. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. liift i -' ^;>r- Vol. IV. No. IS. NO. 50* MONTGOMERY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. ATHLETICS. George's Wonderful Performance. By cablegram -we were informed of W. G. George's wonder- ful performance at the London Athletic sports on Monday April 7th. The following account taken from Pastime (En- glish) gives full particulars: Ten Miles Handicap Open.âW. G. George, scratch (Mose- ley H.), 1; C. F. Turner, 3 min. 10 sec. (Spartan H.), 2; H. J. Clarke, 6 min. (Westbourne A. A. C), 3; A. A. Brickett, 5 min. (Highg
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. liift i -' ^;>r- Vol. IV. No. IS. NO. 50* MONTGOMERY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1884. SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. ATHLETICS. George's Wonderful Performance. By cablegram -we were informed of W. G. George's wonder- ful performance at the London Athletic sports on Monday April 7th. The following account taken from Pastime (En- glish) gives full particulars: Ten Miles Handicap Open.âW. G. George, scratch (Mose- ley H.), 1; C. F. Turner, 3 min. 10 sec. (Spartan H.), 2; H. J. Clarke, 6 min. (Westbourne A. A. C), 3; A. A. Brickett, 5 min. (Highgate H.), 4; C. Catliu, 2 min. (Blackheath H.), 0. Eighteen others started, with starts varying from 3 min. 10 sec. to 6 min. When the scratch man received the word to go five of the competitors had completed their first mile, and Catlin was well over 700 yards away. George did not dash away so fast as usual, and appeared to be going slug- gishly. His time, however, soon dispelled this idea, and as it was seen that he was rapidly drawing into first position, hopes that the record would be cut were freely expressed. He caught Catlin for the first time in the ninth lap, though the Blackheath man stuck to him for a time but could not keep the pace, and the scrath man, running in splendid form, again went away, passing him for the second time just be- fore completing the fifth mile. At sis miles, Brickett was leading, closely followed by Clarke, some eighty yards behind the pair being Pritchard, with Turner fourth and George fifth. After completing the seventh mile, the Spartan took third place only to be passed by George, who now went in pursuit of the two leaders, whom he passed just before fin- ishing his eighth mile. Being informed of his time, he stuck gamely at his task, and eventually won by a lap and four vardsfrom Turner, who was a hundred yards in front of Clarke, about twenty yards separating the latter from Brick- ett. Appended are the winner's times for each lap. The o
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