Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
SPORTING.

A NEW schooner yacht of 100 tons pur-
den is to be built for Chicago parties.
THE New York Athletic Club, the
oldest club of the kind in Gotham, Is
ahout to build a club house to cost
100000.
JAMES BURNSIDE, the colored ianltor
of the Chicago Atheneum gymnasium
recently lifted 200 pounds dead weight,
aud threw it out of place.
A TEAM of ten of the Milwaukee
Whist Club will soon meet an equai
number of the Business Mems Club, OF
Oshkosh, for match play.
RIFuEMAN, the celebrated stallion,
died at Red Bluff, CAL, on the 2Hth,
aged 90 wears. He was reputed to be
the Oldest stallion in America. his
Dedjrree. in possession OF the owners,
is traced back to the year 400.
A NOVEL cricket match was recently
PLAYED at Leyburn, in Yorkshire, Eng
land, between an aged bachelor and
spnster. i numerous company Wit
messed the match, which was won after
an exciting contest by the lady.
TIE new steam yacht Sigma WAS
launched at Detroit on n-e 1st inst.
She is the largest stea,a-yacht on the
lakes, being l3O feet long. II is expected
she will steam sixteen miles per hour
when driven. The Sigma is owned by
NJ. S. Smith, the Detroit jeweler.
Oshkosh is down for bicycle meet
May 3Olh and 3lst, when an attendance
of several hundred wheelmen is looked
for. The card provides for run to
Neenah, where big dinner will be
served, with a return to Oshkosh the
next day and ball in the evening.
a TWENTY. MILE bicycle va. horse race
for $50 and goli medal took place re-
Gently at Boston, between G. j. Young,
bicychst, aud Thomas Walsh. The race
was well contested, but the horses were
too much for the bicyclist, who was
beaten several laps. Time: Horses,
III Sim; bicyclist, lh. On. 55s.
The three-mile foot roce at Pitts
burg on the 2Sth, between Johnson, OF
Pittsburg. and Haponnv, Of Sheua ndo
ali, Pa for purse OF $500, was won by
inpeuny. Johnson became i'll at the
end OF the Iirst mile aud sat down. Ha-
benny walked q miles and was declared
the winner. Time not taken.
HANLAN, the oarsman, is practicing at
Lowell. Mass, but has been delayed in
bis work by damage to his boats while
on the way from New York to Boston.
His new Loat wss broken i'll a dozen
places, ana the Maud, the Swaddle &
WInship shell, in which he beat Trickett
in England, was rendered almost worth
less
PRoF. BLATT, known as the "man-
fish, performed a very remarkable feat
at st. Louis, on the 28th, remaining un-
der water minutes II +! seconds, beat
ing the best previous record, which was
4 minutes and J seconds, by j. b. John
son, in London, and he came near losing
his life. He became helpless after 4
minutes had expired, and when removed
from 4 lie water, on the repeated demands
of those present, be was ;usensible.
DURING the time of the "World's
Great Railway Exhibition, " to be held
IN Chicago, ILL.,, professional six-day
twelve hours day. bicycle tournament
will be held, commencing Monday, May
2lst, and ending Saturday, May 2G,h.
The contest will be open to all, $40 en-
trace fee, riders to receive ralf the net
receipts-4O per cent. to first, 30 to sec.
ond, 20 to third, and 10 TO fourth. The
amounts received for entrance-fees will
30 used for the purchase Cf a champion
ship emblem to be presented to III.
winner.
The great professional rowing regatta.
Op>I to the void, will be held at Pull
man, Ill, under the auepicce OF the
Pullman Athletic Cnb, on Friday and
Saturday, June % and %. Among those
entered for the sIugle skull race are: Ed
whrd Han]an, Toronto, Canada; Wallace
Ross, st. Johns. n. B. George nosmar,
Boston; George ". Lee, Newark, n. j.
Charles Z. Courtney, Union Springs, n.
Y; James Dempsey, Geneva, n. Y;
Frank Hill, Boston; r. j. Nugle, Bos-
ton; NJ. kilo, Cincinnati; +. A Plalsted,
Chicago; VIM. Elliott champion of Eng,
land; G. W. Weisgerber, Wheeling, W.
Va; William Bticeland, Wheeling; Ed
Clator, Wheeling. }. il. Ten Eyck.
Ptekskill, n. Y; Johu Mckay, Halifax.
n. s., and J. 6. Gaudaur. st. Louis.
Prizes of $1,000, 5000 and 500 are
offered for the first three places.
IN the trotting clrcuit arranged be-
tween Janesvi]le, Milwaukee, Chippewa
Falls, and Oshkosh, Wis, and Wood
stock, IL the purses aud races will be
alike. First duy-purse of $500 for the
2:i5 class and one of $500 for the 2:25
class; subscription stakes for 4-yea1-
olds. $50 each, mile heats, go and carry
as they please; association add
$50. Second day-Purse of $500 for
300 class and purse of $3.50 for
2:35 clasg, subscription stakes for
PAGERS, 2:20 class, $50 each. Third
day-Purse Of $500 for 2:4O class and
one OF $500, free for all; subscription
stakes for 3-year.olds, $50 each, mile
heats, go and carry as they please: asso
ciatlon add $50. Fourth day-Subsc1ip
ton stakes for $50 class, $50 each;
subscription stakes for 2:3O class. $50
each. The total amount of purses in
tbn circuit ic S1S O0l