New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE ASHLEY BELT.

THE ASHLEY Belle
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTEST AND THE RE-
CFPuON OF THE PRESENT HoLDER-"ESioN
on HIS wAY-IHE ENTRIES.
Ever since IL was announced, more thah wv
weeks ago that Weston had made arrangements
with the present managers of the Madison square
Garden to have the next contest for the Ashley BET
take Mace there during the week beginning sep
teu1ber o. reports have been circulated that any
NEGOTIATIONS TO that effect were invalid as interior
ing with a lease Of the Garden held by Danle
O'Learv for the month Of October. AZ conference
between the managers Of the Garden, {. ID. Hess
the authorized agent of Weston and Mr.. Busbee, OF
The Turf TYed and Farm, representing Mr.. Atkn-
son. the stakeholder, held at the st. Denis Hotel
Yesterday afternoon. this matter was discussed.
Mr. Hess explained how, finding himself free from
the cares of managing refractory opera troupe tbs
season and being an old friend Of Weston's, he had
consented to take charge of hs affairs. He found
that according TO the conditions governing contests
for the Ashley Belt II would be impossible to defer
the match until after the O'Leary lease Of
the Madison Square Garden had expired. So
he went TO the present leSsees and made
an engagement with them the same as he
would have done had he been the manager
Of a theatrical troupe or opera company, and tried
TO get the best possible terms ior MS STAR weston
IS he would nave done Tor Emma Abbott bad she not
bought out as interest ia the Hess English opera
Company Tor a reported sum OF S2O,OOO HIS atten-
ton mad been called to the fact that Mr. OLeaTy
held lease Of the Garden for October and a.repre-
sentative OF W. ii. Vanderbilt, the owner, had told
hun that when that lease was made IT had been I'M
derStOod tal the Garden would not be used for any
pedestrian matches M the interim between April
and October. Mir. OLearN had not secured WI1t-
ten condition To that effect IN his lease, although no
pad 5000 for the one months rent, ana the lease
10 Mr.. DOdwOrth and ms associates IN the present
management was equally silent on tins point.
Trueit contained the usual covenant against assign
iu ~ sinh
that the premises should be kept by the lessees as
frst-ciass place of entertainment, amusement, re-
creation or religions worship, and that they should
not use said premises. nor permit the same to De
used Tor any other puIDOs lie had taken legal
advice the matter and there was no doubt thaJ IN
furnishing the managers OF the Odruen WIN q BIst-
class attraction like Weston and the Ashley contest.
for fixed percentage on the gross receipts, he was
IL no way breaking tue conditions OF the lease Mr.
Vanderbips representative seemed to think that
DodWoTth had taken au advantage of an omission IN
the OLeaTy lease, but Mir. DOdwOrth had never had
his attention called TO the matter when negotiating
for the Garden. Mr.. Dodworth had had pretty naTd
time of Il, running the Garden az loss against the
attractions OF Coney Island, Long Brauch and
ROckaWay, and tins contest offered hun tne OppOr-
tuuity of getting ont even, aud he had tue right TO
take advantage of the good the gods sent. The
match would certainly take place IN conjunction
with the DOdWOrth concerts ut the date announced.
The object of the meeting yesterday Was TO make
arrangements for "A reception TO Weston, who sailed
from Liverpool on the steamship Nevada, Of the
GulOn line, on Saturday, ana rs expected 10 HIlEe
August 2G or p. IL was decided TO hold public
reception 10 the champion PEDESTRIAN at tlic Aladl-
son Square Garden, the evening of Friday,
August %. and that if the hour of his arrival could
be liked with sufficient certainty, to gJ.dOwn the
bay with party TO meet the steamer on which he
comes. Other arrangements are to be perfected IN
the meantime
In the most recent letters received from Weston
by Mr.. Hess, lie stated that the articles as TO the
coming match had been signed, and tIat Brown and
RoweIl would probably SAL for Newly Tk about the
same date rs himself. Since his great match IN
June he had been giving htJie joys" of two or
three hundred miles exhibitions. and also to keep
himself IN trm He writes that he intends TO enter
the september contest IN better physical condition
than ever before, aud that lie will WIN this time for
the honor OF America, and Mrs. Weston and the
babies This sounds like the Weston of old and
shows that with victory he has not lost his old habit
OF promising 20 do more.
So far as known the prominent entnes from Eng
land for the Ashley Belt aTe Blower" Brown,
Charles Rowol and George hazael with a posi-
llhty of james COIkeys making the fourth. Amer
lea will be represented 10y Weston, Ennis, PanChot
and KrOhue. With the exception OF Weston the
English quartet have by far the longest records,
each of them having walked 800 miles in six days.
recent cable dispatch stated there were fortyfour
entries in all, but nothing definite Is known here.