The evening world., 1894-08-13
SPORTING MISCELLANY.

This Ia the banner week of the l.. A.
W, according TO reports from Denver.
For six weeks whcelm"n have been
pouring into that city. and things are
In a ripe state for a rafting. royal time.
The races will he held Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. and everybody. en-
tcrtaincrs and guests alike. anticipate
smashed records all along the line.
Some OF the visitors may survive the
dining. Winning. dancing and general
merry making that Is promised.
The record of the Denver
relay race shows that the distance, 2,037
miles, was covered In siN days. ten
hours and thirty-sCyon minutes. beating
even the fast schedule arranged by
thirtN-sevcn hours and twenty three
minutes. The average per hour through
the entire journey was lalI miles IA
remarkable pace, considering the roads.
Ih' fastest relay was from Julesburs
TO Cheyenne, li6 miles in ten hours ana
fourteen minutes
\ novice run from New York to
Long Branch and return Will be given
under IN" auspices OF the ! Dung Mems
Institute " heelm"n on sunday, Aug.
70. All novice lOng-distanCc riuers are
invited to join in the run, the entrance
fee Of slD defraylnG all expenses in
GLIDING ferriaScs, fares ana dinner at
Red bank. The schedule begins with
assembling at 5.ii at the Washington
Arch; Washington Square. The route
will be across Staten Island to Totem
vile, ferry to Matawan. The return will
be over the same route, leaving Long
Branch at SIS. Entries will be received
by J0hn l.. Mclaughlin, secretary. al
- Washington place, every Tuesday
80 IaN
to 10 clock.
The enterprisIns Scranton Press Club
few weeks ago planned a regatta at
Lake Ariel Wayne County. Pa, To- be
held tomorrow. Ordinarily. It would
not have been a promising affdir, but
the shrcNd promoters s'ncmcd 10 catch
the returning odrsmen who were at Str-
atoga, in addition to a number who
larger list Of entries than IN any re-
gatta tins season. An innovation Is the
waving nt entrance fees, which may
hay, been one ct the causes ot his long
list Edwin lictlry IS entered 10y the
\e>r"r Boat Mu. ~ Philadelphia.
wh,rh may ujurc the senior single
event, ii"ti,> Wa declared prot"s;
oar~meu officials. Members 81 that or
EtuiZiinu who compete against him
win h" "iJut-rd professionals, accord
ing To- me ru.'S
4 \ hot at p.upl. who wanted To see q
. 'OaI rirE uEht with bare knurklas got
uI carly yesterday morning and jour,
. H"yrl hN ,Hbl" car To- Fort George. fhsN
arrived thor. ~ 80 and MADE noise
enough T." Arouse IL" Slumbering spar
row. ana cathtrus Of that vicinity. In
rideutlliI. they aroused mounted pc
d li~emau, who. II l. to be presumed
/ was not ,Nactly slumberinG, He sum
muurd aid, and three Policemen lie,
/ seconded on the crowd when the mill va,
/ about to h'gin. The would-he lighters
p Danny Iugan and James Kelly, wer'
locked up. People who go duCk-shoot
ing should not take brass band II
fun working order as one OF the appur
icnancrs.
John l.. Sul'iyan came to town on Sat
uriay and put up at the Dsyunshire lilo
+ tel. \ mdguum a minut" Is SAID to hav
been IN. RAJ. ~ MS welcome yesterday
When fairy Well p.i"Iei the -N-chani
p.ui hOuured the cay ~ churches Wit
"A visit. \ cab conveyed him and nj
lag to the hosiery Of his Old friend an
FORMER hacker, charley Johnston. Her
tho biz fellow Mas fast lapsng into
sOSdsn state. when he chanced - mis-
the diamond studded belt which va
PRESENTED 10 him In Boston, and Nhic
has been on exhibition In johnson
narroom. II ~ said that Johnston hold
placed II in the safe recently. Sulliva
kicked up a row and was escorted ou
and shipped per cab TO this city. After
call at Wakely's, where he again becam
boisterous. he was driven TO The Devon
shire.