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THE ATHLETIC FIELD.
[By 'Westhall.']
Mr F. O'Loughlin and J, 6, Hogan tried
conclusions over 130 yards at Karoola last '
Tuesday tor a small stake. They were de- 1
spatched to a good start by the district !
champion sprinter, W. H. Buike, but as i
O'Longhllu was smartest on his feet he 1
ultimately won by two yards. Hogan was .
not satisfied with his defeat, and challenged
uut uui*4uarur i-o race again in iour montbB |
time, which O'Loughlin, as might be cx- 1
peoted, declined, November 9 being too far
far distant, bnt the latter was prepared to
have another flutter in a fortnight. No
match was arranged.
Tom GrifflthB, who died on May 12, wsb a
famous amateur athlete and sporting jour
nalist in England, being at one time athletic
editor of BelVt Life. In 1868 and 1869 ho
won tbe Amateur Walking Ohampionship of
England at Lillle Bridge, Amongst other
good performances was his covering 21 miles
ioslde three hoars at LUlie Bridge, thus
equalling Charles Westhall's feat.
Harry Hutchens has been challenged by
another English cyclist, J. Keen, to a 100
yards match, the latter starting from a block
unassisted.
J, Griffiths, who recently put up a club
swinging record, has been challenged to a
contest by ex-champion T. B. Bax. The
latter desires the match, if arranged, to take
place at Ohristchurch, New Zealand.
. According to an pxchange* an Auckland
(New Zealand) sportBman is prepared to bet
£26 tbat he can produoe an amateur who
can beat A. H. Holder's record of 60sec for
tho 410yds distance over hurdles.
At the London Athletic Club's evening
meeting, held at Stamford Bridge recently,
Lieut. T. E. Case, of the Coldstream Guards,
?won thft Seven Miles Walking Challenge
ment.
The Melbourne B^wrttman states that
Harry Oox, a lad about lOst 61b, will shortly
essay to break the exist. log world's duration
club-swinging record of 80 hours, held by J.
Griffiths. Io a private trial he, with very
training, topped 26} hour?.
On the evening of May 11, at the Brough
ton Baths, Manchester, England, an invita
tion qnartcr-mile scratch swimming race was
decidcd. J.H. Tyere letf throughout, and
won by thirty yards. lie beat his previous
rccord made in the Swindon Baths by 10dt.c,
bis time for the full distance being fimin
43 1 5scc.
A wrestling match took place last month
In the Agricultural Hall, which (says an
Auckland journal) excited a great deal of
interest, namely, that between Donald
Dinnle, the well-known Scottish athlete, and
J. W. Sutherland, the champion of Aus
tralia. There were from 800 to 1000 persons
present. The match was for £26 a side,
three styles, catch-as-catch-can, Cumber
land, and Gireco-Roman. There were thran
falls in each style, Sutherland choBe as the
first style catch-as-catcb-can, which he won,
but Dinnitt was success! ul iu the other styles
and was awarded the match by the retiree.
The well-known Australian swimmer,
Charlie Oavill, contemplates leaving ihe
colonies shortly on a tour through the
States, giving exhibitions and contesting
matches wherever and whenever possible.
It Ib said that he proposes challenging the
American champion, M'OuskeT, and in the
event of victory it is Oavill's intention of
having a go at Englishman Joey Nuttall,
the present champion of the world. |
A English exchange of May 14 says the :
first contest for tbe 'Bath Olub Challenge
Shield for plunging was held at their baths
in Dover*street, W., last evening, Eight
swimmers competed, but G. A. Blake, of the
Lewisham Olub, who holds the English
reoord for the longest plunge within the
time limit, did not put in an appearanoe.
Oa the latest occasion the Australian rules
were adopted, with a time limit of lmin
SOiec, against the lmin allowed under
English rules. In the result W. Henry, of
the Ranelagh Club, succeeded In accom
plishing an excellent performance, covering
67ft 9in, which beats the previous best
under the same conditions, vis , 66ft llin,
by Peate, of New Sauth Wales, The winner
holds the shield and receives a gold medal.
Oolored gems are having their day, and
just now smart women— aud women, indeed,
who are not smart — bedisen themselves with
jewels of every Bort, Those who wish to be
altogether lucky, superstit iously cling to one
stone In particolar- their month stone. Mr .
authority is Mr Streeter for the right stone
for tbe month, and in giving the following
list 1 am indebted to him :— January, the
jacinth ; February, the amethsyt ; March,
jasper ; April, sapphire ; May, agate ; Jone,
emerald; July, onyx: August, cornelian;
September, chrysolite ; October, beryl ; No
vember, topaz ; December, ruby.
It is re[K-rted from Berlin that Queen
Wilhrlmioa of Holland, who will enter her
seventeenth year on the SlBt of August, is to
be betrothed to Prlnoe Bernhard Henry, tbe
second grandson of the Grand Dake of Saxc
Weimar. The Prince is iu his nineteenth
year, having been born on the 18th of April
1878, and is now studying at Jena. The
official announcement of the betrothal will,
it is expected, be made on the 24ih proximo,
the eightieth birthday of the Grand Dake,
who is a brother of the late German Em
press Augusta. Tbe Grand Duke's consort, I
may add, is a Princess of tbc Netherlands.
At the Trafalgar Olub, Chelsea, there was
a competition among ladies for the be*t
turned out cyclist, and points were given for
dress, tor skilful riding, and for m -uuting
and dismounting, All first prices went to
ladles in Skirts, who looked mare graceful
and w^re even Icbs clumsy in the manipula
tion of ihe flyiag wheel than their listers lo
knickers,
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