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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2513, 9 April 1881, Page 4

A capital game was played recently, in the presence of a large company, at the Princess Louise, High Holborn, London, between Joseph Bennett (champion) and W. Peall, the latter receiving a start of 250 points in 1000. Peall was in fair form at starting, and kept a good lead with breaks of 32, 53, 61, and 183 (52 spots.) The champion then settled down, and with the aid of three fine breaks—93 (with 28 spots) 285 (with 13, 32, and 38 spots), and 80 (with 21 spots)—ran out a winner by 180 points, the game having lasted two hours and a half. The O’Leary race in New York, which began just after midnight, Monday morning ended on Saturday evening, January 29; Hughes making the remarkable score of 568$ miles, beating all previous records. The score at noon compared as follows with the scores of the best rnces' in the past, the time being twelve o’clock on Saturday of each race :—John Hughes, New York, 1881, 546 J miles; John Albert, New York, 1881. 532$- miles; Frank Hart, New York, 1880, 528$ miles; Charles Rowell, London, 1880, 515 J miles; Nicholas Murphy, New York, 1879, 490$ miles; “ Blower ” Brown, London, 1879, 513$ miles ; E. P. Weston, London, 1879, 502$ miles ; Charles Rowell, New York, 1879, 471$ miles; Daniel O’Leary, London, 1878, 493$ miles. The following the closing scores: — Hughes, 568$ miles; Albert, 558 miles; Yint, 550 miles; Khrone, 530 miles; Howard, 515 miles ; Campan, 425 miles. John Hughes was born at Rosgray, Tipperary, Ireland, June 21, 1850; height, five feet seven inches; weight, 1501bs. Record—s2ls miles, go-as-you-please in 151 h 18m 50s, New York city, December 22-27, 1879 ; 404 7-16 miles, go-as-you-please, in 72 hours (12 hours daily), Philadelphia, April 26-May 1,1880. Among the presents received by Hughes were 20 bouquets, a pair of slippers, 4 silk handkerchiefs, and a number of flags ; Miss Cornel] a relative to the governor, sent a b autiful silk flag, worth 40 dels., to the favourite’s tent, with a request that he wear it ; A. Smith, of Chicago, presented a 250 dols. diamond ring; Daniel O’Leary gave a diamond pin costing 250 dols., and the publisher of the “ Police Gazette ” 1000 dols, in cash. The five men who made 480 miles will divide about £I6OO among them,