The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-12
THE SPORTING WORLD.
Baseball.
The Turf.
SECOND DAY AT LEXINGTON.


Weather fine. The first race to-day is a
dash of one and half miles for all ages
Purse $780, $50 to second horse. The start
ers are Dave Moore, Cammie f., King Faro,
Caligula and Crosslet.
Second Race-The Longfellow stakes. F.
b. Harper gives $500. No entrance fee.
Mile heats. There were nine nominations,
but only four horses start. They are +. B.
Harper's gr. C. Black Hill, dam Helen Swi.
CERT; P. Rogers b. {. Coquena, dam Astell
A. Buford's b. C. General Pike, dam Nettie
McNairy; James Murphy's br. c. Tom Mon
tague, dam Miss Lewis.
Third Race-The colt stakes for two-year.
olds, $50 entrance, s25 forfeit; $500 added,
second colt to save his stake. Dash Of hall
a mile. Seventeen nominations and seven
starters: k. R. Coston's Hamerfest, by Eel
lowcraft dam CONSERVATION; H. P. Nc
Grath's Howard, by Tom Bowling, dam
Colleen Bawn; G. w. Bowen & Co.'s War
gentine, by War Call, dam Nettie Wiley; ].
5. Shawhan's Fonso, by King Alfonso, dam
'WNeatherwitch; D. Swigert's Moscow by
War Dance, dam Optima; B. G. Thomas
Knight Tempar, by Felowcraft, dam
Emma Johnson; S. S. Waitzfelder & Co. s
Luke Blackburn, by Bonnie Scotland, dam
Nevada
Special to the Star.
LEXINGTON, May 12.-The first race to-day
was won by Dave Moore, Cammie f. second,
King Faro third. Time, 2:40H.
Notes.
Hello, Charley.
Where's that collar, Jones?
Chicagos Is, Troys 8, Saturday.
The Bostons defeated the Cleveland Club
again Saturday, to- 8.
The Cleveland team played Saturday
without making an error.
Harry Fellows has opened a sparring
school at No. 203 Vine street.
Will the Troys ever win a game? No,
never! What! never? Well, hardly ever.
The Star Club will build roof over their
grand stand and have it completed by next
Sunday.
The Eclipse Club returned home to Louis
vile, last night, satisfied in every respect
with their visit to this city.
The Cincinnati boys lost their first game
Saturday and the Syracuse won their first
1t was a close game, and the score was to g.
Viv Fagin will go to St. Louis tonight or
send Geo. Miller, to make arrangements for
St. Louis Browns.
The Bostons go from here to Chicago.
The latter club is making gigantic strides
for the pennant this season, and-well,
We'll see you later"
Barkley, "the imported" who formerly
played with the Wheeling w. Va, Stand
ards, is now with the Cincinnati Stars. He
went to bat four times yesterday, and
struck out every time.
The Providence boys defeated the Buffa.
los Saturday 16 to 10. They batted hard
and made nine runs in the eighth inning.
Why is it none OF the Buffalo correspond
ents explained how it was done2
The following International games are
played this afternoon: Nationals VS.. Wor-
cesters, at Washington; Uticas VS.. Man
chesters, at Utica; Albanys vs. New Bed.
fords, at Albany Holyokes VS.. Springfelds,
at Holyoke.
The Dubuques defeated the Omahas Sat
urday to 0, and PLAYED the game without
making an error. Both clubs belong to
the Northwestern League. The former
club has not lost game this season, and
has won six.
The Greco-Roman wrestling match be-
tween Muldoon, the New York policeman,
and Bauer, who has contested in number
of matches with prominent wrestlers, takes
place in Gilmores Garden, on Wednesday
night May l4th.
G. NJ. Weeks & Co. will ship an eight
cared pleasure barge on the steamer Edo
RADIO this evening, for st. Louis. 1t was
built at cost of 5000 and is As feet in
length, feet and inches beam, and u
inches deep, and is for the st. Louis Boat
Club. 1t is built out of pine, and weighs
240 pounds. This firm shipped four-oared
gig on the same steamers last trip to this
Boat Club
A pony riding school has been established
back of Lincoln Park, for the purpose of
amusement and for teaching children how
to tide. The track is quarter-mile one,
and the managers have at the disposal of
the children fifteen of the beautiful little
saddle ponies of Uncle John Robinson, and
a phaeton, carriage and gig. They have
also on exhibition the baby pony presented
the other week to Miss Clara Morris by
Uncle John. Over three thousand ladies
and children visited the track yesterday.
The admissions ls free.
SCHEDULE OF GAMES TUESDAY.
Cincinnats VS.. Bostons, at Cincinnati.
Chicagos vs. Providence, at Chicago.
Clevelands VS.. Syracuse at Cleveland.
Buffalos vs.. Troys at Buffalo.