it elicited but mild kicks in a few instances, but in a court trial before a bunch of unprejudiced horsemen he would undoubtedly be found guilty of one breach of starting judge ethics: Not once during the week did he make any plays to the grandstand with diverse and sundry threats of fines, arrests, suspensions, expulsions, delivery to a Mexican firing squad, or anything of the like. May his tribe increase! MABEL VAN 2:11. Our cover this week carries a very natural picture of the good trotting mare Mabel Van 2:11, that is just finishing her fourth year of racing by putting up some very nice contests, and justifying the faith of her owner in the constant belief that "Mabel was a good mare, given the right chance to be good." She is a mare that has stood a lot of punishment in long ships and gruelling races, having been cam- paigned from Oklahoma City to the "farthest north" of the Canadian circuits, more often in the money than out, and every now and then leading the sum- mary in a hard fought five heat contest, which seems to be exactly her kind of a race. This year on the California circuit and in the hands of Will Best. Mabel "came to herself" slowly but steadily and from an unplaced position in her first two starts has worked her way to a point from which her owner can generally review the summary with the mare's name appearing in first or second posi- tion. At Woodland she won in straight heats over a field of seven starters, reducing her record to 2:11, and at Sacramento was second to Rags in the Gov- ernor's stake, finishing 5-3-2. Pleasanton saw her farther back in the field but not outside the money, while at Fresno she made a procession of the 2:12 trot. At Hanford her contests with Dr. Wayo in two events furnished some of the best racing of the week, and this week she and the redoubtable Doctor are probably fighting it out again at Riverside, to the gratification of the grand stand. Mabel Van is a seven-year-old mare of pleasing appearance, pleasant, manners, and, in the hands of Billy Best, has a businesslike way of trotting that is better developed than at any previous time. She is a daughter of On Stanley 2:17% and Vanity, by Euca- lyptos, and is the property of Mrs. F. E. Van Tress of San Bernardino, an enthusiastic sportswoman whose confidence in her mare has never wavered, and who, from present indications, knew what she was about when she stayed by the bay lass and placed her in Best's hands for another trial. o With the county fairs breaking all attendance rec- ords, matinees drawing larger crowds week after week, and an attendance of between 1,500 and 2,000 turning out at Stockton and shelling out seventy-five cents "per each" for gate and grandstand at the Jim Logan-Leata J. match promoted by Millard Sanders, harness horse racing seems to have a pretty good hold on Californians in spite of all said to the con- trary. THE BRE, .^R AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 17, 1914. day. To fill out the day for both horsemen and public, a special pace was arranged overnight to take the place of a class failing to fill, and Airlie Demonio evidenced his gameness by going a very consistent race on a set of sore legs. Pegasus went away nicely on the pole but was unable to negotiate the "inside passage" on the second turn, and from there in it was Airlie all the way, with Moody Leggett riding easily in place behind a very nice acting green mare. Miller took Pegasus the long route in the sec- ond heat in order to give the big bay fellow more room for his stride and finished second to Dowling in 2:13%, going a very nice mile — and some over. With Airlie Demonio dropping into the ruck right after the start of the final mile, Leggett moved up with Molly with the evident intention of hanging a harmless breeder's mark on her, but Pegasus passed her at the stand, and Smith moved up on the back stretch for an argument with the Zombro horse. Be- fore the pair passed the three-quarters, however Dowling began a drive with Airlie that landed him ahead of Alton S. by a small margin, Pegasus break- ing at the head of the stretch, and Molly bringing in the evidence of her bad luck in the shape of a pair of knee boots dangling about her ankles. That she went through the mile on her feet is considerably to her credit. The summaries: First race— 2:14 pace, purse $400, three heats- Clara Mac, br. m. by Expressive Mac (Dowling) 111 Delia H.. bl. m. by Hal B. (H. G. Smith) ..2 2 " Potrero Boy, b. g. ny Demonio (W. F. Smith).. 3 3 3 Time — 2:14, 2:13%, 2:14%. Second race — Special pace, three heats: Airlie Demonio, b. h. by Demonio (Dowling).. Ill Pegasus, b. h. by Zombro (Miller) 3 •> 3 Molly, b. m. by Knox (Leggett).. . ' "9 3 4 Alton S., ch. g. by Alton (Smith) '..'.'.'.'.'.'.4 4 2 Time— 2:15%, 2:13%, 2:15%. o JIM LOGAN HOLDS HIS CROWN. Before a good sized crowd of spectators, composed largely of enthusiastic partisans of one or the other of the fast side-wheelers, Jim Logan and Leata J. raced three fast heats Sunday at Stockton for the pacing crown of the Pacific Coast, the speedy son of Charles Derby having a bit the best of the argument at all stages of the game. Montgomery had the backing of a goodly bunch of "rooters" from the vicinity of Sacramento, Woodland, Davis and other points from his home country, and that they were a happy crowd goes without saying. Weather condi- tions were not the best in the world for extreme speed, owing to a raw wind. Montgomery drew the pole for the initial heat and shoved his entry to the front for a lead that was never lost, going to the quarter in :31, the half in 1:01%, the three-quarters in 1:33% and the mile in 2:05%, the mare picking up some ground in I he stretch but finishing half a length to the bad. The second heat developed the best contest of the day, with Leata J. right after the bay stallion from the start but unable to outbrush him in the stretch, though but a head separated them at the wire The wind cut the first half to 1:03%, but they came home gamely in 1:01%, the mile being 2:04%. Scoring for the third heat, Jones nodded for the word almost a length back, but was unable at any time to force his competitor to the speed previously displayed. Eloise Dell, Belle Jones and Stella McKinney rounded out the program in a special class for 2:20 trotters, the little brown daughter of Alconda Jay having things just as she liked them. "Farmer" Bunch contributed to the day's performances by step- ping a fourteen-months-old colt a quarter in :34%. The afternoon's summaries : First race, special pace: Jim Logan, b h by Charles Derby (Montgomery) 111 Leata J., b m by Royal McKinney (Jones) 2 2 2 Time— 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:06%. Second race, 2:20 trot: Eloise Dell, br m by Alconda Jay (Silva).. . l l Belle Jones (Jones) " 9 2 Stella McKinney (Lavin) .'.'.'.'3 dr Time— 2:16, 2:16%. 0 THE PURPLE CROSS. There is a possibility that the British Red Cross may be supplemented by another humane mission to the battlefields. The Humane Societv asks funds and volunteers for the Purple Cross, to engage in relief work for horses. It proposes to send men to the front for the purpose of killing badly wounded horses and rescuing others. In commenting on this move- ment a writer in the National Humane Review saj's: "The fate of man in battle is lamentable enough, but the lot of battle horses is sad beyond description. They are not interested in the contest, or contending for a principle. They are not sustained by a sense of duty. The horse is simply a poor .innocent, dumb victim of the carnage and wreckage of war. The Red Cross movement and international agreements have done much to alleviate the suffering of the soldiers. What is now needed for the horses, is an adequate international convention which will undertake to do more to protect those unfortunate brutes which be- come victims of battle. The United States, Great Britain and Germany, already have had orders issued that men shall be designated to destroy war horses which have been wounded or severely injured. A new world-wide international agreement should be insti- tuted whereby each country will undertake to have equine purple cross veterinarians present on the field of conflict to care skilfully for battle horses and re- lieve their sufferings as humanely and promptly as possible. An international movement is already under way seeking to accomplish this end." — Horse World. KINGS COUNTY FAIR Under a clear "San Joaquin Valley sky" the six- teenth annual Kings County Fair opened last Wed- nesday at Hanford, with a good attendance and an interested crowd for the initial day. The fair is dis- tinctly local in its flavor, and all branches of the various industries that have made this section fam- ous as the "Little Kingdom of Kings" were gener- ously represented in the pavilions and stock pens, while down the line alongside the homestretch were quartered the best stables of harness horses in Cal- ifornia. In all agricultural departments the exhibits were varied and extensive, ranging from seed to plant or product and from plow to planter — horse and power. Nothing of local interest was overlooked, and the visitors showed that they appreciated the display and what it meant for Kings county. In the livestock department the pens and stalls were all in use, and the hogs, sheep, cattle and horses might well have been entered in sweepstakes classes against the whole country . The crowds about the show rings gave ample evidence of the interest taken by Cali- fornians in the bettering of their live stock, espe- cially in the dairy classes among cattle, and the gen- eral purpose horse. Notwithstanding the attractions presented by the pavilions, the stock pens and the carnival conces- sion, the races as usual proved the great drawing card of the day, and Starter Smith had the attention of practically the entire opening day attendance when he called the first heat of the 2:11 trot. Alba- loma. Dr. Wayo and Mabel Van were the only starters and finished in the order named, Albaloma at all times having considerably the best of the argument. Mabel Van traveled a long mile in the second heat and made a pretty effort for place, finishing only inches bhind Ward with the bay horse, and in the third heat headed the Doctor in the stretch for a neck's advantage at the wire. That the only certain thing in horse racing is the uncertainty of it was amply proved in the 2:23 pace, when Clara Mac upset the talent's calculations by failing to head the summary. Though educated on the track over which she started today she showed evidence of a preference for a larger ring and, while at times showing most emphatically that she had the edge over her field in speed, was possessed of an inclination to unsteadiness that placed a heavy tax upon the skill and patience of her trainer. In the first heat it was Pegasus all the way to the three-quarters, with Clara Mac coming fast down the stretch into place, but both made an ascension on the turn and Allen brought Mary W. handily through for an eyelash finish with the Zombro horse. Going away in the second heat both Pegasus and Clara Mac broke on the first turn and Mary W. lined out in front, with Alton S. trailing and Clara Mac handily coming up on the outside, regaining her lost distance. Rounding into the home stretch Smith swung Alton S. out for the drive and headed the field at the finish handily, Clara Mac breaking again at the gate and finishing in third position. In the next heat Dowling had the big mare in hand, and it was Clara Mac all the way after rounding the first turn, the race then being declared finished with Mary W. and Alton S. dividing first and second money. The track, while not fast, was in fair racing shape and Albaloma's first heat in 2:13 equaled the local trotting record. The summaries: 2:11 trot, three in five, purse $400: Albaloma, b. g. by Almaden D. (Quinn 1 1 1 Dr. Wayo, b. h. by Wilkhurst (Ward) 2 2 3 Mabel Van, b. m. by On Stanley (Best) 3 3 2 Time— 2:13. 2:15%, 2:15. 2:23 pace, three heats, purse $500: Mary W.. ch. m. by Dictatus (Allen) 1 2 3 Alton S., ch. g. by Alton (Smith) 3 1 2 Clara Mac. br. m. by Expressive Mac (Dowling) 5 3 1 Pegasus, b. h. by Zombro (Miller) 2 5 5 Cold Lilv. br. m. by Copa de Oro (Quinn) 4 4 4 Time — 2:1514, 2:15, 2:13%. Second Day. The second day of the Kings County Fair was a hummer from early in the morning until away along into the night, with the "legitimate" fair attractions drawing a bumper crowd during the daylight hours, and the carnival and the visit of the Los Angeles Boosters keeping a long string of livery autos busy as the proverbial cranberry merchant long after night had fallen. The 2:10 pace brought out four of California's reli- able campaigners, and had it been free from bad racing luck and on the three in five plan rather than three heats only, with every heat a race, it would have developed into one of those affairs that you talk about on the Orange Tree Circuit in midwinter, there being no "Coal Stove Circuit" in California as there is in less favored localities. The field went away pretty fast and in nice shape, but a break by Vera Hal in the first quarter not only caused her to lose some ground but cost Teddy Bear quite a bit. Teddy was two lengths back at the half, but finished lapped up on Durfee in 2:11%. During the cool out Fred Ward got in some of his "fine Eyetalian josh- ing" with the pilots of the pacers, and when they came out for the second heat the three leaders had their sights raised to the last notch. The Belle went away good on the pole with Cohen bringing Vera Hal alongside in a brush that carried them to the half in 1:02%, with Siha riding easy in Durfee's trail. Down the back stretch the pace began to tell on ihe bay mare and at the three-quarters Silva began his drive with Teddy, coming up into place and passing Durfee at the gate for a win in the fastest time of the race, 2:10%. The third heat developed a bit of the bad luck that so often mars horse racing and promising poker hands, and what should have been the best heat of the race became merely a procession for Teddy Bear to lead. Going away, Zulu Belle broke a hopple and in the ensuing ascension threw Cohen pretty far toward the fence with the daughter of Expressive Mac, and causing both Vera Hal and Loch Lomond to lose ground which was not regained. Durfee brought the Belle to a standstill to avoid injury from the broken rigging which was cudgeling the mare's right hind leg like a flail, and took out at the gate, naturally somewhat "peeved" but con- soled by the remembrance that it was a case of "every heat a race." Tena G. from the Hemet Stock Farm stables, her- alded as a mare of speed but uncertain behavior, got away good on the pole in the start of the 2:20 trot and was never headed, settling into a nice stride after a handy break going away and lining out her mile in 2:14%. Trouble developed for her in the scoring for both following heats, and while she gave no evidence of sour headedness or misbehavior, Blackwell had "some chore" (with apologies to the Horse Review) in getting her squared away on her gait. Once away Nuristo stepped to the lead on the pole with Tena trailing. Great Northern and the Hemet entry making a nice drive for place after heading into the stretch. Again in the third heat Blackwell got no "special favor" in the start and found himself for the first five eighths very comfort- ably pocketed in the trail of Nuristo, with Great Northern lapped alongside. Before reaching the three-quarters, however, he took back for clearance and began an outside drive that landed him in second position at the wire, Nuristo, Tena G. and Great Northern finishing in the order named only heads apart. Spencer drove the Nushagak stallion a very nice race, and Great Northern, in Ward's hands, looms up as a youngster that will command consid- erable respect in the future. The day's summaries: First race — 2:10 pace, purse $400, three heats: Teddy Bear. b. h. by Del Coronado (Silva) 2 1 1 Zulu Belle, bl. m. by Petigru (Durfee) 1 2 d Vera Hal. b. m. by Expressive Mac (Cohen) 3 3 2 Loch Lomond, br. g. by Zolock (Quinn) 4 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:13. Second race — 2:20 trot, purse $500, three heats: Nuristo, bl. h. by Nushagak (Spencer) 3 1 1 Tena G., ch. m. by Geo. W. McKinney (Black- well) 1 3 2 Great Northern, b. g. by Wayland W. (Ward)... 2 2 3 St. Patrick, b. g. by Direcho (Dowling) 4 4 5 Harold C, b. g. by Bon Voyage (Chadbourne). . .5 ;> 4 Copper King, b. g. by Direct Heir (Miller) 6 6 6 Time— 2:14y2, 2:14%, 2:16%. Third Day. One of the nicest little "two-horse horse races" that one could ask to see developed here today in the 2:15 trot when Dr. Wayo and Mabel Van came together for their second meeting of the week, after having put up a nice contest for place to Albaloma on Wednesday. With Copper the Ore and Fiesta Maid as the other starters the wise heads picked properly on the Doctor as the logical winner under the three heat system, and Ward delivered the goods as per prophecy, though had it been a three in five affair the result might have been different. Then again it might not. If it were not for the uncertainty of things, horse racing and politics would be mighty dull. The fact remains, however, that the Van Tress entry went a bit tetter every heat and put up a game contest that made her win in the third heat a popular one with the grandstand. Copper the Ore, after a bit of unsteadiness in the first heat, trotted consistently, and Fiesta Maid, with perhaps the speed of the bunch, showed that she can not yet repay the cost of her handling. What Zorene could do on a half-mile track was no longer a matter of speculation after the close of the 2:18 pace, which the trim little daughter, of Zolock annexed in straight heats. Mary W. and Gold Lily apparently still bore in mind that they had had but one day's rest since their last start, and with Sou- mise lame and consequently unsteady the race was between Zorene and Star Tilden, with the Pointer horse handling himself nicely at all times but not quite equal to the task of changing the order of "ladies first" so far as Zorene wTas concerned. The lass attended strictly to her knitting every foot of the way, and her good manners, trim appearance and apparent enjoyment of the game she was in won her the grandstand's favor from the start. The results in detail: First race — 2:15 trot, purse $400, three heats: Dr. Wayo, b. h. by Wilkhurst (Ward) 1 1 2 Mabel Van, b. m. by On Stanley (Best) 2 2 1 Copper the Ore, bl. m. by Direct Heir (Schwartz)3 3 3 Fiesta Maid, br. m. by Zombro (Dowling) 4 4 4 Time— 2:15, 2:14%, 2:14%. Second race — 2:18 pace, purse $500, three heats: Zorene, ch. m. by Zolock (Chadbourne) 1 1 1 Star Tilden. br. h. by Star Pointer (Smith).. ..2 2 2 Mary W., ch. m. by Dictatus (Allen) 3 3 3 Soumise, b. m. by Billy Dunlap (Friend).. ..4 dis Gold Lily, br. m. by Copa de Oro (Quinn) 5 dr Time— 2:14%, 2:12%, 2:13%. Get Away Day. Clara Mac squared herself with the home folks today by coming out and doing what was expected of her on her former start — behaving on the track where she was made just as though she had never known any other place in the world where big girls have more room on the turns, and disposing of the small field starting in the 2:14 pace in the easiest kind of a way. Only once was she anywhere but leading the field:— going away in the final heat Delia H. had a bit of the best of the rush after the word and showed the way until Dowling called on Clara for a little more steam. The way the mare respond- ed, though the pace was not especially fast, showed her more like the Clara Mac of former meetings and did much to atone for her performance of Wednes- Saturday, October 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PRIZE RING AWARDS AT HANFORD. After the showing made in the livestock depart- ment at the State fair by Kings County breeders it was naturally inferred that the Hanford classes would draw a great lot of high class entries from the immediate surroundings, but even the expectations of the most sanguine underestimated the show that materialized. The stalls and pens were used to the uttermost of their capacity, and while the best in California came from various outside points the Kings County exhibitors held their own stanchly in every instance ,and the variety and quality of the stock exhibited, as well as the large number of local parties entering the competition, spoke eloquently of the wealth and resources of Kings county as a live- stock producer. There were entrants for all classes, and so regular were the varied animals in quality that there were ribbons for every exhibitor, with the judges working hard to pick the best. The attendance throughout the week was a record breaker, and exhibitors and spectators alike wire hearty in expressing their appreciation of the efforts of the officials to provide a fair which all could enjoy, and in which a large per cent of the local population could actively participate. That they will do still better next year is the promise of President Bassett, Secretary Robinson and Directors Newton, Montgom- ery, Gravatt, Gallup and Troxler. Both local and imported horses at the fair this year maintain the high standard of past years. J. W. McCord has a strong lot of Shires composed of five imported mares, and colts bred from them. Good- acre Gem, the champion of last year's fair, is in the class for best mares. March Matchless is also en- tered in the four-year-old class. Goodacre Model is another fine four-year-old shown. All three are bays. McCord also has two fine yearling studs, one black and the other sorrel, both sired by Kimble's Bob. Another of Bob's colts is a three-year-old bay. Gravatt & Moore have a number of trotters and pacers from their stables. Moire, Bonney McAllister and Sweet Secret are among these entered. Sierra Maid is entered to capture the prize for the best brood mare. Her filly colt, Maricopa, is entered in the suckling colt class. Brownstone Way is also entered in the brood mare class. Philip C. Byrne has two horses entered, a Pereher- on Stallion, Iron, and his trotting stallion, Scott Mc- Kinney. Scott McKinney is entered in the class for standard bred stallions. The Blackhawk stock farm specializes on imported Percherons, with a fine string, among them Black Hawk Victor Chief, who took first premium at the Fresno District Fair for draft horses. Rampton Pres- ident is another entry, and has been a prize winner both here and in France. It is particularly apropos that in the heart of the dairy section of the valley the exhibit of cattle should be one of the best that can be shown anywhere in the State, so far as quality is concerned, and the quantity is also large. Kings ranks foremost in the dairy counties of the State, and this year's exhibits will compare favorably with any cattle shown any- where in California. G. U. Clark has more than 15 head of Holstein- Friesians in the pens. Thirteen are prize winners. His herd is headed by Meg o' the Mist Legend, and his main cow is Copa de Ora Omaha. Bertram D. Scott also has a fine exhibit of Hol- stein-Friesians. He conducts a dairy near Lemoore. His herd bull is Duth John Kerndyke. A. W. Morris has his celebrated herd here, with 23 cattle including Lorena Korndyke, the prize winner in the butterfat contests this year at both the State and Fresno fairs. Fred Ross, a local dairyman, is also competing for ribbons in the Holstein-Friesian class. T. J. Gilkerson and Mrs. Gilkerson of Stratford are showing 15 of their choicest stock in this class. The pride of the Gilkerson herd is Frau Creamelle Strat- ford Korndyke. W. J. Higdon of Tulare is a new exhibitor this year. He has a string of six Holsteins. Dairyman's Prince heads his herd. R. L. Waltz is showing a herd of six Jerseys, in- cluding a calf four days old. His string includes Victor Lady Rose and five others. C. T. Starr is exhibiting his prize bull, Fame's Royal Rioter. . C. G. McFarland has a Guernsey herd of 15 head. ' He is showing many well known cows, including Dairy Witch, a prize winner at the Fresno fair. N. H. Locke, of Lockeford, is showing his famous herd of Jerseys, headed by Borello's Golden Laddie. Included in his herd are several winners of first prizes at the Arizona, Nevada and California state fairs. The University of California is showing its experi- mental herd of mixed cattle. The display is educa- tional and not entered in competition. E. R. Putz of River Bend has a fine herd of two- year-old heifers. L. Y. Montgomery shows six Holsteins and a week- old calf. W. H. Smith and George A. Smith each have fine bulls on display, the latter having Clipper Fox Hen- gerveld, and also a beautiful cow, Empress H. Jo- sephine. The swine exhibit is also on a scale of excellence. Among the hogs may be found Chester Whites, Berk- shires, Yorkshires and Poland Chinas. Among the exhibitors are M. Bassett, W. Bernstein, W. D. Trew- hitt and F. D. Ross. Following are the awards : Division A., Horses — Standard Trotters. W. F. Lower, Lemoore — Third, aged mare; second, two-year-old filly. E. Gravatt and Company, Hanford — Third, aged stallion; second, aged mare (Brownstoneway) ; third, aged mare (Lady Honiton) ; first, aged mare (Sierra Maid); first, three-year-old (Marie); third, two-year- old (Alcalde) ; first, yearling filly (Mariposa) ; sec- ond, yearling filly (Purse Rose) ; first and second, four-year-old mares (Brownstoneway and Sierra Maid). Phillip C. Byrne, Hanford — second, aged stallion (Scott McKinney). Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal. — first, aged stal- lion (Wilbur Lou); first, two-year-old (Allie Lou). Fred W. Ward — first, two-year-old (Freckle). Roadsters. M. R. Plenia, Hanford — First, yearling mare. Percheron. W. D. Trewhitt, Hanford — First and second, brood mare; first, stallion. Philip C. Byrne, Hanford — Second, aged stallion. M. Bassett, Hanford — First, and champion, aged stallion (Ithos) ; first, and champion mare; second, mare. Clydesdale. John Burrell, Hanford — First, aged stallion (Crown Blue). English Shires. W. A. Ward, Burlingame — First and grand cham- pion, aged stallion; first, two-year-old stallion . J. W. McCord, Hanford — First and champion four- year-old mare (March Matchless); third, four-year- old stallion (Royal Albert) ; first and second, yearling stud colts; second, four-year-old mare (Gem); first and second, yearling mare colts; first, suckling stud colt; first, produce of dam (Royal George out of Goodacre Queen). C. A. Kimble and Railsback — second, four-year-old stallion (Rolston Wonder). Draft Horses. L. Y. Montgomery, Hanford — First, mare four years old or over; third, colt under one year. J. W. McCord, Hanford — First, two-year-old filly. M. Bassett, Hanford — Second and third, four-year- old and over mares; first and second, stud colts under one year. Farm Horses. J. W. McCord, Hanford — First, four-horse team; first and second, pair for heavy hauling. Jacks, Jennets and Mules. J. A. Crawshaw, Hanford — Third, three-year-old and over Jack (Maringo). J. W. McCord, Hanford — Second, three-yearold Jack (Riley) ; second, two-year-old Jack (Rodney King) ; first, two-year-old Jack (Rubin) ; first, mule, get of Jack sire, by Royal Prince; first, female mule suckling colt; second, male mule suckling colt. John Burrell, Hanford — First and champion aged Jack (California Wonder) ; first, three-year-old Jack (Cyclone); second, three-year-old Jack (Seal). J. E. Wilson, Hanford — First and second, three- year-old and over mules (Kate and Beck) ; first, mule colt (Jerry). J. W. McCord, Hanford — Third, mule (Jack John- son). Shetland Ponies. Mrs. M. L. Hoover — First, stallion; first, mare. Saddle Horses. W. F. Bernstein, Hanford — First, three-year-old stallion; first and champion yearling stud colt; first, stud colt under one year; first, brood mare; first, mare colt under one year. L. C. Trewhitt — First, five gaited saddle mare colt. Following are the awards for superior cattle: Guernseys. W. J. Higdon, Tulare — first, junior yearling bull ; first and second, cow over two years; first and sec- ond, senior yearling cow; first, junior yearling cow. Holstein Friesian. Bertram D. Scott, Lemoore — Third, senior yearling bull. Alex Whaley, Tulare — Second, herd; first, aged bull. A. W. Morris & Sons, Woodland — Second, aged bull; first, two-year-old bull; first, senior yearling bull; first, junior yearling bull; first, second and third, senior bull; first, junior calf; first and second, aged cows. F. D. Ross, Hanford — Second, junior yearling bull. T. J. Gilkerson, Lemoore — third, junior yearling bull; second, senior yearling bull; third, senior heifer calf. Mrs. T. J. Gilkerson, Lemoore — Third, aged cow; first, junior yearling cow. G. U. Clark, Hanford — Third, junior bull calf; third, two-year-old calf; second and third, junior yearling cow; third, junior calf; third, aged herd; third, young- herd; second, calf herd; third, get of sire; third, produce of dam. A. W. Morris & Sons, Woodland — First and second, two-year-old cows; first and third, senior yearling cow; first and second, senior heifer calf; first, young herd; first, calf herd; first, get of sire; first, produce of dam. L. Y. Montgomery, Hanford — Third, junior bull calf. T. J. Gilkerson. Lemoore — Second, senior yearling cow; second, senior heifer calf; second, get of sire; second, produce of dam; third, calf herd; second, young herd. W. H. Smith, Hanford — third, aged bull. Alex Whaley, Tulare — Senior and grand champion bull, two-year-old, Sir Holland Gamp. A. W. Morris & Sons, Woodland — Senior champion cow, two-year-old, Aggie Acme; junior champion cow under two years, Mary Terpestra Korndyke; grand champion cow, Aggie Acme. Jerseys. L. A. Prusso, Hanford — Third, senior bull calf. C. T. Starr, Hanford — Third, junior yearling bull. R. L. Waltz, Hanford— Third, aged bull; second, senior bull. C. G. McFarland, Tulare — Third, aged bull; first, and third, aged cow; senior and grand champion cow, Daisie Witch. N. H. Locke Co., Lockford — Second, aged cow; champion senior bull two years old; junior champion bull under two years; grand champion bull ,any age; first, aged bull; first and second, two-year-old bull; first and second, junior yearling bull; first, senior bull calf; first and second, junior bull calf; junior champion bull, Kings Leda of L; 2, on get of sire, Valet's King of L; 2, produce of dam. THE WAR AND THE HORSE MARKET There can be little question that the war in Europe has played the mischief with our horse market, writes J. H. S. Johnstone in the Chicago Live Stock World. Of course, we can't tell what sort of a market for commercial horses we would have been enjoying by this time had not the powers over there become embroiled, but the probability is that it would have been at least from fair to good, if not rather extra. Now at all of the wholesale centers the horse trade is- a thing of shreds and patches, hard to describe, and so irregular that no once can tell one day what the next day may bring forth. This week the fresh arrivals in Chicago have amounted to some 125 head, and they were none too few. With the stale stock on hand there were too many horses for the absorp five capacity of the buyers, but withal the supply was small enough so that the few buyers here got into action early and put a little life into the trade. There is some little demand for good, deep mid- dled, weighty chunks with quality and good flesh, but the supply of that sort is never large. I have never known the eastern dealers so savagely bearish in all my business experience. Looks like they want you to deduct about ?50 from country cost and then throw off some more before you can suit them. Small re- ceipts, though, will help some, and when we have cleaned out the present stock we can begin a new deal. The horses don't seem to run as they once did and the demand is not the same. In fact, the market is changing materially. Time, however, must bring a change for the better. Europe must have had hundreds of thousands of horses destroyed by this time, and, before the war is over, the stocks over there will be so depleted that it would promise to be necessary for them to come over here to get some of our working stock. Horses are down now to about an exporting basis, so far as price is concerned, but it seems that there can be no real export trade for a long time, or at least until after peace is declared. This demand for cavalry and artillery horses is a mere drop in the bucket, and there has been as much money lost at this business so far as there has been made. Whether it will de- velop later no one can tell. Just now it is in a most unsatisfactory condition, with rumors of still greater trouble impending rife. I don't think there is any doubt that horses in very large numbers would be taken for export right now if the ships could be found to transport them across the water, but ships seem to be the scarcest article on the ocean. It is a larger question than most folks seem to think. In making up a bunch of ships to transport men or horses across the sea. the speed of the whole outfit is determined by the number of miles the slowest vessel can make per hour, hence a lot of cargo boats are unavailable for this business. All such shipments must be convoyed by cruisers and too many of these can't be spared for such a job. This transport business, though, will get to working smoothly after a time and then bny ing will probably be resumed. I am satisfied that the man who breeds his mares this coming spring to good stallions will have the best chance of disposing of the produce when it is ready for the market. They can't raise horses any quicker in Europe than we can over here, and when the war is over and they begin buying horses of us in earnest, I think the trade will last over quite a few years. The foreign dealers will not be in a position "to be so very particular as they once were, and every farmer here with a good horse to offer should get at least a fair price for him. There simply cannot be horses enough left over there after the war to do the work; while they might get a few in South Amer- ica, they must come here for such stock as they need. VERSATILE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Unless the traditions of the old time milkmen are at fault, many a cow owner has been the beneficiary of a judicious mixture of milk and water, but it re- mains for Missouri to furnish the prize story of the profits to be derived in a lump from the use of water around the dairy. A cow belonging to C. A. Snow of Independence stepped on the board covering of a cistern and fell in. The cistern was 20 feet deep, with eight feet of water. The cow had a halter on and Mr. Snow managed to keep her head above water till the west side fire department arrived. The fire hose was attached to the nearest fire hydrant, the cistern was filled with water and the cow was floated to the top and to safety. Can you beat it? THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 17, 1914. 9xx It's dollars to doughnuts that Dr. Wayo and Mabel Van will be "there or thereabouts" at Riverside this week. Riverside this week, with a new track, new build- ings, some new horses, and maybeso some new half- mile track marks. Clara Mac failed to grab both starts at Hanford, but went a much nicer race Saturday than on Wed- nesday. Etawah 2:03%. 2:03%, 2:03% with Geers up! It's no use, folks; if that boy Ed ever lives to be a full grown man he ought to make a right good teamster. <8> «•<•> May Mack must have gone a nice mile for DeRy- der at Lexington when she finished third to Etawah and Star Winter n 2:03%. <$> ^ Hanford was the "dividing of the way" last week, the majority of the boys going on to Riverside, while some shipped to Fresno to lay up for Phoenix and others hit the home trail. 4> Henry Todd, driven by C. W. Lasell, took the Lex- ington stake for two-year-old trotters at the Blue Grass metropolis Monday and incidentally stepped to a new world's record for geldings of his age and gait by doing his first heat in 2:11%. <£• «><8> President D. E. Hoffman of the California Driving Club has just come into control of Jonesie Mc. by Carlokin 2:07% out of Walda, by Waldstein, and has brought him down from Pleasanton to fit for the 1915 matinees and amateur classes. <«> Leata J. worked the Stockton track last Tuesday in 2:03, with a half in :59, but couldn't show that clip against Jim Logan Sunday in the wind. They are entered in the same classes next month at Phoe- nix and the boys are speculating somewhat as to whether Jim can "do it again." <$>«■ Richman by The Northern Man 2:06%, out of 1'ary Lloyd by Vice Commodore 2:11, set a new mark for two-year-old pacing geldings at Lexington, 2:09%. This is a bad year for everything with Bingen blood in his or her veins — not! <3> <$■ Soumise 2:10%. L. R. Friend's fast little pacing mare, showed up lame at Hanford and was taken out for the balance of the season. The nervy lass showed a world of speed on three legs, but the punishment was too much for her to stay on her feet. «■«>«■ The International show this year will be lacking in the heavy horse classes the numerous entries for which western Canada can generally be relied upon, owing to the strict regulations imposed upon Cana- dian horse owners since the outbreak of the war in Europe. •» ^* Charley Silva motored down to Hanford from Sac ramento to pilot Teddy Bear in the 2:10 pace, and while his spark was a little slow and he failed to throw in the high speed quite soon enough the first heat, the next two showed that the mixture was just about right and the old engine could still run mighty smooth. «> <5> Best Policy, the hard luck Allerton stallion belong- ing: to R. O. Newman of Visalia, is in Moody Leg- gett's stable at Hanford and is in better shape at present than for some time. He has a number of good colts around in the country where he has been in service, most of them showing marked Allerton characteristics in their general makeup. Wanning up for the 2:18 pace at Hanford last Friday Fred Chadbourne had the hard luck to break loose the end of a brace on Zorene's favorite bike, and was a bit anxious over the prospect of driving her to a less fitting rig, when Dad-in-law Sutherland came to the rescue with a bit of baling wire and a nail, with the result that Zorene pulled her usual equipment and finished 1-1-1. It's a mighty poor specimen of an old-time Californian who cant devise some son of an emergency repair, given either baling wire or rawhide. (Later — Reports from the track at the close of the race state that H. G. Smith was noticed peeling one eye at Fred's sulky, the other brine "wallr-d" toward his own, and carrying a full loop of wire and a hammer.) Rastus, the bay pacer by Liberty Boy in the stable of Lon McDonald, an entrant at Phoenix next month, annexed the 2:12 pace Monday at Lexington in straight heats. Pegasus 2:07%, the big pacer in the Severance sta- ble, failed to take kindly to the half mile ring at Hanford, but showed his class several times when carried wide enough to give him room. He can also trot a good clip, and Trainer Miller thinks something of converting him to that way of going. He doesn't "wear 'em." <8> <£ Joe Patchen II. p. 2:03% worked in 2:02% at De- troit and was thought to be good again. He was started at Columbus and distanced the first heat. We trust he will recover form so that he may obtain a record that will be a better indication of his speed than the one he now carries. «> <8> J. A. Billingsley of Lynnville. Tenn., well known in the trotting horse world as the owner of The Abbe (3) 2:10%, trotting, 2:04 pacing, has been a recent visitor at various California points where horse interests are centered and was very optimistic in his views as to the future of the business, here and elsewhere. <8> Although unable to secure additional ground for a half-mile track at Harlem Springs, the San Bernar- dino Horse Racing Association has found that a half- mile track can be constructed on the property at the springs. The work of enlarging the present race course will start in a few days. A number of new members have been secured for the association and some fine races are promised for the future. •S> <$> ® Thirty-six carloads of horses were shipped last week from Memphis to New Orleans, where it is understood they will be transported to France for the allied armies. Contracts have been placed there by representatives of the French government, it is stated, for the delivery of 10,000 horses at New Or- leans. This shipment of 850 head was the first con- signment. King Daphne 2:04%, the fast pacer campaigned by Arlie Frost for the Los Angeles horseman, Sidney Goldman, changed hands a few days ago in the EjJst, the new owner being W. E. Moore of Marion, Ohio, widely known among horsemen and good fellows everywhere as "Billy" Moore of the McMurray Sulky Co. Billy deserves a good horse, and the King Direct stallion deserves the best kind of an owner — so there you are. Roya McKinney 2:09%, the three-year-old black filly in the stable of Walter Traynor at Lexington, is another 2:10 trotter for McKinney, and a mighty promising one at that, while her blood lines are uot exactly "disappointing," her dam being Princess Royal 2:20 (dam of Ess. H. Kay 2:00% and six oth- ers) by Chimes; second dam Estabella (dam of Heir at Law 2:05%) by Alcantara. The lass has a two- year-old record of 2:17%. With the racing season in the northwest closed and the boys flocking into winter quarters, the Port- land track caught quite a number of stables. The veteran John Sawyer is back with some high c'ass young things, Fred Woodcock is there with his own horses and those of his patrons, and other recent arrivals are C. W. Todd and Tom Gorman with the Todd stables, C. W. Flanders and Harry Squiers. ® <&® Work is proceeding steadily on the track at the Panama-Pacific grounds where the big stakes are to be raced off next year, and a recent visitor at the track from "the outside." a horseman who has cam- paigned over almost all the leading tracks of the United States and Canada, predicts for the fast step- pers next year a very fast piece of dirt. Bob Sebastian put Eva Tanguay over in straight heats in the 2:15 trot at Oklahoma City, and then hit a snag. Protest was lodged against Eva pending an official interpretation regarding some of the new eligibility rules, and her winnings were held up. To beat 2:10% pacing Bob started Hal McKinney in a special event against time and wove two daisy chains around the Iidians' short track in 2:06%, which is camping right on the Hal B. horse's mark With no pedigree to speak of on either side of her house, but with some of the other qualifications that go towards making a very promising green pacer, Molly, in the stable of Moody Leggett, broke into the racing game last week at Hanford and made a very creditable showing in a field of seasoned cam- paigners. She has been some nice miles in her work and her owner, Bent G. Rebero, hopes to send her down the line in another season. The lass is by a son of Senator L., a Palo Alto product, but her dam is as yet unknown. <•> «> G. M. MacPherson of Vancouver, B. C. after a summer's campaign through the prairie circuit of western Canada, dropped down to Salem to take in the Oregon State Fair as a spectator, and eventually made his way south for a "loaf" of some weeks in California, to which country he is no newcomer, but merely a wanderer returned. Mr. MacPherson avows himself merely "resting," but should his business eve light on a prospective Angus Pointer 2:01% or a Ber- thena Bars 2:09% there might be an interruption of his rest by a few hours devoted strictly to business. The California Driving Club takes its turn at the Stadium Sunday. «• <» <8> . California matinees are becoming more numerous every year and the crowds in attendance increase each week. Good luck to each and every amateur driving club! <8> Braden Direct 2:01% had such a bad leg at Colum- bus that his future entries were cancelled and he hit the home trail for Denver. Modesto is the scene this week of a state-wide con- vention of the hustlers engaged in dairying and its allied interests, with an exhibition of various stock and dairying machinery. It is "in the air" that a well known horseman is trying for a lease on the Stockton track, and failing in that will locate in Willis Parker's old stand just outside the grounds. D. A. Allen shipped home to Newman from Han- ford Saturday morning with Mary W. 2:10%, the balance of his stable having preceded him pome days before. Considerable misfortune attended the Wallis horses early in the season, but the chestnut daughter of Dictatus did nicely at her later starts, and goes into winter quarters right in every way. «■ L. B. Daniels has returned from a four-months trip over the racing circuits of British Columbia, Wash- ington and Oregon with his stable of harness horses. His horses arrived with him. His most successful starter was Dean Swift, who opened the season as a green trotter and showed his heels to the best of them in the north. A great future is predicted for him. Dan Logan was not in good condition and showed none of his true form. Capitola, who has been ill practically all of the trip, apparently is im- proved and she has been doing light work for the last two weeks. <8> "What man has done, man ought to be able to do again" is the motto of W. W. Gallup, the man who made the harness horse world sit up and take notice by winning his maiden race in 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:06% at Santa Rosa this summer, and down at his home at Hardwick he has another young one to try his hand on. While she may not become another Clara Mac for him he believes that one bred like this one ought "to do" some day: Hazel Spier, by Directum Spier 2:11% (sire of Joan 2:04%, etc.), out of Maggie Hall by Moko, second dam Maggie Yeiser (dam of Walnut Hall 2:08%) by Red Wilkes. The young lady trotted originally but now shows evidence of a desire to pace, and if she lives up to her pedigree, and Walter to his past performance mark as an educator, they ought to make quite a pair. <8> «■ «> When P. J. Chalmers of Stockton sent Zorene to Fred Chadbourne at Pleasanton this season, many of his friends derived a good deal of enjoyment, kidding him about the "school boy saddle horse." the "baby's pony," etc., but before Fred sent the little mare home this week the laugh was the other way about. Two-ten and a quarter is no world's record, but Oie mare's way of doing it, and her actions in other starts, make her look very promising — especially for a "kid's horse." The little lass is "slick as a whis- tle" in her way of going, behaves like a perfect lady, and went into her owner's hands sound as the pro- verbial new-milled dollar. On breeding alone she would compel attention, being by Zolock 2:05%, out of My Irene S. 2:28% (dam of Esperanza (3) 2:09, Carlos 2:29%, etc.) by Petigru 2:10%; second dam the great Johanna Treat 2:24% by Thomas Rysdyk. California and Indiana divide stallion honors this season in the production of extreme speed at the pace, Newtown Boy 2:10% and Expressive Mac 2:25% being the only ones to get two new 2:05 per- formers. Clara Mae 2:04% and Vera Hal 2:05 hold up California's end of the joint championship, while Billy M. 2:03% and Possibility 2:04% look oui for Indiana's interests. Incidentally, the two stallions are distinctly local products of their respective com- munities. Anyone would recognize a horse sired by McKinney, out of Expressive 2:12%, by Electioneer, second dam Esther by Express, as a strictly Califor- nia product, while Newtown Boy is by Venture 2:09% out of Blackie by Bald Hornet; second dam Polly by Red Buck. If there be those among you who dare dispute the genuine, old-time Indiana flavor of this pedigree, hold up your hands. P. L. Aguirre of Hanford, whom horsemen will re- call as the owner of the ill-starred Guy Borden 2:07%, has a couple of youngsters coming on in nice shape, the elder being a two-year-old bay colt by Copa de Oro 2:01, out of Daisy Zombro by Zombro 2:11. The younger one comes from a line of blood that has been delivering the goods for a good many years farther east but is not largely represented on the Coast, being a yearling lassie named Mardoo Patchen, by Twinkling Dan 2:06%. out of Mardoo Gentry (sister to Nell Gentry (3) 2:09%) by John R. Gentry 2:00%; second dam Braden Girl (sister to the dam of Braden Direct 2:01%) by Brown Hal 2:12%. Both of these youngsters pace and are in excellent growing condition, with Mr. Agnirre giving them his personal attention until the day comes for them to go to some good trainer's hands, and no Californian will begrudge him should one or both develop into worthy successors to Guy Borden. Saturday, October 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Colorado has a new state record for two-year-old trotters since Colorado Range, hooked to a cart and driven by W. W. Cowdery, reeled off a mile on the Denver track in 2:18%. The youngster is by Colo- rado E. 2:04%. <& <£ Hedgewood Boy 2.01 and Lady Maud C. 2:00%, the greatest brother and sister the world have ever known, raised their owner from comparative poverty to a position of ease and affluence and drew his lifeless body from the house to the grave. The estate of J. C. Crabtree must be duly closed, how- ever, and on Wednesday, October 28, the two whirl- wind pacers will go under the hammer at Taylor- ville. 111. Time was when "Old Man" Crabtree roaded from meet to meet through Illinois with the then unknown youngsters, because he didn't have the money to pay freight, and the attachment existing for the horses on Mr. Crabtree's part was known by horsemen everywhere. Had the man outlived the horses they would never have had another owner — and may the new master be the "right kind." «• <$> <£ The presence of Clara Mac 2:04% and Vera Hal 2:05 at the Hanford meeting created considerable interest in the Expressive Mac family, and a number of horsemen took advantage of the occasion to have a look at the big McKinney-Electioneer stallion and a group of his colts at the farm of owner J. H. Nelson near Selma. Everybody liked them, and next year will see more of them in training than formerly, while there are several youngsters as yet unheard of in the summaries that have done some very nice work this summer. The prize rings at the Fresno fair showed up their general qualities decisively, as out of four individuals entered there were four prize winners, three firsts and one second — first standard and registered weanling stud colt and filly, first road- ster weanling filly, and second roadster aged mare. Expressive Mac is yet young as a sire, with a decade or more of usefulness ahead of him under normal conditions, and his list should be a generous one be- fore many more seasons go by. OFF AGAIN AT LEXINGTON. GREAT DAY AT THE STADIUM. THOS. B. GIBSON DIES AT WOODLAND. Thomas B. Gibson, long one of the leading spirits among Yolo county and California's progressive busi- ness men and known throughout the west as a breed- er of cattle of the very highest class, died Sunday morning, Oct. 11, at his home in Woodland, after a lifetime of 53 years spent in Yolo county, the place of his birth. Early in life Mr. Gibson embarked upon a business career in Woodland, and until the time of his last illness was indefatigable in the pro- motion of various enterprises for the advancement of his portion of the world. The Pacific Coast Retail Hardware Association, the Sacramento Valley Devel- opment Association, the California Development Board, the Central Irrigation Ditch Company, the California Live Stock Breeders' Association, the Woodland Chamber of Commerce, and numerous minor organizations of a similar nature are largely indebted to the energy and zeal of Mr. Gibson for their success. o SAN JOSE MATINEE. The matinee of the San Jose Driving Club Sunday attracted a good big crowd of lovers of the trotting and pacing game, and while the time was not espe- cially fast the contests were good and held the inter- est of the spectators from start to finish. Four events were carded, with fair fields in each event, Red Rose and El Sidello splitting heats in the first race, with the former gaining the final advantage. Princess Lou, Sidmont, Flying Jim and Rosa O. put up an exciting contest, the Orlando entry, Rosa O., having the speed necessary to win in straight heats, the other events going to Jane C. and Eva G. respec- tively. o WHAT A SHAME IT WASN'T BOURBON! In your issue of Sept. 24 G. T. Burrows gives an account of a Quarter of beef exhibited in London that had been frozen for 18 years, and on inspection was found to be still sweet and sound. The following shows the importance of a cold, even temperature for the preservation of butter: At the old Red Tav- ern at Towanda, Pa., then kept by William Means, a firkin of butter containing 100 pounds, tightly headed, was lowered into a deep well, to be kept cool until wanted for use. In lowering it the rope broke and the butter went to the bottom of the well, which was half full of water. After spending considerable time grappling for it, and knowing that to pump all the water out and go down for its recovery would be a hard, disagreeable job, the proprietor concluded to leave it where it was until a more convenient season. Butter was cheap (only 12% cents per pound) and in case it was never recovered the loss would not be great. Thirty years afterward the well had to be cleaned for sanitary reasons. It was pumped dry, and the firkin of butter was found imbedded in the mud at the bottom of the well. On opening the firkin the butter was found to be as sweet and well flavored in every respect as when it was lost. In the mean- time butter had increased in price to 25 cents per pound. — J. W. Ingham, Bradford Co., Pa., in Breeder's Gazette. o Bear in mind, Mr. Brood Mare Man, that the third payment in Pacific Breeders' stake No. 14, ?5, is due Nov. 2. Lexington, Oct. 12. — After a three day intermission caused by the rains of the latter part of last week, racing was resumed today at the local track, with a card of six races. The track was in very nice shape after its wetting, and every heat save those gone by the two-year-old trotters cut the 2:10 mark gener- ously. Straight heats were the order of the day, the most noteworthy achievement being the lowering of the world's trotting record for two-year-old geld- ings in the first heat of the Lexington stake, Henry Todd going the route in 2:11%. Only twice in the forty years of the Lexington's history has the mark been beaten, in 1910 by Silent Brigade 2:10%, and in 1913 by Lady Wanetka 2:10. The day in detail: The Biue Grass, for 2:10 pacers, three in five, value $2000: Peter Stevens, b h dy Peter the Great (Garrison)l 1 1 Napoleon Direct, ch h (Geers) 3 2 2 Camella. b m (Cox) 2 3 3 Time— 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:05%. 2:07 trot, three in five, value $1000: Joan br m by Directum Spier (McDevitt) 1 1 1 Newzel, b g (Andrews) 2 2 5 Bon Zolock, b g (Garrison) 3 5 2 Time— 2:08%, 2:06%, 2:07%. 2:12 pace, three in five, value $1000: Rastus, b g by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 1 1 1 Tilly Tipton, b m (Murphy) 2 2 2 Trojan, br h (Wilson) 3 4 5 Time— 2:07%, 2:06%. 2:07%. "Turkey Trot," special sweepstakes, two-year-old trot- ters, two in three, value $4000: Prelma, br f by Directum Spier (Snedeker) 1 1 Polly Overton, b f by Sahib (Murphy) 2 2 Time— 2:19%. 2:16%. 2:13 trot, three in five, value $1000: Dago, b g by Gen. Forest (Grady) 1 1 1 Signal Boy, b g (Wright) 2 2 2 Belzona, b m (Young) 3 3 6 Time_2:09. 2:09%, 2:09%. The Lexington stake, for two-year-old trotters, two in three, value $2000: Henry Todd, b g by Henry Selzer (Lasell) 1 1 General French, b c by Justice Brooke (Miller) 2 2 Time— 2:11%. 2:14%. Lexington, Oct. 14 — The meeting of the K. T. H. B. A. which was resumed Monday after last week's in- terruption by rain, was again interfered with after one day's racing, rain Monday night and subsequent showers having made harness contests an impossi- bility for the last two days. Weather permitting, rac- ing will be started early tomorrow morning and con- tinue throughout the day and Friday in an effort to clean up the week's program. CALIFORNIA DRIVING CLUB PROGRAM. An enthusiastic crowd of amateurs turned out Wednesday evening to attend the meeting of the Cal- ifornia Driving Club at Eagles' Hall, and a fine pro- gram of seven events was made up for Sunday's matinee at the Stadium. All lovers of the harness horse are invited to attend and assured of a hearty welcome. The following gentlemen will officiate: J. A. McKerron, Luke Marisch, J. V. Galindo, Judges, R. Nolan, H. Cohen, W. J. Senderman, Tmers; Al Hoffman, Marshal: F. W. Thompson, Secretary, and the afternoon's program is made up in this manner: First race, 2:25 pace — Tom Murphy, E. T. Ayres; Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen; Little Medium, Dr. H. E. Allen; Emma M., W. Malough. Second race, 2:20 trot — Horse Shoe Boy, A. S. Hanks; Ateka. B. Cohen; Brutus, S. Christenson; Muggins, H. Cohen. Third race, 2:25 mixed — Caliente Girl, A. Benson ; Hello Girl, R. Keogh; Golden Buck, W. B. Walkup; Vastida, J. Paris; Pride of Elmhurst, J. D. John- stone; Harold K., J V. Galindo. Fourth race, free-for-all trot — Monica McKinney, Hoffman & Sicotte; Birdeye, W. J. McDonald; Bo- decker, S. Christenson; Matawan, H. C. Ahlers. Fifth race, free-for-all pace — Homburg Belle. J. Ginocchio; Pointer Belle, Kidd &■ Luce; Dicto, G. Lowery. Sixth race, classification omitted — T. D. W., W. Higginbottom; Jack, W. J. McDonald; Roman Boy, W. E. Dougherty. Seventh race, 2:25 trot — Ella Wilkes, C. Borromeo; Direct Rome, E. J. Fallon; Queen Pointer, J. Vermet; Springtime, G. Clotere; Dalta A., E. T. Ajers. All events will be mile heats, two in three, and the first event will be called promptly 12:30. GOOD SPORT AT SAN BERNARDINO. Another record breaking crowd watched a good racing program at Harlem Springs Sunday after- noon, the street car officials announcing their busi- ness on the Springs line for the afternoon to have set the season's "high water mark." Nancy Love- lace driven G. E. Eonnell, Electra, piloted by L. E. Deming, and Coxey's Army, with H. Cox in the sulky, put up a nice contest in the pace, finishing in the order named, while the trotting division fur- nished a good contest between William Landon with Weary Willie, George Parker with Rhine B., and Edward Courtwright with Santa Fe, Landon's entry annexing the event. A dead heat between two run- ners, with Miss Sadie Forbes and F. V. Queros occupying the saddles, brought the crowd to its feet in a roar of approval, and in the racing off of the tie Miss Forbes came home the winner, with the hearty approval of the spectators. The San Francisco Driving Club's card of seven races last Sunday at the Stadium track in Golden Gate Park drew the usual large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators, and that in the face of the big Columbus Day celebration in the Panama-Pacific Ex- position grounds and several other outdoor sports and attractions. Weather and track conditions were made to order. Out of a total field of 32 entries in the different races there were only two horses scratched. Every heat developed a rattling finish between two or more horses, generally the fields came up to the wire fairly well bunched. Emma M. landed first in the opening heat of the 2:18 pace with Wm. Tell and Johnnie K. up close all the way round. She fought out the next two heats with Wni. Tell and won the race in the final time out. Homburg Belle was fit for two straights, both stepped in good time. The four starters all kept within striking distance of each other. The free-for-all pace was annexed by Dick W., who came from behind in each heat and won in a strong stretch drive. Good time, compared to lus Salinas record, considering the race was paced on a three- quarter mile track. Soreta landed the first heat in the free-Ior-all trot, Birdeye and Bodecker being the contenders. The second heat, a scrambled egg start after many scor- ings, was a two horse affair between the two roans from the eighth pole to the wire; Bodecker broke within 25 yards of the finish. The third heat prom- ised to be a repeat, when Birdeye struck his unlucky spot in the stretch and went off his stride. Soreta made a strong drive but finished a length behind Bodecker, which horse won the race on summary position. Ida M. was not in her usual form and Silver Hunter acted as if he might be a bit track sour. Matawan came under the wire one-half a length ahead of Copper the Ore in the first heat of the special trot. The big black mare broke just after turning into the stretch, in the second heat, and lost six or seven lengths. It looked like a walk over for Matawan. The mare was sent along steadily and gained enough ground to make Matawan's driver take no chances coming home. He won out by a scant two lenghs. The mare seemed to be a bit sore, having been shipped up from the Hanford meeting just before the race Sunday. Jack, "doubling out" in the 2:20 mixed race, marked up two winning races for two times out on the Stadium track this season, and won handily at that. Ateka was at his sulky wheels in each turn all around the track. Laddie G. showed up better than usual and was steadier on his feet. Greatness, a promising two-year-old filly, had sep- arate brushes with each entry in the 2:25 mixed and shook each challenger off easily. Springtime made the best showing. Greatness is a remarkably easy going young mare and will give good account of herself in better company. She was given her initial race a few weeks ago and won out with something left. Summaries: First race — 2:18 pace, mile heats, best two in three: Emma M (W. Malough) 1 3 1 William Tell (McKinney stable) 2 1 2 G. J. P. (R. Consani) 5 2 5 Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 4 4 3 Johnnie K. (J. Kramer) 3 5 4 Time— 2:15, 2:17%, 2:18. Second race — 2 :15 pace, mile heats, best two in three : Homburg Belle (J. Ginocchio) 1 1 Delilah (J. C. Welch) 2 2 Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 3 3 W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:11. Third race — Free-for-all pace, mile heats, best two in three : Dick W. (A. Ottinger) 1 1 Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 2 3 Dicto (Geo. Lowry) 3 2 Time— 2:10%. 2:10%. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot, mile heats, best two in three: Bodecker (S. Christensen) 3 2 1 Birdeye (W. J. McDonnell) 2 1 4 Soreta (McKinney stable) 1 5 2 Silver Hunter (McKinney stable) 5 6 3 Muggins (H. Cohen) 6 3 6 Ida M. (H. Boyle) 4 4 5 Time— 2:19, 2:16%. 2:15%. Fifth race — Special trot, mile heats, best two in three: Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 1 1 Copper the Ore (A. Ottinger) 2 2 Time— 2:14, 2:17%. Sixth race — 2:20 mixed, mile heats, best two in three: Jack (W. J. McDonnell) 1 1 Ateka (B. Cohen) 2 2 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 3 3 King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 4 4 Pride of Elmhurst (J. D. Johnstone) 5 5 Time— 2:17%, 2:16%. Seventh race — 2:25 mixed, mile heats, best two in three: Greatness (E. Cerciat) 1 1 Springtime (F. G. Clotere) 2 3 Ella Wilkes (E. Borrcmeo) 5 2 Vastida (J. Paras) 3 4 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 4 5 Time— 2:27, 2:22%. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Mass., reports that sixty- four Bingaras have been racing successfully this season, and that great son of Bingen has so far seventeen new performers, making his total seventy- six, while a large number of those who took their records prior to this year have reduced the same, racing almost wholly on half-mile tracks. Balala 2:12. Boma 2:13%, and Bordelon 2:13*4 are among the number. The Bingen family is breeding on with marvelous certainty, and a large majority of them are natural trotters with extreme speed and racing quality. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN I@atirdS7, October 17, 1914. THE FIELDS AT PHOENIX. MONDAY. NOV. 9. 2:03 Pace The Director General, W. G. Durfee: Leata J., b m b> Roval McKinnev. J. X. Jones; Walter Cochato. bl h by Cochato. Will Maple: Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado. C F Silva- Minnie Chimes, br m by Council Chimes, Mary S. McVay; King Couchman, b g by Atlantic King. Dick McMahon. 2:07 Pace. $2,000. Walnut Grove, bl h by Constantine. A F Ruthven; Little Prince, b h by Geo. Muscovite. J. c. Burkhalter. Little Bernice. b m by Del Coronado. Sidney Goldman- Rastus b g bv Liberty boy. A. McDonald: Loch Lo- mond, br g bv Zolock. I. L. Borden: Zulu Belle, bl m by Petigru. C. A. Durfee: Knight of Strathmore. ch h by Twelfth Night, H. S. Hawley; Dick Sentinel bg by Iowa Sentinel. M S. Burgitt; It Will Tell, b g by Red Tell, A. J. Women : Direct Gentry, b h by Directly A J. Wpraert; Frank Pern-, b h by Toddington. C. L. DeRyder; Dick W.. h g bv Athadon. A. Ottinger; White Sox. b m by Del Coronado. W. G. Durfee: King Couchman. b g by Atlantic King, Dick McMahon; Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado. C F Silva; Hal Gray, gr h by Hal B.. G. C. Pendleton; Merry Direct, b h by Walter Direct. F. E. Smith; A era Hal 'b m bv Expressive Mac. H. Cohen: V\ aynetta. b m bv The \dmiral. J. A. Burnett; Oro Mo. ch h by Demonio and Potrero Bov. b g by Demonio. C. F. Silva; Hemet.br g bv Geo W. McKinnev. Hemet Stock Farm; Hal McKin- n'ey. b h by Hal B.. C. X. Clark; John D b g by Gam- roie J G Lutz: Bessie B.. b m by Star Onward. L. L. Bigler- Oviedo. b m bv Bob Fitzsimmons. W arren Denmo. 2:09 Trot, $2,000. star Winter, b g bv Ed Winter, A. McDonald; Henri- etta C b m bv Constenaro. Geo. Castle: Albaloma. b g bv Almaden Dl. I. L. Borden: King Clansman . br i by Clansman. Dick McMahon; Alerick. b g by Direcho. Y\ . G. Durfee: Frank L.. b g by Calhoun. A. J. Vn ornert: Great Northern, b s bv Wayland W.. and Dr. W ayo. b h by Wilkhurst. Fred Ward: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes. San Felipe b g by Zombro. and Bertha Carey, b m by Zombro, C. L. DeRyder: Grattan Boy. b g by Montana Grattan. John Wall; Rags, b g by Del Coronado. >\. G. Durfee- Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith. J. ". Zibbell. Peter McCormick. br h by Peter the Great. V. L Shuler; N'uristo bl h bv Nushagak. Alex Brown: Miss Gaily, ch m by Geo W McKinnev. Hemet Stock Farm: Col. Chitten- den ch g bv Col. Cochran, J. S. Autrey; Loe Blossom, ch m bv Lepide. Mrs. M. L. Schenck; The Comet, ch g by The" Entertainer, O. H. Myers. 2:25 Trot (Arizona), $1000. Dr D. C. b g by Del Coronado. Geo. Xugent; Aegan Direct b g by Direct View- and Porto Mona. b m by Porto Rico T E. Pollock; Prince Wood, b h by Dondeller. Jas. Livingston: Alice E.. b m bv Del Coronado. Ernest Evans: Ladv Leco. bl m by Cochise, and Gipsy Boy. b g by Dr. Clark. Dr. F. G. Belt; Kaety. b m by Zombro. Z. C. Prina- Meridian Jr.. b g by Meridian. B. F. Hobart: Delfino. bl m bv Oh So. Albert Lopez; Dorothy J., b m by Oh So, F. E. Fitzsimmons; Sadie View, b m by Direct View, Louis Sands. TUESDAY. 2:15 Pace, $2,000. San Jacinto, b g bv Geo. W. McKinney. Dr. C. E. Ar- nold: Charlev Foster, ch h. Ben R. Burnett: Don B.. br g by Don Densmore. and Don Conomore. b h by Don Dens- more. D. A. Dinnie: Mc Verde, br h by Zolock. Henry Delaney; Robert Bingen, b h by Bingen, and Airlie De- monio, b h bv Demonio. Harry Dowling; Gold Lily, b m by Copa de Oro. and Alto Barnato, br g by Barney Bar- nato. I. L. Borden: White Sox. b m by Del Coronado. and Soumise. b m bv Billv Dunlap. W. G. Durfee; Clara Mac. br m bv Expressive Mac. W. W. Gallup; May Davis, ch m by Borado, Bud Davis; Madam Mack, br m by Expressive Mac. and Frank Perry, b h by Toddington. C. L. DeRyder; Pegasus, b h bv Zombro, A. C. Severance; The Assessor, ch g bv Walter Direct. Dick McMahon: Billy Lou. bl g by Lou King. H. H. Kidd; Arlie L., b g by Klatawah. Chas. Dobrv; Potrero Boy. b g by Demonio. and Oro Mo, ch h bv Demonio. Chas. Silva: Kuropatkin. br h by Gambetta Wilkes. W. T. Barkley; Kildare. b g by Bombro. Di\ J. G. Belt: George Ellerton, ro h by Kay Allerton, Geo. A. Wheeler. 2:16 Trot (Copper Stake), $2000. The Spartan Queen, br m by The Spartan, and Isaac R. T.. br h bv Albingen. J. R. Thompson: Miss Johnson, b m by Happy Treasure, A. F. Ruthven: McCloskey. br g by Theodosius. and The Duchess, ro m by Allerteen. A. McDonald; St. Patrick, b g by Direcho. and Fiesta Maid, br m by Zombro. Harry Dowling: F. S. Whitney, b h by Frank S. Turner, and Esperanza. b m by Carlokin. W. G Durfee: Mabel Van. b m by On Stanley. F. E. Van Tress - Tena G.. ch m by Geo. W. McKinney, Hemet Stock Farm; Princess Louise, b m by Del Coronado. Geo. Xugent; Homestake. b g by Ozono. A. J. Wornert; Great XTorthern. b g by Wayland W.. Fred Ward: Miss Perfection, b m by 'Jen. Watts. C. L. DeRyder: Copper the Ore. bl m by Direct Heir. A. Ottinger: Miss Gailey. ch m by Geo. W. McKinney. Hemet Stock Farm; Col. Chittenden, ch g by Col. Cnchran, J. S. Autrey; Loe Blossom, b m by Lepide. Mrs. L. M. Schenck; Lillian Axworthy, b m by Axworthv. Frank Byers; Copponacca. br h by Xeernut, C. X. Clark: Ellen May, b m by Glad Ax. G. T. Gurley; Caroline, b m by John B. Donovan. J. B. Jones. Two-Year-Old Pace (Arizona), $500. Jessie Dinnie. b f by Col. Green. J. G. Belt: Roxie D.. br f by Leland D.. W. A. Tore: Lelia Mack, b f by Leland D.. W. L. Selman: Maydella. bl f by Kinney Lou, Marvin Williams; Juana. b f by Henrv Lee. E. S. McEuen; Ladv Della, b f by Dr. Clark. W T Barkley. Two-Year-Old Trot (Arizona). $500. Baby Joy, ch c bv Direct So, Z. C. Prina: Queen C b f by Dr. Clark. J. T. Clark: Mary Jane, b f by Di. Clark. Fred Cleveland; Miss Mayday, b f by Parole Jr.. Ike Sachs: Otis Jr.. b c by James Otis. Mrs. L. M. Schenck; Miss Emily, b f by Knight of Strathmore. W. L. Selman: Clara Tod. b f by Charley Tod, and Irene Strath- more, ch f by Knight of Strathmore. T. E. Pollock: Riv- erside, ch g by Col. Randolph. J. H. Wheat. WEDNESDAY. 2:04 Pace, $2000. King Daphne, bl h by King Direct. Sidney Goldman: Zulu Belle, bl m bv Petigru. C. A. Durfee; Knight of Strathmore, ch h bv Twelfth Xight. L. s. Hawley; It Will Tell, b g by Red Tell, and Direct Gentry, b h by Directly, A .1. Wornert; Little Prince, b h bv Geo. Muscovite, .;. C. Burkhalter; Joe Patchen II. b h by Joe Patchen, C. L. DeRyder; Dirk w.. b g by Athadon, A. ottinger: King Couchman, b g by Atlantic King. Dick McMahon; Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado, C. P. Silva; Hal Gray, ^r h by Hal B., Gen, Pendleton: Little Bernice, b m by Del Coronado, Arlie Frost: Vera Hal. b m by Expressive Mac, H Cohen; Airlie Demonio, b ii by Demonio, Harry Dow- ling: Clara Mae. br m by Expressive Mac. Woodland Stock Farm: Oviedo, b m by Bob Fitzsimmons, Warrer, D> nnio; Hemet. br g by Geo. w. McKinney, Hemet stock Farm: Minnie Chimes br m by Council Chimes, Mary S. McVay: Hal McKinney, b h by Hal R.. C. X. Clark: John D.. b g by Gamrose, J. G. Lutz; Bessie B., b m by Star Di vard. l. I-:. Blgley; Our Colonel, b h by Col. Cochran. J. B. Jones: Margot Hal. b m bv Argot H.il. A. Mc- Donald. 2:07 Trot. $2000. Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter, A McDonald; Alba- loma, b g bv Almaden D., I. L. Borden: King Clansman br h bv Clansman. Dick McMahon; Frank L-. b g by Calhoun. A. J. Wornert; Dr. AVayo. b h by Wilkhurst. Fred Ward; May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes. Bertha Carey, b m bv Zombro, and San Felipe, b g by Zombro C L DeRyder; Peter McCormick. br h by Peter the Great. V. L. Shuler; M. L. J., b g by Red Will, J. G. Lutz; The Comet, ch g bv The Entertainer. O. H. Myers. Three-Year-Old Pace (Arizona), $600. Jessie Dinnie. b m by Col. Green, J. G. Belt; Gabrella. b f bv Standel. C. A. McCoy; Roxie D., bl f by Leland D., W. A*. Yore; Mavdella. bl f by Kinney Lou. and Loudella. bl g by Kinnev'Lou. Marvin Williams; Leland Lambert, b g by" LelandD.. McHarding: Juana. b f by Henry Lee. E. S. McEuen; Lady Lou, b m by Dr. Clark, Justus Goebel. Three-Year-Old Trot (Arizona). $600. Ladv Safford. bv Rythmic Wood. Z. C. Prina: Justice. b g bv Dr. Clark. J. T. Clark: Gypsy Boy. b g by Dr. Clark, and Ladv Leco. bl m by Cochise. Dr. J. G. Belt; Miss Emilv. b f bv Knight of Strathmore. and Chestnut Filly bv J." J. M. Jr., W. L. Selman: Halkirk Boy. b g by Milo M'cKinney, F. T. Gilbert; Mary G.. b m by Ashlan- dorff. J. T. Gurley; Rich Kid, bl g by Prince Bombro, Mitt Simms. THURSDAY— AUTO DAY. FRIDAY. 2:10 Pace (Copper Queen Stake), $2000. Walnut Grove, bl h bv Constantine, A. F. Ruthven; San Jacinto, b g by Geo. W. McKinney. Dr. C. E. Arnold; Charley Foster, ch h unknown, B. R. Burnett: Little Prince* b h bv Geo. Muscovite, J. C. Burkhalter: Little Bernice b m bv Del Coronado, Sidney Goldman; Rastus. br g by Liberty Bov. A. McDonald; McVerde. br h by Zolock.' Henry Delaney; Robert Bingen, b h by Bingen, and Airlie Demonio. by Demonio. Harry Dow-ling; Loch Lomond, br g by Zolock. I. L. Borden; White Sox. b m by Del Coronado, and Soumise, b m by Billy Dunlap, W. G. Durfee; Dick Sentinel, b g by Iowa Sentinel, M. S. Bur- gitt: Direct Gentry, b h by Directly, A. J. Wornert: Clara Mac. br m bv Expressive Mac, W. W. Gallup; May Davis, ch m bv Borado. Bud Davis; Madam Mac. br m by Ex- pressive Mac. and Frank Perry, b h by Toddington. C. L. DeRyder; Pegasus, b h by Zombro. A. C. Severance: The Assessor, ch g by Walter Direct. Dick McMahon: Merry- Direct, b h bv Walter Direct, F. E. Smith: Billy Lou. bl g by Lou King. H. H. Kidd: Waynetta. b m by The Ad- miral. J. A. Burnett; Oro Mo. ch h by Demonio, and Potrero Boy. b gby Demonio. C. F. Silva: Oviedo. b m by- Bob Fitzsimmons. Warren Dennio: George Ellerton, ro h by Kav Allerton. Geo. A. Wheeler. 2:12 Trot (C. &. A. Stake). $2000. The Spartan Queen, br m bv The Spartan, and Isaac R. T.. br h by Albingen. J. R. Thompson; Miss Johnson, b m bv Happv Treasure. A. F. Ruthven; Dr. Wayo. b h by Wilkhurst. Fred Ward; McCloskey. br g by Theodosius. The Duchess, ro m by Allerteen, and Hallmark, b h by Walnut Hall. A McDonald: Henrietta C, b m by Con- stenaro. Geo. Castle: St. Patrick, b g by Direcho. and Fiesta Maid, br m by Zombro. Harry Dowling: Alerick. b g by Direcho. F. S. Whitney, b s by Frank S. Turner. Esperanza. b m by Carlokin. and Rags, b g by Del Coro- nado. W. G. Durfee; Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley, F. E. Van Tress; Tena G., ch m by Geo. TV. McKinney. and Miss Gaily, ch m by Geo. W. McKinney. Hemet Stock Farm; Princess Louise, b m by Del Coronado. Geo. Nu- gent; Homestake. b g bv Ozono. A. J. Wornert; Great Northern, b g by Wayland W.. Fred Ward: Bertha Carey, b m bv Zombro, and Miss Perfection, b m by Gen. Watts, C. L. DeRvder; Grattan Boy. b g by Montana Grattan. John Wall; Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith. J. W. Zibbell; N'uristo. bl h bv Nushagak, Alex Brown; Copper the Ore. bl m bv Direct Heir. A. Ottinger; Col. Chittenden, ch g by Col. Cochran. J. S. Autrey; Lillian Axworthy, b m by Axworthy. Frank Byers; Copponacca. br h by Neer.iut. C. N. Clark: Caroline, b m by John B. Donovan. J. B. Jones: Eva Tanquay, br m by Algon. O. M. Mott. 2:18 Trot (Arizona), $1000. Dr. D. C, bv Del Coronado, Geo. Nugent: Porto Mona. br m by Porto Rico, and Hiland C. Jr.. bl g by Hiland C. T. E. Pollock; Loe Blossom, ch m by Lepide. Mrs. L. M. Schenck; Alice E.. b m by Del Coronado, Ernest Evans; Dr. Clark, b h by The Earlmont. J. T. Clark: Lady Leco. bl m bv Cochise. Dr. J. G. Belt: Meridian Jr.. br g' bv Meridian. B. F. Hobart; Delfino. bl m by Oh So. Alex Lopez; Ellen May. b m by Glad Ax. J. T. Gurley: Sadie View, b m bv Direct View, Louis Sands. Three-Year-Oid Pace (B. of T. Special), $500. Don Conomore. b h by Don Densmore. D. A Dinnie; Alto Barnato. b g by Barney Barnato. I. L. Borden ; Squantum. b h by Squanto. A. McDonald; Change b c by Copa de Oro. and Contention B.. bl c by Copa de Oro W. G. Durfee; Sabrella. b f by Standel. Chas. McCoy: Sunburn Pointer, b g by Sidney Pointer, and Little Pete Pointer, b h by Sidney Pointer, Philip Spence. SATURDAY. Free-For-AII Pace. $2000. King Daphne, bl h by King Direct, Sidney Goldman: Don Densmore. b b by Pactolus, D. A. Dinnie: Knight of Strathmore. ch h by Twelfth Night. L. S. Hawley; Jim Logan, b h bv Charles Derbv. J. E. Montgomery': It Will Tell, b g by Red Tell. A. J. Wornert; Don Pronto, bl h by The Director General. W. G. Durfee; Little Prince, b h by Geo. Muscovite. J. C. Burkhalter; Leata J., b m by Royal McKinney, J. X. Jones; Joe Patchen II. b h by Joe Patchen, C. L. DeRyder; Walter Cochato. bl h by Cochato. Will Maple; Oviedo, bl m by Bob Fitzsimmons, Warren Dennio; Hemet, br g by Geo. W. McKinney. Hemet Stock Farm: Minnie Chimes, br m bv Council Chimes. Mary S. McVay; Our Colonel, b h by Col. Coch- ran. J. B. Jones: King Couchman, b g by Atlantic King. Dick McMahon : Margot Hal, b m by Argot Hal, A. Mc- Donald. Free-For-AII Trot, $2000. Frank L., b g by Calhoun. A. J. Wornert: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes, and Bertha Carey, b m by Zom- bro, C. L. DeRyder: Rags, b g by Del Coronado. and Virginia Barnette, b f bv Moko. W. G. Durfee: Albaloma, b g by Almaden D., I. L. Borden: M. J. L.. b g by Red Will. J. G. Lutz: King Clansman, br h by Clansman, Dick McMahon; Peter McCormick. br h by Peter the Great. V. L. Shuler; Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter, A. McDonald. 2:20 Pace (Arizona), $1000. Will Guthrie, bl h by Educator, T. E. Pollock: Patch- lock, bl h bv Zolock. A. H. Davidson: Direct So. br b bv Direct Heir. E. S. McEuen; Arlie L.. b g by Klatawah. Chas. Dobry: Booker T.. b g by Ira Band. A. S. Murphy; Gabrella. b f by Standel. Chas. McCoy: Kuropatkin. br h bv Gambetta Wilkes. W. T. Barklev; Kildare, b g by Zombro. Dr. J. G. Belt. of Arthur C. Thomas, and while containing much information already presented to our readers, is reproduced herewith, with the compliments of the Breeder and Sportsman extended to the Curtis Pub- lishing Company, and our assurance given them that horsemen and the public in general appreciate the attention paid by them to the sport that gets right next to the heart of true blooded Americans — harness horse racing. MORE ABOUT WILLIAM. Harness horses are compelled to depend almost entirely upon their own "class journals" for public- ity, and very often when a publication of general nature attempts a dissertation upon a horse or horses, the matter is liable to be a badly tangled up affair. In the light of these little annoying circum- stances it is a pleasure to note the article on William in a recent edition of The Country Gentleman, ac- companied as it is by a full cover illustration in col- ors, presenting an excellent likeness of the speedy Indiana pacer and a most natural picture of the ever popular Billy Marvin. Th° =xtide is from the pen For the first time in the history of light-harness racing a horse has gone a mile in two minutes in a regular race. Faster performances have been against the watch. The record-breaking feat was performed at Comstock Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 5, 1914, by the pacing stallion William. The sur- prising feature is that he is only four years old. All other two-minute performers have been from six to eight years old at the time of entering the charmed circle. Another unusual fact is that William is not standard — that is, not eligible to registration in the American Trotting Register, although he can be reg- istered when his dam produces another 2; 30 animal. William gave early evidence of speed. As a two- year-old he worked a half on a half-mile track in 1:05%. Last year as a three-year-old he reduced the world's record for three-year-old pacers to 2:05 in his third start and could have paced faster had there been anything else in the race to force him. Last year he also reduced the half-mile track record for his age to 2:09. In his first start this year he reduced the four-year-old record to 2:02 and in his third start reduced the four-year-old and all aged regular race records to 2:00. Up to this writing he has started in nine races and has been returned winner in all. Minor Heir, in some hippodrome dashes with three of his stable mates, during the summer of 1910, paced two miles in 2:00 or better — one in 2:00 flat and the other in 1:59. Some statisticians give these as race records, but they are not to be compared with Wil- liam's performance, which was in the second heat of a regular race. The mile was so extraordinary that several of the experts have already announced their intention of distinguishing between dash races — which are seldom seen on the light-harness turf — and regular races, so that William may not be robbed of his great honors. William's record-breaking performance was made in a three-in-five event and he won in straight heats, time 2:00%, 2:00, 2.02%. Each heat was won easily, the third being the easiest of all. In this one race William broke four world's records and equaled one other, although all the previous records were made in separate races and not so early in the season. In pacing his first heat in 2:00% William tied the first heat regular race record held by Minor Heir and made in 1908. William's second heat, in 2:00, re- duced the following three records: (1) The fastest mile in a regular race — the previous record being 2:00%, held jointly by Star Pointer (1897), Minor Heir (1908) and Evelyn W. (1912); (2) the fastest second heat — the previous record being '2:00%, held by Evelyn W. (1912) ; (3) the fastest mile by a four- year-old — the previous record being 2:02, held by William himself, while the record before 1914 was 2:02%, made by Braden Direct in 1912. The three heats taken collectively reduced the existing record for the fastest three-heat race — pre- viously held by Independence Boy, who paced his three heats in 2:02%, 2:01% and 2:02 in 1911. All things considered William is the premier race horse the light-harness turf has produced and he looks to be able, if trained with that end in view, to equal or reduce all pacing time records. The best miles ever paced against time were made by Dan Patch, who paced behind a wind shield in 1:55, behind a dirt shield in 1:55 "-,4 and in the open in 1:58. William is a dark bay horse, standing about 15.2 hands high and weighing about 1000 pounds. He is rather a plain-looking horse, although not homely, being on the angular rather than the round-made order, especially round the hips, and cut out under the flanks in a way conducive to a long stride. He looks more like a gelding than like a stallion. He has no markings other than a few gray hairs on the right hind ankle. He has a very intelligent face, particularly when seen from the front. William wears only quarter boots in front, while behind he is protected with coronet boots and shin- and-ankle boots, the latter being somewhat unusual on pacers. He wears an eight-ounce shoe in front, with three-ounce toe weights and a 4%-ounce bar shoe behind. A bar is a very unusual hind shoe, either for trotters or pacers. His toes are 3% inches long all round, front angle 50 degrees, hind angle 55 degrees. He races in a blind bridle, snaffle bit, plain overdraw check, traces, martingale and head pole. William is gaited, booted and shod more like a trotter than like a pacer; in fact he jogs when going slow. He goes very high in front, has a long stride behind, and has considerable swing and roll, yet his movements are not labored. William is not a fashionably bred horse but his foundation lines are excellent-.- He was sired by Abe J. 2:10, son of San Mateo 2:131i. by Simmons 2:28, son of George Wilkes 2:22, dam Lizzie C. p. 2:20%— trial 2:12%— by Jaywood 6551, son of Nut- wood 2:18%; second dam Kitty Van p. 2:13%, by Pennypacker 4803. a descendant of Cassius M. Clay Jr. 22. with crosses of Blue Bull, Tom Hal and thor- oughbred; third dam by Caliph, an old-time Indiana sire of untraced pedigree. William was bred and is owned by A. Earl Van Natta of Otterbein, Indiana, who owned his dam and - granddam, and has been driven in all his races by William W. Marvin of La Fayette, Indiana. Saturday, October 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N FIXTURES. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. D.WITT. I also caught a leopard or spotted shark, weighing about 250 pounds and was about seven feet long, and had a busy hour with him. I handled him on a 10-ounce steel pole and 21- thread tuna line, with a big tuna reel, but admit that I would never have landed him except for a peculiar characteristic of this fish, which is to spin or roll itself up in the line. The men who were with me in the boat had out two big hand lines and when at last I had pumped at the shark with the reel and small pole until he ran under the boat, he then got tangled up in their lines and rolled himself until we drew him up to the boat tail foremost. He was as strong and active as an unbroken Missouri mule, and we did not dare to pull him into our row boat for fear he would break the bottom out of it and sink us. We therefore clubbed him with an oar, cut our lines and turned him loose. They have such tenacity of life that I have no doubt he felt but little discomfort from the clubbing, though the stout hook with a copper wire snell may be an inconvenient appendage for awhile. We could not risk an attempt to get it out of his mouth, which looked like a dentist's show case. Schools of "gray whales" are frequently seen in the Santa Barbara channel, some 80 feet long, but they are dangerous game and so unprofitable that they are but little hunted now. A basking shark 37 feet long collided with a steam- ship about a year or more ago and was killed. It floated ashore near Santa Barbara and became so effluvious that it had to be towed out into deep water. The great orca or "killer sharks," sometimes 30 feet long, of which every inhabitant of the ocean stands in dread, are occasionally seen in this channel and frequently attack and kill the whales. Seals and sea lions are said to stay out of water on the rocks or beach when they are around. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Tournaments Registered. October 17. — Wilmington. Del. Dupont Trapshooting Club, T. E. Doremus, President. Oct. 21 and 22. — Ray Arizona. Ray Gun Club. Geo. Stai- ger, Secretary. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting; Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdavs — Apr. IS, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Oct 30, 31," Nov. 1 — Colorado Kennel Club. C. A. Ellis, secretary. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A, K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary. Alameda, Cal. CHANNEL FISH AND FISHY STORIES. [By Mo TJriJ Santa Barbara channel and the Channel islands, which include the famous Santa Catalina and San Clemente group, are said to furnish the finest deep sea fishing known. Tuna, yellowtail. black sea bass, albacore, bonita and barracuda are some of the fam- ous varieties, and sharks, seals, flying fish, sea lions and whales are frequently seen and caught in these waters. I provided myself with with big fishing tackle and chartered a gasoline launch and a row boat, and formed the acquaintance of a man who kept a whole- sale and retail fish market and owned about 20 fish- ing boats and a row of ice boxes in which he kept all kinds of big game fish which he caught in nets. I did this as a precaution against going home empty-handed. I also carefully priced all the vari- eties and interrogated him carefully about the hab- its and characteristics of the kinds, so that I could write or talk about them knowingly, whether any of them became a trophy to my skill or not. No experienced fisherman neglects such essential precautions. My first day's catch was as follows: One rock bass, weight, 7 pounds; another, 6 pounds: another, 5hi pounds; one sheepshead, a beautiful fish, weight 18 pounds; another, 9 pounds; another, 4 pounds; 12 smelts, average about three-fourths of a pound: one infantile blue shark, weight 60 pounds. I had promised some ladies to bring them some fine fish, and had expected to exchange my catch at the fish dealer's for baracuda or bonita or yellow- tail, paying him a good bonus, but the foolish women saw me from the beach, and met me at the dock, and I had to exhibit shark and sheepshead, but did work off one of the sheepshead for a young tuna and tried to pass off the shark for a sea bass, but couldn't put the bluff over. The trouble about the fishing on the Pacific Coast is that there is too much water. The ability which I have acquired as a skilled fisherman in past years has been gained by fishing in small streams or creeks where if the fish would not bite you could go in chase them ashore or throw rocks at them until they sur- rendered. Channel island fishing is entirely a different propo- sition. You buy 600 feet of line, a pole about as thick as a young flagstaff and a reel the same size as a No. 3 tomato can. You put a big hook, with a piece of white bone on it, on your line and get busy trolling. If you hook a fish, he immediately starts for the Philippines, stopping en route only at Hawaii, and he takes you and the boat with him as long as his supply of fuel lasts and the line don't break. Some days I caught nothing. It is all pure luck, this salt water Ashing. If you happen to find the spot where the fish are you get them, otherwise you don't. I quit using the power boats, which make a lot of noise, for no respectable fish with a due regard for peace of mind would stay near them, and resorted to a stout row boat, propelled by one Italian and one Portuguese. We caught a large quantity and vari- ety of many kinds that we were not seeking, and no yellowtail, bonita, albacore or tuna. We caught a boat load of sheepshead, running from 2 to 10 pounds; some black bass, called here "cabrillo" in honor of the memory of a Spanish explorer, w"ho first discovered Rincon Point, just south of Santa Bar- bara; a lot of sculpins, rock cod, smelts, all small fish, and a "cat fish" which has eyebrows; a salt water crawfish which weighed at least 15 pounds, and I am told that they are caught to weigh as much as 25 pounds. They are without claws and are called lobsters here, but are not. They are protected until September 15 by law and must be thrown back when caught. I am told that the flesh is tough and that it has a strong phosphorus taste something like canned Japanese crab meat", which is no doubt identical. FLY-CASTING CONTESTS. The ninth contest in the gold medal series for 1914 of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club was held at Stow lake last Sunday forenoon and Saturday after- noon. F. A. Webster's average of 99.48 per cent in the light tackle fly-casting (event 3) was within three demerits of a perfect score. In the dry-fly accuracy casting (event 4) his average was within 2-15 of the world's record in this event. Event 1, delicacy fly- casting for both days, shows high percentages, no contestant going below 97 per cent. Event 2, heavy tacky fly-casting, also shows a general average of high scores. Event 12. distance lure casting with half-ounce frog — Saturday averages: F. J. Cooper 179 feet, Stanley Forbes 155 feet, P. W. Shattuck 124 feet, C. H. Kewell 63 feet. Sunday averages: F. J. Cooper 198 feet, C. H. Kewell 113 feet. P. W. Shattuck 109 feet, S. Forbes 92 feet, W. J. Davis 19 feet. In event 12, half-ounce lure event, F. J. Cooper's 188 and 225 feet were the high scores for both days. The score tabulations follow: Saturday Contest No. 9. Medal series. Stow lake, Oc- tober 10. 1914. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. Judges — C. H. Gardner, S. Forbes, J. F. Burgin. Ref- eree—C. H. Kewell. Clerk— E. O. Ritter. Events— 1 2 3 4 11 a b c C. H. Kewell |98.4S| 98.20 98. 34I97. 32 99.32 97.8 97.1 Stanlev Forbes . . ,|99.4 |100. 99.3299.8 99.36 98.14 98.3 J. F. Burgin 98.4 98.30 98. 17|99. 12 99.24 98.1 96.8 C. G. Young 98.52 100. 99.26 99.12 99.20 97.14 97. S Paul W. Shattuck. 98.24 98.40 98.32 99.8 99.12 98.6 97.4 C.H.Gardner 98.52 99.1099.1 99.20 99.20 98.13 97.6 F. A. Webster 98.40 99.40 99.10 99.28 99.48198.10 98.4 W. J. Davis 98.32 97.50 98.11 97.56 9. 932I9S. 92.5 F. J. Cooper 98.32 97.8 97.7 H. A. Russell 97.12 97.50 97.31 96.32 97. 12|97.1 Re-entry scores — F. A. Webster ...198.561100. 199.28199- S 198. 56199. 8 |98.6 P. W. Shattuck. ..I I |98.4899. 1 198.2 F. J. Cooper | I | |99.12| \ | Sunday Contest No. 9. Medal series. Stow lake, October 11. 1914. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. Judges — J. Springer. C. H. Gardner, J. F. Burgin. Ref- eree— C. H. Kewell. Clerk. E. O. Ritter. Events S. Forbes J. Springer C. H. Gardner H. A. Russell C. H. Kewell Paul W. Shattuck. Dr. W. E. Brooks. W. J. Davis J. F. Burgin C. G. Young Sam Wells F. H. Reed A. Sperry F. J. Cooper 99 98.20 99.12 97.32 98.40 9S.1S 98.48 97.40 96.28 98. 98.28 1 b 99.20 97.30 9S.5II 98. 99.10 98.50 99.10 9S.2II 9S.40 99.10 98.20 11 97.55 99.1 97.41 98.55 98.49 '.IS. 59 98. 97.34 9S.35 98.24 98.56 99.16 98.8 98.40 99.1: 99.4 9S.44 99.3: 99.4 99.4 98.16 98.56 99.2 99.8 98.4 9S.56 9S.10 98.52 97.14 99.4 98.9 99.8 98.8 98.8 98.4 99. 97. 99.12 96.13 99.16 96.11 99.20 97.13 98.56 97.11 9S.16 97.9 99.8 98. 98.: 96.9 92.9 94.8 94.1 97.6 97.6 NOTE: Event 1 — Delicacy and accuracy combined, a, accuracy percentage; b, delicacy percentage; c, net percentage. Event 2 — Heavy tackle accuracy percentage. Event 3 — Light tackle accuracy percentage. Event 4— Dry fly accuracy percentage. Event 5— ^i ounce lure, accuracy percentage. Event 6 — ^4 ounce lure, distance average. Event 7 — V4 ounce lure, long cast, feet. Event 8 — Heavy tackle, distance cast, feet. Event 9 — Light tackle, distance cast, feet. Event 10 — Salmon fiy, distance, feet. Event 11 — ^ ounce lure, accuracy percentage. Event 12 — ia ounce lure, distance, average. Event 13 — ^ ounce lure, long cast, feet. Legislation for the year 1913 procured the passage of a law commonly known as the No-Sale-of-Game Law. This law received the signature of the Gover- nor and should, thereupon, have become of full force and effect; but immediately upon its passage al1 those who profited by the killing, sale, serving or transporting of dead wild game became active in opposition and its operation was held up through the medium of a referendum which is to be voted upon at the next general State election in November. The provisions of the law prohibits the sale and ship- ment of all wild game, except wild geese and rab- bits; but permits the sale of ducks during the month of November only. To circulate their referendum petition effectively, and to cloak their commercial motives while doing so, the instigators of this nefarious attempt to divert a natural State resource of stupendous financial value to their trade uses, organized an association which — with inconceivable effrontery — they designated the People's Fish and Game Protective Association. The idea of forming this association originated with one John F. Corriea, a fish and game dealer of San Francisco; a man who has been arrested (either per- sonally or by representation) twenty-one times for violation of fish and game laws, it is claimed. All the alleged notorious game law violating fish and game dealers of San Francisco became members; were assessed heavily for initial expenses and the People's Fish and Game Protective Association got off to a flying start and immediately began to do business for business. Encouraged by their success in securing (by fair means and foul, and all within the City and County of San Francisco) the requisite number of names upon their petition to make their referendum a ba'lot certainty; encouraged also by the promise of finan- cial support from the hotel and restaurant interests — which interests wished to profit by the serving of game to its patrons during the Exposition year — they cast about for means to make permanent their tem- porary clutch upon the money represented by ihe wild life belonging to the people of California. The initiative presented this opportunity, since a law initiated and passed by the people directly can not be amended or abrogated by act of the Legislature. New trade members were secured. New and larger assessments were levied. Newspapers were subsidized, and, with blare of trumpets, their initia- tive petition was presented to the public. This ini- tiative proposed to remove all market sale restric- tions from all our native wild game, and its effect, if approved, would have been the loosing of thousand of market gunners to comb our forests and fields for delicate provender w^ith which to feed the expected hordes of Exposition visitors. But this last attempt to divert the property of the people into the bank accounts of the Corrieas, the Chiges, the Gianninis, the Sportonis and the Campodonicos of the fish and game trade died a-borning, — died miserably because the clubmen and the ultra-fashionables of the State's sportsmen belatedly awoke to a realization that these alien bird-butchers threatened Sport, and their fran- tic protests sent the hotel and restaurant interests scurrying to cover; to repudiation of their promised financial aid to the association, and to published dis- avowal of any sympathy with it or with its purposes. We have no wish to question the published state- ments of men prominent in the Hotel Men's Associa- tion; but — we have a privately circulated list of the People's Fish and Game Protective Association's rep- resentatives in forty-four of the counties of the State, and of these forty-four representatives, thirty-eight were hotel proprietors; and proprietors (in every instance) of the most prominent hostelries in their respective counties. The trail of Trade slimes across the face of every attempt to remove the safeguards placed about our fast vanishing wild life species; hut, in few instances is it so obvious as here. Well, the sale-of-game initiative is dead. It existed barely long enough to achieve its birth-cry. and atten- tion is paid to it here merely to illustrate the lengths to which the game trade will go if encouraged by even partial concessions. Its parent, the misnamed and misbegotten People's Fish and Game Protective Association, is also dead, — as a body; but its con- stituent parts are very much alive, and these only await the encouragement of your negative vote upon their non-sale-of-game referendum to re-unite and force from our next Legislature a law to give them all their initiative petition asked for; a law permit- ting their appropriation for profit of the entire wild game supply of the State of California. We have legislated for the welfare of Sport long enough. Let's try a little legislation for the welfare of Game. Montana sportsmen are alive to the vast benefits of keeping their streams well stocked with trout. A report from Dillon states: Fred Rife has received a shipment of 3,000 rainbow trout fry, which lie planted in the stream running through the west side. The latter part of last week Mr. Rife planted 10,000 native brook trout in the same stream. On the following morning a large number of young fish were also put off at Armstead and Dell, where they were planted to replenish the streams in those localities. All of the fish is being shipped to Beaverhead county from the fish hatch- eries at Anaconda. A month or so ago several hun- dred thousand trout fry were shipped to Beaverhead points from the Columbia Gardens in Butte and planted in the streams. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 17, 1914. OPENING OF THE FALL HUNTING SEASON. FISH LINES. A small army of local duck hunters and their fellow gunners representing the bay counties dis- tricts experienced a series of anxious hours since Friday night last week, when the rainclouds, which had been gathering overhead all day. gave indica- tion of preliminary sprinkling during the early even- ing hours. The potent question was, Will the threat- ened storm spoil the opening day's shoot Thursday? A continuance of fair weather until Thursday morning gave promise of one of the best duck- shooting openings for years past. A general storm at this time, these pleasantly anticipated prospects for limit bags of fat ducks would be dissipated to a cer- tainty. The webfeet lose no time in getting away from the marshes and baited ponds, generally going farther south, where more congenial weather condi- tions ensue, or the birds will scatter to the puddles and ponds in the fields and meadows. Here they find a change of diet in newly sprouted vegetation and seeds, and also immunity, out in the open coun- try, from the hunters' attentions. For several weeks past advance divisions of broad- billed migrants have been arriving from the north and mingling with the home-bred birds in the marsh and tule districts. The newcomers were mainly sprig and mallard, but a number of small bunches of can- vasbacks and a few bluebills have been seen in the Sonoma and lower Napa marshes. At the different Suisun marsh preserves the birds have been surprisingly numerous. At the Green Lodge ponds, particularly in the big loafing pond, the ducks have been phenomenally thick. The pond was constructed early this season, a tract of nearly sixty acres denuded of the rank tule growth and flooded over. A short time ago the water was run off and soon thereafter a fine crop of short feed sprouted. Two weeks ago the floodgates were opened and the pond covered with just enough water to make the spot an ideal duck-feeding and loafing ground — a condition that the birds soon availed themselves of. The Joyce island clubs have also been invaded by big bunches of birds. The Alameda marshes, from San Leandro down to Alviso, a few days ago were visited by large flocks of ducks, mainly sprig. In the bay, off the Alvarado marshes, seemed to be a favorite abiding place for thousands of wild ducks. Down at the San Joaquin valley hunting sections wild ducks were counted recently by the "millions," principally on the "west side." An electrical storm recently in the Fresno section of the valley was fol- lowed by a heavy downpour of rain. Ponds, of great- er or less extent, and puddles by the hundred were created on the open land. These patches of water were soon filled with a new and liberal growth of green stuff, which boarding-houses were quickly pat- ronized by thousands of wild ducks. The big lease holdings of gun clubs in the Los Banos and Gustine districts were cut down last sea- son; the owners of the land raised the rent. Recent reports from that section state that the West Side Club has sold its clubhouse property and lease to A. C. Hayes of San Jose, who is one of the new out- of-town members. The local members will shoot as guests on the club preserve this season. The Field and Tule Gun Club has leased additional grounds, and has moved its clubhouse to another location, joining the Los Banos Gun Club on the south and west. J. Metcalf, Ned Bosqui, Joe Harlan, J. B. Coleman, Nat Boas and other members antici- pated good sport Thursday morning. The Sprig and Teal Club will be operated this year in connection with the Los Banos Hotel. J. T. Huston, the man- ager of the Santa Rita Club, will act in the same capacity for the Sprig and Teal Club. But a short time ago the marshes near Vallejo were full of ducks, principally sprig, but for some unknown cause the birds have slipped away. During the past jear it is safe to state most of the open duck-hunting ground within easy reach of this city has been leased to gun clubs or individual sports- men. In consequence the independent fusilier will have rather a hard scrambling to find open marsh territory on which to indulge his penchant for duck shooting. GAME EXPERTS EXAMINATION. The California State civil service commission an- nounces an examination for game expert of the Fish and Game Commission, to be held in San Francisco on October 24. The position is one recently estab- lished, and calls for field, administrative and office work in connection with the importation, propaga- tion, distribution and protection of foreign and do- mestic game birds and animals. The entrance salary is $1800 per year and travel- ing expenses. All male citizens of the State, between the ages of 25 and 60 on the date of the examination, who comply with the requirements, are eligible for .animation, which will include a short written examination and the submission of a thesis or of published articles dealing with game conditions in California and general game conservation. Further information and application blanks may be secured from the State Civil Service Commission. State capitol, Sacramento. Applications must be properly executed and filed with the commission on or before October 19, 1914, in order to be considered for the examination. San Francisco Fly-Casting Club members who fished the Truckee river recently found the water near Union Mills clear and in good fishing condition. T. C. Kierulff landed a basket of seventeen nice-sized fish, caught with a sherry spinner. Charles H. Kewell and other rodsters at the club lodge also landed good catches. That there are trout in that part of the river is shown by one catch of eight fish, ranging from half a pound to two pounds in weight, but taken with bait. T. C. Kierulff, T. H. Reed, Carter V. Pomeroy and R. R. Flint composed the party at the clubhouse a week ago. The club season on the Truckee closed on the 15th inst. Dr. George Lane, of this city, has been high rod at Greig's, on Eel river, among the steelhead anglers. W. K. Ingalls writes enthusiastically of the sport at that point on the river. John F. Seibe left last week for Greig's to join the colony of anglers from this city. From Big Bar, on the Feather river, Albert Gruen- walt writes to Sam Wells that "fishing is very good." Rainbows from one and one-half to two pounds in weight — spoon, salmon roe and grasshoppers being the best lures. The State fish car with between 250,000 and 300,000 fry, Loch Leven, Eastern Brook and Rainbow, con- signed to Huntington lake, reached Fresno last week in the best of condition. The fish came from the State hatchery at Sisson and was shipped by the State Fish and Game Commission. Huntington lake is near the terminus of the San Joaquin and Eastern railway and is easily accessible from Fresno. Over 90,000 trout fry were delivered in Porterville last week from the State fish hatchery at Sisson and are now on their way to various streams of the upper mountains. The hill district has been mapped out by the officials of the Porterville Fish and Game Protective Association and the Tule River Fishing and Hunting Association, and the fry were carried in relays to spots selected, and in conse- quence there was no delay in putting them in the water. Due to work of the association last year in planting about 200,000 fry, only a comparatively small number of the fish were handled this year. Anglers who have fished in the Big Meadows streams in past years still regard that section as deserving the attention of Waltonians, in view of promising lake fishing conditions as well as excellent stream angling opportunities still ensuing in the upper reaches of the meadows. The following note from the Chico Record may be interesting in connection with past memories: The Big Meadows dam is to be enlarged even further and ultimately will form a lake having an area of forty-five square miles and containing more than 1,250,000 acre-feet of water, according to an announcement coming from San Francisco. An odd story comes from Sacramento to the effect that 186 large, duck-eating black bass were removed from the lake in the park near Fort Sutter recently by Gardener Jack Scroggs, assisted by County Game Warden G. V. Neale and his assistant, W. J. Green, and placed in the lake in the Soutside park, where several thousand trout were planted for the benefit of the school ihildren, who are permitted to fish in the lake every Saturday. The big bass were caught with a seine. Many of them were three feet long and all fat and strong. Neale declares that the fish became so large in the Sutter Fort lake that they snapped the young, wild ducklings from the surface of the lake and swallowed them whole. For awhile Scroggs was unable to dis- cover where the young ducks disappeared to. Some believed that miscreants were responsible. An inves- tigation followed with the result that the bass were charged with being aquatic carnivora, and their re- moval ordered. In connection with this activity Southside park lake was also well planted in various kinds of fish, including Eastern brook trout, Scotch mottled trout, blue gill perch, sunfish, Sacramento river perch, steel- head and several species of Sacramento river fish other than perch. It is proposed to make the park lake inviting to the young nimrods of Sacramento on Saturdays only. The game warden and his assistants marveled at the size of the bass taken from the Fort Sutter lake. They argued, however, that the fish lived high, mak- ing young wild ducks their special prey, and that it was little wonder that they outstripped the bass of the river even though they had a greater field in which to forage for food. So far as is known all of the bass have been removed from the lake and the ducks are safe. The work of constructing a fish ladder in the Truckee river at Derby dam was under way last month, according to a letter received by the Nevada Fish Commission from Project Engineer D. W. Cole. The letter stated that the old ladder had been cleared away and that all supplies, with the excep- tion of timber, had been delivered. Timber was de- layed, the letter said, owing to the destruction by fire of the lumber mill from which it had been ordered. A neighboring lumber company promised to fill the order with a delay of but two weeks. The work will be of much heavier construction than the old ladder and the pools will be four times as large. A favorable terminus for the fishway in the bed of the stream so that an easy approach for the fish may be had, was to be prepared. The building of the new Derby fish ladder comes after a State-wide fight in both Ne.vada and California dating back nine years. Hundreds of tons of huge lake trout have been battered to death annually in efforts to pass the dam. Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner R. B. Hea- cock recently conducted operations at the San Lo- renzo river just north of the railroad bridge in Santa Cruz, where a net was used to gather in steelhead to obtain any fish that were marked. All others were liberated. In one of the hauls 43 fine large salmon were caught and turned loose. This is the closed season for salmon-taking with nets in all districts of California, the season having closed September 20. It will be reopened November 15. Reports from the Sacramento river are to the effect that the salmon run is light at present. The first rains will bring the salmon up the creeks. Salmon can be taken with hook and line only, the daily limit being three fish. Big schools of salmon are lying in Eel river near the ocean waters waiting for the first rains when they will go upstream to spawn, according to Deputy Fish and Game Warden Earl P. Barnes. Barnes says the Eel river fishermen are looking for an unu- sually large run of salmon again this year, basing their estimates on present conditions. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. The largest catch of big game ever made was accomplished a week ago near Buttonwillow in Kern county. George S. Palmer, head cattleman for Miller & Lux, sprung the great trap and caught 150 elk. At a signal fifty vaqueros closed in behind nearly the last survivors of the thousands of elk which in past years roamed the San Joaquin. Dr. Evermann, director of the California Academy of Sciences, will distribute the elk to parks in the State. Nearly 100 hunters of Virginia City and vicinity attended a meeting and subscribed more than $200 with which to engage counsel and determine their rights against the monopoly of duck shooting at Washoe lake, states the Sacramento Union. W. G. Greiner was selected chairman, and D. P. Morgan, secretary. More funds with which to test the law was prom- ised, and counsel representing the hunters will be instructed to take the case to the supreme court if necessary. The meeting grew out of the arrest of five Virginia City hunters at Washoe lake, who were arrested for trespass. The ground on which they are accused of trespassing was formerly anybody's shooting ground, but has this year been monopolized by a so-called gun club which exacts a club membership, or a daily fee for the privilege of shooting on what it terms its preserve. For some time past inhabitants of the State of Nevada have been coming over the line and taking advantage of the magnificent fishing and hunting of California without the formality of obtaining a hunt- ing license. As the money paid for fishing and hunt- ing licenses in California is all devoted to the re- supply of game and fish of this State, the State Fish and Game Commission notified its deputies to keep a close watch on people from other States, with the results that several arrests followed. Warden O'Connor of Grass Valley found James Maekey of Goldfield using a dollar California license and compelled him to take out a ten-dollar non- resident license and several arrests were made. The majority of the arrests were made in Hope and Lake valleys and Kirkwood and Blue lakes, where the fish- ing and hunting conditions are excellent. * * * One of the largest bear hunts ever organized from that section left Maricopa today for the high Sierras in the vicinity of kernville where the members will spend several weeks in the wilds in search of bear which are said to "use" in that locality in large numbers. Ranchers have been complaining about several large bears which are unusually bold in their raids upon stock and provisions left unguarded. The expedition was organized by J. F. Blessing, Jim Heath and Warren C. McCutcheon. They have arranged to take along eight of the best trained bear dogs in the State. Three of the dogs are from the Heath kennel, two are from Reyes kennel and three blooded hounds from the Cunningham kennel in Los Angeles. The dogs from Heaths and Reyes are Aire- dales and are said to be hard fighters and trailers. Several pack mules were sent up to Kernville last week and the remainder of the outfit wili be taken up by members of the party. * * * Game Warden Koppel has returned from Morgan Hill, where he secured the conviction of Walter Niel- sen, who lives near that place, on a charge of killing a doe. The case was heard before Judge Miller. The accused, in the face of the evidence that had been secured by the game warden, admitted that he had killed the doe, but explained that there was a buck with the doe behind some brush; that he did not see the latter; that both the animals ran and he tired. In his excitement he shot the wrong deer and killed the doe. The mistake cost him $50, which he paid in court. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, October 17, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 TRAPSHOOTING. [Concluded from last week.] The length of the stock is another important con- sideration. Generally speaking, a person with long arms needs a longer stock than one with short arms. It is better to buy a gun that is too long than one that is too short because it is easier to have the stock cut down than to have it lengthened. A fairly satisfactorily way of determining whether a gun is the correct length for you is by holding it to your shoulder with the finger on the trigger, then let the butt of the gun fall into the crotch of your arm at the elbow with the barrels pointing up. If you can do this without changing the position of your finger or of your hand on the grip, you can be fairly certain that the stock is not too long for you. We hear much talk about the balance of a gun or the way it "handles." An old shooter will take your gun, throw it to his shoulder and perhaps tell you that it "handles like a club." It is usually diffi- cult to get him to explain any more fully than this and you may be puzzled to determine just what is the matter. A gun is balanced right for you when its center of weight comes about half way between your two hands when holding it at the shoulder. Find the central point between your hands and if at that point the gun will balance across your finger, it is balanced right for you. It should be clear that in this case the weight of the gun will be divided equally between your two hands when aiming. If a gun is too heavy at the muzzle it is hard to swing it quickly enough and it has a tendency to make you shoot low and behind. A gun that is too light at the muzzle has just the opposite effect on your shooting. The choice of the powder to use in trapshooting is as important as the choice of a gun. The quali- ties to be sought for are uniformity of strength and quickness, good velocities, even patterns and light recoil. A powder that is variable will throw you out on your "leads" and a powder that does not give sufficient velocities will tell against you, particularly when shooting in a wind. The value of a light recoil will be easily appreciated. The powders which are recommended on account of the above qualifications are Infallible and E. C. The former is a "dense" powder, which means that to get a given result it takes less of it than to get the same result with black powder or a "bulk" smokeless powder like E. C. Both these powders are equally good for trap work, but for some classes of shooting Infallible has the advantage because it is waterproof. Proper loads to use at the traps are 24 grains of Infallible or three drams of E. C. smokeless shotgun powders, with 1% ounces of No. 7% chilled shot. Any of the standard makes of loaded shells are good, and the above loads can be secured in all of them. It is always well to specify the kind of shell and the kind of powder when buying ammunition. These are the fundamentals but there are deeper problems in trapshooting that have in many in- stances escaped even old devotees of the game. The "Shooting Groove" is an expression some shooter once coined and it is — well, in effect it is the thing which wins championships, that hangs up long run records and which differentiates a 95% shooter from a 75%. one. It sometimes changes a 75% to a 95% one for a short time. When you get into this shooting groove you know it by a feeling of positive certainty that you are going to break target after target as they waltz away from the trap house. You know that you are going to hit them and keep on hitting them, that you have forgotten how to miss, that the birds are so close and so easy that all you have to do is to point in their general direction and pull the trigger. When a shooter is in this shooting groove it means that his bodily machinery is working smoothly, that his eye is true, and that his brain is telegraphing through swiftly operating nerves to muscles that are responding accurately and instantly. It means that he has confidence that knows no wavering, and that while he may at times seem almost careless, so pre- cise are the directions of his mind and so perfect is the execution of his muscles that he instinctively points his gun at the correct spot every time. This wonderful can't-miss feeling is the supreme reward which the goddess deputized by Diana to pre- side over the destinies of huntsmen who follow the fast-flying blue rocks, bestows on her faithful devo- tees. You have all known it sometime — you who are reg- ulars at the "score." You will all know it some- time— you who are serving your novitiate at the traps. And when you get into this shooting groove, when you begin to feel the confidence, the ease and the certainty that bird after bird will disappear be- fore your gun; when your eye and brain and trigger finger are working like a machine well oiled with everything in tune, you will know to a supreme de- gree why trapshooting is the greatest sport in the world. It may last only for a run of 25, or it may carry you into the hundreds without a miss, but in either case it will leave you with a zest for the game that nothing can balk. The memory of it will oblit- erate the disappointment occasioned by many poor scores. This groove, to most trap shots, is simply the feel that they are "right" but in the analysis of it and its application to your own individual case, there is an interesting study which may aid you greatly to stay in it once you have discovered it. For one thing, you may be pretty sure that it will take con- centration to keep the goose eggs out of your score. Some of the old-timers look as if they were shooting with a happy abandon that requires only about half their attention. But you may be sure that in spite of appearances they are attending strictly to busi- ness. In trapshooting, one of the most important acquirements is the ability to exclude from your mind everything except the determination to break the next target. Go after every bird as though it were the only one you were' going to shoot at and as though your only chance for a good score lay in breaking that disc. To give an idea of how important concentration is and how easily it is upset: It was in the final string of shoot-off for the clay bird championship of one of the Mid-Western States. Two contestants had tied with 95 out of 100 birds. Up to the 15th bird in the shoot-off both men had broken every target. But at that moment an unex- pected thing happened. A tame, live pigeon, flying over the grounds and apparently not in the least frightened by the noise, alighted on the top of the trap house. The man whose turn it was to shoot at this moment, was just about to call "pull" when the bird flapped down into his range of vision. Attend- ants drove the bird away but by that time the con- centration of the shooter who had been delayed was so disturbed that he missed not only the next target, but five in succession thereafter. Of course, he lost the match. He had been shaken out of the shooting groove by a little annoyance. If it had not been for ably have held on to the end with a good chance for the championship. One of the best amateur shots in the East once said he shot through a hundred bird match to decide a club championship without taking his eye from an apple core lying in front of the platform except when it was his turn to shoot. He did not see one target broken or missed save those he himself shot at and he declared that not one thought except to look at the apple core entered his head between turns for him to shoot. This instance is not cited in order to prove the efficiency of apple cores in winning matches but it illustrates the sort of con- centration that wins at the traps. You have probably noticed that quite often when one man in a squad misses ,the other members will follow suit although they have been consistently breaking everything before. This is simply on ac- count of the mental reaction on the other shooters occasioned by the first man's miss. Pay no attention to your competitor's lost birds unless you want to duplicate his misses. The bane of some trapshooters' existence is what is known as flinching. Shooters who can consistently point their guns at targets and pull the trigger just when they want to are sure shots. But it is the inability to perform this act of pulling down the trigger at the right moment that keeps down the scores of many who would otherwise be very excel- lent performers. This is called flinching. One of the surest ways to get into the flinching habit is to shoot a load of powder that gives a heavy kick or recoil. Another good way is to shoot a gun not adapted to you, or to seize the grip of your gun too tightly. You can't pull the trigger evenly and smoothly if you grip your gun like a vise. At times, some of the oldest and best shots fall prey temporarily to this trapshooters' disease. You can readily spot a flincher on the firing line. The muzzle of his gun will give a spasmodic jerk every now and then as he fires and the time in which he shoots will be irregular. Usually the jerk of the gun is downward. Then again, flinching will be manifested by a jerky stab instead of a quick, smooth swing at the target. Much has been said about cures for flinching, but the fact that several of the best shots in the country are victims of the habit is pretty good evidence that there is no remedy which is certain. Many people have cured themselves of flinching, however, by shooting lighter loads. If there is any chance that your stock is too long, try removing the butt plate, or if it seems too short, add a recoil pad. If your grip does not fit the hand comfortably, wind it with tape if it is too small and have the local gunsmith rub it down if it seems too large. If this does not cure you, stop shooting for awhile, and that may break the habit. If everything fails, remember the fellows who break over 90% in spite of flinching and you will see that there is no reason to give up hope. In conclusion, just a word about physical condi- tion. We have characterized trapshooting as the cleanest sport — cleanest in the fellowship it pro- motes, in the manly attitude it encourages and in the gentlemanly acceptance of defeat or victory, de- parture from which is seldom. In addition to this, it encourages clean living, because to shoot well, to have nerves working as finely as they must work if you wish to achieve success, you must keep in good training. This demands abstinence from all habits that clog the nerve centers and that prevent perfect co-ordination between the eye, brain and trigger finger. Success at the traps, as at most everything, is relative. Some of us long to excel at sports and are not satisfied unless we are among the top-notchers. Others find more pleasure in the social side of their pastimes than in the development of highly special- ized skill. Trapshooting appeals strongly to both these classes. While we have devoted a large part of this article to discussion of the technical side of trapshooting, we should be sorry to convey the idea that one must be very "scientific" to enjoy this sport. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Whether you want to become an expert or merely like to "bang away" and get your share, you will find that time well spent at the gun club will pay you well in the kind of fun that makes life worth while. AT THE TRAPS. Garden City Closes Season. — The San Jose Blue Rock Club wound up the season Sunday, October 11 The manner in which the squads pulverized the "birds" — after defective springs in the traps had been replaced — would indicate that all was in readiness for the opening of the duck and quail season October 15. When O. N. Ford gave the command to cease firing the various winners of the season were announced as follows: Class A, best scores — J. T. Downs, first, 295 out of 300; Louis Baumgartner, second, 292; C. H. Nash, third, 290; Ray Hogg, fourth, 289; G. H. Anderson, fifth, 287. Class B, best scores — Ada Schilling first, 290; W. J. McKagney second, 276 E. W. Jack third, 272. Class C — Herbert L. Bridges, first, 251. Miss-and-out trophy — Won by Louis Baumgartner with 25 straght. Handicap— W. J. McKagney first, 297 out of 300; Ada Schilling second, 296; Louis Baumgartner and E. W. Jack tied for third, 292' George H. Anderson, fourth, 290. Longest run of season trophy — Won by H. N. Cad- wallader with 55 straight. Most scores shot in season — Ada Schilling with 85. Class A challenge cup (championship of Santa Clara county, 1914) — Won by Ray Hogg with six wins out of twelve shoots. Class B championship challenge trophy for 1914 — Won by W. J. McKagney. Trophies were presented the various winners at a gathering held at the Lamolle House last Tuesday evening. The Lamolle House trophy went to J. T. Downs, Mrs. Ada Schilling received the Fredericksburg cup and H. S. Bridges the trophy donated by the George Welch company. O. N. Ford did not compete for any of the trophies during the year but did some splendid shooting. He made the long run of the season, breaking 153 with- out a miss. He also during the season made forty- four 25 straights out of 100 scores. In the handicap E. W. Jack and A. F. Baumgartner are tied for third trophy and will meet at a future date to decide who gets the prize. The scores shot Sunday were as follows: J. T. Downs, 188-200; A. F. Baumgartner, 181-200; O. N. Ford, 177-200; Ada Schilling, 171-200; W. J. Mc- Kagney, 170-200; C. H. Nash, 167-200; George H. An- derson, 160-200; T. D. Riley, 155-200; H. Bridges, 154- 200; H. Poston, 187-200; C. A. Haight, 175-200. Nemours (Ladies') Trapshooting Club. — The Ne- mours Trapshooting Club pulled off two handicap events Thursday afternoon, October 1, a spoon event and the regular Ramsay weekly trophy event. Miss Gentieu was the winner in both, making with her handicap the highest total score in each. The "spoon shoots" will be continued every two weeks during the winter. The spoons in question are sterling silver, especially designed for women's trap- shooting clubs. The events will be handicap events and the handicaps will be based on the last four shoots of each contestant. The competition for the Willis trophy, a handsome silver loving cup, presented to the club by the well- known shooter, Mr. L. D. Willis of Wilmington, will started on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and will continue every other week until won. High actual scores only count on this trophy and as soon as ten different women have won a place, the final possession will be de- termined at a handicap shoot. Dr. Seward, a member of the Nemours Club, pre- sented a beautiful hand embroidered collar for high actual score. Mrs. E. L. Riley and Miss Gentieu tied for this on 15 x 25 and as it was too late for a shoot- off they decided to draw straws for it. Mrs. Riley was lucky in the drawing and was made the happy possessor of Dr. Seward's beautiful collar. Scores (25 targets) follow: Mrs. White 9, Mrs. Riley 15, Mrs. Springer 2, Miss Hammond 12, Miss Bingham 7, Miss Alice Riley 8, Miss Lannan 9, Dr. Seward 4, Miss Wynands 7, Miss J. Gentieu 15, Miss Schofield 7, Mrs. Stidham 8, Miss C. Gent'eu 13. "BLUE BIRD." Rem — U M C Notes. Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, was high gun at the tournament held in that city October 2, scoring 98 out of 100. H. Powers and H. Cook, both of Atlantic City, were tied for second with 96 each. All three used Remington-UMC shells, and the winning gun was a Remington Pump. The Camden Shooting Association conducted the ninth annual South Jersey Championship at Camden, October 3. The program consisted of four 25-target events, with international rules governing, a record list of entries attending. Fred Tomlin, of Glassboro, N. J„ was high gun with 98 out of a hundred. W. Crane, of Hammondton, N. J„ and H. Anthony, of Riverton, N. J., were close up with 97 each. Fourth place honors were divided between Dr. W. H. Math- ews, of Trenton, Clarence Piatt, of BridgeTon, N. J., and F. Hineline, of Collingswood, N. J., with 96 each. Remington-UMC speed shells were used by all the above noted winners. The finals of the Capital City Rod and Gun Club, of Salem, Ore., were held on the afternoon of Sept. 29. P. O'Brien, of Portland, scored an easy win with 291 out of a possible 300. In turning in this score Mr. O'Brien accomplished a most extraordinary feat, scoring a long run of 176. He used Nitro Club shells throughout the tournament. 13 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN WASHINGTON'S VIEW OF HORSE SITUATION. ARGENTINE BULLS BRING FABULOUS PRICES. Washin-non D C Oct. 12.— During the next dec- A total of 1,780 head of cattle belonging to the ade there "will probablv be an increased demand for beef breeds was counted in the entry lists of the American hordes in the countries now engaged in Great Argentine Live Stock Show, held at Palermo. the European war The demand mav even continue not far from Buenos Ayres, a short time ago. Of much longer according to investigators of the U. S. course Shorthorns largely predominated and the Department 'of Agriculture, as not only will horses classification for that breed is much more extensive be needed for armies, but when peace is restored, than for any other. Indeed this Argentine prize list more will be needed for agriculture. Already Euro- is unlike that arranged for any other live stock ex- pean agents are said to be endeavoring to purchase position in the world. For instance there are classes hor^e in this country and Canada, and there is an for groups of 10 bulls owned by exhibitor, similar increased interest in many sections in horse breed- classes for animals bred by exhibitor, which bars the ■ " imported cattle, and many other divisions not found To meet this increased European demand Ameri- in any other premium list. Imported animals are can farmers mav well endeavor to raise well-bred not eligible to compete for the championships. There horses although "the Department of Agriculture does is another class for groups of five bulls, any age, bred not advise them to purchase a surplus of horses by exhibitor, and in the produce class the cow must merelv for breeding purposes. It merely advises that be shown along with her calves. The most lmpor- ordinary farm work should he done whenever possi- tant class in which imported bulls can compete, we ble by good mares which should be bred to good stal- understand, is that for three hulls owned by one ex- lions It also desires: to emphasize the fact that only hibitor, competition free-for-all. horses of high qualitv mav profitably be raised today. Reports indicate that the results of the sale, which Inferior horses are a drug on the market, and their followed the show, were disappointing to Argentine production is to be discouraged as much as the pro- Shorthorn men generally. If that be true, it is in duction of good horses should be encouraged. order to ask what on the round footstool these gen- The United States has previously been drawn on tlemen would like? We do not recall any previous to supply European countries at war. In the Boer auction at which such a total of Shorthorn bulls made war over 100.000 horses were bought here by the an average of $1,750 (gold) or anything closely ap- British government. It may he doubted whether a proaching thereto. Argentine breeders must be foreign Government could now obtain a similar sup- mighty hard to please. It is unfortunate, very unfor- ply in this country, except at excessive cost How- tunate indeed, that both the British and the United ever if farmers take pains to utilize their good States breeders could not have had a whack at such mares during this winter to breed them to good stal- a market. American readers will, after due consid- lions, in the course of several years (time enough eration of the figures, devoutly wish that they could for the foals to develop), America will be better able depend on some such market for their surplus and to meet the European demand. we are ready to make a handsome wager that they It is natural that European countries should look would guarantee never to enter even a silent protest to the United States for horses, as next to Russia it if they could be sure of enjoying such an annual has more of these animals than any other country outlet for their surplus bulls. Following are some in the world. The United States and" Russia possess of the best prices paid: 58 per cent of the world supply. Strange to say, Champion bull. Quilmes Collynie 5th, $15,935; re- however, there were no horses originally on our con- serve champion, Nice Senator. $11,275; Prince Colly- tinent and the present supply comes from stock nie 7th, calved September, 1911, $11,155; Brilliant brought over from Europe. Canada's supply is small Knight, October, 1912, $7,125; San Bias Benedict, compared to our own. October, 1912, $7,115; Cupid 2d, November, 1912, The German army requires for a complete mob- $6,830: Golden Fame 10th, December, 1911, $6,050; ilization 770,000 horses and the French army is said Master Donald 45th, January, 1912, $6,560; Champion to require 250,000, which figure, however, probably Senator, May, 1912, $5,030; ten head sold from $4,600 includes only those for the cavalry. It is conserva- down to $3,500; ten more between $3,500 and $2,500; tively estimated on good authority that 1,000,000 eighteen between $2,500 and $2,000; eighteen between horses are now engaged in the European war. As $2,000 and $1,750; thirty from $1,750 down to $1,500; the great majority of these horses are not included twenty-seven from $1,500 down to $1,250; thirty-two in the permanent military organization but are used from $1,250 down to $1,000; thirty-two between for farm work and are requisitioned by governments $1,000 and $750: thirty-four between $750 and $500 only when needed for military purposes, the coun- and one lone animal lower than $500. tries of continental Europe will certainly face an Truly a marvelous vendue from the point of view acute shortage of farm horses before the next plant- generally held north of the equator. The youngest ing season which will seriously affect the price of of the bulls sold was calved in September, 1913, and horses the world over, as soon as peace is declared, the oldest in May, 1911. Where might we go to dig According to the best information, horses in the up the account of a sale quite like this one? — Live countries of Europe now at war number as follows : Stock World. o Great Britain 2,231,000 THE BREEDER'S GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. France 3,222,000 Belgium 263,000 of all men, a public sales manager knows the pulse Germany 4,523,000 of the horse market and the general trend of affairs. Austria-Hungary '. 4,374,000 paimer L. Clark, president of the Chicago Horse Sale Russia 24,65.,, 000 qQi jn a recent interview, expressed his opinion of 1 the present status of the light harness horse breed- Total 39,265,000 jng interest, and made some salient suggestions. Said In addition England has a supply of about six mil- JIr- Clark: lions to draw on in her various dependencies. Russia "l would advise every farmer to buy a good mare has about ten million in Asia and France, probably or two and breed them to well-bred and well-tried 500,000 to one million in her colonies. stallions. I cannot think of a better money invest- The rapacious consumption of horses in war is ment than a few hundred dollars expended in a first- illustrated by figures from our own Civil conflict. class mare or two, as on the farm strong and healthy During his Shenandoah Valley campaign, Sheridan females can earn their keep well up to foaling time, was supplied with fresh horses at the rate of 150 per and their produce will yield a handsome interest, A day. In his report for the year 1865, the quarter- farmer with money in the bank cannot draw more master general of the U. S. army stated: "The serv- than 3 per cent interest, whereas the return on a ice of a cavalry horse under an enterprising com- horse investment is more than tenfold, to say the mander has averaged only four months." During least. If there was ever a time when opportunity 1864 there were 500 horses consumed per day in the knocked hard at the breeding door, it is right now. Northern army, without considering those captured Tne racing associations are clamoring for more and not reported. During eight months of that year, horses, and harness racing was never more popular the cavalry of the army of the Potomac was re- than it is today. It is the national sport, as it inter- mounted twice, nearly 40,000 horses in all being ests aU classes of people, and unlike any other sport, required. develops a type of horse that is of use commercially. Our own army furnishes a desirable market for "Harness racing in Europe ceased at once upon well-bred horses, there being under the remount the declaration of war, and serviceable horses that system, at least 5,000 horses required annually to nad Deen racing were commandeered for army use. supply both the army and the National Guard. There These included American-bred horses that had been are now about 20.000 horses in our regular army on a exported, and horses bred in European countries from peace basis. In war, many more would be required American stock. The mortality among these horses before the first engagement. There is. therefore, a nas Deen almost incredible. Thousands have perished steady market for good horses independent of the a°d we Jare °T n0 means seen the end. Already the European demand. Even the invasion of motor power United States is being drawn upon for the European which has reached the number of horses on our horse supply. The great majority to cross the At- streets has not influenced this demand. In fact, the Iantic are trotting-bred, not suitable for racing, but price of horses has advanced along with other com- good enou§h for light cavalry and artillery use. modifies during recent years. "From what I can gather, the types of the heavy The Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. De- horse breeds in Belgium and France have been prac- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, stands tically wiped out. For years American draft horse ready to aid any faimer desiring to breed high-class breem San Prancieco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for gl a month „y The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter" PRICE, $3.00 DOSTPAID "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 incUcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. " Address, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Francisco, Cal ppciflc Bldf., Cor. Market and Fourth SU. GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association for Lfoals of miris Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec- 1, '14 $5,150 $2800 for Trotting7oals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters, 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of S'allion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Wi.l be Paid on December 22, 1914 ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; -when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1915; $5 November 1. 1915: $10 on Yearlings Slav 1. 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds Februarv 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Year-Olds February 1, 1918. 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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allo'ted for the division for each heat; 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 the mare dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. E. P. HEALD, President. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN S BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-265-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sta., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — Onr year, ?3; six months, $1.75: three months, $1. Foreign postage jl per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (inclusive). RULE THREE, SECTION FIVE. Of all the numerous new rules of the National Trot- ting Association for 1914-1915 — most of which have been the subjects of considerable discussion both in and out of print — there is one that is "open to argu- ment" that so far has escaped much notice, Rule 3, Section 5, which reads as follows : "If in the opin- ion of the Secretary of the National Trotllng Asso- ciation the circumstances surrounding a case of sus- pension for non-payment of entrance fees warrant it, he may issue a permit for such horse allowing it to compete in races. The permit shall provide that fifteen per cent of the gross winnings shaii be with- held and sent by the member to the National Trotting Association to be applied pro rata on the suspensions, and the amount collected shall be endorsed on The back of the permit. The National Trotting Associa- tion may withdraw the permit at any time." The placing of this rule upon the records of the association was effected in an effort to alleviate the hardships imposed upon a horse under a suspension surrounded by conditions showing that failure to start or pay entrance fee was due to circumstances beyond ordinary control, making the starting of the horse a physical impossibility owing to his or her own condition, or making the payment of entries an un- toward hardship upon the owner from conditions arising from no fault of his own, and an obligation which he might be given, without injustice to anyone, a chance to work out; to provide an earning capacity for suspended horses, under a new ownership, that would lead to a full reinstatement, and to increase the number of eligible horses in order to provide better fields for contests. Recent correspondence with Secretary Gocher elicits the information that to date the rule has not been far reaching in its effect, a matter which the writer ascribes to an insuf- ficient knowledge and understanding of th" same on the part of horsemen in general, and to the belief that the rule, as it stands, falls short of accomplish- ing the purpose for which it was intended by .he mere fact that it confines its clemencies solely to the horse. No provision whatsoever is made for the owner or driver coupled with the horse in the suspen- sion, and it is not the purpose of the rule for any suspended person to profit by its application, pending the complete removal of the suspension by the installment earning capacities of the horse. Note the language of the text of the rule in this passage: "If in the opinion of the Secretary of the National Trotting Association the circumstances sur- rounding a case of suspension warrant it," etc. Such extenuating circumstances must of necessity be con- fined to a comparatively slight range, and must be of a nature where "extenuating" qualities are un- assailable, and whose proof is beyond doubt If then, these satisfactory proofs are made and in the opinion of the secretary of the parent association the horse is entitled to clemency, why not go the one step further that would make the rule accomplish the further purpose and provide the person suspended with a chance to "work out his salvation" Aside from the matter of a permit issued to a bona fide innocent purchaser whose pocketbook would not al- low a lump payment of any considerable amount before starting his campaign, but who is able and willing to pay out in installments from his winnings the only circumstances that would be a solid basis for the issue of a permit of this kind to a horse would of necessity, at least in the eyes of the writer, be of a nature that would justify the extension of the same proportionate amnesty to the person coupled in the suspension. There are always a certain number of persons under suspension from circumstances which, fully displayed, would absolve them from any olame for their suspension, and prove that the starting of the horse or horses or the payment of entry or entries were physical and financial impossibilities. Some of these men, in hard straits at the time of suspen- sion and unable to pay themselves out, find their occupation gone; the secretaries lose an entrant who under any ordinary circumstances is good for his fees, and the public watches race upon race whose field is deprived of perhaps the one horse and trainer whose performances would have brought them to their feet with a cheer. The owner who, under the new rule, finds himself and his horse suspended under circumstances enti- tling the horse to a starting permit.is no better off than before. The permit is of no use so long as the horse remains his property, and to win himself out by horseflesh he must sell at a sacrifice and take a chance on the new owner clearing the suspension. In the meantime he has no earning capacity in his profession, his other horses must be sold or carried over to the problematic day of his delivery at anoth- er's hands. Under forced sale his horses may not net enough to pay him out and give him another start, or he may be one of the hundreds of horsemen of very moderate circumstances who have pinned their faith to the one favorite of promise. Would not the man of honest intentions (and to none others could the rule ever be made applicable under the spirit of its conception) be more than willing to pay 15 per cent of his gross winnings from each and every race he makes with every member of his stable until the debt is cleared in order to stay in his profession and right himself with the world? No clemency is permissible in suspensions for non- payment of entrance where bona fide circumstances of a completely exonerating nature cannot be indu- bitably established, but a ruling giving owners who are the victims of such misfortunes a chance to pay themselves out as they go would do much to give new impetus to the breeding and training of the harness horse. TUESDAY, DECEMBER FIRST, 1914. The above date is one that horsemen of the west must keep in mind as the closing date of the nom- inations to the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes Number 15, given on the same generous scale of former stakes promoted by the same association, and having a guaranteed value of 15,150. The value of futurity engagements in this day of the early development of speed has Become so convincingly apparent that a good youngster without early stake entries is a very unusual specimen. Indi- vidual eastern owners provide entries m various futurities for the offspring of their one or two favor- ite mares, while it has become the custom of the large speed nurseries to make nominations covering their entire crop of foals in all the leading futurities of the east and central west. Only by such a system is the true value of a fast youngster realized. California breeders, with much less earning capac- ity for their colts in their own country, have been equally progressive in providing them with engage- ments in such stakes as are offered to them, and have not only been generous in their patronage of "home futurities," but also have been nominators in the principal events of the east. Coast horsemen have had an uphill road to follow for some years, but all present indications point to a new impetus to the breeding business in general, and a widening of the field of racing west of the Sierras. Daily the game grows in popularity, and the enthusiasm evi- denced this year at such meetings as were held in the State, and at every amateur matinee, can mean but one thing — that the time is not far distant, when the demand for the establishment of dictrict fairs will receive not merely the endorsement of horsemen, stockmen, and vitally interested parties, but the practically solid backing of the State at large, which would guarantee their permanent establishment. Given these, even on a moderate scale, and the breed- ing and racing industry will soon be once more on the high road to a great success. Add to this the inevitable drain upon our horseflesh which the days of European reconstruction will impose, and the future for California breeders is brighter than in many years. The distribution of stake money under the system in use by the Pacific Breeders is such as to give the largest possible number of people an opportunity to share in the cash distribution. The three-year-old trotters will race for $2100, with $100 going to the original nominator of the dam of the winner; the two-year-olds take the word for $800, with $50 each paid to the original nominator of the dam of the winner and to the owner of the sire of the winner at the time the mare was bred. For youngsters of the lateral way of going $1200 will be raced for by the three-year-olds, and the original nominator of the winner draws his "century"; the two-year-olds draw $500 to contest for, with the owners of sire and dam of winners profiting to the extent of $50 etch. The fee of $2 required for the original nomination is purely nominal, and the balance of the payments up to the time of starting are so distributed and held at such reasonable figures that the carryiag of the entry to the time when the owner knows whether or not his youngster will "do" imposes no hardship. Stallion owners will do well to bear in mind, also, the special prizes of $100 and $50 arranged especially for their benefit, payable December 22, 1914, to the owners of the stallions most generously represented in the original nominations. It behooves them to do some hustling among their patrons and see that every good mare bred is duly nominated. Patronize the stake — and all local stakes -and you will have future cause for self-congratulation. EVERY WEEK brings cheerful news from the east concerning horses and horsemen headed our way for the big meetings at the fair, and there is no doubt but that the exposition track will be the scene of some of the very greatest racing in the history of the sport. This has been a season of record smash- ing without a precedent and almost every owner of a champion has given evidence of his intention to come to the fair. From all over the world the flyers will center at San Francisco, and the harbingers of the numerous stables to follow are already with us. More will arrive shortly after the Phoenix meeting, and from that time on the arrivals will be numerous. Not until January, however, is the big westward movement anticipated, as owners and trainers will pull home from their last engagements, make altera- tions in the personnel of their stables, take in the late sales, and spend the holidays at the home of which they have seen so little since early summer. Then — westward ho, in earnest. BROOD MARE OWNERS with nominations in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake Number Fourteen are again reminded that the third payment of five dollars is due and must be paid on Monday, Novem- ber the second, to keep the entry valid. Do not let your entry lapse whatever you do, Mr. Man. Five dollars is not a large amount to risk in proportion to the opportunity of adding hundreds of dollars to the earning capacity of your colt as a two and three- year-old, and consequently to its selling price at those ages. If you haven't the five bucks, borrow it from your wife or, failing in that, get it from the baby's bank. And don't forget that the dark deed must be done at once. November the second is mighty close at hand. WHEN it comes to stating a case m a nutshell, Palmer L. Clark, whose opinions bear weight in every section where the light harness horse is known, "did himself proud" in the following short statement made recently to an eastern publisher: "I have been greatly interested in the movement to buy a bale of cotton, but I believe it would be better business for a man to buy a horse at the present market prices. There is bound to be a greater demand and a steady increase in prices for some time, and financiers tell us it is wise to buy 'on a rising market. Farmers ought to buy a mare or two and breed to the best stallion within their reach. The colts will be profit- able in the general purpose market and if they show speed the returns will be very great." RECENT telegraphic advices convey the informa- tion that Col. George Hervey, His Excellency Wood- row Wilson, and the Honorable Henry Watterson have buried the hatchet and are now as three hearts that heat as one. With a feud such as existed be- tween George, Woody, and Marse Henry amicably settled there would seem to be some hope for the dawn of peace in Europe at any moment, or the abatement of the ancient score between the kettle and the pot, or the reconciliation of plutocracy and the I. W. W., or the amalgamation of the San Fran- cisco and California Driving Clubs. Truly, this is one day of wonders. THE BREfa_^R AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 24, 1914. LEXINGTON OFFERINGS AVERAGE $235. THE SEASON'S RECORDS. Oct. 5.— Small prices ruled at the first day's auction of the Kentucky Sales Company, when about forty head were sold. The offerings generally were, how- ever, not very desirable, there being many poor, aged animals and some small under-sized weanlings. Lady of Honor 2:14%, a bad actor in her racing days, was sold for the insignificant sum of $120. The largest price of the day, $325, was paid for Julia Wabun, a three-year-old filly, in the consignment of the Boise estate, from Indianapolis. This consign- ment was headed by Early Reaper 2:09%, that brought only $150. Will Maple, of Converse, Ind., the owner of the fast pacing stallion, Walter Cochato 2:02i4, secured what promises to be a bargain in the big stallion Roscommon, another son of Cochato, and somewhat on the same type. Oct. 6. — Forty head of trotters sold for a total of $7,850, prices on the wnole ruling better than on the opening day. The highest price of the sale to date — $1,175— was paid by Charles Black, of Rome, N. Y., for the three-year-old trotting gelding Mac Dale, by Todd Mack out of Polly Dale, by Ondale, consigned by F. M. Allen, of Lexington. The second highest price was paid by George Burdick, Norwood, O., for the two-year-old filly Rosa Bond by Peter the Great out of Rosa Lake by The Bondsman, consigned by W. W. Estill, and close to her was Agraca, also con- signed by Mr. Allen that went to H. Van Arkin, Pontiac, Mich., for $625. Oct. 7. — Better prices were realized at the third day's auction. Forty head were sold during the morning for $9,340. The highest price of the day was paid for the yearling black colt by Kentucky Todd out of Wynetta by Wilkes Boy, for which R. C. Las- berry, Broad Brook, Conn., paid $360. He was con- signed by R. C. Estill and H. M. Jones, and is a half brother to the fast pacing stallion Iowa Todd 2:04%. Oct. 8. — The highest price of the sale to date was paid yesterday by Edward Thompson, of Long Island, who paid $1,500 for the world's champion yearling pacing filly Rose Magee (1) 2:19%, by The Abbe 2:04, consigned by Senator J. W. Bailey and H. C. Moody. The filly will go into the stable of Thomas W. Murphy, as Mr. Thompson is a neighbor and special personal friend of the "wizard" driver and has owned some of the best horses that Murphy has raced, including Native Belle and R. T. C. It was expected that the fiily would bring a larger figure as she was a grand individual and a highly bred miss. The feature consignment w-as that from H. C. Moody and various partners. The second highest price of the lot was paid for Ollie Watts, a yearling filly by General Watts, consigned by Moody & Hart Bros., which was sold to W. R. Cox for $710. Manon Direct (by Directum Spier — Lady of the Manor 204%) con- signed by Hundley & Co., was the second highest price of the day, $1,025, at which price he was sold to John D. Creighton, of Omaha, Neb. The Guy Axworthy filly out or Ceylona by General Forrest was sold to E. C. Quinn, Germantown, Pa„ for $625. Dur- ing the day 36 head sold for $12,630. Oct. 9. — Helped out by the rain, which prevented any attractions at the track, a better sale of trotters was held today after the trots were postponed. The figures given out by the sale company show a total of sLxty head, which were sold for $17,470 for the day. The highest price of the day was paid by J. F. Goldberg, of Detroit, for the yearling black filly Mary V. He secured the daughter of Cochato for $3,500. The contending bidder was Nick Grady, of Philadel- phia, acting for his employer, Senator McNicol, of the same city, for whom Grady is racing R. H. Brett 2:03%, Dago 2:09% and other good ones. The filly was consigned by Nat B. Young Jr. of Mt. Sterling, a well-known and popular young horseman, and Ed Willis, the well-known negro trainer of this city, who has had such great success with colts. The filly was turned over to Trainer W. L. Snow, and it is very likely that this filly will be trained and raced by this successful horseman next year. The owners of the filly were congratulated on the sale, which was a good one considering the condition of the market. The filly was bred by R. D. Prewitt, owner of her dam, Amber K. 2:23%, and A. H. Parker, owner of her sire, Cochato. She was sold here in February for $130 at which price she was bought by J. R. Mac- gowan, who re-sold her to Mr. Young for the same price. Willis took her on the shares to train, both realizing a neat sum for their investment and trou- ble. The second best price was paid for the ten- year-old gelding Brighton 2:08%, consigned by Ed- ward and Joseph Madden, which 'Went to I. O. Blake, of Newport, Vt., for $660. He recently troUed a mile in 2:12 and could show a lot of speed through the ring. Oct. 10. — The auction came to a close yesterday when a miscellaneous lot of trotters, saddle and busi- ness horses were sold. The prices were not as good as the preceding day, which was the best of the sale, but the class of the offerings was not as high as preceding. The figures given out by the company for the week were a total of 270 head, which were sold for $63,415, an average of $235 a head. After repeatedly postponing the daily programs, and endeavoring to "double up" on decent days and race -off the events as scheduled, the Kentucky Trot- ting Horse Breeders' Association gave up the unequal struggle with the weather man Saturday and declared the meeting off. Records were toppling in every di- rection prior to the rain, and could the program have been raced off on fair dirt there undoubtedly would have been more new marks hung up. The compiling of records for the season has kept the statisticians busy, one falling after another, only to give way to yet another, and at the close of the Lexington meeting "Raymond's" figures were as appear below. Two big meets, Dallas and Phoenix, are yet to hear from and some of these records may go by the board at the latter place. Trotting. Two-Year-Old Colt — Gen. French, by Justice Brook 2:08%. dam Belle Bunker 2:19%, by Axworthy 2:15% 2:10% Two-Year-Old Filly, Native Spirit, by Native King 2:11%, dam Great Spirit 2:16%, by Prodigal 2:16 2:09% Two-Year-Old Gelding — Henry Todd, by Henry Setzer 2:10%, dam Nowaday 2:14% by Look- away 2:22% 2:11% Three-Year-Old Colt — Peter Volo, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Nervolo Belle, by Ner- volo 2:04% 2:03% Three- Year-Old Filly— Lucile Spier, by Direc- tum Spier 2:11%, dam Lucile 2:07, by Brummel 2:07% Four-Year-Old Colt— Etawah, by Al Stanley 2:08%, dam Alicia Arion, by Arion 2:07%. . .2:03% Four-Year-Old Filly — Margaret Druien, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam The Huntr. ss, 2:23%, by Onward Silver 2:05% 2:05% Aged Stallion— Anvil, by St. Valient Vincent 2:11%, dam Amy Smith, by Emperor Wilkes 2:20% 2:02% Aged Mare — Joan, by Directum Spier 2:11%, dam Sarah W. p. 2:18%, by Hal Braden p. 2:07%, and Rhythmell, by Rhythmic 2:06, dam Elizabeth Eads 2:19%, by Bow Dean 2:30 2:04% Aged Gelding — Tommy Horn, by Otto Wilkes 2 : 24, dam Altrene, by Athol W. p. 2 : 12 % 2:04% Pacers. Yearling Colt — The Aim, by The Exponent 2:11%, dam Grattane 2:29%, by Grattan 2:13 2:18% Yearling Filly — Rose McGee, by The Abbe p. 2:04, dam Vonia Worthy 2:22%, by Ax- worthy 2:15% 2:19% Two-Year-Old Filly — Princess Hale, by Senator Hale 2:10%, dam Perene, by Precurser 2:20% 2:11% Three-Year-Old Filly — Anna Bradford, by Todd Mac 2:07%, dam Mary Louise 2:27%, by J. J. Audubon 2:19 2:00% Three-Year-Old Gelding — Richman, by The Northern Man 2:06%, dam Mary Lloyd, by Vice Commodore 2:11 2:09% Four-Year-Old Colt — William, by Abe J. p. 2 . 10, dam Lizzie C. p. 2:20%, by Jaywood 6551 2:00 Four-Year-Old Filly — Clara Mac, by Expressive Mac 2:25%, dam Clara, by Apex 2:26 2:04% Aged Stallion — Directum I, by Directum Kelly 2:08%, dam Izetta p. 2:13%, by Pactolus 2:12% 1:58 Aged Mare — Flower Direct, by Direct's Star p. 2:09%, dam Flower Girl, by Brown Hal p. 2:12% 2:02% Aged Gelding — Frank Bogash Jr., by Frank Bogash p. 2:03%, dam Phyllis Stanford, by Stanford 2:26% 1:59% FRANK CATON, SAFE AT HOME, TALKS OF AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA. * AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS. At the meeting of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders held during the recent Lex- ington events the principal events were the selection of executives for the ensuing year, Wm. Russell Al- len presiding in the absence of President Bailey. The ballot returns re-seated the officers of the last sea- son, as follows: President — Jas. W. Bailey. First vice-president — Wm. Russell Allen. Second vice-president — W. B. Dickerman. Third vice-president — L. V. Harkness. Treasurer — Sterling R. Holt. Secretary — H. K. Devereux. New members of the board of directors were elect- ed as follows: Albert C. Hall, Connecticut; Coburn Haskell, Georgia; N. Bartholomew, Iowa; ueorge W. Slaughter, Michigan; Joseph H. Moore, Pennsylva- nia. These succeed W. E. D. Stokes, resigned, and John Donovan, J. Howard Ford and Henry Exall, de- ceased, since the last meeting. Henry J. Schlesinger, of Milwaukee, was elected a member of the executive eommitte to succed John Donovan, deceased. The association will continue the Matron and Stal- lion stakes, and these events for foals of 1914 were ordered opened, to close December 30. Secretary Devereux brought up the matter of the exposition meetings next season, and members of the associa- tion are loyal boosters for the big events. MINNESOTA TO TRANSPORT CHARGERS. According to a Seattle dispatch, the Great Nor- thern's Oriental steamship Minnesota, which has been tied up at her wharf there for weeks, is report- ed to be about to be chartered by the British govern- ment to carry horses to Europe. Agents ot the Brit- ish government are said to have purchased 9,000 horses in eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana. The Minnesota can carry 2,000 horses each voyage, beside feed for them, and much general cargo in addition. The Great Northern officials will make no statement concerning the boat. One of the visitors to "the trots" whom it was a great pleasure for me to meet was Frank Caton, who arrived in America from Russia only a couple of weeks before. It took him twenty-five days to make the trip between Moscow and New York, owing to the circuitous route he was obliged to take — via Fin- land, Sweden, Holland and England — and many were the discomforts that he was obliged to endure; but, as he remarked, he was willing to put up with any- thing of that sort that was bearable in order to get safely back home to Cleveland, O., where his wife and two daughters were awaiting him. Aside from the fact that innumerable troops have defiled through the city, and that there is a large detention camp there where many German and Austrian prisoners of war are being confined, he reported that Moscow gave few evidences of the fact that Russia was now in- volved in the most terrific war of modern times; while, he said, the fall trotting meeting at Petrograd (St. Petersburg) was in progress as usual when he left the country. The government has been wisely conservative in commandeering race horses for army use, and has allowed owners to substitute others in lieu of highly valuable ones, while exempting stallions that made stud seasons the present year and all brood mares. Frank Caton's son, Will Caton, Russia's premier reinsman, has left Moscow and removed into the interior of the country with his racing stable, to be out of harm's way; as has also his son-in-law, Will Rosemire. Count Yorontsoff-Dashkoff, the principal . patron of Mr. Caton in Russia, who owns many noted American trotters, including General H. 2:04%, etc., at his own expense equipped and mounted a regiment of Cossacks for army service, while his son, who will succeed to his titles and vast estates, is now at the front fighting for Russia, as are many other of the noted trotting horsemen whom I met two years ago during my visit to the land of the Czar, and for whose safety through the war my ardent hopes are hereby expressed. The outbreak of the war, said Mr. Caton, resulted in a wonderful outburst of patriotic feeling. All nihilistic and socialistic agitation and revolt ceased altogether, and the entire nation seems as a unit in supporting the government. Russia is a wonderful country and the Russians a wonderful people, and those v:ho have visited and become ac- quainted with them are aware that no other land in the Old World has been more systematically misrep- resented to other nations. During the past twenty- five years she has made extraordinary progress, and if she was better understood throughout the world there would be less talking and writing about the so-called "Russian peril," which is largely a figment of superheated imaginations. — Volunteer, in Horse Review. EMPLOYERS WILL CHANGE WAGE BASIS. Scores of employers throughout California have posted notice to employees that wages wi.l be com- puted on an hourly basis if the proposed Universal Eight-Hour bill — Amendment No. 3 — is adopted. This would have the effect of reducing the paj of thou- sands of workingmen engaged in all lines. This information has been received by the Farm- ers' Protective League of California, and Arthur Dunn, secretary and manager, recently stated that in his opinion the precedent set by these employers was likely to be followed by employers in general and employees would be the sufferers if legislation limiting the hours of employment is enacted. "We have been informed that employers in various sections already have notified their employees that they will be paid for eight hours' work only," said Secretary Dunn. "Some of the notices state that employers cannot afford to pay more for a service limited to eight hours only, and if additional help is required the method of paying by the hour would have to be adopted. Of course, this means that indi- vidual workers would be the losers, since their in- come would be reduced if computed on an hourly basis. "While so far as we know there is no universal understanding among employers as to their attitude in the event that the Universal Eight-Hour bill is adopted, it seems a reasonable assumption that a large majority will follow this precedent ,n conduct- ing their business, and naturally farmers, in self- protection, would do likewise. "With the cost of living increased by reason of the greater cost of production and with lower pay, work- ers would be compelled to endure additional burdens as a result of the Socialist Universal Sight-Hour bill — Amendment No. 3." STATE FAIR SURPLUS $7082. When the financial report of the State Agricultural Society, from July 1 to September 30, was submitted to the directors last week, it was found the net sur- plus derived from the 1914 state fair was $7,082.25. This surplus, though not so large as last year, was considered remarkable in view of the fact that the present year has been a bad season for fairs in some respects. It is stated that many of those who rented concessions did not make running expenses. Secretary Chas. W. Paine was congratulated warm- ly on the surplus. As there was no quorum present, no business was transacted. Another meeting of the society will be held November 19. Those who attended the recent meeting were Vice- president B. F. Rush, E. F. Mitchell, Theodore Gier, C. J. Chenu, E. J. Delorey and E. F. Franklin. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CALIFORNIA CLUB MEMBERS HAVE GREAT AFTERNOON. The rain of Friday night and Saturday morning caused things to look a bit "bilious" tor a time tor the California Driving Club to pull off the big pro- gram of seven races scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Stadium, but Sunday morning's bright sun- shine dried things cut a bit and the day developed into an ideal one for the sport. The track was a bit cuppy, and very heavy on the back stretch, but the footing was fair and the contests snappy, though not as fast as at some previous meetings. By the middle of the morning, horses stabled at a distance from the track were stringing out through the panhandle, and by the time for calling the first event the cool- ing out barns and surroundings had taken on The appearance of a sure enough race track, and the stand was steadily filling. New arrivals kept string- ing in until the middle of the program, and the spec- tators numbered well over the 3000 mark, overflowing the grandstand with its seating capacity of 2500 and taking to the "standing room only" territory on both sides of the track. Mabel Dillon was unsteady in the scoring for the first heat of the 2:15 pace but had the edge over her field in speed when she did settle down to busi- ness, stepping fast down the back stretch and round- ing with apparent ease into a safe position in front. She was steadier on the score the second time out but broke coming into the stretch the first time down and Little Medium came on for an open win, with the Dillon mare picking up a good three-quarters of the ground she lost. Mabel went away a bit behind in the final heat and broke at the quarter but caught quickly and on the back stretch and turn moved into the lead. The field was racing nicely in the home- stretch until Little Medium went off her feet and spoiled her chance. Emma M. made a good driving finish but hadn't the brush to stave off Mabel Dillon. Muggins made light work of the 2:20 trot, going away in third position both times and walking past his mates down the stretch into the head of the turn between the half and the three-quarters. He could have started with the free-for-allers and had a fair chance, apparently. W. G. Walkup with Golden Buck made a double event celebration of the 2:25 mixed class, lining out a straight heat win in commemoration of the third anniversary of his marriage. Walkup's friends in the stand were legion, and his victory was one of the most popular ones of the afternoon. Harold K. started in to make the racing from the half in the first heat but went off his feet at the three-quarters and it was Golden Buck all the way after that. Har- old did the same trick in the second heat, and Buck was never headed. The free-for-all trotters were a hard lot to get away but Starter Durfee got them off at last in nice shape. Birdeye was unsteady from the start and before reaching the quarter Matawan had things his way and was never headed. The stretch drive be- tween Matawan, Bodecker and Monica McKinney was as pretty as could be asked for until the last very few yards, when "Yellow Mary" spilled the beans with a break, when she had the stand "pulling for her" strong. The next heat was less eventful, as Birdeye got away unsteady, and Matawan never left the decis- ion in doubt. Pointer Belle upset some expert calculations by making straight heats out of the free-for-all pace with Hans Frellson up behind her. Dicto was un- steady, but Homburg Belle furnished a bit of push and the first mile was in 2:11%. Schwartz came after Frellson from the start in the last heat, carry- ing Pointer Belle to the quarter in :30»4 and the half in 1:04%, but the heavy going down the back stretch and around the turn took the brush out of both of them and 2:13 caught them at the wire. Jack, the slick little black pacer in W. J. McDon- ald's string, annexed the cup for the 2:18 pacers m a manner "that made up for the defeat of his stable mate Birdeye, in the free-for-all trot. Jack has been "pretty regular" at the last several meetings and gets a good hand from the crowd for the way he at- tends to his business. Last but not least on the program came the 2:26 trot which furnished the crowd with more genuine enjoyment than some of the faster classes, owing to the win made by the youngster teaming Ella Wilkes. The daughter o£ Seymour Wilkes broke earlv in the first heat, a trick which Springtime duplicated at the end of the back stretch, and the heat went to Direct Rome. Springtime came fast after settling but another jimtown in the stretch clinched Direct Rome's safety. The Wilkes mare kept her feet in the second start while both other entries had troubles before getting into the last turn and the three came into the stretch well bunched. It looked like a horse race to the wire, but Ella was the only one to hang to her gait in the windup and grabbed the heat amid hearty cheers from the stand. The crowd was all with Borromeo for the last heat, which he won very nicely, laying back in comfort until well down the back stretch when he started a drive that landed him the race and trophv and the glad hand of the crowd. Clair is the "kid" of the amateurs, and while his reported age of fifteen may be "stretching things" a bit, it is one safe bet that he never yet has spent any million for shaves. The afternoon's judges were J. V. Galindo, Luke Marisch and Hugh Boyle, and the timers Harry Chase, Harold Conn and W. J. Senderman. President Hoffman "sent 'em away" in all events except the free-for-all trot in which he had the mount behind Monica McKinney, and for which C. A. Durfee gave the word. The summaries follow: First race — 2:15 pace — Cup presented by Judge M. E. Cerf: Mabel Dillon, by Sidney Dillon (B. Cohn) 1 3 1 Little Medium, by Dictatus Medium (F. L. Burton) 2 1 3 Emma M.. by Stillwell (W. Malough) 3 2 2 Time — 2:18. 2:22y2, 2:19. Second race — 2:20 trot — Cup presented by Judge E. P. Shortall: Mug-gins, by King S. (H. Cohn) 1 1 Ateka. by Athasham (F. E. Burton) 3 2 Horseshoe Boy (A. S. Hanks) 2 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:19. Third race — 2:25 mixed — Cup presented by J. C. Corbett: Golden Buck, by Diablo (W. G. Walkup) 1 1 Harold K. by Wm. Harold (B. Soto) 2 2 Pride of Elmhurst (J. D. Johnstone) 3 3 Caliente Girl, by Falrose (A. Benson) 4 4 Time— 2:25, 2:24%. Fourth race — Free-for-all trot — Cup presented by James D. Phelan: Matawan, by Athasham (H. C. Ahlers) 1 1 Bodecker, by Antrim (S. Christenson) 2 2 Monica McKinney, by Ed McKinney (D. E. Hoffman)3 3 Birdeye, by Birdman (W. J. McDonald) 4 4 Time — 2:16, 2:17%. Fifth race — Free-for-aU pace — Cup presented by F. A. Griffin: Pointer Belle, by Star Pointer (H. Frellson) 1 1 Homburg Belle, by Stillwell (F. Schwartz) 2 2 Dicto, by Dictatus Medium (W. DeRyder) 3 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:13. Sixth race — 2:18 pace — Cup presented by Judge W. F. Crist: Jack, by Rey Direct (W. J. McDonald) 1 1 T. D. W., by Nutwood Wilkes (F. E. Burton) 2 2 Roman Boy, by The Roman (H. Frellson) 3 3 Time— 2:17, 2:17%. Seventh race — 2:25 trot — Cup presented by California Driving Club: Ella WUkes. by Seymour Wilkes (C. Borromeo). 3 1 1 Direct Rome (E. J. Fallon) 1 S 2 Springtime (G. Clotere) .2 2 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:27%, 2:26%. 0 HOME FROM THE WAR. LUCAS BRODHEAD ANSWERS LAST CALL. Last week there arrived from England, in charge of the veteran trainer "Jack" Joyner, the racing string of Harry Payne Whitney, which has been in Great Britain for the last year. The string includes twenty-one animals that have been in training, and will have their first turf experience in racing over American tracks next year. Mr. Whitney's brood mares with their weanlings will be brought to this country next spring, as early as it is possible to ship them. Mr. Whitney has decided to race only in this country until the troubles incident to the European war are ended, and the sport is once more on a sound basis over there. The lot will probably be taken to a farm in New Jersey for the winter. Henry Duryea's horses, including the Derby win- ner, Durbar II, are to be shipped here as soon as shipping accommodations can be obtained. Durbar was gotten out of the war zone in France by wrap- ping an American flag about him. with a banner bear- ing the French equivalent for "I am Durbar, American winner of the English Derby." The scheme proved successful in getting him across the English Channel. England's respect for any horse good enough to win the great English classic of their turf accounts for his escape from commandeering. Most of the horses of John Sanford which escaped conscription will ac- company the Duryea string. "STEAMBOAT" CASHES IN. Last week the word went out from Cheyenne that "Steamboat," probably the champion had actor and hard bucker of the country, was dead, a bullet having been called into play to end his sufferings from blood poisoning. Scores of "broncobusters" in all sections of the west have, during the past ten years, essayed to ride the famous bucker without success. Dick Stan- ley, of Portland, Ore., who rode him during a world's championship contest in 1906, alone is said to have conquered the old outlaw. Even the glory of this conquest was somewhat dimmed by the fact that the field was heavy with mud. "Steamboat" was 17 years old and for several years had been a familiar figure at "Wild West" celebra- tions, probably having put more cowboys afoot and into the sheepherding business than any other one critter, unless, perhaps, it was the "Belgrade Bull" of hallowed memory in the northwest. Russell Gray, the colored trainer who for some years was one of the late Martin Carter's right hand men at the Nutwood Stock Farm, is training a num- ber of promising youngsters at Hanford, and is much elated over the performance of Clara Mae, who was in his stable from early in the spring until just be- fore she went to Santa Rosa. King Policy, chestnut stallion by Best Policy, out of Belle Azalea by Ham- bletonian Wilkes, owned by Manuel Macedo, has the Allerton build and a very nice way of trotting, as has Joe Theodore's two-year-old colt by Robert Direct, out of a Strathway mare. Lightning Bug, brother to Toggles 2:08%, owned by Ed Ehrlein of Lemoore, completes the trotting division of the stable. Two pacers fill out the bunch, one a three-year-old by Gen. Lee, son of Sidney Arnett, owned by Manuel Cadosan of Corcoran that acts like quite a good colt, and the other Harry Mac, Gray's individual property. This is a stout black fellow by Expressive Mac 2:25%, first dam by Sidney Arnett, second by Dictator, that has a nice way of going and has been miles in his work close to the mark set by Clara Mac before she went to the races. If Gray can send him away from home in as good shape as he sent the redoubtable Clara somebody or other is liable to awaken to the fact that they are in a horse race. The death of Lucas Brodhead, which occurred recently in Kentucky, marked the passing of the last of the older members of the breeding ranks in Ken- tucky. For many years manager of Woodbum Form, he came in touch with a majority of the successful breeders of America, of many of the most generous patrons of the trotting world as well as of the run- ning turf. Lucas Erdohead was a Christian gentle- man, of the greatest integrity, a charming compan- ion, and the most lovable of men. His success dur- ing his connection with Woodburn was extraordinary, and as the confidential business advisor of the late A. J. Alexander, he gained a reputation for business sagacity and upright dealing enjoyed by few of the latter generation. His position at Woodburn was unique, for so thoroughly was he in the confidence of the master of the estate that everything in connec- tion with the farm was left to him. It was he who was responsible for the greatest successes of the noted nursery for trotters and thoroughbreds, and, during his connection with the estate, he bred many of the noted horses which have made the farm fam- ous, entertained visitors with genial hospitality, in- vested the fortune of his employer to the best advantage, and, by his precept and example, made the world better for his having been. Innumerable instances could be mentioned of his strict integrity, of his kindliness and sympathy, as well as of his shrewdness as a man of business. Lucas Brodhead was born in Franklin county in 1844 and, consequently, was seventy years of age at the time of his death. In 1869 he was engaged in the flour milling business in Aurora, 111., and, after the retirement of his brother-in-law, Daniel Swigert, from the management of the Woodburn Farm he was chosen for the position. During his administration, this became the most widely known and the most profitable breeding establishment on the American continent, producing blooded cattle, trotting and thoroughbred horses of the best type. The sales he made during the days in which the breed:ng indus- try flourished amounted to many thousands of dol- lars a year, and his wisdom in mating, his ;udgment in the care of young stock, gave the farm a prestige that caused other breeders to lay the foundation of their stud from animals bred at Woodburn. At the time when Electioneer was the most sensa- tional sire in America, Mr. Brodhead selected several of the best matrons on the farm and sent them to Palo Alto to be bred to the son of Hambletonian and Green Mountain Maid. Among the number were Miss Russell .the greatest broodmare of her day and the dam of the peerless Maud S. 2:08%. The result of this project was eminently successful, and today some of the greatest trotters in training contain the blood produced by the cross of Electioneer blood with that from Woodburn Farm. His knowledge of blood lines, both in the trotter and the thoroughbred, enab- led Mr. Brodhead to reach the highest degree of success, and his personality drew to him not only the most extensive buyers, but added to the charm of a visit to the famous estate over which he presided. Under his management, Woodburn produced, in addition to Maud S., the world's champion trotter of her day, Wedgewood-2:19, a superb race horse, Krem- lin 2:07%, a Transylvania winner, and hundreds of others that have immortalized themselves on the track and in the stud. He also bred for his employer Foxhall,. by King Alfonso, and the successes of this horse in England and on the Continent made him the most famous thoroughbred ever foaled in America. The Woodburn sales of thoroughbreds during the days of its greatest reputation were held in the beau- tiful pasture immediately opposite Spring Station, which was the post office of the farm and from which many great horses were shipped and hundreds of noted visitors received. Mr. Brodhead was foremost in every good work in his community, his influence was felt throughout the State as well as the nation. He was generous, gentle, brave and loyal, and so widely was he respect- ed, so greatly admired, that few men in his com- munity will be as greatly missed as he. Although he never raced the horses bred at Woodburn Farm he was active in the affairs of the Kentucky Horse Breeders' Association during the early days of its existence, and he annually brought to the Lexington track trotters which were started for records and invariably driven by the veteran trainer whose con- nection with this great breeding stud began with Pilot Jr. and lasted throughout its existence as a nursery for the light harness horse. After the death of A. J. Alexander, Mr. Brodhead purchased the farm, which became his home until his death. Here he lived amidst the scenes of his early youth, a country gentleman in the best sense and a splendid example of an American citizen. — Horse Breeder. o DECEMBER FIRST SET FOR MEETING BOARD OF APPEALS, A. T. A. Under date of October 12, 1914, Secretary W. H. Knight gives notice that the next regular meeting of the Board of Appeals of the American Trotting Association will De held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Tuesday, December 1, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the transaction of such business as may properly be presented to the Board for its consid- eration. All new applications and written evidence must be received at the Secretary's office, 137 South Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, not later than November 9. 1914. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 24, 1914. j NOTES AND NEWS f «:gi^«a*:gi^:(D^:g)xa)>:gi)t:gia:g)X(D^:(SXffi^:(B^: «> Then hit the Phoenix trail. Then the Coal Stove and Orange Tree Circuits. «> <8> «> The last named is to be more popular this year. «> <5> A number of the crack eastern drivers and care- takers will step it fast. <& «■ 3> From the last word from Lexington it would seem that the Willamette Valley in Oregon has no monop- olv on the attentions of one Jupiter Pluvius, Esquire. «><8> Reamy Macey has a stable of four for the exposi- tion trots and will ship with the balance of the Lex- ington contingent. Sutherland & Chadbourne shipped home to Pleas- anton from Hanford and their string is taking a rest prior to the commencement of winter jogging. «> Marvin Childs is the latest addition to the ranks of trainers at Pleasanton, coming down from Spo- kane last week with a stable of eight head. «■<•><& Tena G., the Geo. W. McKinney mare in the Hemet stable, pulled down two events at Riverside with Blackwell up. A good northwestern stable that will be on deck for the fair is that of George Pendleton of Portland, headed by the fast pacer Hal Grey. «• * ^ Del Rey 2: 04% will come home to California as a starter in the big 2:06 pace under time allowance rules. Will Maple will winter Walter Cochato 2:02 in California and be ready for the word in the big free- for-all pace down on the bay. <$> «> Directum I 1:58, Flower Direct 2:01, Frank Bo- gash Jr. 1:59%, Anna Bradford (3) 2:00% and Wil- liam 2:00 are among the starters promised to date for the expo free-for-all pace. Rose McGee (1) 2:19% the champion yearling pacing filly purchased at Lexington by Mr. Thomp- son of New York for $1,500, will become i member of Murphy's stable. ■» «• Mabel Van and Dr. Wayo added much to the gaiety of things at Riverside with a race apiece, the Doctor outfooting the mare for four heats out of the six. Thev are a nicelv matched couple. Riverside "winds it up" for a number of California stables and several strings are by now at home for the winter, though several stables are rntered at Phoenix and will soon be on their way to the big fair. Junior Watts, unbeaten in nine great stake races, comes to the coast for the 2:10 trot from Ine stable of Henry D. Rea of Pittsburg, Pa., and Axtien, owned by Samuel Harris, Plymouth, 111., is a starter in the same event. 3> Wilbur Lou (3) 2:1014 breaks into the table of sires at the age of five, the initial performer for the Hemet Stock Farm premier being Fiesta Lou (1) 2:25 pacing, Riverside being the scene of the baby's good mile. <$><£ Owing to the rains making it impossible to call the Stallion Stake except under most unfavorable condi- tions, the event was declared off and the stake money divided among the horses eligible to start. ^ <§> <^ At the recent Mortana State Fair, horses trom Ihe Brook Nook Ranch of the late C. X. Larrabee took all first premiums in the standard bred c'.psses, and allowed but two firsts in the carriage and roadster classes to get away from them. An important sale during the trots at Lexington was that of the yearling sister to Peter Volo (3) 2:03% sold by James Snell acting for George L. Knight of Nicholasville, Ky„ to Frank Ellis of Phila- delphia, Pa., at a reported price of ?7,500. She has been a quarter in r.2% seconds. Messrs. Wallace and Carpenter are back home at the Sweetwater track at San Diego after a success- ful season up north. Kenneth C, Axnola, La Corona and Nutway were among the horses that brought home the money, and the latter has all the ways and actions of a sure 2:10 or better trotter. <8> Bon Cres (3) 2:10%, by Bon Voyage 2:08 and out of Kate Kopje, by Cresceus 2:02%, in Sutherland & Chadbourne's stable at Pleasanton, was a long time starting to grow, but in the last twelve months has put on size at a mighty pleasing rate. He has always had the speed, and from present indications is going to have all the size and ruggedness of the McGreg- ors. C. W. Lasell, the Whitinsville, Mass., horseman- owner-driver and all-around gentleman and sports- man, W. S. Garrison, Roadstown, N. J., and W. B. Eckert, Reading, Pa., are among those who hear the call of the wild and will brave the transcontinental journey to participate in the races here next year. The builders of the new track at Riverside heralded it as a fast piece of dirt and Ho Tolus proved it for 'em. A half in 1:02% and a mile in 2:09 give other half-mile tracks something to cast an envious eye upon — somewhatly! All the horses seemed to like the footing. <5> «■ W. L. Snow, the Hornell, N. Y., teamster who has ranked consistently among the top-notchers of the big line for several seasons, will be at the exposition "with the bells on," his stable including the trotters Grand Marshal and Mahomet Watts and the pacers Leila Patchen, Jaystone and Thistle Patch. «■ Troubador, an outsider in betting, won the Czar- ewitch stakes, a handicap at 2% miles for three-year- olds and upwards, at the second October meeting at Newmarket, England, on last Wednesday. Green Falcon was second and Arda third. Twenty-one started. H. G. Smith took his turn, or turns, at being the "bell cow" at Riverside, the gang having to take his dust for a dozen heats in succession — three be- hind Alton S., three in the wake of Star Tilden, and the other six following the trail of Delia H. It cer- tainly was Smith's meeting. <8> Golden Brew, the two-year-old full sister to the trotting mare Joan 2:04%, was sold recently by John E. Madden to W. J. Meyers, of Springfield, Ohio. The price was not made public, but J. E. is not in the habit of giving this kind away to save feed. <8><8>«> Dublin Lady 2:09%, H. J. Schlesinger's great bred trotting mare by Tregantle 2:09%, has gone to George Castle's stable in exchange for the fast but uncertain Henrietta C. 2:07%. The latter is a daugh- ter of Constenaro and is entered at Phoenix. <8><8> Belford Bell 2:06%, the good daughter of Echo Bell that was such a consistent campaigner in 1913 on the Great Western Circuit, will be a starter in the exposition 2:08 trot under time allowance, com- ing from the stable of W. H. Smollinger, Iron Moun- tain, Mo. One of the slickest little tricks at Pleasanton is the three-year-old brown filly Luana in the staple of Lou Taylor. She is by Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Benito B. 2:25%, by Stam B. 2:11%, and Lou rarks her as one of the very best young trotters he has ever had. Individually she is of the kind you look at, like, and then look at some more. <§"$> Sunday afternoon was ideal matinee weather and the crowd at the Stadium overflowed the grandstand and lined up along the fence on both sides of the track, to say nothing of autos and carriages parked on the south side near the turn. Thirty-five hundred interested people must have been on hand to cheer the winners. Sandy Smith, who is on the scout for two or three likely ones for some patrons of his, tried to deal for the Cerciat filly Greatness after her performance at the Stadium at the San Francisco club's last matinee, but her owners think too well of her to sell. She looks to be a great mare in the making. <$> <$><$> While R. J. MacKenzie's trotters have been getting better right along and figuring close up in sharp racing, his stable of runners has not been idle, one of the best performances at Louisville recently being to the credit of Leo Skolny, whose win over a fast field on only a fair track in the time of 1:38 2-5 stamped him a mighty good horse. ■$■<$> C. A. Harrison's futurity filly Bonesque, by Count Boni (brother to Bonaday 2:11%), out of Niquee 2:13% by Joe Patchen 2:01%, has been sent to J. B. Stetson at Salem for preparation for her next year's engagements. Another recent addition to the Stet- son string is a two-year-old Hal B. youngster out of Belle Onward, owned by Albert Efaw of Tacoma. Shortly after the Phoenix meeting, California folks will get their first view of the advance guard of the eastern cracks that are coming to the coast to take part in the races at the exposition, as Lon McDon- ald, the Indianapolis teamster, and probably some others will ship to local tracks from the Arizona fair. Lon's stable has been a consistent bread winner — and then some — and his coming is awaited with a great deal of interest. California furnished the husky part of the racing in the free-for-all pace at Muskogee, Hal McKinney dragging down second money for Bob Sebastian, Charley A. C. by Walter Barker finishing third, and San Jacinto ranking fourth in the summary of a hotly contested five heat affair in which J. W. Wil- kerson finally carried off the honors. Sebastian's horse finished 1-2-1-3-4, Charley A. C. 2-3-2-4-3, and San Jacinto 4-4-3-2-2, the time being 2:08% 2:08%, 2:14, 2:11% and 2:13%, quite a nice race for a half-mile track. William is by no means Indiana's only good four- year-old pacer this year, as Single G. by Anderson Wilkes, bred and owned by W. G. Barefoot of Cam- bridge City, has won an even dozen starts over cen- tral western tracks. He is by Anderson Wilkes 2:24%, out of Little Gyp, a double producer of old- time Indiana lineage, and is a promised starter in the 2:06 pace at the fair. From recent eastern letters, amateur reinsmen are giving evidence of their appreciation of the events provided by the Panama-Pacific directors for the especial benefit of the "fun drivers," and such classes promise some of the sharpest racing of the meetings. Hon. Horace White, Syracuse, N. Y., has signified his intention of shipping out a goodly string, Geo. H. Topling of Cleveland wants to try out Binville against the cracks of his class, and a number of Pittsburg's matinee enthusiasts, among them S. E. Pickering and J. R. McCune, president of the Union National Bank, have declared their intention of facing the starter over the exposition track. The more the merrier. The harness horse has at last attained the high pinnacle of fame as a vaudeville favorite so long accorded to other great athletes, as William was ad- vertised to begin a ten weeks' engagement last week on a central western circuit, his being the first ap- pearance of an equine of his class among the head- liners of the stage. One mighty consolation lies in the fact that no matter how great his popularity — and it is conceded that he will be a great drawing card — he will not become a sufferer from that pest of pests among his associates in stageland, "swell headedness." Nor is the disease liable to affect either Owner Van Natta or Driver Marvin. ^ S> ^ That the 2:06 pace at the Panama-Pacific will do just what the promoters bargained for, that is, bring out a big field of the very best horses in the land, is evidenced by the interest being shown in the event by eastern owners. Among the starters recently promised and the stables from which they come are Dr. Burns Jr., W. P. Leech, Cleveland; Evelyn W., M. E. Sturgis, New York; Single G„ W. G. Barefoot. Cambridge City; Ruby K., David Shaw, Cleveland; Squantum, Lon McDonald, Indianapolis; Del Rey, Benton Pardee. Lock Haven; Harry the Ghost, C. H. Hayes, Columbus; Walnut Grove, A. F. Ruthven, Kansas City, and Anna Hal, Ernest I. White, Syra- cuse. Lots more to come. Lon Daniels, long one of California's foremost train- ers and race drivers, is now located at the Sacra- mento track and will make that his headquarters. The bulk of the Charles Silva horses will be in his stable, which will also include a number of likely ones from other owners and several of his own. John Malcolm and Capitola, the two great young pacers in Lon's string, have been sent from Chico to the capital, as has Stanley Quinn, the horses brought back from the northwestern circuit having already preceded them. Daniels is gathering a formidable stable and before long will be at work in earnest developing the speed and staying qualities that the races at the exposition are going to demand. After a campaign on the northwestern tracks in which he pulled down his fair share of the money hung up — never being out of the cash distribution in any event — Henry Helman arrived back home in Salinas a few days ago, stopping long enough at San Jose to pick up Mrs. Helman, who had been visiting relatives at that point during the absence of the "worse half" of the firm. Henry had his share of trouble in crossing and re-crossing the international boundary, the identification of each horse having to be made both times "to a hair" in order to avoid pos- sible complications arising from the war situation. Four promising Oregonians were brought back to Salinas and will be fitted for next season's fray. <$><$> Tom Moko 2:13 that raced so successfully for Marvin Childs on the northwestern tracks will not be seen at the races next year as his owner, H. H. Boomer of Spokane, has sent him to his ranch in Idaho where he will make use of his services in breeding a number of excellently bred matrons he has collected there. The present mark carried by the bay fellow is away within his proven capacity, but Mr. Boomer is anxious to give him a stud oppor- tunity, and argues rightly that a faster record will not make his progeny any faster. Tom Moko was bred by T. W. Murphy, brought west by W. G. Dur- fee, and has sturdy blood lines, being by Moko and out of Hazel Nutwood (great broodmare) by Nut- wood, second dam Cora Belle 2:29% by Joe Gavin, son of Messenger Duroc, etc. <$■ <8> At the age of seventeen years, thirteen of them passed "in the harness," Boliver 2:00%, hero of many a hard fought battle on both mile tracks and the two-lap rings, has been retired by his owner, E. J. Shem of Fulton, N. Y., and for the remainder of his days will lead a life of ease. The old veteran was one of the best pacers ever sent across the moun- tains from California and was long a great favorite on the grand circuit, where in 1905 and 1906 he was a winner or close contender in the hottest pacing races ever pulled off, to that date. Only last season he made a campaign of seven starts over the half- mile tracks in New York, winning six straights, and second money and the fastest heat in the seventh. He was bred by Alex McCormick of Eureka, and is by Wayland W. 2:12%, out of Belle W., by Harry Wilkes Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN J. Y. Gatcomb will come all the way from the fast- nesses of the New Hampshire hills to start Gay Audubon in the 2:10 trot down on the bay. <8> «> Pointer Belle stepped a first quarter in :30% and the half in 1:04% Sunday at the Stadium, but the going was too heavy for her to carry that lick far. «> Mabel Van put one over on Dr. Wayo at Riverside, but Ward broke even in their other start at the new track by beating the bay mare three straight heats. <3> Rythmell, winner of the Walnut Hall Cup at Lex- ington and holder of the world's three heat record for trotting mares, 2:05%, 2:05% and 2:04%, is a probable starter in the exposition free-for-all trot. The San Diego Driving Club will give a big Thanks- giving matinee, and amateurs from the clubs at Los Angeles, Riverside and Santa Ana will be there to add to the day's sport. Great doings among the fun drivers in the sunny south this fall. Early Reaper 2:09%, nineteen years of age, went under the hammer at Lexington for the small sum of $150. His list includes the good campaigner Early Alice 2:06%, Baron Reaper 2:09% and the pacer Baron Thacker 2:06%. The entries from the stable of David Shaw of Cleveland for the Panama-Pacific meeting include Joan for the free-for-all trot, Louise Dillon and Peter Mack for the 2:10 trot, and Ruby K. for the 2:06 pace. The rain Friday night and Saturday gave the Sta- dium track a good soaking, and while sunshine Sunday and careful work put it in pretty tair shape the surface was cuppy and the back stretch heavy for the California Driving Club's matinee. «> The Board of Review of the N. T. A. and the Board of Appeals of the A. T. A. will both convene on Tuesday, Dee. 1, the former at the Murray Hill Hotel in New York and the latter at the Auditorium in Chicago. Those of you having troubles, "make your medicine" accordingly. «> <8> Zulu Belle worked the Pleasanton track for C. A. Durfee last week in a way that showed her ready for a race any old time, going to the half in 1:06, throw- ing a front shoe, and coming home barefooted in 1:02. She goes to Phoenix in a few days and ought to turn the Arizona track pretty fast. <8> <$>«> Walter Cox has promised the entries of Lady Wanetka and Worthy Prince in the exposition 2:10 trot, and that of Camelia in the 2:04 pace. It is an ocean to ocean ship for the lanky Yankee and he was "juberous" about it for some time, but the chances are that when shipping time comes he will join the westward bound procession with a full string of horses to go right through the program. Here's hoping, anyway, for no one in the game, or out of it for that matter, would be more warmly welcome on our coast than "Long Shot." o L. A. CHILDS VISITS BUTTE. GREAT WEEK AT RIVERSIDE. L. A. Childs, probably the best-known harness race horse man on the northwest coast and in Canada, is in Butte to purchase some blooded horses to add to his California stables. Mr. Childs is the owner of Hal Boy, the famous six-year-old gelding that made a world's record last summer by winning 15 firsts in 15 consecutive starts in Canadian race meets. "The racing game in Canada and along the coast was better than ever during the past season," said Mr. Childs this morning. "I have been following it for 34 years now and there never has been a time more interest was shown than this year. At Win- nipeg, when Hal Boy won the big stake in the 2:06% pace, there were 62,780 paid admissions. The hard times and the war have not in the least injured inter- est in harness racing. "At Frisco next year the exposition people are pre- paring a big meet and there will be four $20,000 purses. Two will be for the 2:12 trot and two for the 2:06 pace. The war in Europe, in my opinion, instead of hurting the fair will prove a big help to it. All the moneyed people who have been spending their summers in foreign countries will spend their time at the fair, and likewise those in Europe who can get away will come over to America. The race horse men are not worrying in the least, for next year will be the biggest season ever known." — Post. CONCERNING THE 2:07 PACE AT PHOENIX. The Phoenix, Arizona, conditions provide that rec- ords after entry are no bar, but it seems that some of our horsemen have entered after having made a winrace record which will bar them out of the 2:07 pace. Vera Hal made a record of 2:05 on the last day of the Santa Rosa meet, Sept. 5. According to the entry list published by the Arizona State Fair she was entered at Phoenix September 9, four days after she made the record. It also seems that King Couchman made a record at Fort Erie on August 25 and his entry is dated Sept. 3. Mr. Wood, secretary of the Arizona State Fair at the time the entries were made, and superintendent of speed, states that the horses will not be allowed to start in the 2 : 07 pace. Both are entered, however, in the faster paces. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The Second Annual Riverside County Fair which came to an end Saturday evening far surpassed the most sanguine expectations of its promoters in every way. Starting with nothing six months ago a com- plete new plant was established, a plant that was taxed to its capacity to house the exhibits that flocked in, especially in the livestock departments, and where a few months ago there was but a strip of virgin dirt there is now a half-mile track that holds the state trotting record for rings of its size, and over which was trotted during the week the fastest half mile ever traveled by a mare on a track of that dimension. The exhibits were of a class unsurpass- able in any section, and the attendance and interest displayed assure the future of the fair on a steadily increasing scale, and to Secretary Sanders, Presi- dent Backstrand, Manager McGregor and their asso- ciates are due the thanks of the state at large, and of Southern California in particular, for putting Riv- erside on the map as a fair and racing town. The evening horse shows, an innovation at fairs of this size, have added greatly to the week's pleasure, and the racing has held the big crowd to the end each day. Tena G. started the ball rolling in the trots by annexing the 2:30 event in straight heats and acting like a high class mare, while Star Tilden, the husky Star Pointer stallion in H. G. Smith's stable, had the edge on his field of pacers at all times. Smith duplicated his straight heat performance in the 2:14 pace behind Delia H, and Mabel Van and Dr. Wayo continued their Hanford argument, racing all the time and reversing the usual result, Mabel taking the first two heats and the Doctor annexing the third. J. A. C. by Direcho, starting under a permit accord- ing to new rules, made straight work of the 2:17 pace, and Tena G. took the 2:20 trotters into camp, not, however, without a struggle with Great North- ern, who captured the first heat and was a contender all the way in the remaining heats. H. G. Smith tied up the main portion of the money in the 2:18 and 2:10 pace with Alton S. and Delia H, respectively, making straight heat events out of both of them. Some curiosity was evidenced by the crowd as to whether the "H." stood for "Hog," as Smith failed to let anything get away from him during the week. Lady Silverthorn and Wayward Jr. mixed for a spill in the second heat of the 2:18 pace, but no great injury was done and they were placed and allowed to finish the contest, in the next heat of which Tim Whiffler almost caused another wreck from an accident to his sulky. Dr. Wayo and Mabel Van put up another pretty race again Saturday and while the mare was a con- testant all the time the doughty Doctor turned the tables on her and got away with the three heats and a clean score. Tuesday the speed of the local ring was soundly attested when Ilo Tolus placed the state mark for half-mile track trotters at 2:09, driven by O. E. Folk, and on Saturday the game lass set a new mark for trotting mares to shoot at by making the single cir- cuit in 1:02%. She is by Pactolus 2:12% out of Pocahontas Queen 2:20%, a triple producing daugh- ter of Domineer 8575. Another interesting feature of the meeting was the mile in 2:25 paced by the Hemet Stock Farm yearling Fiesta Lou, starting to beat 2:40. She is the first of the get of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10% to make a bid for track honors, but the fact that she had no "predeces- sors" will not keep her from having a lot of future company from her papa's side of the family — or her ma's either, as both are but five years old. Fiesta Queen, her dam, is by On Stanley and out of Fiesta, the speed producing daughter of Bob Mason. The races in detail: 2:30 trot, purse $300: Tena G.. by Geo. W. McKinney (Blackwell) 1 1 1 Copper King, by Direct Heir (Miller) 2 2 2 Magella, by Zoloek (Holt) 3 3 3 Dark Streak, by Raymond (June) 4 5 4 Ada Tolus, by Pactolus (Murphy) 5 4 5 Time— 2:16, 2:18, 2:18. 2:23 pace, purse $300: Star Tilden, by Star Pointer (Smith) 1 1 1 Hal Wood, by Hal B. (McCormick) 2 2 2 Petty McKinney, by Petigru (McCullock) 3 5 4 Tim Whiffler, by Zombro (Murphy) 5 4 3 Lady Silverthorn, by Del Coronado (Silverthorn) 4 3 dr Zella D., by Zoloek (Atkinson) 7 6 dr Dee Sherrill, by On Stanley (Bonnell-Ware) 6 dr Time— 2:16, 2:15%, 2:16%. 2:14 pace, purse $300: Delia H., by Hal B. (Smith) 1 1 1 Wayward Jr., by Wayward (McCormick) 3 2 2 San Jacinto Girl, by Geo. W. McKinney 2 3 3 Time— 2:12%, 2:15%. 2:15%. 2:10 trot, purse $300: Mabel Van, by On Stanley (Best) 1 1 2 Dr. Wayo, by Wilkhurst (Ward) 2 3 1 Miss Gaily, by Geo. W. McKinney (Rees) 3 2 3 Directum Penn, by Directum (Atkinson) 4 4 4 Larry K, by Larry Kinney (Wilson) 5 5 dr Time— 2:14%, 2:14%, 2:12%. 2:17 pace, purse $200: J. A. C, by Direcho (Clark) 1 1 1 Captain Todd, by Baronteer Todd (Wright) 3 3 2 Petty McKinney, by Petigru (McCullock) 4 2 5 Maude Wilkes, untraced (Nelson) 2 6 6 Atlantic Fleet, by Murry M. (Paueett) 6 4 3 The Pig, by Morris A. (June) 5 5 4 Time— 1:08, 1:06, 1:06%. 2:20 trot, purse $300: Tena G., by Geo. W. McKinney (Blackwell) 2 1 1 Great Northrn. by Wayland W. (Ward) 1 2 2 Copper King, by Direct Heir (Miller) 3 3 3 Bolock, by Zoloek (Gowell) 4 4 4 Time— 2:20, 2:15%, 2:16%. 2:18 pace, purse $300: Alton S.. by Alton (Smith) 1 1 1 Wayward Jr., by Wavward (McCormick) 2 5 2 Tim Whiffler. by Zombro (Murphy) 3 3 6 San Jacinto Girl, by Geo. W. McKinney (June).. 6 2 5 Lady Silverthorn, by Del Coronado (Silverthorn)4 6 3 Dee Sherrill, bv On Stanley (Stewart-Parker). . .6 4 4 Time— 2:17%. 2:17%. 2:17%. 2:10 pace, purse $300: Delia H.. by Hal B. (Smith) 1 1 1 Hemet, by Geo. W. McKinney (Blackwell) 2 2 2 Atlantic Fleet, by Murray M. (Cole) 3 3 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:11%. 2:23. 2:15 trot, purse $300: Dr. Wayo, by Wilkhurst (Ward) 1 1 1 Mabel Van, by On Stanley (Best) 2 2 2 Directum Penn, by Directum (Atkinson) 4 3 3 Bolock, by Zoloek (Gowell) 3 4 4 Time— 2:17%, 2:16, 2:18. Special: Hal Wood, by Hal B. (McCormick) 4 1 1 Tim Whiffler, by Zombro (Murphy) 1 2 6 Lady Silverthorn. by Del Coronado (Silverthorn)2 3 3 Lady Alice T., untraced (June) 3 4 4 Zella D.. by Zoloek (Atkinson) 6 6 2 Anna Stevens, by Shadeland Onward (Schultz)..5 5 5 Time — Not given. Special — To beat 2:12 trotting: Ilo Tolus, by Pactolus — Pocahontas Queen, by Dom- ineer (Folk) 2:09 Special — To beat 2:40 pacing: Fiesta Lou (1), by Wilbur Lou — Fiesta Queen, by On Stanley (Rees) 2 :25 Special — Exihibition half-mile, trotting: Ilo Tolus, by Pactolus (Folk) 1:02% 0 BANNER PROGRAM FOR SUNDAY. The program provided for Sunday's matinee of the San Francisco Driving Club at the Stadium promises some of the best sport of the season, with a card of eight well-filled races, with the entrants pretty evenly balanced. The free-for-all pace ought to be a sizzler with a field composed of Dick W., Zulu Belle, Teddy Bear, Dicto and Happy Dentist, while Matawan will have his trotting supremacy disputed by Kid Cupid in a special event. Following is the complete pro- gram: First race — 2:18 trot — Muggins. H. Cohen: Laddie G, J. Holland: Ateka, B. Cohen; Eloise Del, C. Silva. Second race — 2:18 pace — Tom Murphy. E. T. Ayres: Wm. Tell. McKinney Stables: Jack. W. J. McDonald; Emma M.. W. Malough; G. J. P., R. Consa.ni. Third race — Free-for-all pace — Dick W., A. Ottinger; Zulu Belle. Chas. Durfee; Dicto. G. Lowry; Happy Den- tist, J. J. Ryan; Teddy Bear, C. Silva. Fourth race — Special trot — Kid Cupid, Chas. Spencer; Matawan. H. C. Ahlers. Fifth race — Free-for-all trot — Silver Hunter, J. J. Ryan; Birdeye, W. J. McDonnell; Bodecker. S. Christenson; Soreta. McKinney Stables. Sixth race — 2:15 pace — Delilah, J. C. Welsh; Bradmont. G. J. Giannini; W. J. K., W. J. Kenney; Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen. Seventh race — 2:20 pace — Ishmael, F. P. Lauterwasser; Roman Boy. W. A. Dougherty; King Pointer, H. Campo- donico; Greatness, E. Cerciat; Pride of Elmhurst, J. John- stone. Eighth race — 2:25 trot — Ella Wilkes, C. Borromeo; Steve D., J. Tassi; Springtime. F. Clotere. Officers of the Day — Honorary judge, Ed Aigeltlnger; judges, D. Dillon. H. Boyle, G. J. Giannini. Timers, F. P. Lauterwasser, Sr., F. Clotere, J. Holland. Starter, W. J. Kenney; marshal, J. Lombard; secretary of meet, Jas. MeGrath. DECOTO MATINEE. Sunday's matinee at the Decoto track brought out a good crowd to watch the amateurs scrap for the half-mile heats, and good contests rewarded them. Lady Alwin lost one heat owing to a trace coming loose, but made straight work of the other two. The 2:50 pacers were nip and tuck all the way, and Blood Harry shows to be able to go the short route better than 1:10. The details: First race, 2:40 trot: Lady Alwin (M. C. Joseph) 2 1 1 Modesto (Joe Terry) 1 2 2 Time— 1:42%, 1:25, 1:25. Second race, 2:50 pace: Schfuche (M. P. Machias) 2 1 1 Little Babe (S. Bettcourt) 1 2 2 Time— 1:24, 1:20%, 1:20. Third race, special mixed: Blood Harry (Geo. Bond) 1 1 Valpy (Perry Bros. ) 2 2 Time— 1:21%, 1:12. Against Time. Decoto Boy, pacing (Frank Goularte) 1:05 J. C. Simpson, trotting (Frank Goularte) 1:08% Black Mare, trotting (Ed Neves) 1:29 MATINEE AT SWEETWATER. The San Diego Driving Club held a well attended and interesting matinee of three events Sunday after- noon at the Sweetwater track. Four races were carded, but the withdrawal of Nimbus from Class B. caused the transfer of Nutway and Robert B. to Class A. and C. respectively, Nutway getting "in good" by his change, while Robert B. failed to land in any soft snap. The summary: Class A. Nutway, b g (B. Carpenter) 1 1 Pronto J., b g ,P. Pidgeon) 4 2 1915. ch m (C. S. Russell) 2 4 Axnola, ch m (J. C. Wallace) 3 3 Time— 2:18. 2:19. Class C. Markee. gr g (F. Fanning) l l La Corona, b m (J. C. Wallace) 2 2 Robert B., ch g (R. Brown) 4 3 Wanna T., b m (P. W. Hodges) 3 4 Time— 2:23%, 2:23. Class D. Laura Smith, b m (C. Woulf) o 1 Prince, b g (Chas. Higgens) 0 2 Siss Toggles, b m ( W. V. McConnell ) 3 3 Time — 2:40, 2:39. DIRECTUM I AND WILLIAM. Over the same track where William gave him his first defeat a month ago, the big ring at Grand Rap- ids, Directum I took the Indiana gelding into camp in two straight heats Wednesday, the time being slow for the big boys, 2:04% and 2:01%. The day was warm and the track fairly fast. Dispatches from the track state that another match has been arranged to take place at Kalamazoo on next Wednesday, Oct. 28, but as previous arrange- ments had been made for the speeders to meet on that date at Readville, the Grand Rapids wire is probably incorrect either as to place or date. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, October 24, 1914. AFTER THE SEASON ACROSS THE BORDER. THE NORTHWEST'S BEST STABLE FOR THE YEAR. WILLIAM AND HIS TOE WEIGHTS. As the birds come home to roost, the race horses of Winnipeg that have been racing in all directions during the summer months are returning to the prai- rie metropolis and are all gradually being let down tor the year. Many will be taken up when the snow flies and will be campaigned over the ice circuits of both eastern and western Canada. Last winter there were many western horses racing over the eastern ice circuit, and there will be more this year, for there are more good horses in the coun- try and new ones are arriving frequently. The Win- nipeg Ice Racing Association held eight meetings last winter over the Industrial Exhibition track and at the Bonspiel event and that of Christmas and New Year's Day, good purses being offered. The success of the initial winter meeting of the Portage La Prai- rie Driving Club has not been forgotten and it is problematical that a banner attraction for the bunch that like to hike over the frozen surface will again be put on at Crescent Lake. The situation at Portage La Prairie is ideal for the sport. The pretty little lake not a half-mile from the main thoroughfare of the city is convenient, well sheltered by the natural surroundings and safe. It was there that Hal D. stepped a half-mile straight away in one minute, establishing a new world's record for that distance on ice and breaking the record of 1:01% formerly held by George Gano over the famous Lake of the Isles ice track. Every heat of the five trials in the race was in 1:02 or better and Hal Chief of Calgary stood best in the summary when it was all over. It was a winter's day with only a slight breeze and it was in their backs as they chopped the grozen sur- face with vengeance. The Pigott string consisting of the good pacer Mischief, Bon Jean and Sadie Bars, after a tour through Western Canada and Dakota are home until the birds begin to sing again. Mischief and Bon Jean were rather disappointing in the first events of the season in which they contended, but when they got away among the strangers, flattened out and won some money. Some of the quality of the West are getting their work-out at the Kirkfield mile track. Billy Fleming, the Portage trainer, is there with the Cowan stable, in which the trotters Tropic Dawn and Baroness Helen are the best known. Garibaldi and some young- sters keep the man of Joe Patchen fame busy and he appears as well pleased as though he were on the grand circuit with the white footed horse. The Beaver and the Badger are also at Kirkfield and Mac Rochon goes out regularly and gives them their fast work. Later they will be sent to Palatine to Charley Dean where they will winter, and early be shipped to California in anticipation of getting a piece of the Panama-Pacific stakes. The remainder of the Carson and Cochon horses are racing this week at North Yakima, Washington, and are entered clean through to Dallas, Texas. They too will be shipped to the coast for next year's races if they look good to Joe Carson at the end of this season's campaign. College Gent, Alberta Dillon, Seneca Boy and Strathtell are those that have been able to stay away from home since last spring. The black stallion All Direct and James Bell, after a season of successes and reverses are also back to the simple life. The son of Go Direct demonstrated this year that he was a 2:10 pacer on the big ring and while his owner was in some wrecks during the season that fractured several of the principal bones of his anatomy, he remains optimistic and will ship east later for the ice racing season. Molly Darling 2:05% is out at one of the fashion- able summer resorts and will return to the city shortly and will be put back to work. She won the free-for-all at Brandon last August, and Dick Ed- wards, her owner, sees no reason why she should not duplicate her very creditable record on the high- heeled shoes. Molly's mark is over a half-mile track and if she likes the footing this winter, she will shoot away like a bullet of the Allies. Her stable mate Auto Zombro was sold after he won the 2:13 pace at Hamline to Judge Ryan of Minneapolis, so we will not include the son of Zombro in our pros- pects of this winter's racing material. Hollybrand 2:06% and Josie Bowers by Joe Bow- ers, both the property of Dan McDonald, have been sent out to Crescent Lodge, the summer home of the lumberman, and are getting their daily exercise on the country roads along the Assiniboine. Mr. Mc- Donald is very fond of the winter's sport and some of his horses will no doubt be ready. James McGrath is keeping the futurity winner Jim Mayburn, by Will Mayburn 2:06%, right at it and he will remain at the exhibition track as long as conditions will permit. The famous five-milers of the Winnipeg Driving Club will also be heard from wherever there is racing this winter and they will be just as great an attrac- tion on the ice as over the dirt. At Stonewall last week over a slow track twenty-seven feet over the half-mile, every heal was in 1:05% or better and at the final meeting of the Winnipeg Driving Club next Saturday every one of them will take a shot at High Fly's 1:03%. The fleet consists of Bon Jean, Dan D., Maythorn, Dewey G. and High Fly, the present holder of the Winnipeg matinee record. — Canadian Sports- man. When Marvin Childs won the last heat of the 2:12 pace on October 3 at Salem (and incidentally won the race), he brought to a close one of the most suc- cessful campaigns ever made over northwestern tracks, closing the season with by far larger winnings than any of his competitors — or perhaps any two of them combined. Starting in at Edmonton on May 25th the stable of four horses went straight through the northwestern circuits, with only one horse mak- ing as few as sixteen starts, and finished with every horse ready for more. The condition in which the string goes into winter quarters at Pleasanton speaks eloquently not only of the quality of the horses them- selves, but of the handling they received throughout the long campaign. Of the four campaigned this summer, all but one are included in the shipment brought to Pleasanton last week, Tom Moko having been taken to his own- er's ranch in Idaho for use in breeding in 1915. The other three are fit as a fiddle and should be ready when the bell rings at the Panama-Pacific The Hal B. gelding Hal Boy, with a mark of 2:12% and a breeder's record of 2:06%, is the chief attrac- tion of the stable as one of the very best pacers ever raced in the northwest. Starting in at Edmonton with third money, he came to the front for fifteen successive winning races — straight through to Ya- kima, where he met College Gent and Oviedo in the free-for-all pace and won third money, finishing 3-4-1 in 2:05, 2:06%, 2:06%, being timed separately one heat in 2:04%, and stepping the last half of his win- ning heat in 1:01, with the final quarter in 3-1 seconds. At his last start at Salem he won first money again, making him a total of sixteen races won out of eigh- teen, a remarkable record for a single campaign. His dam is Altalena, a double producing daughter of Altamont, and he is owned jointly by Mr. Childs and Ed Peterson of Omaha. Imbro also made the round eighteen starts, out of which he annexed five firsts, eight or ten seconds and was twice third, racing to a record of 2:12%. He was timed on a half-mile track in 2:09%, and was beaten but half a length by Oviedo at Salem in 2:07%. He is by Zombro 2:11 out of Athlene 2:19% (dam of four) by Coeur d'Alene 2:19%, and looks to be a horse to reckon with in forecasting the dope for next season. Jim Hill, the third of Childs' trio of pacers, is by The Commonwealth (son of Shadeland Onward and Action 2:28, dam of two, by Onward 2:25%) and while slower "rounding to." paid his way ana a profit. Sarting five times free-legged he failed to land in the money the "first four, and in the fifth managed to save his entrance. Childs then dressed him up in the skeleton skirts and Jim responded by winning his next two starts, and six in all out of a total of seven- teen and being behind but twice after the addition to his harness. He has a race record of 2:14% and a breeder's mark of 2:09. Both he and Imbro are owned by Daniel 'Anderson of Portland. Tom Moko, the stable's trotting entry, is owned by H. A. Boomer of Spokane and has been retired to the stud after a campaign of sixteen starts of which he won five, was but once unplaced, and iaced to a record of 2:13. He will be remembered as the lad that drew a good deal of attention in Will Durfee's stable two winters ago in Los Angeles, and is by Moko, out of the great brood mare Hazel Nutwood, by Nutwood. In addition to those campaigned during the season just passed, Childs has with him five head of trotters and pacers that have all been to the races in previous years and shown sufficient quality to justify taking them on. Major By By 2:19%, the son of Major Dillon 2:18% and By By by Nutwood, that was sent home from the east by Frank Childs af'er having shown better than 2:10 capabilities, has fully recov- ered from his trouble and is in great shage for his winter's work. Tom Smith 2:11%, by Grcenroi out of Specks by Conrad, is another trotter that has had a rest and looks to have much more than hio recorded speed. Both are owned by Ed Peterson of Omaha. Lizzie Dillon 2:15% and Sirius Pointer 2:15 are the two remaining pacers, owned respectively by Chas. Bowman, the Walla Walla wheat king, and H. H. Boomer of Spokane. The mare is by Sidney Dillon out of Angela S. by Silent Chimes, and in her three- year-old form was unbeaten, while Sirius Pointer went some nice races in Canada in 1912 and promises to be a much improved horse in 1915. He is by Star Pointer 1:59% and out of the wonderful mare Trix Marshall (dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Aerolite 2:06%, Moortrix 2:07%, etc.), by Nutwood Wilkes, and has always had a lick of speed faster than his record when at himself. The youngest member of the stable is a trotting lass belonging to Mr. Childs himself, the three-year- old Valeen M. by Bonaday 2:11%, out of Diabella C. 2:23% by Diablo, her next three dams all ieing pro- ducers. This little lady has a two-year-old record of 2:26 and Mr. Childs likes the way she behaves and carries herself. All around, the stable is a notable one and well worth visiting. A "steer from Sweet Grass County, Mont., right off the range, weighed 1820 on the scales in Chicago, was sold for $8.75 per hundredweight, and totaled $159.25. It these Montana folks would quit shipping these short aged calves and give them a chance 10 mature, they might make pretty fair steers some day — yes? Remember, the third payment of $5 on foals of this year for for Pacific Breeders' Stake No. 14 must be paid Monday, November 2. Neglect to keep a futu- rity nomination good has caused many a man keen regret in later days. Once more before the season closes arc William and Directum I. to go to the mat, this time at Read- ville, on October 28. Seventy-five hundred dollars will be hung up for the big pacers and the winner will pull down 75 per cent. Years ago it was found that a trotter, whose action could be made pure — and, consequently, effective — only by the use of excessive weight on the front feet, not only frequently made speed with phenomenal rapidity, but that the fact of being "balanced" often transformed one, whose previous performances had given him the reputation of being "soft," into a game and consistent race nag. For a considerable period, this so-called balancing was effected almost entirely by the use of the toe weights, that device superseding the loaded quarter boot and the excessively heavy shoes, the most nota- ble use of the latter having been in the case of Smug- gler 2:15%, a natural pacer (but possessor of no great speed at that gait). It took a pair of front shoes weighing two pounds each to make Smuggler hit a trot and stick to that gait, and other first-class trotters of that period carried even more iron than did the Kansas stallion, conspicuous examples in this particular being Nettie 2:18, the only daughter of Rysdyk's Hambletonian with a record under 2:20; May Queen 2:20, dam of the sire of Bingen 2:06%, and Lula 2:15, who, for pure speed, was rated even higher than Goldsmith Maid, who set the trotting mark at 2:14 not long before 1 ula's record was made. Later in the history of harness racing it was learned that some pacers were at their best only when equipped with, toe weights, and now we have a unique illustration of their value in the ease of the phenomenal race horse pacer, William, who wears eight ounce shoes and two ounce weights in front, and four ounce shoes behind. In other words, he is shod precisely as are many first-class trotters. Like most high-class pacers of this day, he is trotting bred, and his action conforms to his breeding, the legs doing all the work, there being absolutely none of the body motion so common among pacers as to be considered almost inseparable from that gait. Weight on the front feet, properly applied, has given speed, steadiness and stamina to hundreds of trotters that otherwise wTould have possessed none of these prime requisites of a race horse, and this is as true of colts as of aged horses. Scores of instances proving the truth of this assertion could be given, but the great lesson of the minute is that William is shod and balanced like a trotter. It is a fortunate thing for both turf and breeding interests that, in his colthood, William was taken in hand by a man who not only knew how to balance horses, but who also was big enough in brain area to see when the ordinary course of procedure should be reversed. — H. T. White in the Horse Breeder. o NO PLACE LIKE HOME. John Kelly, well known to horsemen of New Eng- land and vicinity through his former connection with Forbes Farm, owned by the late J. Malcolm Forbes, and Shultshurst, the estate of John H. Shults, of Port Chester, N. Y., but who for the past five years has been connected with a prominent Austrian stable in the capacity of trainer, arrived on the Mauretania a few days ago. "Jack" (as most of us are privileged to call him) reports that conditions there w7ere terrible when he left — about three weeks ago. Every horse, no matter what it was or what was its value, had been com- mandeered by the Austrian army. He believes that, while the present situation in Europe is deplorable, when the war is over there will be an enormous de- mand for horses from this side. — Horse Breeder. BOARD OF REVIEW, N. T. A., MEETS DECEM- BER FIRST. Secretary W. H. Gocher of the National Trotting Association announces that the next regular meeting of the Board of Review will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, December 1, at the Murray Hill Hotel in New York, in accordance 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 1915, to accommo- date those whose convenience or necessities will be served thereby. All communications intended for the consideration of the Board at the December meeting must be for- warded to the Secretary not later than November 17, 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 recent removal of Lon Daniels and his horses from Chico to the state fair grounds at Sacramento probably sounds the death knell of the Chico track, one of the best and fastest in California. Chico is a good fair and race town and the driving club held on and on in the hope of the passing of the district fair bill. With that killed the boys gave up the ghost, and the track was sold to J. F. Entler in order that the club might clean up indebtedness incurred in the uphill struggle. Last season Daniels and W. J. Miller held the plant under lease purely for training purposes, but with Lon gone there is much doubt as to the ability of other horsemen to raise enough money to carry on the lease, and it is not unlikely that the fate that has overtaken many another good track lies in wait for the Chico speed- way— subdivision. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ROD, GUN AND KENNEL ii CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting; Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12. 26; Oct. 10. 24; Nov. 7. Sundays— Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7. Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Oct. 30. 31, Nov. 1— Colorado Kennel Club. C. A. Ellis, secretary. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal, Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary; A. K. C. rules. Field Trials. » Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary, Alameda, Cal. A HINT FOR NEXT SUMMER. To the forests of Shasta — to the place where the widening Sacramento comes tumbling and foaming down a deep, green canyon, and either east or west into the shady pines, there is where you find mag- nificent scenery, splendid fishing and abundant game. Shasta county has been described as the "land of big things," which is most apt, as no one could dis- pute, after seeing the splendid big fruits raised there, the big game, big fish, the forests of great pines, and the towering mountains which have won wide fame for Shasta and for California. The rich mines and productive ranches are as distinctive a feature as the immense lumber industry, and the perfection of Shasta's climate is attested by all her staiwart sons. To persons living outside of Shasta county, and only visiting it to enjoy a vacation at one of the refreshing canon resorts it seems a wonder that anybody living there "gets anything done," since they must all hear the constant call of the forest, stream and mountain. For San Francisco sportsmen Shasta county is at just the psychologic distance. You leave here in the afternoon and wake up at the Shasta line, reaching Redding at the beginning of the canon at breakfast time. Out of Redding and Anderson fifteen or twenty miles this side, run the stage lines to Trinity and Lassen, and the Shasta country tributary to these lines is a sportsman's paradise. Along each route are stopping places and post offices at convenient points, but the usual outfitting with camping supplies is made at Anderson and Redding. Leaving Redding on the way to Sierra the first stop is at Millvi'le, twelve miles east, thence the road runs northeast to Whitmore, fourteen miles and on to Montgomery creek, sixteen miles farther, and a first-class place to stop for fish and game. Several ardent sportsmen recommend the Mont- gomery creek section as not only a beautiful and easily accessible country, but one affording fine hunt- ing. Montgomery creek is right over the mountain from Terry's big lumber mill — so close that you can hear the whistles. The creek empties into Pitt river, which is as large at the junction with Montgomery creek as the McCloud river, and while not as well known as the McCloud, is just as beautiful. The hunting is great along Pitt river, is the report, all through that section, in fact, over on Round Moun- tain and Burney Mountain, and there's fine fislrng all through there. Others familiar with that section speak enthusi- astically of what is known as the Hat creek, Burney valley, and Goose valley country, this being some- thing like seventy miles northeast of Redding. Those who have gone in there do very little tramp- ing, always taking pack horses and generally follow- ing the dogs on horseback. Out toward Trinity county — Cottonwood or Delta — are good places to start from. The hunting ::s dandy, too, besides the trout fishing. To reach the Coast mountains in southwestern Shasta, one can take the stage at Anderson, stopping at Olinda and Igo, and bringing up at Ono, in the mountains. The famous canon of the Sacramento is well pro- vided with pleasant shady resorts, and there are camping spots as numerous as inviting. Among these desirable places are Sweetbrier Camp, Sweetbrier Lodge, Crag View, Castle Rock, Castle Crags Farm, the last mentioned having the unique and delightful feature of quaint little log cabins for the entertain- ment of guests. Here and at Castella there are min- eral springs of fine quality. Many picturesque summer homes, too, are seen at frequent intervals along the canon, also on the Mc- Cloud river, where several sportsmens' clubs have erected comfortable lodges and control shooting pre- serves. RIFLE CLUBS POPULAR WITH STUDENTS. Over fifteen thousand college and school boy marksmen is the record for the school year ending June 30, 1914. Through the combined efforts of the National Rifle Association of America and the Na- tional Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, rapid strides are being made looking to the introduc- tion of rifle shooting as one of the recognized sports in the schools and colleges throughout the country and the movement has been still further stimulated by a recent act of Congress authorizing the free issue of rifles and ammunition to such clubs and to cadet corps. This work was begun several years ago by the National Rifle Association backed by the War De- partment, with a result that at the present time there are 42 colleges and universities and 88 private and public preparatory schools having rifle clubs. Na- tional championships are now being carried on in both classes of institutions. Among the colleges there are competitions both indoor and outdoor represent- ing the intercollegiate championship and among the schools, the Government has presented trophies rep- resenting the public high school shooting champion- ship and the military school championship of the country. The indoor competitions for both colleges and schools are now being organized for the indoor season. These matches are shot on indoor ranges with 22-caliber rifles. As an evidence of the fact that the athletic author- ities of a great many colleges and universities, as well as schools, are recognizing marksmanship as a part of their athletic curriculum, many of them are giving the college or school letter to those students who make the rifle teams. A feature of this work which is worthy of mention is the fact that there have been no serious accidents of any kind on rifle ranges since the work was intro- duced, a claim that could hardly hold good in connec- tion with other prominent school sports such as football and baseball. To overcome the erroneous impression in the minds of members of school boards that rifle shooting is dangerous, the War Department has offered to several cities sub-target gun machines for installation in their high schools. This is an apparatus w"hich teaches rifle shooting without the use of powder and ball and is a mechanical contriv- ance which assimilates actual rifle firing and which has been used with great success on our war ships and in army barracks. There is one of these machines in every high school in Greater New York where there are over 7,000 school boys between the ages of ten and eighteen who qualify annually as Junior marksmen under the schoolboy course approved by the War Department. After years of opposition the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica are recognizing the value of teaching marksman- ship as a character builder and have authorized the issue of merit badges for marksmanship. This work is carried on in co-operation with the National Rifle Association of America which supplies instructors and supervisors. The v?.lue to the nation of the training of the youth of the land in the mechanism and use of fire arms is inestimable. A large standing army will not be a necessity if citizens are trained in the first requisite of a defender of his country. Therefore, the promotion of rifle shooting not only trains the eye and the nerve and builds up the phys- ical standard of our young men, but also at the same time adds a valuable asset to the defensive strength of the country. There is no excuse at the present time for any one to go into the business of shooting game for profit — it is merely offering a premium on shiftlessness. In the '80s interest in rifle shooting took a sudden new lease of life, the great National Rifle Association was formed, target practice in the army and militia began and several teams went abroad that wiped up the ground with the foreigners. Then the game took another doze. With the advent of the new small bore, high power, military type of rifle about 1890, — it looked as though rifle shooting — particularly with the military rifle — never could be popularized, so inaccu- rate were the new rifles. For ten years a few enthu- siasts struggled to find a combination of cartridge ind barrel in the military rifle that would give de- cent results on the target. The problem was solved by the genius of Dr. Hudson and other civilian rifle- men and our military rifles — then the Krag-Jorgen- son — were brought up to a high state of capacity, but not until the Irish and Canadians had both wiped up the ground with the best teams the Americans could find in two matches in 1901 and 1902, the reason in both cases being the inadequate American rifles and ammunition, it has been claimed. The National Rifle Association came to life again, and with the co-operation of the government a na- tional match was held at Fort Riley, Kas., in 1903, open to teams from the militia and the regular army and navy. About a dozen teams took part, the New York team winning first place. This marked the awakening of the present interest in rifle shooting, an interest which is not only not dying out, but is increasing each year. The next year the matches were shot at the great range at Sea Girt, N. J., where the shoots were held until 1908. ONE MARKET-HUNTER'S GUN— 6,000 OUCKS. [By Wm. B. Mershon.] As president of the Camp Fire Club of Chicago, also president of the Michigan Association, which is the State organization for the conservation of wild life, I take the liberty of addressing you on the sub- ject of proposed legislation to repeal the law Cali- fornia now has prohibiting the sale of wild ducks. I sincerely hope that this law will not be repealed. I own a winter home in Pasadena, California. I have seen quite a lot of the duck shooting of your State, and I have come to the conclusion that even under present conditions the wild ducks are rapidly diminishing. There are so many more shooters, so many baited ponds, the ammunition and guns so much more murderous than formerly, which taken together with the encroachment of civilization upon the feeding and breeding grounds of wild fowl, largely the latter, renders it necessary to exercise self denial on the part of all shooters, or there will be no ducks left in a short time. When I was a boy, Michigan every spring was alive with the Passenger Pigeons. Even after I bad grown to manhood I could go out and shoot them in the morning. They were marketed and sold all the way from 50c to $1.50 per dozen; they were used for trap shooting. People thought they were so plen- tiful the numbers could never be lessened. Lo and behold! One morning we awaken to find that the pigeons were no more. The last big nesting was exterminated here in' Michigan in 1879 and since then people have wondered what became of the pigeons. The Saginaw valley marshes used to teem with ducks. My father with an old muzzle loading gun used to get his hundred ducks a day — ten men could not get 100 ducks in a season here now. Emerson Hough in an article that recently ap- peared in the Saturday Evening Post, thoroughly ex- ploded the theory of a vast breeding ground in sub- Arctic Canada. One of the best restrictive measures is the prevent- ing of marketing of wild game — it will do more to stop unnecessary killing than any other one measure. j. ne market hunter only sees the dollars in front of him; he has no love for wild life, does not shoot for the pleasure of it, but it is dollars and cents; he is usually too lazy to work and will go through all sorts of hardships to shoot. I ran across a market hunter in the Northwest this fall who had killed over 200 ducks in one day, largely canvasbacks, and got them safely to to market, yet the law says that no one must kill more than 50 in a day or 250 in a season. This same man had killed over 1,000 ducks when I saw him early in the season. Last year, before there was a season limit, he killed and marketed 6,000 ducks, all of this to one gun. If the law was so that he could not sell a duck, these 6,000 ducks would have been saved. All of this happened in Saskatchewan. They are now taking steps to prevent the sale of all game. Michigan has had a non-sale law for years. If we didn't have it, we v/ould have had no Ruffed Grouse, the grandest bird that ever took wing; our deer would be exterminated and our trout streams de- pleted. Turn these figures over in your mind until you grasp their true significance. Market hunters supplied the San Francisco mar- kets in 1910 with 500,000 wild ducks. In 1911 with 250,000 wild ducks. In 1912 with 150,000 wild ducks. In 1913 with 85,000 wild ducks. And the demand for wild ducks was far greater in 1913 than it was in 1910. The wild life of a State constitutes that State's most beautiful and valuable asset. This asset need not necessarily be destroyed and eaten to be enjoyed. Its food value is its least value. Its disposition con- cerns all the people of the State. Of this people those of you who have no selfish interest in its de- struction form the greatly larger part, and you are certainly better qualified to direct and control legis- lation looking to its reasonable conservation and protection than are those whose only concern in it lies in the time, method and place of its killing. If you are with us in our desire to apply the broad and simple principles of protection everywhere, and against every sordid and selfish interest; if you are willing to give written expression to your sympathy with such purpose, post a card giving your name and address, and the names and addresses of others whom you know to be at one with you in that sym- pathy, to Publicity Department, Box 15, Capitola, California. We need your moral support. We need this ex- pression from you of your determination to stand behind us in our every unselfish effort toward the reasonable conservation of our fish and game and the protection of our song birds and forests. It is imperative that we be able to show the com- mercial interests, so continuously planning and striv- ing to translate all the beautiful and animate life of our forests and fields into sordid dollars, and the game-hog who seeks, in the name of sport, to bring to bag every living wild thing he sees, that the wild life of California is to receive a measure of protec- tion never before accorded it; that concerned and watchful thousands stand ready to raily to its de- fense, whenever and wherever its existence or its welfare is threatened. Your name will help us. Please send it. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 24, 1914. UNWRITTEN LAW GOVERNS BEE TREES. PELICANS ARE WHOLESALE DESTROYERS. FISH HUNTING NOTES. Sportsmen returning to the city from their vaca- tions tell the usual bear and fish stories (hat have gone the rounds for ages, but an unusual tale has been given publicity in the New York Times by J. B. Scott, a lawyer of that city and Newburg. Mr. Scott entertained a group of his old classmates at the Yale Club one day for half an hour by telling them how, deep in the Catskill woods, he learned something about "the common law of Sullivan County," which he had never seen in any law book. The lawyer was spending his vacation at a fishing club on the Orchard Lake Trout Preserve, eight miles from Livingston Manor in Sullivan County. He has been the club's counsel for years, and is familiar with every acre of the club's domain. It was while he was tramping over the Catskill ranges early in August that he was startled by the sound of a tree falling about half a mile away. With Mr. Scott were several other members of the club, and the assistant gamekeeper of the preserve. The lawyer expressed the opinion that some woods- man must be trying to steal a tree, and he proposed to investigate. The fishermen went to a meadow bordering the woods, and in the distance they saw smoke curling from the top of the forest. They cut into the woods again and went as fast as possible to the smoldering fire. Soon the group of investigators, with Mr. Scott in the lead, saw a lone woodsman. The woodsman was sawing through a big oak tree which he had felled. He was making so much noise and was so much en- grossed in his work that he did not see the group of men who were surrounding him. His head was bent low and the club members could see nothing but a big brimmed black hat and a sack which the man had over his shoulders. All about him was smoke and he coughed occasionally as if suffocating. Mr. Scott was within ten feet of the woodsman when he called out: "What does this mean and who are you?" "Bees," the woodsman replied, without showing the least concern and without turning up his face. He just kept on sawing. "Who gave you permission to saw down a tree in these woods?" Mr. Scott demanded. "Bees," again replied the woodsman. 'Don't get so close or you'll ge* stung." The party retreated at this warning, and from a safe distance they continued to ask questions, but they could get no satisfaction until the trunk of the tree was severed. Then the woodsman straightened up. He was fully six feet three inches in height. Around his face and neck he wore pink mosquito netting, which appeared to have been ripped from a peach basket. His whiskers stuck out through the pink netting. Thousands of bees hummed all about him, hut he was not worried in the least. "What you all want?" he blustered. "Look out for the bees. They won't hurt me because they're afraid of the smoke, but they might sting you." "We want to know who gave you permission to cut down a tree on this preserve," Mr. Scott demanded. "The tree were no good; it was rotten," replied the woodsman. "Why did you cut it down?" "Want a bit of honey for the winter. Can't ye see what I'm doing?" "But who gave you permission?" "Don't need no permission," came the reply. "Got my initials on the tree." "What initials?" asked the lawyer, not grasping the situation at all. "I found this tree some time ago," said the man, still at a distance. "I don't want the tree, but I want the honey. It's my initials and therefore it's my honey, don't ye see?" The lawyer, who had visions of an automobile trip to Livingston Manor for a court summons, became interested and braved the bees. He went up to the smoking tree and looked for himself. He found that the woodsman, after cutting down the tree, had built a fire near a hole in the trunk where the bees had their hive, and that he had then cut out the section containing the hive. "It's like this," the woodsman explained, through the peach basket netting. "Up here in Sullivan County a man's got a right to all the honey he can find. These wild bees don't belong to nobody, and the woodpeckers eats them like crumbs, ine man who spots a tree in which there are bees gets the honey if he cuts his initials in the tree. 1 cut my initials in the tree in the spring, and I figured that there was quite a lot of honey by this time, and I didn't want nobody else to rob me of it." "But what about the tree?" asked the lawyer. "That belongs to you, of course, and I hain't got no right to the tree, but the honey's mine, if there's going to be any fuss about this I'll buy the tree from you or else you'll buy the honey from me. That's my right, and you can't keep me from having what's right." The lawyer took a sensible view of the unwritten law and told the woodsman that he could have the honey, and that there wouldn't be any charge for the tree this time. "But don't let me catch you on these premises again," he warned the woodsman. "We have signs all. over the place explaining that trespassing is for- bidden." "They hain't got nothing to do with bees," retorted the woodsman. "All right," said the lawyer, "if that's law in Sulli- van County we'll have to live up to the law," and the group of investigators left the man scra'ching the inside of the tree for his few younds of honey Up river fishermen who depend on the proceeds of their nets for a livelihood are complaining greatly against the protection that has been thrown by the State law around the pelican and shag. In the list of migratory birds enumerated in the Federal regu- lations such protection is not given. They claim that these birds each year destroy more fish than are consumed by the entire population of the State, and that as scavengers they are useless. John Davis, a fish buyer of the lower Sacramento river, holds that instead of being protected, both the pelican and the shag should have a bounty placed on their heads for their destruction. In describing a fishing foray by a (lock of pelicans which he recently witnessed, he states: "I should judge there were several thousand birds in the band. They seemed to be captained by certain birds and they spread out in a long line reaching from shore to shore across a narrow stretch of water. As they advanced the ends gradually drew ahead of the center until it was bow-shaped and the birds moved on like an army of soldiers, beating the water with their wings as they advanced and driving all the fish ahead of them. "As the birds closed in and approached the shore hundreds of fish could be seen jumping out of the water with no chance of escape. The pelicans simply drove them into a seething mass between them and the shore, many of the fish being driven clear out of the water onto the land, where they were seized by the shag camp followers that were awaiting the on- slaught of the pelicans. As soon as they had the fish thoroughly corraled they began feeding upon and swallowing them by the thousands. In one of these drives more fish are destroyed than would feed a large community for a week and yet these fish van- dals are protected." Craddock Meredith, one of the best posted men on the Coast regarding all varieties of fish, corroborates this statement. He also says a bounty for the de- struction of the pelicans should be given by the State and they should be killed off. He claims that the main breeding grounds of the pelicans are in the State of Nevada, where they are hatched by the thousands. He might also have added that the Klam- ath lake and Honey lake regions also produce a large crop of these fish despoilers. The argument intimated above in the interests of the net fishermen does not lose any value when it is applied to lake trout and other fishes. o GAME RESOURCES PORTRAYED BY MOVING PICTURES. Nearly two years time and thirty thousand dollars in money have been spent in assembling some very remarkable moving pictures depicting the wild life of the west. Most of the pictures were taken in Cali- fornia and were procured by Mr. Edward Salisbury, Director of the Educational Film Company of Los Angeles. Mr. Salisbury spent months living with the birds and animals in order to gain their confidence. The camera was carefully muffled and blinds were built in which the operators stationed themselves. The pictures are therefore true to life and are a wel- come relief after the "fake" pictures so often seen. In one film the whole life history of the steelhead trout is shown from the artificial spawning of the female and the hatching of the eggs to the adult fis*t being caught in a mountain stream. Scenes showing the female mallard duck, Virginia rail, Wilson snipe, mudhen and other birds on their nests as well as pictures of cormorant and pelican rookeries on Clear lake, Modoc county, California, give one an intimate acquaintance with the home life of these birds. Films showing the roping and tying of wild cats and the treeing and capture of mountain lions, two of the worst enemies of game, introduce the spectacular and furnish the proper thrills. The hunter is led to live over again his past experience on seeing the reel, which depicts typical hunting scenes. So great is the educational value of these pictures that the California Fish and Game Commission and the California Associated Societies for the Conserva- tion of Wild Life are helping to make them available to everyone. The pictures will be shown in all of the larger cities of the State and the abov organizations are sending out lecturers to fully explain them. GOOD ANGLING PROSPECTS. Anglers of Southern California are elated over the statement given out that 4,000,000 trout will be placed in the streams and lakes of the San Bernardino mountains. The Bear Valley hatchery, now under process of construction, will soon be completed and experts are to go over the streams to ascertain the best place for planting. K. R. Phillips and Gus Knight have visited the State hatcheries relative to the plans, and officials of the State Fish and Game Commission have gone over the site of the new hatchery making plans. The increasing of the number of trout will be a big in- ducement to fishermen to come to the local streams during the coming trout seasons. The largest plant of fish ever made in the Merced river was taken up on the Yosemite Valley railroad last week in the California Fish and Game Commis- sion's distribution car. The fish were planted be- tween Clearinghouse and the Yosemite valley park line. There were 4,000 rainbow trolt, 116,000 Loch Leven, 10,000 Eastern Brook and 105,000 black spot- ted trout, a total of 235,000. Thursday morning, October 15, opened up warm and a bit foggy for the Suisun marsh gunners. Many limits were shot, however. Near Cygnus, W. W. Richards, Dave Hearfield and George Emmons found mallards and sprig plentiful at the Green Lodge ponds, Amby Buckley and others at the Tule Belle ponds also enjoyed fine sport. Farther north, on the marsh at the Ibis, Allegre and Cordelia clubs, birds were also plentiful. At the Jacksnipe ponds but few ducks came in. The Joyce Island Club members had no trouble in getting early limits, as did Dr. L. D. Baccigalupi, Dr. D. J. Gardner, E. J. Van Luven and Dr. Bailey, who all shot on the Calhoun ponds. Adjoining on the north, a delegation of Volante Club members came in with well-filled bags. Along Petaluma creek the Parker and Petaluma Gun Club hunters nearly all shot limit strings. The Mira Monte Club gunners, on the contrary, had a poor morning's shoot. The creek was alive with in- dependent fusiliers out in boats. These shooters kept up such a bombardment that the ducks soon left that district. Across the bay, from Mount Eden down to Alviso, hundreds of powder burners were out. The best re- sults were obtained at ponds containing fresh water, where sprig were the most plentiful variety. Dr. Ed N. Short, Leigh Larzalere and others at the Albrae Club ponds enjoyed fine shooting. At Curlew Lodge Phil B. Bekeart, Phil B. Bekeart Jr., Henry Nelson, Tom McCord and Andrew Carrigan were located in blinds favorable for excellent results. The early-morning fusillade in the "drawbridges" district was unparalleled in the powder-burned his- tory of that famous duck hunting marsh. Most of the gunners were of the independent brand. A heavy tule fog settled down over that region and materially aided the ducks in avoiding danger. The Arden and Coyote Club members, "whose shoot- ing blinds are located in the big salt ponds under the Coyote hills, had poor luck. Between Mount Eden and Alvarado, particularly at the Oliver ponds, limits of sprigs were the rule. The new preserve of the Alameda Gun Club, in and around "Backdoor" slough, below Wingo, is evidently a good shooting section, for every shooter out Thurs- day morning secured a limit strap of ducks. At Schellville four members of the Schellville Gun Club bagged seventy-five ducks, mostly sprig. The San Pablo bay blinds, and in fact about all of the shore shooting blinds on the upper east bay sides, did not offer much inducement for Thursday morning gunners. That hunting shore will not produce many birds until the canvasback and blue-bills arrive. Many ducks were shot on the opening morning along the San Mateo and Burlingame marsh bay shores. Many local hunters sought different duck shooting sections of the San Joaquin, from Newman down as far as Tulare. Ducks abounded and limits galore of sprig and teal were shot. The hot weather, however, spoiled quite a few birds before they could be brought up to this city. The invasion of the valley shooting country was principally by machine parties. Shooters journeyed to Los Banos from Santa Cruz, Salinas, Hollister, Santa Clara and many other points. Otto Feudner and Charley Huber, shooting near Newman, secured limits in less than half an hour. Willard Terrill, Captain Du Bray and others shot near the "West Side." Theodore Kytka, Joe Millhops, J. Etienne, Al Hirsch and J. Mitchell French each bagged a sprig limit shooting at one of the Mount Eden Club pre- serves. The opening of the season in the orange belt is given out by an exchange as follows: Between 300 and 400 duck hunters wrere in Big Bear Valley yesterday when the duck season for 1914 opened with the rising of the sun. Likewise there were a number of federal officers who marred the day's sport by dragging eighteen of the hunters to the bars of justice. Ducks were thick about the big lake and the sound of the popping guns reverberated back and forth in all parts of the valley. With the first shots in the morning the federal offi- cers started their work, grabbing a number for shoot- ing before the starting hour, 5:58 a.m. Each day the hour for starting the shooting is posted and those that began too early are liable to fines. Others of the hunters had the temerity to shoot without first planting down a dollar with County Clerk Post for a hunting license and were hauled in. Still others decided that on or two over the limit, twenty-five, would not matter and then found it was a very serious matter to say the least. But despite the drawbacks the opening day proved to be one of the best in the valley from both the number of hunters and the results of the day's en- deavors. A warning to minors has been issued by H. H. Guill, deputy Fish and Game Commissioner, that a strict prosecution of the fish and game laws is to be evoked im they are not obeyed in Butte county. According to Guill, it has been the habit of minors to hunt with .22 calibre rifles without the necessary license. Minors did not have to have licenses until recently, but the law has been changed to read that they do. Guill is anxious that a fair warning be given. If the law is not obeyed henceforth he will arrest all violators and he promises the prosecution will be severe. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP FOR 1915. BY THEIR DOGS SHALL YE KNOW THEM While the place tor holding the 1915 Grand Amer- ican Handicap will not be decided until the meeting of The Interstate Association in December, already a number of cities are making bids for the big sport- ing event, states the Sportsmen's Review. Among the leaders in the race for the honor of staging the event is Chicago, and, if aggressiveness counts, the Windy City will be the mecca of the trap- shooting fraternity of the United States in September of next year. Quite a lot of campaigning was done at the recent Grand American — held in Dayton — by members of the Chicago and Riverside Gun Clubs. The efforts of the shooters were supplemented by the work of a number of prominent Chicago business men not identified with the shooting game, but who appreciate the im portance of the national trapshooting meet. Tentative plans have been prepared for the laying out of elaborate and extensive shooting grounds on the lake front, just off Jackson Boulevard, and Chi- cago's representation at Washington is working to secure the permission of the Government to place a battery of traps on the shore of Lake Michigan. In urging their claims, the Chicago delegation at Dayton predicted an attendance of more than 100,000 spectators. Dayton, Ohio, is also in a receptive mood, and if the matter had been left to a vote of the more than six hundred shooter guests of the N. C. R. Gun Club during the 1914 session of the Grand American, which closed September 13, Dayton would be, for the third consecutive time, the next meeting place of gun bugs from every state in the Union. Other cities are playing politics to land the 1915 shoot, but whether any of these burgs can offer greater inducements or bring more pressure to bear than Chicago on the Interstate officials is a matter of speculation. However much Coast sportsmen would like to have the "big shoot" pulled off in this city next year, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds, the scheme hardly looks feasible. The Interstate Asso- ciation probably will take into consideration that it will be better all round if a central point is selected. The Exposition officials do not offer any great finan- cial encouragement nor can the local gun clubs hang up large purses. The Pacific Coast Handicap could very well be held here. Fares from all points will be low and the outlook for a record attendance next year is an en- couraging one. THE HISTORY OF TRAPSHOOTING. Pigeon-shooting, the forerunner of modern trap- shooting, was a popular sport in England during the last century. It was mentioned in the Sporting Mag- azine, London, as early as 1793, and referred to as having already an established reputation. The "Old Hat," a famous public house at Ealing, was for many years a favorite rendezvous of pigeon-shooters, but later the Red House at Battersea took precedence because it was more easily aacessible to Londoners. "To those who feel anxious on the subject of pigeon- shooting," the Sportsmen's Cyclopedia (London, 1848) recommends a visit to the Red House, "where the business is pursued in the first style of excellence." Lords and captains lent an air of fashion to the activ- ities of the place, and on the establishment of the Hurlingham Club at Fulham the amusement was raised higher than before in general favor. It has now been superseded by trapshooting, the name of which is of American origin; and inanimate targets, the product of American inventiveness, have accord- ingly been substituted for live birds. Of course, in all this history, there have been interesting stages. The traps in use at the "Old Hat" were shallow boxes, each about one foot long and eight or ten inches wide, sunk in the ground level with the surface. A sliding lid was operated by pull- ing a string, thus liberating the bird. Among the famous pigeon-shooters of that day was Mr. Richard Toomer, to whom Mr. Johnson referred in his Cyclo- pedia: "The exploits which R. Toomer performed in shooting, with such apparent ease, soon convinced the persons who saw them, that they were done methodically; and this was completely ascertained, by his frequently suffering himself to be blinded with a double handkerchief over his eyes, after having taken his aim, and then to fire and hit a small ob- ject." In 1831 pigeon-shooting was mentioned in the rec- ords of the Sportsmen's Club, Cincinnati, and in the forties and a few decades thereafter it flourished in New York and its vicinity. The invention and adop- tion of inanimate targets followed, though the older pastime was not at once abandoned. A Boston man, Charles Portlock, originated the use of glass balls for targets about 1886. A Philadelphian, a few years later, invented a target consisting of a pasteboard disc a few inches in diameter, with the center cut out to admit a small rubber balloon. Punctured bal- loon, "dead bird." Clay discs were the next innova- tion, but becouse they were of unequal hardness and because the traps were mechanically deficient, the sport of trapshooting came near giving up the ghost. Targets are now made of river silt and tar and bear the name of "clay pigeons." Last year more than sixty-five million "clay pig- eons" succumbed to the marksmanship of American trapshooters. o The tournament of the Ray Gun Club, scheduled for Ray, Ariz., on October 21 and 22, has been can- celled. One way to tell a man's character is by the com- pany he keeps; another way to tell a man's charac- ter is by the dog he keeps. A dog invariably grows to be like its master in disposition, and there is some- thing about the certain breed of dogs which a man prefers that gives an insight to his character. Show me a man that keeps a yard full of long-eared hounds that bay you with a "deep-mouth welcome" when you ride up, and I will show you a man that never turns a stranger from his door hungry. And though he may sometimes be slow to pay his debts, he never pleads limitation on a note. I could go on with this char- acter reading until every breed of dogs in existence had been exhausted, but I'd be bound lo step on somebody's toes. Every true woman will lie for her child, and every true man will lie for his dog. In one respect dogs and children are very much alike; when we try to show them off they always disgrace us. I went out hunting once with a little doctor who owned a pointer dog whose good qualities he had praised extravagantly. I felt sorry for the doctor from the beginning of the hunt to the end. But I found him to be a true man, for he lied for his dog to the very last. That pointer bitch ignored the com- mands of her master entirely. She stood rabbits, lizards, gophers, mice and everything except quail, and she was as careless about the birds as if she had never scented Gne before in her life. Finally the dejected doctor separated from me, and his dog followed him. He was on one side of a ravine and I was on the other, and I happened to be looking at him when he walked right square into a big covey of quail. He jerked his gun up to bis shoulder and fired twice. I crossed over to where he was, and this was the first thing he said: "You ought to have seen my dog; she sure made a pretty stand." His dog wasn't within a hundred yards of the birds when they flushed. You can teach a smart dog almost anything, but you can explain nothing to him. An old bear hunter once told me a pathetic story that bears out this statement. "When I first came to these parts," said the old pioneer, "there were a good many bear in the swamp around my clearing. I had an old bear-hound named Spot, and with the help of Old Spot I killed a bear every now and then, but there was an old he-bear that seemed to hold a charmed life. He sometimes stole my corn in broad open daylight, and then made a clean get-away in spite of all that me and Old Spot could do. Old Spot had learned the scent of this bear, and was hungry for his blood. "Early one foggy morning I heard the cornstalks rattling, and I knew that the old bear was making a raid. I directed Old Spot to the corn field, and then took down my old muzzle loading rifle and ran down to the lower corner of the clearing, to where a path led off into the swamp. I heard Old Spot open up, and before I could steady myself here come the bear right down the path, with Old Spot not forty yards behind. I took aim and pulled the trigger and my rifle snapped. The fog had dampened the powder in the nipple. The old bear didn't even drop his roasting ears. When Old Spot got to where I was standing he stopped and sat down on his hunkers and looked up into my face as if to say, 'Why didn't you shoot?' I would have given my best horse if I could have explained it to him, but I couldn't make him understand, and from that day on, Old Spot would never run another bear." 'Tis not often that a dog learns a trick of his own, but I once knew an old black-mouthed cur dog that did. This dog belonged to a negro who worked a farm adjoining my own. The cur always followed the negro to the field and chased rabbits while his master worked, or slept, as the case might be. There was a hollow tree on the fence-row which divided our fields, and naturally every rabbit that was hard pressed made for that tree. But the hollow in the tree was not deep, and that old cur had learned that it took just three rabbits to fill it, and that the third one could not get far enough in to save himself. This dog had learned to count three rabbits just as good as any man could have done. He would run the first rabbit just far enough to see that it went into the hollow, and without wasting a moment's time he would go back to hunt for number two. When number two was safely "jugged" he went, back for number three, and when number three tried to crowd in he rushed up to the tree and seized it, ate it up and then laid down in the shade and went to sleep. This dog could not reason that there were still two rabbits in the hollow, and that he could make another catch very easily. One rabbit a day was all tnat he ever caught. One day when the old dog had run two rabbits in the hollow and had gone back to hunt the third, I pulled the two rabbits out of the hole and made way with them. The dog was dumbfounded when he ran the third rabbit in and found that it was securely hidden. He gnawed at the hole for several hours, and finally gave up in despair. And the strangest thing of all was, it spoiled his trick for good; he could never count three again. I have seen a good many intelligent dogs, but the smartest dog I ever knew was a pointer bitch which we owned several years ago. This dog was not only intelligent, but she had a mother instinct that was almost human. Her first litter of pups were mon- grels. Now everybody who knows anything at all about dogs knows that a cold-blooded pointer is the most worthless dog in the world. All one is fit for is to kill chickens and break up quail nests. When the pups were only a few hours old we took them way off on a creek bank and killed them with a stick. But it was not long until we found out trat we had made a great mistake. The nex! morning when I went to the kennel I found the mether with all of the dead puppies hugged close up to her breast. We took the puppies then and burned them, but that did not end it. The next morning the mother came whining to the house, and in her mouth was the stick that had slain her babies. We burned the stick up also, but that was not the end. The broken-hearted dog went out and found a little, muddy, half-starved kitten. She took it to her kennel and suckled it and raised it. When we went to the field to work the dog went too, and in her mouth she carried the kitten and when she came home she brought the kitten with her. They were the best of friends for a long time, but the cat was a "Tommy" and when he reached the full age of maturity he heard the "call of the neighborhood" and wandered out into the world, as all Tom cats are accustomed to do. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARASITES. Dogs are particularly troubled with various species of internal and external parasites, which, by preying upon their hosts, do a considerable amount of dam- age, either locally or constitutionally, states Dr. Frank T. Barton in the English Shooting Times. Almost every sportsman is acquainted with the evil results arising from the presence of these pests, such common effects producing such common effects as mange, blotch, eczema, indigestion, diarrhoea, inter- nal canker of the ear, etc. It may not be generally known, nevertheless it is a fact, that certain para- sites may act as intermediate bearers for internal ones: for instance, the dog-flea and dog-louse can serve as temporary hosts for at least one species of tapewrorm — hence the necessity for the destruction of the external as well as the internal parasite simul- taneously. The wandering habits of the dog, along with its tendency towards the consumption of garbage, pre- disposes it to parasitical infestation. To keep a dog in a perfectly healthy state it should have a dose of worm medicine four times a year, and its kennel together with its coat, cleansed at corre- sponding periods. The brood bitches in particular should be treated in this manner, as they are re- sponsible for a considerable percentage of death in their offspring in consequence of infestation of the puppies through round worms — ascaris margenata. Sometimes these round worms are so prevalent in puppies which are being suckled as to set up an acute and fatal inflammation of the bowels. More- over, the puppies never thrive, but become ricketty, pot-bellied, and stunted in their growth. They are certainly most abundant in pups of two or three months old and they live in the stomach and intes- tines, but especially in the small intestines. The irritation they induce commonly produces convul- sions, so that if a puppy has fits it should always be given one or two doses of worm medicine, as no amount of bromide will dispel the trouble so long as the cause of irritation exists. These round worms are recognized at a glance. They vary from half an inch to several inches in length, and in color are white or a reddish white, whilst the body is thicker at one end than the other. The females are longer than the males, and each worm is spirally coiled at one or both ends. As a rule, the more numerous the parasites are the more pernicious their effects, but the writer has known — proved by post-mortem — one or two of these worms to produce constant vomition and subsequent death. In making autopsies of dogs infested in this way we have found that the mucous membrane lining the stomach and bowels has been thickened and con- gested, leading to hemorrhage of the bowel, accom- panied by small ulcerous depressions. The best rem- edy, unquestionably, consists of areca nut. Santonin, and castor oil, given after fasting, in doses accord- ing to age and size. These worms are not regarded as having any intermediate hosts, but directly devel- oped from the ova, and the probability is that infec- tion occurs either through the bitch's milk or else from the external surface of her body, the result of decomposing material. Grossi's Tansy, a young Boston terrier bitch, bred and owned by Toni Grossi of West Philadelphia, made a remarkable record at the Philadelphia Boston Ter- rier Club show at Bala, a suburb of Philadelphia, last week. Beginning in the class for puppy bitches 9 to 12 months old, she won from a big entry and then in succession took the firsts for limit bitches 12 to 17 pounds, open bitches of the same weights, winners' class, and finally the cup for the best dog in the show of either sex. Miss Lydia Hopkins has been selected as judge of the Pekingese Club show, which will be held in the ballroom of the Plaza Hotel, New York, November 30. Miss Hopkins, who is the owner of the famous Sher- wood Kennels, at Menlo Park, is one of the most experienced breeders of Pekingese in this country. The classification will be much larger than at any previous show, having altogether fifty-two classes. Money prizes and more than a hundred valuable spe- cials are offered, including the $500 challenge cups donoted by certain prominent fanciers of this breed. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 24, 1914. WINTER CARE FOR FOALS. AN ELASTIC SHOW HORSE. How to feed and care for foals during the first ■winter so as to get the largest amount of profit from them is a problem that many a small farmer who is just starting in the business and raises but one or two foals a year has studied hard to solve. Such breeder should first decide whether or not the foals are to be trained to compete for any or the rich futurities, or are to be kept on the farm, running at pasture during the summer months each year, and not offered for sale until matured and ready to use as roadsters or all-purpose animals. Those that en- tered in the futurities and are to be trained and raced young will require different treatment than those that are to be raised on the farm. The latter class should have as comfortable quar- ters as the former and as great care should be used to keep them free from lice and worms . nd tneir feet free from thrush. They should hare all the early cut, well cured English hay that thev will eat, but their daily grain ration should be less than that of the foals which are to be trained young. A pint each of sound, clean heavy oats and sweet wheat bran, mixed for one ration, and three rations a day at regular hours, morning, noon and night, T.'hich will be 1% quarts each of oats and bran a day in addition to all" the good hay they will eat, should keep a foal in thrifty condition. A great spoonful of uaxseed meal should be added regularly to the night ration. It will be advantageous to feed this ration once a week, at night in the form of a well-steamed mash. Put the ration in E pail, pour as much boiling hot water upon it as the mixture will absorb; when swollen, stir so that every part of it will become moistened, then cover the pail closely with several thicknesses of blanket or anything that is conven- ient, which will prevent the escape of the sieam; set by the stove and let it remain several hours and feed warm, but not so warm that it will cause discomfort to the colt. It is also a good idea for the small breeder to teach his colts to eat raw apples, potatoes and carrots, and feed one or two a day of either. Horses mid coits are very fond of apples, especially sweet ones, and it is but little trouble to teach a colt to eat them. The apples and potatoes should always be either sliced, quartered or halved before feeding, no matter how small they may be, so as to avoid danger from choking. It may be necessary to wash the potatoes and cut them into thin slices or small cubes and sprinkle fine sugar upon them in order to induce the colts to eat them -it first, but they will soon eat them without the sugar. Some farmers teach their wean- lings to eat crushed sugar which comes in lumps, or cut-loaf sugar, and it is a very good idea, for there is no more convenient or economical method of giving liquid medicine in small doses than to drop it on a lump of sugar, and feed it to the colt. It will be eaten readily and not a drop of the medicine will be wasted. It is doubtful if any feed will cause more rapid growth in colts than cow's milk from which the cream has been removed. Colts can easily be taught to drink skimmed milk, and when they have once learned they will never after refuse it as long as they live. Practical horsemen, however, are preju- diced against cow^s milk as a food for colto, as they think it has a tendency to cause puffy joints and flabby muscles. It is as necessary that the foals have an abundance of pure water as it is to feed them liberally. They should be watered at least three times every day, and should be given plenty of time to drink. The stalls should be well ventilated and well lighted. The man who attempts to raise colts in a damp, dark place will not find the business profitable. . The stalls in which colts are kept should be well ventilated and well lighted. Have them on the south side of the building, if possible, and provided with glass windows so as to admit the rays of the sun when not obscured by clouds, but have the windows so securely protected that the youngsters cannot reach and break the glass. Pure air is as essential to health as pure food and sunlight is a valuable tonic. All excrement, both liquid and solid, should be removed from the stall morning, noon avid nlgnt. To prevent offensive odors, sprinkle the floor occa- sionally with gypsum or air-slaked lime. It is also a good idea to spray the floor and walls occasion- ally.— Western Horseman. o A SPRIGHTLY MATRON. According to the New York Times, one of the most remarkable performances of the year by a trotter was that of the twenty-one-year-old mare Gertrude, owned by John Heffner of Berea, Ohio. In a free-for- all matinee race at the recent county fair at Berea the mare won the necessary two heats in her race, her best time being 2:27. She was never raced until a year ago, when she won a heat at a driving meeting in 2:28%, that being her maiden performance. Her age is a matter of record, she having been owned in the Heffner family since she was foaled. Until last year she had been used as a family driving horse, and no one suspected her of having any particular amount of speed, though she was always good in a brush on the roads and was not in the habit of taking any one's dust. In this year of record-making of all sorts of harness races, hers probably stands as the best record of a mare of her age. Among harness horse owners the case of Edward Beale McLean's famous mare, Lady Dilham, contin- ues to excite more interest than any one topic. Ad- mittedly she is one of the most perfect of her type, both in appearance and action. But whether she is a harness horse able to compete in the "over 14.2 and not over 15.2 class," or a harness pony, remains a bone of contention in spite of the fact that she has won a number of blue ribbons in the disputed class, including a recent victory in a hot class at White Plains, where she beat Alfred G. Vanderbiit's Pireno. At the Bryn Mawr show, in which she competed against Samuel Vauclain's Princess Sheila, she was beaten, according to the judges of the class on her merits, the award teing made unanimously. The award was made under such peculiar circum- stances as to open up the whole question of her ad- missibility to the class, which has been fought out every year since she first won the "Dick" Donnelly driving, in 1910. Owners of high steppers almost come to blows over this mare, and have done so ever since she got the gate at the National Horse Show in this city, the previous year, E. von der Horst Koch judging, on the ground that she was not "over 14.2." That decision was reversed in the following year when she was adjudged to be 14.2% hands, and took a blue ribbon. At Bryn Mawr, on her first ap- pearing, there was the usual protest as to her height, and, measured then, she was declared to be only 14.1% hands. That, of course, put her cut of the competition. Two days later she appeared in the ring again, Mr. McLean insisting that she was of the required height. Mr. Koch, who had twice success- fully protested the mare, was overruled when he pro- tested her this time, the executive committee having been appealed to. Under orders of the committee she was measured as she stood in the ring, and this time the steel spring tapes that were brought into requisition made her 14.2 ^s inches, and so just over the class require- ments. So she was allowed to compete and was beaten by the Vauclain mare. Of course, !hat decis- ion, particularly as Mr. Koch was one of the judges, came in for a lot of cricicism. It is boiling yet when- ever and wherever the lovers of the heavy harness horse meet. "Dick" Donnelly insists that Lady Dil- ham is and always has been a half inch taller than the lower limit for the class during jier half dozen years in the show ring. The controversy has been so far reaching as to divide horsemen irto the Lady Dilham and anti classes and led to white-heat arguments. At the New- port show it was asserted that the question would be settled once and for all time at the National Horse Show this fall. Mr. McLean had agreed to show the horse then and abide by the issue. Then the show was declared off. There is no authority now to settle it. Mr. McLean rather enjoys the muss his favorite mare creates, and will show her at the winter affairs to which she is eligible and allow the judges to pass and repass on her eligibility. The bone of contention, formerly a trifling one, has grown mastodonic in size, has already led to the rupture of friendships of many years, and makes the ordinary political discussion tame in comparison with those which arise when Lady Dilham happens to be mentioned in the clubs where owners of harness horses meet, in any city between Boston and the Al- leghenies. It is a case without parallel in the history of the show horse industry. There are men who have come to the conclusion that Lady Dilham is an elastic horse and varies in height between shows. Some of the vetermaries are inclined to agree with these theorists, as no two of them seem able to measure her alike. — New York Times. THE SUFFOLK HORSE. Driok Jackson's Napa Soda. Recently established eastern studs are devoting their time and attention to popularizing in this coun- try the Suffolk horse, long one of the most useful of the English general utility horses, but never exten- sively produced in this country, especially in the west. Eastern breeders have handled them only in a minor way, and their general characteristics appar- ently justify the attempt to establish them firmly here. Speaking of the Suffolk, Johnstone, in his "Horse Book" says: "It is doubtful if this breed has ever received in the United States the recognition to which its niany good qualities entitle it. This perhaps is accounted for in the fact that the color is not a popular one among draft horses generally and from the personal experience of the writer there has always been some sort of a lurking suspicion in the public mind that these clean-legged, heavy quartered chestnuts were French horses of some sort masquerading under a name to which they had no right. It is hard to per- suade some folks that the very hairy-legged Shire and the very smooth-legged Suffolk are bred in the same island. Nevertheless the Suffolk can trace his lineage back to the middle of the eighteenth cenlury and beyond in an absolutely unbroken line. "Insofar as they have been given a trial here thev have made good. The individuals do not run as large as the Shire and have proved themselves emi- nently well suited for crossing on rather small mares, on the ranch and elsewhere. Their progeny is won- derfully uniform and they make most excellent work- ers. It is doubtful if there is in the entire list of draft breeds one which has a better disposition or greater traetability. In their native land it is the custom of their drivers to break these horses to work entirely without reins. In the plow, on the road, in the show ring, you may see them often hitched three tandem guided by one man and not a rein in sight. For simple endurance it is again questionable if this breed is surpassed. In that part of England where they are used it is the custom to hook up the Suffolk as early in the morning as the daylight will permit and keep them plowing continuously until the day- light fades. "In addition to putting neat bodies on their foals, arching up the neck and making them generally de- sirable in point of conformation, the Suffolk stallions almost invariably imbue their get with such even tempers that the breaking process is comparatively simple. On account, however, of the clean legs and the common chestnut color the foals by the Suffolk stallions have no distinguishing marks and hence are swept into the great commercial maelstrom without their sires obtaining due credit for them. Suffolks are bred successfully in a number of the states and a ready market is found for the surplus annually, while a few are brought from England each year both by the big importers and by private individuals who have tested the breed and discovered its real merit. "Properly speaking the Suffolk is an agricultural horse rather than a draft horse. The Suffolk is worth more extended attention by American breed- ers." ENGLAND'S HUNT CLUBS MOUNT HER SOLDIERS It is stated that though France and Germany have long maintained government studs for the produc- tion of cavalry horses, England, with no such estab- lishment, was able to lay hands on about as many serviceable animals of this type as either of the Con- tinental countries when war suddenly broke out a few weeks ago. Much credit for this condition of things was due to the ancient British sport of fox hunting, which employs many thousands of well bred horses admirably suited to the needs of the army. The hunt- ing "counties" were all but stripped of taem when the crash came, as many as 200 from one hunt having been taken. Grays and light roans were about the only ones left. It is estimated that 20,000 hunters were commandeered. Without these horses the War Department would have been seriously delayed in fitting out the expeditionary force which has done such brilliant work under General French. In this country where a large number of horses have been bought for use in the British army, those selected for cavalry use have, in the main, been those carrying more or less trotting blood and it will be interesting to learn, later on, how they performed the service required, in comparison with the English hunting- bred horses. When the buyers for the British army first appeared in the horse markets of this country there was a stampede of inferior horses from fhe farms to the trade centers. Assuming that the Eng- lish officers would buy anything at any price, the country shippers gathered up a great lot of weedy little misfits, paying "war" prices for them, only to find the markets flodded and the Britishers quite exacting in their demands. The upshot of the matter was a heavy loss to the speculators, in some cases amounting to $50 and even §75 a head. With the Southern outlet for such animals closed on account of the cotton situation, the rejects went begging for buyers. The horses wanted for cavalry use are rug- ged, active animals from 14.2 hands to 15.3 hands high, weighing from 850 to 1,100 pounds, and this class of horses is also wanted for mounted infantry and light artillery purposes. For heavy artillery and transport work horses from 15.2 to 16.1 hands, weigh- ing from 1200 to 1400 pounds are wanted. These must have the appearance of possessing some cour- age and agility, with deep, full middles, indicating strong constitution in addition to power. With mar- ket conditions all in their favor the buyers were able to obtain horses at prices ranging from $125 to ?200 a head for a couple of weeks, but at present prices are somewhat higher. — Horse World. KAISER BILL'S TEN COMMANDMENTS. Looking ahead to the time when war would throw Germany solely upon her own resources, and ever a "home productionist" of the first water, the German emperor has caused to be circulated by the thousands during the last three years the "recommendations" appearing herewith, from which Americans might gain much benefit by substituting "American" for "German" and making a close study of the articles: 1. In all expenses keep in mind the interests of your own compatriots. 2. Never forget that when you buy a foreign arti- cle your own country is the poorer. 3. Your money should profit no one but Germans. 4. Never profane German factories by asing for- eign machinery. 5. Never allow foreign eatables to be served at your table. ~ 6. Write on German paper with a German pen and use German blotting paper. 7. German flour, German fruit and German beer can alone give your body the true German energy. 8. If you do not like German malt coiee, drink coffee from your German colonies. 9. Use only German clothes for your dress and German hats for your head. 10. Let not foreign flattery distract you from these precepts; and be firmly convinced, whatever others say, that German products are the only ones worthy of citizens of the German Fatherland. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER ANi) SPORTSMAN 13 t?^>K3-:~>:-'->:-->:->->:~5-:-5'-:->:^r:-^-:--3* | THE FARM j PROVIDE SHADE FOR POULTRY. [By H. L. Kenipster.] Failure to provide shade for poultry during the summer months not only results in a large number of deaths but the flocks are less productive. The importance of summer shade cannot be overestimated. Poultry of all kinds require shade. Ducks and geese very quickly succumb if they are unable to get protection from the sun's rays. It is easy to provide plenty of shade. The Missouri College of Agriculture rec- ommends the following ways of fur- nishing shade for poultry. Portable houses can be set up on blocks so that the birds may run underneath; or- chards, sunflower patches, corn fields, etc., can be so arranged that the young stock or mature hens may run in them. Corn fields make excellent summer range for young stock. They furnish plenty of shade and other conditions for rapid, economical growth are ideal. A little planning on the part of the farmer will make poultry keeping more profitable. By providing shade the losses are reduced, the flock is more productive, and the young stock will make more economical growth. PASTURE FOR HOGS. Linfield, of the Montana Experiment station, says that pigs fed a limited grain ration on pasture, when later put on full feed, made rapid gains at slightly less cost than those fed a full ration of grain from the start. Hence for growing pigs to be fattened later a part grain ration on pasture is an economical way of carrying them over the summer. Pasture alone does not furnish a satisfactory ration for pigs, since it but little more than sustains them. Lloyd, of the Mississippi Station, found that alfalfa alone furnished but little more than a maintenance ration for pigs. Hitchcock, referring to conditions west of the Mississippi river, states that there is no danger of bloat from alfalfa pasture, and that a limited number of pigs will work no injury to an alfalfa field. A -well-set, vigorous field will carry from 15 to 25 pigs per acre. The number should never be large enough to keep down growth but it should be necessary to cut the hay at intervals so that the plants may be rejuvenated. — Feeds and Feeding. PROFITABLE WEIGHTS OF PIGS. TEN HINTS FOR DRY FARMERS. The experience of dry farmers and investigators over a period of many years indicate: 1. A deep clay loam soil is best. 2. Plow deep. 3. Follow the plow with disk and harrowr (except fall plowing in re- gions of little snow- and high tempera- ture). Disk in early spring to prevent evaporation. 4. Destroy weeds, they use moist- ure. 5. Rotate crops and return manure. In fertile soil plants require less moisture. 6. Sow only by the drill methods. 7. Plant deeply and use less seed. 8. Feed crops on the place. 9. Modern machinery and plenty of power is essential to success in dry farming. 10. Study the principles of dry farm- ing and your own success or failure. Experiments made for the purpose of determining the economic weight of a pig show conclusively that it nev- er should he fed beyond 8 or 9 months old, and the largest profit made, as a rule, in an 8, not exceeding 200 pounds. What is known as the food of support plays a very important part in the profit and loss of large weights. Sup- pose, as many farmers say, that the pig is not to be fed beyond 8 or 9 months old, he must take from his food an increasing amount each day, to support or maintain the weight al- ready gained, or else he drops back. Experiments indicate that 2 per cent of "the live weight in food must be taken each day to support that live weight. If the animal weighs 300 pounds this means about 6 pounds of food daily or over 40 pounds per week, and as the only profit is the food that is ap- plied to make new weight it results that over 40 pounds of food are con- sumed every week from which no profit whatever is reaped. It follows that the most money can be made from young pigs killed at a medium weight. — Fruit Journal. Cost of Producing Dairy Cow.— Ac- cording to investigators in the Depart- ment of Agriculture the average net cost of raising a dairy heifer one year old on a Wisconsin farm is ?39.52 and of a two year heifer, $61.41. These fig- ures are applicable to other dairy dis- tricts in the North and East where land and feed values are similar to those in Wisconsin. They are based on data obtained from raising 117 calves from birth to the time they enter the dairy herd. Why Meat Is High. — For example, James Walker, farmer, of Scottville, Macoupin County, HI., sold at Chicago, : August 19, 1914, five cars of cattle (80 head) for $11,784.15, of which 47 steers I averaging 1,475 lbs. brought $10.60 per I 100 pounds, or $154.45 per head, while ! 26 steers averaging 1,378 lbs. brought $10.50 per 100 pounds, or $144.70 per head. These are the highest prices he ever received for such stock. Mr. Walker is 81 years old and has fed cattle and hogs for the Chicago mar- ket continuously for 52 years. Within this period he has sold the best cattle as low as $3.75 per 100 pounds and the best hogs at $2.50, and has seen corn selling at eight cents per bushel such as now brings eighty cents. College Vravura II, a 9-year-old Brown Swiss cow, owned by the Mich- igan Agricultural College, has estab- lished a new world's record for milk production for her breed. In the year's test just ended she yielded 19,304.6 pounds of milk, which tested 4.102 per cent and made 1,000.5 pounds of but- ter. ABOUT YOUR ALFALFA. Foxtail is the greatest enemy of al- falfa. Growing alfalfa is good business farming. Alfalfa means more money nnd let- ter homes. Raise what you feed and feed what you laise. Alfalfa does things and never loafs on the job. Alfalfa, with a fair chance, always makes good. Alfalfa fills the haymow and pays for the privilege. Alfalfa is the cheapest and best feod for beef cattle. 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Francis Bannerman. 501 Broadway. New York $5 Due Monday, November 2nd, 1914 on weanlings PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKES For Foals of 1914 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old ENTRIES CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913. $3800 for Trotting Foals, $600 for nominators of dams of winners $2500 for Pacing Foals and $150 to Owners of stallions MONEY DIVIDED $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 '.o Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. AS FOLLOWS: $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $150 in Special Cash Prizes was Paid to S'allion Owners in December, 1913. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1913, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 May 1, 1914; $5 November 2, 1914; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1915; $10 on Two -Year- Olds March 1, I'.'Hj; $10 on Three-Year-Olds March 1, 1917. STARTING FAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Tv. u-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Thrce-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first da;, 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 of Pacer. Celts that start as Two-Year-OIds are not barred from starting again In the Three- Year- Old divisions. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO ENTER. SUBSTITUTIONS. — A few of the original nominators of the Pacific Breeders* Futurity Stakes for foals of 1914. have advised us that, because of barrenness of the mare oi death of the foal, they wish to dispose of their entries. If you own one or move whose clams you failed to name when entries closed, by making the payments due any time on or before May 1st. 1915. which covers payments to March 1st. 1916, the few substitutions to be disposed of will be awarded in the order in which remit- tances are received. Prompt attention will secure for you this rich engagement. Address all communications to the Secretary. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific BIdg., HEALD, President. San Francisco, Cal. THE BREEDER AN1 SPORTSMAN [ Saturday, October 24, 1914. PHONE SAVES STEPS. [Mrs. Maggie Sanders.] My favorite house convenience is the telephone. It saves me many a step. A great many times when I would need something from the store and would be so tired from my morning's work that I did not feel like going, I would just step to the telephone and get a clerk to send it to me. In that way it saved me a long, tiresome walk. Again, when I was busy sewing or cooking, or doing some kind of work that I needed advice on, I could just step to the telephone and call someone up and speak tc him about whatever I wanted to. Maybe it did not take over five minutes, then I was back to my work, when if I had not had a tel- ephone I would have lost an hour or more and then been too tired to work hard. 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Drawer 447, San Franeiseo, Ca FOR SALE Tabulated Pedigrees Stock Ranch Abov* the Average, Mendocino County. Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing:) Registration of Standard- Bred Horaea Attended to. Stallion Folders with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree on the two Inside oaR-fi* and description on back page. Address: BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. (Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts.). IF YOU DON'T Take "THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN" YOU SHOULD! 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres .grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco. Cal FOR SALE. — Two year old bay filly by The Bondsman, dam by McKinney. No reasonable offer refused. Address A. BENSON, Del Paso Heights P. O., Cal. In Spite of the War Over 300 Copies of "Care and Training of Trotters" Have Been Sold in Europe and Australia. This Is the book for yon. It should be in your library. It is the first book on its sub- ject in over 20 years. It was compiled by a competent staff from information fur- nished br almost all the leading American breeders and trainers of the day. It is a book of 112 pages, illustrated, bound in cloth, and will be sent yon postpaid on re- ceipt of $1. Joseph M. McGraw, Washington, Pa., says: "Your book is the most instructive of its kind I have ever sepn. It should have a large sale." If this book is instructive to a professional horseman like Joe JIcGraw, will it not interest you? T. C. McBride, Sewickley, Pa., writes: "I wish to say a word of praise for the book. It was more than I expected. I see yoa have the secret of bookmaking. The paper and binding make it a joy forever, as well as a thing of beauty." The Trotting World of London, England, says: "It is just the book we have been waiting for." Sent Postpaid on receipt of $1 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara "Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), $8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1^ in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San FranciscD, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. S-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and ever $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLET, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: Dillcara (full brother *.o Waiter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so.i of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire in use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256^ FLOOD BLDG.. S. F. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. COLUMBIA, ch. m. by Clipper 2:06, dam by Anteeo Jr. MARIE G. (4), br. m. by Gerajd G. (son of Zoinbro 2:11). dam Columbia by Clip- per 2:06; second dam Marie Direct by Bonnie Direct 2:05. MISS LIBERTY (7), ch. m. by Zolock 2:05%, dam Columbia. TEDDY THE GREAT (4), s. g. by Near- est McKinney, dam Miss Liberty. GODDESS OF LIBERTY (3), b. I. by Bon Vovage 2:08, dam Miss Liberty. HINEY (2), s. g. by Best Policy, dam by Ar-teeo Jr. LADY AMELIA, br. m. by McKinney 2:11%,, dam by Anteeo Jr. BAY POLICY (1), b. g. by Best Policy, dam Lady Amelia. BEDELIA (6), ch. m. by Gerald G. (son of Zombro 2:11). dam by Alfred. MARCUS DALY (4), br. g. by Bonny McKinney, dam Birdy by Eaglet; second dam Black Swan by Tenbroeck. The above ten head can be bought for $1000, on or before October 1st, 1914. Must be sold as a whole or not at all. Address. JOHN REANOS. Oakley, Cal. Saturday, October 24, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN TRY THE HAND TRAP Put more variety into your trapshooting. Give it more of the field-shooting flavor. Use the Du Pont Hand Trap. It throws regulation targets 50-yard or ?0-yard "teasers," straightaways, incoming, crosswise, vertical or upside down. Take it to your camp, along the shore or on your motor trips. It weighs only 6 pounds and folds up to pack with gun and shells. Your dealer sells it. If not, send your order to our nearest branch office. Shipment made promptly by parcel post or express, prepaid. FOR TRAPSHOOTING OR SPORTING POWDER BOOKLETS, WRITE TO SPORTING POWDER DIVISION PRICE : $4.00 DELIVERED DU PONT POWDER Wilmington, Delaware CO., Branches: Birmingham, Ala., New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Pa., Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Duluth, Minn., Huntington, W. Va., Seattle, Wash. The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion ] LORD i DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season oi 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1653 and at the TFPM^-Clfl f/if fho Cucnn Payable at time of service. If mare does not I LIMrl J. 4>JU 101 lilt: JCdHJII provewith foal money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 3oth Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manaaer.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN E. C. Shooters Make a Clean Sweep at the Tonapah, Nev. Shoot. Individual Nevada State Championship Won by W. G. WARREN, 49 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Second S. A. HUNTLEY, 48 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Third A. P. HALIBURTON. 46 x 50— Shooting E. C. Fourth A. H. JONES. 44 x 50 — Shooting E. C. DRYEDALE CUP SHEMANSKI CUP Won by A. P. HALIBURTON. 30 x 30— Shooting E. C. ROTHOLTZ CUP Won by W. R. WILLIAMS, 41 x 45 — Shooting E. C. WINNERS OF SIX INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TROPHIES No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 Won by W. G. WARREN, 42 x 45— Shooting E. C. MIZPAH HOTEL CUP Won by W. S. PEACE, 30 x 30— Shooting E. C. W. G. WARREN, 49 x 50 Shooting E. C. No. 2 A. P. HALIBURTON, 46 x 50 Shooting E. C A. H. JONES, W. G. WARREN, No. 4 137 x 150 Shooting E. 146XX150 Shooting E. C No. 6 44 x 50 Shooting E. C. A. P. HALIBURTON S. A. HUNTLEY, 142 x 150 Shooting E. HIGH OVER ALL AVERAGES Amateur Professional Won by S. A. HUNTLET, 291 x 300 Shooting E. C Won by H. E. POSTON, 289 x 300 Shooti'.'g E. C. Follow the winners — Shoot shells loaded with Hercules Smokeless Shotgun Powders, Infallible and E. C. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Rsliable Parker in the hands of Mr. "Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warrerr Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition <*nd Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Sutter 6060 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 24, 1914. ^ - ^^^^ S*T* FRANCISCO. CAL. :*» '^ -,' i.t ■' &-. „ ■>• *v -* Yf ii,., j ■ W«"; THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. h»»t for foundation*, dairy fleora, fruit dryer floors, oto. ate. MT. DIABLO CEMENT t dryer floors, oto. sic. SANTA CRUZ LIME IS- MT. DIABLO LIME boat far brleklayiel and •lasterlnc boat for spraying and whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. (The SELL NO. 280v HIND SHIN, ANKLE AND HINGED SPEEDY CUT BOOT. Made from Flexible Vul- can Leather, Imported French Russet Calfskin and soft Elkskin. The original Sell design. Ab- solutely without qualifica- tion the finest boot of this style ever produced. You can't get a better boot no matter what price you want to pay. I keep a full stock of the famous Sell Brand Horse Goods ready for quick de- livery at all times, includ- ing Track Harness, Road Harness, Riding Saddles. Patent Bits. Horse Boots, Blankets, Coolers, Hop- ples. Also the Patent Keller and Williams toe weights. Catalogue free on appli- cation. Come in and look our stock over. Headquarters for Gom- baults Balsam. Reducine. Save -the -Horse, Absorb- ine, Tweed's Liniment, Smith's Wonder Worker, Vita Oil, Giles Embroca- tion. FRENCH CALFSKIN. SELL No. 820V. Price $8.25. J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Ave., near Fillmore St. Phone Park 1253 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Post and Msntyomory San Franalsco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter" PRICE, $3.00 DOSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" giveB 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 Incr-lcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish." AddresB, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Franelsco, Cai ppcific Bide.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sta GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association for Lfoals of maras Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators ot Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions. $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-OId Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-OId Trot. 50 to Owner of Sialllon, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-OId Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-OId Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22, 1914 „ ,. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1. 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1915; IS .November 1. 191a; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 191S. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the inree-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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. mi \a The raC.?-s for Two-Year-O1ds will be mile heats. 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of "the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; Distance for '. wo-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 the mare dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitute anoiner 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, tne name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1914. l^ntnes must be accompanied by the entrance fee. antee 0°nivnatOrS "able only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5,150, the amount of the guar- Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Eight reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. p«K. . >n each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. n,nines open to tne world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to F. W. KELLEY. Secretary, P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal. P. HEALD, President. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-565-366 PACIFICBUILD1NG Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Phoenix (Arizona State Fair)— Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). NOT ON YOUR LIFE! NIX! NO! "How would you like to be named Harold your- self?" It is with this "most unkindest cut of all" that the Pacific Horse Review concludes its second attack upon the name of "Harold," and it is a clincher that admits of no sidestepping. The writer admits that he is through, done, silenced, squelched, "set on." So far as further argument on his part is concerned "there ain't nothin' stirrin'." Through thirty-some-odd years one solitary consolation has remained to him in diverse times of stress and strain, and that is that his folks had the grace to name him Bill. Never was the dignity of William aspired to — just plain Bill, a name that in the west at least is a good and dis- honored one. From the plains to the Pacific, from Mexico to away north of the Canada line, there have been more good for nothings, more gamblers, more scouts and fighters, more successful men and more failures, more holdups and more horsethieves named Bill than carried any other three names — and fewer of us hung! Anyway, the writer's defense of the name of "Har- old" was in a purely equine connection — but say no more. The following from the Review convinces him that the introduction of the name into harness horse annals was a crime besides which Cresceus' Wichita record, the slugging of Billy Patterson, and the regis- tering of George Wilkes as a pacer pale into insig- nificance : Now, this we offer in support of our theory. Had there been named no first Harold, the trouble would never have started. We remember about Harold 413 and the other Harolds and there were even varia- tions, Haroldson, Haroldie to say nothing of Harold Flynn. What these Harolds and Harold Flynns and Harold Welcomes accomplished in their hour is due to in- herent grit, overcoming an unfortunate name. We were once acquainted with a large tomcat called by his child owner "Flossie." Flossie stood it as long as he could and then was one day run over and killed by an automobile, plain suicide. No one goes farther than we in cherishing the memory of Maud S. 2:08%, queen of the high wheel era. And it probably true that Harold 413 was her papa. But let it be remembered that her dam was Miss Russell, and we have thought and claim now that if at the time any other sire than Harold 413 had been the one, Maud S. would have been at least twins and perhaps the high wheel record to pole might have been 2:08%. Harold 413 was one of the better bred of Hamble- tonian's sons, and had the fortune to head Wood- burn's famous stud. But in spite of all that was done for Harold, he shines in a lesser light than George Wilkes or Electioneer or Abdallah 15 or Dictator or even some of the younger sons. Had Harold owned a more fitting name, he might now lead all the rest. We know that many men of worth and might have carried the name of Harold. However, they were not consulted about it and did the best they could not- withstanding. Harold omitted, how much greater had been the results of their efforts. Going back a bit farther than Harold 413 we seem to have heard something in the annals of the Saxons and the Danes of other Harolds. Did not William the Norman defeat and destroy a Harold and make a new foundation for English history? Suppose that Harold had been called Edward or Godwin or Canute, even, perchance he had not been the last of the Saxon kings! Coming down to the nearest champion, Directum I 1:58, king of the pacers, do we find any Harolds reaching for his crown? Not so. A William is the only, contender at the moment. Did Directum I have a Harold for his pa? Not so. Directum Kelly is the proud parent. Had Directum Kelly been a Harold, instead of taking part of his baptismal title as we presume from the office of the Breeder & Sportsman, we submit as our candid opinion that Directum I might have paced in three minutes, or thereabouts, if he were in a hurry. How- would you like to be named Harold yourself? If this doesn't settle the question, what would? Anyone who' can carry an argument as far back as the above goes is entitled to the decision on points, and when it comes to an aversion for anything, the Pacific Horse Review must be accorded the palm in this "Harold" connection, and the delicate reference to the prominence of a certain name of old-time "French" origin in the trotting world withdraws all sting from our defeat, though the inferred compli- ment must be waived in favor of "Jawn," of Directum fame. Anyway, the writer never had any idea of stirring up all this fuss over such a minor matter when graver issues are at stake. How in the dickens could he have known that when the wedding invita- tions were issued the "other fellow's" name appeared where "his'n" should have been, and that the darned cuss' name was "Harold"! CHARLEY DeRYDER, BOOSTER. "The Grand Circuit," remarked Charley DeRyder upon his return to California last week, "appeared to me to be in a healthier condition than for some years past. Meetings were well patronized by horse- men and public, the attendance at almost every point on the circuit being most gratifying: the racing was 'keen as keen,' as a glance at the new table of rec- ords and the lists of extremely fast performers will show, and the way the pools sold reminded me of old times. "Personally, I have enjoyed the season more than any I have ever been through, and I have enjoyed many a pleasant summer on the circuit. The big car went east with us, and after we once unloaded Mrs. DeRyder and myself took our journeys from city to city by auto, sometimes just the pair of us, but often accompanied by a friend or so from the fraternity. It is a great way to make the rounds. Both of us return home in the pink of condition. "One thing that pleased me most of all is the spirit with which the eastern horsemen take to the idea of coming to California next year for the big meet- ings of the exposition. They feel that this move on the part of the directors of the big show is the great- est compliment that could have been paid to the trotter and his devotees, and they give every assur- ance that they will show their appreciation of the same by bringing their horses and joining in the fun. They were a bit dubious as to the effect the war would have on the meetings, and the fair as a whole, but subsequent developments and personal visits with Col. Lively have dispelled all doubts in their minds, and they will be here in goodly numbers long before the bell rings. Any number of the big owners and trainers assured me personally of their intention to accord the fair the support it deserves, and the same feeling prevails very extensively among the owners and trainers of smaller stables. January will see some horses coming out, February will bring still more, and stable room in March will be at a premium. "Incidentally, while we are on the subject of the w-estern invasion of our eastern friends, I don't be- lieve it would take much inducement to persuade a good many of them to remain in the west in the inter- val between the big meetings. I know they would stay and take advantage of the opportunity to see the whole country if their horses were afforded any earning power, and I for one am in favor of keeping them out here, at least as many as we can. Califor- nia, Arizona, and the northwestern tracks, by a bit of hustle and enterprise, can provide programs that will attract not only good fields of horses but the attendance that will pay a profit. Nineteen hundred and fifteen can be made the banner year of racing in the history of the game, and the opportunity pre- sented to coast track owners and managers is one that, properly grasped, will be the dawn of a new era in their prosperity." ELSEWHERE in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman appears the Horseman's exposition of the events surrounding the resignation of Judge Robert S. Strader at the Lexington meeting, owing to a dis- agreement with his colleagues over the driving of Mirthful in the 2:17 trot. It is a fair and unbiased statement of the case, and horsemen may draw their own conclusions as to the guilt or innocence of Tommy Murphy, who stands acquitted. Now the real truth of this matter is something that is probably known absolutely by but one man, the Wizard of Poughkeepsie himself, and there the matter ends. For once in history, at any rate, the judges' stand was occupied by men whose knowledge of horses, horsemen, and the rules of racing has been life-long and whose integrity is unimpeach- able—R. S. Strader, J. D. Graver and R. C. Estill. It is merely a case of three equally competent men seeing a thing differently but clearly, so clearly that each stood firmly to his view from a hard and fast conviction that he was right, absolutely right. Messrs. Grover and Estill, out of the depths of years of ex- perience, declare Mirthful beaten on her merits — Judge Strader saw only Murphy's failure to try to win, and so convinced was he of the strength of his contention that he presented his resignation rather than serve longer in a position in which the dictates of his sense of justice could not be obeyed. Right or wrong, all honor to Bob Strader. Seeing but one path which he can in honor follow, he chooses it, and by so doing puts himself in line to receive the congratulations of every man who has at heart the uttermost success of the trotter and the trotting tracks. Only by the brand of manliness dis- played by Mr. Strader can the sport be established fully in public confidence and brought permanently to the high plane to which its inherent qualities enti- tle it. Judge Estill and his associate. Judge Grover, are equally to be congratulated, perhaps, as a mo- ment of indecision might possibly have resulted in an injustice to Mr. Murphy, but theirs was an easier position to maintain. No matter how clearly a man may see something in his own mind, that position is doubly strengthened and made easy to adhere to if it be shared by a majority. And so once again we propose the toast of "Bob Strader, right or wrong, but — Bob Strader." Fill the judges' stand from Lexington to the uttermost bull ring with Bob Straders, gentlemen, and the greatest step of a decade of great steps will have been taken in the perpetuation of the trotter in public esteem. ELECTION DAY is next Tuesday, and there are enought propositions submitted to the people to tangle the perceptions of a "Philadelphia lawyer." Many voters — most voters, in fact — have only a semi- understanding, or no understanding, of the inward meaning and future effect of numbers of the meas- ures presented, and in case of doubt a vote against the measure is a safe proposition. Horsemen are especially interested in the election to office of those members of the fraternity who are candidates, and other men known positively to be favorably inclined toward their interests. Support is urged for the measure providing for the issuance of bonds for the permanent improvement of the state fair ground, and the universal eight hour bill, among others, must "get the flag" emphatically. SUNDAY was "Governor's Day" at the Stadium, the names of John D. Fredericks, John B. Curtin and Hiram W. Johnson appearing among the list of don- ors of handsome cups. Senator Curtin was present in person and was warmly welcomed; Captain Fred- ericks' name drew much applause, while Hi's wel- come was the warmest of all. Anyway, we suppose it was, as the feelings of the assembled multitude were "too deep for utterance" and the silence was so pro- found that it was noisy. Hi is a man who "can make no compromise with wrong," but he must have "met his conscience half way" in order to countenance such a thing as aiding and abetting in the depraved and pernicious sport of horse racing — especially on Sunday. How are one's mighty principles altered — in campaign time! STALLION OWNERS in California who cannot use an extra fifty or one hundred dollars to advan- tage are few and far between, and the owners of the two stallions most generously represented in the nom- inations to Pacific Breeders' Stake No. 15, closing Monday, Dec. 2, will profit to this extent. Aside from this, pride and confidence in one's own stallion should be an incentive for every owner to urge and secure the nomination of every good mare bred to his horse, and even if he doesn't draw one of the cash prizes he will find that the time he devoted to "missionary work" among the broodmare men was most excellently spent. A futurity nomination is a gratis advertisement for the stallion. NEXT MONDAY is the final date for making the third payment on nominations in Pacific Breeders' Stake Number 14, and brood mare owners will do well to bear it in mind, as one of the most striking examples of a "dead loss" is a futurity nomination that has lapsed. THE B R E *. _ ^ R AN B SPORTSM A N [Saturday, October 31, 1914. SUPPORT PROPOSITION NO. 37. NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES. The proposition of issuing bonds for the enlarge- ment and improvement of tbe State Fair Grounds at Sacramento (No. 37 on the ballot, November 3) should be supported by every loyal Californian. Ev- ery large State in the Union has a State Fair — an annual clearing house to exploit its products and re- sources. Some of them have magnificent plants for this great feature which both instructs and enter- tains their people. The largest of them, in older and thickly settled States, pay for themselves. The California State Fair is growing to be more representative year after year. At this year's fair exhibits were sent from all sections of the State, from Modoc on the north to Imperial on the south. More horses, more cattle, and more swine were shown than ever before in California. Four new horse barns and two new cattle sheds (temporary structures) were built to accommodate them. Three large tents each over two hundred feet long, were required to house exhibits for which there was not space in the buildings. The fair grounds are about one-third large enough and there are about one-third enough buildings to meet the conditions now. The majority of these build- ings are rough temporary structures, which should be replaced by permanent, up-to-date buildings with modern facilities. The grand stands were originally erected to serve for two years. They have stood for from five to eight years. The women's department has no accommodations. The rest rooms and sanitary appliances are a dis- credit to the State and a menace to health. One of the first requirements at the State Fair is a proper women's building with adequate facilities for the physical comfort and health of women and children. With the best efforts of the management, the pres- ent temporary makeshifts are over crowded. There is not sufficient room in the grounds nor in the build- ings. California, with the largest and most varied resources and products of any State in the Union, is just awakening to the benefits of this annual exhibi- tion for the comparison and improvement of every line of industry. The State Fair this year was too large for the plant and this condition will grow worse each year as new sections present their offer- ings for the general good of the State. The cost is as nothing in proportion to the bene- fits. The sinking fund will only require $12,500 per year, less than one-twentieth of one per cent of the State's revenue. The benefits cannot be measured. The revenue for the interest and retirement of these bonds is not paid by the individual taxpayer and home owner but by the corporations and public util- ities. The 1913 session of the legislature passed several bills appropriating money for improvement of the State Fair grounds and the erection of new buildings. The aggregate amount of this appropriation was $300,000. It was realized at that time that the finan- ces of the State were not in a condition to permit the payment of the large sums appropriated by the legis- lature and as a counter-proposition to enable the necessary extensions and improvements to be made at the fair grounds and at the same time to safe- guard the funds in the treasury, it was decided to submit to the people the proposition of issuing bonds in the sum of $750,000 for the extension and im- provement of the State Fair Grounds. If this prop- osition is approved by the people and the needed money is raised in this way, there will at once be available a sufficient amount to make an adequate and complete plant for the exposition and exploita- tion of the State's resources, To be sure it will not represent the investment at Syracuse, N. Y., where a two million dollar plant is used for the purpose of displaying products, but it will make one nearly as complete as those in Minnesota and Iowa, which are credited as being among the greatest in the United States. It will have the advantage also of being more modern and having the latest appliances for the comfort and convenience of visitors as well as for the display of live stock and still products. The question has been raised in portions of the State as to the financial policy underlying the pro- posed issue o£ State bonds. But the objections raised should not stand against the State Fair Grounds bonds and this fact has been acknowledged by those opposed to the bond issue on the ground that they have no condition for serial payments. The State Fair Grounds bonds provide a sinking fund of $12,500 annually but provide that the pro- ceeds of this sinking fund shall be invested and re- invested in State, county, municipal and school dis- trict bonds. These are the only bonds proposed this year that have this feature, which will be of value to those sections of the State where municipal and high school bonds are voted for local purposes and where the money market does not allow their being sold to advantage, in that it will permit the State Treasurer to invest this sinking fund in such bonds and materially aid worthy localities that need it. A striking instance of this may be cited as last week high school bonds voted by Fresno, one of the most prosperous communities in the State, were offered for sale without a bidder. With a fund avail- able in the State Treasury to meet the demands of this nature throughout the State, public improvement may be greatly advanced through means of this fund. The proceeds of this reinvestment during the life of the bonds will pay every dollar of interest accruing on the bonds themselves and when the bonds mature, the State will have secured grounds and improve- ments and their use for fifty years at a net cost of the original bond issue. The recent meeting of the members of the Amer- ican Association of Trotting Horse Breeders at Lex- ington, Ky., disclosed the fact that little had been accomplished by the board of directors or by the members, and much work had fallen on the shoulders of the secretary and his assistants. It is extraor- dinary that the breeders of America are thoroughly indifferent to the importance of the association of which they are members. Although the most repre- sentative of their number have been in attendance at each meeting in recent years, practically nothing has been accomplished. At the meeting in question the president was absent. While his services to this organization have been of great value, it is probable that he is no longer as deeply engaged in breeding as formerly, and, consequently, has not the interest of the association so much at heart. It has been shown more than once that it is absolutely essential that the breeders of America should control the destinies of the industry of producing the light harness horse, as well as controlling the racing. Almost all breed- ers are of this opinion and express themselves ac- cordingly, yet, when it comes to substantially sup- porting the organization that should have the influ- ence and control over breeding and racing, they fail to show a proper appreciation of its importance and a vast majority of them merely pay their dues. The American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders is primarily an organization composed of a number of men who breed and race the light har- ness horse, a few with a view of material gain, but a majority for the sport of the thing or the pleasure derived from the breeding problem. This organiza- tion can, if it will, become the legislative body of the racing world. It can take the place of the Na- tional and American Trotting Associations; it can inaugurate new methods of racing, and it can bring about many needed changes in the conduct of the sport. It can protect breeders and owners from the attacks of overzealous legislators and can influence railroads to more equitable dealings with horsemen. It can, if it will, change the whole system under which the trotter is used — in fact, it has the power and the opportunity to revolutionize the sport. To accomplish' what is intended, the members of this organization must display a greater degree of unselfishness, a more liberal spirit, and a keener interest in what is being done by the association. There must be sufficient funds to carry on the af- fairs of the organization without stint. There must be a ready response when calls are made for further assistance. The breeders of the United States have millions of dollars invested in blooded stock, and even though a majority of them are satisfied to carry out their own plans and follow their own ideas in breeding and racing, they owe it to themselves to accept every opportunity that is given them to im- prove conditions that now exist. The National As- sociation does not fulfill the requirements of today, nor does the American. Each of these parent asso- ciations has done much for the welfare of the breed- er, yet conditions do not exist that once prevailed. Today, the American trotter is primarily a racing proposition, due largely to the advent of the auto- mobile, yet he is also invaluable for riding purposes and absolutely essential in the production of the gen- eral utility horse. In view of the fact that the world has not become entirely civilized, that warfare is at all times probable, the American trotter is given an added value. His size, substance, courage and in- telligence make him useful for cavalry purposes, mounted infantry and in the artillery branch of the service. As a race horse, he has more followers than all other types combined, and the possibilities for him in this direction are incalculable. If its members will awaken to its importance, shoulder their share of the responsibilities and do their part in giving it financial support, the American Association of Trot- ting Horse Breeders can popularize racing the light harness horse until it will have no rivals, not even excepting baseball. This can be done by improving the conduct of the sport, by framing new rules, by furnishing additional opportunities for making both ends meet, by giving a greater earning capacity to the horse, and by publicity. On the future success of light harness racing depends the success of the breeding industry. If, for any reason, the former is allowed to disintegrate into a game, the latter will suffer the loss of millions in money and the support of energetic and intellectual men. Racing the American trotter can be made popular by publicity, once the manner in which it is con- ducted is perfected. Publicity can make it a national sport and can make it known and appreciated in every household in the land. It can arouse interest in the performances of trotters as easily as it has in the skill of baseball players. Today, there is no such thing as publicity in connection with harness racing, for, while there are dailies which give short sum- maries of important meetings and occasionally regis- ter a notice of some sensational trial and comment in a few lines upon the lives and deaths of the great- est horses, there is little or nothing to attract the attention of the average reader, even though he may have a latent interest in horse flesh. If given the support of its members, an organiza- tion like the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders can give due publicity to one of the greatest pastimes in this country, as well as to one of the most extensive industries. It can contract with the great dailies to publish columns devoted to the light harness horse, where now are seen a few lines; it can make a Uhlan as well known and as popular as a Matthewson; it can, if necessary, furnish its own copy, which the leading dailies are willing to publish, for very few managing editors will refuse material that is of vital interest to thousands of its readers. During the meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, one of the Lexington dailies gave baseball the place of honor on its front page. The victory of the Boston team over the Athletics was given precedence over the war news, and the stirring events which took place at the trotting track, over which the greatest harness horses living were to be seen, was given space in the supplemen- tary pages of the journal. All of the baseball news of that day was bought and paid for, not by the As- sociated Press, but by the Publicity Bureau of the National and American Baseball Associations. This practice has obtained for many years until now the public appetite has been whetted for information of the baseball stars. Nothing of this kind has ever been done, either by the admirers of the light harness horse, the breeders or owners, or indeed by the pro- moters of racing. Baseball managers are business men, the owners of the clubs invest in shares of stock with a view of getting large returns, and every- thing is done to make the sport popular. That it has become popular is shown not only by the attendance, but by the eagerness with which the daily papers are scanned for baseball items. Publicity has made the theatre prosperous, it has made the "movies" rich and has made baseball a mania. The lack of publicity has allowed the sport of racing the light harness horse to drift along like a ship at sea without a rudder. Give the American trotter universal publicity and the results will be gratifying to every one interested in the breed. — American Horse Breeder. o JUDGE STRADER RESIGNS AT LEXINGTON. Robert S. Strader, presiding judge of the Lexing- ton Trots, resigned on last Monday and gave as his reason that he had been overruled by his associates, R. C. Estill and J. D. Grover, in a desire to punish Thomas W. Murphy in connection with the 2:17 trot decided on Wednesday and Thursday of the first week's meeting. The first three heats of this event were raced on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Sunset put a stop to racing, and the contest was concluded the follow- ing day. Mirthful laid up the first heat of the race, the time of which was 2:08%. She won the next two heats in 2:06% and 2:08%. On the second day she seemed to be winning until within sixty or eighty yards of the wire, when she made a break, and Hazel Laing won in 2:09%. This give each mare two heats. In the final heat Mirthful scored on the extreme outside, instead of in third place where she belonged, and Murphy worked her carefully across the track, as he had done in several other heats, as though fearing she would break. Hazel Laing took the lead and Murphy either could not or would not get close enough to her to make the heat interesting and Hazel Laing won in 2:10%, Mirthful third. Judge Strader believed that Murphy did not try to win the race and insisted on imposing a severe pun- ishment. His associates, or at least one of them, agreed to this, but it was decided to defer action one day, perhaps to examine the betting' sheets and ob- tain further information. There was no racing Friday and Saturday on account of rain and heavy track. When Monday came Judge Strader discovered that his associates had changed their minds and that he was alone. He accordingly announced that he would resign at the end of the day's racing, which he did. He stated that he had discovered that a follower of the Murphy stable had bet heavily against the mare on Thursday. Irrespective of whether Murphy deserved punish- ment (and if he did there are several other Grand Circuit drivers who deserve worse), we honor Judge Strader for his resignation. Too often judges are charged with overlooking fraud, and reply that they wished to punish the offender, but were overruled. We have always considered this an inadequate ex- cuse. A judge always has the privilege of resigning, and Strader, availing himself of it, has set an exam- ple that will have a salutary effect. The truth of the matter is, Grand Circuit judges have been too lenient in recent years with several of the big drivers through a fear (perhaps engendered by the officials of the various racing associations) that if a big driver is punished he will not enter at that track the next year. This has always seemed to us a short-sighted policy. The big drivers need places to race worse than the tracks need a big driver. It is getting to be a matter of comment, even among occasional race-goers, that favoritism exists on the Grand Circuit. If the Grand Circuit tracks will give competent judges free rein both attendance and entries will increase. A few punishments — they, need not be severe — early -in the season would be sufficient to clear the atmosphere for the rest of the summer. We are sorry for Judge Strader's resignation for one reason. The general public will assume that conditions are much worse than they really are. But the stigma has come, so let us derive what benefit we may from the occurrence. Incidentally, if Murphy did pull Mirthful, it was to escape the record of 2:06%, rather than for a "mon- etary reason, which leads us to remark that if our suggestion of marking the first four horses in each heat had been in effect the circumstance would never had arisen. — Horseman. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CHARLEY DeRYDER HOME. ILO TOLUS 2:09. ESPERANZA AND THE FUTURITY HABIT. Thursday evening of last week, Pleasanton folks were afforded a pleasant surprise when a horse car was set out at the loading chute and the campaign- ing stable of R. J. MacKenzie began to "detrain," the arrival of the horses and Trainer Charley DeRyder having been unheralded. The car left Lexington Sun- day morning, and the men and horses had a twenty- four hour rest at Ogden, a very nice ship indeed, un- manned by incident or accident of any kind. The MacKenzie horses brought home include Maymack 2:06%, Bertha Carey 2:08%, Miss Perfection 2:09%, Joe Patchen II 2:03%, Madam Mack 2:10% and Ma- homet Watts 2:08%. San Felipe 2:09% came home with the bunch, as did Little Berenice 2:06%, owned by Samuel Watkins of Los Angeles and campaigned in the east by Arlie Frost. Three broodmares com- pleted the car, Delia Derby 2:11%, brought home for her owner, J. N. Anderson of Salinas, and Carrietta 2:18 and a full sister to Ortolan Axworthy 2:07%, both owned by Woodland Stock Farm. All three mares have been at Patchen Wilkes Farm and are believed in foal safely to Peter the Great 2:07%. All the horses are in excellent condition and show no ill effects from the trip. Maymack comes home with the respect of every man who raced against her in the thirteen starts, and her owner's and trainer's faith in her fully vin- dicated. Shoved into the discard as a hopeless case, she has developed in DeRyder's hands into a race mare of exceptional quality, and joint holder with Helen Stiles of the world's record for a fifth heat, 2:06%. In her race with Tommy Horn, Lizzie Brown and Oakdale in the event in which the record was established a number of new marks were set up. The time for the complete race cuts nearly ten seconds from the total time of the event raced in 1903 by Monte Carlo, Hawthorn and Dr. Strong, and Tommy Horn's fourth heat in 2:04%, in which Maymack was a close contending second, supplants Soprano's fourth heat in 2:05% made in 1911. Four wins are credited to the daughter of Arthur Wilkes out of a campaign of thirteen starts in the very hottest kind of company in which she was but once unplaced. Her rank in the Transylvania, in which Etawah estab- lished his sensational three-heat record, was fourth, and in the finishes she was a factor to be reckoned with. Bertha Carey, turned over to Mr. DeRyder early in the season as a far from promising prospect for fur- ther race track honors, rounded to in very gratifying shape and brings home a new record of 2:08%, and evidence of much greater speed. Indications point to her complete recovery of soundness this winter, and in that case she should %prove one of the most useful mares in her class. Miss Perfection, the Gen. Watts — Sue Fletcher lassie, that has been the pet of the stable, gives promise of being all that was hoped for her, as in her little "instructive campaign" she gave very good account of herself and was but once unplaced, owing to accident. Her breeder's record of 2:09% stamps her as another three-year-old 2:10 trotter for Gen. Watts 2:06%, and subsequent improvement leads Mr. DeRyder to consider her as one of the best he has ever had Madam Mack, the Expressive Mac pacer, was given just enough opportunity to show her qualities, and brings home a breeder's record of 2:10% and a promise to rival the records of the other Expressive Mac girls, Clara Mac and Vera Hal, in another season. Joe Patchen II and San Felipe were never at them- selves properly during the entire season, but the big pacer is improving right along recently and San Felipe will probably come alive now that he is back in his native atmosphere. He is OK in every way, but simply "didn't have it in him" In the eastern climate. DeRyder brought out some new blood and racing material in the shape of the good trotter Mahomet Watts 2:08%, campaigned this season by W. L. Snow and leased for the immediate future by Mr. MacKenzie. "New blood" is right so far as his sire is concerned, as the great family of Axworthy has slight representation on the Coast, hut on the ma- ternal side the lines are the kind that Californians have "sworn by" — not "sworn at" — for a good many years, the newcomer being out of the triple-producing Alia P. 2:21% by Palo Alto 2:08%, second dam the great broodmare Lula Wilkes by George Wilkes. He will be allowed twenty approved mares for early service, and will be a starter in the big trots at the exposition. Mr. DeRyder regards him very highly. Safe back at home, the director of the MacKenzie interests is hard at work, laying plans for winter, going over the young stuff left at home in the capable hands of Bert Webster, and putting into practice new ideas for the beautifying of the Pleasanton Driv- ing Park and increasing its comforts and conven- iences for both horses and horsemen in view of the numbers of eastern visitors who are expected to add largely to the coterie of those training at Pleasanton before the winter ends. Add to that his all day long job of greeting and taking care of old and new friends and C. L. DeRyder, in winter quarters, is a fairly busy man. Phoenix, of course, will get his company and May- mack and Miss Perfection will probably represent the stable there, going over early in the month. Two years ago this Christmas day when Honey Healey and Lady Tolus were matched at Los Angeles for a purse of a hundred dollars and each emerged with a standard mark, few of the spectators looked forward to a day when the daughter of Pactolus would burn up the state's half-mile tracks trotting records even though she was at that time a filly of more than average promise. Nevertheless, that is just what happened at Riverside on October 14 when Ilo Tolus (formerly Lady Tolus) trotted to a record of 2:09, with the last half in 1:03%, reducing by three seconds the former state record of 2:12 held by Redeem, and equaling the season's record for trotters over half-mile tracks made at Goshen, N. Y., by Henrietta C. On Saturday afternoon she empha- sized her quality by negotiating a single lap of the same track in 1:02%. Ilo Tolus is a racy looking five-year-old bay mare, bred, owned and driven by O. E. Folk, long well known among horsemen of Iowa and the central west but now a resident of Riverside. She is the first of the get of Pactolus 2:12% to enter the 2:10 list at the trot, although Don Densmore 2:02%, Columbia Fire 2:04%, Golden Rod 2:07% and Espeire 2:08% have carried the name of their sire well to the fore among the pacers, while Izetta R. 2:13% by Pac- tolus produced to the cover of Directum Penn the speed marvel Directum I 1:58. Pocahontas Queen 2:20%, dam of Ilo Tolus, is a double producing daughter of Domineer 2:20, out of School Girl by Phil Renshaw 11180, etc. The new queen of the coast's half mile tracks has always been handled by Mr. Folk, who also owns a full sister to her who has stepped miles in 2:12 and whom Mr. Folk considers equally as good as Ilo. FIFTY THOUSAND WAR HORSES. The vastness of the number of horses being pur- chased for foreign war purposes can be estimated by those shipped from East St. Louis last week, over the Vandalia Line. Included in this shipment were eighty-seven carloads — approximately 1,750 head — and these from only one point. It would be safe to say that upwards of 5,000 are leaving the country each week. More undoubtedly would be taken if transports were available for export. When we take into consideration that this demand has only just commenced, we can judge for ourselves the great inroads that will be made on our horse resources if the war continues for any length of time. It is safe to say that foreign nations have already taken from our country forty or fifty thousand head, and they have been the cream of those classes from which they have been drawn. It does not seem necessary for us to tell farmers and breeders the effect this demand will have on prices. They should carefully guard their breeding interests by being prepared to cater to that urgent demand that even now threatens to take every available horse or mare — Western Horseman. MURPHY'S TRIO OF PACERS. Driak Jackson's Napa Soda. Unless all signs fail, Tom Murphy will have in his string, next year, a trio of pacers such. as no other trainer ever got hold of at one time, the same being Anna Bradford, Peter Farren and Hal S. Anna Bradford, three-year-old record 2:00%, made this season, everybody knows about, and the other two are worth telling about. Here are the facts: Peter Farren has been a mile, since Murphy took him in hand during the Columbus meeting, in 2:03%, and has done a half-mile in :58% on the end of a mile in 2:06%. That 2:03% mile makes him out a faster pacer than any, save the wonderful ones of this year, and, as Murphy has not been trying to see how fast the colt can go, he must be rated a sure 2:03 or better three-year-old pacer. Hence, he is more than likely to be the initial sen- sational pacer of the first generation "Peters," and that he will reach the two-minute mark is by no means improbable. Students of heredity will tell you that Peter Farren does not mean anything when con- sidered as a Peter the Great pacer, because his dam is by Moko, which strain is rich in the blood of horses that produced pacers. They are willing to admit that a two-minute pacer by Peter the Great and from a Moko dam would seem to them the most natural thing in the world. When Murphy, one day during the first week of the Lexington meeting, brought out Hal S. and stepped him a pair of glib miles in 2:07%, 2:07, the last half of the first one being done in 1:00%, and the last half of the second in 1:00, nobody was better pleased than Joe Markey, turf journalist, Spanish war vet- eran, and approved by all men who know him. It was on Markey's rating of Hal S. as a high-class thing that would do to go anywhere with that Mur- phy bought the horse without ever having seen him. When the pacer reached the new owner, he had been only three miles better than 2:10, so Tom — not in- tending to race him this year — went easy with him. and the Lexington pair of heats was the first stiff work asked of him. Hal S. has not been in the Murphy collection long enough to have been throughly tested, but on Monday of the second week at Lexington, when the track cer- tainly was not fast, being a trifle soft from two days' rain, the roan stallion paced the homestretch quarter in :28%, and that was the first time Murphy really had set him down for the distance. — H. T. White In the Horse Breeder. A habit, folks, is something that you start to doing without really noticing at the time that you are doing anything at all, and then you subconsciously keep on doing it until you can't stop. You can get good hab- its or you can get bad habits, and that's the way you get 'em, without knowing you have 'em until they have you. Other folks notice those little traits in you as peculiarities, but you don't, because you are used to them — they have become "habits." Generally you start when you are young, like Bill Durfee and Esperanza did in this futurity grabbing business. To some folks it looks a bit odd to see one outfit pull down so many stakes in a row, but Bill and Esperan- za don't notice a little thing like that now. Here's why: One day about the middle of July, 1913, when Es- peranza's ideas of life were in the constructive period and her young mind was in a condition for receiving impressions that would stay with her through life and become part and parcel of her nature, she started in a little friendly trot with her stable mate Ethel D. and Bon Courage. Evidently the "idea" was to give the younguns a good start in life, for each drew one heat apiece and a little tag of figures to their name — 2:26 in Esperanza's case. Then Will and the some- what older member of the family to whom the younger portion probably referred in his youth as "Pap" started out on their annual pilgrimage to the local shrines of speed, Will with Esperanza and "C. A." with the good gray colt John Warwick, the "younger set" dropping in at an afternoon tea at Woodland long enough to annex the big end of the two-year-old trot and gain a little more experience in riding in front. At Santa Rosa the family united and Esperanza draw down the first heat, the event being the two-year-old division of the Pacific Breed- ers' futurity; but John Warwick had to have some experience in this winning business — to say nothing of the fact that he was one sure good colt that day and that Durfee Senior "had on his driving clothes" — and the race went to the gray son of Carlokin and Alameda Maid. Anyway, it was all in the family, and the filly had at least won a heat and another day was coming. The day was Sept. 18, the place Sacramento, and the event the State Fair futurity. The story thereof is not long — Esperanza two straights, John Warwick second, Bon Courage third — and Esperanza was growing accustomed to stepping to the front at the wire. Then came a long ride up into the Willamette valley in Oregon, and again it was two times out and two times first for the bay lassie in the Oregon futurity. You see she had unconsciously developed the trait that was later to be so noticeable, and only once since then has the habit failed to make itself manifest. Back home again at Los Angeles in the Canfield-Clark stakes she dropped a race to Bon Courage, but she won one heat, the fastest one of the race, and went to the stable for the winter with a record of 2:14%. — and a habit. Then came the "long time between drinks," wait- ing for the Salinas meeting in. July, but the time wasn't spent in idleness. There were lots of work- outs and long jogs, and brushes with other horses in training in which she rode in front most of the time so that she wouldn't get out of the habit she had formed — that mighty good bad habit. (You can scratch out one word or the other and make this read either "good habit" or "bad habit." Both are right. It's just a matter of viewpoint — whether you happen to be a "Durfeeite" or a supporter of "the other fellow.") One day before leaving home Will took her out on the track before a lot of folks and "let her down" for a faster mile than the public had ever seen her called on for before, and when she came to the wire she was a new kind of a filly, for the timers' watches had stopped at 2:09 flat. She was a 2:10 trotter and a good one. Two weeks later the old habit asserted itself "as per usual" and the big end of the three-year-old division of the Pacific Breeders futurity went to the Durfee strong box in good hard cash. But the strongest evidence of the influence of habits upon our daily lives came at the State Fair at Sacramento. With three engagements within a calendar space of eight days it seemed like the Dur- fee filly would have some real good reason for drop- ping one race, but habit was too strong. Dropping the first heat of the State Fair futurity to her old rival Bon Courage in 2:12%, Esperanza came right back at him with three hot ones in 2:12%, 2:13 and 2:12%. She didn't mean to be unladylike or any- thing of the kind, but she hated to have her routine interrupted. Three days later in the Occident stake she again took the Hayes horse into camp, this time without allowing any interference with her estab- lished custom, in 2:11%, 2:14% and 2:12%. Just to clinch matters, on getaway day she repeated the dose in the Stanford stake in 2:12, 2:10 and 2:14, showing that she didn't need any exhibition mile to put her in the list of real 2:10 trotters. Once again the Oregon trail and once again the main purse of the Oregon futurity — and home with every colt stake of the coast in her satchel. And see what did it? — a habit, early developed. "As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined" and you can see for yourself how- simple and easy it is. Now Esperanza is a mighty nice little lady, and comes from one of our very best families, but that habit of hers seems mighty liable to make her owner die rich. Too bad it isn't "catching"! THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS I I i Zulu Belle 2:07% iu a matinee. <5>«> The season's new 2:10 trotters number 66. Hang up a new mark tor the once around and then some track at the Stadium. $20,000 is already up for the ice racers at Hull, P. Q., Canada, January 28 — February 3. <& Q> <£ Charley DeRyder surprised the folks at home by dropping into Pleasantcn Thursday evening. Zulu Belle goes to the amateurs, but Owner Jimmy Ryan will ship to Phoenix for her engagements there. There are a few substitutions for sale in the Pacific Breeders' Stake number fourteen, for present weanlings. If Lexington had only had San Francisco matinee weather, what a raft of records would have been hung up. <8> Tommy Murphy passed up the Dallas meeting and pulled for Poughkeepsie, to get ready for 1915 and the exposition trots. <$><8> Maymack 2:06% and probably Miss Perfection 2:09% (breeder's record) will represent the MacKen- zie stable at Phoenix. Senica Boy 2:15% that forced Dean Swift to his Portland mark of 2:08% is a half-brother to the un- lucky Penisa Maid 2:04%. The Phoenix-bound contingent that took in the Riverside fair are laying up at Los Angeles. A goodly delegation goes from there shortly. Ilo Tolus 2:09 is the first 2:10 trotter for her sire, Pactolus 2:12%, though his pacing representation in the same circle is generous. A. G. Ireland of Chicago has had the misfortune to lose by death the good Prince Ansel mare Adansel (3) 2:14%, dam Advosta 2:20%, by Baron Wilkes 2:18. Only a little over a week remains for futurity nom- inators to make that third payment of $5 in Stake No. 14 of the P. C. T. H. B. A. November second is the time. •»<8> Trainers Lon Daniels and Wilbur Smith have their winter's work cut out for them at Sacramento, with an ever increasing stable of horses belonging to Charley Silva. <8> <&■$> Lon McDonald proposed shipping to Phoenix with DeRyder, hut changed his mind at the last moment and loaded out for Dallas, from which point he comes to the Arizona meeting. Santa Rosa folks are following with pride the per- formances of Directum I, as his sire, Directum Kelly, was bred at that place by George Guerne. What a world of fast ones can trace their family tree back to an ancestor from the Citv of Roses. Admiral H. G. Smith, in command of the armored cruisers Star Tilden. Alton S. and Delia H., steamed north after his victorious engagement with the enemy at Riverside and "interned" for the winter at Pleas- anton. Recent compilations by racing officials in Austra- lia show that during the season just passed over ten thousand events were contested, for a purse and stake total considerably in excess of three million dollars. 3> <$> James Macgowan of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, turned J. -Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08 over to Ed Geers to be prepared to race again in 1915. and the fast son of Bingen is now with the balance of the silent man's string at Memphis. «> Bad luck has camped on Zulu Belle's trail in her last two starts — unavoidable incidents, or accidents, and "near mixups" costing her first place in two races she looked ripe to win. Here's hoping the jinx doesn't follow her to Phoenix. Peter McKylo. Leavitt Todhunter's Peter the Great youngster that is showing so much promise in Jim Thompson's hands, is taking things easy at the Tod- hunter farm "across the river" at Sacramento pending the time to start his prep for a 1915 campaign. Wilbur Smith made an ocean voyage about the middle of the week from Sacramento to San Fran- cisco., bringing down Teddy Bear, Eloise Dell and Kid Cupid for Sunday's matinee. Owner Charley Silva showed up Sunday morning and furnished a bis share of the day's excitement at the Stadium. As is usual wherever and whenever they appear on Cal- ifornia tracks, Charley and the Teddy horse had plenty of support from the stand. Cold weather caused the match between Directum I and William to be called off Wednesday at Kala- mazoo. Bring 'em to California. At public auction at Taylorville, 111., Wednesday afternoon Lady Maud C. 2:00% and Hedgewood Boy 2:01 were sold to Thomas Kiser of Stonington for §7000. Commissioned to purchase 20,000 American horses for use of their government in the present war, six French cavalry and artillery officers, headed by Cap- tain de Belezeaud, landed recently on our peaceful shores. «■ •» * The Ormondale-Futurita colt. The Forest, bred at San Mateo by the late Wm. MacDonald, has been a good winner over English tracks this season, with five firsts to his credit. Uncle Dale by the same sire and over the same courses has also been a good three-vear-old. C. A. Durfee brought Zulu Belle down from Pleas- anton and placed the Stadium race record at 2:07%. That she could have turned the three-quarters track right in the notch of her "professional record" of 2: 06% is the idea of those who saw her do the trick, as she was "right as rain." Indian "old line speed insurance" at the pace received another boost at Birmingham when Possi- bility, by Newtown Boy 2:10% and out of a daughter of Pocahontas Chief, reeled off a third heat in 2:02%, thereby "slipping one over" to the extent of a full second" on his blood brother Billy M. 2:03%. <8> Both harness horses and the thoroughbreds lost a good friend last Thursday when death summoned Gen. Brayton Ives of New York. Gen. Ives was active in the support of both branches of racing, and was a familiar figure on the eastern speedways be- hind trotters and pacers from his own stables. ^ «. Dicto, the five-year-old fun horse that Will DeRyder has been handling for the Lowry Stable, was right up on edge for the Stadium free-for-all pace Sunday and acted like one that would do to go away from home with. Strict business occupied his mind at all times and his second heat was traveled, timed sep- arately, in 2:08%. Memories of some hot old times were revived re- cently at the meeting at Savage, Minn., when the four-year-old Power Patch was given a mark of 2:11. He is a son of Dan Patch and that grand old war goddess Effie Powers 2:08%. and if he is half what his inheritance justifies it would scarcely seem neces- sarv to "tin cup" him. One event at Riverside that escaped mention in our account of the meeting there was the performance of the three-year-old gelding Frank H. Holloway, by Geo. W. McKinney. Piloted by Frank Reese in a trial against time he made the two circuits nicely in 2:22%, putting Lady Zombro one notch higher among California's speed producing matrons. <8><8> Colusa, whose races in Will Ivey's hands two years ago led to his purchase by eastern horsemen and who has twice failed to make his proposed Grand Circuit campaigns, will be tried out on the ice this winter, and is being fitted for the slick going by Harvey Ernst at the Roekport, O., track. Ernst is getting Ima Jay, the fast Jay McGregor filly, ready for the trots at the same meetings. <8> <&<$> A. B. Spreckels, life-long lover of the trotter and breeder and campaigner of some of the best that ever wore the California brand, donated the cup for the special trot between Matawan and Kid Cupid Sunday, and it was a source of gratification to all concerned that he occupied a seat at the wire and was one of the most interested spectators of the afternoon's events. Detective Bert Cowen of the Los Angeles police department has recently become the owner of the stallion Arner 2:17%, by Charles Derby 2:20 and out of that greatest of broodmares Bertha, by Alcantara. Arner is the sire of the trotting mares Derby Lass 2:13% and Lassie M. 2:19 and a number of good mat- inee horses with faster marks. Mr. Cowen will have him in charge of his brother, Dr. C. R. Cowen, 743 Los Angeles street, in the City of Angels. <8> Jacob Ruppert of New York City, expressing the opinion that harness horse racing in this country was on the eve of an unprecedented popularity, pro- poses to be an active participant in the game on a larger scale, and with that purpose in mind recently purchased in Kentucky eleven stake youngsters, mostly from mares from the Bailey establishment, and sired by Guy Axworthy 2:08%. The youngsters were sent to the Hudson River Stock Farm, Col. Ruppert's establishment near Poughkeepsie. Horsemen going to the polls Tuesday will not be likely to forget that one of their number, Frank E. Wright of Sacramento, is a candidate for the office of Surveyor-General, and that another member of the family, Geo. L. Warlow of Fresno, aspires to rep- resent his district in the upper branch of California's legislature. Both gentlemen have a wide and well- deserved following, not only among horsemen but among their neighbors at large, and a vote for them is a vote for the best interests of California. San Francisco's amateur drivers have had the time of their lives during the season just ended, and are already talking of the big doings they will pull off next year. A number are buying or looking for new mounts to get in the game with. <8> <$> «> From across the pond comes word that Tod Sloan is serving as motor ambulance chauffeur in the French Red Cross, and that Emil Herz, the former sidekicker of "Boots" Durnell, is a prisoner of war in England, though his horses were gotten out of Eng- land to this country, where they are racing under the name of John Kelly. <8> Phoenix-bound horsemen from the central part of the state gathered at Stockton this week and ship in a body to the Arizona town today, Saturday, get- ting out on the fast fruit train. The California rep- resentation is a great one, and the local horses will not stand last in the summaries, no matter how hot the company is. The Danish Derby at Copenhagen was won by the bay colt Onkel Tom, by Hessian and out of Sweet Erin by Montana. Sweet Erin was bred by the late James B. Haggin and included in a consignment of in-foal mares sold in Germany in 1910. She comes of the famous imp. Weatherwitch family, her third dam, Florida, being the dam of the great Firenzi. Cattlemen engaged in gathering stock on the sum- mer ranges at the base of Lassen peak are experi- encing no little difficulty in identifying their beef cattle because of discoloration and obliteration of brands by volcanic ashes thrown out of Lassen's crater during the score of eruptions throughout the past summer. Cattle grazing within the zene of ash storms were pelted by impalpable dust, which lodged next to the skin. Successive showers of rain made the dust stick like Portland cement, having the effect of removing the individuality of cattle and in a man- ner leveling herds to grayish uniformity. W. E. D. Stokes in reviewing the fortunes of war at Lexington remarked that just prior to the outbreak of the "present unpleasantness," a representative of the Russian and Austrian governments came to the United States and contracted for forty services of Peter the Great 2:07%, fifty of Peter O'Donna 2:08 and fifty of Peter Volo 2:03% for a total sum of $80,000. This deal, as well as that involving the sale of the three great horses to the German and Austrian governments, was perforce abandoned and American breeders will again have access to the premiers of Patchen Wilkes Farm, recalling once more that 'tis but an ill wind that blows nobody good. $><8> Mabel Van and Dr. Wayo kept on "getting good" at Riverside, and when they moved to Los Angeles to lay up for Phoenix the interested parties decided to "shake 'em down" for a mile and see just how they stacked up for the big meeting, so Saturday morning the pair went at it. Ward and the Doctor laid on the pole with Mabel in second position, and over a track that was far from being on edge for fast work they went to the first quarter in :32, the half in 1:03%, the three-quarters in 1:35% and the mile in 2:07%, several watches catching it a bit faster. Whatever beats the pair at Phoenix — if they are beaten — will have a sure enough horse race on hand. The MacKenzie car which arrived Thursday even- ing from Lexington contained, in addition to the campaigning string, the broodmare Delia Derby 2:11% by Charles Derby 2:20, believed to be safe in foal to Peter the Great 2:07% and en route home to her owner, J. N. Anderson of Salinas. Two other matrons belonging to John W. Considine of the Wood- land Stock Fatm made the trip at the same time, one Carrieta 2:18 (dam of Silent Brigade (2) 2:10%, etc.) by Directman, and the other the full sister to Ortolan Axworthy (3) 2:07%, by Axworthy 2:15% and out of the great broodmare Mary Elkin 2:29 by Prodigal. Both have been at the court of Peter the Great, and Californians will be much disappointed if they fail to deliver safely at the appointed time. H. H. BOOMER BUYS LARRABEE MARES. Mr. H. H. Boomer of Spokane, well known in rail- road circles throughout the northwest and a long- time friend of the trotter, recently visited Brook Nook Ranch in company with the Spokane horseman Lou Childs, and made extensive purchases of breed- ing stock from the ranks of the great bred matrons assembled by the late C. X. Larrabee. A total of seventy mares were selected by the two gentlemen for the stocking of Mr. Boomer's ranch near Salmon City, Idaho, where the good trotter Tom Moko 2:13 will be the premier stallion. For some years Mr. Larrabee had not raced his horses, preferring merely to fit them for the sale ring, but many good campaign- ers have been developed from the Brook Nook horses and the prize rings of the northwest have for years been at their mercy. The blood lines represented are the very best and strongest, and as Mr. Boomer en- gages actively in racing there is every reason to believe that the next several years will see the blood of Brook Nook much more extensively represented in the production of speed. The new farm is warmly welcomed, and its prog- ress and success will be watched with a great deal of interest on the part of all horsemen, who wish Mr. Boomer every success in his undertaking. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN RECORD DAY AT THE STADIUM. Sunday's matinee of the San Francisco Driving Club at the Stadium, probably the club's last meeting of the year owing to the uncertainty of weather con- ditions for the immediate future, was an appropriate climax to the most enjoyable amateur season in the history of that fun drivers' association. So far as the weather was concerned it was a made-to-order day and the racing was the best ever pulled off, twenty-one heats being necessary to decide the eight events and the closest kind of finishes characterizing the majority of them. The crowd was even larger than that of the previous Sunday, and were generous in showing their appreciation of the big program of racing and music that the club members had provided for their entertainment. Shortly after the stroke of twelve, with the stand and grounds already well dotted with spectators and the crowd increasing steadily, the judges and Mar- shal Lombard had the four entrants out for the 2:18 trot and Starter Kenney jogged down to the post to send them away. A punctured tire caused a bit of delay, but after a few minutes they were off to a nice start. Laddie G. broke rounding the turn in the first quarter, and at his favorite place on the back stretch Conn started to move up with Muggins and passed Ateka on the turn. A break in the stretch cost him ground, however, and Ateka resumed her lead to the wire. In the second heat Laddie G. again went up early in the mile, but the three others hung together and rounded into the stretch well bunched. From the tunnel it was nip and tuck until Muggins again quit the trot and the heat went to Eloise Dell, driven by Charley Silva of Sacramento, who brought down a stable of three with which to join the fun. Ateka was right there all the time. For the third heat Muggins would not be denied, starting his drive at the half and rounding his field for an open win, Eloise Dell's break on the turn putting her out her chance for the race. Ateka, with the best standing in the summary of the three heat winners, was awarded the trophy. Jack, sometimes called "Little Jack" and whose middle name here lately is "Regularity," made straight heats out of the 2:18 pace in W. J. McDon- ald's hands, with Win. Tell and Tom Murphy furnish- ing about the only contest. William was a bit hard to get away the first time out, but paced a very nice race thereafter. The stand likes Jack. The third race called, free-for-all pace for the Mat- son cup, developed into the greatest contest ever pulled off at the Stadium, both in point of time and exciting finishes. The home talent had company from "foreign lands" for this event, C. A. Durfee having brought down Zulu Belle for a trial over the three-quarter ring, and Charley Silva being on deck with that other California favorite, Teddy Bear. Dick W., Happy Dentist and Dicto, all Stadium "stand- bys," formed the balance of the field, and each of the fast side-wheelers got a good "hand" from the crowd coming out. The track was in good condition, much faster than a week before, and the crowd was not disappointed in its expectations for a record breaking race between the free-for-allers. Happy Dentist, going away fast on the outside, had if anything a bit the best of the start and nipped the pole in the first quarter, the field passing the stand well bunched and racing just that way well to the three-quarters. Durfee and Silva both threw in the high gear on the turn and the way they came through the stretch brought the crowd to its feet with a whoop, Teddy landing the heat by less than a neck. They went away bunched to the stand in the second heat, with Silva stringing out the field a bit down the back stretch, but Durfee and DeRyder riding com- fortably in easy striking distance. The three leaders headed into the stretch on nice terms, and Durfee began the drive with the Belle that ranks as one of the finest exhibitions of reinsmanship ever witnessed at the Stadium. Bit by bit he lifted the black daugh- ter of Petigru, the mare responding gamely; Teddy answered equally to the demands of his driver, and together the pair raced past the stand with the mare winning by only inches more than she had been beaten in the first heat. The time of 2:07% beats all Stadium race records, and equals the exhibition mark of George Perry. Much to the regret of the specta- tors and the participants in the event as well, acci- dent alone prevented the pacers from setting up a three-heat mark that would probably have stood for a long, long time, the last heat being attended by a bit of bad luck for the Belle. The field went away fast and at the quarter — and well to the half — were packed like sardines, Happy Dentist, Teddy Bear and Zulu Belle on the inside track, with Dicto lapped close up on the outside and Dick W. not far away. Going down the back stretch at a 2:07 gait Teddy Bear struck Happy's sulky and Silva sat down him pretty hard to avoid an accident, causing Durfee, who was driving under wraps, to have to take back and to one side to avoid going right into the pair from Sacramento. Both were going full speed ahead in a twinkling, but the Belle had considerably the worst of it in lost ground and the stand hardly expected Durfee to make a drive. C. A. had different ideas, however, and set sail from his position well to the rear, passed all but the flying Teddy, and forced him to go his mile in 2:09. Both horses were ripe for a great race, and it was hard luck that they could not have fought it out on even terms. Dicto went a fast and consistent race, and turned his mile in the sec- ond heat in 2:08%. Kid Cupid and Matawan met in the special trot, a break throwing the former far back in the early part of the mile, Silva carrying him along for a steady gain and finishing at Ahler's sulky wheel. The Kid kept his feet in the second heat, and at the half began to cut down the lead that Matawan gained early in the mile. Down past the stand the two were head and head and the judges' announcement of Kid Cupid as the winner was necessary before either drivers or spectators could "make up their mind." In the third heat Matawan again opened up a good lead and for a time the Kid seemed tiring, but he responded to Silva's call and was closing up in nice shape for another stretch driven when he went to a break and Matawan finished pulled up. Bodecker pulled down the free-for-all trot for Christenson, much to the stand's approval. Birdeye and Soretta broke in the first heat, but the McKin- ney Stables' entry came into the stretch on good terms and finished lapped up on the Antrim horse. A break by Bodecker just before the three-quarters cost him the next heat and caused Chris to lodge a protest against Schwartz for foul, but the judges were unable to see the alleged bad drive from their position in the stand and they placed the horses as they finished, subsequent evidence, however, tending to show that Chris had justifiable grounds for the kick, his first and only one. The big boy never gave any one a chance to get him in a hole in the third heat, making a procession of his field from the start. Mabel Dillon had her winning clothes on and "straight-heated" her field of 2:15 pacers for Cohn, making two cups for her driver for the day. Brad- mont and Delilah raced out prettily for place in each heat, with honors even. Ishmael had the first heat of the 2:20 pace all his own way owing to a break by King Pointer at the half, but the tables were turned in the next two. Ishmael put up a game race each heat and the drives brought a hand from the crowd, but King Pointer's rush was too stiff for him to stave off. Steve D. had the misfortune to rap himself in the first heat of the 2:25 trot and was drawn before the start of the sec- ond. Borromeo and Ella Wilkes didn't "have the punch" that marked their victory last Sunday, and it was a case of Springtime all the time in October. The events went off smoothly and without delay, and only in a few instances did Starter Kenney have trouble "gettin' 'em away." Hon. Ed Aigeltinger, D. Dillon, H. Boyle and G. J. Giannini placed 'em at the wire in the close finishes and F. P. Lauterwasser, Sr., F. Clotere and J. Holland caught the record- breaking miles. The details: First race, 2:18 trot — Cup presented by Judge Crist: Ateka (B. Cohn) 1 2 2 Eloise Dell (Chas. Silva) ,...2 1 3 Muggins (H. Cohn) 3 3 1 Laddie G. (J. Holland) 4 4 dr Time— 2:17%, 2:16, 2:15%. Second race, 2:18 pace — Cup presented by J. D. Fred- Jack (W. J. McDonald) 1 1 Wm. Tell (McKinney Stables) 2 2 Tom Murphy (E. T. Ayres) 3 3 G. J. P. (R. Consani) 5 4 Emma M. (W. Malough) 4 5 Time— 2:14, 2:14%. Third race, free-for-all pace — Cup presented by Captain Matson : Teddy Bear (Chas. Silva) 1 2 1 Zulu Belle (C. A. Durfee) 2 1 2 Dicto ( W. DeRyder) 3 3 3 Happy Dentist (J. J. Ryan) 4 5 4 Dick W. (Ottinger) 5 4 5 Time— 2:09, 2:07%. 2:09%. Fourth race, special trot — Cup presented by A. B. Spreckels: Matawan (H. C. Ahlers) 1 2 1 Kid Cupid (Chas. Silva) 2 1 2 Time— 2:17%, 2:13%, 2:15. Fifth race, free-for-all trot — Cup presented by Portola- Louvre : Bodecker (S. Christenson) 1 3 1 Soretta (McKinney Stables) 2 1 3 Birdeye ( W. J. McDonald) 4 2 2 Silver Hunter (Chas. Silva) 3 4 4 Time— 2:17%, 2:18, 2:15%. Sixth race, 2:15 pace — Cup presented by Ed Aigeltinger: Mabel Dillon (B. Cohn) 1 1 Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 3 2 Delilah (J. C. Welsh) 2 3 W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 4 4 Time— 2:11, 2:10%. Seventh race, 2:20 pace — Cup presented by Hiram W. Johnson: King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 2 1 1 Ishmael (F. P. Lauterwasser) 1 2 2 Roman Boy (W. A. Dougherty) 3 3 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:20%. Eighth race, 2:25 trot — Cup presented by John B. Curtin: Springtime (F. Clotere) 1 1 Ella Wilkes (C. Borromeo) 2 2 Steve D. (J. Tassi) 3 dr Time— 2:25, 2:23%. o C. A. DURFEE CASHES HIS MEAL TICKET. JIM THOMPSON GOES EAST. Last Sunday when C. A. Durfee and Zulu Belle popped under the wire at the Stadium in record time, J. J. (Jimmie) Ryan decided that a critter that could turn the three-quarter track in 2:07% as easily as the Belle did was just "his kind." As a consequence, early in the week the black mare joined Happy Dentist in the Ryan stables and Charley Durfee is "afoot," for one time in history. In Durfee's hands the daughter of Petigru has furnished a nice profit in the last three seasons and has been one of the fastest and most popular mares racing in the west. She has had a bit of hard racing luck on the windup of the present season, but she never was better or faster, and perhaps in new hands the jinx will be broken. She is entered at Phoenix and Mr. Ryan will fill her engagements there and retire her from the professional track. She has all the characteristics so desirable in a fun Jhorse, and as a "regular" at the Stadium she will doubtless maintain her present title of "The Sradium Queen" against all comers for some time. At any rate, the two pacers' now in his stable insure Mr. Ryan of his full share of the fun and trophies in 1915. James Thompson of Sacramento, equally wfell or perhaps more widely known as "Colonel Jim," "Genial James" or any one of numerous other aliases, left San Francisco on Wednesday evening of this week on a business and pleasure trip of a few weeks dura- tion to his old stamping grounds in the Blue Grass, temporarily changing his address from Sacramento to Lexington, in care of John Splan, leaving his local horses for the short period of his absence in the capable hands of Loupie Crillo. Aside from the pleasure seeking object of the trip Jim goes to bring back the mares which he has been breeding in the Blue Grass, all of which have foals at foot well advanced toward weaning time. One Bon Voyage mare out of a daughter of Allie Wilkes is suckling a fllly by Gen. Watts 2:06%, while another matron by the same good son of Expedition and out of a mare by Simmons has at foot a filly by the great Axworthy. The Dictator Wilkes — Nutwood mare has a horse colt by Tregantle and the McKinney — Dexter Prince matron is giving her attention to a daughter by The Northern Man. Jim has certainly picked good crosses, and is much pleased by the large per- centage of filly foals, for if there is one thing that California needs to aid the breeding business it is well bred mares. L. H. Todhunter's mare Zombell by Zimbro, out of the great broodmare The Silver Belle (dam of Hymettus 2: 07%, etc.) by Silber Bow, that has also been in the Blue Grass for breeding purposes, will make the westward trip at the same time with a horse colt at foot by Gen. Watts. She was bred this year to Peter the Great 2:071/i, and Mr. Todhunter is sanguine of eventually being the possessor of a Peter the Great filly to race and add to the harem at the farm on the Sacramento. Jim expects to get back before the first of December, and incidentally the shipment would afford a good opportunity for other California parties to bring out their horses, or for trainers coming for the exposition races. (Note. — Genial James states emphatically that all reports to the effect that he is making this trip be- cause frost has fallen and the time for hogkillin' in the Blue Grass has come, with its attendant delights of baked spareribs, home made sausages, backbone, "seouse," baked leg o' pork and sweet taters, crack- lin corn bread and so on, are absolutely and un- equivocably false — absolutely so. Blue Grass friends please note and plan accordingly.) WHAT IS A GENERAL-PURPOSE HORSE. The average man would be inclined to answer the above query by pointing to the family or breed grown by himself. The question is one that has been dis- cussed, pro and con, years without number, almost, and is not much nearer a solution than it was two generations ago. At a certain county fair in Vermont not long ago, according to the Spirit of the West, a class was an- nounced for "general-purpose horses," and was open to stallions, mares and geldings. No attempt was made to define the term, "general purpose," that being evidently left to the judgment and discretion of the judges. Vermont is the home of the Morgan horse. For more than half a century the rugged hills and strenu- ous roads have been subdued and traveled by this hardy old breed. Everything that needed doing was done, and well done, by them, and the citizens of that state may well be excused if they entertain the opinion that the Morgan is superior to any and all other breeds for any and all purposes. So, when a 1,500-pound Percheron was led into the ring for "general-purpose" horses there was some- thing doing. The judges, considering him altogether out of place, gave him the gate and trouble was on. The term covers rather a wide scope of territory, and is interpreted ty different men in harmony with their views and financial interests. To create a class for "general-purpose" horses and neglect to furnish governing conditions and requirements is to stop short of the mark. Personally we believe the Standard-bred horse is by far the best and greatest general-purpose animal ever bred or evolved by any people. He can make good in more places than any other animal without exception, and he can make good in finer style than any other. If that fact does not entitle him to be called a "general-purpose" horse then we wonder what the term implies. But he is by no means the only horse of all-round ability and excellence. Breeders of the American Sad- dler make similar claims for their favorites, and out- side the one item of racing speed those horses have abundantly proven their right to the cognomen, by their adaptability in both heavy and light harness, saddle, etc. The Morgan breeder is very sure that no better all-round worker grows anywhere than his own beau- tiful and sturdy animals. Some years ago large num- bers of the "coach" types were imported to this country from Europe. The claim was made for them that by crossing upon the common, small mares of no particular breeding ideal general-purpose animals would be produced, but the results obtained were far from satisfactory. Remember that third payment in Pacific Breeders' Stake Number Fourteen. Next Monday is the day it is due — and you'll regret it later if you fail to "stay THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. PREMIUM AWARDS AT RIVERSIDE. CALiFORNIAN BUYS CHAMPION SADDLER. STANDARD BRED HORSES. Stallions. Four vears old or over, Hemet Stock Farm first. Mrs. K R. Smoot second, J. J. Fitzgerald third. Two years old. Fred Ward first. One year. Hemet Stock Farm first and second. Suckling. Hemet Stock Farm first. Best gelding, any age, Hemet Stock Farm first. Mares. Three-year-old, O. E. Folk first. Two-year-old, Hemet Stock Farm first- One-year-old, Hemet Stock Farm first and second. Suckling. Hemet Stock Farm first. Mare with colt bv side. Hemet Stock Farm first and second. Three animals, the produce of one mare to be shown arid owned by exhibitor, Hemet Stock Farm first. Families. Best standard sire, with not less than three or more of his colts, all registered. Hemet Stock Farm first. Best standard bred dam. with not less than two of her colts, all registered, Hemet Stock Farm first. Percherons. Stallions — Four vears old or over. Stalder Brothers, first, R- F. Slaughter, seccnd. Kleinmeyer Stock Ranch, third. Three vears and under four. F. L. Hall, first. Two vears and under three. F. L. Hall, first and second, Klein- mever Stock Ranch, third. One year and under two, El- liot-Brant Raricho, first. F. L. Hall, second. Mares — Four vears or over, foal at foot, both to be con- sidered. Kleinm'ever Stock Ranch first. Stalder Brothers second Four vears old or over, F. L. Hall first and third, Kleinmever Stock Ranch second. Three years old and under, A. H. Tilton first and third, F. L. Hall second. Two years and under three. C. D. Barkelew first. Stalder Brothers second and third. One year and under two, Kleinmever Stock Ranch first and second. Foals-^-Stallion or filly foal under one year. Stalder Brothers first and second. Get of Sire — Four animals under four years, get of one sire, stallion need not be shown. Fontana Company first. Stalder Brothers second. Kleinmeyer Stock Ranch third. Produce of Female — Two animals under four years from one mare, mare to be shown, F. L. Hall first, Stalder Brothers second. Grand Champion Stallion — Stalder Brothers. Grand Champion Mare — F. L. Hall. Coach. Stallions — Four years old or over, J. J. FitzGerald first. Heavy Draft Horses. To be shown to heaw dray or wagon. Best 2-horse team, each horse 1600 lbs. or over. F. L. Hall first. Best 2-horse team, each horse under 1600 lbs- Geo. W. Short first. Wm. Riddell second. Best 1-horse rig, under 1600 lbs., George W. Short first. Shetlands. Stallion, mares, or geldings; single pony in harness to be shown to suitable rig — Chesnaye YVoodill first. Mules. Suckling — Ira L. Haas first. Jacks, Jennies. Best Jack, any age — Tom Hammer & Son first. CATTLE. Shorthorns. Bulls — Three vears old and over. F. L. Hall first. Calf. F. L. Hall first Cows — Three years old and over. F. L. second. Two-year-old. F. L. Hall first. F. L. Hall first and second. Herds— Aged herd. F. L. Hall first. Groups — Four animals, either sex, get of one sire. F. L- Hall first. Two animals, either sex, produce of one cow, F. L. Hall first Jerseys. Bulls — Three years old and over. W. H. Rough first. Cows — Three vears old and over. W. H. Rough first. Two-year-old. W. H. Rough first. One-year-old, Mrs. E. M. Bird first and second. Champions — Best cow. any age, W. H. Rough. Herds — Aged herd. W. H. Rough first. Groups — Two animals, either sex, produce of one cow, W. H. Rough first. Guernseys. Bulls — Three years old and over. C. W. Main first. Elliot-Brant Rancho second. Two years old, C. TV. Main first. Calf. Elliot-Brant Rancho. first and second. One- vear-old. Elliot-Brant Rancho. first. Cows — Four years old and over. C. W. Main first, Elliot-Brant Rancho second and third. Three years old. Elliot-Brant Rancho first. W. H. Rough second. Two vears old. Elliot-Brant Rancho first. Heifer calf. C. TV. Main first. George W. Thomas second, Elliot-Brant Rancho third. Champions — Best bull, any age, C. W. Main. Best cow, anv age. C. W. Main. Herds — Aged herd. Elliot-Brant Rancho first Calf herd. Elliot-Brant Rancho first and second. Groups — Two animals, either sex. produce of one cow, Elliot-Brant Rancho first Holstein-Friesian. Bulls — Thre vears old and over. A. J. Stalder first. Two years old. Mrs. E. M. Bird first. One year old. A. J. Stal- der second. Calf, Tom Hammer & Son first. A. J. Stalder second. Cows — Three years old and ever. A. J. Stalder first, second and third. Two years old. Mrs. E. M. Bird first and second. One year old. A. J. Stalder first and second. Heifer calf. A. J. Stalder first and second. . . Herds — Aged herd. A. J. Stalder first Young herd, A. J. stalder first. Mrs. E. M. Bird second. Calf herd. A. J. Stalder first Groups — Four animals, either sex, get of one sire. A. J. Stalder first. Two animals, either sex. produce of one cow. A. J. Stalder first. o RACE HORSES WAR PRIZES. Hall first and One-year-old. Next to the German ships seized by the British Government since the outbreak of the war probably the most valuable prizes of war are the racing sta- bles in England formerly belonging to Germans and \ustrians but now the property of the Board of Agri- culture and Fisheries. Shortly after the war broke out a London paper published a list of horses owned by Germans and Austrians and racing under their colors on English tracks. Acting on this hint and profiting by an old act which allows private inform- ers to claim a share of the sale proceeds, a number oi citizens brought actions and horses valued at $500,000 were seized. Among the horses seized were the stable belonging to Baron Springer and managed by the veteran train- er Butters at Newmarket. In this stable are Adular am! Aides, bred by the Hungarian Government stud and lent to Baron Springer for racing purposes only. Adular, valued at $100,000, has not yet been adver- rsed for sale, but Aides and Bolond. another member t f the same stable, will soon be sold at auction at N'ewmarket. — X. Y. Times. Concerning the saddle horse Jack Barryrnore that has been such a sensational winner in his class in the eastern rings, and recently purchased by H. B. Thornburg of Los Angeles, the Spirit of the West has the following to say: The beautiful saddle gelding, Jack Barrymore, found a new owner recently in the person of Mr. H. B. Thornburg, of Los Angeles, Cal. He was left in Mr. Shropshire's management for the time being, in order that he might fill out his show engagements for the season, after which, it is announced, he will be shipped to his new home on the Coast. Jack Barrymore is one of the most truly wonderful saddle horses that ever graced a show ring. In the matter of size and weight he may not be quite up to the standards for judging members of the breed, but any lack in that respect is more than balanced by his superb quality and really wonderful ability. He is a horse that cannot be described. Neither cam- era nor pen can do him justice. His show career, under Mr. Shropshire's management, has been more in the nature of a triumphant march. He is Ken- tucky bred, and his first transfer was at the very modest figure of $150. Later, Matlock and Shropshire gave $1,000 for him, and to the latter is due all the credit of making him what he is today, the first in his class. The supposition is that he will be shown at the Panama-Pacific Exposition next year. MURPHY'S WINNINGS OVER $100,000. Thomas W. Murphy, who had led the money- winning drivers every season since and including 1909, with the sole exception of 1910, again heads the list, and in so doing has eclipsed all previous records set by himself or any other reinsman, in the history of the American turf. He has himself driven in races during the season of 1914 in which his horses won the gigantic sum of $95,306.75, in addition to which the earnings of other members of his stable will bring the grand total up above the $100,000 mark. The previous top record of this kind was $86,110. which Murphy set in 1911. Here is the tabulated list of his winnings for the season, by meetings: North Randall, 0 $ 4,000 Detroit, Mich 9,425 Grand Rapids 4,175 Kalamazoo, Mich 16,100 Pittsburgh, Pa 5,300 Fort Erie, Ont 4,550 Syracuse, N. Y 4,100 Hartford. Conn 11,299 ^ Detroit, Mich 4,850 Columbus, 0 18,095 Lexington, Ky 13,412% Total $95,306% In addition to the above showing, the Stallion Stake, of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, which was compromised at Lexington last week without being raced, increased the earnings of his horses by over $7,000. The trotting division was estimated as worth about $10,000, and first money in it was given to Peter Yolo. 3, 2:03%, without a con- test. The pacing division was awarded to Anna Bradford, 3, 2:00%. This alone would be sufficient to carry the stable's gross earnings over the $100,000 mark. Over and above this, a number of the Murphy horses won money with other drivers behind them. to the amount of several thousand dollars more. As a final item, it is to be noted that during the season Murphy's horses were also awarded a number of silver and gold cups, to the value of several thou- sands of dollars more. — Horse Review. o WAR AND THE LIVE STOCK TRADE. The conversion of Europe into an armed camp has exerted a demoralizing influence on the live stock trade in the United States. Meat consumption has been curtailed, credits have been impaired and sacri- fices rendered necessary. At the outset of the war a money stringency caused a brief period of semi- panic at the primary markets. The resultant scarc- ity elevated values to abnormally high levels, and advanced the cost to consumers, causing a stereo- typed and adverse publicity that restricted purchas- ing. The high spots were, however, of brief duration and merely had the effect of stimulating rural specu- lation, glutting markets and demoralizing prices. The severe slumps of August and September cost country shippers a vast sum in the aggregate and put the trade off its stride. By the end of September many grades of cattle had declined $1 per cwt. from the high spot, the extreme break in hogs being $1.40 per cwt.. while sheep and lambs suffered anywhere from 50 cents to $1.50 per cwt. The spectacular and un- reasonable advances on the semi-famine runs were heralded by the press invariably as evidences of ex- tortion by growers and packers: but there was a mute silence as to the subsequent breaks, leaving the public uninformed as to the actual course of trade events. Had markets been allowed to pursue their regular course no $10.30 hogs nor $9 Iambs would have been quoted, and these prices were decidedly ephemeral. An $11 cattle trade concerned only a few specialties, and was warranted by an acute scarcity of that kind. The public is still cherishing the idea that this is the common price for cattle, although thousands of good dressed beef steers have crossed the scales at $8.50 <8> $9.50 per cwt. The extent to which money strin- gency stimulated liquidation of live stock and at the same time repressed investment in thin stock is con- jectural. All through August and September credit was at a low ebb, this fact being attested by the in- sistence with which city bankers and commission houses were petitioned for loans, obtaining the money at what would have been an exorbitant interest rate on a normal period animating the applicants. Coun- try bankers, on whom many feeders have in recent years depended for financial accommodation, devoted themselves to the task of building reserves and many a feeder who went to market to replenish his feed- lot in confidence that his draft would be honored in the usual manner found himself unable to finance the transaction. In such an emergency the only alter- native has been in appeal to the commission house; but there has been curtailment of seasonable prepa- ration for winter beef and mutton-finishing that rep- resents a vast quantity of capital either idle or being utilized for other purposes, and heralds future scarc- ity of both commodities. One regrettable result of the war has been a long and continuous procession to the shambles of cattle, sheep and Iambs that were barely in good feeder condition, and under more favorable conditions these would either not have been dislodged from first hands or would have gone back to the country. Iowa has probably not been able to put in half as many western sheep or lambs as a year ago, and few have gone into territory east of Chicago. On the other hand, packers have been killing thousands of half- fat western lambs, paying anywhere from $6.85 to $7.25 that would have gone to feeders had money been available. That this has hit the pockets of western growers hard may be inferred from the fact that had the country been able to buy its usual quota killers would have been limited to that portion of the crop which was in strictly killing condition. But for money stringency the September price of lambs would have averaged at least 50 cents per cwt. higher, in the opinion of traders. As it was, packers reaped a harvest, but will probably be penalized during the period of inevitable scarcity next winter. An incredible number of half-fat or prematurely marketed cattle was forced on the market subsequent to the outbreak of war, and while many were trans- ferred through market gateways to other localities the majority went to the shambles. Owing to dis- appearance of the cotton market Texas was forced to realize money by the stockyard route, gathering cattle that otherwise would have been carried another year. In the northwest the same necessity arose; especially in sections where wheat failed, and th« latter part of September witnessed the sacrifice of many western cows. The disappearance of the southern market for rough meats "and the elimination of Germany from the list of buyers of hog product were two of the principal demoralizing influences in the hog market during September, causing a decline of $1 per cwt. Beef and mutton go into immediate consumption, but curing and storing hog product require time and abnormal carrying charges were saddled on the grower. — Breeder's Gazette. HERE IS A NEW ONE. This year's smashing of all harness race records by both pacers and trotters has brought to the front the inventor with schemes to still further reduce track records by improved sulkies. It is an exact repetition of what happened just after Maud S., Palo Alto, Smuggler, and other horses of their day knocked all previous track records to pieces while hitched to the old-fashioned and clumsy high-wheel sulkies. Horsemen will remember that it was this smashing of records that brought out the present low-swung, pneumatic-tired sulky, which has enabled the harness horses to make the old high-wheel sulky records look like the ambling of an ox-cart. With the present vehicle a horse that cannot equal or beat the record of Maud S. — 2:08%, made in 1885 — is hardly consid- ered worth bothering with by the master reinsmen of today, except in the period of development. Now a Western genius has devised a sulky which is expected to enable the harness horse to lower his records by as many seconds as has been done with the spider-web-like rubber-tired sulky of today. This new device has a third wheel in the rear of the two now used and placed midway between them, like the arrangement of a tricycle. The driver's seat is placed close to and partly over this added wheel, the whole framework of the lightest and stiffest of steel wires. It is said for this new sulky that it gives the horse greater freedom of action, due to the fact that there is less swerving of the sulky in rounding the track turns, and a steadiness of seat that tends to stop the natural tendency of the horse to "break" in his stride when a swerving sulky' interferes with his free- dom of action. The machine is being tried out in the Northwest, and horsemen who have ridden on it have been able to cut a couple of seconds from the records of the horses they have handled in the trial heats in which it has been used. The inventor believes that _a horse of moderate speed will be able to reduce his record by three or four seconds, and a horse of extreme speed to clip a couple of seconds from his record when harnessed to this new vehicle. He believes a mile in 1:50 is a possibility within a half dozen years, as speed-lines breeding produces the truer and faster trotter or pacer — New York Times. Judson Girl 2:07% was left in Kentucky when the Cox stable hit the cars for Dallas, and in the spring she will be mated to Manrico 2:07%, of Futurity fame. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, R. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twitchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting1 Club. Stow lake. Golden Gate Park. Saturdays— Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10. 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 25; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary A. K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary, Alameda, Cal. OUR VANISHING WILD LIFE. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL I ;; CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. 1 (11) Roosevelt elk. (12) Beaver. Completely or nearly exterminated by civilization, 1840-1913. Dr. T. S. Palmer, assistant chief bureau biological survey, U. S. Department of Agriculture, writes: "I note that your records show 6847 deer killed in the State with several counties yet to be heard from If such a record as this is kept up for a few years the deer will be practically exterminated in some parts of the State." The actual records of the total of deer killed in the State is nearly 75,000. It would seem that the restriction of each hunter to one deer a season is an urgent necessity in Cali- fornia at this time. What will future generations think of the human- \L^ mtelIiSence °f a State that allows nearlv 150,000 registered hunters to kill the last remnant of its wild life, for sale— if they choose' This is now the question for California: Shall our California wild game share the American bison's rate.' Shall we allow the hunters to kill the last remnant of its wild life? Twenty-three species of birds of North America have been shot out of existence because the chance to sell their carcasses or their plumage placed a bounty upon their destruction. I will go into further details to the voters of this beautiful city. Let us face the issue squarelv Com- mercialism or non-commercialism? Sale or non- sale? Let the people's voice be heard on this matter' Insist upon voting yes to sustain the conservation law passed by the last legislature. Thirty-one States now prohibit the sale of ducks Let the citizens of California vote yes at the non- sale of game and bring California up to date ■'The sale of game means the quick destruction of wild life. In 1880 1 the hides of thirty-eight thousand deer, killed m Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties, were forwarded by two shipping firms of Redding In the early 90's two hide hunters, the Bennett brothers wintered in the "Hell's Hole" country in El Dorado county and came out in the spring with over 1 200 deer hides. This particular act of wild game destructive vandalism helped, more than any- thing else, to nut venison on the non-sale list and to stop the traffic in deer pelts. Early this spring a deputy of the State Fish and Game Commission arrested two trappers in Shasta county who had slaughtered between seventy and eighty-five deer. When trappers will kill deer out of season— and there are plenty who do— to use the meat to bait traps, just imagine what the result would be if the sale of game is permitted. The Californian must understand now and for all LT i at w'th?ut tne enactment of intelligent laws and their absolute enforcement, that our game will soon be a thing of the past. If the sportsmen, the men who enjoy a day's recreation afield, will stand together, recommend and work for the enactment of intelligent fish and game legislation, California will remain as she is today, the fishing and hunting paradise of the world. Otherwise her game will go the way of that of other and older States-to exter- mina tion. [By Alfred Cookman.] In reply to several letters received and questions asked in regard to "Our Vanishing Wild Life" and the proposed amendment soon to be voted upon by the registered voters of the State of California, and, as a representative of the great Fish and Game Pro- tective Association of the State of California, I have taken this opportunity to present some of the vital facts and observations made in regard to the "Non- Sale of Game," which, as I have stated, will appear on the ballot of November 3, 1914, in order to sustain the action of the last California legislature which passed the Flint-Cary non-sale game bill that the remnant of our wild game might be conserved for future generations. The Fish and Game Commission of the State of California, the numerous Audubon societies and other scientific organizations have been distributing litera- ture broadcast throughout the land in an earnest endeavor to reach the mass before the coming gen- eral election. "The sale of game means the quick destruction of wild life." The market hunters, game dealers and hotel men of the north who want to make profit by the sale of game during 1915 have invoked the refer- endum, and the voters of the State must decide which it shall be, "Conservation or Devastation." "If you vote No it will mean devastation. "If you vote Yes it will mean conservation." The amendment, "Non-Sale of Game," which ap- pears on the ballot of November 3, 1914, reads as follows: Non-Sale of Game. Act amending Penal Code section 626k. submitted to electors by referendum. Declares the buying, sell- Yes ing, shipping or exposing for sale, trade or shipment, of any wild game, bird, or animal (except rabbit and wild geese), protected by law and mentioned in part I, title XV, chapter I of Penal Code, or the dead body of same, or any part there- of, a misdemeanor; prescribes punish- No ment therefor; and declares section does not prohibit sale of wild duck from No- vember 1 to December 1 of same year. Common sense demands the regulation of hunting in such a way that our wild life will persist as a permanent asset. There is no recovery to an extinct specie. The wild game of the Golden State is in danger. It is trying to send a wireless message to 2,500,000 Cali- fornians. The great naturalist, William T. Hornaday, in his now famous book, "Our Vanishing Wild Life," says: "California is hell-bent on exterminating a long list of her wild-life species and it is very doubtful wheth- er the masses can be reached and aroused in time to stop it." San Francisco, he mentioned as one of the greatest "plague-spots for the grinding up of wild game." [There are others, and some Southern Cali- fornia points ars tarred with the same brush. — Ed.] California is now bounded on all sides by non-sale states. Large numbers of ducks are bred in Oregon and Washington, both non-sale states, and migrate into California. Is it fair or honest of California to permit the slaughter for the market of species bred and pro- tected by these sister commonwealths? In preparing this article, I glanced oyer my notes on the vanishing game of North America; in brief, it reads thus: (1) Passenger pigeon, now extinct. I received word a few weeks ago announcing that the last pas- senger pigeon (for several years in the Cincinnati zoological garden) died September 1, 1914. (2) Labrador duck. (3) Trumpeter swan. (4) Eskimo curlew. (5) Sea otter. (6) Elephant seal. In California: (7) Wood duck. (8) Sharp-tailed grouse. (9) Antelope. (10) Dwarf elk. SHIPMENT OF GAME. The Postal Laws and Regulations, edition of 1913 were amended December 23, 1913, by the addition ot the following as Section 477%: Sec. 477 y2. Postmasters shall not accept for mail- ing any parcel containing the dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild animals or birds which have been killed or are offered for shipment in violation of the laws of the State, Territory, or District in which the same were killed or offered for shipment: Provided however, That the foregoing shall not be construed to prevent the acceptance for mailing of any dead animals or birds killed during the season when the same may be lawfully captured, and the export of which is not prohibited by the law in the State Ter- ritory, or District in which the same are captured or killed. 2. Parcels containing the dead bodies of anv game animals, or parts thereof, including furs, skins skulls, or meat, or of any game or wild birds, or parts thereof, including skins, or plumage, may be admitted to the mails only when plainly marked on the out- side to show the actual nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender or shipper- Provided, however, That no parcel containing fresh game in any form may be accepted for transmission beyond the second zone. (See Sec. 475.) 3. Postmasters desiring additional information on this subject should address the Third Assistant Post- master General, Division of Classification. Note.— Sections 242, 243 and 244, Act of March 4, 1909, 35 Stat., 1137, make it unlawful to ship in inter- state commerce the dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any game animals or wild birds which have been killed or shipped in violation of the laws of the State, Territory, or District in which the same were killed, or from which they were shipped. HUNTING NOTES. One of the interesting features of the opening of the shooting season in the San Joaquin valley, aside from the success of the hunters, the unusual number of ducks in evidence and the voracity of the mosqui- toes was the unprecedented invasion of the Los Banos marshes by automobiles from all parts of Cali- fornia and made possible by the prolongation of the dry season, states a scribe in the San Jose Mercury- Herald. The lights of the machines, loaded with hunters and moving in procession out of Los Banos all of Wednesday night and until just before daylight Thursday morning, provided a spectacular sight. The sound of running motors never ceased as the hunters sought points of vantage in the marsh and tule land in the darkness, while prestolites and electric globes flashed in all directions as far as the e?e could see. Hundreds of hunters were going into the lowlands of the San Joaquin valley, one of the best-known ducking grounds in the United States. The move- ment was like that of an army taking position for a battle at daybreak. In the shooting preserves each man sought his previously assigned blind and "pop hole," but outside of the baited reservations there was a general scram- ble in the darkness for points of vantage. Each clump of tules in the vicinity of any pond usually held a shooter or two, some of whom had taken up especially choice locations the evening before. The latecomer, stumbling along in marshy ground knee- deep with water, pushed from one clump to another in the darkness, only to find all occupied by an ex- pert or two in caustic comment and the use of sar- casm. The latecomer then, as a rule, contented him- self with settling down meekly on the open ground and concealing himself, just like an ostrich, greatly to the chagrin of the better-concealed hunters in the immediate vicinity, who were not at all slow in ex- pressing their opinion of the latecomer. Their run- ning fire of comment usually aroused the ire of hunters stationed within earshot, who in turn advised the indignant shooters to "hire a hall." The area of disaffection spread and soon the entire marsh seemed talking. However, the human ostrich was forgotten when, far in the distance, just before daylight, there came a faint report from the shotgun of some eager shoot- er who could no longer restrain himself, even in the face of a law which says there shall be no shooting prior to a half hour before sunrise. The report was a signal which all had apparently been waiting for. Within a couple of seconds there w-as a steady dis- charge of guns and the air full of dark, skurrying shapes, just visible against the light sky in the east. An army of hunters were violating the law. The firing continued without abatement until 9 o'clock, when it slowed to a continuous tattoo instead of a steady roar. The hunters were in many instances so close to- gether that three and four sometimes fired at the same wildly dodging teal "beating it" at the rate of a hundred miles an hour, or a sprig or widgeon tear- ing along with frantically bobbing head. Daylight found most of the birds, assembled in bands, flying high in the air, well out of gun range, although shooters out for the record in the burning up of am- munition refused to be convinced of the fact and continued to scare the flocks to a higher altitude — much to the disgust of the exponents of the conserva- tion of Du Pont and Ballistite. Not all of the blood lost Thursday on the Los Banos marshes was shed by duck and goose. The voracious mosquitoes took heavy toll of the life fluid of the hunters. Every marksman's head and hands were surrounded by a veil of humming pests which refused to be discouraged by the fumes of cigarette, rank pipe or burning powder. It was a case of continually keeping one hand free to slap the bloodsuckers and of shooting with the other. Frequently a mosquito viewed out of the corner of the eye presented the proportions of a duck and the hunter turned to fire instinctively. Every sportsman who came out of the marshes bore the marks of the mosquito as well as at least a few web-footed trophies. Some places in the lines of flight knocked down the limit within a couple of hours. Sprig seemed to predominate in the bags brought into Los Banos, though there was a large number of teal. There was a sprinkling of mallard and a smaller number of widgeon and spoon- bill. * # * A Los Angeles knight of the quill gives the follow- ing account of the glorious opening of the season down in the orange belt duck plantations: With the roads lined and every club blind filled, the duck season of 1914-15 was ushered in forty-five minutes before time Thursday morning in a bombard- ment that at least equaled anything ever recorded in the sporting world. The running-off of a Grand American Handicap was as a party of rabbit hunters. Comparisons fail feebly; perhaps a full park of Colt's automatics and Nordenfelt machine guns might be something like it. For two hours the whip crack of nitro powder ticked off the seconds. Within an area of four miles wide by seven in length upwards of a thousand guns grew hot — and yet some people think trap shooting pays the ammunition trust's 77 per cent, dividends! At one lousy teal twenty-six shots, aggregating twice his weight of metal, were hurled, and when last seen his gear was sealed in the fourth speed. Doubtless he is going yet. That tells the story. Much powder was burned. The good shots all got the limit on the clubs. Many a gun barrel wa's dented swinging against an elbow neighbor on the roads. Opinions agree nothing ever was like it. The good roads themselves are killing 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. off the road hunting by making it too easy to get at. Many who played it Thursday quit the game tor keeps. Men wrangled and brawled noisily over ducks that ten had shot at. One high hen sprig, badly body shot, set her wings and sailed out ot the Canvasback ground across the highway, dying. Twenty shots burst forth, and the concussion may have hastened her end. None of the dozen men had touched a feather of her, but it looked like a general engage- ment for a minute until the longest-legged fusilier made off hurriedly with his bone whilst the wrangle progressed. It was to laugh, but everybody was too busy. A perfect day dawned, warm, but not hot, and the waning moon enabled the road hunters to break the Federal sunrise shooting law fifteen minutes earlier than usual. By eight o'clock the ducks were sky high and speeding away in all directions. Upwards 9f a hun- dred thousand shells went up in the thin smoke of "smokeless" powder; $2500 in real money vanished in a couple of hours; enough lead hit the earth to "salt" a dozen mines and to freight down the largest motor truck — some 7000 pounds! More sprig were in sight than anything eise at the opening, but these wise fowl soon find out the sin- ister meaning of gunfire and keep above its range until they locate the ocean. The big ducks were driven to sea so soon that they overlooked the "mornin's mornin' " of a deep, fresh drink. At in- tervals, big flights swung off the western sand dunes and warmed up the scatter pipes of the beach comb- ers, but long before they hove within cannon shot, turned tail and sped back from whence they came. It was a thoroughly demoralized rout of ducks the hunters left behind them, and three-fourths of the birds left the country, many not to return. The re- sumption of hostilities the next day was known to be in bad judgment, but owing to the impossibility of holding down the "unattached" road hunters, the clubmen thought they might as well take what they could get, so decided to shoot Saurday. Reports from the various clubs tallied very closely. On opening day, the ducks fly everywhere and do things that not even the new-come "green" birds of late November would risk. They are young now, but rapidly taking their "high school" diplomas. Those who could hit 'em got the limit, and the rest bagged all they were entitled to. In the Orange county Westminster district, the Blue Wing, Sunset, Chris- topher, Chico, Westminster, McAleer, Green Wing, Canvasback, West Shore, Lomita, Cazadores, Bolsa Chica, Bluebill, Saamae, Golden West, and San Pe- dro, all had limit possibilities bounded only by point- ing skill. On the Bolsa Chica a full turnout took in full bags. The Blue Wing Club, which has the best shooting, and yet denies itself the most, started in with the Wednesday squad instead of letting down the bars to the whole membership. Even the new members bagged early limits. Twelve guns on the Canvasback ponds, W. F. Chandler, A. E. Morro, Joseph M. Gore, Frank Cas- sou, Thomas McD. Potter, Dr. J. W. Jauch, Henry Pfirrmann, Jr., Henry Seber, E. A. Featherstone, Samuel C. Hall, W. Y. Teetzel and Edwin L. Hed- derly, bagged 251 birds. About two-thirds were green- winged teal, a sprinkling of cinnamons and spoon- bills, and the rest sprigs. All the birds were in the height of condition, fat, heavy, and better even than the average first-of-the-season duck, owing to the heavy crop of weed seeds and natural feed. The Canvasback ponds are full of cockleburs for cover this year. These afford considerable feed when the soaked burs release their seed. Under the Federal law, the large waders, or "snipe," are protected for five years, excepting the "Jack" or Wilson snipe, which may be shot in the open season for ducks, which ends January 31. Many were ignorant of this point, and on the roads partic- ularly the long-billed brotherhood suffered sorely. The road gentry were banging away at mudhens for ducks, and, all in all, 'twas some Roman holiday! Although the unusual heat discouraged some of the quail hunters, plenty were left. All of Wednesday, October 14, cars of every name and nature left town in all directions, for this year there were quail every- where. It was a banner breeding season; the same plenty of feed that made the ducks so fat bred a heavy crop of quail in hills. In the inland valleys and on the desert slopes, the weather was against anything like sport; it was hot all night. With cooler weather, this will prove a record year. Indications were that Fallbrook would be "shot out" by Saturday. The Escondido country is unusually well stocked with quail this year. The midnight Santa Fe Owl, or "fish train," added hunters to its complement Saturday night, Costa, Encinitas and Carlsbad being their destinations. Scouts reported a big showing of birds encountered during dove shooting. Of course nobody found out whether the quail were as fat as they looked. Dove hunters never do such things. Many rabbits is the general verdict, also. The San Fernando, Soledad Canyon— in fact, all quail strongholds— are limit possibilities — probabili- ties— to the good shot. The quail season lasts only a month and most gun- ners aim to get all that is coming to them. As the sixteen-bore is the standard duck gun, so the twenty is the quail gun par excellence. The work some men do with these little things has to be seen before shooters would credit it. * * * Local duck hunters were out in force at every shooting resort within reach of the city last Sunday. General results, however, were erratic. At some hunting grounds good shooting prevailed and limit bags were shot quickly. At other duck shooting re- sorts the birds were extremely scarce. Weather conditions had much to do with the sport. Sunday morning was warm and quiet. The birds, conse- quently, did not "work" well. At many of the Ala- meda marsh shooting spots what ducks came in kept high up and out of reach of the gunners. Down near Alviso, where there was a small army of shotgun artillerymen, whenever a high-flying bunch of birds came along the fusillade that greeted the birds put one in mind of a German aeroplane hovering over Paris and the welcoming reception of sharpshooters. Among the Suisun duck hunters who were kept busy welcoming sprig and mallards recently were W. W. Richards, Dave Hearfleld, George Emmons and Henry Bashford, of Vacaville, who shot at Green Lodge ponds. Achille Roos, Rudolph Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels Jr. shot at the Allegre preserve. Frank Maskey and Captain A. W. du Bray returned from the Sunrise ponds with limit bags. Henry Klevesahl, E. L. Hoag, Gus Harper, J. B. Haskins and Chief Seymour found plenty of birds coming in to the Seymour Club ponds. Volante Gun Club members returned with fairly well-filled bags. A mid- week crop of birds was short — eight guns accounted for but twenty-six ducks. The Petaluma and Sonoma marshes were given the go-by by the ducks last Sunday. In the Wingo dis- trict a few birds were shot. Down the creek at Holmes island the Alameda Gun Club ark was deco- rated with a combined bag of 200 birds, it is claimed. Big flocks of wild ducks have realized, the past week, that the open waters of Suisun and southern San Francisco bays have been havens of rest and safety from the hunters. A week ago shooting con- ditions varied at different hunting resorts. Best results for the local sportsmen were secured at the Suisun marsh ponds. The fresh-water ponds in the Alameda marsh, near Mount Eden and Alvarado, pro- duced the best shooting in the lower east bay side, and nothing to boast over at that. The lower end of the Alameda marshes, at the "Bridges," Newark, Mowry's and other favorite hunt- ing sections were deserted by the birds. At one gun club, near Mowry's, six shooters bagged 136 birds on the opening day. The tally a week ago was only two dozen ducks. & % & In shooting at ducks over decoys from a point or a blind, it is advisable to be so located that the wind comes from back or is blowing sideways across the bunch of decoys. Never, if it can be avoided, take po- sition with the breeze coming in your face. Ducks always alight against the wind and will not come in to decoys with the wind. Sacramento sportsmen who have shot on the Glide, Monitor and Noyes club preserves and in the fresh- water marsh sections near Gridley, have had plenty of limit shooting. According to Harry Derr: "Birds are plentiful; everybody shot limits last week, and are still getting them." Much complaint has been made by rice growers of Butte and Sutter counties that wild ducks do a great deal of damage to growing rice. This contention is disputed by observing sports- men, who claim that blackbirds do the most damage. Ducks shot in the rice sections recently had their craws filled with rice kernels. It is believed, how- ever, that this rice was garnered from the ground after having fallen from rice heads. Ducks cannot reach growing rice while swimming about the flood- ed field, nor have the birds the faculty of hovering in the air over the rice stalks and feeding on the rice heads." Peter Swenson, a rice grower of Biggs, who was arristed by a United States Marshal for "killing a duck" before the season opened, was fined $5 by United States District Judge Dooling for violating the Federal game law. Swenson claimed that the ducks were eating and destroying his growing rice. It is intimated that the rice growers will take action for relief through the next Legislature — permission is desired by the growers to protect their crops from damage by ducks in particular. Just how far the State Legislature can go in setting aside one of the provisions of a Federal statute is not hard to figure out. Quail hunters find birds fairly plantiful in various hunting localities. Near Point Reyes a week ago, on the Gallagher ranch, Ed Ladd and Harold Ladd bagged two dozen birds during a morning shoot. Archie Franklin and a hunting companion hunted over the hills from Bolinas to Olema and secured good bags. Baldo Ivancovich hunted quail coverts near Olema on Tuesday for a near-limit strap. Fred McGee also found excellent quail-shooting ground near Point Reyes. N. H. Hickman and W. J. Street hunted near Bolinas in good quail country. Clarence Nauman finds a productive quail patch near Sonoma. The coast foothills of San Mateo county have been well combed over by quail and rabbit hunters since the season opened. In the hills back of Purissima last Sunday there were over 100 hunters. Charley Breidenstein and Fred Tobelman hunted over fairly productive quail and rabbit ground below Purissima last Sunday. Dr. M. E. Simon, Dr. Henry La Coste and Andy Gilchrist worked the hills back of Halfmoon bay and shot good strings of quail. Frank Hannah, Dick Rountree and Ralph Miller of Santa Cruz recently shot daily quail limits on the Gianone ranch. HE SPILLED THE COFFEE. Property rights protect a man's possessions wheth- er his interest be in the shape of a farm, a dairy ranch, an automobile — or a shooting preserve. Fur- thermore, he can not be illegally deprived of such ownership or vested interests. The shooting preserve and the gradual taking up of hunting ground for such purpose has been a bitter pill to swallow* for every gunner who can not acquire or lease shooting ground. But these same men will go out at midnight, or before, and pre-empt a duck blind that another hunter has built and which shoot- ing spot is, by general accord, considered as the shooting ground of the man who prepared the blind. Among sportsmen the courtesy of priority is recog- nized. The pre-emptor is generally a man who rails loudest at the preserve men. A brilliant example of consistency this is. A parallel case is instanced by a prominent mem- ber of the California Fish, Game and Forest League. He is credited with being brilliant and practical, an enthusiast for game protection and honest in his convictions. In a recent issue of a Santa Cruz paper there is published illogical and venomous verses, under his signature, which are an attack on preserve club mem- bers and a side shot at the State Fish and Game Commission. Had the writer gone into the science of game con- servation further than his lines indicate he would most probably not have indulged in such a bonehead diatribe. The Biological Department takes the stand that the preserve men are a great aid in the protection and preservation of migratory fowl. The man who claims that the "preserve" or "gun club" men are general law breakers and detrimental to game and fish propagation and conservation, is either an igno- rant demagogue or carelessly insincere in his asser- tions. TUNA CLUB AWARDS. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The following awards have been made in the sum- mer tournament of the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina island, the list being still incomplete, together with the prizes won; Tuna — Largest of season, Dr. F. B. Alden, San Francisco, 151 pounds. Tuna Club gold medal for largest over 100 pounds; also the McMillan gold medal for first of season over 100 pounds; also the Field and Stream cup; also the Tuna Club gold mel dallion. Coxe consolation prize for largest tuna under 100 pounds and over 90 pounds — Won by W. C. Boschen, New York, 97 pounds. Tuna — Light tackle, for largest of season taken on nine-nine tackle — Won by A. W. Hooper, 60 pounds. Prizes — Potter loving cup; light tackle split bamboo rod, presented by Tufts-Lyon Company; Newport prize reel and case; Tuna Club gold medallion. Swordfish — Largest of season, W. G. Evans, 340 pounds, the Holder cup, the Alden cup and the Tuna Club gold medal. Club record held by W. C. Boschan, 355 pounds, awarded. Second largest of season — W. C. Boschen, 328 pounds, Tuna Club silver medallion. Third largest of season — C. B. Afflerbaugh, Pomo- na, 222 pounds, Tuna Club bronze medal. For first of season — McMillan gold medal, won by Felix Kahn, San Francisco, 220 pounds. Yellowtail — Largest of season, Rev. C. F. Aked, San Francisco, 43% pounds. Western Hardware and Arms cup, Gillies diamond medal and Tuna Club gold medal. Second largest of season, O. Russell, Kansas City, 43 pounds. Tuna Club silver medal. For largest of season taken by woman angler, Mrs. P. S. O'Mara, Salt Lake City, 40% pounds. Won the Nordlinger cup. White Sea Bass — For largest of season, C. A. Se- cor, New York City, 46% pounds. Won the Nord- linger cup, the Potter medal and the Tuna Club gold medallion. Second largest of season, Mrs. Fred Lesticow, 42 pounds. Won the Tuna Club silver medal. For third largest of season, Tuna Club bronze medal. Tie between M. Stein, New "i'ork, and C. C. Clark, Altadena, 36% pounds. Albicore — For largest of season, Harry Teller, Po- mona, 44% pounds. Whitley Company medal, Hoegee cup and Tuna Club gold medallion. Second largest of season, C. F. Morgan, Pasadena, Tuna Club silver medal. Largest taken by woman, Altha Dawson, San Fran- ing cup. Black Sea Bass — For largest of season, Ben Wil- liams, Los Angeles, 282 pounds. Rider-Macomber medal. That was the largest black sea bass ever caught on light tackle. A. W. Hooper of Boston won the Eddy cup for the largest gold-button fish of season taken on light tackle. Boatmen's Prizes — For largest tuna ($50 in gold) — Won by Vaughan Ormsby. For first tuna of season (rod) — Won by Vaughan Ormsby. For first swordfish of season (rod) — Won by O. I. Daniel son. For largest sea bass of season (rod) — Won by C. O. Paradis. For largest yellowtail of season (rod) — Won by I. L. Newberry. For largest albicore of season (rod) — Won by S. J. Goulding. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 RECORD BREAKING SALMON SEASON. FISH LINES. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. The arrival of the tender Akutan at Astoria last month, to go into winter quarters, from the Bristol bay district, Alaska, brought news of a record-break- ing salmon pack in that part of the world. There was a steady run of fish during the season which lasted later than ever before. Every available can was filled, and at the Nush- agak river canneries alone there was a shortage of cans equal to 20,000 cases of fish. At all other fac- tories shortages existed. None were prepared for the tremendous run of salmon. After all the cans were filled the fishing was stopped. The Nushagak river canneries totalled 546,200 cases. Scientific investigation is clearing up some of the mysteries of the salmon, refuting the idea that all die in spawning, and other fallacies, says Minneap- olis Tribune. It is stated by State Fish Warden R. E. Clanton that there is no specific limit to the distance which salmon will ascend the streams in which they deposit their spawn. They continue to travel up streams as far as the depth of water will permit swimming, or until they reach some insurmountable obstacle. The recorded Government limit is Alturas Lake, Idaho, 7,335 feet. A curious fact has been noted in connection with the salmon movement in the Willamette river. No salmon have been found in any tributary entering the Willamette from the west. There are a number of fairly important streams having their sources in the Coast Range, but for some reason they have no attraction for the salmon. This condition does not obtain in relation to the Columbia river, the fish en- tering tributaries flowing into that stream from either the north or the south. Very few salmon attempt to ascend the Des Chutes river, probably on account of the great number of falls and difficult rapids. Breeding of salmon in fresh water oniy is not an established scientific fact. Long continued observa- tion indicates that the fish ordinarily seek the fresh water for spawning purposes, but it is not positively known that they do not in some instances breed in the ocean, nor is it positively known in what part of the ocean the salmon live between the time they leave their fresh water birthplace and their return to the same stream. They are found at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, the year around, establishing it as their home center. It has long been stated as a fact that no salmon, having left salt water on their spawning tour, ever return to the sea, the belief being that they invaria- bly die immediately after depositing their eggs. Re- cent observations indicate that this is not the case. On the Elk river, in Curry county, in which the spawning beds are only about three miles from the ocean, dead salmon are never found; on the other hand, the fish are very numerous during spawning time, but immediately afterward they disappear from the river and have been seen passing out into the ocean apparently none the worse for their sojourn in fresh water. The warden is of the opinion that not nearly all the fish that ascend the Columbia are lost. Females have been observed attempting to escape down stream after having spawned in the vicinity of the hatcheries, and the males, after watching the nests for a few days after the departure of their mates, have also disappeared — down stream, without doubt, as a rack had been placed in the river for the pur- pose of stopping their upward journey. Salmon have been stripped at the hatcheries and then marked, and later have been taken in seines, drawn for that purpose, near the mouth of the river. Salmon make their way up the streams very slow- ly; those leaving the ocean in May or June not spawning, in many instances, until late in September. At that time, if they have traveled far toward the headwaters of some tributary, jumping falls and forcing their way up swift rapids en route, the fish are physically much exhausted, and in such cases some die soon after they have deposited their eggs. This gave rise to the assumption that all salmon leaving the ocean never return. The deaths are due to attacks of parasites and not exhaustion. It has also been demonstrated that the baby salmon do not in all cases hasten to the ocean as soon as they are able to navigate. The warden states that probably 50 per cent, of the "trout" caught in the Columbia and its tributaries, are in reality young salmon that have for some reason elected to remain in their native streams for a time. The so-called steelhead salmon is not really a sal- mon, but a trout, and does not live up to all the laws supposed to govern salmon. While many steel- head trout go to the ocean and feed there for a time, many others remain in fresh water, probably all their lives, certainly until full grown. Unlike the salmon, this variety appears to desire food at all times, and can be caught with bait while ascending the spawning streams as readily as at any other time. Swimmer vs. Rodster. — The San Diego Rod and Reel Club gave a picnic and tournament recently at which Collins, "the man fish," was at the hook end of a light tackle outfit wielded by an angler named Seymour. It is the general impression among ang- lers that no swimmer can successfully withstand a nine-ounce rod and nine-strand line, wielded by an expert; and the angler has almost invariably won. In the present instance the battle lasted twenty-seven minutes when the line broke and the contest was declared a draw. The angler was supposed to "land" the swimmer in thirty minutes. It is claimed that Collins is a professional distance swimmer. The mountain stream and lake trout season will be closed in every district in this State Sunday, November 1. The steelhead fishing season above tidewater also closes on the same date. Angling for steelhead trout in the tidewater stretches of coast streams will be open until January 1. Eel river fish- ing for steelhead trout continues with generally good results at the different resorts along the river. Local anglers are already keeping tab on Russian river for steelhead excursions next month and during Decem- ber. The Truckee river fishing this season can not be given overly enthusiastic mention. The California Anglers' Association members gath- ered in force at the club rooms last Wednesday even- ing, when the regular monthly whist tournament took place. Good reports come from Reno conceding the prog- ress of the new fishway at the Derby dam. Timber has been received from Oregon and all of the requi- site hardware is on the ground. The old fishway has been cleared out and other preliminary measures have been taken for construction of the new ladder. Crystal creek, near Tower House, above Redding, has recently been stocked with 100,000 trout fry from Sisson's hatchery. The Kern River Fishing Club has received 4400 troutlings, Loch Levin, Eastern brook and rainbows, for planting in Basin, Alder and Cedar creeks. Butte, or Bidwell lake and Eagle lake in Lassen county have been restocked with 20,000 .Loch Levin trout. In Susan river and its tributaries, west of Susanville, 58,000 rainbow trout were recently liberated by Fish and Game Commission officials. Altogether several millions of young trout have been planted in the waters of this State this year, which should have an appreciable influence for fine fishing conditions next season. It is fitting that Izaak Walton should be ade- quately commemorated in the place of his burial. Winchester Cathedral is the shrine of niacy famous men. Until the Norman Conquest it was the burial- place of Saxon and Danish kings. Its noble chan- tries bear witness to its importance in mediaeval times. But after the Reformation a comparative silence falls on the history of the Cathedral. The silence is broken by two notable burials. The one is that of Izaak Walton in 1683, the other that of Jane Austen in 1817. Above the resting-place of Jane Austen in the north aisle of the nave a memorial window was placed a few years ago. Now above the grave of Izaak Walton, in Prior Silkstede's Chapel, the morning sun will stream through a window of painted glass, reminding us of the gentle fisherman who sleeps below, and whose classic work, "The Compleat Angler," would, as Charles Lamb said to Coleridge, "sweeten a man's temper at any time to read it." & % ^ The striped bass frequenting San Antone creek are a puzzling community of fishes. A recent Sunday a large delegation of the regulars, who pin their faith on that fishing resort and try persistently and systematically to capture the striped denizens of the creek, could not land a single bass, not even a fingerling. The Owl Club members, however, in the early morning hours, made a fine catch of nine large fish, the smallest scaling 15 pounds. And the exas- perating part of the matter is that the Owl Club fish- ermen turn the trick frequently. Just how they do it is a puzzler. The daylight fishermen try by every means at their command to catch bass, but recently their efforts have been rewarded with but few catch- es. Some disappointed fishermen advance the theory that the knowing bass coaxers bait certain holes and spots and wait for the right time of the tide and garner the crop. Others intimate that nets may be used. Whatever the means, the fact remains that some of the San Antoners can land striped bass and others can not. That the fish are plentiful in the creek is well known, for the schools of bass, large ones, too, are frequently seen, but towards the ma- jority of rodsters they are indifferent. A fortnight ago, just about the time the fishermen were ready to quit and catch the home-hound train, a school of bass came along and several were caught. Frank Billington landed three nices ones, Charley Hollywood hooked and lost two and then landed two ; Emil Accret caught one. Striped bass are both voracious and omnivorous. One of the Petaluma fishermen failing to lure a bass with various baits, shot several blackbirds. Baiting his hook with a dead bird, he struck and landed a twenty-eight-pounder. Another bait that has been used successfully recently is a crab. Both the small green crabs, which are numerous in the creek, and the edible variety, are acceptable to the fish. The bass seemed to have a fancy for the female crab, for in the many bass stomachs that have been examined by the fishermen, the female crab is in the majority. It is best, however, to avoid the edible variety of crab for striped bass bait. Game Warden William Armstrong of Vallejo arrested Manuel Mariel for us- ing small crabs for bass bait. Justice J. A. Fitz- gerald fined him $20. Three other well known local rodsters were also apprehended for the same offense, but were let off with a reprimand. Having crabs in one's possession under seven inches in length is illegal, and so is the taking of female crabs. This violation of the fish statutes seems to be broken fre- quently by many fishermen. Striped bass anglers have found the fish most numerous for a fortnight or more in the waters near South Vallejo lighthouse. The fish average five and six pounds in weight, but the bass are so impreg- nated with oil as co be unpalatable. Preparation for the big international bench show in this city goes on and gives promise of every success desired. That the coming show is regarded with great favor by Eastern fanciers is shown by the fol- lowing notice of "Some Show" in the American Fan- cier. Local notices here have damned the show with faint praise or positively misleading statements. The arrival in this city at the Panama-Pacific In- ternational Exposition of Mr. W. E. Mason, a well- known dog fancier, of Woking, England, with three expert assistants, marks the inception of plans for the first dog show of all nations ever held in the world. Not only will it be the first of the sort, but the exhibition will include nearly three times as many varieties of the canine species as were ever shown before, either in America or Europe. Mr. Mason expects to show every breed of dog known in every country in the world — 220 sorts in all — from eighty to ninety being the greatest number of varieties ever shown by European and American kennel clubs. Under the auspices of the department of live stock of the Exposition, the dog show and contests will be given more than half an acre of space just east of the six silos, south of the live stock stadium. Plans are being perfected for erecting a building 30 x 50 feet for housing an educational dis- play treating of the breed of the descendants of the wolf, and for daily lectures. There will be probably 250 kennels, and over 400 exhibits of canines. Some of the unique exhibits will be trained war dogs, brought direct from the front and drilled in the military camps of Belgium and France. They will be shown in their stunts of rescuing the wounded, carrying messages, and dragging automatic guns. Lieutenant Fiala, the noted explorer, who accompan- ied Roosevelt in South America and was one of the Ziegler Arctic exploring expedition, has consented to bring his trained sledge dogs and to lecture on the value of the dog as an assistant to the explorer. Peary's sledges, harness and equipment, used by him in his final dash to the pole, are in possession of Mr. Mason, and will form a part of the exhibit. Trained police dogs, ambulance dogs, whippet racing dogs from England, Australian sheep kelpies, kangaroo hunting hounds, Chinese chow dogs, trained blood- hounds, Japanese toy, spaniels, Mexican hairless freaks, Russian wild dogs and the semi-sacred mon- grels of Stamboul, all will be seen, and most of them will be put through their special stunts for the en- tertainment and instruction of visitors. There will be many competitions between trained sheep dogs from various countries, the best sheep dog trainers in Europe having been engaged to handle these con- tests. Sledge dogs, greyhounds, military dogs, bird dogs, and others will be shown in various contests. Many of the dogs are of breeds never shown, among them twelve varieties from India, five from China, and many from Australia and the interior of Asia. Practically every ship arriving from Europe brings in some high-class dogs which will be seen at the shows in and about New York this fall and winter. Both in France and England dog fanciers are selling their animals at sacrifices, as many of the shows there have been abandoned on account of the war. Americans are profiting by the opportunity to pick up bargains either personally or through agents, as the "doggy" English papers are announcing clearing sales of famous kennels of dogs of all breeds. Daniel Gr. Reid and his wife, Mrs. Harry Lehr, Mrs. Bar- vlay Warburton of Philadelphia, Archibald Barklie, who has kennels on Long Island, E. J, Topping, W. Ross Proctor, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Jr., Mrs. Arthur L. Holland and Mrs. Preston Satterthwaite are among those who have recently brought in new animals, several of which will be benched at the Westminster Kennel and the specialty club shows. The importa- tions include a number of Sealeyhams, Pekingese, Scottish terriers, Welsh terriers, Irish terriers, fox terriers. West Highland terriers, King Charles, Ruby and Blenheim spaniels, and other toy dogs, with which latter the English market seems to be flooded. After Jan. 1, 1915, entry blanks for all shows under A. K. C. rules will contain a clause required of each exhibitor, to the effect that "there has been no case of distemper within the period of six weeks prior to this date in any kennels in which the dogs herewith entered have been quartered." It is expected that this rule will tend to prevent the spread of the dis- ease which all exhibitors so dread, and wh ich has kept some of them from showing their best animals in the past. * * # A new and handsome medal somewhat larger than the old one and with bolder relief work in the linea- ments of Champion Snowshower, the English cham- pion, whose head figures on the medal, has been pre- pared for the seventh annual show of the Toy Span- iel Club, which is to be held this year at the Waldorf- Astoria. The dates selected are Dec. 29 and 30. In- terest among the club members is centered in the English toy spaniel, but there will be prizes offered for other toy dogs of several breeds. No yellowtail tuna have been caught as yet in Cat- alina water this season, but it is presumed that they are "on their way," making a short stop off the main- land. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. COSSACKS ARE WORLD'S GREATEST CAVALRY. Of all the mounted soldiers of the world the Cos- sacks of Russia are perhaps the most famous. Cer- tainly as horse soldiers they have no superior, if any "equal, among the mounted arms of any other army. It has been 'said of the Cossacks that they are born to the horse. Now that the Russian armies in countless thousands are advancing to the frontiers of Germany and Austria-Hungary, the newspapers daily report some action in which these famous mounted soldiers of the Czar have played an impor- tant part. The Cossack population of the Russian Empire is scattered, being divided into military groups and dis- tributed along or in proximity to the frontiers. The distribution is purely for strategical purposes. On a war footing the Cossacks number about 182,000 men, of whom about 4,300 are commissioned officers. Practically every male Cossack who has attained the age of 18 years and is physically fit — and a Cos- sack is generally fit — must serve the Czar in a mili- tary capacity for a period of twenty years, by far the longest enlisted period enforced in any army on earth. Of this term of service for the Czar, three years are spent in a probationary stage, twelve on active duty wherever required, and five in the army reserve. The Government furnishes the arms, but the Cos- sacks furnish their own horses and saddles, for to a Cossack, next to his own family, his horse is his dearest possession, and he would be insulted if any- body suggested that he ride any horse other than the one he himself owned and had personally trained. "The military organization of the Cossacks," says Army and Navy of London, "dates a long way back in history. Their first service took the shape of gar- risoning certain forts erected by the Muscovy Czars and Kings of Poland in combination as a safeguard against invasion by hostile tribes over the frontier. The Cossacks of that time enjoyed many unique priv- ileges in return for this. They paid no taxes, and no one was allowed to pass through their territory with- out permission. Nominally they were Russians and adherents to Christianity;, practically, they were Tar- tars and favored no religion in particular. As may be imagined, they were a constant source of diplo- matic embarrassment. When the Sultan of Turkey complained that they had ravaged his borders, the Czar would reply that he was not responsible for them, with the result that strained relations would immediately ensue between the two countries. "As for their early loyalty, it may be mentioned that when Peter the Great was at war with Sweden, one of the most powerful of their communities — the Cossacks of the Dnieper — openly ranged themselves against him. Catherine II. took the extreme step of disbanding them, while the remainder were deprived of their independence. This had an excellent effect, and ever since then the whole of the Cossack popu- lation, extending in one long line from the Sea of Azof to the Caspian, have proved loyal and worthy subjects of the 'Emperor of all the Russians.' " As Army and Navy points out, the Cossack regi- ments are, as a rule, composed of six squadrons, or sotnias, of 125 men each. There are also Cossack infantry and artillery detachments, operating with the mounted Cossacks. The mounted force of this wonderful organization has been described "as a body of men who ride like a Centaur, shoot like a Boer, and possess a red Indian's 'eye for country.' " "Every man among them," says Army and Navy, "is a potential Buffalo Bill." No mounted men in the world get such splendid work out of their horses as do the Cossacks. They are horse-masters to the manner born, and such a thing as a sore back or a saddle chafe is practically unknown among Cossack horses, even after weeks of hard campaigning. Quick and sure is the punish- ment that follows a discovery that a Cossack has neglected his mount. The horses are of what is known as the cob variety, shaggy and not pretty to look upon, yet for Cossack purposes the ideal animal. All Cossacks carry a rifle, a bayonet, and a sword. They are like the American cavalry in that they do not use the lance. They also carry a long whip which they can use in wonderful fashion, and which at close fighting has more than once proved to be a useful weapon. "In battle," adds Army and Navy, "Cossack feats of horsemanship are often exceedingly disconcerting to the enemy. This is due to the remarkable sym- pathy that exists between man and horse. When charging an enemy, for instance, the Cossack fre- quently leans over the offside of his horse, thereby using the animal, to a certain degree, as a shelter and a cover. As an example, in a recent engagement, the intrenched Austrians were somewhat surprised to see what appeared to be a mass of riderless horses on a wild stampede. The Austrian cavalry and in- fantry rushed forward, hoping to make rich captures, but they received a rude surprise. "Thr. Austrians were met with a hail of lead fired by the riders from their strange positions. The Aus- trians had no time to recover from the shock. The Cossacks resumed their normal riding positions im- mediately, and, drawing their sabres, dashed among the disconcerted enemy, cutting them down right and left. "As fighting men the Cossacks are demons. Their bravery is of that reckless character which stops at nothing. They are not in the least perturbed bv overwhelming odds. The story- of the Cossack Kriut- choff, who was the first fortunate recipient of the Crder of St. George for military service in the pres- ent war, is typical. There was a wild melee and des- perate hand-to-hand fighting between Germany cav- alry and the Cossacks. Kriutchoff hacked his way through the enemy, and with his own hand cut down no fewer than eleven of his opponents. As may be supposed, neither the horse nor the rider escaped un- scathed. The Cossack received sixteen wounds and his horse eleven. "But the Cossack is not simply and purely a man of war. He is equally skilled in the arts of peace. Popular education stands at a higher level among the Cossacks than throughout Russia. Moreover, they are successful farmers and stock raisers." REGARDING CLASSIFICATION. THE NEXT STEP IN HORSE BREEDING. The next step in American horse breeding should be a more rigid selection of sires to mate with pure- bred mares, says the Breeder's Gazette. The large breeders are doing splendidly. They have material to fill the gap caused by curtailed imports. But thousands of owners of half a dozen mares or less are making the mistake of owning inferior stallions with which to mate them. The result is disappoint- ing and poor offspring, colts for which there is no market. k Many an inexperienced breeder figures after he has paid long prices for several high-class mares he wants a stallion for his own use, something a little better than he finds available and being used on the high grade mares. Yet he does not care to put much money into a stallion to use on his few mares. The result is the unfortunate condition frequently found — good mares being bred to an inferior horse, and in- ferior colts resulting. No more disastrous mistake can be made in horse breeding. Every mare has a right to be mated with a stallion that is superior to her. The service of a high-class sire can be secured more cheaply than the use of a very ordinary mare. A stallion may easily average sixty foals a year, a mare seldom averages one. Often several owners of purebred mares are in one neighborhood, each one owning a cheap stallion for his own mares. If these men would combine to purchase and use a stallion costing as much as three or four of their cheap ones it would cost them less to sire the colts and the colts would from birth be worth double the prices ruling now. When there are not enough mare-owners to combine in this way they would do well to ship their mares to a really desir- able sire to be bred. Time and again the advantages of breeding mares to a superior sire have been explained. It is a matter deserving serious attention. Careful figuring will show every time that the greatest profit from the business lies in that direction. Of the two lines of heredity combining in a foal that of the sire can be more cheaply obtained, so let it be selected with the greatest care. More quick and sure advancement can be made in that way than in any other. There are plenty of high-class sires available that are not used to full capacity. CHAMPION COW DEAD AT WOODLAND. Aralia de Kol, world's champion twelve-year-old milk and butter producing cow, owned by A. W. Mor- ris & Sons, died at the Morris ranch northeast of Woodland, shortly after eight o'clock last Monday evening, says the Woodland Mail. Two days before Aralia dropped a heifer calf, which is now considered the most valuable Holstein calf in this country. Ara- lia's death was caused by milk fever. The Morris company held no insurance. The Yolo Holstein was the first cow in the world to produce over 28,000 pounds of milk in a year, and was the first twelve-year-old to give 1,142.32 pounds of butter. The performances were accomplished in 1912. The records have since been defeated by one of the Morris Holstein herd and by three other cows owned elsewhere. The records still stand, however, for a twelve-year-old cow. Aralia was purchased by the Morrises seven years ago from a Stockton firm. Her offspring include three of the heaviest milk-producing cows in the world. The heifer calf which she dropped last Sat- urday was sired by a son of Riverside Sadie de Kol Burke, and the records made by her dam and sire forecast that the calf should be a world's champion. Aralia's world's record as a twelve-year-old milk pro- ducing cow was made in this wise: Seven days: Pounds of milk 742.4 Pounds of butter 30.13 Thirty days: Pounds of milk 3,069. Pounds of butter 122.30 One year: Pounds of milk 28,090. Pounds of butter 1,142.32 o Peter McCormick 2:0S%, the good Peter the Great trotter campaigned by V. L. Shuler of Indianapolis, will probably come to California with Lon McDon- ald's stable after the Arizona State Fair. As V. L. is one of the canny kind that doesn't believe in going to the races unless he has a pretty good idea as to where he can "head in," it is a safe prediction that the McCormick horse will command a good deal of respect on the Coast in 1915. Shuler has had a warm spot in his heart for California ever since he placed the stallion race record at 2:06% with Sterling Mc- Kinney in 1909 and then sold the speedy "Native Son" for a round $25,000. Brother Thomas, of The Horseman, is advocating a brand new plan for "marking" horses that take part in harness racing. It is to take the time of the first four horses in every heat and give the whole "kit and caboodle" records. He would make it im- possible to start a horse and win money without ac- quiring a record. He says: "Make records so com- mon that owners and drivers will lose their fear of the foolish record bugaboo." He would work on the theory that "familiarity breeds contempt." It reminds us of a certain estimable old lady to whom we lived neighbor some years ago. She had a little girl whose "sweet tooth" made such insistent demands that it led to numerous pilferings of the sugar bowl. Scoldings and hand slappings failing to break the little miss of the habit, the mother one day sat her down with a full bowl of sugar and compelled her to eat the entire contents. This same woman had two big Cochin roosters that were forever fight- ing, much to her disgust. So one day she confined them in a small pen where they could fight to their hearts' content and do nothing but fight. It cured them. Editor Thomas further says: "When horse- men will embrace records instead of trying to escape them, many of the ills of the trottmg turf will dis- appear." Which is true, the "embracing" part of it, at any rate. Just let a man get to the "embracing" stage with anything that life has to offer and he will not only lose his fear of it, but will be on terms of such intimacy that he will cheerfully stand for any old thing that comes along. But, all joking aside, is there not a better way? We thinK there is. Make the rewards in harmony with the worth and ability shown. Make records something to be desired in- stead of shunned. And to make them desired, hang up the fat purses for the fast horses, in proportion to the speed and racing ability shown. Reward a horse according to his speed and racing ability, the same as we do in any other sport or business. Give the small purses to the green and slow horses and the rich ones to the fast horses. Turn the whole busi- ness end for end. Make every horse race in his class. Don't allow a slow horse to start in a fast class until he has earned the right. For example: Hang up §3,000 for 2:09 trotters and allow no horse to seart for it till he can show a record of 2:10. Fol- low that principle and we will see owners and train- ers striving to obtain records instead of dodging them. No sensible man is going to object to a fast record on his trotter if it means additional money- winning opportunities, as it most certainly should. Will the day come when harness horses will be re- warded according to the speed any racing ability they can show. We hope so. — Spirit of the West. THE FUTURE OF ETAWAH. Although Etawah stamped himself a high-class three-year-old trotter by winning in straight heats an all aged event, for 2:10 horses, trotting the first heat in 2:07%, the third in 2:08%, and later won the two largest futurities of the year, what he has done this season as a four-year-old adds vastly to his fame, as he not only has lowered the record for his age to 2:03%, but likewise trotted the fastest three heats credited to any horse, they being 2:03%, 2:03%, 2:03%, in The Transylvania, at Lexington. Had not rain interfered with his plans, states the American Horse Breeder, it was the intention of Mr. F. G. Jones, owner of Etawah, to have given the stal- lion, at Lexington last week, as fast a record as he was capable of ,and it was the belief of both Mr. Jones and Mr. Geers, the stallion's driver, that a mile in 2:01 or better would have resulted. It is possible, although not probable, that such an effort will be made at Memphis late this month, and, in that case, provided it is successful, Etawah will make a stud season at Castleton, the breeding farm of Mr. David M. Look, near Lexington, next spring. If it is not feasible to give the stallion a faster record than his present mark this fall, he will be sent to Castleton in the spring and allowed six mares, to be selected by Mr. Look, and one (Eva Cord 2:08%) owned by Mr. Jones. He then will be re- turned to Memphis and trained for a flight against time. So, in any event, we may look for some 1916 foals by Etawah, and, as usual with the first produce of truly great stallions, their turf performances will be awaited with great interest. SOME INSIDE HISTORY. Peter Volo 2:03%, the only trotter that ever held the world's record for yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds, might almost be called an accident of breeding, though his sire, Peter the Great 2:07%, is perhaps the greatest sire of early and extreme speed that has' yet appeared. Josephine Knight, the grandam of Peter Yolo, was owned jointly by W. P. knight and Scott Hudson, and- they had agreed to breed her to a well known sire then in the stud in Kentucky. But when the time came this horse was for some reason not available. Without waiting to consult his partner, Mr. Knight bred her to Nervolo 2:04%, an unfashionable pacer then without a colt in the 2:30 list. When he learned what had been done, Mr. Hudson was disgusted and did not hesitate to say so, the result being that soon after Nervolo Belle was foaled the following spring he sold his interest in her. When four years old she was bred to Peter the Great and produced the most remarkable colt trotter in the history of harness racing. — Trotter and Pacer. Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 HORSE SALE PLANS. The directors of the California Draft Horse Breed- ers' Association decided at a recent meeting of the directors held at Davis to hold the proposed purebred consignment sale at Davis, the latter part of January or the first of February. In order to further the interests of this sale, let- ters have been sent to the known breeders in the State, asking them the number of animals which they expect to consign, and it is thought that in a short time replies will commence to come in. It is interesting to know that the directors have decided to accept only such animals for sale purposes as are thoroughly sound in every respect, and in order to insure the buyer that such is the case a reliable veterinarian will examine each horse before the sale. In cases of serviceable stallions or mares that have been bred, and which are not then in foal, the owners of such animals will be compelled to show positive proof that they are good and regular breeders. All of these stipulations are being incorporated in the sales rules in order to protect the prospective purchaser and distribute a large number of abso- lutely sound mares and stallions over the State and in this way build up the horse industry of the State on to a higher basis than it has been in the past. As it was for this reason that the horse breeders perfected this organization, the present plan should meet with wide approval among both breeders and prospective breeders of purebred horses. — Pacific Rural Press. IMPORTED DRAFT HORSES NO LONGER NECESSARY. NOT THAT KIND OF PANTS. The Northwestern Stockman and Farmer is respon- ble for the following: A McNeal basin cowboy who recently went back east to his old home and married the girl of his school-day love, brought her to his ranch, where he had been batching for many years, while building up the herd of cattle which is now his fortune. The bride took readily to the life of the cow ranch and enjoyed fixing over the house and arranging things that would add to her husband's comfort. While he was away one day with the cattle she started in to repair his old leather chaps. A neighbor ranch woman came in to see how she was getting along. "It is terrible," said the bride of a few weeks, "how Joe wears out his clothes. Here is this pair of leather trousers that he wears every day and the seat is entirely gone. I just can't get the seat sewed in right." Washington, D. C, Oct. 26. — With the exception' of a very limited number from England, importation into the United States of pure bred draft horses for breeding purposes has been practically stopped by the outbreak of the European war. For several years previous, from 2,500 to 4,000 stallions and mares have been brought annually into this country. In the opinion of experts in the United States De- partment of Agriculture, however, the standard of draft horses in America will not suffer from the in- terruption of these importations. There is, it is said, a sufficiently large amount of pure blood already in the country to answer all requirements and the Amer- ican draft horse will now have an opportunity to demonstrate its own qualities. Hitherto a certain fascination has hung over the word "imported" which has had a marked effect upon prices. For example, an imported Percheron stallion might sell for ?2,000 where an equally well-bred American Percheron would bring only $1,200 to ?1,500. We no longer go to England and Scotland for Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus cattle ex- cept to a very limited extent. The breeders of these breeds in America have and are producing the equal if not the superior of the English cattle. There is no apparent reason why the same thing should not take place in the case of draft horses. The principal breeds of these are now thoroughly estab- lished in the United States. Their various charac- teristics and merits are discussed in a new bulletin published by the United States Department of Agri- culture under the title of Farmers' Bulletin No. 619, "Breeds of Draft Horses." This bulletin deals with the Belgian, Percheron, French Draft, Clydesdale, Shire, and Suffolk types. Of these the Percheron probably outnumbers, in this country, all other breeds combined. Grade Per- cherons, the product of pure bred stallions crossed with ordinary mares, have proved very popular on our markets. Of late years the Belgian has also made great strides but this breed is still comparatively new in America. It is found chiefly in the middle West where the heaviest types of draft horses are preva- lent. During the past ten years approximately 100 Clydesdales have been imported each year. This type is particularly well liked by those who want style and action, and in consequence is used to a great extent in cities. The Shires, though similar to the Clydesdales, are massive and less active. They are popular on the Pacific Coast and in the central West. England now permits the exportation for breeding purposes of Clydesdales and Shires, but it is not likely that under present conditions the importation of these breeds will be carried on to any considerable extent. As has already been said, however, experts in the Department believe that importations are no longer necessary. HAWAII RAISES OWN REMOUNTS. That the United States government is going in strong for island bred horses is evident when it is known that last week 111 head of fine young animals were purchased at the Parker ranch for army re- mounts. The horses are to be shipped to Oahu this week, and they will be distributed among the various army posts. The horses are all of the cavalry type and are weight carriers of the best kind. Lieutenant Colonel Cheatham, accompanied by Colonel Sturgis. Captain Short and Dr. Donovan, came to Hawaii last week and at once proceeded to the Parker ranch where special efforts to breed mounts suitable for army requirements are being made. The best breeds of blood mares are being used, and the colts that have, so far, been bred from them are of the right type as regards bone and muscle. The army officers expressed themselves as pleased with the quality of the horses secured, and the ani- mals will soon be at work on the military reserva- tions. The military party made the trip from Kohala via Kau to the Volcano House where they spent a few hours. They then came to Hilo and caught the Mauna Kea for Honolulu. The question of army remounts is a most impor- tant one in the eyes of the army officials, and stren- uous efforts are being made to secure all the neces- sary animals in these islands. In the past all re- mounts were imported, but the present indications are that the local ranches will, before long, be able to supply all the horses that are needed for the Ha- waiian Department. — Hawaii Herald. Kid Cupid came down from the capital to show Matawan the way home, but was able to turn the trick only once in three trials, returning to the stable a sadder and wiser horse and leaving Matawan still the boss trotter of the park speedway. The second heat was an affair that the stand couldn't decide, and in fact Messrs. Silva and Ahlers themselves didn't know for certain how they finished until the judges' announcement. I THE FARM I GUERNSEY AND JERSEY HISTORY. HORSE Some interesting historical notes of the Guernsey and Jersey cattle breeds were recently given by F. S. Peer in the Cornell "Countrymen," as follows: There came a time over one hundred years ago — some claim it was nearly 200 years — when Guernsey and Jersey fell out as neighbors. Guernsey, as the story goes, forbade Jersey to send any more cattle to Guernsey, the Guernsey farmers claiming they were too small, that they were only a detriment and they would have no more of them. Jer- sey retaliated by saying: "We prohibit cattle from the Island of Guernsey landing on our shores. They are coarse, ungainly brutes, and we warn you if you bring any more over here they will be killed." Someone, it is said, was caught at making an ex- change, claiming he had bought his cattle from the mainland. Then Jersey and Guernsey both passed laws prohib- iting any cattle of any description coming to either island, no matter where they hailed from. From that day there has never been a live ani- mal landed on either island, except for slaughter, and no animal that has ever been exported from the islands has ever been allowed to return. The only exception to this was that Guern- sey several years ago permitted one of the islanders to exhibit his cattle in England, under severe restrictions that they were to be returned. They soon repudiated this ruling, as the herd so exhibited in Great Britain and returned to the island was the first and only one on the island to have tuberculosis. While speaking of tuberculosis I may add that of over one thousand head of Guernseys and Jerseys which I have imported from the islands I have never had one react to the tuber- culin test. Dr. T. A. Geddes, the Unit- ed States V. S. inspector, claims the islands are absolutely free from this disease. OWNERS! USE GOHBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM. A safe, >■■■■ '.■■:■! j and positive care. The safest, Best BLISTER ever used. Remove! all bunches from Horses. Impossible to produce scar or blemish. Seed for descriptive circulars. THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, O. KENDALLS Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalzisl Every facility to give the best of pi o- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully.- Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Higrh-Class Art in HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 121 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webeter ami Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. $5 Due Monday, November 2nd, 1914 on weanlings PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKES For Foals of 1914 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old ENTRIES CLOSED MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1913. $3800 for Trotting Foals. $600 for nominators of dams of winners $2500 for Pacing Foals and $150 to Owners of stallions MONEY DIVIDED $2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1300 for Two-Year-OId Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of the Two-Year-OId Trot. 100 'o Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. AS FOLLOWS: $1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 1000 for Two-Year-OId Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-OId Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. $150 in Special Cash Prizes was Paid to S'allion Owners in December. 1913. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1913, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 May 1, 1914: $5 November 2, 1914; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1915; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds March 1, 3916; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds March 1, 1917. STARTING FAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-OId Pace; $35 to start in the Twu-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Ti.ree-Year-Old Trot. All Starting- Payments to be made ten days before the first da-, of the meeting- at which the race is to take place. Nominators mus: designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter of Pacer. Celts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old divisions. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO ENTER. SU EST I T U T I O N S. — A few of the original nominators of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes for foals of 1914 have advised us that, because of barrenness of the marc or death of the foal, they wish to dispose of their entries. If you own one or move whose dams you failed to name when entries closed, by making the payments due any time on or before May 1st, 191o, which covers payments to March 1st, 1910, the fe\.- substitutions to be disposed of will be awarded in the order in which remit* tances are received. Prompt attention will secure for you this rich eng,ag,enjv.i<: Address all communications to the Secretary. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 366 Pacific Bldg.. San Francisco, T. E. P. HEALD, President. Makes Them Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound Allays fever and inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure. UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones, capped hocks, shoe bolls, wiod puffs, thoroughpins and bunches of all kinds, bowed, BtralDed and ruptured tendons, shoulder, hip and stifle lameness, weak joints, sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness without loss of hair or a day's let up. As a leg and body wash It has no equal. In- vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after bard workouts. Price $2. 00 per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $16. 00 per dox. ; $10. 00 per gut. W. K. SMITH & CO., Tiffin, Ohio. E. DETELS, Pleasanton Cal., Distributing Agent, for the Pacific Coa&i. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. The Remedy for Business THAT is just what this remedy is, it makes sure that your ex- pense and effort goes into PERMANENT work. Save-the-Horse is smooth as oil, strong and powerful as any chemical, but is not a blis- ter. It penetrates through and through both bone and tissue ; it works inside not outside — and produces a cure under any test. WE ORIGINATED the plan of giving an iron-clad Guaranty Contract to return the purchase money if the remedy fails. Save-the-Horse is sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. $5 with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN. THOROUGHPIN, RINGBONE (except low), CURB, SPI.INT, CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFP, SHOE BOIL, BROKEN DOWN INJURED TENDONS AND OTHER LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. D. E. NEWELL, 80 Bayo Vista Av.. Oakland, Cal., Pacific Coast Agent Horselame? r Send Us The x Coupon [F you have a lame "^ horse, a valuable ani- mal that seems destined to be relegated to the cripple class — let us cure him for you with the distinct under- standing that if we fail, you don't owe us a cent. If we succeed, all it will cost you is the price of a bottle or two of That's fair enough for any man, and it shows the complete confidence , we have in our product. As further proof of this confidence, we have made a deposit of $1,000 with the First National Bank, of Binghamton, N. Y., which must be forfeited if we fail to do as we claim. Mack's ' $1,000 Spavin Remedy is absolutely guaranteed to cure Spavin, Ring- bone, Thoroughpin, Curb, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, Sprung Knee, Ruptured Tendons, Sweeny, etc., regardless of how long standing or i lrorn what cause. And it will do it quickly, giving the animal instant I relief, for Mack s $1,000 Spavin Remedy is so penetrating that it goes I immediately to the seat of the trouble. FREE DIAGNOSIS COUPON On picture of Imr ■<■ mark with an X Just wIrtc (moil- ing or Inmonoss occurs, thou clip out coupon nni) mnil to us with a letter, telling what caused the lamoness, how' _ long hone has been lame, how Ituf- fOGUlhe animal's Rait, ago of horao etc. Wo will tell yen just what the liiiiiijii.'ss is and how to rolicvo it •inn Uy AliHolutely no chut-irc « rite today. Free Book "Horse Sense No. 3 co Diagnosis Coapon. got UNoInMyfrce, &copv-.jL.-.ur book "Horse Sense." Describes and illustratosdi of horso's limbs, shows correct nai evory part of horao and tolls valuable tacts every horso owner ought to know, Your Druggist Will Obtain Mack's $1,000 Spavin Remedy for You 1 If he refuses, remit $5.00 to us and we will see that your I order is filled immediately. Our Expert Graduate Veterinarian is maintained by us for your benefit. He is a limb specialist, and will diagnose any limb trouble your horse may have and will tell you how to cure it if you will mail the FREE Diagnosis Coupon. McKallor Drug Co., Glnfihaniion, N.Y. 'VI Don't Gut Out & SHOE BOIL, CAPPED HOCK OR BURSITIS FOR ARSORBINE jF\ TPA0E MA«K REG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will remove them and leave no blemishes. Reduces any puff or swelling. Does not blister or remove the hair, and horse can be worked. $2 a bottle delivered. Book 6 K free. ABSORBINE, JR„ the antiseptic liniment for man- kind. For Boils, Bruises, Old Sores, Swellings, Varicose Veins, Varicosities. Allays Pain. Price SI and S2 a bottle at druggists or delivered. Will tell more if yon write, W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mas* PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FaMOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts ul Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY Blake, Moffit & Towne D..l.r. In PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, I.os An^el^* HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco FOR SALE. — Two year old bay filly by The Bondsman, dam by McKinney. No reas mis ble offer refused. Address A. BENSON, Del Paso Heights P. O., Sacramento, Cal. FOR SALE. — Two year old bay Ally by The Bondsman, dam by McKinney. No reasonable offer refused. Address A. BENSON, Del Paso Heights P. O., Cal. FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 6 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. COLUMBIA, ch. m. by Clipper 2:06, dam by Anteeo Jr. MARIE G. (4), br. m. by Geraid G. (son of Zombro 2:11), dam Columbia by Clip- per 2:06; second dam Marie Direct by Bonnie Direct 2:05. MISS LIBERTY (7), ch. m. by Zolock 2:0--j1i, dam Columbia. TEDDY THE GREAT (4), s. g. by Near- est McKinney, dam Miss Liberty. GODDESS OF LIBERTY (3), b. f. by Bon Voyage 2:0S, dam Miss Liberty. HINEY (2), s. g. by Best Policy, dam by Anteeo Jr. LADY AMELIA, br. m. by McKinney 2:11%, dam bv Anteeo Jr BAY POLICY (1), b. g. by Best Policy, dam Lady Amelia. BEDELIA (6), ch. m. by Gerald G. (son of Zombro 2:11), dam by Alfred. MARCUS DALY (4), br. g. by Bonny McKinney, dam Birdy by Eaglet; second dam Black Swan by Tenbroeck. The above ten head can be bought for $1000, on or before October 1st, 1914. Must be sold as a whole or not at all. Address. JOHN REANOS, Oakley, Cal. FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), $8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23% in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, V& in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. S-room residence. 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big- dry house, tank house, en- gine, and ever $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KBLLEY, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires in use: Dillcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), soi< of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold ; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonlan) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. g^, WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S | "Best on Earth" Axle Oil: The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, 1 Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles 1 of all kinds. Better than Castor 1 Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manuf.ctur.ra SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. y Saturday, October 31, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 ALL TRAP-SHOOTING RECORDS BEATEN ! The Three Big Events of the 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Single Targets Dayton, O., Sept. 8-12 I 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Double Targets Were Won With PETERS SHELLS The Famed (g) Brand - QUALITY COUNTS and the (g) Brand Means SHOUTING QUALITY Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., was the victor in each of these great races, and in all of them he used PETERS SHELLS, made with "steel where steel belongs." His performance stands without a parallel; no individual shooter and no make of ammunition has ever before won ALL of the world's greatest trapshooting honors, a fact which in itself is a marvelous tribute to Mr. Henderson's marksmanship and the QUALITY of his ammunition. But in addition to this he established a new WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORD, 98 out of 100 from 22 yards. MR. HENDERSON'S Scores Were As Follows: HIGH AVERAGE FOR . Amateur Championship of the United States, Single Targets, 99 ex 100 from 16 yds. Amateur Championship of the United Sta'es, Double Targets, 90 ex 100 from 16 yds. The Race of Champions for I Grand American Handicap, 98 ex 100 from 22 yds. ALL TARGETS, 565 x 600, Was Won by MR. S. A. HUNTLEY, Using PETERS SHELLS Including 200 from 22 yards, 200 from 18 yards, 100 from 16 yards and 50 pairs THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pacific Coast Branch: 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, C&l. Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition ^nd Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Sutter 6060 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cai The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion . i i i' i. . LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.)- Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the TFPMC'dil fnr iht> Cpac/i n Payable at time of service. If mare does not IE.t\lVlJ.J>JV lUf IIIK JCdiU II provewith foal money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 3oth Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager.or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. r _ Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN E. C. Shooters Make a Clean Sweep at the Tonapah, Nev. Shoot. Individual Nevada State Championship Won by W. G. WARREN, 49 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Second S. A. HUNTLEY. 48 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Third A. P. HALIBURTON, 46 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Fourth A. H. JONES, 44 x 50 — Shooting E. C. DRYEDALE CUP Won by A. P. HALIBURTON, 30 x 30 — Shooting E. C. ROTHOLTZ CUP Won by W. R. WILLIAMS, SHEMANSKI CUP Won by W. G. WARREN, 42 x 45 — Shooting E. C. MIZPAH HOTEL CUP Won by W. S. PEACE, SO x 30— Shooting E. C. 41 x 45 — Shooting E. C. WINNERS OF SIX INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TROPHIES No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 W. G. WARREN. A. H. JONES, W. G. WARREN, 49 x 50 Shooting E. C. No. 4 137 x 150 Shooting E. C. No. 2 146xxl50 Shooting E. C No. 6 A. P. HALIBURTON, 44 x 50 Shooting E. C. A. P. HALIBURTON. 46 x 50 Shooting E. C. S. A. HUNTLEY, 142 x 150 Shooting E. C. HIGH OVER ALL AVERAGES Amateur Professional Won by S. A. HUNTLEY, 291 x 300 Shooting E. C Follow the winners — Shoot shells loaded with Hercules Smokeless Sho'gun Powders, Won by H. E. POSTON, 289 x 300 Shootii.'g E. C. Infallible and E. C. HERCULES POWDEJl CO Wilmington, Del. F. J. McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg-. San Francisco, Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 31, 1914. mfNCff£ST£&\ .401 Caliber High-Power Self-Loading Rifle In hunting- many species of big game, a rapid-shooting, hard-hitting rifle is necessary for success. The 'Winchester Model 1910 .401 Caliber Self-Loader is just such a rifle. The cartridge it handles is powerful enough to stop almost any animal known, and there is no rifle made that will deliver five as powerful blows as quickly as it will. As the reloading is done by the recoil, this rifle can be shot accurately ■with great rapidity. An inspection of this Winchester will show that it has many features that appeal strongly to ' experienced hunters. IT HITS LIKE THE HAMMER OF THOR. ^ REMINGTON UMC ^«OM»i"!i -AND NOW THE NEW UMC Autoloading Rifle in the .22 Caliber Ever since the Remington-U M C High Power Auto- loading Rifle first began to show i', s remarkable shooting quality, men who go in for .22 calibre shooting have been asking when we would be ready to give them an Auto- loading Rifle in their favorite calibre — and here it is. Sixteen shots, handling' the Remington-U M C Autoload- ing .22 calibre cartridge (Rim Fire). Magazine in stock. Remington-U M C Solid Breech. Hammerless, 22-inch Remington Steel Barrel. Straight bar rear sight (adjust- able); white metal bead front sight. Exceptionally sim- ple, easy take-down. Weight, o% pounds. Each shot fired by simply pressing the trigger, with the same dependability in firing, ejection and reloading that is giving the Remington-U M C High Power Auto- loading Rifle and the Autoloading Shotgun their leading place with sportsmen all over the world. Your Remington-U M C dealer has one, or can get it for you if you and he act quickly — the dealer who dis- plays the Red Ball Mark of Remington-U M C Sign of Sportsmen's Headquarters in every town. Xo. 16 — .22 Autoloading Rifle — 16 shots — for Rem- ington-U M C Autoloading .22 Calibre cartridge (Rim Fire). Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 12 Geary St., San Francisco, Gal. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle THERE'S A SELBY LOAD FOR EVERY SHOOTER EXCELSIOR A high-grade Black Powder Load. "EXCELSIOR" receives the same factoTy atten- tion as "SUPERIOR" and "CHALLENGE" and has a long record for field efficiency. SUPERIOR A popular priced load with light and medium charges of Smokeless Powder. Un- equaled in its class, "SUPERIOR" is a general favorite among shooters. CHALLENGE Our high-grade Smokeless Load. Because of the extra reinforced shells and special wadding, "CHALLENGE" meets the requirements of the most exacting sportsman. ALL DEALERS SPECIAL LOADED FOR SALE BY EVERYWHERE LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE ON THE PACIFIC COAST ALL THE TIME SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle VOLUME LXV. No. 19. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1914. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Y««r THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7. 1914. SAVE- THE- HORSE Trade-mark Registered Use it First and You'll Not Have to Use any Other After Bows Tendon and Races 28 Days After Blanche McKenney-Hunter Combination FEATURING ROMAN HIPPODROME RACES AND HIGH SCHOOL HORSES A Popular and Up-to-date Free Popularity the Secret of Attraction for Fairs Our Success Haddam, Kan., Feb. 29, 1912. Troy Chemical Company, Binghamton, N. T. Dear Sirs: Please send me your Save-the-Horse Book and also Book on the Use and Abuse of Bandages mentioned in your ad. We have used your remedy Save-the-Horse for years, and have found it one of the best remedies that we have ever ran on to. One of our runners bowed a tendon last fall so bad that by the time we got him back to the stable he could barely put his foot to the ground; all the horsemen that saw him said it would be impossible to use him again that season, and some went so far as to say he would never be able to race any more. "We used your Save-the-Horse, and within 28 days from the day he was hurt we raced him % of a mile at Greenfield, la., in 1:15%, winning. We raced him two more times after that. The horse's name is Major Daniels, and he is now as sound as ever. Tours respectfully, L. M. HUNTER, Mgr. Save-the-Horse has stood alone and unique among veterinary remedies for eighteen years. Our Answer Gave Him Hope San Leandro, Cal., Sept. 14, 1914. ' Troy Chemical Company, Binghamton, N. Y. Dear Sirs: It is a long time since I corresponded with you. I thought several times to write, but kept from doing so because I wanted to be sure not to give any false report of what Save-the-Horse has done. It is surely all you claim. It has actually done wonders for my black mare, Phoebe. She was foundered so bad that neither I nor anybody else who looked at her, ever thought that she would walk again. I was told to kill her for the chickens, but could not bear to do so. I wrote you, and your answer gave me hope, so I got Save-the-Horse, and used it faithfully. It cured the founder so entirely that I can't see any remains of it whatsoever. Thank you very much for the remedy, it is good. I also thank you for the prompt- ness and kindness that you awarded me in your dealings. Respectfully yours, JOHN P. PETERSON. SAVE-THE-HORSE GOES THROUGH AND THROUGH BOTH BONE AND TISSUE— IT WORKS INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE. It has the highest potency — it is the King of Remedies — for any blemish or lame- ness— it cures to stay cured; — and every bottle is sold with a contract to cure or re- fund the money. Save-the-Horse enjoys the distinction of being recommended by more satisfied users, and of having more imitators and counterfeiters, than any other veterinary remedy in the world today. But write describing your case, and we will send our — BOOK — Sample Contract Letters from Breeders, Owners and Trainers the World over, on Every Kind of Case and Advice — ALL FREE (to Horse Owners and Managers). Druggists everywhere sell Save-the-Horse WITH CONTRACT or sent by us Express prepaid. $5 with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND B<><; SPAVIN, THOROLTGHPIN, RINGBONE (except low). CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK. WINDPUFF. SHOE BOIL, BROKEN DOWN INJURED TENDONS AND OTHER LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. NEW OAKLAND 1915 Breaks ALL Records Climbs 31,950 Feet in 27 Miles Price $1350 SIX MILES HIGH ON LOW GEAR CAR NEVER BOILED OR HEATED Climbs Jones Street Hill Between Filbert and Green. Fillmore St. Between Green and Broadway 216 TIMES tjrf Sit Was in perfect condition to continue test indefinitely. The car used was our regular demonstrating machine and was in no way special — The gear ratio of the car was standard, and to prove our claim that the ratio or car was not changed for the test, we will very gladly demonstrate this model on the hills used to interested persons. a ONE PRICE TO ALL " D. E. NEWELL, 80 Bayo Vista Av.. Oakland, Cal., Pacific Coast Agent OAKLAND MOTOR CO. Factory Branch 1230 Van Ness Ave. San Francisco Alameda County Representative, F. H. Dailey Motor Car Company, 2130 Broadway, Oakland Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-765-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — Onr year, ?3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. DATES CLAIMED FOR FAIRS. Phoenix (Arizona State Fair) — Nov. 9 to 14 (Inclusive). COLONEL KIRKPATRICK PASSES AWAY. "The Colonel is dead." Such were the short and sorrowful tidings that greeted San Franciscans in many walks of life on their way about their various duties Thursday morn- ing— tidings that came as the greater shock because only so few days before had The Colonel been in their midst, his customary genial self, apparently in fair health and the best of spirits; tidings that told thousands of the passing of a friend, for to but few San Franciscans has it been given to have a wider circle of acquaintances, which in almost every in- stance meant, with him, friendship. Especially is this true among the ranks of horsemen, and none realize more fully than they the vacancy in the world left by his passing. Many friends were aware that The Colonel had been under the weather for a few days, but few realized until very near the end the gravity of the situation. The first intimation of his actual condi- tion was given on last Saturday evening, which should have been the occasion of his appearance as guest of honor at a dinner to be given at the St. Francis in celebration of his fifty-eighth birthday, and on Wednesday afternoon vitality reached a most alarmingly low ebb. Drastic and skillful measures were resorted to by the physicians in charge and for a time there seemed grounds for hope for his recov- ery, but about 9 o'clock that evening he began to sink again and his family was summoned for the last vigil, the end coming at 5:20 Thursday morning as a result of a complication of liver and kidney troubles. John Caldwell Kirkpatrick was born October 31, 1856, at Steubenville, Ohio, of Scotch and Virginian parentage, William Kirkpatrick having emigrated to America from Dumfries, Scotland, and his wife being one of the Virginia Carters. The young Kirkpatrick was educated in the public schools of his native town and later graduated at law from Ann Arbor, prac- ticing but a short time in the east before making the western pilgrimage that was to end at the Golden Gate. Physically, mentally, and at heart, John C. Kirkpatrick was a "big" man, the sort of man from whose class are derived the best traditions of our race, and his rise in powerful circles in California was quick and sure. Coming to the Golden Slope in the middle eighties, the young lawyer was soon affiliated with the legal and managerial departments of the great interests of the Sharon estates, a connection which was to exist until death. He brought the old Palace Hotel to the point of excellence that won it the world-wide reputation which it enjoyed in the days before the fire, and since that catastrophe his rare genius for that most exacting business has placed both the Palace and the Fairmont in high rank among the world's chain of truly great hotels. The large enter- prises profiting by his ability were the Palace Hotel Company, of which he was vice-president and man- aging director; Associated Oil, which he served as vice-president, director and chairman of the execu- tive committee, and the Wells-Fargo Bank, of whose directorate he was a most esteemed member. His connection with other and lesser ventures was both extensive and varied. He was a prominent figure in social circles and a member of numerous clubs, both in California and in the east. But in spite of the weighty responsibilities and high positions he attained, it is simply as "gentleman and horseman" that he will live longest in the mem- ories of those who knew him best. Big-hearted and big minded, genial and kindly, uniformly courteous and absolutely unassuming in any and all company, The Colonel won an enviable place in the hearts of his fellows, and his love for a good horse was second only to his love for his family. He was an active participant in the affairs of the local amateur driving clubs, and had raced many well bred horses over the professional tracks, some of the better known of which were Charley D. 2: 06 'A (of his own breeding), Clipper 2:06, John Caldwell 2:08%, John Gwynne 2:11% and Lucretia 2:13%. Charley D. was his espe- cial pride and in the stables at Pleasanton there are a number of most promising youngsters by the son of McKinney of a quality that justified The Colonel's faith in him. Three three-year-olds by Charley D. went into the list last year, and The Colonel was looking forward eagerly to the day when he could go to the races with the get of his favorite. "The Bun- galow" at Pleasanton was The Colonel's place of retreat from business cares, and there he was accus- tomed to spend as much of his time as possible with the horses that he loved. There were few more familiar sights on the big ring at Pleasanton than The Colonel and his trainer working out together, or indulging in fast brushes with other horsemen who make their headquarters at the "Little Paradise" in the Livermore valley. Few professionals had a lighter, firmer hand or a steadier seat than Colonel Kirkpatrick. Photo by Hartsook JOHN CALDWELL KIRKPATRICK. Nor did his connection with the industry cease with his personal stable, as he was one of the fore- most figures of the coast in every movement for the furthering of the best interests of horses and horsemen. He became associated at an early date with the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders As- sociation, and at the time of his death was vice- president and director of that organization. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Panama- Pacific race meetings he had been untiring in his efforts to secure the unqualified success of these events of such importance in the realm of the trot- ter, and no man on the coast was so well qualified by nature and training to fill his position as Chair- man of the Pacific Board of Appeals of the National Trotting Association. He was generally in attend- ance at the Biennial Congress of the N. T. A. in the east, where his presence was accorded a royal wel- come, and his opinions and utterances the deepest respect. Small wonder it is that horsemen and breeders of the Pacific slope are sore at heart over the passing of such a man, and feel that the places left vacant by his death are places whose filling will be no easy task. Politically, Colonel Kirkpatrick was unwavering in his adherence to the principles of the Republican party, and had at various times rendered public service, through political affiliations, with the same marked success that attended his private ventures. As a young man he married most happily, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick and the two children survive him — Mrs. Allen MacDonald and William Allen Kirkpatrick. Private services will be held at the Fairmont Hotel this (Saturday) morning at ten o'clock, and the body- carried to its last resting place in Mount Olivet Cemetery by twelve members of The Colonel's most intimate circle of friends. STALLION OWNERS who are fully aware of the benefits accruing to them through the training and racing of every one of the get of their stallions that will do to train and race, will be quick in extending co-operation to the promoters of all futurities in securing nominations to the various colt stakes that are provided on the coast. Foremost among these are the stakes for so long given by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association, Number Fif- teen of which closes with Secretary Kelley, Box 447, San Francisco, on Tuesday, December first. That brood mare owners may be fully acquainted with the possibilities of futurity nominations, and that stallion owners may reap the benefit of a large representa- tion of their stallions in this event, the secretary is asking the latter to furnish lists of owners of mares bred to their horses this season. To each of these persons full particulars of the stake will be sent, and every effort made to enlist them in the ranks of regular stake patrons for not only this but other events of like nature. Or, if you wish, application to the office of the association will bring to you, gratis, entry blanks for your own distribution among your customers. Every nomination in any futurity of a mare bred to your stallion is an advertisement that costs you nothing, the nominator but little, and opens up a great field for the future benefit of all parties concerned. The conditions of the event in question, which are fully set forth elsewhere, make special provision for the stallion owner to share in the cash distribution at different stages of the life of the stake, so that it is well worth while to get out and spend a bit of time urging brood mare own- ers to accord it the deserved support. November is well under way, so don't wait. Simply get busy. WITH PHOENIX and a few "record meetings" yet to come, the number of new 2:10 trotters is in excess of the fabled mark of "three score and ten," a figure far in excess of any previous year. California has contributed a very large per cent of the newcomers, and has also a proportionate representation among the much smaller but equally select number of former 2:10 trotters that reduced their previous records. With Honey Healey 2:08%, Bertha Pointer 2:08%, Esperanza (3) 2:09, Alerick 2:09, F. S. Whitney 2:09%, Rags 2:09% and Virginia Barnette (3) 2:10 all "breaking into the list" from the stable of W. G. Durfee, California's representation would be a pretty fair one, even with no one else in the game. Lon McDonald is Will's only rival this year as a driver of 2:10 trotters, and if both winter at Los Angeles there will be "sights worth seeing for sure" at the track there. THE HEARING of the case of the National Society of Record Associations, which attacks the present requirements of railroads relative to less than car- load live stock shipments, is set for Friday, Nov. 20, before Examiner Kelley in Chicago, by whom the matter and testimony will be referred to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. Elsewhere in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman appears a more extended mention of the field covered by the case, among which are features of vital interest to breeders and campaigners of trotters and pacers. Mr. Wayne Densmore, quartered at the Union Stock Yards, Chi- cago, is in personal charge of the presentation of the case, and any of our horsemen who can furnish live testimony against the present regulations and re- quirements of the railroads will confer a favor not only to themselves but to the fraternity at large by placing the same in Mr. Densmore's hands at once. THE FORESTRY BUREAU has dug up the ex- ceedingly useful and highly edifying information that there are 72 kinds of woods used for making whips, but if every species of tree in the world were adapted for bud manufacturing there wouldn't be enough to go around for a different kind for every different kind of a driver. It beats thunder how many differ- ent kinds of never-before-heard-of dope a high sal- aried government statistician can dig up. Some civil service protected pinhead will yet settle the question of "How old is Ann?" in an idle moment. THE BREi»_^R AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7, 1914. DIRECTUM I AND WILLI AM — COM PAR1SON OR CONTRAST? "That Directum I is a gamer horse than William was shown rather conclusively at their disappointing race on the Grand Rapids track last Wednesday. After the pony racer had won a heat by a length in 2:04% he came back and won by halt a dozen lengths in 2:01%, which time equals the fastest mile in their first meeting on the same track. "Before the race at Columbus on the last day of last month William never had tasted defeat in a single heat. Exhibiting irresistible speed in the home stretch Directum I nabbed the big colt and beat him in 1:5S, a new world's record. He repeated in two minutes. "The gameness of a horse never is known until he has been beaten. William handled Directum I with consummate ease at Grand Rapids on September 4, but the chestnut horse lias been beaten in other races and it never bothered him in the least. He came back and paced faster and much gamer in Columbus with the above result. "So when William paraded at Grand Rapids nobody knew what he thought about the smaller horse which had looked him in the eye at the other town. The people found out when Directum got to him in the first heat, which was a loaf down to the half. He hung onto the big bay colt and showed that he had the speed to win by a length, no matter if tjie heat were six seconds slower than the initial mile at Co- lumbus. "They raced much faster in the second heat and when ready Directum I began to put space between them. William refused to try at this stage, flashing the S. O. S. signal and showing thai he is not as game as his rival. "The third race between the pair is enough at this time to pronounce Directum I not onl\- the faster but the more courageous of the pair. For that reason why shouldn't he be? Directum Kelly was a fast and a game race horse and Izetta was as game as a pebble. It does not always crop out, but when it does it is enough to turn the trick against a horse bred as William." The foregoing comment on the last meeting of Directum I and William, written by F. S. Cooke, the well known eastern turf correspondent, is the most pronounced in its emphasis as to William's gameness of all the many comments that the race evoked. Most of the critics, when they laid aside all reference to the driving of the race and the conditions surround- ing it and confined themselves strictly to the horses, have merely voiced the opinion that Directum I was the best horse and that William was very much out of condition. George S. Ward, commenting in The Horseman, said in part: "My judgment is, and al- ways will be, that the best horse won this race, and furthermore I believe that William was out of form and out of condition today, and that he has been raced and beaten and shipped beyond his endurance and beyond the endurance of any four-year-old colt. I have written of many horses in many states for many years and claim to be a tolerably fair judge of form and race horse qualities." Not once does Mr. Ward raise the question of gameness, nor have other writers done so. It seems to The Breeder and Sportsman that Mr. Cooke is somewhat hasty in his conclusions as to the "gameness" of the lad from Indiana, and also that any conclusions upon this subject at the present time are very apt to be unjustly disparaging to the four-year-old champion. It is a hard matter to draw an equable comparison between two horses so widely different in so many ways as are William and Direc- tum I. There is no similarity between them in age, breeding, gait, method of training and racing or in past accomplishments. For a two-minute pair of pacers it would be hard to pick two more markedly dissimilar in so many important points. Directum I is a seven-year-old chestnut stallion attractively marked with white, stands 15.2, weighs about 1000 pounds, is smoothly made and gaited, and is standard bred. William is a four-year-old bay stal- lion, stands 15.2 and weighs about 1000 pounds, is put together on an angular plan, is gaited after a peculiar fashion combining the swing and the roll, and is non-standard — grounds that afford much more room for contrast rather than comparison. Directum I is the resultant foal from the mating of two fast and consistent standard trotters, Direc- tum Kelly 2:08%, through whom he traces in direct and most potent lines to Dictator, and Izetta R. 2:13%, the only daughter of Pactolus 2:12% to pro- duce a 2:10 performer at either way of going. Izetta R. carries a top cross to Mambrino Chief through Pactolus 2:12%, Patronage, Pancoast 2:21% and Woodford Mambrino, and the first five dams in the maternal line of Directum I, neither of whom with the exception of Izetta R. ever produced a performer, are by standard stallions. "Pedigreelogically speaking" — and the writer that this is a good word, even if it isn't in tionary, owing to the fact that the only John Splan "made it himself" — William is a "short horse and soon curried." His sire, Abe J., is a standard son of San Mateo and Sugar Lumps, by Lumps (two direct George Wilkes crosses) and has a pacing rec- ord of 2:10. Lizzie C. (dam of William (p) 2:00, Earl Kay 2:10% and Lady Jay (p) 2:19%) is a non- standard daughter of Jaywood and Kitty Van (p) by Pennypacker, and has a pacing record of 2:20% made in a race to which the writer was a witness, he having had the pleasure that summer of following the trail of the Billy Marvin-Czarina and Fam Fleming-John M. combinations through the In- diana circuit, which, as the good book says, is another story — several of 'em ,in fact. Jaywood, by Nutwood 600, was no great success in the stud, but at that his daughters have produced four 2:10 pacers besides William. Kitty Van 2:13%, dam also of Mary Patchen (p) 2:21%, was a daughter of Penny- packer (through whom there is a cross each to Cas- sius M. Clay Jr. 22 and Blue Bull 75) and Mayflower by Caliph, a northern Indiana stallion of unestab- lished blood. Great as is the disparity of the two champions in the matters of age, gait and blood inheritance, the contrast in their turf history and their methods of "being made" are still more widely at variance. Di- rectum I "came slowl3r" and was made slowly, stead- ily, unobtrusively — so unobtrusively, and so slowly and carefully, that it took four years for the public to realize that they had in their midst a truly won- derful horse. He was never overdone, never raced out, and never called on for his supreme effort until he had reached maturity. On the other hand, Wil- liam "came fast," was made fast, burst into promi- nence right at the outset of his career, and has been called on not once but time and again to do what no other horse could ever do — or approach doing — at his age, an age in which he had not yet attained matu- rity, and in which many a horse is "laid by" for a year owing to the natural adversities he must cope with. It seems a bit hard to lay the charge of "quitter" at the door of such a one's stable! Directum I was broken as a three-year-old and never asked for anything faster than around 2:30, his racing career beginning in his fourth year at Wil- mington where he was drawn after finishing 8-3 in a field of ten. Two starts the succeeding week saw him once third and once a straight heat winner with a mark of 2:18%. At Baltimore he won in the same fashion over a field of eight, wTith all heats between 2:18 and 2:19. At Allentown, with the fastest time 2:12%, he stood third in the summary, a position which likewise caught him at Mineola, where two heat winners developed in time from 2:13% to 2:15% and where his standing by heats was 2-2-3-2. At Mount Holly he won in straight heats in time back around 2:18 to 2:19, and at Hagerstown he won the first really "bad one" he had gotten into, standing 8-8-2-2-1-1-1. The first four heats were in 2:14%, and the balance in 2:16%, 2:17% and 2:23, the mark of 2:16% being the one carried into winter quarters. His campaign closed with a straight heat win at Frederick in which he duplicated his Hagerstown record. His campaign as a five-year-old, beginning the lat- ter part of July at Brooklyn and ending in the middle of October at Hagerstown, was a matter of ten starts for a perfect score of ten wins, mostly in straight heats and but one, the first, going more than four heats. He retired for the season with a record of 2:08%, made about the middle of bis cam- paign at Hudson Falls. As a six-year-old his campaign was once more a matter of ten starts, hut not of ten wins, the head and tail ends of his season's work being graced in the summary by the letters "dr," after having won the first heat of his first start in 2:08%, and having stood 2-4-5 in the first three heats of his last start, in which the winners' time was 2:01%, 2:02% and 2:01. "Not in condition" was the reason assigned for his failure to race out both events. After his losing start at Hohokus the "little red horse" made straight heat wins at New York, Monroe, Goshen and Hart- ford, showing at Goshen his first evidence of extreme speed with a third heat in 2:02%; his best time pre- viously was 2:04%, at Monroe, extreme speed, doubt- less, but not of championship caliber in this day and age. At Syracuse after finishing sixth to Jones Gen- try in 2:05% he came to the front with three heats in 2:02%, 2:06% and 2:02%, following this perform- ance with three straight heat wins in which his fast- est heat — with only two of the nine faster than 2 : 04: — was 2:02%. At Lexington, his last start, he finished as previously portrayed, his mile over the two-lap track at Goshen in 2:02% being a world's record and his most notable performance. That he was a great horse was generally recognized, but he had come so gradually to the front that but few suspected his true caliber, for while his three years had been most excellent ones and while he had been a most con- sistent winner, he was but one of the nearly two score pacers who had achieved records of 2:02% or faster. This year at Detroit he finished second in his first start after winning two heats in 2:03%, 2:02%, Flower Direct taking the race with three back at him in 2:02%, 2:07 and 2:09%, in which Directum I stood 2-2-3. A month's rest intervened before the race at Syracuse in which he beat Frank Bogash Jr. the sec- ond and third heats in two minutes flat and gave un- disputable evidence of his right to be classed among the truly great. From that time his history is famil- iar to everyone, for after nearly four years of racing Directum I had "arrived." The career of William could not afford much great- er contrast if made to order. He was broken as a two-year-old and in his work was sent over a half- mile track as fast as 2:20%, with halves below 1:06. He began racing the following summer at Terre Haute, beating Single G. and Little Bernice in 2:12% and 2:11%, and in his next start at Decatur showed his ability to beat 2:10 by reeling off two heats in 2:07%, closely followed by Little Bernice, who had the hard luck to be entered against him at several points. At Peoria, in his third start, he paced his first heat in 2:05% and emerged from the second the world's champion three-year-old pacer with a mark of 2:05. The recognition of championship calibre was accorded him after a racing history of three weeks — to Directum I after almost as many years. At Urbana William placed the half mile track rec- ord for his age at 2:09, and in all started in and won six straight heat events as a three-year-old. Only three heats were contested in which" the time was slower than 2:10. During Directum I's first campaign no heat was faster than 2:12%, his own record time was 2:16%, and not until the third start of his second year did he obtain a record below 2:10. William was entered in two other events as a three-year-old but warmed up lame and was not started — he has never failed to finish a race, once started, in condition or out. As a four-year-old William started at Cleveland in the 2:05 pace and raced to the champion four-year- old record, his two heats being in 2:02 and 2:02%. At Detroit he won in 2:04%, 2:05 and 2:05%, and at Grand Rapids paced the race that broke so many records and paved the way for the exhibitions and matches that are familiar history. His three heats in 2:00%, 2:00 and 2:02% were unrivaled at that time, the time totalling 6:03, while the total time of the Directum I-Frank Bogash Jr. race over three weeks later was half a second faster. The history of the three match races is too famil- iar for repetition here. Suffice it that Directum I, after one heating, has defeated William decisively. There is talk of yet another meeting, but the writer hardly considers such an event highly probable at this season of the year. Nor is it necessary nor would its racing establish definitely the question of "best horse." The disparities, as noted herein, are too great for the final settling of such a subject. The four-year-old "off year" bugaboo would ever be ground for the excuse of William's defeat, while if the tables were turned it could easily be pointed out that Directum I had previously done all that might reasonably be asked of him — far more than the aver- age horse. The future is of course a matter wholly of conjecture. Whether Directum I will Improve or even hold his present form for another year, and what effect William's gruelling three- and four-year- old contests will have on his five-year-old form are questions that time alone can answer. Let time be the arbiter, also, of the question of William's game- ness. It is a hard matter to condemn one of his qualities for non-gameness in comparison with a sea- soned campaigner made as was Directum I — espe- cially so when we recall that at the ages in which Directum I was taking his first easy work and engag- ing in a painstaking and successful effort to stay in the 2:17 class, the non-standard Indiana youngster was knocking world's records to splinters* and con- testing with this same Directum I, in the prime of his vigorous maturity, for the pacing crown — and that's game enough for most of us! Contrast, rather than comparison, will best reveal the truly great points of these greatest of pacers. THE ELOOD OF ARION 2:07%. For a time the blood of Arion 2:07% was lightly regarded by breeders who paid big money for brood mares. Indeed, after the break of the great boom, during which Arion was sold for 5125,000 and the stud fee of that horse was ?2,500, his sons and daugh- ters fairly went begging for buyers at prices much less than were paid for the get of other stallions that had never performed as meritoriously as he did. Just why the breeding public should have soured on Arion, so early in his stud career, is hard to under- stand. He was a speed marvel, was gaited not far from perfection, possessed individual qualities in keeping with his speed and gait and had a maternal inheritance of blood unsurpassed by that of any other son of Electioneer. Although practically discarded for a time, the foals Arion sired earlier brought him back into notice gradually until now, the thinking students of the breeding problem realize that, but for the blood of this horse that placed the world's record for two-year-olds at 2:10% in 1891 — where it stood unbeaten for 18 years — the table of great per- formers would be vastly shorter than it now is. There would be no Etawah 2:03%, the present four-year-old trotting champion and holder of the world's record for three heats, but for the blood of Arion, indeed Etawah has a double cross of his blood. Nor would there be any Anna Bradford (3) 2:00%, the present three-year-old pacing champion, for her sire is a son of Todd 2:14%, whose dam was by Arion, nor would there have been any of the numerous sensational per- formers which have come from the family of Todd, nor any of the large number by that other great sire Blngara, whose dam also was a daughter of Arion. The attention the blood of Arion is attracting just now is another proof of the truth of the old saying that "blood will tell" for the son of Electioneer that was the most marvelous colt trotter of his time, was also one of the best bred colts of his era and after a long period of neglect, his blood is commencing to be highly prized, especially through his daugh- ters— Horse World. WORDS OF WISDOM. Abe Martin says: "Th' ranks of th' down an' out are filled with men who nailed a hoss shoe over the door, instead of puttin' an ad in the newspaper." Abe spoke wisely, as usual. Success will not come without an effort, and advertising has proved the golden key to fortune in the experience of many a hard-pressed business man. Owners and breeders will do well to heed the homely admonition of Abe. Let the horseshoe lie where it is, and place the mer- its of the horses you wish to sell before the public in a businesslike manner. — Western Horseman. Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS M A :> FIRST WEEK AT DALLAS. Dallas (Tex.), Oct. 20. — The grand circuit stables shipped here to join the Great Western campaigners in an effort to make the Texas State Fair events something for the cowboys and cotton choppers to remember during the winter, evidently brought some of their Lexington weather with them, as rains dur- ■ ing the last two days put the track in what might have been good racing conditions in western Oregon, but which was a bit sloppy for Dallas. Up till noon racing seemed out of the question, but Secretary King at that time hung out the "three o'clock" sign, and three events were pulled off, as well as two heats in the team race. Napoleon Direct and The Assessor, the good pacers by Walter Direct 2:05%, had the edge over the 2:15 pacers and Geers made it straight heats with the former. McMahon had troubles of his own in the first heat past the half and walked in through the mud, half carrying a wrecked bike. Omar had no fancy for the sticky footing and Tommy Horn carried off the big end of the 2:06 trot, after a hard tussle with Judson Girl, while the green trot went to Dick Law by Peterwood. The two heats of the pacing team race brought out sharp contests that took well with the crowd, both heats being won in the stretch by good drives. Dallas. Tex. — line track, American rules, every heat a race, with exceptions as noted. Oct. 20 (track slow). — 2:15 pace, §2,500 (old system): Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct (Geers). 1 1 1 The Assessor, ch h by Walter Direct (McMahon) 8 2 2 Tom King, ch g, untraced (Boyle) 2 4 5 The Counterpart, hr h by Governor D. R. Fran- cis (Diffenbach) 3 6 3 George Ellerton, ro h by Kay Allerton ( Yv oods) .4 3 4 Trixie Bee, ch m by Bee Gee (Sefton) 6 5 6 Amelia Ball, ro m by Baron Banzai (Milliman). .5 7 7 William Knight, ch g bv Mr. Gus (Creasey) 7 8 8 Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:14%. 2:06 trot, 51,000: Tommy Horn, b g by Otto Wilkes — Altrene, by Athol W. (Owen) 1 1 2 Judson Girl, b m by Peter the Great — Anne Ax- worthy, by Axworthy (Cox) 2 2 1 Omar, b g by Noblesse (Floyd) 3 3 3 Tobe Woods, br h oy Prodigal (Foote) 4 4 dr Time— 2:14%, 2:12, 2:20. Green trot, $600: Dick Law. b h by Peterwood (Grubb) 1 1 7 Tempest, br g by Senator Coke (Britenfield) 7 2 1 Sam Lieper, b h by Will Stratton (J. T. Jones) .5 5 2 Para Strong, b m by Governor Strong (Foote) 2 6 5 Colchester, b g by John Kirby (D. Smith) 3 7 3 Tommy Hooper, ch g by George W. McKinnev (Sebastian) 4 3 6 Orvillia Woodford, b m by Woodford Wilkes (Bruere) 6 4 4 Helen F., br m bv Dr. Whitten (Carpenter) 8 8 8 Time— 2:21%, 2:24%, 2:23%. Oct. 21. — Over a track that was still very slow, though faster than on the opening day, Walter Cox drove two horses to victories that added to his fund for winter expenses, the five-thousand-dollar 2:14 trot going easily to Margaret Druien, w'hile Pedro L., by Dr. Douglas, had no difficulty in landing the green pace. McDonald's Liberty Boy pacer, Rastus, had an argument on hand with Society Leader, by Dick Wilkes, and was beaten all the way in the second heat in 2: 11% after having won the first in the same time. A break by Society Leader in the third made the going easier for the Rastus boy, with Shadeline for place. As was the case yesterday, the pacing team race caught the crowd's fancy, and on good grounds. Brit- enfield and Russell each had a holdover heat to his credit, and Brit took his team away from the wire like is was all over but the shouting. At the head of the stretch they looked sure winners, but Willis Foote sat down and started a drive that nipped Brit's pair at the wire, in time a bit over three seconds faster than any traveled by the double hitches the day before. Brit set sail from the wire again in the last heat and stayed in the lead all the way, though both Foote and Russell were right after him in a hot drive. Oct. 21 (track slow). — Pacing team race, §800: Minnie Chimes, b m by Council Chimes, and John D-, b g by Gamrose (Britenfield) 1 2 2 1 The Climax, blk h by Gov. D. R. Francis, and Miss Newsure, br m by Be Sure (Foote) 2 3 12 Bessie B., b m by Staronward, and Don Densmore, b h by Pactolus (Russell) 3 13 3 Time— 2:15, 2:14%, 2:13%. 2:14 trot, §5.000 (old system): Margaret Druien. b f by Peter the Great — The Huntress, by Onward Silver (Cox) 1 1 1 King Clansman, br h by The Clansman (Mc- Mahon) 2 2 3 Duchess, ro m, untraced (McDonald) 3 6 2 Eva Tanguay, b m by Aegon (Sebastian) 4 3 4 Homestake. blk g by Ozono (H. Thomas) 5 4 5 The Comet, ch g by Entertainer (Myers) 6 5 6 Time— 2:15, 2:17%, 2:13%. Green pace. §600: Pedro L., b g by Dr. Douglass (Cox) 1 1 1 Prince Togo, b h by Togo (Nelson) 2 2 2 Bessie R., blk m, breeding wanted (Milliman) . .6 3 3 George Bacchus, b h by Bacchus (Carpenter). .3 6 6 The Exchange, br c by John Kirby (Foote) o 4 4 Dan, br h by T. R. (Ralston) 4 5 5 Time— 2:19%, 2:15%, 2:17%. 2:10 pace, 51,000: Rastus. br g by Liberty Eoy — Georgia Rose, by Grant's Abdallah (McDonald) 1 2 1 Society Leader, br h by Dick Wilkes, dam by Heir-at-Law (T. Smith) 6 1 7 Shadeline. ch h by Shade On (Owen) 2 4 2 Star Brook, b g by Ashbrook (Myers) 3 7 3 Gama May, b m by Gambrel (Bates) 8 3 5 Gambrule, br h by Gambrel (Rogers) 4 5 4 Mary Malone, b m by Jack Malone (Miles) 7 6 6 Dingola, ch h by Expedition (Cox) 5 8 dr Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:14%. Oct. 22. — The first real speed of the week was un- corked today when Knight of Strathmore headed the summary in the 2:07 pace, though the time in the other events was ordinary. John D. cut out the pace in the first heat and was well in the lead for the greater part of the mile. Knight of Strathmore finally overhauling him in the stretch for an open-length win. The pair made the going in the second heat to the stretch, where the pace began telling on the son of Gamrose and both The Climax and J. W. Wilker- son passed him, the former forcing Knight of Strath- more to finish his mile faster than 2:07 to win. Royal Hall won the three-year-old trot in a nicely matched field, all three colts finishing handily. Lou Jennings won the 2:18 trot after a contest with Slip Past and Heir Reaper, keen driving in the stretch marking her winning heats. Oct. 22 (track slow).— 2:07 pace, §1.500 best 2 in 3: Knight of Strathmore, ch h by Twelfth Knight — Eleanor B., by Strathmore (Hawley) 1 1 John D., b g by Gamrose (Britenfield) 2 4 The Climax, blk h by Governor D. R. Francis (Foote)7 2 J. W. Wilkerson. br h by Walnut Boy (Simmons).. 5 3 Baron Hal, br h by Baron D (Case) 3 6 Rastus, br g by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 4 5 It Will Tell, b g by Red Tell (H. Thomas) 6 7 Hal McKinney, b h by Hal B. (Sebastian) 9 8 Dick Sentinel, b g by Iowa Sentinel (Woods) 8 9 :31% 1:04 1:34% 2:06% :31% 1:02% 1:34 " 2:06% Three-year-old trot. §500: Royal Hall, blk c by Royal Reaper — Athene, by Victorine (Fleming) 1 1 1 Brutus, b c by Alcryon (Nelson) 2 2 3 Governor V., b g by Governor D. R. Francis (Miles) 3 3 2 Time — 2:22%, 2:20%, 2:20%. 2:18 trot, $600: Lou Jennings, b m by Todd, dam by Wilkes Boy (Gorham) 1 2 1 Slip Past, b m by E. M. R Moriselle, by Morris H. (Taylor) 6 1 2 Heir Reaper, blk h by Early Reaper (Hill) 2 9 3 Mamie O. C, b m by Fair Exchange (Shively) 7 3 5 Eunice Strong, blk m by Governor Strong (Nelson) 3 5 7 Ross Wiggins, b g by Wiggins (King) 5 4 6 Governor Strong Jr., b h by Governor Strong (Guiher) 4 6 8 Caroline, b m by John B. Donovan (J. B. Jones)9 7 4 George Alberta, blk h by Council Croft (Rogers) 8 8 dr Governor Halford, ch h by Governor D. R. Fran- cis (Foote) 10 dr Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%. Oct. 23. — Over a track that was more to his liking than that of the opening day, Omar was in all his old-time form and turned the tables handily on Tom- my Horn and Judson Girl, though beaten the first heat. He was closing fast at the wire the first time out, and in the succeeding heats never left much chance for argument. McDonald's three-year-old pacer Squantum had a gift in the colt pace as there was nothing in it approaching his quality. Ten starters came out for the 2:17 pace and three heat- winners developed. Allator won the first heat with Floretta Hawk a close but easy second, and the next heat went to the Hawk mare in a driving finish with Gratteline. The fast going produced trouble in Floretta's air pump and she was drawn, Sebastian grabbing the final heat with Polly M., leaving Allator to head the summary and take the win-race mark. Oct. 23 (track good).— 2:08 trot, $1,500, best 2 in 3: Omar, b g by Noblesse — Coosawattee Belle, by King Nutwood (Floyd) 2 1 1 Tommy Horn, b g by Otto Wilkes — Artrene, by Athol W. (Owen) 1 3 3 Judson Girl, b m by Peter the Great (Cox) 3 2 2 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Britenfield) 4 4 4 :33% 1:07% 1:38 2:09% :33% 1:06% 1:37 2:08% :35 1:12 1:45 2:16% 2:17 pace, §600: Allator, br h by Installator (Stone) 1 3 2 Polly M.. br m, breeding wanted (Sebastian). . .7 4 1 Floretta Hawk, br m by The Night Hawk (Case)2 1 dr Gratteline. b m by Gratt (Morgan) 3 2 3 Garrity, b h by The Mediator (Hildreth) 4 5 5 Daisy Grattan, ch m by Joe Grattan (Guiher).. 6 6 4 Princess Patchen, ch m by Porto Rico Jr. (Allen)5 9 6 Paubne Kirby, b m by Joe Kirby (Diffenbach). . .8 7 dr Gypsy Smith, ch h by Governor D. R. Francis (Propes) 9 8 dr Baron Wizard, b h by Baron Posey (Russell). -ds Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:13%. Three-year-old pace. §500: Squantum. b g by Squanto — May Day Medium, by Happy Medium (McDonald) 1 1 1 Sir Selby, b c by The Searcher (Meyers) 2 2 2 Tiberas, b c by Prince Hiatt (Hunter) 3 4 3 Kittrell Brooks, b c by Stineland (Carpenter) . .4 3 4 Time— 2:16%, 2:19%, 2:16%. To beat 2:15%, pacing: James Hanley, b h by Prodigal — Baroness Han- ley, by Baron Wilkes (Brennan) 2:15% Oct. 24. — Over the best track of the week, the best racing developed today, split heats and good contests marking each event. May Advice had the punch for the first heat of the 2:24 trot and pulled it down in 2: IS1/*, but the pace was more than she could carry and she was on the wrong side of the flagman when he dropped the bunting in the second heat. Cox drove Fair Virginia to the front in the second heat, but John Mack annexed the next three with the daughter of Zombro right at his heels all the time. Review Tell, Tempest, and Para Strong each head- ed the field at the wire in the different heats of the 2:30 trot, but Review Tell had the final score and headed the summary. Earl Jr. and Don Densmore fought out each heat in the free-for-all pace, the Pactolus horse footing the first mile in the merry time of 2:04%. The vet- eran gray gelding outheld him a bit in the last two heats, but the Don had something to say every time he hit the stretch and made a good contest. Oct. 24 (track good).— 2:24 trot, §2,500 (old system): John Mack, b g by Geo. A. Fuller (Mc- Quitty) 5 2 111 Fair Virginia, blk m by Zombro — Fricka. by Bingen (Cox) 2 1 2 2 2 Baron Bates, br b by Baron Wilkes Jr. (J. B. Chandler) 6 6 3 3 3 Caroline, b m by John B. Donovan (J. B. Jones) 4 3 4 5 4 Guy Nella, b m by Guy Axworthy (Geers)... 7 5 5 4 5 Miss Densmore, b m by Vyzant (McLaugh- lin) 3 4 ds May Advice, b m by Straight Advice — Lady Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:17. 2:30 trot, §600: Review Tell, br h by Baron Review (Grubb) . . 1 3 Tempest, br g by Senator Coke (Britenfield) 7 1 Para Strong, b m by Governor Strong (Foote).. 10 9 Baron Todd, br h by Todd (McDonald) 2 5 Mamie O. C. br m by Fair Exchange (Shively)3 2 Tarra Lee, b m by Sorrento Todd (Graves) 8 4 Ham Lieper. b h by Will Stratton (J. T. Jones)4 6 Orvillia Woodford, b m by Woodford Wilkes (Bruere) 6 7 Helen F.. br m by Dr. Whitten (Carpenter) ds Fred Genash, b g by Silver Zola (Hodges) ds Time— 2:16%, 2:14%, 2:16%. Free-for-all pace, §1.000: Earl Jr., g g by The Earl (Cox) 2 1 Don Densmore. b h by Pactolus (Russell) 1 2 Minnie Chimes, b m by Council Chimes (McVey)3 3 Margot Hal, b m by Argot Hal (McDonald) 5 5 King Couchman, br g by Atlantic King (Mc- Mahon) 4 4 Our Colonel, b h by Colonel Cochran (Childs)..7 6 John D., b g by Gamrose (Britenfield) 6 dr Time— 2:04%, 2:06%, 2:n6%. O THE 2:10 TRAINERS. In the table prepared by the Horse World appear- ing below, forty-one trainers figure "among those present" when the seventy or more new 2:10 trotters went to their records. "Raymond's" figures give Lon McDonald seven and W. G. Durfee six of the new members of the family, but the Durfee list fails to include Rags 2:09%, so that the honors are even for "head of the class." "Chances is" that one or the other will slip over another one before going into winter quarters, and our money, naturally, is on W. G., as there are one or two in that young gentle- man's stable that have the speed and readiness to drop a mile or so in 2:10 to accommodate their mas- ter in the deciding of a tie. The Horse World's in- teresting table, with the addition noted, is as follows: Lon McDonald — McCIoskey 2:06%; Ortolan Ax- worthy (3) 2:07%; Duchess 2:08%; Airdale (3) 2:09; Laramie Lad 2:09%; Ames Albingen 2:09%; Adbell M. (3) 2:09%. W. G. Durfee— Honey Healey 2:08%; Bertha Poin- ter 2:08%; Esperanza 2:09; Alarich 2:09; F. S. Whit- ney 2:09%; Virginia Barnette (3) 2:10; Rags 2:09%. W. J. Andrews — Lee Axworthy (3) 2:08; Harrv J. S. 2:08%; Hazel Laing 2:08%; Arlettre 2:09%; Hon- eymoon 2:09%. Thos. W. Murphy — Brighton B. 2:05%; Lassie Mc- Gregor 2:06%; Mirthful 2:06%; The Temptress 2:08%. W. J. Cox — Margaret Druien (4) 2:05%; Peter Scott 2:07%; Fair Virginia 2 : 07 % ; Native Spirit (2) 2:09%. Charles DeRyder — Bertha Carey 2:08%; Irving Heart 2:09% Miss Perfection (3) 2:09%. J. O. Gerrity— Belwin (4) 2:06%; Sienna 2:06%"; Dublin Lady 2:09%. Vance Nuckols — Andral 2:07%; Peter Pearl 2:09%; Peter Billiken 2:09%. John Dickerson — Bonnington (4) 2:06%; Lord Brussels (3) 2:09%. S. J. Fleming— Trampright (3) 2:09%; Fid Davis 2:10. E. F. Geers— The Guide 2:07; Guy Nella 2:07%. Everett Osborne— Palmer DeForest 2:08%; Tom- my DeForest 2:09%. L. B. Daniels — Dean Swift 2:08. J. L. Dodge— Silk Hat 2:09. Henry Hawkins — Forest King 2:09%: James Healey — Mary Warren 2:09%. G. A. Holmes— Mightellion 2:09%. Henry Horine — Country Tramp 2:09%. Ramey Macey — Electric Patch (3) 2:09%. J. O. McAlister— Miss Rilda (4) 2:08%. Mike McDevitt — Linda Wrona 2:05%. Jos. McLaughlin — Princess Welcome 2:07%. Dick McMahon — King Clansman 2:06%. Roy Miller — Lady Elmhurst 2:10. 0. H. Myers— The Comet 2:09%. F. M. Pearse — Exall 2:09%. A. C. Ruthven — Miss Johnson 2:08%. Chas. Senescall — Sunshine 2:09%. Jos. Serrill — The Zombro Belle 2:09%. James Snell— Lucile Bingen (3) 2:08%. W. L. Snow — Lucile Spier (3) 2:07%. Douglas Thomas— Wayside 2:09%. Henry Thomas — Homestake 2:08%. 1. R. Thompson— Isaac R. T. 2:10. Henry Travnor — Rova McKinney (3) 2:09%. J. H. Tucker— Bondella (2) 2:10. John Wall — Grattan Boy 2:09^. Weaver — Allie Bingen 2:09%. Ed Willis— Host Peter (3) 2:10. R. W. Wright— Signal Bov 2:09%. W. Zibbell— Baby Doll 2:09%. Up at his barn just outside of the fair grounds at Stockton John Rowen, one of the veterans of "the game" on the Pacific Coast, has a most interesting family of trotters of his own raising. Modesto, his matron, is a middle aged bay mare of nice conforma- tion, good breeding qualities, and most pleasing blood lines, being by Mendocino 2:19% and out of Clarion 2:25%, the producing daughter of Ansel 2:20: second dam Consolation, a great brood mare by Dictator, and so on for several successive generations of pro- ducing dams. Three of her produce have been sold by Mr. Rowen for some three thousand dollars, and there are at present in his stable three full brothe-' and sisters, by Mechanic, that are all trotters c. promise, the two-year-old filly being Mr. Rowen's favorite. She is exceptionally nice in color, con- formation and disposition, and is doing good work in harness. Modesto at present is suckling a four- months-old filly ibal by The Bondsman and was bred back to the same great sire. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7, 1914. 1 NOTES AND NEWS 1 e The bell rings at Phoenix Monday. Squanturn had a snap in the three-year-old class at Dallas. <8> «> <8> Etawah 2:0314 may be given a time record at Memphis shortly. •$><$> Willis Parker, with no horses on hand to bother him, is taking things easy at Stockton. Billy Best will probably winter at Fresno with Mabel Van and a few others. <5> John A. McKerron 2:04% got a new 2:10 trotter at the Lexington record meeting in Honeymoon 2:09%. <$• Dudie Archdale 2:03% will probably be among the little band o£ picked mares to be bred to Etawah 2:03% next spring. ^ «. <$> The Detroit Driving Club is in line for congratu- lations concerning its selection of a presiding judge for 1915 in the person of R. S. Strader of Lexington. «><8> Dick Wilson is back in his old stamping grounds in Indiana and will train a public stable, locating at the fair grounds at Indianapolis early in the spring. ^ <& <$ Margaret Druien added the $5000 trot for the 2:14 class at Dallas to her string of victories, winning with ease over a very slow track. <8> Rain started in at Dallas in approved Oregon- Lexington style but the Texans wouldn't stand for it and J. Pluvius beat a retreat. <8><8> Omar didn't take kindly to the mud at Dallas on the opening day but came alive later in the week when the footing had improved to suit him. <8><5> Quite a bunch of San Francisco horsemen left yes- terday and today for Phoenix to cheer the California horses in their contests with the eastern cracks. Strathdon by Strathway, that won several cups and other prizes for George Allen at the Stadium this summer, is back in Farmer Bunch's stable at Stock- ton. Grecian army officers landed in Galveston last week and departed at once for Oklahoma, ostensibly to purchase some three thousand horses for their government. Dr. A. W. Bell, well known to horsemen campaign- ing in the northwest owing to his long service as manager of the Winnipeg exposition, died recently at his home in that city. Newport 2:14%, now getting along in age but still there with the goods for an occasional matinee or "guideless wonder" exhibition, is getting his three squares a day in Charley Fagin's hands at Stockton. ■$■<$><»> With snow already making its appearance over the northern portion of the central west and east it would seem that this is one winter when the "coal stove circuits" in those sections will be well pat- ronized. <$> Walter Cox, with somewhere in the neighborhood of $65,000 in winnings to his credit, is the nearest contender to Tommy Murphy in amounts won during the season. This is the "open season" for horse sales down east and the big rings will soon be in full blast. Chicago sets things going next week, with Washing- ton Court House coming along Nov. 18, and the event of the fall in New York on Nov. 22. «> <5> <8> Frank Groom of Stockton, owner of Dexter Derby 2:17%, is educating a very promising three-year-old trotting filly by that son of Chas. Derby and Lenna A. by Dexter Prince. There are a number of good young ones around Stockton bv the same horse. <8> «> According to the Canadian Sportsman the trotter Grattan Boy 2 : 09 '4 did not go out of Canadian hands at the time of his recent sale, the new owner being Thomas Bell of Winnipeg. The Boy is in Geer's stable and is expected on the coast in 1915. A recent report from the central states is to the effect that agents of the European allied powers are purchasing heavily of horse flesh, paying a uniform price of $270 for such animals as meet with their requirements. <3><8> One of the most consistent performances of the opening week at Dallas was that of Fair Virginia, the daughter of Zombro and Fricka by Bingen, owned by Secretary Knight of the American Trotting As- sociation and driven by Walter Cox. Starting in a field of seven in the 2:24 trot she finished 2-1-2-2-2 to Miy Advice and John Mack, the race going to the Inter with Fair Virginia winning second money. Uhlan added to his list of brilliant performances Sunday at Richmond, Virginia, when he carried Mr. Billings an eighth to saddle in :13, his former time for that distance being half a second slower. The weight carried was 192% pounds and the record will probably stand for some time. «■ <8> <8> Charley Clark has in his stable at Fresno another trotter that is a candidate for honors next season, Miss Macklie, a full sister to Pavana, both owned by M. L. Woy. The mare has done 2:12 in her work, and Fresnoites are hoping great things of her for 1915. Wm. P. McCord, one of California's veteran stock- men, died Friday night at the home of his son, D. H. McCord, in Alameda, aged S3 years. Mr. McCord had been a resident of California for 63 years and until a very short time ago was active manager of his extensive holdings near Hanford. <8> «> Ed Christenson of Byron Springs has recently sent the three-year-old bay gelding by Guido and out of a daughter of Charles Derby to Farmer Bunch at Stockton for development. The youngster is just now nicely broken, but is a good individual and has an encouraging way of going at the pace. <8><8> Cox "put over" Earl Jr. in the free-for-all pace at Dallas after dropping the first heat to Don Densmore in 2:04%. The gray horse has some wonderful stuff in him, as he broke into the game in 1908 with a three-year-old record of 2:10%, and has been a free- for-aller — and a good one — practically ever since. August Belmont has sold his fleet racer Flitaway, to be delivered at the close of the Laurel meeting this week, to Southern parties who are getting to- gether a stable to be raced at Havana', Cuba, where arrangements are being made for an all-winter racing season. Grass beef hit the high water mark at Chicago last week when a forty-car consignment of range steers totalling 736 head brought a total of $81,000, an average of a trifle over $110 per head. The big boys came from the Heinrich ranges in Montana and the tops weighed 1572 pounds and brought $10 per hun- dredweight. <$><8> Stockmen all over the country are getting in shape for the great shows of the winter, following the windup of the big fairs. The American Royal is billed for Nov. 16-21 at Kansas City, unfortunately conflicting with the Arkansas State Fair; the Inter- national claims the dates of Nov. 28-Dec. 5 at Chica- go, and Portland will be the scene of the Pacific In- ternational from Dec. 7 to Dec. 12. C. A. Harrison recently purchased of Charley Mar- ley of Woodland the two-year-old filly Maud Bond, and no sooner came into possession of the lass than he disposed of her to William Miller of Seattle. Maud Bond is by The Bondsman, out of Nusta by Nushagak, second dam Anselois by Prince Ansel, and is paid up in Pacific Breeders Stake Number 12. She is a most promising young lady, and goes to the stable of Trainer J. R. Stetson at Salem. D. W. Wallis, whose extensive responsibilities as superintendent of the widely spread interests of Miller & Lux do not prevent him from racing a string of horses on the California circuits, returned recently from a trip to the company's northern ranges. Asked concerning the local war horse market he said his people had been approached on the matter but so far had made no sales, for two very good reasons: One that the Miller & Lux remudas are in active service on the fall range work, and the other that Mr. Wallis expects future demand to be much stronger and fu- ture prices correspondingly higher. Contrary to original plans, Sutherland & Chad- bourne will probably winter Zorene 2:10% at Pleas- anton and fit her for next season. P. J. Chalmers, her owner, has business interests in Canada that will demand his personal attention there next summer, and at present he is in the notion of taking the mare up where he can see her race, provided, of course, that the European war does not disrupt the custom- ary Canadian circuit. Zorene has had but one race on a two-lap track, but she won that handily and took very kindly to the short turns, as she is just a nice size for taking care of herself on them, and at Pleasanton could have the advantage of taking all her work on the small oval. «• Trainer W. H. Williams at Stockton has Irvin B., the full brother to Vernon McKinney 2:01%, belong- ing to G. L. Baker of Modesto, going into winter quarters in nice shape and looking like a good five- year-old for 1915. The four-year-old Jim Ray by Nearest McKinney out of Much Better 2:07% has been pacing nicely around close to 2:12, and the trotter Sidonis by St. Nicholas out of a daughter of Nutwood Wilkes is working in a bit faster notch. The pet of the stable is Hazel L„ a yearling filly by Guy McKinney out of Brilliant Shine (dam of Bril- liant Girl 2:08%) by Charles Derby. The little lady is growing "like a house afire" and is going to mature into a very rugged mare. Growth hasn't interfered with her education, however, and she takes her work like she enjoyed it thoroughly. Horsemen witnessing the performance of Ilo Tolus at Riverside were so impressed with the ease in which she went the long route in 2:09 and the short distance in 1:02%, and so confident that under the right kind of conditions the mare is good for a much faster performance, that the near future will probably see a program arranged for a day's sport at River- side when the mare will again go over the track there for the two-lap record of 2:07, made in 1907 by Sweet Marie. No trotting mare in sight has a better right to turn the trick. «> <$> <3> The rains at Lexington prevented the customary "tin cupping" of a number of youngsters, and on Saturday, Oct. 22, the record meeting was pulled off. Eighteen horses of various ages were put in the list, the 2:10 circle getting four additions. Honeymoon 2:09% by John A. McKerron — Rosa L. by Elyria, Wayside 2:09% by Rythmic — dam by Alcatraz, and Bondella 2:10 by Walnut Hall — Bondalin by The Bondsman represent the trotters, while Blueline 2:08% by Pearline— Carrie Belle by Hill Boy took his record at the pace. Bondella is only a two-year- old and is the second trotter for her dam. «> •$>«■ While local horsemen are interested in the whole program at Phoenix, interest centers on the 2:07 pace, with the Golden State represented by such sure starters as Zulu Belle, Dick W., White Sox, Teddy Bear, Hemet and Hal McKinney. All have been working and racing right up to form, and when they tangle with some of the top notchers from other sec- tions there ought to be some fireworks touched off. Given the customary Phoenix weather and track the winner of the 2:07 pace ought to go into winter quar- ters with a mark right around 2:04. «> <8> A. T. Jackson, the Stockton "hominy king," finds time yet to develop a few young ones out of the mare California by Serio, a son of Sable Wilkes. The Icicle, a three-year-old trotter by The Iceman 2:10, won a good matinee this season, a couple of fillies by McAdrian and Royal McKinney are as nice as can be asked for, and the eldest of the brood, a four-year-old daughter of Gen. Frisbie, demonstrates the extremely useful qualities of the standard bred trotter by taking the hominy wagon over the route in record time. One of the popular events at the Texas State Fair at Dallas was the $800 purse for pacing teams, with three entries — Britenfield with Minnie Chimes by Council Chimes, and John D. by Gamrose; Russell with The Climax by Gov. D. R. Francis, and Miss Newsure by Be Sure, and Willis Foote with Bessie B. by Star Onward, and Don Densmore by Pactolus. The boys raced two days in the event, with every- body riding in front at the wire at some time or another, the race finally going to the Britenfield pair. The finishes were hot and brought the crowd to their feet every time. ♦ * ♦ One of the best pacing prospects at Los Angeles is the five-year-old brown horse King Lilly Pointer in the stable of Wm. H. Nesmith & Sons. Earlier in the summer and on short work he showed inclin- ation and ability to pace fast, and in recent work has stepped halves in 1:03% and miles around the 2:10 mark with such ease that Mr. Nesmith is confident that he can drop him into the "charmed circle" al- most any day. The boy is bred to go the route, by Star Pointer 1:59% and out of Lilly S. by Direct 2:05%, second dam the great old race mare Lilly Stanley 2:17% by Whippleton. «><8> J. N. Jones of Leata J. 2:03 fame has in his stable at Stockton a mighty promising trotter by Derby Mac (son of McKinney and Derby Princess by Charles Derby). The lad, who answers to the name of Bill Jones, is a rugged five-year-old gelding out of a mare by a son of Whipple's Hambletonian, and has been working miles around 2:13, with quarters in :31% and eighths in :14. He "picks it up like a pacer" and looks to be a good one in the making. Leata J. goes into winter quarters sound and husky and ought to give her owner some pretty fast miles next season in the 2:04 classes. I am so impressed with the picture, pedigree and history of Nutwood Wilkes that I propose to make a special trip to Spruce Lawn Farm, owned by Mr. John H. Wilson, of Springfield, Ohio, to give this stallion the "once over." Think of it, up to 1913 the only stallion living or dead that has sired a 2:02 pacer and a 2:05 trotter. Up to last year the only stallion living who has sired three 2:05 performers, whose sons and daughters have both produced 2:05 performers. Isn't it worth a trip to Springfield to see this champion sire of such extreme speed at both gaits? — W. E. Godfrey, American Sportsman. Owing to the fact that foreign entries have always been a great feature of the New York horse show and that such entries would perforce be "noticeable by their absence" this season the usual show was abandoned some time ago. So much discontent was aroused among horsemen and fanciers of show classes that a movement was inaugurated to provide for the show as usual, with the result that the Amer- ican Horse Show Association will conduct the event Dec. 7 to 12 at Madison Square Garden for the ben- efit of the Red Cross and White Cross. Under these conditions the show is assured of enthusiastic sup- port. Saturday, November^, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN James Butler's Last Coin won the Maryland handi- cap last Thursday, with his stable mate High Noon second. The tall meeting tor the runners at Pimlico opened Monday to run until the twelfth of the month. Juarez catches the big stables beginning on Thanksgiving day, and New Orleans will be back in the fold for forty days' racing at the old fair ground track com- mencing January first. John McClintock, writing a few days ago from Los Angeles, mentions that he is feeling rather better, seems to be taking things cheerfully and plans to remain for some time longer in the south. There is a most general expression of interest in Mr. Mc- Clintock's condition and of the hope that he may soon be restored to his normal health— Pacific Horse Review. Mike Madden at Stockton is training two good prospects for Frank Cobb, manager of Hale Brothers' branch store in that city. One is a three-year-old pacing mare by Bon Voyage 2:08 that is working nicely around 2:15 and the other is a four-year-old trotting gelding by Mechanic, son of McKinney, that so far has been asked to go only around 2:25 and does that without effort. They are excellently bred on the maternal side, being out of Novel by Altivo 2-18% brother to Palto Alto 2:08%; second dam Novelist 2:27 by Norval 2:14%; third dam Elsie by General Benton; fourth dam Elaine 2:20 by Messen- ger Duroc, etc. "Farmer" Bunch has two Dexter Derby 2:1714 youngsters in his care at Stockton that look to be as good trotting prospects as anybody's— better than a <*ood many. The one that has attracted the most attention is Ed Lavin's fourteen-months-old filly out of Daisy S., trial 2:12, by Moses S. 2:19%. She is a racy looking little trick, a nice chestnut m color, has trotted halves in 1:12 and several quarters in -34% to :40, and is a very natural, clean going trot- ter wearing nothing but a light pair of light shin boots behind. The other is the three-year-old gelding Dredger Boy, out of a mare by Guy McKinney, owned by Fred Rice and Art Wardrobe of Comanche. Bunch has had this lad but a short time, but he is coming to the trot very fast and very naturally and has shown quarters in :35 with all ease. Jack Barrymore, the son of McDonald Chief, whose sweep of the saddle horse show rings in the country east of the mountains this season has stamped him as the American champion in his class, is attracting a great deal o£ attention at Stockton where he is quartered for the time at the fair grounds in charge of Fred Kelly. The writer was a bit surprised to find him a dapple gray in color, and he is smaller than many of his family, but when he gets going you forget everything save that here is the greatest sad- dler you ever looked at. His gait and carriage are wonderful and he puts a world of power and vim into his work while behaving irreproachably. California owes thanks to Mr. Thornbury for bringing him here Incidentally, the gentleman in question is at present in Missouri getting together the nucleus of what will probably be the greatest aggregation of gaited sad- dlers on the coast, and his return is awaited with a great deal of interest. Will DeRyder engaged stable room at Pleasanton for the winter and this week moved up to theMac- Kenzie plant with the two good matinee pacers Mabel Dillon and Dicto, the property of Ben Cohn and George Lowry, respectively. The education begun at the Stadium will be continued through the winter and both owners and trainer are confident that each of the pair will show something of a convincing nature. Cohn bought Mabel Dillon, a daughter of Sidney Dillon, early in the season for seventy-five bucks and has more than had his money back in fun at the park track, and her miles in 2:11 and 2-10% at her last start mark her as a pretty classy green mare. Dicto, by Dictatus Medium and out of Letter B Jr. (dam of Cresto 2:12%) by Benton Boy, hasn't the Dillon mare's ease of getting over ground but has "come" steadily and gave evidence of some pretty good quality in his race with Teddy Bear and Zulu Belle when he stepped his mile m the second heat in 2:08%. John W Considine, proprietor of the Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal., was in Portland Thurs- day and mentioned that he had arranged with the Kentucky trainer, Hunter C. Moody, to take back seven of the get of the farm sire, Prince Ansel 2:20% to develop. These youngsters are of the crop of 1914 and will be shipped soon after the first of the year. Prince Ansel shines as a sire of colt performers as well as of mature speed and Mr. Moody is regarded as one of the best colt trainers in the game. The Woodland Stock Farm stables have been well to the front this year and Clara Mac (p) 2:04%, Arhe De- monio (p) 2:07%, have had the class in many starts Robert Bingen (P) 2:11%, St. Patrick 2:11% and Fiesta Maid 2:11% have also done well for the farm. Woodland Stock Farm is the leading coast breeding establishment now for the harness horse and every one interested in the horse holds the thought of suc- cess for the farm efforts.— Pacific Horse Review. REVIEW OF THE GRAND CIRCUIT. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The forty-second annual Grand Circuit is over and the time has come to review the season's perform- ances. In many respects we have seen the greatest year's racing in the history of fthe turf. An indica- tion of the truth of this statement is the large num- ber of new world's records that have been estab- lished, viz.: Trotting. Four-year-old Etawah 2:03% Three-year-old Peter Volo 2:03% Two-year-old gelding Henry Todd 2:11% New performer, gelding McCloskey 2:06% Fourth heat Etawah 2:04% Tied by Tommy Horn 2:04% Fifth heat Maymack 2 : 06% Three-heat race Etawah 6:10% Three-heat race, mare Rhythmell 6:15% Four-heat race Etawah 8:20% Seven-heat race Tommy Horn 14:51 Seven-heat race, mare Lassie McGregor 15:01% Pacing. In race Directum I 1:58 Gelding Frank Bogash Jr. 1:59% Four-year-old William 2 : 00 Four-year-old, gelding R. H. Brett 2:03% Four-year-old, mare Stellar Advice 2 : 05 % Three-year-old Anna Bradford 2:00% Two-year-old, gelding Richman 2:09% Yearling filly Rose McGhee 2:19% New performer, mare Anna Bradford 2:00% New performer, gelding R. H. Brett 2:03% First heat Directum I 1:58 Second heat Frank Bogash Jr. 1:59% Second heat, stallion William 2:00 Tied by Directum I 2:00 Third heat Directum I 1:59% Sixth heat i R. H. Brett 2:03% Seventh heat R. H. Brett 2:05% Two-heat race Directum I 3:58 Three-heat race (straight heats) William 6:03 Three-heat race (divided heats) . .Directum I 6:02% Six-heat race R. H. Brett 12:22% From this it will be seen that more pacing records were lowered than trotting. This was due to the per- formances of the great trio, Directum I 1:58, Frank Bogash Jr. 1:59% and William 2:00. The average time of the 408 heats trotted on the Grand Circuit of 1914 was 2:09% (as against 2:10% last year), and yet it is only thirty years ago that the first heat in 2:09% was trotted by Maud S. The average of the 353 heats paced on the Grand Circuit this year was 2:06% (as against 2:08 last year). It has likewise been only an even thirty years since Johnston paced in 2:06%. Will the next thirty years see the same progress? If so, the Grand Circuit average of 1944 will be 1:58! The total average for the 761 heats at both gaits in 1914 was 2:08% (as against 2:09 last year). The meeting with the fastest average to its credit was Syracuse, 2:06 2-3. Of the 408 heats trotted, 15 were in 2:05 or better, 111 in 2:08 or better and 235 in 2:10 or better. Of the 353 heats paced, 91 were in 2:05 or better, 255 in 2:08 or better, 312 in 2:10 or better. Only 41 heats were paced on this year's Grand Circuit slower than 2:10. There were 213 races on this year's big ring. The trotting starters totaled 710, pacers 604; total, 1,314. This does not represent the number of different horses, however, started in more than one race. The total money raced for was $448,235. The leading money-winning driver is Thomas W. Murphy, with $90,931 to his credit. Adding to this the money distributed in the Lexington stakes, which could not be decided on account of rain, and money won by his horses driven by others, his winnings for the year exceed $100,000 — a showing unexcelled by any reinsman. Murphy's showing is a third greater than ever made by any other driver and it is the sixth consecutive season he has stood at the top. Walter R. Cox is second, with $64,613; then comes Ed F. Geers, $40,490; Alonzo McDonald, $33,402; Dick Mc- Mahon, $25,420, etc. The leading sire is Peter the Great, the winnings of whose get reach the unprecedented total of $98,155, or more than the next eight sires combined. Jay McGregor is second, with $20,750; Atlantic King third, with $13,750, etc. The busiest driver of the year was Murphy, with 144 starts; then comes Cox, with 127, and Geers, with 82. As regards number of races won. Murphy leads with 42, Geers follows with 24, and Cox with 20. The number of different drivers seen on the Grand Amer- ican Circuit this year was 163. Of this number only 40 won races, while 55 were entirely outside the money. The most successful trotter, with regard to num- ber of races won, was Margaret Druien, with 7 to her credit. Etawah comes next with 6, while Star Win- ter, Lassie McGregor and Peter "Volo are tied with 5 each. In like manner the most successful pacer was Peter Stevens, who won 9 races. R. H. Brett and Frank Bogash Jr. are tied with 8, while Napoleon Direct won 6. The leading money-winning trotter was Peter Volo, with $33,609 to his credit. This is the first time a three-year-old has been at the head of a Grand Cir- cuit table. But for the clash in dates between the Matron Stake and Western Horseman futurity Peter Volo would doubtless have beaten the high-water mark of Baden, who won $35,775 in 1912. Second to Peter Volo is Margaret Druien, with $22,200; Lassie McGregor, with $19,250; Sienna, with $12,750, and McCloskey (who never won a race), with $10,000. Only 160 trotters won money on this year's Grand Circuit; only 98 won $500 or more, and only 63 won $1,000 or more. The pacers were rather evenly matched and the money was well distributed. The four leaders were: King Couchman, $13,750; Peter Stevens, $10,750; Napoleon Direct, $10,750, and Frank Bogash Jr., $9,220. There was a total of 119 pacers in the money, 60 earned $500 or more and 38 won $1,000 or more. — Horseman. CONTAGIOUS APHTHA APPEARS IN CENTRAL STATES. Contagious aphtha, more familiarly known to stockmen as the hoof and mouth disease, has broken out in the central regions of the United States, its initial appearance having been made in counties bordering upon the Indiana-Michigan line. Rigid quarantine of the affected districts was established some days ago and the work of exterminating infect- ed herds is under way, the state and federal govern- ments giving assurance of reimbursement to stock- owners whose herds will be wiped out. The quarantine area has been extended to include all areas in several states where an outbreak might occur owing to the continual shipments of feeder and dairy cattle, and the central shipping points are under rigid observation. Chicago and Cleveland stock yards are the largest markets affected to date, and under the existing quarantine no cattle, sheep or swine may be shipped in interstate or foreign commerce save for immediate slaughter, and such shipments must be inspected and passed by federal authorities, and cars sealed and placarded. This is the third outbreak of this highly contag- ious disease in the United States, and it is deter- mined to confine its ravages regardless of immediate cost. It breaks out at intervals in Europe, and dur- ing the past few years has cost Argentine and other South American breeders enormous sums. Over a hundred men are in the federal service combatiing its spread in Illinois. Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, in addition to an army of state and county special employees. Dr. H. J. Hammond, inspector in charge of the Sacramento branch of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, has sent two members of his force to aid in the fight. o CALIFORNIA CATTLEMEN ORGANIZE. An important addition to the number of organiza- tions that are devoting their time and energies to the forwarding of California's widely varied industries was made recently when a representative body of cattle growers met at the Palace Hotel and effected the organization of the California Cattlemen's Protec- tive Association, whose purpose is obvious. The following officers were chosen: President, H. W. Lynch, Lynch, Cal.; first vice- president, Fred H. Buxby, Long Beach, Cal.; second vice-president, E. W. Howard, San Francisco; third vice-president, T. A. Trescony, San Lucas, Cal.; treasurer, Ed de L. Cebrian, San Francisco. The following Board of Directors was appointed by the chair: C. N. Hawkins, Hollister; G. D. Bliss, Merced; John S. Bryan, Hollister; H. A. Jastro, Bakersfield; Henry Ayers, San Jose; Howard Jack, San Luis Obispo; Pat Connelly, Livermore; N. Moffatt, San Francisco; G. A. Clough, San Francisco; D. B. Wood, Woodland; R. C. Jacks, Monterey; J. E. Breen, Metz; J. Churchill, Yreka; R. E. Easton, Santa Maria; J. B. Curtin, Sonora. The office of secretary not having been filled, F. J. Sinclair of the Butchers and Stockgrowers Journal, is acting temporarily in that capacity. CRACK RACE HORSE KILLED. Paris, October 31, 3:15 A. M. — It is announced that James Hennessy's chestnut horse, Lord Loris, which had captured many prize turf events and brought its owner a fortune in purses, was killed while serving at the front as an officer's mount. The horse had been ridden by the jockey Alec Carter, who was recently killed in action while serving as a captain of the French Dragoons. The army, in requisitioning the horse, paid his owner 4,000 francs ($800). Lord Loris' most recent turf achievement was the winning of the grand steeplechase de Paris, valued at $30,000, at the Auteuil course on June 21st last. o OLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPION DEAD. Kingwood, once celebrated trotting champion of New York Speedway, died at Poughkeepsie last week at the age of 28 years. He had a record of 2:17%, made at Philadelphia but frequently surpassed that mark in contests with such Speedway cracks as Cob- web, Glenmere Boy, Swift, Little Helen, David B., Queen Wilkes, Comet. Edna D., Ed Locke, and Chance. His owner, George A. Coleman, built a palatial stable for him near Poughkeepsie. o MONTANA STATE FAIR GROWING FAST. The premiums paid to exhibitors at the recent Montana State Fair at Helena totalled in value $23,000. The total cash awards paid by the state amounted to $16,170.67, and the total paid by asso- ciations was $6,371. This year's entries numbered 13,000, as against 9,323 last year, and were double those of 1912. Cash premiums paid by the state last year totalled only $14,310.04. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7, 1914. CURLS NECK FARM NOT ON THE MARKET. WAR HORSE FACTS. RICH YIELDS GROWN IN BOYS CLUB CONTESTS. Eastern journals have been full of "war and ru- mors of -war" recently in regard to Mr. Billings' fu- ture intentions as to the farm at Curls Neck. Many reports were afloat that the millionaire patron of the turf would sell the place and locate elsewhere owing to exorbitant values put upon the live stock on the place by local assessors. Men were laid off, work at a standstill, etc. President Tipton stated at Lex- ington that work under way by the men discharged had been completed, and that to his knowledge Mr. Billings had no idea of relinquishing his holdings. Probablv the fairest setting forth of all the particu- lars of "the case is that given here from the Horse Journal: G. J. Wilson, formerly of Chicago, but for twenty- one vears the confidential agent and business adviser of Mr. C. K. G. Billings, has been in charge of Curls Neck Farm since October first, when G. W. Bedell, the former manager, and his assistant, S. C. Free- man, ceased their connection with the farm, says the Evening Journal, published at Richmond, Va. ThatCurls Neck is not for sale may be stated as a positive fact. Mr. Wilson has engaged J. E. Co- lenso, of Oyster Bay. L. I., who will assume charge of the place on November first. It is Mr. Billings' intention to gradually put the whole farm in grass. Mr. Colenso will direct affairs in general about the farm, while Thad Logan will have immediate charge of the horses and continue to act as trainer. W. J. Carter and Harry C. Beattie went to Curls Neck Farm October 21st and appraised the trotting stock on the farm. The stallions, five in number, headed by The Har- vester, were first appraised. The Harvester was placed at $5,000: followed by Burning Star at §300: Wilmering, $250; Alacer, $200; Jamell. an Arab, and Bion, a Russian Orloff, at $150 each. Of these horses Wilmering has recently been presented to the United States Government and Alacer to a friend of Mr. Bil- lings in the South. The Harvester was placed at $5,000, the appraisement in Kentucky on Peter the Great, now considered the world's greatest trotting sire. The brood mares, twenty-six in number, were ap- praised at prices ranging from $50 to $1,000, the top figure being reached by Adioo Dillon and Lucille Prodigal. Lou Dillon 1:58, former holder of the trot- ting record, now quite well advanced in age and un- sound, was valued at $300. Two of her daughters were valued at even smaller figures. One mare, appraised at $50, is now eighteen years old and the dam of only one foal, and that a very inferior individual dropped last spring. This mare was presented to Mr. Billings by a friend, and is retained for sentimental reasons rather than other wise. In appraising the young stock, consisting of year- lings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds, values were placed ranging from $100 to $400 each, the latter figure for a bay colt by Peter the Great, who has faulty hocks. Other colts and fillies by such horses as Bingen, Axworthy, Guy Axworthy and other sires were valued at sums ranging around $250 as most of them, while being very promising for speed, are only in occasional demand at high prices, and then after the costly process of development and training at the hands of expert handlers. A special fad of Mr. Billings is to use trotters with fast records for saddle purposes, including Uhlan 1:58, the trotting champion; Charley Mitchell 2:04%, Lewis Forest 2: 06%, the pole mate of Uhlan; Funny Crank 2:09%, and some half dozen others. It is true that Uhlan cost his present owner $35,000, but being barred by his record as a money-winning proposition, his practical value is put at $1,500 for use as a pleasure horse by his owner. His stable mates, including the horses mentioned above, were rated at $200 each, this sum being placed on Charley Mitchell, who was purchased a couple of years back at $5,000, but his infirm leg renders him unsafe as a saddle horse and only two weeks ago he was pre- sented to Dr. Tanner, former trainer of the Billings stables. In the appraisement made by the Henrico officials The Harvester was valued at $50,000, and fifty-four brood mares and other horses appraised at a naver- age of $500 each, the whole making a total of $77,000, whereas the appraisement of Messrs. Carter and Beattie totaled $17.690— an average of about $321 a head, including The Harvester. Commissioner of the Revenue W. B. Frayser, of Henrico county, who was the appraiser of the per- sonal property at Curls Neck Farm, which was re- cently purchased by Mr. Billings, said October 21st that erroneous figures had been published as to the appraisal. He said that it had been wrongly stated that he had placed a valuation of $75,000 on the fam- ous horse The Harvester, which is in the possession of Mr. Billings at Curls Neck. He said that he had, after being unable to find Mr. Billings, gone over the place with Mr. Bedell, the manager of the farm, and on statements made to him by Mr. Bedell had placed a valuation of $77,000 on the fifty-five blooded horses which were kept at Curls Neck. In regard to the horse The Harvester, he said that Mr. Bedell had told him that the horse would bring $200,000 at auction, and that on this account he had placed a valuation of $50,000 on him. and placed only a small valuation on other valuable horses kept by Mr. Billings at Curls Neck, in order not to make the levy too large. From one of the largest horse and mule markets In America come the following facts relative to the kind of horses in demand, their inspection and esti- mated number that have been taken for export up to the present time: "There have been furnished on this market up to the present time about 7,000 horses, and quite a number have been purchased here and shipped for inspection at other points. Up to the present time this market has furnished no mules. "The English buy horses on the chunky order, 14.3 to 15.3. Their riding horses run from 14.3 to 15.2 and their gunners from 15.1 to 15.3. They require a .good, strong backed horse and the inspection is rigid. "The French take a horse that stands up more — from 15 to 16 hands high — but they require good bone and good conformation, and their inspection is also rigid. Neither commission will accept horses under 5 years old nor over 8 or 9. A great many smooth mouthed horses have been shipped to the market which have been refused, as they want good ages and do not take anything that will not give good service. "The reports that you may have heard about easy inspections we believe to be unfounded, as we have not had that experience. It is a rather difficult mat- ter for me to give you an estimate of the number of horses that have been furnished from all points In this country, and I can only make a guess at that, which would be about 30,000. "We have been informed that there has been an order let for 5,000 mules, but have seen no evidence of it, as no mules have been purchased here. "You see a great deal in the newspapers about large contracts being given out in New York for French horses, but we find upon investigation that many of these contracts are subject to delivery on board the boat in New York or in France. Such con- tracts as these we do not take, as we cannot handle any contract that does not provide for the delivery of horses at our yards." This statement of the conditions surrounding the orders for foreign war purposes is authentic, and we give it to our readers that they may know the exact facts. — Western Horseman. THE CARSON HORSES ARRIVE HOME. Winnipeg, Oct. 20. — Joe Carson and his string of trotters and pacers reached Winnipeg last week, all in the pink of condition. The Winnipeg horseman ended his season at Salem, Oregon, having to return his horses to Canada before sixty days had elapsed since crossing the line. He was, therefore, forced to cancel his entries further south and to return home for winter quarters. Barney Barnes, the head trainer for the Carson string, did not return to Winnipeg, but will spend the winter with his friends at Vancouver. The veteran western driver is not enjoying the best of health and was unable to continue the journey to Winnipeg, much to the regret of Mr. Carson and his many friends here, who annually look forward to the home- coming of Barney. Last year he was a guest of honor at the annual banquet of the Winnipeg Driving Club and it was hoped that he would be again in evidence this year. Such, however, is improbable and bis ab- sence will be responsible for many regrets. The Carson string finished its year in great shape. College Gent comes home with a tab of 2:06% and Majesta 2:11%. Strathtell was able to stay in 2:15 paces and Seneca Boy in the 2:15 trots. The records of Ella Penrose, Alberta Dillon, Lady Verton remain unchanged. The Beaver and the Badger still at the Kirkfield mile track, will again go into winter quarters here with their stable mates and with the rest of the fleet will be kept jogging all winter. — Canadian Sportsman. FROM THE WAR ZONE. Only short sighted businessmen breed mares to rood stallions and then fail to provide stake engage- ments for the resultant foal. The present war has had a devastating effect on the racing horses in England, and while it is to be deplored, it should result in a general awakening on the American turf next year. A circular letter was recently sent to owners and trainers in England who support racing under National Hunt rules asking them to state their intentions for the season. There were one hundred and seven owners who promised to enter horses on the usual scale and twenty-eight promised better entries than before. On the other hand twenty-one owners intimated that they will have to retire from the sport for the time being, while fifteen others said that their support would be accord- ed on a reduced scale. What this information prac- tically amounts to is that the assistance of about one hundred and fifty owners was promised. The huge grandstand at Epsom has been trans- formed into a convalescent home for wounded men who are well enough to leave the London hospitals. The paddock at Epsom is the site of the camp of the University and Public Schools' Corps which is in course of formation, and thousands of other troops are billeted on the townspeople down in the valley, others being "boarded out" at Ashstead and Leather- head. At Ascot the authorities have converted the big five-shilling stand into a hospital for wounded troops, and the remainder of the stands are tenanted by the wives and children of the soldiers at the front. The Newbury racecourse is occupied by German prisoners of war, and there is still talk of using Kempton for a similar purpose. — Thoroughbred Rec- ord. The "old man" on California farms has to go some these days to keep up with his son, to judge by the rich yields raised this summer in the fifty boys-club crop-growing contests conducted by the TJniversity of California, for the prize of a trip across the conti- nent. One Hanford contestant reported to the College of Agriculture a net profit of $150 on an acre of pea- nuts; a young man in Lodi and another in Hollister made $45 apiece, each on a tenth of an acre in toma- toes; a Grass Valley contestant made $36.75 on the same area in potatoes, and a Napa young farmer net- ted $59.75 on an acre of corn. The lucky winners in these University crop con- tests are now spending a month traveling across the continent and back in a special car, to see all the most typical phases of American agriculture, under the leadership of Professor B. H. Crocheron, head of the University of California's Farm Advisor work. The young experts in farming who won a trans- continental journey are as follows: (These records were made under normal field conditions and repre- sent a business basis for work; the prize went in all cases to the boy who made the largest profit, which was not necessarily the same as making the largest yield.) Raymond Beckman, Lodi, one-tenth acre of toma- toes, 6,489 pounds, $45.44 net profit; Earl Butterfield, Hollister, one-tenth acre of tomatoes. 4,446 pounds, $45.55 net profit; Bird Courtney, Gonzales, one-fourth acre of beans, 319 pounds dry wt., $12.75 net profit; Grant Correll, Watsonville, one-fourth acre of early potatoes, 31 bushels, $38.65 net profit; Oliver Eriek- son, Orland, one-eighth acre of mixed vegetables, $36.18 net profit; Harry Huffman, Chico, one-fourth acre of potatoes, 71.7 bushels, $41.17 net profit; Harry K. Holtz, Sonoma, one-fourth acre of tomatoes, 6 tons, $11.45 net profit; Everett J. Howard, Woodland, one pig, cost $12.50, sold after four months for $75; Alfred Jackson, Morgan Hill, one-fourth acre of early potatoes, 750 pounds, $20.55 net profit; Oliver Jen- kinson, Hanford, one acre of peanuts. 3,000 pounds. $150 net profit; Harold Long, Woodland, one pig, $50 net profit after four months: Harold Longe, Nevada City, one-eighth acre of potatoes, 1,950 pounds, $32.32 net profit; William H. Martin, Grass Valley, one-tenth acre of potatoes, $1,50 pounds, $36.75 net profit; Leavitt McQuesten, Santa Cruz, one-fourth acre of peas, 925 pounds, $45.15 net profit; Oscar Olsen, For- tuna, California, one-eighth acre of potatoes, 3,017 pounds, $38.45 net profit; Wilbur Purrington, Sebas- topol, one-fourth acre of potatoes, 68 1-3 bushels, $66.73 net profit; Leslie Porter, Salinas, one-fourth acre of beans, 547 pounds, $21.28 net profit; David Snyder, Esparto, one pig, net profit after four months, $38.70; Lowell Trubody, Napa, one acre of field corn, 100 bushels, $59.75 net profit; Raymond Walsh, Fort Bragg, one-fourth acre of potatoes, 2,722 pounds, $30.99 net profit. Profitable as was this work in money for the con- testants, it was most of all profitable for what they learned about better farming methods. . .The contestants will return to California November 15, after having visited San Francisco, Truckee, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Denver, Lincoln, Ne- braska; Omaha; Geneseo, Illinois; Chicago, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Cornell University, New York, Phil- adelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta, Montgom- ery, Alabama; New Orleans, Adaline, San Antonio, Los Angeles and Oakland. While in Washington they called upon President Wilson. TIME RECORDS AT POUGH KEEPSIE. At a trotting meeting held recently at the Hudson River Driving Park, in Poughkeepsie, several notable performances against time were made by young horses owned by the late General Brayton Ives, Ja- cob Ruppert, Leo Oettinger and others. Jerome McKinney, who drove for General Ives, gave a record of 2:01% to the three-year-old brown filly Alma Forbes, by J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08. Doro- thy Gay, a four-yearold by Peter the Great 2:07%, lowered her record from 2:22% to 2:11%. Baroness Chelsea, by Silent Brigade 2:10%, out of Baroness Virginia 2:08%, winner of the Kentucky Futurity, trotted to a two-year-old record of 2:25%. Hertha's First, another two-year-old by Silent Brigade, trotted to a record of 2:22, and Bertha Forbes, a two-year- old by J. Malcolm Forbes, gained a maiden record of 2:22%. All of these were from the stable of General Ives. Two three-year-olds owned by Mr. Ruppert earned new records. They were Great Guy 2:23, by Ax- worthy, and Lauretta Oakland 2:15%, by Oakland Baron 2:09%. Karsavina, a two-year-old by Peter the Great, trotted to record of 2:24%, and El Sahib, a two-year-old by Sahib, took a mark of 2:30. These were likewise owned by Mr. Ruppert. and were driven by Frank Childs. who marked the three-year-old colt Bellspring. by Moko, out of Laura BeUini 2:28, in 2:19 for Mr. Oettinger.— N. Y. Herald. Another veteran of the trotting tracks handed in his cap and numbers recently at Oklahoma City — Henry Traynor of Richmond, Ky., father of the well known horsemen Walter and Cecil Traynor. Of the many trotters handled by the elder Traynor, the fast Susie S. (3) 2:20, (4) 2:15%, one of the best a quarter of a century ago, and eventually exported, is probably most widely remembered. Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 9 1 CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. jj * ROD, GUN AND KENNEL TOXfflxaxmmxffixiKKffiXffiXffiXTO^ FIXTURES. Tournaments Registered. Nov. 7. — Williams, Ariz. Williams Gun Club, K. M. Reese, Secretary. Nov. 9, 10 and 11. — Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State tourna- ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club, W. B. Twltchell, President. Fly Casting — San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Stow lake, Golden Gate Park. Saturdays — Apr. 18, 25; May 9, 23; June 6, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10, 24; Nov. 7. Sundays — Apr. 19, 26; May 10, 24; June 7, Aug. 30, Sept. 13, 27; Oct. 11, 26; Nov. 8. Bench Shows. Nov. 5-7 — Ladies' Kennel Association of Southern Cali- fornia, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. F. M. Connor, Secretary* A. K. C. rules. Field Trials. Feb. 15, 1915 — Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's Panama- Pacific International meeting (32nd Annual Trials). Entries for all stakes close October 15. Henry L. Bet- ten, secretary, Alameda, Cal. SOUTH COAST FISHING. The September sun lay like an aureole of gold on the level bed of the Pacific; far in the distance a steamer, passing to her berth in San Diego, laid a thin ripple of gray haze across the azure sky; nearer in a five-master, laden almost to the water line with spicy pine from Oregonian hills, beat be- fore the wind to her waiting anchorage at some Re- dondo wharf. Even the gulls were idlers and where they hovered on snowy wings there was no fishing; indeed, the most of them seemed buoyed up with the very laughter of life. And amid it all we passed, too dream-enchanted even to fish for the hordes we knew peopled the depths below. So slowly ran the little engine that the launch seemed to creep. A sailboat could have made better time though the wind counted for naught. George had promised me a day with the best fish he knew — and that meant the barracuda: for of all the creatures he catches, George is most fond of this long, slender salt-water pickerel, so like and yet so unlike the fish we used to pull from the tumbling Wisconsin or the sluggish Mississippi. Before us lay the whole length and breadth of the Santa Barbara Channel, for we were pointed north by West and we had time illimitable at our disposal, and what, I pray you anglers, is fishing without time ? Time is the stuff of which ordinary mortals mold their lives; to the disciple of old Izaak it is more — it is the warp and woof of Paradise. Think you not so? Then you have never entered into the great guild of the fishermen. George has one shining characteristic; when he takes you fishing he attends to the boat and you do the fishing. Those who have been subjected to the illimitable windy advice of most hired boatmen who strive to be fishermen as well, will realize mayhap in small degree from this what a priceless treasure George is, and how we who know hold onto him. No, his real name isn't George, but he does live in San Pedro, and he is the best market fisherman (when he so desires) that ever happened. Beyond this, his shaggy head is a treasure house of knowledge of things piscatorial, though he isn't very long on Latin names and he hasn't any book learning worth mentioning. Well, we drifted and drifted and drifted, until the green waters of the inshore gave way to the brick red of the channel, that strange streak of sea I have so often mentioned in these chronicles, and still the rod rested across the gunwale, still the line lay in a disorderly pile on the thwart, and still its end was unconnected with the bone jig. Finally George laid a heavy hand on my shoulder. "Ain't you goin' to fish any?" he said, and on went the jig, long and slender and shaped so that an imag- inative mind might construe out of it some sort of semblance to a fish. Evidently the barracuda and some other fishes have imaginative minds — but this is no school for psychology. Over went the jig, the line whined out after it and the tip of the pole lay straight over the stern of the little boat. My friend — he is only a market fisherman, but he is very inch one of nature's gentlemen — went back to his engine, the launch moved forward ever so little faster, the white foam curled away from her pigmy bows, off to one side a shark's blue gray dorsal cut the water, and we were off for the fish. When perhaps one hundred feet had run out, I threw my thumb lightly down on the reel and held the jig at about that; as some slight wave struck it, the bone flashed for an instant on the surface and then plunged beneath. Of course, it carried no sinker; its place was at the surface, and there it stayed for the greater part of the time. Once a wise old gull saw its white signal for an instant and, mis- taking it for something he could eat, stooped to it through the clear air, clutching it in his beak before he discovered that it was only a sham, a delusive lure intended for the fishes and not for him. Then he dropped it and with a scream went o'ff to join his mates, whose circling squadron was growing ever less and less in our rear. Indeed, Catalina was dip- ping perceptibly, and we were drawing well away toward the northern bunch of islands. And so far there had been nothing doing; the barracuda either were not there, or they had had so much to eat in the past twenty-four hours they could not be deceived by any such flimsy pretext as the jig. About this time we decided that we would better beat back down the channel if we expected to stir up anything in the line of fish before darkness set in. George did not like the looks of a cloud looming a trifle dark on the western rim of the sea, and I had no desire to dispute with so old a sea dog, and so we put the launch's nose around — or rather George did, while I watched him — and in a trice were slip- ping back over the unseen trail by which we had come. Hitherto I have always been a firm believer in the adage that " a watched pot never boils," but now I know they do, for while I was intently watching the jig, hoping for a strike and yet never dreaming that I should see one, — and especially at that moment — I saw a long cylindrical body slip beneath the water like an eel, glide up to my jig, keep pace with it for an instant and then lay hold upon it in no uncertain manner. It was not exactly the strike of a yellowtail, nor was it the sudden rush of the albacore, yet it was faster than the bite of either the white or the black bass, and considerably more lively than I had ex- pected from so tame a fish. I raised the pole and struck my visitor gently, an untirely unnecessary proceeding as I afterwards found. out, for he was well hooked and had evidently gone at matters with every intention of making a hearty meal off the bone jig. And with that strike the battle was on. He did not seek the depths, and he broke water but once, yet he had a determined, bulldog grip with his tail on his home that seemed in a fair way to wear out my arms or at least part my leader from my line. His method of fighting was a bit different from that of the fish George had so far introduced me to, and it was a full minute before I fully made up my mind what to do with him. Of course, the boatman had slowed the launch down until she was now almost at a standstill, and I gave the fish a bit of slack line. Instantly he started for the other side of the world, not down, but straight out across the Pacific, in fair view of all who might care to look. He made no attempt to shake the barb out of his mouth other than a little slow head movement, but he very sud- denly awoke me to the fact that he was a swimmer of no mean powers; he carried out line faster than I could feed it to him, and I was forced to stop his steady journey ahead and turn him my way for a bit. So backward and forward we fought, his long body bending almost into a circle as he strove to hold fast to the waters he was so loth to leave. Strength and skill and the wearing hook soon told, however, and very slowly he came alongside. "Big one, by Golly!" was George's only comment, but knowing him as I did I was amply satisfied. The fish weighed a trifle over eight pounds, a large sized barracuda truly, yet by no means a large fish. The fight he had put up was a revelation to me and never more will I call him "only a market fish, good for nothing but the table," as I have for lo ! these many moons. But down a bit farther south, just off the entrance to little Newport Bay, is the prime place to catch barracuda, or at least it used to be in my palmy hand- line days. There the waters seem to be a trifle more to the liking of these fish than are the swifter tides of the channel proper. On the far side of Catalina, too, I am told there are many stretches of sea that the slender, gar-like fellows love to feed in, and one of these days, when I get my yacht, I am going over there to see what is to be seen — that is, providing no summer resorts have been established there when that happy day dawns. Of itself the barracuda is a peculiar fish, indefinite as to season, though rarely finicky as to feeding grounds like some of the others of the sea swimmers. Live bait is not as a rule a success with them when trolling, though I have caught many on handlines with a fat mackerel for bait. Possibly they would take kindly to a spoon, but I have not tried that and do not intend to while the jig holds good as a lure. Occasionally they may be taken off some of the longer wharves such as those at Redondo, but not often, and I am told that they have quite deserted the inshore waters at Newport. They are, as a rule, very careful of how they approach the coast and never come playing around wharves as do the kellow- tail and even an occasional bass. From the rocks, both at Santa Monica, at the breakwater and farther south, I do not think they are ever taken, while most of the fishermen get them well out to sea. In Florida there is a similar fish, called by the same name, that is considered justly worthy of a niche in the temple of game fishes. I cannot say the same of the barracuda of the South Coast, though I have no doubt that he does the best he knows in the way of fighting, and if he fought with the skill of a yellowtail or an albacore — well, he would not be a barracuda, and that is all there is to it. Given a light rod, however, something of about the size I have described as useful in fly-fishing for mackerel, one should have very much better sport with the barracuda than I did, for I was armed with an outfit more suitable for yellowtail or fish of that class. And right here I want to say a word regarding light tackle. It is all right to advocate giving the fish all the chance there is in the game, and I believe in it and practice it when I am out, but there are some men who can never be taught to land a fish of any size on a light split bamboo rod and a thin silk line. They are no less sportsmen than the disciples of the light tackle theory, they simply are not onto the art of fishing — which, after all, simply consists in knowing intimately the fish after which you are going and in forestalling his every move with a bet- ter move of your own. The man who can do this can take a yellowtail on a trout outfit or a black sea bass on salmon tackle. Those who fish for the fish they catch can do as well with a handline as they can with the most expensive tackle, and of a certainty I have no quarrel with the man who fishes in this manner, except that he is an unmitigated nuisance on a crowded wharf where a man is endeavoring to land a heavy fish with a light rod and line. The prime purpose of all fishing is to fill our bellies; we must admit that whether we believe in Adam and Lilith or the ape that walked like a man. For my part I will take the rod and reel, do you as your fancy dictates. There is also something which I want to say here about another fish which frequents the same waters as the barracuda though at a rather different time of year. This is the mackerel. Where the barracuda migrate to when cold weather comes on, no one seems to know, and neither is any one informed as to where all the hordes of mackerel come from. I can speak of this fish as an old friend for mackerel were, I believe, the fish fish I ever pulled out of the sea ,down at what used to be old Anaheim Landing, in Orange county. Mackerel are found the world over, in warm and semi-tropic seas. They travel in hordes, and when engaged in any great movement from one part of the sea to another they will not take any bait that was ever invented, no matter how fresh or how much to their liking. At other times they will bite voraciously at a bit of old red rag, at a piece of half rancid salt pork, or any other spoiled meat — the rottener the better. They are the prime "game" fish of all South- ern California beaches, because every novice who can drop his line over the side of the wharf can catch them until his arms ache, when they are running strong. If taken fresh from the water and prepared for the table they are fairly good, but their flavor is in no way comparable to that of the smaller surf fish or even the smelt, whose prime feature is his many bones. From an open boat, the fisherman who is armed with a large red fly — which he can make himself if he has access to a hen coop — and suffi- ciently resilient rod, can have fair sport. Mackerel can be taken on as many hooks as you care to put on your line. I have seen a man fishing from the Redondo wharf with a heavy pole and six hooks, catching four of them at one haul. But the real sport is in taking them one at a time with a brilliant fly or a small bit of red cloth, trailed alluringly through the sea from the seat of a small boat. Mackerel are great fish for smooth water, and their presence or absence during the season in which they are known to be running is a pretty good sign of the kind of weather to be expected. I have seen a count- less horde of these fish, feeding on still more count- less anchovies, dip suddenly down into the depths when there was not a cloud in the sky nor a large fish near. Within half an hour it was raining as if the very bottom had fallen out of heaven, and the launch was flying like a stricken duck before a west wind that was raising whitecaps over our heads every moment. "How did the fish know?" I have no idea. Possibly the water bore to them muffled tidings of some disturbances at sea, an upturning of the ele- ments of which we mortals had no means of knowing. But I do know this: that when I am far out in a small boat and the mackerel disappear, it is me for the land. Advertised as the greatest game fish of the west coast in the way of general utility, the mackerel falls far short of his name; but considered as a sort of filler and as an accommodation to those who have not the time or disposition to go after his betters, he is a lifesaver. And as bait for big fish he has no equal. Dearly does a big yellowtail love a semall mackerel, and so does a bass of either species, though to lure the whtie bass livelier fish are sometimes necessary. And Avalon — prettiest beach that ever laid out beneath the blue sky on the rim of. a still bluer ocean! — there is the place to get your mackerel. There is where they run by millions until even the seals tire of them and swim farther and farther each day to get other food. To the abalone gatherers, they are an unmixed blessing; for they are easily caught, and the abalone hunters are not looking for sport, but to save every minute for work in their short harvest season. 'Time was when barley sacks could be and were filled by every one who cared to fish from any of the smaller wharves, but that day would seem to be past, though I can see no reason, as I think I have said before, for the disappearance of any sea fish from the haunts it once frequented. The inroads of all the fishermen in the world can never make any serious impression on the hordes of the sea, though they may make a temporary local scarcity felt in re- stricted localities, as has been done at Ocean Park and at Redondo, where the seines were formerly drawn altogether too near the wharf set apart for fishermen. Gulls and other apparent enemies do not seem to thin out their numbers much, but I suspect that submarine seismic disturbances account for mil- lions, and storms possibly millions more. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7. 1914. HOW THE BUFFALO WENT. Unquestionably the old buffalo hunters who killed off the bison on the plains and cooped up the Indians by destroying their meat supply were a tribe all by themselves. They were busy all through the seven- ties but were most aggressive for ihe five years fol- lowing 1871. spates a writer in Denver Field and Farm. These feEows had a great deal of trouble at first getting suitable guns to do their wort in a wholesale way and had to try everything that would shoot. The old Hawkins made at St. Louis was a good rifle and so was the Denver made Gove double- barreled gun shooting thirty-sis bullets to the pound but they were too slow in their action. The original army gun shooting the paper shelled minnie balls was no good at all. The Enfield muzzle loader which afterwards became the Springfield mus- ket used by the infantry of the regular army shot a fifty-two caliber ball and kicked like a mule but it was too pokey and had to go on this account. Then came the Spencer carbine of fifty caliber and seven rounds in its breach with 300 grains of powder to carry 250 grains of lead 300 yards, but still it was not enough. Following this appeared the rimfire Martin Henry which finally merged into the Winches- ter. It had a spring magazine for eleven cartridges of forty-four caliber. It carried 200 yards and was an improvement over its predecessor. Along about this time came the popular Sharp drop-lock, a rapid firing single shot shell-extracting fire-arm, and while it did quick and deadly execution it was not heavy enough. Finally in sheer desperation William Dickson, one of the buffalo hunters, went to the Sharp factory at Hartford. Connecticut, and showed them how to make a real gun. He had them get out a sample weighing nearly twenty pounds of fifty-two caliber and a long shell carrying 800 grains of powder capable of driv- ing 112 grain bullets SOO yards and this proved the thing. Dickson had to put up $3,000 to get out this model with a guaranty to take a certain number at $56 each. Subsequently the Turkish government con- tracted for a million arms at this factory and broke up the company by refusing to pay for them. A buffalo crew consisted of a hunter, four skinners and a cook with the grub wagon. A hunter could jump in and down fifteen or twenty bison before his ■ gun would become too hot and to kill from 125 to 150 head a day was the average work. Each of the skinners could peel from twenty-five to thirty a day and were paid twenty-five cents a hide. The cook had to stack and poison the skins,, after which they were placed in piles like hay doodles. The poison was to get the hide bug, a gray beetle that ate holes in the skin. The summer hides were called the leather run and were sold mostly in Russia. The winter run constituted the robes worth $350 when tanned while the summer take sold for $125. The squaws at the Indian agencies did the tanning for a pittance and the bucks often cut up a stack of pelts just to show their disgust for the white butch- ers who were taking the meat out of their mouths. Once at Dodge City, Lee, Reynolds and Rath had a pile of hides numbering 285,000 as the season's stack at one point and there were twenty other firms doing just as big a business. Hickey representing Lowen- thal & Co. of Leavenworth bought 28,000 pelts at Fort Griffin. In 1874, the big year, over 500,000 bison were killed on both sides of the Arkansas. Is it any wonder the buffalo soon became non est as the mon- arch of the plains? The killing off of the bison on the plains forty years ago was not due to the onslaught of the Indians for they were very considerate of their cattle, as they called them. General Miles once said that the pass- ing of the buffalo through the incessant slaughter by the white professional hunters did more than the whole army to bring peace to the west and settle the Indian question. The bucks always knew where their herds ranged and kept watch over them until fall when it was time to go on the annual hunt for the meat supply to carry them through the winter. They never shot the young stock and were partial to the old bachelor bulls which had been cast out from the herd by the younger males. These old fellows moped off by themselves in lonely draws and were a pitiful sight, ostracized as they were, with short, worn-down horns. There deserted, singly and alone, they were left to pick up a poor living while suffering with the decrepitude of old age, subject to the attacks of the gray wolves and human enemies. The Indians had a sort of ethical code in their hunt- ing. One of them would single out an old buffalo, ride up alongside and chuck in two or three arrows just back of the shoulder. Then he would circle the beast uot until it was ready to fall, when he would grab it by the tail and pull it over so as to drop on the side opposite the arrows in order not to break them. Then he dis- mounted, cut the beast's throat and pulled out the winged shafts. One of these was stuck into the ground beside the fallen monster to mark it as his own. The squaws following closely with their skin- ning could thus tell by the arrow to which brave the carcass belonged and his squaw did the butchering. A buffalo had the peculiar habit when killed on slop- ing ground of always falling up hill so that a single skinner had great difficulty in turning it over, as had to be done. None of the carcass was ever wasted and in this way the Indians conserved their herds, nor could they understand why the white man killed so ruthlessly for the hides alone. By some unwritten law of the range the Colorado Utes were permitted each summer to hunt buffalo on the neutral strip and thus get their winter supply of meat without molestation from the Comanches and other plains tribes, who claimed that country as their own hunting ground. No one understood the terms of this unwritten treaty, but all the old-timers knew that it worked all right and helped to respect it as a sacred obligation. These Utes always looked ahead upon their annual pilgrimage to the lower country, in great anticipation of the fun and profit they would get out of it. While they had the open privilege of hunting on the strip they were not im- mune from attack when off of it and were likely to run into a traveling band of unfriendly Indians other than the Comanches. In such case they had to fight and get out of the scrape as best they could. On these forays they were always looking for stray stock and were particularly happy when they could raid a white man's camp and run off some horses. FISH LINES. CALIFORNIA LION BOUNTIES. Two thousand and ninety-nine mountain lions have been killed in California since 1907, according to a statement published by the State Fish and Game Commission in its October bulletin, dedicated to the conservation of wild game. Of this number 118 have been killed in the State for the six months ending June 30. The State pays a bounty of $20 for each lion killed. The total amount of bounties paid for Trilling lions has been $41,980. Humboldt is the banner county for this year, and for every year. In the six months ending with June last Mendocino, Trinity and Siskiyou are next in order named. Los Angeles county claimed bounty on but 15 lions in seven years. The following table shows a record of California lions killed in each county from 1907 to June 30, 1914: 1907 1908 1 3 11 1 3 10 7 1 13 113 [1909 11910 J1911 1912 |1913 11914 |Total 1 '"5 4 "ii 9 3 6 67 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 6 71 4 "I 11 8 .... 42 3 1 1 11 9 4 504 1 9 10 1 "i 1 17 8 2 .... 23 6 '"5 41 1 1 2 4 "i 1 24 30 8 13 El Dorado 2 35 10 35 Humboldt 10 418 1 Kern 8 14 10 11 1 1 5 3 18 12 13 2 1 6 11 1 1 7 5 9 2 2 '"2 16 10 7 2 2 1 4 24 2 2 "i 9 7 11 56 2 68 6 7 3 4 44 15 20 Mendocino 2 5 29 146 1 1 11 1 1 3 14 3 9 3 2 48 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 ".5 2 2 5 5 3 1 2 7 1 4 11 '"3 4 1 3 *> 2 3 2 1 5 "i "2 1 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 5 3 11 23 8 13 1 1 5 9 1 7 2 2 8 4 9T San Bernardino 13 26 San Luis Obispo 42 1 Santa. Barbara 7 24 4 3 5 1 11 1 1 1 1 31 1 1 25 1 31 32 29 - 3 25 4 00 "2 22 "l 5 "i.3 1 173 6 1 35 2 2 45 4 25 1 1 197 13 3 1 22 15 5 4 2 1 Tehama 3 9 31 86 6 6 1 1 19 34 8 10 6 25 32 11 5 4 10 22 4 2 6 2 27 14 3 1 2 10 3 1 1 139 09-> 40 29 20 3 Totals 37 482 361 333 233 275 200 118 2.099 Applicants for the bounty of twenty dollars ($20) paid by the Fish and Game Commission on mountain lions killed in the State of California, are hereby notified that no claim will be considered un- less the following requirements are complied with: Either the scalp, or skin with scalp attached, of the mountain lion upon which a bounty is claimed. must be sent to the office of the Fish and Game Com- mission, San Francisco, all express or mail charges prepaid. The skin should be either dried, tanned, or otherwise cured before shipment, as green skins spoil quickly, becoming very offensive and losing all value. Offensive green scalps or skins, or those sent charges collect will not be accepted. All bides and scalps received by the Fish and Game Commission will be stroyed unless full direc- tions are given for return to claimant, or for other disposition. A tag with name of claimant, together with shipping directions thereon, should be attached to hide or scalp. All return shipping charges must be paid by claimant or other person receiving pack- age. A claim must be made for each animal, upon a form provided by the Fish and Game Commission, where- upon must appear the names and addresses of the claimant and three witnesses. This claim must be acknowledged before a notary public or justice of the peace, and must bear the county clerk's certifi- cation to the genuineness of the justice's signature. If sworn to before a notary public, this will not be required. Affidavits of witnesses are not required. The claim must be accompanied by an account of the pursuit and killing of the lion, giving in detail the method used, number of deer carcasses left by the animal, and such other facts as may be of as- sistance in determining the damage done to deer and other game. Claim blanks will be sent on appli- cation. The building of a dam in the tide waters of Paper Mill creek, below the famed "white house" pool, for the purpose of diverting the waters of the creek from the new channel bed created by the 1906 earthquake, back to the old channel bed, is now under consid- eration. The Pacific Coast Oyster Company, the Cal- ifornia Anglers' Association, R. O. Wilson and a ma- jority of the property owners of that section above Point Reyes propose to chip in with money, material and labor and construct a wing dam abourtSO feet long. The first freshet will send the creek waters down through the old course, which, once reopened, will remain so. The object is to enable steelhead salmon to have a free run up stream to spawn, and also to enable the anglers to enjoy their chosen sport as of yore on Paper Mill creek and its many tributaries. A fence put up a few years ago to keep stingrays out of the oyster beds and extending across the new channel also stopped fish running up stream to spawn. The pleasant weather has made the east San Pablo bay shore waters a rendezvous for big schools of striped bass recently. Sunday two spoon-trolling anglers landed sixty-one fish. W. L. Arnold and Dr. Kelsey landed a fine catch also on Nos. 4 and 5% brass and silver Kewell-Stewart spoons, a fifteen- pound bass being the heaviest landed. At the South Vallejo lighthouse. Vallejo Junction, Port Costa, Be- nicia. Rodeo, Pinole and San Pablo fine catches of striped bass have been made. One angler was arrested at Pinole for catching more than the legal daily limit with hook and line. The limit is ten fish a day during close season for net fishing, until November 15. when nets may again be used. The man arrested had sixty bass and was fined $25 by a Pinole Justice. Striped bass fishermen in Petaluma creek had a lively time Sunday with stingrays. A small fleet of the San Antone trolling skiffs were located in the main creek near the twin houses. Jack Wallace sud- denly gave the signal that he had struck a "big one." He thought it was a bass, but realized in a few sec- onds that it was a "butterfly" taking out his line, with the steady pull of a team of Clydesdales. His tackle was strong, so he slipped the anchor line and towed after the runaway fish. He signalled for assistance. Frank Marcus, with a motor skiff, came alongside and run up on the fish, gathering in the line as he sped along. Pulling the big fish up close, it was turned into the bank and dispatched; it weighed nearly 100 pounds. After the incident was properly discussed ( ?) the fishermen settled down to business again. Marcus was the next victim. Before the huge ray that coupled up with his tackle could run out much line it was brought up close to the boat, towed to the bank and killed. Another luckless fisherman then mixed up with a heavy "butterfly," which pest also met the fate of its mates. All this took time and interrupted legitimate bass fishing to a disgust- ing degree. Marcus was the first to get away, bound for San Antone slough, up which water he steered his boat to "fisherman's bend," and tried for the striped and better fish. Worse luck; in a short time he had the biggest stingray of the day on his line. After another exasperating tussle with the heavy flat fish it was put out of business and then it was time to strike out for the train. The San Antone regulars failed again to land any- thing worthy of mention in the striped bass line. The Owl Club, however, put the bunch of unlucky clam tossers in the discard again. One "owler" caught eight bass, ranging from 7 to 16 pounds in weight. Two other "owlers" rounded up 15 bass, running from 4 to 13 pounds. They fished off the mouth of Schultz slough, a fishing spot of good re- pute. These catches were all made with spoon and bait. A good story comes from Vallejo, where C. H. Venker was arrested for catching illegal sized striped bass. He was fishing at the "oil wharf" in Napa river, a few miles north of Vallejo. Deputy Commis- sioner W. H. Armstrong came along in his launch. Venkei^s comment, it is reported, was volunteered. "Wonder you fish commissioners wouldn't be on the job and arrest some of these fellows who are catch- ing under-sized bass." Armstrong replied that he had caught four the previous Sunday and went along in his launch. He shortly spotted Venker"s partner fishing. Pulling in he inspected the catch — and among other fish seized a baby bass. He was arrest- ed, but insisted that Venker had caught the small- sized bass. Going back after Venker he found he had left and got on an electric car for Vallejo. Arm- strong speeded his launch and got into town before the car. Venker was taken into custody. Judge Fitzgerald was reached by phone and accepted $25 bail money. o WHERE YOU CAN FIND HIM. Harry Golcher, formerly of Golcher Bros., an old- time sporting goods house and well known, not only to local sportsmen, but to the fraternity of the whole Coast, is back in harness again and now with the Palace Hardware and Steel Company, 577 Market street, this city. Mr. Golcher retired from business early this year, but the lure of gun, rod and fishing tackle could not be set aside. He will be pleased to resume business relations again with old friends and customers at the new store on Market street. Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 HUNTING NOTES. ECHOES OF THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. Unsettled weather conditions will no doubt be welcomed by the duck hunters, for during the past week of fair weather the wise birds have patronized the baited ponds during the night hours, taking flight early in the morning to open water. The ducks here now are nearly all home-bred birds. The general bombardment accorded the wehfeet since the season opened has induced the ducks to rapidly take their "high school" diplomas, much to the disgust of many hunters posted in blinds and who understand the im- portance of letting the birds come within shooting range. Results last Sunday and for the mid-week shoot have been variable. At some favored resorts good bags were shot; at other places but few birds showed up. It is the general impression now among observ- ing shooters that really acceptable shooting will not be had until the arrival of the main flocks of north- ern migrants. Referring to northern birds is a reminder that at the present time Honey lake, in Siskiyou county, and that vicinity is the resort of thousands upon thou- sands of both wild ducks and wild geese. The big lake's coves and bays are covered with immense flocks of wildfowl. £ * * Despite the general warning issued to wild game hunters not to shoot wild fowl before sunrise nor after sunset hundreds of arrests have been made throughout the State for violation of the Federal law. The new Federal regulation for migratory wild fowl provides for the shooting of wild fowl between sun- rise and sunset only. This regulation supersedes the State law, which allowed shooting from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. * * * George Roop and Horace Orear tried the Los Banos section for xheir first of the season duck shoot. So did hundreds of other gunners. Roop was sta- tioned in a good blind and shot a limit of ducks early in the morning. He hunted up Orear, who was placed in a non-productive blind, and suggested a shift in position. When Orear reached the blind it had been pre-empted by two poachers who would not vamose. Orear finally got back to his hotel in Los Banos with but a few ducks. That was enough, but when he changed hunting togs for his other apparel left in the room he was disgusted to find out that some sneak thief had frisked his pockets and taken money and everything worth having. The amount of money collected for hunting licenses for the year ending June 30, 1914, gives a total of $164,111 collected from the County Clerks of the various counties in this State and paid into the State Treasury, credited to the Fish and Game Commission fund. At the annual rate of increase shown since the license was imposed, in five or ten years there will not be a living feathered or furred wild creature in the State; at least, it looks that way now. Among the new gun clubs that have been happily located on good duck shooting grounds this season may be mentioned the Chiquita Gun Club. The club preserve is on the marsh below Collinsville, near Montezuma slough. The opening day shoot produced sprig and mallard limits and fair shooting for ducks has been had since. An English snipe patch near by has yielded good straps of longbills. Among the members are: A. G. Hegben, C. Assalena, Dr. Chis- more, A W. Sexton and others. Charles H. Kewell of this city will be club guest tomorrow. Quail hunting has been under the ban of these hot days. At that numerous upland sportsmen have journeyed to acceptable valley quail shooting terri- tory recently. Since the advent of the automobile, distance and time does not cut any great figure now. Long trips are made these days that heretofore re- quired a week's time or more. Several parties of local gunners have found the Santa Barbara county coast hills and canyons well stocked with quail and easy working country for the dogs. Lompoc has been the principal objective point for local sportsmen. Kings City also has had a good reputation for many years past as a point of departure for near-by quail coverts. George Uhl and Ned Bosqui found the sport inviting enough in that district to stay for a week's shooting. Marin county, however, is the main reliance for sport with local devotees of quail hunting. Easy to reach, many good shooting spots are still open ground, or where the rancher, if properly approached, will permit a day's shooting for a small fee. Coun- try Club members have found the quail coverts near Olema well stocked this season. Baldo Ivancovich shot over open ground near Olema Tuesday and showed pleasing results when he returned. Over toward Bolinas quail hunters have also had good shooting. F. Ducato and a friend went farther up the line, near Marshalls' last Sunday, and got in well-populated quail cover. The hills some few miles back of Pinole are not yet cleaned out of quail. Al. Baker's Sunday shoot in that section was worth the trip. Taking one's chances in the San Mateo coast hills is somewhat of a quail lottery. There seem to be twenty guns to every bird. Charley Breidenstein tried the ranch country back from Purissima, not only getting a nice string of quail, but grassed a wandering English snipe that wras prospecting about a sidehill spring. [By Gaucho.] Some years ago when it was possible for me to attend the greatest of all shooting tournaments, the Grand American Handicap, I published at different times, under above caption, scores and notes gath- ered at first hand at those large tournaments, and as I have been led to believe some of your readers were interested in what was then published I will, at this distance, so far removed from the seat of action, again trespass on your space for the sake of "Auld Lang Syne." During the month of June there appeared in your columns an article relating to scores which have been made by our leading professionals in the ten Grand American Handicaps from 1904 to 1913 inclu- sive, and as that report may have caused some pass- ing interest among our trap shooters, I will again crave your indulgence, this time dealing with what the winning amateurs have done in all of the Grand American Handicap contests since its inauguration in 1893, up to date, yet considering the subject from a totally different angle — and perchance a more in- teresting one. In the last few years, for many obvious reasons which need not be mentioned, as they are only too well understood, great stress has been laid upon the alleged and much vaunted advantage, when trap shooting, to be derived from the use of guns with but one barrel, either single barrel guns, pure and sim- ple, or repeaters, the claim advanced for such guns consisting in their being aligned with greater pre- cision and celerity on a moving object — in fact some enthusiasts going so far as to maintain that these single tubes deliver their charge more accurately than the double gun kind — apparently quite oblivious to the all important and irrefutable fact that all any good gun can do is to shoot precisely where it is pointed, regardless of whether it has one or one dozen barrels. Without going into any protracted debate with the view of changing any one's mind on the subject, I will merely append a table showing clearly and accu- rately what has been done by shooters using the old- fashioned and time honored double gun in compar- ison with what has been accomplished by others who have shot the one barrel kind — and, en passant. I may as well remark that up to date, no single bar- rel, one shot kind has ever won the Grand American Handicap. Regarding the practical use of any one barrel, one shot gun, it is obviously useless to dwell, for no such eunuch can ever be used to good advantage for any kind of shooting excepting when single targets are thrown, so it stands on the same unique plane as to serviceability as the grotesque, lumbering, Swiss butted, German cheek pieced, carved and ponderous stocked powder and ball rifle specially designed to perforate a paper covered target, mostly at 200 yards, that being the extent of its limitations, for no one even of most Don Quixotic moods and temperament, would in his wildest moments dream of carrying such a huge piece of artillery afield with all of its imple- ments (and impediments) to reload it, nor could the most ardent advocate of the one-shot gun be expected to be carried away with the idea that he was using a real game gun with that kind of fowling piece. From present indications it appears that more shooting at double targets is to be done, which is altogether a move in the right direction as it will relieve the monotony of the prevailing ding-dong kind, and now that the E. C. and Hazard Challenge cups have been resurrected and again brought into competition, it is apparent that more than cursory attention will focus itself on that useful and prac- tical style of shooting — a style which must recom- mend itself to anyone who shoots afield, which after all is the only "real thing" from every true sports- man's point of view and the raison d'etre of the fowling piece. The main object of the promoters and subscribers to The Interstate Association is to encourage trap shooting, and the Grand American Handicap event was inaugurated to bring forth the greatest number of the best shots available, both from this country and abroad, and as it is a free for all, purely amateur competition devoid of all class and social distinc- tions, subject of course to barring, by officers of the Association of persons of questionable character and unsavory reputation, it has come to pass that this event, now of national importance, attracts the most proficient and best shots to each yearly meet, pre- senting an aggregate of talent, both in quality and quantity, far surpassing any other event of its kind. From the very beginning, in 1893, it was quite ap- parent the Grand American was and would also continue to be the Blue Ribbon event of the year, and each succeeding meeting has only emphasized that fact. At first, as much pigeon shooting was done in many of the States, birds exclusively were used. Subsequently for reasons foreign to this arti- cle, flying targets were substituted. The original main event therefore was at 25 pigeons, sprung from five ground traps 5 yards apart, distance handicap- ping done by men best qualified to judge the merit of the contestants, and never in the history of shot gun shooting in America, has so much interest in any event been aroused as in the Grand American Han- dicap, whether at pigeons or targets, so it would naturally appear that the contestants equip them- selves with what experience and precept have taught them to be the very best arms when entering such close and keen competition. The following tables will show what the winners used and in the 100 target events commencing in 1900, the distance at which they stood and the scores each one made. Following is a table giving names of the winners and the guns they used, when in competition for the Grand American Handicap at pigeons, from the year of its introduction up to the time of its discontin- uance when flying targets were substituted. Grand American Handicap, 25 Pigeons. 1893 Robert Welch Greener double run 1894 Tom Morf ey Greener double run 1895 C. G. Messner Parker double run 1896 O. E. Dickey Parker double run 1897 Tom Marshall Cashmore double run 1898 Ed. Fulford Reminrton double run 1899 Tom Marshal] Cashmore double run 1900 HaL Bates Parker double run 1901 E. C. Grilffith Parker double run 1902 H. Hirschey .Smith double run It will be noticed that in the table which follows. during the years 1900, 1901 and 1902, there were two Grand American Handicap tournaments, and it is to be regretted that this custom was not continued as so many fine pigeon shots cared but little for target shooting and so naturally dropped out of the game altogether. Grand American Handicap — 100 Flying Targets. 1900 R. O. Heikes, 22 yds. 91x100 Reminrton doub. run 1901 E. C. Griffith 19 " 95x100 Parker double run 1902 C. W. Floyd 18 " 94x100 Parker double run 1903 M. Diffenderfer 16 " 94x100 Lefever double run 1904 R. D. Guptill 19 " 96x100 "Winchester repeater 1905 R. R. Barber 16 " 99x100 Defever double run 1906 F. E. Rorers 17 " 94x100 Smith double run 1907 Jeff. Blanks 17 " 96x100 Reminrton automatic 1908 Fred Harlow 16 " 92x100 Reminrton automatic 1909 Fred Shattuck 18 " 96x100 Parker double run 1910 Riley Thompson 19 " 100x100 Parker double run 1911 Harve Dixon 20 " 99x100 Smith double run 1912 W. A. Phillips 19 " 96x100 Reminrton repeater 1913 M. S. Hootman 17 " 97x100 Winchester repeater 1914 W. Henderson 22 " 98x100 Parker double run From the above tables it will be seen that the double guns have actually won 20 Grand American Handicaps (Griffith in 1901 won both Handicaps with same gun) as against only 5 which went to the re- peaters. Moreover the average distance from which the repeaters were shot is only 17.6 yards and their total aggregate scores represent 95.4% whereas the average distance at which the double gun men stood is 18.7 yards, with an aggregate average of 96%. So taking this, the largest tournament in the world of its kind as a basis, it appears that the good old style double gun, even when only one shot is per- mitted, easily outclasses all guns of any other kind, plainly refuting the broad statements so freely made by many who advocate guns with one barrel on the erroneous hypothesis that it is a superior and more accurate shooter. Following this line of statistics it appears that the highest score made by any Grand American Han- dicap winner was reached by Riley Thompson, who at 19 yards scored 100 straight, the only time a per- fect score was ever made in this event, and this year 98 x 100 by Woolfolk Henderson, who scored 98 x 100 at 22 yards; whereas the highest score reached by any man shooting a repeater goes to Hootman with 97 x 100 at 17 yards. R. O. Heikes in 1900 and Woolfolk Henderson in 1914 are the only two men who at scratch won this Blue Ribbon event and both shot double guns. Leaving out the Grand American Handicap event and confining ourselves to the highest scores made in the championship matches, where all contestants shot from the 18 yard mark, and at the same number of targets, the margin is also greatly in favor of the double gun, as out of the nine (9) Interstate Asso- ciation Championship contests, all that have been shot up to date, seven (7) have been won by men shooting double guns, Parkers, and two by those using repeaters, besides which the greatest scores ever made in these crucial events are to the credit of Lester German in 1911 with 198 x 200. and W. R. Crosby in 1912 duplicating that great performance. This year under different conditions Woolfolk Hen- derson captured both single and double champion- ships, scoring 99 x 100 and 90 out of 50 pairs. Such wonderful exhibitions of consummate skill in these, the greatest of all target shooting contests, prove beyond a doubt that the good double gun is quite equal to any emergency, and if authentic rec- ords count for anything the wise man will be guided by what others have accomplished and pin his faith to the two barrel gun, which for either trap or game shooting is still the peer of all. o Putting out decoys in a pond or in open water has its drawbacks. Most hunters use an ordinary leaden sinker as a weight to anchor a decoy. This device is effective in one way, but has its inconven- iences when picking up the wooden cheats and wind- ing the anchor cord about the decoy. It takes time and is awkward. A well-known veteran duck shooter of this city has developed a decoy anchor that is a big improvement over the old system. The anchor weight is a horseshoe shaped frame of lead, the round end being large enough to slip readily over the neck of the wooden duck. In picking up the decoys the anchor string is quickly wound about the ends of the "shoe," which is then slipped over the decoy's head- When putting out the stools the lead is just lifted off and unrolls the line as it drops. It is an easy matter then to chuck out or place the decoys as desired. This device is handy and saves a lot of time. The same idea can be utilized by making the an- chor square shaped. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7, 1914. BEEF PRODUCTION ON THE STANFORD VINA RANCH. Beef production is almost entirely a range proposi- tion in California. The proposition of raising it on high priced land, like that used to grow alfalfa or to grow grain has two angles; one the prospect of increasing the meat supply; the other, the amount of profit that there is in the business. In the latter there is perhaps the prospect of creating a good market for alfalfa hay, of using our grain land to better ad- vantage, of making it pay higher dividends, of keep- ing its fertility. On the Stanford Vina ranch at Vina, Tehama county, Shorthorn steers are being raised on grain and alfalfa land entirely and on a big scale. The methods are to a certain extent in process of develop- ment, but are quite a success at their present stage, such a success that the manager, W. G. Stimmel, counts the alfalfa hay in at $10 per ton. It is worth that in beef whether it sells in the market at $4 or $14. This gives a line on the commercial aspects of the case. As the thing is conducted, it is just the thing to fit in on a big grain ranch which the owner wants to use to the best advantage and at the same time to develop a part by irrigation to alfalfa. The thing also has dairy aspects that are valuable for our dairy interests to look forward to, though of that anon. First to the grain side of it. This Stanford Vina ranch is one of the great ranches of California, with tens of thousands of acres of poor quality range, used for sheep, and well over ten thousand acres of rich valley land by the Sacra- mento river, in vineyard, fruit, alfalfa and grain, or pasture. The alfalfa acreage is gradually being in- creased at the expense of vineyard, orchard and grain. There are for the stock about 5,000 acres of good land and 800 head of cows, or 2,500 head of stock, old and young, steers and otherwise are sup- ported by it. The land is grain farmed on a three year system. First there is a crop of grain, the stock being turned on the land as soon as the grain is off, getting feed from stubble and straw. Altogether about half the straw is tramped in or lies on the ground to rot or be turned under some seasons later. The follow- ing season a volunteer crop of hay is cut and the stock again turned in on the stubble. Then the third year the field goes for natural pasture. By this sys- tem the soil is kept up with manure and plant growth and produces well both grain and meat. It falls off not at all in fertility, but improves if anything. The system also helps to keep down the weeds. One important feature of the system is that the stock is kept moving all the time and pastured with judgment, so that the stock which needs the best feed will get it, those that need less feed going to the second table, and no field being used so that much grass will be trampled down and spoiled. Cows with calves to support, for instance, or needing good feed after weaning their calves, will be put on fresh fields with lots of feed, taken off soon and put on other land, and young stock put in their place to clean up after them. This not only works well from the standpoint of utilizing the feed, but the cattle do better with the continual changing than they would if they were kept on one large pasture for a long time. Other large grain ranches could keep lots of stock to advantage by this system, whereas most cattle on them now have to put up with those parts of the ranches that are too poor for grain farming and the cattle are poor, too. On the Stanford ranch hay for winter is almost a necessity. On other grain ranches it might or might not be, depending upon conditions. In any case it would be quite sure to be very profitable. Sometimes the winters are so dry that hay has to be fed to keep the stock in the best of condition. Other years the river overflow cuts down pasture and hay has to be fed on that account. The more alfalfa and other hay that can be fed the better the condition of the stock and the more that can be kept. The cows are put on alfalfa pasture in fall, espe- cially on the old fields containing a lot of wild grasses. Water is kept off them toward the end of the season and the alfalfa is let get old and woody, in which condition it is nutritious and not likely to cause bloat. It is for the calves and in the production of a high- class, quick-growing steer, however, that the alfalfa is of the most account. The whole proposition is to turn off steers at as early an age as possible with a good size. They now go to the block at a flat two years and very likely with the farther development of the system they will be made ready for the butcher in twelve months' time. As marketed at two years, they weigh approximately 1,000 pounds. The calves are taken from their mothers about the latter part of September and are put in bunches of about 150 to 200 in feed lots covered with large oaks for shade and shelter. Heifers, steers and what bulls' are raised are kept together until spring, each bunch of calves being composed of animals of about the same age, size or vigor, so that all will have an equal chance at the feed. They are fed in these lots on alfalfa hay, grain hay and grain straw. After awhile it is planned to grind all the alfalfa and then it will be worth far more and besides, more grain straw can go with it and it wili in that form and combination be a better feed. Still it takes a long time to develop everything that one sees can be done to advantage in the beautiful future The hay works pretty good as it is. That right idea is probably to feed the calves with oie's eye— to give them just what thev can stand and do best, but this is out of the question on a big -anch with so much to attend to. Instead, when thev are taken from their mothers Mr. Stimmel starts them off with ten pounds a day of alfalfa hay, about two pounds of grain hay and all the grain straw they care to eat. This latter is put in fresh every day. Then he looks them over frequently and if they start to scour, or seem to have more feed than is good for them, less feed is put out, and if they seem to be able to take more, it can be given, but ten pounds seems to have proved the right amount for calves of that age, weighing about 300 pounds. If given all they would eat they would make themselves sick, as some, when they had opportunity, have eaten twenty pounds a day. In spring the bulls are taken away from the others and the steers and all the young stock is put on pas- ture, then on stubble and kept cleaning up feed on fields that are good enough to keep them going nicely. In the winter following they are fed on alfalfa and other hay with the idea of bringing them through as strong as possible and as a result when spring comes they have a big frame, a fine appetite and are in fine condition to take on weight. If desired, they could be finished for the butcher by grain feeding at this time, or earlier, but the finishing is done on the spring pastures. In the fine condition in which they start the spring they fatten up with a rush as soon as they get out on the grass and since this process has been started tbey have beaten all range steers of this part of the country by a month, getting to the market at its top. A year and a half ago they brought $7.50 f. o. b. Vina. This year the market did not go quite so high. It is not hard to see how alfalfa is worth $10 per ton in this combination of stock, grain and alfalfa fanning. The essential part is to keep the stock growing all the time, for it won't pay to keep a beef cow if it takes three or four years on good land before her calf is ready for the block, and the steer himself eats too much feed in the course of three winters and three summers. Mr. Stimmel is figuring on ultimately using a little grain in the feed and forcing the stock ahead a little faster so as to market them at a year old at 800 pounds or so. The thing can be done and not only save time, but there will be a whole year or less feeding to do and the total amount of feed used will be less than at present. One of the interesting features of Mr. Stimmel's ideas, and one with an important bearing on dairying methods is the proposition of using Holstein bulls on a lot of the Shorthorn cows for the purpose of devel- oping high-class grade dairy heifers and using the males for baby beef steers. The males have the capacity for beef and the Holstein-Shorthorn( or Dur- ham) cross is a fine one for milk. The Vina ranch is the owner of one of the best known pure bred Holstein herds of California and young bulls of the finest Holstein blood are always coming along. A bunch of these have been reserved to breed to Durham cows when they reach a breeding age. The Shorthorn is the foundation of American grade dairy cows as it is, and has the capacity for big milk production. The cross thus makes a fine dairy animal. The Shorthorns on the ranch have been bred for a number of generations from fine bulls and have been raised with plenty of feed and good care, so they offer fine opportunities for breeding. With these for dams and first-class Holstein bulls for sires the heifers ought to be very big, vigorous animals and heavy milk producers. The steers might not be worth much on a range with rough picking, but for baby beef along the lines of good care and heavy feeding the Holstein-Shorthorn steer is all right. The Holstein calf is a big-boned, rangy animal with lots of room to put on meat, though the breed has been developed to need lots of feed that is easily secured. Where the Holstein steer has been put out to rustle he has fallen down in comparison with Shorthorn or Hereford and given the breed a black eye as a beef proposition. Where he has had lots of good feed at his muzzle he has more than made good. Mr. Stimmel figures, with enough experience to be sure of the facts, that a grade Holstein bull calf, instead of being vealed at six weeks for $10, can be sold at a year weighing 800 pounds for baby beef. At a market of 7 cents there is an advance of $45 or so to pay for care and feeding for about eleven months. You there have an angle to the dairy busi- ness that is worth going into. With a big need for dairy stock and for some other way to get rid of alfalfa hay besides feeding it to dairy cows, you have another reason for considering it. However, this is just another phase of the proposition already being worked on the Stanford ranch, the raising of beef cattle on first-class land as a part of grain and alfalfa farming. It has proved a success financially as far as the grain is concerned, as far as the alfalfa is con- cerned, and as far as the stock itself is concerned. — Orchard and Farm. TROTTING IN ENGLAND. The following letter appearing in the current num- ber of the Horse Review gives some interesting side- lights upon the situation as it exists in Great Britain today : Editor Horse Review: — At a time when trotting is at a standstill in Germany, France, Italy and Austria, owing to the war, it may surprise you to know that the most notable trotting meeting ever held in the British Isles has taken place this month at Auden- shaw track, Manchester. From every point of view it was a brilliant success. The driving of the winner of the $1,000 handicap, Harry Lee, was one of the best feats of horsemanship I have ever seen, and was very spectacular. Both in his preliminary heat and in the final he appeared hopelessly beaten at the be- ginning of the straight, as had been caught and passed by the back-markers, but in the drive home he showed a marvelous burst of speed, seemed to drop out of the clouds, and won by a narrow margin. Harry Lee is British bred, but pure American blood, being by Baron Alfred 2:14U. pacing (son of Baron Review 2:21i4), dam Phyllis Wilkes. The track at Auden- shaw is a new one and is made of cinders. It is rather loose yet, but will get better. Of course, it is a half-mile track. In the final Harry Lee trotted a mile and 130 yards in 2:36, a 2:25 gait. I wonder if American breeders are awake yet to the fact that owing to the war there will be the big- gest scarcity of horses ever known since the world began during the next ten years? Even a small affair like the Boer war cleared out all surplus horses, so one can guess what effect will be caused by the big- gest war in history. Just imagine! — in small towns like Huddersfield there have been 300 or 400 horses "commandeered." I know a village of 6,000 inhabitants from which they took a hundred horses, all of them being regular work horses. None of these horses will ever come back, as on account of disease which is always ram- pant in war time, it would not be worth while risking. In spite of motors, there is still a demand for all kinds of horses, and there are still in London thou- sands of carriages and pairs in regular use. Let me tell your readers what they can always sell in England at a good price: good substantial carriage horses, preferably bays or browns, with black points, 16 to 17 hands, wide chests and short legs, something of the Bingen type on a large scale. Horses like this, without any speed, will always sell for job- masters' use at a good price, but remember, size is the thing. Just one other thing I should like to mention: I have seen leaders in the Horse Review referring to baseball in competition with trotting. Articles like this make an Englishman realize how difficult it is to understand the conditions in other countries with- out a personal investigation. I take it that baseball in America occupies about the same place as cricket and football here; but in England there is not the slightest connection or competition between horse racing and cricket or football, any more than there is between angling and fox hunting. GEORGE BEEVER. Huddersfield, England, Oct. 10, 1914. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION HEARS COMPLAINT OF NATIONAL SOCIETY OF RECORD ASSOCIATIONS. The case of the National Society of Record Asso- ciations before the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion has been set for hearing on November 20th at Chicago. In this case the breeders of pure bred live stock of the United States, through their national organization, are attacking the present requirements of railroads relative to less than carload live stock shipments. The breeders will attempt to secure relief from the present excessive rates imposed on shipments of live stock under declared values in excess of the lim- ited liability. They ask that instead of the present rule providing for an increase of from ten per cent to fifty per cent of the rate for each increase of one hundred per cent of the value, there be substituted a provision for two per cent increase of the rates for each one hundred per cent increase of value. The breeders also ask to have the minimum weights re- duced in official classification territory where stal- lions are now shipped at the weight of 7,000 pounds and horses and cattle at 5,000 pounds. The present limitation of liability in case of loss is claimed to be unreasonably low, and the Commission is asked to order an increase of this liability to a figure more nearly representing the actual value of the stock. Modification of the rules and requirements relative to attendants with such shipments are also asked. The hearing will be held before Examiner Kelley. Evidence substantiating the claims of the breeders will be produced and testimony presenting the claims of the railroads will be taken. Cassoday, Butler, Lamb & Foster will present the breeders' side of the case. After the November hearing the testimony taken will be referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission and further hearing and argument will be had before that body at Washington, D. C. There- after the decision of the Commission will be rendered. The breeders and shippers of pure bred live stock all over the United States will be affected by the decision of the Commission. The requirements and provisions relative to less than carload live stock shipments on every railroad will be considered at this hearing. The assistance and co-operation of all breeders is necessary to place before the Commission fully the facts showing the present situation in each part of the country. Shippers able to furnish infor- mation relative to actual shipments, the rates and weights charged and additional- expenses caused by requirements for attendants are requested to send the same to Mr. Wayne Dinsmore, Secretary-Treas- urer of the National Society of Record Associations, at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Curt Gosnell, one of the best known of the Hoosier State's teamsters, has been putting up an uphill fight for life for some weeks, and only in the last few days has he appeared to have the upper hand. Pres- ent indications point to his recovery, which is most gratifying to the host of friends who wish to see him up behind Single G. at the exposition next year. Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 §«©^m^»W^-^-#r:^>>&3*<3*S* SUGAR BEETS IN THE IMPERIAL. I THE FARM I DON'T GROW ALFALFA. The following clipping was recently sent Farm and Range by a subscriber who had evidently had experience of a similar nature with that pest of the lazy man, alfalfa: If you don't want lots of trouble, don't sow alfalfa. Along in the middle of June, when the corn needed culti- vation the most, we had to stop and cut the darned alfalfa. It was in wTas in bloom, three feet high. We had to haul in twenty loads of hay off of it. In July the folks in town invited us to spend a week attending the Chau- tauqua. I suppose they were glad when they got my postcard announc- ing that we could not come, because we had to cut that blamed alfalfa patch again. Gee, but it was hot haul- ing in that hay! Worse still, I was foolish enough to go to work and sow five more bushels of alfalfa seed. The only rest I'll get hereafter from hauling alfalfa will be on rainy days. It got to rain again September and about the first thing I knew that darned alfalfa was three feet high and all in bloom; it had to have another hair cut. Then Barnum & Bailey's circus came to town and darn my buttons if I didn't have to miss that circus for the first time in forty years. I got mad, and then turned the pigs, cows and calves into it; and still the blamed stuff kept growing to beat the cars. They could not keep it down, they got fat on it. But still this alfalfa hay we sweat so cuttin' and stackin' makes mighty fine stuffin' for the cows those cold ground hog days. Everything on the place eats it except the hired girl, and she ain't been here long. A report from Brawley, Imperial county, states that there is very strong talk of growing sugar beets in the val- ley next year. It has long been well known that the sugar beet will grow to perfection there; in fact, a great deal of the Imperial valley land which is seemingly of little value for other crops is said by experts to be espe- cially adapted to the sugar beet. It is not the intention to build a sugar beet factory in any part of the valley now, though if this venture proves success- ful such a factory may follow in the near future. The indications of sugar beet growing there are due to the fact, of the present high price of sugar be- cause of the European war. It is thought that beets can be produced there at a good profit next year, not- withstanding the fact that the nearest factory is at Chino. Alkali land in Fresno county has never had much commercial value attached to it, but from indications it will be considered very valuable property within the near future, according to C. J. Howell, who owns a 160-acre ranch on Valentine avenue, about five miles southwest of Fresno, and who has successfully grown eight acres of first-class rice on a strip of land that never before produced anything ex- cept a few patches of salt grass. Per- sons acquainted with the growing of rice declare that the rice raised by Howell is as good as can be bought in any market in the United States. The crop has not been harvested yet, but the yield is estimated at 50 sacks or 5,000 pounds to the acre. The cost of production is very light, according to Howell. This old world is so large that a 160-acre farm is designated as a spot. Thus the world is dotted with spots. And most of them are good spots. Nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and ground limestone may be bought for fertilizer as before the European war. The only fertilizer constituent that cannot be obtained the same as be- fore the war is potash from the Ger- man potash mines. Wood ashes may be used instead of potash salts. As a rule potash is not needed on our thin soils as often or in as large quantities as nitrogen and phosphoric acid. Use acid phosphate, nitrate of soda or cot- ton seed meal; turn under crops and use lime when needed. HORSE OWNERS! USE GOHBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM. A safe, speedy c:.d poiitivo corn. The safest, Best BLISTER ever used. Remorei all bonchei from Horses. Impossible to prodcco scar or Hernials. Send for descriptive circulars. THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, 0. KEEP IT! HANDYI Ton can never tell when a horse Is going to develop a Curb, Splint, Spavin, Ringbone or a lameness. Yet It Is bound to happen sooner or later. And you caa'talTord to I keep liimln the barn. Keep a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure I handy at all times. JohnSayerof 324 Rronson^ I Avenue, Ottawa, Ont.. writes: Iwouldnotbe I without Kendall's Spavin Cure at any cost. IUs a priceless liniment for ~^ both man and beast. I Get Kendall's Spavin ' ■ /. e9*>**H Cure at any druggist's. m/imjnMi^xWm ®* Pep bottle— 6 for 85. "Treatise on the Horse" —free — or write to Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO. ! Enoshurg Falls, VI., U.S.A. J CUREl ABSORBINE **■ TRADE MARK REG.U.S,PAT. OFF. will reduce inflamed, swollen Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Soft [Bunches; Heals Boils, Poll Evil, Quittor, Fistula, or any unhealthy sore quickly ao It Is a positive antiseptic and germicide. Pleasant to use; doea not blister under bandage or re- move the hair and 70a can work the horse. 32.00 per bottle, deliv- ered. Book 7 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful. Swollen Veins, Goitre, Wens, Strains, Bruises, stops pain and inflammation. Price SI. 00 per bottle Bt dealers or delivered. Will tell you more if you write. Manufactured.only by W. F. YOUNG, P. D, F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webeter and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalzlel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco ARMY AUCTION BARGAINS Saddles £3.00 up Army BeTolvers S1.C5 up Bridles .90*'! "B-LRIUos . . .08'' Tenm Hoi-hpm 21.85 " " Swords . , . .35" Lrgulngs, pnlr . .13 "" 7 Shot Carbine 3.50 " Touts ... 2.85 " Ifiew Uniforms . 1.50 " Colts Cal. 45 Eevolver $7.45. Ctgs. 1c each. 15 Acres Government Anctioj Bargains illustrated and described in 420 laree page wholesale and retail cyclopedia catalogue, mailed 23 cents East and 30 cents West oi theM'sslssippl Eiver. TJicis Pnnnerman, FA1 P-vadwav. N^'v York Blake, Moffit & Towns Dsslsrs In PAPER 37-1st St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Loa Anffolc* HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE train* for Business and placet Its grad- uates In positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY High-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 121 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO $5,150 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GOARANTEED $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For foals of mares Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions. $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22, 1914 ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1915; $5 November 1. 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Year-Olds February 1, 1918. 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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again In the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDI TIONS. The races for Two-Year-OIds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; Distance for Two-Year-OIds, 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 Yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if the mare dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, 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 Building, San Francisco, Cal. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 7, 1914. Have You Tried The Improved Grand Circuit Hopple ? No. 471. Price $14 "THE EEtl'HOPftE RING SPREADER PREVENTS CHAFING. LACES ("' FITS ANY HOPPLE. This Patent Ring Spreader is an exclusive SELL Feature There's no other hopple on the market that's one, two, three with the famous Grand Circuit. It has been the leader for over eleven years and contains more exclusive features than all the other makes of hopple together, including tne Sell Patent Aluminum Ring Spreader, English Webbing and Indian Tanned Kaw- hide construction, Detachable Ring Covers and Improved Safety Hopple Harness Fastener. It's the strongest and most comfortable hopple ever devised, come in and examine it, or write for full particulars. I stock all the famous Sell Brand Horse Goods, including Coolers Hopples Track Harness Road Harness Riding Saddles Patent Bits Horse Boots Blankets — also — Reducine Gombault's Balsam Absorbine Smith's Wonder Worker Vita Oil Save - th e - Ho r se Tweed's Liniment Giles Embrocation J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Avenue Phone Park 1253 near Fillmore Street Send for Catalogue Wholesale and Retail Sunset Limited Every Dry - - NO Extra Fare 3 DAYS to New Orleans Via Los Angeles From San Francisco (Ferry Station) 4:40 p.m. Southern Pacific The Exposition Line — 7915 — First in Safety WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S | "Best on Earth" I Axle Oil: The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, I Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles | of all kinds. Better than Castor | Oil, because it does not gum. | WHITTIER-COBURN CO. I Manufacturer! SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. j| Subscribe for "The Breeder and Sportsman.' Regarding onions an authority says : "The onion crop is the biggest that we have ever had in the state of Califor- nia, and instead of getting smaller by reason of heavy shipments in all direc- tions, estimates seem to be getting bigger as the onions are being pulled and cured. From the acreage that was planted it was believed that there would be two million bags of onions in California this season, but with the pulling of the onions an unusually heavy crop is being developed and the output is going to run in excess of two million bags. Probably a thou- sand cars have already been shipped out of the state and consumed in the state, and we honestly believe that there are still over four thousand cars left." PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCLSCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FaMOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY 365 EGGS YEAR EACH HEN, GUAR- ANTEED, feeding cheap home-made stimulant. Full instruction $1, or send 25c. stamps, coin, cover postage for strictly free package guaranteed enough for two months' feeding your UNLAY- ING HENS, fully convincing you before sending $1. (BUY hens, make easy mon- J. DUCREST, 112 Judkins St., ey.) Seattle, Wash. FOR SALE — 1 share stock American Trotting Register Assn., par value $100. Pays 6 per cent, dividends and entitles holder to register his horses at half price. Will sell share for $90. Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE. — Two year old hay filly by The Bondsman, dam by McKinney. No reasonable offer refused. Address A. BENSON, Del Paso Heights P. O., Sacramento, Cal. FOR SALE. Two fine young Shetland ponies, age 2 and 3 years. One thoroughly broken for child to ride. Also fine Irish Setter dog, one year old. Address, 1825 FRU1TVALE AVE., Oakland. FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above, the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wooh which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. COLUMBIA, ch. m. by Clipper 2:06, dam by Anteeo Jr. MARIE G. (4), br. m. by Geraid G. (son of Zoinbro 2:11), dam Columbia by Clip- per 2:06; second dam Marie Direct by Bonnie Direct 2:05. MISS LIBERTY (7), ch. m. by Zolock 2:05%, dam Columbia. TEDDY THE GREAT (4), s. g. by Near- est McKinney, dam Miss Liberty. GODDESS OF LIBERTY (3), b. f. by Bon "Voyage 2:0S, dam Miss Liberty. HINEY (2), s. g. by Best Policy, dam by Anteeo Jr. LADY AMELIA, br. m. by McKinney 2:11M-. dam by Anteeo Jr. BAY POLICY (1), b. g. by Best Policy, dam Lady Amelia. BEDELIA (6), ch. m. by Gerald G. (son of Zombro 2:11), dam by Alfred. MARCUS DALY (4), br. g. by Bonny McKinney, dam Birdy by Eaglet; second dam Black Swan by Tenbroeck. The above ten head can be bought for $1000, on or before October 1st, 1914. Must be sold as a whole or not at all. Address. JOHN REANOS, Oakley, Cal. FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), $8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 2Zy2 in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1^ in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared $6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. . Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops arid move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother *o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sou of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:1S% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. boat for foundations, dairy floors, fruit dryor floors, oto. oto. MT. DIABLO CEMENT dryor floors, ote. oto. SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME bast far brickUyicg ana plastering. st for spraying and whitewashing. WHITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, November 7, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Kentucky Bred Saddle Stallion LORD DENMARK . No. 2801 (Vol. VII.). Winner of more first premium than any other stallion West of Chicago, and of more money than any other exhibited at the California State Fair. Season of 1914 at the Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue Telephone Pacific 1655 and at the TERMS:S50 for the SeaSOn Payal?;e at time of service. If mare does not ilimii^^uv mvi ins. -x.u-.uM provewith foal money is to be refunded. DRIVING CLUB STABLES, 3oth Avenue and C Street Telephone Pacific 2608 For further particulars address, H. W. HEWITT, Manager. or T. L. Johnson, Owner Crocker Bldg. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. GETHIN P»tt and Montgomery San Frintitco ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a month The First National Sate Deposit Vaults Easement The First National Bank Building A Practical Treatise on the Training of Hounds Foxhounds Beagles and Coonhounds The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who carries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, Eng- lish and Native Hounds, Developing the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Qualities of Scent, Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Eeagle, Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and Rearing Puppies, Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book, which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read. The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and hand- somely illustrated with bloodhounds, 'various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting. Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; cloth, $1.50, postpaid. Address : BREEDER and SPORTSMAN P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Cal. IF YOU DON'T Take "THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN" YOU SHOULD! E. C. Shooters Make a Clean Sweep at the Tonapah, Nev. Shoot. Individual Nevada State Championship Won by W. G. WARRE.N, 49 x 50— Shooting B. C. Second S. A. HUNTLEY. 48 x 50 — Shooting E. C. Third A. P. HALIBURTON, 46 x 50— Shooting E. C. Fourth A. H. JONES, 44 x 50 — Shooting E. C. DRYEDALE CUP SHEMANSKI CUP "Won by W. G. WARREN. Won by A. P. HALIBURTON, 30 x 30— Shooting E. C. ROTHOLTZ CUP Won by W. R. WILLIAMS, 41 x 45 — Shooting E. C. 30 x 30 — Shooting E. C. WINNERS OF SIX INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TROPHIES No. 3 No. 5 A. H. JONES, . W. G. WARREN, 137 x 150 Shooting E. C. 42 x 45— Shooting E. C. MIZPAH HOTEL CUP Won by W. S. PEACE, No. W. G. WARREN. 49 x 50 Shooting E. C. No. 4 No. 2 146xxl50 Shooting E. C No. 6 A. P. HALIBURTON, 44 x 50 Shooting E. C. A. P. HALIBURTON. 46 x 50 Shooting E. C. S. A. HUNTLEY, 142 x 150 Shooting E. C. HIGH OVER ALL AVERAGES Amateur Professional Won by Won by S. A. HUNTLEY, H. E. POSTON, 291 x 300 Shooting E. C 289 x 300 ShootiL'g E. C. Follow the winners — Shoot shells loaded with Hercules Smokeless Shotgun Powders, Infallible and E. C. HEHCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. F. J, McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 inch barrel PARKER Guns. 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Ottinger, San Francisco, Cal. // ^\w/i LVfcw^\/v*''- ji«,ii(pt* I, ^ ' pi 'hi k- ^""vV^V-^v^; / / at , Af, THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. $5 150 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED ' $5,150 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For fo»1» of miros Covered in 1914 Jo Trot and Pico at Two and Threo Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions, $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SPECIAL CASH FRIZES 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22, 1914 """ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1915; $5 November 1, 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1918. STARTING PAYMENTS.— $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Tear-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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again In the Three-Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; 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 the mare dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, 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 Building, San Francisco, Cal. CHAS. L. De RYDER'S FALL SALE, 1914 Pleasanton Driving Park, Saturday, December I2th Offerings of Standard Bred Stallions, Geldings and Mares Entries Will Close December 1, 1914 at which time the Catalogue will be compiled. All entries must be accompanied by a cash payment of $2.50 to cover expenses of cataloguing. Lose No Time. Send for Entry Blanks. C. L. DeRYDER, Pleasanton, Cal. ■•at far foundation*, dairy flaora, fruit dryar floors, ato. ata. MT. DIABLO CEMENT dryar floors, ate. ate. SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME b+ot for brioklayl eg an* alaatorlng. at for spraying anal whltowaahing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME & CEMENT COMPANY t MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, ?3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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 ffood faith. WILLIAM GIBSON LAYNG. Twice in one week has death entered the circles of California horsemen, and snatched from their midst two of those who held high rank among them. . No longer do friends make pilgrimages of cheer to a certain suite at the Palace; no longer does the tinkle of our office phone foretell a solicitous inquiry as to the condition of one we all know and loved so well; no longer will you hear one horseman greet another with "What's the latest news from Billy Layng?" for our longtime editor has for the last time laid down the pen he so dearly loved to ply. Late in the summer he was the victim of an attack of heart trouble, so swift and ruthless that no hope whatever was held for his recovery for a time; but the game strain in his blood came to the fore and be battled his way almost back to able-bodied health; indeed, he was prepared to come back to his desk wrhen the second blow was dealt him from which be never fully recovered. In the course of time he grew able to get about comfortably, go out for a walk or a bit of a drive or a little entertainment at the theatre, but his dearest wish, that he might "get back to the office," was destined to remain a wish only. A few weeks ago during the warm weather he con- tracted a cold which held on stubbornly and marked the commencement of bis last decline. Early last Friday evening, after many hours spent on the very borderland of life and death, he drifted without phys- ical pain or mental travail into that realm from which there is no returning. William Gibson Layng was born fifty-nine years ago in New York State but came at the age of ten to San Francisco, which was to remain "home" for him forever, regardless of occasional sojourns in other sections. He was educated here, and his love for horses was manifested at a very early date. When a lad of seventeen be witnessed the contest between Goldsmith Maid and Lucy, and. from that date, at least, his love and enthusiasm for the trotter has been unwavering. He was an active supporter of the amateur meetings held in this and neighboring cities, and in the course of his life was the owner of various horses. The great brood mare Effie Logan began her career as a matron in his ownership and the first of her great family of pacers, Sir Albert S. 2:03%, was bred by him. Always a delver into turf history and an ardent reader and patron of turf journals, Mr. Layng became actively connected with professional turf journalism in 1891, when he first assumed the editorship of the Breeder and Sportsman. Subsequently he became part owner of the paper, but retired from that con- nection only to reappear, after no great absence, as editor. Other matters occupied him at various sub- sequent dates, and some two or three years ago he "came back to the fold" to remain to the end. He was editor of the California Horseman during a con- siderable portion of the life of that publication, and was a valued contributor to the leading eastern jour- nals, and, on occasion, to those of the antipodes. He had spent some time in travel in the islands and continents of the Pacific and no man had a wider acquaintance with the horses and horsemen of those remote sections than did he. Mr. Layng's life-long interest in pedigrees and per- formances, his wonderfully retentive memory and his wide acquaintance naturally equipped him for the high position he held as an authority on all mat- ters pertaining to trotting and pacing; no man on the Pacific Coast and but few in the entire country had his wide range of knowledge of this kind, and his fluency of expression. Turf journalistics, to him, were not as they are to many of us. To him they were a delight, a passion. Nothing so pleased him as to tell his readers of the merits of a good horse, and he left no point of interest untouched and in the dark. Financially he was independent of active engagement in any profession, so that his services in behalf of horses and horsemen were "labors of love" to him. His was a kindly pen and a kindly soul. He was quick to see and tell of the best in horses and their masters, and bard luck on the part of others aroused in him a quick and ready sympathy. His circle of acquaintances ran the gamut of all stations in human life, and in every company he was the same Billy Layng — gentleman, horseman, journalist — command- ing every man's respect, demanding no man's servil- ity. Long will his place be vacant. ADVANCE BOOKINGS at all the mountain resorts and parks from Jasper to Yosemite point to a west- ern movement of Americans in 1915 that bids fair to surpass the most sanguine expectations. To the army of outsiders who would have been guests of the west, and especially of California, under normal con- ditions in the old world, will be added the thousands of Americans who are accustomed to spend the greater portion of their surplus cash and idle time in European travel. This will not only serve to offset the loss in foreign attendance at the expositions at San Francisco and San Diego, but will mean that the "west at large" will be much more greatly benefited than would have been the case ordinarily. To the horde of "professional travelers" — not "traveling professionals" — who are in the habit of wandering about the world from one interesting point to anoth- er, such small things as a couple of world's fairs will prove far insuffcient in providing a season's attraction, and many an American who knows by heart the highways and byways of Europe will see for his or her first time the wonders of their native land. To them time and money are of small account, so be it they are sufficiently entertained, and in the season's course they will swing the circle of western wonder places. Consider the thousands of endorsers of the "See America first" slogan whose means are not such as will allow them annual pilgrimages to the points where whim or fancy calls, and who have been look- ing forward for months to the trip that should em- brace not only the expositions but the shrines of nature that they have so long held dear at heart but have never seen. To them, also, add the other thou- sands who will take advantage of the opportunity to combine business and pleasure in the course of their trip, or who will come as both sight-seers and home-seekers, and it is very easily realized that the west, during 1915, will have visitors on every hand — visitors on pleasure bent, with money to spend, searching for entertainment of diverse natures, and, what is most important in the eyes of horsemen, vis- itors from sections of the country where business stops when horse racing commences. To us, it looks as though a bit of enterprise and converted energy on the part of coast fair and race promoters, as well as horsemen and other local busi- ness interests, could provide a racing circuit that would not only draw great fields of horses and good crowds at the gate and stand, but give the business a boost that would be felt for years to come. Cali- fornia, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and adjoining states, including Canadian provinces, will have enough horses in training in 1915 to make a great circuit, or circuits, on their own account, without considering the large number of entries that can be drawn from eastern stables coming west to the expo- sition. At the Panama-Pacific meetings alone the money hung up is largely in excess of half that of the entire Grand Circuit, and many horses coming for the spring meeting would remain until fall were there any earning capacity for their horses. San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, Sacramento, Sa- lem, Portland, Yakima, Spokane and Phoenix are always entertaining a considerable body of visitors. Multiply the normal supply many fold for 1915 and the public from which to draw attendance is amply provided, an attendance that would justify a racing program of very high order. To these major meet- ings may be supplemented those of smaller scale that will be put on at places less advantageously located, but which are nevertheless due for a large floating population in 1915, and which can and doubt- less will, in any event, stage programs that will com- pare favorably with the lesser meetings of the east. We are pretty confident that such a season's racing would receive the deserved support from both horse- men and public and we are not alone in that belief. Eastern horsemen brought up the question of the "chance to pay expenses between meetings," and we can lay our hands very shortly on certain track man- agers who are willing to take their share of the venture. Suggestions are solicited from any interested par- ties— nobody barred, so speak up. EUROPEAN DEMANDS upon the horse flesh of the United States for cavalry mounts and artillery horses with which to continue the great struggle for supremacy that is taking place on the other side of the world continue unabated, or rather, to increase, and the drains that Europe will make upon our sup- ply are just beginning to be realized by our breeders. Even at this time, lacking official figures from gov- ernmental sources, it is impossible to estimate closely the number of animals already exported, inspected and passed and awaiting shipment at central points, or gathered in small bands here and there for inspec- tion. In the central west English and French buyers have for some time been active, as has also been the case in the Rocky Mountain states, and the buy- ers of these governments have recently been joined by those of Russia, Italy and Greece, the representa- tives of the two latter powers being especially active in Texas and Oklahoma. Recalling the fact that before the close of the Boer war the British government was a liberal buyer of almost anything and everything, the early activities of the foreign agents resulted in a rush to market of a great number of inferior horses, and in consid- erable speculation in many sections of "near-army" horses. Money was lost and the market was demor- alized for a time ou this class of stuff, as both grow- ers and speculators soon realized to their sorrow that the time was not yet ripe for Europe to take them off their hands. Readjustment was a bit slow, but today the market is in a much belter condition. Reports recently submitted by officers of the allies are to the effect that the average life of an army horse after having arrived at the front in this day of the unprecedented carnage of "civilized war- fare" is less than a fortnight, an estimate which, if correct, implies an almost incomprehensible demand for remounts and gunners, a demand that will break down the barriers of class as at present drawn. So far, the foreign buyers have been most discrim- inating in their selections. Strict specifications have been adhered to in the passing of both riders and gunners, not only as to individuality but as to color, taking from our shores the class of horses we can least afford to part with, even at war time prices — and to this date war time prices have not been exceptionally high. A recent central-w-estern report announces a large purchase of desirable animals at a uniform price of $270, but this has yet to be authen- ticated and is not in conformity with prices at the large centers. At Chicago the inspectors are adher- ing strictly to specifications for both classes of ani- mals, and while there is a great demand for these horses in big lots, the reigning prices are $100 to $135 for remounts, and $150 to J175 for the artillery horses — prices that are but little above normal. That the war will come to an end at any near-at- band hour seems among the uttermost of improbabili- ties, and its continuance for any length of time can spell but two things to American horse growers — a great advance in price, and an opportunity to cash in the hordes of horses of inferior though yet amply serviceable qualities — for war purposes — that we can well afford to bid farewell. For general utility and service the American horse as he exists today has few rivals, and given a clean sweep of our culls, the American horse of the future will be in a class entirely to himself. So far, the foreign situation has had but little effect on local prices. Leading breeders and dealers have been in receipt of inquiries as to what they could furnish and at what approximate price, but no contracts that we know of have as yet been let nor have personal representatives of the warring powers appeared upon the local markets. Serviceable stock is selling in San Francisco at about the customary figures, but an advance is probably not far away as country breeders show inclinations of "tightening up" when buyers for the city stables make their rounds, and the prevailing impression is that the price of horses is due to take the elevator and ride up a few stories. In the light of these circumstances brood mares of quality appear as investments that should pay a most excellent percentage of profit for some years to come. THE BREi,_^E AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. Oct. 29 (track good). — 2:20 pace, $2,500: Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct, dam by Directed (Geers) ' ± i j The Assessor, ch h by Walter Direct (McMahon)2 2 2 The Counterpart, b h by Governor D. E. Francis (Difenbach) 3 3 4 Gama May, br m by Gambrel (Bates) ..'.'.'.'.'.'.".'. *5 4 3 Bessie R.. br rn by George Sintell (Milliman). . ..4 ds :32% 1:0.3% 1:37L, 2:nSi„ :33 1:06 1:37% 2:07% :32 1:06% 1:37% 2:07% Money Divisions — Napoleon Direct, SI. 000; The Asses- sor, S00O; The Counterpart, $400; Gama May, $250, Bessie B. , $175. 2:23 trot, $600: Review Tell, b h by Baron Review — Bessie Tell, by Axtell (Grubb) 1 x 6 Tempest, b g by Senator Coke (Britenfleld) 8 9 1 Lady Togo, b m by Togo (Case) 2 2 7 Mamie O'C, b m by Fair Exchange '."6 6 2 Baron Todd, b h by Todd (McDonald) 3 3 8 Yarra Lee, b m by Sorrento Todd (Graves).. .953 Alonzo DeForrest, b h by The DeForest (Creasy)4 8 5 The Nubian, blk h by Red Medium (Miles) . . '. 7 4 9 Para Strong, b m by Governor Strong (Foote)..10 10 4 Sam Lieper, b h by Will Stratton (J. T. Jones).. 5 7 10 Time— 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:13%. 2:19 pace, $600: Pedro D., b g by Dr. Douglass— Ladusky, bv Royal Guy (Cox) 1 2 j Garrity, b h by The Mediator (Hildreth).. . 2 4 3 Flora Heir, b m by Heir-at-Law (Case) 3 5 2 Gratteline. b m by Gratt (Morgan) 5 2 5 Polly M., b m by Harold Patchen ( Sebastian) 6 3 4 Sir Selby, b c by The Searcher (Mever) 4 6 7 Lady Direct, b m by Direct Jr. (Guiher).. 7 7 6 Freckles, g g by Doctor E. (Brennan) S 8 dr :32 1:05 1:37% 2:10% :32% 1:07 1:39% 2:12% :31% 1:04% 1:36% 2:08% To beat 2:25%. pacing: Mars' Bock, ch f by John Bock (Propes). 2-'43i To beat 2:30%. trotting: ' ' ''""^ Helen F., br m by Dr. Whitten (Carpenter) 2:19% Oct. 30. — The State Fair racing meeting came to a close this afternoon, with a program of two harness races. Ideal weather conditions prevailed and the time in both the 2:04 pace and 2:12 trot was fast. The good Wisconsin stallion, Knight of Srathmore, beat a high class field in the fast pace, this being his second victory of the meeting. After It Will Tell and Del Rey had led to the stretch in the first round he came strong and won going away at the end in 2:05%. In the next heat It Will Tell again set the pace with the Cox stallion second. Knight of Strath- more headed them before reaching the seven-eighths and Del Rey went to a break, Minnie Chimes coming through at the pole and finishing a close second in 2:05%. Cox complained to the judges that Knight of Strathmore had fouled Del Rey, causing him to break, but the officials would not allow it. Lou Jennings, a double winner at the meeting, marched to the front and took the first heat of the 2:12 trot in 2:08%. She made a short break going away in the second heat and dropped back, Cox going to the front and winning with Fair Virginia, Eliza Belle a very easy second and Lou Jennings, who had trotted very fast through the stretch, third. Miss Densmore set the pace in the final mile and led Eliza Belle to the wire in 2:10%. Under the rules this left Miss Densmore winner of the race. Oct. 30 (track good).— 2:04 pace, $1,500 (old system): Knight of Strathmore. ch h bv Twelfth Knight Eleanor B., by Strathmore (Hawlev) 1 1 Minnie Chimes, br m by Council Chimes (McVey)..2 2 J. W. \\ ilkerson. br g by Walnut Boy (Simmons) . . 7 3 Del Rey, b h by Nutwood Wilkes (Cox) 3 8 It Will Tell, b g by Red Tell (H. Thomas) 5 4 Hal McKinney, b h by Hal B. (Sebastian) 4 7 Bessie Bee, b m by Star Onward (Russell) 8 5 Our Colonel, b h by Colonel Cochran (Childs) 6 6 :31% 1:03% 1:33% 2:05% :32 1:04 1:34% 2:05% Money Divisions — Knight of Strathmore, $600; Minnie Chimes, $3o0; J. W. Wilkerson. $225; Del Rey, $150; It Will Tell, $100, and Hal McKinney, $75. 2:12 trot, $1000: Miss Densmore. b m by Vyzant — Nina Dens- more, by Hamdallah (McLaughlin) 2 5 1 Fair Virginia, blk m by Zombro — Fricka, by Bin- gen (Cox) 3 l 3 Lou Jennings, br m by Todd, dam by Wilkes Boy ( Gorham) 1 3 4 Eliza Belle, b m by Paralizer ("Webster) 4 2 2 Eva Tanguay, b m by Aegon (Sebastian) 5 4 5 :31% 1:05 1:36% 2:08% :32 1:06 1:38 2:11% :32% 1:06% 1:37% 2:10% o A WONDERFUL YEAR FOR THE PETER THE GREATS. Peter the Great continues to add to his reputation both in the number of his 2:30 performers and in the amount won by his get in active racing. The victory of Margaret Druien 2:05%, at Dallas, gives him a total of a little over one hundred thousand dollars, the greatest amount ever won in one season by the get of any one sire. Peter the Great has so far eclipsed all other stallions now living as to be in a class by himself, and, as the leading sire of the year in regards to new 2:30 performers, as a sire of 2:10 horses, and as a money winning sire, he has never been approached. Peter Volo 2:03%, Margar- et Druien and Sienna 2:06%, have together won over sixty thousand dollars, the first named being unbeaten and unbeatable, and the two mares being race horses of sterling worth. So great has become Peter the Great's reputation that his get command higher prices than those of any other sire living. His son, Peter Scott 2:07%, was sold during the summer for thirty thousand dol- lars; Peter Volo is easily worth fifty thousand, while Margaret Druien and Sienna would realize large sums if offered for sale. Here are four trotters worth considerably more than a rundred thousand dollars, and, in addition to these, there could be mentioned the three-year-old filly, Lady Wanetka, 2, 2:10, whose official time in the third heat of the Kentucky Fu- turity was 2:05, and who is today a better mare than ever in her life, Judson Girl 2:07%, and the pacer Peter Stevens 2:02%, each of whom is a horse of great value — American Horse Breeder. CLOSING WEEK AT DALLAS, TEXAS. Oct 26. — The opening of the second and final week of Great Western circuit racing here was auspicious. the weather being fair, although rather cool, and the track in the best condition it has been in since the meeting opened. As a result the trotting race record for the meeting was lowered by Judson Girl, that won her first race of the season, when she beat the 2:09 trotters in straight heats. The feature event, which was the $3,000 stake for 2:11 pacers, went to fatten the winnings of the big chestnut stallion Napoleon Direct, that is second only to King Couchman in the amount of money won this season. Frank Patch was the early pacemaker in the stake, the brown stallion racing The Assessor all the way in the first heat, beating him in the stretch and stall- ing off a rush of Napoleon Direct at the end. In the next three heats the Geers stallion was best, but Frank Patch was the contender in the second and third rounds. In the fourth San Jacinto, after mak- ing a break and dropping to last place at the three- quarters, came at a terrific clip and finished second to the chestnut stallion. Judson Girl was clearly the class of the 2:09 trot- ters. Exall was the contender in the first heat, but the little mare easily beat him in 2:09%. In the next round Duchess took up the fight and Judson Girl was compelled to cut her winning race record to 2:08% in order to win. The roan was the contender in the third, but the Cox mare was a rather handy winner in 2:09%.. King Clansman did not trot up to his usual form. Walter Cox made it two firsts and a second for the day by landing the 2:25 pace with Pedro D., that won here last week. The gelding was by far the best of the field and took a new record of 2:11% in the first heat. Dallas. Texas. — Mile track; American rules; every heat a race, except where noted. Oct. 26 (track fast).— 2:11 pace, $3,000 (old system): Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct, by Directed (Geers) 3 111 Frank Patch, br h by The Patchen Boy — Bar- oness Vivette by Baron Jean (Cox) 1 2 2 4 The Assessor, ch h by Walter Direct (Mc- Mahon) 2 3 7 o San Jacinto, b g by George W. McKinney (Allen) 9 9 6 2 Shadeline, ch h by Shade On (Owens) 4 6 9 3 May E. Pick, blk m by Silkwood (Anderson) 7 8 3 6 Society Leader, br h by Dick Wilkes (Smith)5 4 5 9 Tom King, ch g, untraced (Boyle) 6 7 4 8 Miss Newsure. b m by Be Sure (Woods) 8 5 8 7 :30% 1:05 1:35% 2:06% :31% 1:04% 1:35% 2:07% :32 1:06% 1:3714 2:08% :32% 1:05% 1:36% 2:07% Money Divisions — Napoleon Direct, $1,200; Frank Patch, $650; The Assessor, $450; San Jacinto. $350; Shadeline, $200. and Mary E. Pick, $150. 2:09 trot. $100: Judson Girl, b m by Peter the Great — Anne Ax- worthy by Axworthy (Cox) 1 1 1 Duchess, ro m, untraced (McDonald) 6 2 2 Exall, b h bv Exalted (Pearse) 2 4 4 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Britenfleld) 3 3 3 King Clansman, br h by The Clansman (Mc- Mahon) 4 5 5 The Comet, ch h by Entertainer (Myers) 5 6 dr :32i4 1:06% 1:38 2:09% :32% 1:06 1:37% 2:08% :33 1:06% 1:38% 2:09% 2:25 pace, $600: Pedro D., b g by Dr. Douglass (Cox) 1 1 1 Flora Heir, b m by Heir at Law (Case) 2 3 3 Togo Prince, b g by Togo (Nelson) 3 4 2 Bessie R-, bl m, breeding wanted (Milliman). . .6 2 6 Daisy Grattan, ch m by Joe Grattan (Guiher)... 4 5 4 Lady Direct, b m by Direct Jr. (Cole) 8 6 5 Willie Watts, br h bv Pemick (Hodges) 5 S ds Lee Baron, br h by Baron D. (Smith) 9 7 dr The Exchange, br c by John Kirby (Foote). .. .10 9 dr George Bacchus, b h by Bacchus (Carpenter) 7 ds Dan, br h by T. R. (Ralston) 11 dr Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:12%. Oct. 27. — The 2:20 trotting stake was the feature of the racing at Fair Park today and the Chicago mare Fair Virginia won first money in one of those unsatis- factory five heat races, in which another glaring example of the workings of the new record rule was furnished. It was another good day for the New Hampshire reinsman Walter Cox, who won two of the three races carded. Fair Virginia set the pace in the first heat with Guy Nella second. In the stretch both Slip Past and Miss Densmore challenged. Guy Nella went to a break just when she appeared to have the heat won and in a head and head finish Fair Virginia got the decision. She also won the second heat rather han- dily from Slip Past but in the third, the half-mile track star Eliza Belle, which had acted badly for Ed Allen in the first two heats, had her old driver back and trotted the field into the ground in the stretch and won. She led to the three-quarters in the fourth, then dropped out of it and Slip Past came on and won. The race was limited to five heats so McClos- keytook the lead in the fifth round and stayed there all the way, winning easily, which gave him third money, and still left him without a winning race record. After Eunice Strong had taken the first heat of the 2:16 trot, Lou Jennings, a winner here last week, went to the front, and beat the field rather handily. The fast but erratic blind stallion Dingola behaved for Cox today and had no trouble in beating the 2:14 pacers in straight heats, taking a new record of 2:09% in the initial heat. Oct 27 (track fast).— 2:20 trot, $2,000 (old system): Fair Virginia, blk mk by Zombro — Fricka by Bingen (Cox) 1 1 2 2 4 Slip Past, b m by E. M. R. (Taylor) 4 2 5 12 McCloskey, br g by Theodosius (McDonald).. 8 6 3 3 1 Eliza Belle, b m by Paralizer (Allen and Webster) 5 7 15 5 Miss Densmore, b m by Vyzant (McLaugh- lin) 3 3 4 6 3 Alice Arion. b m by Arion (McQuaig) 6 4 6 4 6 c, y N.-lla, b m by Guv. Axworthy (Geers).. 2 8 8 7 dr Komestake, blk g by Ozono (H. Thomas) 7 5 7 dr John Mack, b g by George A. Fuller (Mc- Quitty) ds Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:14%. Money Divisions — Fair Virginia, SS00; Slip Past, $400; McCloskey, $325; Eliza Belle, $225; Miss Densmore, $150, and Alice Arion, $100. 2:10 trot, $600: Lou Jennings, b m by Todd, by Wilkes Boy 1 (Gorham) 3 1 1 Eunice Strong, blk m by Governor Strong (Nel- son) 1 2 4 Baron Bates, b c by Baron Wilkes Jr. (Chandler)4 3 2 Heir Reaper, blk h by Early Reaper (Hill) 2 4 5 Ross Wiggins, b g by Wiggins (King) 6 7 3 Urbanus, b h by Norcatur (Graves) 5 6 6 Mamie O. C b m bv Fair Exchange (Shivery).. 8 5 7 Frank S., b g by Conrad (Case) 9 9 8 Mamie Coke, b m by Senator Coke (Orr) 7 S dr Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:12%. 2:14 pace, $600: Dingola, ch h oy Expedition — Perfect Ladv by Allerton (Cox) 1 1 1 George EUerton, ro h by Kay Allerton (Woods). 2 4 2 Star Brook, b g by Ashbrook (Meyers) 3 2 5 Allator, br h by Installator (Stone) 5 3 6 Hallie Grace, b m bv His Grace (Nelson) 7 7 3 Colonel Rogers, b h by John R. Gentry (Case).. 6 6 4 Garrity, b h by Mediator (Hildreth) 4 5 dr Symbol Seal, blk m by Symboleer (Brennan). . .8 ds :31Yz 1:05 1:37 2:09% :32 1:04% 1:37% 2:10% :31% 1:05 1:37% 2:10% Oct. 28. — The bay gelding Star Winter made his first start since his race for the Transylvania Stake in the $2,500 event for 2:10 trotters here today and won in straight heats, equaling the trotting race rec- ord for the meeting in the final heat. Judson Girl was the only contender, the mare from the Cox stable giving the gelding a hard argument in the first and third heats. In the first, she hooked up with Star Winter in the stretch and, in a desperate drive, was beaten only a head in 2:08%. The pace was slow to the three-quarters in the second and in the brush to the wire Star Winter won easily. In the final Cox determined to race the gelding all the way, carried him to the half in 1:03% and the three-quarters in 1:35, but in the stretch Judson Girl tired and Star Winter won rather handily in 2:08%. Grattan Boy was very unsteady and caught the red banner in the first heat. Shadeline broke into the winning column in the 2:08 pace. He beat Mary Malone in a driving finish in the first heat, but dropped back in the second, in which Society Leader and May E. Pick fought it out, the former winning in 2:07%. Society Leader was then drawn, and in the final May E. Pick led to the stretch, where Shadeline came fast and in a whipping finish beat the black mare in 2:08%. John Fleming's bay colt Toddling was a rather easy winner of the two-year-old trot. Oct 28 (track good).— 2:10 trot, $2,500: Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter — Elsie B. E., by Conguest Star (McDonald) 1 1 1 Judson Girl, b m by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 2 2 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Britenfleld) 3 3 3 Grattan Boy, b g by Montana Grattan (Geers)... ds :32% 1:05 1:37% 2:08% :34% 1:00% 1:42% 2:13% :32 1:03% 1:35 2:08% Money Divisions — Star Winter, $1,000; Judson Girl, $550; M. L. J., $400. Two-year-old trot, $300: Toddling, b c by Kentucky Todd — Nicketta, by Wil- liam L. (Fleming) 1 1 Miss Han-is M., b f by Peter the Great (McDonald) .2 2 Colonel Ellis Togo, blk c by Togo (Carpenter) 3 3 Time— 2:32%, 2:26%. 2:08 pace, $1000: Shadeline, ch h by Shade On — Lina V. by Albert Lambert (Owen) 1 7 1 Society Leader, br h bv Dick Wilkes, dam by Heir-at-Law (Smith) 4 1 dr May E. Pick, blk m by Silkwood (Anderson). .5 2 2 Mary Malone, b m by Jack Malone (Miles) 2 4 4 Baron Hal, br h by Baron D. (Case) 3 5 6 The Climax, blk h by Governor D. R. Francis (Foote) 7 3 7 Rastus, br g by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 8 8 3 Dick Sentinel, b g by Iowa Sentinel (Woods) .... 6 6 5 :30% 1:02% 1:35% 2:07% :31% 1:04% 1:35% 2:07% :31% 1:04% 1:36% 2:08% To beat 2:30%. trotting: General Francis, blk h by Governor D. R. Francis (Powell) 2:171» HiUbrook Lady, ch m by Wilask (Hildreth) 2:20% Oct. 29. — Napoleon Direct, next to King Couchman, leads the money winning pacers of the season, and added a third stake to his string of victories today, when he won the $2,500 event for 2:20 pacers. It was a race in which the winner and The Assessor outclassed the others, the pair of chestnut stallions having a little race to themselves. More extreme speed was shown in this event than in any other event of the meeting. In the second heat the last half was paced in 1:01%, the last quarter in :29%. The Assessor made up considerable ground in going this distance and was separately timed the quarter in 29 seconds. Dick McMahon, in discussing the heat said, "I got to Pop in the stretch but he just swished his whip over the big horse and he shot away from me as though I was tied to the fence." The last half of the final heat was in 1:01 and the quarter in :29%, Napoleon Direct easily beating his former stable mate. Walter Cox pulled down another race, his third at the meeting, with the bay gelding Pedro D„ which beat the 2:19 pacers easily. In the second heat he made a break on the back stretch and was a distance out when he recovered but by pacing the last half in 1:01 was able to head the field to the wire. Flora Heir made him take a record of 2:08% to win the final heat. Review Tell had a rather easy time in winning the first two heats of the 2:23 trot. In the final heat Walter Breitenfield, who had been nowhere with Tempest in the first two heats, got busy and won the round handily in 2:13%, the fastest heat of the race. More greetings, also salutations to the new record rule! Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY STAKE NO. 14. The following is a list ot 117 third payments made in Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No. 14, tor foals of 1914: J. A. Alshouse's b c Roger McKinney by Prince Mc- Kinney, dam Nellie Gwin II by McKerron. A. N. Ames' b c Eaxter by Bonnie Steinway, dam Floretta Marvin by Don Marvin. C. A. Arvedson's b or s c Ansel Mack by Prince An- sel, dam Constancia by McKinney. E. T. Barnette's foal by Carlokin, dam Zephyr by Zombro. C. J. Berry's foal by Copa de Oro, dam Subito by Steinway. I. L. Borden's br f by Ed. McKinney, dam Dolly B. by Welcome; ch c by Ed. McKinney, dam Ramona by Prince Robert; b c by Ed. McKinney, dam Ella G. by Hamb. Wilkes; b or br c by Ed. McKinney, dam Hester McKinney; bl c by Ed. McKinney, dam Maude Adams by Cresco Wilkes; bl c by Tom Smith, dam Directola by Direct; b f by Ed. Mc- Kinney, dam Miss Nutwood by Nutwood Wilkes. E. K. Brown's b c May King by Palo King, dam May- monio by Demonio. W. C. Brown's ch c Prince Pat by Prince Ansel, dam Princess Bessum by Egyptian Prince. J. J. Campbell's b c J. Silver Bond by The Bondsman, dam Silver Fir by Silver Bow. I. J. Cornett's b f Boness by The Bondsman, dam Salinas Princess by Eugeneer. S. H. Cowell's foal by Palo King, dam Hulda by Guy Wilkes; b c by Jim Logan, dam Two Minutes by Wildnut. C. L. DeRyder's b c by The Bondsman, dam Ara- wana B. by Sidney Dillon; b f by Graham Bel- lini, dam Ava J. by Zombro; b f by Graham Bellini, dam Gregan by Steinway; br f by Pan Boy, dam Merry Widow by Red Pac; b c by Copa de Oro, dam Hawthorne by McKinney. Win. E. Detels' foal by Graham Bellini, dam Daphne McKinney by McKinney. J. Doran's b f Nelley McCarty by Vernon McKin- ney, dam Zaalam by Searchlight. C. A. Durfee's b c by True Kinney, dam Addie B. by Dexter Prince. W. G. Durfee's foal by Carlokin, dam My Irene S. by Petigru; foal by Carlokin, dam Atherine by Pa- tron; foal by Copa de Oro, dam Pavlowa B. by Petigru; foal by Copa de Oro, dam Dixie W. by Zolock. Revel Lindsay English's ch f by Wilbur Lou, dam Lady Bertha by Constantine. Byron Erkenbrecher's foal by Copa de Oro, dam Reta H. by McKinney. E. A. Gammon's foal by The Bondsman, dam Linet by Seymour Wilkes. Mrs. E. M. Goold's b f Starlight G. by Search Pointer, dam Princess G. by Sample. Alex. Grant's b c by Wilbur Lou, dam Sona by Mc- Kinney. A. D. Gribble's br f by Hal B., dam Vera Wealth by The Commonwealth. E. D. Grove's s c Pat Malone by Dickens B., dam Pinkey H. by Dexterwood. C. A. Harrison's b c Kinney Benton by True Kinney, dam Princess Viola by Prince Ansel. Geo. F. Heilbron's b f by Lijero, dam Califa by Silver Bow. Hemet Stock Farm's ch f by Kinney de Lopez, dam Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom; ch f by Wilbur Lou, dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; ch c by Wil- bur Lou, dam Betsy Direct by Direct; foal by Wilbur Lou, dam Little Louise A. by Boodle; ch f by Wilbur Lou, dam Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes; b f by Wilbur Lou, dam Stambia by Stam B.; b f by Wilbur Lou, dam Hemet Girl by Geo. W. McKinney; b c by Wilbur Lou, dam Kinney Rosebud by Kinney Lou; bl f by Kinney Lou, dam Bonnie Ailse by Faustino. H. A. Hershey's b c Galen by Jim Logan, dam Palo Maid by Palo King. H. S. Hogoboom's b f Eva Dungan by Palo King, dam Miss lone by Iran Alto. S. H. Hoy's b c Elmo Logan by Jim Logan, dam Suisun by Demonio. Craig Hyde's b f Mona Logan by Jim Logan, dam Switchtail by Demonio. Abe W. Johnson's ch c Willie G. D. by Directum Penn, dam Babe by Son of McKinney. John C. Kirkpatrick's br — by Charley D. McKinney, dam Lucretia Alto by Nazote; b c by Vernon Mc- Kinney, dam Poinsetta K. by Star Pointer. Mrs. E. Lepetit's b c Linero by Lijero, dam Lady Patchen by Son of Transit or Knight. Mrs. Mabel Lipson's s c Franklin B. by Chestnut Tom, dam Myrtle Ragan by Col. K. R. R. J. MacKenzie's b c by The Proof, dam Rose Trix by Corbett Rose. J. W. Marshall's b c by Jim Logan, dam Leota by Diablo; b f by Jim Logan, dam Bernice by Owy- hee; b f by Demonio, dam Bally Pointer by Star Pointer; br f by Palo King, dam Ramona by De- monio. W. T. McBride's s c Guy Bellini by Graham Bellini, dam La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes; b f Verna Peach by Vernon McKinney, dam Dawn o' Light by Searchlight. C. P. McCan's b f Etta Bond by The Bondsman, dam Hazel Patchen by The Patchen Boy; b c Nineteen Fifteen by The Bondsman, dam Miss Orlena by Ormonde; b c Bill Scisco by The Bondsman, dam Ethel Toddington by Toddington. Thos. McCormick's b c Tilkins by Kinney H., dam Tillie Taylor by Longworth. Eva H. by Washington McKinney. J. E. Montgomery's foal by The Proof, dam Margaret M. by Chestnut Tom. A. L. Nichols' b f Silver Logan by Dan Logan, dam Silver Benton by Senator Boggs. Chris G. Owen's br f Ella O. by Moko Hall, dam by Kinney Lou. J. W. Pendleton's ch f Bertha Thrice by Derbertha Bells, dam Abbie McNutward by Guy McKinney; bl c by Arner, dam Beautiful Bertha by Moor- mont; bl f Columbertha by Arner, dam Madsie McNutward by Madison McKinney. W. A. Perley's foal by The Proof, dam Belle by Kin- ney Lou; foal by The Proof, dam Lady Whips by Whips. Sadie L. Porter's br c by The Bondsman, dam Yu Tu by R. Ambush. Ryan & Webster's b c by Frank Perry, dam Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon. A. L. Scott's br f by Wilbur Lou, dam Weatewater by Sidney Dillon; ch f by Wilbur Lou, dam Lady Nez by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Wilbur Lou, dam Rosie Woodburn by Easter W. J. C. Short's foal by Skido Wilkes, dam Keno by Prismo. Chas. F. Silva's foal by Teddy Bear, dam by Zombro; foal by Teddy Bear, dam Polka Dot by Mendocino; foal by Lijero, dam Directshine by Direct. Alfred Solano's foal by Copa de Oro, dam Lady H. by Del Coronado. Jas. Stewart's ch c by Copa de Oro, dam Easter D. by Diablo. C. F. M. Stone's b c by Carlokin, dam Cora S. by Del Coronado. W. A. Stow's b f Alconda Girl by Alconda Jay, dam Salinas Girl by Nutwood Wilkes. Sutherland & MacKenzie's b c Rhyolite by F. S. Whitney, dam Rubelle by Del Coronado. L. B. Taylor's b f Olivet by Yoncalla, dam Yolanda by McKinney. L. H. Todhunter's foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Os- muda by Bon Voyage; foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage; ch c Tod Watts by General Watts, dam Zombell by Zombro. Dr. I. L. Tucker's b c Tommy Tucker by Earthquake, dam Babe T. by Rajah. Valencia Stock Farm's foal by Pegasus, dam Rosie by McKinney. A. H. Van Vlear's br c Tango by Expressive Mac, dam Jennielyn by Hawthorne. F. W. Wadham's br c Adam Treat by Prince Ansel, dam Johanah Treat by Thos. Rysdyk. D. W. Wallis' br f by El Angelo, dam Record Search- er by Searchlight; b c by El Angelo, dam Annie McKinney by McKinney. Geo. L. Warlow's b f Cora's Policy by Best Policy, dam Cora Wickersham by Junio. Alex. M. Wilson's br c Kewpie by Carlokin, dam The Blonde by Strathway. Woodland Stock Farms, Ine.'s br f Maggie Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Maggie Hall by Moko; b f Anselita by Prince Ansel, dam Eocita by Moko ; br f Hilda Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Bonhilda by Moko; b c True Serpol by True Kinney, dam Serpolo by Mendocino; bl f True Ida by True Kinney, dam Ida Millerton by Millerton; b c by True Kinney, dam Ella J. by A. W. Richmond; b c by Quintell, dam Josie Ansel by Prince Ansel; b f Ristori by Gayristo, dam Misty Lockheart by Lockheart; br c Otto Wise by Commodore Doug- las, dam Gay Princess by Prince Ansel; br f Josie Douglas by Commodore Douglas, dam Princess Josie by Prince Ansel; b c Boniska by Bonaday, dam Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes; b f Quintellma by Quintell, dam Aleema by Nutwood Wilkes; b c by Prince Ansel, dam Silver Haw by Silver Bow. M. L. Woy's br f Expressive B. by Expressive Mac, dam Loma B. by Stam B. GOLDSMITH MAID AT TWENTY-ONE. WAR AND LIVESTOCK. One effect of the big European war is the increased interest in livestock breeding in this country. Here- tofore the stockmen of America have followed very closely to the European standards in livestock breed- ing. The war has suddenly put an end to importation of livestock from Europe, and if the conflict contin- ues for any length of time it will leave Europe with not enough livestock for their own uses and they will later have to come to this country to secure breeding stock to renew their herds. The interesting question with stock breeders is what effect will their cutting off of annual importa- tions have upon livestock in this country. It is prac- tically certain that there will be a material change in all classes of livestock due to the different environ- ment under which they are produced in this country. Heretofore it has been possible to renew the blood lines from year to year and thus keep our breeding in line with that of Europe, but from now on the breeders of this country will have to depend upon their own ideals. One result of this condition has been a greatly increased interest in stock shows, and at the National Western Stock show in Denver in January there will be stronger exhibits in all lines of breeding stock than ever before. Quite a number of Western men are getting into the breeding busi- ness, realizing that from now on America must breed for its own uses and also eventually be prepared to supply an European demand. From now on the stock shows will have an importance far greater than they have ever had before — Farm and Ranch. Out in Ohio, not long ago, the twenty-one-year-old mare, Gertrude, won a race, and, in the course of the combat, took a record of 2:27, which fact is made much of by the newspapers of that commonwealth, one of them characterizing it as "indeed a remark- able performance for a trotter of similar age." All of which shows that folks who do not have the tablets of the dim past handy for reference are likely to become excited about nothing. Gertrude is a good old mare, all right, but, really, when one recalls what Goldsmith Maid accomplished in the trotting line when old enough to vote, and further reflects that she pulled a high wheel sulky of the 1877 pattern, was shod without any particular end in view except to protect her feet (her hind shoes weighed a pound apiece), and that she took the tracks of that day as she found them, the 2:27 of Gertrude, to pneumatic tire rig of the present day, utterly fails to register. When Goldsmith Maid was twenty-one years old, she performed as follows: March 31 — San Jose, Cal., beat Rarus in 2:20%, 2:1614, 2:19%. April 28 — Los Angeles, Cal., beat Rarus in 2:22%, 2:19, 2:19%. May 12— San Jose, Cal., beat Rarus 2:20%, 2:16%, 2:19%. May 19 — Chico, Cal., beat Rarus in 2:19%, 2:14%,, 2:17. July 4 — Cincinnati, Ohio, against time, 2:25, 2:19, 2:21. July 12 — Springfield, Mass., against time, 2:23, 2:17, 2:19. July 19— Chicago, 111., against time, 2:21, 2:19. Aug. 9 — Rochester, N. Y., against time, 2:19%, 2:16%, 2:17%. Aug. 22 — Cynthiana, Ky., against time, 2:21%, 2:17%. Sept. 15 — St. Joseph, Mo., against time, 2:21%, 2:24, 2:21. Sept. 22.— Kansas City, Mr., against time, 2:21, 2:20%. Sept. 27 — Toledo, Ohio, against time, 2:23%, 2:21%, 2:22. March 31 to September 27 would look like a long season for present day champion trotters to be kept in topnotch condition, and, when there is added a trip from California to Springfield, Mass., with a few doubling back stunts in the itinerary, it is plain that Goldsmith Maid enjoyed the strenuous life long be- fore Col. Roosevelt coined the phrase. Seventeen heats better than 2:20 when in her twenty-first year is the old mare's record, pulling what now would be classed as a war chariot and making a continent- wide journey. Being speed exhibitions, scheduled for certain days and places, the weather and track conditions made no difference, so long as any sort of a mile could be trotted over the course. I haven't a thing against Gertrude and her 2:27 mile, and Berea, where it was put on the books, is a swell little town, mostly devoted, so far as I have been able to judge while passing through on the Lake Shore road, to the production of grindstones; but, in justice to the little mare that, not broken to harness until she was six or seven years old, fought her way to the top, and stayed there for several years, putting the world's trotting record at 2:14 when she was seventeen, it is well to call the atten- tion of the present generation of horse lovers to some of the things she did and the circumstances under which she did them — Henry T. White in Amer- ican Horse Breeder. C. A. HARRISON'S COLT. C. A. Harrison of the New Richmond Hotel, Se- attle, now owns the beautiful and elegantly bred colt Kinney Benton, by True Kinney 2:12%, dam Princess Viola by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20%; second dam Viola, by General Benton; third dam Violet, by Electioneer; fourth dam Victress, by Williamson's Belmont, with an abundance of producing blood on the maternal side. True Kinney is one of the handsomest and best bred sons of Kinney Lou 2:07%, his dam being the great broodmare Trueheart 2:19%, by Nearest 35562, second dam Camma, by Norway 5325, etc. True Kinney is a game trotter and has a right to a place at the Woodland Stock Farm. This youngster of Mr. Harrison's, Kinney Benton, was foaled last spring and has been broken by the farm trainer, Walter Maben, who pronounces the colt a real trotter that can show thus early a 2:40 gait. Mr. Maben has few equals as a judge of juvenile speed. A Seattle man of literary instincts, though without a wooden leg, jots down the fact that when a good, strong pedigree like this is found, "Old Man Harrison, like the brook, goes on forever." To which an old horseman pres- ent replies that there is a good deal more inspiration to talk or write on a colt bred like Kinney Benton than in quite a number of brooks, ponds or other fluid bodies, besides, the brooks have gone dry over there, but the horses haven't yet, which is another story; while this Kinney Benton by his blood prom- ise is a gentle invitation to linger on the subject, tracing as he does close up to McKinney, Guy Wilkes, Nutwood, Electioneer, Gen. Benton, and being a cou- sin to at least about all the good ones that can be named. So everybody will stand sponsor for the colt, and here's wishing "Old Man Harrison" many happy returns of the day.— Pacific Horse Review. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Sterling R. Holt is selling his entire horse holdings at the Chicago ^ale, retaining only Sidney Dillon. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS I Dick Wilson expects to be at tbe Indianapolis track early in tbe spring where he will train a public stable. Count Boni, by Bon Voyage 2:08, dam Welladay (p) 2:14, own brother to Bonaday 2:11%, is now owned bv W. V. Jennings of Marysville, Wash. Fair Virginia 2:07%, owned by Secretary W. H. Knight ot the American Trotting Association, won the $2,000 event for 2:20 class trotters at Dallas, Texas. The famous race horse and sire Searchlight 2:03%, owned by W. L. Wood, of Liberty, Ind., gained credit for another 2:10 performer last week, when Rella E. secured a record of 2:06. <5> The Walnut Hall Farm sire, San Francisco 2:07%, gets two new performers in Dos Palos 2:27% and Mary Putnev 2:24%. Both are two-year-olds and took their records at Dover, N. H., last week. May Mack, driven by Chas. DeRyder of Pleasan- ton. won the 2:09 trot at the Arizona State Fair on the opening day; and in doing so, broke the track record of 2:06 which has stood since 1908. The mare reeled off the three heats in 2:05%, 2:05% and 2:05%, a remarkably fast race. When a race horse can win two good races the same afternoon, something decidedly rare has been accomplished. At Goshen, Ind., on October 15, Myr- tle Strathmore won the 2:17 and 2:20 paces, five heats being required in the last named event. Where can you find a modern thoroughbred which can do that? «> <8> Gil Curry, well known on the Pacific Coast, acted as starter at the Springfield, Mo., race meeting and according to the accounts published, met with great success and received many well deserved compli- ments on his work, which was described as high class throughout. Moko is the only stallion to be credited with two new 2:10 three-year-old trotters. The others to sire new 2:10 three-vear-old trotters are: Axworthy (3) 2:15%, Bingen 2:06%, Carlokin 2:07%, Dan Patch 1-55%, Directum Spier 2:11%, General Watts (3) 2:06%, Guy Axworthy 2:08%, McKinney 2:11%, Trampfast (2) 2:12%, and Tregantle 2:09%. <8> Dr. Burns Jr. 2:04% established a record this sea- son which is the most unique of the year. The Doc- tor is the original best bet for the place position. Starting seven times, Dr. Burns Jr. was seven times second. Not only was the Doctor satisfied to take second money, but in the twenty-one heats in which he competed," in no less than fifteen was he the sec- ond horse to flash past the finish. Ninety yearlings, one two-year-old and one three- vear-old w"ere sold by the Kentucky Sales Company in the paddock at Latonia on Monday and Tuesday of last week. The ninety-two head sold for $36,770, an average of nearly $400. All present agreed that it was a good sale. The highest price paid was for the yearling chestnut colt by Hastings — Crimes which brought $2,000, and was bought by R. L. Baker. The racing season at Minoru Park, Vancouver, came to a close on Saturday. It was the eighty-third day of the meeting, the longest affair of its kind ever heid in Canada. The official announcement was made by the B. C. Thoroughbred Association at the course, to the effect that the close of the present meeting will probably mark the end of the racing altogether at the course, for a change in the statutes will pre- vent any long race meets in future. On Nov. 5 the pacing stallion Directum I, by Di- rectum-Kelly, owned by James Butler of New York, paced a mile against time on the Kirkwood (Del.) kite-shaped track in 1:59%. The horse was driven by G. Raymond Snedeker, who piloted him on the Grand Circuit this season. The time by quarters was :30%, 1:01%, 1:31, 1:59%. A thirty-mile gale marred the trial, as no wind shield was used. Direc- tum I was paced part of the way by a runner, which could not keep up. Directum I's record, made this year, is 1:58. Two thousand people saw the trial. The track was in ideal condition. The English army has an agent at Colorado Springs running around the country in quest of sad- dle horses from four to nine years of age and weigh- ing from 900 to 1200 pounds and suitable for cavalry service. The horses must be sound and broken at least to bridle and saddle. Good mares will also pass muster. The prices are cash up to $125 according to quality. Roans and dark buckskins will be ac- cepted and barb-wire and branding scars are no bar. The allied forces have put in an order for 20,000 more war steeds at St. Louis where a uniform price of $270 is being paid. J. W. Considine's colt Suldine took a yearling trot- ting record of 2:24%, driven by Hunter C. Moody, at Lexington last week. He is by Worthy McKinney, a son of McKinney, out of Isworthy by Axworthy, second dam by Baron Wilkes, third dam by Daniel Lambert. Suldine's dam is Carrietta (dam of Silent Brigade (2) 2:10%, etc.), by Direetman (son of Di- rectum) ; second dam by Jay Bird ; third dam by Stranger. He is the fastest yearling out this year. <8> Jack Barrymore, the gaited saddle horse that de- feated all comers in Kentucky and Missouri this year, has been sold by W. G. Shropshire, of Shelbyville, Ky., to H. B. Thornburg of Los Angeles, Cal., who intends to exhibit him at the horse show to be held in connection with the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco next spring. He is a gray gelding about 15.1 hands high, and is regarded as one of the greatest show horses of the breed yet seen in the Southwest. Chas. L. DeRyder will hold a combination sale of choice trotting bred stock at the Pleasanton Driving Park Saturday, Dec. 12. A preliminary announce- ment appears in this issue and as entries will close Dec. 1, all who have choice trotters and pacers to sell should make entries at once. This sale like all previous ones held at Pleasanton will hte thoroughly advertised and will afford a great opportunity for all who wish to dispose of their present horse holdings. <8><3> Charley D. 2:06% and all the brood mares, geldings and young horses belonging to the estate of the late Col. Kirkpatrick will shortly be offered for sale by auction. In the consignment will be many promising- racing prospects, as Col. Kirkpatrick during his life- time was a keen student of blood lines and a very successful breeder. Several three-year-olds by Char- ley D. and out of producing matrons which have ob- tained standard records will be offered in the lot. Full particalars of this sale will appear in the adver- tising columns of this paper next week. The horses sold at the dispersal sale of Stony Ford Farm, Stony Ford, N. Y., went at real sacrifices. The nine-year-old sire, Justo 2:10%, was knocked down to the bid of C. M. Peck, Newark, N. Y., at $1,400. The champion yearling trotter Airdale, 1, 2:15%, 2, 2:15%, 3, 2:09, this season, brought only $1,100, and went to W. K. Dickerson, of Goshen, N. Y. The four-year-old half-brother of Airdale, Lord Allen, 2, 2:11, brought but $1,000, and went to the Goshen gentleman, who is also the manager of famous Joe Patchen (p) 2:01%. Austral (sire of 25), was bought by J. B. Ford, brother of the late J. Howard Ford, who formerly owned the stock. The price for the latter was $400. The Hollister Driving Club held a race meeting last Sunday which from point of attendance and racing was a very satisfactory affair. So much so that another matinee has been planned for next Sun- day, when an effort will be made to secure a contest between Dicto, J. F. Dunne's fast pacer and Red- mond's Daisy R., a Watsonville horse now in J. P. Soare's stable at the Riverside track. Dicto recently finished third in each of three heats paced over the San Francisco Stadium track in 2:07, 2:09, 2:09%. The Redmond mare has a record of 2:10 on the Sa- linas track and trainer Soares is confident that he can make a close race with Dicto. In last Sunday's races Sis, the entry of Enos Garcia, won the $200 match with Benton Boy in straight heats, and Geo. Cagney's Dan Patch won the buggy race in straight heats also. <8> At a county fair one sometimes runs onto startling object lessons, which usually carry their inspiration. In one of the stalls at the La Salle County Fair in Illinois stood an American-bred Percheron mare. Above her stall a banner was flung, with this inscrip- tion: "Beauty of Highland 18611. A Percheron mare 21 years old on April 12, 1914. The produce of this mare and her daughters sold by us amount to $13,687.50. The descendants now owned by us, con- servatively valued, amount to $6,500. Total, $20,- 187.50. She has had fifteen foals; three have died. Will a good Percheron mare pay? If properly han- dled, yes. — W. E. Prichard & Sons." We understand that this firm has in its barns two aged Percheron matrons which have produced some $30,000 worth of stock. There is a story here worth telling and our readers will be privileged to learn it. — Breeders' Gazette. The merchants of New Orleans have organized The Business Men's Racing Association, with a capital of $100,000, incorporated under the laws of Louisiana, and will conduct a meeting from January 1 to Febru- ary 17, making forty days of racing. The sum of $50,000 will be placed in the bank to guarantee the horsemen. The association has taken a five years' lease on the old Fair Grounds, which are in good shape. The stables at the City Park are also in fair order and the track in condition to be galloped over. Joseph A. Murphy has accepted the management and the position of presiding judge for a period of five years. Mr. Dade will do the starting and Joseph Mc- Clennan will act as secretary. The directors of the new organization are: I. B. Rennyson, president; John Dillon, vice-president; Sam J. Hart, secretary and treasurer; U. G. Virgin, Gabe Hausmann, L. M. Noar, M. Michaelis, Arturo Del'Orto, Thomas C. Campbell. Peter Fabacher, A. B. Maginnis and J. E. Pearce. Mr. Murphy will endeavor to give the Cres- cent City a real race meeting with the aid of the horsemen. The New England pacer Fred W. 2:08% is the champion race winner of 1914. He was raced by A. B. Martin of Fitchburg, Mass., and met all the good ones from Ohio to Vermont; he has a record of 18 wins, three seconds and one third, a remarkable performance. <5><8> Five English Shire mares, which were a portion of J. B. Agnew's stock in Visalia county, were taken last week to Knightson, Contra Costa county, by Mr. Agnew who sold them for $3000 cash. Judge E. A. Bridgeford of San Francisco and his son, H. V. Bridgeford, of the Orr Lake Lumber Company of Bray, California, were the purchasers. The mares will be installed at the Bridgefords' San Mound Ranch near Knightson, where it is the intention of breeding English Shore horses. Two young English Shire stallions were taken to Knightson by Mr. Ag- new. The animals which were sold by Mr. Agnew are of the highest quality and first class individuals. Two of the mares weighed 4,070 pounds. The price at which they were disposed of by Mr. Agnew is regarded by the former owner as a sacrifice despite the fact that it was a cash transaction. It is believed that the animals were equally as valuable as the Eng- lish champion for which $3,000 was recently refused. The purchaser of the Agnew animals, who is a horse- man of note in California, having been engaged in the raising of gaited saddle horses for a number of years, will engage in the breeding of draft animals. Some of the farmers in Nebraska have been mak- ing a specialty of feeding horses for the market. One feeder made a gain of four pounds a day on 150 head fed two months. They each consumed twenty- one pounds of coarse ground corn and fourteen pounds of alfalfa daily. The buying element at the public auction ring demands fleshy horses and pays well for them. Hence, it is purely a dollars and cents proposition with the feeder, and so long as buyers insist on fat there will be someone that will fill their demands. In one feed yard a drove of 200 horses was finished on the following daily ration: Five pounds of oats, eighteen pounds of coarse ground corn, three pounds of cut alfalfa and ten pounds of sugar beet sirup. This was fed mixed in troughs twice a day and in addition the horses had access to alfalfa hay in racks. These were large horses, many of them exceeding 1,800 pounds. The heaviest horse was a sound dapple gray of good age which sold out of the yard for $350 and tipped the scale at 2,100 pounds. Ten cars of these horses went through the Chicago stock yards and much newspaper comment wTas created by their splendid appearance. — Field and Farm. «> Trotting horse breeding is a science not yet fully understood even by the fellows at Fort Collins gov- ernment station. A bunch of trotting bred stallions and mares cannot be bred with unvarying uniformity to make trotters — harness race horses. Yet practically every horse thus produced will be valuable or good for something if we will but consider what that may be and govern ourselves accordingly. Trotting horse breeders, both large and small, lost out or at least quit the game because of the losses which they sus- tain in going on the theory that their foals must of necessity develop speed. Too little consideration is given by breeders to the matter of adapting such horses to other uses. There is scarcely a use to which horses may be put that trotting bred horses by the score are not adapted and if put to the use for which they are really fitted they will pay for their raising. Only a small per cent of harness speed horses make good at the game. A very large per- cent of them with a little cheap education would make high-class, fancy and high-priced roadsters, coach and carriage horses and saddlers, while not one in thousands is too ornery to be worth raising as a farm horse, a family horse or a runabout busi- ness horse. — Field and Farm. Following the recent sale of Flitaway, August Bel- mont has sold his racers, Thornhill, Crossbun and Fenrock, all of which have been racing at Laurel, Md. Thornhill has been purchased by D. J. Leary, and he ran and won in his colors on the day of his pur- chase, Thursday. Horsemen about town have it that Leary more than "won him out" in this first race, the value of which was only $400, but Mr. Leary backed Thornhill well all over the country, so as to win out the price paid for him, said to have been $3,500. Crossbun and Fenrock were purchased by R. B. Stelle for about $2,200. The. Belmont string has been reduced by five since Mr. Hildreth, their trainer, took them to the Maryland track, and he may dispose of the rest of the lot, with the exception of Stromboli, before returning to Winter quarters at Sheepshead Bay, where the yearlings will be taken and trained next week. Mr. Belmont recently vis- ited the Nursery stud at Lexington, and decided to sell most of his brood mares in order to make room for the foreign-bred matrons now at his breeding establishment in Chantilly, France. It is his inten- tion to bring over all tbe animals thre that have escaped the commandeering of the French military authorities. Thus far efforts to get them out of France have not been successful, as it is hard to get cars in which to ship them to the coast, and harder still to find steamship facilities to get them out of that country at the present time, as the stables are not far removed from the zone of military activities. His agents, however, expect to be able to get them out by riding and leading them to the coast. Saturday, November 14, 1914,] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Our Government has never been ioted for over- generosity in the matter of price paid tor army horses, and many is the time that dissatisfaction has been expressed by breeders and writers with the existing system. It remained for the Trotter and Pacer to hit the nail almost squarely on the head in the current issue when it said in part in regard to foreign demands, "estimating that the average price is $125, which is $150 above the figure established by our own government for army horses." Now this is doubtless a typographical error of the kind that breaks into print occasionally even among our "very best families," but among breeders who have en- deavored to raise army horses and dispose of them at a profit these figures will be accepted as gospel truth. By the time the breeder turns over a horse to a buyer who has a sub-contract from a man in Dillon, who got his sub-contract from Miles City, where the "yards" had a sub-contract from South St. Paul, which in turn paid tribute to Chicago, and Chi- cago to some political pet in high esteem at Wash- ington who sat perfectly still and took his rakeoff of ten to twenty dollars "per," the breeder's real profit is just about a minus twenty-five dollars. James Butler, the well-known horseman, has just leased the private stable and training grounds of the late James B. Haggin, on the Neck road, Sheepshead Bay. The place is opposite the race track and con- sists of commodious barns, stalls and a complete equipment for a breeding farm. It is considered one of the finest plants in the East, and as soon as the racing ends at Pimlico on Nevember 20, Mr. Butler will ship his two-year-olds there for the winter, where they will be in charge of his trainer, R. C. Benson. With the wide stretches of the Sheepshead Bay track only a furlong away, there will be a fine opportunity to try out his present string in their three-year-old form and see if they can duplicate their fine per- formances of the present season as two-year-olds. It has not taken me long to learn that the men who love a horse and who live and breathe the at- mosphere of the turf, are the salt of the earth. They are something more than money grubbers. I believe that the light harness sport, as a whole, is the clean- est sport in the world; that the men behind it derive more genuine satisfaction, irrespective of bank bal- ances and the dollar mark, than any class of men living. I have recently met a number of such whose shoulders were bowed with age, but they all seemed to feel young and every one could tell a good story and a joke. I haven't come across one yet who didn't leave the impression that he was at peace with the world, and ready and willing to hand out a dollar to an unfortunate pilgrim who needed a meal and a night's lodging. — W. E. Godfrey in American Sports- man. <$> <5> Provost Marshal Conley is scouring Montana for 3,000 horses. This became known this week when the firm of Conley & McTague of Deer Lodge, of which the provost marshal is a member, entered into a contract to furnish this number of animals. If not the greatest, it is one of the greatest single orders for horses ever placed in Montana. Where the ani- mals will be sent to Marshal Conley does not know, but as virtually every horse order placed in the Treasure State since the beginning of the European struggle was for animals to be used in the war, it is believed that these horses will eventually be sold to one of the countries at war. Under the contract entered into by- McTague & Conley, the delivery of the horses must begin in two weeks. They must also be up to certain specifications which are men- tioned in the contract. The horses must be up to the following specifications under the contract: Fif- teen to 16 hands high, 900 to 1,300 pounds in weight and five to nine years old. ■& ■§> «> The annual fall meeting at the course of the Im- perial Trotting Club of Petrograd, Russia, opened September 21, Russian, or Oct. 4, American calendar, with a program of eighteen events. The feature was the Vyazemsky Price of 3,750 roubles (about $1,875), for four-year-olds. Six started, the winner being An- gara, a filly owned by V. V. Lezhnev and driven by Will Caton. Angara is by Alvin Molodoi 2:11% (son of the American Alvin 2:11), out of Anzella 2:06%, the former famous American trotting mare. Her time was 2:20%, and her share of the purse 2,050 roubles, with a medal worth 200 roubles in addition. Arga- mak, by General Forrest 2:08 (American), was sec- ond in 2:22%, and Vestretcha, by John A. McKerron 2:04% (American), was third in 2:22%. Other win- ners were Balagour, 3, by General Forrest, at a 2:29 gait; Rodos, 6, by E. L. Robinson 2:17% (American), at two miles in 5:01%; Azim, 4, by Alvin in 2:28%; Lobelia, 5, by Iris, 2:11% (son of Baron Rogers 2:09%),at two miles in 4:55%; Rezvoushka, 4, by Pan Michael 2:12 (American), in 2:29%; Prikot, 5, by Caid 2:07% (American), in 2:20%; Popot, 3, by E. L. Robinson, at a 2:28% rate; and Ivolga, 4, by Wilburn M. 2:14% (American) in 2:22%. The meet- ing will last until about Nov. 15, with racing on from three to four days each week. OPENING DAY AT PHOENIX. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov 9, 1914. — When the Arizona State Fair Directors decided that the staging of four such events as the 2:07 pace, the 2:09 trot, the 2:03 pace and the 2:25 trot for opening day would draw a good crowd and furnish a great afternoon's sport they cashed every bet from soda to hock and then "called the turn for the works." A high wind and a dubious sky caused some apprehension in the morn- ing, but by noon the breeze had died away and a fast track and an Arizona sun that made "getting a scrape on" a mighty simple matter awaited the opening of the day's program. Lon MacDonald drove his brown stallion Baron Todd to a record of 2:11% just by way of trying the qualities of the dirt, followed at once by Jim Rainer with Dr. Davidson's pacer Patchlock by Zolock, who annexed a breeder's mark of 2:21, and then came the first regular event, the 2:25 trot for Arizona horses. With Dr. F. E. Stone in the starter's shoes and O. P. Updegraff officiating as presiding judge, nine trotters scored for the word before a well filled grandstand. They were no easy bunch to get away, but after several scores they took the word on a trot and the sifting process soon commenced. Dr. D. C. had no trouble in landing the heat, with Alice E. and Delfino putting up a nice contest for place. The Doctor repeated in the second, closely followed by Delfino and Meridian Jr., but lost the third heat to the Meridian horse, who seemed to take kindly to the new game, and like it better as he learned more about it. The "perequisites" of the 2:07 pace were split three ways — Knight of Strathmore got a nice new record, Owner Bleiler got the money, and Sam Haw- ley became the personal proprietor of a handsome silver cup presented by Governor Hunt to the man who could show the bunch the way to the wire in that kind of company. Nobody seemed to mind the thing seriously at all; Sam was covered with glory and confusion, Bleiler's face was merely the cus- tomary sunny "Bleiler smile" enhanced some degrees, and the Knight took it all in a very calm and un- concerned manner. Zulu Belle drew the pole, with Frank Childs up, and the field of seven went away to a nice start the first time down, going in a pretty fair bunch to the head of the stretch when the Knight, Rastus, Waynetta and Teddy Bear drew away from a driving finish that landed them lapped up alongside the wire in the order named. The Belle seemed to resent anyone but one Charley Durfee, Esquire, occupying the seat behind her and failed to put up her customary exhibition of steadiness and speed, while Dick W. seemed to hanker more for the stable than for good company on the track. Teddy cast a shoe on the last turn in the second heat which probably kept him out of place, as he came on fast and finished a close third to the "Iowa King" and Rastus. The next appearance "straightened it out," with Waynetta coming fast in the stretch and nipping place from Teddy, who had worked his way through from a none-too-good position on the start. The 2:09 trot, with May Mack and Star Winter doing a team race for the major portion of the three heats, developed into one of the classics of the sea- son. May Mack's driving finish in the first heat in 2:05% made a new mark for the cast off daughter of Arthur Wilkes and broke the track record of 2:06 established by Sonoma Girl in 1908. The mare re- peated in the same time in the second heat and her third heat was but a quarter of a second slower. Never was she worried, and never did Star Winter quit trying to win and staying right at her. Albaloma and John Quinn were in faster company than they were accustomed to, but presented a very creditable appearance and took third money, the California gelding stepping three miles a bit faster than his record. Driver DeRyder was coupled with Sam Hawley in the "cupping" and drew down for his purely personal share of the proceeds of the event the big silver cup presented by the Gazette, of this city. Charley's first act with the cup was to en- deavor to see how much better it would look if in- verted, and though it was well provided with handles it seemed to be very hard to hold, a compromise eventually being effected by DeRyder dropping the pedestal. The crowd appreciated his words of ac- ceptance and his tribute to Phoenix and her people — also the juggling specialty. Only three pacers came out for the Board of Trade Special, but they put up a nice battle for the money. Durfee went away fast on the outside and nipped the pole on the first turn, with Don Densmore and Jim Logan laying back until the head of the stretch, when both swung out for the drive. Logan had the longest route to go and responded gamely and the three came to the wire in a bunch that suited the crowd. Pronto went to the half a bit faster in the second, and won handily from the Logan horse, the other Don not being a close contender as before. The black boy made it straight heats the next time out in another driving finish in which Breitenfield nipped Montgomery for place. Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 9. Special: To beat 2:13%. trotting: Baron Todd, b h by Todd (McDonald) 2:11% Special: To beat 2:25, pacing: Patchlock, br h by Zolock (Ranier) 2.21 2:25 trot, Arizona horses, purse 11,000: Dr. D. C, b h by Del Coronado (Nugent) 1 1 1 Meridian Jr., br g by Meridian (McEuen) 5 3 1 Alice E., b m by Del Coronado (Evans) 2 4 3 Delfino, bl m by Oh So (Lopez) 3 2 4 Sadie View, b m by Direct View (Selman) 4 5 5 Lady Leco, bl m by Cochise (Belt) 6 ds Gipsey Boy, b g by Dr. Clark (H. Belt) 7 ds Prince Wood, b h by Don Delier (Livingston) .. ds Kaety, b ra by Zombro (Mooney) ds Time— 2:18y2, 2:181,4, 2:1714. 2:07 pace, purse $2,000: Knight of Strathmore, ch h by Twelfth Night (Hawley) l l i Rastus. br g by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 2 2 5 Waynetta, b m by Admiral (Bunch) 2 5 2 Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado (Silva) 4 3 3 Bessie Bee, ta m by Star Onward (Breitenfield) 5 4 4 Zlul Belle, bl m by Petigru (Childs) 6 6 6 Dick W-, b g by Athadon (Schwartz) ds Time— 2:06%, 2:03%, 2:04V4. 2:09 trot, purse $2,000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder) ... 1 1 1 Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter (McDonald) ... 2 2 2 Albaloma, b g by Almaden D. (Quinn) 3 3 5 M. L. J„ b h by Red Will (Breitenfield) 5 4 3 King Clansman, br h by Clansman (McMahon)..6 5 4 Loe Blossom, ch m by Lepide (Wheat) 6 6 dr Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:03 pace, Board of Trade Special, purse $2,000: Don Pronto, bl h by The Director General (Durfee) 1 1 1 Jim Logan, b h by Charles Derby (Montgomery) 2 2 3 Don Densmore, b h by Pactolus (Breitenfield). .3 3 2 Time— 2:05, 2:04%, 2:05%. 0 DEATH OF SQUANTUM (3) 2:09/2. Last Wednesday Squantum 2:09% died at Phoenix, Ariz. His place in A. McDonald's stable will be hard to fill as he was unquestionably the best three-year- old pacing gelding in sight at the close of the Grand Circuit meetings. Squantum was a bay gelding, bred in Massachusetts and owned by Wm. Connor of Braddock, Pa.; he was sired by Squanto 48355, a grandson of Bingen 2:06%, his first dam was May Day Medium (p) 2:18% by Pilot Medium, second dam Magnetta by Magna Charta 175, etc. While eligible to the 2:10 class Squantum was possessed of wonder- ful speed and stamina and three times forced Anna Bradford, the world's champion three-year-old pacing mare, to break a world's record to beat him. In the Horse Review Futurity at Pittsburgh, described as follows by Marque, "Anna Bradford was a prohibitive favorite in a field of four starters, and with the dis- tance taken down paced a very fast race. Her showing however was not really so great a surprise as was that of Squantum; the fastest mile was nego- tiated in 2:03%, last quarter in :29%, Squantum be- ing right there, officially timed in 2:04. Reaching the first quarter in the second heat in :31%, Murphy let Anna step the second in :29% and the third in :30%. Then he began to drive, and doing the final quarter in :30, the last half in 1:00%, the filly passed under the wire in 2:01%. Squantum was never over two lengths away, and when inside the distance, Mc- Donald called on him, he took a great spurt, causing the spectators to momentarily assume that he was about to win. Squantum's own official time was 2:02%." Squantum was four times second in stakes during this year's racing season and was winner of over $2400 in purses. NATIONAL HORSE SHOW MUST BE WRONG. This European war is proving a godsend to every person who loves a good old alibi. An alibi, be it known, is that form of excuse which is elastically useful on both sides of an argument. The war is the most beautiful example of alibi that has come to notice in many a day. For instance: If a person wishes to stall off a call upon him for funds he pleads the war, if he desires to avoid buying mil- linery for the better portion of his family, the war makes his plea plausible; European travel is barred, per se, and if the person using an alibi is at all brisk on his mental feet, he can apply the same reasoning to contemplated expenditures in a hun- dred and one different directions. Even in the im- portant matter of horse shows the alibi takes effect. Only a short time ago the National Horse Show As- sociation issued an official statement that the great fixture held annually at Madison Square Garden would be postponed because of conditions in Europe. It is admitted that the international classes are among the most interesting on the program of the National Horse Show. It is admitted that interna- tional classes equal to past years will be impossible this season. But there is no reason apparent for postponing the show. As has been fully outlined in The Rider and Driver, the holding of an American show in which our horse wares can be displayed adequately and with due regard for the beauty and spectacular aspects of the horse and intelligent hu- man interest, is distinctly possible. Repeating our statement that the foreign officers and horses made an interesting feature of the National, we assert once more that the war as an alibi fails as an adequate excuse for abandoning so important a feature as the National Show. — Rider and Driver. THE AMERICAN TROTTING ASSOCIATION. Chicago, 111., Oct. 12, 1914. Notice is hereby given that the next regular meet- ing of the Board of Appeals of the American Trotting Association will be held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, Tuesday, December 1, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the transaction of such business as may properly be presented to the Board for its considera- tion. All new applications and written evidence must be received at this office not later than Nov. 9, 1914. W. H. KNIGHT, Secretary. A winning horse at a hundred-to-one in a book- making ring is one on which the bookmaker has probably not written a ticket at all, and he retains all the money wagered on the race. In the like case in the mutuel system the money goes back to some of those who invested on the event. It does so in all cases, though this time it is distributed among fewer pools, and consequently the share is larger. One method is one-sided, the other is mutual. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 191-1. AMATEUR DRIVING CLUBS. The Amateur Season recently brought to a close in this city has been the most successful that has fallen to the lot of local fun drivers and their public for a good while, and the end of the racing calendar finds the members of both associations looking forward eagerly to May, when the game can be renewed on what promises to be an even more extensive scale. The fun this year continued unbroken since late spring, and almost every matinee has had a large crowd of spectators on hand to enjoy the contests put up by those who race for the pure love of racing rather than for any financial gain. Interest increased right up to the last, rather than waning as is often the case, and so great an interest has the public shown in the weekly events that the seating facili- ties of the Stadium have become absolutely inad- equate. The local clubs have had as their guests at various times horsemen from all the adjoining cities, and in return took active part in the events provided for them on other tracks than their own, particularly in the benefit matinee annually given by the Sacra- mento Driving Club, the proceeds of which are de- voted to the cause of the poor children of the capital. Horsemen from outside of the state whom business or pleasure calls to California, and who almost in- variably take advantage of every opportunity to en- joy an afternoon at the Stadium, have been enthusi- astic in their comments on the way San Franciscans "pull off a matinee." One well known patron of the business, who has raced in all parts of North Amer- ica, dropped into this office on Monday morning after an afternoon spent at the park speedway on the previous day and was especially warm in his praise of the manner in which the racing was conducted and received. '"I was a stranger in a strange land," he said in part, "familiar only through the news col- umns of the horse journals of the coast with San Francisco's amateurs and their horses, but my spec- ulation as to 'what was what' was ended almost before it began, for hardly had I gotten close to the track when I was provided gratis with a program which, with the drivers' numbers, told me all I wanted to know. The weather was glorious for har- ness racing, and before the program had been more than well started I noticed that the crowd had over- flowed the grandstand — and kept coming. Seldom have I seen a larger crowd at a matinee in any city, and the manner in which the racing was received told that genuine love of the sport, rather than idle curiosity, had drawn the vast majority of the spec- tators. And the racing was of a kind superior to a great deal that you pay good money to see — credit- ably fast for amateur classes and almost all well contested, which is the kind of racing that pleases the crowd no matter where you may be. The fields were sent away in good shape, and there were no delays. How the sport could have been made more enjoyable I am sure I don't know, and 1 take off my hat to San Francisco as a matinee town." THE HORSE IN WAR. The motor car is being utilized in the present war to an extent hitherto unknown and undreamt of, but on the other hand never before has war made such a demand on horses for the artillery, the cav- alry and other mounted branches of the service. The wastage has naturally been enormous. Whole bat- teries of artillery have had to be left behind by the retreating armies, the horses having been killed, and the cavalry of all the armies has had an enormous mortality among its mounts. Whence can this loss be made good? Canada at an early stage of the war adopted a patriotic policy in regard to its supply of horses, and it is from that part of the empire that the British War Office will hope to secure a large part of its requirements. From the three prairie provinces alone it is computed, according to a cable- gram from the Hon. W. J. Roche, Minister of the Interior, to the High Commissioner for Canada in London, that 30,000 of the finest cavary and artillery horses in the world can be drawn, and the other provinces can enormously augment these highly cred- itable figures. — London Live Stock Journal. Some racing authorities declare that it is extremely doubtful if any changes are made in the present rac- ing code before the start of the 1915 season, owing to the fact that a special congress of the racing boards would have to be called to make any change, and that the powers that be are not inclined to spend the money required for such action. When everyone seems ready to admit that the rules need revision, for the good of the game, it does not look as if the boards can afford to let things remain as they are. If a change is needed, the change should be made, regardless of expense. The sport is in too precarious a condition at present to let anything keep the powers from doing all possible to better condi- ti jns. — Horse Journal. ANOTHER BREEDERS' MEETING AT LEXINGTON IMPORTED DRAFT HORSES NO LONGER „ . ^ ~ ±~^> "m * „ j NECESSARY. Lexington, Ky.. Oct. 28. — Ten trotters and one pacer entered the standard list at the breeders' wm the ex tion of a Te United number £rom meeting today and five reduced former records. En land lmportatlon int0 tne United States of pure W eather conditions were responsible for the failure bred draft hQrses fQr breeding purposes has been of seventeen of the entries to start, while four that ctically stopped by the outbreak of the European started failed to beat their former records The fea- war For seTend g rio from 2 500 t0 4 000 ture mile of the afternoon was that paced by Rella stallions and mares haye been brought annuallv into E., the fast daughter of Searchlight, owned and driven country. In the opinion of experts in the United by the young Lexington remsman Reamy Macey. g Department of Agriculture, however, the The watches of her driver . and numbers of other peo- standard 0£ draft hcrses ^ America will not suffer pie showed 2:05% and 2:0a%. The official time was from the mterruption of these importations. There announced as -.ub. is. it is said, a sufficiently large amount of pure blood Rella E. was the only 2:10 Performer, and as the a,readv in the eoymtry\0 ^swer ^ requirements day and track were slow her performance was a and the American draft horse will now have an op- high class one. She was the only 2.10 performer of tunity to demonstrate its own qualities. Hitherto the afternoon and makes the second one for her dam, £ n £ascinati0n has hung over the word "im- Kitty Anon, owned by Thornton Moore, of this city. wbjch ha£. ha(J mar]? effect The Previous one was Sweetie F p. (3), 2:08%. £or exampie, an imported Percheron stallion might Possibly the next best performance was that of u ^m h £ u well-bred American Petress Burton a two-year-old daughter of Peter the Percheron ^ould Dri 0nly $1200 to $1,500. Great, that took a record of2:14% This filly beat w j ° En fand and Scotland for 2:10 earlier in the season but seemed to be far from sh0rthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus cattle ex- her best today and several attempts were made with Umite(J extenL The bre|ders of ^^ her before she finally got to going flat and good Dreeds ^ America have and are producing the equal gatted. joinif not the superior of the English cattle. Wmans narrowly missed becoming the second .2:10 There . ^ apparent reaso=n why tne Same thing performer for his dam, the great race mare Silicon 5 2:13%, she already hayong Brighton 2:0934 the Futu- h rincipal breeds of these are now thoroughly my winner Siliko (3) 2: mi that could beat 2:10 estabnshed in the United States. Their various by a wide margin. He stepped to the half in 1:03%, eharacteristics and merits are discussed in a new the record mile, but m the latter stages his early m^ published by the United States Department efforts told on him. TW Prices green trotter Agriculture under the title of Farmers' Bulletin ffSM«M»«J3T2 -s6-tnBt^BliSafPe^cneron. MS ^K*5ir«5i%«. of 2,9%, g--*™"-- f-^paXInt 'L^JlsTe makes her sire, Atlantic Express (3) 2:08%, a 100 sutDlT lasts department as long as tne per cent, sire, he having but three two-year-olds, and E? ZJzzL »t,„ t>„,.„i,„w,„ „-„>.„i,i„ ,,„»„„,„>.„,<, ;„ %. „. tt i ~ -c .T ,. >i v> ,- i^, „ t „~ Of these the Percheron probably outnumbers, in the others, Harlem Express and Pony Express, have . . „„„—„_ „,, „».,„_ >„„„/,. „„„v.:„„j r.„j„ i>„. ernrds of 2-22 and 2*22*£ country, all other breeds combined. Grade Per- P Of tne eleven new uerformers Peter the Great is cherons, the product of pure-bred stallions crossed Ol the eleven new pertormers Peter the Great is j h ordinarv mareSj have proved very popular on the sire of three, W alnut Hall two, and San Fran- market"! Of laie vears the Bel=iai has also Cisco, Buffington, Loeanda, J. Malcolm Forbes, Mor- our. m"k e . ' >{' lat?, ^?5 \l*ta l! =, *n ~™„™ ' _..° , „ ~ . . . made great strides but this breed is still compara- gan Axworthv and Governor Francis put m one new ;*"""= &"=='■ .~"™f ,. . « 5 il- « • 7i -j v, rfh„ f„ii„^!„„ „..„ ♦>,„ \.„,.„i*„ „f »>,„ lvely few in America. It is found chiefly in the mid- one each. The following are the results of the ,, , ., , . . . - j_T*j. -i. meetin"-- west where the hea^aest types of draft horses are °" prevalent. During the past ten years approximately Lexington, Oct. 28. — To beat 2:3f'i4. trotting: 100 Clvdesdales have been imported each year. This LlR?na'J,V>- i2l ?£ San r^ancisco— Queen Direct, t j particularly weD liked bv those who want bv Lord Direct (Hamson) 2:28 -*\ j ^- j ■ - j * Milady Express, br f (2) by Atlantic Express — style and action, and in consequence is used to a Milady Axtell. by Axtell (bickerson) 2:29% great extent in cities. The Shires, though similar to Peter Giltner, b h (4). by Peter the Great— Eliza the Clydesdales, are massive and less active. They Audubon, bv J. J. Audubon (\\ lllis) 2:2*% , -, -n -- „ ■* . ^, . ■, Petress Burton, b g- (2). bv Peter the Great— Mary are popular on the Pacific Coast and in the central Burton, by Warlock (Willis ) 2 :UYi west. Cherry Silk, br f (2). by Walnut Hall— Red Silk, by England now permits the exportation for breeding Baron Wilkes (Eugene Bowerman) 2:26>i mirnnses nf Clvdesdales and Shires hut it is Tint Olive Silk, br t (2). bv Walnut Hall— Helen Hale, purposes oi on aesaaies ana btures, dut. it is not by Prodigal (Eugene Bowerman) 2:24U likely that under present conditions the importation Gera Forbes, b f (2), by J. Malcolm Forbes^ — Lijera, of these breeds will be carried to any considerable To b^°n''-«Utrotti'ng; 2:24^4 extent. As has already been said, however, impor- Black Enamel, bl h (5). by Buffington2:2(it£— Xeva tations are no longer necessary. Simmons 2:11U. by Simmons (Willis) 2:14i4 o SirrVnfetn.2b5nl'(9t)r.°btvnSmgen-Lewisa. by Prod- PERCHERONS PREVAIL IN AMERICA, igal (Starr) 2:13% SvbU slfk. br^nrwainut Hall-Sybil Knight, The Percheron is the favorite draft breed in Amer- by Prodigal (Eugene Bowerman) 2:15% ica. A high authority, J. H. S. Johnstone, says that To beat 2:191;. pacing: there are about three times as manv Percherons in '"wutoii Vave'j by ViCe Comn>oaore-Sm<:0"- b>',.nl_ America as of any other one breed of draft horses. To beat 2:25ii! pacing: ' " Whatever technical defects the breed is apt to show — Catharine Loeanda. b m (4). by Loeanda — Easter such as light bone, sloping rump, short pasterns — hml ""»' ,-ifi6,r' biU 0ratorio (Owings) 2:12U it abnitT to "get up and go" has for half a century To beat 2:23%. trotting: , .. T__ . f .. °. ^, , . Margaret Castle, bl f (2). bv Morgan Axworthy— made it the prime favorite m the markets. Darelet. by Dare Devil (M. Bowerman) .". ..2:19H; Although there were earlier arrivals, the breed To beat 2:15% pacing: reallv became established with the importation of (Ma«v) m .y. ra.™. B r^^^"^0":. r.:^'On2-06 the famous stallion, Louis Napoleon, into Ohio, by To beat 2:28^, trotting: Charles Fullington and Erestus Martin. He was later Alee, b g (1). by Vice Commodore — Queen Direct, taken to Illinois, and did more than anv other animal To beaetCt" -2M° trotting- 2 :35 t0 Put tnat state at the head of the draft horse breed- Ebone King, bl h (7). by SUent Brook— Aigrette, by ing regions. Louis Napoleon siretl fully 400 get- King Rene (McAllister) 2:19% producing stallions: his blood is to be found in most To beat 2:11%, trotting: of the Percherons on this side of the Atlantic. He Native King, b h (o). bv Moko — Yellow Belle, bv *-,. j . r , , , ,. - -■ Gen. "Washington (Starr)...'. ..2:131!. furnishes a good example of what selective breeding To beat 2:12%. trotting: " will accomplish, for, while like his mates of 60 years PavinehI(£ti'rrt h ' by Todd— PaTOneUa- by Park%.143 ago. he was only a 1,600 pounder, the typical modern To leat 2"oW." trotting': ' Percheron is a ton horse. Governor Direct, ch c (3). by Gov. Francis — Queen American farmers will do well to breed as many Direct, by Lord Direct (Harrison) 2 :2T fine Percheron stallions and brood mares as possible, o for it is certain that France will have to import A GREAT BROOD MARE. heavily of this, her own greatest draft breed, because of the ravages of war. We have already emphasized Carrietta. by Directman 32744 out of Black Bird bv this extraordinary opportunity of the American horse Stranger 3030. owned bv Jno. W. Considine, Presi- breeder, whether on a large or on a small scale. dent of the Woodland Stock Farm, is the dam of The favorite Percheron color in America, by far, Suldine, a yearling colt which took a trotting record is gray. Dealers often say they will pay as much of 2:24% at Lexington last week. This is the fastest as $20 more on the hundred for grays than for other mile trotted by a yearling this season and stamps colors. Suldine as the world's champion yearling trotter of ° 1914. Carrietta has the unique distinction, which is shared by but one other brood mare, of being the dam of three yearling trotters which have standard records. Her first foal was Silent Brigade (2) 2:10% that took a yearling record of 2:26 and was one of the best two-year-olds out, taking a record of 2:1094 in a hard fought race. Her next foal Alianza was given a record of 2:30 and sold for a brood mare. Her next foal Hester C. took a yearling record of 2:21% in 1913. Her first colt was the champion yearling colt of that year, and Hester C. was the champion yearling filly of her year, and now comes Suldine (1) 2:24%. the champion yearling trotting colt of 1914. No other brood mare in America has ever produced three champion yearling trotters, and it is an assured fact that Carrietta will found a fam- ily of great race horses, as she has never had a foal that did not get a record and they are all fast and game. DECOTO DRIVING CLUB. The Decoto Driving Club matinee last Sunday was very well attended and while the programme was rather brief the races were closely contested although both events were decided in straight heats. Con- siderable rivalry was shown in the race between Bald Harry and Babroaine, and Geo. P. Maehado was engaged to drive Bald Harry by his owner, Geo. W. Bond. Under Mr. Machado's skillful handling Bald Harry was returned the winner of the race. Summary: First race, half-mile heats: Bald Harry (G. P. Maehado) 1 1 Balroaine (F. Goluart) 2 2 Time— 1:18. 1:05%. Second race: Schefuche (M. P. Maehado) 1 1 J. C. K (F. Goulart) 2 2 Time — 1:19, 1:18. Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N A MENDOCINO COUNTY DEER HUNT. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. get out on the highest point he can find and stare at you while you rest your gun on a log and tear his heart to pieces with a .30-30. For over twenty minutes these two stayed in front of me. Finally I became desperate. Suppose they were bucks? I flung myself through the brush in a mad desire to get sight of them. But it was no use; and I made such a row that they became alarmed and left me. At last I reached the flat Gus had mentioned. Keeping to the right, I found a little stream bubbling from a steep hillside covered with flat, slab-like rocks. In pursuance of my directions, I followed the stream. Deer signs were very plentiful and I saw several does. Once, as I lay full length, drinking the pure mountain water (oh, for a swig at it now!) a buck got up not fifty feet away. I grabbed for the gun, but he was not accommodating to wait. My course now began to grow steeper, while the undergrowth grew denser and denser. I began to thank my stars that I was not to return that way. Going down was bad enough, but returning, oh, my! I forgot one thing: you cannot go down hill all the time and the farther you go down, the longer the climb out. At last I simply had to throw myself at the brush, it was so thick. Gus had not given me such an easy trip after, all. Suddenly, I came to a dead stop though I had to sit down and dig my heels into the earth to do it. In front of me stood a bush. It was a nice gentlemanly appearing bush all right, but Gus had promised me that there were none of these bush- es on my line of march, or at best, only a very few. Aid here was a big one; not alone, either. As far as I could see, they were lined up in front of me like an English hedge row. Perhaps you've never seen these bushes? Not high but spreading, with a small blue flower. If you don't know them by sight you will by the feel. Under every leaf is a nice sharp spear, about an inch long. And how they can stick! And how they can cling to you like demon claws! The name of the bush is "Whitethorn." It was the memory of these that made me smile at Watson, for his course was thick with them, as I knew to my sorrow. It was all right for Gus to play such a trick on him, for this was his first trip to Signal and he must be properly broken in; but me! Well, going back was not to be thought of. That would make the laugh on me so much harder to bear. I must go through with it. I tried every way to find an opening round those hateful thorns, but came to the conclusion that the only thing to do was to go straight ahead. I went. To tell of my suffer- ings would take a book. To tell the things I said would be useless, for you couldn't print them. To make matters worse, the slope became greater, until once or twice I pitched head foremost into those nasty thorns. Oh, but it was pleasant! Time and again I sat down, thorns and all, and almost cried. One sleeve of my shirt was gone; my face and hands were scratched and bleeding. It takes time and dis- tance to appreciate such jokes. I didn't appreciate it then; I do now. Ever in Paralyze Canon? I was, once. Next time I go down into that canon I shall take a balloon with me. It will come in handy when the climbing out begins. Paralyze Canon is on the far side of Signal Peak in Mendocino county. Old Signal is so named because " a signal corps of the army camped there twenty odd years ago. Today traces of their camp remain. Empty beer bottles, cans and even an old rusty bot- tle of Munim's (extra dry now, for sure), lay scat- tered around the rude post, which, crowned by an empty oil can, marks the top of the peak. I had been on Signal several times but lacked the nerve to tackle the canon. I had heard too much about it. But this year I found myself at the very bottom of Paralyze before I knew it. It was my own fault. I have known Gus for several years and shouldn't have made foolish remarks about the coun- try-trained boys of the city. It was this discussion which caused all the trouble. There were three of us in the party: Watson, Gus and myself. We had come to Signal to get a crack at the big gray bucks that live and enjoy themselves in the almost inaccessible cover afforded by old Sig- nal and his smaller brethren. These ridges and canons and peaks were made for deer, not men. So thick was the cover that it was absolutely impossible to make any progress through it without giving ample warning of our coming. Our camp was in Edgebert Opening, a little level space right under the eves, as it were, of Old Signal himself. We had just disposed of supper and our pipes were glowing merrily as we lay and watched the firelight flickering on the branches above our heads. Ever lie that way, your back against a log, too comfortable to move, or even speak? No? Better die, then. You have lived in vain. It was at this juncture that I brought the desul- tory conversation around to the comparative prowess of city and country athletes. Watson and Gus had it hot and heavy for a few moments and though the city man silenced the young mountaineer, Gus was far from satisfied. I had kept out of the argument as much as possible. When I was a tenderfoot Gus had taken me up on Talkington Ridge and treated me to an adventure which I recall with pain. It was to have a little fun with Watson, who did not know Gus as well as I did, that I had started this discus- sion. I counted on Watson getting his on the mor- row. But Gus read my purpose. He taught us both a lesson. Daybreak saw us crouched around our little fire, tin cup in hand, our bacon on a flat rock. The morn- ing meal finished, we tightened our belts and com- menced the climb. Though very steep, the way was easy going until we struck the ridge leading up Sig- nal's rugged side. Here the underbrush made climb- ing doubly hard. Time and again it was a case of hands and knees. On these occasions it is good to feel that your partners are experienced men, who do not go out with a cartridge in the breech of their guns. At length we reached our objective point, a peak slightly lower than Signal itself. From here we could see ridge after ridge, with heavily covered canons between. We stopped to lay out the day's campaign. Gus pointed out a tall pine three miles away, and told Watson to head straight for it. I knew that pine. I had cut my eye teeth, so to speak, on that very route over which my friend was about to travel. Gus was getting even. After Watson had mastered his line of march, Gus turned to me and laid out my little trip. I was to go down the opposite side of Signal, then parallel him until I struck the little flat at the further end, then, turning sharply to the right, follow a little stream till I reached another creek joining the first one. This second brook would lead me to the top of a ridge from which I could see our destination. Now, this was new territory to me, so I set out with a light heart, smiling to myself as I thought of poor Watson and what he would encounter on his three-mile jaunt. In two hours I was a wiser but a much sadder man. The way was not hard. That is, not in comparison to some hillsides in that region. Gus himself had taken a straight course over the top of the peak, a route which, by no means easy, was nothing com- pared to Watson's hunting ground. I had congrat- ulated myself for the seventh time on having the easiest run of the three, when something went crashing through the brush on the left. I halted. Instantly, on my right came another rush. I knew the sound. It was deer — but doe, buck or fawn? As quietly as possible, I worked my way forward. The deer had stopped, listening probably. But I could not move silently in those thickets, and as I moved so did my quarry. They had joined one another, and seemed playing a game with me. When I stood still, they did the same. Twice I caught fleeting glimpses of them but could not see their heads. My mind was made up to see horns before I pulled trig- ger. And still they played with me. Peculiar, how deer act! Sometimes you will see one half a mile away and he runs like the devil, beating tan bark at sight of you. Then again, he will Suddenly I heard a shot far above me. It was followed by another and another. Gus was having some fun, evidently. In vain I tried to reach a spot where I could see what was going on. It was im- possible to see more than a few feet in any direction, so I gave up in despair and floundered on. Pres- ently the way became more open. Though still very steep, the ground was covered with a taller growth and I soon left the thorns behind. I had forgotten all about hunting in my desire to get away from those infernal whitethorns, but now the easy going and the sight of deer tracks raised my spirits again. I now found myself walking beside a tiny stream, under beautiful tall trees. I drew out my pipe, de- termined to enjoy a well earned rest. While smok- ing comfortably, I began to wonder where I was. I had never seen a spot better fitted for deer, and in- deed, their signs were everywhere. ■ It began to filter through my mind that, if this place was so hard to reach, what must it be to get out of? Then suddenly it flashed over me. Yes, this must be Paralyze Canon! My heart sank. If this was Paralyze, then I had a worse time ahead of me than what I had left behind. There was surely plenty of deer here. But what use to kill one? It would be all I could do to carry myself to the heights, let alone a buck. And somewhere up above me, Gus was probably smiling as he cleaned the deer he had just killed, for it turned out that his were the shots I had heard. I put away my pipe and started on. It was a beau- tiful walk, but I fear I did not appreciate it. At last I found the tributary stream I was to follow to the top. It came tumbling down the mountain side more like a cataract than a well behaved brook. Steep! Almost straight up and down, with boulders almost as big as houses. Again I sat down. Looking almost straight up, I studied the thickets above me. I quickly reached the conclusion that the stream would be the easiest way out. It was practically free from underbrush: but in place of brush stood rocks of all shapes and sizes, nasty things to drag wearly limbs across. On each side, however, grew those blasted whitethorns. That decided me: I would take my chance with the boulders. I was just about to rise, when a familiar sound reached my ear. Looking down the canon about fifty yards, I saw two splendid bucks. They stood in a little open space, having evidently just stepped out of the brush. Then I paused and lowered the gun. What use? I could never get them out of that infernal place. So I sat and watched them. And they were beauties. One was a four pointer; the other a forked horn, but almost as big as his elder brother. For several seconds they regarded me in- tently, then gave one bound and were gone. With a sigh, I took the cartridge out of the breech and started on my long climb. And such a climb! Time after time I sat down with a thud. Hob-nails are not the best things in the world for climbing over slippery rocks. My knees sustained many hard knocks before I began to see hope ahead. The slope became less and sud- denly I found myself at the headwaters of the little stream I was following. It was a large spring which gurgled from a pile of huge boulders. After a good drink, I started on. The rocks became fewer and smaller, until they ceased altogether and I was on a sandy slope, with but little vegetation. It was very hard walking here, as my feet sank to the ankles at every step. How came sand in that ungodly place? There is but one explanation: these mountains were under water once. A good many years ago, though. I was mighty glad when the top was reached. Down I sank in the sand. I could have gone to sleep there by merely closing my eyes. But I saw some- thing which effectually awakened me. It was the offal of a deer. From it I easily traced a trail made by the lucky hunter. For ten minutes I followed the trail. Then I was greeted with a shout. There ahead sat Gus and Watson, a big buck on the ground be- tween them. Gus, with twinkling eyes, asked me what luck. I did not answer him. I was sizing up Watson. He was doing the same by me. And truly we were a beautiful pair! Our shirts were torn and dirty; our faces looked as if we had been playing foot-ball. We were wrecks. Watson stepped forward and solemnly shook my hand. "Whitethorn?" he asked. I nodded. "Same here," he said. And then we sat down and laughed. Now when we meet in town, one says, "Signal Peak!" And the other asks, "What'll you have?" o HUNTING NOTES. Cold and stormy weather up the coast is what the local powder burners were looking for a week ago. These conditions will cause the northern ducks to lay over in the bay counties shooting marshes. The pleasant weather recently has caused lean duck straps for gunners who have been out for the past week or so. The large birds — sprig and mallard — have nearly all sped away, down the San Joaquin valley and farther south. The webfeet around the nearby shooting grounds are mainly small ducks, spoonbills, widgeon, teal and the like. About ten miles northwest of Macdoel, in Siskiyou county, splendid mallard and canvasback shooting has been on tap. The best conditioned market ship- ments of ducks came from that section. Several sus- picious consignments have been held up by Fish and Game Commission deputies during the week. The upper end of the Sacramento valley also offers fine duck hunting at present. Up in the Yolo basin and about Sacramento the hunters have had poor sport for the past week or so. Above Vallejo, in the Napa river marshes, fair shooting has been the rule. That section, however, is pretty well patronized by the gunners. In fact, so great has been the invasion of duck hunters this season that citizens of Napa have organized the West Napa Game and Nature Reserve League, for the purpose of preventing unauthorised hunting, outing or trespassing of any kind in certain sections of the West Napa district. The State went "wet" November 3, but bipeds only were interested in that contest. The webfeet are up against a "dry" section in some parts and revel in "wet" districts in a few places elsewhere. The dry sections are located in the Petaluma and Sonoma marshes, where many ponds are dry and sunbaked. Needless to say, it will not be worth while to try duck hunting thereabouts until the rains fill up the ponds and sprout some forage. Ducks, like some humans, do not fancy a dry country. The "wets" are pleasantly located down the San Joaquin valley, from Newman to Los Banos, and a bit farther. At Gustine there is plenty of water and consequently lots of ducks. The shooting territory there is operated on the transient system, at so much per diem, open to all. One hundred and sixty blinds have been installed (there were only 175 gunners at work there the first day of the season). The shoot- ing days are Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. That arrangement makes awkward conditions for the bay district hunter, who leaves Saturday for a Sunday shoot. By that time the ducks get pretty scary and do some high climbing stunts. Lon Hawxhurst, the local rifle expert, however, had three limit days last week, fat mallard and juicy sprig comprising a majority of the bag. The law allows two limits of twenty-five, or fifty birds per week. Counting Sunday as the first day of the week enables a shooter to "manage" a bit. Field and Tule Gun Club members and other local sportsmen who have a shooting place near Los Banos have shot bood bags since the season opened. The Suisun marsh sportsmen have had to fight fiercely with myriads of mosquitoes for every duck they dropped. Frank Maskey's Sunrise ponds have been visited by plenty of ducks since the beginning of the game. Achille Roos and Rudolph Spreckels have had good shooting on the old Whittier pond at 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. the Allegre Club. Dave Hearfleld, George Emmons and W. W. Richards dropped fair strings of large birds a week ago. Across the slough at the Tule Belle ponds Guy C. Earle and a party also cut in on the duck visitors. East of the tracks, the Montezuma Club ponds located on Joyce island were good for nearly three limits, while John Barr, Dr. Bacigalupi and another member were receiving broadbill com- pany. Taken all in all, the Suisun section, including Grizzly island and Dutton's, was in line for only a meager duck output Sunday. Northern birds are eagerly awaited in those regions. Down through the Alameda marsh stretches the story for the past week can be told in one word — "punk." Across the bay, over along the Redwood and San Mateo shores, but little powder has been burned since October 15. The only hunters who have accomplished anything were the scull-boat scouts. And among your thorough duck hunters this style of getting birds is held in high esteem. It is no tyro's task to work a cockleshell of a duck boat up on a bunch of wary birds and get in a shot or two before the birds take wing. Toung Maloney of Redwood City had the pleasing experience of bagging five fat blackjacks one day. * * * Articles of incorporation of the Wild Goose Coun- try Club, the new name of the famous old Gridley Gun Club, twelve miles from Gridley, have been filed in the Secretary of State's office at Sacramento. Sixty Sacramento, San Francisco and Butte county sportsmen put up 51000 each and paid $60,000 for 1775 acres included in the holdings. The property will be excluded from reclamation and will be among the few acreages in this section of the State to go unreclaimed. sf: Jfc $ The Alameda Gun Club shifted from the famous old canvasback shooting ponds near MeGill's, which section of the Sonoma marsh has been reclaimed, over across Steamboat slough to Holmes' island re- cently. The club members have had splendid shoot- ing, mixed limit bags being the rule. Holmes' island has been a premier shooting ground for many years past. Breaks in the levees allow the flooding of the marsh just enough to induce a fine growth of natural food, plenty of loafing pot holes for mallard and the right kind of water for sprig to lay up in. How far to "lead" the average flying duck is a question that has puzzled many good shots more or less. It is calculated that the birds slip along at about an average speed of forty miles an hour, or about sixty feet a second, on a direct cross shot. Making allowance for the number of feet a duck will travel from the pull of the trigger to the arrival of the charge of shot, the computation is as follows: Hold ahead three feet eight inches at 20 yards dis- tance; four feet eleven inches at 30 yards; seven feet two inches at 35 yards, and eight feet six inches for 40 yards. More lead must be given with small shot loads than with the larger pellets at over 25 yards. Always remember to pull the trigger while the gun is on the "swing." To swing the gun barrels for a leading shot stop the movement and then pull the trigger invariably records a miss. Upland shooting will be also vastly improved by a downpour or two. Birds are plentiful all over the State this season. In some sections, notwithstanding the hot weather, good strings of quail have been shot. One spot in particular, near Gilroy Hot Springs, has proved very good quail hunting country. Most of the local hunters, however, who have been out after the valley quail recently declare they will not repeat the experiment until after a heavy rainfall. While they were able to bag a few birds where they were plen- tiful, by knocking one or two out of a flock, the birds would not "lay" at all. The California valley quail possesses a fund of intelligence. As soon as a few gun shots reverberate through the country it inhab- its, the slightest rustle of dry leaves from the hun- ter's foot, or poking about of the dog, off the birds go for seclusion and safety in the thickest cover to be found, generally in the impenetrable chaparral of a steep canyon side. Should the birds have to flush, the shooter may get one snap shot at a flock, but, as soon as the covey lights, the startled birds never stop running until they reach a safe place. After the heavy rains fall the quail, rather than fly through the wet foliage, will take to cover and hide from the hunter, and it will so carefully secrete itself in small clumps of dry grass or under stones that the hunter can step right over it without disturb- ing it. Here it is where quail hunting become a de- light, especially if one has a good dog. Quite a bunch of quail hunters went to Point Reyes Saturday afternoon intending to enjoy a quail shoot Sunday morning. A heavy rain fell and several of the hunters, among them Floyde Spence and Al Chris- tenson, took the morning down train for this city. The rain ceased about noon and the birds came down from heavy cover where they had taken shelter and shoked up in the open for warmth and food. The stayover hunters all had a good quail shoot. The hills back of Pinole seem to hold some fair- sized bevies. Al Baker's trip over that way Sunday was profitable in birds. The rabbit shooting season closes in San Mateo county January 31, the same day when the State law shuts down on rabbit shooting. WILD GAME FARMING. FISH LINES. Game laws are always under fire, and rightly so; they cause people to become familiar with the real reasons for conserving wild game. Not for the gour- mand; not for the sentimentalist; not primarily for the sportsmen, individual or preserve clubs. Simply for the general benefit of the entire community. Wise game laws permit people to raise different species of wild game on their own lands and sell the prod- ucts. Such a law — game farming — can be found in Section 631d of the California Penal Code (the Bow- man act, so called), which was enacted last year. This statute enumerates domesticated American elk, mule deer, black-tailed deer, white-tailed deer, Euro- pean red deer, fallow deer, Hawaiian deer, roebuck, pheasants, partridges, bobwhite quail, California val- ley quail, wild ducks of any variety, or any of the above listed deer or game birds, and provides that upon payment of a license of $25 annually any per- son may breed and raise, in a wholly enclosed pre- serve or upon an entire island, and to sell the same alive or at any time for breeding and stocking pur- poses, and also to kill and transport the same and sell the carcasses for food purposes. In other words, to sell venison, quail, wild ducks and other game birds in the market. The method of killing and sending domestic raised game to market, penalties for violation of the provisions of the law and other matters pertinent to the business are set forth in the law with exactness and detail. There has been a question raised as to the killing and selling of elk meat, which is claimed to be ex- empted by the act. This discrimination in favor of the elk is one of conservation only — to give a good start in securing a breeding stock. Such restriction, if any, can readily be removed in the future, when its utility has passed. The license of $25 was attacked last year on the grounds of being harsh and discriminatory. A strict application of the law would require every farmer's wife who had a half dozen pheasants, the boy who was raising a pair, or the fancier who collec^d rare and beautiful specimens for his aviary, or the naturalist who collected a few live birds, to pungle up the license money. Such is not the spirit of the act, and the Fish and Game Commission has been lenient and co-operative in handling the vexed ques- tion. There are a number of pheasantries in this State and the business is profitable. Wild ducks can easily be raised; this has been demonstrated, not only at the State game farm, but by many private individ- uals in this State. California quail can be bred and will thrive under favorable conditions. In Santa Cruz county Charles Shaw has raised this year about 600 valley quail at his game farm near Eccles. In view of the fact that the rumor is current that the illicit traffic in quail in this city brings $1 per bird from the stewards of certain prominent restaurants, there should be a field of profit in this branch of game farming that is worthy of attention. Whether the raising of wild ducks would be profit- able or not may be open to debate, for the sale and shipment of wild ducks throughout the open season of three and one-half months is now in effect again — the same as it was before the non-sale act of 1913 was passed. The non-sale clause was wiped off the slate by referendum Tuesday, November 3. It seems reasonable, however, that a wild duck farm should yield fair dividends when game-hawkers get from $1.50 to $2 a pair for large birds. Mallard and sprig, particularly the former, can easily be raised in cap- tivity and cost no more, if not less, to put on the market than domestic poultry. Wild duck farms are numerous and paying ventures in a number of the Eastern and Middle West States. As for the deer farm on a paying basis, that has been determined by success and growing bank ac- counts of numerous individuals in the business. One farm near Denver, Col., has an area of 2,000 acres and the owner sells every pound of the meat raised at a good price and can hardly fill the demand. Deer are tractable and can easily be looked after; elk, in particular, will stay where they have been raised and it is hard work to get the animals away from their boarding house. This trait has been aptly dem- onstrated down at Button Willow, below Bakersfield, where a large band of elk were rounded up for dis- tribution throughout the State. The fence around the Colorado elk farm is not over three feet high any- where on the farm boundary, yet the owner has never known an elk to stray away. Game farming in this State can be conducted under most favorable climatic, geographical and local con- ditions, and when once the industry gets a foothold it will be extremely popular and, what's more, pay, and there will be no seizures of shipments to market. MONSTER TROUT FOR 1915' FAIR. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. A trout weighing 38 pounds and measuring 41 inches from tip to tip, caught recently in Lake Ta- hoe, will be part of Placer county's exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco next year. The name of the angler who succeeded in landing the huge member of the finny tribe is unknown. The fish was received by the Sacramento Valley Exposi- tions Commission. Ted C. Atwood, secretary and treasurer of the Ex- positions Commission, has been delegated to take the monster trout to the taxidermist's shop, where it will be prepared for exhibit purposes. The striped bass fishermen were out in force, seek- ing the wandering fish in the bay waters near Cali- fornia Point, a spot on the Marin shore between El Campo and California City. The big catch by the pioneer bass fisherman, Al Wilson, was the incen- tive for the rally of clam tossers. Wilson found water and tide conditions just right and made a catch of twenty-one bass, some of them big ones, in two trips. The Simon-pure striped bass rodster is consistent in one particular. He invariably makes his objec- tive point the fishing spot where a big catch has been made. He goes in the exuberant hope that the school of fish will tarry until he has had a chance to get busy with them. He is a stampeder from choice. Stampedes are contagious and that is what brings the bunch together at one particular fishing resort. Sometimes they strike it lucky, sometimes not, but they all have a jolly outing anyhow. One member of the Owl Club was high hook for San Antone creek Sunday. He landed seven fish, including a 24, 14 and 12 pounder. Pretty good luck that. When asked where he picked out his finny prey he pointed along the creek and answered "down be- low," which meant everything or nothing. At all events the San Antone regulars, and they were out in fair numbers, all had another indifferent Sunday's fishing. The creek is full of small green crabs; these pests took off the bait from the disgusted fish- ermen's hooks about as fast as they could "bait up." They ought to be good bait, for the bass feed on them voraciously. Some bass fishermen gather as many of the small crabs as they can, crush them and throw the "mash" overboard, chumming with the stuff. Wingo has been heard from and with good import. J. Lindsay fished in Appleby bay, about 12 or 15 miles down Steamboat slough and connected with a limit catch of ten fine bass, running from 8 to 18 pounds in weight. He used the favorite "bullhead" bait and states that he "could have caught a boatload of bass." Which remark will have due effect for inducing an invasion of enthusiastic bass fishermen of the Wingo sloughs and levees tomorrow. Another prolific striped bass plantation has been found near the South Vallejo lighthouse. Many fish, several whoppers up to 30 pounds, have been taken during the past week. Joe Dober has worn a comfortable seat on a Port Costa wharf string piece, he has tried that location so often. His trip last Sunday was rewarded by a good-sized bass. Mo. Uri was a bit particular where he fished. He tried his luck fishing from the brand new landing slip. Striped bass are evidently a bit democratic, for they gave the newly-built place the go-by. Over at Benicia quite a few bass have been caught. Jack Duckell, Terry Evans, Harvey Harmon and several other bass savants dragged the Rodeo waters with satisfying success. Schools of bass have been cruising off the' Pinole shore during the pleasant days and enabled local fishermen to pick up good catches on spoon and bait. All along the east San Pablo bay shore, during calm and sunshiny weather, bass fishing is productive of results. But then there's a skeleton at the feast; half the time the bass caught there are so permeated with oil refuse that the fish are not palatable. % sfc ^ Salmon fishing is reported good in the Sacramento river with hook and line. Another report states that salmon fishing is also good in the Klamath river. * * * The run of salmon up the San Lorenzo at present develops the fact that the fish are the largest ob- served in years, some fish having been seen that were estimated to weigh fifty pounds. Last Sunday, in Santa Cruz, at the mouth of the San Lorenzo river during low tide, big schools of steelhead and salmon were seen. Some of the fish were of immense size. The schools are waiting to run up stream. With rains to cause a slight rise in the river there will be a big run up stream. Some fish did get up, but not far, for quite a number of dead fishes were- found on the banks below the tannery. Deputy Game Warden Ray Heacock, aided by local fishermen, continues to seine for marked salmon at the mouth of the river. Several have been caught weighing well over the 20 pound mark. The markings show them to be the same fish that were turned loose from the Brookdale hatchery about four years ago. * * * A five-year lease on the Spencer creek hatchery site, near Klamath Falls, has been signed by State Fish and Game Commissioner C. F. Stone for the state of Oregon. The lease was executed by the Western Pacific Land and Timber Company and by its terms the State may erect and maintain a fish hatchery and necessary equipment for the same, runway and fish traps. A visit in the near future- by Superintendent of Hatcheries, R. E. Clanton, is taken by local sports- men to indicate next spring to the end that it be made one of the principal hatcheries in the State. Spencer creek is considered by Superintendent Clan- ton to be one of the best for trout hatching in the State, it is said, and during Clanton's visit here it is believed plans for enlargement of the present hatch- ery into a permanent one will be made. Within the past few months new buildings and equipment for an up-to-date hatchery have been es- tablished at the Spencer site. Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 RANDOM HAPPENINGS. WHEN JACK FANNING SHOWED US UP. Mrs. Geo. EUery, wife of a trapper, whose cabin is near Unionville, Nev., saved her own life and that of her three-year-old child by killing a big mountain lioness with a blow from a rifle after the animal, wounded, had charged her. Ellery trapped three lion cubs. He believed they were the lioness' litter and that she trailed them to his cabin. Mrs. Ellery saw the lioness watching the cabin and called to the baby, playing outside. Then she reached for a rifle. She took one shot at the lioness, but only wounded it. The animal then rushed at the woman. Mrs. El- lery stepped back to give a clear swing with the rifle and brought the butt down on the head of the lioness, killing it. Mountain lions are creating havoc among the calves on the cattle ranges in Green Valley and vicinity, San Bernardino county, and the cattle own- ers will probably have to take steps to protect the young animals from their depredations. David Wilson, a rancher of Townsend Mill, was instantly killed one day recently by W. H. Joy, a Gridley merchant, who was hunting deer. Wilson had killed a deer and was carrying its body on his shoulders. Joy, on a hill above Wilson, saw the deer's moving body and fired his rifle. The shot passed through Wilson's heart, killing him in- stantly. After firing the fatal shot Joy rushed to the spot where he believed the deer was lying. He was horrified to discover his mistake. Attacked by a 200-pound buck he had wounded, Elmer Middleton of Pioche, Nev., narrowly escaped death while hunting with George Turner in the Fair- view Springs district. After sending a high caliber bullet through the. shoulders of the buck, Middleton stood his rifle against a tree and started for the animal armed only with a small ax. As he advanced to end its misery the buck brought both forefeet down upon his chest and then falling dead from its wound pinned him to the ground. =fc * * Up in the wilds of Siskiyou county there is a cer- tain pass in the high mountains which for years deer that fed in the mountains have used to reach the deep valleys on the other sid of the Sierras, where they make their winter home below the snow level. When the pilgrimage for winter quarters be- gins, generally about the tenth of this month, deer travel through this deep pass in great numbers and it has been the custom for poachers to ambush the animals at this point and slaughter them by the hun- dreds. A stop will be put to the practice this season. Several state game wardens have been detailed to watch this pass until the deer migration has ceased and the outlaw Indians and whites who attempt shooting in this locality will be liable to arrest. # * * Down the coast below Monterey, hunters do not pay much attention to the law regarding the open and closed seasons for game, according to the fol- lowing from the Salinas Journal: "Deputy Game Wardens Shook and Oyer came to town with two Germans they had captured about 40 miles down the coast in the very act of skinning and cutting up a 140-pound buck. The names of these lawless hunters are Adolph Zappe, who lives in that vicinity, and Emil Gerz, of San Francisco. "Mr. Oyer had heard reports drifting up the coast that two men down there had found the hunting so good and so safe that they concluded to lay in a win- ter supply of deer meat, and had already killed five deer. However that may be, Shook and Oyer caught them at it. They found a Quantity of venison pickled in salt, besides this fresh carcass. "The men were haled before Justice Wallace promptly and they pleaded guilty, waived time and received sentence. The judge made it $50 each and they paid it. "The venison went out to the county hospital and when the inmates saw it unloaded they set up a joy- ful whoop and said it was the first they had seen in many years. Some of them have lived there long and contentedly." Carefully aiming at a rabbit while hunting near Cucamonga, E. S. Robinson of Pasadena precipitated a fight when the bullet left the 22 rifle that came near ending fatally for him, because the rabbit hap- pened to be a wild cat. The cat was wounded by the first shot, but instead of lying on his back and pointing his feet skyward, proceeded to attack the rabbit hunter. Two more lucky shots finished the cat, which was four feet in length from tip to tip. Raymond Swartz of Dillon, Mont, is a pleased hun- ter and he may well be proud of his abilities, for last week he succeeded in bagging a great wild goose, the largest that has been brought in this season. The bird weighed 16% pounds and measured IVz feet from the tip of one wing to the other. The big fowl was pure white and a beautiful specimen. Raymond stated that he sighted the goose swimming on the Poindexter slough, a few miles below town, and that it took him two hours to get a shot. Walter Nelson, H. P. Dohring and P. L. Bronson enjoyed a day's pleasing sport at Russian river, near Cloverdale. Nelson landed an eleven-pound black bass, which was the prize beauty for the day. The party made a good combined catch of smaller bass. They used live minnows for bait. One day recently Jack Fanning blew into Wilming- ton and, of course, a few of the faithful volunteered to go out and show Jack how they break them at the Dupont Trapshooting Club. Arriving at the grounds, Jack suggested trying a few thrown from his hand trap, and we all fell for his game, states E. R. Gal- vin. "Six of us lined up on the 16 yard mark, and Jack stood off to the left. As a starter he threw some targets about 35 yards, and every man broke the first two shot at, and had visions of a 'straight.' At this stage Jack asked us 'How we liked the hand trap,' and we all replied that 'We wTere for it.' "Then things began to happen, for as it developed Fanning had just been warming up, and threw those 12 easy straight aways while he was getting the kinks out of his muscles. The kinks were out, and the lid was off. Targets began going 75 to 90 yards, also straight up 100 feet or more, not to mention the wickedest angles you ever saw. As a little diver- sion, and by way of varying the monotony, he wrould throw some inverted or 'up side down' targets, then a few on edge, etc., etc. "Jack soon discovered our weaknesses and the stuff was off. "John Minnick got 15 out of 25, and was highly pleased with his performance. Clyde Leedom, who claims to be a famous duck hunter, broke the same. Eugene E. du Pont wasn't so lucky, and so for kind- ness' sake w-e will not mention his score, nor that of the writer who missed 15 straight. Geo. Frank Lord emitted a yell every time he smashed one, and I think he only yelled three times. The other shooter, who shall be nameless, by his own request, shot 20 times without scoring one 'dead' and wouldn't finish his string. "A word to the wise is sufficient. If any man should propound the question to you, 'How are you breaking them nowadays?' and is carrying a hand trap, or anything that looks like one, don't talk too loud for he has designs on you. Nothing like shoot- ing a few targets thrown from a hand trap varying the monotony and mechanical features of the clay target game. It has everything else skinned a mile. The fine feature about shooting over the hand trap, is that it gives you excellent practice for game and field shooting, as well as for trapshooting over the ordinary traps. Mr. Shooter, if you aren't wise to the hand trap, better get aboard, as 'everybody's doin' it.' " MEXICAN SHOOTING SOCIETY RECOGNIZED RECOGNIZED. A YOUNG SHOTGUN WIZARD. Just imagine, if you can, that you are at the traps. You are watching some of the best trapshooters in the country "kill" clay pigeons. The expert takes his stand and shoots his string. And soon the score is announced, "47." He has broken forty-seven out of a possible fifty birds. Good work, you say. He's all right. And he is. Any man who can break forty-seven in fifty trials is a crack shot. It lakes a mighty cool head, a keen eye, steady nerves and perfect muscular control to make a 47 score. If you don't think so go out and try it yourself. And so, the recent performance of young Alvin Newbert, of Sacramento, California, just past his twelfth birthday, is all the more remarkable. Alvin is the son of Frank M. Newbert, a prominent sporting goods dealer in Sacramento and President of the State Fish and Game Commission. From the time he was first permitted to wander down to his father's store, to look around as boys do, he has lived in an atmosphere of outdoor sports. And while he has had time to be a typical boy, and to play in all the games of boys of his age, he has always fav- ored shooting and hunting, developing his natural skill to such an extent that his fame has already spread up and down the entire Pacific Coast. And since the shoot of the Turn Verein Gun Club, of Sac- ramento, held a short while ago, Alvin's skill has been commented upon by sporting papers and news- papers in all parts of the country. Shooting for prizes, in competition with forty of the best shots in the Sacramento valley, young New- bert broke forty-seven out of a possible fifty — a score any man would be proud of. But when one considers that this boy used his father's Remington, a gun much larger than the ordinary stock dimensions and almost as large as the shooter himself, his score takes on a new significance and stamps him a coming champion. The details of Alvin's record score follow and will give one a fair idea of the consistency of his shoot- ing: Shooting at 10 birds he broke 10 " 20 18 " 20 19 " 50 " " " 47 There is now another name to add to the fast grow- ing list of boy champions — Alvin Newbert, of Califor- nia. He takes his place beside Bloice Bowen, of Colorado; Robert McGivern, of Montana; James Col- vin Francis, of Missouri; and Sergt. Otto Reynolds, champion boy rifle shot of California, all expert rifle shots, yet not out of their teens. Who says Amer- ican boys can't shoot? We have received information from our represen- tative in Mexico, who is very much interested in the Shooting Society there, that their association has been recognized by the International Union of Na- tional Shooting Federations and Associations. His letter reads as follows: "Mr. D. Merrillon, President of the International Union of National Shooting Federations and Asso- ciations, in a letter dated July 31, stated to Mr. Juan de Perez Galvez, president of our society, that at the general meeting that took place in Viborg (Fin- land-Russia) on the twenty-second of the same month, they ratified the definite admission of the 'National Shooting Society' (Sociedad Nacional de Tiro) at the International Union, which I am pleased to communicate to you as due to the importance of the said corporation, our society will be known by the most important European shooting societies, and which will undoubtedly be of great advantage to our society." T. E. DOREMUS. Manager Sporting Powder Division, E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL TRIALS OFF. A communication from Henry L. Betten, Secretary of the Pacific COast Field Trials Club, gives out the information that the contemplated Panama-Pacific International trials, under the auspices of the club, will not take place next February, near Bakersfield. At a recent meeting of the club such action was deemed advisable — owing to unfavorable conditions prevailing in the East and South. It has been de- cided instead to devote all energies to bringing about a "good live Coast meet" instead. The usual Coast trials will therefore start January 25, 1915. The entry of Coast dogs is unusually large, an enjoyable and successful meet is assured. The Members' Stake will develop an interesting feature of the trials next year. Nominations for the 1915 Derby and All-Age will close December 1, $10 to nominate and $10 to start. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. John Apistle paid a fine of $100 in the Superior Court at Napa last week for fishing with a net in Napa river, which water is always closed to net operations. V. Simone was arrested near Redding for spearing salmon, not having the necessary license for that indulgence. Regarding the report published by some kennel writers that Americans can not expect to obtain live stock from England while the war lasts, the English Kennel News says: "We can assure Americans that dogs can still be imported from England; the only difficulty that has arisen is the want of room caused by the rush of Americans back to the States. Through this the rates were slightly increased, but no doubt in the course of the next few weeks they will go back to the normal condition." ^ sfc * Mr. and Mrs. George S. Thomas have just returned from a recent visit to Great Britain, and have brought back with them one of the largest consignments of dogs ever imported at one time, numbering over seventy well-known winners, including fox, Irish, Sealyham, Welsh, Airedale and West Highland white terriers, Pomeranians and spaniels. "It is estimated by the executive committee of the show that the dogs alone will represent a $100,000 investment as the list shows an unprecedented num- ber of exceptionally valuable animals will be benched." The foregoing bombastic and misleading statement appeared in the columns of an interior paper prior to the holding of a show. There never was a show held on the Coast that benched dogs valued at one- quarter of that amount, which is a liberal estimate, too. Publicity effort of that fatuous character does not fool nor encourage the fancy nor will it be swal- lowed by the public. * * * A fancier sends the following clipping from a New Orleans, La., newspaper: "Hungry stray dogs of the terrier variety, mongrel or otherwise, are wanted at every sub-headquarters of the LJnited States public health service. Nothing will be paid for them, but they will be given an op- portunity to serve the city in the destruction of rats, and will prove very efficient, especially if they are small, young and active. Verbal orders have been given by Dr. W. C. Rucker, assistant surgeon gen- eral of the public health service, to all of the rat trappers and inspectors, to bring all hungry dogs to their sub-headquarters and make friends with them. "We have dog assistants in every gang of fumiga- tors, wreckers and building inspectors now," states Dr. Rucker. "We find them very efficient and more than eager to earn their pay. One dog in particular, a stray known as Fisher, attached himself to the fourth district under Dr. Hugh de Valin. He is a character in a canine way. If he catches rats he kills them by throwing them up, and is so pleased with his own work that he is good natured for the day. If no rats come his way to be killed he is morose, surly and an almost dangerous companion. "We can use the hungry dog to great advantage, especially if he is small, and no terrier ought to be destroyed. Dogs will save the service money and New Orleans people will do us a service by getting us in touch with them. So don't harm him. Make him the friend of the rat trapper and he will be worth his weight in gold both to the trapper and the city. One trapper got $3 bounty money because he invested 15 cents in food for curs, and others will do likewise." 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. SYMPTOMS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. One of the great handicaps under which veterin- arians in the United States labor in combating toot and mouth disease is the tact that they are abso- lutely unacquainted with the malady, have never seen a case of it and have paid little attention to the ac- counts of it in the text books. Recently Dr. Joseph Hughes, president of the Chicago Veterinary College, addressed the assistant state veterinarians to the number of 150, describing the malady, its origin, char- acter, course and history- There is only one treat- ment—immediate slaughter, not only of infected ani- mals but of all the animals in infected herds. Only by that means can its progress and spread be stopped. This foot and mouth disease is caused by a micro- organism so small that it has never been discovered by the most powerful microscope, nor has it been detected by filtering. Symptoms are first a rise m temperature, later the appearance of vesicles on the mucous surfaces of the mouth and tongue, on the fine skin of the interdigital spaces of the foot and around the coronet. It attacks only cattle, sheep, swine and goats, though it is maintained by some au- thorities .among them Bang, that rats, mice, rabbits, and even birds contract the malady and spread the infection. Control of its spread without recourse to the most drastic measures is impossible, because of the ex- treme strength of the virus emanating from the vesic- ular sores. A one five-thousandth part of a cubic centimeter of this virus injected into the blood stream is sufficient to communicate the disease, as is also an ordinary thread dipped in it and drawn between the teeth of a perfectly healthy animal. Infection is therefore spread in a variety of ways besides by infected animals themselves— by fodder, manure or other substances coming in contact with the saliva, by the boots of persons walking over the yards in which infected cattle have been kept, by pigeons that have tramped around among the feed slobbered on by infected animals, and so forth. Deal- ers, butchers, tramps, visitors, and all travelers are liable to spread the malady broadcast as they go. The period of incubation after infection varies after introduction of the virus into the blood stream from six to forty-eight hours, after injection into the mu- cous membrane of the mouth from forty-eight to sixty hours. In a natural way cattle exhibit symp- toms in from two to seven days after being infected, though sometimes the symptoms are delayed as long as ten days or two weeks. It is not at all a fatal disease, the death rate in some 600,000 cases observed in England having been only eight to the thousand head. Its ravages are, however, intense. The milk flow of cows is lowered from 50 to 75 per cent or stopped altogether. Abor- tion follows infection. Flesh is lost rapidly and never regained properly, while some cases become carriers of the disease and continue to be sources and cen- ters of infection, all these facts making wholesale slaughter of infected herds the only reliable means of stamping out the trouble. Co-incident with the contraction of the malady and its progress is the drooling or slavering at the mouth, the saliva being thick and viscous and causing the animals to be continually smacking the lips and mak- ing a sound that to the ear of the experienced vet- erinarian is proof positive of the presence of the dis- ease. While the vesicular sores are usually confined to the mouths and feet of infected animals, the vulva, the inside of the thighs, the udder and especially the teats may be invaded in severe cases. Likewise various and many complications are met with, tend- ing to increase the severity of individual attacks, but in the main the symptoms are as described. Following Dr. Hughes, Dr. Bennett described a case occurring in Massachusetts in 1902, where a farmer right in the middle of a quarantiued area saved his entire herd. At the first outbreak of the disease he rigidly quarantined his entire premises, allowing no one to enter or leave. The cattle were kept con- tinually in the barn and the men that cared for them were compelled to wade through a strong disinfect- ing solution each time, both before entering and leav- ing the stables, and spraying of walls, floors, manures and offal of all sorts was continually resorted to. Satisfied that the disease had had no opportunity to invade his farm, he watched day and night to prevent its being introduced, and succeeded. Owners of healthy herds that have not yet been exposed to infection can keep their premises free from it bv adopting similar measures. — Live Stock World. DIRECTUM I AND WILLIAM. According to an English exchange a "remarkable story is told of the sagacity of a horse belonging to Captain Watson, ot Ardow Mull. It lost a shoe, and, managing to get out of the field where it was grazing, traveled a considerable distance to a black- smith, who was astonished to find the horse standing in front of the door holding up a fore leg. The horse was shod, and it galloped back, happily, to its field." We have made careful inquiries into the origin of this narrative and we find that it is incomplete. What really happened was this: During the shoeing opera- tions, the gee-gee, noticing that the smith was short- handed, kindly blew the bellows for him; and a little fater, after the operation, went on one or two errands by way of repayment. Details like these should not be omitted from a plain, unvarnished tale. — Tropic Topics. Napoleon Direct 2:02% is the leading money win- ding pacing stallion of 1914 with ?13,750 to his credit. Many criticisms of the match race between Direc- tum I and William have appeared in the different publications devoted to horse news since Oct. 21. The following reproduction from the Horse Review . treats the subject completely and speaks for itself. We reproduce it in order to give our Pacific Coast readers a thorough insight into what took place at Grand Rapids on the occasion mentioned. Last week's Review contained a report of the match race between the two pacing champions, Di- rectum I 1:58 and William 2:00, held at Grand Rap- ids, Mich., on Wednesday, October 21. It was con- tributed by our special representative "Marque" (Mr. Joseph I. Markey), who visited Grand Rapids ex- pressly to describe the race for our readers, and he did so in fair and unbiased terms. Mr. Markey has been on the staff of the Review for nearly fifteen years past and during that time has won for himself the reputation of being the ablest race reporter now associated with the turf press. In closeness of ob- servation, knowledge of horses and horsemanship, familiarity with men and conditions, and, particu- larly, in fairness to all concerned, he is pre-eminent. His" report of what took place at Grand Rapids may, therefore, be relied upon as accurate, plain-spoken and unbiased. We may also state in the connection that the Review was the only turf journal of the many published that sent a member of its staff to report the race. In vivid contrast with this will be found the reports and comments upon the event which have appeared, and are continuing to appear, in many other papers. In the majority of cases they reveal either super- ficial observation, "snap judgment" or a deliberate attempt to "fake" sensational statements for what may only be termed scandalous purposes. In this manner the race has assumed what must almost be regarded as a scandalous complexion; when, as a matter of fact, there was nothing scan- dalous about it. Passing all the attendant circum- stances in review, we find no grounds upon which either the owners, managers or drivers of either horse can be justly criticized. The only feature of the race to which valid objection can be entered is the slow pace to the half in the first heat, which reduced that heat to a last-half sprint, resulting in slow time (2:04m,) for the mile, although the display of speed was really brilliant, the last half being paced in 59% seconds and the last quarter in :28%. The second heat was paced in 2:01%, with the first half in 59% seconds. As'"Marque" states, the track's condition was not its best; the weather, preceding the race, had been such that neither horse could be brought to top form, due to a long and enforced lay- up at Lexington; both contestants were groggy after the race was over, showing that they had gone to their limits; and, had either been "split wide open" in the first heat, from wire to wire, physical limita- tions would certainly have caused them to stop to nothing in the second one. Any talk of "hippodroming" or collusion between those controlling the two horses is, in view of these facts, unreasonable, and, beyond that, unfair. Messrs. McCoy and Van Atta, who manage and own Direc- tum I and William, respectively, and Messrs. Snede- ker and Marvin, who drive them, are men whose probity is well attested. In addition, we can testify from personal acquaintanceship with and knowledge of them, that they are incapable of any such things as the scandal-mongers have imputed to them. We make this statement plainly and unequivocally, with- out solicitation upon the part of any of them and simply in behalf of justice. As a matter of fact, the time of the fastest heat of the first successful race at Grand Rapids was no faster than that of the second one — and, under the conditions that obtained, the exhibition of speed in the second race was in many respects remarkable. At the root of the whole matter lies the imperfect notion of the general public, and many experienced horsemen, as well, regarding the capabilities of race horses, which they seem to look upon as species of machines and not subject to the limitations of flesh and blood. It is a physical impossibility for even such champions as Directum I and William, "above ordi- nances" as they may seem, to be at their best at all times. Particularly is this so when such conditions supervene as those which immediately preceded the second race at Grand Rapids. At best it is risking a great deal to endeavor to bring off such an event at such a place as Grand Rapids so late in the season as October 21; and, as "Marque" concludes by say- ing, it is better to "Let well enough alone." To at- tempt to outdo it and then cry "wolf" when the attempt has failed, harms the entire sport of harness racing. Concerning the refusal of the promoters of the race to pay the sum sipulated and agreed upon to the contestants, we will say that the matter is one concerning which our opinion can necessarily have no influence. We may, however, allow ourselves the observation that it was hasty, rather than well- advised. We doubt if any judicial tribunal would uphold it. Lastly, we wish to state that the usual factor which, almost invariably, will be found to figure in racing "scandals," real or alleged, did not fail to obtrude itself in this instance. We refer to the bet- ting ring, whose pernicious influence has thrown a dark shadow across more than one page of the racing records of the past two months, on the Grand Circuit and elsewhere. If the testimony is correct — and we believe it to be — it was the bettors, whose faulty judgment sent the horses to the post at false odds, who have been largely instrumental for the subse- quent esclandre. And not until this factor has been either reduced to subservience or eliminated alto- gether from the light-harness turf can any real prog- ress toward reform be made. NOTE FROM NEW ZEALAND. "Templar," writing for the Sun, published at Christ- church, N. Z., makes the following complimentary re- marks about Mr. Jas. Conway, formerly of Seattle, who now has charge of the horses owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Duncan, Fendalton, N. Z. : "Though he has only been in New Zealand little over twelve months, the American mentor has al- ready made good, both in his business and other respects. A fellow of infinite jest,' he is ever ready with a story that loses nothing in the telling, while his varied experiences on the race tracks of America are always worth hearing. A better man for the position he now holds would be hard to find outside America, and with ordinary luck it will be passing strange if he does not bring a change in the fortunes of the establishment over which he now presides. Unfortunately, most of the older horses under his care are suffering more or less from the effects of past hard usage, and it will take all Conway's skill to again get them fitted to do their best on the race- tracks. With the younger stock, however, he has every chance of showing his ability, for more prom- ising material than the juveniles now getting the rudiments of their education no trainer could desire. Associated with Conway is his son James, to say nothing of a grandson, who first saw the light of day at the establishment and already takes interest when the word "hoss" is mentioned. Attached to the stables, which are the last word in comfort and convenience, is a blacksmith's shop, where Conway personally supervises the shoeing of his charges, a business that, like most American trainers, he thor- oughly understands. "Apart from his employer's charges, Conway has three horses of his own in work, the first of whom to come under notice was the American-bread stal- lion Van Coronado. The massive son of Del Coro- nado has already given race-goers a taste of his qual- ity, and though he is to be bred to a few mares, I have no doubt that now he is becoming quite accli- mated he will do even better than in the past. "Imported horses are usually a bit more 'nervy' than the local product, but in this respect Lovelock is the exception to the rule. A better dispositioned and mannered one than the American-bred daughter of Zolock and Carrie B. has never appeared on a New Zealand track. Prior to leaving America, Lovelock had the unique record of ten wins out of eleven starts, and took a record of 2 minutes 5% seconds. Unfortunately, she has not yet struck form in the land of her adoption, probably through want of accli- matization. She is now looking in fine order to start the season's campaign, though it is just questionable as to whether her understandings will stand a great deal of hard work. "In the next paddock was another of Conway's im- portations, Neeretta, one of the nicest-actioned trot- ters that has ever come to these shores. She is a particularly fine-bodied mare, but unsoundness has prevented her showing her worth on the local tracks. At present she is fairly forward, and her mentor has every hope of being able to start her before the sea- son is very far advanced." WESTERN CANADA FAIR AND RACING CIRCUIT. A letter received at this office from E. L. Richard- son, Secretary of the Western Canada Fair and Rac- ing Circuit, reports that its annual meeting was held at the Fort Garry Hotel on the 29th of October. The meeting was very successful, there being thirty-five representatives present. The officers for the ensuing year were appointed as follows: President, I. G. Ruttle, Calgary; vice-president, R. W. Hamill, Re- gina; secretary-treasurer, E. L. Richardson, Calgary, and one representative to be appointed on the Board of Directors from the following members: Moose- jaw Turf Club, Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition, Bran- don Industrial Exhibition, Saskatoon Iudustrial Ex- hibition and Edmonton Industrial Exhibition. Lethbridge and Swift Current have dropped out and the Fort Garry Turf Club has been added for the ensuing year. Dates has been allotted as follows : Edmonton Spring Meet — May 22 to 25. Saskatoon Turf Club — May 29 to June 1. Yorkton Driving Club — June 4 to June 7. Fort Garry Turf Club— June 10 -to 12. Regina Turf Club— June 16 to 19. Moosejaw Turf Club— June 23 to 26. Calgary Industrial Exhibition — June 30 to July 7. Canadian Industrial Exhibition, Winnipeg — July 8 to 17. Inter-Provincial Fair, Brandon — July 19 to 24. Regina Exhibition — July 26 to 31. Saskatoon Exhibition — August 2 to 7. Edmonton Exhibition — August 9 to 14. Red Deer Exhibition — August 17 to 20. Mutuels will again be used for the larger meets in the circuit. While general conditions are not as bright as they might be at the present time owing to the war, those present express confidence in the possibility of having another successful year of the circuit next year. o Secretary W. H. Knight, of the A. T. A., has been quite severely ill with sciatica at his home at Hins- dale, 111., but is now much improved. Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 I THE FARM 1 CLEAN EGGS FROM CLEAN NESTS. Poultry keepers may easily reduce tlie percentage of dirty or soiled eggs, and losses entailed to insignificant fig- ures, says Arthur C. Smith of the Min- nesota College of Agriculture. First, an ample number of nests is, of course, necessary, but an ample number means no more than, and probably not as many as, are usually directed by poul- try writers. Laying houses are, as a rule, provided with a sufficient num- ber, but where the keeper falls down is in failing to supply enough nesting material and floor litter. Obviously the nesting material must be clean, or the eggs become soiled by contact, and it must be sufficient in quantity, or the eggs are often brok- en by dropping upon the hard floor of the nest. In houses where the drop- ping boards are above the nests, and the custom is to sand the boards, small stones often drop into the nest and breakage results when newly laid eggs fall upon them. The condition of nests should be noticed daily, and the nest- ing material replenished when neces- sary. Plenty of nesting material pre- vents breakage and insures clean eggs. An ample and clean litter on the floor is also very essential when an A-l clean product is sought. Particu- larly is this true when the hens are allowed out doors during wet weather. The litter acts as a foot mat for the hens on their way to the nests. Clean eggs bring better prices than dirty ones. Remember that paint judiciously used will do more to improve the ap- pearance of the buildings than any other investment requiring such a small expenditure. A few dollars in- vested in paint will enable you to save hundreds of dollars in deterior- ation of farm buildings, implements, vehicles, machines, etc., and will make the place look like it was owned and operated by a progressive. It requires little or no skill to apply paint. Any intelligent person may paint the farm buildings and /arm machinery. 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It is a book of 112 pages, illustrated, bound m cloth, and will be sent yon postpaid on re- ceipt of $2, Joseph M, McGraw, ■Washington, Pa., says: "Your hook is the most instructive of its kind I have ever seen. It should have a large sale.'" If this book is instructive to a professional horseman like Joe SIcGraw, will it not interest you? T. C. McBride, Sewickley, Pa., -writes: "I wish to sav a word of praise for the book. It was more than I expected. I see yon have the secret of bookmaking. The paper and binding make it a joy forever, as well as a thing of beauty." The Trotting "World of London, England, soys: "It is just the book we have been waiting for." Sent Postpaid on receipt of $1 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner "Webster ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal, SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother *.o "Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), so'u of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and "Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonian) by Mambrino Chief. Also Fl osn u t, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood); also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire in use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. SELDOM SEE a big knee like this, but your horse may have a bunch or bruise on his Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat. ABSORBINE F*- TRADE MARK KG.U.S.PAT. OFF. will clean it off without laying the horse up. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated — only a few drops required at an application. $2 per bottle delivered. Describe Tour case for special instructions and Book 8 K free. ABSORBINE. JR.. antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful Swellings. En- larged Glands. Goitre, Wens. Bruises, Varicose Veins. Varicosities. Old Sores. Allays Pain. Price £1 and £2 a bottic at druEsists or delivered. Manufactured only by W. F. YOUNB, P. D, F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Masts FOR SALE Stock Ranch Abov* the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 5 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 25,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored in a natural dam site, above the fields, to irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range is above the average, as is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: $13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cai. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. COLUMBIA, ch. m. by Clipper 2:06, dam bv Anteeo Jr. MARIE G. (4), br. m. by Gerajd G. (son of Zornbro 2:11), dam Columbia by Clip- per 2:06; second dam Marie Direct by Bonnie Direct 2:05. MISS LIBERTY (7), ch. m. by Zolock 2:05%, dam Columbia. TEDDY THE GREAT (4), s. g. by Near- est McKinney, dam Hiss Liberty. GODDESS OF LIBERTY (3), b. f. by Bon Voyage 2:0S, dam Miss Liberty. HINEY (2), s. g. by Best Policy, dam by Axteeu Jr. LADY AMELIA, br. m. by McKinney 2:11*4, dam by Anteeo Jr. BAY POLICY (1), b. g. by Best Policy, dam Lady Amelia. BEDELIA (6), ch. m. by Gerald G. (son of Zombro 2:11), dam by Alfred. MARCUS DALY (4), br. g. by Bonny McKinney. dam Birdy by Eaglet; second dam. Black Swan by Tenbroeck. The above ten head can be bought for $1000, on or before October 1st, 1914. Must be sold as a whole or not at all. Address. JOHN REANOS, Oakley, Cal. FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), §8,400 worth of improvements. 24 acres in peaches, 23^ in prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1*£ in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco. 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared 36,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. S-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost $7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35.000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY. care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE — 1 share stock American Trotting Register Assn., par value $100. Pays 6 per cent, dividends and entitles holder to register his horses at half price. Will sell share for $90. Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. FOR SALE. — Two year old bay filly by The Bondsman, dam by McKinney. Xo reasonable offer refused. Address A. BENSON, Del Paso Heights P. O., Sacramento, Cal. FOR SALE. $10,000 Oakland property, clear. Will exchange part or whole for horses, mules, or cattle. H. OLSEN, Owner, 1450 — 46th Ave., Melrose, Oakland, Cat. Saturday, November 14, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP ■with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 Inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... 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DUPONT POWDER COMPANY Established 1802 Wilmington, Delaware Pioneer Powder Works of America Branches: Birmingham, Ala., New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Pa., Denver> ~"j Francisco, Portland, Ore., Duluth, Minn., Huntington, W. Va., Seattle, Wash. ALL TRAP-SHOOTING RECORDS BEATEN The Three Big Events of the 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT •; 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Single Targets Dayton, O., Sept. 8-12 i 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Double Targets Were Won With PETERS SHELLS The Famed ® Brand - QUALITY COUNTS and the (£) Brand Means SHOOTING QUALITY Mr. "Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., was the victor in each of these gTeat races, and in all of them he used PETERS SHELLS, made with "steel where steel belongs." His performance stands without a parallel; no individual shooter and.no make of ammunition has ever before won ALL of the world's greatest trapshooting honors, a fact which in itself is a marvelous tribute to Mr. Henderson's marksmanship and the QUALITY of his ammunition. But in addition to this he established a new WORLD'S AMATEUR RECORD, 98 out of 100 from 22 yards. MR. HENDERSON'S Scores Were As Follows: Amateur Championship of the United States, Single Targets, 99 ex 100 from 16 yds. Amateur Championship of the United Stales, Double Targets, 90 ex 100 from 16 yds. The Race of Champions for Grand American Handicap, 98 ex 100 from 22 yds. HIGH AVERAGE FOR ALL TARGETS, 565 x 600, Was Won by MR. S. A. HUNTLEY, Using PETERS SHELLS Including 200 from 22 yards, 200 from 18 yards, 100 from 16 yards and 50 pairs THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., Pulfle C»«t Branch: 583-85 Howard St, San Francisco, Cal. 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Address ! Hapu Raws & Co., 542 S, Dearborn St,Cbk»go,flL Tabulated Pedigrees THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 14, 1914. THEY HELP WONDERFULLY TO MAKE GOOD BROS -AND NOW REMINGTON UMC I^oejw*!? No. 16 — .22 Autoloading Rifle — 16 shots — for Rem- ington-U M C Autoloading .22 Calibre cartridge (Rim Fire). UM€ Autoloading Rifle in the .22 Caliber Ever since the Remington-U M C High Power Auto- loading Rifle first began to show i'.s remarkable shooting quality, men who go in for .22 calibre shooting have been asking when we would be ready to give them an Auto- loading Rifle in their favorite calibre — and here it is. Sixteen shots, handling the Remington-U M C Autoload- ing .22 calibre cartridge (Rim Fire). Magazine in stock. Kemmgton-U M C Solid Breech, Hammerless, 22-inch Remington Steel Barrel. Straight bar rear sight (adjust- able); white metal bead front sight. Exceptionally sim- ple, easy take-down. Weight, 5% pounds. Each shot fired by simply pressing the trigger, with the same dependability in firing, ejection and reloading that is giving the Remington-U M C High Power Auto- loading Rifie and the Autoloading Shotgun their leading place with sportsmen all over the world. Your Remington-U M C dealer has one, or can get it for you if you and he act quickly — the dealer who dis- plays the Red Ball Mark of Remington-U M C Sign of Sportsmen's Headquarters in every town. Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Go,, 12 Geary St., San Francisco; Gal. EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner will be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle This is why SELBY LOADS are efficient. the shooter while Fresh. They are loaded right and reach FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE VOLUME LXV. No. 21. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914. Subscription — $3.00 Per T««r COPA de ORO 2:01, LATEST CHAMPION SIRE Sire of Contention B. (3) 2:08^i (Phoenix, Nov. 14, 1914), Joint Holder with Hemet (3) 2:08[4 of the Record for Three-year-old Pacing Geldings. Mrs. L. J. Boyd, Hemet, Cal., is the breeder of Contention B. and the owner of his dam, Bonnie Ailse 2:08%, by Faustino 2:12%. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. $5 150 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For foals of marcs Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $5,150 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions. $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of S;allion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SPECIAL CASH FRIZES 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22. 1914 ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1315; $5 November 1. 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Year-Olds FeDru&ry 1. 1317; $10 on Three- Year-Olds February 1, 1918. 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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three- Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided In two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allotted for the division for each heat; Distance for "i wo-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 the mare di°s before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, 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 Building, San Francisco, Cal. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE $5,000 GUARANTEED STATE FUTURITY STAKES No. 7 Foals of Mares Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. $2600 for Trotting Foals. $2000 for Pacing Foals To Be Given Under the Direction California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE DECEMBER 1st., 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2600 THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS PACING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2000 THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. — $2 to nominate mare on December 1. 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1915; $5 December 1, 1915; $10 on yearlings Februaryl, 1916; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1917; $10 on thrte-year-olds February 1, 191S. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $50 to start in the Pacing Division; $75 to start in the Trotting Division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making paymems to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. CONDITIONS. ,. ,The. race in each division will be for three heats, if no horse wins two of the three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of the race, all other horses to go to the barn. Trotting division heat purses $800. Total purse $2600. Pacing division heat purses $600. Total purse $2000. Honey divided 50, 2.i. la and 10 per cent., the extra $200 in each division goes to to the winner of two heats. Distance 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already w-on. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either' the mare or the foal dies before December 1, 1915, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nomina- tion or substitu.e 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 the amount paid in or con- tracted 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 1914. kntnes must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5000, the amount of the guarantee, only. " " ' Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to th Board of Directors. . There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters No horse shall receive more than one money in each race Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. A. L. SCOTT, President. CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 3 BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. i Established 1882.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-J65-366 PACIFICBUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One- year, $3; six months, 51.75: three months, Jl. Foreign postage jl per year additional: Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. California. Communications must be accompanied by the writer a name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private eniarantee of ^nod fnith. THE BIG LINES FOR 1915. Since the close of the Grand Circuit at Lexington there have been rumors of all sorts and descriptions afloat concerning the future of the big line, as for the past three seasons the various racing places com- posing the circuit have not worked in the greatest harmony. On Monday of this week the stewards of the associations composing it met at Cleveland in special session at the request of H. K. Devereux, and while details of the session have not at this writing reached us, press dispatches state that the all-day meeting resulted in clearing away most of the storm clouds, and that the circuit will be intact next year. This is encouraging, but the real show down will come January 12 at Detroit at the regular annual meeting, when the final arrangements for the year will be made. Affairs in the Great Western Circuit are more har- monious, and in the season just closed the two cir- cuits doubled very successfully for four meetings at the opening of racing. What we now wish to bespeak is the same co- operation of the two circuits in arranging dates for the closing of their seasons in 1915, so that associa- tions, horsemen and public may gain the greatest amount of pleasure and profit to be derived from the racing of the fall meeting at the Panama-Pacific Ex- position. The situation presented is one that has never arisen before, in that the purses offered at San Fran- cisco for what must be the last great meeting of the year, are unprecedented in their magnitude, thus making that meeting worthy of the most careful consideration on the part of other race promoters and campaigners. As the dates of the late meetings have usually stood, were they adhered to in 1915 both associations and horsemen would suffer. In a case of conflicting dates, loyalty to old friends and the places where they race "year in and year out" would keep certain stables from San Francisco, and on the other hand the big money on the coast would cause other stables to pass up the regular but smaller meetings, so both associations and the horsemen as well would be losers. The logical conclusion is an arrangement of a cir- cuit that will follow in consecutive dates through Lexington, Dallas, Phoenix and San Francisco. By such means horsemen would have at their pleasure the greatest racing opportunity ever presented to them, and the meetings at Dallas and Phoenix would be of a magnitude and quality never before ap- proached. In case of such a circuit arrangement Phoenix is both able and eager to assume for one year a Grand Circuit franchise, a course which would doubtless appeal to the powers that be at Dallas. The making or breaking of such a plan for closing the season lies in the hands of the officials of the meetings earlier in the year, and to them we com- mend the project for their most careful and gener- ous consideration. Never before has a great exposi- tion gone to the lengths of the steps taken by the Panama-Pacific in its recognition of the greatness of the sport of trotting ,and upon the success or failure of its offerings in this line will depend the attitude of all future great fairs toward the trotter and his owners. At these two meetings alone the money hung up in stakes and purses is in excess of half that offered on the Grand Circuit, and the prepara- tions made by the exposition for the staging of the meetings are on a scale unparalleled. The changing of accustomed dates is not always agreeable to secretaries and directors, but various local conditions have often arisen that caused devia- tion from fixed dates that in no way affected the success of the meeting when it did come off. Why, then, in this instance, which means so much to so many different people, cannot the officials of all the members of the Grand and Great Western Circuits get together for the greatest good and arrange this year's circuits accordingly? It is a matter we most respectfully and urgently commend to their consid- eration in the time intervening before their executive sessions. The spring meeting of the exposition association has been placed at an early date so that horsemen participating in it will have ample time for a return east to begin racing when the usual circuits open, and the fall dates have been placed just as late as coast weather will safely allow. Moreover, the entire program of fixed special features for the latter weeks of the exposition have been built up around this greatest of great events, and entries have been made and certain stakes closed for the dates already chosen and specified. The exposition and the exposition trots are not San Francisco's; nor are they California's. To the whole country they belong, and to every man inter- ested in the welfare of trotting and the trotter we appeal for co-operation in insuring them the utmost of success. o NOT "TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE." The magnitude of the sums hung up in stakes and purses by the directors of the Panama-Pacific Inter- national Exposition for the two harness race meet- ings to be held during the progress of the big fair, have caused some skeptical horsemen to view the proposed meetings with some distrust, which is ab- solutely without ground. Just why such apprehen- sions should have arisen is hard to determine, but they are probably traceable to the fact that all newly established precedents are generally due to be "viewed with alarm," and to need considerable sup- port and trying out before they are accepted into general confidence. The course of the directors of the association was not only unprecedented but, on the part of horsemen at large, wholly unepected. In former years at great fairs the trotter had received but scant courtesy, and while prominent Californians had long planned to stage a "meeting as would be a meeting" in case San Francisco was chosen as the location for the big show, the announcement that fully a quarter of a million dollars would be provided for stakes and purses alone, entirely apart from the expense of con- structing a great racing plant, came as the greatest of surprises to horsemen in general. The response from most quarters has been quick and highly en- couraging, but in some instances the feeling that the whole affair was "too good to be true" has but re- cently been dispelled. The fact that in previous years on eastern circuits some "big meetings" have "gone wrong," has been no aid in convincing doubters of the genuineness of the exposition trots, but the job has been accomplished at last and while the success of both meetings has been undoubted from the start, recent converts to the exposition's cause have "made assurance double sure." In keeping with the balance of the entire exposi- tion plant, the department of livestock, in which the speed department is included, is rapidly assuming a finished air in so far as major construction is con- cerned. Barns and buildings await the coming of their occupants, and the track is fast nearing com- pletion. Before any great time elapses the local mat- inee horses will be taking their regular work there; before the advance guard of the visitors arrives everything will be in readiness and the track a sound and safe one for any kind of work, and every conven- ience for man and horse will be in evidence. The quarter of a million appropriated to the har- ness horse is a small slice out of fifteen or twenty millions, especially when one considers that the gentlemen in control of the total expenditure include an array of friends of the trotter such as has never been known in any previous executive board. The exposition trots are not "too good to be true" but they are just this good — to go down into history as two of the very greatest harness horse meetings ever known in trotting annals. THE BEST PRICES at the recent sale which was held under such inauspicious circumstances at Chi- cago were realized for well bred, sound youngsters with stake engagements, emphasizing once again the desirability of this class of horses and the absolute necessity of providing choice youngsters with early engagements if their full value is to be realized, both at the big auctions in the east or west or at private sale, or for racing purposes on the part of the original breeder and owner. The prices realized at Chicago show emphatically the confidence of the public in the future of racing, and speak eloquently of a sure and certain jump in values when anything like normal conditions are resumed. Occasionally a good colt appears minus any stake engagements, in which case his earnings are far short of what they should have been, but in most cases only futurity engagements are guarantees of early development of speed by owners of youngsters. Stake Number 15 of the series known as the Pacific Breeders Futurities, closes on Tuesday, December first, and should be generously supported by brood mare owners throughout the west, as that is their greatest colt event. The third payments in Stake Number 14 were a most satisfactory percentage of the original entry list, and show plainly that not only in the east but on the coast as well, breeders are looking to a brighter side to the business in the not far distant future. Patronize the event by all means, and if you are using proper judgment in your breed- ing operations you will be amply repaid for your in- vestment. Entries close at the same time for the other great coast stake, the State Fair Futurity, of which the present offering is the seventh renewal. The cost of nomination in both stakes is within the means of every brood mare owner, and the prepara- tion of the colt is the same in the matter of expense whether for one start, two starts, or half a dozen. CALIFORNIA'S STANDING in the championship column was enhanced at Phoenix by the perform- ances of Maymack and Contention B., in the stables of C. L. DeRyder and W. G. Durfee respectively. May- mack in her first start trotted three heats perilously close to record time for trotting mares, and her sec- ond performance equals in its total time the three heat race record made by Rythmell at Lexington, giving the daughter of Arthur Wilkes a look in at two world's records, the three heat matter which she holds jointly with the winner of the Walnut Hall cup, and the fifth heat mark of 2: 06J,4 for which there is no competition. Contention B., the first champion son of a champion dad, Copa de Oro, stepped out alone in an unlucky moment and equaled the three- year-old pacing gelding record of Hemet 2:081/4, another Californian, so that record seems safe for the coast for the present, Richman 2:09% being the nearest competitor of the present season. There were other "near champions" in Virginia Barnette 2:08%, whose mile was but one-half second removed from the season's record held by Lucile Spier, and Albaloma who, never winning a heat, nevertheless stepped two miles right on the heels of the aged gelding record of Tommy Horn 2:04%. Yes indeed, folks, California still raises 'em! REMEMBER DECEMBER THE FIRST, for it is an important date. Entries close for Pacific Breeders Futurity No. 15, value $5,150, and State Fair Futuri- ty No. 7, value $5,000, on that day, which is also the latest time for making consignments to the DeRyder Sale. NAMES ARE FUNNY THINGS and largely a mat- ter of personal preference, or location. The Amer- ican Horse Breeder calls attention to the nomencla- ture of those western campaigners The Pig, Sand Hill Pete, Shoestring Billy and Billy Dog Tracks, and while no aspersions are cast or comments made, the inference is naturally drawn that they do not regard such appellative architecture as strictly up to the eastern standard. Now for our part wTe would just as gladly watch the above mentioned quartet race at Tehachapi, Wapinitia, Clackamas, Cle Elum, Toppen- ish or even Snohomish or Skamokawa as to journey down to Poquetanuck, Nichewaug, Kennebunkport or Passadumkeag to watch Cheerful Chariey dispose of Pickles and Pot Roast, or observe the work of Loving Joe in courting Foxy Jane, or hear the opinion ex- pressed by Cussewayo Boy of the Porter Oil Filter. o THE MIST COLORED CRITTER that has been an unsolicited added starter at so many meetings this season put in an appearance at Phoenix, much to everyone's surprise. We refer to the runny-eyed, be- draggled varmint parading under the appellation of Jupiter Pluvius, whose ancestry, so far as we can trace, runs to Falling Barometer, a son of High Winds and Cloudy Skies. On the maternal side the cuss is "dammed" by Everybody on the Grounds, and he is one darned hard critter to beat. THE BRE^-^R AND SPORTSMAN *-:t>>>:-*-;+>:-^:-->:^:*3-;^^ Arizona State Fair £>>>r-.-:~>:-^:-^:~>>>:^^^ SECOND DAY AT PHOENIX. Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 11. — About the time late diners finished supper Monday evening a gentle "siz- zle sozzle" began coming down, and the rain kept up until well along after daylight, giving everything in the valley a thorough soaking and putting racing out of the question for the day. Another dose of the same Tuesday evening made things look doubtful for Wednesday, and not until a warm desert sun had been at work for some hours did anyone make any move toward getting ready for going for the money. After the middle of the morning, visiting horsemen and a few of the local bustlers got busy, with the result that by two o'clock racing was called over a track that was far from fast, but safe and much faster than had seemed possible to expect earlier in the day. The first event called was the Arizona two-year-old trot, which was hardly a good workout for Miss Em- ily, the big Knight of Strathmore filly in the Selman stable. She won any way she pleased, with Otis Jr. second and Baby Joy third in each beat, fourth money being divided between Mary Jane and Miss Mayday. With White Sox not in the best of condition for going the route three times in a race, only four horses came out for the 2:15 pace. Oro Mo led them away on the pole, with San Jacinto breaking after the word and Ranier moving up to second position on the back stretch with May Davis. Rounding into the straightaway The Assessor came to the front for an easy win, with May second and San Jacinto com- ing up for a close third. In the succeeding heats May Davis made the pace for the greater portion of the mile and was game to the end, but the McMabon entry had too much speed for her in the last eighth. It was Ranier's first mount behind the Idaho mare and they got along together very nicely. San Jacinto landed third again in the second heat by a nice drive, but gave way to Oro Mo in the last. Esperanza goes into winter quarters with a clean score of wins for her three-year-old campaign, her standing of 2-2-1 placing her at the head of the sum- mary in the 2:16 trot. Mickey McGuire, the wild Irish aviator, almost caused serious trouble when the horses came out for the first beat, Col. Chitten- den getting a scare that stayed with him so that McMahon never got him away from the stretch. Durfee and Esperanza led the field into the stretch pretty well bunched, and DeRyder came through on the pole with the other three-year-old filly, Miss Perfection, and won in front of the stand by a slight margin. Wheat sprung a surprise with the local mare Loe Blossom in the second, making a winning drive on the outside in a very close finish with Es- peranza and The Duchess. Going away in the third Esperanza had a bit the edge on the start and took the pole on the turn, The Duchess making a break in the first quarter that put her quite a bit to the bad. Mabel Van was second into the stretch, but Loe Blossom and Miss Perfection moved up into close quarters with Esperanza, who won by a small margin. Four baby pacers came out in the two-year-old class for Arizona colts, and Maydella had the class of the bunch by several per cent, with Roxie D. second choice. In the second heat Williams took the black filly out alone for a mark and established the state record for that class at 2:24%, a very nice performance in view of the heavy track. The details: Phoenix, Nov. 11. Two-year-old trot. Arizona horses, purse $500: Miss Emily, b f by Knight of Strathmore (Selman).. 1 1 Otis Jr., b c by James Otis (Breckenridge) 2 2 Baby Joy. ch c by Direct So (Mooney) 3 3 Miss Mayday, b f by Parole Jr. (Williams) 4 5 Mary Jane, b f by Dr. Clark (Clark) 5 4 Time— 2:58, 2:43%. 2:15 pace, purse $2,000: The Assessor, ch g by Walter Direct (McMahon) 111 May Davis, ch m by Borado (Ranier) 2 2 2 San Jacinto, b g by Geo. W. McKinney (Mc- Guire) 3 3 4 Oro Mo, b h by Demonio (Suva) 4 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:11%. 2:16 trot, purse $2,000: Esperanza, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 2 2 1 Loe Blossom, ch m by Lepide (Wheat) 5 1 2 Miss Perfection, b f by Gen Watts (DeRyder) 14 3 The Duchess, ro m by Allerteen (McDonald) .. 3 3 5 Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley (Best) 4 6 4 Princess Louise, b m by Del Coronado (Nugent) 6 5 dr Col. Chittenden, ch g by Col. Cochran (McMahon)ds Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%. Two-year-old pace, Arizona horses, purse $500: Maydella, bl f by Lou Kinney (Williams) 1 1 Roxie D.. br f by Leland D. (Scott) 2 2 Jessie Dinnie, b f by Col. Green (Belt) 3 3 Juana, b f by Henry Lee (McEuen) 4 4 Time — 2:30%, 2:24%. Third Day. Nov. 13.— Friday the thirteenth may be a bad day for some things, but if it had any effect on the qual- ity of the racing pulled off at the Arizona State Fair today nobody was able to notice it. With three, days of the original program to be raced off in two days, owing to the rains early in the week and "Auto Day" yesterday, today's card of six events furnished an afternoon of keen enjoyment for the record Friday crowd on hand. Racing was started promptly at 12:30, and Dr. Stone got his horses out and off with- out delays and wound up the harness events in com- fortable time for making the two and a half mile trip to town for supper. Three two-year-olds joined in the three-year-old class for Arizona pacers, and the race and the Ari- zona record went to to one of the younger contin- gent, Maydella, the same little lady that won the juvenile pace on Wednesday, when she equaled the state record. Today she again won in straight heats and "went herself one better" in the way of time by setting a new mark of 2:21% in the second heat. Loudella stood a whipping finish as steadily as an old campaigner in the first heat, and his brush in the stretch landed him dangerously close. Maydella had it all her way in the second, with Roxie D. challeng- ing Loudella for place but hardly having the speed to make good. Lady Leco went away on the pole in the three-year- old trot for "desert rats," and early in the mile opened up a lead that she never lost, Belt driving her out easily to a new record for Arizona three-year-old trotters, with Gypsy Boy her nearest contender. Trouble developed for the black daughter of Cochise in the second heat, as she went to a break shortly after leaving the wire and Belt was unable to put her on her feet during the mile, the judges hanging the "ds" sign on her. With a bit of age and con- tinued schooling she looks to be the making of a very serviceable mare. Gypsy Boy made it two straight with the Lady out, the two-year-old Miss Emily (win- ner of her class Wednesday) trotting second each heat, and Mary G. third. OWNER DRIVERS AT PHOENIX. I. L. Borden and Clarence J. Berry between heats. The "daylight fireworks" that were a feature of opening day were noticeable by their absence today, but they were not needed. With four fields such as the faster classes brought out there were fireworks to spare, with sizzle and snap all around. King Couchman and Knight of Strathmore were about evenly regarded by the railbirds, as Couchman was right on edge and on Monday when the Knight turned the local track in 2:03% he had all the appear- ance of a horse with another second under his belt. It didn't take the pair long to start things moving, as the field went away from the wire on the rush, with Zulu Belle on the pole, Couchman getting to the front on the turn with the Knight lapped up on him. The pair went to the half in an even 1:02 with the field bunched right with them, and not satisfied with that rate the bunch advanced the spark and came into the stretch at a two-minute gait. At the gate the Knight seemed "walking up," hut he tired a bit before the wire and King Couchman won in 2:02%, equaling the track race record and stepping the last half in 1:00%. Minnie Chimes and Bessie Bee out- brushed the balance of the field for third and fourth. McMahon and Hawley, with Minnie Chimes close up. and the balance following hard on their trail, showed the way to the half in the second heat in 1:01% and came home' in the same order as before in 2:03%, with the Council Chimes mare and Bessie Bee again contesting third position like it meant a million. Right back at 'em in the third Couchman went to the quarter in :30% and the half in 1:01% with Teddy Bear hanging in his trail, but rounding into [Saturday, November 21, 1914. the stretch the two game mares made a rush that simply couldn't be staved off and Minnie speared the fish in 2:04%, with Bessie Bee second. Knight of Strathmore third and King Couchman fourth. Zulu Belle went a much better race than on Monday, with two heats right around 2:04, and a third considerably faster than her mark, while Teddy Bear and Margot Hal both traveled the route faster than their classi- fied records. McMahon drew the J. C. Adams cup for his performance behind King Couchman, and "J. C." seemed as pleased to award it as Dick was to re- ceive it. The question of whether Maymack could "do it again" was settled in short order, and it wasn't Star Winter that kept her company this time in her spe- cialty of setting new trotting records for the Phoenix track, but our own "liT ol' Californy hoss" Albaloma, who made even his best friends sit up and take fresh notice of the best California trotting gelding in sight. May was right as right could be, and DeRyder took her out for a record from the jump. Albaloma drew the pole but the bay mare rushed to the lead on the first turn and the pair hung together all the way through the mile, May responding to every call made by DeRyder, and Albaloma hanging to his relative position regardless of the pace set by the flying mare. Their positions at the wire were the same as at the quarter, and the mile in 2:04% not only re- duced the track trotting record of 2:05% made by May on Monday, but came within a quarter of a sec- ond of equalling the season's record for aged mares held jointly by Joan and Rythmell. Maymack spoiled a couple of scores next time out, but went away steadily when the word was given, rushing out to the front again in almost record time, with Albaloma again traveling in second place and staving right there to the wire in 2:05%. A break in the stretch by King Clansman placed M. L. J. third. The third heat was a repeater for Maymack in 2:05%, with M. L. J. finishing fast in the stretch for place over King Clansman and Albaloma. The aggregate time of the mare's three heats ties the time made by Rythmell in the Walnut Hall Cup at Lexington, and is half a second faster than the previously existing record of Hamburg Belle made in 1908. Maymack's six winning heats at Phoenix in an average time of 2:05 1-5 (which is the nearest fraction for practical use) speak eloquently of her quality and of the speed of the Phoenix oval. DeRyder was again "cupped" for his performance ,the donor being President Camp- bell of the local association, but the crowd was disap- pointed in that Charley not only would not make a speech but refused absolutely to put on his cup juggling exhibition that proved so popular Monday. The Assessor drew the pole in the 2:10 pace and started in to levy the same old eleven hundred dollar tax that he imposed and collected on Wednesday, but "there were others." Swinging into the stretch Mc- Mahon came wide to the outside, with Waynetta on the pole and Rastus coming down the big middle of the track, the three racing like a chariot team to the wire with the white nose of The Assessor showing first by inches only. The field raced in a bunch to the head of the stretch in the second heat with the same three setting the final pace, The Assessor fail- ing by a nose to nip Rastus in the last yard, with Waynetta again a hot third. McMahon and McDon- ald again led a closely bunched field into the stretch and again the three contestants came down the stretch on even terms, each driver getting all there was to he gotten from his mount. Waynetta had the brush this time and the three heats stood one each for the three that had been doing the pretty work, the judges calling them out to race off the tie. In the last heat Waynetta had things her way and fin- ished easier and fresher than the others in time four or five seconds slow. The race throughout was nicely driven and the crowd appreciated it. Oro Mo was a consistent fourth in every heat, and May Davis, overlooked by Starter Stone in the first heat and sent away considerably at a disadvantage considering that she was entitled to third position, stepped her mile in that heat right in the notch with the winner. The Duchess, from McDonald's stable, was right up to form today and disposed of the 2:12 trotters in straight heats, clipping a second from her record in the second heat. Five of the entries were Cali- fornians, and only one, Bertha Carey, had ever been in going of this kind but they raced it out to the finish without interference from the flagman, who couldn't catch any of them far enough back to get in his work. Mabel Van was a much better mare than on Monday and raced to place over Bertha Carey in each heat. Alerick was sent away lengths back and on a run in the first time out, but Childs got him squared away on the turn and thereafter "the elk's" behavior was very good. Dr. Wayo trotted the fast- est three heats in his experience, as did Baby Doll, and each horse got a look-in at the small money. During the afternoon Will Durfee sent the three- year-old Gen. Watts filly, Josephine Watts, to heat her previous record that was just outside the charmed circle, and dropped her into the 2:10 list by a half- second, making the eighth 2:10 trotter put in the list this year by the Los Angeles teamster, something of a remarkable record in itself in this year of nota- ble achievements. The summary: Phoenix, Nov. 13. Special, to beat 2:10% trotting: Josephine Watts, ch f by General Watts (Durfee). .2:09% Three-year-old pace, Arizona horses, purse $600: Maydella, bl f by Lou Kinney (Williams) 1 1 Lou Delia, bl g by Lou Kinney (Ranier) 2 2 Roxie D., bl f by Leland D. (Yore) 3 3 Lady Lou, b m by Dr. Clark (Butler) 5 4 Jessie Dinnie, b m by Colonel Green (Belt) 6 5 Gabrella, b I by Standel (McCoy) 4 dr Time— 2:27%, 2:21%. 2:04 pace, purse $2,000: King Couchman b g by Atlantic King (McMahon) 1 1 4 Minnie Chimes, br m by Council Chimes (McVey)3 3 1 Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Knight of Strathmore, ch h by Twelfth Night i (Hawley) ■ 2 2 3 Bessie Bee, b m by Star Onward (Breitenfield). .4 4 2 Zlul Belle, bl m by Petigru (Schwartz) 6 5 5 Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado (Silva) 5 5 6 Margot Hal, b m by Argot Hal (McMonald) 7 7 7 Time— 2:02%. 2:0354, 2:04%. 2:07 trot, purse $2,000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder)..l 1 1 Albaloma, b g by Almaden D. (Quinn) 2 2 4 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Breitenfield) 4 3 2 King Clansman, br h by Clansman (McMahon)..3 4 3 Time— 2:04%. 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:10 pace, purse $2,000: Waynetta, b m by Admiral (Bunch) 3 3 11 The Assessor, ch h by Walter Direct (McMa- hon) 1 2 3 2 Rastus, br g by Liberty Boy (McDonald) 2 12 3 Oro Mo, ch h by Demonio (Silva) 4 4 4 May Davis, ch m by Borado (Ranier) 5 6 5 ban Jacinto, b g by Geo. W. McKinney (McGuire) 6 5 6 Time— 2:05%. 2:06, 2:06%, 2:10%. Three-year-old trot, Arizona horses, purse $600: Gipsy Boy. b g by Dr. Clark (Belt) 2 1 1 Miss Emily, b f by Knight of Strathmore (Sel- man) 3 2 2 Mary G., b f by Ashlandorf (Gurley) 5 3 3 Justice, b g by Dr. Clark (Clark) 4 4 4 Rich Kid, b g by Prince Zombro (McEuen)...6 5 5 Lady Leco, bl m by Cochise (Belt) 1 ds Time— 2:25%, 2:32%, 2:26%. 2:12 trot, purse $2,000: The Duchess, ro m by Allerteen (McDonald). .1 1 1 Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley (Best) 2 2 2 Bertha Carev, b m by Zombro (DeRyder) 3 3 3 Dr. Wayo, b h by Wilkhurst (Ward) 5 4 5 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Quinn) 4 5 6 Alerick, b g by Direcho (Childs) 6 6 4 Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08. Last Day. Phoenix, Nov. 14. — Getaway day brought out the smallest crowd of the week, but some of the choicest kind of racing — the kind that proves once more that human eyes do not see alike and that the camera is the only dead sure observer of close finishes. The death of Squantum left a very small field of three-year-old pacers, and by especial arrangement Contention B. was drawn, to start in an individual trial for the three-year-old gelding record, and the event was made for "owner drivers," Messrs. I. L. Borden and C. J. Berry occupying the seat behind Alto Barnato and Chango, respectively. Chango was conceded to have the speed of the pair and won handily in each heat, the Borden entry making a pretty finish in the first. Contention B. essayed to lower Hemet's mark of 2: 08%, but succeeded only in equalling it. Baron Todd's efforts to lower his previous mark were unsuccessful, as the brown horse broke in the stretch. With Maymack out of the free-for-all trot. Star Winter annexed the big end of the purse, after drop- ping the first heat to Virginia Barnette. Albaloma stepped to the front down the back stretch with Star Winter in second position, but a break by the latter before the half was reached cost him the heat. Dur- fee found an open way in the stretch with the three- year-old daughter of Moko and came to the wire safely in the lead in 2:08:14, with the Winter horse beating Albaloma for place. Star Winter got to the pole on the turn in the second heat, the Moko filly taking the word a bit back, and the field was well bunched at the half. McDonald had things his way, and Breitenfield stirred up M. L. J. and passed Bertha Carey and Albaloma in the last few yards. Star Winter led the delegation all the way in the last heat, with Bertha Carey lapped on the outside and Virginia trailing into the stretch. Bertha left her feet at the gate and M. L. J. made a strong bid for place, but fell a bit short of the Durfee entry. Five pacers turned out for the free-for-all and Don Pronto repeated his victory of opening day by making it a straight heat affair in finishes that taxed the capacity of the judges' stand to pass on. Minnie Chimes drew the pole but gave way to Don Pronto in the shuffle on the first turn, and the four leaders came into the stretch pretty close together, Don Densmore being back owing to a break in the first half. Montgomery called on Jim Logan as he came into the stretch and came up outside of Pronto and the Knight, who were head and head. Abreast the three came past the stand and to the wire and again, as on opening day, the crowd saw Jim first, contrary to the official announcement. In the second heat the bunch raced from the turn to the head of the stretch with Pronto leading, Minnie trailing, Strathmore and Logan lapping, and again the three great pacers responded to the call and landed at the wire "head on," and again the stand had a job of placing, the entire field coming in exactly as before. Minnie and the Knight went to the front early in the last heat, and down the back stretch it was Minnie, Pronto, Strathmore and Logan, with Densmore (with Russel up in place of Breitenfield) some lengths back. Rounding the turn Strathmore put on steam and led into the stretch but the black horse and Minnie col- lared him in the stretch and beat him home in 2:05. Densmore piled up forty yards from the wire but Al got in the clear unhurt. The 2:15 trot for Arizona horses again demonstrat- ed the unsoundness of the "no record" rule. Loe Blossom, after winning the first heat in 2:11%, was drawn and the race lay between Ellen Mae and Dr. - D. C, Dr. Clark having been distanced in the first heat owing to hard luck with his boot rigging. Merid- ian Jr. kept Ellen Mae company in the second heat, but broke at the gate in the third and Dr. D. C. grabbed the mile from the daughter of Gladax at the wire. In the fourth heat for winners only the bay mare had it all her way and the mile was hardly a workout. The last race of the meeting, the 2:20 Arizona pace, went to Kildare after an argument among the bal- ance of the field for the purse's subdivisions. Every entry got at least a sniff at the money, with Booker T. winning the last heat under a drive in the stretch. The day's summary: Special Three-year-old pace, purse $500: Chango, b c by Copa de Oro (Berry) 1 1 Alto Barnato, b g by Barney Barnato (Borden). .. .2 2 Time— 2:19%, 2:12%. Free-for-all trot, purse $2,000: Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter (McDonald). .2 1 1 Virginia Barnette, b f by Moko (Durfee) 1 2 2 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Breitenfield) 5 3 3 Bertha Carey, b m by Zombro (DeRyder) 4 4 4 Albaloma, b g by Almaden D. (Quinn) 3 5 dr Time— 2:08%. 2:09%, 2:09%. Free-for-all pace, purse $2,000: Don Pronto, bl h by The Director General (Durfee) 1 Knight of Strathmore, ch h by Twelfth Night (Hawley 2 Minnie Chimes, br m by Council Chimes (McVey)4 Jim Logan, b h by Charles Derby (Montgomery) 3 Don Densmore, b h by Pactolus (Breitenfleld- Russel) 5 Time— 2:05, 2:05%. 2:05. 2:18 trot. Arizona horses, purse $1000: Ellen Mae, b m by Gladax (McDonald) 3 1 Dr. D. C, b g by Del Coronado (Nugent).. 2 4 Meridian Jr., br g by Meridian (McEuen)..4 2 Delfino, bl m by Oh So (Lopez) 5 3 Loe Blossom, ch m by Lepide (Wheat) 1 dr Dr. Clark, b h by The Earlmont (Clark) ds Time— 2:11%, 2:18%, 2:14%. 2:25. 2:20 pace, Arizona horses, purse $1,000: Kildare, b g by Zombro (Belt) 1 Booker T., b g by Ira Band (Breckenridge). .. .5 Direct So. br h by Direct View (McEuen) 4 Patchlock. bl h by Zolock (Ranier) 2 Kuropatkin, br h by Gambetta Wilkes (Barkley)6 Arlie L., b g by KJatawah (Nugent) 3 Time— 2:21%, 2:18%, 2:18. Special, to beat 2:08% pacing: Contention B.. b g by Copa de Oro (Durfee) Special, to beat 2:16% trotting: Princess Louise, b m by Del Coronado (Nugent) Special, to beat 2:11% trotting: Baron Todd, br h by Todd (McDonald) RECORD MEETING AT SAVAGE. 4 5 3 2 6 dr 08% 12% 11% LEXINGTON RECORD MEETING. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 6. — One of the most success- ful breeders' meetings of the season was held here today and resulted in a new world's record for year- ling pacing geldings, a new season's record for year- ling trotters of any sex, a new world's record for a saddle bred horse and one new 2:10 trotter. Vice, the new yearling champion gelding, was trained and driven by J. O. McAllister to a record of 2:23%. This is the second world's champion juvenile gelding that McAllister has marked this year, the latter also giv- ing a world's record for two-year-old pacing geldings. It is also a notable fact that the dam of this colt was by Vice Commodore 2:11, the sire of today's cham- pion. The new champion yearling for the season is Sul- dine, that H. C. Moody marked in 2:24%. He is a son of Worthy McKinney (1) 2:30, now a four-year- old, and the high class brood mare Carrietta 2:18, by Directman 2:12%. His sire now ranks up with Woodline (4) 2:19, and Benear (1) 2:27%, as the world's champion four-year-old sire, while it makes his dam with Lady Brussells and Miss Fanny Sum- mers the champion producers of yearlings, each with three to her credit. Carrietta was already repre- sented by Silent Brigade (1) 2:26%, (2) 2:10%, Hester C. (1) 2:21%, and one other. No performance of the afternoon attracted more attention than that of the registered saddle mare, Lena Oldson, that was given a record of 2:16% by Bernard Hayes. The mare is a five gaited mare and during her early show career was shown in saddle and harness classes, but later, as she developed speed, was also shown in roadster classes, and won many ribbons against trotters. No trotter that ever entered the 2:10 list here caused more of a surprise than did Eclear Kurtz that was driven in just 2:10 by Joseph Lesh, of Goshen, Ind. The mare came to Lexington eight weeks ago, when the best mile she had ever trotted in her life was 2:53, but no trotter ever trained here made speed more rapidly. Last week she trotted in 2:13%, but no one thought her capable of a mile in 2:10 at this time. The last half was the most sensational part of it, for she trotted home in 1:02%, a truly high class performance for a mare with such little training as she received. The summaries follow: Lexington, Ky. (mile track). Nov. 6— To beat 2:30%. Lena Oldson. b m by Roosevelt (Hayes) 2:16% Suldine. b c (1) by Worthy McKinney (Moody) 2:24% Eclear Kurtz, b m by John R. Kurtz (Lesh) 2 :10 To beat 2:29, trotting: Peter Belmont, b c (2) by Peter the Great (Willis) 2:19% To beat 2:27%. trotting: Ruby Director, br f (4) by The Director General (E. Bowerman) 2:22% To beat 2:26%. trotting: Cherry Silk, br f (2) by Walnut Hall (E. Bowerman 2:23% Junior Stokes, b c (3) by Peter the Great (Willis). .2:19% To beat 2:24%. trotting: Olive Silk, br f (2) by Walnut Hall (E. Bowerman) .2:21% To beat 2:22%. trotting: Becky Wiggins, b m bv Wiggins (Harrison) 2:11% To beat 2:19%. trotting: Ebony King, b h by Silent Brook (McAllister) 2:17% To beat 2:15%. trotting: Sybil Silk, br f (2) by Walnut Hall (E. Bowerman) 2:14% *To beat 2:14%. trotting: Petress Burton, b f (2) by Peter the Great (Willis). .2:12 To beat 2:13%. trotting: Sir Bingen. b h by Bingen (Starr) 2 :13 To beat 2:12%. trotting: Paronhurst. bl h by Todd (Starr) 2:11% To beat 2:25%, Dacing: Vice, b g (1) bv Vice Commodore (McAllister) 2:23% To beat 2:24%. pacing: Presolite. bl f (4) by Don Barrock (Davis) 2:11% To beat 2:11%, nacing: Winans. b g bv Vice Commodore (Hayes) 2:10% To beat 2:09%. pacing: Donald McKay, b h by Gambetta Wilkes (Davis) . . 2 :07% Savage, Oct. 25. — An old-fashioned Minnesota fall enabled us to hold a breeders' meeting on Oct. 24, with the result that Dan Patch has another 2:10 per- former in Power Patch 2:09%. We think that to drop one into the "ten" list late in October is a rec- ord for Minnesota. Power Patch is the fifth 2:10 performer for Dan in 1914, and the second for his dam, "Aunt" Effie Powers (p) 2:08% — the other being Liberty Patch (p) 2:08%. Not often does a brood mare with a record below 2:10 put two of her colts in the 2:10 list in a single season. Another well-known race mare of former years, with a fast Dan Patch colt to her credit, is the erstwhile pacing queen of the western half-mile tracks, Baby Kid (p) 2:10%. Her four-year-old filly, Real Patch, owned by L. S. Champine of Williston, N. D., took a record of 2:12%. She is gaited for the twice-arounds and looks able to follow in the footsteps of her mammy, over fifty times a winner. Real Patch will begin her racing career on the Lake of the Isles ice course at Minneapolis this winter. With a little more work Buzz Patch 2:12 would have paced her way into the 2 : 10 ranks this year, so in addition to siring a three-year-old trotter with a record of 2:09%, Dan Patch has another of the same age that is really capable of taking an equally fast record at the pace. Miss Thornway, a four-year-old filly by Thornway 2:05%, threatened to join the ranks of 2:10 pacers with a good mile in 2:10%. She is owned by Charles G. Johnson, Waubay, S. D„ who will race her next year. Mayor Ed Hanson, of Savage, marked Lady Royal Patch, by Robert Patch, in standard time, doing his own teaming in masterful style. His whip appeared to be over the regulation length and had an attach- ment on it that looked like a good-sized circular saw, but the judges found everything according to rule. After dismounting from behind his mare (and regain- ing his breath), Mayor Hanson announced in sten- torian tones that in marking one by a son of Dan Patch, he had just accomplished something with the Patch family that even M. W. Savage had never done. Mr. Savage had to publicly acknowledge the truth of this claim, and the chestiness on the part of the weighty Savage mayor the remainder of the after- noon was easily the feature of the meeting. Dr. O. J*. Evans officiated as representative of the American Trotting Association. D. W. Thurston, Fred Martin and Frank J. Weyel did the timing, and F. K. Balch, J. H. Bogie and W P. Mead acted as judges. Oct. 24. — To beat 2:11, pacing: Power Patch, b c 4, by Dan Patch (Anderson) 2:09% To beat 2:15%, pacing: Buzz Patch, bl f 3, by Dan Patch (Anderson) 2:12 To beat 2:22%, pacing: Real Patch, b f 4, by Dan Patch (Anderson) 2:12% To beat 2:17%, pacing: Queen Patch, bl m by Dan Patch (Anderson) 2:12% To beat 2:25%, pacing: Miss Thornway. ch f 4, by Thornway (Anderson) . . . .2:10% Lady Royal Patch, br m by Robert Patch (Hanson). 2:24% Bear in mind the closing date of Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No. 15, which is Tuesday, Dec, 1. LIVE STOCK BUILDINGS AT THE PANAMA- PACIFIC. The buildings of the Department of Live Stock have been erected at a cost of ?150,000, in addition to the cost of the race track, which is one of the finest that has ever been built in this country, and which is specially prepared for two-minute speed. These buildings are erected in a compact form, sur- rounding the forum, or judging ring, and have room for more animals than was provided at the last great exposition, with a larger number of buildings, while the convenience is greatly superior to any previous exposition. Animals are led directly from their stalls into the show ring without the necessity of traveling considerable distances. The stalls are built for exhi- bition purposes and are so constructed that the visi- tor will have an opportunity to examine the whole animal instead of the rear view afforded by the ordinary stall. A total of 1124 stalls is provided, in addition to the 300 stalls contained in the dairy cattle barn, which is separated from those intended for horses and beef cattle and which will house the view herds maintained throughout the entire exposi- tion period by the various breed record associations. A large feed storage building is provided in order that an ample supply of all kinds of feeds may be maintained by the Department of Live Stock for the accommodation of the exhibitors and thus save them the necessity for searching for their supplies or of being compelled to pay exorbitant prices for them. This feed will be furnished to the exhibitors by the Department of Live Stock, without profit. The total area included in the Panama-Pacific In- ternational Exhibition grounds is 635 acres, of which 65 acres has been allotted to the Department of Live Stock, thus giving it more ground area than any other department. San Francisco is readily access- ible, both by rail and water, from all points, and animals shipped here for exhibition purposes will be delivered directly on the grounds of the Department of Live Stock, without being transferred from their cars, and they will be unloaded in the stock-yards and corrals provided for the purpose. These corrals are near the stables where the animals will be housed, so that all exhibits of domestic animals will be handled with a minimum of disturbance and of travel on their feet. It is believed by the experts who have inspected the grounds and buildings of the Department of Live Stock that they more nearly approach the ideal for their purpose than has ever yet been attained in any exposition. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS I I i Mavniaek 2:04%. The Duchess 2: 07%. 3> .$> <$■ King Couchman 2:02%. Contention B. (3) p. 2:08%. Knight ot Strathmore 2:03%. <$>«>«> Virginia Baraette (3) 2:08%. Josephine Watts (3) 2:09%. ♦ •$>«• Albaloma a right-there second in 2:04%, 2:05%. That Phoenix track is slow— like a 200 horse power auto. <& <$> Nine heats on Monday averaged 2 : 05 1-12 seconds, which is prettv fair tor November. <8> Six heats on Friday averaged just slower than 2:04 1-3, and twelve heats for the same day were slightlv faster than 2:05%. Minnie Chimes is no equine Diana, but she cer- tainly has a way of eating up distance on a track and racing out the last quarter. The Horseman of Chicago, Illinois, has issued a catalog of the sporting books in its library which they will be pleased to mail to applicants. <8><8> There may be nothing in a name, but The Assessor levied a pretty fair tax on the Phoenix association, and McMahon collected it in full. <8> •?> <5> Rella E. 2:06, at Lexington, is a new 2:10 per- former for Searchlight 2:03%, now owned at Liberty, Ind. Reamy Macey did the teaming. Crit Davis is fitting Twinkling Dan at Lexington for his Panama-Pacific engagements. After a stud season he turned the trick in the fall in 2:04% and could pace halves in a minute flat. Maymaek's total time for her last start at Phoenix is half a second faster than that of Hamburg Belle's race at Hartford in 1908, and ties that of Rythmell in the Walnut Hall Cup, so that the MacKenzie mare has some little right to a winter's ease on good feed. Parties with good sound racing timber that they wish to dispose of have two good courses open to them — an ad in the Breeder and Sportsman or a con- signment to the DeRyder sale at Pleasanton, Dec. 12, entries closing Dec. 1. <8>«> The prize list of the Alberta Winter Fair which includes a fat stock show, provincial seed fair and poultry show, has been distributed. Entries for live stock close December 1 and for the seed grain De- cember 7 By this time you know what mares you will nom- inate in the current futurities, and your entry to Stake No. 15 of the Pacific Breeders Futurity series should be made at once, as entries close Tuesday, December second, and you may overlook something if you wait till the last minute. «> <8> «> Jim Logan had the crowd with him in a heat or so in each start at Phoenix, but the judges couldn't see it that way. Whether or not he led the field at the wire either time is a case for argument, but there is one thing sure — that the judges didn't show him any undue favors. «> Louis D. Warren's chestnut horse Urnpqua was shipped to San Francisco last Wednesday by the S. S. Wilhelmina, Bob Ballentyne accompanying the run- ner, as did also Cal Leonard. The horse will be cam- paigned at Juarez, which meeting commences on Thanksgiving Day. Owner Warren expects to leave for Mexico about the first week in December. — Tropic Topics. «> Last week's notice of the death of Squantum was incomplete in regard to ownership of the colt, which had passed from Mr. Connor to Alonzo McDonald and then to Mr. Stoughton Fletcher, the Indianapolis banker who has long been a generous patron of the trotting turf. McDonald retained an interest in the young fellow and was much concerned over his loss, as that kind are not plucked from the bushes. Charley Silva has booked Oro Mo for emascula- tion, and there is but little doubt that the operation will be highly beneficial to the racing qualities of this speedy son of Demonic I. L. Borden, more than pleased with the benefits accruing to Albaloma and Matawan by the same treatment, has given the word for three stallions at the Borden ranch to go under the knife, one being a most promising full brother to Guy Borden 2:07%. The example is one that could be followed with profit by others. With the Phoenix meeting over, the majority of campaigning horsemen are now at home or at a temporary home where they have established winter training quarters, and the bikes are hung up in the clear, giving way to the jogging cart and the light runabout. ■$>^>* Harry Bell again has Grattan Boy 2:10 and the good trotter came back to California via Phoenix. Harry will winter at Pleasanton, where he is a famil- iar figure, and the son of Montana Grattan will be fitted for the big purses at the Panama-Pacific next season. <8><8> Word comes that John McClintock will be with Hemet Stock Farm after the turn of the year. The farm is at Hemet, in Southern California, with Wilbur Lou as premier sire and Budd Doble as superintend- ent. Mr. McClintock's wide knowledge of turf and training problems and general horse sense will be of value at Hemet. — Pacific Horse Review. Lady Leco, the trotting filly in Henry Belt's stable that set the Arizona mark for her class at 2:25% last week, is a very trim built daughter of Cochise and Katy K. by Bonny Boy. She is yet a bit uncer- tain and headstrong, but is pretty fast when on the trot and continued education and patience ought to make her a very good trotter. «■<$>«> Those Indiana pacers just naturally insist that folks take notice of them early and late. The last achievement is the pacing of the half-mile track at Rome, Georgia, on Oct. 29, in 2:04% by the Newtown Boy pacer, Possibility. Billy M., by the same sire, turned the two-lap track at Goshen in a flat 2:04, and the pair look able to burn up a lot more dirt next season. <8><8> Zulu Belle, Teddy Bear, Baby Doll, Alerick and other Californians went miles at Phoenix from one to four seconds faster than their records without accumulating much of "the filthy" for their owners. It just naturally took a "plumb hoss" to get away with anything at all, with 2:07 pacers stepping in 2:03%, the 2:04 sidewheelers in 2:02%, and the 2:09, 2:07 and 2:12 trotters going the route in 2:05%, 2:04% and 2:07% respectively. The best two-year-old pacing filly yet produced by Arizona breeders appeared in the juvenile classes at Phoenix last week in the hands of Marvin Williams, the lassie being the black filly Maydella by Lou Kin- ney 37621 (son of Kinney Lou and Aurelia B. by Nearest), out of a daughter of Boydello 2:14%, sec- ond dam by Durango Chief. The filly is not big, but very nicely put together and gaited like a real pacer. In the two-year-old pace she set the Arizona record for that age and gait at 2:24%, winning by open lengths each heat ,and later in the week she admin- istered a decisive "trimming" to the three-year-olds, reducing her record to 2:21%. <8> Miss Perfection 2:09% and Josephine Watts 2:09% are two three-year-old daughters of General Watts owned in California that are doing much to attract the respect of coast horsemen for this good young sire. Miss Perfection is out of Sue Fletcher by Tre- gantle 2:09%, second dam Pearl Wilton 2:29% by Wilton 2:19% and has given a most satisfactory ac- count of herself in her educational campaign in Char- ley DeRyder's hands this season. Josephine Watts is a chestnut filly of a little different but pleasing type, owned jointly by Gen. C. C. Watts and W. G. Durfee, at whose hands she has received her educa- tion. She was given a mark of 2:24% as a two-year- old, and this season reduced the same to 2:11% early in the year at Los Angeles. At Phoenix she stepped her exhibition mile nicely in 2:09%, making the eighth 2:10 trotter for the Durfee stable this season. She is out of Belle Andrews, the great brood mare by Billy Andrews, second dam Prospect Belle by Mambrino King, etc., and will probably jut in an appearance next year at the big trots at the expo- sition. «> Lon McDonald's stable remains at Phoenix for a few days prior to their journey to the coast. Los Angeles will be the first "port of call," and later in the winter headquarters will be moved to Pleasanton. Lon has his wife and daughter with him, and they expect to visit points of interest in all parts of Cali- fornia during the winter and make their stay a thor- oughly enjoyable one. That the party will be warmly welcomed by Californians wherever they may go will add much to their pleasure, and our hope is that they will find the winter so enjoyable that other horsemen will regret not following in their footsteps. The loss of Squantum was as severe a blow as the stable could have suffered, and rumors were rife at Phoenix that the string would go back east, rumors that appar- ently had no grounds whatever for circulation, as Mr. McDonald never at any time entertained such an idea. As he himself put it: "There is no denying the vacancy left in our stable, and in the entire ranks of pacers, by the colt's death, but it does not affect our plans. You know I am not famous for changing my mind, and last spring I announced my intention of wintering in California and taking in the exposi- tion trots. At that time Hallmark was the only real prospect I had, and I would go just the same if he were all I had left." Second-trainer Avery, who has long been Lon's right hand man, accompanies him on the western pilgrimage and Levi Turner is at Indian- apolis in charge of the members of the stable that were not brought out at this time. George Gordon Moore, owner of Doromore Farm, St. Clair, Mich., is reported to be serving as voluntary aid on the staff of General French, in the British army. General French's war horse, the American trotter Louvain, was bred by Mr. Moore, who named the fast two-year-old colt General French 2:10%, in honor of the British cavalry leader. — Horse World. <8> Bert Oliver 2:08%, full brother of Sally Toler 2:06%, was found dead in his stall at Mansfield, Ohio, on the morning of October 29. As a sire he was no sensation, though several very consistent winners are credited to him, but he will live long in memory as a race horse of sterling quality. Starting out in 1891 as a two-year-old trotter and securing a mark of 2:38, he eventually achieved a record at the trot of 2:19% as a four-year-old. Converted to the pace in 1895 he made a great campaign in the slow classes at that gait and was marked in 2:10, which he low- ered the year following to the figures he carried to his death. <^«> Lord Derby 2:05%, erstwhile holder of numerous trotting records, some of which still stand, dropped dead in harness Nov. 2 at Brownsville, Tenn., where for some years he had been owned by T. B. King. The old fellow who had been the hero of many a hard fought battle was interred with honor, for his last owner was a true lover of the horse in general and of the game son of Mambrino King and Claribel. Lord Derby made his debut as a five-year-old in 1900 in the hands of Ed Geers and in his three seasons upon the track he was beaten by but six horses — Boralma, John A. McKerron, The Monk, Cresceus, Georgena and Charley Herr — and rolled up total winnings of ?77,915, his earnings of $57,625 in 1902 being the largest sum ever credited to a trotting gelding. His is a secure position in the ranks of the truly great. Loe Blossom, the chestnut daughter of Lepide owned by Mrs. L. M. Schenck of Phoenix, gave such a good account of herself at the Phoenix meeting that Frank Childs bought an option on her which has probably been followed by purchase by this time. The mare has a trotting record of 2:15% made in 1913 and a losing performance mark of 2:10% an- nexed in the 2:16 trot at home last week, and looks to be a very valuable mare in her class, as she was well inside the flag when Maymack trotted in 2:05%, stepping her miles right about 2:07. She was bred by Mrs. Schenck and is by Lepide 49209, out of Lil- lian W. (dam of Geo. W. Jack 2:11%, etc.) by Harry Hontas. She is eight years old and has already pro- duced to the cover of James Otis the two-year-old colt Otis Jr. that took second money in the two-year- old trot for Arizona bred youngsters. Bud Davis of Caldwell, Idaho, came to Pleasanton from Phoenix with the chestnut mare May Davis 2:08%, By Borado, that has provided him with a sum- mer's outing and some profit at the races. The lass is five years old, sound as a dollar and the only thing she wears in the way of rigging below the belt are the Indiana panties. She went a nice race with The Assessor early in the week, finishing second in each heat with a strange driver, Jim Ranier, in the sulkey, and on Friday, just outside the money, traveled one of her miles in 2:05%, a quarter second faster than the winner. Mr. and Mrs. Davis expect to get a comfortable little place at Pleasanton where they can pass the winter with all the pleasures of "home," and have the mare ready for 1915. Bud is inclined to try her without the hobbles, and if he can make the experiment a success the girl won't wear a thing in the world but her hair and the harness. <8> Trainer J. D. Adkin has turned out for the winter at Hal Price Headley's Beaumont Farm the cam- paigners Buckhorn, Helen Barbee, San Vega, Sea Shell, Adelaide T. and Leo Skolny, which so success- fully carried the colors of R. J. MacKenzie, the wealthy Canadian, the past season. Melton Street is also at the farm, but only temporarily. He has been presented to the Canadian Breeding Bureau and will be shipped in a few days to Montreal. Secretary John F. Ryan is now in Kentucky with a view to add- ing other stallions to the bureau. Adkin left Lexing- ton Thursday for West Baden Springs, Ind., for a short rest, after which he will go to San Francisco to spend about three months, when he will return to Kentucky to take up these horses and prepare them for next season. He says it is possible that he will mate Buckhorn and Helen Barbee next spring. — Thoroughbred Record. Nobody derived more enjoyment from the Phoenix meeting than did George Bleiler of Monroe, Wiscon- sin, the jovial owner of Knight of Strathmore, the chestnut pacer that has been such a good winner all year in Sam Hawley's hands. The Knight has made close to a score of starts, winning a very large majority of them, but once unplaced and once third, and has lowered half a dozen track records in the central west. The owner earned his right to win, as he laid him up for three years as a cripple, and he got his money back with a vengeance. At Phoenix he reduced his mark to 2:03% and was camped right on the warm side of King Couchman in 2:02% and back in 2:03%. Starting back on Saturday for his third time out during the meeting he took second money to Don Pronto in the free-for-all, beating three other mighty good pacers. The Bleiler-Hawley win- nings were $1880 and a monster loving cup — pretty fair for a "one horse stable." They called it a season at Phoenix and hit the home trail, George and the major portion of the cash for Monroe, Wis., and Sam, the cup and the Knight for Sac City, Iowa. Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Superintendent Williams of the Hobart Stock Farm, one of the leading speed nurseries of Colorado, was among the Phoenix visitors, bringing out no horses but coming solely for pleasure, which he re- ceived in copious measure. <$> While Knight of Strathmore was getting his share of the Phoenix money in three starts, the second generation was not idle, as the nicest two-year-old trotter out from the local stables was the big bay filly Miss Emily, by the speedy son of Twelfth Night. On Monday the two-year-old trotting division was scarcely a good workout for her, and on Friday she tried conclusions with the three-year-olds and finished 3-2-2 to Lady Leco and Gypsy Boy in 2:25%, 2:32% and 2:26%, handling herself very easily at all times. She is quite a growthy filly and was bred and trained by her present owner, W. L. Selman, who is much pleased with his venture. She is out of the young mare Dulce Yedral by Milo McKinney; second dam Yedral Russell by L. W. Russell; third dam Yedral, great brood mare, by Nutwood 600, and is paid up in all of the leading coast stakes and the Horseman, Horse Review and Kentucky futurities in the east. Only accident should keep her from being a conten- der at the P. P. I. in her engagements there, at any rate. «■ One of the star features of the Phoenix meeting were the burro races, both "peely" and to harness, the latter being vividly reminiscent of the glories of Memphis in years gone by and the barrels of fun drawn by entrants and spectators from that famous "stake," the Transylmulia. The most exciting- event of this nature ,and the one carrying the heaviest speculation, was staged on Wednesday, the betting reaching its height when the staggering sum of one thousand mills was wagered by those reckless and ardent sportsmen, Senors Ricardo McMahon and Frederico de Ward, each picking one of the field of fiery steeds upon which to risk his fortune. Going away from the wire the fleeing (not "fleaing," Gen- evieve, though that word might well apply to a Greaser's burro — or the Greaser himself) selection of Senor McMahon attained such headlong speed that he missed the turn and hit the fence. Heroic meas- ures such as kicking, tail twisting and ear biting were resorted to by the frantic Mexican boy who had the mount before the shaken critter would arise — and then he flatly refused to proceed hencely. Driven to despair the boy mounted the old familiar spot athwart the burro's hips and began fanning the crit- ter's flanks with the business end of a lass' rope. The response was immediate and satisfactory, and amid the rousing cheers of the crowd and the mut- tered maledictions of Senor de Ward the pair crept steadily upon the leaders and won by a slight margin in a standstill finish. Senor McMahon, who was en- gaged foolishly in driving that good caballo The As- sessor round the big track for the measly sum of three hundred dollars per drive, with an additional flea bitten two hundred for "lagniappe," came in just in time to see his jockey maneuver his steed to the wire and his heart swelled to think of his" princely winnings. Imagine his utter chagrin and mortifica- tion when the infamous judges disqualified his selec- tion because the boy rode in the wrong place! And the joyous, undignified antics of Senor de Ward — ask us not to describe the scene! In the presence of a multitude of witnesses the wager was paid under protest and the assurance that the Board of Appeals would hear of the unjust decision and the gigantic fraud perpetrated upon an innocent and unsuspecting public. o THE CHICAGO SALE. APPRECIATION OF HIS FELLOWS. The really healthy demand that exists for good young trotters was well evidenced at the Chicago sale last week when the forty-fourth regular auction of the Chicago Horse Sale Co. took place. The sale proved conclusively that in the face of many tem- porary obstacles and discouragements, values of rac- ing stock are holding their own admirably, though prices were lower than would have been the case under unhampered marketing conditions. In the face of the European war and Mexican trou- ble, the complete suspension of Southern trade on account of the bad cotton market and with tight money in the East, it looked very discouraging weeks ago to those who had speed horses to sell, and when the foot-and-mouth disease brought forth the most stringent quarantine laws this country has ever known the sale of horses of any kind at any price looked like an impossibility. Notwithstanding these discouraging conditions con- signors shipped their stock, the sale opened promptly at 1 p. m. on Monday and continued to the close on Friday evening, and it is safe to say no other class of merchandise, personal property, or real estate forced upon so bad a market would have brought as near their value and come as near satisfying owners. There were many buyers in attendance from Can- ada, New York, Kentucky, Oklahoma and other states who were enforcing their laws against all live stock from chickens to elephants, that never made a bid and they did more cussing than the owners who were offering the bargains. The best average prices were obtained for young- sters that were bred right and had the individuality to back up their breeding. Most of them were pretty well staked, all were in good shape to go to the developers' hands and the prices realized were suffi- ciently high to prove the faith of horsemen in the future of the business, and were a safe guarantee of a mighty active market whenever anything like nor- mal conditions are restored. William G. Layng, dean of the turf writers of the west, died in San Francisco last Friday, following a long illness. It was recognized some time ago that there was small chance of recovery, but the final word was not looked for so soon. Mr. Layng was a native of New York and departed in his sixtieth year. Most of his life was spent in California, though he went to Australia a decade ago and remained there a year or two, as memory serves. As a turf writer, his' work will perhaps be best remembered. Mr. Layng was deeply interested, always, in anything that concerned the horse. He was a judge of form and of speed and in his time a clever amateur driver. Years ago, he was proprietor of the Breeder and Sportsman and when D. L. Hackett left its editorial chair along in 1910 or 1911, Mr. Layng, a long time friend of Fred W. Kelley, proprietor of that journal, again became its editor and ably served in that ca- pacity until a few months ago, when illness rang work's final knell. Mr. Layng was a man of agree- able personality, liked and trusted by many friends. He was a writer of note in the field where his life's work was mostly done. His style was clear and well formed. In knowledge of pedigrees and perform- ances, few men in America were his equal. He had seen the trotter develop from Goldsmith Maid to Lou Dillon, from Dexter to The Harvester, and in turf history his part was considerable. For a long time, Mr. Layng was interested in the sale business. The story of the California harness horse was well known to him. Old time names were familiar. Old time sires and dams, races of early days, were stored in convenient chambers of his mind and brought out for the pleasure and edification of the interested of the present day. Mr. Layng was not old in years and his pages were yet unfilled. As a critic, he was the William Winter of the turf. So the mourning of those who attend his funeral in person or in thought is for the vacant place of a good friend and a good man who did his best in his day, and has passed the sunset. — Pacific Horse Review. It is with deep sorrow that we record the death of William G. Layng, of San Francisco, Cal., news of which has just reached us per press dispatches as we are putting this issue of the Review to press. It occurred at San Francisco on the night of Nov. 6, the cause assigned being heart trouble. Mr. Layng was the editor-in-chief of our California contemporary, the "Breeder and Sportsman," and had been for many years one of the most prominent trotting journalists of the Pacific coast. After an extended connection with the "B. and S." as editor and chief proprietor, impaired health caused Mr. Layng to retire from it and repair to the Antipodes, where, in Australia and New Zealand, he remained for several years. Later he returned to California and had again been editor of his old paper for about three seasons past. He had never entirely regained his health, hut we were not aware that his condition of late had been such as to alarm his friends. Mr. Layng was devoted heart and soul to the light harness horse and the best years of his life were given to promoting the racing and breeding interests. In this he was active in many ways, and, among other things, bred a number of successful performers, of which the most noted was the pacer Sir Albert S. 2:03%, a sensation some ten years ago on the Grand Circuit and elsewhere. He had also been an ardent worker in behalf of the great race meeting to be held next year in connection with the Panama-Pacific Ex- position, and was tireless in his efforts to "boost" it. As a writer he was undoubtedly by far the best in- formed concerning the history of the sport in Cali- fornia, past and present, of any man living during late years. He had known all its famous horses and horsemen for generations, and his memory was stored with facts and reminiscences regarding them. He wielded a ready and an earnest pen, and among other contributions, was the author of several articles that appeared in the Review during the past few years. Of these the most important was one of great his- torical value regarding the origin and growth of trot- ting in the Antipodes, a subject in which he became much interested during his visit to that far-away part of the world. We extend our sincere sympathies to the wife of Mr. Layng and his other surviving relatives, in which the many friends of the dead man, in different hemi- spheres, will join us. — Horse Review. A few years ago Captain C. P. McCan brought to the coast the great sire The Bondsman, paying ?11,000 for him at the Old Glory sale. Next week the son of Baron Wilkes and Sorrento by Grand Sen- tinel again goes under the hammer at Madison Square Garden, the star consignment from the Pacific coast and the greatest sire of speed on the market. His standing as a sire would be wonderful were he represented only by the great Colorado E. (3) 2:04% and Grace Bond (3) 2:09%, but his 2:10 performers number well towards ten, and his sons and daughters in the list total right at three score. His sons and daughters also have demonstrated their speed pro- ducing capabilities, and each year his fame is largely enhanced. On the coast he leaves a goodly batch of youngsters that in future years will doubtless "live up to their pedigrees" in performance and production and add greatly to the value of coast trotting blood, and cause regret that the west could not remain his home. Bon Voyage, formerly owned both north and south on the coast and not fully appreciated in either section, has been not only a great show horse winner but a popular and successful sire in his new home. CONTENTION B. (3) 2:08;4. The three-year-old gelding record for pacers, held since 1912 by Hemet 2:08%, was equaled at Phoenix on Saturday by Contention B., by Copa de Oro, from the stable of W. G. Durfee. The opportunity was not the best in the world for record setting, as there were harrows and joggers on the track and Will had to resort to both lung power and strenuous driving to get a clear passage, but the bay boy turned the trick very nicely and under more favorable conditions looked to be able to go faster. Will's vocal warnings to interferers in the second quarter made the lad race his head off in that portion of the mile, stepping it at a two-minute gait, and as a consequence he tired in the stretch. He is a genuine Copa de Oro, the first 2:10 performer for his sire and dam and is a product of a union of extreme speed in both sire and dam. Copa de Oro 2:01 (unaccepted record 1:59) is the speediest of coast pacers, a son of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% and Atherine 2:16% by Patron, and the dam of the new joint-holder of the record is the fast pacing mare Bonnie Ailsie 2:08%, owned by Mrs. Lilian J. Boyd of Hemet. Bonnie Ailsie is a daughter of Faustino 2:12% and Ailse Medium 2:27% (dam of 2) by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04 and the dams of five in 2:10) ; second dam Ailse, a producing daughter of Corbeau 98. Bonnie Ailsie was also represented at Phoenix by another foal, the black mare Alice E. by Del Coronado, owned and driven by Ernest Evans of that city. This lass was a starter in the Arizona 2:25 trot and finished 2-4-3 in 2:18%, 2:18% and 2:17% and is not only a nice individual but a very good gaited and well-behaved trotter. Bonnie Ailsie is the dam of the first foal of Wilbur Lou (3) 2: 10% and has been mated back steadily to one or the other of the Hemet Stock Farm stallions, and with the performance of Conten- tion B. breaks into the ranks of champion producing mares in a manner that heralds a great future as a matron. o FAMOUS SHORTHORNS COME TO CALIFORNIA. An announcement that will be pleasing to all lovers of high class livestock in California is that one made recently heralding the purchase by Kingsley Ma- comber of Paicines Rancho, San Benito county, of the entire herd of world famous Shorthorns gathered at Elmendorf by the late J. B. Haggin. Following the abolition of thoroughbred racing and the conse- quent futility of breeding fast horses with no earning capacity, Mr. Haggin devoted most of the fertile acreage of Elmendorf, near Lexington, to the produc- tion of the very highest type of Shorthorn cattle, ex- pense in foundation stock being an absolutely negli- gible factor. As a consequence the herd purchased by Mr. Macomber, who is a son-in-law of L. V. Hark- ness of Walnut Hall Farm and Standard Oil fame, has probably won more premiums than any other bunch of Shorthorns in America. The herd is headed by the magnificent show bulls King Cumberland and Fayette Marshall ,the balance of the sixty head being of like quality. California gladly welcomes the new- comers and the progressiveness of this and other recent California purchases shows the trend of the livestock situation on the coast. Paicines Rancho is already the home of a high- class herd of cattle and the French draft stallions Porte Drapeau and Fernand and the good standard bred sire Dictatus Medium. TENNESSEE HORSEMAN ANSWERS CALL. John W. Alexander of Lynnville, Tenn., writing to the Horse Review under date of October 5, speaks as follows of the late Mr. J. H. Billingsley: "J. H. Billingsly, who died at his home in Lynnville, Tenn., the morning of Oct 4, was for the past few years prominently identified with the pacing horse interest of Tennessee. He was taken violently ill Sunday with appendicitis, and was operated upon late Tues- day. In his death we lose one of the very best horse- men Tennessee ever had. He owned The Abbe p. 2:04, the unbeaten race horse of 1910, and a great young sire, as he sired the world's champion yearling filly Rose McGee 2:19%, and a number of great brood mares, in the lot the noted producer Mary C, dam of Kruger p. 2:04 and Margot Hal p. 2:04%, also owned by him at the time of his death, and now in the stable of Lon McDonald. His remains were forwarded to Baltimore, Md., for interment. He is survived by his wife and two small daughters. "Mr. Billingsly had many flattering offers for Mar- got Hal, but his fondness was so great for her he would never name a price on her. Last spring he had an inquiry from the foreigners for The Abbe 2:04, and the writer suggested he name a price on him, but his reply was: 'I bought The Abbe for the people of Tennessee to breed the great Hal mares to, thinking the results would prove great in the breeding busi- ness, and send many good pacers to the races, and I will name no price on him.' " The news of Mr. Billingsly's death comes as a sur- prise to Californians, as just prior to the sad event he had made a trip to the coast, visiting various points of interest, including the state fair and num- erous breeding centers, and on every occasion made a goodly circle of acquaintances and friends. Not long previously he had sold to P. L. Aguirre of Han- ford the yearling filly Mardoo Patchen, and he made a special trip to Hanford to see how the lass was getting along in her new home. Margot Hal is still in the stable of Alonzo McDonald at Phoenix, and is booked for the trip to California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. FIRST OF ALL THE SACRIFICE. - Baker's horse and grocer's horse and gentle carriage pair, Hunting horse and farmer's horse, they muster in the square; A saddle on the withers and a label on the neck — Off to join the troopers' train and cross the trans- port deck. Comrade of your toil or whim — black or brown or grey, Take a last long look at him, and let him trot away ! Shining shod on every foot, tonsured tail and mane, Here's a horse will never step the Border roads again. Fight we must, and fight we can, but wax» the horse's hell — Starving tied behind the trench or shattered by a shell; Moaning in the darkness for the mercy of a gun — And — God have pity on things He made — for now we dare have none. First of all the sacrifice, black or grey or brown, Take a last, long look at them and let them leave the town — Here's the King's horse, shod and shorn, bound for Belgia's plain, Here's a horse will never step the Border roads again. — A. S. F., in Glasgow Herald. THE BIG TRAINERS. TO'l A Boston subscriber writes: "As usual, the papers are all telling how much Murphy, Cox, Geers and McDonald won this summer down the big line, but nothing is said about the owners and young trainers that paid in the big stakes and did not dare start. The question is: Will they keep on paying and let one or two do all the winning? It seems as if every- thing is being done for a few rich men and a few trainers, while the public, or those interested in breeding and training in a small way, must take care of themselves." Our friend has delivered a rather severe indict- ment, too severe, we think, and we wish to call his attention to a few facts: (1) "The Horseman" has often written of the in- equality of things on the Grand Circuit and we have probably devoted as much space to that subject as any other turf paper, if not more. (2) We don't believe any trainer, eligible to start in one of the big stakes, ever kept his horse in the barn because he "did not dare to start." Such a statement presupposes physical cowardice and is too absurd to consider. (3) There are. more people interested in Murphy, Cox, Geers or McDonald than in John Smith, and while we try to please the friends of all, we are obliged in the very notice of things to devote more space to the drivers mentioned than to any other form. For comparison, let us consider the position of a strictly partisan Republican newspaper. How long w-ould it serve its readers if it withheld mention of our Democratic president? Likewise, while we decry the concentration of our best horses in a few stables, we must, as an independent turf journal, state the facts. At the end of the Grand Circuit readers are interested in knowing what the various horses and their sires and their drivers have done. It is our business to supply that information. (4) The Grand Circuit this year adopted a rule which, if continued, should prove beneficial to the trainers with small stables. That was the rule re- quiring a straight fee on each horse entered. If the Grand Circuit will go a step further and prohibit the starting of two horses from one stable, the little man will feel more free to enter in the big ring. The truth is, the Grand Circuit must cater to the little fellows as well as the big. Purses with entries from only a few stables are not profitable. The Grand Circuit is beginning to realize what has always been a fact, viz., the big stables need the Grand Circuit more than the Grand Circuit needs them. Our Boston subscriber sends us a clipping from the Herald of that city in which the early closing system is decried. We have discussed that subject before. Our Midland correspondent, Henry M. Jones, has covered the ground very thoroughly in recent contri- butions and intimates that Lexington may not offer stakes next year. There is a strong sentiment against these events and some are equally strong for them. There are two sides to every question. Those who favor stakes contend that they keep up the market price on what is known as "stake prospects," and when it was proposed, two years ago, to limit the earning capacity of stake winners the argument men- tioned was used to kill the proposal. We can see how limiting the earning capacity of horses might, in a few instances, lower the sale value of a stake prospect, but if there were no stakes at all, we believe wealthy owners would pay just as much for a prospect that looked to have a chance to win on the Grand Circuit as they do now. Another argu- ment advanced in favor of stakes is that they pro- vide an uncertainty which attracts the public and increases attendance. This may be true of stakes at the first few meetings of the Circuit, for instance, such stakes as the M. & M. and C. of C. of bygone days, but, after a circuit has advanced a few weeks, he public usually has a fair idea of the probable value of winners and then stakes do not attract attendance. Which leads us to believe that as an opening wedge, the experiment might be made of offering stakes at three or four of the early meetings and substituting purses thereafter. Now for the other side. Early closing stakes have driven some men out of the business and have im- poverished many more. The cost of entering a series of stakes, even in minor circuits, is considerable, and the chances against winning back the entrance is 10 or more to 1. A few men win at it but the most of them don't and the losers have to drop out of sight or have to operate in a much smaller manner. Then again, when it is possible for the general public to pick the probable winner of a stake (as is often the case in mid- and late season) such an event becomes common and the sport suffers. As someone else has said, "Who would pay to see a ball game if he and his friends were all agreed as to the probable win- ner?" Would not the Kentucky Futurity this year have attracted a larger attendance if it had not been possible to name the winner in advance? It is true, as it happened, that there was a closer contest than anyone had anticipated (that was an unexpected ben- efit that accrued to those who witnessed the race) but it did not help the gate. How much interest would there be in the European war, or in an elec- tion, if we knew what the result was to be? How much interest would we take in life if we knew when we were going to die? Sport to be gripping must provide an element of uncertainty and the greater the uncertainty the more exciting the sport. So, personally, we would like to see early closing stakes dropped, except, perhaps, at the first few meetings of a circuit, and also we would like to see adopted a rule requiring the timers to separately time and give records to the first four horses in each heat. Then a horse could not outclass his field in more than one or two races. Then there would always be an element of uncertainty. — Horse- man. o WHERE UNION SHOULD BE STRENGTH. INTERNATIONAL AND ROYAL STOCK SHOWS CANCELLED. There are three separate branches of business which depend upon light harness race horses for support. The breeders, who breed and raise them, the trainers, who develop their speed and race them and the racing and fair associations which find in them an excuse for existence in the first mentioned instance and their chief attraction to draw the public to the fair grounds, by the last mentioned. The inter- lapping interests of these three factors in the light harness horse business would, it would seem, secure a unity of action on all subjects intimately connected with breeding and racing trotters and pacers; but such is not the case. Breeders often give the im- pression that they regard trainers as sharks who are necessary evils. That some instances have occurred to cause owners to take this view of trainers is doubt- less true, but, in the main, trainers are men of the same instincts and principles found among men in other walks of life. If some trainers are inclined to think harshly of owners who look upon them with suspicion, they will do well to frankly give a little thought to the views some of their number hold towards the officials of fairs and race meetings. Here again, men whose interests lie in the same direction too often are found working at cross purposes. Train- ers too frequently regard racing officials as enemies and treat them accordingly while equally regrettable is the stand some racing officials take towards train- ers, failing, in every particular, to recognize the absolute necessity they have for them to make a meeting a success. Such conditions should not exist and they cannot be bettered to any great extent by separate organizations. If all three elements could be amalgamated into one organization the object of which would be to advance the combined interests represented there is no doubt but that a vast improve- ment could be made in the conditions surrounding the breeding and racing of harness horses. The Drivers Association organized a few years ago has accomplished little for the drivers and nothing in any other direction. The parent trotting associations are, in the main, only collectors for the racing asso- ciations, upholding the spasmodic cases of punish- ment dealt out by judges now and then, always with drivers for victims. The association of trotting horse breeders which devotes its efforts towards the pro- motion of futurity stakes takes little note of either the racing associations or the trainers. It is a case of "every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost," and will continue so until all three fac- tors connected with the breeding, training and racing of the light harness horse combine in an organized effort to place the business and its allied sport on a better basis by a unity of action founded onthe recognition by each factor of the rights of the others and the value which each one bears to the ultimate position which the dual breeding and racing industry is entitled to take in the estimation of the public. — Horse World. MONTANA'S MODERN MAMMOTHS. W. H. Ferrill of Wibaux, Mont., last week marketed at Chicago a six-year-old Hereford steer weighing 2,040 pounds that realized $10 per cwt. A $204 grass bullock is somewhat of a novelty and by reason of his size this one attracted attention. He displayed somewhat conspicuously the Hereford tendency to put on gobby fat with age and was an animated mass of tallow. Marketed two years ago he would have realized a good price, but a gain of 500 pounds meanwhile meant an added value of about $50, which paid amply for carrying him, as he rustled his own living. Those who have kept informed as to the foot-and- mouth disease situation will not be surprised to learn that the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago and the American Royal Show at Kansas City have cancelled their dates for this year, says the Breeders Gazette. The official announcement concerning the Chicago show is couched in these terms: "At a special meeting of the directors of the Inter- national Live Stock Exposition held Nov. 6 to con- sider the question of abandoning the usual December show, it was the unanimous opinion of all present that under the unfortunate conditions now existing in relation to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the exhibition cannot and should not be undertaken, and formal action to that effect was had. "It is not considered probable that the various traffic restrictions now in force will be removed in time to permit of the shipment of animals prepared for exhibition, and moreover, much as the directors regret the necessity for their action, they do not feel that the association would be justified in inviting large numbers of visitors to the yards at a time when every effort is being put forth by all parties con- cerned to uphold the hands of the authorities in promptly quelling all outbreaks of the infectious disease. "This action is all the more regrettable at this time for the reason that the show for 1914 was of particularly brilliant promise, entries far exceeding all previous exhibitions of this, the world's greatest show of well-bred live stock." The Secretary of Agriculture suggested to the offi- cials of the Kansas City show that it would be pru- dent to declare off the exhibition for this year, but they were not at first disposed to accede to the sug- gestion. The early Federal quarantines had deducted only a small percentage from their entries, and they were enthusiastic over the prospect of conducting an exhibition which would reach record heights in all respects, in view of the closing of the International doors for this year. But the reports of new infected centers, and especially the inclusion of Iowa among the quarantined states, indicated that conservation rather than enthusiasm should control, and the direc- tors announced that the Royal would not be held this year, in deference to the request of the Secre- tary of Agriculture. The International entries had attained record- breaking magnitude. Including cattle, sheep, swine and horses, and conceding a loss of 127 in the draft horse department, the total of entries reached 4,775, an increase of 309 over the record of last year. That an exhibit of such stupendous magnitude, and un- questionably of an unsurpassed quality, should be given the command to remain at home is among the tragedies wrought by the presence of this dreaded continental cattle plague. Kansas City had also pre- pared an exhibit of record-breaking character, and the reluctance with which it was abandoned by its promoters can readily be imagined. Breeders bow to the inevitable with good grace, but meanwhile the rising tide of interest in pedigree cattle breeding strains at the leash. o DURBAR HIDDEN IN PEASANT'S BARN. London, Oct. 22. — While a dramatic story of the escape of Durbar II, winner of this year's Derby, from German hands, has already been circulated by the press, its circumstances do not at all agree with those vouched for by Edward Johnson, the head trainer of H. P. Duryea's stable at Chantilly, near Paris. Instead of Durbar being spared because he wore an American flag with the words "Shoot me not" across his breast, the trainer, who is now in London, says the Germans never saw Durbar, nor did they see his companion. Shannon, and the two Amer- ican colored men in charge. The reason of their escape, he explains, was that during the German raid the two horses were hidden in a shed on a peasant's farm while the two negroes lay in a protecting hay- stack. For ten days and ten nights the negroes lay in fear of the Germans. By a mistake in the road, they led the animals into territory occupied by the invaders. There they obtained the protection of the peasant, who told the hostlers that if captured by the Germans they would be mistaken for the hated Tur- cos of Algeria who had been distinguishing them- selves with their bayonet work. Hence the pair would be tried by a drumhead court and shot dead. The peasant promised to look after the horses and to bring food to the hiders. During the ten days Uhlans rode by frequently, but they did not discover the racers or their guardians. When news first came to Paris that the Germans were sweeping south, Mr. Duryea, as an American citizen, obtained permission from the French govern- ment to send his stock to his stud farm in Normandy. But Durbar and Shannon were unequal to the trip, as their legs had been fired and were badly swollen. They were left with the two negroes to follow up at leisure. Not knowing the roads, the negroes went north instead of west. It was their unexplained ab- sence that led Duryea to think the Germans had made a capture. Durbar will never race again. His legs have given way, although improved by the fire treatment. But his value has not decreased on this account, as he may be the sire of future Derby winners. — Press Dis- patch. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN i^^*a)X(BX(Dx- instrument than their hands and mouth, the wariest of coyotes and foxes by imitating their cries while hidden behind some sheltering sandhill. The writer has seen this done, he has talked with other men who have seen it done, but no white man can do it; many of the younger generation of Piutes have lost the art, but there are still many old bucks who can take a little bow, and hiding themselves in the blackness of the night, call a wandering four foot up to them and slay it at a distance of twenty or thirty feet, about the average fatal range of their weak bows. In killing deer and sheep with their bows and arrows, however, the Indian adopts a slightly differ- ent scheme. First he finds where the deer or sheen are in the habit of watering, or where they are in the habit of passing along some narrow bit of trail in the canyon wall. There he builds himself a blind and either hides in it, waiting patiently for the com- ing of his quarry, or has some other Indian drive the game to him. This latter system is the one usu- ally adopted in hunting sheep, but with deer it is not so effective, and is abandoned for the surer if slower method of waiting in the blind until the ani- mal comes along. A Piute boy, half grown and half clothed, will fol- ,W va , J- o£ quai1' armed on]y with his bow for n whole day, picking up one here and there and when the day is over, he will have the majority of the band in his bag. It would seem as if such sure killing as this would soon deplete the country's game supply, but it does not, possibly because the redskins kill alone that which they can use for food and no more. And Death valley is the home of hordes of ducks, bug ducks, little ducks, teal ducks, widgeon, butter- balls, canvasbacks and mallards, all come at some season of the year to the ponds of Death valley and the marshes of the streams which empty into it. These powerful winged birds come by this inland route from their summer homes in the north in the autumn, and return by the same route from their winter homes in Mexico when spring lays her gentle hand on the desert. The Piute gets in on the duck harvest, too, and in a most peculiar manner. All round the northern end of Death valley there are huge artificial ponds, made by the borax miners when this part of the country was making millionaires of "Borax" Smith and F. M. Teel. To these ponds nowadays come thousands of ducks, just as they come to other sections of the desert. Here the birds, tired with their long flight, settle down for the night. As soon as the air cools the surface of these ponds a trifle, borax crystals begin forming, and it is only a question of hours until the feathers of the birds are encrusted as well as the shores of the little lakes. In the morning comes the Piute hunter, armed with nothing but a bag and a club. He wades out into the pond, whacks one of the borax-laden ducks upon the head with his club, wrings its neck, throws it into his bag and goes on after the next duck. Fre- quently such a morning will net an active Indian a couple of dozen ducks; more often he gets one-fourth of that number, and sometimes, though rarely, he gets none at all. Bur ine aucks of Death valley are not permanent features of the desert; they are transitory, coming and going with the autumn, coming and going with the spring; still they furnish for the Piute a welcome change from his steady diet of chuckawallah and rattlesnake. To the white traveler who happens to be going through the pit at the time the webfeet come, they prove a pleasant surprise, and one which he is not soon likely to forget. To walk up to a des- ert pool, the nerve-racking silence of the desert every- where about you, and to stir up from the tules a band of from six to fifty ducks, is a surprise to most of the people who go to Death valley for any reason whatsoever. One time, long years ago, there came to Death valley a man by the name of Bellerin' Teck. Pre- sumably he received this sobriquet on account of his voice; only one man ever made bold to inquire of Teck how he came to have such a name and him they buried next day out under the shade a shelter- ing mesquite was so kind as to cast over some six by four feet of desert. In short, Bellerin' Teck was a bad man. But he did one good thing, he brought a whole coopful of quail from Arizona into Death valley. They have mutiplied amazingly until now there must be several hundred thousand of the blue-coated birds wandering through the mesquite thickets up and down the Furnace Creek gorge, the Amargosa river and Willow creek. They are very tame, and there are so many of them that the veriest tyro can pick up an undreamed of bag in an afternoon. Most of the quail the Indian gets he traps, and, because he must depend on his trap for a livelihood, the average Piute is the craftiest trapper of birds on earth. He makes snares above their runways through the tangled mesquite thickets and he sets the old- fashioned "figure four" traps of boyhood days in the open places where a handful of grain will call the birds. At the China ranch, on Willow creek, these birds are particularly abundant, and there come many par- ties from as far away as Daggett and Mojave to hunt for the shrill-voiced little fellows in feathers of blue. Some immense bags have been taken from this place, but there still seem to be plenty more. The real game of the Indian huntsman, however, is of vastly another sort. Out on the edge of Death valley there lives, in company with other peculiar animals, the famed chukawallah. Now the chuka- wallah is a huge lizard, about two feet long, with a thick round tail, which takes up rather more than half his length. He is the favorite entree, roast, fish and dessert of the Death valley Indian. The chukawallah, large and slow of movement, lives for the most part amid the cracks and crevices of the bold ledges in the lava hills. Him the Piute Nimrod has hunted for so long that he has learned the reptile's every habit. Armed only with a long and heavy stick, the In- dian goes out along the rim of Death valley, carefully skirting the lava hills, watching, watching, watching for some sign of the succulent brown body he loves so well. Suddenly he spies Mr. Chukawallah, seated atop of some block of lava. Instantly the man becomes more crafty than the animal; out and around and up he creeps until he gets within throw- ing distance of the creature. Then his arm straight- ens out, and in the simplest manner possible he pots the lizard with a rap on the head from the flying club. The chukawallah-hunting Piute can throw a club straighter than any Australian ever threw a boom- erang, and very seldom indeed does he miss the lizard. Once killed, it is only the tail that is eaten— though in case of long, dry summers, occasionally the whole animal is carefully saved and eaten by the Indian family. Lazy and worthless as he is, the average desert Indian would rather spend hours hunting chukawal- lahs along the edge of Death valley than work the same length of time at some desert ranch and earn many times the value of the chukwallahs he might catch. Besides the lizards the Indian hunters in and around Death valley are, so to speak, "great on snakes." Much of this part of the desert is filled with rattlesnakes as well as other species. Not all the rattlers are sidewinders either, and many large goldbacks are killed every year along the trails lead- ing to and from Daggett across the great plain into the Nevada desert. These, one and all, the Piutes eat, and these they hunt in a manner altogether sim- ilar to the way in which they capture the chuka- wallahs just described. All the rattlesnake is eaten, however, except his head and rattles ,and the latter are sometimes worn as a charm for the hunter. These creatures the Pi- utes call as they do the coyotes and the foxes and the wild cats, so, when they catch a rattlesnake off his guard, they go after him with a bit of red rag or a peculiar porous stalk they get from some species of cactus and compel the snake to bite this until his venom is gone. Then they kill him and extract the poison from the stick or the bit of cloth to be used as a medicine by the old mahalas. It is no uncommon thing to see from one to a dozen dead snakes hanging from the roof of some Indian's hut out on the desert, hung up to dry in the wind and the sun until the owner is ready to eat them. They do not save the oil, either for their own use or for sale, and there quite a good sum of money goes to waste every season — for, with rattlesnake oil at $1 per ounce, the Piute misses many of the comforts of life when he allows the precious grease ,.to drip down on the sands. Now, however, with the coming of a mining boom to the country near Death valley, many white men are coming in, and the hunting of the region is being exploited in clubs and in the blinds of many a South Coast duck club, so that the chances of Death valley continuing the splendid preserve it has been for un- counted years are very slim. I am told, too, that the big sheep are being killed and their heads shipped out, packed in sacks like gold to escape detection. To this the Piutes do not object .however, as it brings them good gold for doing just the thing they have been doing for years and years — climbing around over the hills. Only now they are acting as guides to the white conquerors of the valley. It will not be many years, presumably, until they, too, have gone the way of the hordes of bighorns and the many bands of antelope that once roamed over this southern country. CAPTURING ELK IS HARD JOB. The attempt to capture and ship 150 head of elk that have ranged over the lands of Miller & Lux around McKittrick and Buttonwillow for years past was not much of a success, less than fifty of the ani- mals being finally captured and held in captivity preparatory to the shipment recently. The plan followed was to build an immense corral at Camp Willow near Buttonwillow, with a twelve- foot fence on three sides; the animals were lured and driven into this and then another twelve-foot fence hastily built on the fourth side of the corral. Monday night the place was closely guarded, but Tuesday morning the animals broke loose and 100 of them made a wild charge at the fence and broke through as though it were so much pasteboard, mak- ing good their escape. Forty-nine remained and were successfully corraled once more. Otis Hymer, who visited the scene and saw a num- ber of the stirring scenes, was present when one of the big bulls — one of those that did not get away in the general breakout — made a wild rush at the fence and tore his way through four strands of wire and fell dead with a broken neck. An expert taxidermist is present to attend to such cases and he immediately began the work of preparing the carcass for mount- ing. A number of other animals that were killed in the wild rush and scramble will also be mounted. One bull successfully jumped the fence and got away. It is intended to ship the animals to various parks and institutions. Miller & Lux is anxious to get rid of them, as they consume great quantities of feed wanted for cattle. Quite a number are to go to Sac- ramento and a few to Los Angeles. Others will go to various points in the State and elsewhere. It will probably be necessary to crate the animals and cut their horns, as they are perfectly wild and may do themselves great injury. Quite a number of unsuccessful attempts have been made before to get rid of the animals by cap- turing and shipping them to parks in various cities, but their capture has always been so difficult that only a few were caught at a time. — Bakersfield Cali- fornian. Napa Sportsmen's Club. — A club was organized it Napa recently for the purpose of hunting or fishing twice a month. All game bagged on those days will be prepared and served to the members of the club by the chefs. The title of the new organization will be the Divertimento Club. The names of the members are as follows: Dr. E. Z. Hennessey, C. L. Carbone, C. Baracco. Cecil Ross, Dr. Frank Chaffee, Steve Bianchi, Dr. S. McL. Doherty, Geo. Brugge, Elmer Knox, Ed. Bianchi, Dave Cavagnaro, E. J. Drussel, Tom Maxwell, E. Gadini. Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 ANGLERS' BANQUET. A PICTURE STORY. A BIG TURKEY SHOOT. The San Francisco Fly Casting Club's annual ban- quet and reunion Thursday evening, November 12, at the St. Francis Hotel was more of a brilliant social function than the usual conventional gathering of sportsmen. The evening was enlivened with speech- es, music, songs, dancing and a most remarkable series of moving pictures, illustrating various inter- esting phases of the anglers' recreation. Different members of the club were shown handling their rods and lines at the Stow lake casting platforms, familiar scenes on the Truckee river, a dozen or more huge swordflsh caught off San Clemente island, scenery along and trout catching in the McCloud river made up a unique and interesting series of movies that evoked much applause. Among the speakers were: F. J. Cooper, Charles S. Wheeler, J. W. Dorsey, T. C. Kierulff, Col. Paul M. Nippert and others. Among the gold medal winners in the fly-casting contests at Stow lake this season were: Carlos G. Young, Stanley Forbes, F. A. Webster, C. H. Gardner, T. C. Kierulff, J. F. Burgin, Dr. W. E. Brookes, F. J. Cooper and Charles H. Kewell. The records made in the various casting contests the medal winners competed in will compare more than favorably, as against the showing of champions in the Eastern and Middle West clubs. After an appetizing menu was disposed of the an- nual meeting of the club was held. Reports of the club officials show the organization to be in a pros- perous condition and with almost a full membership. The club contemplates holding an international fly- casting tournament here next year. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Frank J. Cooper, president; T. C. Kierulff, first vice- president; F. A. Webster, second vice-president; Paul W. Shattuck, secretary-treasurer. Directors: W. D. Mansfield, J. F. Burgin, J. F. Siebe, Stanley Forbes, W. F. Bogart. During the evening Chairman F. J. Cooper offered the following original toast: Here's to Autumn! Serene 'mid Memories Of favorite stream. Here's to "Winter! "When by the fire "We sit in solace and dream. Here's to Spring! "With the call of the green And a longing thought For a shiny thing. Basking somewhere in sunlight's gleam. Here's to Summer! When with rod and reel And fly and creel Oft to the mountains we go. In Freedom's garb — A dress of ease To the banks of the River we know. Drop a fly here, another there Coaxing a beauty from hidden lair. Up he starts, and his silvery sheen Is seen but a moment in rushing stream. He's hooked — he rushes here And rushes there. He fights — he lunges, and Up in the air, He soon gives up and Into the creel A proud possessor You feel. Thus on this picture of Summer you dwell But within yourself — Tour better self — Tour soul responds to another spell. The Sky of Blue— The Freeman's air. The Breeze of Gladness everywhere. The Trees are smiling — and nodding to you While Wild Flowers laughing in every hue Are seemingly saying, "Peek-a-boo. Birds, Bugs and Bees and Ants and Flies Are singing and buzzing their gladness too. Even the mountain, that climbs in space Is wreathed in smiles on its rugged face. "While from far on high Way up in the Sky Hawk and Eagle wave their greetings to you. This is Summer— the Summer real That covers all in glorious peal And brings from inner self this cry of glee: Thank Thee, oh God — this day with thee. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Kierulff, H. Berg, Mr. and Mrs M. L. Gerstle, H. C. Golcher, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Burpee Dr. W. E. Brookes, A. S. Carman, W. W. Richards Paul W. Shattuck, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bo- gart Alfred Ghirardelli, J. F. Siebe, J. W. Dorsey. Mr and Mrs. A. H. Dougall, W. J. Davis Jr., Mr. and Mrs J E. Fitzpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Forbes, Mr and Mrs. M. Moran, F. H. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J W Green, Charles H. Kewell, C. A. Kierulff, Mr. and Mrs. Percy V. Long, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mans- field Colonel and Mrs. Paul M. Nippert, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Orear, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Ritter, Mr. and Mrs Edward de Witt Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wells Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stetson Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs F. A. Webster, Colonel T. W. McClanahan, H. A. Russell, Charles G. Young, J. X. We Witt and others. A newspaper campaign, for or against a public issue, may be more or less correct and truthful in articles or illustrations published and intended to carry on a particular argument. On these lines there are always individuals who will swallow the story or picture — hook, line and sinker, when the views expressed fit their side of the controversy. In this respect we are reminded that a cheerful contributor (gratis) for years past to the American Field has an amusing communication in the current number of that publication. The story relates to the publication of a duck hunting picture in The Exam- iner— which illustration was used in connection with the non-sale of game referendum muddle that was on the November ballot. The writer's story was most pertinent and remark- ably clever in many ways, the most prominent being that it was almost absolutely incorrect — particularly so in reference to the "picture of gamehogs." The communication given below sets at rest the source of the picture. The opening shoot at the Gridley gun club, of which Frank Newbert is president, was a good shoot, but not over the limit for any member present. New- bert himself did not go out until after the others present had a shoot and then he bagged two ducks. The club is now incorporated as the Wild Goose Gun Club, has a membership composed of sixty Sac- ramento, San Francisco and Butte county sportsmen who made a pool of $60,000 and purchased 1775 un- reclaimed fresh water marsh land near Gridley. This land when reclaimed, which it ultimately will be, will double, if not treble in value and be a bountiful crop producing tract. The old picture here referred to was dug up and enlarged, for its possible value as a real estate advertisement by Newbert. Land up that way, used years ago as a gun club preserve, is now productive to a marvelous degree. One holding in particular, bought at a very low price per acre, by a club of ten members, was soon reclaimed, it was too valuable for duck shooting purposes. The ten original members — who were not overly burdened with wealth when they bought the marsh land, now have bank accounts and ride about in their automo- biles. That is the land of "preserve game hog" about 80 per cent of the duck shooting grounds in Califor- nia will create when the marsh and unreclaimed duck shooting preserves are put on the market — a day that is not far distant. Such investment of capital can hardly be regarded as "special privileges." The story in the American Field is on par with most of its Coast news — so far as accuracy goes. An illustration in point being the story, published a few seasons ago, describing the stopping of the "mail coach" from San Rafael to Sausalito, to enable two passengers to step out and take a shot at a couple of bucks browsing on a near hillside. The lily was gilded by an account of the infuriated attack of a wounded buck, which made the hunters (?) take refuge under the vehicle and was finally driven off with the aid of suit cases and umbrellas! The picture above referred to and the cause of all the row is disposed of in the following letter, which is authentic: Editor Breeder and Sportsman: In the San Francisco Examiner of November 1, appeared a picture of Mr. Frank M. Newbert, president of the State Fish and Game Commission, and six others, behind a string of 180 mallard ducks. The object of the picture and of the lurid article which it illustrated, was to make it appear that this repre- sents a shoot by these gentlemen at the opening of the duck season of this year. With characteristic mendacity the Examiner takes particular pains to impress upon its readers that not only were a large number of ducks killed but that Mr. Newbert and the others were guilty of violating the bag limit. Permit me to state that the picture which appeared in the Examiner was taken about ten years ago, when the duck limit for a day's bag was fifty birds, and when these seven men would have been entitled, under the law, to kill 350; thus they had but a little over one- half of the legal limit permitted at that time. The picture itself, to all of Mr. Newbert's friends, pro- claims the lie in the article. Mr. Newbert, as every- body knows, looks more than ten years older than the face which appears as his in the Examiner pic- ture. Permit me to point out that at the time this picture was taken, any fairly good shot could kill the legal limit of fifty ducks almost within gun shot of the city of Sacramento, and the same thing could be done throughout the duck grounds of this valley. But, due to the encroachments of the market hunter, the ducks have decreased to such an extent that most men, including Mr. Newbert, find difficulty in taking the present legal limit of twenty-five ducks in one day. Yours respectfully, A. D. FERGUSON. Fresno, Cal., Nov. 16, 1914. o Time was when the Thanksgiving turkey shoot was religiously observed throughout the United States and the rifle was the orthodox weapon used. In the old days of the muzzle loading squirrel rifle a turkey shoot brought the sportsmen together from far and wide. Turkey shoots are just as enjoyable today as in the past, but there has been a change in the pro- gram— the rifle has in some sections given way to the shotgun and the blue rock trap. On these lines it may be interesting to note what one live blue rock club in the Eas offers in the way of a turkey shooting diversion: Give the following program of the Du Pont Trapshooting Club verbatim: "The fourth annual Thanksgiving Day turkey shoot, November 26, 1914, Du Pont Trapshooting Club, Wilmington, Delaware. "Starting at 9:30 a. m. — Entries close at 1:30 p. m. In order to shoot in the events contestants must be on the grounds at 1:30 p.m. "Open to all amateurs. Program 50 targets — two events of 25 targets each — shot over two traps. En- trance $1.00 includes targets — re-entries not accept- ed. Five Classes — A-B-C-D-E. High Gun Division. Ties decided by shooting off at 25 targets or by spin of wheel at option of interested shooters. "There will be a turkey for every five entries or fraction thereof in each class, with a limit of 4 tur- keys to each class. Should any class not have the required number of entries necessary to secure its full quota of turkeys, then remaining turkeys will be competed for by other classes which have more than 20 entries, beginning with the class having the most entries over 20, and working down the line to the class having the smallest number of entries over 20. Under this plan about 20 turkeys will be put up. "Contestants will be classified on past records and judgment of the handicap committee. Shooters whose records are unfamiliar to handicap committee will be classified on first 25 targets shot at in turkey event. Entries may be made in turkey events for targets only. Traps open all day for practice at usual club rates. "Special optional events for chickens. For an extra 25c, on each 25 target event, you can enter the 'chicken optionals.' A chicken for every 5 entries — money refunded if the event don't fill in any class. Turkey winners are not eligible to win chickens. Be sure to put up 50c for 'chicken optionals' when enter- ing for turkeys. "Handicap miss-and-out turkey event. Over Trap No. 3. From 9:30 to 2:30. Three chances for 25c. Miss and out. Turkey for longest run. 60 yard tar- gets— extreme angles. All shoot from No. 3 position. Ties shoot off miss-and-out. Handicaps as follows: Class A— 23 yards. Class B— 21 yards. Class C— 19 yards. Class D — 16 yards. Class E — 19 yards. "Turkey event for professionals and ineligible class. One turkey. Entry $1.00 includes targets. Added target handicaps. Ties shoot off. Open to all pro- fessionals and to the club's 'Inelegible Class.' "Be sure and attend this shoot. It will be the best in the history of the club. Bring your friends. They will be welcome. Lunch served on the grounds, but shooting will be over in time for you to take dinner at home, or fill any dinner engagements you may make. Remember, shooting starts at 9 : 30 a. m. We want everybody to participate and assure all a good time. "22 turkeys! 22 turkeys! 22 turkeys! Come and get one." o HUNTING NOTES. New Gun Club — Dixon sportsmen are organizing a gun club, having come into possession of an oppor- tunity to get a five-year lease on duck grounds in the tule section east of Dixon. The lease is easy to handle, and it is the intention to make the member- ship fee about $25, limiting the members to those who will make a congenial club. Local gunners who have recently visited the Gus- tine and West Side duck ponds have had good shoot- ing. Down farther, about Dos Palos, the sport is n«t so good. Across open water, below Collinsville, H. G. Heg- ben, N. G. Stevens and several other shooters enjoyed good shooting at the Chiquita Gun Club ponds. The favorable turn in the weather awaited by duck hunters was indicated several days ago in reports from the north. Rain and unsettled local conditions should cause the local birds to "work in" to the ponds and marshes. The appearance here of any flight at all of northern birds will improve shooting conditions materially. During the recent spell of pleasant weather the broadbills were in no hurry to desert the northern feeding grounds, particularly those districts where there were expanses of open water. Humboldt bay, for instance, was the head- quarters for immense flocks of canvasbacks and blue- bills. The power company's lake now covering the Big Meadows section, has been also well patronized by thousands of ducks. Up in the Honey Lake country many varieties of wild ducks and geese were also taking matters easy until rigorous weather will bring about a change of base. Canvasbacks and bluebills are fairly numerous about the upper bay shores at present, the main flight, however, has not yet come in, but should put in an appearance at any time now. One Black Point gunner, Tony Walters, bagged twenty "cans" out in the bay off the mouth of Petaluma creek. The Suisun marsh sportsmen are awaiting the arrival of northern birds. W. W. Richards, Dave Hearfield, Harlow Bancroft and George Emmons have recently had good shooting on "big birds" at Green Lodge preserve. Achille Roos, Rudolph Spreckels and Rudolph Spreckels Jr. have found the Whittier pond in the Allegro preserve well stocked with mal- lard and sprig. Frank Maskey and "Doc" Ayres were in the Sunrise blinds while a good flight was on. Captain Seymour, Henry Klevesahl and other mem- bers of the Seymour Club also had a fine "cut-in" on the same flight of birds. James Maynard's and Pete Howard's seance in the Volante Club blinds Sunday last was well rewarded with ducks. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. ANIMAL PLAGUES AND THEIR LESSONS. Since the advent of man and his domestication of animals the deadly diseases of live stock have become an increasing source of suffering and loss. When man collected animals into or confined them to a small pasture, or to the close air and filthy ac- cumulations of a stable, the herd became a culture flash, so to speak, for contagion. The greater the interchanges of animals the greater the chance for the spread of an infectious disease. Whenever the robber chief invaded his neighbor's territory he drove with him into the pillaged lands his live stock for the subsistence of his army, and thus infectious plagues followed his steps. Thus war became the great cause of pestilences of both man and beast, and the greed and heartless cruelties of man became the occasions of pestilential waste and desolation. Moses tells how Egypt was harassed by deadly boils and blains upon man and beast. Up to the present day the inundated and irrigated lands of Egypt have proved to be especially favorable to the reception, preservation and propagation of infectious diseases, so that Egypt has acquired the unsavory reputation of being "the land of the plague." Homer describes the clash of the Greek and Trojan armies on the plains of Troy and the concomitant ravages of deadly pestilences of man and beast. Be- set by malarious swamps, with frequent inundations, and numerous insect bearers, Rome suffered, even in remote ages, from frequent deadly epizootics carried in by the hosts of invaders. Taking "cattle plague" (rinderpest) as an illustra- tion of a war-extended plague, we find it brought from east Asia in the first century to the shores of the Black Sea and eastward, where it has maintained a firm hold for 1,900 years. This was due to a great incursion of Mongols. It was, however, but one of a long series of invasions by orientals which were fol- lowed by widespread pestilence. At the beginning of the Christian era when Rome, then mistress of the world, was busy with her armies in extending her territory, we find Columella de- scribing at length the diseases that prevailed in live stock not only in Rome but elsewhere throughout the provinces and subject kingdoms. Great epizootics culminated after the wars of Char- lemagne. During his campaign against the Huns, north of the Danube, nine-tenths of his horses per- ished. In France and other parts of his dominions cattle especially suffered, and he executed the peas- antry, who were driven under violent torture to confess that they had poisoned them. On the Elbe and the Weser in his army supplies scarcely an ox survived. In every great European war in which Russia was involved infection escaped over the fron- tier and laid its destructive hand heavily on Europe. From 1796 to 1816, during the wars of the first Na- poleon, there occurred excessive losses throughout Europe. During the Crimean war (1855) the cattle plage extended westerly, involving the greater part of Europe. The war of independence in Greece and the revolution in Poland and the Franco-German war (1870) furnished occasions for other extensions. Sim- ilar examples in other directions are furnished by the Italian war in Abyssinia (1890), the Boer war in South Africa, and the American conquest of the Philippines (1898-9). In the great European extensions the records are full in regard to the Russian cattle plague, because of its short period of incubation and its early and extraordinary mortality which cut off the great body of the cattle, leaving comparatively few to suffer from the slower developing plagues, such as lung plague, foot-and-mouth disease, anthrax, footrot, con- tagious abortion, blackleg, tuberculosis, influenza, contagious pneumonia, strangles, mange, sheep-pox and glanders; but whenever the infection of one of these was encountered in the line of march, or in the source of the food supply, it too was drawn into the baleful current and contributed to the long lines of devastation. In the general ignorance of disease in- deed these other affections were often accepted as but varieties of the one prominent plague, or from their slower progress they were passed over as not contagious at all. The last view is not surprising, when we consider how slow the people were to see contagion in even our most common plagues. With my fellow-students I was taught that epidemics were due solely to changes of weather, atmospheric influences and the like, and that exposure to smallpox, measles, influen- za, cholera, foot-and-mouth disease, lung plague, glan- ders and canine madness was in no sense dangerous. Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, doctor as he is, argued in Congress that lung plague of cattle could not be contagious, as it was simply inflammation of the lungs. He lived to see inflammation of the lungs prevented and treated by the products of the living bacterial germ which causes it. During the Confederate war in both armies, north and south, glanders was dealt with as a non-contag- ious disease until horses and mules became all but universally affected, largely unfit for duty, and, when sold at the close of the war, they distributed the infection in our large cities and to a less extent in the country. To the present day it prevails disas- trously in the cities, a source of widespread loss and danger, so that the Empire State has recently quar- antined against New York City horses. Up to the '50's the French army authorities held chronic glan- ders to be non-contagious, and lost 9 per cent per annum of their horses. Now under the precaution of killing the diseased, and disinfection ,the losses do not exceed 0.5 per cent The English army, acting on '.he doctrine of contagion from chronic as well as acute cases, has long been free from glanders. Better still, Australia and New Zealand exclude all suspi- cious imports offered, and remain absolutely free from the affection. Not less instructive is the fact that the Channel Islands by excluding all foreign- bred cattle have kept their choice breeds free from the destructive plagues which have so frequently ravaged the adjacent coast of France and England; and equally instructive is the other fact that into the purely cattle breeding Scottish Highlands, where cattle are born and matured, none being admitted from without, the great plagues, imported from the European continent, have never penetrated. Yet how slow is the human mind to realize that an extending disease, due to a seed (germ) introdu- duced from outside the animal can only make prog- ress by the growing of new seeds from the old. How few grasp the fundamental thought that to do away with the plague we must exterminate the seed. We have seen, even in the fact of a high tariff on im- ports, that a concession was granted to the leather trade. Hides were admitted from abroad and in the dried hides we welcomed the products of the most plague-stricken countries of the world. We have seen the fruit of this. We have had for many years the spectacle of the lands along the banks of the Delaware from Trenton, N. J., down to the sea suffer- ing from imported anthrax to such an extent that live stock can onlv be kept there when immunized. We have seen a heavy tajc laid on the stock-farmer, with the alternative of abandoning live stock and falling back on expensive artificial fertilizers. He must go on with the knowledge that this financial incubus is not a passing one, but must continue for all time, and that his best-smitten lands are to be a constant danger to adjacent ones, or to more distant places that may make use of their products. With this picture already before us, what can we think of freely welcoming the plague-charged prod- ucts of all lands to increase our animal plagues wherever leather can be made profitably? Can it pay the nation to dwarf our agriculture for the sake of imported hides charged with the seeds of foreign plagues of many kinds? Can it pay to spread the seeds of such foreign plagues over our fair fields, and float them down our rivers? Can it pay us to under- mine our live stock industry, to reduce for all future time our products of meat, milk, hides and wool, to bid for steadily decreasing crops, and to invite famine ? To return to war as a plague producer, enough has been said to establish the proposition that war is a most fertile source of plagues, though not the only one. Whenever such war involved Russia or lands adjacent, so as to bring a large influx of cattle from eastern Europe or Asia for army uses, it has constantly brought an equally large influx of plagues which ruined the agriculture of western Europe. The danger of these eastern plagues is so well understood that, in times of peace, the western frontier of Rus- sia has been under a constant guard of sentinels, each within sight of his fellows, who paced day and night over their appointed beats, to insure that noth- ing should pass without being seen and challenged. Bribery apart, this is satisfactory in peaceful times, but when a large army has to pass from east to west, or vice versa, sanitary precaution has to give way before the overruling requirements for military suc- cess, and the supply herds for the army are driven over freely as a matter of course. As the demands are repeated for more food for the army in the field, rules of health are again and again cast to the winds, and herd after herd from the plague-ridden side are driven over to the formerly protected one. In the nature of things it is impossible to avoid the passage of the plagues. They always have passed and they always will in such a war, at least until the extinc- tion of these plagues in central Asia and eastern Europe. The United States must prohibit all such imports, excluding further the dangerous hides, horns, hoofs, hair, wool, bristles, unsterilized blood, meats, all protective and curative serums, viruses, vaccines, miscalled vaccines, bacterial and protozoan products, grains, fodders and litter, together with all clothing, covers, implements and other appliances used about animals. Even wild and menagerie animals must be debarred, as in some cases liable to and possible bearers of the impending plagues. Even immigrants must be put under the strictest supervision, all their soiled clothes or belongings thoroughly sterilized and their persons cleansed and disinfected. Dairy prod- ucts, milk, whey, butter, cheese in all forms, milk sugar, casein, koumys, condensed milk, and even milk powder must be excluded. Protection along these lines should appeal strongly to all. Our country can strenuously endeavor to ex- clude the advancing infections. Our live stock indus- try can set itself to extend its herds so as to make it independent of dangerous European competition. This will not only secure a better direct remuneration, but will greatly enrich our fields and give us direct returns comparable to those of the garden spots of Europe. — Dr. James Law in the Breeders' Gazette. HUMAN HEALTH AND THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. LOCAL HORSE QUOTATIONS. Heavy drafters, up to 1700 lbs. and up ?275@300 Light drafters, 1550 to 1650 lbs 200@215 Chunks, 1350 to 1500 lbs 180@200 Chunks, 1350 to 1500 lbs 190@210 Wagon horses, 1250 to 1350 lbs 140@175 Delivery wagon horses, 1050 to 1250 lbs 110@130 Green Mountain range horses, from 950 to to 1200 lbs 60@100 Desirable farm mares . 90@100 Farm workers 75@ 80 Washington, D. C, Nov. 16.— The anxiety that has been expressed in several quarters in regard to the effect upon human health of the present outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease is regarded by the Gov- ernment authorities as somewhat exaggerated. The most common fear is that the milk supply might be- come contaminated, but in view of the precautions that the local authorities in the infected areas are very generally taking, there is comparatively little danger of this. Milk from infected farms is not per- mitted to be shipped at all. The only danger is, therefore, that before the disease has manifested itself some infected milk might reach the market. For this reason, experts in the U. S. Department of Agriculture recommend pasteurization. As a matter of fact, however, pasteurization is recommended by the Department anyway for all milk that is not very high grade and from tuberculin tested cows. It has been demonstrated by experiments which have been made in Denmark and Germany that pas- teurization will serve as a safeguard against con- tagion from the foot-and-mouth disease just as read- ily as it does against typhoid fever, but in any event it must be thoroughly done — the milk must be heated to 145 degrees Fahrenheit and held at this tempera- ture for 30 minutes. In this country the foot-and-mouth disease has been so rare that there are few recorded cases of its transmission to human beings. In 1902 a few cases were reported in New England, and in 1908 in a few instances eruptions were found in the mouths of children which were believed to have been caused by contaminated milk. In both of these outbreaks, the sale of milk was stopped as soon as the disease was found among the cattle. As long, therefore, as the disease can be confined by rigid quarantine to certain specified areas, the danger from this source is very small. Should the pestilence spread all over this country and become as general as it has been at various times in large areas in Europe, the problem would become very serious. Under any circumstan- ces however, pasteurization would be an efficient remedy. Where pasteurization is not possible and where there is any reason to suspect that the disease may exist ,the precaution of boiling milk might be advisable. Simple directions for pasteurizing milk at home, however, are contained in Circular 127 which will be sent free on application to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Cows affected with the malignant form of the dis- ease lose practically all of their milk. In mild cases, however, the decrease may be from one-third to one- half of the usual yield. The appearance of the milk also changes. It becomes thinner, bluish, and poor in fat. When the udder is affected, the milk frequently contains coagulated fibrin and blood, so that a con- siderable sediment forms, while the cream is thin and of a dirty color. These changes, however, occur only when the disease is in an advanced stage and, as a matter of fact, the disease is not permitted to pass into an advanced stage, as any stricken animal is at once slaughtered. Men who come in contact with diseased animals may also become infected. In adult human beings the contagion causes such symptoms as sore mouths, painful swallowing, fever ,and occasional eruptions on the hands, finger tips, etc. While causing consid- erable discomfort, however, the disease is rarely serious. Where it is prevalent among animals, some authorities believe that it is fairly general among human beings, but that the disturbances it causes are usually so slight that they are not brought to the attention of the family physician. There is, however, a very good reason for everyone giving the diseased animals as wide a berth as possible, namely, that otherwise they may easily carry the disease to per- fectly healthy herds. Federal inspectors engaged in the work of eradicating the pestilence are thoroughly equipped with rubber coats, hats, boots and gloves, which may be completely disinfected; and others who lack this equipment are strongly urged not to allow their curiosity to induce them to become a menace to their own and their neighbors' property. The disease, in short, is dangerous because of the loss that it occasions to property, and not because of its effects upon the health of mankind. At present all infected herds are being slaughtered as soon as they are discovered, the carcasses buried, and the premises thoroughly disinfected. Until all danger of infection has been removed in this way, the local authorities quarantine the milk. Thomas Grady, widely known throughout the country as a trainer and driver, died at his home, in Philadelphia, November 7, after a long attack of asthma, which had troubled him more or less for several years. He was about seventy years old and had been a resident of Philadelphia for twenty years, moving there from Albany, N. Y. At one time he was in the employ of the late Robert Steel, owner of Cedar Park Farm. Later, in partnership with P. F. Foy, he was the lessee of Belmont track. A few years ago he took charge of the horses of Sen- ator James P. McNichol. Among the better known horses that he raced were E. L. Robinson 2:17%, Charmine 2:15%. Fascination 2:15%, The Charmer 2:15%, Jack Leyburn 2:04%, Santos Maid 2:08%, Wilque 2:09%, and Maxine 2:07%, the dam of R. H. Brett 2:03%, who was driven by bis son, Nick, this year. Senator McNichol made a statement, Sunday, to the effect that Nick would continue to drive the horses in his stable. — Horse Breeder. Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 HORSE OWNERS! USE GOHBADLT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM. A safe, speedy and pojitivo cars The safest, Bast BLISTER ever used. TCmhoyci all bunches from Horses. Impossible to f produce ic3r or blemish. Seal ■=- — ~~ ■■ — for descriptive circulars. THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO., Cleveland, 0. Saved Him $225. OO For spavin, splint, ringbone, thoropin, for swellings, H bruises, bony growths, and lameness, nothing in ourH opinion has ever proved equal to Kendall's Spavin Cure. READ THIS LETTER m Prom E. J. Dayton, Knobler, West To. H| 'Two years wm the mujo'rs n( tho point ofmr mire's shonlrlcr v ■-.,- H IT. and three Veitrinirlans told mo flhr tos ruined, hut I used Ken- dall's Sparlo Cure nccordinff to lostruetJoni nnl today I have refined ■ "225.00 for tbnt mare, I claim jou eared practically the ol.oleH nount. I bare tri^d It almost for orerything In tho animal linos*" id hare fouad It irondtrfuL" Price Jl.OOaboltloor fi for 85.00. Get our Book. ■ Treatise on the Horse' ' —Free at druggists or write us. | 'r. B. J. Kendall, Enosb org Falls, Yormont, 0. 8. A. 50RBINE STOPS {LAMENESS from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or similai trouble and gets horse going 6ound. Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tells how. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Horse Book 9 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind. Reduces Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands, Goitre, Wens, Bruises, Vari- cose Veins, Varicosities, heals Old Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell you more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence" free. Manufactured nn'v by W. F. YOUNG , P. D. F„ 54 Temple St., SprUitfleld, Mast. PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL COURTS AND GRILLS ONE OF THE FtifflOUS HOTELS OF THE WORLD All the Comforts of Home PALACE HOTEL COMPANY FOR SALE Stock Ranch Above the Average, Mendocino County. 2,690 acres, stock and sheep ranch, 6 miles north of Ukiah. 40 acres alfalfa land, part now in alfalfa, 30 acres grain land, balance good grazing land. 26,000 to 30,000 cords of wood, valuable because of short haul to market. Stumpage worth $1.00 per cord. Creek running through the ranch, furnishes abundance of water until about the middle of June. Enough water can be stored In a natural dam site, above the fields, to Irrigate for alfalfa, etc., at small cost. 1300 head of sheep, with a year's growth of wool, which is contracted at 20c per pound, goes with ranch. Also 4 horses, and farming implements. Improvements old, but usable. Range Is above the average, as Is evident from the large number of sheep carried In proportion to the acre- age. Terms: |13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. THE FARM GROUND WHEAT BEST FOR HOGS. Experiments made have demon- strated that ground wheat has far su- perior feeding value to whole wheat and that pigs fed ground wheat will make faster and more economical gains. Ground wheat at $1 per bushel was proved to be as economical as whole wheat at 75e per bushel. This means that three pounds of soaked ground wheat produces as much gain as four pounds of soaked whole wheat. Better results were secured, of course, where alfalfa or other green food was fed with the wheat. Wheat makes a better food for fattening purposes than corn alone but neither should be fed alone. In one experiment made 469 pounds of corn meal produced 100 pounds of flesh, and the same weight was secured with 463 pounds of wheat meal. At one experiment station it required 528 pounds of whole wheat to secure the same results. — Northwest- ern Farmer and Stockman. A BIG GUERNSEY SHOW. The American Guernsey Cattle Club has appropriated a total of $10,500 to be used in maintaining a view herd in the Department of Live Stock of the Panama-Pacific International Exposi- tion, and in supplemental premiums. While the number of Guernsey cattle in America is supposed to be less than that of some other dair3r breeds, this beautiful island breed is rapidly be- coming generally popular, and great interest is manifested in its capabili- ties in the States of the Pacific coast, where it is possible to raise, feed and maintain dairy animals cheaper, per- haps, than in any other section. The enterprise exhibited by the Guernsey Cattle Club in thus advancing the in- terests of their breed will undoubtedly be fully rewarded. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veteriu- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco Blake, Moffit & Towns Dealer* In PAPER 37-1 at St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los Angela HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and placet Its grad- uate. In position,. 1215 Van Nets Avenue, San Francisco CALirORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Hlgh-Clas* Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 121 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WM. F. EGAN. V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webeter ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. SAVETHE-HORSE We are the Originators of the plan of treating horses unier signed Contract-Bond to Return Money if Remedy fails. For 19 years Throughout the Whole World it has Stood Up a " Under Every Test. Our 19 years' experience is in the directions with every bottle of Save-the-Horse — tells just HOW to treat every kind of lameness and complication. With this un- rivalled remedy the way to accomplish results is mad plain and clear for you — NOW — ready to cure your horse — AND THE CURE IS GUARANTEED! SAVE-THE-HORSE IS SOLD BY DRUCCISTS AND DEALERS EVERAWHERE $5 with a binding contract to refund money or cure any case of BONE AND BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN, RINGBONE (except low), CURB. SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WINDPUFF. SHOE BOIL,, BROKEN DOWN INJURED TENDONS AND OTHER LAMENESS. No scar or loss of hair. Horse works as usual. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY Binghamton, N.Y. O. E. NEWELL. 80 Bayo Vista Av.. Oakland, Cal., Pacific Coast Agent WHITTIER-COBURN CO'S 1 "Best on Earth" Axle Oil: The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturer* SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. QETH1N NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK "Life With the Trotter " PRICE, |3.u0 °OSTPAID "Life With the Trotter" rives 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, P. O. Drawer 447, dan Franeisco, Cal. p»«lflc Bids;.., Cor Market and Fourth Sta IF YOU DON'T Take "THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN" YOU SHOULD! 14 THE BREEDER AS1 SP ORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION ** Race Meetings, San Francisco, California. 1915 1^^# Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association M?terTV0' $80,000 Early Closing Stakes. ===== Only 3 per cent to Start (STAKES GUARANTEED BY THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION) ENTRIES CLOSE JANUARY 2, 1915 SUMMER MEETING. JUNE 5th TO 19th, 1915. INCLUSIVE No. 17—2:10 CLASS TROTTING - - $20,000 PACING - - - $20,000 2, 1915, $600 TO START Entrance fee to accompany nomination. No. 22—2:06 CLASS ENTRIES MADE JAN Horses to be named with entry, bich they are entered. Stakes divided $5000 FALL MEETING. OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1915. No. 2—2:10 CLASS TROTTING - - - $20,000 No. 39—2:06 CLASS PACING - - - $20,000 ENTRIES MADE JUNE 1, 1915, $1000 TO START Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in ' -' to the first heat, $5000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank in summary. M°^Sve ratfmUe hlatif S^Vx? raeeTc^ger than five heats, and moneys in races not decided before the fifth heat will be divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of the nf th heat. \ horse -with a record shall be allowed one second for each year, if raced, a race, if same is claimed by the nominator when making the jmtry. Time allowances according to National Trotting which it fails to equal or reduce its record or win Vssociation rules. Other guaranteed Stakes from $2,000 to ?5,000 for all classes, Trotters and Pacers Races to close March 1, 1915. Three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to rank in the summary. Money in each division divided oO, 25, lb ana iu oer cent Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the Ihird heat, such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of this heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. $227,000 for 24 DAYS' SEND FOR COMPLETE PROGRAMS FOR NACING BOTH MEETINGS Members of National Trotting Association and American Trotting Association. National Trotting Association rules to govern. For entry blanks and further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, 610 Exposition Building, San Francisco, Cal. This is The SELL BRAND No. 108v Shin, Ankle and Soft Tendon Boot PRICE So Made by the most highly skilled operators from the famous Flexible Vulcan Leather, and Imported French Russet Calfskin. Absolutely the very best Tendon Boot that can be made. Durable, flexible, perfect fitting. Af- fords th<_ .o-st possible protection; least liable to chafe. I recommend this boot to every horseman who believes in quality first, price second. Come and examine it or send for catalogue. You can get any of the Sell Brand Horse Goods Here, Including FOR SALE. $10,000 Oakland property, clear. "Will exchange part or whole for horses, mules, or cattle. H. OLSEN, Owner, 1450 — 46th Ave., Melrose, Oakland, Cal. ARMY AUCTION BARGAINS Saddles 53.00 np Anoj- ReTolrers SI. 65 np Bridles .90 *'i " B-L Rifles * . .99 A team Hjtmpss 2I.S5 '* *' Sworda ... J5 " laggings, pair . .15" " 7 Shot Carbine 3.50 *' Tents . . . 2.S5'\5eTT Uniform* > *U50 " Colts Cal. 45 Eevolver $7.45. Ctgs. le each. 15 Acres Government Aactioa Bargains illustrated and described in 420 laree page wholesale and n-tail cyclopedia, catalogue, mailed 25 cente East and 30 cents West of thellJssissippi Eirer. Franc's Pntinerma"..^i Broadway, Nctv York FRUIT RANCH FOR SALE. A fine fruit ranch in the Santa Clara Valley, at about 55 per cent, of its real value. 71 acres (68 in fruit that is bear- ing), §8,400 worth of improvements 24 acres in peaches, 23% In prunes, 12 acres in apricots, 3 acres in grapes, 1*4 in Eng- lish walnuts, balance in lemons, oranges, figs and almonds. The Southern Pacific railroad passes through the place. 1% hours to San Francisco, 10 miles to San Jose, 4 to Los Gatos. Electric road now being built to Palo Alto. Last season the ranch cleared §6,850 and has averaged a profit of over $6,300 for the last 5 years. 8-room residence, 7 ft. cemented base- ment. House cost ?7,500. 4-room cottage, big barn, big dry house, tank house, en- gine, and over $700 worth of improve- ments. 2 horses, chickens, etc. Castle Bros, buy nearly all the crops and move them. The above figures can be verified. Price $35,000. For further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, care "Breeder & Sports- man," 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal. SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotter* an d thoroughbreds alwaj's for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dillcara (full brother *.o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), sol of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:1&% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonlan) by Mambrino Chief. Also Flos nut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe, son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG., S. F. WANTED — By steady, reliable man, Kentuckian, with full knowledge of the business and ample experience, position breaking colts or as second trainer or stallion handler for stock farm or public stable. References furnished. Address "Kentucky," care Breeder & Sportsman. FOR SALE. Two fine young Shetland ponies, age 2 and 3 years. One thoroughly broken for child tb ride. Also fine Irish Setter dog, one year old. Address. 1825 FRUITVALE AVE., Oakland. FOR SALE — 1 share stock American Trotting Register Assn., par value $100. Pays 6 per cent, dividends and entitles holder to register his horses at half price. Will sell share for $90. Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Track Harness Patent Bits Road Harness Horse Boots Riding Saddles Blankets and the Patent Keller, and — also- Gombault's Balsam Reducine Absorb ine Smith's Wonder Worker Vita Oil Coolers Hopples Williams Toe Weights. Save -the -Horse Tweed's Liniment Giles Embrocation J. DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gale Ave., near Fillmore St. Phone Park 1253 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL P.it and Montgomery • an Fr.pi.Ueo ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for SI a month The First National Safe Deport Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building ktat tor roundatlin*. dairy fleers, fruit dryer fleers, etc etc MT. DIABLO CEMENT dryer fleers, etc etc SANTA CRUZ LIME MT. DIABLO LIME •t for hrlsklaylcg ana plastering. at far ssrsylng ind whitewashing. WRITE FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDINO MATERIAL. HENRY COWELL LIME S CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, 8AN FRANCISCO. r BULBS The finest ever im- ported— 1 arger and better. Bulb book showing latest varieties MAILED FREE CO MORSE & CO. GARDEN-FIELD AND FAR>f 749 FRONT ST. SAN FRANCISCO Sweet Peas Our 1915 book de- scribes all the newest novelties and tells how to raise them — MAILED FREE Saturday, November 21, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OP SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. "Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 Inch barrel PARKER Guns. Booklet on small bore shot guns will be sent free on request. PARKER BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street; or A. W. duBray, Resident Agent, San Francisco, P. O. Box 102... Lefever, Smith and Fox Shotguns FISHING TACKLE Athletic and Outing Supplies — — Ammunition %nd Rifle PACIFIC HARDWARE and STEEL CO GOLCHER BROS. Telephone Sutter 6060 577 Market St., San Francisco, Cal HANuFACTUREBS «» OUTFITTERS , FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. Company, EQUIPMENT . »» APPARATUS I FOR EVERY NEEO. PHOTOGRAPHIC ■ SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. FOR SPORTING POWDER BOOKLETS GIVING GAME LOADS AND INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HAND LOADING, or Trapshooting information, write to Sporting Powder Division. Load with Ballistite and you have a powder which ALWAYS "MAKES GOOD" It has the Telocity, uniform pattern and hard-hitting quality to make it a game-getter. It is Absolutely Waterproof Keeps in any climate. It is a pleasant powder to shoot because of its light recoil. Make every shot count on this hunting trip. Look at your top shot wad and be sure it reads: "BALLISTITE." DUPONT POWDER COMPANY Established 1802 Wilmington, Delaware Pioneer Powder Works of America Branches: Birmingham, Ala., New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Pa., Denver} ~~j Francisco, Portland, Ore., Duluth, Minn., Huntington, W. Va., Seattle, Wash. CMS. L. De RYDER'S FALL SALE, 1914 Pleasanton Driving Park, Saturday, December I2th Offerings - of Standard Bred Stallions, Geldings and Mares Entries Will Close November 30, 1914 Consignments Already Received : L. B. TAYLOR consigns 7 head, including the great McKinney stallion, Tom Smith 2:1314, by McKinney — dam Daisy S. Vallejo Girl 2:10^, full sister to Tom Smith. Yolanda 2:1414, by McKinney — dam La Muscovita. California Lou (2) 2:27J4, by Kinney Lou— dam Carrie B. 2:18. Yoncalla (3), trial 2:19J4, by Bon Voyage — dam Birdie by Jay Bird. Athlone (2), by Tom Smith — dam Weltha by Birdman out of Wanda. Hannah (2), by Tom Smith — dam Danton Moultrie. H. H. DUNLAP consigns Brown Filly by Bon Guy (3) 2:11%, dam by Tidal Wave 2:06%. WM. DeRYDER consigns Ateka 2:2614, by Athasham 2:0914, dam bv Botsford, son of Yosemite. ESTATE OF COL. J. C. KIRKPATRICK consigns 14 head, including— CHARLEY D. 2:0614, by McKinney, dam Flewy Flewy. Lucretia 2:1314. by Nazote — dam Lucyneer by Electioneer. Flewy Flewy, by Memo. Poinsetta 2:25, by Star Pointer — dam Flewy Flewy. Black Mac 2:24, by Charley D. 2:0614. Mountain Dee 2:24, by Charley D. 2:0614 — dam Mtn. Maid by Vasto. Jno. Gwynne 2:1114, by McMyrtle — dam by Secretary. Charles II 2:25, by Charley D. 2:0614 — dam Melba by Nutwood Wilkes. And others by Charley D. C. L. DeRYDER, A'GENT, will consign fifteen head of standard bred geld- ings, mares and broodmares in foal to Vernon McKinney 2:01J/2, Zomblack 2:26, and Quintell 2:12J4. Sale on December 12th (rain or shine). The terms are as follows: $2.50 to accompany entry (no entry accepted without the fee), which amount will be deducted from the commission which is 10% of sale price. The entry fee will be forfeited if the animal is not sent in for sale. Entries close Monday, Nov. 30th, at which time the Catalogue will be compiled. I Lose No Time. Send for Entry Blanks. C. L, DeRYDER, Pleasanton, Cal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 21, 1914. 'WINCHESTER BRUSH" SHELLS LOADED IN "LEADER" AND "REPEATER GRADES These shells make a cylinder-bore pattern in a full-choked gun, and give a big, even spread of shot in a cylinder-bored gun. No loss of velocity or penetration. Try them and you will make many kills that otherwise would be misses. Loaded in 12, 16 and 20 gauges. All dealers sell them. THEY HELP WONDERFULLY TO MAKE GOOD BAGS I if" ^ss>gssgsgg^^s£^s5^s^^ssgss^^sgai3^sssss^s£gsaa Right Side The First Duty of Big Game Rifles is to Shoot Straight REMINGTON UMC — and that is the first reason why Remington-UMC Big Game Rifles have a popularity that is world wide. They are "big enough for the biggest game, and quick enough for the most dangerous." Built to handle the heavy big game ammunition with safety Autoloading Rifle (shown above), 5 shots at one loading — you simply press the trigger for each shot. Ejects emp- ties and loads new shell automatically. Has famous Remington-UMC solid breech; hammerless; positive safety device. and greatest accuracy. Before buying any gun for big game shooting, ask your dealer to show you either Remington-L"MC rifle — or write for detailed information. High Power Slide Action Repeater — six shot — hammer- less — 22-inch Ordnance steel barrel — patented quick- adjustable straight bar rear sight and new design copper bead front sight. Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. 12 Geary St., San Francisco, Cal. REMINGTON UMC :|^homun EFFICIENT SHOTGUN LOADS are those which shoot up to standard To produce efficient loads, each charge of powder and shot must be uniformly accurate. The wads must be selected because of their fitness for the particular load and all assembled in the shell under proper pressure. Shells loaded in this manner will be practically perfect and while fresh will hold up to Factory Standard. This is why SELBY LOADS are efficient, the shooter while Fresh. They are loaded right and reach SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO. San Francisco and Seattle FOR SALE BY YOUR DEALER SPECIAL LOADS AT SHORT NOTICE VOLUME LXV. No. 22. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1914. Subscription — 53.00 Per Y»»i Ik' •' , ' X feW^'b^M^ \!\:'A- THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 28, 1914. $5,150 GUARANTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 15 TO BE GIVEN BY THE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For foals of marts Covered in 1914 to Trot and Free at Two and Three Yceis Old. Entries Close Tuesday, Dec. 1, '14 $5,150 $2800 for Trotting Foals. $300 to Nominators of Dams of winners. $1800 for Pacing Foals. $250 to owners of Stallions. lififilillif«H^i&i: > •*■ V - v*.' . J $2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry Is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 50 to Owner of Slallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred, $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 100 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 50 to the Nominator of the Dam on whose Original Entry is named the Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SPECIAL CASH FRIZES 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: FIRST PRIZE, $100; SECOND PRIZE, $50. The Above Prizes Will be Paid on December 22. 1914 ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1, 1915; $5 November 1 1915; $10 on Yearlings May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1918. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three -Tear-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 is entered as a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at Two Years Old are not barred from starting again in the Three-Year-Old Divisions. CONDITIONS. The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according to rank in the summary; and for Three-Year-Olds — one-third of the money will be allo'.ted for the division for each heat; Distance for "i wo-Year-OIds, 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 Yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or If the m^re dies before May 1, 1916, her nominator may sell or transfer his 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 1914. 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 $5,150, the amount of the guar- antee, 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 or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horses, 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 Building, San Francisco, Cal. $5,000 GUARANTEED THE $5,000 GUARANTEED STATE FAIR FUTURITY STAKES No. 7 Foals of Mares Covered in 1914 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old. $2600 for Trotting Foals. $2000 for Pacing Foals To Be Given Under the Direction California State Agricultural Society, Sacramento, Cal. ENTRIES TO CLOSE DECEMBER 1st., 1914. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: TROTTING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2600 THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS PACING DIVISION. $100 to Nominator of Dam of Winner in Summary of Race. $60 to Nominator of Dam of Second Horse in Summary of Race. $40 to Nominator of Dam of Third Horse in Summary of Race. $2000 THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS. — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 July 1, 1915; $5 December 1, 1915; $10 on yearlings Februaryl, 1916; $10 on two-year-olds February 1, 1917; $10 on three-year-olds February 1, 1918. STARTING PAYMENTS. — $50 to start in the Pacing Division; $75 to start in the Trotting Division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the State Fair 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. CONDITIONS. The race in each division will be for three heats, if no horse wins two of the three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of the race, all other horses to go to the barn. Trotting division heat purses $800. Total purse $2600. Pacing division heat purses $600. Total purse $2000. Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent., the extra ?200 in each division goes to to the winner of two heats. Distance 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or the foal dies before December 1, 1915, her Nominator may sell" or transfer his nomina- tion 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 the amount paid in or con- tracted 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 1914. Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $5000, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to th Board of Directors. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more than one money in each race. Entries open to the world. Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Association to govern. A. L. SCOTT, President. CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary, Sacramento, Cal. atu: aturday, November 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN j Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast. (Established 1S82.) Published every Saturday. F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. OFFICES: 363-?65-366 PACIFIC BUILDING Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. National Newspaper Bureau Agent, 219 East 23rd St., New York City. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O. Terms — One year, $3; six months, $1.75; three months, $1. Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage 50c per year additional. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis- tered 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. FOR WESTERN STAKE ENGAGEMENTS. There is in this state one of the nicest bred Peter the Great youngsters imaginable — a colt of excep- tional individuality and known speed, not merely speed but extreme speed. He is now nearing the four-year-old mark and was purchased by his owner as a yearling, the purchaser desiring the blood rep- resented for his individual breeding operations, and expecting eventually to race the horse in his mature form. He was entered in the great futurities of the east and the manner in which he developed speed would have been every justification for preparing him for colt engagements, but the owner wanted the colt kept in California. Had he been provided with a few coast engagements he should have had by this time a snug little sum to his credit on his pur- chase price and current expense. As it is, the only returns the owner has had has been through the breeding of a few of his own mares. This is the condition that every progressive west- erner must face who wishes to improve his band of stock by the infusion of the blood of the great families of the central west — the youngsters pur- chased by him have no earning capacities at the races in their new home and the owner must patiently "bide the time" of the coming of maturity when he may take his eastern purchase out and race him in the classes. On the other hand, eastern breeders who wish to add to their collection an extra choice youngster or so from the speed nurseries of the west generally can find the class of colts wanted that are entered in eastern stakes, a great protection to the purchaser in the case of early development of speed on the part of their purchase. Given western stake engagements for their selections, western horsemen would be much more generous purchasers of the eastern youngsters, a course that would be of inesti- mable value to all persons concerned. The east needs the wider market, the west needs the infusion of new blood, the added interest that would be given to racing and the impetus that would be given to breeding. The condition is one that those two most enthusias- tic horsemen, Messrs. Clinton A. Harrison of Seattle and John Splan of Lexington and the world at large, have united forces to alleviate. Mr. Harrison has long been an advocate of this course of procedure on the part of the eastern breeders, and his recent letter to us, which we reproduce herewith, is a full and able presentation of the case from the viewpoint of the coast breeder or campaigner: I herewith enclose you copy of a letter from Mr. John Splan of Lexington, Kentucky, which I think would be interesting reading for the patrons of your paper. A little explanation to the public, to the harness horse men from me as to the cause of this letter from Mr. Splan would, I think, be in order. When I attended the Old Glory sale in New York two years ago last February, I suggested to W. E. D. Stokes, owner of the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, and also to Henry Burgoyne, superintendent of the Walnut Hall Stock Farm, also to Mr. Henry Schuff, correspondent for the Kentucky Stock Farm, that I thought it would be a good thing for the breeding interests of both the eastern and the far western horsemen if the large breeders of the United States would nominate the foals bred on their farms in western stakes. I gave my reason for this that a Pacific coast man could afford to buy a Kentucky bred foal from one of the great sires, providing the said foal was nom- inated in such futurities as the Oregon State Futu- rity, the colt stake of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association of San Francisco, and the California State Fair Futurity of California and the Occident and Stanford Stakes of California, in addition to the eastern classics. A Pacific coast buyer could take a chance on buy- ing one o£ the western staked eastern bred colts, take his colt home to the Pacific coast or the Pacific northwest, develop it under his own supervision and if the youngster proved good enough to start in the Pacific coast stakes in its two year old form, this colt or filly might make good out on this coast and might possibly look classy enough to take it over to Kentucky and start in some of the big futurities, and in this way many men might pick out a colt that would be as good as Manrico. I .believe that this would stimulate the breeding interest of both Ken- tucky and the far west. I know it would be a great thing for the western people to have Kentucky bred colts brought out here in their young form and de- veloped on the coast. It would give us the blood of such sires as Tregantle, Peter the Great, Peter Volo, Walnut Hall, Moko, The Tramp, Axworthy, General Watts and many other sires that I need not mention. I have noticed that from year to year many west- ern men and small breeders nominate colts in the eastern stakes and very few, if any, ever go over your way to compete. I have never yet seen a single entry from an eastern breeding establishment in any of our far west futurities. I think this is an over- sight on the part of the great eastern breeders, or the eastern great breeders. The famous American statesman, James G. Blaine, told us that reciprocity was the life of trade. I think there is less reciprocity in the breeding, development and raising of harness horses than in any other great interest that I have ever known. I have asked Mr. Splan to put this matter before the breeders, as I believe Mr. Splan will be an able exponent of my humble idea of what should be done. I believe that the harness horse business is only in its infancy; I also believe that it has been the most grossly mis- managed sport in America. The Europeans have us beaten to a frazzle. To this letter Mr. Splan made the prompt and cheery reply which is appended. The idea "suits him down to the ground," and once "The Only" corners a breeder and starts in on him to persuade him that a few western stake nominations are his sole hope of salvation 'the case is as good as won, so far as that breeder is concerned. The letter is breezy and newsy and is almost as good as a few minutes' chat down in "the office" on Broadway, where the "preliminaries" of so much turf history have been arranged: Thanks for your pleasant letter of the 10th. I certainly am very pleased to be retained by you to put over any sort of a commission that you are inter- ested in, and I am going to take the liberty to have your letter copied in full and send one to every breeder that I know of in this country. I have had your letter about an hour, so you can see that I am not letting the grass grow under my feet. I know of no way that the breeding industry of the trotter could be promoted in such a safe and profitable man- ner as the plane that you have outlined in your letter. I will be certain to start something in the turf and daily papers, as I think that is a good way to get it before the public, and to help me along in the mis- sionary work, I would suggest that you let me know further in regard to the different colt races that take place in the western country, when the entries close, what the conditions are, and everything that would be of interest to anyone thinking of entering in that country. Well, we had some bad weather through the Trots, but we had some real corking races. We had a lot of pleasant visitors in town. I saw something of Mr. Considine; wish I could have seen more of him, as I enjoyed him, and I hope you and he will come back again, and will camp out at the Patchen Wilkes Farm. I know you will be glad to hear that our new ven- ture of selling the produce right from the Farm seems acceptable to the public, judging from the manner in which they came and invested in the produce of the Farm. Of course, the great showing that Peter the Great has made had a lot to do with the success, and Mr. Stokes was wise enough to take advantage of the golden opportunity. I told him the other day that if it rained soup, no matter how many men had a fork with them, he would have a spoon. A great many people thought because we are taking this way of disposing of the stock that he was getting ready to go out of business. He never thought of such a thing. He has just leased another good 500 acre farm, so we will be in good shape to take care of our own business and any business that is sent to us. Of course, everyone is talking about the foreign war. I don't think that is going to harm America particularly, or anything in it. Of course, it has interfered with the sale of the trotting horse at pres- ent. They have been taking away some of our best horses for the last few years, and I believe it will add to the racing game if we keep them at home. Now, old man, you turn loose with any kind of ammunition that you have and I will try and load it in a big gun and fire it off with as much noise as though it belonged to the German army. We are bound to make somebody listen, and our cause is a good one and your arguments great, and we will make some of them stand and deliver. Certainly the case of our horsemen could be in no better hands than those of the firm of Harrison & Splan, Boosters at Large, and the outcome will be watched with interest. In any case a vote of thanks is due Mr. Harrison for' the progressive and aggres- sive interest displayed. THE LESSON OF THE SALES SHEET. Go where you will and inspect the sales records of the auction companies, the big stock farms or the "small breeder" and you will find this condition to exist — the best profits of the business have come and are coming from the sale of the right kind of youngsters liberally provided with futurity engage- ments. In the same breath with which he asks "How- is he bred?" the prospective purchaser inquires, "What are his engagements?" In a farm catalog or a sale announcement the listing of a youngster's futurities form a most prominent portion of the extol- ment of his merits. The futurities have had more to do with the improvement of the trotter than any other one factor in the business, for they have served as the great inducement to the development of early and extreme speed, a development which is the su- preme test of the potency of intermingled blood. The fame of the greatest farms of the east and central west is founded upon the performance of their prod- ucts in the rich stakes for two- and three-year-olds, while in the west our most highly prized blood crosses have produced the winners of the Breeders, the State Fair, the Oregon, the Stanford, the Occi- dent and other futurities. At small initial cost the product of your breeding operations may be entered in stakes here at home whose winning would mean an increased profit to you for years to come, an in- creased value to your mares, a larger service fee for your stallions, and an augmented price on every serviceable youngster you have to sell. The oppor- tunity for profit in comparison with the amount risked in providing nominations is beyond computa- tion in percentages, and the breeder who is working at all times for the uttermost success of his business will be a generous patron of all the coast futurities that are open to him. LEST WE FORGET— breeders are reminded for the last time that Tuesday, December first — NEXT TUESDAY— is the date of the closing of entries to Pacific Breeders Stake No. 15 and State Fair Futurity No. 7, two of the greatest stakes open to coast breed- ers. Not for years has the prospect been better for future prices for racing material, which means that a futurity nomination never had a greater value than at present. Entries for both stakes have been com- ing in at a very pleasing rate for several days, so that breeders of the coast are fully aware of the opportunity confronting them and are quick to take advantage of the same. You owe it to yourself, your mare and your stallion to secure every possible nom- ination to these stakes, both of your own stock and that of your neighbor and patron. The stakes have so long been fixtures in the calendar of coast racing that their conditions and comprehensive methods of cash distribution are familiar to almost all horsemen, but should you be in doubt about them turn to the inside front cover of this paper and replenish your information concerning them. An entry may open a field for great profit; the lack of one may in the future mean a great deal of regret and a financial loss. o TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS was paid Tuesday at the Old Glory sale for the yearling Harvest Note, the highest price recorded for a young- ster of the age since 1910. W. B. Miller of Akron, Ohio was the purchaser, and the lad is by our Cali- fornia trotter San Francisco 2:07% and out of Note- let (dam of The Harvester 2:01 and Burning Star 2: 14%) by Moko. No more convincing proof is need- ed of an optimistic outlook for the future of the breeding and racing industry, and no more clinching argument can be used in support of the value of futurity nominations, as the youngster is provided with engagements aggregating $75,000. Minus these he might have been a $210 horse instead of a $2,100 one. o THE ANNOUNCEMENT of C. L. DeRyder's fall sale to be held December 12 at Pleasanton has met with a ready response from owners of trotting stock, as several very high class consignments, enumerated elsewhere, have already been received. Before the catalog closes there will be plenty of good ones to pick from, and the demand for racing timber for next season, on the part of both professionals and ama- teurs, should insure the realization of very good prices for the right kind of offerings. Owners who wish to make consignments and who have not al- ready done so are warned that Monday, November 30, is the last day on which entries for the sale may be made, owing to the time needed for cataloging and advertising. THE BRB^_^R AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 28, 1914. Albaloma 2:08 \-h OUR MOST CONSISTENT YOUNG TROTTER. Among the many good horses that it has fallen to the lot of Leavitt Todhunter to produce at his (arm on the Sacramento, one stands out pre-eminent in the qualities that combine to make a genuine cam- paigner, the bay gelding Albaloma. Early and late for the past three seasons he has been a consistent performer over mile and half-mile tracks, in class races, aged stakes and futurities, and never yet has he failed to give proof of the ample grounds upon which his owner has built his faith in him. In the matter of blood inheritance, Albaloma is distinctly a Californian, carrying in his veins a com- bination of the blood of various of the most repre- sentative and products e families of the great Pacific slope. His sire, Almaden D., was bred by C. A. Durfee and was himself a colt trotter of note. In 1903 he trotted to a two-year-old record of 2: 22 % in winning the two-year-old division of the Pacific Breeders Futurity at Petaluma, and in the succeed- ing year at Sacramento, driven by Will Durfee, he won the Occident Stake in a seven-heat battle that is yet well remembered. Walter Masten, driving Marvin Wilkes, u"on the first and fourth heats, H. S. Hogoboom, with Carlokin, took the second and third, and then Durfee, who had the son of Direct in a con- tending position at all times, stepped to the front for three in a row. Certainly no more convincing proof could be asked of the youthful qualities of Albaloma's sire. Almaden D. was a son of Direct 2:05% and Rose McKinney 2:29 by McKinney 2:11%, second dam Queen Bee by Forest Clay, third dam Lovelia by Almont Lightning, a mingling through potent lines of the blood of the choicest of thoroughbred and the houses of Hambletonian 10, American Star, Mam- brino Chief, Black Hawk and Young Bashaw. Alma- den D. served but few mares in California, passing into the hands of C. L. Ransom of Mill City, Oregon, and eventually to his present owner, A. M. Robinson of Seattle. With his very limited opportunities he is the sire among others of the trotter Dean Swift 2:08, the coast's fastest record trotting gelding suc- cessfully raced this season by Loren Daniels. Loma B., like her son Albaloma, was bred by Mr. Todhunter, her dam being the great brood mare Italia by Sidney, bred and formerly owned by M. W. Hicks. Italia is the dam of two trotters and is out of Dot 2:29 by Prompter, backed by excellent thor- oughbred blood from Norfolk. Following the mating of Loma B. and Almaden D. Mr. Todhunter wisely followed his custom of providing futurity engage- ments for the resultant foal, else a goodly portion — or perhaps all — of this bit of story would have re- mained unwritten. Being a colt of pleasing individ- uality and an apparent natural desire to trot he at- tracted the attention of Mr. I. L. Borden while yet a youngster, and passed into that gentleman's own- ership, where he yet remains and doubtless will re- main indefinitely, as Mr. Borden has never yet re- gretted his purchase. Stam B., sire of Loma B., was also a colt trotter of note. In the winter prior to his three-year-old campaign Albaloma was in the stable of Trainer John Quinn of Sacramento, at whose hands the colt received practically all his education and by far the greater portion of his subsequent racing, and the training season was not far advanced wThen it began to be noised about that "Johnny Quinn had a mighty good colt at the state fair grounds." The youngster made friends on all sides for all kinds of reasons — man- ners, gait, individuality, speed, etc. — and in his maiden race at Pleasanton waged battle royal with George Hammet for the standing at the head of the summary, the Nutwood Wilkes colt winning two heats to his one in close finishes. Sacramento found him twice a starter, straight heat winner in the Occi- dent Stake and second-money winner in the State Fair Futurity, the first of his two great duels with Wilbur Lou, the second coming a fortnight later in the Breeders Futurity at Stockton. In both events the son of Almaden D. won the first two heats before giving way to the speed of Wilbur Lou and — a factor which probably had as much or more to do with his defeat — the strategy of that wily veteran in racing generalship, Budd Doble. He was returned an easy winner in the three-year-old trot at Los Angeles over El Bel Maden and True Kinney, and in two starts at Phoenix in class races against aged horses was once winner and once third, coming home for the wrinter with a record of 2:11% and earnings in excess of $3600 for his initial campaign. In 1913, in the hands of A. L. Blackwell, he again opened his campaign at Pleasanton, where he met Expedio and Maymack and was forced to be content with third money. At Woodland he wras second to Monica McKinney in the 2:12 trot, the chestnut daughter of Ed McKinney finding him a hard propo- sition to dispose of. At Santa Rosa, with W. G. Durfee in the sulky, he trotted to a record of 2:09 and administered a straight-heat drubbing to Expe- dio, Baby Doll and others, and at Sacramento had his best, winnings of the season, first in the free-for-all trot and second in the Governor's Stake. At Pleas- anton, still piloted by the younger Durfee, he was second lo Expedio, and at Fresno and Hanford, back in Blackwell's hands, he was second and third, re- < ly. At Phoenix he was third to Maymack and Alerick in the Copper Stake and two days later, with C. A. Durfee occupying the sulky, he made short work of the 2:09 trot, winning in 2:10% and 2:12%. At Los Angeles, with Will Durfee again up, he trounced Zulu Belle and Maymack one heat in 2:09%, but gave way to the daughter of Arthur Wilkes in the succeeding times out. This concluded his season on the tracks, his fastest record having been made at Santa Rosa (2:09) and his winnings totalling close to $6,000. The winter following found him again in the hands of John Quinn, and during the "between seasons" period he was subjected to the process of emascula- tion, Mr. Borden's opinions on this course in regard to his campaigning horses being well known and well grounded. The operation was gone through success- fully and with the beginning of his real work the bay fellow showed all his customary signs of speed, and an improvement in strength and manners, on and off the track. The curtailed California circuit gave him little earning capacities, as at some of the few meet- ings he found no class enabling him to start, but his record through the California towns was an unbroken succession of winning performances, in the course of which he reduced his mark to the present figures of 2:08%. At Phoenix he had to meet the seasoned Grand Circuit performers Maymack and Star Winter, and the way he accounted for himself cemented his standing still more firmly in the estimation of his old — and countless new — admirers. He trotted 3-3-5 to the speedy pair on the opening day in 2:05%, 2:05% and 2:05%, at that time the fastest race ever trotted over the Arizona track, and on Friday he car- ried Maymack to the wire two heats in 2:04% and 2:05% in the race in which she equaled the three- heat record for mares. Starting back the next day against the better judgment of his owner and trainer he finished third and fifth, whereupon he was drawn, being in no distress. The time of his individual miles at Phoenix was far in excess of any speed he had previously shown, and "racetrack hindsight" — which, alas, is worth so little compared to racetrack foresight — makes it appear that had he been left in the barn on Friday he would have stood a most excel- lent chance of beating Star Winter on Saturday, as the Ed Winter lad was not at his best. Unfortunately, these things cannot always be foretold. For the three years he has been in "public life" Albaloma's earnings have exceeded $12,000 by a generous margin, and he has proven himself the most consistent young trotter the coast has produced for some time, as well as one of the very best prospects in sight for the future. He is eligible to the 2:09 class, and his two miles with Maymack at Phoenix were three to four seconds faster than that, and only fractions removed from the season's record for aged geldings. Out of a total of twenty-six starts he has been twelve times first, nine times second, four times third, and the nearest approach he has had for being outside the money was in his last race at Phoenix, where he stood fifth in casting up the summary, but had a sixty-dollar interest in the division of the purse. Albaloma today is in the pink of condition, more serviceable than at any time in his career, and ap- parently only accident should prevent more brilliant future performances. In individuality he shows finish and breeding in every line, his manners are excellent, and his gait is free and steady. He does not require an endless array of boots and trappings for his pro- tection, and he is the kind that has "race" in his head, his heart, and his body. The following summary of his career, in which each event is limited to money winners, will be of interest to those who have always known he was "a fair kind of a horse" but who have never had bis real qualities as a most consistent performer "brought home" to them: Season 1912. Pleasanton, July 24. — Three-year-old trot; purse $750: Geo. Hammet, b s by Nutwood Wilkes (Twohig) 2 11 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 2 2 California B., b s by Athasham (DeRyder) 3 3 3 True Kinney, b s by Kinney Lou (Maben) 4 4 4 Time— 2:15%, 2:15V*. 2:18%. Sacramento, Sept. 14. — State Fair Futurity stake, three- year-olds, value $2000: "Wilbur Lou, ch s by Kinney Lou 2:07% (B. Doble) 3 2 1 1 1 Albaloma. b h by Almaden D. (J. Quinn) ... 1 1 2 2 3 True Kinnev, b c by Kinney Lou (W. S. Maben) 4 4 4 3 2 Babv Doll, b £ by Tom Smith (J. W. ZibbeU)2 3 3 4 w Time— 2:1414, 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:15%, 2:16. Sacramento, Sept. 17. — Occident Stake tor three-year- old trotters; value $2500: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (J. Quinn) 1 1 1 El Bel Maden, b t by Almaden D. (F. E. Ward)2 2 3 Babv Doll, b £ by Tom Smith (J. W. Zibbell)...3 3 2 Time— 2:17%, 2:15%, 2:16y2. Stockton, Sept. 27. — Breeders' Futurity No. 9, three- year-old trotting, purse $3300: Wilbur Lou. ch h by Kinney Lou 2:07%Louise Carter 2:24 by Chestnut Tom (Budd Doble)5 2 111 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. 2:16% — Loma B. by Stam B. (J. Quinn) 1 1 2 4 4 George Hammett, b c by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16V.— School Belle (J. Twohig) 4 3 3 2 2 Baby Doll, b f by Tom Smith 2:13%— Kate Lumry (J. W. Zibbell) 2 6 4 3 3 Time— 2:12, 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:12. Los Angeles, Oct. 16. — Trotting, three-year-olds, purse $1500: Albaloma. b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 El Bel Maden. b f by Almaden D. (Ward) 2 2 True Kinney, b c by Kinney Lou (Maben) 3 3 Time— 2:19%, 2:17%. Phoenix. Oct. 30. — 2:15 trot, purse $1000: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 1 Vaster, gr g by Vasten (G. A. Spencer) 2 2 4 Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley (J. Stewart)... 3 4 3 Princess Louise, b m by Del Coronado (G. Nu- gent) 5 d Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:13%. Phoenix, Nov. 1. — 2:20 trot, purse $1500: San Felipe, b g by Zombro (DeRyder) 1 1 1 Dan Matthews, b g by Eagle Bird (C. Haag) 2 2 2 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 3 3 5 Greenbaum, b g by Red Medium (B. Walker).. 4 5 3 Time— 2:09%, 2:12, 2:09%. Season 1913. Pleasanton, Aug. 15. — 2:12 trot, purs'e $1200: Expedio, b m by Lijero (Quinn) 7 l i May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 1 2 2 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Blackwell).. .236 Dr. Wayo, b s by Wilkhurst (Ward) 4 5 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:12% Woodland, Aug. 21. — 2:12 trot, purse $500: Monica McKinney, ch m by Ed McKinney (Durfee) 2 1 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Blackwell).. 12 2 2 Silver Hunter, b g by Zombro (Smith) 3 3 4 3 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Zibbell) 4 4 3 0 Time — 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:12, 2:11%. Santa Rosa. Sept. 4. — 2:12 trot, purse $1000: Albaloma. b h by Almaden D. (W. G. Durfee)... 1 1 1 Expedio, br m by Lijero (J Quinn) 2 2 2 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (J. W. Zibbell). 2 3 4 Merry Widow, ch m by G. Albert Mac (W. Par- sons) 4 4 3 Time— 2:10%, 2:09, 2:09%. Sacramento, Sept. 15. — Free-for-all trot, purse $2000- Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. ( W. G. Durfee) . . 1 1 2 Mountain Boy, b g by Seymour Wilkes (J. D. Springer) -. 3 4 1 Merry Widow, ch m by G. Albert Mac (W. Parsons) 2 2 5 Redeem, b g by Directum II (L. Daniels) .2 3 5 Time— 2:14, 2:13%, 2:13. Sacramento, Sept. IS: — 2:12 trot, Governor's stake, purse $5000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (C. L. De- Ryder) 1 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (W. G. Durfee). "2 3 2 Expedio. b m by Lijero (J. Quinn) 5 2 3 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (J. W. Zibbell).. 3 4 4 Time — 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:10. Pleasanton, Sept. 26. — 2:12 trot, purse $1000: Expedio. br m by Lijero (J. Quinn) 1 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (W. G. Durfee) ..2 2 2 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (J. W. Zibbell).. 3 6 3 Bodaker, r s by Antrim (H. G: Smith) 5 3 4 Time — 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:11%. Fresno, Oct. 3. — 2:12 trot, purse $1000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder) . . 1 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Blackwell) 4 2 2 Expedio, b m by Lijero (Quinn) 2 3 4 Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Zibbell) 5 4 3 Time — 2:08%, 2:10, 2:10. Hanford, Oct. 11. — 2:11 trot, purse $500: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Blackwell) 1 1 1 Mountain Boy, b g by Seymour Wilkes (Springer)2 2 2 Merry Widow, ch m by G. Albert Mac (Par- sons) 3 3 3 Time — 2:19%, 2:21, 2:25. Phoenix, Nov. 5.-2:12 trot. Copper Stake, purse $5000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 1 1 1 Alerick. b g by Direcho (W. G. Durfee) 2 4 2 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Blackwell).. .32 4 Time — 2:11%. 2:11%, 2:10. Phoenix, Nov. 7. — 2:09 class trot, purse $1500: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (C. A. Durfee) 1 1 Lady Sunrise, b m by Sunrise (C. "Whitehead) 3 2 Alerick, b g by Direcho (W. G. Durfee) 2 4 Loe Blossom, ch m by Lepide (J. T. Clark) 5 3 Time — 2:10%, 2:12%. Los Angeles, Nov. 5. — 2:12 trot, purse $2400: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 3 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (W. G. Durfee).. 1 4 6 Zulu Belle, bl m by Petigru (C. A. Durfee) 2 2 3 Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09%. Season 1914. Salinas, July 25. — 2:09 trot, purse $1000: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) Ill Dr. Wayo. b h by Wilkhurst (Ward) 2 4 2 Nuristo, br h by Nushagak (Spencer) 4 2 3 Alerick, b g by Direcho (Durfee) 3 3 4 Time — 2:10, 2:11, 2:13. Santa Rosa, Sept. 2. — 2:09 trot, purse $500: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 1 Rags, b g by Del Coronado (Durfee) 2 2 3 Vallejo King, blk s by Gen. J. B. Frisbie (Chad- bourn) 3 3 2 Redeem, b g by Directum II (Sanders) 4 4 4 Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:09. Sacramento, Sept. 14.-2:08 trot, purse $1500: Albaloma. b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 1 Alerick. b g by Direcho (W. G. Durfee) 2 2 2 Redeem, b g by Directum II (Sanders) 3 3 3 Time — 2:11. 2:11%, 2:09%. Sacramento. Sept. 19. — Free-for-all trot, purse $1000: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 1 Alerick, b g by Direcho ( W. G. Durfee) 2 2 2 Merry Mack, ch g by G. Albert Mac (Parsons). 3 3 3 Time— 2:14%. 2:15, 2:12. Hanford, Oct. 7. — 2:11 trot, purse $400: Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 1 1 1 Dr. Wayo, b h by Wilkhurst (Ward) 2 2 3 Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley (Best) 3 3 2 Time— 2:13, 2:15%, 2:15. Phoenix, Nov. 9. — 2:09 trot, purse $2000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder).. 1 1 1 Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter (McDonald) 2 2 2 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 3 3 5 M. L. J., b h by Red Will (Breitenfteld) 5 4 3 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:05%. Phoenix, Nov. 13. — 2:07 trot, purse $2000: May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes (DeRyder) ... 1 1 1 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 2 2 4 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Breitenfleld) 4 3 2 King Clansman, br h by Clansman (McMahon).,3 4 3 Time — 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:05%. Phoenix, Nov. 14. — Free-for-all trot, purse $2000: Star Winter, b g by Ed Winter (McDonald) 2 1 1 Virginia Barnette, b f by Moko (Durfee) 1 2 2 M. L. J., b g by Red Will (Breitenfleld) 5 3 3 Bertha Carey, b m by Zombro (DeRyder) 4 4 4 Albaloma, b h by Almaden D. (Quinn) 3 5 dr Time— 2:08%. 2:09%, 2:09y.. STOCKMEN GET FAST TRAIN SERVICE. The delivery of a special train of 35 carloads of cattle from Klamath Falls, Ore., to Oakland in 24 hours and 30 minutes, was the result of the confer- ence held in Dunsmuir recently between the heads of the Western, Sacramento and Shasta divisions of the Southern Pacific Company and the stock men of northern California. Leaving Klamath Falls at 11:25 a.m. Thursday morning, the train arrived at the stock yards in Oakland at 11:55 Friday morning. This livestock special, to be started every Thurs- day, will handle all the livestock loaded in cars be- tween Sacramento and Davis and all intermediate points in northern California. It is the result of a co-operative agreement between the stockmen and the railroad officials, to the effect that the livestock will be loaded every Thursday providing the railroad company will run the special train to handle it. Saturday, November 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN HANDICAPPING IN NEW ZEALAND. The question of classification that has been a puz- zle to the governing bodies of trotting racing in America is not confined to them alone, as our Austra- lian and New Zealand friends "have troubles of their own" when it comes to this matter. The handicap- ping system is in general use in the antipodes, and the method of applying it as proposed by the Canter- bury Owners' and Breeders' Association, as set forth below, is both interesting and instructive. We are indebted to the New Zealand Trotting Journal for the details of the proposed system: For some months past, the Canterbury Owners' and Breeders' Association has had under considera- tion the handicapping question, and has put forward a scheme for a uniform method which it hopes to see adopted. The subject was brought before the New Zealand Trotting Association by a deputation at last week's meeting, and the governing body has deferred consideration for the time being until the clubs have had an opportunity of expressing their views. The following are the proposals of the Own- ers' and Breeders' Association: — (1) All unplaced maiden horses to he placed on the same mark. — (2) No horse shall be handicapped slower than its best winning performance. (3) No fraction of a second shall count against a horse's record. (4) Horses running second and third and improv- ing on their best performance shall receive an allow- ance of 1 second in 1, and 1*4 miles, and 2 seconds . in lVz and 2 miles. (5) Horses with winning records slower than 2:26 to the mile may be penalized not more than 2 seconds per mile; 3 seconds in 1% miles, and 5 seconds in 2 miles; this not to include penalties for distance. (That is, a horse with a 2-mile record may be penal- ized 4 seconds in a mile race.) (6) Horses with a 2 mile record better than 4:56 shall, if entered for a shorter race, be penalized 1 second in 1% and 1% miles, and 2 seconds in 1 mile. Horses with il% mile record better than 3:41 shall be penalized 1 second in 1% and 1 mile. (7) Horses with race records of 2:26 and better to the mile shall be handicapped on actual time with allowances for second and third performances, and subject to the following distance allowance table. Handicapping Table. 1 Mile. I1/, Mile. Allowance. 2 Mile. Allowance Sec. Sec. 2:26 3:41 2 4:56 4 2:25 3:39 2 4:54 4 2:24 3:38 2 4.52 4 2:23 3:36 2 4.51 5 2-22 3:35 2 4:49 5 2:21 3:33 2 4:47 5 2:20 3:32 2 4:45 5 2:19 3:31 3 4:44 6 2:18 3:30 3 4:42 6 217 3:28 3 4:40 6 2:16 3:27 3 4:38 6 2:15 • 3:25 3 4:36 6 2:14 3:24 3 4:35 7 2'13 3:23 3 4:33 7 212 3:21 3 4:31 7 2:11 3:19 3 4:30 8 2:10 3:18 3 4:29 9 2:09 3:17 3 4:28 10 This system is to be made to apply to all perform- ances registered since 1st August, 1913, while all horses that have been let up on their previous best performances, and have not been placed since the 1st August, 1913, may continue to receive the benefit of such let up. A Detailed Explanation. The committee of the Owners' and Breeders' Asso- ciation has forwarded us the following statement by way of further explanation of the scheme outlined above : Recognising that it would be hard on those horses that have been let up on their best performances we only ask that the system take effect from August 1, 1913. Clause (1) — The handicappers at present do not place new performers on the limit of a race unless it is fairly first class, generally setting them to give away two seconds per mile. In some cases a horse after starting twice gets the limit, while others may start a dozen times before getting there. This, we think, is wrong, the time having gone by for the handicapper to have to see how a horse shapes be- fore giving it the limit. It encourages owners to start their horses before they are ready. We fail to see why a horse that has started a few times should be placed in front of one that has never started; in fact one that has started has an advantage over one that has not. Clause (2) — We do not agree with horses being let up on their performances; this again leads to horses running "dead," as the saying is, so as to get better handicap. It also tends to keep the "has beens" racing, and our fields are now too large for good racing. It also encourages the entering of fast horses in slow class races, therefore making long limits — there are now plenty of fast class races for these horses. II all were treated alike in the letting up, it would not be so bad, but some horses are let up after running once or twice, while others may start twenty times and not be let up. When some are put back four or five seconds, and others let up in a fairly tight class, it is no wonder there is dissatisfac- tion. It would be as fair for one as another if horses were kept on their times after having a record of 2:26. Clause (3) — We do not think fractions should count against a horse's time; a 2:20 2-5 horse should be able to run in a 2:21 class. Clause (4)— This is the only "let up" we are in favor of; horses that have run second and third, and improve their times have bad luck; they get very little money, and may only be beaten by a narrow margin, and would have to meet the winner on the same terms. Clause (5) — This we claim would suit the country clubs where there are not so many fast horses and would be adaptable to horses winning on heavy tracks, the handicapper having power to penalize up to 5 seconds. Horses do not win in better time than 2:26 if the track is very heavy. Clause (6) — This is the distance penalty clause. Horses will always go faster for one mile than two miles, so that a horse with a two-mile record should be penalized if entered in a shorter race. For in- stance, if a horse won a two-mile race in 4:50, he would be handicapped on 2:23 in a mile race. Clause (7) — This is the distance allowance table. Horses that have made their records in one-mile races should have an allowance in one and a half and two miles. A good deal of study has been given to this table, and we think it will be found to suit the majority of horses. Of course there are some horses that would not go two miles with double the allowance, but they should be termed non-stayers, and should not run in long-distance races. CALIFORNIA QUARANTINES AGAINST INFECTED AREAS. AZOTURIA, A COLD-WEATHER DISEASE OF HORSES. With the approach of cold weather horse owners should guard against azoturia, which occurs almost invariably in well-conditioned animals and claims many victims, especially during the winter season. Various local names have been given to this dis- ease, among which may be mentioned "lumbago," "spinal meningitis,' 'and "black water." The two former terms have been applied owing to the hard and swollen condition of the muscles of the loins and croup and the loss of control of the hind parts commonly observed in these cases, and the latter name is descriptive of the urine, which is usually of a dark coffee color. While azoturia may occur at any season of the year it is but seldom observed during the warm weather of summer. It usually appears in highly fed, well-nourished animals which, though accustomed to regular work, have remained idle for one or more days without a corresponding reduction in the ra- tions. As a rule the animal is attacked suddenly soon after leaving the stable in apparently perfect condi- tion. The attack may occur after 5 or 10 minutes' driving or, in some cases, several hours after the horse has left the stable. Among the first symptoms are a staggering of the hind parts, knuckling at the pasterns, and profuse perspiration. In spite of such spasms in muscles of the hind parts the horse attempts to go on until he soon falls helplessly. Usually there are efforts to rise, but as a rule the animal is unable to stand even should he regain his feet, and it becomes neces- sary to remove him to the stable on a wagon, sled, or drag. Horses attacked with azoturia should be immedi- ately freed from the wagon and harness and be pro- vided with ample straw or other bedding to protect them from injury incidental to the struggle to regain their feet. Especial care must be taken to prevent beating of the head upon the ground, and if the pa- tient is very restless a strong man should place his knees upon the animal's neck and hold the head firmly upon the ground. Throw a warm blanket over the prostrate horse and arrange immediately for his removal to a stable, where a commodious and well- bedded box stall should be provided, or, if such is not available, the bam floor or a comfortable shed can be utilized. In the meantime a qualified veterinarian should be summoned, azoturia being a disease which requires skillful treatment and careful nursing. Until the horse is able to stand it will be necessary to pass a catheter and draw the urine at least twice a day, and also, as an item of nursing, to turn the animal from side to side at frequent intervals, in order to avoid development of bed sores. Both treatment and nurs- ing are best carried out under direction of a skilled veterinarian who is equipped with required instru- ments and can apply treatment as indicated in each individual case. Various theories have been advanced in explana- tion of the true cause and nature of azoturia. A majority of investigators, however, are inclined to the belief that it is an autointoxication. The fact that development of the disease is favored by rich feeding and a period of idleness tends to lend weight to such hypothesis. For practical purposes, however, it is sufficient for the owner of good horses to know that the disease may be prevented with the greatest certainty by reducing the ration of grain when the horses are not working and by exercising his horses daily. QUARANTINE ON HAY AND STRAW REMOVED. Washington, D. C. Nov. 25. — The provisions of the Federal quarantines declared on account of the foot- and-mouth disease have been somewhat modified in so far as they apply to shipments of hay and straw. The new regulations provide that hay and stray cut prior to August 1, 1914, and baled prior to October 1, 1914, may be shipped without disinfection from any of the quarantined areas, provided that it has been stored away from cattle, sheep or swine. Hith- erto it was necessary that hay should not only have been cut before August 1, but that it should also have been baled before that date. Governor Johnson issued a proclamation quaran- tining the state against the contagious and communi- cable foot-and-mouth disease which exists in the states of Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and which is dreaded and feared more by the stockmen of the United States than any other disease or plague that has ever threatened the country. Governor Johnson, co-operating with the state vet- erinarian, Dr. Chas. Keane, is determined to block the entry of the disease into California, and in this behalf has employed drastic measures to guard the interests of the stock of the state. The quarantine excepts the states of Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. It has been in effect for several days and is far-reaching, pre- cluding the entry of stock into California from the East and middle West unless examined and permit- ted entry by the state veterinarian, and from the exempt states only after the cars in which they are carried are disinfected and inspected. The quarantine against cattle shipments from Can- ada to the United States, imposed because of the foot-and-mouth disease, was lifted late last week by the Department of Agriculture. The quarantine against Canadian cattle was not placed because of infection in the Dominion, but to prevent the return of infected cattle cars to the Unit- ed States. The raising of the Canadian quarantine was said by officials to be an added evidence that the epidemic is being brought under control. The Chicago stock yards have been reopened for business for several days, the shipments to market being confined to animals for slaughter, and in a number of instances the embargo on horses has been lifted. THE MULE IN HISTORY. In war the mule plays with high credit the role of Kipling's Gunga Din. He is bullyragged. He is blasphemed. He is belabored. But he is always on hand when needed, and he is always needed. Motor trucks may serve the column in the rear, where roads are hard and smooth, but the mule must be depended upon in the field. In peace he is sportive. His humor is sometimes mistaken for spitefulness when he kicks a well-meaning farmer into a protracted so- journ at a hospital or sends his soul sky winding into the hereafter with his body not far behind. But when it comes to pulling a load, uphill or on the level, subsisting upon a limited menu, and starv- ing the veterinarian, he puts it all over his hand- somer and more aristocratic cousin, the horse. Wher- ever the footing meets the requirements of an able- bodied goat the mule can go and is willing to tote his load. His hide is tough and weatherproof, and his expectancy of life is higher than that of a thor- oughbred. Electricity relieved the mule of the task of pulling street cars. Inventive genius has provided an elec- tric substitute for him on the towpath along the Panama canal. The treadmill is now chiefly used as a figure of speech. Where the lay of the land is right, more or less plowing is done by tractors. But there is still plenty of work for the mule to do. It is his proud distinction to cost nearly as much as a small automobile. He was perhaps seven thousand years old when the automobile was invented. He is built on the original model. He has the same tend- ency to backfire that made it risky to start him when Alexander set out across the Ganges, when Hannibal crossed the Alps, when Charles Martel doublecrossed the Moors, when Washington crossed the Delaware, and when a farmer boy tried to cross a swollen creek in the last freshet. Although he is sometimes infernal the mule is eternal. — Col. Henry Watterson. COX DAY BANQUET. Although the Doverites do not make a great deal of noise during the racing season, they keep pretty close taps on their honored fellow-countryman, Walter R. Cox, and his horses. And they watch the horse papers to get a line on Walter's homecoming, which is annually observed with a banquet to the noted trainer and driver. This year was no exception. Mr. Cox returned to Dover a few days ago and immedi- ately upon his arrival the Christie Social Club, one of the leading organizations in the city, arranged the reception, which was held last Friday night at Hilton Hall. Walter was the guest of honor and was highly complimented by the speakers. Guests from many parts of New England, principally horsemen, were present, and as usual there were on hand some of the veterans who tell of Walter racing over our twice-arounds when he was in knee breeches. — Horseman. Remember that time for making entries to the Pacific Breeders and State Fair futurities for mares bred this year is almost at an end. Sunday will be a good day for filling out your entry blanks; Monday will do nicely, though the time will be growing short; Tuesday will be O. K. if your envelope enclosing entry bears a postal time stamp prior to noon of the day following, but on Wednesday — like in the famous ad that you are familiar with — it will be "too late for herpicide." THE BREEDER AKD SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 28, 1914. NOTES AND NEWS '4 Tuesday, December First. Don't forget this date by any means. Entries close for Pacific Breeders and State Fair Futurities. Sunday will be a very convenient day for filling out entry blanks at your leisure. Omar 2:05% and C. L. Floyd are to winter at Mem- phis. Make your entries today for the coast futurities closing Tuesday, Dec. 1. Local amateurs are on the hunt for some genuine matinee timber for next season, which promises to be the best ever. <•> <•> Charley D. 2:06%, favorite horse of the late Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, goes to the DeRyder sale at Pleas- anton, as do all the racing timber and breeding stock of the estate. <8> «> <8> H. S. Hogoboom of Woodland has sold the bay mare by Iran Alto, dam by McKinney, in foal to his stallion Palo King, to Stewart Carter of Corning. <8> A. G. Ireland is the now owner of Bessie Custer 2:29% by Ed Custer 2:10, and may ship her to Cali- fornia with Dr. Burns Jr., as she is an excellent prospect for the slow classes. S. Christenson seems in line for repayment for the care and patience expended on the trotter Brutus, as the big fellow is in great shape for a winter preo for 1915. <8 Ed Geers has leased Dorsh Medium of Lu Green for the coming season. She has been unlucky for a couple of years and if she is right this season she ought to be a great mare in her class, as 2:06% hardly seems a just measure of her capacity. <8><& Frank Childs has joined the "winter colony" of trainers at Pleasanton, where he and his brother Marvin are assembling a prettv formidable stable for 1915. <$> <8> English government representatives have been ac- tive at San Bernardino and other Southern California points recently, gathering horses for shipment to Canada and the European battlefields. The New- York Times makes the statement in a recent issue that Directum I is to come to the coast to be exhibited to harness at the winter shows after which he will be fitted for participation in the expo- sition meeting. <$><8> Secretary McFarland of the Hemet Driving Club has in mind a matinee at the Stock Farm track about the middle of December. The Hemet track is con- sidered the best in Southern California, and a large number of outside horsemen are anxious to come here for a matinee. — Hemet News. Dunham & McLaughlin of Oakland were again on the Chicago market recently for a carload of high class Percherons, the first shipment having been "cleaned out." Wm. McLaughlin made the trip in person to make the selections, and the horses came to California by express in charge of George Potts. Tom Smith 2:13%, one of the best speed siring sons of McKinney' left in California, is consigned by Lou Taylor to the coming DeRyder sale at Pleasan- ton, Dec. 12. The Taylor consignment includes also Vallejo Girl 2:10%, Yolanda 2:14%, California Lou (2) 2:27%, Yoncalla (3) trial 2:19%, and a couple of other nice youngsters bv Tom Smith. The hoof and mouth disease quarantine which has had such a disastrous effect on the eastern stock shows is less prohibitive farther west, and President Flood and Secretary Carlyle of the Northwest Live- stock Show, scheduled for Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 at Lew- iston, Idaho, state that this event will be held as originally planned. ■$><$>«> Fun on the ice in the northwest begins the day before Christmas at Toronto where $5,600 is hung up for seven days' sport. The meeting will be followed by pretentious affairs of like nature given by the Dufferin Driving Club, the Montreal Driving Club, the Hull Driving Club, and a number of lesser meet- ings. Present indications point to a good list of entries, in which many United States horses appear «■«>«> Grand Opera 2:05%, the good Canadian pacer that the emergency restrictions owing to the war kept from filling out his Grand Circuit engagements this season, is booked for a trip down the eastern Cana- dian ice circuits this winter. He has made two cam- paigns over the ice course and lost but two heats, and as he was never faster than in the season just passed he should give a most excellent account of himself. Last call for entries to Pacific Breeders Futurity No. 15 and State Fair Futurity No. 7, both closing Tuesday, December first. The nomination fee in each event is only $2 and you absolutely cannot afford to pass them up. ■$><$> Attention is called to the fact that the date of closing for consignments to the DeRyder sale at Pleasanton is Monday, November 30th, in place of Tuesday, December first as originally advertised. All indications point to a high class sale, as the first consignments are from the pick of the coast. No horsemen in recent years have suffered a harder blow than that dealt to J. L. Dodge and his associates in the death of Lady Wanetka (2) 2:10 and her stablemates. The horror of the manner of their death adds immeasurably to the blow, as the owners are of the class of men who have a deep attachment for their horses. Bolock 2:16% was a good winner at the recent meeting held at El Centro in connection with the Imperial fair. The Zolock horse was taken over and driven by S. L. Gowell of San Bernardino, who gets lots of enjoyment of the lad both in regular events and fun races. <8> Apparently only the coming of 1915 will put a stop to 1914 record breaking, as "they" are still at it. On Saturday, Nov. 14, over the Washington, Pa., half- mile track in a regular meeting the yearling filly Bessie Admiral trotted to a record of 2:28, replacing the former mark for events of similar nature held by Edna the Great 2:29%, made two years ago at Co- lumbus. H. H. Grayson of Washington is the owner of the newcomer to the championship tables, and she is driven by Harry Fleming. Many American horsemen are under the false im- pression that horses coming to Canada to race this winter will find trouble in returning across the lines. There is no reason whatever for any doubt, as Mr. Jas. C. Wright, Secretary of the Hull Driving Club, has received the positive assurance of the Minister of Customs that there are no new regulations or any arrangements whatever, which will interfere with horses coming over and racing in Canada this winter and returning to their home country when the races are over. They will be bonded into Canada as in past years and may return when they wish. — Cana- dian Sportsman. <•> <8> Among prominent Eastern horsemen who attended the Chicago sale, last week was Thomas W. Murphy of Poughkeepsie, who looked over some of the racing prospects that were consigned to the sale. From Chicago he went farther west, and it is said that he is after a few horses that are reported to be high class racing prospects. It is currently reported that on his return to Poughkeepsie the biggest money win- ning driver of 1914 will add at least two prospects to his training stable — Horse World. «■ «> <8> H. Redding, Captain McCan's secretary at Forest Grove Farm, Oregon, is spending several days in Cal- ifornia, visiting various places of interest to horse- men and awaiting the coming of the Captain en route home from the Old Glory Sale, where The Bondsman, Ethel Toddington, Orlena and Carmen McCan were booked to go under the hammer this week. The horses remaining at Forest Grove are all youngsters, with the exception of Hazel Patchen, almost all by The Bondsman, and from among them the owner hopes to develop one or two with the genuine futurity winning habit of the Baron Wilkes family. George L. Swisher, the former Indiana-Ohio trainer who has been in the northwest for the past few sea- sons, is wintering eight horses on his ranch at Pro- volt, Ore. His racing string comprises Hallie B. 2:24%, the first trotter by Hal B. 2:04% and a close up second in 2:08% at the Oregon State Fair: Bonnie June 2:24%, by Zolock 2:05%. that has been a mile in 2:13% Coos Bay (2), by McAlzo (by Zombro), trial in 2:40; the pacers Albai 2:11%, Grace N. 2:18% and Harry N. 2:20%, St. Nickolas of Oregon 2:15%, trotter, and the trotter Mack McCabe, by Oregon Patch, dam by Alfonso 2:29%. «> «> Mrs. Marie Layng departed from San Francisco last Saturday morning via the Overland Limited, tak- ing with her the casket containing the body of the late William Gibson Layng. Philadelphia was the objective point of the sad pilgrimage and there the remains of Mr. Layng will be consigned to their last resting place in ground familiar to his younger years. Mrs. Layng leaves many friends in San Francisco, but her return is uncertain as the east was her birth- place and long her home. That she may find the balance of a quiet life cast in pleasant ways is the wish that local friends extend across the continent. Dr. J. T. Gurley, one of the old and well known Indiana breeders who is now a resident of Phoenix, has in his stable there two young trotting mares of Indiana lineage that have found the Arizona atmos- phere as agreeable as has the Doctor himself. The girls in question are Ellen Mae 2:18% by Gladax 2:24% (sire of Old Fashion 2:09%, etc.), and the three-year-old Mary G. by Ashlandorf 2:13%, both out of Cricket G. (dam of 2) by Thomas A. Scott, second dam Maud by Volunteer Star. The Doctor took third money with Mary G. in the three-year-old trot, while Lon McDonald piloted Ellen Mae to the head of the summary in the 2:18 class. In the matinee at Harlem Springs last Sunday George Parker with Halo had the best of G. E. Bon- nell with Nancy Lovelace in the pacing event, and in the trot Minnie Lou, with C. D. Gatch up, trounced George Parker's Rene B. and L. Matthews' Weary Willie. «> With a yearling by San Francisco 2:07% selling at auction at Old Glory for $2,100 it looks like it would soon be a case of "a big night tonight" for the get of the son of Zombro and Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes. Notelet, dam of the champion trotter The Harvester, is the dam of the high priced youngster, and the cross of the blood of Zombro and Moko should prove a most happy one. ^ «■ A. S. Ashbrook, one of the country's best known breeders, died recently at his home in Cynthiana, Ky., at the age of 57 years. Mr. Ashbrook formerly owned San Mateo 2:13% and bred, among others, the good trotters May Earl 2:10% and Silver Finch 2:15%, as well as the pacer Abe J. 2:10, sire of the four-year-old phenomenon, . William 2:00, and others. J. J. Ryan turned his Zulu Belle purchase to Adolph Ottinger recently, and now that the San Francisco pacers are back from the battles of Phoenix and Sac- ramento the black mare has joined Copper the Ore and Dick W. at the McKinney Stables at Golden Gate Park. Mr. Ottinger will hook Copper the Ore 2:10% and Zulu Belle 2:12% (trotting) as a team for pleas- ure use during the winter, and has issued a "defi" for a trotting team race — or races — for next season. «■ The San Francisco Driving Club has in its posses- sion six very handsome silver cups which are to be awarded to the six leading horses in race standing during the season just passed, the points to be cred- ited as follows: For every start during the season an entry is entitled to one point; for each winning race, three points additional; for each second in a race, two points additional, and for each third, one extra point. When the total score is cast up by the committee in charge of the awards, the owner of the horse standing highest will have first choice of the cups, and so on down in order until the six are drawn. The awards will probably be made in the near future, the occasion being made one for celebra- tion by the entire club at an evening's entertain- ment. The stable which John H. Dickerson will winter at Billings Park, Memphis, is quite interesting to Cali- fornians owing to the youngsters representing Atlan- tic Express 2:08%, the son of Bellini and the grand old Palo Alto matron Expressive 2:12%. The stable will include King Bellini 2.12%, Atlantic Express 2:08%, Bonington 2:06%, Croisette, Parisette, the two-year-olds Harvette, Harlem Express, Pony Ex- press, Barbara King, Amina King, Peter Porter and Choisie, and the following yearlings: Lantita, b. f. by Atlantic Express, dam Clodagh 2:11%; Stillinario, b. f. by Atlantic Express, dam Nettie King 2:20%; Atlantica, b. f. by Atlantic Express, dam The Hunt- ress 2:23%; Laskia, b. f. by Atlantic Express, dam Lanotte 2:18; Opera Express, b. c. by Atlantic Ex- press, dam Operetta 2:26%. On Wednesday of last week at Phoenix Frank Childs, acting for his patron Mr. Ed Peterson of Omaha, closed his option on the chestnut mare Loe Blossom, the consideration for which the mare changed hands being $3,000. Prior to the closing of the deal the lass worked the Phoenix track in 2:06% in a manner that was very pleasing, and Childs could have disposed of his option at a profit then and there. She was shipped at once to Pleasanton where she becomes a member of the stable assembled by Frank and Marvin Childs, and will be prepared for the big stakes at the exposition. Lepide, her sire, now dead, was a son of Wilkes Boy and has a number of per- formers in the list, all trotters. Mr. Peterson is also the owner of Major By By 2:19%, Tom Smith 2:11%, and is owner with Messrs. Childs of Hal Boy 2:06%, the gamecock of the northwest this season. ■ •$> «•«> Colonel Jim Thompson, who went to Lexington some weeks ago to bring back a number of mares and youngsters belonging to himself and other Califor- nians, expected to return home about this time but is detained in the Blue Grass owing to the various quarantine regulations instituted immediately follow- ing the outbreak of the foot and mouth disease. Fed- eral regulations as well as independent quarantines imposed by individual states bar the western course of animals that have been in the affected districts, and, as the boys at Patchen Wilkes farm would put it, "dar you is." The situation is clearing, however, and Jim will probably soon be on his way home. In the meantime he is waxing fat and sassy on the kind oi cooking that the Blue Grass is noted for, so "he should worry" — not! Chicago, November 20. — Edward M. Corrigan, "Master of Hawthorne," now 60 years old, married Miss Alice M. Pickett of"" Cicero today at Crown Point, Indiana. Miss Pickett is 21 years old. Corri- gan now lives in Magnolia Springs, Alabama. He is remembered in Chicago as one of the most turbulent characters that ever went into the turf game. For years he was connected with racing in Chicago. He won the first American Derby, the West- ern classic, in 1882 with Modesty. Before this he made a fortune as a railroad con- tractor in Colorado. Corrigan was a widower. None of his racing friends in Chicago ever heard of Miss Pickett. None could tell anything of the romance. Saturday, November 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GEORGIA HOLOCAUST CLAIMS FAMOUS TROTTERS. MATINEE AT SACRAMENTO. DOES THIS MEAN YOU? Press dispatches of a most meagre nature conveyed to the coast on Friday of last week news of the de- struction by fire early that day of the J. L. Dodge stables at G-roveton, Georgia, near Augusta, the mon- etary loss being placed at $150,000. At this writing all details are lacking, but the blow is the most severe suffered in years by individual horsemen, for the stable Included the almost priceless Lady Wa- ne tka (2) 2:10, the other good three-year-old trotter Hollyrood Ben (2) 2:17%, the stallion Silk Hat 2:09, the aged mare Belgravia 2:20%, and a dozen young- sters of the highest quality. Lady Wanetka, foaled in 1911, was bred by R. K. Hart of Flemingsburg, Ky., and passed eventually to the ownership of Mr. Dodge, though she has done all her racing in the stable of Walter Cox. She was a daughter of Peter the Great 2:07% and the great brood mare Baron Lassie (dam also of Peter Billiken 2:09%, etc.) by Baron Wilkes 2:18, second dam An- nie Sharp by Nutwood 600. As a two-year-old she made a campaign of five starts, having to meet the invincible Peter Volo in three of them. At Kalama- zoo she took second money in the Horseman futurity to the great son of the premier of Patehen Wilkes Farm, a performance which she duplicated in the Horse Review futurity at Columbus and in the classic Kentucky futurity at Lexington. At Syracuse she won the Governor's stake in easy fashion, and at the big Kentucky meeting, after being defeated by Peter Volo in the futurity, disposed of a field of six in the Lexington stake in two fast heats, 2:10 and 2:10%. As a three-year-old she was placed fourth in the Horseman futurity at Kalamazoo, second to Ortolan Axworthy in the Western Horseman futurity at In- dianapolis, and in the Horse Review stake at Colum- bus divided second and third money with Lee Ax- worthy, Peter Volo being returned the winner. Most notable of her performances for the year was her trotting in the Kentucky futurity at Lexington, where she won third money and trotted second to Peter Volo in his wonderful third heat in 2:03%. She did not go with the Cox stable to New England, but after the Lexington meeting was turned over to her owner, who intended making a campaign with her next year. Hollyrood Ben, of the same age of the Lady, was the personal pride of Mr. Dodge, as he had bred the youngster and his sire, Joe Dodge 49085, a most promising young speed siring son of Bingen and Redinda 2:07% by Redwald, sire of the dams of Minor Heir 1:58%, King Cole 2:05%, etc. The young- ster was out of Lady Look by Lord of the Manor, granddam Miss Look by Drextell, and his two-year- old record of 2:17% was obtained at Hartford in a winning race. This year he stayed in the money well in his starts, but was up against hard fields in the three-year-old class races and lesser stakes. Silk Hat 2:09 was bred by Gen. C. C. Watts and was a son of Silk Weaver (a product of the Marcus Daly ranch in Montana) and the great brood mare Belle Andrews (dam among others of Josephine Watts (3) 2:09%, in the Durfee stable at Los An- geles) by Billy Andrews, second dam Prospect Belle by Mambrino King. Silk Hat was a familiar figure on the grand circuit and other eastern tracks and m the hands of Mr. Dodge had been a very useful horse. Belgravia, the other aged member of the stable, had a two-year-old record of 2:20% made in 1910 and was bred at Allen Farm, being a daughter of Bingara and Persea, the speed producing matron by Pistachio. The personnel of the balance of the stable, composed of youngsters that were the pick of the east, is not at present known here, but the value of the great collection of proven trotters and prospects cannot be estimated fairly in dollars and cents. Mr. Dodge had intended remaining for some weeks in* the Blue Grass, but fearing complications would arise that might interfere with his journey later, owing to the quarantines being imposed by state and federal boards, he had advanced the date of his de- parture to his winter training grounds, with this disastrous result. John Dodge is well known to horsemen throughout the country and liked as a gen- tleman and clean sportsman. He and his associates have suffered a crushing blow, for the like of the trotters composing the stable assembled by them are not to be picked up daily, and the owner's individual losses are a loss to the entire trotting world. A NEW ONE IN SONOMA. Complaint has been made to the sheriff's office of Sonoma county of two men, one of whom is said to be a resident of Santa Rosa and well known there, who have been going about the county swindling the unlettered class of people. The scheme the men work is a novel one. The local man poses as a humane officer and with his companion goes to an Italian's farm, or other foreigner who is not acquainted with the general laws of the country. The man states that he is a humane officer and wants to see the horses on the ranch. He then condemns the horse and says that if the owner does not kill the animal he will be arrested. The other man then offers to kill the horse and offers a paltry sum for the "carcass of the animal. He makes the deal and kills the horse and takes the car- cass to one of the chicken feed mills and sells it at a good profit. The scheme gives an impetus to the horse market, but the officers are laying for the pair and chicken feed supply will doubtless soon return to its normal level. Sacramento and San Francisco amateurs met at Agricultural Park at the capital city Sunday and staged a highly enjoyable matinee before a good- sized crowd and over a track that was far from fast. The San Francisco pacers that had been at Phoenix shipped back as far as Sacramento with the horses owned there that took in the Arizona meeting, and the opportunity presented for one more day of fun was too good to be passed up, a number of San Fran- ciscans making the trip up by boat the previous night in order to be in on the deal. Potrero Boy nabbed the Class A pace from George Woodward and Don Vassar, and Will Ivey "sprung one" when he put over the green pacer Donald for two heats over Oro Mo. Current report represents this lad as having "set Bill back" just thirty-seven-fifty, which shades Ben Cohn's purchase of Mabel Dillon. Brown Bear, by Teddy Bear, annexed the slow trot, and his dad trounced Dick W. and Zulu Belle in the free-for-all, though he didn't have things "all his way." Dick W. liked the going better "back home" than in Arizona, and took the first heat in 2:10, with Teddy second and the Belle third. Ottinger went after Silva in the second and carried him to the wire in 2:08%, and Dick came back at him in the third and made him do a quarter-second better. A break just before the wire by Teddy in one close decision raised a question, but the horses were placed as they finished. The summaries: Class A pace: Potrero Boy (L. B. Daniels) 1 1 George Woodward (S. H. Cowell) 2 2 Don Vassar (D. B. Hoffman) 3 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:12%. Free-for-all pace: Teddy Bear (C. F. Silva) 2 1 1 Dick W. (A. Schwartz) 1 3 2 Zulu Belle (A. Ottinger) 3 2 3 Time— 2:10, 2:08%, 2:08Vi. Class A trot: Brown Bear (C. F. Silva) 1 1 Woodrow (L. B. Daniels) 2 2 Time— 2:35, 2:34. Class B pace: Donald < W. J. Ivey) 1 1 Oro Mo (C. F. Silva) 2 2 Time— 2:15, 2:10%. Judges — T. F. Bannan. F. J. Ruhstaller, Fred "Warren. Starter — F. E. Wright. Announcer — George Vice. Tim- ers— M. E. Delano, S. C. Tryon. Marshals — M. T. Hurt and Tevis Paine. o CATTLE OF THE VIRGINIA HILLS. From the famous pastures of Hon. Henry Stuart, Governor of Virginia, recently went a trainload of steers that sold in- New York at ?10.40. They were made on grass alone. Governor Stuart carries in his pastures about 4,000 cattle and year by year his grass gets better, the carrying capacity of his pastures in- creases. There are reasons: The governor lives in a land of rich limestone soils; he does not over- stock, but always leaves some grass to decay and deepen the layer of mold; then when he may have a pasture with grass a bit thin he limes its surface and perhaps applies phosphorus as well. Thus he has often doubled the grass with no plowing at all. Virginia is perhaps the one state in America where a serious effort is being made to increase pastures — to make them better and to enlarge their output of beef. Excellent is the success of many men.. They seed land to permanent grasses, they lime, they apply bonemeal or other forms of phosphorus, they feed cattle on the sod. They prize their pastures and love them. There is record that some Virginia pastures have made as much as 250 pounds of beef to the acre, and even much more than that on the best areas. At 10 cents per pound it is easy to reckon what such pasture land is worth. This devotion to good grass and cattle brings up among the Virginia hills a fine type of intelligent, steadfast, land-loving men. Their farms are not for sale. They erect fine homes. They educate their young folks. They maintain as inter- esting a civilization as rural America knows. — Breed- ers Gazette. NATURE'S BENEDICTION. Grass is the forgiveness of Nature — her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown like rural lanes, and obliterated. Forests decay, harvests per- ish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Beleagured by the seven hosts of winter, it withdraws into the impregnable fortresses of its subterranean vitality and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propagated by the subtle horticulture of the elements, which are its ministers and servants, it softens the nude outline of the world. Its tenacious fibers hold the earth in place and prevent its soluble components from wash- ing into the wasting seas. It invades the solitudes of the deserts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and for- bidden pinnacles of mountains, modifies climates, and determines the history, character, and destiny of nations. Unobtrusive and patient, it has immortal vigor and aggression. Banished from the thorough- fare and the field, it bides its time to return, and when vigilance is relaxed, or the dynasty has per- ished, it silently resumes the throne from which it has been expelled, but which it never abdicates. It bears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance of 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, famine would depopulate the world. — John J. Ingalls. Under the Act of October 22, 1914, providing for emergency revenue for the United States Govern- ment, special taxes were laid on certain occupations. These special taxes are due this month and must be paid this month to prevent the imposition of a pen- alty of 50 per cent. Sworn returns on a form to be obtained from the Collector of Internal Revenue in San Francisco, or from the Deputy Collectors of In- ternal Revenue at Oakland, Sacramento or Fresno, must be filed, disclosing the identity of those affected and their tax liability. The following persons are subject to these taxes: Brokers, pawnbrokers, commercial brokers, customs house brokers, proprietors of theatres, museums or concert halls, proprietors of circuses, proprietors or agents of public exhibitions, proprietors of bowling alleys and billiard rooms, commission merchants, all dealers in tobacco, cigars and cigarettes whose an- nual receipts from sales exceed $200, all manufac- turers of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. Immediate inquiry should be made of the Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, or of one of his Deputies, as directed above, regarding the rate of tax and for the form on which to disclose liability. This must be done during the month of November, or the person liable to such tax when found by the field officers of the revenue service will be subject to the severe penalties of the law. BLISTERS. Blisters are very commonly prescribed in veter- inary medicine, but we find that stockmen have erro- neous ideas as to their composition and use. The blister primarily is used to bring a big flow of blood into a part. The blood brings in at the same time nutrients from which new tissues are formed and takes away products of inflammation and disease. Building up tissues is needed where a wound has occurred, or where an abscess has caused a cavity. From such abnormal conditions morbid matters have to be pumped away. Added flow of blood does this. Blisters, also, are used as "counter irritants'" and then are expected to draw the blood to the surface, or divert it from the part attacked by disease. There is a possibility of such effect; but the chief remedial effect is the greater added supply of fresh blood brought to the part by the irritating effect of the blister. When a blister is applied to a bony growth, such as ringbone or spavin, it is expected to do one of two things, viz., either cause reabsorption of the growth, or complete the formation of false bone by bringing down, in the increased blood supplv, the salts from which the growth is formed. If the growth is reabsorbed, as sometimes happens in young colts, lameness may be obviated and the eyesore at least is removed. If the growth is com- pleted quickly, which is liable to happen when blis- tering is done in an adult horse, lameness subsides, because the joint involved becomes united by the deposit of bone, and when motion ceases friction sub- sides, pain disappears and the lameness due to pain is removed. A blister, therefore, should be applied with these effects in mind and will not be likely to do any good if the effect is not caused, or needed. For instance, it is useless to blister repeatedly for spavin lameness, unless the animal is completely rested; for the blister can only do good by causing union among the bones involved, and such union (anchylosis) cannot take place during motion. For that reason we tie a horse up short for at least six weeks after firing and blistering the hock joint for spavin. The veterinarian who succeeds in obtaining the longest rest for his patient has the best success in treating lameness. It may be added that firing and blistering, as a rule, do little good in the treatment of bony excrescences of colts, such as ringbones and spavins, as the continued growth of the bones pre- vents anchylosis. Firing is best done in adult horses. The firing and blistering of a ringbone of a fore past- ern also fail, in most cases, as the fore foot carries much weight and the added concussion or motion offsets the effect of the treatment. It is impossible to rest the part properly. Many horsemen err in the form of blister they use. Often an old formula from an antiquated book is compounded and it takes off "hair and hide, as slick as a whistle." It should not have such an effect. The bad effects commonly are caused by use of cor- rosive sublimate, turpentine and other caustics in the ointment or liquid used. It is better to make up a simple blistering com- pound by melting three ounces of lard and then melt- ing in that one-quarter ounce of yellow beeswax which has been cut into fine shavings. Into the com- bination stir one ounce of powdered Russian can- tharides, while the mixture is hot; then pour it into a shallow pan and stir until it becomes cold. This blistering compound improves with age, if kept tightly covered in a Mason jar. To use it properly clip off the hair, wash the skin clean and dry it per- fectly. Rub the blister in, a little at a time, for fif- teen minutes by the watch; then smear more blister on the part and tie the horse up short in his stall so that he will be unable to bite or lick the part. Wash the blister off in forty-eight hours; then apply a little lard daily. Do not blister on the loins or high up on the hip. Never apply a blister after a poultice, or while the skin is irritated. Do not bandage a blis- tered surface. — Canadian Sportsman. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, November 28, 1914. Out Honored Dead TRIBUTES FROM CONTEMPORARIES. Turf interests of the Pacific Coast recently suffered the loss of a talented friend in the death of William G. Layng, which accurred on November 6 from heart trouble. Mr. Layng was editor of The Breeder and Sportsman at the time of his demise, his latest con- beginning about three years ago, after a vacation about three years ago, after an extended vacation from his newspaper labors enforced by ill health. Before that time he had been connected with that paper in an editorial capacity for several years. Mr. Layng was one of the best informed writers of his time, and a man intensely interested in the welfare of the sport on the western side of the Great Divide. Possessed of a vast fund of information on horse subjects, and particularly those concerning the Pacific Coast and the Antipodes, his articles on mat- ters in these localities were taken as more authorita- tive than those of any other writer of the day. As a breeder Mr. Layng had acguired some fame, notwithstanding his operations were limited. Among the record animals he bred was the pacer, Sir Albert S. 2:03%. — Western Horseman. The death of Wm. G. Layng of San Francisco on Nov. 6 leaves a big gap in the ranks of California horsemen, one that will be hard to fill. He was ed- itor of the Breeder and Sportsman and one of the best posted horsemen, particularly on early California horse history, in the state. He has been editor of our western contemporary for a long period of years, ex- cept for an interval when he visited Australasia. He bred a number of standard performers, including Sir Albert S. 2:03%.— Horseman. The Trotter and Pacer is pained to learn from a dispatch from San Francisco, dated November 7, of the death of Wm. G. Layng, long time editor of our contemporary, The Breeder and Sportsman, and a talented writer on the horse and racing subjects. We had no personal acquaintance with Mr. Layng, but from correspondence from time to time and from knowledge of his work we had formed a high opinion of his ability. He was born in this city, going to the other coast many years ago, and was in his six- tieth year. A more extended account of his life and work will be given next week. W. G. Layng, editor of the Breeder and Sportsman, of San Francisco, Cal., died on Nov. 6 of heart trou- ble. He had been in poor health for some time, but seemed to be on a rapid road to recovery when his death occurred. He was the best informed man on the history and breeding of Pacific Coast horses in that section and boomed the light harness sport whenever opportunity presented itself. Mr. Layng's remains will be interred in Philadelphia, Pa., his old home. Next to Pacific Coast horses, Mr. Layng was thoroughly informed on Australian horses as well, since he visited that country a number of times. — Horseman. In the death of William G. Layng, at his home in San Francisco, a few days ago, the harness turf lost a most prominent factor, and one of its most brilliant advocates and writers. Mr. Layng was born in New York in 1855 and was connected with several of the old time turf papers from early boyhood. Many years ago he went to California and became associated with the Breeder and Sportsman, which has been the most influential and leading publication on the Pacific Coast. The great racing program for harness races in connection with the Panama Exposition, for which many entries are being made now, was due largely to the efforts of Mr. Layng and his paper. His death was caused by heart trouble. — Horse World. On the morning of Thursday, Nov. 5, John Caldwell Kirkpatrick, of San Francisco, Cal., died at his home in that city from a complication of kidney and liver diseases. His fifty-eighth birthday had been cele- brated only the previous Saturday, and at that time it was known that his health was not in a condition to relieve his friends of anxiety; still no apprehen- sion was then entertained that he was in the grip of a fatal malady. The news of his death will bring with it a feeling of deep sorrow and sadness to a throng of friends which the dead man possessed in all parts of America — but nowhere will this be more genuine than among harness horsemen. Col. Kirkpatrick was born in Steubenville, O., Oct. 31, 1956. He was educated in the public schools there and then took a law course at Ann Arbor, Mich. Soon after he emigrated to California and began the prac- tice of law in San Francisco, where he rapidly forged to the front and eventually became the chief legal adviser of the great Sharon estate. It was, however, as the owner and manager of the Palace Hotel that he acquired a country-wide reputation and made him- self known and liked by people from all parts of the world. After the Palace "passed" he became identi- fied with the new Fairmont, to whose success he was the chief contributor. He had many financial inter- ests of magnitude, and was one of San Francisco's iiio-i prominent figures in social and club life. But nowhere was he so completely "in his element" as v. hen indulging in his love for the harness race horse. His devotion to the trotters and pacers began early .■ nd continued throughout his life. The great pacing stallion Charley D. 2:06%, by McKinney 2:11%, he bred himself, while among other notable horses that raced in his colors were the trotters John Caldwell 2:08% and Lucretia 2:13% (campaigned on the Grand Circuit by James Thompson and, later, by Mr. Geers), John Gwynne 2:11%, the pacer Clipper 2:06, etc., etc. He was himself a clever amateur reinsman, and the joys of sitting behind a fast trotter or pacer in a morning workout, or a brush on the speedway, were to him "above price." His death leaves a gap in the ranks of the harness horsemen of the Pacific coast that will never be filled, for in addition to his interest and enthusiasm there radiated from his per- sonality a whole-souled geniality, a bigheartedness and a hospitality such as is seldom met with in any sphere of life — Horse Review. MILK RECORD COMES BACK TO CALIFORNIA. Col. John C. Kirkpatrick died in San Francisco, Cal. on Nov. 5, aged 58 years. He was one of the stand- bys of the light harness horse in California and owned and raced such good horses as Charley D. 2:06%, which he bred himself; Clipper 2:06, John Caldwell 2:08%, John Gwynne 2:11%, and Lucretia 2:13%. He had a firm hand with the lines and trained most of his horses, having a specially fitted up bun- galow at the Pleasanton track, where he spent most of his spare time. He was vice-president and direc- tor of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' As- sociation and also was chairman of the Pacific Board of Appeals of the National Trotting Association. He was one live wire of the light harness sport on the Pacific Coast. — Horseman. John C. Kirkpatrick, one of the leading figures in horse circles on the Pacific Coast and a member of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa- tion, died Thursday, November 5, at his home in San Francisco. Although a resident of California, Mr. Kirkpatrick was widely known among the owners and breeders of the trotter throughout the United States. He was fifty-eight years old, a native of Ohio, and a graduate of the law school of the Uni- versity of Michigan. He went West in the eighties, and soon became actively interested in several public enterprises. At his death he was a director in the Associated Oil Company and the Wells-Fargo Bank of San Francisco. Although Mr. Kirkpatrick owned and campaigned several prominent horses, among them being Charley D. 2:06%, Clipper 2:06, John Caldwell 2:08%, John Gwynne 2:11% and Lucretia 2:13%, he also actively participated in the matinees of his city. He main- tained an estate at Pleasanton, Cal., and as much time as possible was spent with his horses. The trotting interests of the Pacific Coast loses one of its staunchest friends, for he was actively engaged in every branch of the industry. He leaves a widow and two children. — American Horse Breeder. NO NEED TO FEAR MEAT. Washington, D. C, Nov. 25. — According to the spe- cialists of the Department of Agriculture people even in States quarantined for the foot-and-mouth disease need have no fear of eating meat, provided they cook it thoroughly. The foot-and-mouth disease is not easily communicated to human beings through food, although milk from a diseased cow might transmit the disease to a human being. In the case of milk, however, pasteurization will render it entirely safe. Human beings who do get the disease commonly get it from direct contact with a sick animal. It is wisest, therefore, for people to keep away from all animals having the disease, unless they are properly pro- vided with rubber gloves, coats and boots, and these are thoroughly disinfected after each visit to the animals. In the case of meat, as in the case of milk, it must be remembered that all herds which actually show the disease are quarantined, and neither milk nor meat from the sick animals can be sold. Sixty per cent of the meat used in this country is produced in the nearly 900 Federally inspected slaughtering and packing establishments located in 240 cities. In these establishments no animal is slaughtered until it has passed an ante-mortem inspection which is fol- lowed by a post-mortem inspection by a veterinarian at time of slaughter. After slaughter its meat cannot leave the establishment until it has been carefully examined and stamped "U. S. Inspected and Passed." In all these establishments no animal showing any symptoms whatever of foot-and-mouth disease is al- lowed to go to slaughter, and no meat which, on post- mortem inspection, shows any suspicious symptoms of this complaint, can be shipped out of the establish- ment. All meat suspected of coming from an animal suffering with this complaint is sent, under Govern- ment seal, to the tanks to be rendered into fertilizer. The Federal inspection stamp on meat, therefore, means that it is entirely safe. The Federal Government, however, has no jurisdic- tion over local slaughter houses which do not ship meat outside of the State in which it is slaughtered. If, however, meat from such an animal did escape from one of these local slaughter houses, which are purely under State or municipal control, all danger of its communicating the disease to human beings would be removed when it is thoroughly cooked and ster- ilized. Those who are located near an infected re- gion and wish to be absolutely certain of the safety of their meat should cook it thoroughly. The disease when contracted by adults is not at all a serious illness. It commonly takes the form of slight fever sores in the mouth and a slight eruption on the fingers. In the case of small or sickly chil- dren, it may take a more serious form, especially if complicated by other illnesses. A world's record has come back to Yolo county and the ranch of A. W. Morris & Sons. On the night of Nov. 13 at 7:30 o'clock Tilla Alcarta, pure bred Hol- stein, wrested the laurels for the greatest production of milk in one year from Creamelle Valle of Brock- ton, Mass., by producing a total of 30,452.6 pounds of milk in 365 days, under official test. The previous record was 29,591.2 pounds and was made by the Massachusetts cow finishing in November, 1912. Not only has the record come back to this country and the Morris ranch, but it has come to the world's first 30,000 pound cow, an animal imagined in the ab- stract for many years by leading breeders of pure bred dairy stock as well as the American Holstein Association. The pride is great of the owners of this prize cow and this pride is supplemented by that of the people of Yolo county. All the more honor is attached to the achievement when the age of Tilly Alcartra is considered. She is just five years old and in competing for a world rec- ord for milk production she has entered a class here- tofore considered in advance of her age. Even so she has made a mark which will be a hard one to beat unless she herself does so when she has reached a more mature age and is again put on official test. Although bred in Iowa, Tilly Alcartra dropped her first calf and was developed in Yolo county. Her sire is Alcartra Polkadot Corrector, a son of the great transmitting cow, Alcartra Polkadot, one of the fore- most cows in Holstein history. She has a record of 29.09 pounds' butter in seven days and has two daughters that have records above 30 pounds in seven days. Alcartra Polkadot figures prominently in the pedigree of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra, the world's only ?50,000 bull. Tilly Alcartra traces through both her sire and dam to De Kol Burke, the sire of Riverside Sadie De Kol Burke. The blood of De Kol Burke and that of Alcartra Polkadot seems to have nicked particularly well in the case of Tilly Alcartra. There are but six cows in the world that have produced above 28,000 pounds of milk in one year. Three of the six are members of this herd and have made their records here. These cows are Tilly Al- cartra, Riverside Sadie De Kol Burke and Aralia De Kol. Their combined yearly records are higher than the records of any other three cows in the world. Tilly Alcartra dropped her first calf at two years and six months of age and milked as high as 73.3 lbs. of milk in one day. The evenness and persistence of her production at that time was evidence of a won- derful dairy animal and she was believed to be a good prospect for a future record breaker. Unfortunately she was bred too soon by mistake and did not have the opportunity of finishing her year's test. However, her semi-official test for 285 days showed a production of 14,837.2 pounds milk and 556.2 pounds butter, a very large year's record for a heifer with first calf. On calving again without rest she produced 95.8 pounds milk in a day, as a junior three-year-old. She was continued in test for the milk and butter record for the age by producing 21,421.3 pounds milk and 841.22 pounds butter. After this year's work she was allowed to go dry and get a short rest. The plan was not to force her for another until about her seventh or eighth year when she was expected to be at her best. Calving again at five years she started off at a record breaking pace, producing as much as 109 pounds of milk in a day, and at the end of 100 days she was doing so well that it was thought best to try her out for the yearly milk record. — Woodland Mail. o INDIANS AND BEEF RAISING. Considerable difference of opinion exists concern- ing the policy of Cato Sells, the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with regard to beefraising by the braves on reservation pastures now occupied by whites, according to a correspondent of the Breeders' Gazette. The recent heavy run of range cattle at Chicago carried young steers that would not have ap- peared at the market until next season but for this change in Government policy. Mr. Sells' idea is that the Indian population can be made self-supporting through beefmaking. Cattlemen occupying needed reservation grazing lands have been notified of the end of their tenure and have cleaned up. Frank Brainard, brand inspector at Chicago for the South Dakota and Wyoming associations, insists that the Government is merely putting another crimp in the beef supply by thus dispossessing white cattle- men. "The Indians have been enjoying a nice reve- nue from their grass under the present system, whereas it is doubtful if they will make even a mod- erate success at cattleraising," he said. "Reserva- tion pasture lessees in South Dakota offered an an- nual rental of $3.50 per head for grass they enjoyed at 25 cents per head a few years ago, but the Gov- ernment told them to move off. My experience is that the average Indian merely values an animal for beef and is more likely to slaughter the breeding cattle furnished him than to produce results." This is not the general opinion, however, and the experiment will be watched with interest. The In- dian Department has had gratifying success with beefraising by the northern Cheyennes in Montana, and while that tribe is not yet self-sustaining it pro- duces the beef needed for tribal consumption, and sends a respectable shipment to Chicago every sea- son as evidence of progress. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 2S, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN %8SB8%8*8j*83S ROD, GUN AND KENNEL n ■- (i CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. *e*k©*«*©*€^®+e#©.i€h^M+Hi+Hffif©if^^ A JEWFISH EPISODE. The author of these sparse lines has done the Caesar act — i. e., he has "came and saw and con- quered" the Jewfish and, by the same token his respect for the huge finned fellow is in no whit in- creased. The Jew fish is as game as a sculpin, as much of a fighter as a stingaree, and but little more use than a horned toad. But, and here lies the rub, it is something, when you are sojourning at Catalina, to come into the pretty little harbor with the flag flying from the mast of your launch, and in the bottom a 300-pound mass of flesh and bone which you have conquered with a light rod and line. Behind it all there is ever the chance that you will break a record — that you will set a new mark for enthusiasts in things piscatorial to shoot at, and that your name will go down in his- tory as one of the masters of the gentle art, sadly de- Waltonized on the high seas by many who seek only the fish they get. Catalina, the Magic Isle, dreamland of the West, has often been extolled in print, but no one can ever do justice to her boatmen — some of them, that is, for there are others that are the worst that ever guided boat over green sea. But than these few topnotchers there are none better, and on that day when we head- ed for the black bass grounds I was so fortunate as to secure one of these, an adept in whose veins seems to flow the blood of the Montezumas. None can handle a rowboat as can he; few there are who can best him in running before the storm or into the teeth of it in a power boat. Indeed he is almost as good as old George of San Pedro. Notice, I said almost, for the brown man never can equal the white man in any game that has been invented since time began. Now the Jewfish is a dweller in deep water, a lover of the rocks that lie many fathoms down in the clear, green ocean — in short, a wanderer among the dark places of the sea's depths, and for him and his kind we knew we should have to go well out from the sheltering shore of the little island. A strong, fresh inshore breeze was blowing as we left Avalon, and with the launch's nose pointed up the channel we were compelled to beat directly into the teeth of the wind. Straight ahead we ploughed, once clear of Sugar Loaf, the white foam curling away from the little boat's bows, as, with increased speed, we made for the broad streak of deep water wherein we hoped to find our lordly quarry. One mile, two miles, three miles, mayhap four, went by. Then the engine slowed down, out went the drag, and from the bait pit in the bottom of the boat came a two-pound mackerel. A whitefish would have been better, according to the boatman, but whitefish we did not have and mackerel were plenti- ful, so lacking what we wanted we took what we had. My outfit was a light yellowtail rod of fourteen ounces without the reel, and a No. 21 Cuttyhunk line. On the end was a 20-inch wire leader, and on the end of that one large hook, fastened directly to the leader by its strong eye. No snell was ever yet invented fit for use on these big fellows, and the small chains affected by some fishermen as leaders for deep-sea work are at best makeshifts which are continually kinking and occasionally sawing the line in two. The best leader for this work, to my mind, is the one long thread of piano wire — and such a one I had. Midway down it was a swivel, and it was bent into the main line with another swivel, so that I had little fear from fouling, so long as I kept my line reason- ably tight. The hook was the regular black bass hook, which any reputable tackle dealer will sell to you without naming the number or other identification. I go thus specifically into detail because there may be those of my readers who, as summer wanes, may care to go after this game themselves, and a word in time may save them trouble and loss of fish as well. The mackerel bait, being dead, was stuck on the hook carelessly; indeed, there seems to be little need for skill in baiting a hook for a Jewfish, at least none such as is necessary when fishing for yellowtail or for white sea bass. A sinker, which ran off some four or five feet from the place where the leader joined the line, and which weighed not less than six ounces, was one of the things I failed to mention when describing the outfit. This arrangement per- mitted the bait to swing clear of all interference, while the lump of lead held the line true in the water. No need for the far-reaching cast of the surf fisher- man here. Gently I tossed the lure over the stern of the launch, now rising and falling with each gentle swell that rolled in round the northern end of the Magic Isle. Slowly it sank — down, down, down, until the blue of the fish merged with the shadows of the sea's depths, and only the few feet of running line remained in sight. Below us, so the boatman said, was a rocky ledge. To this from the boat's keel was not less than 150 feet. How deep the abyss sheered off from the edge of the submarine cliff he did not know; he had never attempted to fathom it. On my reel was 1000 feet of line, or possibly half a hundred feet less, as some had been cut from the fresh spool for testing pur- poses. At every hundred feet it is my habit to wrap the line with a very fine red silk thread, tying the marker securely. This does not interfere with the running of the line, and it is of very great aid at times when a big fish of uncertain strength and run- ning power is hooked. Accordingly I let the line run beyond the first 200- foot marks, and was surprised that it did not stop there, where the ledge should have caught it, accord- ing to my boatman's measurements. On down it went, and I paid out another hundred feet. Still it did not stop, so I threw on the leather brake and held the bait, rather heavy at this depth, as nearly stationary as I could. Nothing happened. Half an hour passed. Still no message from the other end of the line. Then I reeled in and put my lure over on the other side of the boat, where I felt that the water was less deep. Another half hour was spent here with no results. Then the boatman suggested that we pull up and work out into still deeper water, there to try our luck afresh. By this time the breeze had died down and the sea was quite smooth. Out almost around the end of the island we moved, the screw slowly beating the water into a milky foam, my line trailing behind principally for the very good reason that I was too lazy to reel it in. Fact is I was a bit sore on all the Jewfishes because one of their number had not taken the bait I offered so freely, and I didn't really believe that there was another black sea bass this side of Japan anyvray. And then, along about the time when I began to long for the Budweiser hydrant over at Avalon. my pipe went out, and I was rudely waked up. This is the way it all happened: Seated carelessly across the stern of the launch, one leg half way iound the rudder post, the other trailing over the stern, I was paying as little atten- tion as possible to the line, when, slowly and delib- erately, I felt the tip of my pole go down. With it there came a steady tug. "Bunch of seaweed," says I to myself. "There goes my bait." But it wasn't. I lifted the tip of my rod ever so little, let the line run from the reel a moment, and then laid on the brake with none too gentle a hand. Instantly over that fine thread of Cuttyhunk came the peculiar throb of the hooked fish. In an instant I was on my feet and over into the pit of the launch. "I've got him!" I cried to the boatman. With the words the engine stopped, the little craft swung round, and the fight was on. Peculiar fight it was, too, for neither the boatman nor I knew what I had hooked. I thought it must be a .shark, for no one ever heard of a Jewfish seizing a moving lure. What the swarthy man at the wheel thought I cannot say — he kept his thoughts and his advice to himself, one of the attributes which makes of him a good boatman and a good companion on a fishing cruise. I gave my unknown quarry a gentle lift with the hook and he came up a bit; I gave him another dig with the barb, and he sounded. Down, down, and yet further down he went. Might as well try to stop an express train. I threw in the brake, gently; the rod tip bent to the water, and I had to give him his head. Five of the red threads ran off the spool ere he slowed up in his downward course. And he went straight to the bottom of the sea, too, no sidewise trips for him. There he stayed while I tried all the tricks I knew to dislodge him. Up and down and around I spun that rod, trying to get a grip on him that would start something doing down there in the depths. At last I settled upon steady nagging. Five minutes of this gained me a few feet of line. I was getting him up, that was a certainty, but the process was very slow. I got into a sort of habit of doing the jerking act until it grew tiresome, and I laid back on the rod for one good lift, which should start him ,if such a feat were possible. I threw all my weight into the blow, trusting the rod and the line and the leader to dis- tribute it, and — keeled over, almost into the bottom of the boat. He had beaten me at my own game and was coming up to meet me. With a rush a dark body rose almost to the surface, some thirty or forty feet from the launch, then turned away in a straight line and began to run. I gave him the line I had gained until we got in mo- tion; then we followed him, out clear around the point of the island into the open sea and the deep water where his kind love to dwell — for the brief glimpse vouchsafed me in that upward rush and dizzying turn was of a Jewfish. From that time on it was a slow fight, merely a question of endurance and skill. And, as usual ,the man in the boat held the winning hand. Gradually he gave up. Shorter and shorter gecame his rushes. He began those time-honored bass tactics of lying still and moving his great head from side to side rapidly, like a man striking sidewise with a sledge. On a man's arms this is the most wearing game that was ever invented. Twice I was tempted to cut the line and let him go; then I would get new courage from the thought that he must be a monster — 300 pounds at least — and I went at him again. Slowly I brought him alongside, a black mass of fish flesh, with none of the sheen of the yellowtail or the bonita or even the white sea bass about his dingy hide. Indeed, he looked the creature that he was, a dweller in the depths where the light of day seldom penetrated, and where great bulk rather than activity was the essential of long life. In his mouth the hook was firmly set; he was well nigh worn out when the long strain of keeping his mouth open beneath the water, and yet it was all I could do to hold him level while the boatman set the gaff into his side. Then we lifted him into the boat Three-hundred-pounder, nothing! If he weighed 150 pounds he was overweight. And here, all the time, I thought I was fighting a record fish. When we got 'to Avalon he weighed just 127 pounds, if I remember correctly — at any rate, I know he was a long way under 150 pounds. Then and there I said to myself: "How do these fishermen catch their 300-pounders on light line and with a rod?" I had fought that fish for almost two hours, and I was thoroughly tired out, but there had been no sport in it, nothing but hard work, and I have been sorry many a time that I did not let the black fellow go when I had once won the victory by bringing him alongside. I am sure I should do it were the opportunity ever to present itself again. That night we ate some of him, but he was as poor meat as I ever ate anywhere, and he was cooked by a man who knows the preparation of fish from A to Izzard, too. Don't ever be persuaded to buy black sea bass in the market, and don't lug your catch home from the pier; my word for it ,the best Jewfish ever caught is not fit food for anything but a shark or a seagull. The black sea bass is one of the most regular of fishes in its visits to the South Coast. It may be said to be fairly dependable, for on the same month of this year and last year and the year before, it has made its first appearance, and, in all probability, will do so on the same month of next year. As has been said, it is a frequenter of deep waters, of the banks off the west coast of Santa Catalina and Santa Bar- bara islands, particularly. Here it is found in great numbers at the proper season of the year, and, I am told that some few remain there the year round. These deep waters off the open seashore of the island chain are most wonderfully filled with all manner of game fishes, and among the long list no one is more often brought into Avalon than the black sea bass, of varying size. For the most part those that are taken in the channel do not range above 200 pounds — by far the greater number are less — and almost all are taken on hand lines. Outside, in the open sea, however, there are to be found the big three and four-hundred-pounders. In- deed, I have seen one or two of these fish, when the mackerel or the whitefish were running well, which could not have weighed less than six or seven hun- dred pounds. I have no knowledge, however, of any of these big fellows being taken, even on a handline, and as nets are never drawn on that side of the island the handline is about the only way these monsters could be brought in. By no means am I ready to believe that the man lives who can take a fish of 400 pounds' weight on rod and reel and bring it in. Those of 250 and 30O pounds have been so caught, or at least the claim has been made for their lucky captors, that they were taken in this manner, but, for my part, much as I have fished at Avalon, I have never seen one of more than 180 pounds even hooked, let alone fought to the death. The food of the Jewfish is, as has been said, made up of fish of from one to four or five pounds in weight, or larger. Rarely do these great hogs of the sea disturb the small swimmers. I have seen one of the great bass moving through a school of ancho- vies and the little fish barely moved out of his way. A yellowtail or a bonita, or a barracuda would have created the direst alarm in their ranks; there would have been wild flight in every direction, with the usual result of a lane of anchovy heads and tails floating on the sea to show where the predatory fish had passed. The Jewfish is said, also, to be very fond of young squids, but young squids are mighty uncertain in their appearance, and there are so many other fish that are fond of young squid that it is doubtful if many are offered by coast anglers to tempt the worth- less Jewfish from his cave in the depths. But ,all in all, the black sea bass is an interesting fellow, even though he does not offer unusual attrac- tions to the man who fishes for sport alone, espe- cially after the angler has taken one of the big crea- tures on rod and line. He gets (or at least I did) his fill of work without the modicum of sport which is the crowning reward of every real fisherman, whether he cast his lure for the speckled trout or the king of the sea fishes, the lithe-bodied tuna of the Southern California ocean. Winchester Winnings. Over at Williams, Arizona, on the rim of the Grand Canyon where all nature is beautiful, Red "W" guns and ammunition again proved their superiority. Mr. S. A. Huntley, the veteran amateur, won high average with the good score of 176 x 180. Mr. H. E. Poston was high professional, scoring 165. Both Mr. Hunt- ley and Mr. Poston also used a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. The Championship of Arizona, the annual blue rib- bon event, was won by Mr. H. P. Demund at Phoenix on November 10 with the grand score of 49 x 50. Mr. Demund selected Winchester factory loaded "Leader" shells for this great event, as they are "the kind the champions use." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 28, 1914. ALASKA A GAME PRESERVE. The government has taken complete charge of the seals for several years past and is marketing the skins, with the result that the catch is much more profitable than it ever was before. In addition to the seals there are other valuable fur bearing animals on the Pribilof islands, among which is the blue fox. The skin of the blue fox is worth about $50 and is quite as valuable as that of the fur seal. The total catch of blue foxes during the winter of 1910-11 was 391. Little attention was given the blue fox on these islands before, but it is believed the yields of this species of fox can be easily increased to more than 1,000 a year, if proper care is provided. There are a few white foxes on the islands, but they are permit- ted to be killed because the skins are worth very little and they are a source of great danger to the blue fox. Heretofore the government had been able to keep track of the number of furs shipped out of Alaska by freight or express, but there was no way to deter- mine the number shipped by mail. Now the post office department is co-operating with the department of commerce and labor, with the result that every one offering a package of furs for shipment by mail is required by the postmaster to fill out a blank — provided by the fisheries bureau — stating the number and kind of furs contained in the package, and to whom they are sent. The postmaster certifies to the accuracy of the statement and the blank thus filled out is forwarded to the bureau of fisheries at Wash- ington. In this way the bureau will get an accurate record of all furs shipped by mail, and this, together with similar records it has always been receiving of the shipment by express and freight, makes the record of furs leaving Alaska complete. The law as it stands today makes it illegal to kill any fur bearing animals in Alaska, but it authorizes the secretary of commerce and labor to establish open seasons. Placing the sea otter, beaver, mink, weasel, foxes and black bears under the control of this bureau rather nonplussed people for a time. Few people know that the sea otter is the most valuable fur bearing animal in the world. One year the total catch in Alaska was 37 skins. When the pelt of an animal is worth from ?250 to 5800 it is going to be sought for most assiduously; and the seeking for sea otters in Alaska that year by the hundreds of Indians, squawmen and others, resulted in the capture of only 37. That is significant of the fact that the sea otter is getting pretty scarce and needs protection. So one of the regulations estab- lishes a closed season on the sea otter until Novem- ber 1, 1920; and there is also established a closed period of five years for the beaver, which is also getting scarce in Alaska. Much has been said and written of the fur seals of Alaska, but little is generally known of the many game animals in the territory other than the seal. Among Alaska's game animals are some of the larg- est and finest in the world, as the giant moose and the huge brown bears. The game of the territory includes moose, caribou, deer, mountain sheep, moun- tain goat, walrus and polar, brown, grizzlies, black and glacier bears, besides a variety of water fowl, shore birds and upland game birds. In game re- sources Alaska compares favorably with the western part of the. United States in the early days, and at the present time it is one of the most important game regions in the world. Alaska is of particular importance as a game region because, of all American possessions, it is the one in which frontier conditions promise to last the longest. Notwithstanding its wealth of mineral and other resources, the territory is not likely to be thickly populated, at least, not for decades to come. Even if bison ,elk and antelope had remained abundant in the United States, still the game of Alaska would be of special interest, because it in- cludes many fine animals, quite different from these in kind and habits. The wholesome interest in nature study and outdoor life recently awakened in the United States is likely to be permanent, and future generations, whether hunters, naturalists, animal photographers, or simply lovers of nature, will set a high value upon the possession of an undespoiled territory furnishing primitive haunts for wild game. The game of Alaska has also a very real money value. Each individual animal is part of a great interest bearing capital. If all the game in Alaska were brought together in one large inclosure the animals so gathered would far outnumber those of the largest stock farm in the world. Assuming it possible to market such a herd a large sum of money would be realized. But a stock raiser does not mar- ket his entire herd unless retiring from business. He sells only the annual increase in order that the herd may maintain itself and assure an unfailing future income. Viewing the matter solely from a business standpoint, experts say, a similar conservative course should be pursued with our stock of wild game, the extermination of which for the sake of immediate returns is absolutely indefensible. The Alaska moose is the largest existing land mam- mal in America and the largest member of the deer family in the world. It is similar to the moose of eastern North America and the elk of the Old World, but larger. Its antlers reach magnificent proportions, almost rivaling those of the extinct Irish elk. The average spread from tip to tip is between five and six feet, while many pairs have been recorded having a spread of more than six feet. Various methods of hunting moose are employed in Alaska. Of these still hunting is most common. Calling with the birch bark horn, so successfully practiced in eastern Canada, is not greatly in vogue, but when properly executed is effective. Contrary to the custom in the east the imitation of the bull is used most frequently, although evidence that bulls can be attracted by the call of the cow is not lacking. In some instances dogs have been successfully em- ployed. The Indian's lazy method of lying in wait near trails or ponds known to be frequented by moose is also practiced. Caribou inhabit the treeless and semi-treeless parts of Alaska from the Arctic ocean to the Pacific side of the Alaska peninsula. Except in crossing from one mountain ridge to another, they rarely enter the lim- ber and consequently are seldom seen by travelers on the main river highways. They scatter widely in summer and in the fall collect in herds, often very large, but at times they roam widely. The great herds in the fall of the year perform a more or less regular movement in the nature of a migration, and within certain limits their course of travel and time of arrival at given points are well known. Prob- ably the best known of the large herds is the one which collects along the watershed between the Yu- kon and Tanana rivers. This herd still regularly musters from 1,000 to 3,000 or more animals, although levied upon annually by hunters from Forty Miles, Eagle. Circle and the new mining towns of the Ta- nana river. Formerly the woodland caribou inhab- ited Maine and other northern states, but in recent years it has disappeared and may never reoccupy its old territory. The caribou of Alaska, therefore, are the only ones now to be found in the territory of the United States. Only one species of mountain sheep lives in Alaska, the white or Dall sheep. It differs decidedly from the well known bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep, being practically pure white in color, somewhat smaller in size, and having more slender and rather more grace- fully curved horns. Its former range included prac- tically all the mountains of the interior of Alaska, and at present it is absent only from those mountains which lie near permanent settlements. Another game animal of Alaska is the white moun- tain goat. This animal is the most peculiar of Amer- ican game animals, and with the possible exception of the musk ox its habits are the least known. De- spite its name, it is not a goat, nor is it an antelope, though having more in common with antelopes than with the true goats. At present its nearest relatives are the curious Asiatic serows and gorals and the well known chamois, all of which belong to a group collectively termed goat antelopes. It lives almost^ entirely at high altitudes, frequenting steep cliffs, rock walled canyons and summits of an even more forbidding nature than those traversed by mountain sheep. To approach a mountain goat successfully is more a feat of mountaineering than of crafty hunting. This is partly because the goat keeps watch only over the country below him, so it is necessary to get above — and to get above a white goat is in most cases to reach the skyline. Although the greater part of Alaska is without small deer the southeastern coast region or "pan- handle" is greatly favored in this respect. Only one variety occurs, however, the so-called Sitka deer, but this one is very abundant. It is a variety of Colum- bia blacktail, but smaller. Like the blacktail, the mule deer, it is a "bounding" deer and in flight pur- sues a zigzag course, alighting on all four feet at once after each leap. Unlike the white tail, it does not raise its tail or "flag" when running. In size it is small, ordinary bucks weighing less than 100 pounds. Previous to the enactment of the Alaska game law deer were killed by hundreds and even thousands merely for their hides, which netted the hunter a few cents apiece. Alaska is without a rival in respect to number and variety of bears. No fewer than 13 kinds live in the territory. These, however, belong to only four gen- eral types, the brown bears, the grizzlies, the black bears and the polar bears. The brown bears are the mo§t numerous and most important. They are of huge size, being much larger than the grizzlies and all other bears except the polar bear and their relatives of Kamchatka. Therefore the statement, often made, that they are the largest carnivorous animals in the world needs little qualifi- cation. It has also been said that the brown bears are less ferocious than the grizzlies, but the evidence is con- flicting. Certainly they are more powerful and at close quarters very dangerous. They come out of their winter sleep early in the spring, usually in April. When the salmon begin to run they feed large- ly on them, and on this account have been called fish bears, or fish eating bears, although other bears have the same habit. They eat a great variety of other food, however, including kelp and shellfish se- cured about the mouths of streams and along tide flats, and also berries, roots, ground squirrels and mice obtained on higher ground. The brown bears of Alaska will doubtless become very rare or extinct at no very distant date. Such formidable, carnivorous animals, even though not inclined to attack human beings, are commonly re- garded as a menace to the safety of travelers, and therefore undeserving of protection. Already they have become scarce on Kodiak island, where for- merly they were very abundant, and on the Alaskan peninsula, though still fairly numerous, they are being killed at a rate probably greatly in excess of their increase. In the heavy forests of southeast Alaska and in the region of Mount St. Elias they may hold their own longer. Black bears are fairly common throughout all Alaska. They are among the shyest of animals and many slip away without allowing themselves to be seen. Thus in many districts where fairly common they are supposed to be scarce. Belonging with the black bear group is the rare and interesting glacier bear, inhabiting the southern slopes of the St. Elias range and nearby mountains, at least from Cross sound to the vicinity of Cape St. Elias. This bear is supposed to live near the numerous glaciers of this region, but its habits are practically unknown and, so far as reported, it has never been killed by a white man. Scarcely a dozen specimens, mostly imperfect, are contained in the museums of the world. The glacier bear is similar in size and general character to the black bear, differing mainly in color, which is silvery gray slightly mixed with black, the nose being brown and the feet blackish. In certain con- ditions of pelage the color has a somewhat slaty or bluish gray effect, hence the name "blue bear," which is sometimes applied to the animal. The well known polar bear, which is no less com- mon near the northern coast of Alaska than else- where in similar latitudes, completes the list of Alaska's bears. Owing to the remoteness of its hab- itat it is seldom seen except by whaling or exploring parties. Although the walrus is not always considered a game animal, a paragraph may be devoted to it, since its imposing tusks are often sought by trophy hun- ters and since it has been protected by the Alaska game law. The Pacific walrus, except for its larger size, is in all general features and habits practically identical with the Atlantic animal. It is now rare south of Bering strait, although formerly large num- bers came south each season with the pack ice. In comparatively recent times, also, several good-sized colonies of walrus lived throughout the year about the shores of Bering sea, especially in Bristol bay, but only the merest remnant of these is left. Alaska's game birds are mostly breeding water fowl, the same well known migratory species which spend all or part of the winter in the United States. Therefore, while the territory is highly important as a refuge for large game, it is scarcely less so as a shelter for our surviving water birds. Ducks, geese and wading birds, so recently abundant on our coasts and inland waters, are everywhere diminishing in numbers, and more than one species is threatened with extinction in the near future. Under such cir- cumstances the innumerable ponds of the interior of Alaska and the lonely tundras of its northern coasts, in which many of these birds rear their young, be- come of the utmost importance. The birds arrive in the north early in the spring, in April or May, and, after breeding, leave for the south in August and September. Among them are great numbers of ducks, geese, swans, and vast hordes of small shore birds, as plovers, snipes, curlews and sandpipers. A large proportion of these stop in the United States in the fall or spend the winter there. TRAPSHOOTING AT NOME. Wonder how many people fully realize the vast extent of the growth and spread of trapshooting. We have just been advised through their enthusiastic and hard-working president. Dr. W. D'Arcy Chace, that the Nome Gun Club, of Nome, Alaska, which is close to the Arctic circle and the farthest north trap- shooting club under the flag, has completed the most active season in its history and wound up by wiring to "The States" for an automatic trap. During past seasons the club has competed for Du Pont gun club trophies, which have helped materially in keeping up the interest, and next season they want to hold a registered tournament and say they have some men up there who are anxious to win a Du Pont long run trophy. The newspaper account of their final shoot for the season reads: "A large and enthusiastic group of gun lovers turned out on Sunday to witness the shoot of the Nome Gun Club at their Steadman Ave. grounds. The weather conditions were favorable and a most en- joyable time was had. Walter Johnson won the coat, donated by Geo. F. Lomen & Co., also the cartridges given by Barling & Dean. Grant Jackson walked away with the fine razor from the Board of Trade Barber Shop. Dr. Chace became the possessor of a knife given by Carleton & Melin. McLeod, of the Fairhaven Water Co. now wears the handsome cra- vat donated by a local firm. Ira Rank won the gloves offered by Doc. Kemp. Frank Fletcher will treat from the decanter of The Nevada's Monogram. Ed. Burroughs will follow suit from that given by The Eagle. Otto Van Sickle now owns an electric curling iron donated by the Seward Pen. Power Co. Russ Downing won the bottle of Johnnie Walker offered by himself and also got the big doughnut given by John J. Meyers. Dr. Chace made the best score of the day and won the Du Pont trophy for 1914. Lomen Bros, were in evidence and took a number of good views of the crowd and the shooters which will be highly prized by all who were present." It is worthy of note that'inail addressed October 16 reached us November 12, which will give an idea of the length of time it takes to make the journey to the farthest north gun club under the flag. Thought some of your readers would be interested in this account, and if so, will you kindly publish. T. E. DOREMUS. Manager Sporting Powder Division, Wilmington, Del., November 18. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 PANAMA EXPOSITION SHOOT. SHOOTING IN TIME. HUNTING NOTES. The project to hold a big shoot in this city next year at the Exposition Fair grounds does not receive any substantial encouragement from the Fair of- ficials. Last week the Exposition City Gun Club endeav- ored to hold a big meeting of trap shooting support- ers, for the purpose of starting the ball rolling for a big tournament here next year. The attendance was slim — mostly trade representatives. The club consequently has dropped the matter. The tip is out that the Pastimes at San Diego will be sponsor club for the Pacific Coast Handicap for 1915, to come off during the coming San Diego Fair. Well and good, so far as that goes. If the Golden Gaters get busy there is no reason why the California-Nevada State tournament can not be held in this city next year. For one thing the Fair will attract visitors from everywhere and fares from the East and from all over the Coast will be reduced. Such being the case there is no reason why the largest trap shoot ever held west of Chicago should not take place here. INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of The In- terstate Association For the Encouragement of Trap Shooting will be held on the third day of December, 1914, at 10 o'clock in the morning, at the office of the Association with The Corporation Trust Com- pany, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors, re- ceiving and acting upon reports of the officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. In accordance with a resolution adopted at their annual meeting of 1912, the Directors of The Inter- state Association would be pleased to have the presi- dent, or some other duly accredited representative, of the several State Associations and prominent gun club organizations, attend their annual meeting in 1914 and give them the benefit of their views on trap shooting. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. A committee composed of delegates from the dif- ferent Chicago gun clubs is arranging a plan of cam- paign for holding the sixteenth Grand American Han- dicay in the Windy City under the auspices of the allied gun clubs of that city. Grant Park is the site selected for the big shoot — a committee will proceed to Washington for the purpose of securing consent of the War Department to "permit shooting over the lake." When the preliminaries are settled "the allied gun clubs of Chicago will extend an invitation to the Interstate Association to hold its next G. A. H. in Grant Park, Chicago— the most attractive and most accessible site for such an event anywhere in the country." Well, possibly so, but what are the Dayton powder burners doing? o Los Angeles Gun Club. — November 8 was a beau- tiful day at the Venice trap ground, and yet a rather small crowd was out at the park, due to the close of the summer season and the large number who were out a week before. Quite a few of the regular at- tendants were reported to be out after ducks and quail. The scores made by the fifteen who faced the traps were as follows: McFarland 87 ex 100, Wood 85, Wood 84, Wood 82, Cotton 82, Frank Nichols 70; Hallet 44 ex 75; Dr. Packard, 50 ex 50, Teeple 43, Pulley 42, Fred Nichols 41, Millard 41, James 39, North 33, Towne 15. FISH LINES. Three projects for the betterment of angling condi- tions are rapidly going ahead. Work has been started on the new fish ladder at the Derby dam in the Truckee river. The contemplated dam across the new channel of Paper Mill creek, near Point Reyes, is also progressing favorably. The lumber for the structure has been secured. The Excelsior Com- pany's fish ladder in the South Yuba river is being repaired and will be in first-class shape again. All of which items will be noted with satisfaction by many local rod and reel devotees. Young fish were placed in California streams from hatcheries during the last ten months in the ratio of 16 to every person in California, according to the report of Superintendent of Hatcheries W. H. Sheb- ley just filed with the State Fish and Game Com- mission The number is 37,324,000. There were classed as follows: Trout, 11,987,000; salmon, 25,- 337,000. The largest fish reported have been caught in the Wingo district. Al Lindsay's take was topped by a 43-pounder, besides which he had several other good- sized ones. A. Kramer landed six bass, running from 6 to 10 pounds in weight. Z. Zacchi and partner caught four bass, the heaviest scaling 19 pounds. These fish were caught in Napa No. 2 at a well known fishing spot known as Appleby bay. Other good catches of large bass have been made since. The Petaluma creek contingent were also lucky Sunday Adam Hackmeir was high hook, with a 45- pound bass. Other fishermen also had good luck near the twin houses, red barn and other fishing places. Some time ago I discussed the age at which we see shooters at their best, or, at all events, still in form, and now I propose to say a few words about the all- important factor of "time." Now, time in ordinary phraseology is a relative term, and is used to denote the degree of quickness shown by any shooter in getting on his mark; it is also often used as a syno- nym for another important factor in correct game shooting, namely, allowance. I have tried to show that a man's sight was of all other things the most important detail in regard to shooting, as given good sight, viz., normal or natural sight, a shooter might shoot away quite efficiently long after he had reached old age so far as the mere matter of years are con- cerned. On the other hand, if a man remained robust and strong, sound in wind and limb, and in short hale and hearty at seventy, although he might hunt, course, fish, ride, or golf, he could never hope to shoot if his sight had gone off. Spectacles might im- prove matters for him for a time, but improving is one thing and curing is another. And so we see, as pointed out, that it is as a rule the element of sight that ultimately puts a man off his shooting with ap- proaching age and not mere bodily infirmity. Time is associated with the above, and naturally to a very great extent, for if a man's sight is right his time is more likely to be right, too, than if his eye- sight had undergone, or was undergoing, any of these changes connected with advancing years. But time also plays a very important part with every shooter from the youth of fifteen upwards; indeed, I may say it is time (or, if you prefer the term, "allow- ance") that determines the point of whether a shoot- er is a good shot or an indifferent one. Let us for a moment or two then look into this matter of time and allowance. There are practically two great classes of game shooters; to wit, those who "lead" their birds and fire in front of them, thus arranging for the shot charge and the bird to reach the same spot in the air at the same moment, and those who do not lead their birds but fire point-blank at them, keeping their gun well on the swing when they pull trigger. In the latter case it is the centrifugal force that makes the shot, successful; in the former case it is the allowance, or, as shooters will persist in calling it, "time." Much diversity of opinion exists as to which style is the best. Personally, I always liked to see a man aim fairly full at his birds and keep his gun swinging while pressing the trigger; but some admitted experts have recently written con- demning this style, and so I suppose out of respect for my betters I must modify my own views, though I do so with reluctance. As a factor in correct shooting, "time" (whether by swinging one's gun or firing so many inches or feet in front of one's mark) is by far the most important detail in the whole economy of the sport, and there is nothing easier of proof than this. If a clay bird be thrown across a shooter before a whitewashed iron wall, it will be seen that the bird, if missed, is missed by the shot being behind it. The aim was clean and direct, and straight to the very spot, and if the bird had only stopped or paused in its flight the charge of shot would have reached it. But it went on instead of stopping, and so the shot charge not being timed properly, only reached the spot where the bird had been, and not where it actually was. Similarly, if a bird be fired at flying over the water and missed, it is usually or almost invariably missed by the shot striking the water behind it; the shooter had not fired sufficiently in front of it, or had not kept his gun sufficiently on the swing while pressing the trigger. In all other respects the aim was right enough. Now, when we come to consider the vast number of cases that come under our notice, and when we see that the misses are almost without ex- ception due to or associated with the matter of "time," it is at once apparent that "time" probably is the most important element in any shooter's make- up. If asked my own opinion, I would immediately say that it is so. Furthermore, I know of no defect or shortcoming so difficult to set right. I know men of today who can and do shoot plumb center every time so far as alignment is concerned, but who, in- stead of being crack shots, are extremely bad ones, simply because they cannot get in front of their birds. Such men at a rabbit shoot would be hopeless- ly out of it, and, barring an occasional fluke, could not count on hitting one rabbit in every dozen shots. Or a partridge going at full speed and quite straight would be beyond their ability if a crossing shot; the most twisting and tortuous snipe would present an easier mark for them. Yes; "time" is everything in good game shooting; it is the stumbling block in the way of nine shooters out of ten; and, in fact, I am going to commit myself now to the opinion that, "time" being right, even' shooter almost in the world would be a crack shot.— D. H. in Shooting Times. The San Pablo shores, from Pinole down to San Pablo, during the pleasant and sunshiny days, were well patronized by the clam-tossers and numerous good catches made. The rain and north wind of last week, however, created muddy water conditions that retarded the sport along the Contra Costa shore last Sunday. Many bass have been cauht at South Vallejo, Val- lejo Junction, Crockett and a short distance above Port Costa. Joe Dober's 12-pounder, Mo Uri's 15- pounder and Terry Evans' 17-pound bass is a partial showing of what is again expected by tomorrow's striped bass pilgrims. Canvasback ducks have put in an appearance about the upper bays in immense flocks and more are com- ing in every day, in fact not in many years have these ducks been so phenomenally plentiful. During the week the bay blinds off the south side of the Ala- meda mole have been manned by coast artillerymen, and many "cans" have been gathered. Such good shooting in that part of the bay is rather unusual so early in the season, but then you never can tell what that variety of the webfoot species will do. With the canvasbacks are a very plentiful showing of blue- bills, both ducks being deep-water birds. Near the mouth of Galenas creek, below the brick yard, over in Marin county, three guns accounted for fifty-five "cans" Monday. Fred Tobelman shot from a shore blind over there on Thursday and bagged nine of the big ducks. Further north, between No- vate creek and Black Point, Dr. W. O. Ogle, Dr. Ma- guire and Judge Deasy, occupied bay shore blinds a week ago, when there was a good flight of "cans" and bluebills. Along the Petaluma creek marshes other gunners also enjoyed fine sport, a pleasing change from the poor shooting of the previous fort- night. Andy Lawrence's Sunday bag counted twenty- three "cans." Referring again to canvasbacks, these ducks, al- though found in the interior fresh and salt marshes, are most numerous about the bay stretches of water. The shooting places vary according to the wind. A southwest wind will cause the ducks to take shelter in the lee of the east bay shores, and a northwest blow will send them scurrying to the western lee shores — the Sonoma flats, Napa and Petaluma creeks and their tributaries. Ducks always work up against and quartering into the wind. Suisun marsh duck hunters have had a busy time with the quackers for the past week. Sprig are the most numerous, mallards and widgeon are fairly plentiful, with a sprinkling of teal, canvasbacks and blackjacks. Out of 100 ducks shot at Green Lodge by W. W. Richards, Dave Hearfield, George Emmons and Henry Bashford of Vacaville, ninety-five of the birds were sprig, fat as butter; in fact all of the Suisun sprig are in the very best condition. Richards, Harlow Bancroft and a guest each shot limit strings at Green Lodge Wednesday last week. On Sunday the combined bag for five guns was 125 birds of which 116 were sprig. A big overflow pond at the resort is an ideal loafing place for the birds. Wed- nesday morning when the gunners went out to the blinds over 3000 birds rose from the overflow, where they had put up for the night. The Sunday Suisun visitors all enjoyed good sport. At the Sunrise ponds Frank Maskey's bag was principally canvasback ducks. J. W. Bourdette and O. M. Goldaracena also were located at good blinds. Ellis Johnson and Frank Maskey enjoyed fine sport last Sunday. Two members of the Lincoln Gun Club, Emil Klev- esahl and Pete Ashcroft, are reported to have shot canvasback limits near Reclamation Wednesday. Farther up in Sonoma county, in the Wingo dis- trict, William Ealand's trip resulted iv a mixed bag of "cans," bluebills, teal and "spatties" — which all tends to show that the Petaluma and Sonoma marsh- es are on the pick-up for duck shooting. Above the Petaluma bridge Sunday not a half- dozen shots were heard. The weather was too fine for that section. Dr. W. O. Ogle and Dr. Murphy were out in the "blind bay" region and thereabouts Wednesday and bagged acceptable strings of canvas- back ducks. Probably the most regular shooting since the sea- son opened has been found down at Los Banos, where there is plenty of feed and fresh water. Field and Tule Club members, Ned Bosqui, J. B. Coleman, Joe Harlan, Nat Boas, Jack Wirtner, A. H. Landsberger and others have usually enjoyed a two-day week-end limit shoot; mallard, widgeon, teal and spooneys were also plentiful. During the past week canvasbacks have been fairly numerous. The adjoining Los Banos Club preserve has also been prolific in duck limits. In the Tulare lake region there are not many north- ern birds reported. From one end of the Alameda marsh to the other for the past week results have not been very satis- factory. o Rem-U M C Notes. "Chris Raithel of Deming, N. M., won the Arizona State Tournament with Arrow shells totaling 490 x 520, one more than B. F. Wilson of Gallup, N. M., who used Nitro Club shells throughout the shoot. Sportsmen were present from all sections of the Southwest. The Chapman (Kansas) Gun Club held the final of their shoot the 10th inst., Herman Wetzig of Junction City, Kan., using a Remington Pump and Nitro shells, capturing first amateur honors after the keenest kind of competition. J. W. Thompson of Loup City, Neb., scored high amateur gun with Nitro shells at the shoot of the Greeley (Neb.) Gun Club, breaking 138 out of 150 birds. W. Poplar and H. 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The adult insects pass the winter in a more or less dormant condition, un- der hunches of wild grass, dead leaves, brush, weeds, etc., in the latitude of southern Virginia, but may remain ac- tive most of the winter in the extreme southern portion of the affected ter- ritory. The eggs are deposited in the stems of the plants behind leaf sheaths and sometimes at the surface of the soil, during the first warm days of spring, in southern Virginia, but as early as February in Arizona and southern California. The life cycle from egg to adult oc- cupies, roughly speaking, from 50 to 60 days. Thus in the latitude of south- ern Virginia there are probably two annual broods, but in southern Arizona and California as many as four broods may occur. The territory mainly affected by the insect may be roughly indicated as all that portion of the country south of latitude 35 degrees, although the insect occurs throughout almost the entire country excepting the Rocky Mountains and Cascade Range plateaus. It feeds upon many plants, chiefly those of the bean fam- ily, but is mainly injurious to alfalfa, clover, and cowpea. The chief means of controlling the three-cornered alfalfa hopper is by de- stroying its hibernating places. Thus, all bunches of rye and other wild grasses, weeds, brush, rubbish, etc., in or about affected fields, in fence cor- ners, along ditch banks, should be burned or otherwise destroyed during the fall or winter months, after the in- sects have ceased feeding and have become dormant. Pasturing affected fields, where practicable, has been found beneficial. Harvesting affected alfalfa immediately after egg laying has occurred will also probably prove somewhat effective. The local outbreak in Virginia is probably due to the peculiar meteor- ological conditions prevailing during the past year. A mild, short winter was followed by an unusually hot, dry summer, both of which conditions favored the extreme multiplication of the species. It has long been known that the packers in eastern stockyards have utilized everything in connection with the hog but the squeal. They have been doing nearly as well with cattle except when it came to the cows' ears. The war has shut off importation of camels' hair brushes and a Chicago stockyards genius called attention to the fact that the finest hair in the world was on the inside of the cow's ear and these hairs are now being utilized and are said to make the finest watercolor brushes in the world. — Northwestern Stockman and Farmer. Every acre that is turned this fall and winter will increase your possi- bilities for a large yield and profitable returns next year. Those who wait till spring to break their land will be cir- cumscribed in their farm operations next year. You can not afford to neg- lect fall and winter breaking. Broad-tire wagons would save much expense in keeping the country roads. In fact, all kinds of vehicles should be equipped with broad tires and then the roads should be dragged after every rain and kept in repair. This is the way to reduce the expense of hauling farm products. LADIES ONLY! If you want HIM to love you, make him a present of thf new book Care and Training of Trotters Postpaid 1 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS, Costs only a dollar, postpaid. Order today before you forget, even if you do not wish book delivered till later. Synopsis. Chapter I. — Tlie suckling colt — first milk- — treatment for diarrhea — in pasture — ■ feeding paddock — maimeriog the colt. Chapter II. — The weanling colt — feeding — halter breaking — leading beside ponj — booting — bitting — ground breaking- hitching to cart — shoeing. Chapter III. — Making speed — pulling— how Alrdale, 3. 2:15%. was trained- Peter Volo. 1. 2:19— Hester C, 1, 2:21V-— Wilbur Lou, 1, 2:19V»— Miss Stokes— Adbell, 2:23— Horlaine, 2:31Mi — Hinda Rose. 2:3GV. — Edna the Great, 2:29}£ — Palo Alto system. Chapter IV. — Shoeing colts — first trip to blacksmith — dressing hind feet — bard frog unnatural — changes in gait — nat- ural dressed foot. Chapter V. — Preparing for two-year-old futurities — how Murphy trained Peter Volo. 2, 2:04V-, and Native Belle. 2, 2:07% — Arion, 2, 2:10% — Justice Brooke. 2. 2:00V*. and his diary— Ax- tell. 2. 2:23. Chapter VI. — Tb re e-y ear-olds — working between races — comparison of shoeing of 63 famous eolts — training of Colo- rado E., 2:04%— General Watts, 2:0C% —Fantasy, 2:uS%— Sunol, 2:0SJ4— Ax- tell, 2:12. Appendix— How to feed and water a colt — chronic indigestion. Some of the Authorities Quoted, Thomas W, Murphy Henry M. Jones Walter R. Cos. Gus Macey Ed. F. Geers Reamy Macey Alonzo McDonald Ned McCarr Dr. A. S. Alexander Dr. J. C. McCoy Frank E. Allev Joseph McGraw Dr. W. A. Barber Roy Miller James Benyon Mike Bowerman Henry Burgoyue J. B. Chandler Zach Chandler Harold M. Childs Budd Doble John L. Dodge W. W. Evans Sam J, Fleming W. O. Foote Jas. Hazelton Hunter C. Moody Millard Sanders- A. B. Scott Dr. Jack Setter Joseuli L. Serrill a H. Sholes W. H. Smollinger A. L. Thomas Ben White Amos Wbiteley Henry Williams J£d. Willis Illustrations. Peter Volo. 2:03V- Native Belle, 2:06Vi Colorado E., 2:04% Airdale.l, 2:15% Testimonials, The Trotting World of London, Eng- land, says: "It is just the book we have been waiting for." The New York Sun says: "The direc- tions seem to be sensible and practical. The Australian Trotting Record, Mel- bourne, Australia, says: "It Is simply invaluable to any trotting man and its 112 pages cover every detail of the proper handling of a trotter and pacer." The Pacific Hcrse Review, Portland, Ore., says: "Shoeing, feeding and other problems of common experience are dealt with helpfully. Ready refer- ence to current turf history illustrates points of moment, and the book is of value to the studious trainer." Joseph M. McGraw, Washington, Pa., says: "Your bunk is the most instructive of its kind I have ever seen." T. C. McBride, Sewickley, Pa., writes: "I see you have the secret of bookmak- ing. The paper and binding make it a joy forever, as well as a thing uf beauty." First Book in 20 Yer.rs. "Care and Training of Trotters" is the first book on its subject in twenty years. Previous works be- long to the high wheel sulky era. Every detail of the proper hand- ling of a trotter or pacer is cov- ered, from the day of foaling till after its first year's racing. This book was in preparation for over a year by an editorial staff of four working on material furnished by practically all of the leading living authorities, including owners, driv- ers, stock farm superintendents, veterinarians and farriers. All pre- vious books on the subject con- tained the ideas of only one man. The book tells how all the great trotters were trained, and will be of equal interest to professional and amateur horsemen. No advertising in book. 112 pages, illustrated, doth bound. Mailed Postpaid on Receipt of SI. 00 BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco Saturday, November 28, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 HORSE OWNERS! USE GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM. A safe, speedy and positive care. The g if. -st, Be sl BLISTER ever used. Removes all bunches from Horses. Impossible to I produce ecar or blemish. Send for descriptive circulars. 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Improvements old, but usable. Range Is above the average, as Is evident from the large number of sheep carried in proportion to the acre- age. Terms: J13 per acre; $34,970. Address, BREEDER &. SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal. JERSEY CATTLE CLUB APPROPRI- ATES $15,000. The American Jersey Cattle Club has appropriated $10,000 to be used in maintaining a view herd of Jersey cattle in the Department of Live Stock at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This appropriation is made in addition to $5,000 already set aside by this club for supplemental premiums. The American Jersey Cat- tle Club is taking advantage of the fact that interest in the dairy business and in pure-bred dairy stock is rapidly on the increase on the Pacific Slope and the Orient and the maintenance of this view herd will prove an educational and advertising factor, second to none in the advancement of this breed. SAVE THE FODDER. All kinds of fodder should be care- fully saved, that as much live stock may be wintered as the farm will carry; because this is the key-note to better farming. The corn fodder, straw, rowen and waste from the garden and orchard should all be made the best possible use of, because it all helps to feed the animals. Let nothing go to waste about th>- farm The time has come when intelligent management of a farm is of greater importance than diligent work in the fields without management. Some one must work in the fields, but without intelligent supervision the farm can hardly be expected to pay. Hands may be employed and paid, but farm man- agers are very scarce. -There has been a lot of discussion about disinfecting the udder and flanks before milking, but experiments have shown that even this falls short of rendering the cow's product sani- tary when she is allowed to lie in filth. Keep the stables clean with a good quantity of bright bedding and the cow will get but little filth on herself. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of pro- fessional services to all cases of veterin- ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated successfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable price* IRA BARKER DALZIEL 530 Fulton St. San Francisco Blake, Moffit & Towne Outers In PAPER 37- 1st St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. Blake, Moffit and Towne, Los An^elr* HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and placet Its grad- uates in positions. 1215 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY Hieh-Class Art In HALF-TONES AND LINE ENGRAVINO Artistic Designing 121 Second Street. SAN FRANCISCO WM. F. EGAN, V.M.R.C.S Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webeter ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. [The SELL 1 5 ma ?nn.. 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DAVID WEST 1265-1267 Golden Gate Ave., near Fillmore St. Phone Park 1253 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL J WHITTIER-COBURN COS ! 1 "Best on Earth" 1 Axle Oil: & ;■»:-:-' The finest Coach Oil on the mar- ket. Used on Electric Vehicles, jj Carriages, Buggies and Vehicles of all kinds. Better than Castor "1 Oil, because it does not gum. WHITTIER-COBURN CO. Manufacturers SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. | Telephone Pacific 1655 Riding and Driving School 701 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco THE HOME OF INDOOR POLO A Selection of POLO PONIES A Choice of Well Bred, Well Mannered KENTUCKY AND CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES FOR SALE Lessons in Riding and Driving — Evening Classes J. J. G E T H I N Past and Montgomery ARE YOU LEAVING TOWN A little over one cent a day will assure you absolute protection for your jewelry and valuable documents. Trunks Stored for $1 a month The First National Safe Deposit Vaults Basement The First National Bank Building IF YOU DON'T Take "THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN" YOU SHOULD! 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 28, 1914. r CMS. L. De RYDER'S FALL SALE, 1914 Pleasanton Driving Park, Saturday, December I2th Offerings of Standard Bred Stallions, Geldings and Mares Entries Will Close November 30, 1914 Consignments Already Received : L. B Lady Rea 2:26|/i, by Iran Alto 2:12J4. Broodmare. Ivaneer by Eugeneer and dam of North Star 2:11^21 and in foal to Quintell 2:12|4- Lucy May (3) 2:22|4 (winner Ky. Futurity) by Oakland Baron 2:09/2- Bred to Vernon McKinney 2:01 J/2. Chestnut Mare by Nutwood Wilkes. Nice driving mare. Brown Yearling by The Bondsman. Just broken to drive. Roan Yearling by The Bondsman — May Belle by Neernut 2:12^. Bay Gelding 2 T by Quintell 2:1214, dam by McKinney. Babe W., br. mare by Guy Wilkes, dam by Nutwood. Black Yearling Trotter by El Zombro, dam by Hedgewood Boy 2:01. And others. ESTATE OF COL. J. C. KIRKPATRICK consigns 14 head, including— CHARLEY D. 2:06^4, by McKinney, dam Flewy Flewy. Lucretia 2:13|4, by Nazote — dam Lucyneer by Electioneer. Flewy Flewy, by Memo. Poinsetta 2:25, by Star Pointer — dam Flewy Flewy. Black Mac 2:24, by Charley D. 2:06J4. Mountain Dee 2:24, by Charley D. 2,:06J4 — dam Mtn. Maid by Vasto. Jno. Gwynne 2:11j/2, by McMyrtle — dam by Secretary. Charles II 2:25, by Charley D. 2:06i4 — dam Melba by Nutwood Wilkes. And others by Charley D., as well as carts, sulkies, harness, a very fine trap and other vehicles. C. L. DeRYDER, AGENT, will consign fifteen head of standard bred geld- ings, mares and broodmares in foal to Vernon McKinney 2:01J/^r Zomblack 2:26, and Quintell 2:1214. Sale on December 12th (rain or shine). The terms are as follows: $2.50 to accompany entry (no entry accepted, without the fee), which amount will be deducted from the commission which is 10% of sale price. The entry •■■■ Nov. 30th, at which time the Catalogue will be compiled. . TAYLOR consigns 7 head, including the great McKinney stallion, Tom Smith 2:1314, by McKinney— dam Daisy S. Vallejo Girl 2:1014, ful1 sister to Tom Smith. Yolanda 2:14l/4, by McKinney— dam La Muscovite. California Lou (2) 2:2714, by Kinney Lou-dam Came B. 2.18 Yoncalla (3), trial 2:19/4, by Bon Voyage-dam Birdie by Jay B.rd. Athlone (2), by Tom Smith— dam Weltha by Birdman out of Wanda. Hannah (2), by Tom Smith— dam Danton Moultrie. H. H. DUNLAP consigns Brown Filly by Bon Guy (3) 2:11%, dam by Tidal Wave 2:06%. WM. DeRYDER consigns Ateka 2:26!/2, by Athasham 2:0914, dam by Botsford, son of Yosemite. D. L. BACHANT consigns the well known horse and sire, ATHASHAM 2:09 and the five-year-old gelding CALIFORNIA B. (3) 2:1414, that trotted the Pleasanton track this spring in 2:10. G. B. SIMPSON consigns four-year-old bay mare by The Fleet 2:22 — Bonita by Welcome 2:10J/2- C. L. DeRYDER, Agent, consigns: — Silkworthy by Morgan Axworthy 2:17. Future Tramp by Trampfast (2) 2:1214. Spriggan by Baron McKinney 2:1014, dam Helen Simmons 2:1114- Brown Gelding, tr. 2:26, by Geo. W. McKinney. Black Gelding (4), breeding unknown, but nice young animal. fee will be forfeited if the animal is not sent in for sale. Entries close Monday, Lose No Time.Send for Entry Blanks. Wm. Higginbottom, Auctioneer C. L. DeRYDER, Pleasanton, Cal. J jpfc PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION Race Meetings, San Francisco, California. 1915 Given under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association $80,000 Early Closing Stakes. Only 3 per cent to Start (STAKES GUARANTEED BY THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION) ENTRIES CLOSE JANUARY 2, 1915 SUMMER MEETING. JUNE 5th TO 19th. 1915. INCLUSIVE FALL MEETING, OCT. 30 TO NOV. 13. 1915. No. 17-2:10 CLASS TROTTING - - $20,000 No. 2— 2:10 CLASS TROTTING - - - $20,000 No. 22—2:06 CLASS PACING - - - $20,000 | ii | No. 39-2:06 CLASS PACING - - - $20,000 ENTRIES MADE JAN. 2, 1915, $600 TO START ENTRIES MADE JUNE 1, 1915, $1000 TO START Horses to be named with entry. Entrance fee to accompany nomination. Horses must be eligible on Jan. 1, 1915, to stakes in which they are entered*. , . Stakes divided $5000 to the first heat, $5000 to the second heat, $5000 to the third heat and $5000 according to rank in summary. Moneys divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Above races mile heats, 3 in 5. No race longer than five beats, and moneys in races not decided before tbe fifth heat will be aiviaea according to rank in the summary at the termination of the fifth heat. A horse with a record shall be allowed one second for each year, if raced, in which it fails to equal or reduce its record or win a race, if same is claimed by the nominator when making the entry. Time allowances according to National Trotting Association rules. Other guaranteed Stakes from $2,000 to $5,000 for all classes, Trotters and Pacers Races to close March 1, 1915. Three heats, money divided 25 per cent to 1he first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to rank in the summary. Money in each division divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the Ihird heat, such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In the summary at the termination of this heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced In the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. $227,000 for 24 DAYS' RACING SEND FOR COMPLETE PROGRAMS FOR BOTH MEETINGS $fe@*$&' Members of National Trotting Association and American Trotting Association. National Trotting "f ( 1Q1 ^ )§ Association rules to govern. ^\A *JM For entry blanks and further particulars, address F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, /$it2£&(- 610 Exposition Building, San Francisco, Cal. -vfrSlTv^ SACRAMENTO VALLEY STOCK FARM. Breeds only the best. Trotters and thoroughbreds always for sale. Wean- lings, yearlings, colts, fillies, broodmares and stallions. Trotting bred sires In use: Dlllcara (full brother *.o Walter Dillon and Harold Dillon), son of Sidney Dillon, dam Guycara 2:18% (dam of Harold Dil- lon and Walter Dillon), by Guy Wilkes; second dam Biscara (dam of 11) by Di- rector; third dam Bicara (dam of 6) by Harold; fourth dam Belle (dam of Bel- mont and McCurdy's Hambletonlan) bv Mambrino Chief. Also Flosnut, son of Nutwood Wilkes and Florine by Cornelius (son of Nutwood) ; also outside sires patronized. Thoroughbred sire In use: Marse Abe( son of Yankee by Hanover and Halo by Imp. St. Blaise. 1256 FLOOD BLDG.. S. F. FOR SALE. Two fine young Shetland ponies, age 2 and 3 years. One thoroughly broken for child to ride. Also fine Irish Setter dog, one year old. Address. 1825 FRUITVALE AVE., Oakland. FOR SALE. $10,000 Oakland property, clear. Will exchange part or whole for horses, mules, or cattle. H. OLSEN, Owner, 1450— 46th Ave., Melrose, Oakland, Cal. FOR SALE — l share stock American Trotting Register Assn., par value $100. Pays 6 per cent, dividends and entitles holder to register his horses at half price. Will sell share for $90. Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN, Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. MT. DIABLO CEMENT dryer floors, oto. oto. SANTA CRUZ LIME koot for foundation*, dairy floor*, fruit dryor floors, oto. oto. olaotorlnc. MT. DIABLO LIME •i for spraying and whitewashing. WRIT! FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES ON ALL BUILDING MATERIAL HENRY COWEIX LIME fc CEMENT COMPANY • MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. Saturday, November 28, 1914/ THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 The Race of Champions Record-Breaking' Feats Unparalleled in Trap-Shooting' History When Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., breezed through the fifteenth Grand American Handicap, at Dayton, O., September 8-12, 1914, he shat- tered all trap-shooting records. The three big events, including the Grand American itself, were all won by Mr. Henderson, with PETERS SHELLS In the National 1914 Amateur Championship at Single Targets, Mr. Henderson was pitted against the Champions of no less than 35 states, and by breaking 99 out of 100 singles at 16 yards, he established himself as the Champion of Champions. At Double Targets he also captured the Amateur Championship with 90 out of 100. His Grand American Handicap score was 98 out of 100 from 22 yards — A NEW WORLD'S RECORD. Mr. Henderson's world record-breaking victories were all made with PETERS "steel where steel belongs" SHELLS, long accorded deserved recogni- tion as always reliable at the traps or in the field. - I Use the shells that " winners " choose—the (g; brand. They insure satisfaction and results THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.. Pacific Coast Branch: 583-85 Howard St., San Francisco, Cal. : Hercules £. C. At the Arizona State Shoot Phoenix, Arizona, November 9, 10, 11, 1914 C. Raithel, of Deming, N. M., for high Amateur average — 490 x 520— Shooting E. C. J. F. Couts, San Diego, Cal., t high Amateur average — 4SS x 520— Shooting E. C. E. L. Mitchell, Los Angeles, Cal., won high Professional average — 509 x 530— Shooting E. C. H. E. Pos'en, San Francisco, Cal., second high Professional average, 499 x 520 — Shooting E. C. LONG RUNS E. L. Mitchell, — 126 — Shooting B. C. (Longest Run of Shoot.) S. A. Huntley, — 90-92-92 — Shooting E. C. J. F. Couts, — 50-85 — Shooting E. C. Chris Raithel,— 79— Shooting E. C. J. F. Dodds, — 60-70 — Shooting E. C. WHETHER you are shooting at the traps are in the field, be sure your shells are loaded with Hercules Infallible or E. C. — A good score and a full bag will be your reward. Most dealers and Gun Clubs have Infallible and E. C. loaded shells in stock. — All dealers and clubs will get them for you. — Write for latest book on trapshooting. HERCULES POWDER CO Wilmington, Del. J McGanney, Mgr., Newhouse Bldg., Salt Lake City. J. B. Rice, Mgr., Chronicle Bldg. San Francisco, Cal. MANUFACTURERS «!P OUTFITTERS I FOR THE j SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (pmpani) EQUIPMENT .«» APPARATUS I FOR ' IVERY SEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC 'SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. THE PARKER GUN AT DAYTON, OHIO, DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7th to 12th The Old Reliable Parker in the hands of Mr. Woolfolk Henderson won the amateur Championship at Singles, scoring 99 x 100 targets at 18 yards; the Amateur Championship at Doubles, scoring 90 out of 50 pairs; and THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with the unprecedented score of 98 out of 100 at 22 yards rise. THE CONSOLATION HANDICAP was won by Mr. Toney Prior with the splendid score of 97 x 100 at 20 yards rise. THE HAZARD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP was won by Mr. Sam. A. Huntley with the brilliant score of 91 out of 50 pairs, and in the Amateur Championship at Doubles Mr. Huntley was second, scoring 89 out of 50 pairs. Messrs. Prior and Huntley shot 34 Inch barrel PARKER Guns. 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SAN FRANCISCa Morse 's Seeds in Packets are :-»i-'-»»:*ri-!*5;:-e Week- end Wanderings If you had been two years away from a farm and then' dropped in for a visit with the boss and the boys, the studs and mares and the training string and, especially, with the weanlings, how w-ould you like to be greeted with "Hello there, ol' boy; still partin' your hair in th' middle?" Nevertheless, that was Superintendent Dowling's cheerful salutation to me last Friday at Woodland when I stepped on the track at the gate just in time to see him go by behind a space-destroying Prince Ansel yearling, accompan- ied by Walter Mabel with a weanling of like blood and similar trotting inclination. It was almost as bad as that one, "How would you like to be named Harold, yourself?" that the Pacific Horse Review "pulled on me" some time since. All I have to say is that I still do part it in the middle and doubtless w-ill continue to do so. Furthermore, there is a "big reward out" for anyone who can make me change the system, for, as Colonel Post says daily in count- less advertising mediums: "There is a reason" — which most of you know. With last season's campaigners turned to the pad- docks, Messrs. Dowling and Maben are up to their ears in work with the youngsters and prospects for honors next year, and the long line of stables is well filled with individuals of exceptional prpomise, the trotters predominating. Joe Watkins, the yearling bay colt by Kentucky Todd 2:08%— Fair Recluse by Moko, was a show winner at Sacramento, as was his stable mate Jimmy Hardman of like age and sex by Directum Spier 2:11% — Ila Moko by Moko, and both are pleasing youngsters at the trot. Little has been asked of them to date but in recent work they have negotiated quarters in 37 to 39 seconds. The Kentucky Todd colt is perhaps the nicest individual from some viewpoints, but the Directum Spier colt has the bulldog build that goes fast miles and regu- larly comes back for more. Prince Arista and Prince Magella, geldings, four and two years of age, respectively, are native sons, being by Prince Ansel and out of Rosemint (dam of Arista Ansel (2) 2:18%) by Nushagak, and Magella B. (dam of two) by Nushagak. The former has some nice work to his credit, and the latter, who was a nervy little rascal just broken the last time I saw him, has grown into a nice bodied lad with a very convincing way of going, with two-year-old trials in standard time and halves as fast as 1:07. Lottie Ansel, the two-year-old champion of 1912, has grown into a very high class mare and has all the speed and pleasing conformation that attracted so much attention in her two-year-old form. Sadie Ansel, a yearling filly by Prince Ansel-Lauress (dam of Laura Rogers 2:11%) by Mendocino, trotted quarters in :37 at eleven months of age, and a baby daughter of Robert Bingen has done the quarter-distance in :40. The two-year-old Yolo King, by Palo King 2:28%, dam by Prince Ansel, showed so nice for Hi Hogo- boom that the Woodland Stock Farm promptly pur- chased his as a striking example of the qualities of daughters of Prince Ansel as speed producing mat- rons. The King is rugged but smooth and pleasing individually and trotted the Woodland track this sea- son in 2:21. In the pacing division Dowling is pinning his faith largely to the six-year-old Josie Ansel, whom he in- sists will show some of the boys the way to the wire in 1915. She is as sound as a dollar, is a mare with lots of power ,and has shown Harry enough over the home track to make him more than optim- istic as to her future. She has gone the route and repeat in time fast enough to earn good money, and on occasion, when let down for a quarter, has done that part of the mile faster than a two-minute gait. Princess Josie, a full sister a bit older, also has the speed and stamina to go to the races. Both mares have promising foals on the farm and the family bids fair to build up quite a name for itself and Woodland, the three-year-old Joseph Ansel, full brother to these mares, having started the ball rolling with a record this year of 2:12% at Salinas. Robert Bingen will be raced next year as a trotter and should prove a hard horse to dispose of. He has always been inclined to mix his gaits, and in chang- ing shoes and weights on him Mr. Dowling sprung the combination that flattens him out on the trot, at which way of going he has shown more speed than he ever did at the pace. In one heat at Pleasanton, breaking over to the trot in a pacing class, he was timed a quarter in :30%, and has gone the route trotting close to the 2:10 mark. As he matures his conformation bears more and more markedly the im- print of the Bingens. and he is a most satisfactory "eye-full" individually. Airlie Demonio 2:05% has been returned to Owner Charley Johnson for the purpose of breeding a few mares, but early in the training season he will come back to the farm, Dowl- ing racing him in 1915 for Mr. Johnson. Harry will also race for Johnson a couple of Airlie Demonio youngsters. St. Patrick is "taking his" in a big pad- dock in the infield, and down between the weanling paddocks I ran across Ruth Ansel and the season's pacing sensation on the coast, Clara Mac 2:04%. Both were full of feed and high spirits and look ready to i ommence jogging whenever the boss gives the word. Joseph Ansel (3) 2:12% is out playing around with the green trotter Jean Jaques and a few mares in the infield and both youngsters are getting big and husky. Jean Jaques is characterized at Woodland as "a sure enough trotter" and is a Brook Nook product, being by The King Red 2:20% (sire of Kingbrook 2:07%, etc.) and out of a daughter of Alfonso 2:29% (sire of the dams of Kingbrook, Eulabel 2:09%, etc.). Just to break the routine of riding to cart and sulky and to "keep his hand in" at old tricks, Harry has been putting in his spare time educating Gayristo to saddle, with very pleasing results. The black son of Nushagak and Nosegay B. (dam of Aristo 2:08%, Nuristo 2:10%, etc.) took very readily to the new way of going and has developed a very smooth single- foot and a nice way of breaking over from one gait to another. He is also getting a bit of "high-school- ing," and when Dowling gets through with him he will be a finished saddler for whom someone will pay a high price. Prince Ansel never looked better to me than on the day of my last visit, but I was especially pleased with the way True Kinney has grown and rounded out. When I last saw him nearly two years ago he looked a bit small and light even for his age, but now he has size in plenty, and he has always had the other qualities of beauty, speed, and good temper that are so requisite to a sire's success. The foals by him in this year's crop instill a very comfortable feeling of confidence in Mr. Considine's selection of this youngster as a fit stable mate for Prince Ansel and Robert Bingen. Out in the infield, running with a little band of other brood mares and two or three gelded young- sters, I found the matron whose get have so recently added new laurels to her crown, Carrietta 2:18, dam of Silent Brigade (1) 2:26, (2) 2:10%, Alianza (2) 2:30, Hester C. (1) 2:21%, and Suldine (1) 2:26%, this»year's champion yearling colt trotter. She is ample in size and of the very highest quality other- wise. She is straight and smooth, well ribbed and rounded and with lots of heart and lung room; she is a rich bay in color, with two very slight bits of white in her forehead, and has a most excellent head and a pair of eyes that speak of vigor and intelli- gence— in fact she is just the kind of mare you would expect to find after knowing the quality of her foals. She left in Kentucky, in addition to Suldine, a wean- ling by Peter the Great 2:07% and is again in foal to the premier of Patchen Wilkes Farm. Carrietta was bred by Groverland Farm, Georgetown, Ky., and was foaled in 1902, taking her record as a four-year- old at Lexington. She is a daughter of Directman (son of Directum 2:05% and Cicely by Mansfield, sire of the dam of Direct View 2:08%) and out of Blackbird by Stranger, sire of the dam of Promise 2:10; second dam Jay Bird by Jay Bird 5060, sire of the dams of Baroness Virginia (3) 2:08% and other 2:10 performers. She occupies a unique position among contemporary matrons, and her career in Cal- ifornia will be watched with a great deal of interest. The mares at Woodland are uniformly high in quality both as regards blood inheritance and phys- ical conformation, and one can spend many hours prowling about the pastures. With the exception of Lottie Whippleton, who breeds only every other year, almost all of the proven speed producers on the farm are in foal, mostly to Prince Ansel, and next year's crop of foals will be the choicest of the farm's history. At this season, however, the most interesting things on the place are the weanlings, lads and lassies from the farm's choicest mares and such sires as Prince Ansel, True Kinney, Bonaday, Quintell and Commodore Douglas. Down close to the en- trance are twTo roomy paddocks where the youngsters at present "at work" run in their idle hours, and in the "town corner" is another nice bunch, mostly of shorter ages than those now up, though all have been broken — and well broken. No higher tribute could be paid to Walter Maben as a colt handler than is evidenced by these youngsters by their manners both in and out of harness. In the stall or paddocks they "ask to be handled" and when put in harness they trot off like that was all they knew. One of the slickest colt trotters I have ever seen is in the Wood- land bunch, Anselila, a bay lassie with white hind ankles — almost "stocking-legged" — and a bit of an irregular star. She is by Prince Ansel, out of Ila Moko, the succeeding dams by Dictator, Happy Me- dium, Countersign and Inglis' Hambletonian. She has the very best of manners, and I have seldom seen a baby of her age take as naturally to her work, or go about it in a more businesslike way. Not far behind her in manners and gait are any number of others of a like age, and, as said above, they are the most interesting things on the farm. Anselot, the weanling full brother to Prince Lot 2:07% and Lottie Ansel (2) 2:14%, has quite a bit more sub- stance than his older sisters Lottie and Ruth, and promises to make a big fellow. Straight through the bunch, there is no lack of evidence of breeding and individuality coupled with speed, aided by handling of the most skillful character. stables in the afternoon, and as there was "weather on the way" I didn't risk waiting for him. I did get to shake hands and say hello as he was coming off the track with a baby trotter just as I arrived, and I saw a couple of his youngsters in harness without knowing what they were. Hi always has the goods and the boys at the farm across the way tell me that his youngsters this year are "right up to sample." With Little Express, by Alto Express, he annexed the big end of the two-year-old pacing division of the Breeders Futurity this season, and from the way his youngsters show now he will make somebody race horses to beat him in 1915. Next time I hope to have better luck and see his string at close quar- ters, for the Palo Kings are well worth interviewing. Leaving Woodland and arriving at Sacramento in the rain, things didn't look promising for a pleasant day at the fair grounds Saturday, but before daylight was many hours old on the following morning the sun was out and the weather was fine, though things were a bit slushy underfoot in places. One of the first men I struck at the grounds was Chris Jurgenson, who was performing his customary specialty of giving manners and general education to a nice bodied young thing hitched to a breaking cart. Chris, who is the official bronco fighter of the community when it comes to breaking 'em to harness, lays no claims to being a speed developer, but he manages to dig up a good deal of that commodity just the same. Right here over the Sacramento track he made the trotter Dean Swift that Loren Daniels raced so successfully this season. Chris' luck with Dean was no luck but hard luck, as he had to send him to the sale ring at a bad time and he real- ized but little for his good work. Incidentally, the Sacramento horsemen who were in attendance at the sale went to sleep and let a good one get away from them, as he was big and husky, in good shape, and they had seen him work miles right around 2:11 at home. Just now Chris can open up some little speed at the pace when he cares to, with a two-year-old brother to Normono 2:14%, by Demonio 2:11% out of Louise by Welcome, and a three-year-old by Na- tomah, out of a mare by a son of Albert W. With the former Chris turned the trick in 2:23 at the end of ninety days' wrork, including breaking and all, and the latter worked nicely as a two-year-old, Chris having just gotten him up again lately. The balance of his string is composed of youngsters that he is just breaking. Walter Tryon has a two-year-old gelding belonging to James Marshall that ought to do to go down the line with some day, being by The Patchen Boy (3) 2:10% and out of a daughter of Diablo 2:09%, second dam that great old speed producer that has thrown so many good ones, Trix Marshall by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. The blood combination is one that should guarantee speed. The black gelding Bonnie Derby, belonging to C. E. Wells, shows good at the trot and is by Bonnie Direct 2:05%, out of a Charles Derby mare. The balance of Tryon's stable is com- posed of horses belonging to his principal patron Mr. S. H. Cowell, headed by the rugged old matinee favorite George Woodward 2:07%, now nearing his eleventh year but with his speed still on tap when- ever Mr. Cowell makes the call for it. Panama, the son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and the great race and brood mare Dione 2:07% by Eros, is so full of spunk and vinegar that he can hardly stay on the ground, but he pulled down some money and a mark of 2:10% very easily last summer, and ought to do better in 1915. He is not large, but his quality otherwise is of a pretty high order. Sunday, just about the time I was due to leave the grounds to catch a train for the coast, Mr. Cowell and Walter showed up on the track with some "new ones" just brought up from the ranch, one of them a handsome and handy daughter of Dan Logan 2:07%, out of a Falrose mare. The breeding of the other youngster I failed to get, as our party left the grounds before Walter and Mr. Cowell came off the track. Woodland didn't seem natural without the Elmo Montgomery stable, but I ran across old friends at the Sacramento track in the shape of Jim Logan 2:01% and Lock Logan, in charge of the old reliable "Tennessee Bill" Morrison, who has been looking after the Montgomery string for a matter of some half-dozen years. The coast champion will be look- ing for more fast company next year, and looks to be able to give good account of himself. Lock Lo- gan, by Zolock 2:05% and out of the "mammy of the clan," Effie Logan, has been gelded recently and has come along very nicely. He has a good lick of speed and no doubt will eventually give his dam another fast one "in the books." Down on the ranch at Davis Elmo is jogging a number of young ones, which will soon be sent to Sacramento for their regular work on the big oval. Maxine, the daughter of Jim Logan and Trilby Maid by Black Ralph Jr., that won the three-year-old pacing division of the Breeders Futurity, heads the delegation composing the home- guards, which also includes a two-year-old and a year- ling by Demonio 2:11% out of Effie Logan, a wean- ling filly by The Proof out of a daughter of Chestnut Tom 2:17% (sire of the dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10%, etc.), and the only foal by Lock Logan, a weanling filly out of the dam of Maxine. It is a great collection of youngsters, and the Demonio-Effie Logan combination ought to produce some sensa- tional speed. Much to my regret I failed to find Hi Hogoboom "at home" on either of the two trips I made to his Will Ivey has the Frank Ruhstaller stallion Moko Hall 2:11% looking better than ever, and has a two- Saturday, December 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPOETSMA.S year-old filly by him, also belonging to Mr. Ruh- staller, that is a most promising trotter. The little lady -is Tina Hall, out of Tennie by Temescal, and she has extensive stake engagements here on the coast. Sutter Basin, the five-year-old brother to Nor- mono 2:14% that Charley Silva left in Will's hands, has rounded into a right promising pacer and has turned the home track in 2:09%, while the bay geld- ing Jim Donnelley, owned by Frank Wright and named in honor of his partner, has gone the route in 2:11 with halves in 1:02. He is a clean gaited, free- legged fellow with lots of power, and has won a num- ber of nice matinee events for his owner. There are two other staked youngsters in the string, both by Lijero 2:15%, one owned by Ivey and the other by Dr. John White. Will's youngster is a yearling colt out of Mater Expedio (dam of Expedio 2:09%) by Knight 10557, while the Doctor's is a two-year-old filly out of a daughter of Wildnut (sire of Wild Bell 2:08%, etc.), both very promising babies. D. D. Mc- Donald has two in Will's stable, the chestnut mare Frances Zombro trial 2:17 by Zombro, dam by Alti- velo, and the green pacer Donald who upset calcula- tions at the last matinee and with whom there goes a little story. The lad was sold at Need Brothers' sale some two or three years ago for twenty-five dollars, and later was taken to the hills by his new owners on a fishing and hunting trip on which he got none too good treatment. On their way home the party stabled with Mr. McDonald, and the horse in question was in such shape that he couldn't be gotten out of the barn, the result being that after some talk Mr. McDonald became owner of the lad on a thirty- five dollar basis. Eventually he rounded into shape and Ivey took him to the track, where he has come fast. He has never made a break, and at the recent Sunday matinee he headed Oro Mo to the wire for two heats in 2:15 and 2:10%. With six months prep he worked the Sacramento track in 2:10, with a half in 1:01%, quarter in :29%, and eighth in :14, and as he is in good shape all around he ought to be quite a factor among the green ones in 1915. Contrary to my original information here in the city that the lad was one of the Topsy kind that "just growed" and never had any folks, he is pretty stoutly bred, being a son of Golden Baron and out of a daughter of Knight (sire of Anaconda 2:01% and the dam of Ex- pedio 2:09%, etc.), second dam by Imperious (a J. B. Haggin product exported in the nineties to New Zea- land), third dam by Algona (sire of Flying Jib 2:04, and the dam of Anaconda, Kelly Briggs 2:08, etc.), fourth dam by Gladiator, etc. Charley Spencer was away at Pleasanton arrang- ing for winter quarters there, but the senior member of the firm, Mel Keefer, was on deck taking his share of the muddy jogging. Their stuff has all been eased up on for the winter, but the closing workouts were most satisfactory. Nuristo 2:10% and Bonnie Ansel, belonging to Mr. Alex Brown, are in the best of shape for preparation for the 1915 cam- paign when the time rolls around, and the latter shows up as a green trotter of the very highest class. She is a five-year-old daughter of Prince An- sel and Woodland Bonnie Derby (dam of two) by Charles Derby, and is a mare of good size and very powerful and pleasing conformation. Her last work- outs in time below the 2:10 mark by a generous margin are given consideration elsewhere by C. C. Crippen, who is most enthusiastic concerning her. The Proof, the five-year-old son of The Exponent 2:11% and Chord 2:27, the producing daughter of Wilkes Boy and the great brood mare Sonata by Dictator, has been brought along carefully and in his last work went the full distance in 2:12%, last half in 1:05, last quarter in :31%. His qualities as a sire are also demonstrated without going further than the Keefer and Spencer stable, in the yearling filly The Expense, recently secured from Charles Marley of Woodland. This lassie is a growthy girl of nice build and an excellent natural trot, out of Nusta 2:23% by Nushagak, second dam Anselois by Prince Ansel, and she is entered in the P. P. I. E. stake for two-year-old trotters. Zorankin, the son of Zombro and Dimontes, by Diablo that started out as a two- year-old trotter with a record of 2:29%, has devel- oped into a nice free legged pacer. He has made speed at that gait to a 2:09% figure, half in 1:02 and quarter in :29, and from the way he is gaited and mannered it is a wonder that he hasn't been picked up by some of the fun drivers. The other member of the stable is the four-year-old roan pacing gelding Don Vassar, owned by E. M. Barber of San Diego. He is by Vassar 2:07 and has worked alone in 2:11%, with very fast fractional parts, and his sole appear- ance in company was in Dan Hoffman's hands at the recent Sunday matinee at Sacramento in which Po- trero Boy w-as the winner. Two of the busiest men at the State fair grounds are Loren Daniels and Wilber Smith, who are work- ing the big stable of horses assembled by Charley Silva in anticipation of "one big time" in 1915. as Charley believes in racing early and often in all sorts of events, from Sunday "duellos" with Henry Cov/ell, or regular matinee events, to the places where they hang up the money. The Silva horses that hold rec- ords or are already well known to the public and that will be seen in next season's amateur and pro- fessional classes are the "Silva standby," Teddy Bear 2:05, Nifty 2:07%, Kid Cupid 2:08%, Oro Mo 2:00%. Potrero Boy (the full brother to Airlie Demomo 2:05%), Columbia T. (2) 2:22% and Eloise Dell 2:26, while Daniels has the 1913 two-year-old champion pacing gelding John Malcolm (2) 2:11%. There are a host of youngsters, among the most promising of the lot being the two members of the Bear clan. Black Bear and Brown Bear, four-year-olds, the for- mer out of Polkadot 2:14% by Mendocino, and the latter out of Deviletta 2:10% (dam of Aeroletta (2) 2:20) by Diablo. The black one paced beiow 2 20 in easy three-year-old work and the brown one, whom Daniels regards as a trotter of exceptional promise, worked around 2:25 at the same age and won the Class A trot in the last matinee. There are two ether nice young Teddies in the stable, both pacers, the two-year-old filly out of Economizer 2:17% by Charles Derby and the yearling sister to Blacs Bear, a chest- nut lassie with white markings thai is as slick ss they make 'em. The stable is given an added "family flavor" by the presence of Fayal, trotting trial 2:18, by The Statesman 2:11%; a two-year-old filly and a yearling colt, both trotters, by Lijero, all out of ;j;ood old Queen S. (dam of Teddy Bear) by Sable Wilkes. Woodrow, the Carlokin-Mamie Elizabeth trotter pur- chased at the Canfield sale, has grown into a nice appearing youngster, as has Nearest Alto McKinney, that trotted in 2:11% this year as a three-year-old and is highly regarded for the future. Other young- sters up at present are out of excellent mares and by such stallions as Lijero and Palo King. Wilber Smith has up his Montbaine-Lockheart trotter, and Daniels, in addition to John Malcolm, has two Dan Logan pacers, the two-year-old Hal Logan and the yearling Stanley Quinn, the latter out of a daughter of St. Vaux, second dam a full sister to the dam of Capitola (2) 2:17%, (3) 2:14%. It is an easy matter to see that a few days can be spent at Sacramento pleasantly and profitably by any lover of the trotter, for in addition to the horses now at the track there are any number of good youngsters scattered around the city and surrounding country and being jogged by their owners for the pleasure of it. A day is all too short even for a visit at the track, let alone the neighborhood in general. Sacramento and the State fair grounds are good wintering places, and the state's plant is more pop- ular than ever this year owing to the efforts put forth at all times by Secretary. C. W. Paine to make things safe and comfortable not only for the animals in training, but for owners, drivers and caretakers as well. Most of his time is spent at the park and he knows daily the needs of his grounds and his "ten- ants." The result is that the track has never been kept in nicer shape, "the boys" have never been more comfortable, and there is hearty co-operation between all concerned to keep things in excellent condition all over the grounds. It is the right spirit that is displayed on both sides. "The boys" swear by Charley Paine, and in turn Charley swears by — not at — the regulars on his grounds. Th' top o' th' mornin' to all o' them! — [NEAL.] OLD GLORY SALE. New York, Nov. 24. — With prices ranging from $50 to $2,100, nearly 200 horses were sold today in Mad- ison Square Garden at the opening day of the Old Glory sale. Horsemen from all over the country, many of whom never come to New York except for this event, were on hand early, and there was no end of spirited bidding for the more desirable of the consignments. Most of the day was devoted to the sale of year- lings, which included part of the consignment from Walnut Hill Farm, one of these youngsters bringing the top price. This was the brown colt, Harvest Note, a half-brother to The Harvester, champion trotting stallion, by San Francisco, dam Notelet. He was knocked down to W. B. Miller of New York City for $2,100. The same buyer also secured another yearling in the filly Trenella by the same sire for $400. Both of these racing prospects will be turned over to Walter Clarkson to train. These were the day's best prices: Harvest Note, br c (1) by San Francisco: to W. B. Miller. New York City $2,100 Nellita, r f (3) by McLintock; to E. J. Trantor, New York City 650 Franc Sterling-, b c (1) by San Francisco: to H. G. Silleck, New York City 525 Roi Bingen, b c (1) by Bingen; to Lyndon Farm, Syracuse 500 Trenella, br f (1) by San Francisco: to W. B. Mil- ler, New York City 400 Lady Hayt, c m (6) by Charley Hayt; to J. W. Gyles, Paterson, N. J 410 Pen Mar Belle, b m (7) by Ashland Wilkes: to L. E. Gardner, New Bedford. Mass 325 Bing-uard, b s (4) by Bingara; to C. H. Alvord, Syr- acuse, N. Y 280 Harry B., b g (8) by Bradley: to J. G. Muns, Flush- ing. L. 1 270 Silk Spier, br s (5) by Directum Spier; to R. F. Mul- hall, Morristown, N. J 210 Silent Knight, b c (1) by Walnut Hall; to Ernest Piatt, New York City 200 Morris Tipton, eh c (1) by San Francisco; to Ben- jamin Moore, Jr., Astoria 200 Nov. 25. — Prices were decidedly brisker today, the highwater mark being reached when the two-year-old colt, General French, was brought into the ring. This handsome youngster with a mark of 2:10% and champion two-year-old stallion of 1914, was the cen- ter of some spirited bidding. Starting at $200 Auc- tioneer Bain gradually advanced him to $1,000 and then to $2,000 and he was finally sold to the repre- sentative of the Brook Farm of Chester, N. Y„ for $2,100. The same establishment paid $2,000 for the mare Poinsetta, by Barongale, and $1,000 for Native Judge, who was sired by Justice Brook. The crowd was much larger than on the opening day and the average prices higher. A number of prominent breeders and owners who did not put in an appearance on Tuesday were on hand, among them being W. B. Diekerman, Harry K. Devereux, President of the Grand Circuit: Dr. Charles Tanner, W. P. Harvey, George Tiplings, J. D. Callary, Presi- dent of the Pittsburgh Driving Club; Ex-Gov. Horace White and his brother Ernest from Syracuse, J. H. Moore of Washington, Pa., Clem Beachey, Lexington, John R. Townsend, Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Rennsaler Weston, Goshen, N. Y., George D. Conner, Secretary Detroit Grand Circuit meeting. Following are the day's best figures: General French 2:10% (non-win.), b c (2) by Jus- tice Brook; to Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y 52,100 Poinsetta, b m (4) by Barongale; to Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y 2,000 Native Judge, b c (1) by Justice Brook; to Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y 1,600 The Scorpion, br f (1) by San Francisco; to Ernst Ploth, New York City 1250 Nellie Jay 2:14%, rn m (15) by Jay Hawker; to H. J. Schlesinger. Milwaukee 1125 Betsy Bingen 2:19%, b m (4) by Bingen; to Curls Neck Farm, Virginia 1,000 Caracus, blk m (16) by Bingen; to Curls Neck Farm 1,000 Nowaday Boy 2:20, b g (5) by MacDougall; to E. Miller, Boston, Mass l 000 Crescent Todd, br c (3) by Todd Mac; to George N. Lattimer, Buffalo, N. Y 825 Bola, b t (3) by Cochato; to J. J. Simmons, Phil- adelphia, Penn 710 Anita Knight, b f (2)by Border Knight; to A. J. Furbush, Brighton, Mass 525 Baron Garry 2:14%, br s (6) by Oakland Baron; to F. J. Allen, Boston, Mass 530 Hannah Hall, b f (1) by Walnut Hall: to John Tucker, Pittsburgh, Penn 500 Princess Nelda, ro f (3) by Prince McKinney; to C. H. Smith, New York City 510 Boovista 2:16%, br s (7) by Bingara; to J. T. Back- man, Reading, Penn 435 Peter Moko, br c (2) by Peter the Great; to G. How- ard, New York City 400 Border Prince, b c (3) by Border Knight; to E. H. Terp, New York City 410 Fanella 2:13, b m (21) by Arion; to W. E. Akin, Buffalo. N. Y 325 Nov. 26. — In spite of the cry of hard times the prices obtained for harness horses today were the best in two or three years. It was the banner day of the sale and the average price was well over $700. The record mark came in the evening, when the bay gelding Dago, consigned by James P. McNichol of Philadelphia, was brought into the ring. The trot- ter was started at $500 and quickly went to $1,000; from then by easy stages Auctioneer Bain carried him along until he was finally knocked down to M. J. Burroughs, Burlington, Vt, for $2,400, while The Bondsman found a new owner at $1,500 in the person of Ole Wilhite, Bartlesville, Okla. These are the day's best sales: Dago 2:09, b g by Gen. Forrest 2:08; to M. J. Bur- roughs, Burlington, Vt ?2,400 Eva Tanguay 2:09%, br m by Peter the Great; to A. H. Corden, New York 2,250 Baroness Virginia 2:08%, gr m by Baron Review; to Curls Neck Farm, Cotman, Va 2,200 Dick Watts 2:15%. b c (3) by General Watts; to A. S. Rodney, Jersey City 2,000 Ess H. Kay 2:00%. blk s (10) by Direct Hal; to Mc- Kennan Farm, Washington, Penn 1,800 Baby Axworthy 2:25%, b m by Axworthy; to J. H. Tucker. Pittsburgh. Penn 1,800 Alma Forbes 2:10%,br f (3) by J. Malcolm Forbes; to J. O. Winston, Kingston, N. Y 1,750 The Bondsman, b s (18) by Baron Wilkes; to Ole Wilhite. Bartlesville. Okla 1,500 Anabingen, b m (6) by Bingen; to H. J. Schlesinger, Milwaukee, Wis 1,300 Roberta Bingen 2:13%, b t (3) by Bingen; to Curls Neck Farm, Cotman, Va 1,300 Blue Feather 2:11%, br s (6) by Walnut Hall; to A. J. Keating, New York City 1,100 Bay colt, weanling, by Peter the Great; to Roy Martin, Rockville, Conn 1,025 Dorothy Gay 2:11%. b f (4) by Peter the Great; to W. R. Cox, Dover, N. H 1,000 Unset 2:19%. br c (3) by Henry Setzer; to C. E. Pit- man. Trenton, N. J 1,000 Silent Brigade 2:10%, blk s (6) by Silent Brook; to W. Harry Orr, Reading, Penn 1,000 Dr. Richmond 2:15%, gr g (7) by New Richmond: to F. E. Davis, Port Jefferson, L. 1 900 Bertha Forbes 2:22%, b f (2) by J. Malcolm Forbes; to Clyde C. Smith. Warren, Penn 800 Ethel Toddington, b m (4) by Toddington; to Curls Neck Farm, Cotman, Va 750 Nora Setzer 2:21%, b f (2) by Henry Setzer; to P. Hesperhausen, New York City 670 Ada Floyd 2:16%, b f (2) by Sidney Prince; to Wil- liam Connor, Pittsburgh, Penn 625 Silent Annie, b f (l) by Silent Brigade; to M. Morris, Washington, D. C 625 Nennie, br m (S) by Moko: to Curls Neck Farm.... 600 Baron Marque 2:07%, ch c (3) by Sir Marque; to Frank Howell, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 575 Baroness Chelsea 2:25%. ro f (2) by Silent-Brigade; to P. Myers, Schenectady, N. Y 550 Florie D. 2:13%. b m (5) by Bingen; to J. J. Sim- mons, Philadelphia, Penn 525 Peter Simms 2:13%, br g (6) by Limmore; to A. Sevigny, Montreal. P. Q .- 520 Hertha's First 2:22. bl c (2) by Silent Brigade; to Peter Hughes, Milford, Penn 500 Silent Lad, br c (1) by Silent Brigade; to John J. Brown, Trenton, N. J 500 Nov. 27. — With the sale of odds and ends in horse- flesh, the Old Glory closed tonight. Men who have attended these sales for the last twenty years assert that the general run of prices, for the class of stock offered, has been as high, if not higher than in the last six years. R. Howard of New York paid the top price today, when he obtained Colonel O. for $1,400. This young stallion is well bred and made a record in 1914 of 2:13% at Mineola. He was consigned by L. H. Cham- bers, who trained and raced him in the metropolitan circuit. At Goshen he was third to Wanless in 2:08, and has done well in every event in which he has been entered. The best prices follow: Colonel O. 2:13%. b s (6) by Alcyo; to H. Howard, . New York City ?1,400 Birara, b m (10) by Bingara: to F. E. Davis, Port Jefferson, L. 1 950 La Restina 2:13%. br m (7) by Moko; to C. F. John- son. New York City 635 Dreamwold Dugald. blk c (5) by Dreamwold Proem; to George Odom, Boston, Mass 510 Princess Peter 2:19V-, b m (5) by Peter the Great; to George Keyes, Brooklyn, N. Y 400 Polly Danvers. b f (4) by Danvers; to J. J. Sim- mons, Philadelphia 400 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 5, 1914. I NOTES AND NEWS 1 * 1 The DeRyder Sale — next Saturday. «> <& <£ Arlie Demonio 2 : 05 % will be raced again next year in the Woodland Stock Farm stable, but this time for the account of owner Charley Johnson. <$> ® Geo. T. Algeo of Oakland is offering for private sale the stallion Chestnut Tom 2:17%, sire of the dam of Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10% and others. The blood lines represented have been invaluable in extreme speed production. R. J. MacKenzie, more than proud over the 1914 career of the champion trotting mare Maymack and enthusiastic over the outlook for his stable for next year, has been spending quite a bit of time of late in California, principally in this city and Pleasanton, where he has been "taking the air" behind various of the fast ones in his string. Ed Parker is wintering at Woodland and jogging easily with his two-year-old colt Tango by Lijero 2:15% out of Paprika by Oro Belmont 2:15%. He is a nicely built bright bay lad with lots of "pep" and in the last week in August worked the Woodland track in 2:20, with the last half in 1:07, the quarter in :32% and the eighth in :15%. Ed thinks he will two-ten as a three-year-old with no unusual bad luck, and has him staked in the Stanford. Dione II, the very fast daughter of Cupid 2:18 and Dione 2:07% that in Walter Tryon's hands showed such a world of speed but was hampered by a surplus of spunk and spirits, is being given a course of edu- cation a bit unusual for a great trotting prospect. Down at the ranch in the Santa Cruz valley Mr. Cowell is giving her steady work under saddle, riding her always at a walk or trot, and if he is successful in toning her down to where she is properly respon- sive to rating in harness he will have one of the great mares of the coast. «■ * * Friends of the Woodland horseman, Charley Mar- ley, will be sorry to learn that he is again in a very bad way physically. Some months ago he underwent an operation for appendicitis and was apparently all right, but complications arose that necessitated his return to a doctor's care. For several weeks he has been an inmate of the St. Francis hospital in this city, and in that time has been compelled to undergo a number of operations that have kept his vitality at a serious drain. He is putting up a game fight for a return to health, and his wide circle of friends join us in wishing him well in his battle, and hoping for his early release from confinement. <8><8> Johnny Ray, the Cleveland actor and trotting horse enthusiast, has three youngsters at Woodland that go east to Hunter Moody when the Considine young- sters go, the yearling bay colt by Prince Ansel — Woodland Bonnie Derby by Charles Derby; the year- ling brown filly, Nushagak's last foal, out of Gay Princess by Prince Ansel, and the weanling chestnut colt bv True Kinney — Josie D. (dam of Joseph An- sel (3) 2:12%) by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. The lat- ter youngster is one of the nicest of this year's crop of foals, and out of the three the ever-entertaining Johnny ought to get some first class campaigners and fun horses for his brushes on the Cleveland speedway. •3> <8> <8> Owing to an error in the index to performers in Volume 29 of the year book reference was made last week in this paper to "Zulu Belle 2:12%." "Feelin' for the fractions" with the idea that the black mare's trotting mark was somewhere right in the neighbor- hood of ten, the writer took the year book's word for it as indexed. In the extended table of record performances for the year the same error occurs, the table giving her Los Angeles race as her fastest trotting performance. In the detailed summaries in the same volume, however, she is credited with winning a third heat in 2:10% which is her correct record at the trot and which are the figures that should follow her name whenever she is mentioned as a trotter. So much for Volume 29 — and so much for the writer being in a hurry. «> «■«> Out at the Silva ranch at Sacramento there is one of the nicest little bands of weanlings that one could ask to see, largely the get of Charley's top cam- paigner, Teddy Bear 2:05. They are not numerically a big bunch, seven in all, but they make up in qual- ity what they lack in quantity, and quality is what gets the money these days. They are well grown, straight and sturdy, and the Teddy foals are evenly divided between bay and chestnut. There is in the band a nice black filly by Moko Hall 2:11% out of a sister to Teddy Bear, and the following ones by the son of Del Coronado and Queen S.: Chestnut colt out of a daughter of McKinney 2:11%, chestnut colt out of Camille by Stam B. 2: 11 %, bay colt out of a daughter of Zombro 2:11, bay colt out of Whitehose by Zolock 2:05%, bay colt out of a mare by Diablo 2:09%, Mild a chestnut filly out of Polkadot 2:14% by Mendocino. The oldest Teddy Bears have shown their ability to go fast, and out of mares bred like these Mr. Silva ought to have every chance in the Aorld to raise some campaigners of the very best kind. The winter colony at Pleasanton Driving Park is steadily increasing. <8><*><8> Keefer and Spencer will winter at Pleasanton this season, probably having gotten located there by the time this appears, as they planned to move from Sac- ramento to the MacKenzie plant some time this week. And once again we remind you that the DeRyder sale takes place next Saturday, rain or shine, at the Pleasanton Driving Park. If you ever thought of buying a stallion, a brood mare, a proven race horse, a well tried green one, or an embryo futurity pros- pect, here is the time and the place for you to get action on vour money. Some days ago Al Whitney of the West Side track, Chicago, shipped the pacer Dr. Burns Jr. 2:04% and the trotter Bessie Custer 2:29% to Los Angeles in charge of Jack Travis, and the pair will be pointed for the Panama-Pacific big events. Bessie Custer is a 2:10 trotter and improving steadily, and Dr. Burns Jr.'s time of 2:00% in a race this year makes him like a sure enough pacing cyclone. Whitney followed the horses in a very few days, and before long there will be more of the easterners "taking theirs" on California tracks. Last Wednesday there arrived at the state fair grounds at Sacramento from the Nevada Stock Farm, George Wingfield's speed nursery at Reno, eight head of the choicest thoroughbred yearlings that have come west in a long time. The youngsters have just come off pasture at the farm, and are in the finest sort of shape for starting work on them, as they are well grown and hearty as can be. With the exception of the Col. Wheeler-Recreation filly from the Burns & Waterhouse establishment, the babies came from Kentucky, having been purchased at the Keene sale, as follows: Chestnut colt by Superman — Jarto, bay colt by Hippodrome — Fleeing Venus, bay filly by Voter — Hanrose, bay filly by Hippodrome — Calyx, chestnut filly by Voter — Hattie Walker, bay filly by Voter — Fair Empress, and the brown filly by Sweep — Grace Commoner, the latter young lady carrying the blood of those two great thoroughbred sires Ben Brush and Hanover. The stable is in the capable hands of Trainer George Strate, and those that stand the prep and show some- thing— which from present indications means the entire string — will go east in 1915 to introduce the Wingfield colors at the principal meetings. W. T. McBride, former boniface at the Rose Hotel at Pleasanton but now a resident of Los Molinos, dropped into this office Monday, fresh from a visit at Rush & Haile's big farm at Suisun and enthusiastic in the extreme over the situation there. Demonio and Montbaine he states to be in the very pink of winter condition, and he is unsparing in his praise of this year's crop of foals, mostly by them. Bon McKinney is doing nicely in his new home, and doubtless will prove a valuable factor in the farm's future breeding operations. Mr. McBride was so pleased with the Rush & Haile stallions and their get that with the coming of the breeding season he will probably send Dawn O' Light 2:17 by Search- light 2:03% to the court of Demonio 2:11%, and La Moscovita (dam of Bon Guy 2:11%, etc.) by Guy Wilkes 2:15% to be bred to Montbaine. At home Mr. McBride has a nice trotting colt by Graham Bel- lini— La Moscovita, and a "natural born pacer" from the Searchlight mare and Vernon McKinney 2:01%, both combinations being of the kind that ought to make speed and lots of it. "Mac" insists that he is now strictly a dairyman, but he will be years older than he is now before he loses interest in trotters and quits having a few likely young ones about the place. <8> Stake races, which closed recently for the Saratoga Springs meeting of 1915, have filled better than ever before. Over 500 horses have been nominated for the five important events which will be run next August at the Spa. Beginning with the Grab Bag Handicap, which is for two-year-olds at six furlongs, there are forty-two entries. The United States Hotel stakes for $5,000, for two- year-olds, has 124 youngsters named, and the same number for the Grand Union Hotel stakes. Both of these rich events are at six furlongs. Eighty-two fillies have been listed for the Spinaway of $3,000, at five and a half furlongs. This is the best showing made in this race for females since 1908, when racing was in its prime. The high-water mark is reached in the $7,500 Hopeful, which closed with 134 two- year-olds nominated. o THE WOODLAND CONSIGNMENT. WOODLAND YOUNGSTERS TO GO EAST. Woodland Stock Farm's consignment to the DeRy- der sale is one that should please buyers, headed by the two good trotters St. Patrick 2:11% and Fiesta Maid 2:11%. The Direcho horse looks good for the 2:10 list without doubt, and when the mare's racing days are over she should be highly valuable as a producer, as she comes from houses that have given us many of our best performers. The consignment is rounded out by a bunch of seven classy weanlings, well staked, well bred, and most excellently broken at the hands of Walter Maben. They are out of rep- resentative Woodland mares and are sent to the ring principally because they are mostly by sires owned elsewhere, and the time of Woodland's train- ers will be fully occupied in the development of the big lot of youngsters by the farm's stallions that they still have left. During the few years that John W. Considine has been at the head of Woodland Stock Farm he has been a generous patron of eastern farms, and has brought west a number of exceptionally good young- sters and mares. Not wishing to play a one-sided game he will reciprocate by giving the east a view of a representative collection of "native sons" — and daughters — in the shape of seven Woodland wean- lings which will soon make the journey to the Blue Grass. Arrived there, they will go into the stable of Hunter Moody, who has been so successful with the youngsters owned by Mr. Considine and already in his care, and an effort will be. made to show the east- ern folks just how good the Prince Ansels are. The shipment has been delayed owing to the uncertainties of the hoof and mouth quarantine, but it is very likely that the youngsters, properly escorted by Superin- tendent Dowling or Walter Maben, will make the eastern pilgrimage some time during January. The seven youngsters booked for the journey, all by Prince Ansel, are Anselila, bay filly out of Ha Moko (dam of Wila (3) 2:24%) by Moko; Anselot, brown colt out of Lottie Whippleton (dam of Prince Lot 2:07% and Lottie Ansel (2) 2:14%) by San Diego; Alma Ansel, bay filly out of Alma McGregor by Jay McGregor 2:07%; Verbena Ansel, bay filly out of Verbena Mac by Directum Spier 2:11%; Lord Ansel, bay colt out of Lauress (dam of Laura Rogers 2:11%) by Mendocino 2:19%; Ansel's Bonnie, bay filly out of Woodland Bonnie Derby (dam of two and two others that have beaten 2:10 in their work) by Charles Derby 2:20; and the chestnut filly Edna An- sel, out of Edna Saunders (sister to Adlon (3) 2:07%, etc.) by Axworthy (3) 2:15%. These youngsters have been fitted by Messrs. Ma- ben and Dowling to go into Mr. Moody's hands with the preliminary work not only done, but most excel- lently done, and the Kentucky reinsman will take from the cars seven of the best bred and best man- nered youngsters to be found in the state that has sent east so many trotting champions. The degree of individual excellence and natural early speed is of a high order, and from all present indications Cal- ifornia may well trust her reputation to the delega- tion from Woodland, confident that they will loyally uphold the same. MAYMACK THE THREE-HEAT CHAMPION. One of the features of the closing mile track meet- ing of the year at Phoenix, Arizona, was the perform- ances of the bay trotting mare Maymack, owned by R. J. MacKenzie and driven by Charles DeRyder. On returning from the Grand Circuit to Pleasanton Mr. DeRyder went back to Phoenix with the intention of racing a few horsemen at the fair meeting and won two sensational races with Maymack. The opening day of the meeting she won the 2:09 trot in 2:05%, 2:05% and 2:05% and starting back the third day in the 2:07 trot she was again victorious in 2:1)4%, 2:05% and 2:05, establishing a new three heat race record for trotting mares. The best previous performance for three heats bv trotting mare stands to the credit of Rhythmeli, which won the opening week of the Lexington meet- ing in 2:05%, 2:05% and 2:04% and broke the aver- age of the former best trio trotted by Hamburg Belle in 2:05, 2:06 and 2:04% in 1908. Maymack's average time is 2:04 7-12, Rhythmell's 2:05 1-12 and Hamburg Belle's 2:05%. As in the case of Rhythmeli, Maymack was at one time considered an utter failure and her now brilliant success is also due in no small degree to the skill and untiring patience of a good trainer. In the fall of 1911 Mr. DeRyder saw Maymack race and was so impressed with her speed, gait and splendid individ- uality that he induced Mr. MacKenzie to purchase her at a good substantial figure. The following sum- mer she was staked through the Grand Circuit and with Joe Patchen II and other horses of the MacKen- zie stable came east to try conclusions with the big line stars. She proved a complete disappointment and making four starts, was distanced in each one of them. Mr. MacKenzie, however, was not discour- aged and when DeRyder took over the horses that fall was willing to let him go on and make good his claim that Maymack was a high class mare. She was accordingly well staked over the mile tracks on the coast in 1913 and with DeRyder as her pilot ,she won seventeen straight races and took a record of 2:08%. This year Mr. DeRyder desired to go a little farther and prove that the mare was capable of de- feating the Grand Circuit horses that made a show of her in 1912 and she crossed the Rockies a second time. This year she has been one of the most con- sistent trotters raced on the big tracks and has wound up her campaign in a blaze of glory with a race record of 2:04% and the three heat record for trotting mares to her credit. Maymack is an exceptionally handsome bay mare sired by Arthur Wilkes 2:28%, son of Guy Wilkes 2:15%, and her dam is Lady Whips by Whips 2:28%, sire of the ex-champion gelding Azote 2:04% and a son of Electioneer 125; second dam Volita by Ante- volo 2:19%; third dam Ruby by Withrop 505. While Mr. MacKenzie is a Canadian and Maymack is Canadian owned, she has never been on Canadian soil and her owner spends much of his time at Pleas- anton, Cal., where he owns the large racing plant and winters all his horses. — Canadian Sportsman. o Billy Higginbottom will do the George Bain act at the Pleasanton sale next Saturday. Saturday, December 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CARRIETTA AND BEAUTIFUL BELLS. In the Breeder and Sportsman of Nov. 14th there was an interesting item about the great brood mare Carrietta, owned by the Woodland Stock Farm, and dam of Suldine 2:24%, the fastest yearling trotter of the year by the records. She is also the dam of Silent Brigade (2) 2:10%, that took a record of 2:26 as a yearling, which made him the fastest baby trot- ter of his year. She also produced Hester C. (1) 2:21%, the fastest yearling trotter of her year. The performances of these youngsters stamp Carrietta as one of the most remarkable producers of early trot- ting speed in the world, and Mr. Considine was very fortunate in securing such a valuable matron for his breeding establishment and I shall wait with interest to see what she will produce when mated with Prince Ansel, a horse whose greatness as a sire the public is yet to fully appreciate, as his opportunities are all in the present and the future; they have been lim- ited in the past. Brood mares of Carrietta's class are not plentiful and it would be absolutely impossible for a breeder, no matter how progressive or how financially able he might be, to stock a farm very extensively with such mares, as they are not be acquired, however much desired. The note about Carrietta in the issue of Nov. 14 referred to her as the only mare in the world that had ever produced three champion yearling trot- ters. This is an error. Carrietta's three foals were the fastest of their respective years, or if you please, champions of their years, but the lamented queen of brood mares, Beautiful Bells, produced three real and genuine yearling champion trotters of the world, the fastest in their day that had ever been produced. Thirty-three years ago her first foal, Hinda Rose, trotted in 2:36%, then considered a most wonderful performance. Ten years later another daughter, Belle Bird, placed the yearling trotting record at 2:26%, dethroning the champion Athadon that had previ- ously placed the mark at 2:27. Bell Bird wore her crown but a few days for Frou Frou, by Sidney, a Valensin Stock Farm product, took the yearling championship from the Palo Alto farm by trotting in 2:25%. Three years later, or just twenty years ago last September (Walter Mabel remembers the time), the yearling record was again brought back to Palo Alto when Beautiful Bells' great son Adbell trotted the San Jose track in 2:23, a championship mark that was undisturbed for fifteen long years. So Beautiful Bells is the first, last and only mare, that ever pro- duced three champion yearling trotters, and that is not all: she is the only mare that ever produced three world's champion trotters of any age. But I take my hat off to Carrietta; she is still a youthful matron as well as a remarkable one and time may prove her to be a greater fountain of early and extreme speed than the immortal Beautiful Bells, the illustrious mother of a wonderful family, whose blood appears in sensational performers and new world's champions each year. * * * * In a letter received today from Mr. Alex Brown he informed me that he had the pleasure of seeing his green trotting mare, Bonnie Ansel by Prince Ansel, step a mile a few days ago over the Sacramento track in 2:07%. She stepped the first eighth in 15 seconds, the quarter in :31%. As there was quite a stiff north wind blowing Charley Spencer eased her down the back stretch and she reached the half in 1 : 05, passed the three-quarters in 1:36% and trotted home in :30%, with the last eighth in 15 seconds. She re- peated in 2:09, with the last quarter in ;31 and last eighth in 15 seconds. In this last mile Spencer talked her back all the way and only let her have her head in the last eighth. During the State Fair week Bon- nie Ansel worked a mile in 2:09 which was her first trip better than 2:liy2; since then she had not been asked for a fast mile till Charley stepped her in 2:07%. This was the fastest mile ever trotted over the Sacramento track with the exception of an exhi- bition mile that Helen Stiles 2:06% once showed, which was around 2:05. The track record is 2:08, held by Bernice R. 2:07%. It is the candid opinion of your humble servant that had Bonnie Ansel been taken to Phoenix this fall she would have trotted that fast track in 2:05 or better, and I think it would have been better. There is no one better qualified to correctly estimate this mare's ability than myself as she has shown me things that others have yet to see and that I have never seen any other trotter show. The fact of the matter is I am crazy about Bonnie Ansel, only I am not crazy. She can do it, and she has never done anything yet but what she showed conclusively that she could do more. I would bet on her in the winter books to win the Panama $20,000 trot if Mr. Brown concludes to enter her. * * * * Three years ago Keefer & Spencer purchased the eastern bred colt The Proof by The Exponent 2:11%. He was then a two-year-old and had just been given a time record of 2:29%, but Charley Spencer thought he saw in him the making of a fast trotter. He was brought to California and made the seasons of his three- and four-year-old form in the stud, not being trained till this year. In the early part of the sum- mer he was taking his work nicely and at Salinas in the latter part of July trotted a mile in 2:14%. Shortly afterwards he began to show signs of sore- ness in his front feet. Later, while at Sacramento, his owners consulted Dan O'Keefe, the well known and skillful Woodland horseshoer. By this time it had become necessary to suspend the horse's fast work. Mr. O'Keefe pronounced his trouble a con- traction of the coronary band of his front feet and operated upon them, treating and shoeing them after- wards, absolutely curing the trouble, with the result that he recently worked a mile to cart in 2:12%, last half in 1:04%, last quarter in :31%, and the last eighth in 15 seconds. This mile was trotted with very little preparation, having previously had but one mile as good as 2:17% after being practically laid up since the early part of August. Charley Spencer says he could have stepped that mile in 2:10 and believes he is the fastest and clas- siest trotter he ever drove. They have a yearling by The Proof that can trot a quarter in 35 seconds and has had but little work. There can be no doubt that this grandly bred grandson of the great Bingen will not only make a very fast trotter but a sire as well. Every man who owns one of his colts thinks he has the best one he ever had. By the way, that good two-year-old pacing colt by The Bondsman that Elmo Montgomery won the Pleasanton Futurity with had the same trouble with his feet last summer and Mr. O'Keefe treated him in the same way that he did The Proof with the same beneficial results. There are very few horseshoers that have made as thorough a study of the anatomy and diseases of the horse's foot as Dan O'Keefe. The fact of the matter is that there is no trade or profession in the world that has as many incompetent men engaged in it as the horseshoer's trade. The great majority of them barely know enough to rasp the foot, nail on a shoe and then rasp it some more. s£ % £ "The last of the Mohegans," or in other words, the last product of the great Palo Alto Stock Farm, that is now only a memory, is a handsome small bay geld- ing owned by Walter Wershing of Palo Alto. He is ten years old, was sired by Monbells 2:23, the last foal of the great Beautiful Bells, and sire of Marie N. 2:08%, etc. His dam was the one time four-year-old world's champion trotter Manzanita 2:16, and he is her last foal. With the exception of a short time in the hands of Jack Phippen when a four year old, he was never trained. Jack drove him a mile in 2:28 when a case of distemper interrupted his training and he was never returned to the track. He was kept on the farm until after all the other horses that once filled its many paddocks and grazed upon its green hills were soid or had answered the call of the last bell. On account of having no use for a sire he was unsexed and was used as a driving horse by the farm boss until after the death of the late Charles Lathrop, when, as there was no one left in authority who for sentimental reasons cared to make a pen- sioner of the last survivor of the famous farm — the survivor whose immediate relatives and ancestors had done so much to make that farm famous, an in- bred descendant of the immortal Electioneer, whose blood mingled with that of Beautiful Bells and May- flower, which also flows in the veins of this last of the Mohegans, carried the name of Palo Alto and Gov. Stanford to the four corners of the earth before the Stanford University was ever heard of — he was destined to go out into the world. After Mr. Lathrop had passed away Manzanita's son and last foal was traded in toward an automobile and later fell into the hands of Mr. Wershing, who was at one time an assistant trainer at Palo Alto Farm. He has a good home now and is only lightly used. Mrs. Wershing gives him most of his driving and another lady takes great delight in riding him as often as she can find an opportunity. Still, what would the Governor think if he knew that the last survivor of the farm he loved so well had been traded for an automobile? Perhaps he does know. C. C. C. OFFERINGS AT THE DeRYDER SALE EXCEP- TIONALLY CHOICE. Not in many years has there been gathered for auction in California the number of animals of the high general qualities of those composing the con- signments to the C. L. DeRyder Fall Sale, which takes place at Pleasanton next Saturday, rain or shine. The offerings include almost every class of good horses — proven speed sires, productive brood mares, tried race horses for the classes and mat- inees, and green ones ripe for the winter's prep for the word in 1915, and weanlings and other youngsters well broken and ready to fit for their futurity en- gagements here on the coast, besides roadsters and saddlers. The interest shown prior to the sale has been most gratifying, and every indication is that the demand will be good, with a buyer for every offering and keen competition in the bidding on the likely ones that best suit the public fancy. Among the early consignors was the estate of the late Col. Kirkpatrick, all the Colonel's horses and driving paraphernalia going to the ring. Charley D. 2:06%, race horse and speed siring son of McKinney, heads the delegation, which includes also his dam, the great brood mare Flewy Flewy by Memo, and his six-year-old half-sister Poinsetta 2:25 by Star Pointer. The trotter John Gwynne 2:11% by McMyrtle, and the game campaigner Lucretia 2:13% by Nazote, out of the great brood mare Lucyneer 2:27 by Elec- tioneer, must find new homes, as must Black Mack (3) 2:24%, Charlie Second (3) 2:25, Mountain Dee (3) 2:24% and a number of other youngsters by the Colonel's favorite. All the Charley D.s show true race horse qualities, and there are other nice young- sters by The Bondsman, Bon Voyage and Vernon McKinney. Lou Taylor sends seven, including Tom Smith 2:13%, the son of McKinney and Daisy S. whose get have so often been prominent contenders in colt stakes and class races on the coast, and his full sister Vallejo Girl 2:10%, that should make a most excellent brood mare. Yolanda 2:14%, by McKinney — La Moscovita (dam of Bon Guy (3) 2:11%, etc.) is bred to make one of the best of producers, and the trotter Yoncalla by Bon Voyage has shown some very nice work. Three good two-yeai'-olds by Kinney Lou and Tom Smith round out the Taylor offering. From the fun stables in San Francisco goes Ateka 2:26%, well known to the public, and J. N. Colomb sends Mary Gordon 2:09%, now in foal to Vernon McKin- ney 2:01%, with a generous standing offer for the foal. Wm. Higginbottom, Agt., will ask for prices on another Stadium standby, T. D. W. 2:13% by Nutwood Wilkes, good for any use. Nip, sent by J. D. Johnstone, is a safe driver for a man or woman, and in Dreamona, a handsome daughter of Demonio, H. G. Smith offers one that is not only nice in har- ness but an excellent one to mount. Californians need no information concerning Atha- sham 2:09%, the great race horse and speed sire consigned by D. L. Bachant. He is tried and proven and in California B. (3) 2:14% Mr. Bachant consigns a sterling young trotter, one that has tramped the Pleasanton course in ten. Three nice young mares in the sale are the two sent by Mrs. Armstrong, Domestic and Belle Demonio, by Mechanic — Modesto and Demonio Wilkes — Jessie M. (dam of 2 in 2:10), respectively, and the four-year-old daughter of The Fleet — Bonita by Welcome, from the stable of G. B. Simpson. An exceptionally nice Bon Guy filly out of a daughter of Tidal Wave comes to the ring from H. H. Dunlap, and among the weanlings that ought to please is May King by Palo King, out of .Mayihonio by Demonio, consigned by E. K. Brown. If you like 'em from producing dams, try this one, Johnny by Prince Ansel, with his dam and grandam both producers. C. A. Durfee puts him up and guar- antees him a nice going free legged pacer, four years old and gelded. Jerry Doran sends a nice Bondsman yearling gelding out of a good mare, and from the Estate of Martin Carter come two half sisters that are among the best that ever came from the home of Nutwood Wilkes, Agnes Carter (2) 2:20 by the farm's long time premier, and Ella M. R. (2) 2:16% by Lord Alwin, both out of Excella by Monbells 2:23%. Zorankin (2) 2:29% trotting, has been gelded and put to pacing and M. C. Keefer sends him in as a nice one for the matinees and a good one to race for the profit, as he is strongly bred, a good individual and good actor and has shown fast free legged — mile in 2:09%, half in 1:02 and quarter in :29. Two trot- ters that ought to suit almost anyone come from Woodland Stock Farm in the shape of St. Patrick 2:11% and Fiesta Maid 2:11%, both bred right, just right to go on with, and faster than the books record them to be. Woodland also sends seven dandy wean- lings, staked, all "Maben broke" and ready to go on with. They are representative Woodlanders, which means they certainly "ought to do." Through Charles L. DeRyder as agent there are made some consignments of some of the very choicest stuff ever brought to California or ever bred here — highly useful horses of every description. Graham Bellini heads the class and is fit to head any stud or take out in company, a sound, game five-year-old. Bellini has a dozen in 2:10, and Graham Bellini's dam is a great brood mare by Onward. Two of the kind Californians seldom get a chance to bid on at home — eastern top notchers in breeding and per- formers of promise — are Frank Perry (1) 2:15, the champion yearling pacer, and Future Tramp, three- year-old trotting gelding by Trampfast (2) 2:12% and out of the triple producer Future Princess Ideal by Chimes. "More of the same" are Spriggan (4) by Baron McKinney 2:10% — Helen Simmons 2:11% by Simmons, and Silkworthy (3) by Morgan Axworthy 2:17— Clear Silk 2:20% by Prodigal, both of them trotters that you must see to appreciate. Two great producing matrons are offered in Azrose (dam of Happy Dentist 2:05% and two others) by Azmoor 2:20%, and Ivoneer (dam of North Star 2:11%) by Eugeneer, in foal to Joe Patchen II 2:03% and Quin- tell 2:12%, respectively. Other younger mares, proven good breeders and in most cases bred to the best of California's stallions in 1913 are a daughter of Searchlight; Babe W. by Guy Wilkes— Chantilly 2:29%, dam of 3; Lucy May (3) 2:22%, a Kentucky futurity winner, by Oakland Baron ; Lady Rea 2:26% by Iran Alto — Yedral (dam of 3) by Nutwood; Ade- laide T., by Prince Ansel — Lauress (dam of 1) by Mendocino, and Grace Nutkin by Jonesie Mac — Lady Rea 2:26%. The DeRyder consignment is rounded out with further offerings of the highest class of breeding and individuality to be obtained in drivers and race prospects of all sexes, and one of the nicest lots of weanlings to be found, all staked. All in all there are 73 horses to be sold, and to handle them the sale will start promptly at ten o'clock a. m., which means that San Franciscans must take the 7:20 boat Saturday morning, or go up the preceding day. The catalogs are out and are in hot demand. This office has a number and we will be glad to have you drop in and get one and say hello. And put this in your head — if you are in the market for something good and don't attend this sale you are overlooking your one best bet. Jack Welch has arranged to breed his matinee standby, Delilah 2:06% by Zolock 2:05%, to Mr. R. J. MacKenzie's Joe Patchen II 2:03%. They don't come like Joe every week in the year, and the mare is not only fast but game from rib to rib, so that if the resultant foal anything like lives up to his ances- try Jack will have his great big money's worth. THE BREEDER AND SPORTS MA N [Saturday, December 5, 1914. FOR THE GOOD OF THE SPORT. The meeting at Rockport. Ohio, which was brought to a sudden close as a result of the outrageous con- duct of some of the spectators over the stand taken bv the presiding judge. Robert S. Strader. reflects discredit on the racing public, yet proves that the judge himself and the manager of the meeting, Har- vey Ernest, are determined to have fair play, to enforce discipline, and to do their part with fearless- ness and determination. Mr. Strader's attitude in the race, which brought about the unseemly conduct of the spectators, was in keeping with the spirit he has shown throughout his career as presiding judge, and, while it has brought upon him the wrath of a certain element connected with racing, it has added to his reputation as a fearless official, and will doubt- less make his services in demand wherever the sport is conducted on a high plane. The stand taken by Judge Strader has doubtless made him a few enemies, yet it is also evident that at last a man has been discovered who, besides pos- sessing a keen knowledge of the rules and a familiar- ity with horses and drivers, has the moral courage to" discipline all who are, in his judgment, at fault, thus making him thoroughly qualified for the position of presiding judge. Racing the light harness horse, even at its best, has been menaced by sharp practice, by harmful com- binations on the part of those who control powerful stables, bv a certain element of those who bet on the result of races, and unless something is done to change conditions, the sport will deteriorate into a game" of chance. This season has shown conclu- sively that the rule which applies to the records of horses made in losing performances is a failure, and that it must be changed, or at least modified, during the coming winter, is the opinion of a majority who have the interests of racing at heart. Under present conditions drivers, after winning a heat in fast time, can avoid the penalty of a fast mark by losing the race, and that this has been done more than once during the past season is familiar to all who have closelv watched the campaign. While it is but fair that a horse should receive an allowance after being beaten on its merits, and not be penalized, as is the winner of first money, it is obvious to all that the present rule is thoroughly unsatisfactory, as it gives too great an opportunity for fraud and is too liberal an allowance even when a conscientious effort has been made to win. — Amer- ican Horse Breeder. JUDGING DRAFT STALLIONS. For years we have seen awards on draft stallions made and reversed and Ave have heard the judges advance equally forceful reasons for their work. On what grounds are these awards being made? Has it ever occurred to you that in this country the point of view can not of necessity be the same as in the old world? This is the only country in the world where the upgrading of draft stock is being prosecuted. In the old world there are practically no grades. In each country the point of view of the judge is a hard and fast one. He has something concrete, something established to work from and by in making his de- cisions. He is dealing to all intents and purposes with a purebred proposition. He has an accepted pattern as his guide. Fashion may require a differ- ence of a few points from year to year, but in the main he is dealing with the improvement or mainte- nance of a stated standard of a fixed sort. How is it in this country? The perpetuation of purebreds is the least of the troubles of the great bulk of our stallion buyers. It is the production of the best commercial selling horses that is most often the goal in view. Now, no one need try to convince me that the horse that may be relied on most to be- get prize-winners from purebred mares is bound to prevail as a sire of grades. We need stallions of quite widely differing types for these two jobs. When we are choosing a horse to breed to all sorts of mares we must take into consideration certain fac- tors which are not important when the breeding of purebreds is in view. To begin with there are the points of size and character. It is plain that with the bulk of purebred mares generally to be consid- ered, character must be given much greater weight than when the production of good selling grades from all sorts of decent farm mares is the job for which selection is being made. In our showings this matter of the relative impor- tance of size and character has been a stumbling block in the way of progress. At a recent state fair a noted breeder took this position in discussing the subject : *T have often wished that when entering the ring to make awards the management would tell me for just what purpose the horses were to be judged. If I were told they were to be placed as to their relative fitness for begetting high-class commercial geldings from all sorts of good farm mares I would make a very different line-up from what I would if the pro- creation of purebreds were the object in view. I do not believe the two objects can be taken into consid- eration properly at one time and a compromise effect- ed that can possibly satisfy all hands. This matter of the relative importance of size and character is not one that can be arbitrarily fixed, but it is one that should dictate in the majority of cases different arrangement of the entries. If I were placing the stallions as I believed they would succeed as sires of - commercial work horses, the line-up when the ribbons were handed out would be quite far from what it would be if none but purebred mares were in consid- eration. We have had no fixed standard to guide us in the past. Is there any way by which we can estab- lish one for the future?" This puts the matter concretely into shape. For what purpose have we been judging our draft stal- lions in the showring — as progenitors of purebreds or as getters of commercial geldings? We can not have been serving these two masters well at one and the same time. There are some outstanding in- stances where the two birds may have been killed with the one stone, but in the main the stallion that will succeed best on purebred mares has not the size and ruggedness, the burliness and strength of the one that turns out geldings and mares from grade dams to fill the $300 class. "Too small, too fine," has most generally been the criticism of the strict utilitarian element on the stallions chosen to head the most important classes. This has been true oftener in some breeds than in others, but in all even our best judges have been charged with having strayed quite far from the proper path so far as the education of the general public is concerned that knows little and cares less about the breeding of purebreds as a business. I have always favored the selection of stallions possessing great masculinity, majesty of presence, burliness, ruggedness of strength even if somewhat deficient in character. I have found that they do better as sires of commercial sorts than the smaller, more typically accurate specimens that should be chosen to mate with purebred mares of approved scale and more or less accuracy of breed type. This is a big subject, but not necessarily barren of solution. When we can reach a common under- standing of just what we wish done, then we can fix standards by which all of our best judges can work intelligently. Let us narrow the scope of the judi- cial purview, insisting that the line-up be made to accord with some one specified purpose only — Breed- ers Gazette. THE "INSIDE HISTORY" OF PILOT MEDIUM. A difference of $250 came near robbing breeders of the world's champion progenitor of speed, Peter the Great 2:0714. Had it not been for the generos- ity of the late Robert Steel and the persuasive talk of the late Frank L. Herdic, the well-known pool seller, Peter the Great would never have existed. This announcement at this late day sounds like fic- tion, but the following romantic story, now published for the first time, is vouched for by Ed Hogan, now employed by Cedar Park Stock Farm. Hogan, when a stripling of sixteen years, was still living at home with bis father, who had charge of the brood mares owned by Robert Steel at Cedar Park Farm. George ("Buck") Eckstein, keeper of the breeding records at the farm at the time, is also still living, and, like Hogan, well remembers the transactions in reference to the breeding methods of Steel when he was the owner of highly bred stal- lions and mares located at Cedar Park. Steel was still a young man when he purchased the stallion Happy Medium, grandsire of Pilot Medium, for $25,000, from Richard Galloway of Sufferns, N. Y. It was said to be the highest price ever paid for a trotting stallion up to the winter of 1873-'74. In 1876-'7 Alexander Davidson, a breeder, the late Frank Herdic, the greatest pool seller of his time, and "Major" Quimby, a well-known owner of the gray mare Tackey 2:26 by Pilot Jr. 12. grandam Jenny Lind, by Bellfounder, sent the docked mare to Cedar Park to be bred to Happy Medium, son of Hambletonian 10. A gray filly was the result, but the little miss was afflicted with partial blindness, and not at all up to the expectations of the breeders. In 1S78. while on a visit to Cedar Park to look the filly over, the three owners felt so dissatisfied with the offspring that they did not want to settle for the service fee, $250. However, through the "silver tongue" oratory of Herdic, it was finally agreed that by paying for the service fee and keep of the mare Tackey at the farm, Steel would breed her back again to Happy Medium free of charge. As a result, in 1879, the gray colt Pilot Medium, the sire of Peter the Great, was foaled. Ill luck also followed this colt (Pilot Medium), for when he was running out with his dam in the orchard at Cedar Park, the youngster ran against a tree, dislocating his hip, causing a perma- nent disability. When the owners, Davidson, Herdic and Quimby, came again to Cedar Park to ship Tackey and the gray colt back to Williamsport, they were accom- panied by Walter Clark, of Battle Creek, Mich., who had come east to purchase from Steele a fast trot- ting team, Minnie and Blaze, both sired by Happy Medium. The Williamsport horsemen were much dissatisfied with Tackey's crippled colt, and refused to ship him home. Clark made an offer for the youngster, which was accepted, and he was shipped to Battle Creek for stud purposes, the name, Pilot Medium, being given him. The colt was never raced, owing to the hip ailment, but he proved a grand suc- cess in the stud, siring 127 2:30 performers, includ- ing Peter the Great 2:07%, Jack 2:12, etc., etc. It is a fact that none of the sires or dams in Peter the Great's pedigree ever had a record as fast as 2:20. Happy Medium carried a mark of 2:32%, and his dam. Princess, by Hambletonian, one of 2:30. Pilot Medium had no record. Grand Sentinel, sire of Santos, dam of Peter the Great, had a mark of 2:27%; Tackey, dam of Pilot Medium. 2:26. and Sen- tinel, the grandsire of Peter the Great, 2:2934. Taekey 2:26, by Pilot Jr. 12. was the dam of Naiad Queen 2:20 . Pilot Boy 2:20, Class Leader 2:22i4. Onie D. 2:20, by such sires as Warwick Boy, Champion 80S and Major Lucas. She was a dock-tailed, rattle- headed trotter, that could skip and skive for a mile, but always strike a trot coming to the wire. She won many races in her day, but she was always con- trolled by a gambling element. Robert Steel, who purchased Happy Medium for $25,000 from R. F. Galloway, sold him for $30,000 to General William T. Withers, of Lexington Ky., in September, 1879. The horse died in January, 1888, at the age of 25 years. The fastest of his get was the famous trotter Nancy Hanks 2:04. — R. M. Lay- cock, Philadelphia Record. BREEDERS EXHIBITS CANCELED. The Portland Union Stock Yards have undergone a thorough disinfection and cleaning under federal government and state supervision, the same having been started last Monday morning as a precaution against the possibility of the foot-and-mouth disease obtaining a bold therein. The officials of the union stock yards are determined to keep the disease out of this part of the United States, if possible. The yards in Portland are modern and are carefully cleaned every day, the concrete floor pens being flushed with water and disinfectants daily. There will not be any exhibits of the breeding classes of livestock at the Pacific International Live- stock show at the yards on December 7-12, as only fat stock intended for immediate slaughter will be shown, such action being taken as a precautionary measure against the foot-and-mouth disease, and breeders do not want to send their exhibition animals to the show under such circumstances. o OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REV- ENUE, FIRST DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Cal., November 20, 1914. To All Concerned: The following stamp taxes are in effect on and after December 1, 1914, to continue until January 1, 1916. These documentary stamps may be procured at the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue in San Francisco or at the stamp offices located in Oakland, Sacramento and Fresno: Schedule A. — Documentary. 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Protest: L'pon the protest of every note, bill of exchange, acceptance, check, ~br draft, or any marine protest 25 Telegraph and telephone messages: Every person, firm, or corporation operating any telegraph or telephone line or lines is required to make a sworn statement to the collector of the number of messages or conversations transmitted over tbeir lines during the preceding month for which a charge of 15 cents or more was imposed, and for each such message or conversation to pay a tax of 01 On seats in palace or parlor cars and berths in sleeping cars (to be paid by the company selling the same) 01 Respectfully, JOSEPH J. SCOTT. Collector. Saturday, December 5, 1914.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN !■ I! !! I! I! * ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. *a:Kg>*®*