The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15


! finish between feather weights Jimmy Lar
kins, Of Jersey City, and Billy Murphy, Of
| Australia, for purse Of $1,000. The fight
is likely TO take place late next month OF
early in August.
The members OF the several orders OF the
sons OF 1t. George have decided 10 give an
athletic meeting at Jones' Woods on August
10. which will equal any given by the regu'
lar athletic CLUBS and which VIII lar sur
pass any the hardy Englishmen nave ever
| given heretofore. over one thousand dol
lars nave been subscribed for prizes, ana IN
each event IL has been decided TO distribute
between the hrst three men gold and silver
watches aud sterling silver Guns. There
will be runs of 100, DO, 40, and 500 yards
and one mile, open 10 all amateurs. For
members there will be a tug-of-war and
races for men weighing over 200 pounds
and for men over forty-fye years Of age.
Longstrcet. the Dryers suburban candi-
date, Is ut Grayescnd, and is winning new
friends every day. mile in :42I4. and some
say little better. having been shown dur
ing the past week.
| special dispatch from New York says;
Racing in New York is becoming more pop
/ ular every daV. The crowds that sweep up
/ to the Wcstchester tracks have been unpre-
ccdentcd in point of numbers in the history
! of racing in This country, and the popular
/ confidence in the track grows greater az
! the meetings wear on. The talk OF another
racing club in this city has not frightened
} the stockholders in the existing OrganiZa-
| tons 20 any great extent. IL Is dlihcuit 10
see how the new association can get tlme
| for even an occasional race in this vicinity
without oncroachiug upon sunday. Every
week day has been taken up by the exist
ing associations. with an occasional on
Monday here and there; and since the
great success Of the Nesichester meetings.
even those of days have been utilized. and
a card presented, which WIS in every way
admirable. From now TO October lst the
events are booked in regular order, and
any outside association will be outside in
deed in trying to get open dates. OF course
the time is all booked for the seasons OF
1891 and 1892.
Tenney is the favorite for the suburban.
The independent Schuetzen Corps, Of New
York. will give special prize to to be com
peted for at the Berlin festival. The prize
consists Of an artistically composed mono
gram of the Independent Schuet2en Corps,
the material used being two hundred newly
struck ten-mark gold pieces. Mr.. W. '.
Weber. who is on the arrangement commit
tee. will take the prize with him. Seven
teen members of the Independents LETT here
June T. A delegation Of four from the ~.
Louis >harpsh0oters and cOntingents from
New Haven and Bridgeport joined the In
dependents. The Wieland, on which they
sailed, will reach Hamburg on June % or
%, and the New York marksmen will be
taken care Of hy the Hamburg SchuctZen
society. who will dine and wine them, and
also arrange a special prize shot for the en-
entertainment OF the visitors.
.. e.. Eames, one Of the crack Eng
lish tennis players, has recently ar
rived in this country. He is member Of
the London stock Exchange, and although
over on business, he will play in several
tournaments while here. Eamcs ranks
among the first ten players in England.
Sir Dixon may be the Dryers Suburban
candidate instead Of LOngstrcet.
The Yale Freshmen will compete against
Cornell and Columbia between June % and
81.
Articles have been signed between James
COnnOrs, sparring tutor Of the Buffalo Ath-
lctic Club. and Ike Wier, the Belfast spider
for a finish glove contest. for $1,000 a side.
The fight will take place before the Airing
ton Club, near Buffalo. on july eth.
The Philadelphia Bicycle Club leaves
Philadelphia on June 18th for its annual
outing. which will this year be TO Boston.
The trip will extend from June 18th to I'D
Perhaps the heaviest betting man on the
turf. outside Of Mr.. NJ. +. Dryer. is Mr..
Pierre LOrillard, who thinks nothing If
pumping $4,000 on one of his horses that
he thinks has good chance of victory.
knowing tennis players are doubtful if
W. II. TAYLOR, who won the Pacific Coast
tournament last year, can hold his hOn0rs
for another season. as he has to play the
winner of the san Rafael tournament, and
the best Westerners are in for that.
Many and varied are the sports INDUCED
I in a. az h4nlth- piyfufr gNglfsie4
both sides of the Atlantic but the oldest
and most unique game Of all is one devised
by an Engiishman. II is nothing more nor
less than playing polo in the water. This
viii seem very odd and funny to many. but
it has been demonstrated rs a tirst-cass eN-
citing game, with number of advantages
peculiar TO itself. So popular has the sport
become in London that over eight clubs
have taken it up. and are at present play
ing il. The sport will dOubtlessly soon be-
taken up by Americans.
That racing is decidedly uncertain is
clearly shown in the record Of Russell, the
tWO-year-Old of Morris stables, who cost
5000. aud has already won $4,000. ON the
other hand. King Thomas. who cost Sena-
tor Hearst 81. 0O0, has not won race. Rus
sell has won in his four stakes-the Bed
ford, the Great American. the May, and the
Galliard- $4,000. He has probably cost the
oNUtIs lul hftlIi- anu tibillI- hitils f-f'''
so that The net profit is above $4,000. II the
horse stands up he will surely win the
Great Eclipse, June Il, with $1,000 added
money, and he is entered in most Of the big
summer stakes. King Thomas. on the other
hand, has never won "a race i'm his life.
Turfmen will probably grow tired after q
while buying costly. but worthless. brothers
aud sisters to great performers. The Dwyer
Bros. have made practice Of purchasing
such horses, and have lost lots OF money.
The tWO-year-Olds are very poor.
The Harvard and Yale crews have settled
down TO their final month of practice before
their great race occurs. The Yale race
with the Atalanta eight was a revelation to
the Harvard crew. but they have pluckily
gone 10 work as they have not for years 20
get into trim 10 meet the doughty lalen-
sisns. The Yale men will back their crew
heavily, and will have TO cOncede big odds.
A vast difference exists between the base
balls used by the National and Players
Leagues. Each contains the same quantity
of rubber, but the ball used 10y the Players
is much more lively. The other afternoon
the balls were tested at Brotherhood Park.
The difference was astonishing. The heavier
batters in the New York Club could not
knock the old League ball as far as the light
or ones could bat tfle Players League ball,
and when one batter tried the two ne could
knock the Players ball one hundred feet
further than the one used by the Nationals.
This in measure plainly shows why IL is
that the scores in the Players League are
larger than those in the National League.
At least half the yachts in American
waters are steam. Fifteen years ago this
was not thought Of: Edward CoTrigan wants
to match his colt Riley against the colt Bill
Letcher at the LatOnia course for $1,000 10
$4,000 from jump TO four miles.
Jake kilrain, in letter 10 a friend in
New York. says that if John l.. Sullivan eX-
poets to get on at his trial in Purvis, Miss.
ON June 20. he had better reach that city a
week before the day of his trial, and make
friends of everybody, because the officials
who have his case in hand are dc termined
to enforce the law.
James T.. Reed, the champion checker
player OF America, will visit the PIttsburg
Checker Club and give series Of exhibit
tons. Mr.. Reed has posted a forfeit Of
500 to play James Wylie for the checker
championship of the world.
There are TO organized yacht clubs in the
United States at the present time, having
membership Of 10000.
The date of the Iiaggin sale OF thorough
hrpi yparIines has been changed and il will