Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-04-19

CURLEY's BACKWARD LEAF oNEI. 4 HORSE.
resigned to it's fate, and the horse does not
object for the reason that William never
even touches its back rs he makes his phe
nomenal leap. Curley lives in San Fran
cisco and il called "rhc Bounding Wonder
Of the Mission because he lives In the
mission section of Frisco.
Curley is - years old, feet II inches
tall and weighs 100 pounds. He has pos
scssed vaulting ambition of the
kind, however, that takes llumpty
Dumpty fall on the other side-cver since
he can remember The result is that he
has about AS much spring In his heels as
the kangaroo Of the antipodes. He thinks
nothing whatever Of standing with his
back to a table feet high and jumping to
the top Of 1t. and he claims that he made
backward leap over a hurdle 5 feet So
inches high.
II Curley Is not as successful in drawing
the long bow as he Is in jumping, his leap
Of , feet $50 inches is most phenomenal
one. In the ordinary standing high jump
an athlete always faces the hurdle. and the
worlds record in this speciality is held by
a. p Schwaner Of New York. who not
high, which. rs will be noted. is half an inch
jump Curley declares he has made.
W. Byrd Page. the world famous ex-
champion running high jumper Of Phila-
delphia, whose great record Of 4 feet 81.
inches made in 1887 was only broken short
time ago, when NJ. +. Sweeney Of New York
cleared feet Az inches, still holds the rec
ord for a running high jump over horses
while facing them. At Cedarhurst, \. ",
In 1855 Page performed the remarkable
feat Of jumping over two horses Il hands
high and standing side by side. The same
wear PAGE cleared two 16-hand horses at
the Academy Of Music. Philadelphia. Cur
ley has never attempted to make formal
record in competition, but it is probable
that if he should do so he would compel
Champion Sweeney, ex-Champion Alvah
Nickerson, +. II. Bloss and George II. Fear.
ing to look to their laurels.
Z. W. Golf Of New York, who has Just
won the amateur all round championship
Of America, has been endeavoring to secure
the honor for several years. Five competi
tors were entered: +. W. Goff, New Jersey
A. c.; .. Pulvermiller, pastime A. c.; ].
Larkin, Xavier a. a.: F. Schaefer, PaStime
A. c., and II. Friedrichs Passaic a. C.
Golf was rather an easy winner, outclass-
ing his men. Golf won the 100 yards run in
II Is seconds, the running high jump with
the remarkable leap Of q feet Is Of an inch
the high hurdle race In Il SIS seconds, the
pole vault with S feet IL inches and the
running broad jump with 81 feet inches
He was third in the l6pound shot contest.
fourth in the half mile walk, throwing the
l6pound hammer and throwing the 81
pound weight and unplaced in the mile
run. The list Of all round champions now
reads: 1SSs, NJ. W. Ford; 1886, NJ. W. Ford;
1887, \. \. jordan; lSSS. NJ. W. Fond; 1889.
N. ". Ford; 1870. \. \. jordan; 1891, \. A
Jordan; lSsa, NJ O'Sullivan, and 1928 f. W.
Golf
There is another remarkable athlete in
the Golden State. and his name is Thomas
Carroll. Giants are usually very poor ath-
letes, but although Carroll is feet 4 inches
tall he is an all round athlete Of decided