Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-03-05
SPORTING.

IHE Clnclnnat1S defeated the crescent
Citys. of New Orleans, at Cincinnati, on
the oath, by a score of 5 to 1.
IT is rumored that a party of four
prominent French professional bicyclists,
including Terront, will visit America
next year.
F. E. CHANDLER, left fielder in last
years Wisconsin University nine, heads
the batting list of the Western College
Base Ball League.
The famous old trotting stallion Judge
Fullerton is to be raffled off at the Hoff-
man House, New York City, March 18th.
The tickets to the rattle are worth So
each.
The Eau Claire Rife Club have named
Friday, March 14th, IS the date for the
next rifle contest with Milwaukee and
Minneapolis. Chicago will probably
enter.
DETROIT is to have corporation with
a capital stock of $50, 1000, to be called
the Detroit Jockey and Trotting Club.
A long lease Of Hamtramck Park has
been secured.
Ten thousand dollars was offered for
the black mare Phyllis, record 2:171, by
Phil Sheridan, by parties in Ottawa,
Can, recently, but the offer was consid-
cred too small and it was refused.
The American Athletic Club Harriers
enjoyed paper-chase on the 22d, over
course twelve miles in length. The
hares covered the distance In 1901 and
the hounds came in ID minutes later.
The Sportsman's exhibition will occur
at the Agricultural Hall, Boston, March
9th, where 80, 408 superficial feet of
floor will be occupied by 103 firms, who
will exhibit a total CT $50 bicycles and
tricy cles.
THE Sioux Trotting Circuit held a
meeting at Mitchell, Dakota, on the
Goth, and the sum of $4,000 was raised
to meet the expenses of the circuit,
which will include the cities of Mitchell.
Yankton, Sioux City and Sioux Falls.
The date selected for the Oxford and
Cambridge boat race this year is Satur-
day, April 18th. The time of high wa
ter at Putney is eighteen minutes past
10 A. M, 80 the competing crews will
start as soon as possible after 9 o'clock.
JOHN CONDOR, of Philadelphia, lately
purchased in Kentucky highlv-bred
3-year-old colt named Eugene Wilkes,
by Young Jim, son of George Wilkes,
out of mare by Brown Chief The
youngster is well broken, and is report
ed to be quite promising.
The challenge of George Smith,
sprinter, to run any foot-racer In the
country one hundred yards for from
ST., 900 to SIS, 900 side, has been accept
ed by M. K. Kettleman, of Harper, Kan.
The principals will meet shortly to COM
plete arrangements for the race.
HANS RINK, who claims to be the
champion wrestler Of Switzerland, ar
rived ia New York on the 9th, and
handed 800 to Mr.. r. K. Fox as a for
felt IN support of challenge to Bibby
to wrestle, catch. as catch-can, for $500a
side and the championship of America.
CHARLES REYNOLDS, a colored sculler,
has made the fastest time over the
champion course at Sydney, three miles
and $50 yards straight away, ever
rowed. His time was twenty minutes
and SIX seconds. The best previous
time was twenty minutes and forty-four
seconds.
AT Galveston. Texas, on the Goth,
Mrs. Nellie Burke, the celebrated eques-
trienne, accomplished the difficult feat
of riding 100 miles in five hours on a
wager of $1,000. She made forty
changes, and came In under the string
| an easy winner amid the enthusiastic
applause of the assembled multitude in
four hours and fifty-tive minutes.