Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-11

for Mayor Julius Fleischmann OF Cfncin-
natl this year, has several high-class two
year-olds in his string quartered at East
Milestone, N. J. Jack Martin, the clever
Redfern's only rival last season. has re-
ported to the stable and is busHy engaged
galloping the horses.
There Is no longer any doubt about the
international track and field meet between
Oxford and Cambridge and Harvard and
Yale this season. The meet will probably
take place in London in July. The indi-
cations at present are that Harvard and
Yale will win because they have the finest
collection of athletes there this year in
their history.
Friends Of winnie" O'Connor have just
received letters from him in Paris. Win
ME- wrote that he. scarcely ate a meal
during the voyage. Most Of the time he
spent in giving up to the fishes and
great place, he says, but he thinks he
will soon be able to make the dudes turn
green with envy when he produces his
best clothes
Captain Joseph B. Thomas, Jr.. an
sponded last night to the call for candi-
dates for the Yale track team that $500
has been given by an unnamed donor to be
used to reft the track house on Yale Field.
the gymnasium tablets of the best rec
ords Of track team performances by Yale
men. The squad was given a dinner late
last night at the University Club.
w. w. Coe. the famous shot-putter, has
announced that he viii enter Yale next
year. coe promises to have much such a
career as did Dick Sheldon, known as the
tramp athlete" also a Yale student for
several years and on various occa sions.
Coe attended four different preparatory
schools in his attempts to enter some
college. 1t was first thought that he would
get into Princeton. He then tried to gain
admission to the freshman class Of Har-
ward, but failing here. decided to go to
Oxford, which institution he represented
for one year. Coe refuses absolutely to
disclose his reason for selecting Yale this
time
The Cornell base ball schedule is as fol-
lows: April 4. Naval Academy, at Annapo-
lis: Z, Georgetown, at Georgetown; 8, Uni
Trinity College. at Durham; II. Maryland
Athletic Club, at Baltimore; ID. Philadel-
phia American League. at Philadelphia;
May 2, Princeton. at Ithaca; g. open; II,
Williams. at Williamstown; 10. Harvard,
at Cambridge: IA. Holy Cross, at Worces-
ter; 10, Columbia. at New York; 16, Prince
ton, at Princeton; 10, University Of Penn
sylvania, at Philadelphia; %. Michigan, at
Ithaca; 30. Pennsylvania. at Ithaca
Fred Titus is doing vaudeville with his
of Edna May, whom he prevented from Sc
curing a divorce. He plays the plano for
Miss Thornes turn. They are now in Eu-
rope. as Is also Lon Jefferson, another cy-
clist, who is with the Ben Hur" company.
Ehe Louisiana Jockey Club, which gives
six-day meeting at the conclusion of the
Crescent City Jockey Clubs season. will
offer $4,000. added to a sweepstakes Of SIS
each for starters for race at four miles.
the contest to take place on the closing day
New Orleans has not had a race Of four
miles In twenty years. The only other race
Of a similar distance In this country is the
event for the Thornton Stakes at San
Francisco.
Jacquelin, the great French sprinter. was
the leader or Major Taylor, Jimmy Mi
chael and Harry Elkes in a voting contest
conducted recently by a Partisan paper.
Jacquelin had 1908 votes, Taylor 5.g71.
Michael 1862. Ellegaarde, the present
sprintins champion of Europe, l.. 1893; Elkes
9,515, Lesna 1884. The vote was on thu
greatest rider of the world.