Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-25
THE EVENING STAR.
ERIDAH...,
June -. 1859.
Out.0f.Door Sports.


uecioed whether the match IS 10 be shot with A
leam OF SIX or OF eight. The probabilities point
az a, lrestnI 10 selection OF the smaller team
ne weather at the range yesterday was cloudy
nut nne, with the wind blowing right across
Inc range nom left 10 right The nractice of
me INT @ continues 10 improve and the
Curate Workmanship. At the $40 wards range
Rockwell opened with miss hut he afterwaris
t naue ~ owe'e pulls eyes. and put up total
as loilows: Jackson q. Rathbone 20 Brown 10
Scott 40 Clarke IS. Rockwell O. Farrow a.
s r1nmsr os; laird g. Mt. Rathbone, who was
Sohswnat unwell after the sea voyage and felt
us enects for some days. is now almost per-
Iecti! restored, and Is shooting in GOOD form
r rne operations OF the Irish team at the short
range Were not reaSsuring. The team came
Gown late and had time 90 shoot only a few
sho,s; j: Rigoy and W. Rigby made eight points
nsr 10 J., ,~ 90, sho,s Murphy In two shots NIL
Joynt y In i've shots. and Coghlan Il in four
SHOTS, including miss. After completing the
iiIing a, the soo-A ards range the Americans did
NOT make any regular practice They fired
few shots al 900 yards and Gao wards but n
was TOT the purpose OF obtaining elevation and
nc ,sSof for was VA, kept They left the ranges at
lows OF Trinity College. Frank Hyde will urge
me American rtfiemen 10 join his team at VIM
ple1oh lG the match against Sir Henry Holtords
team COL Bodine and his secretary strongly
approve the project.
IN THE COMFY ISLAND RACES
yesterday the three quarter mile free handicap
SNtttStdhtS Vas won Charles trOrlam. The
one and one half mile race by Grenada. the one
aid one eighth mile heats by Blarney' beating
bt n NH Mamie Fields, ana Clyde Hampton:
Inc one and one-hah mile race by Warleld and
the hurdle by Nentilator The privileges or soil
ing French pools on the races on Coney Island
ior the present year costs the gambling firm in
New ORR engaged In the business the sum of
So COO. The gamblers. In return for this eXclu
slye privilege. guarantee the American Jockey
club from the penalties or the law. and secure
them from any action for the return OF the
money. All this is I'm utter defiance OF the law
OF the state prohibiting pool selling.
THE INTER COLLEGIATE BOAT RACE
Tor me Chllds challenge cup, viii be rowed on
the Schuylkill at Philadelphia next Monday
afternoon. An hour before the starting OF inc
intercollegiate race the eight-oared shells OF
Inc Columbia freshmen and Crescent boat club
OF Philadelphia win have a contest The former
are Ia training for the race with Harvard on
July .. The Columbia crew is the same that
1 Iook second place IN the intercollegiate race
last year, and is made up OF Charles Eldrldge.
DOW; A. III. Van Sinderm .: H. r. Muller and
L. j. Painter. stroke
THE BASE BALL GAMES
yesterday resulted as follows: At Bufralo-Buf-
Ialos, =; BoStons, g. At Baltimore-AIbanys 2;
BaltmoreS 4. AT Waterbury. Conn.-Monitors
=; B1ocktons, = At Cincinnati, Ohlo-Worces-
tiers, 5; Clncinnatis, I.
Congratulations TO Gen. Hancock.
A New York Associated Press reporter found
Gen: Hancock on the veranda OF his Official
residence, On Governors Island, surrounded by
military friends. He shook the reporter heartily
10y lhe hand, ana, IN response to his congratli-
laUohS said Indeed. have nothing TO say
al present, as have not been officially notified
OF my nomination. And while a QuiZZical
smile played about the corner OF his mouth
the General added:-.'l gu know II might all be
mistake; however, have received a number
or Dgratulatory kilograms. which you can see
and copy. SO saying, the General referred the
reporter TO his Office, where he was allowed to
copy tEe ielegralnS. Among them was one from
Samuel j. Ttden, saying: q. cordially congrat-
ulate on on your nominations" and one from
senator wallace, saying: =" i have Just thrown
you Our solid vote, and congratulate you on
your nomination" Hon. Daniel Dougherty OF
PENNSYLVANIA, sent the following: You are
our nominee; we SEND congratulations" Hon.
telegraphed: Hearty congratulations TO the
next President OF the United States" Cen
joseph f. Johnston, of Virginia, sent greeting
as follows: "The nomination makes me much
gladder than you Senator Randolph OF New
Jersey. telegraphed: "My hearty congratula-
TONS New Jersey s sons will stand by you as
thelr SHES dlG by the revolutionary hero. John
BlgeloW also sent dispatch congratulating
Gen. Hancock. When the reporter left GOV.
ernors Island dispatches or congratulation were
P0uIlg 10 SO rapidly and SO quickly that the tel
egraph operator was kept constantly busy. John
y: CISCO banker, sent the following dispatch:
Il heartily congratulate you on your nomi-
nation, and regard your election as certain"
MI. 1flden also sent the following: Hon. W.
III. Barnum.-Iour telegram is received an
nounclng the nomination OF General Hancock
cong atulate you upon this suspicious re-
suit Senator Bay ard. In reference 20 the
nomination. said he thought the convention had
cone Its work well and that General Hancock
was strong candidate, his military and civil
record being unblemished. Mr.. Bayard heartily
endorses the Ticket, and has sent a congralula-
tory telegram to Ger. Hancock.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A CHURCHMAN WITH A
MAIDEN FAIR TO SEE.-Social and business cir
cles la the southern portion OF the city have
been considerably shaken by the sudden dlsap-
pearance OF Mr.. James O. Rich, superintendent
or the Philadelphia branch OF the New York
Pie Bakery Company, located at 9th and Taylor
streets. The story is that Mr.. Rich although a
married man with several children, has been at
tentive for some time TO Miss lilly Larence a
saleswoman In coffee roasting establishment
In the city. The young woman is tall, fair, "a
years or age, and came to this city from Toms
River, New Jersey. The Intimacy between the
pair r1pened Into affection, and on Friday &c
was discovered that Rich had disappeared. In
quiry at the coffee roasting establishment re-
Vealed the fact that the young woman Was also
missing. Still further investigation showed
that the delinquent husband was an embeZZler
having drawn 81 900 OF his employers money
from bank before his departure. It is thought
that The guilty pair have gone 10 Europe as the
young woman wrote to friend not long since
That she expected 10 take q trip across the water
at an early day. Mr.. Rich lived at 18th and
Christian streets. was an active member OF the
Broad and Christian streets Methodist church
aid previous TO the eScapade was regarded as a
man In every way deserving OF reSpecI-PhH
Record, 23d.
THE FLAMISGo's ESCAPE FROM AN ICEBERG
hnr la iaCfr re chit