The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-06

| car tracks run in the road centers and
| leave scant room for the other traffic on
either side Carriage. wagon, cycle and
other travel, being unorganized. its pro-
tests did not amount to much: The pow
erful automobilists are being heard from.
Philadelphia seems to possess the ideal
system Of suburban street railway serv-
Ice. The rails are laid on each side Of
tho road and of the macadam. Then they
run sprinkling cars with long arms. which
cover half the roadway and sprinkle, it.
Philadelphia boasts as nne suburban
roads as London or Paris.
The London Field makes bitter protest
against the growing Importance of gate
receipts in intercounty cricket matches.
It says that the old English idea Of sport
and that as games are Played simply to
m MAKE y ,s,,fr money: ,n: game lost Is deemed
incident The Field also takes crtcketers
to task for employing gentlemen players
under various subterfuges, such as Of
hcers Of the clubs, secretaries. managers OF
that English cricket has become as thor
oughtly professional and not as honestly
50. as baseball in America. AS the last
erackst epmer st.ha. was very ~ wet one In England
there Is general grief among followers Of
the English national game.
Owing to the incessant rains Of tho
autumn in Great Britain. the great winter
sport OF the Islands. fox hunting. is SO
far failure. The country is sodden
with rain, and hunting in the mud pud-
dies England now seems to be Is al
most mos, Out OF the question Tho lands.
and deep that the passage Of the hunt
over them is ruinous in its effect Farm
g ers object to having their land cut up and
followers to be very careful where they
ride. to follow paths and roads as far as
possible. keep to the headlands and to in
ers. Many OF the lowiand hunts cannot
get out at all.
Fawcett,s great greyhound. who won last
years Waterloo Cup, was beaten in the
Aitcar Cup; run near Liverpool last week.
6y the duke Duke OF Leeds's Lonely Star. by
and entirely swamped Father Flint in a
long trial in the third round of the stake,
which hsd was was @ TOR + ten sreyhounds: Though
There are 100 more greyhounds l infaha IN tran.
ing than there were last year
Rugby football. the English brand. is ap-
parently eutgrowing association football
In popularity in Great Britain. The list
of Rugby fixtures far exceeds that of as
ISOLATION games. Edinburgh AcademicaI
seems to be the best Rugby team In Great
Britain. In Its fifteen men 1t has six who
represent Scotland In international games
with ireland. Wales and England.
The Academicals have beaten all the
Scotch and English colleges easily.
times in America. according to American
ideas. but they play some tricks that |
Americans might take advantage of at |
times. For instance, when q man, run
ming with the ball. has clearish field and |
only one or two opponents to evade he |
will, very often, when in imminent danger |
It past the opposing tacklors. OF course.
he cannot be tackled when he is not car.
rying the ball and. as his opponents may |
be running. toward him when he kicks |
past them. he can continue his run, while |
hey have to stop and turn. Thus he can
pick up the ball or take a chance OF |
writer has frequently seen occasions in |
American Rugby games wheus instead g