The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-09
LONDON'S SAD Wall
ANENT SHIP MERGER
GENERAL SPORTING GOSSIP !.

| Superintendent William Pickett. who
since 1852 has been identified with the
/ Saratoga Racing Associations track, has
| retired after forty consecutive years Of
| service He is seventy-one years old. He
| has been pensioned by the association Mr.
4 Pickett and Charles WheatIy. of Ford
| ham the venerable ex-secretary of the
| Saratoga Racing Association, are the only
survivors Of the original officials Of The
| Saratoga track Both are well known 10
/ all the turfmen Of the country.
| H " Kerrigan, of the MuItonomab
Athletic Club. has broken two worlds
| records in an exhibition here. He estab-
| lished new mark of 6 feet SIS inches
/ in the running high dive and cleared Is
( feet 312 inches in the running long dive,
adding 20 inches to the worlds record.
Bob Fitzsimmons arrived at Chicago on
4 Tuesday en- route to California to meet
| Jim Jefiries. The ex-champion expressed
| himself as confident that he can whip
/ Jeffries- In case our match falls
/ through" said Fitz, Il will 20 to Eng
/ land and challenge the winner of the
/ ShaTkey- Rubin fight I am going to the
| coast on purpose to meet Jeffries and
/ talk over the offers that have been made
for the championship battle I an anxious
to fight and will not turn down any legiti-
mate offer"
The Terre Haute 1rotting Association
has announced its stakes for the fall
i meeting. which aggregate to S1O,500. The
entries close May % and the stakes are
as follows: Two OF 81 500 for 2:2S and 2:I5
trotters, one of $500 for 2:2O trotters.
/ one OF SS,oGo for 2:lS PAGERS. and one Of
/ $500 for PA PAGERS
Ching Fong, the laundry pugflist has
! Joined a circus There are a few other
/ alleged fighters hereabouts who should
1 follow his example and be sure and Sc
! lect strong cage
| It is runored that the ninety footer
Navahoe viii be transformed into a
/ schooner She would make a good show
ing with other American sehooners which
viii be seen in German waters. These
/ are the Lasca. the Iduna. Meteor, and
! probably the Endymion-
| The new auto-car for King Edward is
/ Of twenty horse power and is said
/ 10 be an elaborate triumph of automobil-
ism
The prize stake of $10,0g0 open in 1900
for yearIings of that year is to be trotted
| this fall. as also the two-year-o division
of the MatTon's stake, opened the same
years., Geo for trotters and 81 900 for
PAGERS The Matron stake has 23S en-
tries The regular purses Of the meeting
viii be announced later.
The University of Minnesota has con
cluded a test in the national intercolle-
gate strength contest represeting a to
/ tai Of fifty Of the strongest athletes, tn
united efforts OF whom totaled Sc SOC.
This is 1900 better than last year
The German Emperor's schooner Meteor
had a rough voyage OF ii. Bad weather
was encountered almost all the way, and,
among other accidents. the boatswain and
the carpenter had their legs broken. The
Meteor is believed to have excellent sea
going qualities and to be fast, sailing
with lifted sheet" but there is some
doubt as TO her windward qualities.
A Milwaukee homing pigeon club is ar
ranging for long fight from Monterey,
Mexico. for next August. Twenty-three
fanciers are to start birds. The distance
- eLDSNt -szyS A1fEtS Oh du dlFtiuC.
The report circulated on Sunday that
A H. & D. H. Morris Compute had broken
down was shown to be without founda-
ton when the colt worked a mile yester-
day in I:41A
After the last race at Westchester on
Saturday Il. T. Griffin put in claim for
Senator P H MeCarren's colt Peninsula,
who was entered at 81, 700.
The real racing yacht is becoming very
scarce in England According to Forest
and Stream. the clubs offer prizes, col
lect victuals and drinks at their houses.
hoist flags, charter steamers, and fire guns.
But the races are a failure
According to Manager Crowley, of the
club which secured the Young Corbett-
McGovern fight, the bout will take place
in the open' air at the baseball grounds of
Hartford.
kid" Mcfarland says he would like
to get on match with the winner Of the
Gans-Erne fight, which takes place at
Fort Erie on May u.
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