The evening world., 1894-05-02
new JERSEY A.. c. CANES.
Champion Day Will Try to Beat
His Record on Memorial Day.
Camera for Harvard and Cornell
Crews-Sporting Notes.

w. d. Day, the fve-mile champion
runner Of America, is taking very good
care of himself these days and has been
running some fast trials, preparing
himself for the special three-mile race
which will be given by the New Jersey
A. c. at Its grounds on Memorial Day.
Champion Day will start from scratch
In this race. and attempt to break his
own record OF lam. $685.. mad May 80,
1890. Invitations have been sent to
champion Orion and Tommy Conner,
and 1t is strongly limited by the follow
ers of these two runners that they will
toe the mark on May 80 and give Day a
race. The athletic and bicycle events
to be given by the N. j. A. C. at It's Me-
mortal Day carnival promise to be very
interesting. Gold medals will be given
to first men. silver to second and bronze
to third In each of the following events:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT run on turf. 22o-yard
yard hurdle, running high jump, handi-
cap limit, six inches; one-mile walk, all
handicap events; 8S0-yard novice run.
i%nyitation relay race. open to colleges
only, teams OF four men. each man to
run one-quarter mile; gold medal to
each man on winning team. silver to
men OF second team, and bronze to men
James e. sullivan, al broadway,
May 20.
The men who are looking out for the
rowing interests Of Harvard and Cor
In detecting faults of the crews. but the
Yale aquatic mentors do not seem to
take much stock In the camera as a
! he camera in rowins IS not particularly
new. Josh" Hartweli used it at Yale
two years ago. To the trained eye of a
veteran rowing coach snapshot pictures
taught him how to pick out faults in
crew and individual rowing, and he
knows exactly what he wants. Yale
good many years with oni V' coaches so and
captains to teach the science of oars
manship, and until this system is found
wanting 1t is not likely that a dark
to the equipment Of the Yale boat-house.
The Princeton annual Spring handicap
games will be held next Saturday. The
quality and number OF the entries are
better than ever before. The list in
well as several New York cracks,
Swain. OF Princeton, Ramsdell and Buc-
holtz. of Pennsylvania, n e. w. Allen,
New York Athletic Club. are entered in
city. Other probable competitors are
Sam Liebgold, g.. NJ. Coates, W. d. Os-
good. Jim Mitchell. Hickok, Of Yale. and
Wheeler, of Princeton.
Mike Harris. the local welter-weight,
once got a decision over Joe Wolcott,
Tom O'Rourke's colored champion. Now
that Wolcott has made a National repu-
tation he Is very anxious to wipe out
that defeat; Woleott has deposited $500
TO roun nes to a q fnish a at t'm 1s5 poun ssmg asrr 2.
is to pox "BulT' Mccarthy. Of Phjisdei-
phia, six round at Lenox Lvceum next
Saturday night, and II successful. In
tends to cover Wolcott's forfeit money.
Billy Vernon and Hugh Winters will box
six rounds at the same show.
It is expected tina about 600 riders will
take part In the century road run Of the
June 49,. The route will taxi In Newark,
B~elleville. Rutherford, Paterson. Mont
clair, Orange, Plainfeld. New Bruins
wick. Red Bank. Long Branch and AS
The Board OF Review of the National
Trotting Association met at Chicago
yesterday. The most important case to
be considered Is the n growing out of
the Columbia free-for-alI, trotted last
meeting of the Northwestern Breeders
Association. Another Is the case Of the
~four-year-old stake race at Terre Haute.
which resulted in two three-year-olds
t~rotting first and second.
spalding's. Athletic Library for
will be the most complete cricket guide
ever published. 1t is written by George
Wright, the well-known authority and