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SPORT IN ENGLAND

The weather is terribly against us (says an English letter writer). A cold spring his been followed by the commencement of a wretched summer. Here on the Ist June we are glad to light a fire when evening comes on, and the spring fhwera are only just beginning to be In perfection. The country, it is troo, is looking lovely, but it is with a beauty which ought to have been seen a month ago, and though at one time we had promise of a magnificent fruit crop, gardeners are now In utter despair at the winds and frost which have played sad havoc with every blossom. Nevertheless, out-door pastimes are m full swing, m particular yachting. The new Scotch cutter, the Thistle, has proved herself an unmatched competitor In the races wh'ch have bean run, and she goes to America with high hopes of winning back the cup which i n&a lost so long ago as 1851, and has never been recovered. Her career will be eagerly watched for reasons I have before alluded to, but gceat doubt is entertained that ehe wilLjbeat either the Puritan or the Mayflower, let alone the new yaoht which the Yankees are known to be building for the oomlog match, The bfcyole Championship cf the wor!d has just been won by RlGw^rd Howell, of Leicester, against W. M. Woodside of Philadelphia. Five matches were arranged bit as the English champion won the first three, the remainder were- not pulled off. The first was over a twenty mile course, and the tbitd for a mile. The times occupied by Howell were, pupceeslvely, lh Omln 54ieo, 3Smln 3§seo, and 2m'» 47seo. These records— at any rate, the first— have, I believe, never been beaten, even by the winner himself. A proposal is on foot for Cambridge to go over and row Harvard, and a sum of £600 Is being raited for the purpose, but tbe suggestion Is not being very warmly taken up— possibly because the last AngloAmerican race was fought out on the Thames under circumstances not very acceptable to the Americans, and some little ill-feeling resulted ; but this was some years ago, and if the match could be held, say triennially, It would come to be a raoognlaed institution, and would' be conducted under rules that would be acknowledged by both sides.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG18870729.2.15

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1622, 29 July 1887, Page 3

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SPORT IN ENGLAND Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1622, 29 July 1887, Page 3

SPORT IN ENGLAND Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1622, 29 July 1887, Page 3

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