The New York clipper annual (1887)

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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER ANNUAL.
 

July 24-G. Bubear beat P. Kemp, $1,000, 4)^
miles; 24m. 20s.—Thames, Eng.

July 28—Gus Sundstrom swam from Battery to
High Bridge—N. Y. City.

July 31—G. H. Hosmer beat J. Laing, $1,000, 3
miles; 21m. 30s.—Valleyfleld, Ct.

July 31—Doggett's Coat and Badge won by Harry
Cole; 34m. 20s.—Thames, Eng.

Aug. 2—D. F. Butler beat W. B. Johnson, swim¬
ming—Philadelphia, Pa.

Aug. 2—W. J. Shea beat Joyce, 2 miles; 14m. 41>^s.
—Hartford, Ct.

Aug. 2—H. C. Schlotel won 440yds. amateur salt¬
water swimming championship; 6m. 21>is.—South-
sea Beach, Eng.

Aug. 4—M. J. Leavitt beat D. F. Quilty, $300, 2
miles; 14m. 26s.—Springfield, Mass.

Aug. 5—Wingfield Sculls and amateur champion¬
ship won by F. I. Pitman—Thames, Eng.

Aug. 6—D. F. Butler beat W. B. Johnson, swim¬
ming—Philadelphia, Pa.

Aug. 7 — Yacht race for Goelet Cups, about 45
miles; winners—Schooners, Grayling; sloops, May¬
flower—Off Newport, R. I.

Aug. 7—James A. Ten Eyck beat Wm. O'Toole (15s.
start), $500, 3 miles—Worcester, Mass.

Aug. 7—SAvimming, 880yds.; H. E. Toussaint won;
17m. 33^8.; C. F. Schlesinger second—N. Y. City.

Aug. 8—Wm. Potts and G. Hazlett went through
Niagara Whirlpool Rapids in a barrel.

Aug. 8—Chas. A. Minton, N. Y. Y. C, died—N. Y.

Au^. 9—Ed. Hanlan won 3-mile race, 2lm. 55s.;
McKay second, Teh Eyck third, Hosmer fourth—
Nautasket, Mass.

Aug. 13—American Canoe Association meet
opened—Grindstone Island. International Chal¬
lenge Cup won by R. W. Gibson, Albany; 4-mile
race, cup, E. Barney, Springfield.

Aug. 14—Jacob Teemer beat Wm. Mosier, $400,
3 miles—McKeesport, Pa.

Aug. 14—D. F. Butler beat W. B. Johnson, swim¬
ming, over 4 miles; Ih. I2m. 53s.—Philadelphia.

Aug. 14,15—Irex beat Genesta, Cape May Chal¬
lenge Cup, about 170 miles—Cowes to Cherbourg
Breakwater and back.

Aug. 14—A. E. France won amateur long-distance
swimming championship, about 5% miles, in Hi.
20m. 50s.—Thames River, Eng.

Aug. 16—^Neil Matterson beat George Perkins,
$2,000, A}i miles; 25m. 12s.—Thames, Eng.

Aug. 19—C. D. Graham, in a barrel, head pro¬
truding, passed through Upper Whirlpool Rapids-
Niagara River.

Aug. 19—J. C. Scott drowned while trying to swim
through Devil's-hole Rapids—Niagara River.

Aug. 19—H. E. Toussaint won 100yds. swimming
face; Im. 40s.—Harlem River, N. Y.

Aug. 21—Championship swimming races, ama¬
teur; 100yds., w^on by Herman Braun, Im. 29Ks.;
mile, R. P. Magee, 29m. 2s.—Harlem River, N. Y.

Aug. 21—First trial race to decide upon defender
of America Cup; Mayflower won, Atlantic second,
Puritan third, Priscilla fourth—N. Y. Y. C. inside
course. 23, second trial failed because of light
winds—Outside Sandy Hook. 25, Mayflower won,
Puritan second, Priscilla third and Atlantic fourth
—Outside Sandy Hook.

Aug. 22—William J. Kendall, wearing cork jacket,
swam through Whirlpool Eapids—Niagara River.

Aug. 28—Lawrence M. Donovan jumped from
Brooklyn Bridge into East River—N. Y. City.

Aug. 28—G. Ware beat C. Gaudaur, $200, 3 miles,
in 23m. 15s.—Conesus Lake, N. Y.

Aug. 29—Miss Edith Johnson swam from Baths to
Antwerp, nearly 16 miles, in 5h. 25m., without rest¬
ing.

Aug. 30-Sept. 1—International Scullers' Sweep¬
stakes, $6,000 to first, $2,000 to second, $560 each to
third and fourth; trial heats, about Z\i miles,
straightaway; final heat, over 4>^ miles. First
heat: Neil Matterson beat Wallace Ross, 18m. 40s.;
second John Teemer beat G. J. Perkins, 18m. 15s.;
third, W. Beach beat G. W. Lee, 17m. 463. Second
round—First heat: Beach beat Bubear, easily, in
18m. 40s.; second, Teemer beat Matterson.   Final
 

heat: Beach beat Teemer by seven lengths, in 22m.
46s.—Thames River, Eng.

Aug. 30—J. Beebe and W. Wiley beat D. Donovan
and 0. Corcoran, $100, double sculls—Wakefield,
Ma.ss.

Sept. 1—E. Hanlan beat C. E. Courtney, exhibi¬
tion—Jamaica Bay, L. I.

Sept. 1—G. Sundstrom swam from Battery to Oak
Point; 2h. 42m.—N. Y. City.

Sept. 1—G. H. Hosmer beat J, McKay. 3 miles, ex¬
hibition; 21m. 15s.—Rouse's Point, N. Y.

Sept. 3—Steam-yacht Henrietta ran from Catskill
Landing, N. Y., to Sandy Hook, 133H miles, in
7h. 2m.

Sept. 4—Wo H. Blackhurst beat D. F. Butler,
swimming, $500, about 7 miles—Philadelphia.

Sept. 4, 8—International canoe races. Challenge
Cup, 8 miles, sailing; C. B. Vaux, N. Y. C. C, won,
2h. 3m. 12S.; Wo Baden-Powell, Royal C. C, Eng-
lancf, second; W. Stewart, Royal C. C, third—N. Y.
Bay.

Sept, 6—J. Nuttall swam 500yds. in 7m. 19Ms.; H.
C. Schlotel second—London, Eng.

Sept. 7, 9,11—America Cup races; 7, sloop May¬
flower (5h. 26m. 41s., corrected time) beat cutter
Galatea (5h. 38m. 43s.)—N. Y. Y. C. inside course.
9, race failed owing to lack of wind, the Mayflower
outsailing her opponent. 11, Mayflower (6h. 49m.)
beat Galatea (7h. 18m. 9s.)—20 miles to leeward
from Scotland Lightship and back.

Sept. 13—G. W\ Lee beat Neil Matterson, $2,000,
4)4; miles; 24m. 25s.—Thames, Eng.

Sept. 13—D. F. Butler beat John Pierson, $200,
swimming, 5 miles; Ih. 42m. 44s.—Gloucester, N. J.

Sept. 18—Kill von KuU R. A. regatta—Staten
Island.   See "Aquatic Performances."

Sept. 18—A. McDonald beat C. Gaudaur, $200, 3
miles, working-boats; 3lm.—Erie, Pa.

Sept. 18—Wm. Beach beat J. A. Gaudaur, $5,000
and championship of world, 4>^miles; 22m. 29s.—
Thames, Eng.

Sept. 20—G. Bubear beat P. Kemp, $1,000, about
4j^ miles—Thames, Eng.

Sept. 21—Yacht Thetis beat Stranger, 23h. 40m.
55s.; 150 miles—Newport, R. I., to Marblehead,
Mass.

Sept. 23—J. Haggerty swam lOOyds. in Im. 5Xs.—
Blackburn, Eng.

Sept. 25—Wm. Beach beatW. Ross, $5,000, 4>|
miles; 23m. 5s.—Thames, Eng.

Sept. 25—La Perichole beat Adele, catboats, $500,
20 miles; 4h. 8m. 53s.—L. I. Sound.

Sept. 25—W. Richards beat Jake Teemer, $400, 3
miles—McKeesport, Pa.

Sept. 28—Potomac River regatta—Washington.
See "Aquatic Performances."

Sept. 30—Yacht championship of lakes, 30 miles;
Fanchon won; 2h. 24ra. 33s.—Toledo, 0.

Oct. 1—Sachem beat Miranda, 40-mile yacht race;
4h. 57m. 41s.—Newport, R. I.

Oct. 1—Sloop Thetis beat cutter Stranger, 30 miles;
5h. 17m. 45s. Oct. 2, Thetis beat Stranger, 30 miles,
$400; 4h. 44m. 10s. Oct. 5, Stranger beat Thetis, 30
miles; 5h. 28m. Oct. 11, Stranger beat Thetis, 28
miles; 4h. 57m. 45s.—Off Marblehead, Mass.

Oct. 3—A. Lein won the championship of the
Seine—Paris^rance.

Oct. 4~AY. H. Blackhurst beat J. Morrow, swim¬
ming, $400 12 miles—Philadelphia.

Oct. 9—W. F. Conly beat J. F. Gumming, 1%, miles,
straight; 8m. 67'4s.—Boston, Mass.

Oct. 0—International regatta; G. Bubear first, J. A.
Ten Eyck second. Consolation—J. Teemer first, W.
East Jr. second—London, Eng.

Oct. 9—P. A. Dempsey beat J. Ritz, $500, 3 miles;
21m. 24%s.—Philadelphia, Pa.

Oct. 11—H. Davenport won the plunging cham¬
pionship, 67ft. llin.; G. A. Blake, 66ft.—London, Eng.

Oct. 11—J. Nuttall won amateur 220yds. cham¬
pionship, 3m. 4%s.; E. H. E. Edson second—Lon¬
don, Eng.

Oct. 16—Wm. Paine beat C. Bush, champ, of
British Celumbia and $1,000, 3 miles; 20m. 30s.—
Victoria.

Oct. 18—Yacht race, $1,000 and champ, of lakes,
30 miles; Fanchon won, 51i. 6m. 57s.; Enright sec¬
ond—Toledo, 0.
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