Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-02

COIOiIlOuy IDc tIltuuanCe Idlr. DOTS6S III
prime order, and the weather all that could
be desired.
The judges were Gen. Van vliet, George
Brown and N. S. Hill. Timers, +. NJ. Hall
and George Longstaf. Distance judges,
Major Chew and James Anderson. Starter,
Capt. w. NJ. Common.
Tine first race was three fourths OF a mile
dash, for all ages, for sl50-s10O TO first horse
and $50 to the second. The following horses
started Waco, E,uterpe, First Chance, Blon-
del. Major Barker, Joe Hunt and Princess OF
Thule. First Chance was the favorite, with
Blondel second. Princess OF Thule took the
lead at the start and kept 1t, winning the
The second race was mile heats. for all
ages. Kilburn, Burgoo, Kenny. Glen Dud-
ley and Little Fellow started. KilbuYn was
the favOrite. Glen Dudley, however, sue
ceeded In winning two successive heats, each
in li6n.
The third and last race was hurdle handi-
cap, mile heats, for all ages, over four hur-
dies The following horses started: Dead
Head, FredeTicktown, Murad, Capt Ham
ner, Dalgasian and Dandy. Dead Head and
Problem were the fayorites. The first heat
was won by Dandy in i:55. The second heat
was q dead heat between Dead Head and
| FrOhlem, 1884; Dalgasiau third. Dandy won
the third beat IN 1:5I, length or two ahead
| OF Dead Head.
POsTPoNEMENr.
The races whtcL were TO have come OF to-
| day have been necessarily postponed, on
account of the rain. until to- morrow. when
/ tEeTe VIII be three spirited Contests, as fol-
| lows:
4 TlIhl tdC6.-EStiitilS Hitts bdiSd
sian, 20 lbs; Major Barker, %; Risk, 10i;
| kilbUrn, los; First Chance, 105.
| Second race-Two miles, 1T James, Ken
ey. l. tile Fellow and BurgoO.
| Third race-Mila ats. for three year Odds,
Vermont, Dick SassceT and Glen Dudley.
DUB COMPANY A WINS THE RICHMOND
| PRIZE FOR DRILLING-In the competitive
1 drill at the fair grounds of Inc Virginia agri-
| cultural society. near Richmond, yesterday,
| Company a, Washington Light Infantry
| corps, OF this city, was awarded the gold
! metal offered by the LIST Virginia regiment
for the beSt-drille(, company. When Com
pany a arrived in Richmond yesterday
| morning they were met by Company +, LIST
/ Virginia regiment, and escorted to the To-
baccO Exchange, where they quartered; Cap
/ tain NJ. Clarke welcoming them to the city.
1 After parade with other troops yesterday
| morning, they took part in the competitive
! drill at the fair grounds, and contested with
I Virginia volunteers for the prize. Their exc
| cutlOn Of the manual of arms and cOIa pany
evOlutiODs elected continuous rounds of APP
/ plause, and the general verdict was that il
| was the best ever witnessed in Virginia, and
| that il could not be eXcelled. They left last
| night for home, and they marched along
the streets of Richmond they received quite
| an ovation of cheers, rockets, &C, their fine
band meantime playing :" In the Sweet Bye
| and Bse' ard " Garry Me Back 10 Old Nir-
! ginia.r They arrived st the Baltimore and
| Potomac depot at PAS O'Clock this morning,
| and were heartily welcomed and cOngiatu-
lated by a large crowd of friends, who greatly
| admired the prize. 1t is a Maltese cross, sus-
| pended from crossed swords, and is Inscribed
| as follows" First Virginia Volunteers, TO
Fair, November L. ' iSal The second Prize
| was awarded TO A company, and the third To
company, Virginia volunteers.
| AMUsFMENTs.-Nd,ion Thedter.-Lydia
Thompson and her merry company will this
evening present "Blue Beard, }" on the occa-
| sion OF the farewell benefit to the fair Lydia,
| Willie EdOuin appears as the Heather Chi
nee" one OF his most successful imuersona-
/ tons. IL is said that the Prince and Princess
| of Wales witnessed "Blue Beard" eleven
| times.
Opera RoaSe.-There has been an entire
/ change of programme for the remainder OF
/ the week. The entire novelty company APP
| pear In glorious olio OF fun. Tricks" will
/ be produced.
T'heGfer COniQle-Jake Budd still remains
| AT the Comfqae, and as long as he is there an
| audience can be sure OF hearing and seeing
/ something coed.
| MARINES Hau-An entertainment will be
/ given here This evening for the benefit of the
/ Children's Hospital. Marriage Lottery
| viii be presented by the ITALIAN CIub, and
/ 1.-TWO BUZZ9rdsH by others of our amateur
/ performers. There viii be some excellent
/ singing.
Hhi11ey Are,UC Union ILssion-A harvest
/ festival Will be held in the chapel tonight
| Eva Henderson will impersonaIe Spring.
The Washington Sae7iJerbIsld will give q
1 concert on Monday evening for the benefit of
| Congregational CStrch.-Th eodore Thomas
famous orchestra Will give Two concerts
! next week
| RfdDd-h LuceUn.-Hou. Daniel Dougherfy
1 the celebrated orator, viii lecture AT the Ma
4 toHal Theater on Sunday evening on the
| "S;age."
THE BOARD OF METROPOLITAN POLICE
| met last night aud communication was
read from Mr.. w. w. Warden complaining
/ of the conduct of Officer kenner, who arrest
/ ed the complainant in the Smithsonian
/ grounds. He also complained of the con
| ouet OF the station keeper in his case. the
IN "A
! tendent for investigation and report. The
detective corps report for the month OF OcoD-
| Ter total arrests, 3S; number OF robb cries,
| III, amounting to $500 q; amount OF money
| and property recovered, Al 6.3 The treas
| urers report for the month OF September
| and SIS, ITO . OF the United States funds
making a total of S24 0l6.49, were expended.
Mr.. BrittOn called the attention OF the board
| to The fact that the trial committee could not
/ proceed with certain trials, because the w.t.
nesseS would not respond to the subpOe nas.
| He asked that the committee be authorized
10 issue attachments for these witnesses SO
| that the power OF the board in such cases
could be tested; laid over. Upon motion OF
Mr.. Gatchel, the ms jOr was Instructed TO
enforce eGir Tue Law in the case of boys vino Kill
/ 10 communicate this action of the board to
the superintendent of public schools.
DEEDS IN FEE have been filed as follows:
r. Davis TO Isaac n. Hal, - ,O00 part of west
half Iot Y, square 5l4. Same TO 1. b. Leath-
4 u.
| Newman to Felix y. Salter, S203.sT, part lot
| 3: FQuare y. Sarah NJ. Provost TO l.. G Ste
| Ihens, s1,9S5, lot p, square 296 l.. G.. St.
| pbeus to Sarah NJ. PrevOs:, $3.50, lot IS,
| square 81. j. 4. Kendall, trustee, 10 Mary
| a. Gibbons, 2'le9, lot q, square 9l2. Elias
! Davis 10 Isaac n. Hall, 5000, part lot 22,
/ square 81. J. F.. Kim ball, trustee, 10 NJ. a.
! Gibbons, SlsII5, lot 81, square 953. j. E.
| Fitch ct al, trustees, TO Samuel Brooke,
Iuly,99. los g and "a, SUB: square 892 ]. f.
| lot y, square $40. District of Columbia - j.
| +. Kendall, 81, same property.
/ CaERoLL COOPERATIVE BUILDING AS
| sOCIATION.-Thet third annual l3Tth monthly
| meeting OF the Carroll Cooperative Building
| AsScci atiOn was held last night. The report
| slows total receipts S16,35l32 balance on
| hand, 81 80 81; assets, S2l ,136l1 value of
/ each share, SIP. The following officers were
elected 10 serve the ensuing year: Timothy
| FTosI9n, president; John COnnOr, vice presi-
| dent; John l.. BlinkhOrn, secretary; James
/ IIagaD, treasurer, and John Hays, j. j. Full
/ Ter, Thomas Lynch. Daniel Donovan, John
| Con nell, Eugene Daily, Edward Purcell, j.
| McCarty, and Dennis McMerny, board of
| directors.