The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-30
Some of Best Equine Sires in
England and France We're
Imported From U. s.
LONDON SPORTING WRITER
SAYS CRICKET IS "SLOW"
British Athletes DispleaSed by
Championship Performances
of Men From Other Lands.
BY RICHARD DAHLGREN.

Special Cable to Tho Tribune.
LONDON, July 2s.-Of the sixty
equine sires whose progeny have won
$4,000 or upward this year on the Eng
lish turf. no less than Ave are American
bred horses. including such we'll Unknown
racers as Broomstick. Meddler. Voter,
Ben Brush and Hamburg. France has
four in the list; Argentine, Italy. Chile
and Hungary. one each Sundridge is at
the head of the list by wide margin.
With more than $4,000 In purses and
stakes credited to his get.
while the performances Of the Ameri-
can horses on the English turf this year
nave not been spectacular. they have
secure place on the English turf
Cricket, England's national game. Is
SLOW according to the recent utterance
OF Larry Lynx ono OF the best known
OF sporting writer's, who says.
Il am afraid II Is true that cricket is
on the wanei I'm public interest. and the
plan OF publishing averages has done
a, great deal towards harminG our ma
matchcs-probab bly, only for an hour or
two during the days they extend over
want TO see. exhilarating cricket and a
proper sporting match during the time
they are there. and not merely part OF
the working towards an eventual object
or seasons average. 1t Is astounding
that whereas all over the country they
get gates regularly Saturday after Sat
urday running into 10000 or SOL 600 to
watch football match OF pure profess
sionalism. created and played mainly with
cricket crowd is considered large al one
tenth, this number. The fact really Is
5hat every player is active in football
match. and game can be best described
excitement At cricket any excitement
is spasmodic and but occasional"
The results Of the recent British Anna
teur Athletic Championship was not en-
couraging 10 British athletes. The United
states took hundred. furlong. hammer;
ireland. weight and long Jump; Germany
naf' inaf' hiEh and pole Jump; Canada. quar-.
and England. hurdles, two mile steeple
chase. and walk
His majesty has just decided to re-
serse his original Intention and will not
now visit Goodwood races this year I'm
nedintely after the conclusion OF the
owes regatta week, Queen Mary. with
me M, royal children will leave the Isle OF
VIII travel to Yorkshire TO join the house
party OF the Duke and Duchess of Devon-
hire AT Bolton Abbey and the opening
'f the grouse shooting season
Birds are very plentiful on the moors
ir0nnd Bolton Abbey this year. and ex-
,enent sport seems to be assured The !
sang 'ar wi VIII then travel TO his Highland
is well advanced, when he viii |
,eturn 10 the south to join one or two |
,hooune mo- parties before travelling to Lon
ION 10 complete his arrangements for |
iis departure to India
Harry Luke. the old lightweight Jockey |
Eno won such sensational Camhridue- |
'nlre OF Bcadigo twenty-elght years ago |
when tho race finished ut "the ton Of |
ne town. and the highly excited Jockey
si sas so iar out OF his saddle that he was |
literally hanging on by his spurs-has'
19or lt,o fellow lust become an Inmate OF /
filloden workhouse
{, aTnnud Massy Is again the open golf
= Ii'unpion ,nd ol trnace. He won that honor
u lsve ano 1907. and repeated these trl-
lmphs on La Boulie course. near Yer
allies, from field that Included the
5rltlsh oper champion. Harry Vardon.
hIneA braid and j. II. Taylor. Massy
yon the British opcn championship al
ioylake In 1907. and was runner-up TO
iarry Nardon In that event at Sandwich