The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05
KING GEORGE
LIKES SPORTS
Announces That He Will Keep
Up Racing and Breeding
Establishments.
BELIEVES IN UNFOLDING
ALL ENGLISH TRADITIONS
Cartwell Says There Is No
Money in Foot Races in
America.
BY RICHARD DAHLaREN.
Cablegram to The Tribune.

BY RICHARD DAHI&REN.
BY Cablegram to The Tribune.
LONDON, June 4.-Those who feared
that British sports would lack royal pat
ronage under the reign OF King George
were mistaken. After a fitting length
Of time the new king will show the same
appreciation in the turf. the track and
the field that characterized the late
King Edward and endeared him so warm
ly to the hearts of his people. Perhaps
the same zeal may not characterize the
new king for his Is different personality
from that of our late lamented sovereign
but 1t will be shown in a great degree.
The boys of the king and queens fam
ny have been brought up To love all
manly forms Of English sports. The
youns princes and especially Prince Al,
pert are all good golf players and oepiJal
bicycle riders. All the royal children
have been taught to ride horseback and
in this Princess Mary, perhaps because
| her brothers, excels. The Duke of Corn
wall is being taught TO shoot. The new
king Is one of the best shots In the Brit
lsh Isles, and his eldest son. who shot
rather well last season, would seem to
be following In his fathers footsteps.
A formal announcement from King
George that lie intends keeping both the
| racing and breeding. establishments OF
the late King Edward. his father. settles
all doubt as to the future OF the turf
| in Great Britain. 1t was feared by many
we'll wishers for the sport OF kings that
this particular monarch was not in SYM
pathy with horse racing, In fact he does
not love the sport as did his father, but
he feels it incumbent upon him to up
OF the royal stud and breeding establish
ment his action would have been fol-
| lowed by many OF the horse owners
among the nobility.
| runner. who is well known in England
| through having appeared here upon the
cinder path, will arrive in Great Britain
shortly to defend his honors against some
OF the English cracks. Mr.. Cartmen now
| holds the worlds sprintlng championship
but he feels that there Is precious little
nourishment In being professional foot
racer in America. Whether he meets
with better success financially speaking
| In England, remains TO be seen. Cart
nell spent the winter coaching the ath-
| Ietes OF the University of North Caro-
lima and In letters to friends in this coun-
| try he complained that. while prize fight
ers were rapidly getting walthy in the
! states. he could not get more than sloo
or so to run in a race against even
the best known runners. Cartmel's sue
cesscs while running for the University
of Pennsylvania are too we'll known to
be repeated here.
Doyle Likes Boxing.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, perhaps the
wants to attend the Jeffries-Johnson
| prize fight In California In July, but 1t
is extremely doubtful II he does Sir
Arthur says that people In the United
| light than they do here.
"If that fight were held in England
l should be among the spectators" said
| he. 'EAs one might Judge from some of
my stories. I am inordinately fond OF
| boxing and take a great deal Of delight
in watching two skillful men spar My In.
| terest has not always been manifested
| as a spectator, but as a participant as
| we'll"
Some of Sir Arthur's stories. notably
| Rodney Stone" and "The Master of
Croxley." are famous the world over and
both deal with prize fighters. One of
his latest plays Is ':rhe House of Tenn
perly," which also has to do with the
| ring.
who has retired. hesought Sir Arthur to
| write him a vaudeville sketch. but the
novelist protested that he is too busy
just now
George e. Putnam, Rhodes scholar
| from Kansas at oxford. and a double
blue has added his comment to the
| mass OF Rhodes scholar reports on ath-
| etics at the British universities. De-
| bothered by the climate, just as other
American athletes are bothered by 1t un
| I'll acolimated, he has done excellent
work with the weights
MY observation has convinced me-
| says Putnam, that The Oxford climate
which is the most depressing in Eng
land, is favorable TO no single form OF
athletics, Almost every practice day is
| damp and cold. The practice season ex-
tends from the 1st OF January to the
| middle OF March. and in This period rain
| falls almost constantly. Under such CON
ditions n weight man or, In fact per-
! former In any field event Is severely
| handicapped, An athlete is bound to do
his best work on warm day. The
| usp q hnr urlC Er,n n<f cNI Ga,il ,lr
| year and I had no difficulty in breaking
all the English varsity records. But
when we met Cambridge there was no
sunshine and the field was slippery and
| fell below my mark In my one more
year In Oxford | may become acclimated
| sufficiently 10 do better work but |
have oiten wished that In my contests
Kansas sunshine and pure air"
Ascot Changes.
The authorities at the famous old AS
| cot race track have carried out several
| improvements in connection with the
First came the new stand. while visi-
| tors Will notice more improvements next
month A double set Of rails have been
constructed mp the stretch. SO that the
| course. so endanGerinG themselves and
frightening tie horses. as sometimes hap
no further need OF patrons OF the five
| shilling ring to cross the course when
| wishing to get to the other side AZ d.
| spacious tunnel has been constructed TO
allow of this. Besides this. model lit
tic hospital has been built. In which there
are two wards. surgery and doctors
| room Thus. II there should be an ac-
| cident, or anyone Is taken III. they can
| obtain prompt medical attendance.
George Gray. tho young Australian BILL
| Hard champion, who will arrive In Lon
don in October, will, in all probability
so home by the way of the United States.
| II possible, he win play a series OF
| matches In some Of the bigger Aineri-
| can cities. Gray WIN come TO England
with the idea OF spending six months
He Is only Is years OF age, but In ad-
dition TO holding the redball record and
the championship of Australia he pos
| senses a certificate from the Billiard AS
| soeiation of England and gold medal.
| Thomas White, keeper OF the royal
| tennis court at Hampton court. who died
| recently aged 72, was probably the old
est tennis player In the world Mr..
White had taken part In many notable