The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12

when he had been acting merely for and on
instruction from his committee. of which
Prince Dadian of NIingrelia and Leopold
Hotter Of London were members He says.
among other things: II see only one means
of satisfying the future competitors; that
somewhat narrow limits. When have made
choice for the constitution of a commit
lee ! must submit to its decisions as long
Sercle des Etrangers.. of which l am the
delegated commissary judge. This is why, to
my great regret. / have seen Tschigorin
out Of the competition: he knows very well
that 1 have done everything possible to
nrlng about q reconciliation. II there is
tournament I held next year. NJ. Janowski
and also Doctor Tarrascll. As to NJ. Alapin.
shall be very much disposed to admit him
the day that the administration will au-
Alapin brought suit against the Casino
management in connection with the Salta
tournament. held there three years ago. and
refer to the likelihood of Tschigorin play-
Ing hereafter, and the presumption Is that
the breach between him and Prince Dadian
is past healing.
The poor showing of the American team
IN the international automobile race in
ment to those interested in the sport. While
1t was not expected by many that the
American team would bring over the cup.
1t was thousht that it would make a much
better showing than 1t did
II must be taken into consideration how
ever. that the Americans were unfortunate
thorough trial here before the race. They
We're compelled to keep the place that was
chosen for these trials-Garden City, Long
ISland-a secret. On most of the DAYS set
for trials it rained.
OF the four races held for the trophy since
It was offered in 1900 this was the first
;Ihere is one consolation. however. and that
is the riding done by Foxhall kneene in one
of the German cars. The foreigners are
high n their praise of his daring riding. 1t
was the opinion of many who saw the race
that he would have made an excellent show
ing had his villicle not been out of order He
turn the tires of his machine ripped. While
repairing them he noticed that the axle was
giving way. Instead of stopping. he drove
a hundred miles. at over sixty miles an
hour. and stopped only when the car be-
came almost uncontrollable. Then he found
that the axle was within the smallest frac-
tion of an inch of breaking in two.
The remarkable thing was that so few
accidents occuurred.The outcome of the con-
test proved that it must have been man
aged far better than the Paris-Madiid race
recently, the horrible outcome of which is
still! fresh in the public mind. The great
speed made by the machines is shown in
JenatZy's average. which was officially re-
ported as forty-nine and one-quarter miles
an hour, excluding stops. 1t is the record
average speed for the race. At times in the
race the machines went at the rate OF
seventy miles an hour.
Bobby Walthour, the champion cycllst.
has had Another offer from the Pare de
Princes track: Paris France. to ride during
the month. of September, and Is thinking
seriously of accepting the offer. During the
winter months. when there was such rivalry
between the two tracks In Paris. the other
being the Buffalo track, they made Walt
hour an offer amounting to 5000 for eleven
races, but Walthour refused these offers. as
they were TO take place during June and
July which Is the best season in this coun-
try.
They made him other and good offers for
September. but he refused them. He re-
ccived a cable last Saturday renewing the
offer. but Walthour states that he is unde-
cided as to whether he will accept or not.
One Of the main reasons that may induce