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New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

n the omen air as exhlerating as it healthy.
II checked the spurts of the runners occIs;onaiy'
just about enough 10 handicap the time slightly IN
several of the races, but It anected al atKe anu
nobody really suffered.
The harbor between the island and Glen Island
was dotted with sailing craft, gayy decorated with
flags and bunting the old stone forts on the pubic
playground adjoining seeming to stand sentinels
over the nearby merrymakers. Tho people came
nv trains bicvcles carriages and automobiles. and
yet there was crush, delay or cclhus-cn The
officials of the club were everywhere looking to the
comfort Of their guests. and At the conclusion or
the sports which were over in good season, every
body voted the outing as enjoyable as any of the
many which have gone before. Extensive altera-
tions have been made to tie cld "otteF House so
that the friends of the members were not cr@mped
for room accommodations.
While the bright sun had done its nest 10 ory out
the cin6er track II had been only partially sue
cessful for the going was heavy in places, and
prevented record breaking. While the grass was
dry in the infeld. the bulky athletes who took part
In the field sports managed TO dig into soft earth
at times which did not help those who anticipated
new records
FIFTEEN CONTESTS II ALL.
There were nine regular contests on the pro-
rrarnrne and FIVE field contests. Duffy the George
town sprnter. was beaten in the loo-yard race ana
the r?anagement arranged special race for him.
'oping that he would be able to break the 80
yard record held for so many years by Lon
Myers The wind blowing so strongly from
the north that Duffy, in order 10 get record In
,ase he beat the old figures. compelled to start
from the other side, with the wind almost IN MS
.eeth Milton Raney. Of the Xavier College, start
ID with him and the men were of flying at
.he crack of the pistol. At twenty yards Duny
forged ahead and finished with his long hair fly
ng and his features set sternly. He cut the tape
nith his arms high in the air, as II he was fairly
,each:ng into the skies for more lung power. He
peat Rainey fully two yards. The timers an
bounced : 30 seconds. and the old record OF 512
serOudS stands for the present DuTtyS perform
ance however in the face Of the wind, was really
-emarka BILE In still air he would nave tied or
beaten the record a certainty
II was the first time in many years that the club
mas held open handicap games. which accounted
:or the heavy entry list. Usually the club conducts
zsmes with limited handicaps, and the change OF
2ordtions Yesterday explains the reason why so
many of the oldtime champions were beaten. In
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
WIDENING An AFRICAN RAILROAD.
GLANCE or nAreE OK TIE nErRA LINE

CHANGE OF GAUGE OK THE RETRA LINE
From 2nodesia
I; may imagined that. owing to the war
during the year now closing. bat among The works
accomplished is the widening Of the gauge of the
feet six inches. This arduous task completed
in July last under the direction of A l.. I.awley. "A
member Of the well known firm Of Paung & CO.
who only constructed
handed 10 the T5eira Railway Company.
The hrSt construction was undertaken in 1892,
miles of rails. stretching. with two-foot gauge.
from the AT Beira To beyond the Rhode
sian border at Umtali, only 10 miles from Sails
bury.
Those who know the East Coast will Immediately
appreciate the performance of this feat. Original
ly. the line started from the banks Of the Pungwe
plotting the journey TO the coast. 1t was then
found that the river passage could not he relied
upon. and the railway was continued down to
Beira and pier built At which vessels might dis
charge take up cargo and passengers.
on the completion of the narrow gauge railway
: far Umtali it was at once seen that an eX-
sideration it decided 10 make such an exten-
sior on the ordinary Cape gauge, and to widen the
large portion which had been built already. This
work undertaken by MI Iawley at the end or
1897 and within two and a half years IL has been
successfully completed. and that despite the many
difficulties arising from the war which broke OUT
after the task had been begun.
Thus. July g. train ftrst ran the whole dis-
tance the widened metals, every portion OF the
broad gauge engines and vehicles having first oeen
carried over the narrow gauge railway from BeiTa
Umtali
The railway from the coast to Salisbury having
been completed on the general South AFRICAN
construction of the line which Is to run $40 miles
across Rhodesia connecting Buluwayo and sans
eswsnda gold aeids making a total of 400 miles Of
line under construction
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
ATHLETICS.
NEW-YORK ATHLETIC CLUBS ANNUAL,
OUTING AT TRAVERS ISLAND-CON-
TESTS SPIRITED THROUGHOUT.

Probably seven thousand people were the guests
Of the New-York Athletic Club at its country
home, at Travers Island, yesterday afternoon to
witness the sixty-sixth athletic games Cf the club
The island country home of this model athletic
institution never presented a prettier sight al
though the old clubhouse the mill was missed
IN its place was a well-kep- lawn and gravelled
walks, and an immense fiacpole from which the
winged foot emblem of the club foated in the air
Travers Island. always pretty in the spring time
Was douby attractive yesterday. The lawns
seemed carpeted with green velvet. The leaves on
the trees, frightened by the recent rains did not
show scorched spot, and the fragrance of wild
flowers was everywhere. Every inch of available
space outside of the athletic oval vas peopled
with well-dressed humanity, in which the many
colored costumes of handsome girls and comely
matrons showed in happy contrast TO the emerald
hues of the grass, trees and shrubbery
1t presented yesterday as beautiful spot as can
he found about New-York and the thousands of
onloohers drank in the health-giving f. esh air
and ceased to wonder why the brght-eyed athletes
looked so healthy and joyous. The breezes from
the northeast had just enough force to make life
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

,o1r remaubered that as entered the tepee
many dogs were lying about just outside the
france but the little seal brown puppy was not
among them. My suspicion became certainty,
and / knew that L attending the puppy's
funeral and in that gay and hungry assemblage
their hands in place OF soup spoons, and they
seemed consider them good substitutes
FOrmality conspicuous by It's absence and
as | watched and listened to the soup eating. in
terspersed with gruntS. which, translated, would
mean heap good. l realized what boon this
dish would he To the people in cities at this time
of year who obliged to eat the first early
a liberal supply of cream. they pronounced
tasteless and without flavor. To these unfortunate
what could be tempting than puppy
soup. which ought TO find its way not only 10 the
tables. but to the affections OF the American
people.
The soup was all eaten. even 70 the tail, and this
was the end of the puppy. With n delicate sense
of the eternal fitness of things. quantity of sand
which had settled to the bottom of the kettle; was
eaten last, and therefore the last rites or the
puppy's funeral observed even TO covering his
remains with earth and II each Indian had nm
ished the repast by swallowing a small tomostone
one could have said that even Il this dog had
Cigarettes passed in place of the pipe Of
peace and the odorous smoke. mingled with the
other odors and the smoke. made combination
which could be easily cut with knife. l watched
the Indians lying around lazily smoking. content
ment pictured their faces. and thought If their
motto for the enjoyment of life could be put INTO
words IL would read Dolce far niente.' Before
puppy soup, and all who wish TO enjoy this canine
dish will find ii complete cure for that tired
feeling one has in the spring and so touchingly
described by makers of patent medicines.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

several instances the scratch men would have had
to beat worlds records to win the contests
The 101-yard dash run in preliminary and
semi-fina heats before the final was reached Duffy
said that he had been interfered with one point
in the contest. Charles SeitZ OF Fordham College.
with ten-yard handicap, took the lead at the
start, and held the advantage to the end winning
the half-rnile II seemed TO he almost any bodys
half furong from the finish. Then Arnold.
of the West Side Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, and q. 3. HOlbrook, of the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club drew away, and Arnold won an ex
citing brush in the stretch by half yard.
z. j. Clapp of Yale. showed his colors to good
field in the 120-yard hurdle finishing with
burst of speed, and winning by a yard NJ. w.
Long, the International champion, did not com
pete, which left the duarter-rnile rather
good of his handicap. and won rather easily.
Clapp was beaten by both II. Arnold and j. T.
Thomas. jr.. in the 220-yard hurdle race, but only
after spirited contest all the way.
RAINEY WINS 22O-YARD RACE.
The 22O-yard dash furnished another spirited
battle Milton Rainey by two yards, with the
long limbed A. W Burlingame second and II. G.
Hieronimus third. r. L. Sanford. of the Knicker-
bocl er Athletic Club. seemed beaten the head of
the stretch in the mile rum but sprnted bravely.
and passing the tired Marshall by yards.
Marshall seemed to have the at his mercy 300
yards from the finish. but he could not sprint when
Sandford drew alongside OF him. Grant was
badly beaten and finished fourth. far back. Both
relay races exciting. The one for school
feetfooted from the Montclair High
Schoo. The lead Montclair's from start TO
finish. Yale expected to win the relay race
for clubs and colleges, but the KnickerbocHer Ath-
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
BRoOKLYN YACHT CLUB RACES.

The light welther racers of the Gravesend Bay
Yacht Racing Association got their fill of II IN
the lower bay yesterday. This in the asso-
citation regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, the
preparatory signal for which given at $50
p. m There was half hours delay here to
give the yachts time tie down their tucks and
work out from their moorngs to the starting line
a feat which. In the crowded waters was not IN
every case successful.
Double reefs and treble reefs were in fash
ion and tho mainsails and jibs were getting
shower ba within five minutes after the first
gun There was a pretty fresh and cold wind.
perhaps eighteen miles hour, coming out of
the west-nOrthwest
The race committee. consisting Of ?. VI. Jean
not Alfred Mackay and c. II. Mead sent the
yachts first to the mark off the Atlantic Yacht
Club which was an easy reach. and the yachts
were on the wind to Buoy No. r. and the Fort
Hamilton mark with a broad reach that was
almost run to the home mark. OF actual beat
ing there was little. and this enabled the yachts
to go twice around the course In good time.
The second division sailed shorter course. leav-
ing out the red can buoy. No. l2. and the little
fellows had some lively diving before they got
back to moorngs The only thing in the way OF a
wreckage was on board the Akista. the big leg o
mutton rugged yacht, which apparently carried
away reef pennant, but this did not prevent her
from winning by more than ten minutes. %
her saiiover prize. and Mr. Luckenback's Song
one of the best contests in the 2l-foot sIoop
class where Calvin Tomkins scored one minute
win over the Wink owned by w A. Barstow' the
Elsie owned by c. Z. Rosemon. being over two
minutes behind at the finish.
The following table shows the results OF the
racing:
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
An INDIAN DELICACI.
IT SEEMED TO DE ENJoyED HEAP MUCH IN AN
ARAPAHoE TEPEE.


ARAPAHoE TEPEE
Harrington (okla T) letter in The Chicago Post
ooi"ing Misunderstanding Elk-called and invited us
10 take tea his tepee. Like the Romans o .t TJ,
he mysteriously intimated that one utSn u @
We Irnuld he invited partake would be some
tbi,g new 10 us and therefore a SURPRISE and as
he was a very odd looking lndlah eApecSTeu leu. Tue
dish 10 be as odd the appearance OF our nos
coDiurad up a vision of a modern dlhfl eIiand
entering the hOspitabe tepee ana pearhE aoI. IN
her hand a huge pie from which four-and- twenty
blackbirds would take night UT, pantre of which
nrise would he an omelet, IN the cenIIe VI "NN'
woud be hidden come Indian confection' I'll,
When the day arrived we went 10 the tepee VI
Iaee and espied our host lyinS on the SloaIa an
s-soi,tre ,Igarette He arose. threw BACK the nap
of his tenee and cordially invited US 10 enter III
side a number of Indians were seated IN @ ciICie,
e. rrbe tepee was filled with smoke ana steam.
Whap I had wlnked and blinked enough OF the
smoke out OF eyes to be anie 20 .t ns.,,a
vague outline or our most p"'"'e" ~ N' ~
and timdly asked;
Then loudly laughed the noble red man; .,,.,o 80
.'Puppy soup he proudly answered. '""''o '
YOU like ii heap much 49,,
The surprise almost too much IoI me: anu Ior
d 5 IA IS,arica The soup served in a Kettle.
nd v,a were all invited TO dip in. and the big and
little dinners needed no second inVitatlon, man
s sarrpebow TO swallow the lump which rose In
~ throat: glanced at Mr.. starving Elk, ana IL
Occurred 10 me how mean and in fact now doggish
a,na Of even so much a tiny bit or the delicate
rsgout Then too. there were little Starving Elks
to he considered, as they were present In large
numbers And just then Suspicion hash across
my mind which gave h'e fie4''S VI i'O" 'o' ie-iNN
tion. -.r .,,.s ,., - :, .,,,,,,. Y..,.
lyas an affectionae little fellow. and had looked
up into my face With expressive brown eyes
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
FIELD CONTESTS.
NEW OFFICIALS At YALE.

New Haven. Conn. June S-Charles Gould. Of AL
bany, has been elected president and manager OF
the Yale Athletic Association. He is a member OF
the class of 02 and the captain Of next falls foot
ball team. Newell Hobart Hargrave, of Cincin-
natl, 02 Sheffield Scientific School. is the vice
president; Oliver Livingston Duval o2, OF Brook
lyn, assistant manager, and William Shivley Full
ton, 'o3, of Waterbury, Conn. secretary
1t Is announced that the Yale squad will ~
called together on September 10 go into regular
training for the intcrna tional meet. The men who
scored points in the Yale Harvard or the
intercollegiate games have been ordered do in
dividual training at their homes during the
mer. but the final selections for the interna tiona
games Will not be made until week before the
meet.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
MoRRIsANIA YAcHTsMEN oFFER Prizes

MORRIsANIA YACHTsMEN OFFER PRIZES.
sixth annual spring regatta OF the Morrsana Yacht
Club. which will be sailed on June q. These races
are open 10 the vessels of all organized yacht clubs
In this city and vicinity. and the start will be
from the stakeboat anchored in front OF the club
house at one -hundred-an nd -hfty-siXth-st and the
East River. NJ II m. the different classes being
started in three divisions on the one-gun method
For classes Of the first divisions there will be
seven hour limit and for the third division there
will be a six hour limit. Entries in writing must De
made with II !. Bartro, secretary ot the race com
rnittee on or about June q. which day entries
will close A. m. The first division VIII san 70
the Cangwav buoy and back the second division
going to the Stepping Stones Light and back. ano
the third division rounding mark of College Point
ard return. All yachts must be steered by CORN
thans and unless they carry their racing numbeI
the mainsail they will not be timed Long Island
Sound Association rules will govern. The steamer
Fulton Market will accompany the yacnts over the
hundred -and-twenty- -hfth-st. at $50 a. m and one
hundred "a nd hfty-sixth-st. at 1880 a. m.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

points were we'll divided the teams showing up
stronger than ever before in the history OF r1n I
lea que The feature of the meet the periOttln.
of Porter. of Ithaca who put the shot 10 & IeG
inches, making a record. Wede- OF buiaTShIo iTho
Central. equalled the record in the high jump;
winners took three frsts and MADE spleenIltd
showing in the 220-yard dash with Drake. BOY
of Syracuse. finished with powerful squirt IN IRE IRE
two-mie race. The weather was unfavorable Ioi
fast time. rain falling during the greater part o
the afternoon
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
NETWORK CANOE CLUB RACES.

The regatta committee of the New-fork canoe
Club announces that the opening races OF the cluo
will no sailed on the club courses in Gravesend
Bay tomorrow There will be races for the special
club knockabout class Saturday. June 10 ana
June % there Will he large reSatta l1r ulI -
ferent classes In July and August number OF
contests will be sailed off the clubhouse at Benson
h,,rsf Lon Isl and
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

bristol r. L. June S.-The friends of Charles p
Herreshof ID are jubilant to-day over the VIC
tory the youfg gained over his English com
Detitors in Glasgow, when the S-tooter Nevada
desirned and owned by him, won by long lead
tho race with host of crack racing boats MT
HerreshoY is barely twenty-one years ola ne Is
Ne san of James Herreshof of California, and
nephew of Nat Herreshof. He designed the san
Toy and another small racer IN bris'o' ias' sea
snn hnth O which proved fast
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
YACHTS RACE on THE CLYDE.
SHAMROCK FIRST HOME. But LOSES ON
TINE ALLOWANCE.

Rothesay. Firth Of Clyde. June S-The yachts
which contested yesterday in the Glasgow exhibit
ton regatta again sailed the same course to-
dav. with little wind At the end OF the first round
the big boats finished follows:
H.MS.
Shamrock I........ l:3I:52 The sybarita 100 -
The Kariad...... 2.0l:4O The Meteor 2:lO52
Shamrock | was the winner of the prize for the
first yacht home. and the kariad was the winner
on time allowance The times follows:
UMSf INNS.
shamrock r... 6:a2:3S The Kariad. 6:35lS
In the race for the the Tutty drew ahead
and kept the advantage throug hout the first round,
al the end of which the race stopped. The
finish for the small yachts was as follows:
uMSl INNS.
The Tuttv .i2:l6 The Las............ 45l;O2
4 The Cariua. +Il 40
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
COLEMAN PRINcEToN's CAPTAIN.

Princeton. y. J.. June Announcements was
made here to-day that at recent meeting Of tho
university track team Alexander W. Coleman. 02
was reelected captain. Coleman is the holder OF
the Princeton record in the pole vault
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
A BOOK roR YAcHrsMEN.

new yachting directory has been published by
Frank 4. Ingraham. of Bristol r l.. for the con-
venience of members of clubs and business men,
containing list of those who are enrolled In the
membership lists of the leading yacht CLUBS or
the United States, together with their addresses
and a mention of the institutions to which they
INsneCtiVelX helOng.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
scHOoLBoY RACES AT PERCY FIELD

Ithaca N y June s.-The Masten Park High
School OF Buffalo won the interschoiastic meet on
Percy Field this afternoon scoring 20 points Ithaca
High School was second, with Is, and Binghamton
third with 12. Ten schools were entered. and the
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
w1ILIAMsrowN HIGH scHooL wINs.

Williamstown. Mass, June (Special(.--The Will
Jamestown High School easily won the Western
Massachusetts, interscholastic track this
morning on Weston Field. Harry Watson. who
won 90 points for the winning team Will enter
Williams with the class of %.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
RACES At YONKERs.

The regatta committee of the Yonkers Corinthian
Yacht Club has decided to hold a series OF CLUB
races every other Saturday until September IT,
The first race will be held next saturday
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
McRAcKEN TO COME TO COLUMBIA

Josiah Calvin McCracken. Pennsylvania famous
football player. mag assist in coaching some Of
Columbia's athletic teams. he is coming next
year by the appointment of President Low. TO act
as secretary of Earl Hall and the Young Mems
Christian Associa tion.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

etc Club sent four good IN . % to
though Edwards was tiring at the finish and could
not have gone much further - x--. - .,,o sa,,
contests and that the bulky Flanagan; as
usual Flanagan gave his opponents %ny'hhng my hea
them all handy with throw of l6l feet 2i2 inches
the l6-pound shot Flanagan finished second to 5.
S McCauley, who had a handicap OF ieet SheI-
b Hr5e 'ne PoIIfaesbnin Prerara.orv School boy r.
John R Van Woriner was the chairman Of the re, re,
ception committee and r. H. Gofe chairman OF
the athletic committee.
TRACK CONTESTS
osaiGaPwSn 2sP. Gy 4osroaE b aEooG ka9Ssf %ss'
booker A. C. "a Yards, second Alexander Msckerzie
By haf yard wards between second and ID third .r..
sea F5pdhsm coeee Sa'e 10 9sPa
sss0nd Ib, i r. m0gl,S9 Se"XS@ Nom \ 4
three yards: yard between second and tREd d -,
xavier college 4. A. second. Time-o:o575 Old rec
by z. 5ora j. 0apP Swya1k d and Yale q yards,
O:I6.s Won by one and one-hah YARDS three
Qua hsndcaP by Char GharIes " Rsg s.sRa
& second Hqwa5d % ye"n WS sJ ve Fgsans 2ara
a yard AZ ' 5et~ssn 1ssa5 seeond s9 ana t6rd won ' "
Won 6J r. Gn6d Tnon settdmen A. G 10 SaT
J. b Thomas {g ana and sf Yale % tscrstch,
third. Time-O2d. Won by yard; yard between sec
Fs5eR Esasg s.ss sae a IS gsr
W. Burlingame KnickerLOc.er =. g az yards second
H. e. Hieronim2s MS : IN ~ as a on I and onehnif
yards between second and third
One-mle relay schools ueams Of i've menl-Won
by Montcleir High School 7. Dorman, II; Spaldng 2
school second Newton High School, third Time 3:29As.
by yards 10 yards between second and third
Onc-Ine thandicap)-Won by r. L. SANFORD.
Knickerbocker \ (55 yards): 9. b. Marshall Colum-
bia 80 yards) second; G a. Brady a. A. go
yards third Time. 4252t. Won by 10 yards. 30 yards
between second and third.
One-Ie relay race cluDs ana ooIieges teams oi iouT
menlWon by Knickerbocker \. 9. ". F Mclaughlin.
George Holbroo. Philip Sares and W s Edwards Yale.
Lille W. b Waldron. T. Kane and f. j. Clapp
ond; Rutgers. s 81. John Malyen. II; r Kirk, P l.
| ny yards 40 yards between second and third.
FIELD CONTESTS
Putting pound shot Chandcapl pl-won by s. s
John Flanagan, New-York A. G. - feet 30 10
inches second; Richard Sullivan. NewYork A. c. and
Yale (scratch). ~ feet 9ia inches. third.
Pole vault Chandicap-Won by Daniel Reuss. Kncker-
c. Yale q inches. 10 feet o inches second; n.
Thompson NewYork 4. G. and Yale q inches). 10 feet
g inches. third.
Running broad jump dlandcap)-won by W.
wards Knickerbocker A g 1s nches 21 ga
Daniel Frank Union Settlement A g qS inches 21 feet
5s4 inches second: William M0yne A. c. "a
inches) 21 "a inches third.
Running high Jump thandcap)--Won by r W Fraser
Poly School 40 nches) feet inches; William f
Sauer, St Bartholomew A e 90 inchesl feet
6 inches. third
Throwing the IG-pound hammer Chandicarp-won by
Tohn FIannaean New-York A G (scratch) l6l 2Ia
t;c,o,d craI5on Nev, -york A z vale Ios
feeD. l31 inches second F. @. Beck Nev-York
A. c and Yale 40 feeO. 1i5 feet inches. third
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

Pebble r W spear 30 no
Peanut. Calvin Brewer -..-9.uo'Ou l-o.uV
OPEN CATBOATS-2l-FOOT CL.ASS-sTART $40.
Martha NJ. Moore. 5;OS;5s l2s:os
The winners were Akista Squaw sai over), Song and
Dance over, Wralth Kepie, Martha NJ saN over)
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

FIRST DIVISION.
sIOoPs- FOOT CLASS-START 8 81
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09
Auiomobile Storage Sratinua

A IL, KINDS OF AUTOMOBILES stored and repaired
n Electric light and hne location lS2 West 4srh ST.
TOMAN & SCHULZ 1OOth-st and neutrality-suspicious.
III for Woods electric Storage chars1ng