Open Team Race.

Several days ago Mr. Lathrop received a letter from the officers the New Jersey. Athletic Club, asking if Harvard would enter a team of four for a proposed mile team race to take place on Decoration Day at the annual carnival of the New Jersey Athletic Club. The message stated that similar letters had been sent to Yale and Princeton and that entries were expected from both colleges. The race, it was understood, would be contested only by college teams. Word was at once sent that Harvard was ready to enter a team. However, neither Yale nor Princeton signified any willingness to compete, and a letter came to Cambridge, asking if a ream from Harvard would race in an open competition. This proposition was also agreed upon, on condition that what ever college teams entered must qualify under intercollegiate rules, while a man who should run for any athletic club must have been a regular member of that club as early as the first of last January. It is now reported, though no official word has reached Harvard, that Princeton has finally decided to send a team. There is no reason why such an event should not become an annual affair, to be held under the auspices of some athletic club. It is obvious that this race could not be run at the Mott Haven games, however, for four strong middle distance runners taken from any team would make a gap that could not easily be filled.