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HUNTING FISHING AND SPORT The National Amateur Casting Association will hold its sixth annual tournament at the casting lagoon in Washington Park Chicago 111 on Sep ¬ tember 4 5 and I IThe The gate receipts for the recent series of races at Christiana between the local man Oscar Mathie sen and Robert McLean of Chicago were 100000 if which 81000 was divided equally between the skaters skatersCountess Countess n Cumlwrlnnd England crossbred jnmpng mare the properly of a Wigton fanner has recently died in her thirtyfirst year She won 103 pri7cs and mure than 5100 in prize money in competitions competitionsJohn John D Syki s of Columbus O while fishing recently at the month of a creek where it empties into the Sciuto River near Haydens Falls bridge succeeded in landing an eight pound largemouthed bass an extraordinary fish for that stream lit was using live minnows for bait baitTim Tim officers of tbo Illinois Casting Club of Chi ¬ cago 111 for the ensuing year are President R I Durrell vicepresident Charles L Strceter captain William Stanley treasurer R D Hcet fiehl secretary William McCandlcss directors R S Jcffers J W Tico and F J Lane LaneNew New records for draft horses at auction in Eng ¬ land were established at the recent sale of shires in tht rendhv stud when Sir Arthur Nicholson paid 12075 for the bay colt Pendley Footprint barely eight months old At the same sale a nine yearold marc brought 11550 anil thirtyfive mares and colts made an average of 3005 3005Work Work has started on the great McCormick zoo ¬ logical gardens to be established as part of the county forest preserve district on the west baiik of the Des IMaines River at Riverside 111 The tract will require no labor to make it secure against floods Canadian government officials have of ¬ fered to supply many pairs of valuable breeding animals animalsGeorge George B Iluhnc of New York and Harrison L Van Schaick qf Chicago have accepted invitations to judge harness horses at the Devon show May 27 to 31 Lewis E Waring of New York Miller Ward of Paris Ky and B Roger Pemberton of Chicago will judge the walktrot saddle horses Mr Pemberton on the five gaited saddle horses Alfred B Maclayot New York Harry W Smith of Worcester and M Roy Jackson of Philadelphia the junipers Robert E Strawbridge of Philadelphia the polo ponies Robert Graham of Toronto the hackneys and Mr Maclay the trotters
