The sun., 1894-10-14
OUR SPORTING MEN IN EUROPE.
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Nom hs London Sporting LGfs.
A rattlng good sportsman is his Imperial
Majesty OF Germany, and particularly keen
upon all matters yachting. hence the news OF his
having a 20-rater built for competition in Eng
| lish waters next senson will give an undoubted
| hllip all around. BY the by, Prince Henry Of
Battenberg's Asphodel is now on Its way TO the
Mediterranean for the Riviera races, where she
| will fly the colors Of her new owner. the Grand
Duke OF Mecklenburg- -Schwerin. From all ac-
counts, very many other "twentles" " Will find
new owners ere the latter meeting, which prom
ises TO be record one both as regards quality
and quantity Of entries. Mr.. Could the owner
OF the crack Vigilant, is now en- route for Amer
| lea, which seems to be the signal for unlimited
| "bunkum" on the part of many Yankee con-
| temporares anent her recent sequence of de-
feats. Leslic's Weekly excels in foolish cackle,
and. failing other standpoints, accuses her Eng
llsh rivals Of lack OF fair play In round terms
| highly impertlnent, averring that in a race Oft
| Cowes the Britannia and Satanita deliberately
"jockeyed" the Vigilant. This Is stated on the
| authority fMr. Gould himself" but one Is loath
to believe that such is the case, considering the
fact that the Prince OF Wales was himself on
board his yacht during the contest in question
proof positive of fair play in the eyes OF sports
men all the world over.
While the amateur swimming champion has
been witching the world with amazing feats,
right throughout the season, the professional
champion, Joey" Nuttall-from lack OF other
worlds to conquer remained comparatively
quiet. Only to bide his time 1t appears how
ever, as on Thursday last he came out OF his
shell in great tune in his cndeavor to beat his
own 4 0O- yard record Of l minute 1IS seconds.
This he failed to do by 10 seconds yet succeed
ed in beating Mr.. Tyers's figures for that dis
ter somewhat to exercise his mind and talents
retiring full Of glory. BY the same token,
again broachcd the subject OF a swimming con
test between the English amateur cracks and
those M ct The vatsrs1d II seems ms To To fnGey that
TO live with the German exponcnts, and looks
for ward 10 the day when an Anglo VS.: German
swimming Club or some such organization OF
note will take the matter up and challenge the
ttiOn would take on no end.
F.. +. Bacon has signally failed In his endcavor
was not an ideal day for attempting the like,
and for the matter of that neither was IL par
,cniariy against G SPEEDY ,ravetiing re nhe d rHst
similar conditions. In very sooth. Mr.. Bacon
never looked like beating his own record; let
he @ viii III now % chuck @ Z. iet the the present sea:
fastest fa e miisrr hiir Of the Year. but, as / have
always insisted, 4 minutes IL 2.5 seconds
condition. whereas II was obvious to ali be-
holders that the Ashton man was " as stale ms
blazes." to use Nat Perry's expression. Certain
to create excitement; talking. forsooth, Rs IL
beating Georges figures was mere piflie; yet,
in my opinion and that Of countless others,
they will remain for many long day, as a run
ner of the latter's cal ibre Is born, not made.
Boyle Roche's famous birdnth that Of being in in two Two
places at once-I was unable TO witness the su-
sports c@ tSres miles. startI1s from " the f mark
the twenty miles record holder showed brilliant
style all throagh and breasted the taPs fully
3lIS seconds, or only ~ seconds behind the
worlds record made by Mr.. Sid Thomas at
iS the Stafford ''H HSrrers re uG man is Is "er Of the
first water Is now evident even to the most
their proposed ten miles match is that OF Punch.
don't" at any rate not during the present season.
MIR. Grassland to try and beat Deerfoot's one
hour record OF l / miles go yards, as in his
present condition | believe he would establish
fresh fgureS-a fitting conclusion to u notable
Was there ever such champion as James
Corhett before After declining 10 meet Peter
jackson he now arrOgates TO himself the right
TO refuse an encounter with the doughty Fitz-
nell. or. in other words, until he has tumbled
upon some other excuse. Even John sullivan Is
press is beginning TO tire OF this hide-and-seek
business. more than one contemporary blunty
dg96'pg him CSward In my yp, opinion i,nns hold
more to the stage than prize fighting. and. mark
my words, his next move will be to say that
full retirement | may be severe upon the
man; perhaPs ! am A. any TS.S, rate, the mag, mag
OF $4,000 purse and e2OO expenses for a
match 'twixt himself and Fitzsimmons will test
such old time worthies as sayers Goss Heenan,
King, Brettle, &c. why, gracious me, they
fghting In those days and bluff unknown; at
least II a man did bluf. It was pretty soon
the range OF practical dealings for the future.
% Another @ case TH' in point. % W. w. Howard of the
New York Canoe Club came over here a few
10 our Royal Canoe Club. his evident design
being to carry of the coveted Queens Cup In
ns t ss ,sf5s b ia 81 an o Ehgsh % ss sGw
defeated easily moreover, her defeats In British
waters greatly overbalance her victories, as all
seen at her best in her tussle with Spruce
Ill, but anyhow enough has been said
English craft has more than held its own with
the crack American ditto. There's no doubt
oa I s4ratS and P HoSard too Ss Ssen
sportsman 70 cry over sinking hsh, yet with
same contemporary up and talks loudly OF what
the American craft has had 10 put up with as
regards varied conditions, &C. Faughl In the
face OF the above one is reluctantly Constrained
TO come to the opinion that. whereab English
sportsmen can and do bear defeat with the same
nonchalance as victory, our American cousins
wrlthe under reverse in ludcrOus fashion.
The flying Yankee" Zimmerman finished
his engagement with NJ. Baduel on the 30th ul-
timo, and at once made tracks for Italy, ac-
eompanied by Harry Wheeler, the "cash prize
king" had the qualification OF seeing him off,
and learnt that he never likely TO come
back and race In Paris, for" said he, II do
not like their ways and, besides, the weather is
cold Roth mVaRiI and the KID will
ever so much better in warm countries" He and
Wheeler race in Florence, Rome. and Milan
which centres now arranging monster meets
this month in anticipation.