The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-13


various competitions. He rode in twenty
races in England, France, Germany, Hol-
land, Belgium and Italy, winning seven
| teen and losing only three. OF the latter
he was disqualified once for boring and
gave his opponent the decision. Eddie #.
i Root and Joseph Folger won the interna
tional six-day race at Madison Square
Garden from field of thirty-two foreign
and American riders. Nat Butler won a
few minor races in Europe. but did not
compete in the championships.
America scored her full mead of victor
les in the other international contests.
Charles g. Sands, the Racquet and Tennis
Club expert defeated the best court ten
mis- players in England.
Dany Maher proved his claim to pre-
mier joekeyship honors by winning 101
| races in England, with a percentage Of
25 of his mounts, which led all the jock
eys in England. Johnny Reif, J. Mitch
ell, J. H. Martin, Nash Turner and Cash
Sloan maintained Americas riding repu-
tation in Franch, Germany, Austria and
Russia. William K Vanderbilt was one
of the most successful winning owners in
France, where he raced a number of
American horses.
Only one international boxing contest
took place, when James Edward Britt,
of aClifornia, defeated Jabez White, of
London, for the lightweight champion
ship. G. M. Daniels of the New York
Athletic club, won several important
swimming races in England, and demon
strated Americas superiority in this
branch of sport.
The international chess tournament be-
tween the United States and England
was abandoned, owing to an accident to
the cables. America needs only one more
victory to retain permanently the Sir
George Newnes championship trophy
Ned York defeated Berlin, boards to 2,
and F. j. aMrshall, the American cham
pion, by 8 games to 1.
In an interesting contest American
| foXhounds were adjudged winners over
English dogs after a series of field trials
| In trotting the United States stands SUI
| preme, as the trotters of Europe are Of
an inferior class, although of American
breed.
Against this formidable array of vic
tories by Americans. Europe consoles
herself with a number of successes.
Americas sweeping victories in the pre-
lininary tennis tournament in England
led to the belief that Beals G. Wright,
Holcomb Ward, w. A. Larned and w.
/ j Clothier would probably succeed in
i bringing back the Dwight Davis Tennis
cup, but their showing was big disap-
pointment. Larned failed miserably
against Smith, of England, after the cup
was lost, and Clothier, who was substi-
tute for Ward, fell an easy victim be-
fore the English second string In the
first round America beat Belgium by
default. The second round found our
representatives still unbeaten. France
going down TO defeat by 5 matches to o.
III the final round Englwand beat Amer
lea 5 matches to 0. The American play
| ers met the representatives of Australia.
New Zealand. Austria, France, Sweden,
Denmark, Germany, Spain, and Ireland.
The entries comprised the champions of
six nationalities. S. H. Smith beat
Holcomb Ward in the first round. and
w. J. Clothier lost to A. F. Wilding. of
1 Australia, in the same round Beals G.
Wright was put out Of the running by
a. w. Gore, of England, in the second
round. W. A. Larned lasted to the
fourth round, when S. H. Smith proved
his undoi1g- The singles We're won by
II. L. Doherty, woh formely held the
American championship. In the dou-
bles. with thirry-one teams, Ward and
| Wright lost to Smith and Risley, and in
the next round Larned and Clothier met
defeat at the bands of Brookes and
Dunlop, Of Australia.
Our oarsnen failed miserably. The
Vesper Boat Club eight-oared crew COM
peted at the Henley regatta. In the first
heat they defeated Christ College, Cam
bridge. by one and three-quarters lengths
but on the following day were defeated
by the famous Leander Boat Club eight.
of London. J. J F. Mulcahy and Viii
liam Verley, of the Atalanta Boat Club,
Of New York, competed in the Hamburg
regatta on Lake Alster, and caused a
deal of unpleasantness by their actions.
| The New Yirk paid rowed for the Kai-
ser'e International trophy for double