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[January 5, 1901

AN IDEALvCiRCUIT FOR 1901

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cresceus and The Abbot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cresceus fastest miles in 1900 were as follows:

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

Haute, Oct. 19, 2:04}.

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

Almonada 27079 Has No Record.

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

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

Grand Circuit.

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

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

Nutwood

George Wilkes

Blue Bull

Red Wilkes

Mambrino Patchen.

Strathmore

Dictator

Onward

Jay Gould

Almont

Mambrino King

Happy Medium

Electioneer

Harold

Alcantara

Robert McGregor. . .

Enfield

Kentucky Prince

No. in : 15 list.	No. in 2:10 list
34		7
25		7
23		S
20		i
18		1
16		6
13		4
13		3
13		2
13		2
12		4
12		0
10		2
10		2
9		4
9		4
9		1
9		0

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

Answers^o_Cerrespondents.

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

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Pacific Northwest Circuit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Board of Appeals —

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boise, Idaho — September 16th to 21st.

Salem, Ore. — September 23d to 28th.

La Grande, Ore. — October 1st to 5th.

Lewiston, Idaho — October 7th to 12th.

Victoria, B. C— October 7th to 12th.

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

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

Adjourned.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Would Prevent Ringing.

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

Horses With Memories.

The following stories are traveling on the hot air circuit :

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

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

Universally Endorsed.

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

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Charles Marvin's Good Luck.

|| HOW TWO CHAMPIONS' WERE SHOD.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Good Grandson of Hermit.

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

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

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

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

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

Pleasanton Stalls Filling Up.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Proposed Double Track.

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

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

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Good prospects are held high.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Chance Horse Breeding.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SADDLE NOTES.

Daly Sale Catalogue.

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

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

Washington Park Stakes.

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

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

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

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

The Owners' handicap at a mile was won by The Lady, with Tayon second and Bathos third. The race calls' for no especial mention beyond the fact that Owners' handicaps are to racing what jack pots are to poker; and it is to be hoped that no more of them will be allowed on the card, as they are most unsatisfactory from all points of view, to say nothing of the element of danger introduced by allowing fifty pound boys to ride in them.

Bell Punch should never have been allowed to start in the race in which he was made joint favorite with Torsida. He was lame, both before and behind, and was evidently left in merely to affect the betting and keep up the price on Torsida's chances. Through the negligence of the Paddock Judge, his condition was allowed to pass unnoticed and the '■educated" money poured in on Torsida in volumes, not only at the track, but throughout the country, as it was cur- rently reported. The coup was well planned and carried through without a hitch, although the result was very unsatisfactory to the backers of Bell Punch, which was the legitimate favorite and class of the race, had he been in proper condition. The bookmakers and the general public were alike sufferers over this race and it is to be hoped that some action will be taken to prevent a repetition of such an occurence.

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Lieutenant Gibson, the colt that was favorite for the American Derby in 1900, is dead. Chas. Head Smith owned the son of G. W. Johnson and at one time refused $20,000 for him. The colt had quite a history. When a two year old there was some contention as to whether he was in the first class, but over a heavy track he was acknowledged to have no peer. He set a new record for the Kentucky Derby — 2:06J — and carried 117. Shortly after this he set the seal on his greatness by winning the Clark Stakes — a mile and an eighth — in 1:54. The best previous record was 1:5-4, made by Pearl Jennings when a four year old. But she carried only 87 pounds to the 117 of Lieutenant Gibson. Gibson's most remarkable performance came after this. In his preparatory work for the Latonia Derby he made the mile and a quarter in 2:04£. Soon after' the Derby at Washington Park last year, in which he ran third, being beaten by Sidney Lucas and James, it was announced that he had broken down, though he started a couple of times afterwards and failed to win. He was fired and a bad job was made of it, as blood poisoning set in and eventually caused his death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W, KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

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

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

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

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

San Francisco, Saturday, January 5, 1901.

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

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

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

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

unpaign a harness horse and a good one, either

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

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

look in all branches of live stock breeding as

promising all through Oregon and Washington

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

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

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

PROPERTY OF E. CORRIGAN.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PROPERTY OF THE LATE MARCUS DALY.

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

del Paso 200

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

OTHER OWNERS.

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

Paso 65

Total $8,330

249 Out of 250 Mules Lost.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Horses and Mules for South Africa.

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

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

G. W. Archer, Allerton's Son.

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

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

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

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

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

Death of Lord Beresford.

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

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

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

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

January 5, 1901]

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Coming Events.

BENCH SHOWS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feb. Championship Field Trial Association. Annual trials,

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

American Kennel Club Meeting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doings in Dogdom.

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

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

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

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Kennel Registry.

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

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

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

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

A Louisiana Shrimping Camp.

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

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

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

The Angler's Puzzle. Some Piscatorial Problems.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Merchandise Shoot. Blue

To the Meadow Lark.

Up from dewy grass

While yet 'tis dark. On trembling pinions

Soars the meadow lark.

His brilliant vest

Like orange glows, From slender throat

The liquid music flows.

Flute-like warbler

Of wood and field, To thee all rivals

The palm must yield.

The ambient air, with

Fluttering wings he beats, In ecstatic song

The morning sun he greets.

Higher he rises; his «,

Pean of praises float, While listening Nature

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

The Proposed Game Bill and Other Legislation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your Committee begs further to report the following resolution:

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

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

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

Cartridge and Shell.

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

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

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

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

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

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

SHOOTING WITH SMALL ARMS.

Longer Ranges Now in Vogue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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[Jaktaby 5, 1901

THE FARM

Fattening Food for Sheep.

Feeding Hogs on Alfalfa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Wool.

The wool product of the United States

Sheep Breeder.

A Dairy Experiment.

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

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

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

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

the following results :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gain A Second

— when your horse is fast seconds

count on a record.

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8 STALLIONS.

104 BROODMARES.

75 HORSES IN TRAINING.

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

STALLIONS.

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

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

Pepper. „

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

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

Bathamption. . .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hamburg.

Foals of 1898 -Coming Three Years Old.

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

Foals of 1899— Coining Two Years Old.

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

NORTHERN STAR, ch c, by Hanover-Starlight.

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

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

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

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

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

CHILTON, b c by imp. Meddler-Castalia.

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

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

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

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

BROODMARES.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hamburg.

by Faustus-Light Heart; bred to imp.

16, by Hindoo-Francesca; bred to imp.

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

FLIRT, blk m. 1

Bathampton. FRANTIC, ch m,

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

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

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

Isidor. GUALALA, ch m,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOUSES IN TRAINING.

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

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

ESSENE, ch c by imp. Inverness-Sadie.

RENE ch c by imp. Inverness-Flirt,

SKYE. ch c by imp. Inverness-Salmera.

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

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

APPOINTEE, b or br c by Tammany-Benefactress.

CALLER, ch c by Tammany-Caledonia.

MOWICH, ch c by Montana-Butterfly.

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

FIVE NATIONS, b c by Montana-Unadaga.

KHITAI. ch c bv Montana-Cathay.

BONNER, b c by Montana-Lola A.

MONTANA PIONEER, b c by Montana-Ravelli.

PURE PEPPER, b c by The Pepper- Virgin.

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

CONDIMENT, ch c by The Pepper-Pert.

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

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

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

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

FLORDTORM, b c by imp. Bathampton-Florid.

TRAFFIC, ch c by Primrose-Export.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

OKASTE, b f by Ayrshire-imp. Desayuno.

BANDEROLE, b f by imp. Friar-Bandana.

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

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

NANAIMO, ch i bv imp. Inverness-Namonia.

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

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

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

CONTEMPT, b f by Tammany-Ridicule.

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

NELLIE BAWN, ch f by Tammany-Wood violet.

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

PIGMENT, b f by Montana-imp. Sepia.

ALLOPATH, b f by Montana-Homeopathy.

WINECOCK. b f bv Montana-Whyota.

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

PARISINA, ch f by The Pepper-Beaut v.

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

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

BATHA, b f by imp. Bathampton-Missoula.

PAST, b f by imp. Bathampton— Bygone.

COBIA, ch f by imp. Bathampton-Bonita.

MISTRA, b f by Primrose-Mistletoe.

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

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

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THE WASHINGTON PARK CLUB

Chicago, Ills.

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

Summer Meeting of 1901,

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

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

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

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

THE AMERICAN DEKBY-820,000 ADDKD.

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

THE S-HER1DAN STAKES— 84000 ADDED.

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

THE KNGLEWOOD STAKE-*— 82000 ADDKD.

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

1 HE DEEXEL STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

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

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.

THE MIDWAY STAKES— 83000 ADDED.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

mile anil a furlong.

THE AUBURN STAKES— 82000 ADDED

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

THE OAKWOOD HANDICAP— 82500 ADDED.

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

THE GREAT WESTERN HANDICAP— 83000 ADDED.

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

I HE YOUNG HANDM AP-80OOO ADDED.

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

THE WHEELER HA> DI CAP— 87500 ADDhD

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

FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

THE LAKK*II)E STAKES -82000 ADDKD.

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

THE K>NWOOD STAKES— 830(10 ADDED.

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

THE MAYWOOD STAKES— 82O0O ADDED.

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

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

THE QUICKSTEP STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

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

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

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

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

Maidens allowed 7 lbs. Four furlongs.

THE HYDE PARK STAKES-SROOr ADDED.

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

THE LAKE VIEW HANDICAP- 83000 ADDED.

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

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

;an obtain them by application to the Secretary (to

JAMES HOWARD, Secretary,

Sixty-first Street and South. Park Avenue, Chicago.

January 5, 1901] ®4« $Xecif£V ttttfcr gtpUvtSUtlUt

RflNNTF T1TRPPT Q-n^1 "^^^r

iUUlllvX^J JJX&L^JU M UiUU ■ Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at

Detroit, Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

World's Record for Pacers in First Season's &®^=y. 1 ii ! fi

n . George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro

('flmnaiffn couoen 4 ? 4 sdr

« auspa IglJ. Duchess 11 13T 5 6 dr

Joe Wheeler 13 9 7 ? dr

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

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

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

Gamecock 10 12 dr

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prince Exum dis

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

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

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

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

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

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

Address Evolute. 5 ? ?

C. _ _,__. _.„ . Annie Thornton 4 4 3

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

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

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

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

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

The Fast and Game Race Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

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

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

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

Pleasanton Race Track

TEtMS Fi»K THE -*EASOX 860.

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

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

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

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

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

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

JKRSEYS.HOLSTHNR ANDDUKBAHS.

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

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

DALY 2:15

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

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

DALY 2115

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27M by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.

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

VETERINARY.

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

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1=4, sire of

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

standard records.

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

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

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

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

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary

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

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

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

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

b Address WM. R WELCH, Pleaeanton, Cal.

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

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