The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-17
SPORTING WORLD.

Mike Connelley announces that
Sharkey's challenge to fight Peter haher
20 finish before the club Offering the
largest purse has been roceiyed and
Iynch's deposit of $500 Will be covered
20 New York for that purpose. Maher
will 90 against the Californian for side
bet OF 5000. $40 900 or any amount above
that may be agreed upon.
The Chicago Athletic Association will
hold the next national swimming cham
pionship meet of the A. A. u. on July x
In Lincoln Park Lagoon, Chicago. There
will be five championship races distances
100 yards 220 yards, one quarter mile, one
half mile and one mile with three prizes
for each event, gold, silver and bronze
medals. William Hale Thompson, chair
man Of the championship swimming com
mittoe Is endeavoring to induce j. III.
Teers, the Englishman, Dan Renear ana
Brewer of California and all other crack
swimmers TO compete. Among entries
already received are DIR. Paul Neumann,
champio at Athens games in 1896, +.
Neise, champion OF Europe in 1898 and
George j. Whitaker, champion OF
America.
The races at Mystic yesterday kept the
spectators on the anxious seat all OF the
time. The cheapest race oi the lot proved
TO be the fast pace, while the slow pace
was full of interest from the word till the
drop OF the flag on the last heat
Big Ike proved IA fast PAGER. At Read
Vile the horse showed 10 anything but
advantage. But yesterday he was sur
prise TO the talent and paced quarters In
81 seconds I'm his race and after the first
heat was never headed.
Lon Mcdonald sprung a surprise In the
2:2O trot The race was thought 90 lie
lot afI
with the South Boston horse EQality we'll
TIMED as winner. Oudan and Egality
hoth ran in the first heat. and the second
was a finishing fight between Frank
Pierson and Egality. with the latter hav-
ing the best OF II. In the fourth Egality
acted as though tired and then Oudan
came along i'm good shape. The time for
the race averaged remarkably we'll and
both heat winners had TO take new records.
With but four starters In the 3 10 pace,
Woodshed was counted sure winner.
During the last two weeks, however,
Mascot .Jr., has been worked In the
hobbies. and he started off as though he
was going to make short work Of the
event.
In the second heat Sterling made bold
hid for the heat, but was beaten on his
merits 1t had "a telling effect on the heat
winner, for Mascot, Jr., wiggled little
bit too much in tho last eighth and when
he came out for the third it was foInd
that Woodshed had stood tho gaff little
the better of the two, and was much the
fresher horse of the lot. This was good
heat with Crafty. the hero Of the winter
shed at .Jewettville. n close second. In
the fourth came the surprise for Mascot
.Jr., showed decidedly lame and was be-
hind the flag in the slow time of :. TO-
The largest field so far this season i'm
New England took the word i'm the 2. 30
pace. Hal Alinont was worked out q
little Just before the race, and had ho
started would have been the favorite, but
Middlohy did not like the little fellow
real we'll, ard decided at the last moment
not TO start him In so large field.
Forrest Herr WAS eonsidercd the next
best and is one of the stable companions
of Frank Agap, being one OF the Hubingcr
string. He proved to be unsteady after
the first heat. Big Ike got of i'm the rear
in the first heat, but closed up n wonder
full gap in the last half. With good
position in the second he went away well,
and was soon In the lead, and alter that
had the race mt his mercv
In the third heat Big Ike had to take a
record of ?. 16lS good time for early racing
and the horses second start in n race
This will have no effect on the winning
capacity of the horse however, as he is
literally entered i'm stake races.
The card for today calls for the q 20 and
2.07 pacing races, and the 2.29 trot. The
summaries:
2:20 class. trotting; purse $500.
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