Part 8

Saccharine matter is the great moving cause of fatty corpulence, producing increased weight and a large amount of flatulence; stouty matter is not so troublesome as saccharine, which largely increased acidity as well as fat. Pure genuine bread may be the staff of life, as it is termed; it is so, particularly in youth, but it is decidedly more wholesome in advanced life when it is thoroughly toasted. Any starchy or saccharine matter tends to the disease of corpulence in advanced life, whether it be swallowed in that form or generated in the stomach; that all things tending to these elements should be avoided, of course always under sound medical authority. Vegetables, and ripe or stewed fruit, are generally ample aperients. The dietary system only attacks the superfluous deposit of fat, and purges the blood, rendering it more pure and healthy, strengthens the muscles and bodily viscera, and sweetens life, if it does not prolong it.

RECORD OF FAST PERFORMANCES

UP TO JANUARY, 1877.

CONDENSED FROM NEW YORK CLIPPER ALMANAC.

ROWING.

2 miles--13min. 21½ sec., single-scull, turn, James Riley--Aug. 9, 1876.

3 miles--15min. 37¼ sec., four oars, straight, Argonauta R. A.--Sept. 8, 1875.

3 miles--16min. 32⅘sec., six-oars, straight, Amherst University crew--best college time--July 24, 1872.

3 miles--17min. 40½sec., six-oars, turn, Ward Bros. and Jared Raymond--July 22, 1868.

3 miles--17min. 58sec., four-oars, turn, Halifax (N. S.) Fisherman crew--Sept. 4, 1876.

3 miles--20min. 28sec., pair-oar, turn, Geo. Faulkner, P. Reagan--Sept. 5, 1876.

3 miles--21min. 9½sec., single-scull, turn, Edward Hanlon- Sept. 6, 1876.

4 miles--24 min. 40sec., four-oars, turn, Ward Brothers--Sept. 11, 1871.

4 miles--28min. 30sec., single-scull, turn, Wallace Ross--Oct. 19, 1876.

4⅜ miles (about)--23min. 4sec., single-scull, straight, Geo. Tarryer--Oct. 19, 1876.

5 miles--30min. 44¾sec., four-oars, turn, Biglin Bros, and Denny Leary--Sept. 10, 1860.

5 miles--32min. 1sec., pair-oar, turn, John and Barney Biglin--May 20, 1872.

5 miles--35min. 10sec., single-scull, turn, for champion belt, Joshua Ward--Oct. 11, 1859.

6 miles--39min. 20⅗sec., four-oars, turn, Paris crew--Aug. 23, 1871.

PEDESTRIANISM.--RUNNING.

100 yards--9¼sec., George Seward--Sept. 30, 1844.

150 yards--15sec., C. Westhall--Feb. 4, 1851; and George Forbes--Dec. 20, 1869.

200 yards--19½sec., G. Seward--March 22, 1847.

300 yards--31½sec., J. Nuttall--April 27, 1863; and D. Wight--Aug. 5, 1876.

440 yards--48¼sec., R. Buttery--Oct. 4, 1873.

600 yards--1min. 13sec., James Nuttall--Feb. 20, 1864.

880 yards--1min. 53½sec., Frank Hewitt--Sept., 1871.

1,320 yards--3min. 7sec., W. Richards--June 30, 1866.

1 mile--4min. 17¼sec., W. Richards and W. Lang, level ground, dead heat--Aug 19, 1865; in 4min. 2sec., part down hill, W. Lang; in 4min., four starts, C. Westhall.

2 miles--9min. 11½sec., W. Lang--Aug. 1, 1863.

3 miles--14min. 36sec., J. White--May 11, 1863.

5 miles--24min. 40sec., J. White, as above.

6 miles--29min. 50sec., J. White, as above.

10 miles--51min. 45sec., John Lovett--Oct. 11, 1852.

12 miles, less 100 yards--1h. 2min. 2½sec., W. Lang--April 3, 1863.

20 miles--1h. 58min. 18sec., R. Manks--Dec. 16, 1851.

50 miles--6h. 17min., G. Martin--Sept. 22, 1863.

WALKING.

1 mile--6min. 23sec., Wm. Perkins--June 1, 1875.

2 miles--13min. 30sec., W. Perkins, as above.

3 miles--20min. 27sec., W. Perkins, as above.

4 miles--28min. 59sec., W. Perkins, as above.

5 miles--36min. 32sec., W. Perkins, as above.

6 miles--44min. 24sec., W. Perkins, as above.

7 miles--51min. 51sec., W. Perkins, as above.

8 miles--58min. 28sec., W. Perkins, Brighton, Eng., July 29, 1876.

9 miles--1h. 9min. 41sec., G. Davison, London--Dec. 6, 1869.

10 miles--1h. 17min. 33sec., G. Davison, as above.

20 miles--2h. 42min. 48sec., G Davison, as above.

21 miles--2h. 53min. 34sec., G. Davison, as above.

25 miles--3h. 42min. 16sec., J. Smith--Nov. 10, 1851.

40 miles--6h. 33min. 1sec., G. Ide--Oct. 16, 1876.

50 miles--8h. 19min. 55sec., G. Ide, as above.

60 miles--10h. 46min. 2sec., Daniel O’Leary--Oct. 16, 1875.

100 miles--18h. 51min. 35sec., W. Vaughan--May 9, 1876.

120 miles, 1,560 yards--in 24h., P. Crossland--Sept. 12, 1876.

1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours--one single mile in each single hour, Captain Barclay--June 1 to July 12, inclusive, 1809.

15 miles 508 yards walked in 2 hours--George Davison--Dec. 6, 1869.

PRIZE RING.

Longest Battle on Record--6h. 15m., James Kelly and Jonathan Smith--Australia, Nov., 1855.

Longest Battle in England--6h. 3m., Mike Madden and Bill Hayes--July 17, 1849.

Longest Battle in America--4h. 20m., J. Fitzparick and James O’Neil, Berwick, Maine--Dec. 4, 1860.

JUMPING.

29ft., 7in., by John Howard, running wide jump, taking off from a block of wood, 1ft. wide, 2ft. long, 3in. thick, and elevated 4in.--May 8, 1854.

13ft. 7in.--Joseph Greaves, standing-wide jump--Sept. 18, 1875.

6ft. 2½in.--M. J. Brooks (Oxford University), running high jump--April 7, 1876.

47ft. 7in.--R. Knox, running hop, step and jump--August, 1870.

40ft. 2in.--D. Anderson, standing hop, step and jump--July 24, 1865.

11ft. 1in.--High pole jump, J. E. Woodburn--July 21, 1876.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Regulation base-ball thrown 133yds. 1ft. 7½in. by John Hatfield--Oct. 15, 1872.

R. A. Pennell put up a dumbbell weighing 201¼℔--Jan. 31, 1874.

Mr. Pennock put up a 10℔ dumb-bell 8,431 times in 4h. 34m.--Dec. 13, 1870.

1,000 yards swam by E. T. Jones in 15min. 30sec.--Sept. 7, 1874.

Mr. Forbes threw a cricket-ball 132 yards, slightly aided by the wind--Oxford, Eng., March, 1876.

LIFTING.--Hand: 1,250℔, health-lift machine, John M. Cannon--Jan. 16, 1875; 1,210℔, R. A. Pennell--Nov. 8. 1873. The athletes hereinafter named are credited with having lifted the following weights; but these feats are not properly attested. With harness: W. B. Curtis, New York, 3,300℔; Ambrose A. Butts, Auburn, O., 2,737¾℔; John J. Lucas, Belleville, Ill., 2,700℔--Oct. 26, 1875; Dr. G. W. Winship, Boston, Mass, 2,600℔. Hand lift--W. B. Curtis, 1,230℔; G. W. Winship, 1,200℔.

VAN FLEET, PRINTER, 88 & 90 CENTRE STREET, NEW YORK.

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“TREATISE ON PRACTICAL TRAINING.”--At a season of the year when most needed EDWIN JAMES’ “Treatise on Practical Training” has appeared. This neatly gotten-up book is full of valuable hints to athletes of whatever kind and character, having been compiled with rare judgment, which long years of laborious work in the sporting world has given its author. The unpretentious volume, among other things, contains useful chapters on Training for Rowing, Boxing, Wrestling, and Pedestrianism, in addition to instructions for High and Broad Jumping, Fair Walking, Hammer-throwing, and in fact everything else useful to the professional or amateur athlete.

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NEW YORK SUN.

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“TREATISE ON PRACTICAL TRAINING.”--The well-known sporting author, ED. JAMES, has just published a “Treatise on Practical Training,” which gives an immense amount of condensed practical information, valuable to lovers of athletics and all kinds of sports, besides containing important Tables of Statistics, revised up to January, 1877.

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“MANUAL OF SPORTING RULES.”--This is the title of a work issued by MR. ED. JAMES. It contains rules regulating Trap-shooting, Cocking Contests, Boat-racing, Prize Ring, Wrestling (different styles), Running, Walking, Jumping, Bagatelle, Lacrosse, Quoits, Rifle and Pistol Shooting, Archery, Shuffleboard, Shinny, Rackets, Handball, Swimming, Pin-pool, Fifteen-ball Pool, Skittles, Foot-ball, Knurr-and-spell, Scottish Games, Ten Pins, Skating, Curling, Fly-casting, Polo, etc. Heretofore where rules were in existence they could be procured only through private sources, or separately; but we now have them in such shape as will meet all demands. In many instances there were no rules, but the publisher has, by consultation with the leading exponents of the several games, combined with his own intimate knowledge of sporting matters, been enabled to supply such wants in a satisfactory manner. The volume is illustrated with engravings representing various games. The work should command a steady sale.

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H. F. WILKINSON, ESQ., Editor “Field,” London, England.

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GEO. BARTHOLOMEW, ESQ., Man. Editor “New York News.”

E. J. DORLING, ESQ., Prop. “Sporting Life,” London, Eng.

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