The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-21
She Breaks All the Existing Records
of the Track.
NOTES OF SKILL AND MUSCLE.
The End OF the Pool Tournament-Ath-
letic Notes-springiield and the Yale
Harvard Games.


Maud SIS time 10y half second.
After warming her up in three miles
jogging and rubbing down, Marvin came
out at r. NJ, to go against the record.
At the first attempt he nodded for the
word and she ran away alone. The run
ner was waiting at the half for her She
went the first quarter in 3lM, half in lt4
fiat; three-quarters in 1881, and came home
strong and scored in 20S4.
There were six timers, and every watch
was the same. The crowd went wild when
the time was made known.
Sunofs performance is not much OF a
surprise. For over year she has been
looked on as the mare that would lower
the worlds record, but of course when
such record is lowered there is general
enthusiasm, although it was expected.
Since that memorable day at Cleveland
six years ago the crown of the queen of the
trotting turf has rested on Maud s., the
daughter of Harold and Miss Russell.
IL is a matter Of history how in 1880
Maud s. broke St. Julien's champion mark
of 2:l2s4, and became queen of the track
with mile in 2:llM. st. Julien was hard
TO beat and in the same year he equalled
the mark and fifteen days later cut it To
2llH.
Less than month later Maud s. again
became queen, and since then To yesterday
world, except for one brief day, when Jay
Eye See occupied the throne.
She found the mark at 1874, and she
cut four seconds off it for future genera
tions To try against.
The nearest any mare, stallion or geld
ing came to it up to Sunol's successful
trip yesterday, was 200 of Nancy Hanks,
the 2.09l of the stallion wonder Allerton,
and the 2 10 OF Nelson and Sunol
Sunol was trotter from her earliest
days, and her record is:
Sunol, bay filly, foaled 1886 at Palo Alto,
Cal, by Electioneer; dam Waxana by
Gen: Benton; grandam Waxy, thorough
hired. Champion trotter of the world,
2:Os14, in 1891; champion 5-year-old Of the
world, 2:0S4 in 1897 champion 4-year-old
Of the world, 2:l0H, i'm 1880; champion
3-year-old of the world, 2:10X, in 1889;
1883 (the best mark on record for the age
up to 1s91).
Sunol is a mare of peculiar formation,
high, nervous temperament, and has al
ways been considered the speeding wonder
of the age.
She is not great race mare, but is
deemed capable of trotting mile close to
1905, everything favorable, of course.
The benefit to Master Devine at the
Sanitary Gymnasium next Wednesday,
will he an athletic event of more than
ordinary importance Master Devine is
the boy whose eye was injured at Prof.
Davis benefit at Music hall a fortnight
ago by the breaking of a foil. The broken
steel struck his eye rendering it almost
useless.
The benefit will be in the nature of an
athletic tournament, including fencing
bouts between such well known eXponents
of the art as Prof. Lemaire and Prof.
Servatius, and their pupils jumping and
A. xxyllt nj h.. s fttxr
Of war between the Metropole and Provi-
dence swimming clubs, and games of
water polo and other aquatic sports in the
tank.
The war between Yale and Harvard on
the football question is at an end and the
matter is now definitely settled for the
next four years. Representatives. of the
two great universities met at Springfield
yesterday afternoon and had long con-
ference. Harvard had aS representatives
George A. Stewart and Capt. B. w. Traf-
ford, while Capt. McClung and President
William Burnett Wright represented the
Yale contingent. Manager L. w. Moore
of Harvard and +. +. Soule were at the
hotel, but took no part in the conference.
The long session, il is alleged, was in
some degree due to Harvard's inability to
induce Yale to agree on Springfield as the
football field of the future, as Yale was fa-
They were finally successful, and the
contest will take place on Hampden Park,
annually, for four years.
Six birds owned by Joseph O'Neil of
this city made the journey from Bridge
port, Conn, yesterday, which, if the re-
port has been properly rendered, would
have given Providence the lead again for
the Clippers prize and first prize for the
Queen AZ we'll.
The start was made at 12; the returns
reported were one of each sex at 2:30 Il.
NJ This, with the distance, 10i miles,
would give speed of / ,220 yards minute.
The birds were countermarked, but the
report did not specify the birds except by
the sex, and the time was not certified ex-
cept by the owner
The next trials for the prizes will be on
Saturday or Sunday.
Thomas Mulgarity, the 10s-pound man
of Lynn, is out with a challenge for a
match with anybody of his weight He is
10 meet an unknown of this city within
n month and the contest will probably
take place i'm this city.
Jimmy Murray is to get John a. Sulli-
van into condition for his go with Eddie
Conley on Nov 10. Sullivan weighs l55 at
present which means that he must take
of fifteen pounds. He begins training to-
day.
"Spider" Weir has backed out of the
match with Frank Steele and the Rhode
Island Athletic Club has made Barnie
Hubbard an offer 10 meet Steele
Billy Maher, ex-champion lightweight
OF Australia, and Billy Mahan of Califor-
mia meet aJ the Occidental Club, san
Francisco, tonight.
Johnny Griffin, the Boston feather
weight who had Ike Weir out last April
when the police interfered at Nantasket
Beach, has decided TO meet Jimmy Larkin
at the Olympic Club and leaves for New
Osleans tomorrow night.
Stewart won the pool championship OF
Rhode Island, the gold badge offered by
Ide * Hopkins, ana the $50, first prize in
the State championship tournament,
which was concluded at lde a Hopkius's
last night.
The players for the closing night were
Crocker and Leach, and Stewart and
Leach. Crocker won his game, $50 to iOS,
and Stewart won his. $50 TO 81.
After the last game had been played
Tom Landy, the veteran sprinter, pre-
sented the badge TO Stewart: second prize
went 20 Croker and third To Woodward
Stewart and Woodward played of