The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-24
SPORTING EVENTS D. ].
ION: j TRACK 'C|' A!|N|.D| D
Races on Water Arouse Enthusi-
asi1 Of College Men
Generally.
AFTER TENNIS TROPHIES 1: HES.
Stake Events at Shecpsllcad Bay
70 Bring Out Best Horses
in East.
Err TENNIS Fl, TR0PHlE s.

NEW YORK, Juno 23.-'rl,o week Just
beginning will bring nn anusua,ly
large number OF events OF wide IN
terest in athletic circlss, particularly
to the colleges. The chief OF these nre
tho great Intercollegiate regnttn on
the Hudson River at Poughieepsie on
"Wednesday and tho Harvard co,,-
test for aquatic supremacy en- the
Thames on Thursday.
In England American representa-
tlves Will meet Englnnd's lawn tennis
experts ut Wimbledon on Monday. and
on Tuesday will begin at NlssahickGn,
Pn., In the women's natlonai .enni.
Championships for this co,v1try.
The play at Wimbledon, beginning
to-morrow. promises to ba notabla IN
spite OF the fact that highlands
mier players. the Doherty brothers,
Lawn Tennis Association has sent over
Beals G. Wright and Karl II. Behr to
try to l,ring back the Dwight r. Davis
cup, which the Dohertys carried away
several years ago. and which no team
yet sent abroad has been able to res
gain. A. q. Wildng, the British cham
pion in singles, and Norman =.
Brookes, the Australian. on whom tho
Britons lay their greatest hopes to
retain the trophy
Miss May sutton, OF Pasadena, Cal,
will have her old foes. Miss Enstlake
Smith and Mrs. l.. Chnmberpp both OF
WHOM sho has defeated, and Miss Low
ther and Miss A. N. G. Greene, to fight
for tho wnmen.s championships.
Tho cruising race OF scventy-twoI
miles OF tho Indian Hnrbor Yacht
Club will start off Greenwich. Conn,
Tuesday and finish on. the Bartlett
Reef light vessel. ,f.
Polo will be played during the week
at Meadow Brook and Wissahics, Pa,
Tuesday. play in the womens national
lawn tennis championships begins,
4 with a goodly number Of excellent
1 players. Saturday the motor boats
will have an inning In twenty and
thirty mile races on the Hudson.
Big Turf Events.
Saturday promises to be red -lctter
day In the years turf history. On
that day, at Sheepshcad Bay, two
Great Trial for tWo,y;ear-olds and tho
i Coney Island Jockey Club stakes for
Ithrce-year-olds Tho guaranteed cash
value OF each is $4,000.
1 Tho youngsters will run over six fur
longs. while the three.year-olds have
\ a journey OF mile and half before
Il them.
4 Al eacA fdce tHe pest norses IN tEa1n-
Ing will face the starters. Tho two-
. year-old event Will practically deter
mine the best horse of this division.
James r. Keenes ,Colin doubtless Will
n be the favorite. but to win tho race
he will have to beat such good animals
7 as Cohort. Monopolist, Harcourt
{ Chepultepec. Wave Crest. Ben Fleet,
King James, King Cobalt, Lady Whit
i fred, Firestone and Beaucoup.
: For the other purse the Keene stable
, will send out the favoritc-a horse that
, is believed by all turf followers TO hold
the race safe-Peter Pan. Flo meets
!, Faust, Montgomery, the runner up in
] the suburban; Salyidere, last years
, champion -ynnreOld: Charles Ed
! ward. George s.ardlayis, Electfoneer
i Alteration. Observation-Disclosures. Yankee
) Girl, Arctic. Frank Gill. Tony Faust
and other good horses.