¡rfehopolitan Racing Gets Daring Drivers Who Will Compete in Harkness Cup Race Donovan Wins Under Way on Thursday Final Shoot on Entries Assure Fine Sport. Travers Island Day Card for Entries Set New Opening Gets Prize After Breaking Jamaica Attractive Mark for Yale Three-Cornered Tie-.- Plum Disappoints By J. S. M-TCHel Interscholastics THEIR oum generation the /y The New York A. C. bird ex¬ trise may sneer, clay perts rung down the curtain for the hold our sports iri de~ They trap shooting^ season yesterday at vision; Exeter Favorite, but Large Travers Island, the farewell event be¬ to sophist, or sage, or seer, ing tho club championship of 200 Perchance Promise Close birds. A string of fifty-two enthusi¬ ffa* allotted a graver vision. Delegations asts of wing shooting faced the traps, Yet tmin' °f c^ t}ie Creator and an idea of the keenness of the *f Competition Saturday marksmanship may be gleaned from planned, the fact that three men tied for the Bis noblest work is reckoned, diamond and ruby studded medal His sea NEW awarded to the high gun. nf the works of hand, by or HAVEN, Conn., May 11..East¬ The trio to ern finish level were J. P. by land, preparatory schools have not fol¬ Donovan, C. H. Newcomb, twice na¬ The horse may at least rank sec¬ lowed the lead of some of the larger tional champion, and L. F. Curtis, universities in cutting down extensive¬ each shattering 194 out of the possible ond. ly the 200. They shot off a twenty-five-bird athletic programmes of the in¬ race, with the result that they took Vext Thursday afternoon, when the stitutions. This is keenly evidenced their places for the first three prizes .«tropolitan racing season is inau- by the entry list which just has been as they are named. »0-»--d at Jamaica, the thoroughbred received for There were ten prizes in all. In will not rank second to the annual Yale inter- the first hundred Newcomb *¿d his sport scholastic track hung up m of the higher pastimes of the meet, which will be the high score with a total of 9S, After several months of given next while Donovan cracked 96 and Curtis human race. Saturday. 94. weary to» tine .those who love the Both in the number of teams and Newcomb missed a few ridicu¬ and the others who court the individual entries the list is the lously easy ones in his second hun¬ horse on largest dred «me. of chance and excitement will record, and the performances which and had to be content with 94. L afTorded an opportunity to shako are promised are likely to prove better Curtis did r.he best work, breaking 100 the city dust from their feet and in- in a majority of the events than in straight. Donovan hit 98 in his sec¬ tKJfnta.ly to inhale an invigorating the Yale-Harvard-Princcton triangular ond hundred. ¿raft of the ozone rolling in from intercollegiate track meet, which will The surprise of the day «was the Jamaica Bay. be held here tho following Saturday. downfall of Frederick Plum, the na¬ When the bugle sounds to call out The meet is Yale's sixteenth inter- tional amateur champion and the man event it will scholastic who a week ago smothered all the horses for vr.e first attempt. Exeter, which won Public sition in oppo¬ the See the title as well as a May race, in commission highly promising championship last year, is a put slight setting up all sorts of records season. There will be nine days of favorite, although the large size of Maroon Rooters for several of the continuous runs and for the gun .ally first class racing at Jamaica, after visiting delegations will total. Plum high which the scene will be shifted to Bel- make the competition closer than any Preakness Run began poorly, and try as in recent he did he could never get the Bont Park for thirteen day», and it years. Exeter has won the of proper back to Jamaica for Yale Interscholastic To Team range the clays. In the first hun¬ come three will again Cup times follow dred ho cracked which WR3 and 93, »ix sessions of exceptional competion. needs only one more victorv to for poor at the card for make the cun its permanent Free of him, and in the next hundred ho A glance Thursday An property. Charge dropped four, his total 193. a condition that should Innovation will be made next Sat¬ making reveals bring in To W. S. Silkworth also accounted for heart of follower of urday adding four a 100- West Point joy to the every events, 193. This made a ea_ine and Secretary Wal¬ yard and 400-yard dash, a mile run BALTIMORE, Md., May 11..All Bal¬ dead heat for fourth the sport, and a and fifth places. In the shoot-off ter Edwards is to bo congratulated on high jump for high schools, and in timore and all visitors within her gates Silkworth beat of one of the best addition the high schools which will Plum and was pre¬ hi« arrangement enter will be to will be welcome at Pimlico track next The Fordham University baseball sented with fourth prize. balanced cards ever presented at Ja¬ allowed enter the open The summaries: In each of the six events there events. The list of events open to Wednesday, on the occasion of the first management is making preparations XEW maica. competition for all of YORK A. C. CHAMI-JONS-TIP. 200 Blltt)3 is an increase of money over last year, preparatory schools running the Preakness stakes as a for the excursion to West Point on May First Second of a war-in¬ will include the regular MO and when the conditions intercollegiate $15,000 race, to witness, not only the 25, when the Maroons will meet the It. W. Thompson 100 Total. are taken into consid¬ list, with the exception of the two- H. U. .__... _.-_ 88 si 179 volved country mile run. historic but five other races in their annual The Debattier . 81 85 166» it well for the Amer¬ classic, Army game. K. F. Hütchens.82 84 eration augurs The Exeter without A. P. IBS ican love of the horse. team will number about charge. But acceptors of this steamer Sandy Hook has been procured I,. F. Bennett.87 83 170 twenty members. The Hill of invitation of the Maryland Club for the trip, and the F. B. Curtis. !.._ 100 194 Entry for Feature School, Jockey Joseph Kinsley, ß_-i>h.nsoi- . 94 94 188 Big will send a must view the race from the Maroon to be able J. Corbett . 88 Pottstown, Pcnn., team of infield manager, expects |G.O. W. Derrick: 93 181 The feature event of the will be and without to accommodate The . 84 77 ltil day twenty-two members, among them a get along betting. 2,500 people. C. A Brown ...83 88 171 the Paumonok Handicap, a sprint of corps of unsually strong interscho- The decision to make the infield at game on the Plains is one of the big Dr. D. L. («Hiver._. 88 85 181 for lastic Pimlico on annual G. F. il-Cu-cheon ._. 80 six furlongs three-year-olds and athletes, including Bushnell and track Preakness day a free attractions on the Fordham W. M. 86 166 In all there has been a Turner, field was reached after it schedule, and as both nines have been Haiunumd. 90 _;> 1.5 npward. string sprinters; Mossey, hurdler, yesterday, J. II. Valider.cer . 95 94 189 than a fact and had been found that the Na¬ well this a W. Kennedy . 80» of more sixty nominations, Gardner, broad Jumper and pole Maryland going season, large crowd F. 72 15;' which means that there will be a vaulter. The Taft Síhool has tional Guard would undertake the task of Maroon rooters no doubt will fol¬ l'iura.87 96 l.'i big entered f. Stein . 93 97 190 field in front of Eddie Tribe when he nine and the Choate School eight men. of maintaining order among the thou¬ low the team. M. M_Voy ._..88 94 ls_ The sands sure A home F. H. Seibert . 91 springs the barrier. complete list of schools entered to avail themselves of the game of no little interest C. H. 92 183 was in the meet what bids fair will bo when the Co¬ Newcumb.. 98 96 194 A year ago the race worth $3,000, follows: Exeter, Hill, opportunity of seeing played Saturday C. W. Billing. 91 86 177 to be the lumbia nine makes an at -V. C. Pocrtuer . 81 82 but "this year the stake has been in¬ Hotchkiss, Taft, Williston Seminary, greatest three-year-old race appearance E. U. 1.:! to of the season. Fordham Field. The teams were Jones . 94 8» US creased $ó,00ü, and this fact alone Berkeley-Irving, Clason Point IB. B. Wllmartti . Ill 91 182 Military If the' scheduled to meet on the Bronx T. O. Hcdstrora is indicative of success. The weights Academy, Choate, Loomis Academy, public takes kindly to the dia¬ . 78 88 164 mond in J. I. BraJidcuberg . 87 93 l:i0 for the event will be out to-day and Hartford High, New Rochelle new order of things the privilege of April, but rain forced a A. I.. Burns High, future and the ath¬ . 83 97 190 until they see the light it will be im¬ Bridgeport High, Providence Classical witnessing renewals of the postponement, Columbia H.