The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09

be jumping pits and arenas for the
weight men. Matt McGrath, Lee Tai
bott and the other hammer throwers
have been promised that provision will
be even made for them to practice on
board. which information, by way of a
personal safety tip. is respectfully sub
mtted to say whales expecting to trail
within a mile Of the Finland's stern.
Ship Will Be Hotel.
The Finland will serve as a hotel for
the team from the time she leaves here
until she returns. The Red Star liner
will plant her mudhook in front of
Stockholm on June %. the very day
the stadium will be opened officially,
but the athletic events will not begin
until July 6.
1t is planned to keep the athletes
aboard during the games so that they
can have the proper sort Of training
food and be within easy reach of train
ers, coaches. mentors. rubbers, hand
lers and other attendants. The Fin
land will leave her home on July 90,
but the outsiders who will travel with
the team and who might care to return
the International Mercantile and Ma
rine company Will be able to do so.
pastime. It is estimated that from
$2,000,0o0 to $3,000,000 will be spent
by about fifteen nations on the con-
tests this summer. The Swedes, who
have the honor of supervising the
games, will expend sum in excess of
$5o00oo OF this amount 100000 will
paw for the construction Of stands,
100000 for the development of an ath-
letic team capable of making good
showing. and 100000 for entertaining
the nations guests. England viii
cough up the next largest sum-$2o0,-
600. The United Kingdom expects to
be represented by nearly 300 athletes.
Uncle Sam s limit, until after the
games will be somewhat less than $751;
600. But after the events are over the
its athletes to do il all over again on
this side. And when the great Ameri
can public asks it is always ready to
paw.
For the first time In the History of
the Olympic games. japan and China
will make a bid for honors. Japan has
some corking athletes, Judging by the
reports Of their performances, and the
laps and Celestials will invest $4,000
on the event.
seeing. 1t is an ancient city and a
center OF considerable historical inter
est. It received Its municipal chapter
In 1858, but was inhabited long before
that date. The athletes will see there
churches, works Of art aud countless
other interesting things that were many
centuries old before America had even
been discovered. A bit of land taken
from the Neapolitan shore; some of the
Hierean islands; few granite hills
from the Urals; section or 30 from
the pine woods of Canada, and one or
two attractive quarters from Paris
all these thrown together on the shore
of q. bay Of the Baltic constitute, ac-
cording to Max Nordau, the situation
of the capital Of Sweden.
Ten New Events.
tains ten new events for which cups
have been presented by the king Of
Sweden, the czar, the kaiser, the en-
peror Of Austria, the king Of Italy,
Count Geza Andrassy. Countess de Casa
Miranda, the city Of Budapest and Bar
on Pierre de Conbertin, president Of the
International Olympic committee.
The Stockholm stadium is construct
ed Of gray violet Swedish brick and
dation for $4,000 spectators and has
cost $250,000. It is built in the shane
of horseshoe magnet.
The arena only is open to the sky.
The two arms of the building rest
against q rocky slope at the north, be.
ing built into the Hill by two watch
towers, behind which lie the admins
trative buildings on the tanks Of the
sloping background. Under the amphi-
theater are the royal foyer. the dress.
ing rooms, shower baths, promenade.
arcades, etc,
The arena contains football field.
places for the jumping and throwing
competitions, with around all these. a
running track, the inner circumference
of which measures 383 meters. Durino
the winter the arena is used as a skaR
ing rink.
The composition of the building Is a
modern independent organic develop
meut Of early medieval Swedish archi.
lecture. Around the southern end rms
an outer open arcade looking toward
the park. It's contrefort is crowned nv
granite blocks intended for scuIptured
In life size. - 90
The eight sidewalks are fIanked IN
pairs by similar blocks. On the great
eastern tower there is an immense BLOCK
or black hammered iron. with two gran.
lte hgures representing the first pair
or human beings belonging to northern
There are altogether twenty CONNIE.
titions for challenge cups, divided as
loli2ws; Athletics, 4: wrestling 1:
football. i; fencing. 9; gymnastics. l..
horse riding, S; modern pentahlon Sdrai
pistol shooting, swimming, fencinp I'D.
ing and cross-country race), /: row;nc
ing, i. S@cn1-
Ihe ten new competitions are the nen.
tathIon, deeathlon, fencing (team com.
petition, sabre), military horse riding
pnze Jumping for individuals and
Teams, the best aggregate fractional re-.
snit IN the horse riding classes, modern