Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
SPORTING.

Mr.. FRANCE, of New York, has pur.
chased the black mare Cordelia, record
2:2l4, to mate his trotter, London.
SULLIVAN, the pugilist, received ST..
AS as his share of the gate receipts for
p1tching in game of base ball at st.
Louis, on the 4th.
A CHESS tournament between fifteen
New York experts and the same number
from Philadelphia ended in a tie. Each
won five games and five were drawn.
ADv1cEs from Melbourne state that
the sporting men in Australia will sub
scribe $40, 900 for Hanlan, Trlckett and
Laycock to row for on the Paramatta
River.
HAN1AN will row Austin Stevenson of
Vallejo, on the Goth. at San Francisco, for
a purse of $500, offered by the Pacific
Rowing Association. Stevenson will re-
ceive 800.
AUGUSTA, Ga, is to put professional
team in the field the coming season.
Overtures have been made to Joe Crot-
ty and other professionals to sign by the
manager of the club.
The imported chestnut colt, two years
old, by Doncaster out of Schechallions
by Blair Athol, has been named st.
Leger, and will be placed at the head of
the Hazel Hill stud, near Minneapolis.
HosalER, the oarsman, to vary the
monotony of bis rowing work, has is
sued challenge for q ten-mile square
heel-and. toe walk, for $3.50 or $500 a
side, with any man in America, barring
Holske, Meagher and Driscoll.
The Boston Whist Club, organized
six years ago and having membership
of 100, entertained number of guests
at q banquet at their handsomely fur
nished ten-room club house at 70 Boyls-
ton Street, Boston, Mass, on the 31st
ult.
ScHEFER and Vignaux are practicing
daily at Paris for the championship
game, beginning on the 26th, and con-
tinuing five nights. The men are in ex-
cellent form. They will play q balk-
line game of 600 points night. Tie
stake is $4,000. The American bridge
is forbidden.
The official record of the Northwestern
Alliance was: Toledo, IS victories; %
defeats. Saginaw, 81 victories; 80 de-
feats. Peoria, 40 victories; IS defeats.
Grand Rapids, 48 victories; Sc defeats.
Springfield, 81 victories; AZ defeats
Bay City. Is Victories; 40 defeats. Fort
Wayne, "a victories; SO defeats. Quincy,
% victories; 81 defeats.
A CONSIGNMENT of thoroughbreds
from the stud farms of Pierre Lorril-
lard, j. r. Keene, William Aston and
the Clipsiana Club was recently sold at
auction at the New York American
Horse Exchange. The highest price OBJ
tanned was IS, 900 for Kanaka, foaled
1880, BY Scottish Chief out of Seclu-
sion. He was purchased by j. McCor.
mick.
"LEE," of Pawnee City, Neb., aud
w. R. Nally, of st. Louis, ran foot.
race recently, 1875 yards and Is feet,
scratch start, for 800 side. Lee
won by five feet. Time, 123 seconds.
Lee is believed to be Arthur McComb,
of California. Another match for a spin
of 125 yards between the same parties was
arranged on the 18th, and will he run at
Sportemen's Park on the 26th.. The
stakes will be $3.50 side.
The Harvard College Bicycle Club
had q hare and-hounds run on the 10th,
which extended about eighteen miles,
from the college grounds across the
Brookline bridge, through Longwood te
Jamaica pond, around Chestnut Hill,
over to Brighton, down by tho Charles
River Hotel to the finish at the Brighton
bridge. Owing to poor. scent, thu