The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-30

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Maryland United Hunts having sched-
uled its fall meeting at Pim!ico track
for Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week and Monday of next week
Steep.echasers are particularly pop
ular here and during the four days
| this class. The stellar one will be the
annual hunt steeplechase for teams of
two bona-fid hunters from any rec
ognized hunt club in the United States
| or Canada.
In this race there is also chal-
lenge cup to become the property of
the club winning it twice. 1t is to be
run over the regulation Pimico
Isteeplechase course. with the addi-
tons of post and rail and plank
fences
Other races. including the popular
ones for 2-year- olds, fill out most
attractive four-day program.
| Nominations will close Wednesday
the fall meeting of the Maryland Jock
ley club at Pimlico track, Baltimore.
The Principal events are the Walden
for tWO-year- oldS at a mile; the Hall,
for three year-olds at a mile and
quarter, and the Pimlico Fail Hands
leap
Among the harnes meets, the most
interesting will be the Grand Circuit
session at the Readvile track. begin
| ming tomorrow, and concluding on
Thursday. The famous Boston racing
plant has passed from the ownership
of the New England Trotting Horse
Breeders association and is now in
the hands of Orlando Jones of New
THE feature event is tomorrow's $25.-
900 American trotting Derby, and
will be followed on Wednesday by the
$50 American pacing Derby. The
I Massachusetts, trotting stakes. worth
10000 is scheduled for Thursday.
| Rifle Tournaments.
| Following the national rifle match
| es at Camp Perry. the nineteenth an
| nual Sea Grit tournament of the New
Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
rife associations viii begin on Friday
of this week and continue to Septem
Der II. The famous New Jersey rifle
range. which was until recent years
the scene of the annual contests of
again resound to the crack of the
marksmen's rifles. The Sea Grit tour
nament is in realty a national one. !
since its most important matches are
open to riflemen of the army. navy. |
marine corps West Point Annapolis, !
and tn emilitia of all states and terri /
tor es The Dryden trophy for teams |
Of eight and the Briggs trophy for
teams of six are the most fmportant
or the matches. OtHef events are lne
Peters trophy match for teams of
three the Columbia trophy for teams |!
airy team match, veteran national
guardsmen's match. the Gould rapid !
fire team match Individual events
include the Sea Grit championship,
Nevada trophy match. Lewis trophy
match, Press match and several 9TH
ers There will also be several revol- !
yer competitions.
German marksmen from all over
he United States and from Europe
Will compete this week at the golden
Jubilee of the San Francisco Schuet-
zen Verein. to be he'd in Shell Mound
Park, Emeryvi lie. Many handsome
and valuable trophies will be award
ed to the best shots in attendance at
the festival
The principal tennis event of the
week will be the continuation of the
tr:-state tourn ament in Cincinnati: Tor
he championship of the states or
Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana.
The fall golfing season will begin
Thur Sday with the annual ournament
| for the championship of Greater New
York at Van Cortlandt Park. Across
the water. interest will center in the
/ irish open championship at Dolly ,