The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-21
SPORTING SPARKS.
The Coming Pedestrian Match
at Indianapolis.
Bculling Squibs, Pedestrian Points, Turf
Talk, and Miscellaneous Men.
ti0n from all Parts
Of the Globe.
soulling squibs.

soulling squibs.
The Aquatic Boat Clubs colors this sea
son will be blue, same as last year.
Al. Banks has got the best of the
SHUTTLE" but he can't master the waltz
quadrile. Never mind, old boy, you'll gel
there by-and-by.
Wonder If certain party will not at
tend the ball next week in sailor costume
smother as Quaker, another as Turk?
Echo answers yes.
The Acme Boat Club hold meeting to-
night and will in all probability purchase
the double-oared scull John Tucker from
Its present owners.
John Barber, the boatbuilder OF the
licking River, is building doube-oared
scull, twenty-one feet long for William
O'Fauke, of this city.
Delegates from twenty or more Yacht
Clubs are to meet in New York toward the
close OF this month for the purpose of form
ting National Yachting Association.
John Hawdon and Joseph Kempter have
been matched to row from the Mansion
House to the Suspension Bridge, on the
Tyne River, England, for $500 side, Feb,
uary 23d.
Frank Gaetz sent in mis- formal resigna-
tion by letter 10 the Aquatic Boat Club
Thursday, and on the same day MIR. Ed
ward Howdon, of Prices Hill, sent in an
application for membership to the Aquatic
Club and was accepted last night.
On the 10th the Sportsman announced
that Boyle positively refused to challenge
Hanlan at presentfor the championship and
challenge cup ION account of the require
ments of his business" His cuisines" is
evidently not to allow himself to be beaten.
Leahy and Hoyt, of San Francisco, CAL,
have we learn, been matched to row five
miles for $500 side on May 1st Hnyt's
friends fancy that with new boat, fitted
with all modern Improvements he can de-
feat Leahy. and will have him properly
boated next time.
The second race between crews of the
University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and
Princeton for the &c. w. Childs Challenge
Cup" will probably be rowed between
June Goth and 30th, on the Schuylkill
River. The committee, which will repre-
sent the u. of P. in the arrangement of
preliminaries, ETC., is composed of Bernard
Gilpin, '75, Chairman; W. H. Patterson,
'76, Secretary and Treasurer; Davidson
Kennedy, William P. Gest W. p Robin
son, w. H. Smith and P. W. Roberts.
Mr.. 8. 8. Miles is the owner of an odd
sort of craft, which is now being con.
structed by John Barber, of Newport, KY
The boat is twenty feet in length and six
feet beam and will be arranged for either
sailing or rowing. In addition to this, it
will be supplied with steam power and an
awning for rough weather. 1t will be COM
pleted in about six weeks. Mr.. Miles, ac-
companied by his wife, will go South in
this novel craft and use it to visit Southern
and Western cities. He will combine
business with pleasure on the voyage and
will sell counties for a patent which he is
interested in. We will give full descrip-
ton OF the boat when completed.
Pedestrian Points
Go to the Bellevue.
Little but bad-Vint.
Guyon won't stand guying.
Hartman isn't in the best humor imag-
Unable.
Bobby Vnt leaves next week for his
home in Brooklyn.
Guyon is the handsomest man in the race
at the Bellevue House.
Krohne is an ungainly- y-looking man, and
when walking appears to jerk himself all to
pieces.
Mr. Fred. J. Engelhardt, manager of the
walking match at the Bellevue House. will
Join Have4ly after March lst.
A gentleman we'll .known in pedestrian
circles was heard by MS to say that the COM
ing match between O'Leary and Weston is
an old contemplated scheme to swindle
Californians out of as much dust as posi-
bic.
ID. Price, of the Post and Tribune, and
Geo. H. Lesher, Clerk of the Recorders
Court, have gone into training for walk.
ing contest in connection with the athletic
tournament at Recreation Park next May.
-TDetroit News.
Sam. Collyer, of New York, who dropped
out of the race at the Bellevue House the
first day, is on the track every day and
helps attend to Vint Sam. leaves to.mor-
row for indianapolis to take a hand-or
foot-in the race to take place in that city
next month.
Samuel Day, now in training for the
English championship competition, on
January oath, at the Drill Hall. Kingston,
England, made an attempt to cover sixty
three miles in ten hours On a twenty.lap
track. He accomplished the self-lmposed
task in nine hours twenty-four minutes
three seconds.
James B. Hathaway, who recently walked
twenty-four hours without rest, during
which time he managed to cover no less
than one hundred and one miles, in St.
Louis, Mo-, is a shorthand correspondent
for the Iron Mountain Railroad Company
He is looked upon out there as an amateur
but 1t is right to inform him and his friends
Of the st. Louis Gymnasium that, having
walked for money in the match alluded to,
hs is.a professional.
Madame Anderson has made known he,
Intention of joining in the sweepstakes fol
khe next contest for the belt now held BY
Miss Amy Howard, and she has deposited
b25 in our hands-one-half of the required
amount-to show that she means it. The
madame would like to meet the holder ant
Nine Tobias, or their representatives, here
on Friday, February Goth, between and
D. M, to confer in regard to the arrange
ments for the competition. A dispatch re
eeived from Jim Smith on February 1871
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