The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-18
Racing, Boxing, Foot and Baseball
Playing.
NOTES FROM THE COUNTRY AT LARGE,
Winnings on Fall Mectings-Jack Boian'
Matches Arranged-Pitcher Corcoran
Dead-LoriiIard's sale.

Raw meeting. is all right again, and rode FIJI
aay at Guttenburg.
The steam yacht Silver King, Capta
Hughes. of New York. arrived at Norfolk RI
day with her owner and party on board, an
left yesterday for Florida.
Thursday an attempt WAS made 10 get Per
gen reinstatod 20 ride Lamplghter in tn
White Plains handicap. Mr.. John Hunte
and PHIL Dwyer were willing 10 have hin
ride but the other members Of tho board 0
control refused.
The William Penn Charter School Foot bal
team defeated the Delaware Field Club a
Wilmington Wednesday by q score of j. TO
One goal was kicked from the field. one goa
from q touchdown and two tOurhdOwns. The
schoolbOys were much lighter than their op
ponents. but won by superior agility and team
work.
Starter Caldwell accepted ap engagement
Thursday with the New Ork Jockey Club iOI
next year. thus completing his circuit for lS92.
His work this year has been better than ever
before and race-goers will be pleased t. learn
that the veteran will be seen next season nj
sll the tracks where he has Oiicated IN former
years.
The Crescent Athletic Club Of Brooklyn
has purchased eight acres or property dom
Ing their new clubhouse at Bay Ridge on the
East Ii will be laid out for tennis courts,
base ball and other field sports The AlcyOne
Boat Club one Of Br1Oklyns Oldest row az
organizations. has consolidated with the
Crescent Club.
The New York North Side Athletic Club
made big record this season. They won
nineteen games and lost but three. They also
won the an steur championship of the Tween
ty-third and Twenty-fourth wards The
record is. North Side Athletic Club won =,
lost 2; Suburbans won 4. lost 3. Volunteers
won 3. lost 3: irvlngs. won 2, lost D.
Yale and Harvard have made no arrange
ments for a football game this year though
il is expected that the differences Of last year
will be patched up before long When llar-
ward refused 70 play Princeton Yale declined
70 play Harvard. Princeton has announced
that she will meet Harvard half way in recon.
citation. and advocates OF both colleges are
talking informally of establishing them on a
peace footing.
OF the Sls6.G40 raced for at the fall meet
ing Of the New York Jockey Club at Morris
and Jerome Parks. z. c. Mclewee was the
Target winning owner. His horses won 32l.-
4O5. EastOn iarabee were second with
sl2,110 John Hunter thnd. with Sl4.s4O. j.
A. and a. II. Morris fourth with Si3. $50 Pierre
Lorilard fifth. with Sll.2i5 and d. T. Pull
sfer sixth with s.. 1870.
Jack Bolan refuses TO accept the challege of
a. +. O,Connor on behalf OF Charles No Car
thy T. fight The latters challenge WAS pub
Ished in the Post several DAYS AGO and a for
felt deposited. BOlan sent the following an
swer, dated Norfolk Va. October l8th In
regard to O'COnnOr's challenge wish to say
that | will fight any man from 1875 TO l28
pounds. these being my fighting weights Nc
Carthy is too heavy for me-"
Amos Rusie has not signed with New York
for next year. lie is now at his home in
indianapolis, and SAYS he will not sign unless
he gets his price. Buck Ew NJ says he will
not play next year unless his arm is we'll lie
will spend the winter South. hoping 10 benefit
10y the climate. John Ewing prom SOS to sign
a contract for next season. and Westeryelt "a
pitcher in the New Jersey A. q. Will be given
trial. WEIGH, Herman and GlasscOck are
under contract.
Michael f. Dryer heads the list of wnping
owners for the season of racing lust ia, sed
In stakes haniicaps and sweepstakes his
stables won about SIG QUO. }. A. and A. H.
Morris won sl56 600 David Gideon $3.50 COO
aud i. Q. McElwee about S1i000l Last year
the late August Belmont headed the list with
SlG9,6l5. ). A. and 4. II. Morris were second
on the list In 1880 with winnings aggregating
Sl57 900. or about the same as tins season.
Pierre Lorillard has sold at auction six of
his race horses getting fair prices for all
Pagan. "A chestnut son OF Mortimer. five years
old, fetched 800, the top price Ii IL IN
derstood that Mr.. Lorillard Will purchase
some very hlgh-class horses before the season
of 1872 begins and will endeavor t. make his
stable one of the strongest IN the country.
he has already secured La Iosca and one or
two other good ones, and will II is said i'm
port few thorougLbreds from England
shortly.
Lawrence Corcoran. the famous pitcher Of
the old Chicago White Stockings is dead ut
his home "A Cherry street Newark lie died
friday morning OF heart failure produced by |
Brights disease. He leaves widow and four |
children. Larry Corcoran Was born in Brook |
lyn, and began playing professional ball with |
the Chicago Club IN 1880 when he WAS about |
lxypptV old H,r eI xnttl, h..
cago Club until 1876 and in lsS6-S7 he PLAYED |
with the New York Club. Then he went with |
the Washington Club for a season and Las |
since been unpiEing.
Captain Pop" Anson of the Chicago base
ball team has promptly carried out his prom !
Use TO get at billiard playing IN earnest after
the base ball battle was decided Arson APP
pears as one OF the stars with the billiard |
short-stops' at Napoleon" Ives Imperial
Hall ia Chicago and what's more. he is play
ing good billiards. too. Ives CnttOn aud An
son are all three entered in All exhibition tour
ney hich has been going on during tho past
week In Imperial Hall. Pop" Arson says
that he viii be able 10 beat one Of the short
stops in match before the winter Is over
The race for the Rose plate was run Friday
~ the Newmarket second October meeting.
The conditions were a. follows The Rose
plate OIL 00O soysreigns added 20 a sweep.
stakes OF 20 sOvereigns half forfeit two
thirds OF the sweel stakes to 20 10 the sec
ond and one-third TO the third: three-year
oids. St u lbs. four and upward. st 10
lbs; sex and non winning allowances and
winning penalties two miles SO subs It WAS
won by Prince SOltykof's four year-Old
chestnut tilly star, Corstorphine was second
and Queens Birthday third.
Mr. +. ii. Chandler. of the Brookly Yacht
Club. and some friends lett Grayesend bay
last Sunday IN the sOOp yacht lrouuois
owned by the former for a short sail down |,
the bay. They found the northeast gale "A
little too much Tor the craft and anchored OF
Clifton. ). 1 The anchor wouldn't hold. and
she went ashore knocking several holes in
her bottom. when she sank Mr. Chandler
ana party had u narrow escape. but finally
reached shore all right. though considerably
used up. The Merritt Wrecking Company
raised the lroauois ON Tuesday. and she is
now Oh the beach near the BROOKLYN club
house, OraveseAd bay. 10 is estimated that
she is damaged about 5000
The purchase of the renowned ST. Bernard
Or bedlyere last winter by Mr.. Sears. Of
oier0se. Mass. Tor sum approaching q. 600. !
placed America IN the proud position of pos
eesslng the most perfect dog of his breed
with MS advent breeders surrendered all hone
OF owning one Of the same sex 10 surpass him
an turned thor attentions to the other sex
linen as now, every connOisseur in ENGLAND
acknowledged Princess Florence 10 be fine
most wonderful of the tenderer sex in conse
quencs OF which those who had the ~ Rer
nsrd FEVER on this side flooded her owner with |
onefs. 10 all the same response was youch-
y a a