The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-28 00:00:00

SPORTS 1N AMERICA.

On the 28th January all Albany was in a high
state of excitement. The new sport called "pig-
on-ice," was a race after a pig, let loose on one of
the skating parks. The race was announced for
three o'clock precisely, at the Central Park. A
space of about half an acre had been cleared, and
long before the time arrived hundreds and thou-
sands of men, women, and children, had gathered
on and about the ice, some with skates, some with-
out, some to help to chase the pig, and all to enjoy
the fun. The pig was brought in a big box, and
with much ceremony and beating of drums let
loose—but, alas I it refused to go. A whip, how-
ever, speedily changed its determination, and at last
he started with some two.thousand eager followers
in pursuit. There was the usual amount of shout-
iwnasg,
finally
captured,pulling, rathe pi
gw thehe n the
pigstarting
g. ono doubt sharing
nnin,and
and brought
point by a lucky captor, tumbling,
in his exultation at the termination of the chase.
A LONG FOOT RACE.—A Nashville despatch an-
nounces an extraordinary foot race about to take
—Two well-known German citizens of Nash-
vpillalene 'have made a bet of one thousand dollars a side,
and the money has been already stake 1, on a foot
rice between them from Nashville to Murfreesboro',
some thirty-two inles distant. The terms are, that
each contestant shall be at liberty to take the
,pike
or pursue any more desirable route to the point of
destination ; that neither shall taste food from the
moment of commencing the race until its comple-
tion, and that, he who shall first report at Mur-
froosboro', is to be considered the winner and take
the money. Considerable interest is manifested in
this run, and betting is expected to run high and
large sums to change hands on the result.

REMARKABLE SKATING. - The. Minneapolis
(Minn.) Chronicle records the following extraordi-
nary feat :--"A few days since, a. young lady of
the city, on whosa head only fifteen summers
have passed, determined, with her brother, to
make a pilgrimage to Dayton on skates. They
left at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and arrived at
Dayton at four o'clock in the afternoon. The
journey was performed in six hours ; the distance
travelled, by the way they went, was about forty
miles. The names of the parties are Miss Nellie and
Samuel Nettleton, children of highly respectable
parents of this city. We feel a little proud of this
Minneapolis girl."
Darius Phelps, of Leyden, recently trapped a
forty-pound lynx, which had been making havoc
among the sheep in that vicinity.
About 90 per cent. of the salmon spawn which
Dr. William IV. Fletcher, of Concord, brought from
New Brunswick and planted in the Pemigewasset
river, November 2, were hatched by the Ist of
January, and the young fish were generally strong
and healthy. This is said to be the first instance of
the artificial propagation of salmon in America.
Mr. Z. E. Simmons, of New York, has purchased
of Mr. J. E. Maynard, of Boston, the famous
stallion, Ethan Allen, for $lO,OOO.
The 120-pounds panther which was killed in a
cave at Mr. Ascutney's, Vermont, is to be stuffed
for preservation. The animal measures seven feet
in length, tWO-feet eight inches in height, and his
death is a decided relief the
pursued
sand sheep-
owners of that region. He was into a cave,
and was blockaded there all night till the next
morning, when Mr. Gardner, one of the hunting
party, shot hill through the Ilea