Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-21
sPoRrL,s AND ATHLETIC.

whsslmen frum an over the country ars
invitci D. a icycie tournament AZ Junction
City. Kan. GA Ssps. - AMI ~
Ths are,s, stake ever offer.i 20 two year
Oils l. the fS,oO1 D. - Aliei The Whlimniiie
plate a. MAnehe.isr, England, neti spring
saniers Soller.. q Preston. Eng. the well
known hicycis amateur. who WAS The iiri In
the worli 81 make tho mile lnsiie - two
minutes forty ->,ou.is will paritcipais In tho
American tournaments
The troiier Juigo Davis, hy Jos Brown dam
by Mlllmans iisnfounisr. has lecn oil %
ChArIs- Nolan, q Philadelphia, for t0,ooo
A msml.r % ths vienne-e Bicycle club,
Herr fortner, has just accomplished a journey
from Vienna D. raris on bicycle In elevon
days ami two hOur. This leats Lieut..
Znlowitz' famous r,coni % fourteen days
from Vienna - Paris on horSeback.
II IL charged tina, Ros l. trying 10 take
Candaurs plaoc as Americas representative
In the racc with Doach Tor the worlds champ
ship; but Mr.. ~ John says b. will not sue
cs,i.
lIAnlAn aaoccclsi In heating all previous
recoris on Lake Quindgamoni, Worcestsr,
when b. rowei thrce milss with turn In
nlnsteen minutes AMI twenty-ihrve -econ'iS
Jo-cFh Murrow challenges Dsnnis Butler
nov champion u the wOrldl % w. II. John
'son, champion u England. 10 swim him
twenty i've o. flfty milss In the Delawarc for
AGO. butler will probably accept
John X Campbell, the Momence CIlll turf.
man, has PURCHASED q james Gray & Co, In
Chicago, the S-year-oh bay colt Jim Gray.
The prico was t0,oo
brown Hal, by Dalton, Il one - the easiest
going paccrs on the turf. John Botwick,
the humorous Tennc-sean, hoiis the ribbons
behind him Ia a Carolcs way, AMI SENS lust
a. unconoerncl when going 2.ls clip 40
when Jogging along. -ExchAnge.
Henry A. Atheism, u Boston, the cham
pi0n deaf mute runner u tho world, now
holds the t.si roconi Of iOO, 80. 40 and 30
yanis. liz recently defeated sons celsbraiei
runners In this country. His rccord at loo
yards IA nine and thrcquarier sscOndS lie
will attempt 90 lower the rccoris this fall
Tho Boston Bicycle clubs annual i0omile
bicycle road race will b. run sgt "a, at II
a m, over a oourss OF hfty miles There
VIII - Two tlA<~nf AiiltoaIa AMI lfotnatsaIst
AMI the race will 10 run under the A. &. u.
rules Pist ami second priEs will 10 given.
Entries should bs sent, with al, 30 H. j.
Toml-, captain, 81 81 james avenue, on or
bsforv sep,. IS, at noon,
I'M. johnson, judging by his performances
this ~eason, l. evidently the fastest man In
America AZ iOO yar,ix One thing IA certain,
johnson l. rcady % run any man In the
world ~, Is or Ion yards for ti,oo 10 5000
siie, AMI few, u any, Of tho fyer appsar
ready 10 sign a contract
The following Is tho new definition recently
adopted by the Amatsur Athlstic azsociationi
IAN amateur Il any Isrson who has never
engaged In nor assisted In nor taught any
rccognized athlstic exercise for money, OF
who has never, either IA public OF Ia private,
racei or exhibited his skill for public or
private stake, or other enumeration, OF for q
pur~e OF for gate money, and never hacked OF
allowed himself % 10 baokel either In pub
lie or private raoe"--Philadelphia Prcsx
George Smith, Of Pithburg, broke the pro-
fessional 10 yards running rsoord OF fifteen
seconds AZ youngstown, o., Aug Z, In q
racs with frd vokes, whom be tsat by two
yards Time N25 sccondx The match vas
Tor $40 side. The fifteen seconds record
was made by G. Westhan. at Manchester,
England, In issi.-Phliadelphla TINES