National Republican., 1883-10-15
SPORTS AND pAsr1MEs.

Tho National Jockey Club RRces-No to
OF Base Ball and other Athletic Sports.
The fall running meeting Of the National
Jockey club will commence Mt the Ivy City
track tomorrow. The executive committee
have exerted themselves TO provide the best
possible sport, and have succeeded in secur-
ing greater number of favorite racers
than have been seen this year at any of
tho great tracks. A large number of
horses are now at Ivy City, including
the stables of p. Lorillard, Dwyer Bros,
w. p. Burch, Gov. Bowie, J. B. Sherman,
Davis and Hall, r. W. Walden, and Harmi-
gan. Lorillard has sixteen horses, including
1roquois, Parole, Gonfalon, Drake Carter
Aranza, Leo, Blossom, Pizzaro, and Huron.
The Dwyer Brothers have Checkmate, Miss
Woodford, George Kinney, Ecuador, BooUack,
and Eldorado. In Burchs string are Col.
Sprague, Helen Wallace, Bob May, and W. T.
Burch r. w. Waldens contains Tolu, Ghost,
King Tom, and Webster, and Mr. Harmigan
has brought the great steeplechasers Abra-
ham and Beaverwyck. A special train left
Jersey City last night bearing 1877 horses for
Ivy City, which will arrive this morning.
Among them are Freddie Gebhard's S Eole.
There will be five races each day OF the
meeting, one of which will bo n steeplechase
or q hurdle race. The track is in splendid
condition, and all that is needed to insure the
best racing ever witnessed in this locality is
good weather. The committee have made ar
rangements with the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad to run trains daily, as follows: Az D
IL, 1880 a. M. and 1910, 1920, 12:4o, 1:15 and
2p. m. Round trip tickets have been placed
at 10 cents. The first race will start promptly
at 1 o'clock each day.
BASE BALL.
match gamo of base ball will be played
between the Nationals and Bashfuls, of East
Washington, at Athletic park, Friday after
noon, for the benuft of the street car strikers.
The Bashfus have first class record and
will doubtless give their opponents n hearty
tug.
The Bostons and Nationals will play the
postponed game at Athletic park tomorrow
afternoon.
GAMES ELsEwuERE SATURDAY.
At Cincinnati-Providence 81; Cincinnati,
At St. Louis-Detriot, 5 st. Louis, 3.
At Baltimore-Balti 0; Buffalo, 3.
At Richmond - Virginia, 8; Boston, IL
eight innings.
The fifteen mile bicycle race between
Higham, Prince, and Keen, advertised for
Saturday at Athletic park, was postponed
until Wednesday on account of the rain. The
race will certainly take place on that day
regardless of the weather, and fine and ex-
citing contest may be expected.
Inc washington SyClo CiuD HAS tahoh
formal possession of its new and very con-
venient quarters on Eleventh street north
west. The event was signalized Saturday
night by moonlight run" on the Seventh
street road. Several invited guests ac'
companied the club, and expressed satis-
faction at the pleasant excursion. During
the approaching winter the club will use
its efforts to promote social enjoyment on and
off the silent wheel" The machines repre-
sented in the run" Saturday night were the
vertical fork, ordinary, the "hopper,
facile, and tricycle..
COLLEGE SPORTS.
The annual exhibition of outdoor sports
by the students of Georgetown college will
take place on the college grounds Thursday
afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The programme will
include heavy ball throwing, jumping, pig
race, go-as- you please, and three legged races
valuable gold medal will be offered as a
prize to the winner of the most games. The
Committee of arrangements consists of the
following gentlemen: James Maher, j
Healey, Van Stutterford, w. Herman, and
Jones, Woodward, L. Herman, j. Mallan, and
II. Latham. The contests will probably las
two or three days.
NOTES
The first fox hunt of the season was inau
gurated Saturday by the East End club. Th
drag started from the top of Oxen hill an'
was lively and exciting throughout.
1t is reported that articles of agreemen
have been signed by q cooking main to b.
fought Nov. IL, within twenty miles of Wash
ingtoD, consisting of eleven matches at 500
each and s., 900 the odd battle.
1.-the lawn tennis tournament, which was Il
have taken place at Kendall Green Saturda.
was postponed on account of the rain unti
next SATURDAY..