The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
MANY Swift Performers Will Ap-
pear at English Race Meet
ing Next October.
KING GEORGE PATR0NIZES
THE BRITISH TURF
American Polo Rules Proven to
Be Preferable to Those
Across the Water.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN
/, Icased Wire to The Tribune.

LONDON Aug. 20.-The second race
meeting at Newmarket will be held In
October starting on the 1lth. Louis WI
mans. the big turfman is preparing an
elaborate campaign for his horse, Sit
Martin. Sir Martin Will be sent against
Bayardo and the cream OF the foreign
stables i'm England at the second New
market meeting.
The champion stakes In the big event
OF the second Newmarket meeting VIII
bring out as many fiashy entries as
derby.
Indeed. II all the horses recently men
toned face the starter for the cham
pionship stake. the race Will be more I'M
portant than the 1910 derby.
Among the eigibles for the champion
ship stake are Lemberg. Nell Sow White
Greenback. Mastapha, Admiral Hawke,
Mirador and Rochester.
An amusing circumstance is the fact
that Sir Martin is being trained by one
named Joe Cannon.
Patrpnizes the Turf.
II has delighted sportsmen to learn
that the late King Edward VII. left his
facing stud TO King George V. and that
our new monarch Intends lending his sup
port To the turf Richard Marsh Will con-
tnue 10 net as trainer, as everyone hopes
IL Will not be many more years before
lie turns alit another derby winner. II
was confidently expected that King
George would support the turf, and II is
cnsy to see the. late monarch's hand in
the matter. None knew better than he
That Il king who was good sportsman
would command greater respect and sup
port from the nation than sovereign
who took no interest in sports and pas
times. II Is fortunate that King George
lus keen. taste FOR sports. and II will
do no harfh that he personally favors
shooting and angling TO racing. The
main thing is that he Is sportsman,
which denotes IL broad mind and n fair
manner cf viewing everything,
Lord Lonsdalc the chief sporting no
nieman OF the Kingdom. is lending his In
Sense TO %ttempt TO arrange another
land OF Chicago and Freddy Welsh, light
weight champion of England. Tho fight.
II II ever comes off. may mean the TAX
ing OF n belt to America.
Dr. Roller of Seattle, the American
wrestler. who has been in England to
give wrestling exhibitions, In speaking OF
the sport OF wrestling In the United
States. says:
Wrestling is not nearly dead in Amer
lea. The fact that boxing has been killed
has caused many followers OF boxing TO
turn their attention to wrestling. This
sport is gaining in popularity. Now that
Frank Gotch has retired it leaves the
FIELD OF honor open.
Favors American Polo.
polo team will go to America to play
in the spring. but not To try TO bring
back the international cup. Polo is be-
ing played under American rules here so
that il can re seen where the American
Lord Harrington. who, although 66
years old, stIll plays regularly. and Lord
Woodhouse, heir 10 the Earl of Kim
berley and back for the old Cantabs. arc
In favor of making q change in Eng
land rules The Earl OF Harrington
said; II am entirely In favor OF the
adoption OF the American rules In Eng
land. They make the game faster and II
adopted our players would have to learn
10 hit siratghter and harder than they
DO now.
I ord Nroodbn,s, r,Il. u,, - l.a,,
like the game under American rules bet
ici lhun do under ours. The play s a
lot iastcr.
W. :. Buckmastcr captain OF the old
Cantahs. said: while the game is faster
thc polo is not so good and | don't think
there Is any likelihood OF Hurlngham
adopting the American rules Then the
strain on the ponies Is increased enor-
nlousiy and practically all the fnc points
oi The game are sacrificed for speed
American polo Is fast, but II IS not en-.
Joy1hlc. nor are there many fine points
in i, In English game
Reginald Greenfell OF the old Etonian:
has this opinion: Playing without of
side makes brighter game. II favor.
good hittcrs and hard gallopers. On the
whole, | am not in favor OF any change
being made In our rules. What we woulc
gain Is speed by adopting the American
rules. Then the strain ON The ponies !;
insreased enormously and practically al
ilAfinr points OF the game sacrificed fo
sp%d. American polo is fast.
Again, the pace at which the Ameri
can game Is played puts premium OF
speed In ponies Clcverness is merely
secondary. and II means additional ex
pensc To nll first class plnyers.
There Is every 10 hope that til,
first national territorial championship
meeting viii lead To II big stimulus ,t
athletics among our citizen soldiers
There are many notable athletes SERVING
In The ierrilorials. bat tho recent meet
Ing ls To work up interest amonl
tho rank and file. London easily secured
the county championship at the inllia
meeting, while another feature was Ill,
good showing OF Scotland. The Londo:
Scottish team easily took the honor$ IL
the Marathon" race; tho men having Il
field service liii and get twcIv'
mics on the rond. finishing nj least four
iccn ou' OF the sixteen starters In mill
!sry forinnti9n formation The winner. Who'll
Of / hour, 3S minutes and IL seconds
NOR" than twelve minutes faster than TIN
ing corps for officers. The third team
also hailed from Scotland, that tn
athletes from over the border were wei
Great Irish Walkers,
The craze for long iramps over coun
Try roads has reached ireland. AN
though IL is II country least OF alt sus
ceplibic TO passing fads The WeSto
mania seems To- have made some mprcs
.ion. Sineularly enough, one OF the fore
most disciples of the shank's mare bri
Eadc Is named o. Icary. This man, Pal
,1ick o tcaIy by nnne and from th
county OF Tipperary. Is bent upon emu
luung the deeds OF the long distance me
past and present With the Intention @
tramping 900 miles without tho aid 9
an automobile or any patent food al
tcndant he made start from Limcricl
Striking out straight across the island h
made for the county OF Wicklow a(te
which he took a turn for Dublin, Throug
the Irish capital he went 10 Droghc1
and along the cnast line hIlscd II TO Bel
fast the distancc covered being nbo,
3Oo miles.
From Belfast hc crossed on the boz
10 Liverpool and made his way on foo
n. 10 London. going by Manchester Derb.
y Leicester Northampton and DunStab
n journey we'll on toward 80 miles ii
covered the Distance from Munchest.
TO Derby. which IL sixty-tbrcc miles.