| Show IV WT of lye 0 C y V 0 the two minute trotter devotees of light harness racing waited many years for the two min ate pacer eagerly watching the star tide wheelers cut off a traction ot of a second at a time until star pointer finally reached the desired goal that was six years ago this summer and since then horsemen have centered their greatest greate qt interest Ir terest on the trotter and watched and waited to see the tv minute trotter produced six years tears ago the world s trotting record was vas 2 03 made by little alix in 1894 and it was six years before her mark anark was beaten in 1900 the abbott non on allx alix s crown by half a second and in the succeeding year cresceus crescens Cres ceus low ered the abbott abbotts s record a full second to 2 02 where it has since remained the feat which lou dillon performed er formed when she trotted a mile in 2 02 has again raised hopes of an other step toward the goal the bil bit lings mare did her mile in the face ot a twelve mile an hour breeze which hew blew up the homestretch and in spite tot of poor yet came with u n bait half a second of cresceus crescens Cres ceus mark man many predict far better time from her under more favorable circumstances later in the season a time when most of the former world s records have been set at least it looks reasonable to expect her ber to beat cresceus crescens Cres ceus time and once it is to not likely that root roots s challenge will stop him however gardner may change his mind and decide to defend his title root makes the challenge on the claim that gardner fouled him repeat edly and that the referee did not count ten it is said that gardner committed sixty sven ven fouls that seems a good many to escape the notice of a referee it Is the public impression that gard ner established his superiority over root root himself admitted that he met a better man titus in canad an henley the entries of titus and vealy for senior singles at th canad an henley regatta at st gather cather nes have been received by the secretary As report had it that the atlanta boat club would refue bermiss on to titus to row the receipt of his entry gives pleasure to canadians desp te rumors to the contrary scholes will row at st catharines and worcester breaks record bobby debby Nal tt althour thour broke the fifteen mile record tor for an eight lap track by 37 2 5 seconds at the colise urn track manchester N H july 27 covering coveri rg the distance without a break in 19 40 a 3 5 his opponent was nt N t butler who alter atter a great sprint in the AP 1 1 Z t ward and ware won the eastern double tennis champ on hip a feat which they had practically accod by winning from lamed larned and wright in the second round this makes ward and ware the eatean more place her set in the lead in the trotting world besides taking one more step toward the tile still faraway symbol 2 00 king crescens Cros Cres ceus does not intend to sur surrender without a struggle however and Is slated for an learly early trial against his own mark it promises to be a game ard exciting serl struggle gle between thee two tor for the final honors of the season young corbett puts out cut 0 ne I 1 champ on young corbett I 1 nod ed out cut jack oneill of philadelphia in the fifth round at the national ath atil betic club in that city july 99 S the first three ard a half ro ands were nere tame 0 nelll neill avoiding the champ cs on s rushes in the fourth round 0 nei I 1 hit cor bett three glancing blows or ol the jaw and was about to deliver dellier a fourth one when corbett dropped to ais knees to avoid it this gana the local man ton con floence in the fifth round wh ali ch proved fatal for him her met cor betts bett s rushes and in an ur guarded mo meat ment received a terr fie he r lit ht hard punch on the jaw which sent him to the he floor and he was counted fat out promising young R der a 1117 pt jocie chic laps popular rider displayed his class I 1 y bringing touchtone cne 20 to 1 borne home at hawthorne Haw thorae lat last week root again A tr t r gardner jack root rot satiated with te defeat he received d from george ga d ner Is coing after the I 1 heavy weight title again he has challenged gardner and ayi ays he w 11 claim the title unless gardner accepts his chal chat leng within two weel s gardner has lately been busy to get on a fight with mith fitzsimmons but has not yet succeeded suc ceded no doubt he ia will continue to so go after fitz and X chaan ons and they will meet the western champ ons at newport on aug the winner of this contest w 11 be called upon to meet the doher ty brothers at newport for the nation al at champ fifth mile by velch he avoided being passed bl b punctured a tire and ano had to change whole wh clo the remainder of the race as full of excia ing incident incidents the men coi covering ering lap af ter lap almost neck and leek leck butler griea to recover some of his lost ground but could make no 0 gain on the southerner select judges for field trials A change charge has been made in the judges for the annual field trials of the boath dakota field trial association which will be held the latter part of august on grounds nea sioux falls it as hoped that thomas johnson of winnipeg who acted as judge dur ing the last two annual meets and who mho gave excellent satisfaction could be efured secured again this year but the officers of the abA akA clation have been advised hat it will be impossible for him to be he e ahe eugea as now elected will be C B watford of ch cago 10 lo i 1 9 of en emetsburg mets burg iowa ani an 1 E 11 gregory of falls all of whom are recognized as its good men for the positions olds ds and ends of cf sport ata atla meeting of the stem stewards ards of the jockey club the application of E E sma hers for a trainers tr s licen e for S 0 hildreth was denied tic the health of harry vardon the acted eng rh ih profess professional loral golfer has broken down and he has been ordered ordred to rest artil late in the a ai dumn ba bail 11 de do guichard established a rew record for pac followers by rid ng 48 miles 3 lap and ard bards in ore hour in the golden wheel race at charles river park bo ton july 31 A mo movement emont has been started to form a central illinois tennis asso elation the organization bill mill it is p acred include springfield decatur shelbyville Shel byville taylorville Tayl Tay orvlle lorville staunton and Morri morrisonville sonville the ontario jockey club has an bounced its dates for its fall meeting which will be held from saturday sept 26 to saturday oct 3 the alteration in dates is made to avoid a clash with the kenilworth meeting at buffalo frank erne ex lightweight champion boxer of the world and the cleverest glove artist that ever held and defend ed the coveted honor Is con vinced that james J corbett nill i ill win in his coming fight with champion jeff ries not orly will corbett be the vie vic tor ays cays erne but ho will win deel 1 1 |
