The Washington times., 1905-09-03

bONDON. sept Z-Ine grouse SnOCt-
ing all over Great Britain has been
unusually fine this season
Birds are plentiful and in good con-
dition and everybody who is anybody
is busy on the moors ard is having a
tip-top time of it, The King takes the
same interest in ST. Grouse as he does
in all other British institutions, and goes
TO the mocrs when the season opens
first. as all well regulated British gentle
men are expected to do. He is in Scot
land now and it is not improbable that
he will visit Andrew Carnegie al Slxibo.
Mr.. Carnegie's grouse shooting is ia
nous and his majesty likes the man
of libraries. HIS majesty will spend the
week from September is to 70 as the
guest of Lord Burton at Gnelayoich
Forest, Inverness. The Prince of Wales
also is in Scotland for the shootig sea-
son. He has had rare s0ort with the
Macintosh at Moy Hall. Inverness.
The Queen, with the Princess Vic
toria. the Princess of Wales and her
children have been enjoying the fishing
about Mar Lodge and Abergeldie Castle.
Her majesty is an expert and enthusi-
astic angler.
So far from retiring from the turf. as
has been reported. King Edward, IT is
now said on what seems good authority,
is preparslg TO enlarge his racing stable
and TO take even more active and
ii is hoped a more successful part IN
the sport of kings than he has recently
Eleven yeariings have recently been
added to the royal string, and Richard
Marsh. who trains for mis- majesty, Is
confident there are some good ones in
the bunch The King takes an active
personal interest in his race horses,
visiting the stables as frequently as
possible and showing deep interest in
all that is going His majesty is a
fine Judge of horse and knows much
of the art of fitting them for the races.
turf enthusiast has figured out THAI
eight two-year-oids which sold as year
Iinss for an aggregate af $3.50 pounds
Rad wen I'D TO the time of his calcula-
ton lust Ia pounds in purses, while
eight others which cost only 2.3o0
pounds mad annexed purses and stakes
to tho value OF 1890 pounds. All Of
which goes 10 prove that as pure
gambi,. the purchase OF yearlings com
pares favorabiy with the lottery
Danny Maher. the American jockey.
mounts and first in percentage Of wins.
Statistics show that there are about
sos race horses in training in the
United Kingdom
The disposition to do away with the
road speeding contest like that Tor the
Bennett Cup Is growing among Euro
pean automobilists. and il Is not unlike
ly that they viii be done away with en-
tirely. endurance tests being subsutut-
ed. The objection 10 thesc races IS not
alone the danger to the participants
and spectators. but il is held that they
do not furnish a fair test for the ma
chimes and prove nothing. Any machine
of standard make and high power will
go much faster than it is possible TO
drive It. except in such races. What
Is needle therefore. Is. 4 test which
will show the value cf = machine under
ordinary road conditions and in the
future conditions for contests Will be
framed largely with this end in view.
France has taken the lead I'm the mat
ter and there IS little doubt that Eng
land. Germany, Italy and the United
States will IN time follow suit.
The Americans soon VIII have chance
10 see Miss Annette Klllernan, the
youno Australian swimmer who is now
liz training COR anothc- attempt 10 swim
the English Channel Ii is safe To say
she viii he as much of surprise to
the people across the water as she was
TO those here. Her work in the water
really is phenomenal She has swan
from Putney Bridge on the Thames TO
Blackwell. thirteen and qcartor
miles, in , hours - minutes and Is see
onds. breaking all records. and has per-
formed other feats equally remarkable
She declares she wiz swim the Mag
ara rapids when she goes - the United
States. and II anybody can do il she
can. She is only nineteen years old
pretty beyond the ordinary, as grace
full Il fish in the water and almost
as powerful.
strong English football team under
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