The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-17
FOREIGN SPORTING EVENTS.
ROiD-W AIMING CONTESTS POP-
tLAR ~ ENGLAND.
Prospect Of . Cornell, Inv aston Stirs lp
PreJudiced Element In Britain New
Crop Of walking ana Running Records
Established IN Paris 'oiieEe Athletics.

| EstaDii>hcu III Paris Oilege NtnIc'rs.
, ad-oaiking contests are attracting m
| extra amount of attention in England this
| winter Judging from the matches arranged
| and the fixtures announced One of M"
most important affairs in this line disposed
| ~ recently was the London 10 Brighton and
! back race of the surrey Walking club The
, distance IL l2Iia miles and ten hardy walk
| lists turned out a. follows: ! Butler, the eN-
amateur champion and holder Of the 81 miles
record 7 Carr. " TAYLOR, A''litt.
| Cote. j n SchoHeld. Crowther. T Co
| lightly " N-vi. and " TAILOR Che
| start took place AZ south CROYDON, from
whence the walkers had 20 pass by West o.
minister clock tower, thence 80 Brighton
| Aquarium and back the same route A. the
! Westminster tower, ten miles from the start
Butler WAS leading. his time being hour ~
minutes 4 seconds. Cole being second about
| y minute behind the rem ainder being in n
| bunch about six minutes later Deducting
| thu time for s,nrpages Rutler covered the half
| journey. sixtv-two m lest and quarter to Brigh-
ton. in II hours SO minutes, a pace exceeding
| five miles per hour His return journey WAS
| slow principally caused by pains In the stom
| ach Schoneld. who is a first cousin Of n
| Curtis. the ex-champion. was second and
| TAYLOR third
Probably stirred 10 a spirit Of emulation
l
| l2-hour record Of Is miles 50 yards made nj
| the Royal Aquarium last January ran n
| twenty -four mile road race. for bet of
| 500 The conditions Of the race we're that
| the intrepid ped should make tho best Of his
| way from I.srkhsll Lane to Hampton Park
| Court and back. he distance TO DO covered
| inside Of hours 40 minutes. n Iv"v
| Of the Ia kehall Tavern bet the 500 that Hart
would not come home in that time and e.
A
| of several thousand persons turned out 10
SOC the start and they save a sreat send OF,
TO the runner as he sped away IN the direc-
ton OF Wimbledon Common, Hart rea ched
| the turning point beyond Kingston Vale in
| hour ) minutes 20 seconds and complet cd
the distance in 2 hours % minutes u as.
| seconds thus having nearly 8 minutes 10
| SPARE
The Duke Of Portland's bay colt Great ORE 4
| il nominated for next years Derby and he
| got his name from a woman. a green grocer
and possibly a spice OF superstition in the
| owner. II he lives up to his divination he
| will win the blue ribbon turf event IN 1909
| for the woman In a dream saw horse Of
| his color name and ownership doing So
| and his Grace shortly aftervard saw the
| name on green grocer's cart. The bay
| colt was then and there entered for the Derby.
| and named Greatorex.
| The prospect Of Henley invasion next
wear has set the little Fnelanders" talking
| may hear OF another kick from the preiu-
diced element Cornell University and the
and the report has stirred up the same old
| trouble about the gentleman amateur"
question In the latest issue Of the Sport
| word or two on the advent of the Americans
and the veterans criticism has the real sports
man. ring about it; There is no doub,,
b / Canada, Cornell University America, },
To- come over sir & $ Titus America },
the we'll! ;nown ,sculler, too, has, expressed
Diamond. This news has had the usual
effect upon the little Epelanders Of sport
Thu, early The old cry .yn Is being ra,sed Hsn
this sort Of Monroe Doctrine had received
ts qnietus: but presumably i nj 80 There
Henlcr as /, was in the Ioss 20 the stirring
activity and excite ,ment OF boat racing on
| council chamber II really Is amusing to
hear some very-nearly sportsmen looking
anNiou-ly forward to the, visit Of Australian
| cricketers American athletes. &c. but who
| pooh pooh the visits OF foreign wethob~ >
| Happily, again, mos, true -portsmen, gard
topheles contemplated the blacksliding OF
Faust. ., with perfect Indifference They
| nave no Tears as REGARDS tNe ltltllTe OF BrVl-l
the little Englanders in question
A man of large nature is always cosmopol-
| ltan. and so with sportsmen. Putting aside
| the added glory Of being ptted against some
| of the worlds finest oarsmen and scullers
instead of meeting about the same class Of
| men year after year, there Is something
| eNhilaratng in meeting foenlen whose cradles
were rocked 70 the sound Of the same mother
do or die is not yet dead, although from
| the rawlings of some 1t looks very like it, There
ls no rason dSrc at all for Wishing to ex.
| open competition. Foreign crews are GER
tainly improving hand over hand, and can
this DO the reason OF the li'te anglanderl
sake Howc ~er sRa have S, Ve oc.
cnson 70 touch upon this subject further
The annual angling carnival tookvplace
| this year at Hastings and il was BY far the
biggest competitlonn IN open;sea fishing ever
TO 70 500 The anglers we're divided into S ,hTes
parties those who nshed from the boats and
and Hastings In the boats we're six classes
Class. for the South of England champion
| W. c. Forth of Bath with q hounds ounces
| From the boats. were landed one ton and
three-,Guarters Of fish. The Mayor of Hast
| teen in number.
new crop OF walking and rinning records
was ,latelT cstnhlisnGd az Paris The best
I
| was II Kilometres 233 metres, standing 10
| the credit of Desire lesy. In bad weather
| Eugene Janvier r"red OF II kilometres and
| Ia metres 4 kilometre Ia equal 10 / oot
| Yards and metre measures 3oinches In
the hall hour Janyier covered kilometres
| 900 metros. or 80 metres better than The
| previous record by I.esy. AZ the enclosure
| OF the Pare DIES Princes Veladrome Paris
! Neven. ion g-distance runner. made new
figures for four and five thousand metres
| Ills time for the shorter distance vas IL min.
| uteS % seconds and Tor the longer 10 minutes
| - 3-5 seconds
| strange II is that when the American coll
lego athlete is thinking of retiring TO his
! she'll TOR the winter months that l. lust the
! time the EngllShnan comes out for the open
| IN" commencement sports was that OF tho
| freshmen sports at Cambridge tho first week
| nj the present month, 4 good proportion of
| these winners seems certain eventually To
| land their blues. 4 = Williams of Trinity
| Hail Won IN" quarter in ~ - seconds and
mile vas Won by \ y d Smith OF Jesus in ,
| minutes = 3-5 seconds Without being Tho
least extended \ r Welsh. Trinity, won first
| houors in the three miles. his time beiu o
10 minutes 3? 49, seconds. trabbe of Corpus
| Christi won the mile In I minutes 90 3-S sec
onds The high hurdles ended IN favorofE II
| Tcall. Dalwick and sydney, In Ills seconds
| hut hc had only four feet to spare from d "
| Mackrill. Hull and Glare. Although SUI
! fering from sprain. Mackri won tho broad
| feature of the field events was the weight
| throwing Of the Hon G.. W. l.yttol,on who
| pIt tho ls-pound shot ~ feet and threw tho
| hammer 10 feet 10 inches.
| several masters of fox hound packs have
| this year reirained from publicly adver-
| cards to bona tdc members Of the hunt have
| been substituted in order 10 keen aWnv tho