New-York tribune., 1902-03-17

thousands Of people every day and night The
week. and there seems to he lrrle chance of any
falling Of in the attendaInce up to Wednefiday " i
Saturday afternoon the Garden was fairly packed
o72re5 h%- Lon af5r3e tba arrned guide con-
unue To attract much attention. LabT4e IS fond
like kittens Miss bessie CrGikshank the thirteen
year-old girl who has done So vel at ny caSjing IS
She Is in the arnrhit6eatre The little miss really
frightened out all OF the women ny casters VINO
women.
Only one game Of actual Importance remains to
lie played before the hockey season VIII be brought
TO a close. The New-York and Crescent Athletic
Club teams are expected To- meet on the ice at
The Clermont avenue RaE on Saturday, F.sht ,s9 ana
ought =. result The teams are, Eca F -. e1 tr9
have defeated the Grescents both times they have
was beaten BY both the Hocicy club, and St
Hcf99s Of 6e5 seams teams ne e eS ook Ike a" even
proposition with IobPE oacg. ~ N. CtesetLI sl't;
have slightly the better Of II. ANY way IL may be
se9Ne' see The success of Yale in the aerc"isEiate
championship ought TO have been at,irls & a}egt {t
hockey players in the Amateur League were fooled
on Friday night Yale's superior team work car
eTs It is expeclea that both Cornell and Fem
sylvania will have teams in The laJerc2itel5iaIIe
trainer sald on Saturday night that he considered
hockey of the greatest games, il not the best
played by college men to-day.
There is considerable activity in the horse racing
world at present. Next Monday the racing season
in the East viii begin at the Jennings track az
Washington, and from that time until November
/ 10 when racing viii end in this state the follow
From M Benngs the Sport viii move 70 Aqueduct
where the management promises racing ana accom-
last year. The warmer weather Of the last week
to GET their thoroughbreds out on track and road
for the preliminary saliops me ana4ls "fre so SO
/ class of thoroushbreds viii be seen in public until
the Morris Park meeting, which follows the two
weeks sport at Aqueduct- The backward season
and the frequent sno"storIns nave hanaiGappeI lne
expected 10 be ready for racing at BenninGs and
AGef9rGT setin viii The probabiity that TOD sloan
viii receive license from the English Jockey Club
I Of the Atlantic VINO have always admired the
sometimes eccentric but always competent jockey
I Friends Of Tod" say that his vacation from
the track will 90 him good. and that Whfa en- r. Tefq- i-
laureIs in short order.
The Duke Of Devonshirc X. c., being invited
bv the committee Of the House Of Lords in Eng
land recently 10 give his ideas about betting on
the turf said in part. Il have. as you know been
bic time and ! am well acquainted with the sysI
tenn Of betting which goes ON at races b hetir eui
which is alleged take place in large towns
- is 57a r1Toesbio 10 stop betting at race courses
or those pTEae clubs or rooms %@cH f aTe brf f
ting may ADD thai should M if not 70 6e mn m tav9T sfo
yen if pd,sa IS Enough 70 Say 20 hat "' in my
/ anv reasonable person would wish 70 attempt 70
| mt a stop TO that which he deems Impossible TO
stop. I asked why. in my opinion. II Is
Impossible stop this kind Of betting. my answer
would be that there is nothing wrong or immoral
/ IN one man making wager with another as 10 fhe
merits Of their respective horses.
Tom Cooper. the bicycle rider, will follow auto
mobile racing this year. The rumor was rife at
! the Chicago Automobile Show. and investiga-
ton showed it to have a good foundation: The
race meets TO be promoted next season VIII not
want for special stars. FOuTnier and Ford. as well
as Cooper. are sure figure the chief attrac-
ing his coal mine in Colorado, with the coming Of
spring longs more for the money and glory
of he racetrack and sees in the new sport or au-
tomobile racing chance for display OF his cour-
age and cleVerness in field. Cooper has bought
| a new . horsepower American racing car, and
asserts he has ridden half mile, straightaway, on
the road in % seconds. Cooper now wishes 10 open
the racing game by three cornered contest on
The Detroit track. with Ford and Fourner as the
! other of the trio
Lively interest is felt in the pool championship
tournament now in progress in Brooklyn. Clear
water holds the lead at present, with clean
soora with Weston second. Keogh. Stofft and
9Krorrick are tied for third place, each with two
,.;ctnries and defeat. The games tonight will
g,a between Eby and Walsh and keogh and Wen
III, A table showing the games won and lost by
"a Oh competitor Is as foHo"s:
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