Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-06
sports on Land and Wafer.

SONE1 ISLAND bACES.
The races yesterday at COney Island resulted
as 1ollowS FIRST race, purse OF $780, for all ages
meats OF q or mile. The only contestants
Mere Merter and Nellie D.. the latter the favor
ite. Werter took and kept the lead fn both
neats TOT haif the distance, but Nellie d. passed
MN When she pleased and Won easily. Werter
was oadly used up at the end Of the last heat
1:24%. -'-'@''
Second race, purse 1900, for al ages, one mile
and half The starters were Lizzie D., Bayard,
haupp Gun. Surge and Tom Ktnsella. Bayard
was the Iavorlte Surge took the lead at the
quarter and won by three lengths, Krupp Gun
SECOND Gt and Bayard third. TlIne-2443l.
inc 1hlrd event, for all ages, purse $500, a
derson, BoWstring, Burgco and Katie Clark, the
trst named being favorfte Katie Clark. Mary
ANDERSON 5i4 and Bowstring ran in single file for
balf the journey, and at the head OF the stretch
Mary Anderson Shot ahead and won bv three
lengths, Katie Clark second and BoWstring
thTd, three lengths Off Time, POP.
lie steeple- chase, a handicap, for all ages,
purse $500 one mile and half had for starters
judith Fentilator and Lizzie D. The race was
closely contested and exciting, and there was
some dl1ference OF opinion as to whether Venti-
tie Judges awarding the race to Ventilator
was received with hISses. Lizzie d. was poor
third.
BUFFALO TRoTTING RACES
Fnfeen thousand persons attended the trot-
ing races at Buffalo, N. Y, yesterday. The
race for the 81 900 purse, divided, was won by
fdIdna III tnree straight leatS-t1me, 2 2laI
22l4, 2.2lk. The free all race, purse OF
$4,000, divided, was won by st. Julien In three
straight heats-t1me, 2.1624, 2.16s4, 215lf, Darby
second, Hopeful third, Great Eastern fourth.
REGATTA ON LAKE MARANCOOK.
10 lne tnree mile amatuer race for single
Skulls yesterday on Lake Marancook Maine
the enteries were John Buckley, OF Portland
Brien or Boston, Murphy, OF Norwich Conn.
r. Holmes, OF Pawtucket, r. l., F. H. Kimball.
OF Bath, and +. M. Powers OF Bath. OBrien.
Murphy and Ktmball did not appear Holmes
turned the sake-boat three lengths ahead and
led back. being hard pushed by Buckley, but
Homes passed the goal two lengths ahead of
buckley. Powers being far in the rear Time 2Im
ties were as follows: West End crew, Boston:
SSo COZ East Boston; Everett, East
the Enterprise crew OF Lynn. The boats
started we'll. About third OF the way down
the EVerettS fouled with the ENTERPRISE crew
ard the West End crew led, turning the stake
urst, ColumDlaS second and CumberIands last
The race finally resulted In the West End crew
!lnlSL1ng hrst six lengths ahead OF the Column
Dlas second, Enterprise third, Cumberlands
Iourth ana Everett fifth. double SOUL race.
InIee miles, had the following entries: F,
tonnes and Roscoe Woodbury., j. Buckley and
OConneu and the Davis brothers OF Portland.
Inc nrst-named won the race, Davis brothers
second Time, POM. IS.
BASE BALL YESTERDAY,
AT BostOn-Chlcagos, 3: Bostons. 0. At Troy.
n. 4.-Troys Cttys, /; Cincinnatts, 0. At ProVI-
dence, X. l.-ProVidenceS. 2; Clevelands. l. At
worcester. MasS.-BuffaloS 4; WOrcesters &