Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-22
OUTSIDERS WIN
AT ST. NORTH

81 NORTH, March I2--T'he SKIN le-
newal of the Bobsleigh Derby, the great
est race Of the season, was Won by
rank outsider or dark horse Quo Vadls.
steered by Mr.. Mark Nolda, the youngest
victor on record, he being only eighteen
wears old. His chances for winning. AFTER
being drawn in sweepstakes lottery py
Princess Hohenberg, wife OF ArchduKe
Ferdinand of Austria, were bought at the
auction from her for only LOO francs py
Hon. Francis CurZon, brother or Loro
Curzon, late viceroy of India. Those VINO
accompanied Mr.. Nolda were Miss Netter.
Count Ortenburg and Herr Vandevelde
fbrake) The time made by Mr. Nolda
was 1899 euualing that of Prince
Reuss' famous record of last year, the
latter also being the youngest winner OF
that year.
Another outsider, Mermaid. came in
second. The Dixie, steered by Mr.. w. j.
Orthwein, which had at one PERIOD lookeo
a winner lost the race. but drew the prize
for the speedest time. making the course
in 139. An interesting part or the pro,
gram was the sweepstakes auction, IN
which the auctioneer had pretty SUN
lob extracting bids. The speeds or the
various hobs were estimated by experts,
upon whose ratings the bids were mace.
The results, as on that occasion, are OFTEN
at variance with the appraisements AT
francs each 1854 tickets were sold, and
the pool, amounting to 1900 francs. was
divided among the three first winners,
the tenth "boOby' prize and DONATION
to the course. Among interested spec
tators at the auction and race were the
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
and Princess Hohenberg. Countess Che
Baron Luttwitz, Lady Isabel Wodehouse,
Lord Glamis and Hon. Francis Curzon.
Princeton Track Athletes.
PRINCETON. N. j., March 22.-Prince-
tons track athletes expect to make an
even better showing than they have SO
far this year. Though some good men
have been lost by graduation some ex-
cellent available material remains.
Capt Gamble, Cook. Dawbarn and Jes-
sup are veteran athletes on whom the
Orange and Black depends to win many
places in the Intercollegiate meets. Gam
BILE won both the 100 and the 20 yard
dashes at the Columbia and Cornell
meets last year and took fourth place In
the Intercollegiate in the shorter sprint.
Cook, who is a sophomore, won the two
sprints at the Princeton-Yale dual fresh
man meet last year, and Dawbarn is an
other good sprinter Jessup has an eX-
cellent preparatory school record
The performance of M. Dwight In the
titles him to consideration as likely
winner lin the races over the sticks.
Dwight Is also good high Jumper. as are
Bumsted and Talcott. Talcott Won third
place in the INTERCOLLEGIATE broad Jump
last year Brodemus, McCrohan. Mac
Fadyn and Critchlow are promising III
the weight events Vein, Bredemus'
Bennett and Parke appear likely pole
vaulters in practice.
l.. Frantz. who took fourth place In the
intercollegiate half-mile run, Is showing
good form, and Laird and Bassett Will
undoubtedly develop into point winners
in the distance events. w. l.. MCGEE,
captain of the cross-country team is
consistent two-miler. and with Strong,
Porter, Glover and Chapman. other cross
country runners. the distance event
should be we'll taken care of.
Princeton will open the outdoor season
April 90 at the Caledonian games. The
meet with Yale is scheduled for May
on Princeton Field. Princeton and Cor
nell will meet at Ithaca May ID and the
Navy meet will be held at Annapolis a
week later. The following week the thir-
ty-fourth annual meet Of the 1ntercol-
legiate A. A. A. will be held.