New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-03


miles, by Black Bird, Boston, 20 feet wherry I4a4
3 Decker, dory, " ............ 3I:o4
Daw, 20 feet shell, New York. $500
VILE %ls in min. Sc sec Dy VIM. Clarke, st M.disos,
George Seward is said to have accomplished 30 miles
yRs ENGINE PLAYING, sse.ls
HorizentdiIt h eztremsy dificult to otts;n cor.
.s ssc. Mpofn engine performances, and Il may be
tnas oar record contains some inaccuracjes bat e
iscs = & s1s g e ngas g =. b found = nss cor
2s1 feet, by steam engine in Cincinnati.
24o Ms 'sss = % q engine formerly usss BY No -, Of
loo fess q boss, insa sd. : - on'0' soroash
22s feet, y Pountsis, q Dover, \. h, through 50
221 feet, by Winpebsgo engine. u norkss.a ru.,,,s
through 200 feet or hose. inch nossjs. = s -.'''
222 feet, by Rough and Ready, q Doyar. n n
through 50 feet Of hose. h =
2os feet, BY No. T. Of Chicago, through ~ IT. Of
hose. sil. ~
lao feet, by No. 8, Of New Haven, through ~ ~
Of hose, and draughted it, own water.
PRRPENDIoULAR.
1856 feet, by the old Diligent Of Philadelphia, iseh
streams, two gallery and two side, inch nozzle,
1s5 1s5 ,ss., e.: y No. z, Of B.oeL1yn.
THE PRIZE RING.
Longest battle on record, hours Is minutes, JeW
Smith and James Kelly, In Australia, 1856.
Longest IN England, houn minutes, Bill Hayes
and Mike Madden, in 1s49. 6 a
Longest in America, 8 hours ~ minutes, Young
barney Aaron and Monaghan, in 1857.
Shortest Battles on Reeovd.-Bob Watson beat An.
derson in min; Phil Sampson beas Bill Hall ID
rounds, no tims given Gas Hickman beat g.
Greatest stake fought tor 0oo, Hys and suIyau,
in Maryland, in I8l9. ,at n IS ~
Greate4 dislsnee ball - bseA ylssck hpa -
bat to the pitch, 175 yards, by ". Fsilowss * OK
Greatest distance ball has been thrown bo,h
ways, ITO and 1O7 yards by G. Par, Of England.
Greatest distance ball has been thrown one WY,
Greatest distance thrown in America, 1os yards 5
inches, by Dr. Spencer, of Paterson, N. j.; aso 106
yards, by Phelps, Of Utica, N. 7. sss &.
Best seasons average in America in batting, By
Bingham, in 1856, viz: innings, 192 runs-avsr-
age24.
Parr, in 1885, viz: 81 innings, l,2s7 runs-avezags
"a, and 80 over. 80
Best seasons average in bowling id America, by
Cuyp. in 1857, viz: s4 wickets, sos runs-avsaags
1, and SO over.
. Best seasons average in bowling in England. By
J. Buckley, in 1866, VIZ: 81 wickess, 22o
age 8, and 40 over.
Highest score obtained against eleven ID The held
IL AuOtI1nS siA's A@Vs W - A0AAssAs VI
Highest score obtained against eleven in the aeld
in England, viz: 278, by Mr.. Ward, in 1870
Highest score in match, 297, BY Thomas Walker,
Of England. ssaS sassssss
Most wickets taken in match in America, ~
out Of 30 by Cuyp, for 81 runs at Newark, in 1857
Eleven females Of Hampshire beat eleven females
of Surrey, on October g. 1871 for 500 guinsAs side
LOCOMOTIVES.
Il miles in II minutes, BY the locomotive Hamil-
ton Davis, with six attached, on the New York
Central Railroad, in 1855.
10 miles in a minutes, on the Pennsylvania Rail
l44 miles in hours and 40 minutes, from Albany
to New York, on the Hudson River Railroad
"a miles in hour and 80 minutes. from Indianapo-
lis to Union City.
sO5 miles ia hours and 50 minutes from Albany
to Niagara.
BrRDs-vELoc1rY IN FLYING.
A falcon, belonging to Henry ~, of France, once
was found in Malta, space computed to be not iess
than $50 miles.
The elder duck can fly at the rate Of 80 miles an
hour IA s7$i
The common crow flies at the rate OF rs miles an
hour.
The swallow flies at the rate Of 80 miles an hour.
The pigeon will fly at the rate Of mile minute
several hours.
In the month Of April, 1858, pigeon match took
place, the birds to fly from London to Gravesend
distance as the crow flies" of about 26 miles which
was flown in ls minutes seconds, equal to mile in
43a seconds. s. f
BALLooN1NG.
Mr.. John Wise, a well known nronaut, says that
be has moved in stormless and cloudle atmosphere
at the rate of a mile in a. seconds Mons. Goddard
moved seven miles in five minutes, and 190 miles In
hours and 30 minutes.
BlLLIARDs-GREATEsr NUMBER OF POINTS MADE AT
RUN IN BILLIARDS.
Spot Ball Game-l,70 by Lyman Higham, the
Albany pony.
Principally around the table 243, by Michael
Phelan, of New York.
LEAPING--MAN. ~ X re-
2s feet in one leap, by John Howard, the pedes-
trian. @lss.s-
81 feet u nches over nine horses in San Francis
CO, by Thomas King, Battoute Lesper, Of Baltimore
LEAPING-HORsE.
80 feet, over water, by Chandler; 81 feet. over
hurdles, by Caverthorpe 33 feet, over wall, by Lot
terry. E8
LAUGHABLK FEATs WITH THE wHHHLBARROw.
Ben Perley Poore, wheeled q barrel of apples from
Newbury to Boston, s64 miles, in n days, including
stoppages.
Sandford's minstrels, with ten barrows, from West
Philadelphia to East Philadelphia, q miles, II min
utes and 16 seconds.