Show SPEAKING OF SPORT The IIW 1 meeting on the Hcndrlck la track opened with n large attendance which witnessed splendid contests over a lost track Fine weather IL superb track but a light attendance marked the opening day of the Grand Rnolds Mich Driving club meeting nt Cornstoclc Dark At tho Jlrst days racing at the Good wood meeting the Stewards cup valued at 00 sovereigns was won by J A Drakes Royal Flush ridden by Johnnie RelfC J J Orbott and KM tCoy were matched yesterday to tight before tho Twentieth Century club on the night t > t August roth The men will go twentyfive rounds At tho adjournment of play In the International In-ternational chex0 tournament Munich at J p m yesterday Cohn hud won from Halprln Jakob iliad lost to PlllHbury Schlfchlor had worsted Banlolebcn nnd I Gottachall hod succumbed to Wolf I Johnnie Nelson the Chlcutro wonder defeated Jimmy Michael the Welnh mid got by u bare fifteen yard at the tulle In the twentymile motorpaced race for thu chamnJfinNhln at Charles River park Boston lnj t nlsnt > T > P Davis of St Louis ilofeatcd II C I Wright of Pcaion ycstcrlnj afternoon In the nnnl nut uh nt Longwno l for the I Longivoofl rap DaviS earned half of his points while Wright score utmost all of his on his opponents outs and nets The score 3G 02 CS 64 GI John C Meyers a trollknown athlete swam from Alton Ill to St Louis ft distance of twentyseven miles In exactly ex-actly six hours Ho swum easily the en tire distance and was not greatly Tu tlgrued at the finish Ho had wagered that he could make tho distance In five hours but lost |