The evening world., 1891-08-01
follows:

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To-day is certainly favorable for yachting.
Rcgattas viii be sailed rs follows: The Great
South Bay, In Great South Bay; at Larch-
mont for the wetmore Cup, and the annual OF
the Indian Harbor Yacht Club at Greenwich,
Conn.
F. D. Morgans new steam yacht Javelin Is
about ready to be put in commission She ia
0S feet over all, and has the speed Of % knots.
Tho annual meet OF the American Canoe
Association will be held at Willsborough
Point, Lake Chnmplain, Aug. to %.
our metropolitan canoeists arc overhauling
their craft prior to the many races that will
occur from the 18th to Goth.
The Friendship Boat clubs annual regatta
viii be rowcd on the Harlem to-day ut 3
O'clock
Hite Peckham writes Arthur Lumlcy, OF the
Illustrated NetcS, as follows: / am very
Mullen nght before any club Offering rea-
sonablc purse. ] am also willing 10 meet
Charlie Kenwck. will stake ~ 900 in either
case. To make It more Interesting, Will bet
$1,000 to $500 that win the battle"
Willie Kenny, OF Jersey city, now holds tho
championship as a bantam amateur, but he is
looking towards professional career. Kenny
will fight any man IN the world at ll2
pounds, and the Granite club Will OfIer
purse If the challenge is accepted.
The annual games OF the standard Athletic
Club will bc held at Long Island City to-day.
Eight events make IN the programme. Ath-
letes from Boston and Philadelphia viii enter
the races. dold. silver and bronze medals
Will be awarded TO frst, second and third
men.
Gen. PAINS yacht Volunteer, the winner Of
the last race for the America cup, has been
remodeled at Lowley's. She will Join the fleeJ
carly next week.
The annual Fall games OF the New Jersey
A. c. Will be held Sept. 8 at Bergen Point,
n. j., commencing NJ r. NJ; l00-yard run,
44O-vard run, Sso-yard run, one-mie run,
Onc-mile walk, 220-yard hurdle, feet
lnches running high jumr, running broad
jump. Gold. silver and bronze die medals to
flrst, second and third in each event.
Mr.. Fora Jones, OF the Brockville Canoe
Club, Brockville, Canada, who was defeated
in the International canoe races last year,
b,cn accepted. and arrangements are now
being made for the event.
Billiardists are highly interested in tho
conf match between Champion Jacob
schae,cr and slosson. The contest will be
will be 500 points, 14-lnCh balk line for
$1,000 side, the b. b. C. Co. Emblem and
boN-office receipts.
The first annual championship field meeting
for the decision OF the amateur athletic cham
Dlonships Of Long Island will be held at WASH
inEton Park. Brooklyn Saturday, Aug 22.
Entries close Tuesday, Aug. l, with II. A.
si5ley, $50 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn.
The National Athletic Club, OF Brooklyn,
Will entertain their friends at Idlewlld Grove
Aug. 10.
As was predicted In this column F. L. Hall
defeated p. s. Sears In the finals at the Long
wood tennis tourney, Boston, yesterday.
The fnal round stood: 6-l, Sc, O-l.
Robert MontelIs Thesptans will play
match game OF cricket with The local team at
Berkley oval, Monday.
A cricket match is proposed between an
eleven composed OF English residents Of Phlla-
delphia and an English team from this city,
TO be played some time In September IN this
city.
The cruise Of the New York Yacht Club wifi
start next Monday, and for the accommodate
tion OF out-of-town members the hour at
which the steamer will Leave Twenty-sixth
street has been changed from O'Clock to
$50 o'clock A. n.
Mick Collins Is anxious to tight any puGilist
IN tinish hight at l%2 pounds.
II is proposed TO hold n thrce-cornered chess
tournament In the Fall between Max Judd, OF
st. Louis j. ShOwalter, OF Kentucky, and S.
LlpsChuts, OF this city.
Miss Emma Mayhurn, OF Sea GIN, defeated
Miss Maggie Aveley, Of Brooklyn, In half