The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

Americans Have Many Incentives to Visit
England This Year.

THE SPRING SPORTING EXODUS.
Americans Have Many Incentives to Visit
England This Year.
Although fashionable celebrities receive
most attention in newspaper accounts Of the
spring exodus to England. this season at least
sport will summon nearly as many pilgrims
abroad as society. The reason is not far to
seek, for the variety of sporting contests in
which Americans will be competitors beats all
records. An international event in n single
branch of sport Is nothing unusual. but to
have the United States represented down the
line from turf to tennis. from Cowes to Henley,
is a prospect that is quickening the blood of
the amateur sportsmen. and a notable crowd
will probably take the ocean trip to cheer
their compatriots in victory, or be in at the
death in defeat.
There is already an advaace guard on the
way to foreign shores to watch the perform
ances of the Princeton and Boston athletes in
the Olympic games ct Athens In April. The
two Americans. Clarence Dolan ard joe
Knapp. who have been winning a good share
of fame in the trap shooting at Monte Carlo,
have found many OF their countrymen among
the spectators. But these are mere prelimi-
naries to the main season, In which Great Bri.
tain will be the scene of sport.
Championships, naturally. whether Ameri.
cans compete or not, will be the greatest attrac-
ticns to the travellers. In golf the open cham
pionships will be played at Muirfield on June
1O-l1; the women's championship at the Liver
pool Golf Club course. beginning May IL. and
the amateur championship will be played at
Sandwich on May 10. Winthrop Rutherford
and II. Mortimer Brooks will be onlookers at
andwic and Americans will be prominent In
the. gallery" at. each of the goltlng events.
Yachting will be the vogue in June and July.
nU1pn Gnn1af'Q SaInnhtra md Hntpnr1 Eprll'a
Niagara will probably win their share of prizes.
and there is a rumor that the Defender may be
the great and gay. week at Henley in July.
with a Yale crew In the lists. A week later.
decided SasEid at wimbiedon, near Rondon.p and Miit It Gis is
may compete. n 1890 Ollie Campbell tried
and failed. but this American trio may have
better luck. Foote and Chace are Yale seniors,
and will take in Henley on their way to the
met PIN and Mahony at West Newton. Mass.
last season, but he showed that he is in their
class.
Another July sporting incident will be a CON
%vention Of handball players at the Cork Rae
quet and Tennis Club. Ex-Alderman Dunno
70 arrange for uniformity in the rules, and
first half in a match for 81, 800 a side and the
GCoTlS'S a shr%G a%ss FIszr sstTse1 Of I2s1nns and and
partner, viii be played on July 5 at TraIee.
The second half. as now arranged. will be
played In Brooklyn next October.
American bicyclists will be prominent in the
track events of the season. The outlook Is
now get the bulk of their driving and riding
horses from this country, will have to turn to
us for the silent steeds" as well. a Parlia-
Importation of bicycles from America. Mean.
while our manufacturers are sending their
S~tripes."'
the New York and London A: c. Teams, which
had been arranged for July 10. The London
club is backward in coming forward" and
team at Manhattan. Field last autumn. The
may bring the affair to an issue, in which case
the athletic contest will be for the best am
interclub event. AS far as matters have pro
crossed the original date, July 10. seems to be
American bred t%rotters will be more than
the T%rotting Union of Great Britain, Ad-
c; ance to study the growth Of trotting as "a
transplanted sport. IN the turf contests many
and Wishard, J.. I. Madden, Charles Little,
ers Of horses now trained IN England. As a
side issue, travellers from the States may
watch with interest the dolngs of Banquet III.
Duke 4 Wishard viii have their clever
young light weight Lester Reitr as their jockey.
II is always OF Interest TO Americans TO com.
pare the performances Of our home-bred jock.
eys in races with the, English, lads, and Reif
will always have a following that will note his
Helen Nichols or Hugh Penny. whenever
they face the starter, Reif will arouse Amori,
can cheers, and should lnck be with him, the
~bOokmakers will know, that some Yankees are
trainer and Jockey, but this will not dctraCt
from the pleasure American travellers will feel
should Americas win the Great Surrey Handi-
cap at the EPSON spring meeting, or Montauk
run we'll up in the Derby. Aside from these
events, the Yankee turfmenw will all he inter,
ested in the showing ,Americus and Eau Gallo
will make in the Jubilee Stakes at kempton
Park, and in santa Anita's running in the
Chester Cup and the Ascot Gold Cup. races
that should suit his stamina and sIeed, Then
there are Sir Excess and Armitage, among the
old fav0rites, and any number of American
bred two,year, Odds To excite enthusiasm.
Another invasion Of Americans will be the
trip OF the. Haverford College eleven, the
champions OF the INTERCOLLEGIATE Cricket AssO-
citation, To play at Harrow, Elton, and Rugby.
Those Americans who follow the plucky lads
on their visits 10 the great English public
schools will have a most enjoyable holiday,
although they cannot hope 20 have many
chances 10 cheer an American victory.