Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-20
SPORTING.

j. r. KEENE's Blue Grass won the
Ascot biennial stakes for three-year-
olls.
The s1oop yacht Oracle. of the Knick-
e1bocker Clut;; has been challenged by
the Nettie Thorp to sail race ten miles
to windward and return.
The Yale Juniors and freshmen raced
on the 9Th over two-mile course in the
New Haven, Com, harbor. The
Juniors won by one length IN l235;
Freshmen's time, 1910.
A MILE race for s1OO has been ar
ranged at Ottowa, Ont. for July 1st,
between Cummings, the champion run
ner Of England, and Raine, a native OF
Ottowa, and champion OF America.
DUNCAN G. Ross has accepted the
challenge issued by John L. Sullivan,
the pugilist, for 100 or $50 yards run
ming race, the contestants to carry
man weighing $50 pounds on their shoul-
dere.
COURTNEY accepts the offer Of manu-
featuring company, and will give bonds
in $l0,0 900 to row his best IN race with
Hanlan for purse of SIS, ,0O0. 1t isprob-
able the race will be rowed at Cincinnati
or st. Louis.
TIE Chicago Driving Park Associa-
| ton has arranged special match be-
tween the trotting cracks st. Julien and
Clingstone, for 1000 side. The as
sociation adds S., 900, and also offers
81, 900 additional if 2:lO5 is beaten. The
day named for the great event is July l9.
| The New York cricket season has
opened most auspicious]y and long list
OF matches has been arranged for the
season. Never has there been so much
interest taken in the game in this coun-
try as in this year, and to-day there are
more good cricketers in the metropolis
than we're ever before known.
"THE King of the Netherlands" says
the London Field, has given silver
cup of about e3OO value to the Royal
Yacht SQUADRON, to be sailed for in
August next. In addition to this
valuable prize the programme will. in
clude the usual Queens Cup, a town
cup, the Royal Yacht Squadron prizes,
and perhaps a Gl00 prize for match
round the Shamules.
The New York 1aci,t Club has adopt
ed new rule of measurement to adjust
time allowance. TIE formula of meas
urement in the failure will be twice the
length plus the square root of sail di-
vjded by three. TO ascertain the sail
area certain spt cited measurements on
the spars Will he taken; length to be
measured from the forward side of stem
at the water line to the water line at
stern wherever fourd.
| WILLIAM B. AsroR has signed con-
tracts with Messrs. William Cramp &
Son. the we'll known ship-builders of
Philsd-lphia, for the construction Of q
new iron steam yacht which is to excel
in speed and ma gniflcence anything yet
set afloat, not excepting Jay Gould's
famous floating palace, the Atlanta:
She will have length OF 225 feet, be OF
81 feet inches beam, and have a depth
of hold to the extent Of IL feet. She
will be barkentine rigeed and draw not
less than Is feet Of water. She will be
cduipp.d d with 1900 horsepower en-
) gines. The boat is to be launched in
September next.
AMONG the passengers on the City Of
Berlin, which arrived st New York, on
the 4th inst. were William Il. Beckwlth
and his sister, Miss Agnes Beckwith, the
celebrated swimmers from the Royal
Aquarium, London. Mr.. Beckwith's
vile ard their only child, a bright little
boy of 3 years. accompanied them.
Following is a record of the perform
apces Of Mr.. Beckwith and bis sister:
William Beckwith-160 yards, minutes
A seconds; 4S0 yards, minutes 81 sec,
onds; 500 yards, in bath, 8 minutes =
sc conds; 1000 yards, in bath, Is min
utes 81 seconds; in open water, Is min
utes and 514 seconds. In sixty hour
race, ten hours daily at London, june
20 to Is, 1881, his total score was 81 miles,
80 laps 40 laps to the mile). Agnes
Beckwith, September l, 1875, aged IA,
swan five miles with the tide in the
Thames River in l hour and 9 minutes;
July 5, 1876, Thames River with tide,
10 miles in hours and 43minutes; July
II, 1878, Thames River, without assist
ance, 20 miles in 6 hours and % min.
utee.
i The following table shows the stand.
ing of the League clubs at the close Of
the games on the 9Th inst: