MISCELLANEOUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 292, 11 December 1886, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

W. Cummings, who has been running againat W. G. George lately, has decided to give up running for good, as he finds his leg will not stand another preparation. W, G. George's style of running is -thus described :—Bis running is'very easy and graceful. He holds himself rather upright; there is little movement of the shbuider and upper arm, and the recovery from the hip is swift and unlaboured. His stride in enormous, at the finish of a mile he covers 7 feet or more. In Limerick lately a youth named Sbannah'an accomplished the 47ft 7in in the bop, step, and jump; thus tying with Purcell's record. Harry Hutchen, the celebrated English sprinter, arrived in Sydney with William Beach.

Those who failed to ro.ll up Jo see the race for the Mile Championship of Auckland missed a treat. Very selJom indeed does a race come off so splendidly, ■ and the fame may be" said of the mile race between Crowell and Howie, in which both men ran themselves to a standstill. Shaw won his race with something left in hiau but it was only after a hard struggle, for Cpsson stuck to him well. The latter has the prettiest style, but in spite of his short stride Shaw can get over the ground. The time 4min 28secs. Ie enough to make anyone open 'his eyes who knows the Ellerelie race course. To break 4min 30eecs. on a grass track like that with a stiff bill to climb just before the half-mile is a real wonderful performance and Cosson may be proud of the share he had in the feat though he was beaten. I hope to see both'men meet again for the championship one of these days and if it is run on a cinder-track expect to see something real good.

At tie Bury, England, Athletic Sports, p. T, Rieht ran 120 yards, on n grass course, a yard and a half inside 12 seconds Clarke, who won the champion belt the other day in Melbourne, has published his willingness to run Malone for £100 or £501) and the Championship. He is also negotiating a match with Samuels, the flying darkie. Keen and Stanton, the veteran prolessioual cyclists, met at Lillie Bridge Grounds, London, on Oct. 4, to decide a thirty miles match for £100. Stanton went away with tho lead and when fifteen miles had been covered, was. leading by half a mile. Keen, Beeing that victory was hopeless, retired at fifteen miles, and when Stanton had bowled offl6| miles-he was allowed to Btop. Time : 58min. 27sec. Professor Carrollo has issued a proapectuß of some sports he intends to hold during the Christmas holidays in the new Agricultural Hall, next the Market. An excellent programme has been prepared for the four nights. Three evenings are set apart for amateurs and one for professionals. The events include boxing, wrestling, putting the shoe, walking, and longdistance runnine, and the feature of the professional programme is the Ono Hours' Walking Race for the Championship. The two hlendrys, Huckstep and Goodman, are all in active training for this. I would have liked to have seen a place givon to jumping, high and long. It is a branch of athletics which meets with little encouragement here, though I am sure there are good enough men if they only had a show. Thore was a large attendance at the Alexandra Theatre, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, November 27, to witness the wrestling match for £100 botween Connor and Chriatol in the Grreco-Boman style, and the contest was sufficiently exciting to satisfy the most exacting. Christol, who recently arrived from Amerioa, brought with him a good reputation as an accomplished wrestler, aDd was attended by his countryman, M. Victor, whilst Connor, who likowise boasts a long record of victories in the wrestling arena, had the services of JickHall. Cannon, another recent arrival from America, who like Connor also made a name for himself in the old country bsfore his departure, officated as referee, Donald Dinnie acting as timekeeper. The first bout was a very protracted one, and it was not until an hour and seventeen and a half minutes had expired that Connor succeeded in gaining the throw. After an interval of fifteen minutes the men again appeared on the stage, but the second round was short, sharp, and decisive, Connor winning tho second throw and the match in less than three minutes. Jack Hall then stated that the winner was propared to wrestle any man in Australia for £200 a aide, and irom what we have seen of him we think he is well able to hold his own with the best; of them.