Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-11-03
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The Royal Canadian Yacht Club has
decided to challenge for the Canada cup,
now held by the Rochester, n. Y, Yacht
Club, the race to take place in 1909.
Isaac O. Weir, who as "Ike Weir the
Belfast spider" won the featherweight
boxing championship Of the world twenty
years ago, is dead at Somerviile, Mass.
ARRANGEMENTS for Marathon race, the
first to be held on the Pacific coast, have
been made by the Century Athletic Club
The course of twenty-five miles will ex-
tend from Iruitdale to Haywards over
shaded roads and canyons. The race
will probably be run Thanksgiving day.
The Royal Automobile Club race on the
Isle of Man, which was won 81 w. Wat
son. probably will be the last to be run
on a public highway in Great Britain
Opposition to it on the part of the gen
cral public has been strong and, were it
not for lack of jurisdiction over the Isle
of Man, the local government board, of
which John Burns is president, undoubt-
edly would have prohibited she contest.
Ruth Dillon, 4-year-old Sidney Dillon
trotter. owned by Sterling r. Holt Of
Indianapolis, and driven by Willard San
ders. surprised 1900 race goers at Co
lumbus by winning all three heats of the
Hostes-C Columbus stake, valued at $10,-
600. Ruth was nowhere in the betting,
being overlooked almost entirely and sell
ing at $40 in pools of S225. Spanish
Queen was the first choice, while there
was heavy play on Aquin.
ID r. ~ rraIIspu hx Ar-
got Wilkes, driven by Cox, captured the
big end OF tse 5000 purse hung up for
the 10 pace by st. Paul business men
TO. st. Paul day at the Minnesota fair.
At Columbus, Ohio, Hedgewood Boy,
so strong favorite for the free-for-all
pace n the grand circuit card that he was
barred in the first heat betting, was given
a beating by Citation, but the Illinois
mare had to set the worlds record to do
it. Her heats IN ;01A and 2 :03, fol-
lowed By Hedgewocd Boy in 2:02A, are
the fastest two ever paced by mare in
race.
Alleging that Battling Nelson would
have been physically unable to meet Joe
Cans in the ring on July 4, if it had not
been for his services as a physician. DIR.
Ben Apple of San Francisco has fled
suit for $50. He says this fee is due
from the lightweight champion of the
world.
Whether TO allow cEsen practice this
wear is the question which is botherhg
the University OF Iowa football coaches
at the present time. The abolishing Of
secret practice will increase the interest
Of the student body and Coaches Catlin
and Griffith are seriously considering the
change.
In the free-for-aIl race for the Ameri-
can championship at the national motor
boat carnival on the Hudson. E. J.
Schroeder's Dixie H. and j. II. Hoadley's
Den were the only starters The Dixie
III. won the race easily. defeating the
Den IL minutes s seconds. The course
was triangular, OF ten miles, covered three
tipzs-thirty miles in all The Dixie
II. covered the course IN % minutes 81
seconds. or 1895 miles en- hour.
A meeting Of the presidents Of the
locker club racing in Ontario and Que
bee was held in Toronto. From this meet
ing viii develop the Canadian Racing As
ISOLATION. which body viii assume con
troll. OF ne turf in the Dominion