The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
HORSE SHOW To
Be BIG EVENT
Entries for International Ex-
hibit Total $500, COnstitut-
ing New Record.
MAJOR I. H. ALLEN HEADS
AMERICAS DELEGATION
Sceptre, for Which Bass Paid
100000 to Come Up for
Sale Soon.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN.

Special Cable TO the Tribune.
LONDON, June 3.-The great inter
national horse show. in which Amer
ica' most famous army riders will take
part, will he one of the many big sport
ing events arranged for this season.
The entries for the show, to be held
from June - to June "a, constitute
record, total Of 5000 having been
reached In the military classes there
are 100 British and 50 foreign officers
competing. Entries have been re.
ceived from practically every cavalry
depot in England and Ireland From
Aldenshot one regiment alone, tho
Nineteenth Hussars. has entered fifteen
horses in the jumping classes.
Only three countries-Great Britain,
France and Belgium-last year entered
for the King Edward cup. This year
there will be teams in addition from
Germany. Russia. Italy. the United
States. Canada and it is hoped Sweden.
The French officers Will number eigh
teen. The Belgian team will include
Lieutenant Leon Ripet and Lieutenant
Landrom. who helped to win the cup
for their country last year For the
first time in the history of an Eng
lish show. Germany will be officially
represented by fifteen officers. who are
coming over with twenty-five horses
and retinue of twenty soldier grooms.
The German mission is in charge of Ma
jor Graf Won der Schulenburg.
Italy is sending six officers. Major
Pandohl Will be in charge of the party
and he will be accompanied by the
Marquis Calabrini (master of the horse
to the king Of Italy). Nine Russian
officers will be present. Major n. T..
Allen will be in charge of the United
States party, which will consist of five
officers, The Americans have arrived
and look like winners.
Cricket Player Is Killed.
At Shotton last Thursday Herbert
Rugman. well known member of the
local cricket club, was practicing with
other PLAYERS, when full-pitched ball
was sent in which struck Rugman in
the region of the heart. He fell dead
Extraordinary interest was taken in
some of the last football matches of
the season. on which depended cham
pionships, promotion, and relegation.
Aston Villa s failure at Liverpool en-
abled the Manchester United men to
win the first division honors, while at
the other end Bristol City and Notts
Forest will have TO go down to the Sec
Injuries to players sorely tried Chel-
sea the last few weeks of the season,
and defeat at Gainsborough left the
club in the third position of the second
division table. Promotion thus goes
TO West Bromwich, Albion and Bolton
Wanders. two of the original twelve
clubs composing tho first league. The
championship of the division goes to
a deserving team. all the West Brom
wich Albion players being English, and
for the most part they are local men
Anything tending to do away with
the element of luck and make cricket
more equal TO both sides, ought 10 ap-
peal to everyone. Thus the proposal
''that the side losiDS the toss in the
FIRST match should have choice of in
nings for the return fixture in county
matches, found much favor This,
however, did not appeal to the wise
men of the M. c. c., who rejected this
capital proposal, while agreeing TO the
absurdity of awarding the loser of a
match on the first innings a point.
Sir William Bass's brood mares,
yearlings and foals are to come up for
sale July 10. The brilliant Sceptre is
one of the mares This will be the
third occasion on which the daughter of
Persimmon and Ornament has been
auctioued The first time she was
yearling and was bought by Mr.. Sic
vier for the record sum Of $4,000. Her
next appearance under the hammer
was in the autumn of her 3 year old
career. after she had won all the elias.
sic races except the derby That year
she had been trained TO win the Lin.
colnshire handicap, and for eight
months she was kept hard nj work
Consequently when she appeared in the
ring at Newmarket she looked but a
shadow of her real self. Mr. Sievier
placed a reserve of $4,000 on her,
and there was no higher bid
Sells for 100000.
The following March Seeptre again
competed and was beaten in the Lin.
eelnshire handicap, and immediately
afterwards she was sold privately to
Sir William Bass for 100000. At
Sandown park in July of that year she
took part in that sensational race for
{ he Eclipse stakes, in which Ard Pat
rick beat her a neck, with Rock Sand
third, three lengths away. Alec Tay
lor, who was then training her, will
tell YOU that Sceptre that day was not
half the mare she developed into two
the Jockey club stakes, she gave Rock
Sand fifteen pounds and tho biggest
drubbing he ever received. For Sir
William Bass that year she won the
Hardwicke stakes at Ascot, the Jockey
club stakes. the Duke of York g handi.
cap at kempton, and the champion
stakes, the total Of prize money amount
inc in----1 -=- e ,l65. AS a 5-year.old she ran
three times, but was unsuccessful. "a
fandel beat her for the Coronation cup,
and Throwaway and Ziufaudel were In
front of her in the race for the Ascot
cup. She had lost her dash, which was
harsly matter for wonder, considering
the strenuous life she had led in the
four seasons she was in training
One of the most important meetings
of tho Amateur Athletic association
ever held was that of Saturday week.
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