New-York tribune., 1901-06-17
EWSANU VIEWSOF SPORTS
BICYCLE RACES FOR WoMEN-YEAR-
IINGs BRING GOOD PRICES-BASE-
RAIL TEAMS COMING HOME.


BALL TEAMS COMING HOME.
rbev are having a revival Of ladies " bicycle
racing AT the Royal Aquarium. in London, where
six days contest for women was recehuy pesuI
The sixteen competitors included three Parlsienhes'
Miles Marcelle Provost Palliarde, and Abou haua-
The racers are divided into three squads each
riding one hour in the afternoon and another IN
Inc evening-an ARA ngement which Is less ITylne
TO the competitors than the former ;. u - -
souads Sixteen or seventeen miles an hour on a
track which gives ten laps TO the me Is & g1oe d g0
ing and woman covered tlrI IliiSs i o Io
another thirty-siN miles and fracuon IN TWO
hours.
r. F. Doherty has again won the lawn tennis
championship of Ireland, by defeating his brother
II I, Doherty, Dublin. The Doherty brothers
also won the Irish championship in doubles. This
is H I. Doherty's third consecutive winning of
the Irish Championship, and the % guinea cup now
be one OF the English team which will visit this
country TO compete with the American CRACKS T loI
has been for years. the best exponent Of lawn
tennis in Great Britain.
The good prices brought for yearlng thorough
breds in this country this year have been widely
comented upon. but such price, has ever been
paid for a yearlng in America was paid by
R s. Sevier for the yearling hly Sceptre when he
bought her the sale Of the late Duke of West
minister's racing stud for 10000 guineas-approNi-
mately $4,000. What is more Englishmen think
this fy was gorth the nSneg @ she eaSiE Son wTn
the day before the Derby was run Sceptre Is
daughter Of the Derby winner Persimmon ana Is
already hailed the best two-year-old OF her sex
In England
In the morning Of the day on which the Derby
was won by Volodyovsh a feather brained poet
burst forth into song through the medium of THE
Sportsman the tune Of sixteen stanza AFFAIR
entitled The Derby The author of these verses
signed himself John Trew Hay. and he prohably
realizes by this time that. bad as he is as poet
he is worse as a judge of thoroughbreds- The
genial songster starts of in this fashion:
The free fair downs Of EPSON.
with what delight. when ali is bright.
We hail the festive scene;
The feecy clouds go floating by,
Borne the gentle zephyrs' sigh
On summer day serene.
The writer then proceeds TO describe the race as
he tmagines it may be run. II is interesting TO
note that Volodyovski does not figure in his verse
Probably he could hnd notnlng 70 [hSe M S WIZ T ~;
and Tantaius. and winds up with this prophecy:
Forthwith a splendid struggle
And though both feel the whip and steel,
MID SOUND Of cheers and whips that crack
As hands go up, and heels go back
The cherry heads the white and black,
And TANTALUS has won.
Tantalus is believed to be still running.
The above Jingle was evoked. among others. by
an offer OF a prize Of a book The British Thor
oughbred" price SO. The one that won the prize
was by man who picked Handicapper to win the
Derby.
The stewards of the Belgian Jockey Club have
recently adopted a rule requiring jockeys TO ride
their horses out whether they have winning
chance or not This is apparently in the interest
Of those bettors who have backed horses for a
place. and is likely be detrimental TO two-year-
olds who are entered for the but not
thoroughly fiji 10 stand fierce drive. To force
such a colt TO the utmost point of endurance for
Inc sake of bettors would scarcely seem to be in
the interests OF the thoroughbred, or. indeed, Of
racing a whole. Many premature breakdowns
would probably result if this rule obeyed TO
the letter. A good galop in a race may do
two-year-old, when not thoroughly on edge deal
OF good; but a desperate struggle for second
third place is quite likely 10 ruin his career. and
the idea % studying those who regard horses
merely as instruments Of gambling, in preference
10 considering owners is not likely TO strike many
fe Rs5s0n' on this side OF the water as sportsman
One Of the most extensive private golf courses in
the United States belongs TO Francis Kinney. the
millionaire cigarette manufacturer. His course is
the Old Point Judith Road near Narragansett
Pier, Rhode Island, and by the local inhabitants ii
has been dubbed "Kinneys Golf Club" The
owner has recently erected a two story house for
golf purposes and the convenience Of his friends.
A kitchen grill and lunch are on the
ground floor while wide balconies surround the
upper part, giving unobstructed views over every
many interesting private matches Will he played
there during the season.
The local baseball enthusiasts have been without
professional games for two weeks. and many are
looking forward 10 the return Of the Brooklyn and
New-York teams on Tuesday. when the local season
will be reopened at Washington Park The Eastern
teams a whole have done fair work in the West.
The most signal failure OF tour was the poor
work done by Mathewson Of the New York team.
When he left here for the West he was heralded
as the pitching wonder of the age Mathewson
has shown that he is a good pitcher and there Is
no reason why he should recover his form and
be a useful man to his club the remainder of the
season. Phyle has, the whole, been the more
successful Of the two pitchers The champions have
not played the game this year expected OF them,
and Manager Hanlon VIII have his hands full in
trying TO strengthen his at this time The
team ought 10 do better work from now on as
the pitchers are slowly but surely rounding into
strong at first.
There is a pretty little muss going on between
the professional promoters who will have much To
DO with furnishing bicycle meets for this district
this season The average rider takes little interest
In these Quarrels. and will be content SO long as
good and honest racing is furnished. The National
programme Two meets scheduled for next
Saturday, one al Manhattan Beach and the Other
tne annual meet OF the Atalanta Wheelmen at the
Nailsburg track. Newark. $50
THE RACETRACK.
ETHELBERT NOT BADLY HIJRT
Perry Belmont was asked yesterday whether the
cue hthe4peft received in the Suburban would re-