The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02

| four lengths but for that the race
| might have gone to Lord Derby,
The gamest performance ever wit.
| messed on a race course was when Dun
| dee, after breaking down on more than
one leg and falling back, made final
| effort, and repassing Diophantns. who
had won the 1000 guineas. secured for
| his hackers the enormous sums that
| had been bet among them in their
places. The winner Of the race was
Kettledrum. who had run second for
the .2000- He was afterwards beaten
by short head for the ST. Leger. and
then came the extraordinary spectacle
OF the winners of the derby and Oaks
running dead head for the Doncaster
cup two days later.
In the race Diophantus held clear
lead through the furzes, with Kettle.
drum close up. Outstriding the other
one, the latter led up the straight until
| Dundee, who had been bumped, pulling
! double, emerged from the ruck and, gal.
Looping on the high ground as Thormau-
by had done, raced down the straight
level with him, but on the other side
of the course. Shouts of HDundee
wins!' were raised At this moment
nearing the stand. he broke down and
dropped back, notwithstanding which
by great effort. he beaded Diophantus
again and momentarily got up to the
quarters of Kettledrum. when he broke
down on the other leg In his crippled
state he could not maintain the effort
| and was beaten by length.
Should Include shotput.
1t seems unfortunate that the Oxford.
Cambridge athletic authorities could
not see their way clear to including the
shot-put in the list of events for the
coming international track and field
meet. 1t could be substituted for the
hammer to advantage, although the
Americans are eager TO keep the ham.
ner, too. Putting the shot is much
more interesting than the hammer
throw, and as England probably would
be beaten in either event substitution
would make no difference in the out.
come of the meet
The Americans already have yielded
in the matter of the hurdle race on
grass with fixed obstacles No one will
ever understand why the Englishmen
prefer the fixed hurdle, as il is dan.
gerous. 1t would have been easy TO
cation of any runner who knocked over
a single hurdle.
cannot entirely agree with the
American point Of view in the matter
of the distance run. When the chal.
leuge was sent the Americans knew the
three.mlle run was planned and there
was no reason why they could not have
set TO work preparing men for this
event Distance running is in a bad
way at Yale, and only recently has
found fair recognition at Harvard.
There is no reason why the Americans
should not be asked to go two miles.
Harvard had good crosscountry team
and the best men on the squad should
have been kept at work for preparation
for the three-milc event. There is
some reason in asking for the addition
of so good an event as the shot, but
there is no excuse for failure TO pre-
pare for the longer distance run.
Should Name Desires.
In the main, chailengers should not
be chooSers, and The word 'ultiInatum.
describing any message between the high
contracting parties, Is unfortunate. Let
the Americans ask for what they want,
cision with good grace without sending
any ultimatum. real, or so-called The
Americans should take things as they
find them In England. and compel the
Euglishmeu TO do the same. Having
swallowed the regulations governing the
hurdles there is no reason why the Amor
/ They asked for the meet and they should
have looked over the ground before they
challenged,
The BIackpool summer steeplechase will
he held in August The events include
the Ionsdale gold cup handicap steeple-
chase OF $50 the Walker gold cup ham
dicap hurdle race of sl.250. tho corona
tion gold cup handicap steeplechase OF
$1,000, the Clifton park grand interna
tlonal handican hurdle race of $4,000.
Abe Attell. II IL said, desires to meet
Jim Driscoll AT 125 pounds. or any other
prominent English featherweight. for
whom Attell VIII make l22 pounds ring
side.
Ted Marks, who arrived from New
York recently with authority 10 make a
match on behalf OF Atiell. will be glad
to receive reply.
Has II. p. Delivery.
There is at least one baseball player
in the big leagues who is sure of the
united support Of all motorcycling
baseball fans, and that is James Scott.
pitcher of the Chicago American league
team. Scott has just become a motor
cyclist, and full -f1edGed one at that,
for after purchasing 7-horsepower
machine ho Joined the North Shore
Motorcycling club, and the fans al.
ready TO have christened him appreciate.
ly: the motorcycling kid, -
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