The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-28

THE Great skater WIN 40 for Doroahue's
Records First.

The three instAllments OF European mall
which reached New York by different steam
ers yesterday contained liberal sprlnklln2 Of
sporting Items In England they appear to
have had Just sufficient frost TO provide fair
skating without seriously interfering with
football or rowing. and sport IN these aud
other departments has been brisk and at
tractive. King frost has monopol2ed the fun
on the continental side OF the Channel while
further south there has been some remarkable
pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo
Tho oarsmen OF the bIQ rival universities
have settled down to genuine hard WORK for
tho annual boat race. which is expected 10
take place about . T. NJ on "Wednesday. March
-. Cambridge has n strong crew alloat daily
II includes three men who have sported tho
light blue before. r. +. Bayiord. No. 2; II. G.
veteran ritman continues to occupy the stroke
thwnrt in tho Oxford boat. with a promising
Tho London sporting papers heye long obit-
uary notices Of the late ". u. Waddington.
The deceased wnsa noted amateur sportsn o.
lie was edurnted at Rugby and ambti,ige. and
wbct 40 , eNsy deieated oxford tbst YEAR Gre"
The big annual hRure-skatiiR competition
at Dayos IlatL for the challenge bowl, pre-
II. j. lie Fleming, the famous Cambridge
all-round athlete, who had previously held the
Instead OF coming 10 this country after Joe
Donoghue's scalp. Harold Hagen Will IL is
said. retire permanently from ,cQmnetition
aud settle down 10 business MS u photographer
in Cbristlanla. He hns lett Amsterdam. and
will PROBABLY mako stop at Copenhagen on
tltiUn to try for tho worlds records at twonty-
I'VE miles md longer distances. London
champion shin races in Holland Hagen showed
himself to lie undoubtedly tho ilnpSt skater,
either amateur or professional. that has been
Arthur Linton, the British 100 miles bicycle
champion. scored u sensational victory over
Jules Dubois, the famous French liver. Mt
Paris on Jan. IL. when 22,OU0 persons Witness
Cd the contest, which was tho nrst OF n s"rlos
record time 81 hours minutes - seconds.
The sensational hill lard match between John
London, ended on Jan. IL Roberts won by
over 500 points, after allowing his clever on
on W. Mitchell the following week for match
under similar conditions. At the, end OF the
first weeks play MITCHELL was still in posses
sion OF over hail his handicap and playing like
.iioiore entering on the match with Roberts
tons SPOT barred championship Another win
will make tho valuable cup. which goes with
sother t tweSty.six three figure breaks, and LEFT
hIs opponent. {. Dawson. SJ1 points behind at
c. Memmott. tho Australian billiard cham
easily defeating Il. Coles at tho Westminster
for seres Of tWSIre games s" OF 10 up Mem
IN Oft won nine and the rubber.
The international pigeon shooting at Monte
Carlo is rapidly reaching its most Interesting
stage, Tho Priy Lntnartine was shot for on Jan
lu N. Paul Gervais and ". D'UyHri tied for
first place, with eight straight kills each. They
divided first and second purses. which nggre-
gated S,ihO.
Tho following afternoon tho Prix Victor
Hugo resulted In another tie between Count
Luca Gainli and NJ. de Montesauiou. They
shared Sb25. The Grand PriS will be COM
patpI |. EAnrasaptu-
lives from all the principal nations in the
world will probably compete.