Show c THE SKATING TING CHAMPIONSHIPS S ii JUs IlIg of the tho Y Year nr on all the tho Ice Soon I e to 13 0 Other Topics of Interest I PV BY LEO ETHERINGTON 1 I i f e tHI I 1 i I I 1 ti liM I Pl I 1 1 1 I 1 lO OLD weather ther and plenty ot of It le II lethe COLD C the cry of the skaters just now I All the Important skating events event I or of the year are scheduled for tor the tho next three or tour four weeks and whether they will be or hot III depend en entirety on the tho w weather ather man manThe manThe The National Skating ng association has been very cry careful this season tallon In regard to tM the allotment ot of the various charn and It Is assured d that the contestants will not only have n fair show In every race but oleo also that the winners will get theIr prizes The dates for Cor the different meets have been somewhat changed since the they Were nut first arranged but the ached sched schedule ute ule nl as no now agreed on seems to be sat eat to nil all cone concerned The nation national al 01 amateur championships are the first on the list They will be heM held Jan 20 and 27 on the Hudson rIver under uner the auspices leos or of the Newburg wheelmen The events to be run oft ot aro at me tore j 1600 oo meters I meters and 10 meters All AU the crack amateurs or of orthis this country and Canada are entered Including the winners of last years year races race The next date ot of Interest to the Ice Ices acted s d merchants will be Feb 3 when the Canadian will be beheld beheld held The racers will then the border and have hac a few tew days fun lit at the St Paul I iro carnival nt at the conclusion or of which the western championships will wUl be decided In that city on Feb 9 and 10 The f indoor skating champIonships will be held during February atI at burg The Duquesne Garden rink h hoe tJ been secured for Cor these events This rink Is said sahl to be the largest In the world capable of accommodating skaters rs at one time A weeks carnival Is being arranged for and In addition to the Indoor championships at atall atall all standard distances handicap and scholastic events will be run off The figUre s1 skating aUn championship will also be during February under the auspices ot of the tho SL Nicholas Skating club ot of New York Th event wilt will this year be In character as the N S A officials have received w word that Ul nn Austrian who last sea season on won lon the them cham intends to come or oer to 10 try his skill against Arthur J Keane the American champion Keane is diligent diligently ly Iy practicing and has hIlS great hopes ot of re retaining taming hi title though several Amer AmerIcans leans are expected to give him a good tussle for premIer honors Keane will possibly go to Europe later In the sea Mn eon and enter In the tho figure Kure skating championship to bee e h td at VIenna A wholesale exodus ot of the fast pro professional bicycle rulers riders will occur next spring and Nearly alt all the cracks intend to enter the International races scheduled to take place during the Paris ParI exposition at whICh many man thousands thousand ot of dollars will bo be distributed among the successful competitors Ar Arthur Arthur thur ZImmerman who was so popular on the French h tra some years n ago o has hns be been n Induced to sign n a contract to rIde In France durIng the tho exposition last Ial summer flummer It will lie be remembered that the Skeeter made mado n a match with Eddie Bald for tor n a seil series s ot of races was beaten benten It Is very likely that Bald Dald wIll be one ot of the party of Americans who will race at Paris during the fair u as the Bison Dleon Is alleged to have lost n a goOd deal ot of money during the thc past few tew mouths months while tho t tand ho horses hone and It if that lie be true he Is III doubtless quite ready to return to his old love the wheel It will only settle down to hard work and train faithfully lly there aru many who o b believe that h he ran can beat any men man In the world In do a mile race raceR R It would be Intensely Interesting It Bald and Zimmerman were to meet 11 in next summer and settle beyal all doubt who Is the faster tuter man The races last summer hummer were hardly a 11 fair test In many nany respects for tor had hadnot not competed eted tor or several fel onS and could hardly hurdly be expected to do well on hIs first appearance Besides l he had hadnot riot not then learn learned d the mo modern ern Jump which wins nearly all 1111 the races race now nowadays and at which Dald Is on an expert No Now howler however Bald Dald has also had n po pe period clod ot of loafing and high living and con It if both traIn conscientiously and race under favorable conditions their meeting should be worth going n a along long loni way witness Soro Sorge or of the tho pros who ho Intend to compete In France Francc next summer are go co to run no risk In the tho matter of getting get ting acclimated b but t Intend to be In per er feet condition wh fn the time comes for tor forthe the big prizes s to be raced for A party has been formed the members ot of whIch will tIll leave this country early In the sprIng and ond go to Hal Italy There they will take part In the Italian cIrcuit and then b by slow stages work theIr way up to Paris takIng In all the events they he can In the south ot of the republic harry Elkes the tho one hour champIon and Major Jajor Taylor Talor the tho LA W speed merchant will also strive for tor gold and records In Franco during 1900 At pres present pres eat ent there seems to be n no middle die dis distance lance tance rider who can hold the Glens Falls lad Ind but It ft must mut be remembered that ll he will ho bo riding In n a foreign coun country country try next summer where the audience climate and everything else eho will be In or of his opponents The French tracks are among the finest In the world however and It If he gets properly acclimated and has good there Is no doubt that Elkes will give ghe gheo o a good account ot of himself Cycling will not be the tho only sport fn ParIs during the exposition to nt at attract tract American competitors The sec lice secand and ond ot of the tho revived Olympian gomes games will take place and several AmerIcan colleges have decided t to send Bend teRms teams over oer The strongest team ot of track and field athletes to leave lellO our shores will probably probably ably be the one that will rewe represent ent the tho UnIversity ot of Pennsylvania The ma Ina majority ot of the members will Include those who won so many poInts for tor Pennsy nt at atthe the intercollegiate games lost last spring These Thue are some or of the cracks A 0 the champion hur hurdler and broad brond jumper J N Tewkesbury bury the short hort distance intercollegiate champion runner J Co C McCracken the tho champion shot thrower and ond hammer expert Alexander the dIstance runner I K Baxter champion high jun et T T Hare Bare E A Mechling T D B McClain rind and other good men will also go over ThIs team ot of athletes should bo be able to defeat almost any combination thc they may run lip up against consequently there are strong hopes that several prizes will be landed In this country especial especially ly Iy DS as Bc ral ot of the other colleges which will rill send tennis have havo In their numbers hea 1 A Juis tae blen marta made t team ot of m polo expo from froni the different clubs should co g ant enter the fhe tour to b be held durIng the tho Parts fair lies has never neer been a ba w this country and an n n this eldo are very antio try theIr skill with the Some in the rules the two countries but there ate are alight that the matter could tIll arranged The Pol Polo U as yet taken no Action In th tho mail but may do ao so o shortt shortly The t ter tour foul II h the tho team most likes t e the trip and liS as soon oon as the tho ral r oho i broached there a ae e v r rY tr LI to be found several other r will be willing to go f s b L i 4 L I I f it r I z i p j I I w I E Er Ei 0 t i r l d CHARLES OHARLES L AMATEUR CHAMPION SKATER |