The sun., 1903-08-02
FOREIGN SPORTING GOSSIP.
TWO kEENE HORSES SOLD Ar
AUCTION AT NEWNARk
English Receive American Rifle rs,,,,,
Victory Well With One Slight "k,,ny
The Ubiquitous Duffy stin Winnie
Sprint Races--W0rk OF the Swiru.,'

Sp" A~@00o--""Fm VI 'he swimmers
The Newmarket blood stock sale on univ .,
was enlivenad somewhat by the bidding =.
q few American horses Two OF tn.so
kearsarge and Chacornac belonged ia A.,
keene. The former was bought for 90,
guinens and the latter for 4sO. Dominic II
an American bred horse winner of the Nav
market Stakes four yoars ago WAS knocked
down to MIR. Fraser for $50 guinCas ara
1t Ia said he will be sent to the stud Sixteen
horses In training and owned by J. Lewa
brought a total Of $3.50 guineas The inn
price Of this lot WAS 500 guineas for Innnv
Slave. a four-year- geldng out Of Good
Lady, by st. Serf. Boss Boy, by Kendal
sire of Galtee More. out of Sen Air, fetched
the nice price OF Oi0 guneas. and the pur-
chaser was j. y. joel The same buvor
scored the top bid for Dorothy NJ, h!ly
by Florizel H.. out OF Assay: and the fyrs
was 700 guineas
A fine catalogue of yearlings was disposed
OF ON July 10. there being seventeen lots In
all. Lord Rosebery sent In ten, and they
total Of a.2s5 guneas. Trainer sam Daring
paid the top figure for n brown fIly by
Ladas. out Of Corstorphere. by FoIhall
She is q racy locking ga ana,ma aaIlh9Hgh ~ big
ing day. July is, the principal sale was the
stallion lie Var. He Is by isonomy, out Of
Marguerite. by Hermit. and his best per-
stakes. which no won at Newmarket in 1895
Alth ough he got some winners yet the bid
ding was slow and he was finally knocked
down for geo guineas. He Will 90 to France
One Of the most peculiar hor,e racing
associations on earth exists IN the Australian
bush fertile stTe,eh Of lsad Ns On n Sop
II is called, the FORBES Picnic Rncinr club
inhabt that region, ,,h ONLY 9ps ;b;s imEeins
only by the members and the friends they
invite, which is nearly everybody for miles
around Bookmakers are barred from the
lowed for the copyen'ence OF those VINO car:
to indulge in little betting, No horse OF
over $50 in value Is allowed to start IN this
any scooping in the pools. Horses worth
more money than this invariably start in
the races, but any losing owner cnn force me
horse 70 be anctloned % on tbs ann nin .he Surp'"
Recently a horse named Milo won one
OF the rnoes, and he was put up for auction.
and being worth So9sbbfrafp,y sh bm fayy 0re INaa
In the day he won again. and the owner Nas
forced to buy him again for geo 50 that the
club protea well on the rsnssrGm snrnsrr nfs ,hs
meeting being held in the good OLD picnic
style. wagons. buggies and shandradnns
circling the course. As soon rs the meeting
auced, and the surplus IS handed over to the
Forbes Hospital. a local institution,
The victory OF the, American rihe team
bv the Enslishmen, and there has been very
/ little criticism OF the event; However me
Field in general rSsumA OF the ipatcn mas
u slight kick as follows: -
The particular feature of the Palma match con-
sisted In the fact that II had 70 be shot ior VITA
the national arm OF the country the LEANS Lep,s
AZ roop for service e
| as though this rule may PC interpreted W 'cy
broad sense for while AL ,he teams eaeep, asrns 1ns
nat,eTn the members Of the American team wers
armed with rincs which had been htted Vita special
In ia', whereas this figure Is 10 In. for the ofca
service rife II Is not for us 10 oolec. 70 deva VIA
tion from the rules OF the ma.sn Wnch M n nos ooc
Of the National Ride Associate on but II Is necessary
mention the circumstance IN 9raef 40 cSreS' ss s
which won the inalch. The service ride was there,
bar the barrel and " cannot be denied that 'nis
an mpoa & paI. rood %, deal 70 DO VITA the presence
Of Inc vaTious teams that were represented on ths
occasion The United states n 1 sS masS gerG ure Tts ia
fS,ore Das Of lsa II 0ss
lie and vigor The French team came over "a
learn something about conditions that were were quit ",
they use cartridge which differs IN bullet and other
sncc Tor extended distances, and the vital Tpor'
| tance OF studying the conditions OF ayr ana nsnI
they know but ile ana & taty n1pTT se 40 GOOD show
| against their more practised competitors. me
| NorWegans came because they knsw ihcS coe!a ,,.
,hont. Admittedly they were unfamiliar win our our
long distances, but they held tnc view that the
main idea was 10 shoot right on, and ludge VIM G'
they went by the e TSnas nSa Ispe be result Of o
/ last shot SO far had they carried tne praE,lcs
Of shooting stand ng that they shoWsn EntI:ess Ns
hits at s6o yards from this position II would Gr
superiuous TO give reasons Why the, EnGnin team
Mind md nd eXccptlonai capacity TO judrr they
| won last years match, rotwi'hsianong CERTAIN
difficulties with the ammunition. ,,,,,. ,,,r
Tine American team who won tht Hlacn' ushN
! the same kind of ammunition rs last year were pt
frcnded in similar manner rrScS lMS ,s,iSi. 'sS.
! on accoun, Of Irregular elevation In me anmGRs-
! tion, They were not even sure whsrc 'hG H"%'''
sy but one Of nsr moS TnoI SHt .s Of SFH e tnon Me-
| tallic Cartridge Company a'kng feI ~, asas'S'e I,
| The outcome was the Thomas onilnt' ,t; N.;.n ~
, once nut up the scores with tho service rler'N J..
level not previously experienced except WIZ m''"
sights. .,o..,.,,,e ., evolved
that Major Fremanie wrote. IL srca i"yI, "a
| eulogy In his official report OF laS' car .,,m u
Now We have not onlT nHnanei I'VE. n snr :'rrt"s
oi the ammunition. Hitherto We GHyc ,TPR2gr 4 PjRS.r
high pressure, but thc is tors reached b. 'E' ne"
! cartridge seems to give no trouble. ...,,,
The sharseteTstr men%S S OF nG TaTS rro. rc '1
apparently unSkillcd in the arr OF ~'nd .as,s
s OF Sne oG mi }as T%rs p9rS5 ,as .
| ditiSn, affecting the flight Of the bullet ;I@n ~
| behavior OF the rlgs. Cols, Gibbs and H2pa'r,
acted as coaches for the ErsiisA uan Fnf,
eyes were glazed 80 ~ speak 10 lWo DOW, t,
| scopes and the results vi their GhSrNh'.pbS W.,
! communicated 70 the shooters. IhC GoaG ,rs1
| American team, on tine 0ther hnla. h., Ir
! very Ntte with his men. who Ncc!r al hTs1+HNF
. dlvidual lrarlsmen. TIE day vas I?' hnd ~
wad was blowing across thr Ttr6e on M Ssf Sp.
ponents DESCRIBED II ~ ge lWAt on OF Nri,gI,, y,
weather. and they were couScduent! ia} rts n.
British team would have liked VIVA, Is know" 70
tish tail wind, that Is, one blowing un or op""
~. range, nTst annttrng to ole S'dSs SHschiT.,
which is the speciality OF tho BrtlSA team, Ws'
fully countcrbalanced b. iNr advNinEeN ol |,T w.
ing possessed by the most HanGrr1dSh'""' r'".
Arthur r. Dufy. the ubiquitous snrMt".
and, according 20 reports e doMf ven, ,I
has lot of fixtures in EUglnnd ireland AIi
Scotland in front q! him and WIN hi' h1,Ij
persistenCy the man from GtorErtoWg VA.
make hay while tn" suE shines, NJ thr+u'uI,@l,, @
meeting Of the Birmingham &C, hfln nH i,p
WarwiCkshire County Cricket grounds Wn
July II, Duny was the great ATTRACTION ,' NV
{ appeared in thr scratch 100 wards anu Nu'
in the fine time Of 80 seconds IilH W.
est opponent was H. +, rrs!nc2rof me ~, ~
T. G., who was three yards away when Pu''
While In the neighborhood Duty w1itss..
until July ~ for the Stonehr,dgc. lheTs IA
was agnn victorious, winning the !nl IN naoII. "!
seconds fiat. The Midland countie"
yard championship was held nt ~" : III,
meeting and the winner was Il. "AuS'''
and the time a. ~ seconds. u.,
/ The crack swimmers had goll illnr inI
wear nj the Lite Saving So"ic'lrA CHrhlh'.