Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-17


dian champions colors. Nelson has been
winning his races of late in track-record
time Last week he met three first-class
riders and defeated them all decisively his
Win over StnSon at Providence being the
most mertorious
IN addition to this big contest, there will
pc three events which will prove unusually
interesting account of the WASHINGTON
riders competing The first will he q
novice one-mile race, the second a handi-
cap 1or the same distance and the third
tandem pursuit race. The latter is some
thlng new and is bound to be exciting
SPEED FEATURES OVERCOME.
capt. Hamilton Discusses the Con-
testants for the Cup.
GLASGOW, June 17-Captain Hamilton.
who In 1899 navigated the Shamrock l
across the Atlantic, in an interview with
representative Of the Associated Press
SAID ne considered 1t impra cticabIe to carry
out the suggested ocean race with the cup
yachts carrying their racing gear. While
the hulls were strong enough, and the
oVer-canvasing difficulty. might be met with
reehng. he believed that in the event of
heavy weather and cross seas the yachts
would be in imminent danger of iumpfne
their big masts out. The great booms
carried by the cutters We're also liable to
drag IN the seas, constituting a serious
danger. He sees no reason however WHY
the races should not be held if yawl rig
is adopted with shorter and stouter masts
Another Cup for American Gunners.
The British trap-shooters. in recognition
of the victory of the American gunners in
the international contest by winning three
straight out of the five projected matches
at I'ooo targets side, Tuesday, Wednes-
DAY ana Thursday last, arranged special
contest for the Americans exclusively at
Hendon Saturday. The Englishmen pre-
scented valuable cup as trophy to the
winner.
Frederick Gilbert Of Spirit Lake Iowa,
won the shootoff after a tie with Charles
W.. Budd of Des Moines, Iowa. The con-
ditions Were % targets per man. Gilbert
and Budd each broke % out of % and in
the shoot-off Budd retired after breaking
out of u. w. R. Crosby of OFallon,
Ill; Richard Merrill of Milwaukee, R. o.
Heikes of Dayton and Chauncey Powers of
Decatur, ILL.,, each broke q out of 25
Crosby and B. Leroy Woodland of Cam
pello, Mass, made the highest scores in a
competition between the American and
British teams for a second gold cup Each
broke IA out Of 49, In the second trial
Crosby broke IA to Woodlands 13 out of IS
Bad Spill at vaiisbu~x.
Walter Babb was terribly injured In a
fall which occurred during the fve-mile
handicap bicycle race at the Vailsburg
Stout, stepped out on the track just as the
field Of twenty-seven men swept round the
turn. Babb struck the official and went
down. Ten more riders went over him
falling all about the track and rolling like
tenpins: Frank Kramer, Al Newhouse,
Howard Freeman, Hardy Downing and
other famous riders We're in the bunch
Floyd Mcfarland was left to fight for the
honors and the Californian again won the
victory. He had suffered defeat twice be-
hat linz
to the prowess Of Frank Kramer in a heat
Of the half-mile open and also in the semi
final.
The Fencers' Club.
The informal exhibition of fencing given
by the Fencers Club Saturday night at
it's headquarters, 400 New York avenue,
was witnessed by members of the diplo-
matte corps and their ladies, Mr.. Elihu
Root, Secretary of War; Justice Harlan of
the Supreme Court, Colonel and Mrs Hail.
Colonel Henry May, Mr.. Richard Town
send and others. Pietro Lanzilli the 1tal-
ian fencing master, who Is making tour
of this country, and F. J. Darieulat of the
French school of fencing, Ballard ~ Morris
and Mr.. Crackenthorpe, secretary of the
lier Trentanove gave exhibitions of their
skill.
Cheri Won Grand Prix.
The Grand Prix de Paris, which was run
at Paris yesterday, was won by Cheri Ii
bero was second and Lady Killer third
Foxhar Keenes Olympian, ridden by the
American jockey Milton Henry, who rode
Keene's Cap and Bells II to victory in
the Oaks stake in England, ran next to
last -95
After two false starts, owing to the ner-
vousness Of Olympian whom Henry had
much difficulty in mastering, the horses got
away in good shape. with Olympian ahead
Olympian maintained the lead for half the
distance. Then, as he was taking the in
cline, the fast pace told upon him and it
could be seen that he could not stay for
the entire distance.
Cheri the winner: Tibero, who got sec
ond place, and Lady Killer. who was third
the homestretch.1 Olympian. hopelessly
beaten, fell back and finished next to last
The winner covered the distance in 800.
Suburban Captured by Alcedo.
Alcedo won the Suburban handicap at
Sheepshead bay Saturday. He carried 112
pounds He is nay colt four years old. by
Esher dam Elopement. The distance was
one and a quarter miles; time of winner,
2O5 So, which establishes a new record for
the event The betting odds against the
winner were to !, having been backed
down from 20 to l. Alcedo is owned by L.
V. Bell; his trainer Is ]. H. Mccormick He
was ridden by Jockey Henry Spencer, who
brought him in practically alone, having
beaten the others off handily The distance
| between Alcedo and Water Cure, second,
was two lengths. Water Cure beat To-day
by half length. The stake was $40 600
of which the winner got $780, The at
tendance was 10000. The horses were at
the post 33 minutes, there being eleven
starters. Ethelbert, the prime favorite.
stopped decisiveiy when three furiongs
| from home
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