The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-09
FIGHT BETT|NG
OFF COURSES
Authorities in England, Scot
land and Ireland Take Steps
TO Enforce Law.
BY JAMES DAH1eREN.
Cable to The Tribune.

special Cable to The Tribune. ~
LONDON, April S.-The authorities
here, in Scotland and in Ireland, have
started in to enforce the law against
betting on the races outside of the race
courses. And now comes word that
the government of Holland intends to
expel the English bookmakers doing
business in Holland. According to an
appeal to the Dutch government against
the proposed expulsion of the English
bookmakers, the postofice at Middle
burg soils them annually $125,00o worth
of stamps, the Flushing postofice S4o,-
600 and the Goes postoffice $6250.
The Amateur Swimming association
has put ban on races between oppo-
site sexes. Miss F, Smith, lady swim
mer, says the association is getting
alarmed lest the Improvement by the
fair sex lead to their supremacy
Another attempt is being made to
popularize baseball the great American
game, in this country and the Ma
tional Baseball association is arrang-
ing to bring over some ''starJ players
from America. 1t is feared, however,
that the game will not be a success
here; 1T is too fast for the average
run of Englishmen. 1t would take
them q day to understand the meaning
of triple play or 'sbase on balls. =
They would have to go home and think
it over,
To Race Lemberg.
Fairies Bayardo, the famous son of
Bay Ronald and Galicia, whose half
brother, Lemberg. won the derby last
spring, having finished his third season
on the British turf, has retired TO the
Manton house stud and his book is full
for three seasons ahead.
Mr.. Fairies representative this year
in the great races will be Lemberg.
The derby winner of 1910 is not such a
rugged fellow as his half brother. Like
two other derby winners he is leggy and
of lighter build But Lemberg is a
smooth, close runner. who imagines
nothing but manages weight admirably.
English critics concede that Lemberg
is the best 4.year. old in Great Britain.
Neil Cow, Lemberg s great rival, has
gone to the stud. Neil seemed TO have
something on Lemberg as a 2-year-old
and last year he defeated the Cyliene
colt in the Two Thousand Guineas, But
Lemberg came back at him in the
derby. In the Eclipse the rivals ran
dead heat, and as both were tagged out
the stake was divided by Mr.. Fairie
and Lord Rosebery. The Eclipse is a
$4,000 race of one mile and quarter,
American Athletes Abroad.
The Rhodes scholars from America
are likely to prove a tower of strength
to Oxford athletes this year. R. l.,
Lange of Oklahoma is the hope of the
Dark Blues for the 100-yard, partlcu-
larly after his 10 seconds at the varsity
sports, He beat his three rivals of
the mark. His countrymen. W. o. lie
ger and G.. H. Putnam, are lne spec
linens of manhood, and after the for
mer S shot put of SO feet . inches. and
Putnam g hammer throw of l4s feet 2
inches at Oxford. one need hardly look
beyond the Americans for the winners
Of the shot putting and hammer-throw
ing events at Queen g club.
The new scheme for encouraging the
breeding of light horses may be said
to have been launched at the Agricul-
tural hall
The distribution of these premiums
is an excellent plan so far as 1t goes,
but it is certain that it will not solve
the difficulty that has arisen of late
years, Personally ! fail TO see how the
government is going to obtain the re-
mounts and the draft an dartillery
horses required unless it establishes
state stud farms. As matters are, the
foreigners stand to benefit just as much
as we do ourselves from the premium
system. True, our war Office authori-
ties are contemplating buying horses
3 years Of age instead of 4, but in TAX
ing that step it is merely doing what
haL 80 ntoJ T.
have beon doing for years.