Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-07-12
SPORTING.
TuE great PAGER, Matte Hunter, 2:l2i
-. AZ, Lreeair o farm this wear,

THE great PAGER, maetie ~ ul uii'eA
goes on the breeding farm this year.
PRoF, Louis ETzEh, who plays Dill
liards with his nose, intends making a
tour through Wisconsin and Michigan.
TIE famous stallion Geo. NJ. Patchen,
Jr.. for whom S15, 900 has been refused,
broke his left fore leg in box stall at
Decatur, Ill.,, on the I'D
CApr. WEBB. the swimmer, is training
at Nantasket Beach for the perilous feat
of going through the whirlpool rapids
| at NIAGARA Falls. for which he is to re-
ceige $4,000.
HARyARp-Conu freshmen boat
race at New London, Conn.,, on the2ita,
was won by Harvard. lime 1l'5.
Three of the Columbia crew "cau'sht
crabs early and settled the race.
| THE time made by Bob Miles in re.
cent race at st. Louis, Mo-, was not the
fastest on record for seven tns!ongs, as
| upon subsequent measurement the track
was found to be fifty-three yards short In
that distance.
IT is thought the English cutter Mar
10 rie, eighty tons, and the Wendur,. q
ste ell yawl ninety-two feet long, wil4
come f1om England this season and 81
tempt to win the Queens cup from ttsf
New York Yacht Club.
I. In the lacrosse match for the cham
piouship of the world, at Montreal, on
',e 23d ult., between the Shamrock and
= treal Clubs, Montreal won IN three
No games. The Shamrocks held
stfaA& oionship for the past two years.
Inc ci'3s ondon chess tournament
II IN the !. ~ IS the fourth prize, el25
Tzschigorin ts&> III, Mackenzie aud
score 16. Er'saA fifth prize, e125
Mason apportion aes hal was awarded
score 15a each. Ros2es. he best score
special prize of EOS fo:Ss.
against the winners prizes. sold tc
j DoueREY, Troy, N. Y, h,> the
7. D. Palmer, Stonington, Conl.,. 4,
bay mare Amelia c., by Dexter Bradfea,
for $4,000. The sranafer was hlade
just after the 2:2O race at Hartford,
which Amelia G. won In 1921, 2:22,
2:20, defeating Mr.. Palmer's Happy
Thought and six others.
JIM MURRAY, of Providence, and Rob-
ert Turnbull, of Brooklyn, engaged in a
rattling prize fight at resort on Long
Island early on the Goth. Alb ,ut 800
sports were present and witnessed the
contest, which lasted thirty five minutes,
ray knocked his opponent down SO often
that the latter was completely exhausted.
Mr.. w. Fl. VANDERBILT drove Maud
S. and Aldine-the former without toe
weights, or scalpers, etc., and with
blankets in the wagon, just as he drives
the mare on the road-the last half mile
of the Gentlemens Park track, On. Y.
which is up hill all the way, in 109, the
last quarter in 33, seconds. The ger
formance was witnessed by Messrs S. L.
Knapp and Samuel Weeks, Mr.. Work,
Mr.. Edwards and a number of other gen
tlemen. Dan iMI:::co InaGe the time :0S3.
The following records We're recently
lowered at Edinburgh, Scotland. The
previous best records made by Duncan
@. Ross are given in parenthesis: 81 1b.
hammer, handle 3 tt. 6 in. Us # G.
Davidson, Aberdeen, 70 #; 16 ib.ham-
mer, handle it. 600 #. in.) G. Da-
wilson, Aberdeen, 103 it. l in; II 1b-
hammer, handle 4 it. GIG #. 6 in.), G.
Davidson, Aberdeen, 118 it. in. Sc ID
| weight (25 fit. 81 in.). g. Davidson,
26 ft. l in.; 81 tb. ball-putting (36 #. II
in.), G. Davidson, 81 it. 3 in. 16 ib.ball
putting az fl. g. in.) o. Duffy, Edin-
burgh, A ft 81 in.; G. Davidson, 43 ft.
4 in; IA tb ball-puttipg GAG it. in.),
0. Duffy, 46 it. Z in.
JOHN TEEMER won the consolation lace
at Pullman, on the 23d ult. He GOV.
cred three miles in 20 minutes, Il sec
onds, thus lowering Courtney's best
record of 90 minutes, 14l seconds, and
upon which lis reputation has been
built. Teemer, who is thus given
the best record ever made for
three-mile pull in a shell, is q native OF
McKeesport, Pa, and is 1S years old.
He is comparatively unknown in the
sporting world, and has done most of his
rowing on the Monongahela River. He
has powerful physique, and was trained
under the eye of Morris, ex-champion of
America. Hanlan and Lee won the
double.scull race in 19 minutes 81 sec
onds, Hosmer aud Mckay coming in
twenty seconds later, Weisgerber and
Clayton Line seconds after them, Gau-
daur and Kennedy fourth, and Plaisted
and Parker fifth.
The following table shows the stand-
ing of the league clubs at the close of
the games on the Goth:
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