The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
SPORTING.

The capital stock of the Coney Island
Jockey club has been increased to $780,
900.
WILLIE BEcKwTrH, reputed to be the
fastest swimmer in England, contem-
plates visiting America this summer.
THATCHER, the well-known English
pedestrian, offers to walk with any man
living, from one hour upwards, for 800.
The handsome and speedy little son of
Membrino Pilot and Lady Stewart
Hannis, 2:19t-wil be guided by Mr..
James Pittit this season.
The visit of the Scotch football team
to Canada is to be postponed until the
fall, owing to unreasonable weather in
summer for that kind of game.
CHARLES PRICE, the English cham
plon ten mile runner, has been engaged
by Haverly and Englehart to give exhi-
billions throughout the country.
MEssRs. TRUEsDELL and Jarvis, of
Binghamton, N. Y, have purchased a
fast trotting colt for $4,000 He is full
brother of the horse Don Pedro.
HoLsKE, who is matched against Arm
strong, to walk for the twenty-five mile
championship of America, has taken up
training quarters at Mystic park, Boston.
The Columbus (Ohio) turfmen are
greatly incensed against the senate for
passing the bill prohibiting pool-selling.
They swear vengeance against those who
voted for the bill.
IT is highly probable that the date of
the approaching eight-oared inter-uni-
versity race between Harvard and Yale,
at New London, Conn, will be changed
from July I'd to 9th.
THE game constable of Galena. n. Y.
has been going for the fox hunters in
earnest, for their infringement of the
game laws, but most of the suits are
being settled by compromise.
A VERMONT man spent 100 successive
days i'll trying to run down and kill
fox, aud ut last when he got sight of him
and fired shot the bullet killed 5000
horse and the fox sloped away.
MILLER, the wrestler, who recently
left New York for England, will endeavor
to secure one or more matches with the
prominent heavy athletes of that country,
to whom he has repeatedly issued chal-
lenges.
The English jockey Jeffrey, who rode
Parole for the Liverpool Cup, has been
engaged by Mr.. LoIillard to ride for his
establishment Mt Newmarket when his
weight will allow him to accept the
mounts.
HENRY LEUsSING, quite young man
and a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, is
stated to have lifted, without harness,
1851 pounds at the gymnasium in that
city on March %. A number of promi-
nent citizenss witnessed the feat.
The usual grand stallion exhibition
will took place at Lexington, KY, April
IL. Among others Tom Bowling, Aris-
tides, Longfellow, Ten Brock, Levet,
Pat Malloy, King Alfonso, Glenelg, Mon
archist, Virgil, Wanderer, King Bau,
Kyrie DAILY, Billet and Whisper.
Mr.. JAMES REED, the checker expert,
played at once six games of draughts
blindfolded, with as many gentlemen, in
Pittsburg, Pa, the other evening, and
won five of them, the other beinga draw.
His opponents were all players of con-
siderable skill. The trial lasted three
hours and quarter.
THERE was prize night, recently, out
on the Gray's Ferry road between John
Callahin and Martin Mcguire for $500 a
side, which lasted thirty-two minutes,
twenty-three rounds being fought. Ma
guire was dangerously pounded and CAL
lahan fled to escape arrest. 1t is report
ed to have been one of the most brutal
pr1ze fights ever witnessed in this coun-
try.-NeW York Graphic.
CAPT. L. w. TAYLOR, of West Ches-
ter pa rifle team, was riding Oh horse
back on the Downing road the other day
when he saw hawk cutting the air
across field. Unstrapping his rifle, he
drew bead on the bird at the distance
of $50 yards. Though his horse was IN
motion at the time, and though the hawk
was passing like the wind, the bird fell
pierced through the body with bullet.