Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-27
THE LONDON SEASON.
How the English People Enjoy Out
Door Sports.
TIE HENLEY REoArTA--rENNIs ToURNAMRNT AT
wIMBLEDoN-rHE TENNIS CONTESTS IN AMER
IcA-ENeLIsH OPINION OF AMERICAN PLAYIse-
LADIES AT CRICKET.

| WAAbLEDON-ThE TENNIS CONTESfS IN AMEA-
IoA--ESeLrsH OPINION OF AMERICAN PLAYING
LADIES AT CRICKET.
Special Correspondence Of THE EvKxrxs STAR.
The London season Is now at its height. 1t
has been a peculiarly brilliant season, COM
parable to the queens jubilee season of 1887.
England, to all appearances, grows richer and
richer every year. Go to Ascot, EPSON, Good
wood, Kempton or Henley, and you get good
idea of the immense army of land mobiles and
money mobiles of the present century
Here you see the long trains
OF coaches, drags and carriages,
and the spirited horses burdened with their
gold and silver trappings. At Henley on
Friday was amazed by the display of prodi-
gaiity. In America we have no aquatic event
comparable to Henley. Here one sees the
fashion and wealth Of London. The scene Of
course is bewitehingly beautiful, yet one won
ders how it is that many people. men in
particular. can spend the money and time to
live in house boats during the regatta-perfect
palaces, fitted with every convenience for
housekeeping and for which an enormous
| rental is paid. One of these aquatic residences
during the regatta cost its occupant $4,000 for
three days pleasure. The bunting, the flowers,
| the electric lights, fireworks, the superb
toilets of the women and the boating costumes
OF the men, the leafy trees, and the stream,
| aIlve with every variety OF craft, make
| up scene that cannot be reproduced
anywhere else. The racing forms but
| small feature of the entertainment The
| chief attraction seems to be the interchange of
hospitality between the house boats and the
| pleasure derived from traversing the narrow
| and shallow Thames by the myriads of boats
which crowd the river and jostle each other
| good naturedlv. The scene at Henley is entirely
| unique, and Is not seen anywhere else. Every
body goes, for it is sight worth seeing, and you
| come away feeling that you have seen an
| aquatic carnival wherein the principal portion
| OF London society and wealth congregates for
three days incessant and resplendent enjoy
| ment.
| OUTDOOR EMpLoYMENTs.
Other distinctive features of social life in Lon
| don during the season are the cricket contests,
| lawn-tennis tournaments and garden parties.
| OF these there is no end This has been most
wonderful summer, and the Londoners will tell
| you that such warm and delightful weather has
not been experienced here in twenty years.
| The city is fair and the country IL a dream OF
! quiet beauty. 1t Is well-known fact that the
| English live out of doors and devote more time
| to pleasure than the Americans. Here you find
| The business man at any hour OF the day at
tending some garden party or similar social
| gathering. He drops the cares OF HIS life Gf
| he has any and mingles with his friends in
| social enjOyments. He rides horseback in Rot
| ten row or drives in the fashionable boule-
| wards OF London; he takes his yacht and his
| family on frequent trips during the summer;
he attends the leading cricket games and horse
| races. In short, when the season is Ion, he
Is apace with it, and his business either sleeps
| while he is enjoying himself or his partner
| takes care of it in turn with himself And so
| the season speeds. In fortnight this brilliant
| gathering will be dispersed to the loveliest
parts of the worid-to retreats made ready for
| them before another season advances. Paris,
I Italy, the Riviera, the shooting, the Christmas
] gathering, and then town again and its busy
| whlrl, the money making on the stock
| change, dinners. theaters receptions and balls.
| And so the year rolls on; the lines of caste
| more distinctly drawn, the rich grow richer,
the poor grow poorer, and enjoyment and
wealth rule the hour during the summer
| season.
LADIES CRICKET
| is now all the rage in fashionable circles and
several contests are on the tapis this month.
Miss Garnet is considered the best lady player in
England. She recently made over sixty runs,
| playing against left-handed men. She is
most sportsmanlike young lady and is great
courser. 1t is said she recently jumped 16 feet
| of water while running TO hounds. Few things
| are SO amusing az to watch a ladies' match.
| They all lose their tempers most readily, and
always dispute the uInpire's decision, telling
| him, woman like exactly what they think.
| But then they can afford to be outspoken, Tor
| no fines are imposed, in base ball, and the
umpire has to take tongue lashing whether
| he likes it or not.
MRS. BURNETT IN LONDON.
| 1t will be interesting to Washington readers
| of THE STAR to know that Mr. Burnett's Little
Lord Fountieroy" has been great success in
London. Phyllis" however, her new play
has, unfortunately, failed of popular success.
| The London Sporting and Dramatic Neaos says:
lon the opening night an energetic claque
was present, but whether the claquers were
amateurs, well-meaning but mischeivous friends
of Mrs. Burnetts, or whether they were pro-
fessional applauders sent in by some foolish
Spectator who had an idea of buying the
piece, Is OF course too preposterous an idea to
be even worth contradiction. If they were
| friends they place the lady in very false and
disagreeable position and do her distinct in
jury, and in any case claque ID an evil to be
promptly suppressed
THE AMERICAN BEvY OF BIcYcLERs
who recently arrived in London and who have
been doing Ireland, France and Germany on
| their machines, have been the recipients Of
many kind attentions during their sojourn It
seems, however. that some of the penny-a-
| liners on sporting journals have not been
| especially pleased with the American visitors
| and have written uncomplimentary and I'M
| truthful criticisms upon their professional
skill and personal behavior. The Star. a lea d.
| ing nationalist daily, comments as follows on
their unbecoming remarks:
'f these two or three writers Of the London
| cycling papers who, after one dinner or one
mornings ride with the American tourists pro-
| nounced them socially stupid or unable to make
| q decent pace, had ridden with them as far as
certain disinterested Englishmen, Irishmen or
Frenchmen, they would have come to very
| different conclusions concerning them, both
| socially and cyclically. As a body of ndepend-
ent tourists, merely using their machines as a
means to see Europe, they would compare very
favorably with any other such party That
they were not ready to fan down and Worship.
| In fact were quite ignorant of the existence of
certain English cycling lights, merely proves
that these lights do not shine 30 brightly as
they would like to imagine."
TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON
The principal tennis tournament in England
| ended at Wimbledon to-day. The contests
during the past week embraced all the leading
| players in Great Britain and Ireland, among
| whom were Campion, Lewis, Hamilton, Hill
yard, Grave, Barlow, Lawford, Wilberforce
| and the two Renshaws. To everybody's sur
| prise Barlow beat W. j. Hamilton (who was
| looked upon as the sure winner of the tourna-
ment,) and 1t will be interesting to Washington
| tennis men to know how this success was at
| tanned Hamilton, as stated in my previous
letters, plays essentially base-line game and
his returns are very swift, his usual stroke be-
| ing long hard drive down the side lines
Barlow knew this and thus gave his opponent
no chance to play base-line game. He simply
lobbed the ball whenever possible, and in most
| instances Hamilton returned it into
| the net or returned IL out of court