Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1906 — The SPORTING WORLD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The SPORTING WORLD

Sherring Mar R** la Chicago. Officials of the new Illinois Athletic club want William Sherring, winner of the Olympian Marathon race, to run in the distance fixture in Chicago Sept. 29. ' Secretary Charles H. Gensiinger, who recently returned to Chicago from the east and Canada, met nearly every Marathon runner of prominence and received assurances from a majority of them that they would compete in the coming event • In addition to Sherring the Chicago man got favorable replies from two

other Canadians, Irving Elliott and George Moore of Hamilton, Ont. Of tbe crack eastern runners it is said to be most certain that tbe following will be among tbose to enter: T. P. Morrissey, M. A. C., Jersey City, N. J.; Martin J. O’Neil Roxbury Athletic club. Boston; Timothy Ford, Hampshire Athletic club, Boston; F. Laffargne, St. Bartholomew's club. New York; Ben Mann, Mott Haven Athletic club. New York, and Sammy Mellor, lonkers, N. Y. Fast New Chicago Race Yacht. The squadron of the Columbia Yacht club of Chicago has received a valuable addition with the arrival of Naniwa, a thirty-five foot sloop purchased recently In the east by J. G. Giaver, Hans Finstad and A. V. Johnson of Chicago. The yacht, which is favorably known to American yachtsmen, was built last year as a defender of tbe Canada cup and went through the season with a remarkable record. The principal dimensions of Naniwa are as follows: Over all length, 51 feet; water line length, 35 feet; beam, 11 feet; draft 7 feet. The spread of canvas Is large, 1,550 square feet being carried In the mainsail and jib. The equipment, wblch is of tbe highest class. Includes hollow spars and union silk spinnaker and balloon jib. The cabin is roomy, with six feet of head room and six berths. Naniwa is expected to be a leading competitor for the new Tavern cup, recently put qp for competition in the thirty-five •foot class. > A Crafty Canalhal Carp. A carp twenty-seven inches long and weighing twenty-three pounds was shot with a rifle in a small pond at Montpelier. Vt., not long ago. For twenty-five years the carp had been thriving on brook trout with which the pond had been stocked at various times, its presence was not known until the pond was drained to make the sheet of water habitable for the fast dying trout. As the water flowed away the carp tried to bury itself In the mud, but was killed by a bullet. In the latest consignment of trout the mortality rate is not so great. The Stallion Will Be Sore. The pacing stallion Will Be Sure, that was raced successfully in the Canadian provinces last year and took a race record of 2:19%, was placed Ln faster Dore’s hands some two months ago to be conditioned and campaigned in New England. A company of horsemen in Nova Scotia recently bought tbe horse for $2,750, and he has been shipped back to tbe provinces again. Rogers Is Captain of Cornell. Howard Maxwell Rogers, ’O7, was recently elected captain of the Cornell track team for the ensuing year. Rogers’ home is In Riverton, N. J. He has been in the Cornell running squad since entering college and was quickly picked out by Jack Monkley as being a sensational runner. He won the quarter mile at the intercollegiate meet. Cuckoo’s Promising Son. A horse in training at Murfreesboro, Tenn., lately trotted a mile in 2:27 and at the finish shifted td a pace and did the distance in 2:18%. Since then he has been shod to pace anil has worked in 2:18, 2:16%, 2:15. He Is by Cuck6o, a son of Ponce de Leon. Jersey’s New Auto Law. According to the recently enacted automobile law of New Jersey, every motor vehicle driven in that stpte must be registered in New Jersey, and every person desirous of driving an automobile within tbe state’s borders must be licensed.

W. A. SHERRING.