The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-04-02

The races were run under cloudless
skies at Bennings yesterday. There were
no stakes and none OF the races possessed
any special interest
The best race on the card from a rae
ing point OF view and from betting
point OF view was the NTH, a selling af-
fair at seven fIriongs. which brought to-
gether several winners at the meeting In
Torchlight. Unterock, Paul Clifford, Fus-
tisn and Queen Elizabeth. John Huggins,
who was the trainer OF the English string
for the late william C. Whitney, was a
visitor at the track. He saw. for the hrst
time IN nine years, racing over an Amerf-
can track.
Tom Cod Jumped away in front In the
first race. followed by Monte Carlo. In
the last sixteenth, when Tom Cod was
winning handily, Shaw began to ride ono
OF his extraordinary finishes on Monte
Carlo. When the latter began to overhaul
Tom Cod. Little O'Connor got ratified and
in drawing his whip let go Tom Gods
head. so that he stumbled and all but
fell. Tom Cod was the best, however. and
recovered In time 10 beat Monte Carlo a
head. Mrs. Frank Foster was a poor third
IL was two-horse race In the second
all the way. In the last sixteenth Allen
Avon drew away under a hard drive and
won by a short length from Delaval The
break beat Cb,on,st in the third race He
was away poor and was sewed I'D In "A
pocket To the far turn. where he mad ~
go TO the outside. Tugai Bey, running in
front. made all the pace and won in u
hard drive by one-half a length from
Colonist
The fourth race was won by First Born.
with LATHE Woods second and Fergus
third
In the nth race Paul Clifford won. Sc
tauket second. Thorneycroft third. Scotch
Thistle won the sixth race, Eclectic sec
ond. Early Eve third.
COLLEGE FENCING.
Seven teams OF three men each. repre-
senung West Point, Annapolis, Column
bia. Harvard. Yale. Cornell and the Uni
versity of PENNSYLVANIA, took part I'm the
tournament which began In the gymna-
sum OF the New York A. c. last night
To take part I'm the IS bouts. Iss bouts
VIII be necessary 20 decide the team
championship, as well as the individual
fencing championship OF this year.
At the conclusion OF the 18th bout West
Point led. having won IS and lost 8 bouts.
The representatives OF Harvard and Co
lumbla universities tied with IL winning
and eight losing bouts. while the Ytle
men had won II and lost l2. Cornell won
nine and lost 10; the naval cadets from
Annapolis won nine and lost ~.
The Pennsylvania fencers made a rath-
three bouts ont of %.
Individual honors were equally divided
between r. w. Honeycutt OF West Point
and ". W. Holmes. the captain of the
Harvard university team. each OF whom
had straight string OF seven victories.
The contest will be continued today.
Following are the individual and the
team scores for the first 20 bouts
United States military academy OF
West Point-F. w. Honeycutt, won Z.
lost none a. T.. Barber, won &, lost 2:
w. r. Scott won 8. lost 4. Team total
Won IS. lost 6.
Harvard universityH. w. Holmes.
won Z. lost none A. Tying. won 2, lost 6;
w Macleod, won g. lost g. Team to-
tal-Wcn Il, lost s.
Columbia university-E. Pitou. Jr.. won
6. lost Q: w. r, Withrow. won S. lost 3;
L. r.. Mahan, won 3. lost 4. Team total
Won IA. lost s.
Yale unversity-F. r. Rowland, won
6. lost 2; c. l.. Lawrence. won 2, lost 8;
A Mendoza, won 3, lost Z. Team total
Won il, lost H.
Cornell university-W. l.. Bowman, won
g. lost 3: II. +. Pine. won 4. lost 3; N:
Hec kheimer. won ?, lost T. Team total
Won 2. lost 10.
United States naval academy OF An
napols--R- II. II. Nelson. won 2. lost 4;
II. q. Knox, won 2, lost D; u. 6. Bick-
man won 4, lost 5. Team total-Won 2.
lost L.
Frick, won /. lost 6: II. j.. Fle'scher. won
J. lost 6; A. G. Brand, won j, lost ].
Team totai-Won 8. lost 10.