Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-03

$500
to make the Eclipse club famous. He
was 40 years old.
Lou Dillon and Major Delmar, both
owned by G. X. G. Billings and driven
by him, July Is, went the fastest miles
of the season in amateur trials on the
track of the Cleveland Driving park.
Lou Dillon started to beat 2:09 and
made the mile in 2;06A. The frac-
tional time was 0.31&, 1904, 1854.
Major Delmar started to beat 2:0s
and made the mile In 2:051s. The
fractional time was 0:31, 1:03A, 1874.
The sailing committee of the Royal
Canadian Yacht club decided that the
trial races for the selection of tho
Canada's cup challenger from the
three candidates-Temeraire and 20
raya of Toronto and Naniwa of Ham.
ilton-will be held at Toronto. 1t also
was decided to change the shippers
of the two Toronto boats In tlA pre-
liminary trials of this week in order
to settle the question of the challen,
ger.
Grandma Jefferson. p, 2;13h, rec
ord made at Denver, Colo, is the fast.
NNN 'SNai SAh RaAliAb hig VI ll1 pNd
son, and likewise holds the best rec
ord by a 4-year.old Of any sex or gait
so far, She Is an own sister of Nettie
Jefferson, p, 2:10h, being by Jeffer
son, the son of Charles Gallery: dam,
Confidence Game (dam of Nettie JET.
~ferson, p, 2:10h), pedigree untraced.
A full sister, a q a y%oungster, Is
owned by G.. M. Darling of Lyndon
Vile, VI.
G, X. G, Billings, owner of Lou Dill.
Ion and Major Delmar, announced
that the king and queen of trotters
would make their first appearance OF
the season during the Grand Circuit
meeting at Cleveland. which will be
held from July 81 to August 4. He
said that the announcement that they
would start In Detroit at the Grand
Circuit meeting was erroneous, adding
that their present condition will not
warrant either OF them starting before
the Cleveland race meet.
The greatest athletic event In tho
history of the Northwest will be the A.
A. u. national championship games at
Portland, Ore, Aug. 4 and s. A great
deal of interest Is being manifested
throughout the country in the games
and large entry lists have been re-
ceived from the leading amateur ath-
letic clubs in the United States.
Teams from New York, Chicago and
Milwaukee are expected in Portland to
compete in these championship games
and elaborate preparations are being
,,ola d, panaiun oil rl.itt,n Hanna,
Herman Hultgren of Chicago took
the first time prize in the Milwaukee
Waukesha road race July 16. John
Dietz of Milwaukee took second place.
Hultgren's time was 1921, and Dietz's
33:0l. The roads were in such con-
dltion that the record was never In
danger. The winner OF the race was
Joseph Dietz, a four.minute man, who
came In away ahead of all the others.
Ewald Porch. an eight-minute man,
was second, and Charles Welch, with
seven and one-half minutes handicap,
third. Both are from Milwaukee.
For the sake of science In the prize
ring IL might be well TO wish that no
such perfect man physically as jeff
ries will ever step into the ring again.
The ideal weight In the heavyweight /
division would no doubt be about ITO
to possibly 100 pounds. Unless the
man In this case were by nature awKr
ward 1t would not prevent him In
showing stiffness In the ring, which
Is a delight to the average spectator.
The spectators do not care so much to
see n win OF brute strength alone.
They want SOM action for their
money, and for this reason 1t is no
wonder that some promoters can
afford to offer 500 1000 purses to fight
ers in the lighter diyisions.-Chicago
Record.Herald.
Abe Attell is to sail for England the
latter part OF this month, accompanied
by Fred Ashe. a New York sportsman,
who says Attell will visit Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, Germany, and
France. His main purpose is to get
on a bout with Joe Bowker, the En-
glish bantam champion. 81 understand
that he is coming to America" said
Attell. Il am going TO anticipate his
visit and find out exactly how ! stand
in the way of a match. | have been
trying to locate this Briton for some
time. But, strange to say, he has SO
far given me the cole shoulder. But
he can't crawl when | corral him on
his own ground. II BowRer refuses to
do business with me | will try to see
what / can do with some of the other
men in my class"
The ranks of the sons of George
Wilkes, 1922, are gradually depicting.
The latest to join the great majority
Is Erie Wilkes, really one of the least
successful of the get Of his noted sire
as a p%rogen!tor Of speed. He Is cred
tied with only four standard perform
ers, the fastest being Polar Wilkes, p,
2:11A, and Turco, D., 2:12. But two
of his sons have sired speed, and two
of his daughters have each produced
one. It was not exactly lack of oppor-
tunity, either, which accounts for his
poor showing, for he was a member
of the Jewett farm stations
for a number of years. He was 20
years old. George Wilkes was 20
years old when he got Erie Wilkes.
Old age did not avail much in this
case.
Announcement has been made Of
the dates for the elimination trials in
| the Vanderbilt cup race and of the
date of the main event. Robert Lee
Morrell, chairman of the A. A. A. rae
ing board, has applied for the use of