hony, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2. All-England championship, Wimbledon-Lost to H. Baddeley, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

SINGLES-CHAMPIONSHIPS.

United States, R. D. Wrenn; England, H. S. Mahony; Ireland, W. Baddeley; Scotland, R. L. Doherty; France, M. F. Goodbody; Germany, Count Voss-Schönau; Canada, R. D. Wrenn; Columbia interscholastic, J. M. L. Walton; Connecticut State, A. E. Foote; District of Columbia intercollegiate, T. A. Driscoll; Harvard interscholastic, Y. M. Edwards; intercollegiate, M. D. Whitman; interscholastic, R. Fincke; interscholastic (N. Y. City), T. R. Pell; Massachusetts, G. L. Wrenn, jr.: Middle States, C. Hobart; New-England, A. E. Foote; New-Hampshire, James Terry; New-Jersey, J. P. Paret; Northwestern, G. K. Belden; Pennsylvania, M. D. Smith; Princeton interscholastic, W. Beggs; Southern, J. P. Paret; University of Chicago interscholastic, L. H. Turner; University of Pennsylvania interscholastic, J. K. Willing; Vermont, George Worthington; Western, Carr B. Neel; Weetern Pennsylvania, T. Ewing, jr.; University of Chicago, C. B. Neel. SINGLES OPEN AND INVITATION TOURNAMENTS.

Buffalo, E. P. Fischer; Chicago (summer), C. B. Neel; Chicago (fall), C. B. Neel; Canada (handicap), R. D. Wrenn; Longwood (cup), R. D. Wrenn; Longwood (handicap), L. E. Ware; Middle States (handicap), G. H. Miles; Newcastle (N. H.), E. P. Fischer; Niagara (cup), C. B. Neel; Niagara (handicap), J. F. Foulke; Norwood, W. A. Larned; Sorrento, J. P. Paret; Toronto, M. D. Whitman; Tuxedo, E. P. Fischer; West Side, E. P. Fischer.

DOUBLES-CHAMPIONSHIPS.

United States, C. B. Neel and S. R. Neel; England, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; Ireland, W. Baddeley and H. Baddeley; Scotland, C. G. Allen and E. R. Allen; Canada, E. P. Fischer and M. D. Whitman; Connecticut State, A. E. Foote and A. E. Kent; Eastern, C. Hobart and F. H. Hovey; East vs. West, C. B. Neel and S. R. Neel; intercollegiate, L. E. Ware and W. M. Scudder; New-England, A. E. Foote and M. G. Chace; New-Hampshire, J. Ferry and J. P. Paret; NewYork City interscholastic, T. R. Pell and F. Bien; Northwestern, W. Carver and L. H. Waldner; Pennsylvania, W. D. Smith and C. Fete; Southern, J. P. Paret and J. C. Davidson; Western, C. B. Neel and S. R. Neel.

OPEN MEN'S DOUBLES. Buffalo, L. E. Ware and W. M. Scudder; Niagara, L. E. Ware and M. D. Whitman; Newcastle, E. P. Fischer and C. R. Budlong; Sorrento, A. L. Williston and S. F. Wise; Tuxedo, L. E. Ware and W. M. Scudder; West Side (New-York City), S. C. Millet and C. Cragin,

LADIES' SINGLES.

United States, Miss Bessie Moore; England, Miss C. Cooper; Ireland, Miss Martin; Scotland, Miss Paterson; Canada, Miss J. P. Atkinson; Middle States, Miss Bessie Moore; Niagara (open tournament), Miss J. P. Atkinson; Toronto (open tour

nament), Miss J. P. Atkinson; Staten Island (open tournament), Miss Bessie Moore. LADIES' DOUBLES.

United States, Miss Bessie Moore and Miss J. P. Atkinson; Ireland, Mrs. Pickering and Miss Dyas; Staten Island, (open tournament), Miss A. Robinson and Miss J. P. Atkinson.

MIXED DOUBLES.

United States, Miss J. P. Atkinson and E. P. Fischer; England, Miss Cooper and H. S. Mahony; Middle States, Miss Bessie Moore and J. P. Paret; Staten Island, Miss J. P. Atkinson and Dr. W. N. Frazer; West Side, Miss Bessie Moore and J. P. Paret.

GOLF.

Among the hundreds of clubs in the United States at the close of 1896, about 60 were members of the United States Golf Association, and additions take place at every meeting. The National Championship Tournament, at Shinnecock Hills, Long Island, had 80 entries; Women's Championship, at Morristown, N. J., had 25 entries. The results in the several championship tournaments in 1896 were as follows:

July 14 to 18.-United States Golf Association Amateur and Open Championships, Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. Amateur championship Won by H. J. Whigham, Onwentsia Club, Chicago; J. G. Thorp, Cambridge (Mass.) Club, second; A. M. Coats, Newport Club, third; H. P. Toler, Baltusral Club (Short Hills, N. J.), fourth. Open championship (for amateurs and professionals), won by James Foulis, professional, Chicago Club; Horace Rawlins, professional, Sadahquada Club, Utica, second; Joseph Lloyd, professional, Essex County Country Club, Manchester, Mass., third; George Douglas, professional, Country Club, Brookline, Mass., fourth.

Sept. 3 to 5-International Amateur and Open Championships, at Niagaraon-the-Lake, Canada. Amateur championship won by R. H. Dickson, Niagara; V. Shaw Kennedy, Chicago, second; G. F. Curtiss, Rochester, third; H. R. Sweny, St. Andrews, fourth. Open championship won by William Tucker, professional, St. Andrews; Horace Rawlins, professional, Utica, second; Arthur Smith, professional, Toronto, third; Thomas Smith, professional, Montreal, fourth.

Oct. 6 to 9-United States Golf Association, Women's Amateur Championship, Morristown, N. J. Won by Miss Beatrix Hoyt, Shinnecock Hills Club; Mrs. Arthur Turnure, Shinnecock Hills, second; Miss Anna Sands, Newport Club, third; Miss Cora Oliver, Albany Club, fourth.

Large and successful open invitation tournaments were held during the year at the Newport Golf Club, the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, the Ardsley Casino, the St. Andrews Golf Club, the Country Club of Westchester, the Chicago Golf Club, the Knollwood Country Club (Elmsford, N. Y.), the Lenox Golf Club, the Lakewood Golf Club, the Philadelphia Country Club, the Morris County Golf Club, the Tuxedo Golf Club, and at many others of less importance.

BICYCLE.

Some of the more important records for 1896 are the following: Professional2-3 mile, 58 3-5s., Hamilton, F. S. P.; 1 mile, Hamilton, 1m. 39 1-5s., F. S. P.; 4 mile, Zeigler, 28 2-5s., F. S. U.; 1-3 mile, Hamilton, 34 1-5s., F. S. U.; 1 mile, Coulter, 1m. 59 1-5s., F. S. U.; 1-3 mile, 45s., Schefski, C. S. S.; 1⁄2 mile, Zeigler, 1m. 4-5s., C. S. S.; 2-3 mile, 1m. 23s.. Cooper, S. S.; 1 mile, 2m. 104-58, Gardiner, C. S. S. Tandem-1 mile, Cooks and Weinig, 1m. 50s., F. S. P.; 1⁄2 mile, 52 3-5s., Terrill and Taylor, F. S. U.

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AMATEUR RECORDS FOR 1896. 2-3 mile, 1:14 1-5, Hughes, F. S. P.; 1 mile, Hughes, 1:47 1-5, F. S. P.; miles, 3:56 3-5, Hughes, F. S. P.; miles, 10:55%, Adams, F. S. P.; 10 miles, 22:31 3-5, Adams, F. S. P.; 4 mile, 25 1-5s., Simons, F. S. U.; 1 mile, 2:00 2-5, Desmond, C. S. S. Tandemmile, 26 1-5s., Devlin and Hanson, F. S. U.; 1-3 mile, 35s., Davisworth and Mitchell, F. S. U.; 1⁄2 mile, 56s., Davisworth and Mitchell, F. S. U.; 2-3 mile, 1:17, Davisworth and Mitchell, F. S. U.

The accepted American road records are as follows: 5 miles, 9:24, T. O. Vaux, Colorado Springs, Col.; 10 miles, 21:25, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 15 miles, 34:32, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 20 miles, 46:01, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 25 miles, 51:55, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 50 miles, 2:15:00, L. C. Wahl, Colorado Springs, Col.; 100 miles, 4:40:09, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 200 miles, 12:20:00, A. W. W. Evans, New-Brunswick, N. J.; 500 miles, 56:05:00, A. E. Smith, Chicago, Ill.; 1,000 miles, 113:15:00, J. F. Gunther, Chicago, Ill.; 24 hours, 277 miles,

A. W. W.

Evans, New-Brunswick, N. J.; one year, 21,053 miles, A. A. Hansen, Minneapolis, Minn., 1894; one year, ninety-two centuries, W. A. Rubey, Louisville, Ky., 1895.

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The New-York State records are: miles, 11:31 1-5, A. G. Relyea, Merrick Road; 10 miles, 21:25, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 15 miles, 34:32, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 20 miles, 46:01, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 25 miles, 51:55. A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 50 miles, 2:30:40, A. E. Weinig, Buffalo, N. Y.; 100 miles, 4:40:09, A. B. McDonnell, Buffalo, N. Y.; 200 miles, 13:10:40, T. T. Mack, Buffalo, N. Y.; one year, 15,164 miles, C. M. Shadbolt, Brooklyn, N. Y.; one year, sixty-three centuries, J. C. Knowles, Brooklyn, N. Y.

YACHTING.

There was much to interest lovers of yachting in 1896. The Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club Challenge Cup was carried away by the Canadians; but a challenge instantly followed it, the challenger to be a one-rater, however. The special 30-footers were the feature of the season. The principal regattas and races of the various clubs were as follows:

New-York Yacht Club-Annual regatta, June 11: Emerald, Iroquois, Elsemarie, Norota, Choctaw, Wasp. Wawa, winners. Cruise, August 3-8. August 3-Race for Commodore's cups off Glen Cove, Long

to

Island: Emerald, Wasp, Mai, winners. Aug. 4-Run to New-London: Colonia, Iroquois, Quissetta, Carmita, Minerva, Queen Mab, winners. Aug. 5-Run Newport: Emerald, Iroquois, Amorita, Queen Mab, Wasp, Minerva, Norota, winners. Aug. 7-Race for the Goelet cups: Colonia, Queen Mab, winners. Aug. 8Pun to Cottage City: Montauk, Alcaea, Marguerite, Quissetta, Queen Mab, Wasp, Choctaw, winners. Sept. 15-Special Autumn sweepstakes and race for Drexel Cup, for schooners: Won by Colonia. Borden Cup, for sloops: Won by Wasp. Seawanhaka-Corinthian-Race

raters, May 30. Winner, Hope.

for

June 22,

23, 24, 26-Trial races for 2-raters to select defender for the cup: Won on June 22 by El Heirie over 27 original competitors. June 27-Annual regatta: Elsemarie, Dragoon, Vaquero III, Wasp, winners. July 13, 14, 15-International races for the Challenge Cup: Won by the Canadian yacht Glencairn over El Heirie. Aug. 31-Race for Center Memorial Cup for schooners: Won by Colonia.

Larchmont Club-June 20, spring regatta: Emerald, Amorita, Wasp, Üvira, Norota, Infanta, Dragoon, Asahi, Feydeh, Vaquero II, Oconee, Presto, Edwina, Ione, E. J. Sloat, Vaquero, El Heirie, winners. July 18-25-Race week-July 18: Ramona, Colonia, Uvira, Norota, Mai, Celia, Dragoon, Hyale, Volsung, Presto, Edna, Starling, Paprika, winners. July 20: Ramona,

parture,

Colonia, Acushla, Houri, DePaprika, winners. July 22: Amorita, Viator, Wasp, Argonaut, Vaquero, winners. July 23: Awa, Dragoon, Uvira, Volsung, Musme, Houri, Paprika, winners. July 24: Amorita, Acushla, Mai, Celia, Paprika, winners. July 25: Colonia, Wasp, Uvira, Infanta, Dragoon, Mai, Ninita, Eos, Volsung, Presto, Celia, Paprika, winners. Fall regatta and race for Comodore's Cup for schooners-Winner: Colonia. Special race between schooners Quissetta and Amorita, best two in three, Sept. 24-28: Quisetta, winner.

Atlantic Club-June 6, Ladies' Day: Streak, Wawa, Sultan, winners. June 13Regatta: Step Lively, Asahi, Tigress, Acushla, Iris, winners. June 16-Race for Gould cups for schooners and sloops, also annual regatta: Emerald, Iroquois, Uvira, Norota, Feydeh, Grace E., Streak, Step Lively, Asahi, winners. July 4-9-Cruise. July 6-Run from Black Rock to Morris Cove: Colonia, Amorita, Uvira, Penguin, Acushla, winners. July 7-Run from Morris Cove to New-London: Colonia, Amorita, Viator, Penguin, winners. July 8-Race off New-London: Colonia, Choctaw, winners. July 9-Run from NewLondon to Shelter Island: Colonia (won Banks Cup). Acushia (Hanan Cup). Cavalier, Viator, Gaviota, Uvira, Tigress, Acushla, winners. American Club--July 6-Annual regatta: Raccoon, Quantück, Oconee, Presto, Edwina, Zelica, Brant, Celia, Hope, winners. Sept. 19-Fall regatta: Colonia, Pawnee, Paprika. Vaquero, Musme, Oconee, Scat, Sparrow, Zelica, Regina, win

ners.

Brooklyn Club-June 15-Annual regatta: Ilikato, Aliris, Edla, Grace E., Step Lively, Presto, E. J. B., Haidee, Martha M., winners.

March 4.-Metropolitan Chess Club beats Newark C. C. in team match, by 12% to 7%.

April 5.-The fifteenth and final game for the championship of the United States between Showalter and Kemeny resulted in the former retaining the title. Score: Showalter, 7; Kemeny, 4; drawn, 4. May 30.-Manhattan C. C. beats Franklin C. C., Philadelphia, in a team match by 7% to 62.

June 23.-Showalter beats Barry in championship match, Boston. Score, 7 to 2: 4 games drawn.

BILLIARDS.

An important contest in 1896 was the exhibition tournament played by Maurice Daly, of New-York, Jacob Schaefer and Frank C. Ives, of Chicago, and Albert Garnier, of France. It was divided into three parts, and the result of each division was as follows:

New-York, March 30, to April 4; 18inch balk-line, with five caroms permitted when object balls within any of the anchor box spaces; 600 points. Schaefer -Won 3, lost 1; best single average, 30; best run, 176; mean average, 24 10-91. Ives-Won 3, lost 1: best average, 50; best run, 200; mean average, 36 30-64. Garnier-Won 0, lost 4; best average, 13 9-13; best run, 36; mean average, 97-75. Tie for first place was not played off.

Boston games, April 13 to 17; cushion carom game, 300 points. Ives-Won 3, lost 0; best average, 5 45-51; best run, 85; 5 35-173; Schaefer-Won 2, lost 1; best average, 5 25-56; best run, 39; mean average, 456-182.

mean average,

Daly-Won

1. lost 2; best average, 4 4-74; best run, 29; mean average, 4 71-185.

Garnier

Won 0, lost 3; best average, 4 4-51; best run, 34; mean average, 3 47-180.

Chicago games, May 18 to 23; 18-inch balk-line, with one carom permitted when object balls within any of balk-line or anchor-box spaces. Garner-Won 3, lost 1; best average, 12; best run, 53; mean average, 9 68-123. Ives-Won 2, lost 2; best average, 19 6-26; best run, 103; mean average, 16 62-107. Schaefer-Won 1, lost 3; best average, 11 27-43; best run, 111; mean average, 12 82-127.

POOL BILLIARDS.-A tournament for the continuous pool championship of the world, and for the Brunswick-BalkeCollender gold challenge cup and cash prizes, was played at Syracuse, N. Y., from December 2 to 14, 1895. This created the world's championship emblem for which four match games were played in 1896. The first of the 1896 games was played in Pittsburg, Penn., on March

19, 20, 21 (200 points per night), between William H. Clearwater and Jerome R. Keogh, the score being 600 to 535, respectively. The second game was played at Pittsburg on April 23, 24, 25, between Clearwater and Alfredo de Oro, but the authorities stopped the game

at 12:10, April 26, because of the Sunday law, the score at that time being: Clearwater, 565; De Oro, 558. The third game was played at Pittsburg on May 7, 8, 9, between De Oro and Clearwater, the scores being 600 and 544, respectively. The fourth game was played in New-York City between De Oro and Grant Eby, the score being: De Oro, 600; Eby, 404. CANADIAN

CHAMPIONSHIP. - The pool championship of Canada was played at Montreal, Sept. 15, 16, 17, between William Stubbs, the champion, and Emil Levesque, the former winning by a score of 600 to 566.

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ALABAMA.

Home P. O.

Term. exp.

1903 E. W. Pettus (D.).....Eufaula. 1801 John T. Morgan (D.)...Selma.

IDAHO.

Home P. O.

1897 Fred. T. Dubois (R.)... Blackfoot. 1901 George L. Shoup (R.).. Boise City. ILLINOIS.

1897 J. McA. Palmer (D.)... Springfield. 1901 S. M. Cullom (R.).... Springfield.