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THE OMATTA '' SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 2f, 1909.
l.C.A.A. U.S. GROWING FAST
Now Influences Sixty-Four Leading:
Colleges.
rOUETH ANNUAL MEET TUESDAY
Organisation Hae Control of a ta
aat Ponnlatloa of C'oneHer-
Mf More Than Rlghty-
Elgfct Tkooeand.
NEW YORK, Pec. 25. The Intercol
legiate Athletic Aasoclatlon of the United
States, to give In full the Impressive title
of that organization which by the way haa
'.Just been Joined by Harvard, will meet
next Tuesday In this city to consider prob
lems of college athletics. The organisation
was begun late In 1905, mostly by chance,
and has lived through a period of being
laughed at until now it Is a moat Import
ant, body In college athletics.
Curiously enough It Is an association of
colleges which controls nothing and pre
tends to control' nothing. In spite of that
It forced a reform of foot ball In 1908, the
first year of Its existence, and since then
has been extending a reformative Influ
ence to other sports.
Those colleges which are members. of the
association and they number now some
thing more than sixty are not nd to
subscribe to any legislation enacted by the
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of 'the
s United Btatesh. The colleges which -do
not care to act In accordance with any
law made, by the majority have only to
file formal notice of their objections.
Its Effect In Foot Ball.
In 1905, as many folks recall, there was
a great outcry against the American col
lego game of football, much as there has
been this season. There were some fatal
ities on the gridiron that brought the pub
Jijc attention keenly to the amount of
danger that there Is In foot ball, and
.there were also many accidents. The cry
was to lessen mass play and to make the
' game a better thing for player and spec-
tator. The rules committee, at that time
a self-perpetuating body of seven men,
old time mysterious rulers of the game
who met with dignity and iBalsl&t&d In ss-
crecy, had given no sign that they were
going to do anything about It. ' The gen-
iral impression was that they weren't
going to do much.
The death of Harld Moore, a backfleld
player of Union college? in a game against
New York university In this city, and the
.action of Columbia in abolishing the game
made New York the center of the storm.
Chancellor Henry M. MacCracken of New
York university called a meeting of col
leges and . universities to be held here
with the idea of abolishing foot ball gen
erally. Harvard, Yale, Princeton', Penn
sylvania, Cornell and others did not send
) delegates to the - meeting, and - there were
not .many universities of the first import
ance represented.
Columbia had a ' delegate there, but a
Columbia already had abolished foot ball
'that didn't make much Impression. The
New England colleges were represented
.pretty strongly. Altogether about sixty In
stitutions had delegates, but after all their
Importance and Influence were small.
Reform Comes from Within.
The meeting in December, 1905, started
cut with a hurrah to destroy the Ameri
can" college game. Of a sudden, out of
the mass of undigested advice and talk
came the sound and safe- plan, of the
United States Military academy. Captain
Palmer K. Pierce, chief delegate of the
Military academy, outlined a plan to have
the association form a rules committee
to fuse with the other body with the idea
of discovering whether something couldn't
be done to reform the game. This tem-
! perate advice proved to be Just the thing,
and the meeting that began with the Idea
of ripping boot ball to pieces ended with
having a committee appointed to reform
and save the game.
The fusion with the old rules commit
tee was made and the changes that for
so long were called new foot ball were
made. The game started out on Its M06
course and the hastily summoned group
of colleges were massed Into the I. C. A.
A. U. 8., to meet annually In New York
to consider problems of college athletics.
Captain .Pierce la the first and. only presi
dent of the i: C. A. A. U. S., thus far. He
will remain at the head of It in all proba
bility Just as long as he cares to or as
long as the government interpose no ob
jection. ."
The first annual meeting of the organi
sation In 1906 was not promising. Twenty
eight colleges sent delegates and nine did
not, , although members. Minnesota was the
only one of the conference colleges that
could be got, and Pennsylvania, although
a .member, aent no delegate.
The big colleges still hung aloof, and
there was a sprinkling in the membership
of the smaller institutions which made the
roll long, but not significant. The mem
bers then were:
- Rutgers,
Bucknell,
Dartmouth, .
Dickinson,
Franklin and
Marshall,
Haverford,
i Lehigh,
Niagara,
Oberlin,
. Ohio Wesleyan,
' Seton Hall,
' Syracuse,
Colorado,
, Minnesota,
. Missouri,
Nebraska,
Wooater,
.Washington and.
Jefferson,
"Weeelyn,
Western University
of Pennsylvania,
Williams.
Vanderbllt,
Allegheny,
Union,
Kwarthmore,
Colgate,
Tufts,
Miami,
Grove City,
Dentson, -
Knchester,
North Carolina,
Wittenberg,
Maryland Agricul
tural, Amherst,
Hennsylvanla,
United States Mili
tary academy.
, Nothing daunted, .Captain Pierce and his
men kept together and worked steadily
away, literature of all , sorts was sent
out. The association devoted Itself chiefly
' to the question of summer base ball, and
now is after the Illicit form of dlverslonXstate-ment made by "Mom" King. Yale
- very strongly. The questions of basket ball
and track athletics were taken under con
sideration and the Intercollegiate basket
ball rules committee became a part of the
l. U. A. A. U. S.
Colleges Now Members.
It la Interesting to note that the strug-
Humphreys Seventy-Seven
; Famous Remedy for Grip &
The lck spot only Is reached by
. ''Bovehty-geven" for Grip and Colds
the ret of the system la not disturbed
On)
This wU appeal to those whose
stomach, bowels and head have been
upset by taking;. Cough and Cold mix
tures. "Seventy-seven" breaks up hard,
stubborn Colds thatNhang on Grip.
llaudy to carry, fits the vest pocket.
;A11 Dnnfores I Be. '
Humphreys' Humeo Medicine Co., Cor.
William u4 Ann bll, New Yurk.
I
gle of the I. C. A. A. U. 8. at last have
resulted In extending the Influence of the
organization to more and more of the
leading colleges. This year for the first
time. Harvard Is In. Yalo, Cornell and
Princeton still hang back, but the asso
ciation has hopes that some day these will
come n. A list of fifty-seven colleges
which are members on the occasion of the
third annual convention on January t of
this year, together with seven others that
will be members after the meeting next
Tuesday, Is particularly illuminating when
the college populations are considered. The
figures given are those at the close of
19M. They are:
AlWhenr Htl 'Pratt Institute I.M1
Amharst
Ji' It limn ii'
4i sion run fs
'Balas
Brawn
Hucsnall ....
Oasa School.
(VlgaU '.
C. C. N. T
Dartmouth ...
lnion ....
Ilawara ....
.. t.Y
.. 771
.. 434;
..4.H3
..1.21!
.. MS
Hist Unl el low. 1,115
Siavsna Institute.
'Swarthmora
SjrrCUM ........
Tufte
Union
...1.0M
... 131
V. S. M. A
Ml
.. Ill
Cnl. of Phlenm.... .
11cklruon
Cnl. of Colorado...!, 160
tranklln MsrMI.. 4 Vnl! of Kansas
o. Washington. ..1,16'
orora Cltr Collate. Hi
Cnl. of Mlnnaanta.
Cnl. of Mlaanurtns.Z.SIt
Cnl. of Nabraaa..l.lJT
Cnl. of N. Carolina. '
Cnl. of Pann 4.(00
Cnt. of PHtabant. .1.11
Harvard 4,100
H ararf ord )u
Indiana l.orl
liwa Stata Collia.l,JM
Ken ron
Lafavatt
1U Cnl. of Rnchaatsr.. IW
44?! Cnl. ot Tannoaas.. Tna
Uhlan Mil Cnl. of Taiaa .1,4(1
Miami L14 Cnl. of Vermont... 4T
Muhlsnbarn 1M Cnl. of Virginia...
N. Y. l'nlTan4tjr....4,(.'.Mi Cnl. of Woostar..,
Klagara 2K Vsoflarbllt
No.Osro. A. A M.. 470 Waah'n at affarson
Nortliwaatern l.fli Waaleran
7M
441
13)
Obarltn l,l Westmlnstar ....
Ohio (data tV.171 "WW Virginia..
Ohio Wralaran 1,M Williams
Pann. SUta.n Lloi Wtltanberg
Probably will become members
... 49
... tea
next
meeting. "Coeducational. Both.
This organisation, with Its sixty-four
colleges and universities, exercises Influ
ence' over 88,333 students, according to the
figures. There is no doubt that there is
an increase In the size of many of them
since college opened that will bring the
total up to 100,000. That is pretty good for
an organization that started with nothing
only a few years ago and is to have its
fourth annual convention next Tuesday.
Alms of the Association.
The object of the Intercollegiate Athletic
Association of the United States is set
forth in its constitution as "the regula
tion and supervision of college athletics
throughout the United States in order
that the athletic activities In the colleges
and universities of the United States may
be maintained on an ethical plane In keep
ing with the dignity and high purpose of
education."
The matter of control of athletics Is
set forth thus in the constitution: "The
colleges and universities enrolled In this
association severally agree to take control
of student athletic sports, as far as may be
necessary to maintain in them a high
standard of personal honor, eligibility and
fair play, and to. remedy whatever abuses
exist." It can be seen that the associa
tion Is organized with the end of maintain
Ing decency In sport and not with the idea
of interfering In the management by any
college of its own affairs.
Great interest attaches to the forthcom
ing meeting because of the situation in
foot ball. The Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation of the United States appoints
seven members of the foot ball rules com
mittee, and the task these men will have
to alter the rules and the character of the
game will be one of the big things in sport
in 1910. The activities of the association.
moreover, In regard to base ball, track
athletics and basket ball, all attract atten
tion. Eventually the association may well
be one of the most important things of
Its kind In this country, cooperating with
the American Athletio union In attempt
ing to raise the standard of fair play and
sportsmanship among the athletes of the
country. s .
COLLEGE SCHEDULES ABE OUT
Harvard and Cornell Each Show Some
Chances In Games Played.
New York, Dec. 25. The base ball man
agers at Harvard and Cornell have ' both
announced their 1910 schedules. The Har
vard schedule provides for twenty-two
games, one less than last season. It reads:
April 2021 University of Virginia at
Charlottesville. V
April 25 Georgetown at Washington.
April 28 Williams at Cambridge.
April 30 Tufts at Cambridge.
May S Holy Cross at Cambridge.'
May 4 University of Virginia at Cam
bridge, s
May 7 Holy Cross at Worcester.
May 11 Amherst at Cambridge.
May 14 Princeton at Princeton.i
May 18 Bates at Cambridge.
May 21 Prlnoeton at Cambridge.
May 25 Princeton at New York. (Play
off In case of tie).
May 28 Brown at Providence.
May 90 Andover at Andover.
June 1 Exeter at Cambridge.
June 4 Cornell at Cambridge.
June 8 Dartmouth at Cambridge.
June IT Brown at Cambridge.
June 21 Yale at New Haven.
June 23 Yale at Cambridge. ' '"
June 28 Yale at Boston or New York.
(Play-off In case of tie).
The Cornell list Includes Holy Cross, a
new game for the Ithacans, and Dart
mouth appears on the schedule for the first
time In some years. Two games will be
played with Williams and Amherst: The
schedule follows:
April 9 Bucknell at Ithaca.
April IS Niagara at Ithaca.
April IS Vermont at Ithaca. ' y
April 10 Holy Cross at Worcester. '1
April 23 Columbia at Ithaca. ' '
April 28 Penn. State at Ithaca, TP"
April 30 Amherst at Ithaca.
. May Williams at Ithaca.
May 7 Dartmouth at Ithaca.
May 12 Dartmouth at Hanover.
May 13 Amherst at Amherst.
May 14 Williams at Wtlllamstown.
May l-Oberlln at Ithaca.
May 21 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
May 28 Wesleyan at Ithaca.
' May 28 Michigan at Ithaca.
May 30 Pennsylvania at Ithaca.
June 4 Harvard at Cambridge.
June 15 Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
June 18 Yale at New Haven.
June 21 Alumni at Ithaca.
BOXING HELPS FOOT BALL
Itobba Iacreaaed Ills Usefnlneae on
Gridiron by Boilac 1
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 26. According to a
boxing Instructor In the Yale "gym," the
great Improvement In the playing of
Hobbs, the big Yale tackle on the foot
ball team this season, was due principally
to the amount of time he put In In box
ing. In previous years Hobbs was regarded
as a sort of mark by the men who played
opposite to him In the Important games.
"Hobbs came to the boxing room early
in the season," said King, "and he weighed
223 pounds, stripped. He looked "-big and
clumsy, but I never saw a man work as
faithfully or as hard as he did. He boxed
every day and did a lot of other work
down to 198 pounds. Boxing worked won
ders for Hobbs, and it will do as much
for any one.
"Did you notice the way In which Cap
tain Coy put out his hand In a scrim
mage on the field? -He put them out Just
like a trained boxer, and he has boxed
since he was a little chap. He did not box
here with me. But he boxed when he
was at the Hotchklas school at Lakevtlle
and with my predecessor, 'Billy' Dole. The
old YsJe boxing teacher used to make the
rounds of certain "prep schools and give
lessons, and when he struck Hotchklss, he
always put the goves on with Teddy' Coy.
The latter on the foot ball fled haa all
the movements of a boxer.
"Another boxer on the team Is 'Ham'
Andruathe big guard. Coy Hobbs, Andrus
and Kllpatrtck, all boxers, appear In Wal
ter Camp's roll of honor. Wrestling Is
another great help to the foot ball men, as
witness 'Dutch' Ooebel, of our team, and
Pau' Wlthineton of Harvard. Goebel is
the heavyweight champion. here and Wlth
lugtou is the champion at Cambridge.'
RULE REVISION IN SIGHT
Foot Ball Must Undergo Some Change
to Meet Popular Demand.
GAME TO KESEMBLE RUGBY
It Is Probable that No Sweeping Re
visions Will Be Made, gaek as
Were Neeesaary Four
Tears. Ago,
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. At this time the
fate of college foot onll hangs In the bal
ance of uncertainty and until after the
committee's meeting, called for December
28, nothing definite can be known as to
the extent of rule revision that must In
evitably be enacted. The unfortunate acci
dents of last season have created a general
conviction that something should be done
toward lessening the danger ot contestants,
but what that something should be Is at
present a mooted question on which no
critics or coaches agree, although every
one has decided views on the subject.
If some critics have their way In the
matter the game of 1910 will more nearly
resemble English Rugby than tfte present
American oollega game. These are the
extremists, who would be Just as well
pleased to see the game abolished, but
they are in the minority and stand small
chance of effecting their purpose. The
calm and shrewd minds of the leading
coaches and officials are far better fitted
to suggest a cure than assn Hants guided
solely by the unfortunate events of last
season. The action taken by the public
school authorities is a striking example of
Impulsive decision, but which will have
little effect upon the faults really aimed
at. It Is possible to prevent the school
boys playing the game under the name of
the various Institutions, but utterly Im
possible to present their Indulgence In the
sport as Independent organizations wher
ever and whenever they please. With re
vised rules even the school boys will play
the game In the modified manner, but with
no revision simply an abolition of the
sport they will continue to play the game
under such rules as may exist for the
rtnl1firfa
Consequently the real burden of amend
ing and at the same time protecting the
sport falls upon the shoulders of the men
who will make the rules for next season,
and amona- those men there Is a fair pre
ponderance of (pinion holding that the
present game Is not far wrong and can
be made suitable for all sides by simple
amendments to the rules now existing and
without changing materially the charac
teristic and essential features of the game
Itself. To effect this result various cool
headed students of the sport have made,
and will urge before the rule makers, sug
gestions for making the forward pass less
dangerous and uncertain, for opening up
the play In 'the line to some extent, and
for the encouragement of still further de
velopment In. the end running game.
These men appear to agree, and rightly.
that It Is not the open game that Is to
hUme for the Injuries that have occurred,
but merely the rough edges of some of
the open game rules. Wisdom In such
matters comes after time and experiment
have given opportunity for praotlcal demon
stration, and now, after two or three years
of open, "new'.' foot ball', these men who
have followed Its progress most closely are
In the best position to offer the required
solution. In any event there is little Ukell
hood that any sweeping revision will be
deemed advisable or necessary, as was the
case In 1905-06, when "old" foot ball had
been developed as far as possible, and was
universally condemned for faults that could
only be eliminated by the wide departure
that took place In that year and resulted
In the present game.
YOUNGSTERS WIN AT BILLIARDS
Five Reemlta Now Occapr the Cen
ter of the Stage.
NEW YORK, Deo. 25. There's a lot more
doing this season in billiards than has been
known for years, and before its close the
game may be given Its greatest shaking
up In recent history. The great feature
is the coming out ot the youngsters, no less
than five now being In the limelight, and
this in itself is the most remarkable con
dition ot affairs. Each believes he has a
chance to win the world's championship.
The other day Albert Cutler posted his
S2S0 forfeit and challenged the winner of
the Calvtn Demarest-Harry Cllne match
for the 18.2 balkllne world's championship,
which will be played in Orchestra hall,
Chicago, February 1, i and I. , Demarest
won the emblem In the recent tourney in
Madison Square Garden concert hall.
To Eddie Oraney of San Francisco, be
longs a lot ot credit for bringing Willie
Hoppe and Oral Mornlngstar back Into line
as competitors for the trophy each has held
but resigned. These two great stars are
soon to meet in a championship contest
in Chicago or New York and the winner
will then play Demarest, Cllne or Cutler
for the emblem as It may be held at that
time.
Many concessions have been made by
both sides In removing the Imaginary Una
which seemed to fence off certain of the
players, but now that all factions have
come to an amicable arrangement of their
difference billiards ought to take on the
greatest boom ever known, and It's mighty
certain that when the five youngsters
really get Into action not only will the old
Records fall with a dull, sickening thud,
but the new stars will shoot so hlg that
some of the other ones may have a dose
of the blinks. . .
NEW STADIUM FOR ZAWVELLE
Kansas and Mlsaonrl Universities Are
Talkies Common Field.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Deo. 23. The Unl
versltles of Kansas and Missouri are
planning to erect an athletio stadium to
gether and committees tram the colleges
are looking over sites In Kansas City which
will be convenient to both institutions. The
promoter ot the company which Intends to
erect the struoture In Kansas City on the
model of the Harvard 'Stadium at Soldiers'
field speaks concerning the proposition,
follows:
"My plan Is to make the price of stock
low enough to be purchased by any mem
ber of the alumni of both Institutions. We
will probably Incorporate for t&.OOO within
a few days after a favorable report has
been made by the Joint committee.
"I have had ' a talk with J. C. Nichols
of Kansas university and R. B. Caldwell
of Missouri university, heads of their re
spective committees. They both sub-
mltted propositions to the effect that the
universities each take a certain amoun
of stock yearly until the stadium passes
entirely Into their control. They said, how
ever, that thla matter had already been
presented Indirectly to the student bod I
and that it did not meet with universal fa.
vor. My plan Is to form a regular stock
company, receiving a certain percent of
the gate receipts at each event In exchange
for the use of the stadium.
"I am Informed that the Toung Men's
Christian association expects to sub-lease
the stadium occasionally for Its events
and also use it for a practice ground for
Its teams. Perhaps in summer It might
be rented to some city league team or even
to outdoor shows." 1 v
FBED WELSH CRITICISES BOXING
Rays He Thinks the name Ilea Gone
Backward la Rnglasd.
NEW YORK. Deo. 25 ' Freddie" Welsh
Is not a bit baokward In criticising the
present condition of boxing In England. He
thinks the men of Great Britain not only
have remained at a standstill, but. It any
thing, have gone backward. v
Concerning his match with "Johnny"
Summers, Welsh says:
"If the referee thinks there Is too much
time wasted In clinching It Is In his power
to stop It. But why object td leaning and
permit clinching at all? To object to
clinching In boxing,' however. Is almost
like objecting to the use of the knight in
chess because Its move makes a right
argle. Clinching cannot be eliminated
without also cutting out of the game some
of the subtlest and most sclentlflo blows
blows at once of exact and perfect legi
timacy and yet of the most terrible, punish
ing character. '
"Often when Summers would start one of
his fearful blows I would leap Inside of It
Into a clinch. But the clinch was only one
part of what resulted from my getting
inside of his blow. Not only would I be
In perfect safety, but he would have re
ceived punishment on the body before he
could recover and on the head after he had
recovered. The blows would be given by
fists traveling only from six to nine Inches,
but with pistonlike rigidity and landing
with a force conceivable only to one who
has received them.
I do not hesitate to take direct Issue
with Mr. 8ktt and the entire spirit of
conversation he represents, and I am free
to say that It Is a great pity that such an
attitude should be taken by the great and
Influential National Sporting club. Under
the Influence of fetish worship the British
boxer has grown 'decadent and the palm
of supremacy Is borne triumphantly aloft
by our American cousins. If this were be
cause there are better men in America,
not another word need be said, but the
men of England are as good as ever they
were, and need only to be lifted, helped
kicked,, if necessary out of the ruts they
are In to make themonce more the leaders
of the world In the sport. They cling to
antiquated methods of training as well as
boxing, with the result that they are taking
second place.
"If It Is said In objection that "Jimmy'
Drlsenll and Owen Moran have shown them.
selves as good as or better than the best
Americans in their class, I would answer
that they box rather in the American style
than the English, and that both have had
experience in America. Of Drlscoll, how
ever, , it must be said that he is one ot the
exceptions to rules. He is a natural boxer
of wonderful skill, able for that reason
to see and use the' good points of all
styles of boxing.
"Certainly I was greatly hampered In my
fight with Summers by the rulings which
prevented me from using quite two-thirds
of my ring-craft. Perhaps it is presump
tuous to say so, but I am convinced that
if I had hot been afraid of offending, but
had been given the liberty accorded In
every American prize ring. I would have
been able to finish the contest within fif
teen rounds."
STAKES FOR BRIGHTON RACES
i A
Borne Old Staltes Are Renewed and
New Ones Added.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. William A. Enge-
man has prepared a list of stakes for the
proposed summer meeting of the Brighton
Beach Racing association. Recently It was
announced that application would be made
for dates by the association, after It had
been out of racing for a year, and followed
his up with a schedule of stakes to be
decided.
No closing date has been fixed for these
stakes, but the Brighton Handicap, one
that is on the Hat, fixes February 1 as the
date for the publication ot weights, and
It is expected that the stakes will be closed
early in January,
The liBt Is a fairly good one. The Brlgh
ton Handicap, the big mlle-and-a-quarter
fixture, is framed along the same lines
the Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps, and
has a guaranteed value of 16.000.
.mo ousMiuu June is revivea. it is a
weigh t-for-age race, with a guaranteed
value of $2,000, and a like, amount is ot
fered for the mile and a furlong of the
Invincible Handicap. The Test, at a mile.
Is the other $2,000 fixture for the horses
3 years old and over. The Islip Handicap
of a mile and a furlong has a guaranteed
value of $1,500, and the others at that figure
are the Nautilus Selling Stake of a mile
and a sixteenth, Jamaica Selling Stake of
six furlongs. Glen Cove of six furlongs,
and the Sea Gate of a mile and a furlong
The 2-year-olds are well provided, with
the revived Brighton Junior as the best
feature. It is worth $3,000 guaranteed and
is over the slx-f urlong course. The Neptune
is a six-furlong dash, worth $2,0U0 guar
anteed, and the others ot $1,500 each guar
anteed are the Montauk at six furlongs.
Winged Foot Handicap at six furlongs and
the Atlantic Selling Stake at five and one-
half furlongs.
The stakes are In a great measure a re.
vlval of the old feat y res of Brighton Beach
and the only difference Is In the values.
These have been cut materially, as the
sixteen stakes have a gross value of $33,0.0.
Ever since the close of the season the
question oi neginning the season of 1910
earlier than It was begun in 1909 has been
raised, and with) Brighton Beach back on
the blrcult there will be a double reason
for an early start. The dates that will be
required by the Brighton Beach Racing
association have not been made public,
and the only Intimation of his intentions
as to dates, made by Mr. Engeman, was
that he would not in any way encroach
upon the month of August should the Sara.
toga association decide -to use its full
quoto of racing time.
ARMSTRONG TO TRAIN JEFFRIES
was Former Sparring Partner of
' Johnson and Knows Game.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Bob Armstrong
the big and clever colored heavyweight,
will in all probability be engaged by Jim
Jeffries to assist him in his training for
his coming , heavyweight championship
fight with Jack Johnson.
Armstrong Is one of the best men in
the business when It comes to training a
man for a fight, and the fact that he
wts Johnson's sparring partner when the
la. tor trained for his battle with Al
Kailman is one reason why Jeff Is anx
ious to secure him, as he knows every
bin 7 used by Johnson in a battle.
Aj J I in Corbett, Jack It jot and prob
ably Tommy Ryan will also be added to
Jeff t corps of trainers, the big fellow
will surely have a great collection of
clever men to box with for the mill.
Sun. tverger and . Jack McCormlck, the
CM lea.,') ex-heavyweight, will also be
added to the camp to do their little stunt.
The Way to Carry a Gnn.
One Sullivan, a resident ot Georgia, seal
oua In upholding the law forbidding the
carriage of concealed weapons, bore Ms
pistol in an open basket on his arm while
traversing the distance to and from his
residence. Kventually defendant met a
person who lacked discretion to such an
extent that he provoked a difficulty,
whereupon he was promptly shot In the
arm. Sullivan waa prosecuted not for the
usave of the weapon, but merely for con
cealing it. In Huhlvan against Slate. 68
Southeastern Reporter. tlA. this Interesting
rnvthod of transporting a weapon was
doemed not a concealment. There being no
positive proof that the weapon was. con
cealed within the basket, flainUft could
not be convicted. .. .
QUEER ilAPPT VALLEY DERBY
Making: of the Most Curious Race
Meet in the World.
AMATEUR SPORT AT HONGKONG
Plenty of Fan for Very Little Ontlay
Claeees of Animals Raped and
Stranft-e Methoda of HandU
capping-.
Almost every country In the world where
the sport of horse racing has taken root
has a race named after the big English
classic America, France, Austria, Russia,
Australia, New Zealand and India have
their Derbies, but the most curious of all
is that held yearly at Hongkong, on what
Is known as the Happy Valley course.
This Happy Valley Is situated about a
mile or so from Victoria, the port of
Hongkong, and the patch occupied by the
course Is the only level bit of sward In the
whole Island.
The course proper Is a mile circuit of
trass and as smooth as a billiard table,
On the Inside of this Is a specially pre
pared track of sand and cinders used only
for training purposes. The Infield Is used
as a sort of general playground for the
sporty people of Hongkong, for there are
tennis courts, foot ball and field hockey
grounds, and so on. Until within a decade
or so ago this patch, which measures eon
slderably less than two miles In ctrcnm
ference, was a stretch of marsh absolutely
useless. A few of the English residents
of Hongkong who have loved the sport
of racing conceived the Idea of , turning
the bit of desert Into a race course, and
the evidence today that the plan was suc-
eef sful Is the course and surroundings, un
doubtedly the prettiest thing of Its kind in
the world.
Ponies for Races.
After the course had been constructed
the next difficulty that presented Itself to
the English colonists waa to procure the
horseflesh. It was decided that the start
should be on a small and Inexpensive scale,
so with this end In view a number of
Waler ponies were Imported. It was thought
that fine Waler would bo even cheaper
than the China pony, but In this the pro
meters were mistaken. It was In 1902 that
the Walers were brought to Hongkong, and
the year following the Waler champion
stakes was Instituted.
The sparse field of four ponies went to
the post for the event and as three of
them belonged to the same owner the
outcome aroused no great amount of ex
citement and the death knell of Waler
racing was sounded then and there. The
Initial cost of the animal was too much
and people did not show any Inclination
to support the Innovation. In 1904 there
were a few races for Walers, after which
Jhe turfites turned their attention to the
Chinese pony, as he was found to be mucn
cheaper than the Waler.
Though there are no ponies bred in
Hongkong, It was found to be easy enough
to get a supply from Korea and Mongolia,
where they breed in a wild state and re
main until they are about 7 years of
age. Then they are rounded up ana
brought in droves to Shanghai and Tien
tsin and disposed ot by the dealers. The
general run of Chinese ponies rate about
thirteen hands and very rarely has there
been found one to measure fourteen hands,
They are the handiest class fit horses alive,
as they can be raced, driven to any sort
of trap, and some of them make first rate
ponies. Like all other classes of horses
they have their faults and failings, but
above all they are game and will hold
out while they are able to stay on their
pins.
Racers not Numerous.
To take the ponies devoted to racing,
they are divided into three classes accord
ing to the ruling of the Hongkong Jockey
club. First there are whyit are termed
"grifflna," and this is the class eligible
for the Hongkong derby. They are
ponies which have not appeared in pub
lic and for which any price might have
been paid. Some times very fancy figures
are paid for "Derby" griffins. If a man
wants to try for the derby he sends an
agent up north to buy a lot of youngsters
with ' the speculation that there may be
one crack In the bunch. More frequently
does the prospective owner draw a blank,
and It is on record that a man spent as
much -as $4,000 on a consignment which
did not yield him a single racer.
The second class are called "subscrip
tion griffins" and they too are novicea, but
have had to show. speed equal to one min
ute forty seconds for three-quarters of a
mile in a private trial. The method by
which owners get hold of a "subscription
griffin" Is unique. In the fall of the year,
say about the end of August, an official
qf the Hongkong Jockey club announces
through the publlo press that he Is ready
to dispose of a lot of "subscription griffins"
and Bffks for subscribers. Then should a
man take one of the horses he must guar
antee the sum of $128 for the pony. As
soon as the list Is full, or perhaps when
between fifty and sixty names have been
handed In, the date of the drawing of
lots Is made public.
In the meantime a batch of tried griffins
has been forwarded from the north and
when the owners arrive the drawing takes
place at the Shanghai Horse baxar." The
plan of drawing Is simple. The names of
all the subscribers are pup in a box, while
In another box are the numbers of the
ponies. When the man's name Is drawn It
Is called out loud and at tho same time
a pony Is drawn for him, there being no
alternative but to take the pony belonging
to the number. Quite frequently good
ponies are found In this way, but the bad
ones drawn more than counterbalance the
cases of good luck. No doubt the system
suffers from a disadvantage of the ponies
having to pass through flhtnghal, where
the sharps and cappers collar the most
likely looking of the lots bound for Hong
kong. Yet In spite of the eagle eyes of the
northern dealers some really good ponies
reach Hongkong, but they are the ones
which are slow to mature and give little
or no promise when pass'ng through Shang
hai. t The third class are tliose that have done
some racing elsewhere than In Hongkong,
maybe at Peking. Tientsin or Shanghai.
They come under the "aged" head and are
raced here and there at the different meets
until they are found to have lost, their
speed.
Meet Comes in February.
The annual (meet at Hongkong takes
place In the month of February, the
weather being supposed to be the best at
that season of the year. The fixture then
serves a purpose, for It gives the owners
plenty of time to go to Shanghai for the
spring meet there, which takes place In
May. Three day's racing usually covers
the Hongkong meet, though there has
been an additional day now and again.
The program consists of ten races a day,
the stakes grading from $650 to $160. The
derby Is always the big event, the money
being always about $TM added to a sweep
stakes of $10, the first pony to get 70
per cent, the second 20 and the third 1
per cent. In addition to the sweepstakes
and added money there la often a valuable
cup or trophy put up' for the winner.
The most peculiar part of the Hongkong
racing is the method of handicapping.
There is no weight for age or sex allow-
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ance there, the ponies being simply
weighed according to their height. For
every Inch there is an allowance of three
pounds either above or below. . As . the
standard height Is 13 hands, the weight Is
fixed at 152 pounds, and this is rather a
crushing weight on the saddle of such a
small animal. Tet In spite of the steadier
these little horses make, very good time.
The record here for the Hongkong, which
Is about 100 yards short of a mile is
2:06, by a pony named Heather King, In
1906, and it was rather speedy traveling for
a small horse with 158 pounds on Its back.
A pony named Spring Rose did one and
one-fourth miles in 2:36, this being the
Champion Stake's event, and the same pony
covered one and three-fourths miles In 3:47
wo years ago. The record for the one and
one-half miles is 3:12, the Joint holders be
ing Daredevil and Dunoon, ponies which
dead heated In a race at Hongkong.
Lots of Fun For Anyone.
But the most fascinating feature about
the racing sport in Hongkong is that al
most anybody with a little money can
take part in it and have lots of tun for a
smalN outlay. From the moment a man
puts down his name for a subscription
griffin until the end of the racing season
the sum of $350 will cover all his expenses.
The principal item of expenditure will be
the pony, and when landed in Hongkong
his cost will be S1E0, and to keep nlm three
months In training, which is the extent of
the season, can be done for $50. This In
cludes the hire of a "rldee" boy, the mafoo
or groom, the services of the racing cliow
and the cost of shoeing.
For each race the entry fee is about
$5, and here, of course, his liabilities can
be increased if he enters three or four
races per day, but for 'the sum of $100,
which means twenty races, he v ill have
plenty of sport. Should a man want to go
on a larger scale there are lots of ways to
spend money, especially If he should take
the notion of buying up a string of crack
pontes, but so far only two big stables
stand outjfrom all the others as far as the
number of ponies go. Mostly ill those
who indulge in the sport are amateurs
and do the greater part of their own
training, and taken all in all In no prut
of the world does racing cost less tlian l.i
Hongkong.
After the close of the racing season eech
year the custom Is to have an auction,
and ponies which are not sent t'jrf.h to
the Foochow and Amoy meets are die- j
posed of. The prices are mostly Influenced
by their performances on the track, sore
going as high as $, while not a few hue
been bought for as low as $10. Borne years
ago gymkhanas grew Into popularity dur
ing the summer months, but of late sea
sons there have been several small race
meets Instead and the indications are that
these summer fixtures will become a per
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