Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
SPORTING

IHE great PAGER, MaLJlo Hunter, 2:lZ1
goes on the breeding farm this YER.
PROF. LOUIS ETHEL, who plays bill
lizards with his nose, intends making a.
tour through Wisconsin and Michigan
The famous stallion Geo. N. Patchen,
Jr., for whom SIS, 900 has been refused,
broke his left fore leg IN q box stall at
Decatur, H., on the Odd.
CAPT. 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-.
cei7e $4,000.
Harvard COLUMBIA freshmen boat
race at New London, Conn.,, on the 9th,
was won by Harvard. Time 1903.
Three Of the Columbia crew caught
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 furlongs, as
upon subsequent measurement the track
was found to be fifty three yards short IN
| that distance.
IT is thought the English cutter Mar
Jorie, eighty tons, and the Wendur,
| steel yawl ninety-two feet long, will
come from England this season and at
tempt to win the Queens cup from the
New York Yacht Club.
In the lacrosse match for the CHAM
pionsbip OF the world, at Montreal, on
the 23d ult., between the Shamrock and
Montreal Clubs, Montreal won in three
straight games. The ShamrUcks held
the championship for the past two years.
In the London chess tournament
Tzschigorin takes the fourth prize, el25;
score Is. English, Mackenzie and
Mason apportion the fifth prize, G125;
score 49, each. Rosenthal was awarded
a special prize of G25 for the best score
against the winners prizes.
J. DoUeREY, Troy, n. Y, has sold to
| Z. d. Palmer, Stonington, Conn, the
bay mare Amelia c., by Dexter Bradford,
| for SIS, 900. The transfer was made
just after the 2:20 race at Hartford,
which Amelia G.. won in 2:221, 2:22,
2:20, defeating Mr. Palmer's Happy
Thought and SIX Others
JIM MURRAY, of Providence, and Bob
ert Turnbull, of Brooklyn, engaged IN
rafting prize fight at a resort on Long
Island early on the 26th. About 300
sports were present and witnessed the
contest, which lasted thirty five minutes,
terminating in the second round. Muir
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 Gentiemen's Park track, (N. u
which is up hill all the way, in Zoe, the
last quarter i'll 49, seconds. The EeI-
Torrance was witnessed by Messrs S. F.
Knapp and Samuel Weeks, Mr.. Work,
| Mr.. Edwards anda number Of other gen
tlemen. Dan Mace made the time 1 :08&.
TIE following records we're recently
lowered at Edinburgh, Scotland. The
previous best records made by Duncan
G. Ross are given in parenthesis: II b.
hammer, handle It. IN. (7S # } G.
Davidson, Aberdeen, 70 #; Is tb-han-
mer, handle 4 fl. Goo #. in.) G. Da-
wilson, Aberdeen, 1O3 it. 1 in.; Y ID
hammer, handle 4 #. GIG #. in. J, G.
Davidson, Aberdeen, 118 #. in: Sc ID
weight (25 fl. 81 in.), G. Davidson,
26 it. in; q fb-bal-putting (36 #. II
in.), G. Davidson, 81 fl. 3 in. Is tb-ball-
I putting az #. 81 in. }, O. Duffy, Edin-
burgh, A # 81 in.; G. Davidson, 43 #.
A. in; IA 10 ball-putting GAG #. in,
o. Duffy, As #. 7 in.
JOHN TEEMER Won the consolation race
at Pullman, on the 23d uIt. He Gov
cred three miles in 20 minutes, Il Sec
onds, thus lowering Courtney's best
record of 90 minutes. 14E seconds, and
upon which his reputation has been
built. Teemer, who is thus given
the best record ever made for
three-mile pull in shell, is a native of
McKeesport, Pa, and is Is years old.
He is comparatively unknown II 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 10 minutes 81 Sec
onds, Hosmer and 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 Ct
| the Games on tho Doth.