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Show MEN WHO RUN. G. B. Shaw, who has been doing some wonderful hurdle running in New Zealand, baa sailed for Kngland. his native country, where he intends to have a try for tbe hurdle hur-dle race at the English amnteur champion-ship champion-ship game on July 12. He will return to New Zealand afterarhm-t stay in Great Britain. W. G. George, who made such a name as an amateur and who now holes tho foatejit professional record for running 1 mile, 4 luin. YSl sec., biw left the Shi rbourue hotel ho-tel at Birniingbtua, Lngland, and bra taken the management of the hotel and niiiningtrack nt the Molineaux grounds at Wolverhampton. His brothe:-, A. li. George, since bis arrival in America, ia developing de-veloping speed in running such aa bis brother showed. . D. Day, of the New Jersey Athletic club, who latclv broke the beet American amateur rec.rd f ;- runnins 2 miles, accomplishing ac-complishing it in 9 min. 3a t-Oscc., will retire re-tire from comiit iou for the-summer and do no mom trainlru? until just liefore the championship games in September, lie i.t ! afraid of weakening himself during the ! hot weather through running, for his pres. I ent weight is W pounds and be can afford : to lose no more. j Stmuels, the famous Australian aprinUir i who defeated Harry Hutrsbina during t jo la'ter's visit to tbe Antipodes sevenjl years ago, is expected to visit Hati Franci;o sbortlv. Were it not that be intends running run-ning an Australian soon foralflrgeamoutit of money he would lie iu America now. He wishes to sets if H. Het.hune. H. M. Johniton and several other fat Amematn aprinters are really anxious to run bim, aa they chum they nre. George Grant, the celebrated English "profewional sprinter who ha. run from scratch in nearly all tbe SheSeHI handicaps handi-caps within tbe past year, is now in America. Amer-ica. His arrival was unheralded and his future doings are not made public, lis U considered as f.tst a runner for 13) yards a Kngland can at present boast of. |