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COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB OPENS.
BEGINS THE SEASON WITH PLANKED sHAD
DINNER.

REGrNs THE SEASON WITH A PLANKED sHAD
The members OF the Columbia Yacht club had
nlessant reunion yesterday, and the opening OF the
Yachting season and OF this club was celebrated by
the giving OF n planked shad dinner TO the guests
who thronged the balconies Of the clubhouse
At 3 o'clock Commodore Walther Luttgen gave
the signal and the members tailed on to the
halliards OF the club burgee and sent 1t up with
mower enough hoist a frigate. At the same
moment the club cannon and the guns OF the as
sembled fleet awakened the sleeping echoes OF the
Hudson River.
The cub being officially open. the next thing to
do was to eat and close at hand there appeared Il
shoa OF the far-famed shad. not swimming. but
nailed In halves to neat Eastwood planks. These
were appended around fire thirty feet long, and
soon everybody had an opportunity TO know the
toothsomeness of the celebrated delicacy.
About one hundred and fifty sat at the tables in
the clubhouse. Rear Commodore William G. TRACE
ser and Mrs. Trageser were present. with party
OF friends: also Nice-C Commodore w. Dixon Ellis
OF the yacht Rambler; Fleet Surgeon Henty Girls
wold OF the soop Venture, and George Parkhl.
the secretary
The flagship Linta is not yet In commission.
and Commodore Luttgen Is al present using his
ma phtha yacht. I'm which he took out party be-
fore the dinner Alfred Carr. OF the Columbia and
Atlantic yacht clubs, had his steam yacht Level
iyn anchored close by. looking changed since she
got rid OF the guns and back-lead color with which
she appeared In war times last year
Among others present were Alexander +. Martin
Harvey l.. Pence. Alexander Stein. G. II; Kruse
r. s Coae Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis s. Goebel. Frank
r. Moore and George H. CROSSWORD. The members
were all enthusiastic TO the promises OF good
sport In the coming season.
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A PEEP AT THE COLUMBIA.

Total .,..............19I Total ...............''
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THE ANIMAL TOURNAMENTS TO BEGIN ON

THE ANNUAL TOURNAMENTS III eE1iN YIN
THE HEMPSTEAD PLAINS TO-MOhRoW'
Hampstead, Long Island May 10 (SpeciaD-Ihe
annual polo tournaments OF the National POLO AS
ISOLATION will begin on Monday afternoon on the
grounds OF the Meadow Brook Hunt Club on the
Uempstead Plains, and will continue for two
weeks A number OF the crack teams OF the dif-
feren clubs throughout the country will take part
in the contests - -, 1,.,
for teams OF four whose aggregate handlcaps 40
not exceed twenty goals. and for the Hempstehi
cnns FOR teams OF four whose aggregate individual
handlcaps do not exceed Ave goals, All the matches
will be held on the large polo field OF the Meadow
Brook club which. with the exception or the New
port field Is the largest In America
The teams to compete for these trophies are the
Meadow Brook Westchester Rockaway and Mon
mouth County and probably teams from Dedham.
Mass. the Philadelphia Country club and the
Devon Country Club, of Pennsylvania. large
number OF ponies now on the grounds, ana
practice games are being held daily.
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DR W. q. NOVEL;. private tutor at pupils t nui
- az III E SD ST. Two pupils received 10 iAH'''
nRIyATD TUTOR (Oxford and Dublin eight ye.ossa 4,
i perience: morning hours: season Octooer IL" wv
June list 1900. Circular on application H., os,s-..
~ " b. A.. l6 West vo'n-,e
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golf. cycling and physical culture will be given. A
special committee was appointed to organize a golf
club and golf links will be laid out; This commit
tee consists of j. Conway OF Ogdensburg John
b. Reilly Of Ogdensburg: Clarence Smith. OF
Montreal, and Warren A Mosher, Of Youngs-
town a baseball diamond will be laid out and
also cycling and athletic track. A small fee Is
Is TO be charged for instructions in all sports This
promises to be attractive feature OF the Sum-
mer School this year. and It is hoped that 1t will
finally lead to the erection Of gymnasium and a
regular In physical education. A schedule
of games arranged covering each day, Sunday
excepted. from Tuesday, July II, to Saturday.
August 26. The schedule requires a presentation or
than 25S medals and seventeen banners. The
prizes and banners are to be given by the friends
OF the summer school.
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THE NEW COURSE AND SOME OF IT'S iNrERhSi
ING FEATUREs-DR. J. A. WELLS THE WIN
>.ro or THE INITIAL HANDICAP
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Real Gstate

WE HAVE thirty-sx thousand lots 10 impry,s.i psa
w waterfront this city under an orsih sr,s,sss
h,ch nv co operative action should prove the ,sysr
,sslh producer OF the century. These lois a .xsnos
10 be sold but TO be retained og us lo' stock %
~ viii nroluce We are offering our soo~sinss
conditions that absolutely protect the investor ysr be-
tos. and should give profit greater than hss " Oui
go Zen realized from real estate In this CIV o., ths
Man Tor producing from these lots oy worth
p , n'sr devised and should make our stoeh "a IN
q, 600 nor share in two years n YOU WIN .srsesr
trouble 10 make yourself familiar with the nrcject
ssss,s ,lans and circumstances governing our
,hs, vol, will be convinced that these sete' N TIM
Claims are not excessive. and that the me'"
Investment has never been exceeded
THE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY. iis Broadway
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GOLF.
rNcLEwoop PLAYERS OPEN THEIR
TOURNAMENT SEASON.

rr,r Nrw COURSE AND SOME OF ITS INTEREST
ING rEATuREs-DR. J. A. WELLS THE WIN
NER OF THE INITIAL HANDICAP
The rns,cwood Golf Club opened Its new eigh-
teen-hoie course yesterday with members manu-
cap at medal play. Fifty acres OF ianu nav p.o"
acquired since last season. and the modest nine
hoio links has been expanded into wen-kept
course of 500 yards while the clubhouse mas peeh
enlarged by the addition OF new wing proViu''s
annie accommodations for Its $50 members Ice.
,erday was the formal opening of the new grouius'
and scores OF gayly dressed visitors nheu ."e
piazzas and lawns and watched the result Vi '"e
tournament - ,.o
Harry Stark who has been~w!th the ciuo since
its organization, three years ago, mad hopeu W
have the full course ready for the contestants Va"
owing TO delay the greens only nine Oh .ne "o'e'
we're ready and these were used in double rouho'
making circuit OF about forty-hve hundred yaiuS
The entire course will probably not be READY un'h
Ju,v but the portion already finished inaica'es
the character OF the work which is being done, ana
the club has reason to feel pleased at It's success
characteristics OF THE COURSE
The first three holes have been left unchanged
each being a good boyle In 4, 3 and T. Inc loui.
tee which is placed in little strip OF WOODS mar NO
the entrance TO the new property. and the Vsi'ors
,ardoy had an opportunity to walk over the
ground upon which the new holes are situated ana
fudge for themselves what Its golfing possiohues
are likely TO be. As whole. the course Is caicu-
lated TO bring out all that is best In player LOT
the number and variety OF the hazards ana the IN
finite changes Of slopes and lowlanos VIII give
every stroke its full measure.
There is practically not unfair hole on the
course, by which is meant that man cannot top
his drive and then by perfect second snot
But the nature Of the ground Is SUCH that nhIs
ing lie is likely to occur frequently ana the pSto
who cannot handle skilfuny Is apt TO get INTO
difficulty There are almost no artificial ounKers
ON the course. the hazards being natural ones ahu
WeII placed When completed the club will boast
OF one OF the best links within visiting distance OF
this city. and which is sure to become popular
I'LL Incn MIA
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PLANS FOR CHAMPLAIN SUMNER SCHOOL.

In the Board room of the Knickerbocker Athletic
club last night the Recreation Committee OF the
champlain Summer School met The members
present were the Rev. NJ. ]. Lavele' the He', 1ohh
ratho,t Smith Arthur Ridgeway Ryan and James
Z, Sul,van The committee decided to encourage
recreation at the school In every Ses ,h
session 10 manage the athletic, swimming and gym
nastic departments. Instructions In swimming,
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CORNELL WINS FROM SYRACUSE.

A HEAVY TRACK PREVENTED ANY FAST WORK
IN THE DUAL GAMES.
Syracuse. n. Y. May 10 (speciaD-The third annual
dual track meet between Syracuse and Cornell was
held on the university oval this afternoon. On ac-
count OF heavy rains all the forenoon the track was
heavy, and cold WIND prevented any OF the men
doing their best The three best records made
were the pole vault won by r. Deming. Cornell,
at II feet: the 22oyard dash. won by Waite. SYRIA
cuse in 0:22 l-5. and the 22O-yard hurdles won by
Lewis Syracuse, In 0:25. The best record of win
nngs by any man by Whittmore. OF SYRIA
cuse. who took frst in l0o-yard dash i40yard dash
and second In broad jump and In 220-yard dash
Total score by points was: Cornell. 90: Syracuse. a.
Last year Cornell won by Is points. The events
showed that Syracuse will have stronger team
Tor Mott Haven than last year. when they took
third place there
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HEGELMAN WINS THE RACE.
CLICK AHEAD OF TRACY AT THE CLOSE OF THE
Go-As-YoU-PL CONTEST

The seventytwo-h hour go-as-you-please race end
ed at Grand Central Palace last night not exactly
In blaze OF glory. but rather In a sigh OF satisfac-
ton. Hegelman. the German American. who has
led from the start, he pleased. He did not
have to exert himself to maintain his advantage In
the closing hours OF the At 10 o'clock last
night he had clear lead OF eleven miles over his
nearest rival Click led Tracy by nearly seven
miles. The score at the finish. at midnight
follows
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CHINESE TO PLAY BASEBALL.

A game will be played at Washington Park.
Brooklyn next Saturday between the Chinese
Giants and the Coored New-Yorks According to
the announcement made last night by Manager
Chin Sam there will be a full Chinese orchestra In
attendance and celestial music will cheer ND the
spectators when they not watching the pig tails
chasing each other about the HELD. III does look'
rather than the manager.
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NETWORK c. c,
KNICKERBOCKER A. c.. TEAM B.


The Newark club opposed Team A OF the Knick-
erbockers at Bergen Point, and sustained a crush
Ing defeat by no less than lS runs and wickets
NJ r. Cobb played In splendid style for the knick-
erbockers and put 30 runs in his old style +.
F. Kelly also did good work. both with bat ana
ball for in addition to scoring Al. he TOOK Wicke,s
for q runs J. Forbes also played well LOT So ana
double figures were added by c. F. Hurditeh w; 4.
Lewis and F. w. Stiles For Newark, y backus
was the only man to make any stand. he plaveu
we'll for Il, The score:
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MEDAL PLAY AT ATLANTIC CITY

Atlantic City, " j.. May 10 (specaD.-The regu-
lar weekly handicap golf tournament on the links
of the Country Club of Atlantic City to-day was
closely contested, and won by A. H. Chad
bourn OF the Aronamnk Club. Of Philadelphia, also
a member OF the Atlantic City Country Club
Judge A B. Endicott and ID. Breereton tied for sec
ond place A team from the Devon Golf Cluo VIII
play Atlantic City next week. The detailed score
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ST. ANDREWS TEAM DEFEATED
RICHMOND COrNTY PLAYERS OA1N sloNN'

VICTORY ON THEIR HOME LINKS.
An interesting team match was piayeu yes se'
- ~, q, Andrews and Richmond County
,eoms On the latters links at Dongan HIS staten
Island. 1t was the first appearance OF ,he o.
Andrews men away from home this season, anu
though the team was headed by A. De VIII Noen II,
rane and comprised some Of the best piaye.s ~
the club 1t was beaten by score Vi ~ " .
Cochrane himself was In splehd'o io' sa,.a,a1
,oa NTH 7 r Chadwick whom he defeated
nv IN. and in doing so he scored IS for the last
nine holes The cards were:
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STATEN ISLAND.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Cuoosr-1,P TEAM MATCH AT ST ANDREWS.

The second Of the choose-up team matches'
which have proved so popular at the b. ANDREWS
Golf Club took place on the clubs course al
Tbauncev Yesterday and the result was a victory
for the second team by a score Of 20 to ~ Ihe
two teams were chosen from among the members
on the grounds at 2 p. m by captains appolnte go
nv A De Witt Cochrane. Eight men appedIeu Cn
q side the first team being headed by a Bowels
and the second by A. +. Lvermore The result
&c o,n helnW.
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The summary follows
TEAM MATCH ON THE ORANGE LINKS.

Tho Staten Island Cricket Clubs team visited
.ba Essex County links, in Hutton Park orange
Yesterday and was beaten by the Essex county
team by a score Of 2l to T. George f. Armstrong
the Staten Island captain. was the only man on
his side to score his opponent being I. i. "asoi'
who was beaten up. Farr the leader or the ESSEX
County men. was only able to have ms natch
with Hamilton. but Reid took ten noies IRON S en-
nard and Colby beat Armstrong by four holes, 80
that the outcome OF the match was not Ione III
doubt The summary
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LACROSSE.
CORNELL DEFEATS HARVARD AND LOSES TIC
STATEN ISLAND.

The Staten Island lacrosse team defeated the
Cornell lacrosse team at Livingston. Staten Island
yesterday afternoon by a score OF goals to O. The
Cornell team defeated the Harvard team at the
Crescent Athletic Club grounds. at Bay Ridge yes
terday morning by a score OF ! TO 0. This was the
Cornell teams regular spring trip The Cornell
men have defeated Columbia, Stevens and Uarya I'd
and were defeated by the Staten Island team in the
series OF four games. "
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TO RESUME THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
MATCHES.

MATCHES
Arrangements have been completed for resuming
the international cricket matches between colleges
OF the United States and Canada this year. The
game Will be played on the grounds Of the German
town Cricket Club at Mannheim, philadelphia.
on either June q and 2s or July and G. The
United States team will be selected from the
eievens OF Harvard. University OF Pennsyvania
and HaYerford College which form the American
Intercollegiate Association and the Canadian team
will be chosen by the Canadian College Cricket
League. . -,
This will be the first game played between the
OF the two countries since 1885, when
a match was played at Toronto The year before
the game was played at Philadelphia IL Is now
proposed to make these contests annual the game
siternating between Philadelphia and Toronto. II
is thought they will help to stimulate interest IN
Tho game among the colleges and gain popularity
Tor crcket where II would do the most good. The
Canadian Cricket Association has shown It's Interest
In the movement by making contribution toward
The exnenses OF the trip TO Philadelphia this year
and no doubt the Associated Cricket Clubs OF Phil
adelphia will do everything III their power 10 make
fhe movement a success
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crrnND TEAM
FIRST TEAM.
VALE WINS FROM FAIRFIELD.

The Fairfield County team was defeated on It's
home links in Greenwich. Conn. yesterday by
the Yale golf team. which was headed by Walter
B. Smith the runner-up to Douglas In last year
amateur championship. Smith had Douglas as MS
onponent Yesterday and the champion again
showed his superiority by defeating him by up
The Yale men won the match by 10 to l5 the
score:
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sApproximate

sApproximate
But this did not save the team from hard druo-
hing for Arden Robbins was beaten by Paterson
the Richmond County captain, by 2 up while PARK
took no less than six holes from his old rival Rod
ertson with whom he usually plays on even terms,
The advantage of home grounds, however coui''eu
heavily in Parks favor. The cards follow:
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The members OF the Crescent Athletic Club had
q general handicap for Class A and players as
their golfng feature yesterday but the storm pre-
vented a number OF men from entering their
names Nine cards were returned however the
winner proving to be II. S. Redheld. whose net
score was SO. The summary:
Gross IcaD Net
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ApAwAM1s TEAM VICTORIOUS.

Mount Vernon. n. Y. May 10 (SpecaD.-The golf
sng season at the Apawamis Club. in Rye. was
opened to-day with interesting eghteen-hole
match between teams OF the Apawams Club and the
Westchester Country Club. A large crowd OF golf
ers from fashionable places the Sound witnessed
the contest. The following scores were made
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Cost ano fonn0.

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~ Bond No ia, $1,000 Consumers Gas Works Co
Jersey city; pawn stopped. Communicate with r. W
ELLIOT Agt.. United Gas Improvement Co. 100 Mont
gonery-st.. Jersey city.
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MARRIED MEN BEAT BACHELORS.

Mount Vernon n. Y. May 13-A lively match
game was played to-day between the bachelors
and benedlcts on the links Of the Larchmont
Yacht Club The prizes, six pewter mugs, given
bv A j. Morgan. won by the married men
by a score Of II to s. The teams were made up
and nlayed against each other as follows:
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Charles Stewart Of the best Of the Richmond
County men, was only able 10 halve his match
with Baker who played in capital form throughout
w. II 1Io,brook curtis had W. T. Gray his
onnonent on the ST. Andrews team. and the iatier
won by up, scoring 40 on the hrst nine en noseS
near the record The cards Of this contest WERE
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ON THE MARINE AND FIELD LINKS.

novel contest took place yesterday at the links
of the Marine and Field Club. of Bath Beach in
which members whose handicaps range from II
10 p in the Metropolitan Golf Association list
limited to one club those between q and 81 to two
clubs all others being allowed to many clubs
as they pleased. First place was won by r. H.
Smith, whose card was
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NEWARK @. C
Total for @ wlckets).

The Paterson and Brooklyn teams Pros
pect Park where both clubs played mixed elevens.
The Paterson representatives had much the better Of
the argument. and would have gained the victory
had time allowed. Rain interrupted the play, how
ever. and the match was left drawn +. G. War
burton and J. II. Hooper made stand for Pater-
sons first wicket. the former topping the half
century mark before being disposed Of The score:
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JOHNS HOPKINS WINS THE INTERCOLLEGIATE

Bethlehem. Penn. May B-Johns Hopkins 10.
day won the intercollegiate lacrosse champion.hip.
defeating Lehigh IN uninteresting game by IL
goals to 3. Rain fell in torrents from start to
finish ',"'S -
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THE PLAY YESTERDAY.

DR. A. Wells had the distinction OF winning yes
terday's handicap his net score being 60 Next TO
him came A. T. Enos. who did 95 net, and Arthur
Connell who also finished at IS. Owing to the ram
there were only three starters in the womens hand
cap which was by Mrs Wells The summary
follows: -
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CRICKET.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES OF METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT LEAGUE OPEN.

The opening championship games OF the Metro
politan District Cricket League were played yes
terday. At Bergen Point the New-York CLUB en-
countered Team of the Knickerbocker Athletc
Club. and sustained heavy defeat by 10l runs and
7 wickets c. H. Clarke the Leagues champion
batsman. played in fine form for the knickerbocker
club and put himself practically first in the aver,
ages by scoring &c. not out. c. A. Citizens ana
A. V. Clarke also showed good form. The score:
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Gross. Heap. Net.
DR.. J. A. Wells; 40 Ufos' N"P
In a 81 5 7-45-ss 3
NEw-RocHiELLE HANDICAP WEIGHTS.

The weights for the New Rochelle Handicap. for
three-year-olds and upward. to be run on TUESDAY
OF Morris Park the last seven furlongs OF the
Wthers Mile are follows:
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Gross. Heap. Net.
MIXED roURsoMEs AT ARDsLEY.

A mixed foursome the attraction at the
Ardsley golf links yesterday. and in spite OF the
Threatening weather number OF women took part
IN the play. First place won by Miss Barron
and A Z. Barron. whose card follows
Out ......"...".".4 7ie-s2 40
In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y S-oI-lS
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. NJ Van Buren, won the second
prize while the third place went TO Miss Hewitt
and J. w Jaffray. Following are the scores:
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BENEDICTS.

Singer won holes up. Ide had 5, Billiard 6.
Moore g. Suydam and Hamilton 2. The same
teams will play May q for six cups to be given
by T J. KeYeney.
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A 2.CENT STAMP

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REDFIELD WINS AT CRESCENT.

Next Saturday the Richmond County Countr
Club team will play at Rye
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STONEKING ACQUITTED
The Jury's Verdict Received Without
Demonstration

Tuscaloosa, August 21.-(Special)-Th
case of the state VS.. Stoneking was closed
Sunday morning, when Alvin Stoneking
was acquitted of the charge of murder. In
terest became intense Saturday when it
was known that the case would go to the
jury that day The states attorney closed
the arguments at II o'clock Saturday
night, but 1t was 8 the next morning be-
fore the jury came to decision. At $3.50
the verdict of mot guilty. was rendered
and Mr.. Stoneking arose and shook hands
with the judge and the jurymen Contrary
to the opinion of the friends of the defend
ant, little satisfaction was expressed at the
acquittal. There was an =undercurrent of
disapproval among all classes. The case
was tried in the court of Judge ]. ]. May
field. Mr.. John Jones was the foreman of
the jury. The speeches of the lawyers on
both sides were unusually eloquent.