The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-21

Jimmie Michael the wonderful little
welshman, and Eddie McDuffee, the
grand rider from Cambridge Is very
likely to be repeated at Buffalo. July 8.
T. ii. Tellam, manager Of Fred Titus,
received telegram from Manager Shafer
last night at Albany. asking whether
Titus would race July 3, providing
Shafer accepted tho terms OF Titus and
limited tho pacemakers allowed TO each
man to ls for "a l0-mile contest. Tellam
"a. once wired aD acceptance. aud the
contest will be held at the meet OF tho
cycling ciub at Buffalo athlete field July
B, when Btiffaio will probably have the
second opportunity TO see Fred Loug-
head. the Canadian champion. and their
own Eddie Bald, In the races OF tho day.
Loughead ran Bald so close for tho
mile open ut Buffalo June IL. as to excite
doubt of the finish and he Is now in
better form than then.
The limit of pacomakers will cut little
figure i'm the contest at Buffalo when
Michael will have the use Of the sextuplct.
This was denied him at Boston owing
To its having broken down the day previ-
Gus. Titus Will race along the New York
state circuit until after tho close at
Brooklyn, June 70. when he will go to
Buffalo and train with his pacomakers for
the coming contest. He realizes that the
pace must be perfect To- defeat Michael,
as that rider will have the advantage this
time OF perfect pacing. as the men aro
training with bin steadily at the present
timo.
Titus two years ago could never secure
fast enough pace, and with tho crude
pacing Of those days he did "a miles an d
very nearly the 2Stb mile In the hour.
He claims TO have improved with his rest,
and will make an active bid for tho scalp
of the wonderful little Welchman at
Buffalo.
ii. c. Wright and +. G. Farley of the
Century CyclingClub Of ColoradoSprings,
have established over the Denver road
race course tho following American road
records Five miles, 1856; ten miles,
p. 80; Is miles. 80 ~; ~ miles, 80 IL; rs
miles. LOB 40; 80 miles 2 2l 10; 20 miles,
3.45; one hundred miles 3. l4.38
When the handicap system was intro
duced into American polo many Of the
older players thought the death kneli of
the sport was sounded. Happily, now
ever. they were mistaken, and polo has
never been as hourishlng as IL rs today.
In the handicaps, which will be in force
when the Meadow brook tournament be-
gins one week from today the vast prog
ress sof tho younger element Is very much
In evidence.
Many young players are now two,
three, and four goal men, and the handi-
cap committee. especially It's chairman,
Mr.. ii. l.. Herbert must feel deeply graf
itied when they reflect that. thanks to
their energy and foresight. the associa-
tion now consists OF 20 clubs, with an az
gregate of 292 players
The strongest club numerically. is the
Meadowbrook of Westbury, l.. l., but
the Rockaway at Cedarhurst Is a close
second and boasts Of the best player. Mr..
Foxhall keene. who carries the heavy Inn
post of 10 goals.
L. Hitchcock, Jr. and @. G. Baldwin
of the Meadowbrook Club. J. +. Cowdin
Of the Rockaway, and X. l.. Agassiz of
the Myopia Hunt, the best 'pack' in the
country. and X. q. Shaw, are oil nine
goal men. f. c. Potter and j. NJ. Water
bury. Jr., of the Country Club OF West
chester, o., w. Bird of the Meadowbrook
and Edward NJ. Weld of the Dedham Polo
Club, owe seven goals apiece. while Ben
jamin Nicoll OF the Morris County is the
solitary eight goal man of the association.
AS for the lesser lights, they are too
numerous though each IL the bright par.
ticular star of his own coterie and the
object of bitter envy to his rivals who can
only put their repnis and golf into the
balance against his polo, for women folk
admire hugely fellow that is always
ready to risk n broken collar bone and
who rides rs though he had spare neck
in his pocket.
The polo season of '97 Is now I'm full
swing and when the tournament at Phil
adelphia Is concluded next Saturday tho
PLAYERS will return eastward and 10 turn
Long Island, Newport Narragansett PIER
and Boston will be the scene of the con.
tests for the polo association cups. The
dates allowed are as follows:
Meadowbrook, June ~ To July 3; Rock
away Hunting Club July 3 to 10; Dedbam
Polo Club, July IL to "a; Myopia Hunt
Club July 20 TO 81; Point Judith Coun-
try Club, August 2 to IL; wcstchester
~ n Fl.,h a
Monmouth Country Polo Cub August
23 to 2S; championships, Prospect Park.
Brooklyn. Sept z; St, Louis Country
Club Oct. 2 70 o.
The banuicapping committee has been
very generous with penalties on account
Of the rapid increase in form OF many Of
the younger players.
Lawson y. Fuller started out yesterday
To drive n team OF eight horses ut Fleet
wood Park New York, mile i'm less
than three minutes. Two of his team
went lame. however before the event was
called on, and he decided not to attempt
lower than 20. He made the mile in
3. 3.lSL.
To begin with Mr.. Fuller drove the six
in-hand, Fleetwing and Fleetwood rs
wheelers. with Flora and Fuller Wilkes
and Dexter and Snip in front and made
the circuit Of the course in 2 bSA.
Well in hand, and finely driven they
went To the quarter In 46I seconds and TO
the half in 1888 Up the hill the pace
increased. and they were Mt the three
quarter pole i'm 2. IL. They covered the
last quarter In Ala seconds-2A slower
than the record.
Aftor an hour Sir Walter and Peacock
were added to the team. Bat in warm
ing up the long string, Flora and Snip
went lame. IL was decided then not 10
try better than 320. Mr.. Fuller legged
bis fine trotters down for "pipe opener I"
he said. They came around In good
shape. and were sent of at the first score
Their driver did not hurry them. bat he
had them we'll In hand, and as soon as
one made n break he quickly pulled him
20 his stride. The old whip took no
chances 2" He rated the team so we'll
that there was little difference I'm the
fractions Of the mile. Tho first quarter
was covered in 40 l-2 seconds. the half
mile in l. 3S. The third quarter took 81
seconds, and the old whip landed his big
handful going straight and trJe in 3.iSlt.
All tho horscTon declared it was re-