The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-10
SPORTING BRIEFS.

Bu1alo, July 9.-Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning the twenty touring car and thirteen little cars en- tered In the contests for the Glidden and flower trophies respectively got away from the Headquarters of the Au- tomobile club of Buffalo for the long l,1Oo mile run through six states and over five mountain ranges.
 Thousands of Buffalonians turned ont 10 see the sight and the sidewalks on Main street were blocked with specta,- ors, There wasn't n hitch in the pro- ceedlngs Teddy Dye got away just AS the clocks were strikips The hour. Ev- cry minute after a car followed until all were gone. Everything went with the precision of military maneuvers.
 Mrs Newton Cuneo of New York city was cheered as she drove up to be checked out for the log trip. She is the only woman driver and was accompani- cd by Mrs. E. Berwick. also of New York. Mrs. Berwick Is taking a small black kitten with her for luck and an enormous can of extra gasoline was strapped 10 the running board of the machine.
 Some of the contestants carried blocks and tackle with them. Others were equipped as If merely for a two or three days jaunt through we'll settled country and over good roads. Every man in the race expects 10 win, and while this Is an endurance con- test, if was admitted that some squirting would be done on the road. The special Red Cross cars, carrying nurses an1 hospital supplies, may be needed sev- eral times before Saratoga is reached
 Ogden, Utah, July 9-Parlev Giles. of ! Salf Lake City, last night clipped six teen seconds off the worlds amateur ! bicycle record of 4.25 for two miles ! unpaced against time, riding the dis i tance in 4:09.
 Blsley, July o.-Dull weather with a l treacherous wind threatened carly this morning to interfere with the opening i of the Olympic rife shooting contests. had improved and some good scoring was recorded In the 3o0-meter team competition and in the individual single l and double shot matches. with running deer as a target, The United States was not represented in the team compe titlon, but in the individual matches Walter Winans appeared for America.
 Winans scored 2l In the single-sho, competition at running deer. The event was won by Schwann of Sweden with a score of 25, while Randkin and Rogers of England tied for second place with 2A. The highest possible score is 40, In the double shot competition Wl- mans tied with Randkin at 46, and the tic will be shot off tomorrow
 Tn the i,000-yard individual match Colonel Millner of England won the gold medal with 9s out of a possible loo Captain Casey. of America, for merly inspector of rife practice of the Seventy first reigment, N, G. N. r.. was second with 93 and Blood of Ireland third with 92.
 The camp was full of visitors and bright with bunting the cosmmopoltar character of this gathering of the worlds arksmen being shown by tho fourteen emblems of different nation, floating from nagstetfs planted in a. cir. cle outside the administrative office Of the National Rife association. These flags represent the countries participat ing in the contests, and they are thus placed to avoid all discussion regarding seniority.
 Among the passengers on the Cunard line steamship umbria, which arrivet yesterday in New York, was Charles A Keath, who holds one of the American Rhodes scholarships at Oxford universI. ty Keath hastened to Philadelphia tc join the St. Louis baseball team of the American league, with which he makes his bow as a league player tomorrow He has put in one year at Oxford ant has two more ahead of him.
 Keath Is about twenty-five years ole and Is south paw pitcher He frst appeared as baseball player at th' University of Arkansas. and later pitch ed for the Southern league team of Lit tie Rock Ark. He said the only prac tIce he could get at oxford had beer with other American Rhodes men. New York, July 9,-Brighton entries for to-day:
 First race for three year olds, maid ems, and upward, mile and sixteenth Monocle no, Shadow Glance, Coun Renferd, Montrose Rosario, Coat O Arms. Gramsar, Golconda, Chaplet 107 May Rose, Jig Music. Florence II. 105.
 Second race, steeplechase handicap , for four year olds and upward, ful course about two miles and hilf Thistledale 164, Economy 152, Delcant, dY Creeler l4). Robador 134 Harpist II 133, Queen of Knight S0
 Third race, for fillies and geldings two year olds, five and a half furlongs , Watervleit, Arondack, Helen Harvey 10p Harlem Maid, Cotytto, Weymouth {, Sniff, Queen of Trent, Merry Gift. Guer ara, Mariana Merse, Secret Service Catherine Simpson 99.
 Fourth race, handicap, for three yea olds and upward mileand a sixteenth Sir I.Snewood 119 Fountainblaine 111 , Dolly spankcr lO7, zienap 1o5, Moon , shine e4, Killicrankie 92, Sailor Girl 90 Campaigner S6.
 Fifth race for two year ods, selling five and q half furlongs: TalSahira III Dandy Dixon 109, E,schau Enfield, Xii
 licreen 117, Merry Widow Mystify Chaperon 106, Mobility 104, Dearly Bel 99
 Sixth race, for three year olds an upward, selling mile and a quarter
 Juggler 112, Red Friar, Bartender, Lal
 ly 109, Beaucleere 1o6, Earl G IDA, S Joseph 101, Crackshot 94, Trash 93.