The evening world., 1889-01-15

They Are the Chicago, Latouia, Louisville,
Minneapolis, Nashville and st. Louis
First Game in the Bookmakers' Billiard
Tournament-SkRrins Contests Probably
TO He Postponed.
To-day is the time fixed by six great rncing
associations for the closing of important
stakes. These are the Chicago, Latonia,
Louisville, Minneapolis, Nashville and st.
Louis organizations, and all have offered
great inducements to the owners of the crack
thoroughbreds throughout the country. Chi
cago's first meeting at Washington Park lasts
from June % until July 20-twenty-four
days-and in no case will less than $1,000 be
given in added money to the stakes. The
Great Western, lakewood. Dearborn and
Lake View handlcaps. and the Boulevard,
Maiden and Quickstep stakes close with j.
r. Brewster. Palmer House. Chicago. The
Latonia Jockey Club. Of Covington, KY,
holds its Spring meeting from May 90 to
June l. Eight stakes for this meeting
md three for the Fall meeting close
with f. C. Hopper, of C~ovington. The
former are the Clipsetto. Harold and Sensa-
ton for two-year-olds, the Ripple for three;
yenr-olds, and the Tobacco, Cincinnati
Hotel, Distillers' and Brewers and the Mer-
chants Stakes for tlree-year-olds and up
ward. The stakes OF the Louisville Jockey
Club are three tMo-year-olds stakes and
their handicaps. They are for the Spring
meeting of nine days. which commences. May
.. They are the H~urstbourne, for tllies;
Alexander, for colts; Runnymede, for both
sexes, and the Delback, Merchants and Ken
lucky Handicaps. Address g.. G.. Bruce,
Louisville. From July 90 TO July 81, inclu-
slve, is the period of the next meeting OF the
st. Paul, to be held at Hamline Park.
The stakes offered are the Ladies' Stakes
for two-year-old FLIES. Carnival Stakes
for two-year-old colts and geldings. Twin
Derby for three-year-olds. Twin City EXPOSE
ton Stakes and Merchants Handicap for
three year-olds aud upward. Entries must
be mailed to F. N. Shaw, 1919 East Third
street, st. Paul. Six stakes for the Spring
meeting at West Side Park, Nashville, Tenn,
also close, besides the Two Thousand Sweep
stakes for the Spring meeting of 1890 and the
Brood Mare Sweepstakes for the Spring
meeting of 1891. The Spring meeting at st.
Louis begins June | and lasts thirteen days.
Sixty thousand dollars i'll stakes and purs es
will be distributed. Besides the stakes for
the Spring meeting of 1890, the Derby, Oaks
and Charles Green Stakes close to-day. The
Secretary is Arthur Uhl, of st. Louis.
The first game of the book-makers' billiard
tournament, which was played in the IRE.
esting match. II was between Davis aud
Heineman, two one-hun dred fifty point
men, and resulted in a victory for Davis by a
score of $50 to 146. DAVIS played So innings,
an average of 2.24.6 againt Heineman's g.
innings, average ?. II: 81. This result will
make Reeves the favorite to-day. He played
in practice an average of So, and being
scratch man G70 points,, this average would
only require 81 innings to run out his string.
Reeves Is not playing as good a game as he
did in the tournament n year ago. The
tournament will be continued tonight. II
will require fifteen ganles to decide the
winner.
Tom Lees, the Australian, left Town las
night for Streator, ILL.,, to train Billy Myers