Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-06
DAY CLAIMS
CHAMPIONSHIP
English Runner Has $1,000
to Wager on His
Ability

SEATTLE, Aug. 6.-B. r. Day, the
| champ on Splinter of Great Britain, is
now in Seattle, says the Times, and
his manager, RUFF Naylor, has de-
posted with the sporting editor Of the
! Seattle Times a certified check for
| $1,000, which he will wager that Day
can defeat any man in the United
States or Canada in race from 100 to
| 1000 yards. Or that same amount Of
money will be bet that Day can de-
feat Alfred Shrubb the champion long
distance runner of England or Tom
Longboat, the famous Indian of Cana
da in one mile race.
Mr. Day is an Irishman, and after
he had won the championship of Great
Britain in the sprints he went to Aus
tralla to meet A. B. Postle, champion
OF that country. The races We're run
at kalgoorlie, in West Australia, and
were promoted by Mr.. Naylor. Eigh-
teen thousand persons paid admission
to see the two fastest men in the Brit
lsh empire run. Day was defeated in
the three races. The weather was in
tensely hot there, and as Day has been
accustomed all his life to climate like
that of Seattle, he could not reach top
form In the interior. At that Postle
is considered the fastest man in the
world in sprints.
Mr.. Day has a record of DAB Sec
onds for the 100 yards; 1915 seconds
for the 200 yards, 80 LIS seconds for
the 800 yards, 81 1-5 seconds for the
$50 yards (world's record on circular
track, AZ As seconds for the 45O
yards (world's record, 1 minute Sc Is
second for the $50 yards, minutes.
% 1-2 seconds for the mile.
His favorite race is the 440 yards,
and he can get all kinds of backing |
against any man in the world at that |
distance. He has been running since |
he was IA years old, and turned prof.
fessional when Is. When only 1s he
beat J. C. Meredith, the English cham |
pion. in the 44O-yard race, and later
defeated w. Growcott for the cham |
pionship of England in the 12O-yard !
dash.
outruns Several Horses.
He was so fast that he could not
find an opponent and then had to make
matches against horses. He beat the |
famous pacing mare Lady r In 100
yard dash for $500 a side, and later |
beat the mare in a race of ITO yards. |
But the mare proved too fast for him
In the 120 yards, and he SAYS he was
never successful against fast horses in
distance of more than ITO yards, for
ne gained most of his lead on the start
and the longer the distance the less
chance he had.
There is little or not professional
in the United States any
more but in Australia the sport is con-
1ucted on the same plane as horse rae
ng. Mr.. Naylor, who is a native of
Sydner and who has been promoting
sports OF all kinds for years, says there
ire fully 700 professional foot racers
n training all the year round in Aus
raliar and some of them have been in
raining as long as seven years, with
'nly slight letup between hard races,
Day once challenged Shrubb to race
1000 yards for $500 8 side, but
shrubb wanted none OF his game.
Shrubb is now in this country. run
ing around Boston, and If Day does
lot hear anything from him by his
from Seattle. he and Mana
'er Naylor will journey across the !
United States by easy stages and cor
Ter Shrub on the Atlantic coast. !
'hrubb is a champion. long distance
unner, while the quarter is Days ia
'orite distance, but for all that Day is
Wiling to run Shrubb mile, and Nay
or will furnish the backing UP to
1000.
Any runner who thinks he can beat
DR.. Day at any distance from 12O to
Il.