Show I t > PORCTNQ Cwt mj aua Eight relays of carrier pigeons carried car-ried a message from St Louis to Boson Bos-on n distance of 1200 miles In an sir line In exactly eight days In tho tennis doubles championship it London England tho Doherty brothers bent S II Smith and Frank L Illseley 62 62 68 G3 Word has been received at Milwaukee Milwau-kee of tho death of Peto Dowllng tho ono time noted left hand pitcher at La Granada Ore who was killed by being run over by a train Fred Boss who was knocked out by Jack Donnelly In ho sixteenth round ot a prize fight at Aberdeen Wash Is dead Ills neck was dislocated and a blood clot gathered on tho brain Frank Catch after defeating Snm nelson the Swedish champion In a wrestling match challenged Marvin hart for a finish fight for 5000 aide bet Gotch will glvo up wrestling for fighting Philadelphia lack OBrienand Jock Twin Sullivan have been matched to engage In another twenty round bout at Skagway Alaska on August 8 They fought at Dawson City on he night of July 4 According to the present arrangements arrange-ments the Queens Westminster rlllo team will visit the United States during dur-ing next summer to compote for tho Vincent shield Afterwards tho winner win-ner will hold It against a oAt o-At the athletic sports nt Birmingham Birming-ham Eng II A Hyman of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania university beat tho English record rec-ord for the 300 yard run Hymans time was 31 seconds Tho previous record 31 25 seconds was hold by C D Wood At Newmarket England July C tho Princess of Wales stakes wero won by 8t Denis ridden by Mnher tho American Amer-Ican Jockey Exchequer was second und Lancashire third Nino horses started Martin American rode Exchequer Ex-chequer At London England July 7 tho Westminster volunteers won the Sir Howard Vincent shield defeating tho Seventh regiment team of New York by the narrow margin of ten points after tho closest competition overseen over-seen at Blsley Secretary Holt of the Indianapolis Racing Association has announced that tho harness meeting which was to have been held hero tho week of Aug 8 had been abandoned because of the attitude of tho authorities rela the to bookmaking Word was received from Manager Parker of the Corinthian football team of London who is now In New York that tho team would leave Liverpool on August 3 I for Quebec Tho tourists will bo strong having five International Interna-tional players in tho lineup M Tho Leanders who defeated tho Vespers of Philadelphia by a length won the final heat in the contest for the Grand Challenge cup defeating the Belgian crew by two and a half lengths In tho splendid time of G5G This IN only five seconds outside tho record Martin J Sheridan of tho New York Irish American Athletic Association Is the American champion allround amateur athlete Ho won tho title on Brookline field at Boston July 8 when he made a total of 6820 points which incidentally breaks tho record YANKEE RUNNER IS BEST t i i r > h > > > I c 1 n > Jl 1f1 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tops a career which Is wonderful Guy Vaughan the xmngsler of 2J ears who drove an automobile 1015 miles in twentyfour hours dw InS 1000 miles In twentythree lonrt thirtythree minutes ami twenty peen t I ends will bo called upon shortly to defend huts record Inasmuch an there nro at least five people In the field who are anxious to securo this mark Jack Root has been forced to take to hit bed He claims his Injuries were not tho result of his mooting In AFTER A BOUT WITH HART AS + + 5 l Ft Mike Schreck This Cincinnati boxer has posted n forfeit of 1000 and announced hht willingness to moot Marvin Hart the now champion In a glovo fight for tho title Hart undoubtedly will be willing will-ing to give Mlko n chance at an early date as he says ho Is In the game head add heels and will box any ono who might provo a drawing card Reno July 4 with Marvin Hart lint were received while ho was training for tho fight with Mike Schreck at Ogden Utah Root Is not seriously hurt but claims his training Injuries caused his defeat at the hands of Hart C K G Billings drove his mare Lou Dillon tho queen of trotters n mile In 2OC at tho Glenvlllo track July 8 the fastest mllo yet made cm any track by any horse this year The mare Jogged along as smoothly as clockwork making the first quartfer 7 In 33 tho half In 104 tho three quarters In 135 and tho mllo In 206 Manager Jim Coffroth handler ot big glovo fights has mado a startling offer to Jimmy Brltt and Battling Nelson Nel-son rival claimants of the lightweight championship title Ho stated ho would glvo the boys u purse of 20000 for a fiftyround battle to be decided at Colma Cal at a time to be mutually mutu-ally agreed upon and In a now big building that Is said to bo In process of building Jack OBrien tho Philadelphia fighter sends word his twentyround contest with Jack Twin Sullivan at Dawson City the nth of July resulted result-ed in n draw OTlrlnn says RlllllvJ1 would 1 not go on unless i u draw wan declared I de-clared If both men were on their foot at tho finish He claims to have upset I up-set Sullivan eight times A largo crowd saw tho battle tho receipts amounting to 20000 J Barton King of tho Belmont Cricket club of Philadelphia broke tho United States individual record for the largest number of runs scored In a cricket match With thin exception of tho Intermission for lunch King was at bat from 11 a m until 630 p I m when ho was caught out and in that time ho scored 315 runs The best previous performanco was mado by A M Wood ono of Kings teammates team-mates some years ago when ho scored 275 runs Is tho United States to have a national I na-tional golf course and arc the links to bo located at Long Island adjacent to New York City C B Macdonald the former national amateur champion has for two months or more been quietly soliciting subscriptions for such a unique project His Idea Is to get 100 men to subscribe 1000 each others to como in for lesser amounts and buy a fine tract of land In Long Island whore a splendid course and club house will be provided Ono worlds record was broken at tho games of the Sheepshcad Bay Athletic Club at Now York In the seventyfiveyard dash for club members mem-bers K Engelhart covered the distance I In 7 15 seconds This beat tho best previous record of 7 25 seconds made I several years ago and held Jointly by more than three of the prominent sprinters As only two tlmors officiat ed It Is not likely that the record will stand as the rules necessitate threa timers for any record performance The Vespers of Philadelphia could not quite repeat on July 5 the victory they won on Independence day on tha Thames but hey I rowed a brilliant race and had the whole British rowing world gathered along the course nervous nerv-ous until tho Lcanders finally met tho last desperate spurt of tho American boat und crossed the finish line a scant length In front The time wan 701 Tho Leanders took a lead of half a length early In tho race and were ever headed by the PblladeV 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