The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-15
ATHLETIC ECHOES FROM ABROAD.
Choice Bits or Gossip COncernine ANA
teurn and Profeaslonnla.


Sport recently regarding an Rl-round ANA
tour championship for ireland, patterned after
tho American fixture. Tho American pro-
gramme consists OF two runs, one walk ono
hurdle race, three jumps, and three weights.
| Tho proposed Irish one consists OF three runs.
four Jumps, four weights, and ono hurdle race.
and the standards for the Irish one are consid-
eraby harder than those so far used hero.
Ireland contains moro mon having all.rounl
athletic ability than America in proportion to
| her size but 1t Is doubtful II T. DAWN. who won
an all-round competition in ireland in 1Sss.
| could hold his own with tho best athletes in
this country at tho American programme.
est on tho Emerald Isle. and indications are
that an all-round championship contest will
The annual 220 yards H Ereast- str9ES handi-
cap swimming eonpStitto1 Of he tSo, Dp mod
BatRs on June IS. Tho starts ranged ,ti from six
to forty Ave seconds. The distance WINS about
25o yards and was FIVE lengths of the eHtn.
and tho new recruit, 7, b. O'Dell fifteen soc
oniIs, lnGlly. won HHmi9 great 3. eenthusiosm BY
Mitchell wus only about two feet ahead OF tho
third man. II. CLOVER, scratch. who aRiyed
minutes 53as seconds.
Thh9 hnGGp ,Su rGSS1y had this
mer is staying at Fokostone for tho purpose OF
getting into training with view TO essqying
and GoESsf hS s intends IDS
to attempt to swim the dIs,anee on his back,
sibIe one, owing to the distance, about twenty
yc miles ThiGh n Is GSnssldsraby greater than
to his nativo laid last MAY after nine IN months
games than ever lie speaks Of several sports
be bsos ,' RdsS dsTnE } II ss of Y 5S9
showing tendency 10 take on flesh; which was
Just tho reverse while IN America The wealth
or has been cool there. and he thinks ho may
even equal his best record for ten miles, 81
minutes 81 2-5 seconds.
tests on the Thames River lately above Lon.
SUrbion and China and Ted %aipole Of King
s0n and m Hattop Gta!en The match
than " ID stone" in weight. with ali gear in
Several more Ct these MATCHES GEe arranged:
90 on "Wednesday os lyme 70 F. W shforland Of
Hotel at Brighton from the White H Horso o f GeS
covered by the lato famed whip. j. SeIby. in
ns n ss an & ne %
did time off hours 10 minutes, thus beating
Selbys record by 81 minutes, The London
Sp!ogrtirg Lte gives this account Of the ride:
"A. N. by MIR. L 4. Powell, the weil:known
timor. and reached Croydon at 7:45, Crawley
at ten hours ID minutes. his time for the down.
ward Journey being thus h9urs4 IS minutes or
brief stay at brighton Shorthand commenced
the homeward Journey; and passing Hand
6s6d S AZ and GT at lis fu s Se
ing hours and 10 minutes He rode a pneu-
matIG-tTed GeaITedh Fqete Safety end was
the previous best cycle timel II. NJ. Hutchlps
I. Hale the lonG.distancs exclamation. En-
nest Osmond, Bartlett Wootton. and other
Good time. was recently, made, in the half
ns race 6 the Go
p, Milton assumed the lead immediately. and |
with strong overland s,r9ke won by twelve
At the recent athletic games OF The Old Town,
Jumper OF iroaad i. conneI was b beaten 9i By
now man named Scott. The distances cleared
ana Gonne 20 feet scott Is s. an iGs' exeeons
Jumper and IN the three 3, standing broad JUMPS
nell second, q; inches behind;
J; Reynolds, the celebrated hammer thrower
Countys championship. held a. Birkenhead
on June q, and proved an easy winner with
erpool was second with los feet / inches.
Reynolds is comparatively email man for
him Tor the great form he displays In pPopor
ton to his size. r. A. Greene won putting the
at 70 her the th bps bes
feated but once in four years In a scratch com.
petition: end that was T TIeE George T. Cray OF
The big games Of the Free,nan'S Journal Ath-
letiq Club, billed to take place on the Balls
atinG stir In Irish amateur athletic circles.
Twenty- one events are on the programme the
evSnts u 1SRH hGh and r6ai
jumps. throwing 16-pound hammer. 8 feet
Inches handle. and putting 16-pound shot. For
n n n nj
tho following day. there are twenty-five events.
tho scratch events OF which are putting the
shot without q follow putting 56-pound shot
with follow. throwing l6;pound hammer %
jumps. pole vault. running hop, step. and Jump.
All Of the field events will take place on grass.
fas ha FT s fdfan nR A esSR Ee
and has spared no expense In giving it all 1t
should require to show up In good form at the
from an old university oarsman is that they
are rather apt 70 Ge5 short after rowing some
Waller n Christie SSi the Manhattan Ath,
since his arrival In England. ono English
journal calls attention to the fact that Christie
Is {. considerably larger in physique than other
Mark Addy OF Stafford. who has saved over
aity Sers99RR2so from ron t drowntng and Yas Pre-
name OF her Majesty tho Queen, died recently.
n MS time he was in the front rank Of pro-
Dawn crew in 1862. when they won the
Clydesdale Dalglish Cup, the Chester Water
ms1s prize - and hs SRonH champion club
A contest for G1jO and the title OF Scottish
champion at Quoits was recently held at Glas-
Thomas sheldon Of BroXburn. There wero
1000 spectators present, and the excitement
ncdy. with J. Flomming as his mentor broke
ground with ringer. following that with u
with George sheldon made the good break OF
- points In succession. Continued play
brought the score TO Sneedon %. Kennedy II.
The Glasgow man PLAYING with splendid nervo
onoe more got in front and added Il bronx OF
II amid the greatest excitement and cheers Of
mis- friends. Kennedy kept ahead, and ran out
70 I'll TO Sneddon's 49,