1884.

No game. 1898.

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1885. Highest score-England: 17 goals to 0, Nottingham Foresters, match, Derbyshire, March 30, 1881. America: 158 points to 0, Harvard_college, match with Exeter, Exeter, Mass., Nov. 3, 1886.

Place kick, with a run-200ft. 8in., William P. Chadwick, Exeter, N. H., Nov. 29, 1886. Drop kick-182ft (scoring a goal). Pat O'Dea, Evanston, Ill., Nov. 24, 1898. 172ft. 8in., F. Hardgrave, Brisbane, Australia, October, 1882. 168ft. 7 in., J. E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Mich., May 22, 1886.

Rowing.

Performances by amateurs are designated by an *.

mile-*0:57, Edwin Hedley, straightaway, Newark, N.J., July 19, 1891; *1:19, single-scull, straightaway, dead water, John F. Corbet, Iroquois Boat club, July 23, 1890.

34 mile-*4:27%, six-oared barge, straightaway, Iroquois Boat club, Lake Calumet, Pullman, Ill., May 30, 1890.

1 mile-5:01. Ellis Ward, Savannah river, June 24, 1868.

11⁄2 miles-*7:41, eight oars, straightaway, Atalanta Boat club, Lake Calumet, Pullman, Ill., Aug. 9, 1889. [The Cornell university crew rowed the distance in 7:03 at Philadelphia July 4, 1889, but the conditions were unfair, the current running very strong.] 8:014, four oars, straightaway, Fairmount Rowing association, Albany, N. Y., July 21, 1886. [The Watkins crew rowed the distance in 7:464 at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 15, 1887, but the current was very strong.] *7:59, double scull, straightaway, J. Buckley and W. O'Connell, Portland Boat club, Lachine, Canada, Aug.21, 1882 *8:36, single scull, straightaway, Joseph Laing, Lachine, Canada, Aug. 19, 1882. *8:364. four oars, turn, still water, Modoc Boat club, Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 30, 1888. *8:41, pairoared shell, straightaway, J. H. Clegg and F.D.Standish, Excelsior Boat club, Lachine, Canada. Aug. 19, 1882.

2 miles-*9:43%, eight oars, straightaway, Columbia college crew, New London, Conn., June 26, 1884. *12:16, double-scull, turn, F. E. Yates and C. E. Courtney, Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 8. 1876. *12:2034, pair-oar, straightaway, J. H. Riley and J. A. Kennedy, Greenwood lake, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1876. *13:21%, single scull, turn, J. H. Riley Saratoga, Aug. 9,

1876.

21⁄2 miles-*12:57, eight oars, straightaway, Yale university crew, New London, Conn., June 29, 1888.

3 miles-15:25, eight oars, straightaway, Yale university crew, New London, Conn., June 29, 1888. 15:374, four oars, straightaway, Argonaut R. A., Kill von Kull, N. J., Sept. 8, 1875. *16:32 4-5, six oars, straightaway, Amherst university, G. E. Brewer, B. L. Brown, L. Bradley, Jr., F. M. Wilkins, A. J. Benedict, W. Negley, Springfield, Mass., July 24, 1872. *17:3434, eight oars, straightaway, Cornell university crew, Owasco lake, N. Y., July 17, 1878.

RECORD OF AMERICA CUP RACES. 1851-Aug. 22, around the Isle of Wight: America, 10:37:00; Aurora second. 1870-Aug. 8. New York Yacht club course: Magic, 3:58:21; Cambria, 4:37:38.

1871-Oct. 16, New York Yacht club course: Columbia, 6:19:41; Livonia, 6:46:45. Oct. 18, 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook and return: Columbia,3:07:4134; Livonia, 3:18:15%. Columbia disabled in third race Oct. 19. Oct. 21, 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook and return: Sappho, 5:39 02 Livonia, 6:09:23. Oct. 23, New York Yacht club course: Sappho, 4:16:17; Livonia, 5:11:55. 1876-Aug. 11, New York Yacht club course: Madeleine, 5:23:54; Countess of Dufferin. 5:34:53. Aug. 12, 20 miles to windward off Sandy Hook and return: Madeleine, 7:18:46; Countess of Dufferin, 7:46:00 1881-Nov. 9, New York Yacht club course: Mischief, 4:17:00; Atalanta, 4:45:394. Nov. 10, 16 miles to leeward off Sandy Hook and return: Mischief, 4:54:53; Atalanta, 5:33:47. 1885-Sept. 14, New York Yacht club course: Puritan, 6:06:05; Genesta, 6:22:24. Sept, 16, 20 miles to leeward off Sandy Hook light and return: Puritan, 5:03:14; Genesta, 5:04:52. 1886-Sept. 9, New York Yacht club course: Mayflower, 5:26:41; Galatea, 5:38:43. Sept. 11. 20 miles to leeward off Sandy Hook light and return: Mayflower, 6:49:10; Galatea. 7:18:09. 1887-Sept. 27, New York Yacht club course: Volunteer, 4:53:18; Thistle, 5:12:4134. Sept. 30, 20 miles to windward off Scotland light and return: Volunteer, 5:42:564; Thistle, 5:54:45. 1893-Oct. 7, 15 miles to windward off Sandy Hook light and return: Vigilant, 4:05:47; Valkyrie, 4:11:35. Oct. 9, triangular 30-mile course, first leg to windward: Vigilant,3:25:01;

Valkyrie, 3:35:36. Oct. 13, 15 miles to windward off Sandy Hook light and return: Vigilant, 3:24:39; Valkyrie, 3:25:19. 1895-Sept. 7, 15 miles to windward and return. east by south off Point Seabright. N. J.: Defender. 4:57:55; Valkyrie III.. 5:08:44: Sept. 11, triangular course, 10 miles in each leg, Valkyrie, 3:55:09; Defender, 3:55:56; won by Defender on a foul. Sept. 13, Defender sailed over course and claime. cup and race; claim allowed.

YALE RACES AT HENLEY. The Yale crew visited the Henley regatta during 1896, and on July 7 was defeated by the Leander crew. Yale's crew probably will make it an annual trip.

Billiards.

Best run, 3-ball straight-rail game.2,572; Harvey McKenna, Boston, Mass.. Dec. 21, 1887; average, 416. At San Francisco in 1893 Jacob Schaefer ran 3.000 at straight-rail game on 4x9 table. Best run, 4-ball carom game, 1.483; J. McDevitt, New York, Jan. 8, 1868. Best at champions' game, 3-ball carom, 14x28 lines398, George Slosson, Paris, France, February, 1882; in America, 351, J. R. Heiser, New York, Feb. 14, 1884. English spot stroke game, 3,304; W. J. Peall, London, England. Nov. 3 to 8, 1890. Fourteen-inch balk-line game, 566,Jacob Schaefer, in a match with Frank Ives and George Slosson, New York, Dec. 16, 1893: 456, Frank Ives, in a match with Jacob Schaefer, Chicago, Nov. 24, 1893 (both these runs made with the "anchor nurse"); 359. Frank C. Ives. Chicago, match with Jacob Schaefer. Dec. 6, 1894 ("anchor nurse" barred). Cushion-carom game-Best run by Frank C. Ives at Boston, April 14, 1896, 85. Eighteen-inch balk-line game, 140, Frank Ives, New York, Dec. 17. 1897; best average, 40, Jacob Schaefer, 400point game, Chicago, Jan. 21, 1898.

Lawn Tennis.

The official rankings for 1898 are as follows:

Scratch-M. D. Whitman, champion. 1-6, 15-L. E. Ware, W. S. Bond, Dwight Davis, C. R. Budiong, E. P. Fischer, G. L. Wrenn, Jr., and R. D. Stevens. 2-6, 15-S. C. Millett, G. K. Belden and J. D. Forbes.

4-6, 15-H. Ward, George Miles and H. H. Hackett.

15-J. C. Davidson, Beals Wright, R. H. Carleton, J. P. Paret, A. Codman, J. A. Allen.

15 and 1-6-A. P. Hawes, E. R. Marvin, R. McKittrick, R. Hooker, G. W. Lee, A. L. Williston, H. Cole, W. J. Clothier, E. T. Gross, R. D. Little.

15 and 2-6-H. Ewer, C. Whitbeck, H. K. Auchincloss, H. A. Plummer, S. P. Ware, B. S. Harris, H. E. Avery.

Trap-Shooting.

The principal trap-shooting trophies are held as follows:

Dupont trophy, live birds-Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa.

Sportsmen's Review, live birds-Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa.

Cast-iron badge, live birds-Rolla Heikes of Dayton, O.

E. C. cup. inanimate targets-Rolla Heikes of Dayton, O.

Railroading.

All long-distance railway runs were broken in 1895 by both the Lake Shore and New York

Some of the remarkable features of the Lake Shore run are as follows:

1 mile at the rate of 92.30 miles per hour.

8 miles (Ripley to Westfield) at the rate of 85.44 miles per hour.

33 miles (Moorehead to Van Buren) at the rate of 80.06 miles per hour.

Prior to this the best runs were as follows: May 9, 1893, the Empire State express on the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, consisting of engine 999, three coaches and a Wagner drawing-room car, made a run of 102 miles in 1h.

May 10, 1893, the same train ran 1 mile in 32s., a rate of 1121⁄2 miles in 1h. The Exposition Flyer," an engine and four Wagner coaches, repeatedly made the run from New York to Chicago, 976 miles, in 20h. The record noted on May 10-a mile in 32s.-has been questioned by some railroad men. Oct. 14, 1897, a Holman locomotive in a trial near Cape May, N. J., made 56 1-10 miles in 55 minutes, including starting and stopping. A mile for time was recorded in 42s., and on the run it was claimed that two miles were made in 66s.

1 mile-37s., Philadelphia & Reading railroad, Nov. 20, 1892; engine had 6%-foot drivers; train, one combination car, two day coaches and a Pullman car.

2 miles-1m. 15s., same train; second mile in 388.

3 miles-1m 54s., same train; third mile in 39s. 5 miles-3m. 25s., same train, five consecutive miles, an average of 87.8 miles an hour; this train also ran five miles on a section having a heavy grade in 4m., an average of 75 miles an hour.

nile-39 4-5s.. Philadelphia & Reading railroad, Aug. 27, 1891; 504s., during run of special train from West Philadelphia to Jersey City, Sept. 4, 1879.

2.1 miles-1m. 30s., engine 366 and an ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., Yardley to Trenton Junction, N. J., March 10, 1890.

2.9 miles-2m., engine 366 and an ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., Somerton to Neshoay Falls, N. J., March 10, 1890.

3.1 miles-2m., engine, two parlor cars and dining-room car, P. R. R., Aberdeen to Perryman's, N. J., March 10, 1890.

4.1 miles-3m., engine 366 and an ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., Skillman to Belle Mead, N. J., March 10, 1890. 6.1 miles-4m. 30s., engine 366 and an ordinary day coach, P. & R. R R., Bethayres to Neshoay Falls, N. J., March 10, 1890. 10 miles-8m. 3s., Skillman to Weston, N. J., engine 366 and one ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., March 10, 18:0.

14 miles-11m.,locomotive Hamilton Davis and six cars, N. Y. Central R. R., 1885. 18 miles-15m., special train conveying the duke of Wellington, Paddington to Slough, England.

27.1 miles-26m., special extra 953 and two cars, Pennsylvania R. R., Morrisville to Germantown Junction, Pa., May 6, 1885. 36.7 miles-34m., special extra 953 and two cars, Pennsylvania R. R., Rahway to Trenton, N. J., May 6, 1885. 44 miles-43m. 30s., special train conveying newspaper correspondents, last 1634 miles in 14m., Washington Junction to Washington, D. C., June 10, 1884.

534 miles-47m., broad-gauge engine Great Britain, four carriages and vans, Paddington to Didcot, England, May 11, 1848.

54.9 miles-49m. 30s., engine_366 and one ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., Wayne Junction,Pa., to Bound Brook, N. J., March 10, 1890.

59.2 miles-56m., engine 366 and one ordinary day coach, P. & R. R. R., Philadelphia (9th and Green streets) to Bound Brook, N. J., March 10, 1890. 89.4 miles-91m. (actual running time 85m.), special train, engine 366 and one ordinary day coach, 9th P. & R. R. R., and Green streets, Philadelphia, to Jersey City, N. J., March 10, 1830. 90 miles-1h. 37m. (actual running time 90m.), special extra 953 and two cars, Pennsylvania R. R., Jersey City to Broad street station, Philadelphia, May 6, 1885; 1h. 47m., train 19, engine 733 and six cars, two regular stops, Jersey City, N. J., to Broad street, Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1889.

111 miles 98m., Fontaine engine and two coaches, Amherstburg to St. Thomas, Canada, May 5, 1881; 109m., locomotive, baggage car, one coach and one Pullman palace car, St. Thomas to Amherstburg, Sept. 13, 1877. 118 miles-120m., engine No. 10, special palace car; 17 miles (Welland to Victoria) in 14m.; St. Thomas to Victoria, Canada, 153 miles, Fontaine engine and two coaches, in 251m., May 5, 1881. The schedule time from London to Bristol, England, 1184 miles, by the train known as "The Flying Dutchman,' is 120m. 157.74 miles-165m., special train, Niagara Falls to Syracuse, N. Y., March 1, 1876. 158 miles in 178m., West Coast Flyer, London to Crewe, England, Aug. 6, 1888. 180.1 miles-188m., exclusive of stops (no time given including stops), Chicago & Northwestern, Clarence, Iowa, to West Fortieth street, Chicago, April 22, 1891. 228 miles-A Pennsylvania railway train consisting of one Pullman combination car, a parlor car and an observation car made the run from New York to Washington, Nov. 28, 1891, in 4h. 11m. The 11m. was consumed in stops and changing locomotives, making the actual running time 4h., an average of 57 miles an hour.

228.9 miles-4h, 18m., including stops, A. M. Palmer's special theater train, two parlor cars and a Pullman dining car, Pennsylvania

R. R., Jersey City to Washington, D. C., March 10, 1890. Made return trip same day in 4h. 19m.

400 miles-7h. 25m., West Coast Flyer, London to Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 6, 1888. 4366 miles-New York to Buffalo, New York Central & Hudson River railroad (actual running time), 7h. 49m., Sept. 14, 1891. 486.7 miles-Council Bluffs to Chicago, April 22, 1891, Jay Gould's special. Average 49.6 miles per hour: actual running time averaged 52.9 miles per hour.

813 miles-23h. (actual running time 19h. 30m.), special train conveying Washington newspaper correspondents from

conven

tion, Chicago, Ill., to Washington, D. C., June 7 and 8, 1884.

1,025 miles-Chicago to Denver, Feb. 15, 1897, C.,B. & Q. R. R., 1,133 minutes. Actual running time 1.017 minutes, averaging 58.74 miles per hour. Jersey City to San Francisco, Cal., 83h. 39 m. 16s. Jarrett & Palmer's train, combination passenger, mail and baggage car and Pullman hotel car, June 1 to 4, 1876. No stop between Jersey City and Pittsburg, Pa.

Ocean Steamships.

The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse broke all records for average speed by covering the distance from New York to Southampton in 5d., 15h., 10m., July 5, 1898, a total distance of 3,146 miles or 22.56 knots per hour. The Cunarder Lucania still holds the record from Queenstown to New York-5d., 7h., 23m.; average speed per hour, 22.01 knots; greatest day's run, 560 knots, or average speed per day, 25.57 miles; greatest day's run, 645 miles. The Lucania also holds the record from New York to Queenstown-5d., 8h., 48m. Both runs were made in 1894.

THE TRANSATLANTIC RECORD BY YEARS. 1819-Eastward, Savannah, 22d. 1839-Westward, Great Western, 18d 1845-Westward, Britannia, 14d. 1851-Westward, Persia, 9d. 20h. 1852-Westward, Baltic, 9d., 19h. 1866-Westward, Scotia, 8d., 2h., 48m. 1869-Eastward, City of Brussels, 7d. 18h., 2m 1873-Eastward, Baltic, 7d., 20h., 9m. 1875-Eastward, City of Berlin, 7d., 15h., 48m. 1876-Westward, Germanic, 7d., 11h., 34m. 1877-Westward, Britannic, 7d., 10h., 53m. 1879-Westward, Arizona, 7d., 9h., 23m. 1882-Westward, Alaska, 6d., 22h., 10m. 1883-Westward, Oregon, 6d., 10h., 10m. 1884-Westward, America, 6d., 10h. 1885-Westward, Etruria, 6d., 5h.. 31m. 1887-Westward, Umbria, 6d., 4h., 42m. 1888-Westward, Etruria, 6d., 1h., 55m. 1889-Westward, City of Paris, 5d., 23h., 7m. 1890-Westward, City of Paris, 5d., 19h., 18m. 1890-Westward, Teutonic, 5d., 19h., 5m. 1891-Westward, Majestic, 5d., 18h., 8m. 1891-Westward, Teutonic, 5d., 16h., 31m. 1891-Eastward, Teutonic, 5d., 21h., 3m. 1892-Eastward, City of New York, 5d.,19h.,57m. 1892-Westward, City of Paris, 5d., 14h., 24m. 1893-Westward, Lucania, 5d., 12h., 47m. 1893-Eastward, Campania, 5d., 12h. 7m. 1894-Eastward, Lucania, 5d., 7h., 48m. 1894-Westward, Lucania. 5d., 7h., 23m. 1895-Westward, Umbria, 5d., 22h., 7m. 1895-Eastward, Etruria, 6d., 40m. 1896-Westward, St. Paul, 6d., 31m. 1897-Eastward, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 5d., 21h., 10m. 1897-Westward, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 5d., 22h., 35m. 1898-Eastward, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 5d., 15h., 10m.

1898-Westward, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 5d., 20h.