New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-02
1ONDON'S LATEST NEWS.
.,pKrD sUBsIDENCE OF INTEREST IN
CUP RACE YESTERDAY.
,rr5,rrrrcAr. DEMONSTRATIONS OF BRIT
ISL PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA
RETURN OF AUSTIN DoBsoN.

n VI
,su PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA
RETURN OF AUSTIN DoBsoN
cronvr,sht; 1901: By The New-York Tribune)
fBr CABLE THE TRIsuNE.l
aor Oct 9 a. m-There was marked
.r;5ence of interest in the Cup race yester-
-, a, the clubs, where the earliest bulletins
.-s,cated an inconclusive drifting match like
80. Thursdays. The comment about dinner
.ar,e centred upon the evil chance by which the
s+rone and steady wind prevailing on Monday
lost and the yachts were remanded to feeble
e. and light airs and denied the opportunity
- showing their real merits. The English
-,ohtsuen make no secret Of their own preju-
IL AGAINST the Sandy Hook courses as fraught
III uncertainty and disappontments.
rbev wax eloquent in explaining the benefits
,.,,ch will be derived from the capture of the
cum nv Sir Thomas Upton since the conditions
=. the iuterna tional contests will be transformed
=, the transfer OF the scene OF rivalry to British
-o,ers where the challenger viii have plenty
IS wind and also the privilege of sailing against
aest in place of a single defender They
forget that the Vigilant did not have all the
IND that she needed in racing on the Clyde
end the solent. They speak by book however
men they assert that the capture of the Cup
r,v be followed by new conditions of racing
,,nlike those dictated under the deed of gift of
+be New-York Yacht Club.
The bulletins stating that the Shamrock was
,ssding were received after o'clock, but there
.s g general belief in the clubs that there
would be no race
The rain interfered with the scenic display of
gobts from electric launches and shot towers
Two boats were in motion on the Thames as
early as o'clock. but the crowds were fright
scenes were dull and lifeless in comparison
with those of Saturday, when the lights
xstched by thousands of spectators between
p,sckfrars and Westminster.
The fact that the race had been declared off
.as known before o'clock. The Shamrock's
leading toward the end was not considered
encouraging by the experts except as a proof
that she could hold her own in reaching.
yachtsmen we're not disposed to discuss the
DAYS proceedings in the evening. They pre-
ferred 10 dismiss the matter with the remark
that drifting match proved nothing except
the whimsical caprices OF luck in striking the
patches and streaks of wind.
The newspapers agree that yesterdays cup
race neither proves settles anything never
theless the encounter is regarded as set off
against that Of last Thursday and the equality
of the contest is spoken Of more than ever
manifest 1t is believed that Sir Thomas Iipton
has very good ground indeed for hoping that
his perseverance will not be in vain, and that
be will be the means of restoring the cup to
this country.
In turf circles the great sensation has been
caused by the action of the Jockey Club stew
ards in Withdrawing the license of Lester Reim
and warning him off Newmarket Heath The
Immediate Of this stern sentence was the
of n
ter last Friday in the New Borns Plate De
Lacy beaten a head by Croker's Minnie
Dee on which Lester Reiff's brother John had
the mount. The inference is that the jockey
Club stewards decided that the elder jockey al
lowed Cookers FLY to win the race, which ought
TO have gone TO Mr.. Whitney Lester Reifr
headed the list Of winning Jockeys in England
In 1900. and the Derby in 1901 Although
ct one time very popular. his riding has been so
much criticised for a long time past that posi-
by the result Of the inquiry will not come as
surprise to the majority of racegoers here, but
ct the same time ii is incident connected with
the turf which is much to be regretted
The report from Sofia mentioned by the vi
emma correspondent of THE Telegraph" throws
quite new light on the abduction of Miss
Stone. There is every reason to believe that the
Chief Of the band which carried the women off TO
president of the Macedonian committee at Sofia
Miss Stone has sent two letters to the mission
bt samakon, wherein she begs that the robbers
may not be pursued When they FIND them
selves hunted they drag her from place to place
eno as consequence she is so fatigued as to be
unable to walk any longer
Inc war news remains ambiguous as a
Delphic oracle. Lord kitchener's weekly re-
Turn or Boer losses was not unfavorable but the
public faith in these arithnetical demonstra-
IONS OF British progress been impaired.
while two thousand Beers have been killed,
wounded and captured in September. the com
mandoes still retain the power of attacking in
considerable strength. and capturing conveys.
Inc boer force, estimated by Lord Kitchener
al 1850 In July. has been reduced on the
FACE OF the returns by over five thousand, yet
'he eight thousand maintain effective re-
sistance in the Transvaal. encourage a wide
spread systematic revolt in Cape Colony, and
are making a formidable demonstration on the
borders OF Zuuand. The guerilla warfare
against the War Office continues with undated
afoor but without substantial results
Whatever may be the relations of Lord Kitch-
ener and Mr.. Brodrick it is evident that there
Is oiscontent among the officers in South Africa,
and that fresh blood is needed. and that re-
cruting has virtually stopped. No official re-
'ufn has been published for long time of the
numerical strength of the army in South Africa.
AZ is customary to estimate it at two hundred
thousand. but these figures are probably grossly
Exaggerated.
Austin Dobson has returned to London after
long holiday in Switzerland in greatly i'm
proved health. He is now settling down to
"tefary work as an exclusive occupation after