The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-24

miles being 45 minutes, 19 l-5 sec onds Brfckett, who is forty nine years old, undertook to accomplis1l the task in one hour, and succeeded fn finish ing in IA minutes. 40 4-5 seconds in side than mark.
 The walk was first undertaken, and Brickett covered a measured mile in
 l o min. IS sec The mile run was made in min. 39 sec. Only 8 sec. elapsed and he had mounted his cycle and rode the mile in 8 min. 5 5 sec. Fn- tering the waiting boat he succeeded in rowing one mile in 8 min. A sec, and then came the swim Brickett made splendid progress all the way,
 and when he left the water it was. found that he was IA min. 40 4-5 sec. ahead of the hour.
 The nearest approach to this feat in American athletics is the record of 15 minutes. 42 seconds made by L.. de
 B. Handley at Bayonne. N; J.. on Sep tember 2. 1900, for 1-4 mile walk, run, swim, cycle, row and horseback ride M
 Beginning today on the Casino courts at Newport, R. T., the thirty fourth annual National Championship tournament of the United States Lawn Tennis Association will bring together a host of players. many of whom have earned a worldwide reputation as expert racket Fwieldera Since it's in- ception in 1881 the National tourney has grown to proportions which are in keeping with the general interest which it has created. Each succeeding
 year the matches develop some sen- sationa1 feature. Class always tells as ! was clearly demonstrate ed twelve months ago as the final lists for the championship singles. Maurice E.. l Mclaughlin and R. N Williams End. l has just returned from England af- ter being mainly responsible for the I = l America. -ss
 The singles title in the last thirty tthree years has been won by thirteen i players, the first of whom, R. D. Sears, held it for seven successive Iyears. W A. Larned also won it | M. ID. Whitman were three times l lwfnneEs. H. w, S1ocum, Jr. took it on two occasions, while those who had I one year victories were F. J. Hovey. H. l Ward, R. c. Wright, W. J. Clothier and H.1L. Doherty of England, the l only foreigner among the winners. ! Maurice E. Mclaughlin, the present champion won the title two years ago I and is defending the title for the sec I ond time.
 I Rocksand, the famous race horse of a decade ago. which died recently in Paris, was inured with LIoyd's for I the sum of $150, ,0oo. He was cred1 tied with winning close to $250,000 during his turf career and many i thousands of dollars in stud fees in later years. FoaIed in 1900 his great est victory was the winning of the I Derby as 3 three years old. After his retirement he was sold to Amer l ican breeders for $125, 1000. Six years I later he was purchased by a French l syndicate for about the same figures. l In view of his winnings, purchase 1 prices and stud fees he has recently
 been referred to as the million dol lar Equine which was not so sfar fetched as seems at first sight.
 Ronnbardier Wells, the English | heavyweight, has taken up golf and is showing almost as much proficiency
 with driver and butter as with. the 1 gloves and spiked shoes. Wells is q sprinter of rare. speed, running close l to even time in the hundred, but his golf progress was unexpected. With
 less than three months practice he
 has turned in some excellent cards. He is splendid driver, getting both dis
 tance and direction in his strokes. Tn z recent match he drove 317 yards from
 tee to green. and his play throughou;
 was in proportion.