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  2. SPORTING GOSSIP AND ANECDOTES

    Londoner (to Pat, seeing a Rugby game for the first time) : "What do you think of it. Pat ?" Pat: "Begorra, it 'ud be a jewel of a game ...

    Article : 44 words
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    Advertising : 13 words
  4. MEAD A CLOSE SECOND.

    C. P. Mend (Hampshire), who was out here last year, was only two days behind Hayes, who was the first English batsman to reach the 1000 In English cricket this season. It is curious ...

    Article : 74 words
  5. SEVEN HOURS' COCKFIGHT.

    A great cockfight is reported to have taken place in a gravel pit at Benburg, in the presence of several hundred, of spectators from the counties Armagh, Tyrone, and Monaghan. ...

    Article : 71 words
  6. NINETY-TWO YEARS BETWEEN.

    Tagalle, who won the Derby, is a grey mare, and 92 years had elapsed since a horse of that color had captured the Blue Riband. The last grey winner was Gustave, in 1820, and he was ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. OLD-TIME FIGHTS.

    Now we come to a name upon the role of our British champions which belonged to a man whose extraordinary yet brief career as a prominent pugilist stands out alone amongst the ...

    Article : 1,512 words
  8. THE KING ON THE RACECOURSE.

    An English writer says that King George does not go in for ceremony when he goes to races. Like his revered father, the King moves about the paddock in a manner which puts ...

    Article : 75 words
  9. CHANNEL SWIM IN A GALE.

    The first Channel swim of the present year narrowly escaped ending in disaster, Jaber Wolffe and his attendant party being caught in a stiff westerly gale on June 23. The tugboat ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. AN ATHLETIC KING.

    The new King of Denmark, is the tallest monarch in Europe, being 6ft 4in in height. He is athletic, and is a keen sportsman, a good shot and fond of all outdoor Pursuits. His ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. A. C. MACLAREN IN CLOVER.

    The old Lancashire cricketer, A. C. MacLaren, has been appointed private secretary to Mr. Lionel Robinson, the wealthy Australian sportsman who has settled in England, and is ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. OLD NATALIAN HELPS GLOUCESTER.

    C. O. H. Sewell, the old Maritzburg College boy, who was a member of the first South African team to visit England, is batting well for Gloucestershire this season, and at the age ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. JACK-McAULIFFE AND "SUFFICIENCY."

    Jack McAuliffe is a firm believer in the word "sufficiency." "The last time I fought a real battle," he said, "was 16 years ago, in Seattle, with some ...

    Article : 114 words
  14. AN IMPRESSION OF CRICKET AS IT TENDS TO BE TO-DAY.

    "Cricket is becoming far too correct, slow, and solomn," according to W. K. Hasselden, the London "Daily Mirror" cartoonist, "It is not a game: it's a science.. A match takes three days and then Isn't finished. Is it any wonder that amply benches reward this sort of spectacle ?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  15. FOOTBALL IN GERMANY.

    One sign of the "New Germany" is the revelation proudly circulated in the Press that the Fatherland now possesses a total of 137,633 football players, who are formally associated ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. FISHING IN CHINA.

    The Chinese have quite a novel method of catching fish. They tic a fishline to the leg of trained ducks and put the ducks on the water over the fishing beds. When the trained duck ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. A SAD MISTAKE.

    It is a singular thing (remarks a writer in the Johannesburg "Sporting Star") that 99 men out of 100 who can be trusted to do business deals involving the handling of large sums of ...

    Article : 257 words
  18. FIRST COME.

    The racecourse pickpocket is no respecter of persons—as a well-known Sydney sporting reporter of a few years back will tell you—and the "Pink 'Un" has the following amusing ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. PRINCIPAL SPORTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 444 words
  20. THE THAMES AND AUSTRALIAN SCULLERS.

    Apropos the defeat of Arnst, it may be mentioned that the Thames has been remarkably treacherous for Australian scullers. Bill Beach, one of the wonders of the aquatic world, almost ...

    Article : 208 words
  21. FRENCH PROFESSIONAL GOLF TRIUMPHS.

    After some very exciting play, the annual competition for the open championship of France ended on the course at La Boulle, near Versallles in another triumph for French ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. NO VILLAGE CHAMPION FOR HIM.

    Mike Gibbons never fights village champions any more. In his first battle Gibbons was induced to tackle a champ of a small town adjoining St. Paul. ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. FOOTBALL AS IT USED TO BE.

    "The fights which occur in football are no intrinsic parts thereof, but are incidental consequences of the impulses of the human mind. Seeing that our nature is so subject to anger ...

    Article : 211 words
  24. RED DEER FROM THE MAKARORA.

    This deer was shot by Mr. John Faulks, in the Makarora, at the head of Lake Wanaka (N.Z.), during the present season. It is reported to have the greatest spread of any deer shot in the Dominion. The particulars are: Length of horns, 41½in, and 42in.; circumference between bay and tres, 5¼in; inside width, 38¼in. spread over all, 50in., with fourteen points equally divided: length of brows, 15in, and 15in.,: bays,, 13in. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  25. STORIES OF FRANK FIELD.

    There are few more popular cricketers than Frank Field, the Warwickshire fast bowler whose benefit took place last month. His popularity is due to a simple cause: he is a really ...

    Article : 444 words
  26. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The Olympic Games were revived in 1896 at the suggestion of Baron Pierre do Coubertin, of Parts. The idea was enthusiastically taken up by Mr. George Averolph, a Greek of ...

    Article : 364 words
  27. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

    BILLIARDS to "Jock," Newcastle, N.S.W.) [?] The record cradle cannon break, by T. Reece was 99,139 unfinished. CRICKET (to "Forgetful," Bendigo, Vic.) ? ...

    Article : 236 words
  28. APPROPRIATE.

    A very appropriate name is that adopted by an English swimming club—"The Highgate Life Buoys." ...

    Article : 18 words
  29. WINNINGS OF JUMPERS.

    Redleap, with £3049 to his credit, is the largest stake winner over obstacles in Australia. Bribery has won £5026, and had he gained a place in the recent Grand National Steeplechase ...

    Article : 40 words
  30. NEW IRISH RECORD.

    A new Irish record has been established for slinging the 56lb. weight without follow. For this event J. Mangan had held the little of holder with 27ft 5in, but at Belfast W. J. ...

    Article : 147 words
  31. GLUTINOUS GLOVES.

    Gilbert Jessop in his cricket that in "London Opinion" hints that some day it may be necessary to legislate against the practice adopted by wicketkeepers of plastering their gloves ...

    Article : 117 words
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