Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-30

Corbett's close friend and adviser. has read
Jackson's letter with great interest. While
he did not care to say anything about the
black mans proposition. Mr.. Smith ven
tured an opinion that the fight would take
place In London.
Wellesley Girls to Row.
One of the teachers of Wellesley College
has sought out Capt. Davis of the Harvard
Varsity crew and asked him to designate
some man to coach the girls at Wellesley
In rowing. Mr.. Walter johnson of Mime
apolis was chosen and accepted the position
To Shoot by Telegraph.
The Missouri Rifle and Pistol Club of st.
Louis and the Pastime Rifle Club Of Chicago
will shoot a match by telegraph next Tues
day night. The st. Louis shooters will use
their range on Pine street, while the Pas
time Club team will hold forth at Ingersolfs
State street gallery in Chicago. A special
wire VIII connect with both galleries. and
the scores will be teiegraphed from one
range to the other as rapidly as made.
A Big Game of Whist.
By total score of 3o3 points. 100 members
of the Chicago whist clubs Saturday night
defeated an equal number of players rep
resenting the state at large. The game
was the greatest ever played in the history
Of the world, 400 men being seated at the
tables.
Racing by Electric Light.
Racing by electric light was inaugurated
Saturday night at Southside Park. St. Louis,
fair-sized crowd being present The park
had been put In fine shape and some pretty
good sport was witnessed.
Polo at the Chevy Chase Club.
The second game of polo played by the
Chevy Chase Club was on the club grounds
Saturday afternoon in the presence of a
large number of spectators Rain stopped
the game near the end Of the third period,
after the blacks had secured two goals to
the reds none. Mr.. w. E. Earle umpired
the game. About two hundred persons took
tea In the lawn after the shower.
The teams were Messrs. L. Earle, Mar
row. Holloway and H. NJ Earle for the
reds, and Moore, Wallace Ryder and
Browne for the blacks.
Among the spectators were Mrs. Brown,
Mrs. Shiras, Mrs. Harlan, Mrs. Jackson
Mrs. Greedy, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. Bradley,
Mrs Boardman, Mrs. Mendonca, Mrs. Con-
dit-Smith, Mrs. Andrews Mrs. Legare, Mrs.
Whiting, Mrs. May, Mrs. A. Legare. Messrs.
Legare, Riggs, Montgomery Blair, Andrews,
and Misses Newlands, Rochester, Deerng,
Riggs, Foulke, Mitchell and Kinney.
A Cycler's Ride for $500.
j. B. Gibbs. who started from Washington
SATURDAY mOrHlng 10 rlQe a bicycle TO Lam
sing, Mich, in ten days on a 500 wager Of
Tered by III. s. Owen, arrived at Middletown,
Nd, at 8: 80 the same afternoon.
Capitol hi Club Smoker.
The Capital Bicycle Club wound up a very
successful series of entertainments on Sat-
urday night with a smoker to enjoy which
many of the members and their friends
turned out. Light refreshments were served.
The program furnished by the amusement
committee follows, but its true efferyescent
quality could be appreciated only by one
who was present: Whistling solo, Mr.. John
g Armstrong; recitation. THE Rational
istic Chicken" Mr.. w. s. Armstrong; either
solo. Return. Sweet Dream" Mr.. Harry p.
Ruppreeht; reading. Mr.. Gilhooley's Tim
porary Loan and John Henry" Mr.. Ralph
JEFFERSON; selections from THE Algerians''
and mandolin serenade from The Fencing
Master, by the PlinkyPlunk Quartet, com
posed OF Messrs. H. E. Human A r
shelton, w. s. Human and W. r. Macrille:
humorous reading. Mr.. G. A. H. Mills, and
either solo. SONATA by A. Darr, Mr. Harry
e. Rupprecht.