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vs MISS MOORE IN DEFEAT WEATEX BY MISS WAGXER. Four Players Survive in National Laxcn Tennis Tourney. Stlrrinp lawn tennis matches:, fraucht with unex l«ected results, reduced the field to four competitors r - tn the national women's indoor championship tour nament yesterday on the courts of the 7th Regiment t . ♦rmory. C6th street and Park avenue The sur vivors were Mrs. Schmltz. Blu'.er of Miss Freda Mover.- the English |>!ay< r. and Miss Alice I* Pay. tlie New Jer.-^y state champion, in the upper half. ►■■-■- and Miss Marie Warner and Mrs Oeargß H. Chap m«n in '!■.,•> lower half. Mrs. D. F. Platt and Mrs. »;rorge H. Chapman, the Middle States champions. • ■arned their place In the semi-final round of the doubles. * Miss Klirabcth H. Moore, holder Of the title, was defeated by Miss "•'• .-'c:t ■ in the Flngles. and Mrs. AVilliam 11. Pouch, a former national champion, ivent down before the well planned attack of Mrs. "•• Oaotfßl H. Chapman in straicbt sets. Miss Fanny Fish played desperately asainst M:* Day. but was beajen j rets to 1. while. Mrs. Schniiiz won in prraigtit sets over Miss Marcus, but by a narrow nis ndn. Miss \V.ii;n«r's victory over the champion easily took the !• ."iirc place In the day's icsult^. The yOunper player was on her RBBtGe Her hair, done in a lone bra schoolsirl fashion, fairly snapped like m Trhiplarb as she rushed about the court. Her dashes for the net. co»ipl<d with splendid over head smashing, caused her to win the first set at I '. Then Miss Moore bepan .to mak<- placing drives. There was some uncertainty about this j style of play, but Miss Wagner held her own up E7— aIL Then Miss Moore broke Ihrough service a»ri balanced -[),.■ score by winning at 9—7. The third set was a lively «nsagitnet!t. The fast foot *..rk and the hard hitting of Miss Wagner Iri ■ pbed. however, and she won her first match JUCainvt the champion, whom she has met many 88. the score of the last game l»rlns — I. PBres?ivene«? on the part of Mr«. Chapman and j of Mr« Sehm'tz was the keynote of.tluir successes. J AchiriFt the safe returns of Mr?, Pouch the swift j a> .'lng of Mrs. Chapman scored the aces in rapid \ «rder. and she »on at «— 6—4. Mi.-s Marcus , played Mr.«. Schmitz more closely, and tie last set v?~ ■ crueWinfr one before the former won at : t •-■ " It was the brlllinnt playing of Mrs. A. I!. Mc- Carthy, sister of William A. Lan paired with Was Marcaret Johnson, th«» Plater- Island cham yion. tliat brought about a surprise In the doubles. Uoth cot up to the net in excellent style, and their lobbing from neap court was high and true. In all departments they used the racquet more steadily than their opponents. Miss Edna Wildey «nd Miss Natalie. W;'i;< y. finally winning the match at €— •, 7—3. Mrs. Plan and Mr?. Chapman rela tively outclassed 'heir opponents. Miss Bcharsnana and Mrs. Clarke, taking both sets at 6—3. The finals •will be reached to-day. The summary follows: Women* ch»?nr>lon«h!p finales <«f<-ond rnundt — Mr« F'+imltz. 7th Il»cini*-nt Tennis Club. <ieffa.t<><l Mrs. A. «;. Mil**. Weal pMc T. t-.:.-« dab, «— B. <*— Z. «i — 5; Miss Alice '. liaj. Elizabeth T>»wii and Country iiab. defeated Vim Marie Bchsnaana \Ye.«t Side T«ani* 'Tub. M—ll,M — 11, * — 2. o—3:0 — 3: 5ll«c Fani.y VIA. Hamilton •'.-^t-«.- Uwn Tenrrts Club, defeated Mrs. Walter Auftrmann, Hichmond Ousty Country <"iub. rr — 3. c. — Third round — Mr«. S hmltz. 7th Regiment, defeated Mil* Marcus. Ilderan ojtirft <Tub. 6—4.6 — 4. vu — 7: Mis« Aiio*> J. Im\, BBaabMß Town and Country Club, defeated Miss Fanny Fish. liajntlton Granpe U«n T«-nnis <'lub. ■"> — 7. ■— S. — 4: Mm Marie TTsami. Hamilton <Itb.t\hc I.nvu ■^♦■nnis Oub. 6—l.6 — 1. 7 — J". <"—" — Mrs. G«orß<> 11. Chapman. Kj» Countr>' <"lub. derated Mrs. William 11. I'JUCfa. rriiiM»i i' <---i.;v Country <"iub. 6—2.6 — 2. 6—4.6 — 4. Women's championship doubles (first round* — Mr*. ■Walter Aufermann and Mis* Y.\*\+ Smith def<>at.-d Miss Oara Katnf and ins? '"■■lt.-:.. 6- X «i — i. Miss Mane • I — ann sad Mrs. C < *!ark» defeated Miss >•:• ■■• Oac n and Mis? UMtae <"rarin. by .■-fault. Mrs. I. F. i'lait. »nd Mri<. GeorK* H. Chapman rW.j.ed Miss Kilth Har. «nd p*rtcej. by cefault; Mrs. A. if. McCarthy and Hi i Msrrar«t Johnson dereated Miss IM-.;; Wilder and ?.!iss Natalie, Wildey. 6—2. 7 .'.. T.tSs Marie Wict'T an.l Mrs. A. <"J. Miles defeated Mi Marcus and Mrs. Schmltz. — 1!. ft— o: Mm. I. I Coe and Mrs. Percy Insalis <l«-f.atcd >!** lieynolds aivl partner, by default. !=^«»n<l r..-jr.-1 Mrs. T> W. I'latt and M:« Octree H. chapman .-tef*-*!"! Miss MarY ticljarmann and Mrs. C *Tlarhe. « — X. »v— 3. Oorsolation n'nei*'^ «nrst round*— Mrs. A 11. McCarthy <ler<sateJ Miss \,'-.:'\f- Hammond. -4—*, «— 4, —1 . Miss Klsle L.Ht!e der«-atf(J Miss Cottaav, «— 5. ♦; ■ Bmsad r*»un<J— Mi«.« 'lara KuttroS daSaatied Miss Klsi° Unie, i— «, 6—l. 7— S. The holding of the I>ong Island championship tuurnament. (tuppori of the. '>;.., Mian league ami other important .matters were decided on by •»be members of the annual meeting of the Kines i nuniy I^awn Tennis Oub, Brooklyn. The eham j'ionship tournament, which was re-established last year Baal won by Irving C Wright in singles and ■W.-Uje C. Grant anal Herbert I>. V.'.stfall in doubles, bmbi be the first of th» series in this section of fhe country- It will probably r tin the week of Monday, May I*. The club, twice winners of the metropolitan honors, will have a Ftrong team in the ■ .iC'je Vpen the election of officers the entire slate was changed. Henry W. MoDenhsMMr succeeded Fred erick «t. A!*tw!i b- president. K7e.ieri.-k Platt »as elected vice-president: C t. Mitchell, treas urer, and Frederick W. Hcltkamp. secretary. The courts will be opened late In April. HAUGHTOX GETS CALL. Appointed Head Coach of the Har vard Football Team. Cambridge, Mass.. Feb. 10.— Percy D. Haushton, " of BrooWinr. Mass., was appointed bead coach of the Harvard fastball t<-am for next season a a Bscdaag of th Harvard Athletic Association late Tn-«Jay. ilr. ITauchton accept r<] the appointment, V>ut v I not take any remuneration for his ser k %Ices. MM |Maa played fullback on the Harvard 'var tr fity football team to 1597 and right tackle in l«?s. " Hi alas i tyed on the Harvard baseball team for J>»ur Ban an<j eras captain in liif senior year. .Tr>:=htJA Crane, jr.. racceeded Bill Reid as head reach laFt year, but another ■efeat by Yale led to \r r demand for another cHanse in coaching meih- CK3^. and the <hoicc has fallen on Haugfatm SPORTS AT COLUMBIA. Fonts Breaks the Tank Record in Plunge for Distance. In the annual intejrlass ewimmlnc m •• at Columbia jrcsteiday aftvruoon th" sophomores •cored a decisive victory over the freshmen, beat tag them by 37 i>oints Jo 36. The tank record for 'ifce. plunge for distance was broken by A. Fonts, *]<\ ■w'fco won with a r>iunj;e of ■'. feet «i inches. Ratine EL M ISark^r. tha former Princeton star, •wbo has just entered i saMa, by a foot and a hall The former record was held hy P. W. Weil, *96. who made 54 feet in a dual meet in ISO*, T. I Babcock. a sophomore, vim the iifty-yard rwlm hi the fast time of 31 ai i omla The bundred yard Fwim ■was won by the Bresbsseag vtho captured *>! three rilaces. J. M Hoffman finished first •asily. but there w«k a FtifT tiß:>! for second place t>et*een Ernst »?jd Hlrsch. The sophomores v. on th«» r+)»y rf~e by over fifty yards. Bibcock TiTiish lnjr more than half the length of the tank ahead cf Herbert. Th* summaries f'>;;,, . Klrtit hundrM f»»t r-)»>- race— ar«i hy *~rt-'>mr-rr9. ■»hh •''•<jnclln»nn Hamman. f^.od'vin oti<l liih'nrk: fi«^eh n»en. *wvin<l. »i»h KinFmar. tJui'eras. Pitt and H*-rl<-rt Tim*. 3:*>~. One hurf!?"! \-mr4 F»im- Won >■ J. M. Hoffman '11- M, '11. r~^r.<i; M Hlnri '31, ThtH. Time. 1:10. ' Fifty ■«■ nrtai— n'on'by ■]■ S. ltabr<y-k. "10: T. B. • ■•■nu'llrnap 1". m ■■:: N. A. Goodwin. "10; third. Tin* O:*l > T»« ■■■•]«■ yard *wiin Wo, by A. M. Ilan.irnn. "10; W. H. Acrxnionte. -Jl. **■..,,-.. I: II Weber 'Ht third Tiitif. 2:O1*». • *»«"«• frr fliMance—Won hy A. pants "io "7 ft ■ in ■ £.- 'tl't 1 ' ■?!**»■• '"' »•«-.• cond; "• X - . in, '10. K»ncy divin« \v - by x A. Con-lwin 'JO • n c r"at ter»nn. Jr.. *H. r<wo»<l: V. B. Murray. # IO tliiJ^J ' ' Final accrr— UlO. 37 petal*: i««il ]<: r"«*T- SWEET MARIE CHANGES HANDS. Philadelphia. Feb. Id.— Announcement was made - -•• pdsy that E. T. - . of this city, ha ye,ld the famou* trotter Sweet Ma .- <■■ , i., vii! i*ra RrauUy, of (■-.. Bank. N. J.. owner <«f M^w JV-lmar <!::*';•- The xirice was oat announced. It. 11. 1). dm has !M>lJ < O ;i£i iliirie OMli}'. the *HII known Bpeedway jja<-er, to an amateur r< iv« ow of Ktxtnxn City for i;.t/«J. ■ KENTUCKY TRACKS GET LICENSES I JVankTort. Ky.. 1-V-b. Hi— The ICentiidty Racial CoinmlcyjoH Tliel bere lo . Uay upon a caJJ of tJ^ .halrman and si-mted license^ for 1908 t « f o "ur Kfrtucky trs.irs: Churchill Ehjßiu and '.ou-lass I'mK I.«ulsvii!t; Lato-.ja and Lexin S ton .Vo api rlicatiers i-..r r^cii.j,- .Isi.s v f:e before '.!ie ram aaioi a *. THK VANKEK WIXXIXC; BOBSLED RACE. CROWD LTNINC THE COURSE AT HUNTDTOTON, LONG ISLAND. NOT BLACK AS PALMED Hector of a Church Writes to Gov ernor on Racing Question. The Rev. D- J. McCarthy, rector of St. Marks Church at Shcepshead Bay. sent a letter to Gov ernor Hughes last week on the racing question, "to remove certain false impressions," as he says, and to cive his assurance that racing folk, from stable boy to owner, "are not what they are painted by some of their malign*- rs." Dr. McCarthy has among his parishioners a good many persons who are identified with racing, and as his church is about equidistant between the Bheepehead Bay and Brighton Beach racetracks he knows something about the moral calibre of the people in his community. His letter follows: 1 hope you will pardon the liberty I take in writ ing you on the racing: question. I write, not in de- Fence Of racing or betting, nor to discuss their morality, bat simply to remove certain false im pressions that may have been made by some who are not qualified to speak honestly and truthfully Jibout the matter. I feel that there is no clergyman m th* J-ast belter qualified, by reason of location, in speak than I: for the man on the pround is. other things being equal, the best judge in the case. I have J)p-n rector << St. Mark's Church, Sheeps h^ad Ray. for the last four years. Sheepshead Bay, as you may know, is the racing centre- of the East. My church is within three minutes" walk of the <"oney Island Jockey Club track, and, though I have never b*" 5 present at h race. I have always been within easy call in case my services as a priest were required. I have come almost daily firiest were refjuir^d. I have coin" almost d;iily Into personal contact with men engaged in the racing business In every capacity from stable boy in owner. 1 am familiar with their habits and mode of life, and in pome cases I know them, through my official rapacity, as well as they know themselves, i am proud and happy to be able to say that they are not what they "are painted by pnmo of their mallsniers. but are, on the other band, honest, conscientious and honorable, I know hundreds of our racing men who Hsslst faithfully at divine service '-very Sunday and are really a credit to their church. There are, it is true, many undef=irab> charac ters among the racing class, but it is equally true that there are many characters of the same kind in every walk of life. There are. too. abuses in the racing business; but are there not abuses in every business, in our government and even in our churches? Our aim should be to eliminate entirely these abuses, if possible, and. if not possible, to minimize them as best and as much ns we can. I know, through Pr;;;-.k Clarke, superintendent of the Coney Island Jockey Club, and George 8. Dougherty, of the Plnkerton Detective Agency, both reliable men, as their records will prove, that t!i« Jockey Club is doing all in its power to cor rect these abuses. You migl ' ask what is the attitude of the natives of Sheepshead Bay toward racing. There is only one answer. By far the vast majority ate in favor of It. for Jt Is then* very bread and butter. Effere there are no industries or manufactories of any kind. Hundreds are employed in some capacity or other on the racetrack. while hundreds of others derive th?ir maintenance from the feeding and >Kirlr,e of the raring clement, 'lose the racetrack, they say. and ire will be forced to close our houses, i.nd property will depreciate in value. You may ask me as a priest what I think of the effect of racing and the racing element on the moral* of the place. I will answer by simply stat ing what 1 have often said to others — that "in i.iv charge of four years I have not seen here five per sons in a drunken condition, and that in th« whole place there cannot bo found one house of ill repute. These two statements may seem strange, hut they are nevertheless true. :i<s may be verifle.l by .fin- :l!;ig the records of the local police authorities. Personally I feel proud of these two facts, and maintain that the same ran be truthfully said of very few towns in our state. SOME HOPE FOR GAMES. Earlier Date Ma// Be Suggested for International Meet. Cambridge. England, Feb. Some members of | th<* Cambridge University Athletic Association, m cluding K. H. Kyle, president, are of the opinion th;it the British universities should accept the I challenge Bent by the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America for an international track and Held athletic meeting- between teams ! representing the colleges and universities of the | United States and those of Grpat Britain, following j the Olympic games this year, and they ore making ; mi effort to bring about a meeting this summer. , Oddly enough, th~ presidents of both the Oxford ; and the Cambridge clubs, who are student?, nre In ; favor of accepting the American challenge, with ' new modifications, while, the honorary treasurers Of the clubs, who are professors, think that the obstacles are insurmountable, Mr. Kyle said to-day: "As has been said before. Jt is most difficult for us to keep our teams together until July, g« the ; university athletes go out of training In March. A few of them, however, will keep in condition for the Olympic games, and It might be possible to j make UP I team. It would never do. however, to I wait until after the Olympic games. a^ the Ameri cans suggest, for the people then would be tired of athletics and we could not get anybody to attend. l suggest that Instead the universities have their contests the first week in July at the Queen's Club, after which the men could take part in the Olympic games If they desire. l bad another Idea, but 1 have been informed that the Olympic. Association would not agree to it; this was that the Olympic fmra be or*-n«-d with interunlversity fporfN. i aug geat that the dialling* be aeencsd if the Americana consent to chance* the date to th« first wet-k in July." Mr. Ryle .- not ■■•; of carrying this prono sal. with the two treasurers opposed to him. but the question will i-- discussed at the meeting to br | <;.iit-d to discuss the decision reached by the Ox ford Club. J. ii Gray, tbe honorary treasurer or the dub. do»'.« not think it will be poaalbl« to accept the American challenge, .- there la as telling how many of the present track team will be at the uni versity in July. .Some of the nun are la their last year, ani, furthermore, Ii would be Impossible to ask the others, who have been in training since January, to continue :o work after the Oxford- Oin-ibritijje »jpr~a XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TIKSDAY. FKBRUARY 11. 19W. BOBSLEDS FAIRLY FLY S. F. Tozvnxcnd's Yankee Covers Mile Course in 87 4-5 Seconds. [ Hv Tfl<"graph tn The Triliun» 1 Huntington. Ix>ng Island. 1- eb. 10.— Tlie first bob sled competition of the aeaaan, a sport which is in great favor in Switzerland, was held here to-day, and live thousand persons lined the path of the racers, from the top of Cold Spring Hill to the main street of the village. Twenty-two sleds were entered, and the winner developed a speed of close to two miles :i minute. The sleds varied in size. and carried from ten to eighteen men. All the surrounding towns sf-nt competing teams, and while the sport continued excitement ran high. The contest assumed the gayety of a carnival. Business was at a standstill and the townspeople made a holiday of the occasion. The right of way of the main street was given over for the sport by th^ Highway Commissioners und the electric light company wired the course and established a sys tem of lights and signals. } The course was a mile long and was in the pink of condition. The night before the tire department got out and sprinkled the hill and main street, and as a result the racers had a course of solid Jce. To some of the sleds this long stretch of ice on a <jteep grade was an obstacle, a_s steering around the solitary curve halfway down the hill required some skill. Many of the sleds got as far as this curve and no further. Thr pace being a particularly fast one at this point, the ste^rer usually managed to land sled and load In a ditch instead of hold ing to the middle of the road Th* Rev. John C. York, pastor of St. Patrick's Church, whose rectory is just opposite this curve. convened his house into a Temporary hospital for the use of the injured. Fort imately, nobody was seriously injured. The b*»st time was made hy th«> Yankee, of Oyster Hai-. This slrd is owned by P. F. Town sf-nd and his brother. He steered his load of six teen men over the course of one mile in 37 4-5 SeC onds and received the firs' prise IBIt The sec ond pri?.e. $23. went to Charles H. Smith. Jr.. owner of the Dorothy, of Huntington. The time was 3S seconds. There was a contest over the award of third and fourth prizes, as the decision of thf* judges was disputed. Tn the single si- d competition Michat 1 F.tg.in. of Ossintng. won first prize C?10> witli hfs San Toy. His time was 62 1-."> seconds. The second and third prizes went to Xorthport sleds— the Sport. own«»d by Henry Brush, and the Floyd S.. owned by S. S. Ketcbam. The time was 2-5 and <i 4 seconds, re- Bpectlvely. ILK ING <1 T NEW OH LEA NS. Tilting, Favorite in the Handicap, Beaten Over Heavy Track. New Orleans, Feb. 10.— A muddy track at the Fnir Ground? to-day caused enough horses to he with drawn from the seven races to fill an ordinary card. Pedro, held at 7to .'. won the handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, with Donna second and Tile ing, the favorite, third. The weather was clear and the track heavy. The summaries follow: First rare (three furious*) — Craftsman, 109 iMn'ahpvi ." tr. I, won: Warden. 108 (H'ldel). t^ to I. second: Inter vene. 1117, <MrT>anle]j, « to I, third. Time, 0.38%. Per- T|.«-nr<\ cialbnnie. All Red. M.-Xally. Malta wirt one. Eustarian. Yl.or. Fl?gy Mlil?r, Exeelsis. Budd and Danc ing Boy also ran. Peoond race (selling; five and one-half furlongs')— Till Pc:utls. 11;: (Xottert. 7 to .'•. won: Joyful Ijidy, 112 (Walker), J* to 2. (second; Nazi mo 112 iMcDanicl, 12 to 1. third. Time. 1:12%. Deject, Bertie. Pirate. Diana. «*ll*>nt. LAdy Almy, I'aJtroiiia, Maria and Mannle May also inn Third rare i-eiifr.e: "iv furloncs)— WorkmalJ, Jf>« (Mr- Dan Mi. l: to .',, won: mark Mantilla. l"7 (McCahey). "i to 1. seconl: Kirona. Kih illeldel). 9to I. third. Tim., V.2t>^'». Wabasfa Qaeen. Klaine. Pearl Hopkins. Kdlth M.. 1m r*rtinfi.-'-. Fire Opal, Vlrcinla Bea<-h. TbeodACla and Entr<- Vous also ran. Fourth ni<-«" (handicap: one mile and a sixteenth) — Pedro. ft? (Murphy). 7 to 2, won: Donna. 07 (Mc<-ahe\). 0 to 1. second: TllPijig. 103 IBumt«r». ft to 10. thlnl. Time, 1:52. Sam Taylor. Pnililni ami lemalian also ran. Fifth rare (Mlllnfr; Fix furlongs)— V:prrtn<\ 107 (NotMr) ft to 6. won; Tyrolian. 104 iMurphy). 12 to 1. iwond: Anna f-Voti. lor, (Powm), ]_' to 1. "third. Time, 1:18%. Topsy Fiobtnscn. Ilaußhty. Mazunla. Ann Hill, Mlr.ne haha and Miss Affable al?<> ran. Sixth race («;lx rurlonirFi— Sir Toddlngton, 10," ilk- Danlel». 13 to .-,, won: K't-ht-mike. Jis (Henry), ft to 2 •econd; Keator. ]<K.t (Notter). i to !i. third. Time. I:l7't. Avaiinteer. Podlsre and Hitter Sir also ran. Seventh race <6ellitic: me mile nn-l an eighth) — Salne saw. *2 (riynn), 3 to I, won; Adesso. U>2 <N"oti.n. 14 to 5. second; I'a-.ii. !"•;» (Powers), g to S. third. Time 2:01 V Hrlsrht l.oy. John McHrlrte, Lord .Stanhope, Amberiack. HiE-h Bear and J'adr<- also ran. ICE YACHTS PACE IN LIGHT AIRS. One Contest Declared — The Hazel L. Wins Commodore's Pennant. [By Tek graph to The Tribune.] Long Branch, N. .J . Feb. in. — lack of wind prevented the Ice yachts of the Shrewsbury Club from finishing the first race for the Little Silver Cup within the time limit on the fifteen-mile Shal low Point coarse this afternoon. The Drub cov ered the course in f.5 minutes, just r.r. seconds ahead of the Isabel. The time limit for filling tin race is fifty minutes, a light southerly wind pre vailed dining the afternoon' Five yachts of the South Shrewsbury Club sailed Cor the commodore's pennant. The dis tance was ten miles over ■ four-lap course. Wiii- Isaa 1: .loiini's Hazel 1. . sailed by Captain J. W. ISd«/ards. finished - minutes iv» seconds ahead <>r Charles 1' I twin's (s<orgf« 11. The X I. N «' was third and the lola fourth. The 1..; Roy withdrew 11 i in- in.-! lap The lirst nice, of the season for th* Hoard of •)..!>• Cup will be sailed to-morrow Captain J. 31. O'Brien's Jack Frost, which arrived to-night, may float the Orange Lake Yacht Club's colors in the raot The race was won !ast year by th* b«'ni Shrewsbury club. NEW OCEAN YACHT RACE SPAIN PLANS CONTEST. Course (her Which Columbus Sailed Has Been Selected. Rnston f%h 10. -An international ocean yacht .n'auM-.,-..- course from Paloii Spain, to the ,„,,. .i,,,,i5. over Which Christopher Columbu. W«r,,i. has boa. arrun S .-.l for at* "-""fr****! yachtsmen of Spain. a?cordin R to •***V~*£ ed here by the memlwrs of the Eastern Yacht • '"i. It la planned to send the contestants .way oriA . c ust 3, the 416 th anniversary of the .':..!»'- " Columbus, ami to hive the start MMf *»£*"* as possible. from which the Santa Maria, the > ■ nta «n.i !\h, Nina weighed anchor. The finish will be it Santa Cruz, on th- Island of . TenerifTo. ,i dis tance of about six hundred miles, which Columbus covered in six days. . All the yacht clubs of North and South Am * r " a will be Invited to join with the Spaniards, and It . possible that European eta* may also be naked to participate, but at prase* it Is th- intention to con fine the race to thorn countries directly benefited by the discoveries of Columbus'. The contest hud its initiative with the Royal Mo- Jtenaneaii Yucht Club, of -Malaga, and its sugßos tion to the authorities of the city of Palos that the race be started from that port met a ready and cordial response. The city of Huelya, just across the bay from Pale* and the principal port in southwestern Spain north of Cadiz, will also join in the enterprise. It is safe to cay. however, that the incentive for Biich a contest is tiM direct result of the Spanish- American *nniW class races at San Sebastian last summer; in fact, it la through Vice-Commodore F. Lewis Clark, of the Eastern Yacht Club, whoso yacht, Spokane I. participated in those races, that the announcement is made. The detail*, of the race are already being per fected by a committee appointed by the. city of PalM and by members of the Royal Mediterranean club. 11 is expected that Xin X Alfonso will witness the start and may receive the visiting yachtsmen before they leave on their voyage. Although the course, like that of the New York- Bermuda rac« last year, is straightaway: due. southwest, the yachts will have more favorable winds and better weather than an* usually experi enced on this side]©* the Atlantic. After petting clear of th* land and passing the Straits of Gibral tar, the northeast trade winds are usually picked up.' and from that tine It will be aboard off the wind, with no fogs and n« Gulf Stream to cross, but "clear weather and a wet sheet, a flowing sea. and a wind that follows fast." The finish line will be In the harbor of Santa Cruz, where there is an excellent anchorage and where there la almost sure to be a week or more of entertainments. The yachtsmen from this side of the ocean can then hoist sail and continue on across the Atlantic. As the race does not start until six weeks after the termination of the Marblehead-Bermuda race, in June, the contestant* in that event will have time to strike over to Spain and win international honors. POLICE DOGS AT SHOW. New Thief Catchers Will Compete for Prizes in the Harden. One of the features of the annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club, which opens in Madi son Square Garden to-day, will be a contest for prizes 'between the dogs recently added to the po lice force. The team will be in the Garden on Thursday night at 9 o'clock, under the charge of Lieutenant Wakefleld, and. as the interest in theso dogs has been marked, it Is expected that the place will be filled with those who have been unable to go to the out of the way places where the animals have been worked. The big ring-In the Garden will be specially pre pared for the test. A patrol box will be built, and the dogs will be called upon to go through all their "stunts." There will be three prizes, and each dog will be worked separately. The new thief catchers will therefor* have an opportunity to show their ability, but they will be under some disadvantage, for they have not been worked ,'nder the electric light, and It win be a bard test. "Working in the open is much easier, as has bc-en seen In the Jumping contests at the- horse show. It being two or three days before horses strike their gait. The programme for the dogs will be ns fol lows: Protecting patrolmen on being attacked;, at tacking person when ordered by patrolmen in charge of dogs; answering police whistle and com ing to assistance of patrolman, and attacking per son trying to escape. HILLMAX XOT AT FAULT. Unable to Meet Tai/lor on Account of an Injured Knee. The trouble hetwe*n Harry Hiilman. the rham pion athlete of the New York Athletic Club, and 'lie registration committee of the Metropolitan As sociation of the Amateur Athletic Union has he«n settled by Hlllman's explanation of why he did not appear at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night to run In the 600-yard race against J. R Tay lor, of Pennsylvania, as advertised. Hillman avers that he notified the Irish-American Ctab on Thurs day tiiat he would be unable to compete, and the cluh neglected to notify its press representative to that effect. Killman go* 1 ? further and has notified the Colum bia University truck management that his appear pearance in the Columbia meet against Taylor in the Fame event in Madison Square Garden next Saturday night is conditional upon a doctor."! ex amination to which Ilillman will submit on Wednes day afternoon. HlUman lias bad a light attack of water on the knee ever since be was thrown heavi ly to the track at the Boston Athietic Association games two weeks ago and lias been' under a doc tor's care. I,ast week liillman told the Columbia management that he would meet Taylor, but now qualifies that statement, promising to let It know definitely on Wednesday. In the moan time. Mr. Montgomery, of Columbia, is negotiating with l>oth French, the crack quarter miler of Cornell, and EH Parsons, of Vale, so that in case IHllman is unable to race these two will meet the flyer of Pennsylvania In the 60"-yard spe cial. HOT ANTI-BETTING FIGHT. Mystery Surrounds Speeches and Plans of Crusaders. Racetrack gambling is slated for the hardest tussle of its history on February 1?. according to the schedule arranged yesterday afternoon 'at the studio of Dr. Walter Laidlaw at No. 1]? Kast 19th street. Dr. Laidlaw is chairman of the co-opera tivo committee of twenty who are in the van of the anti-racing contingent. Ten members were at the meeting yesterday. and prepared a programme. This include* a list of speakers who are to appear before the Cities and Judiciary committees In the .senate and Assembly at Albany and present their arguments against racetrack gambling. Dr. I. :iidl:iw gave out the alleged record vest*-- lay of the amount of money spent by the racing as sociations last year to defeat anti -gambling more ments. The official list aggregated $29,421 60. It is understood by the ant!-gambUng leaders that this year the campaign fund will be much larger. Meanwhile, the anti-gambling men hare not been Idle. All up and down the state they have organized meetings and even In Saratoga, where tin; business men's association had planned a demonstration In sehalf of the racing associa tions, the anti-gambling workers have arranged for ■ mass meeting within a few days to protest against the bookmaklng element. "Just at present," .-uid Dr. Laidlaw, lass night, "it would no? .in for us to divulge our plans. \v« do not want to have the public know at tins lime who will represent us In addressing our law makers this month. But «»■ expect to win against the racetrack gambling. We have been consider ing the cas» for a i»ni; time and our pinna are now completed. Lot Hie law-abiding public wait -nd S co what will happen." BIG FOOTBALL GAME OFF. Princeton and Cornell Will Not Meet on the Gridiron., Ithaca N* Y. Feb. 10.-Fotlowing di^nreements covering a ' period of m— l years. Cornell an Princeton haw severed football relation.*. This fact was BMda known Ii ■»>! when President Frank Irvine of the Athletic Council gave out the following statement: "It is true than- will be no football cam* be tween Cornell and Princeton next fall. A three-year agreement made hi 1903 has expired. Cnder this one same was played In Princeton, one in WOW York an.l one in Ithaca. Princeton had the option of renewing this agreement, but declined to do sr>. Cornell proposed ■ homo and home agreejneat, the first meeting to he in PrincPton, but Princeton de clined to play again in Ithaca at any tim« and proposed first a one-year and then a two-year agreement for frames in New York and Princeton. • .-r«t,. Cornell faculty and athletic management both oppose contests hi large cities on prounds not belcnßin* to the competing universities. rW IMb reason sad because Princeton's proposal Was deemed by Cornell and admitted by Princeton to be Inequitable it was declined. 1 President Irvine refused to say what tram would take Princeton's place In Cornell's schedule. A RMY X. trY FOOT B A LL. The Annual Game Will Be Played in Philadelphia Again. Annapolis. Md . Feb. s'" l — As ■ result of th*» con ere nee among representatives of the Navy Ath letic Association, tho Army Athletic Association and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia yesterday it was settled that tiie Army-Navy foot ball game will be played in Philadelphia again this year. although it is not sure that it will be played on Franklin Field. The university authorities have not changed their determination not to build ■ temporary stand, but they arc trying to devise a plan by which tb.-; tick ets allotted to the two teams will not be curtailed. If this can be done the same will go back to Franklin Field. It 13 proposed to put benches around the field Just Inside the fence, but this has not yet been settled. Failing to get Franklin Field, the Broad street baseball grounds will be used. The owners will al low the use of the field for the game either at a definite sum or will allow each service ten thousand seats and will offer the rest for sale, the money re ceived being by way of rental for th» grounds. WORLD'S BOWLISG MARK. 111 1 ■ Chalmers and Kiene Make Record Total at Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Feb. 10.— The world's bowling record for a two-man team was broken this afternoon by J. Y. Chalmers r.nd H. A. Kiene. of Chicago, who scored 1.254. The best previous record of the Ameri can bowling Congress was 1.247. KNOCK-OUT FOR PALMER. Goes Dozen Before Tommy Burns in the Fourth Round. London, Feb. 10.— Tommy Burns, the American heavyweight pugilist, knocked out Jack Palmer, of Newcastle, the English champion. in the fourth round of what was scheduled to be a twenty-round contest for the heavyweight championship to-night. Some two thousand persons saw the fight, which took place at Wonderland, a big music hall on th« East Side. It was a one-sided affair from the sound of the gong until the middle of the fourth round, -when Palmer, on his knee?, was finally counted out. The referee might have given a decision in the first minute of the contest, as Palmer was a beaten man from the moment he entered the, ring. Burns climbed under the ropes smilingly and showing his customary confidence, while Palmer displayed great nervousness. Without any preliminary sparring Burns went after his opponent, and the first round had hardly begun before tbe Englishman was on his knees. He took the count twice, and during the rest of the round was busily engaged In cover- Ing himself. This was repented in each of the other rounds, Palmer being hopelessly outclassed, and apparently without ability either to deliver a telling blow or to defend himself. In the fourth and what proved to be the final round he was sent to the floor several times, and at last was barely able to drag- himself to his knees, where he remained with his elbows on the floor until after the. count of ten. .Tern Roche, who has been backed by a syndicate beaded by Richard Croker. the former Tammany leader, to fight Duma in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day. was a spectator at the ringside, to-night. His only comment was: "Palmer rights like an old woman, while Burns is- a master of the art, and, besides, was in splendid condition." The, fight was for J2..V10 a side and 75 per cent of the gate receipts. The odds, were 6t04 on the American, but there was little be.ttlnsr. There were no takers for bets offered by Palmer that he would stay six round.". Palmer is considered a somewhat better fighter than "Gunner" Motr, whom Burns defeated in ten rounds -a few weeks ago. but has a reputation for hitting low. it being on an alleged foul that Moir got the decision over him When last they met. Robert Watson, a sporting writer, was the referee to-night. Burns did not show any bad effects from his cold and a strained tendon In the right foot. Burns has been offered $10,000 to go to Paris in April to meet a French boxer. WITH ATHLETIC HOWLERS Newark Bay Wins Odd Game from the Columbia Five. In a postponed Athletic Bowling League series last night, the Newark Bay Club team won the odd game on the alleys of the Columbia Club. This put Newark Bay in a He with th»: Rosevllle Ath letic Association for third place. Tho only excitement last night came in the first game, which Columbia won by the narrow margin of five pins. Both sides hung together most of tl-'t 1 -' way, and it was practically even up when they entered the tenth i>ox. VreokMaoTa missed spars hurt Newark Bay's chances, but a spilt by Apple gate practically offset this. The totals read: Co lumbia. So" : Newark Bay. HS. In the last two games the Bayonne team won by comfortable margins. Rohdenhur*. who has been keeping close to tho top in the Individual average race, slumped badly. The scurea were as follows: COIATMBIA .lid. i NEWARK BAT cum Hnhdenbuig. . . 17.*. lt»l 157, v r . sn <i i<v> isi i<j;! l^ssinfr ISS IM is«» ■ perry 131 i:,; ,, 8 | Arrlepnte !.%<; ti7J I*tfr>~vy*r . . . is» "M.l ,, Srhultze 141' 1»U 17P "Jrlfflth 214 t*j> i.v Hartxel IM» IK t.'.s: .i » , i»3 -. is 7 TMakl •■ Mi s;?, 814) Total* r»; »^7 fir: PTANDI-NCJ OF THK CLUBS. _•„ . Won. r,"st. H. S. Etliabeth • IS j» i lC;t New York is j> , fi:ir . Rnsevillw ik ii 1 pi»>» News rk Bay : ,, n Mi Jervey City i» f. p,\ H «V>liimM«. f> ix ju;^ Montrtair ... }> ■,» ■■> Haaßslo ■ ■■ pa; BASEBALL AND ROWING AT HARVARD. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 10. — The Harvard "Varsity crew candidate^ began work to-day on the rowlns machines hi the Newell boatliouse. Thirty-six men reported for practice, among them being all but three members of last year's 'varsity eight. It Is expected that work In the tank will begin in a few days. Th.- members of the t»M 'varsity eight who reported were Captain Richardson, Lunt. r«-i!knr,, Severance and Fish. Battery, practice for the baseball squad »a« be gun on tbe <-.;«>* on Soldiers' l-"i. id thla afternoon under the direction of Al. Castle, the battery coacn. Ti.uiy-th. candidates reported. BLAIR WINS AT THREE CUSHIONS. E. Hair defeated P. Ueltasco by ■ scor*- r m to 3-1 In the Ha .-.-i-u -i-i.i:t billiard tournament i- arc rt'ss at Slosson's academy last alga*. Both nun were handicapped at 4i>. aad But* ran out in- Kami- in sixty innings. ii had htajk runs of *» arid 3, while Bellasco bad runs of i and ::. French and Grcjnrmla will be the contestants to-night. TIMELY AUTO TOPICS. MAKERS' SEW OFFICERS. Manufacturers' Association Has En joyed a Prosperous Year. Following the most prosperous year in Irs his. Tory, the American Motor Car Manufacturers' As sociation at Its annual meeting on Fridar ami Saturday in Detroit re-elected the full .->mmifteo of management, which comprises Benjamin BrtV. coe. chairman; R. i: Olds, vice-chairman; H. ♦>. Smith, trsasaarsr; William llifhell i.»w!« *~ef<.. tary, and W. 11. Van D*rvof>rt. auditor. Th- n -■» members of th* committee of maw*;: - - wen* elected for thre-ve^r MHMI ss follows: C. O. Stoddard. Dayton Motor Car Company: Itatnif Kverltt. Wayne AutomoblT* Company, and Will iam Mitchell !v»wts. Mitchell Motor Car Company. The othor members of th- committee of manage ment .ire Charles T>»wii». Jackson Auto-nob'!* Company: W. < '. MnfBBSSa I tt hj A Marmon Company, and Alfred F!«-", gP«MmI m*nag-.r. P*rtlcul;irs of th« meeting wMal w»w brought IB .New York y».«terdar by •'- R»ev-s ah»We(| that of th» fifty-two members eomrrtstn? the mem bership of the association there waa an attendance of almost T:> per cent, although there was nothing of a startling nature to b» discusser!. The year was an extremely profitable on*, for the association no far as the shows were concerned. and It was decided to distribute a 25 per cent re bate to all the members who exhibited at the Grand Central Palac*». The financial • report indi cated that the association was in th*> he« condi tion in If* history. It was voted la turn over jr..?'<) to th*> good roads committee, to- b» expended dur lug the current year at its dlscreticn. As a result of a recent meeting between tils rep resentatives of the> association and th? 'American Automobile Association it was voted to co-operate with th» latt'r ii tourr» nd race*, ar.d .i special committee for the purpo?» was selected, cn?i»ting of H. O. Smith, chairman; A. C. !*OW»JI and W. C. Marmon. While reports indicated that there had bjaj ■ slight falling eel in th<* sam of cars tn the bag cltiea during the last thr«<» months of aasr it w»i shown that there had been an ftn msjga In Mai sa'.« of cars In cities of less than 9MM inhabitant". Thrre was a lons discussion regarding automo bile =' own at Mesa* Tort and 4-Tilcago, and after making- certain recommendations the question -was placed in the hands *>? the show committee. The report of Benjamin Briscoe. the chairman. reviewed active work of th association dm tag the year. It referred particularly to the many *i elusive privileges and benefits which association members have enjoyed. There were full and Man plete reports read by all the officers and by the chairman of the committees on shows, good roads. advertising and publicity, tours' and race?. legisla tion, membership, freight and transportation, standardization and agencies. Entry blanks were issued yesterday by the; Long Island Automobile Club for the economy teat en February "'>. The run has been ofSclaily styled th "first annual midwinter land's end to land's end economy test." The route will be from the club house, at Xo. 360 Cumberland street. Brooklyn, ta Montauk Point and return, a distance of Zt2 miles. In one day. The contest committee, which consist* of A. R. Pardinston. chairman; C. G. Arnold and F. D. Bandell. has decided that the route to Baby lon is to be elective. From Babylon to Montauk Point the cars will follow the Merrick or Soutli Country road to Patchogue. From Patchojjue the route leads to Southampton, and from there to th« lighthouse at Montauk Point. On the outward trip there will be four checking stations, the first at ih* Sherman Ho :se. Babylon: the second ar Roe' 3 Hot-M. Patchogue, the third at the Irving House. Southampton, and the fourth ai the lighthouse at Montauk Potnt. The route for the return trip Is elective, and there u.!ii - checking done except at the finish at tiis clubho^e. DISCUSS TROTTISG RULES. Committee in Session, hut Xo Changes Are Likely. With few important questions before '.' the rules committee of the National Trotting Association met in biennial session yesterday at the Murray Hill Hotel, and will continue? its meeting to-day. The committee) will draft a report to-night which it will submit to the delegates at th» biennial ccm gT»ss pf the National Trotting Association, which ■will convene at the samp pla"» to-morrow morning and continue throughout the day. and p<->s«'M • Thursday. The meeting yesterday was behind closed doors, and any changes that nay be mods were not announced. The members of the rules rommitt?'" rm Willlim Russell Allen, chairman, cf St. Louis; T. M. Arrow smith, of Greensboro. N. <" . If. B. Schall. of Allen town. Perm. . George Campbell Brown, secretary, ct Spring Hill. Tcnn.: Alexander McClaren. of Buck ingham, Quebec, Canada; C. A. Chapman, of Fer rlsburg. Vt.: K. P. Ileald. of San Francisco; AM McDonald, of Albany; H. W. Wlllson. of LexinfC ton. Ky.. and W. H. Gocher. of Hartford. Conn- It ■■ is said that no radical changes in the ru!?» r."r« likely. At the congress <?n Wednesday a reso lution may bo adopted opposing: th* an*: »" < bills introduced In the State Legislature. NO FLAG OFFICERS ELECTED. Question R«fcTT d Back to Nominating Comm ittee by Atlantic Yacht Club. Commodore Leonard Richards presided last nieht at the annual meeting of the Atlantic T.i M Club held at the Waldorf-Astoria. Fas 1 the firs! time in its history no flag officers were elected. tho consent or* gag ones wanted by T^» club not having boon Obtained, it was said. "*"he selTtiori ■-■* flag officers ms therefore referred back la ami nominating committee for action at a aubseqttenC meeting The officer* elected last night ■*••-•• Measurer. John R. Brophy: secretary, Robert W. Fpl^r: treasurer, Robert F. Brown; regatta committee. John R. Crophy. Horaco K. Bu!»bee> and Fred t^ I>urland: trustee-* for three year-*, BiaamM Chab 1 * and '!i-.v S. Weeks: committee on membership. George I>. Provost. Erastus T. TefTt and MM Grander; library committee. George H. Hodges and Harry A. Bullock. Sixteen yacht owners voted on MM various mo tions that came up In reference to club affair*. Kdwln Palmer, of Waterford. Conn.. and W. 11. Powell, of this city, were elected members. Th<?»* present Included Major Fred Ackerman. Gcorg» li- Church. ox-Commodore K. B. Havens. Hendon Chubb. General B. M. Whltlock. Fred W. 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