The evening times., 1895-12-16

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The conditions OF the BROOKLYN Handi-
cap. tie first big event of tie year, re-
main unchanged, ii being worth. as In
TIE past. $4,000: or this amount the
iorse. Sl.5O0, and the third horse $500.
The weights. which. will be looked Tor
ward to by turfmen throughout the
ary l.
10 avoid any future complications the
word. wpepstakes." has been entirely
dropped from all OF the conditions. na king
them guaranteed events throughout. This
has been done to keep within the law until
the courts decide That a aweepstake is not
a. lottery.
The racing dates for the meeting have not
been announced. but 1t is generally believed
that the gates at Gravesend will open. as
usual. on May 16.
The most important quest ion o be decided
at the sn,ccting OF the League OF American
WhcelnIen. to be held III February. will be
the settlssnant Of the proposed admission OF
professional Wheelnien to membership and
the adoption of strict line OF action on the
road question. l.. c. JacQuest, the chief
consul or the Illinois division of the L. A,
W. has signified Isis intention of Offering
cha angrs to the constitutions on both these
questions. as follows:
Il hereby give notice that at the gen.
eral assembly meeting of the League of
American Wheelmcp. 10 be held Feb
ruary. 1896, l shall move 10 strike out of
Section OF Article of the constiiu,i ion.
condition of the public roads and high
ways. and substitute therefor the words
.to promote the building of permanent
highways. ~
Il hereby give notice that at the gen
crai assembly meeting Of the l.. a. w.
to be held February, 1896. sha ii move
~ Stririf orf of Srction Article 3 Of
the constitution OF the League OF Amer
It:,;i " ii,t riiith"tIie words 'aIiiateur wheel
men in the first line of SAID section. ana
substitute therefor the word 'cyc!ist.
aIv tIanf h.. 7 Esn NJ
stilufiin viii be sa"tBangcd as 10 admit
any bicycle rider 10 membership who has
reached TIE age 'ef eighteen years, and can
be recommended by two reputable Wheel
men. - ' ~"
In connection with Lord Dunravcn's COM
ing visit To the United States. it wonh
he interesting 10 know why the original
syndicate which WAS iorm.d to build Val
kyrie III did not remain intact. The syndi-
cate. as originally formed. consisted OF
Lord Dunraypn. Lord Wolvcrton. Lcrd
Lonstlale and Henry McCalmort.
just. before Nilkyric went TO America
it was louDd that Loid WoIvcrton and
Lord Lonsdaic lad, retired from the svndi-
cate and that Mr.. Robinson bad taken their
places. II is probable tnat the 'wo noble
men who retired. and who az 9TH coed
yachtsmen ihJpsa!yos,an nt Inci,:,,trs oI the
Royal Yacht Suuadror. wer., not content to
sit at Dunraven's feet and let him have
everything Ia, say iront tue new boat. oi
course this is mcrt conjecture. but il is the
1t is Cllinied. by the WHY. that Lord
Dunravcn seems 10 be rapidly developing
into a Jonah. His presence ON board Val
kyrie III and III when they were beaten
respectively. by Nigillnt and Defender. the
fact that be was on board Valkyrie ii when
she was sunk by Satanita in the Clyde.
and, lastly. his presence on b Dard the White
Star liner GerInanic when she ran into and
sank the Scotch coasting steamer Cambrae
woIid seem to lend co.or to this report.
,I,o ,Tit,,. b,,,a
suspension case. Frederick Gcrlach. the
Chicago member of The racing board. SAYS:
Il feel sure from the evidence presented.
that no Just man could have made any OF her
decision than the one arrived IL. The sen.
tenee imposed doabtiass, seems "A heavy one.
but II must be borne in mind that cycle
racibg must befkcpt pure. and that n hun
drcd instances OF the kind might have oc-
erred before We were. BILE to get the
proof In one.
Tine severity Of tho sentence will serve
as warning 10 others as to what they
may expect II they attempt any similar
actions. or course IL may be possible that
the men are not guilty. but the men had
nothing but the evidence submitted on
which To decide. II Cabanne has been un-
Justly treated his best plan is not to begin
actiou,n but TO get together the evidence
the national assembly. This he has not
done ] do not think any one cares tO see
the men unduly punished, but an example
was necessary"
AS the Western football players were
completely Ignored in the arrangement Of
an all-Amer!can team, they have selected
one from that section as follows:
Center. Phil Allen, of Chicago with Kull,
of Wisconsin. as substitute: guards. Finlay-
son. of Minnesota. and Hooper. of Michigan:
tackles. villa, OF Michigan. and Award, OF
Purdue: ends. Roby. of Chicago. and Senter
of Michigan: quarterback. Ewing. OF Chi
cagO. with BairL of NJ ichigan IA substitute:
halfbacks, Van DOOzer, OF Northwestern.
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Wisconsin. as substitute: fullback. Bloom
ington, OF Michigan, with Richards. of Wis
lConsin, as substitute.
This list. embracing fifteen men. has six
from Michigan, three from Chicago. three
from Wisconsin, and one each from Min
nesota. North western and Purdue.
sentef is one of the best ends in the coun-
try. East or West. He is the one Western
pla yer whoapproa ctes Yale form ,antla man
Of whom Michigan is isdeSsrvedly proud. Pos
sessetl of unlionnded daring. ne plays like a
ASTONISHING in pia yer OF SO short expert
cnce.
Ths New jersey Athletic Club will give
big athletic meeting at Madison Square
will be open to all amateurs. are as follows:
Fiftys yards run handicap. 440 yards run
handicap, one mile run handicap. 22O
wards hurdle race handicap; standing hon.
step and jump, scratch: high jump. handi-
cap: SSO yards rum novice. scratch: Cne
mile walk. handicap: standing broad Jump
handicap: quarter mile run. novice, for
schools of New York. Brooklyn. and Jer-
sey City. A two mile steep'echase from
scratch and ten mile run from scratch
will also be run for the 4. A u. champion
ships. Entries close with James E. EuIli-
van, No. 241 Broadway, on January 20.
l 1896.
Golf during the past week seems to have
taken 4 surprising spurt. The st. Andrews
Club decided to spend 100000 on new
ings. George Gould's golf ground on his
estate at Lakewood is completed and he
has promised cup to the golf club OF that
place. and the Princeton Golf Club has de-
cjded to push the game to the fore and ar
range intercollegiate matches for the COIN
ing season.