Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-14
SPORTING,

Jan. 15-Fitzsimmons. OF Australia. defeated
Jack Dempsey. the champion middleweighI Of
America in thirteen rounds at New Orleans
Jan 22-The chess contest between SfeinItz
and Gensberg, for the worlds championship,
was decided in favor OF SteiniIz
Feb LIGHTWEIGHT won the six-iay walking
match at Minneapolis. making 52i miles
from San Francisco to New York: time 2ls days.
Mar. 3l-Henry G. Klink. Jr.. lowered The
worlds half-mile walking record al Mobile,
April 15-Menphis Derby won by Scosgan
Bros colt Vsltera
May S-w c. Woodford broke the worlds
sleepfasting record at San Francisco; time,
15S hours and IS minutes without sleep
May i6-Steamship Fuerst Bismarck broke
the maiden voyage record; time days Il
hours and Is minutes from South Hampton to
in 2:0shs in Phiiadelphia-
June 25-CcluInb ia won the eight-oared race
between the Columbia, Yale and Harvard col
June s6-Cornen won the eight-oared three
june s7-Harvard won annual four mile race
with Yale a. New London Conn: time 81 %
July l4-Pussy Cat paced mile at Lexington,
KY. in 2:2i1i, fastest time ever made by two
year-old
July IN. H. Van sfcklen, of Chicago. made
p miles in / hour p minutes IL seconds on 3
bicycle at Detroit Mich
July 2-John McMahone retained worlds
match %nh Quinn at ahS MenIr Dm CaS
July 30-Hal Pointer paced the three fastest
heats in a race on record at Cleveland; 2-loa.,
Aug 6-White Star line steamer Majestic
broke Atlantic record. time days. is huurs. 8
Aug. 15-Nelson broke worlds stallion record
at Independence. La: time 2=10.
Aug. 21Nancy Hanks trotted three straight
heats in 2:12 2-laS and 2-12 at Independence.
Ia. breaking ali previous trotting r..ce records
Aug se-Monoars two-year-old- colt rrotted
mile in 2:so at Independence. Ia breaking the
Regal Wilkes record of 2:2lE-
Sep. 2-P- J. Berlo broke the American
record for half mile at Springfield, Mass;
time. 1888
Sep. s-w. z. Murphy rode solid tire BIZ
cycle three-fourths OF a mile in :4s % break
ing the worlds record for that distance
Sep 5-Anerton trotted a mile at Indepen
dence: Ia, in 2:1o breaking the worlds stallion
Sep I5-Anerton went the two fastest con-
secutive heats ever made by a stallion II indie
Sep 1e-Neison trotted mile in 2:IO at
Grand Rapids. Mich Alierton lowered all
e:O9lz a. Independence. Ia
Sep G@Nancy Hanks trotted mile in 2:Io4
at Cambridge City, Ind
Sep a6-At Independence. Ia. AIerton beat
all previous records TO wagon by going mile
Sep 29-Special train from San Francisco 10
New York beat al previous records By making
the trip in 4 days u hours and % minutes
Oct 5-National league baseball season
closed with Boston in the lead
Oct l6-Allerton won race with Delmarch q
Oct 21-Sunol broke the worlds trotfing rec
ORD at ssoe5Son; Gs, By gaing mile IN s;s.
vile. Tenn. in three straight heats
Oct 27-George Slosson defeated Jacob
Schaefer in billiard match in New York, by
score OF so to soc.
Nov. Joe Jefferson lowered worlds three
mile pacing record at Knoxville, la time.
1854
Nov qANorman L Munro's steam yacht
Norwood made mile in New York harbor in
2:l2x.
Nov. 11-Arion. two-year-old colt. trotted q
mile at Stockton. Cal, in 2:10x.
Nov. 12-National baseball league awarded
peunant for 1897 to Boston
Nov. Hoe Jefferson lowered four mile trot-
q 1r,ryr lat ~ r1rK vii Ia f-rr10 r0-r
Nov. 16-Palo Alto lowered stallion trofting
record at Stockton. Cal: time. 206x-
Nov 26tTwo wori,i,s yeariing records were
broken At Stockton Cal, by Frou Frou trottinR
q mile in 2.26. and Fausta paaiRG mile In 2.9fk