The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21
ATHLETIC SPORTS.

frnm the Ashley belt contest. .,
Uorran n. smith Id trial recently, roWed |
four miles In 28m. 265.
Arrangements are being maze 1Gr single |
sctIl race between Hannah auu =
T.oa vanworth boasts Of Q runner, ffost, that
ran RIM loo yards In 9Ha SECONDS.
MS stor gase Ball Club of Syracuse has
49,. - a,aha nded for Indifferent playing.
=. Bloomington Miss Ada Landry recently |
aiiad lid miles, 1t ID said, In ~ hours FL min
Al Akron, O., the 100 yard foot race between
1arnes Nj yerB and Reuben Styles for $500, was
won by the latter.
M stated that Sir John Ashley defrauded him
out Of G100
Frank Hart the Boston negro, who was the
winner OF the six-day walk OF Boston, is
DLeary's entry for the Ashley belt.
Hanlan and Courtney row at Chatauaua
Lake. October 8, five miles, for the Hop Bit
tere purse OF $4,000.
Mcmahon offers to wrestle Dufur, the great
Eastern Hercules. fur $4,000 side and this col
lar and elbow championship Of America.
At Oakland, CAL. on the 22d, Robinson and
McOuinn, two expert marksmen, are To shoot
Ct 800 glass balls for $1,000 side.
Kleinmann Of Chicago offers to make o
match to shoot against any man In the world
II 100 birds, for $1,000 and the championship,
n. Smith and Evan Morris are to row four
miles for $4,000. Smith ID o heavy favorite.
Al Denver recently, James ID. Page broke
1g5 out OF 200 glass balls, twenty yards rise
1Or wager OF 1850.
At salem, Mass. the 1o.mile walking match
between II. Il. Pollock and Richard Maggie was
won by the latter. Time, LII. 4em.
George Hamilton, of Fredonla, 10 stated TO
have cleared 10 feet 714 inches In o. standing
lump at Buffalo, N. Y. recently, which beats
the best record In this country.
Al LeavenwortD, Kansas, recently, james
Cranston defeated james Rush In d 100 yard
running race for $1,000. covering the distance
in151a seconds.
Az Port Huron recently James Wilson de-
feated John Tyler In single standing Jump
ING contest, and covered ID feet "a inches.
The stakes were $500.
Hazael appears to be confident that he will
win the Ashley belt Ii h. starts. He is taking
regular exercise, and expects to be- In good
UOndition.
II. n. Holcomb oil Big Rapids Mich, who
II attending the Lovejoy- Butehins match, Is
anxious to meet Dufur, Owens or any OF the
heavyweight wrestlers.
On Wednesday October 1, at / o'clock. the
members OF the Queens County Hunt will
meet at Meadow Brook, Long Island, for the
first run Of the fall meeting
AZ Gloucester, Mass, the sfngle-sCull race
between Thomas Burns and James Bagley
resulted In dead heat, and the stakes, $3.50.
were Withdrawn.
At Dundee, Scotland, the six-day running
and walking contest was won by Day, who
covered 400 miles and won first prize-G50.
Glarkson won second prize G2O--and covered
34G miles.
10 Ia now wel-known fact that Mr.. George
B. Alley has bought for Mr.. Frank Work,
the well-known trotter Dick Swiveller
IA exchange for $4,000 cash and the horse
ITtsax, nk,f f,1r xsyhi M Mr mi
AL Akron, o. September IL, Robert Barnes
run from Akron 10 Medina In Oh 4Om. On the
18th he ran from Medina to Akron In Oh. 20m
for a wager OF 500. The distance is twenty
miles.
AT st. Paul. MIMI, the 25-mile walking
match, between James NaylOr and Anthony
Meredith, for $3.50 side. was won by Naylor.
i nans A & 49, ~ hsf''''nS ''ns was H.
novel competition, In the shape of a con-
test between one-legged pedestrians for the
championship belt Is advertised to take place
Mt the grounds of the Huron County Agricul-
tslral Society, Norwalk, Ohio, October2.
At Gold Hill, recently, James McFadden
and Robert Graham wrestled collar and ell
bow, for $500. Graham won the first and
second falls, McFadden won the third and
fourth. In the final bout Graham won. The
contest lasted H. som.
The Halifax Rowing Club, the hackers Of
the late champion OF America, George Brown,
have new man In training, who, 1t e expect.
ed, will be flyer His name 10 White, and
he balls from one OF the fishing villages at
the mouth Of Halifax harbor.
III. Webster. the Liverpool (Eng) amateur
crack, was the winner Of the two-mile walk
ut the Roehdale Cricket Club sports, August
1B. Although the weather and track were bad,
he ACCOMPLISHED the distance In Ism. 51s.-a
performance which goes far to prove the cor
RICHNESS of the return crediting him with
walking the same distance, on good track,
III IAN. 4lh1as, at Haywood, Eng, In 1877.
The Austrdlasian says: The news OF Han
lan's victory over Elliott has been received
\ with much satisfaction here, as 1t ID now con-
sidered certain that Hanlan will come out to
row Trickett The latter has opened q fine
hotel at Sydney, and 1T to to be hoped that
attention to his business will not prejudice
his rowing powers, as It is felt that he Will
require to be ct his very best to meet the
wonderful Canadian sculler with any chance
OF success.
AT London, the two-mie swimming match
Tor ESQ, between Miss Agnes Beckwith and
Time First mile, 4sm. 1214s.; two miles, lib.
Ann. 33s. Miss Beckwth is q daughter Of
Prot. Beckwith, the ex-champion, and the
champion lady swimmer OF the world. On
July 8, 1876. she succeeded In swimming from
Battersea Bridge to Greenwich Pier, dis
tance of ten miles, In "a. 43m., and on July
Nv. 1878, she put this performance completely
IN the shade by remaining In the water six
hours and twenty-five minutes, ana COM
pfeting q distance Of twenty miles without
receiving the slightest assistance.
Bells Life says: professional rowing has
received q severe blow since Hanlan came,
saw and conquered-our scullers have been
completely scared, and utter stagnation has
prevailed ever since. veil was lifted from
their eyes, as 1t We're. when they observed the
easy and graceful style with which the young
Canadian padded his own CANOE" and those
Who had prided themselves on their prowess.
perfection OF style, and immense muscular
power, came to the conclusion, although In
some cases very reluctantly, that they did not
know how to row, at any rate only In a crude
manner"
The New York Sun has discovered the be-
1e6trian Weston on a farm near Stanford,
Conn, and thus describes him as he appears
to-day. taking his exercise In an orchard lot.
The man was attired In a low pair of stout
English walking shoes, bright scarlet wooden
ff0htS and white knit nndershirt nrn,, II