Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-29

presence of great crowd and h0undlcss
enthusiasm, skutcd two milrS against thr
Russians best Time which was u min.
utos aud " seconds, and beat IL Ia q
minutes aud ~ 30 seconds, receiving %
grand ovation nnd diamond ring from the
Vienna Skating club.
I'm the following winter Joe went over
10 ENGLAND and won the International
amateur skating race of IL miles at
Imgay Fen. near Cambridge in t min
utrs aud iG seconds, thus beating all
records. Lovcdoy, the British champion,
finished second Ia . minutes aud = see
onds Rowe was third and Tebbutt
fourth What added % The youngsters
triumph ON this occasion was the fact
that on the very day before, Dec. -,
1880. james "Fish" Smurt, the English
professional, had skntcd the same dis
ntuce over the same COURSE IN n race,
In which he did his best, Hnd had taken
q 10 seconds longer TO do IT, Thus, al
together, D0noghuc as an amateur
could not try conclusions with james
Smart, aud yet Il was possible from
this test 20 make comparison between
them in favor of the American.
Returning 70 America DonoEhue took
part IN the Newburg races Fob. z, 1891,
aud broke the fyo-milo record i'm -
minutes 30 "a seconds over qu0drnn-
pular COURSE with two laps 10 the mile.
Some of the bost amateurs ~ America
struggled against Joe in this race, among
them being his brother. Jim DOn0ghue,
simpson, Moshcr, MunEcshoimcr, Gross
aud George Risk. That same day Joe
won the ten-milc race In 80 minutes
| "a 3-5 seconds. with Simpson 4 seconds
| behind him He also won the quarter
\ mile race in - 40 seconds, witt, MOshcr
| pushing him hard.
/ AZ the Newburg races of the r. y. A.,
| held on Muchattoes lnke March 3, 1892
| Donoglue easily won ell fOur events
| against all competitors, thereby strength
eniug his claim 10 the championship OF
! the world
Much regret Is felt both in Europe and
! this country that this young hero among
| skaters has been uunble % take part it
| the tournaments arranged for the present
season at Berlin, Amsterdam and Other
European cities. lie might have done
oven gfonter things than lac has done ii
| the past, although that u difficult.
One of the beat and most exciting rae
ing tournaments ever held was thai
which took place at lepreuyeen in th,
winter of 1S9OOl for the Dutch Na
uonnl championship" ia the profcs
slonn race over q one mile horseshoe
course James Smart won iu 3 minutn
and seconds; Martin kingma secou'
aud George Soc third, there being onll
4 seconds difference between Smar
ana See.
Returning to England Smart won fo
the second time the English champion
ship in the IL mile wco with thrc
turns IA minutes - . seconds whic
Is The best time ever made 1y an English
man. although ns viii be remembere
Joe DonOghue did the same distance th
following day IN 9 seconds less
For years there has boon great riyalr
between the Dutch aud Enriish fas
skntcrs Tebbnt ami George Smnl
haying been worsted 10 Leeuwnrden d
the race already described. determine
81 retrieve themselves, and III launar
1887. nfter the time test hnll been %
tabllshed and mile horseshoe eours
had been decided upon az renilntlo
tracb. MIR Icbbutt mel aud defeated ih
best Dntchma iu the amateur cham
pionsHp az Sliklcerbler Again at th
Same place the English skntrrs, So
ma salilt. made the following remarki
bic world record. defeating everyhOd
aud establishing the Engliah supremael
One mile. George Soc. 2,6J james Smai
253 40. la the 1000 meter race SEE
time wac 3 10 ~ 2-3s, and Sinart's l.
seconds slower, which uthes are conai,