The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-08

A[L ENTRIES IN
For TRACK ! B MEET
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Saturday Night Will See Large
Gathering of Society People
and Sportsmen.
ALL PRACTICALLY READY
Numerous Events Will Follow
Each Other i'll Rapid
Succession.

II present indications point true, on
Saturday night, as the entries for the
hrst evcnt--the fifty-yard dash--fle Into
position and await the signal for the
brcakaway, the Horse Show building will
be crowded to It's utmost capacity with
representatives of society, sportsmen and
college alumni. Never before In the
South has there been such unanimlty
OF Interest and enthusiasm over college
athletics. Never before will there have
been guch coterie OF amateur athletes
assembled In friendly rivalry for the
honors and laurels OF victory.
Every we'll known college, with one or
two exceptions. and nearly every prepar-
atory school will have its colors show
ing In tho various events to come In
rapid succession Saturday night. Foot
ball and baseball will have their follow
Ing. but tho followings Of both will be on
hand that night to witness tho biggest
thing of its kind ever given in the South.
All the entries are In, and they now total
115. without counting tho relay teams
which each college and school Will send
Nearly all the boxes have been sold.
the seats are going rapidly. and by 8
o'clock Saturday night nearly every place
in the house will have been sold. There
will be man.. visitors In the city. for
each team will bring n body OF rooters,
swelling the attendance to as much as
the house will be able to hold
Another Relay Race.
Another relay race has been added to-
the events. Tho winner in the relay race
between the Episcopal High School and
Woodbury. Forest will run against
Georgetown Preparatory school.
The list OF events has been arranged as
follows:
lat. Interscholastic, 5o-yard dash; ID. TO-
yard dash, open to ali: 3D. 5o-yard hurdle;
9Th. final heat, interscholastic dash; 9Th.
relay race between Richmond Academy.
Richmond High School and McGuires
School; 9Th. relay race between Wood
berry Forest and Episcopal High School:
It'll. final 50-yard dash. open to all; SIN.
ss0-yard run: 9th. 5o-yard consolation;
10th. 6oo-yard run, interscholastic; llth.
relay race between Columbia a. c.. of
Washington, and Y 81. A.. of Norfolk;
18th. 40-yard run; 18th. relay race be-
tween Richmond College and the College
of William and Mary: 1ith. consolation
B-yard final; 18th. relay race between
the winners of the relay race of Rich
mond Academy. Richmond High School
and McGure's School. against Washing
ton School for Boys; 18th. relay race
between Western Maryland College and
Maryland a. c.: nth. one-miie run; 18th.
relay race between Woodberry Forest
and Georgetown Props; 10th. relay race
between Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and Georgetown University; 2oth. relay
race between George Washington Uni
yersity and University OF Virginia. 21st.
high jump; I'D. shot put I'D. pole vault.
The last three events will take place at
the same time as some OF the other
events.
o'clock. and will end between II and y
o'clock. The events will follow in rapid
succession. and there will be no tircsome
waiting between them. The officials will
be on hand at an early hour. and every
thing will be ready to start off at the
initial shot.