The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-16
Mainland Sporting Notes
American Golfers Doing We'll.

An interesting stage was reached in.
the British amateur golf championship
tournament on the Prestwck links on
! May Both, Charles e. Evans, Jr., of
the Edgewater Golf Club, Chicago, be-
ing down to play in the third round.
In his round with Parker w. White
more of the Brookline Country Club,
/ e. A. Lassen, holder of the English
title in 1908, won by up and 1 to
play. Evans did not play his best game
with the wooden clubs, but was so
clever with the irons and in putting
: that he won comfortably He might
have done much better had he been
forced. Evans attracted much atten-
ton, because it is generally conceded
he stands a good chance of winning
the championship Cav completely
outplayed his opponent with the
wooden clubs. Whittemore never re-
covered from his bad start On the
first green he made three attempts at
q distance of one yard to hole the ball
H. L. Cav of Philadelphia defeated F.
Brooke of the Pannal Club in the third
round by up and 1 to play. Charles
Evans, Jr., of the Edgewater Club,
Chicago, beat L. B. Stevens of the
West Dorset Club, up and to play.
American Athletes Invade England.
The Harvard track athletes, who did
mot figure extensively in the intercol-
legiates, began work early this month
for the Cambridge games in
London in July. The Harvard team
will meet Yale in a set of elimination
trials to decide the American competi-
tors. The American athletes will
leave on the steamship st. Paul on
June 2Sth, twenty-eight men strong.
The international meet will be held
July 18th.
How The English Derby Was Won.
Englands blue ribbon turf fixture,
the EPSON derby of 1000, for year
olds, distance about mile and half, |
was won on May 31st by ]. B. Joel's |
Sun STAR the favorite, by two lengths. |
Lord Derbys Stedfast was second and
Royal Tender third. Phryxus finished |
fourth. Twenty-siX horses started.
Sun Star, the winner, is a brown |
colt by Sunridge, out of Doris. He
won the 1000 guinea stakes at New
market on April 26, last and has been
a heavy favorite at Z to in the bet
ting.
Harry Tayue Whitney's All Gold and
Lofts Winans Adam Bede, the only
two American horses to start, were
unplaced.
Sun Stars time was minutes SO AS
seconds, 1 9-5 seconds slower than
the record made over the Derby course
last year by Fairies Lemberg.
]. B. Joel, by his victory today won
a double event bet, having laid $500
against $37,5OO that Sun Star would
win the 1000 guinea stake and also
the derby.
The twenty-siX starters were sent
off in a bunch. Bannockburn soon
jumped to the front with the Canadian
horse Kel dor and Elton Boy close up.
Rounding Tattenham corner Stern,
the French jockey, brought the ia
vorite, Sun Star, through on the rail,
and, drawing away, won in the easiest
fashion by two lengths.
The final betting was: Sun Star,
10 to 8; Stedfast, 100 to 8; Royal Ten
ter. % to l. Adam Bede, 40 to 1, and
All Gold, &C to 1.
The presence of King George and
Queen Mary tended to make the coro-
nation derby a record one. On the
famous downs were tens of thousands |
of persons, including many Americans.
Much American money was placed |
on Adam Bede, John Madden's colt, |
which ran under the colors of Louis |
Winans, and Leopold de Rothschild's |
Pietri, ridden by Danny Maher, the |
American jockey.
King George and Queen Mary, ac-
companied by other members of the |
royal family, arrived on an early train |
from London. With them were a num-
Der of royal visitors from other courts
and many of the lords and ladies Of |
the courts household. Many members |
of the house of commons and house of
lords attended.
THE SPORTING CALENDAR.