The Washington times., 1905-03-09
GEORGETOWN MAN
BEGINS WINNING
After Several Defeats Arthur
F. Duffey Lands Race.
IN NO SHAPE AT FIRST
Record Holder Is Becoming Acclimated
and Should Annex Fair Number
of Events-His Trip.

Arthur T. Duffey, the former George
town sprinter who holds the world s
record OF 8 So seconds for the hundred
yards, has at last won victory after
going down in defeat several times since
he began his tour of Australia.
Hardly had the reports of Duffey's de-
1eats reached this country when the
wise ones began to shake their heads
and announce that the premier sprinter
was "all in and that he had purposely
made the trip to the isles of the South
ern Pacific to save himself from defeat
in his own country.
Race on Turf
Athletics in Australia are similar to
those found in England, Ireland, and
Scotland. The races are all run on
turf, and as the turf course is not as
good in Australia as it is in England.
visiting athletes fare badly until they
become accustomed to cross country
Sprinting.
The first race in which Duffey con-
tested the Toward championship of Vic
toria he lost in the slow time of 0:10 20
He then started in the 45-yard handicap,
and, being on scratch was defeated IN
the phenomenal time of OF 20, winning
Duffey had not been off shipboard a
week before he ran his first race. In
other words, he still retained his sea
legs.
One. of the greatest pleasures of for
eign handicappers is to put an American
spriDter On scratch IN 1u0-yard daSh
and string men out IN front OF hlm from
two to fifteen yards In 1901 DuTey com
peted in a race at Wales, and the cham
pion of the district was given a, handi-
cap Of fourteen yards, but Dufey was
equal TO the occasion, and stealing the
start on the gun, won out. And so the
case Is in Australia From the records
of the recent Australian championship
the fastest man in the antpodeS cannot
do better than ten seconds for the hun
dred. In that case the handicapping Of
Dufey must resemble the advance hand
leaps Of d holiday event in England, in
that the marks given range from one
yard 10 nine in a 75-yard dash.
Should Win Regularly.
As soon as Dufey regains his form
and becomes acclimated he should win
the scratch events with regularity and
as for the handicap races, the Austria
Ian handicappers will undoubtedly see
that Duffey finishes not better than sec
ond.
Probably the best men now racing in
Australia are II. H Hunter, of Victoria,
who defeated Duffey at the champions
Salps, Duffeys first race, and N G.
Barker, of New South Wales. Barker
ana Hunter ran dead heat in the
championships last year. the hundred
being covered in 10 2-5 seconds. Last
week the winner, Hunter, covered the
DISTANCE n 10 Pa seconds. Then in the
Z1o-yard dasheS Barker defeated Hunter
IN the SLOW time of . 3-10 seconds
FROM Australia Duffey viii go to New
Zealand. and will race both at Auck-
iaiaQ and Wellington. On this island he
VIII meet the fastest runners in the
antipodes, and especially his old rival,
w G. Smith, of Auckland whom the
English brought to London in 1902 for
the purpose of defeating DuTey and saw
ing the Prince Hassan trophy Put Duff
ley not only defeated Smith and won
Ehe Prince HaSSan trophy. being the
second man since 1876 to do so, when the
trophy was first presented to the London
Athletic Club, but also equaIed the
world $ record on grass for the hundred,
running the distance in 0:09 4-5.
Smith Good Man.
In Smith, OF Auckland Duffev viii
meet a foeman worthy of his steel.
Smith has run the hundred III even time
and the 20 one-fifth better than 0.22 At
Wellington Duney will meet Webster
and Anderson, two more good men, but
neither has a record better than 0:10 1-5
Among the men entered in the Olympic
games. but who did not compete was w
T. Mcpherson. OF Auckland New
Zealand This man is one of the best
IN the spfinting line who ever wore a
shoe, and who may race against Dufey.
aMcPherson IS today a pretty old man,
but he has a good sprint left, having
1891 Mcpherson made a worlds record
fer the hundred or grass at, Auckland
and a year later, Hemptoa, of Christ
Church, New Zealand, also ran the
hundred in record time, but over q
ciTder path.