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New Jersey — Providence Caledonian 8o~ 

 fhe seventh annual excursion of the 

 Providence Caledonian Society to Rocky- 

 Point last Friday, Aug. 81, was participated 

 in by the sister societies of New York and 

 New England. The sports and festivities 

 were highly successful, opening with a Scotch 

 reel, and concluding -with a collation in the 

 evening at Caldonian Hall. Following is a 

 summary of the contests : 



Putting the Stone.— The competitors: .Tno. 

 Sample, Win. Robertson of New York, E. 

 W. Johnson of Hamilton, Ont., D. C. Ross 

 of Hamilton, Out., and John King. The 

 stone weighed sixteen pounds, and was 

 thrown by the vicior, Win. Robertson, to the 

 mstance of 3(3 feet 4$ inches. A tie between 

 Johnson and Ross was thrown off, Ross 

 taking the second and Johnson the third 

 prize; distance, 35 ft. 6 in., and 35 ft. 2 in. 

 respectively. 



Running Long Leap.— Among eight competi- 

 tors, A. C. Reid, of Hamilton, Ont,., took 

 first prize; distance, 20 ft 1 in: John Sheffield, 

 of Fall River, Mass., second; distance, 19 ft 

 10 in ; John McCaffrey, of Pawtucket, 19 ft 

 1 in. 



Throwing the Hammer. — Five competitors: 

 D. C. Ross, of Hamilton, Out., toot first 

 prize throwing the eighteen pound hammer 

 87 ft 1 in .- Wiii. Robertson, of New Turk, 8l 

 ft; J. T. Crossley, of Frankfort, Pa., 79 ft 1 

 in. 



Half -Mile Race.— Six contestants. Won by 

 Robt. Hindell, of Paisley, Scotland, 2m 5s ; 

 John Maloney, of Fall River, second ; John 

 Bridgewater, third. „ 



Hurdle Race. — There were seven competi- 

 tors. B. Hindell won the first prize ; John 

 Maloney, second ; A. C. Ried, third. 



Highland Fling, — Entries: Donald McBean, 

 J. Kennedy, Thomas T. Murray, William 

 Robertson, George Bothwick. The dancing 

 was to the music of the bagpipe. Kennedy 

 won first: Robertson second ; Murray third. 



Sack Race. — There were five eutries. The 

 distance was once arouud the ring over five 

 hurdles, eighteen inches high. John Cross- 

 lev took first prize, William Kobertson, sec- 

 ond, and R. B. Robertson, of Fall River, 

 third. 



Hitch and Kick.— This was a long contest, 

 and resulted in A. M. Donaldson, of Fall Riv- 

 er, kicking 8 ft and 8 in, and taking first 

 prize. Second and third prizes divided be- 

 tween Robert Easdon and A. C. Ried. 



Hop, Step and Jump.— Ten entries. The 

 first prize taken by John Sheffield, 44 ft 7 in ■ 

 second, by Michael Lynskey, 44 ft G in ; the 

 third to John Maloney, 43 ft 2 in. 



Boys' Race— Won by Walter Dobson, Den- 

 nis Gronan and Robt. McAburty, all of Prov- 

 idence. 



Vaulting -with Pole.— Five entries. Won 

 by Win. Robertson, 10 ft; Robert Easdon, 9 

 ft 10 in ; and Michael Lynskey, 9 ft 1 in. 



Three-Legged Race. — Sixteen entries. Rob- 

 ertson and Reid, first ; Ifnskins and Souther- 

 land, second. Third prize divided between 

 Lynskey and Reed and Crossley and Ma- 

 loney. 



One-Mile Walk.— The first prize was taken 

 by Wm. Brown; second, by L. C. Dole, third 

 by Frank Schwenk. 



Standing High Leap.— E. W. Johnson took 

 first money, John McCaffrey second, and 

 A. C. Ried and Michael Lynskey divided 

 third. 



Tossing the Caber.— D. C. Ross took first 

 prize, E. W. Johnson second and James 

 O'Rourke third. 



Running High Leap.— E. W. Johnson first 

 prize, A. C. Ried second and Wm. Robinson 

 third. 



One Mile Walking Race.— This was the 

 most interesting race of the day. Among the 

 entries were Lester C. Dole, of New Haven, 

 Robert Hindell, the champion of the world, 

 and John Sample, of South Bridgeport, Mass! 

 Dole lead the first five rounds, and on the 

 sixth round Hindell and Dole were abreast. 

 At this point Sample passed both, and the ex- 

 citement became intense. Hindell, who had 

 been going at a lazy gait, gave a farewell 

 glance at Dole and passed Sample. While 

 coming around on the ninth round. Hindell 

 spurted, leaving Sample a few yards in the 

 rear, and the Scotchman came in an easy 

 winner, Sample second and Dole third. The 

 mile was made in the remarkable time of six 

 minutes and forty seconds. 



New Yoke— Harlem, Athletic (Mb, Mott 

 Haven, Sept. 1. — The second annual meeting 

 of this club was marked by general excellence 

 in the several events. The contests were as 

 follows i One hundred yards race— The first 

 race was won by F. Saportis, in His. ; W. 

 Hulden, second. Second race won by W. B. 

 Curtis, in 1 Is. ; H. Louterbach, second. Third 

 race, a dead heat between F. Henshaw and 

 E. B. Foote, in ll-Js. 



One Mile Run.— Eight entries. Won by 

 K. Morgan in 4m. 46s. ; C, Yaught, second. 



One-mile Walk.— Seven entries, won by E. 

 C. Holske, in 7m. 26s. ; W, Barnes, second. 



Throwing the Hammer. — G. D. Parmley 

 wou, by throwing S2 ft. 



Four hundred and forty yards run. — W. IT. 

 Griffin won in 60s. ; "W. Childs, second. T. 

 Roberts won second heat, in 04s. ; J. Horn 

 won third heat ; and J. H. Ferguson the 

 fourth. 



Pole Vaulting.— L. Freeman won by a vault 

 of 8 ft. JO in. 



Two hundred and twenty yards run.— The 

 first second and third heats were won respect- 

 ive! v by Saporlas, Anderson and Childs. 



Four-miles Walk.— Among nine contestants 

 E. C. Holske won in 33m. 03s, ; T. H. Arm- 

 strong, ten seconds later, 



Four hundred and forty yards run. — Three 

 entries ; won by Roberts in 57s. 



Broad Running Jump. — Won by W. T, 

 Livingston, who made 18 ft. 7 in. 



Hitch and Kick.— Won by A. H. Oak as. 

 who kicked a tambourine, suspended at a 

 height of 8 ft. 3 in . T. Nichols was next ; he 

 accomplished the feat at 7 ft. 9 in. 



In the half-mile run Mr. F. Banham iu 2m. 

 8s. ; Richard Morgan second. The conclud- 

 ing event was a handicap club race, which 

 Dujlet won in lis. ; White second, Rcnshaw 

 third. 



Lacrosse.— A lacrosse match for the 

 championship of the world, was played 

 at Toronto, Ontario, September 1, be- 

 tween the Shamrocks, of Montreal, and 

 the Athletics, of Toronto. The game was 

 played according to the English rules, the 

 club having the most games at the end of two 

 hours to be declared winner. The match was 

 won by the Shamrocks, 2 to 1. 



Montreal, Aug. 25. — The Caledonian So- 

 ciety held their annual athletic sports to-day 

 on the Montreal Lacrosse grounds, with the 

 following result : 



Quoits— W. Ogilvie, 1st prize ; D. Roth- 

 well, 2d ; D. Christie, 3d. 



Throwing heavy hammer — J. Mundie, 70 

 ft. 9 in., 1st prize ; Luke McKay, 72 ft. 10 

 in., 2nd ; A. Rennie, 71 ft. 3 in., 3rd. 



Throwing light hammer— Luke McKee, 89 

 ft. 7 in., 1st prize ; A. Rennie, 87 ft. 1 in., 

 2d ; J. Mundie, 85 ft. 7 in., 3d. 



Throwing light stone, 14 lbs — A. C. Ros- 

 seau, 39 ft. 7 A in., 1st prize ; Wm. Ryan, 88 

 ft., 2d; Wm. Judge, 34 ft. 7 in., 3d. 



Running hop, step and jump — James New- 

 ton, 41 ft., 1st prize ; A. C. Rosseau, 40 ft., 

 2d. 



Highland fling in Highland costume — R. 

 J. McDonald, 1st prize ; Alex. Niven, 2d. 



Vaulting with pole— Rosseau, 9 ft. 9 in., 

 1st prize; John Anderson andThos. McMann 

 (equal), 9 ft. 8 in., 2d and 3d. 



Married vs. Single Members of the St. 

 George and Staten Island Clubs. — The 

 first of a proposed series of matches was 

 played on the Hoboken grounds last Satur- 

 day. The Score resulted as follows : 



SINGLE. 



First Inning. Second Timing, 



J R Moore, c Ulles, Sr, b 

 bMoran 3 c and b Marsli 



G Giles, Jr, c and b 

 Marsh (i 



J WBWhetli am, e Tal- 

 bot, b Giles, sr 13 



A Harvey, thrown out c Blaclcwell b Giles, 

 Marsh 18 Sr 10 



P W Kessler, runout.. T 



H M JSyre, b Marsh IS not out 



J P Conover, run out. .15 



a Mostyn, b Marsh 9 



H Campbell, cM'Kimra 

 b Marsh 4 



J Hornblower, b Marsh 10 



J 15 Cashman, not out.. not out 3 



Byes, 3; leg byes, 5... S 



Total . 



.M Total U 



MARRIED. 



First Inning. Second Inning. 



C Giles, Sr, c Harvey, 



b Campbell 16 Whetham, b liarvsy... 7 



E it Moerau, c Whet- 

 ham, b Harvey o c Giles, Jr, b Whetham 8 



A Marsh, o Whetham, 



bltarvey l b Hornblower 20 



C E McKimm, c YVhet- 



ham, bHarvey o b Cashman 22 



R J Cross, c Wnetham, 



b Campbell b Cashman l 



Et Giles, Jr, b Whet- 



MHTalbot, not out.. ..12 ham 3 



E E Blaekwell, c Giles, 



Jr, b Campbell b Ca9hman 1 



D P Ketchum, st Whet- st Giles, Jr, b Whet- 

 ham, b Campbell 1 ham , io 



GF Hay ward, c Giles, 



Jr, b Harvey 1 runout s 



J McDonald absent not out 2 



E W Steveus absent.... absent ....... o 



_ leg byes, 1 ; wides, 2 '; 



Byes, 1 ; wides, 1 3 no balls, 1 .4 



Total 49 Total 86 



St. George's vs. Staten Island— Camp 

 Washington, 8, I., Aug. 30.— The first game 

 of the season between the Staten Islands and 

 the second eleven of the St. George Club of 

 this city, resulted in the following score : 



STATEN ISLAND. 



First Inning. 



C T Jarvis, b Satterthvvaite 2 



G K Moore, b Bowring. i.'.io 



AD Irving, b Campbell 13 



r w Kessier, b Giles, Jr 40 



H M Byre, c and b Giles, Jr '20 



C M Dodge, e Conover, B SatteTHrwaite 12 



TP Shaw, b Giles, Jr 1 



M G Houghlou, c and b Giles, Jr '.'..'". 4 



J E Sprague, e Giles, Jr.. b Satterthwaite '..'.'.'. i 



Vv W Crossley, not out 3 



W H Davidge. b Campbell 1 



Byes, Hi, leg byes, 4; wides,4, no balls, 1 25 



ST, OEOROE. 



T-'irsi Inning, Second Inning. 



G Giles, Jr, c Davidge, 

 b Kessler 22 b Eyre .... ;. ;.*. 2 



G P Conover, 1 b w, b 

 Houghton 2 b Spragne i 



F Satterthwaite, b Jar- 

 vis 1 b Eyre 9 



M MI Talbot, c Davidge, 

 bSprague 5 bSpraguo 3 



C F McKirara, c Cross- 

 ley, b Houghton 15 bSprague 



G E JUehardsou, b 

 Sprague 2 notout 9 



H Bowring, b Sprague. 5 b Eyre 1 



II Campbell, e Moore, b 

 Houghton 3 runout.., 3 



D P Kelchum, b 

 Sprague bSprague 2 



F M Houssliug, not: out 2 c Davidge, b Eyre 1 



E Grwwold, c Irving, b 

 Houghton 1 b Sprague 2 



Byes. 14 ; leg byes, 1 ; 

 wides, 2 n Byes, 2; leg byes, 2.... 4 



Total 75 Total 40 



Swimming Across the English Chan- 

 nel.— The Channel has again been success- 

 fully crossed, this time by Cavfil, who accom- 

 plished this feat in about twelve hours. 



AMUSEMENTS. 



" The Banltes " bold forth at the New Broadway 

 Theatre. 



The Grand Opera House opened Monday night 

 with p. s. C'hanirau in "Kit." 



"The Dark City," Mr. Daly's uew locnl play, was 

 produced at the Fifth Avenue Theatre Tuesday 

 night, with new scenery, etc. 



"The Wild Flower of Mexico" is the title of a 

 spectacular and effective drama which holds the 

 boards at Niblo's. 



•Pink Dominoes" will be played only until the 

 17th at the Union Square Theatre, when the William- 

 son's open in their new drama of " Struck Oil." 



" Oxygen, - ' which will be continued at Wallack's 

 Theatre this week, has for the basis of its story Jules 

 Verne's amusing story of the waking up of a very 

 Rip Van Winklish Dutch town by an immense dose 

 of oxygen, administered by Dr. Ox. Plenty of danc- 

 ing and song, of course. 



"The Crushed Tragedian" is the title of the new 

 play which holds the boards at the Park Theatre, 

 with Mr. Sothern in the leading role. Mr. Sothcrn is 

 a popular actor, and as a new play with an old favo- 

 rite is always a strong combination, the seasou 

 opened Monday night with a large and brilliant au- 

 dience. Even standiDg room was not to be had. 

 The play was heartily applauded throughout, the 

 curtain being raised at the end of each act, and at 

 the conclusion Mr. Sothern was called upon for a 

 speech, a compliment tic gracefully acknowledged 

 in a few words of thanks. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jew- 

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 prizes for shooting, yachting, racing 

 and other sports, and on request 

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 Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the 

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