The Washington times., 1895-05-05
CHEVY CHASE CLUB SPORTS.
SteepIechase VIII BE the First Event
of the Season

of the Season.
The clubhouse and grounds of the Chevy
| Chase Club are particularly inviting at
present, and the members and their friends
| are enjoying to the fullest extent the
| pleasures which this delightful spot af-
! fords.
An active seasons work has been mapped
! out. Lawn tennis tournaments, baseball
| games, polo contests club races cross
country rides, fox hunts and many other
/ events will succeed each other in rapid
| succession
| steeplechase has been arranged for
/ Saturday, May IL The event will be a
/ point-to-point affair, with a three-mile
course. The list will be open till May 8,
| and all horses that have followed the club
/ hounds during the past season will be al
/ lowed TO compete. The entrance fee for
| this race Will be So. Fifty per cent. Of the
purse VIII go to the winner, 20 to the sec
ond horse, 10 to the third, and 10 to
/ the fourth.
! The course will be marked out by Joseph
! Holloway, the clubs huntsman. Messrs
! Rozier Dulaney and Clarence Edwards
! have been selected to act as judges and
Mr.. Clarence Moore as starter.
! The following conditions have been inn
| posed; Weight, 130 pounds, overweight al
i lowed The hoIseS must be ridden by men,
bers OF the club or amateurs, under the
| American hunt rules. The start will be
| made at p. m.
| Quite extensive preparations are also
being made for the clubs spring field day,
which Will take place at Chevy Chase
/ Field on May Is. The events on the card
Tor tnaC occasion comprise iOIupDg con-
| tests for light and heavyweight hunters,
hurdle, flat and gymkahana races for
| ponies and galloways.
| All the horses which compete in these
/ no nJvn Irrr
scribers to the pack or parties over whose
| grounds the club has ridden. An entrance
/ fee OF 81 will be charged for each event,
and prizes will be awarded to the winners
and TO the horses securing second places
/ - -
'Tis not the oldest merchant that knows
! 1t all, nor will every young one prove a
sure winner, yet in this age of push and
progress the odds can be safely placed on
/ the one who combines with modern ideas
and energy a determination to adhere
strictly to well-known business PRINCIPLES
and who hangs his banner on the outer walls
4 with the inscription He who buys here
gets gold dollars worth for his dollar"
In the line of precious Jewels newest and
most artistic designs in gold and silver
ornaments, >bouseh old necessities and
/ even extravagancies, there is Go one in
Washington who has in q few short months
made greater showing or gained a better
+ reputation in bis line than G. H. Dawson,
Jeweler, at 1106 F street northwest.
There are many men now living in Frederick
| county, Md, who are called grandpa that
can remember him there as a child After
eight or ten years experience in Phil
adelphia and Baltimore on the "go it
alone and make your own way in the
world principle" be drifted TO Washington
about eight years ago, since which time he
/ has been associated with some of the
leading 1ewelry houses OF this city. Only
a few weeks ago the elegant establishment
at 1105 F street, which has since become
| so well known through his daily announce
ments in The Times, became his sole aud
! individual abiding place. Push and
progress" Courteous treatment" with
the "best and newest" at "fair profits"
are among the notices Mr.. Dawson always
keepsin mind. Aglanee at hisshow window
any day will be temptation enough to any
one TO make an inspection Of the larger
stock inside.