BOWLING.
AT the annual meeting of the Pui Knight Bowling Club, the following officers were elected:—Fred Manners, president; W. A. Tompkins, vice-president; Lyall Hutchings, treasurer; Austin Baldwin, secretary; John Coutrell, captain.
CANOEING.
THE annual regatta of the Philadelphia Canoe Club took place on the Delaware River on the afternoon of September 21, and consisted of sailing, paddling, tandem paddling, and upset races. The entries in the sailing race included the Alys, W. S. Grant, Jr.; Water Witch, J. S. Warr, Jr.; Antic, Francis Thibault; Lassie, Harry La Motte; Lelange, Dr. T. S. Westcott; Avocett, A. S. Fenimore; Florence, J. A. Inglis; Nenemoosha, S. H. Kirkpatrick. The start was made at 2.30 o’clock from the club-house at the foot of Second Street, Camden, and the course was around the south end of Petty’s Island, returning around the north end to the club-house, a distance of six miles, the second-class boats having a time allowance of eight minutes. The Water Witch was the first to cross the line in 1h. 2m. 48s.; the Antic second, the Nenemoosha third. The Alys met with an accident, and did not finish. In the paddling race, distance over 11⁄2 miles, the Imp won in 11m. 22s., Avocett second, Impetuous third, Chromo fourth. Grant and Warr, in the Water Witch, won the tandem race, with Kirkpatrick and Inglis in the Nenemoosha, second, and Westcott and Wray in the Lelange, third. The course for the upset race was around a stake-boat and back to the slip, a distance of 300 yards. The entries were: Messrs. Grant, Fenimore, Kirkpatrick and Warr. The former was an easy winner. The judges were: W. J. Haines, Francis Thibault and J. A. Inglis. The presentation of the prizes took place at the Colonnade Hotel, at the club meeting on Monday, September 30.
THE Fall Regatta of the Yonkers Canoe Club took place September 22. The attendance was large, and the balcony of the club-house presented a very gay appearance. At 2.30 P. M. promptly, the start for the first race was made, and a dozen canoes of rigs of various kinds—leg-o’-muttons, mohican, gunter and lateen—undertook the hard task of crossing the line against the ebb tide and north wind. The Stranger, Mr. Everett Master, and the Caona, Mr. Grant Edgar, took the lead, and the former won the prize of a silk banner. Unfortunately, the lack of wind prevented the sailing of any more races. Four canoes competed in the single paddling race, and H. La Motte, of Philadelphia, won the prize of a pair of paddles. In the tandem paddling race there were five entries, and after an exciting race, unfortunately marred by some fouls, Messrs. Master and Reeves, in the Stranger, won by half a length. J. W. Simpson won the paddling upset race, and also finished first in the hurry-scurry, but with the spirit of a true sportsman, conceded the prize to Mr. Palmer, of the Ianthe Club, who rounded the buoy far ahead. Owing to wrong instructions as to the course, he went much out of his way, but finished a good second. Both gentlemen were, however, given prizes. The final event, a water tournament, was won by Messrs. Master and T. Simpson. The day was wound up by a pleasant entertainment at the club-house in the evening.
CURLING.
THE Grand National Curling Club of America met in its twenty-second annual Convention at Adelphi Hall, Seventh avenue and Fifty-second street, New York, September 19. In the absence of President Gen. John McArthur, of Chicago, the vice-president, George Grieve, of New York, occupied the chair. David Foulis, of New York, secretary, reported that the association now numbers thirty-nine clubs, eleven of which are in New York city. Six new clubs were received, as follows: Lodi, of Wisconsin; Heather, of Philadelphia; John o’Groat, Excelsior, and Temple of Honor and Temperance, of New York, and Long Island City, of Long Island City. These officers were chosen: President, George Grieve, New York; vice-presidents, Major John Peattie, Utica; John McCulloch, St. Paul, Minn.; chaplain, William Ormiston, D.D., New York; Secretary and Treasurer, David Foulis, New York. The next convention will be held in Albany.
The delegates to the convention were afterwards entertained at a banquet at the Adelphi Hall on the evening of the same day.
CYCLING.
A SERIES of races between wheelmen took place on the closing day of the State Fair at Philadelphia, September 13. The crowd of spectators was large, weather fine, track fairly good. Summary: