The sun., 1891-07-12
in Wyndhnn,'s production OF Miss Helyett,"
at the Criterion Theatre.

, at tho Criterion Theatre.
Tho victory OF Surefoot in the race for the
Eclipse Stakes OF 10000 yesterday created
CONSERVATION among the sports. who had all
thotr money on Common. 1t was great race,
and the followers OF this years Derby winner
I assort that ho wns iuterlered with once or
twice when trying TO get through the horsea.
But there is no getting away from the fact thnt
when the hard racing Ia the straight COM
menced Gouverneur more than held his own.
and considering that Common had previous.
~ easily beaten Gouyerneur It looks as though
the Derby winner had dot oriora'ei or was on
color on thnt dav The result OF Common q
defeat was that 9 TO was laid against him
for tho st. LeCsr Surefoot. the winnor start
ed at 100 to s against him. He was known as
one OF the speediest horses OF his year for a
milo or SO. but hitherto his record has been to
grcnt extent disappointing.
! There was great turnout at the London
Athletic Club grounds, Stamford Bridge. to-
day to soc the Manhattan team. but hundreds
/, were disappointed because Luther Cary. the
| Princeton student, did not compete. He had
| gone 10 tho North to compete for tho Champion
ships. Many Londoners say that Cary fears
I 10 stand tho test OF London time keepers. but
after the wonderful showing OF Mortimer
Remington in the 100 yard race and the quar-
ter-mile run the carpers are silent. Many
maryelled when they saw Remington run the
hundred In oven time to-day. and say that II
Cary ran give his club mate three or four
yards start In ton hundred he must be tho
greatest sprinter the world has ever seen. not
oven excluding Harry Hutchins.
There Is u story behind Cary's non.appear-
anco al Stamford Bridge. When the London
Athletic Club proposed their fold mestinR
Cary suti he would run In q 100 yard race II 1t
was n scratch event This was promised him.
and he was sallsled A few days afterward 1t
was announced that the race would be IL
handicap. and Cnry notified the London Ath-
letic Club that he would not compete. He
sent his entry to the Northern championships.
and then the London Club altered their event
to scratch race. but Cary would not start.
Now the Londoners wantCary to run an exhibl-
tion 100. and he will be asked 10 give the Cock
neys a show. Tha London games not only
brought out a fine attendance, but 1t was
purely representative meeting OF London's
best amateur athletes.
In the 12O-yard handicap all the Americans
excepting Cary entered Remington was on
the scratch. He did not star; in tho first heat.
j. S. Roddy. three yards start ran unplaced to
L. X. House. London Athletic Club. Time. l2t
seconds. Tho final was won by A. 8. Turk.
eight yards start. Time. 1l's seconds. In the
long jump Malcolm Ford. with 20 feet inches.
was second to b. c. Green. with 90 feet 8 inches.
In the high Jump Hallock cleared six feet.
winning first prize. G. W. Harvard. London
Athletic Club. and the eX-champion. was sec
ond with feet IL inches Ford entered. but
did not jump. Ford was also an absentee in
the hurdle race. which was won by c. Inward.
Th1 LITTER started eighteen yards behind
scratch. and won In 49,. seconds In the 900
yard run DaGmau six yards was not placed.
B W. Willis. forty yards. winning in 2 minutes
lodi ~
letic CLUB. fifteen yards. was also uuplRced. -,
Dadman failed to get place in the three
mile.run. F. g. Strange winning in Is minutes
15k seconds. Sid Thomas who was Manhat.
tan Club runnor. was third in Is minutes 2Ot
seconds. Tho best things done at the meeting
were ReminGton's hundred yards in ten
seconds. Ho won his first heat In lOk seconds
Z. K. House won the second heat In 10t
seconds. In the tnal heat bennington ran
away from House.
Remington won the Quarter-mile race In 49k
seconds. He did 400 yards in "A reeonds. and
$50 yards were won in 37't seconds. which now
forms tho English record. Easan was tecond
and Roddy ran unplaced to his club mate.
Queckberner al.o did great things with the
weights. He threw the regulation hammer 1913
feet Az inches. and hurled the 56-pouud weight
80 feet pa inches wiplug out Pat David's rec
ord OF 80 feet u inches. u,
Nicoll accomplished wonderful :eat after
tho mile walk in London. He ana Harry Cur
It's made forty mile railway journey and look
part in two mile walk at Greenhithe Both
were unpI ced but NlcoI did better than IA
minutes 46 seconds for the distance and Curtis
did II minutes SO seconds.
In the London Club walk Curtis had walked
the mile in s minutes SO seconds. winning
with Ncoll second. in minutes AZ seconds.
Lanse was third In minutes SO seconds.
Ford left London Immediately after tho
games. and will be passenger on the steam.
snip Umbria. Tho team will compete at Tai
ford. Manchester. on Saturday next. after
which they will go by express to Queenstown.
embarking for America.
At tho Dunham championship meeting to-
day Luther Cary won tho 100-yard run
in 10S seconds. but no could not Pst better
than third In the 220-yard handicap. The
track was very rough and fully quarter Of .
second allow,