Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-08


Thelwinners at Brighton Beach Thurs
day, were: Golden PlOver, three quarters
mile, for msidsps of all ages, 1874;
Brunswick, Que mile, all ages, Ash
Lytton, three quarters mile, for 3-year-
olis, l Is; Little Dan, handicap Of II
miles, 2 l34 Rochester, weller weights,
Ii miles over six hurdles, 25lt
A prize hght for 81 600 a side between
McFadden OF Winnipeg and Mar,laad OF
St Louis, took place At Caldwell, Idaho,
last week. The fight was ended in the
fourteenth round, MARYLAND receiving
punishment from which it is thought he
cannot recover. He was carried from
the ring in an insensible condition.
William Elliott, ex-ohampion oarsmap
of England, has gone to Liverpool. lie
intends challenging Tor the championship
of England, and is confident OF regaining
the honorable title he once held. When
he returns TO America next year he will
b. prepared to row Charles H. Courtney
or George Ii. Hosmer for IL 900 side.
The record Of 2 IL made by James
Keenan's hOrss Frank with running
mate, was beaten at Narfagapset Park,
Providence, Thursday. The oonte sting
horses we're II, b. Wiuship with Hiram
Bruce (ths latter was the mate of Yellow
Dlok when she made her record on this
track a year ago., and Frank with John
Nay. The race was for a purse OF 81, 900
mile heats, best three in i've to harness.
A prominent New York sporting man
sent to st. Louis Tuesday proposition
| TO back Paddy Ryan to fght Slade, or
any other man in America, for from
| " 500 70 5000 side, the fight to take
place within 100 miles OF New Orleans in
February. On this subject, Al Smith,
! SullivAn's manager, ss,d3 Sullivan and
| Ryan will meet in Boston with hard
gloves as soOn as We get back; If Ryan ia
hungry, he can have it on our way 10
San Francisco. Tine chances are that
Ryan will want nothing to do with sulli.
van, or Slade either, after the Boston
match"
II, b Winship and Hiram Bruce. .,....l
| Frank and John ay..............,...,..2 . Z
Time.
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A savage hard glove fglt took place ia
Blocker street, New Y,fk, lane
i No. early THURSDAY inor. .us
Nv .n Professor StuGbs OF Nv
1oik, ALI Major william Bennett o.
Rochester. The fight was to go to s
fiuish according TO the Marquis O
Queensbury rules, with the exception
that the rounds We're to be of one minut,
each, with half minute between rounds
Nhe fsht was for $3.50. Twenty-foul
rounds we're fought aud both men wer,
badly punished. Stubs eyes were closed
aud he threw up the sponge. The fght
lasted So minutes. II was the longest
and most stubborn that ever took place
in America with gloves, under the Mar.
quis of Queensbury rules.
Mr.. J. Il. Zukertort arrived in New
York from London, on the Alaska on Sat.
urdsy week. He is newspaper publisher
by profession, and chess-player Of rare
ability. Recently he won the great tour
nsment at London, and gained the title
of champion of the world. He comes tC
this country partly for pleasure and
partly for chess. He expects to arrange
chess-playing route, and to give all the
notable players in America chance tC
try their skill with him. There is but
one man with whom he will not play
with, except for high stakes, and that IL
Steinitz, the winner of the second place
in the London tournament. Mr.. Zuker
tort will make the Belvedere Hotel hi,
home while in New York. During tn,
voyage he played bliudfold against foul
antagonists simultaneously, winning al
games.