The evening times., 1895-10-05
ENGLISH ARE VERY ANGRY
Do Not Fancy the New Challenger
for the Americas Cup.
An American, In CahOOts with.A mer.
leans, They Intimate That the
Race Would Be a Fake.

London, Oct. 5.-The Field ofto-day agair
sneers at the challenge of Charles Day Rose
for a contest next year for the Americas
Cup. a-r,. .,..r ~r-,
1t says it presumes that the challenger
being an American, will possibly be allowed
to do great things with British built
yacht, even perhaps to do what might be
called winning the cup. The article con
cldues:
cup. The article concludes:
I'VE have now to realize the fact that
the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has ba cke,l
the challenge from an American banker to
prove that an American club could, If il So
pleased, give a British yacht fair and
| unimpeded course. No British club has
ever before taken such responsibility as
bottle holder"
The Times today has a letter from. Mr.
Rose.
According to the deed Of gift" says
he, Lord Dunrayen could not again chal
lenge with tile 1Vaikyrie until after a con.
test with some other vessel had interviewed,
as after the expiration OF two years from
the time OF his defeat, but In view OF the last
challenges having been made through the
Royal Yacht Squadron, l Immediately in
formed Capt. Grant that il Lord Dunraven
or any other member of the Royal Yacht
Squadron was desirOus of issuing Il ciaL
lenge in 1896 with any other boat, would
Immediately withdraw mime
London, Oct. 5.-"wag" Harding in
form the Sportsman that he is willing
to row Hanlon on the Tyne for E50O side
and to allow f50 for expenses, but that
he will not notice him further until f1OO is
deposited with the Sportsman as a guar
antee of Han,on''s intentions.
The worlds, champion shot -putter,
John ID. Mcpherson, fell from one nf the
lower gates at the Sault Ste. Marie locks
yesterday To the lock floor, n distance Of
forty-siX feet, and was fatally injured.
It Is said that Levin. the ambridge
man who is to start in the International col
lege games at Manhattan Field to-day,
ran 100 yards in I, n seconds in a triaI on
Thursday. If he did it is almost a certainty
that he VIII beat Richards the Yale candi-
date for the 1OO-yard event, for it is not
expected that he will run better Than 10 2-5.
This is one OF the events that the Yale men
have been counting on with confidence,
but the race now seems to be very uncer-
tain for them.
Paul Pons. who is the champion Graeco-
Roman wrestler of England and France,
will shortly meet Ernest Roeber before
the Olympic Club OF New Orleans for a
purse of $500. Pons in now in Paris.
He is rated as a remarkable athlete.
The club is to pay his expenses to this coun
try. Roeber is now in Texas helping to
trim Bob Fitzsimmons up for the fight with
Corbett which is not going TO come off.
A young bird race is TO he held by the
Bellview Homing Club, OF Philadelphia,
tomorrow. One hundred birds will be
liberated at Barboursville, Va. The dis
taDce to Philadelphia is 209 miles. Last
Sunday the club turned loose 100 birds
at Odenton, Nd. The distance to PhiIa-
delphia is 100 miles. 1t took the first hen
that arrived home two hours and twenty
two minutes to make the trip, and the first
cock two hours and twenty.one minutes
The hen covered space at the rate of ,27O
yards a minute, and the cock a fraction
under ,290 yards minute.
L. H. Coleman, student, " as hurt so
badly on the baseball grounds at Ithaca,
New York, yesterday, that his life was dis
paired of. Coleman's home is in Brooklyn.
He was unconscious for two hours after
the accident.