The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-04

Steepleehasing is now in full swing, the official flat racing season having gone out of existence last Saturday, and the sportsmen who enjoy an afternoon with the Peppers" will be in their glo- ". While this transmission is takinE place the breeders are indulging in keen discussion of the stallion advertise ments of 1904. Among the sharps there is an agitation going on for the reduc- tion of fees and in some uarters the idea is bearing good fruit. But there is room for a vast improvement all around and owners of many thorough breds are said not to err in not opening their mouths too wide. Very few peo- pie, for instance, care to pay one hun dred guineas for the service of Bill of Portland, who was absolutely failure on the turf, and his fee seems the more extraYagant when compared with the nine guineas fee of Sir Godfrey, winner of the Lincolnshire handicap. The same reasonable figure is charged for Bread Knife, who, though in the sere and yell low leaf class, is still string winners. But the sire of the future is undoubted- ly St. Frusuin. Unlike his mighty rival, Persimmon, who has simply to stand or fall by Scetic. Leopold de Rothschild's horse owes his position in the list of winning sires to multiplicity of per formers, and so many of his winners are in the two-year-old class that he is like ly to hold even a higher place next year. With such as St. Amant, Fiancee and Pretty Polly to represent him, the son of St. Simon and Isabel may look for ward to some classic winners. One great point in favor of St. Frusquin stock is that they invariably train on, while almost without exception they are gifted with stamina.
 The Melbourne cup, one of the fore most classic racing events of Australia, took place on November and was won by colt named Lord Cardigan. The victory is strong proof of the affinity between Gadopin, St. Simon and Mus ket; for Lord Cardigan is by Positano, a son of St. Simon out of Lady Trenton, by Trenton out of Musket. Positano was selected by Sir Daniel Cooper for exportation to Australia, and when he d1A1NCu LiACi put 1ll lAs etAo in 1897 won the spring stakes of the Australian Jockey club the amount be- ing 445 sovereigns. Lord Cardigan is his most prominent get so far. -.. . The football season, both Rugby and association, is now in full swing in Eng land. The Rugby county championship especially promises to be more open opd ;n+aracfipcs ofYo;r tboy if bas hnap, in years. The Durhams, who have been champions three out of the last four seasons, have already met with defeat. Coincidently, the Red Rose scored. a rather unexpected victory over Chesh- ire and on these results it is not unlike ly that the competition in the northern section will merge into a war of Roses as, in years gone by. It is little pre- vious yet to leave! Durham out of the race. Tn the southern division Devon has beaten Worcestershire, while Kent defeated Midlands.. s ae- s:
 The Ski club of Great Britain, the first of it's kind in the British Isles, has been organized and the first general meeting was held on November 4, and was followed by a dinner at the Cafe Royal. Secretary Lyers read an inter- esting letter from a Scotchman in the district of Lough Ness. He stated that skiing can be enjoyed there from Jan- uary to April During this interval the. thermometer is nearly always at zero lat an altitude of two thousand feet. The place makes a capital skiing spot, for the slopes are entirely free from heather. Many fixtures will likely b arranged there for this winter. The most noteworthy cross-country fixtures: lately were the matches be- tween Oxford and Brighton and County Harriers, and Cambridge and United Hospitals. Oxford has moved to the Old White House at Abingdon road, and it was the first visit of the Bright ons. The course was about seven miles over stiff country, and Cox of Bright on was the first man home, his time be- ing forty-three minutes and four sec onds. For team honors Brighton had six of the first ten men home, and won by twenty-two points to thirty-three for the varsity men. The Cambridge Hos pitals match was run at Cog -Magog Hills in foggy weather and the varsity won by the lowest possible score, ten points. United Hospitals scored twen- ty-six points. !.
 The auxiliary steam yacht Aloha has arrived at Falmouth and has been laid up there for repairs. She was damaged in a collision with the steamer Zoroas- ter, and had her bowsprit, jibboom and figurehead carried away. The scroll work also was damaged and the teak rail and bow chock broken.
 Lee Knowles, M. P, who came here with the Oxford Cambridge team of ath- letes in 191, has been knighted.-New York Sun.
 LOVE IN THE OZARKS.