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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09

Deseras the Turf to Return to the
Board Track-FaiIure as
Jockey.

Paradoxical as it might seem, lovers Of
learn that Jimmie Miohaels has again
quit the turf to return to the bicycle.
They will be glad, because he is favor
ite among all followers of the sport.
They will be sorry because the little
Welchman has certainly tried hard to
attain success as jockey, and it is
always regretful to see well-aimed pur-
pose come to naught. Last year Michaels
was certainly riding faster than any other
man on the small tracks. To be sure,
he did not win the championship on ac-
count of poor form during the summer,
but it was generally admitted that in
September and during the meets at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, the
welsh Rarebit's'' speed compared IA
vorably with any other man following the
puttering motor tandems. Michaels sec
ond failure at the horses may cure him
forever of the fever that has cost him
so much time and money at a period in
his life when he could have been making
thousands of dollars.
Three years ago, at the height of his
career awheel, the diminutive bundle OF
muscle from Wales relinquished his hole
on the championship crown and invested
his money nerunning horses. An unsuc-
cessful season on the turf apparently
cured him of the ambition to become {
famous jockey, and he returned to the
banked bicycle tracks. To the wonder O.
| athletic followers particularly, and the
public generally, Michaels soon proved
that he had the strength, grit and speed
to win at cycle racing again. although i
| could not be said that he developed cham
| pionship form until he had gone through
many months of hard training.
Last fall he again deserted the whee
| for horse racing, going to Paris, where
he secured the mounts on many of the
| best horses and for a time seemed tt
have struck the inside of the game
OF late, however, he has had little sue
| cess on the Partisan tracks and the
cable reports state that he has gone tt
the Pare de Primes track to train OF
| the wheel behind puttering tandems ant
! subsequently come to America.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
VANDERBILT IS ELATED
PROUD OF TIME IN AUTO RACE
American Chauffeur Makes Splendid
Showing Against Europeans in
BelGis i Ardennes Contest.

w X: Vanderbilt, Jr., is elated over the
the Belgian Ardennes, in which he bril-
liantly won third place with a machine,
with: which he was not familiar.
Fournier was prevented from driving
by as udden illness. 1t was young Mr.. Van
derbilt's first success in the many races
In which he has ent cred in Europe. De-
7cribing the race, Mr. Vanderbilt said:
THE race certainly was fairer than
usual in long events, with neutraled sec
tions which permit repairs, readjust-
men'ts, and rest. The track consisted of
only three small villages. No, stop was
| allowed, however, the circuit being too
small-about fifty miles. Six times
around were. needed to cover the 31S
miles.
Neither the winner, NJ Jarrot, nor I
could attain our topmost speed. Person
! ally. was frequently held back by being
unable to pass some competitor on ac-
count of the narrowness of the road.
There were several bad accidents, but it
really seemed miraculous that there was
no .telescoping.
:tI saw, NJ. Jarrot, who was coming at
a dare-devi pace, take ~rt hair-raisine
chances Of being shouldered into a ditch
His time for the 31S miles was five hours
| ana nfty-three minutes, averaging about
| f1fty-four. miles an hour. That was won
derful, considering the difficulties.
II am very proud of my own time-siS
hours and twenty-five minutes. I de-
feated some of the best French ehauf-
| feurs."
Mr.. Vanderbilt called attention to the
remarkable auto mountain climbing con-
tests up Mont Cents. An Italian, Signo1
Lancia, won, climbing twenty-three Kill
| ~, Of (rono I'll Will hS,,f-
minutes and ten seconds.
| Ienaux,- a Frenchman, was second ir
thirty-one minutes and twerty-one Sec
onds.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
ROWING

Yesterday, under the most perfect condi-
tons, the first days racing in the thirteth
annual regatta of the National Association of
Amateur Oarsmen was held at Yake Quinsiga-
mond, Mass. Never before has such crowd
witnessed the championships.
Each of the races decided was at mile
and half, with turn, except the eight
shell, which was rowed straightaway, one
and half miles less sixty yards.
Six finals were disposed of in the entire
list of twelve events. Heats in the inter-
mediate singles provided four triers for final
honors to-day those who qualified being En-
nest George, Boston, A. "A, Harvard boy;
II. H. Crowley, Wachusett Boat club; w. B
West, West Philadelphia Boat club, and E.
F. Rivenus, Philadelphia Barge club.
New York and Philadelphia were tied in the
matter of frsts, with two each. New York
scored in the intermediate pairs, with the
Harems, and senior doubles with the first
Bohemians.
The Quakers uncovered winning crews ir
the senior pairs with the Vespers, and in the
intermediate eights with the Pennsylvania
Barge club. The other first places were an.
| nexed by the Ariels of Baltimore in the in.
termediate four event, and the senior fours
by the Winnipegs. Probably the prettiest race
of the day ensued when the intermediate eigh
shell race was under way. -
Six crews started in the single heat ani
furnished a most picturesque contest. 81
closely aligned were the half dozen boats a
the half mark that it was nearly impossibl,
| to pick the leader. The pace at this stag
caused half the sextet to- slow up and enable
| the Pennsylvania barge Fairmount and Wa
| chusett boys, to have the finish to themselves
! The barge crew put every pound into thei
! oars during the final quarter, and pulling IL
| grand style, crossed the line a length to thu
| good. For the second place there was bat
| tie royal between the Fairmounts and Wa
| chusetts, the latter being beaten on the lin
! by margin of six inches. The time was
according to experts. remarkably fast.
The Winnipegs gave their opponents a tast
Of their caliber in the senior fours. Oppose
| by the famous Vespres and the Clifton Boa
! club crew of Staten Island, trained by Ere,
| Plaisted, they lost little time in making TO
| the lead, which they assumed directly afte
! they had rowed 300 yards. At the turn the.
were nearly two lengths In front, and, whel
Strengthened out for home, some three length
4 Of open water separated their boat from tn
| Vespers, who were second.
\ The crews finished in this order with tn
/ Cltftons twenty lengths further back. sNey
York scullers had a race to themselves in tn
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
ANGLERS SEEK NORTH
LAKE SUPERIOR IS POPULAR
Trout Fishers in Cook County, Minn..
Are Having Grand Sport
This Month.

Midsummer fishing, which is now pur-
sued only in the early morning or in the
cool of the evening, is as vigorously fol-
lowed as ever, and with as satisfactory
results as earlier in the season. 1t is a
time when the cool breezes of the lake
revive the. worn out, tired feeling that
comes from constant Office toll, and for
this reason is doubly appreciated. Tour
lists come and go after spending week or
two, and thus the crowd of transents is
continually changing.
This is the season of the year when one
searches for a northern latitude in the
hope that the temperature may be suffi-
GENTLY low to furnish relief from the
sweltering heat Those who have been
here know that upon the shores Of any OF
the lakes the temperature is cool and the
heat is almost always tempered with a
cool, refreshing breeze. Away up on the
north shore of Lake Superior is a favorite
resort now, though difficult of access. 1t
is here that the trout angler is going
more frequently every year.
Minnesota has many we'll stocked
streams that have become almost as IA
| nous as the Brule and Kinnickinnick OF
| Wisconsin, and yet more that are known
| only to a few, but the best trout fishing
reported this season comes from Cook
| county and the Reservation river, twenty
| miles north of Grand Marais 1t is grand
is also recording catches of unusually
large trout, and lots of them, while the
DEVILS track and Kimball creek, sixteen
and twelve miles further SOUTH respect
| lively, offer excellent fishing. Both
| streams must be waded and whipped, but
the returns are commensurate with the
| labor expended.
The DEVILS Track affords some of the
most beautiful scenery to be found in the
state, the character being much the same
as the Dalles of the St. Croix. Thi:
stream was for many years kept under
the watchful guardianship Of a keeper
for the DEVILS Track Sporting club, bu
no effort is now being made to restric
wandering disciples of Izaak Walton. swht
venture into this wilderness, and the cab
in occupied for SO long by the keeper, i
crumbling to decay. The old signboar'
warning anglers against trespassing upo1
private preserves, is half hidden benin
an overgrowth of pine, boughs. The trou
in this stream run considerably large
than in Kimball creek, but at the outle
Of either some four or fve-pounders hav
been taken. The trip to this locality i
! taken by boat to Grand Marais, and is
| very delightful one. rnrtEs
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09

Nh ~
some but the youngsters work has been
really brilliant, if one can believe the
Brooklyn papers. 5 ~ a,sr-.< IT,.
Doom, who caught for st. Joe last year,
is making good for Philadelphia and seems
likely to stick. Tinker and Schaefer Of
Chicago also are showing up we'll in fast
company, although Schaefer's weak hitting
may relegate him to the minor leagues
again next season. Hulswitt OF Phila-
delphia is another man whose record up
to date has been above the average. Lund-
gren the Illinois university pitcher, has
been doing excellent work for Chicago and
will probably last.
The ONeil family battery in st. Louis
is making a sensational record, and Bra
shear, who played second base for Mime
apolis last year, has held up his end so
far although his play indicates an alb
sence of gray matter which is likely to
work against him.
The American League clubs have not
tried so many youngsters, and consequent
ly have not developed SO many rising
stars. Bay Of Cleveland has been doing
the best work of the new men. 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
POLO

In one Of the most remarkable games OF
polo ever seen in this country, the Saratoga
team yesterday won the Sanford cup at Sar-
atoga, defeating the Country club of West
chester by the score of s& to IN. --. ~:
In the fourth period, with the score s to
~ in favor of Saratoga, Cary was forced to
make a safety just before time was called
making the score tie at ~ to 7&. They
continued to play until Cooley of Westchester
scored a goal, making the score sA to tx in
favor Of Westchester. That goal was no,
allowed, however. Play was continued foI
twenty-three minutes until Rumsey of Sara
toga made goal, winning the game for Sara
toga The match was part of the Saratoga
Polo clubs annual tournament
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
wALTHoUR's FREAK MOTOR
Nine-Horse Power Machine, Witt
g. Belt Trnnsmtssion. =, -

Nine-Horse Power Machine. With
g. Belt Transmission. - n
One of the most remarkable power
driven machines that has ever been. seen
son the bicycle track, or anywhere else, is
owned by "Bobbie''.e Walthour, who has
used it In his recent. races. 1t is Of nine
horse power with belt transmission, and
an internal gearing within, the rear wheel
that allows ito travel very fast, yet per-
mits the rear. man to pedal slowly. A
slow movement Of the legs of the rear
rider furnishes little less wind resist
ance for the man following to overcome,
and this feature has been carried to the
extreme in the Walthour machine. BY
actual count, Eli Winsett who occupies
the rear seat, turns the pedals only nine
teen times in covering third of a
mile. or fifty seven, turns of the pedals
for a. mile. AS. most of the weight is on
the rear Of the machine, it. has been
found necessary to hold down. the. front
wheels by lead weights on the fork crown:
Probably fifty pounds of ballast Is at
tached.s It, is. claimed this makes the
steering easier.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
FAIL TO LIFT THE CUP MICHAEIS BACK ON WHEEL
BUT BRITISH WIN IN DOUBLES
Doherty Brothers Wrest the Inter-
national Tennis Championship
From Ward and Davis.

The famous Doherty brothers, former
tennis champions, in doubles, of all Eng
land, yesterday defeated ;Holcombe Ward
and Dwight F. Davis in the double match
on the courts of the Crescent Athletic
club, Bay Ridge, L. l., before 1000 spec
tators. *, '..
The American team of national title
holders, by virtue of this defeat, lose their
ship, which they won two years ago at
Longwood, Mass, by defeating the Brit
ons, in the first series for the interna-
tional challenge trophy.
1t was not generally expected that the
Americans would win this match, and the
prediction was fully realized in four sets.
The first went to Ward and Davis at 6-2,
but. the second, third ;;.and fourth were
scored by the DohertYs7 at 1913, 6-3. GA.
Captain w. H. Collins, manager of the
English team, said that in his estimation
the best men hadnwon throughout the
series, and while he was sorry they had
failed to lift the challenge cup this year
the Britishers were by no means dis
couraged, and would surely make an
other trial. Whether or not it would be
next year it was impossible for him to
| say: si The English Lawn Tennis associa-
! ton had sent over the. three best men
/ in its ranks-H. L. Doherty, champion OF
all England in the .sfhgles r: F. Doherty
and Dr.. Joshua PIN both former holders
CT that title and also at doubles.
The points and games in sets of the
! match follow: i":!.
First Set
Doherty brothers .....!2 8 49, 42-2s-
Ward and Davis ........4 5 4os 4-s1-'
| Second Set So, q
| Doherty Brothers, :,
| 4O21 44415o'4 452 4-56-1
| Ward and Davis .''.-
1444o1 s4:17oe s41 1-4s-.;
Third Set
Doherty brothers .....42 2414444 4--31-
| : Fourth Set
Doherty brothers ....2.5 641515 5 49,
Ward and Davis .:...4 "a 4 "a 3 1-33-
DETTTT IC nEEE KTE1
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09

intermediate pair shells; the Harlems, Non
pareils and Lone Stars turned out and nm
ished in that order, although judges at the
turn say the Mons were beaten because OF
a poor turn around the stake. The Lone
Stars were beaten off.
In the second heat Of the intermediate SIN
giles, Rivenus Of Philadelphia rowed grand
race. He was hung at his stake and fully
twenty five lengths behind the leader when he
finally got away for the home DASH
Clark of Boston twenty lengths ahead
of him at the time, but so gamely did Rive
nus struggle that he just nosed Clark out at
the line, being beaten two lengths by Crowley.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
is A PHENOMENAL HORSE
Prince Medium, Broken at Age {
Eight. Shows Great Speed.

Prince Medium, Broken at Age of
Eight, Shows Great Speed.
A phenomenal horse in the way of a
trotter known as Prince Medium, the
property of A. Corbin, Jr., is being de-
veloped at Gouverneur, N. Y
He is handsome bay gelding, eight years
old, and never wore harness until the
23d day of last March, since when he has
been broken to halter and to harness
(cingle and double), and to saddle.
He was as wild as any prairie mustang
ninety days ago and had to be caught
with a lasso and choked down before he
would permit the hand Of man to touch
him.
The horse was mixed gated and has
been converted to trot and has shown
greater flight of speed at that gait
than any horse in training at the Gouver-
neur track, having stepped an eight in
seventeen seconds driven in halter with
! no bit in his mouth. =
Mr.. Corbin's trainer, AL Page, has :ac-
complished all this with less than fifty
lessons, including the preliminary work
Of biting and halter breaking.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
HARNESS RACING

The two unfinished races Of the grand cir
cult meeting at Fort Erie were run off yes
terday before free admission crowd. COM
posed mostly Of betters whose wagers were
hanging in the balance. rsl7
The fact that Chain Shot had beaten the
Monk in the first heat Thursday in the 2:O7
trot did not scare the followers of Geers, and
the Monk ruled about 25 to Il against the
field. Geers had little difficulty in getting
two heats and the race, forcing Chain Sho:
to 2 break 100 feet from the wire in the first
heat of the day, and winning under a pull in
the second
Reelected in the RIA trot, was also a IA
vorite at about 25 to Is against the field
with considerable money sprinkled around
Alice Carr and Alice Russell. Reelected had
won two heats, but had a hard time beat
ing out Maiborn, who challenged him in the
last sixteenth and lost only by neck, Re-
elected being whipped to the limit.
The track was slow and the weather windy
Geers narrowly escaped injury in scoring fol
the third time with Prince of Orange. The
| horse reared and lifted the sulky. When il
came down, Geers' weight bent, it, and HI
stepped out just in time to control the horse
which was acting badly.
2:o7 trot, unfinished, after Chain Shot hat
won one heat Thursday; best two out o
The Monk, br h, by Chimes (Geers);;;..2 /
Chain Shot. h, by Red Heart INC,
Doliy IGpa1s2 pilon m, by Sidney Dillon
4Inlos TimeN2:osM, 2:io, 2:i2.
2:14 trot, unfinished, after two heats VOL
Thursday by Reelected; best three in five
purse, $1,2O0:
| Reelected, gr. S, by Reelection, dam
Strathmore (Macey) .......1 l
Maiborn, m, by Barnes (Prtze)....:2
Prince OF Orange, b, by Prince of
| India (Geers) ..........................3 2
Alice Carr, blk m, by Gambetta Wilkes.
(Garrison) .........:..........6 )
Klondike g. by Judge Hines Gar
Alice Russell, b m, by Gambetta Wilkes
Hudson) ......,. .;;;;.:.5
A. J. D., g, by Anderson Wilkes -
Time-2:15, PIP
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
Fast Track at Philadelphia.

To-day, at Philadelphia, Pa, there was
opened a new bicycle track which has been so
constructed as to permit Of speed of a mile
in a minute. Jack Prince, the veteran train
er, manager and track builder has been at
work for the past six weeks and In conse-
quence the Quaker city will have model
oval, measuring eight laps to. the mile, Sit
suated at Porter and Seventeenth streets
There will be seats for 5000 people, and as
Philadelphia people have always been. lovers
of. Cycle racing, the success of the enterprise
seems assured. Race meets will be held twice
q week
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
New Ticket Office.

4 The corner room In Pillsbury building,
Nicollet and Sixth street. is now occupied
by the Omaha Railway Company, and is
the most handsomely furnished ticket
office in the country. The entire fur
nishings are by Minneapolis firms and
the office is we'll worth a visit. Even the
Sun Bonnet Baby fans given away at this
office are designed by Minneapolis
young lady. Z. 80. - x .t5-E5ss :sAA
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
PETIT IS DEFEATED
THE WISCONSIN CHAMPION LOSES
Van Ingen of Kenosha Proves Il Sur
prise in Golf Tournament
at Milwaukee.

Fred Petit of Kenosha, the golf cham
pion of Wisconsin, was defeater at the
hands of John H. Van Ingen, also of Ke-
nosha, in hair raising finish for place
in the semi finals at Milwaukee yesterday.
Each player covered the eighteen holes
with score of: 81. making it necessary
to play the nineteen hole, which was won
by Van Ingen. .r.ry
Yesterdays play brought the various
contests down to the finals, which were
played off to-day. ]. H. Van Ingen
and H. S. Blake battled for the Milwaukee
Country Club cup. In the second event
Ashley Dixon had Allen Hibbard as a
companion. j.. S. De Moss and B. Petit
strove for the third cup and c. P. Spoon
er and R. D.. Bokum were pitted against
each other In the last event Thirty six
holes were played K. =
The match play rounds played yesterday
in the annual tournament of the Shine
cock Hills Golf club on Long Island have
narrowed the contest down so that for
mer Champion W. j.. Travis and U. A
Murdoch Of Shinnecock met to-day in
the finals at thirty-six holes for first
honors. sE-- - =
In the morning matches Travis made
the course in 70 and had no great difficulty
in disposing of George T.. Brokaw o1
Princeton, who made it in. SIS. '~
Daniel Chauncey Of Dyker Meadow ha(
T. G. Thomas, Jr., of shinnecock beater
at the fourteenth hole. The match be.
tween c. T. Richardson of shinnecocl
Hills and IS. P. Nash of Columbia was
| stubbornly fought hole by hole. and the
victory. only went to-, Richardson at Tho
| nineteenth. ,.- ~ ~
Allen Kennaday, the New Jersey state
champion, and U. "A Murdock also had
close struggle. Murdock led his opponent
almost from the start and was at times
as much as three up. Kennaday pulled
up during the last holes and by running
down a forty-foot put on the home greer
made the score all even. The nineteenth
was halved,, but Kennaday got int
trouble at the twentieth, losing it and tn,
match. I,.. s,ss ., .;.=s,. 4 f.. y
Murdoch had another close match il
| the afternoon when he met Chauncey
The latter was three down at, the turn
but braced and made the score all ever
at the sixteenth. Then Murdock took tn
next two holes and the match. :
j Travis beat Richardson in the Afternoon
| by two up and one to play Is t+
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
REFUSED TO PULL

Jack Bowen Resigned Rather Than
Drive to Lose.
1t is stated that the veteran trainer
and driver, Jack Bowen, recently re-
signed from the employment of a man
for the reason that he was informed that
he was not expected to win at certain
times. The sturdy old New England
trainer is further reported as saying
that in his something like fifty years
service in the sulky, this was the first
time he had ever been given to under
stand that he was to race his horse tc
lose instead of to win. The old gentle
mans stand Is most creditab BILE, and he
will receive the commendation of al
right minded men.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09

Trainer Tim Murnane has been so closely
identified with Cresceus (2:024), the cham
pion trotter of the world, ever since he was
foaled. that the news he has severed his con-
nection with George Ketcham will be sur
prise to ,horsemen all over the country. 1t
was known during the week of the grand
circuit meeting at Cleveland that Mr.. Ketch-
am contemplated making a change, but by re-
quest the matter was kept quiet. At present
it is not known why Mr.. Ketcham desires
to make a change Eddie Mitchell. who has
been close to Cresceus throughout his career,
has charge of the horse for the present.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
Rejuvenation of Kimble.

The surprise Of the N. c. A. circuit to date
is the rejuvenation of Owen S. Kimble. tho
dark skinned rider from Louisville, who is
second IN the championship score and who
has been a hard proposition for Frank Kra-
ner. old Kaintuck" has been racing for
seven years. yet he is travelling faster this
defeats him for the championship will hare
to ride very fast
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
Motor Esuces Popular.

Motor bicycle races for gentlemen riders
certain to become popular. People will sup
port any sport that supplies speed and the
fast miles negotiated by the power driven
bicycles, furnish enough excitement for any
one. At Manhattan Beach recently two motor
bicycles operated by amateurs were SO even
ly matched that it was not until the last lGC
yards that one machine was able to pass the
other and win by few inches.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-09
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Tie North Western Line will sell from
Aug, LIST to 18th Inclusive, round trip
600 Nicollet avenue.