Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-16
SPORTING NOTES.

Over 81, 200 has already been raised
for Charlie Benefits benefit. Nearly
all the League players have contributed
to the fund, each of the Bostonians
chipping in $40.
George @. Smith, the bicyclist, rode
half mile THUS lay last at Asbury Park,
without the aid Of pccemaker, in
minute 8 seconds, thus lowering A. A.
Zimmerman's record of l minute Z
seconds. made under similar conditions.
The grand circuit trotting meeting
closed at Buffalo on Saturday. Sallie
Simmons won the 2.21 trotting, Lucille
S. the 2,26 pacing and Joe Patchen the
2.12 pacing races, the latter going three
straight heats in the fast time of 2.09f,
2.09t, 2.09t.
A message received from London
states that en- Saturday, at the Herne
Hill track, Zimmerman rode against the
English quarter mile record of 81 80
seconds and succeeded in lowering 1t to
30 80 seconds. Schoiield and Banker
also tried TO lower the same figures, but
failed to do better than 81 40 and 81 10
seconds respectively.
Wilson l.. Coudan, the champion
hammer thrower of the world, on Satur-
day, at Elkton, Nd, not only beat the
record of Thomas +. Kelley, but broke
his own as we'll. Kelley recently threw
the 1O-pound hammer, standing, 122
feet II inches, and on the run l44 feet
inches. Coudan's throw with one
hand, standing, was 14O feet inches,
and on the run 1877 feet 8 inches. He
then in single throw raised his own
record of 1852 feet ~ inches with an
S-pound hammer, from stand, with
one hand, to l57 feet inches.
Fantasy, a 4-years.old, trotted mile
at Buffalo Thursday afternoon in 2.0S4.
| Her performance was not record, and
MIR Hamlin did not wish 1t to be, for it
was announced beforehand as merely
an exhibition. 1t is, however, the best
mile ever made by trotter here.
Hulda's third heat in 2.0S4 last year
coming next. The footing was quite
| good when the peerless iilly came out
for her trial, but the track was by no
means fast. Geers started away at a
more rapid clip than lie generally does,
with his pet pupil, and Fantasy went
the first quarter in 33 seconds. Up the
backstretch the tilly let out another link
and was at the half in 1.054. To show
that this was only play, Geers called on
her from there and she reached the
sixth furlong in 1884, making the third
quarter in 81 seconds. Coming home
Fantasy dropped back second from
this rapid flight, and though tritle leg
weary, finished straight and true in
2.0S+.
The free-for-all class, at Buffalo, was
considered another sure thing for Alix
ard she gathered in two heats witt
nothing very near. Pixley and Pamlcc
did the fighting in these miles and the
second one III 2.OSS proved fatal to q
straight.heat victory for the favorite. Ii
the third heat Pamlico trailcd Alix Il
the quarter, got to her saddle at the
half, and to the CONSERVATION of he
hackers the little mare began to tire OF
tile home stretch. No persuasion coult
rally her, and Pamlico had length
advantage as he finished in 2.104. Thu
sturdy stallion had done some running
on the back stretch and objection wa
made to this by both Mcdowell ant
Mcllenry. The judges oyerruled thi
after some deliOeratlOn, and placed tn,
horses as they came to the wire. Rylant
7. was out OF form to-day, and took 5,
long run in the second heat that III
was declared out of the chase. Their
was some daylight left after the sensl
tional third heat, but the race wa
| carried over