Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-31
SPORTING NEWS.
National Kennel Club.

CHICAGO, August 30-The National
Kennel club. this morning, elected the
following officers: De. n. Ro ne, Of Chi
csgo, president; J. H, Whitman, Of Chi.
csgo, and E II. Lathrop, OF Springfield,
Massachusetts,, vice. presidents; @. II
Turner, of St. Louis, secretary; Luther
Adams, of Boston, treasurer. There was
large representation, especially from
New York and other eastern States.
Annual Convention of EpOrtsmen.
CHICAGO, August 90 The third an
nual convention of the Nationsl Spcr;s-
men association met here this ST ernoon.
Michigan. Ohio, New York, Illinois and
Missouri were represented, seventy
members being present. Hon. ]. V. LIZ
Moyue, Of Chicago, presided, aud Hon.
K. H Lathrop. 4 Massachusetts,, was
elected secretary. Mr.. LeMoyne, in his
address, sta ed. the obi acts Of the associa.
ton. The rsasurer also made report.
Toe credentials Of the delegates were
examined, and papers on subj scts Of in
terest to the organization were read.
Ia he evening session the following
officers were elected: President, Greene
Smith, of Peter no, New York; vice.
presidents, Dr.. n. Row, Of Chicago, and
E Holmes, OF Detroit; recording sec.
rotary, John A. Nichols, Of Syracuse;
corresponding secretary, T. G. Banks;
treasurer, Jerome Marble, of Worce ster,
Massachusetts. Syracuse was designated
as the place for the next meeting. The
National Kennel club is also in session
here, for the purpose Of adopting rules
governing the exhibition of dogs, etc.
The Regatta at Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, August 30.-In the
regatta, to day, the first heat, single
SOULS, was won by COurteney, of the
Union Springs club Aekermsn, of the
Atlanta crew, started, Tut did not row
the course. Msgin, OF Wsverly, and
Kennedy, Of Yale, did not start.
A race announced for to day COM
pletes the closing trial heats Of the single
scull contest.
The fiaal four-oar race is to bs rowed
by the Bssversnick, Watkins and Lon
don crews.
+ first, when the four-oar contest will in
tervene, after which the three remain
ing single-scull heats will take place.
Captain Guleton, of the London row.
ing CLUB, Gays that his men are willing
to row a three.m mile straight-awsy
race, in q scratch Of eight Britons sgainst
Americans, here on Saturday afternoOa,
with Courtney or Curtis in the waist,
Kennedy stroke, and all OF his crew of
course, and Eustice and Goodwin or Kill
Ierin and Smith, forward, and with
David Roach for coxswain.
The fist heat in the single.scull con-
test this afternoon was won by G. e.
Courtney, of Union Springs-time,
IL :29s. P. Ackermau, Of Atlanta, his
only contestant, gave up the race after
about three fouEths of the course had
been gone over. James M'GIynn and
Julian Kennedy, the latter of the Yals
college club, Withdrew before the start
was made.
The second heat was between M
Bsatb, of the QUAKER City; Yates of the
Union Springs; MIG Argee, OF the Col
unbia college, and Yourg, Of the Malta
clubs. Yates stopped occasionally to al
low the second man in the race to keep
near him, and won in IL minutes ard
81 secon g, followed by M'Beath, the
Others being some distance behind.
The BeSverwyek rowing club Of AL
bapy, the London rowing club of EGG
land, and the Watkins boat club of New
York took position for start in four
cared contest. During the early part of
the race the boats kept we'll together,
with the Watkins occasionally ahead.
Off Peters Island Watkins fell away
badly, and Loadon went ahead in
magnificent style, but steering wildly,
headed toward the grand stand, and did
not alter the course until near the
finish, when the Beaverwycks coming
up with guickeDed stroke put the Lon
d0ners to their mettle. The boats now
were so close together that the people
could not tell which was shead until the
race was over and the colors OF the
Beaverwyck, flying from the umpife's
boat, signaled the victory OF the Ameri-
cans, when the steamboats, sounded their
whistles and rang their bells, while the
people cheered enthusiastically The
time wac: Besverwycks, 9:eS; London
9:064; Watkins, 9:0S4.
The London crew GAINED foul, charg-
ing that the other boats had forced them
cut Of their course, but the claim was
not allowed.
Parker, of the Quaker City, and
Thomas, Of the Pennsylvania boat clur,
were the contestants in the third singlt-
scull heat, Smith, Of Wesleyan, having
Withdrawn. Thorn IS won easily by four
lengths.
The fourth and fifth heats were won
respectively by Mingus, OF the Vesper
club, ard Frank Piessanton, their OPP.
ponents having Withdrawn.
The prize won by the B;averwycks is
a handsome silver cup, valued at one
thousand dollars,