Show jeffa es anxious for fight in a recent interview james J jef fries said I 1 have said so often that I 1 am ready to meet any whit man in the world in a championship fight that it is an old story but I 1 have to repeat it here the faster they come the bigger and cleverer they are the bet ter I 1 will be pleased there have been so many chal lenges hurled at me lately that it would seem that I 1 ought to be able to get bisy pretty but J do not feel very hopeful any number of people are ready to challenge but when the time comes to make good they sidestep all any man that wants a fight with me need do is to how that there will be money in the contest an 1 that he Is capable of putting up a real tight I 1 do not want to meet another jack munro nor will I 1 60 so A fight with a man of munro s caliber hurts t game trotters in hawaii creola 2 18 by creole 2 15 both pacers bred by senator D P R isen berg at farm low holds the record for haw a ian bred harness horses senator isenberg is the gentleman who imported to honolulu waldo J 2 18 and joe wheeler 2 07 hawaii is a great land for old urn ers and most of them have happy homes the climate seems to suit them and they all look well among the american horses now there are joe wheeler 2 07 W wood 2 07 waldo J 2 08 thomas hyder 2 13 walt a little 2 17 faro bank 2 16 acrobat 2 18 los angeles and the latest ayres P 2 21 2 03 with running mate tracy breaks many auto records joseph tracy of france lowered the worlds automobile track records tor cars of intermediate weight for all distance from two to ten miles at the track meet on the empire track at yonkers N Y in the chief event of the day the international cup race in which representatives at america france germany and italy competed tracy drove a thirty horse power car owned by W gould brokaw his time was second mile 2 02 3 6 third mile S 02 fourth mile 4 01 3 5 fifth mile 5 01 sixth mile 6 01 2 5 seventh mile 7 01 35 eighth mile 8 02 15 ninth mile 9 02 15 tenth mile 10 12 1 5 the latter Is twelve seconds better than the former world s record for the distance racing boat burns up the forty horsepower horse power automobile racing boat macaroni which started at new york sept 23 with nine others in the final thirty two mile race on the hudson river for the american power boat associations gold chal lenge cup was totally destroyed by fire while on her way to the northern mark her helmsman william wallace and the engl neel louis were driven overboard and had to hang on to the bow and stern of the burning boat they were rescued b the crew of a passing steam yacht the cause of the fire was said to be the breaking of a pipe that plied the gasoline from the tank to the engine fight for frank e nell frankle nell america s bantam weight champion has it Is reported been matched to fight jem bowker the best little fellow in england bow ker has been talking some of invade ing this country to clean up all in his class but delayed his coming if ever he had any intentions of crossing the ocean with hopes of inducing nell or any other america fighter in his division meeting him on his own stamping ground frankle and his father james desirous of going abroad accepted the proposition of the national sporting club of london to battle their champion and from all accounts the match has been ratified and will come up for decision on act 10 canadian now golf champion george S lyon canadian goll champion defeated howard chandler egan american champion on the glen echo country club links for the olympic championship of the world by the score of 3 up lon is a alre insurance agent and calls toronto home for eight years he has followed the links and olympic gelf medal won b george S lyon p canada his cp t s in st loula has e I 1 his undo isted right to combat for the gaire s honors starting it a trifle erratic egan allowed his opponent an early lead which he maintained to the end of the game despite the heavy downpour of rain i large gallery of golf enthusiasts fol lowed the champions in their pla gh the wet fields parents first game it is not generally known but fred die the crac shortstop of the and the best all round man I 1 laying that in the country to day once wore a cleve land uniform it was back in 1898 when was manager ot the Clev elands the team was in new york and owing to an accident to cupid chulds decided to try out parent then a youngster who had been recommended jo him parent was suffering with a lame leg bat neglected to tell it to lie played only one game lulling him you handle yourself like a ball player but do not cover enough ground it was not until long after that learner that parent had played that one game when he could bc arcely wall or stand results in archery tourney the olympic archery championship do ed its tournament at the world s arounds pt louis sept 22 york double rounds were won by phil bry ant boston hits score W II 11 thompson seattle hits score second col hobert williams wash anston hits score third ladles national rounds won by mrs M biowell cincinnati hits score mrs II 11 II cincinnati hits score miss E cook washington hits score mrs S woodruff cin hits 66 score mrs ciol lock and miss cook are tied for second place PROMISES TO BE GREAT pat dunne has a capable boy in this youngster he is a daring fel low and this has brought him into more than one nasty spill he was severely injured last spring at kan sas city while riding dunne s adara foremen were of the opinion that the accident would hamper lawrence s work as falls have a strong tendency to make cowards of jacl ays eys but this trait Is not noticeable la this case he has shown brilliant form sutton and vignaux matched sutton Is now playing billiards dally at the grand cafe paris in exhibition games with maurice vignaux when akel regarding the prospects tor bill lards sutton remarked I 1 expect n play tor the worlds championship again this season with vignaux we shall play two games the same as last year the first game to be two shots in and the second game to be one i shot in sutton believes the matches will be played in a large hall at the grand hotel as before the first match will probably take place la auary next glidden fast time charles J glidden who Is a tour 0 the world in an automobile arrived at vancouver sept 20 from boston via minneapolis having made an average of twenty three mile an hour li rom boston to minneapolis he traveled upon the highways and from minneapolis to vancouver on the tracks of the soo pacific and canadian pacific railroads ills aver age on the highways was 18 13 miles an hour and by rail 30 miles he nasr twenty eight days in making the run from minneapolis to vancouver famous show horse dead Glor loul li lying cloud thomas W law sons famous show horse is dead the en came ery suddenly and the veterinary surgeons are unable t state the cause the stallion for which mr lawson paid be fore the horse was trained was nine years ol 01 1 and had a record 0 never having been beaten at a horse show he won the championship single dozi lie and tandem and several great shows inci adli g those at boston and new aorl he was one of the un beaten champion stallion four lou dillon herself again ahe speedy return to her old time form by the queen of trotters lou D 11 ion vaa the most pleasant news of the week in the trotting world her performance at cleveland ohio oc the dinst where she trotted a half mile in 0 indicates that she Is liable to hit the two minute marl at memphis without the runner in front she now holds the world s rota ting record for a half mile ind performance was not marre 1 bi either dirt or wind shield 0 brien knocks out st ft at Balt lnore md sept 23 palla delphia jack 0 brien knocked it s billy stitt of chicago ahe second round of their twenty round sparring exhibition before the lureka athletic and social chib the men fought at catch weights for a purse 0 bruna stift twice duding the t w igind later he landed a rigl t swing u to the law that sent stift town an I 1 bojt selle sold for 9 A sale of aiace horses in was held in the i addock at gravesen Grai esen I 1 f N the stock off ere 1 was go and excellent prices were realize 1 belle b f 2 b imp iten imp the was the star of the sale sidney paget i ai I 1 9 for 1 er |