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Show 1 SPORTINC ITEMS. Prefessor Miller, au Australian, weighing 20-5 pounds, and Mons. B.iur, a Frenchman, weighing 1&3 pounds, will contest in a wrestling match in Pan Francisco on Tuesday, Dec. Cth, for $300 aside; best two falls in three. Ilnrris, of Sacramento, is also en- tere-d for a wrestling match with Banr within ten days, for from $-300 to $1,000. ; "Sam Purdy's" performance at the trot on Saturday is highly spoken of. ; Hia time could not havo been less than 2.23. : "Fullerton's" performance ofthrre successive heals to wacon, in 2.201, 2.22 and 2.21, is simply wonderful won-derful the time in each heat . being far better than the best record s ever made before. Commodore Vanderbilt is undoubtedly undoubt-edly a fiist man. He always rides on the fastest trains. His recent ride from this city to Baltimore was made in astonishing lint-.-. The road wad kept clear, and the locomotives were run by skilful engineers. There wat? nn jolting nor jerking. At Baltimore, however, there was a hitch, and the returning train did not run half lat enough for tbe railroad king. Tiie ! Oommrvl re a man of va-t resour-i resour-i ces, his mind is wc-H frrihlcd, and he may yet cluvkmate the latest move of the Baltimore and Ohio magnate. N. Y. -V;. |