Evening star., 1896-06-25
WHIST EXPERTS At PLAY.
Chicago Eeats New York by nm In.
judiciOus Trump Lead.

From the New York Sun
The whist players at Manhattan Beach
mad another busy day of it yesterday. The
emily ram drove them all indoors, and they
spent. the morning in post mortems. A
person who has never attended a whist
congress has no conception Of the variety
Of stories that float round the morning
after hard days fight. Each group has
its own pet anecdote, and every one of
them thinks its bit of gossip should be pre-
served as history
OF course the chief interest lay in the
surprises of the first round for the Hamil-
ton Trophy. By some curious freak of for
tune most of the matches We're won and
lost in the last three or four hands The
Brooklyn Congress team were five tricks
to the good in the final round of the match
against the New Jersey Athletic Club, but
a loss of two tricks in one hand and five
in another gave New Jersey the match
In the last four hands of the match be-
tween New York and Baltimore, the short
suffers were four tricks to the good; but
Capt. Whelan kept his nerve and held his
team steady for the final charge, pulling
out victory by gaining six tricks at the
end The New York captain says system
had nothing to do with it: bad play did it
all. The Americans of Boston had a safe
lead or the present champions, HYDE Park
but dropped it and the match at the end
losing by one trick.
3. Yesterday there We're more surprises in
the second round for this trophy. The
Capitol Bicycle team lost eleven tricks to
the Newtons in eight hands, losing the
match by four tricks. The short-suters
from New York held down the very strong
Chicago team until near the end, when
they lost the match by an injudicious
trump lead, which cost five tricks
The ST. Paul team played their first
match with the Philadelphia Whist Club
and beat them four tricks. The result of
the second round follows:
Hamilton TrOphy-SecOnd Round.
Brooklyn beat American 3 tricks.
Newton beat Capitol Bicycle tricks
st. Paul beat Philadelphia tricks
New Jersey Whist beat Albany tricks.
Chicago beat New York ) tricks
Wilmington beat Milwaukee 10 tricks
Hamilton. Philadelphia, beat New Jersey
Athletic 10 tricks.
Fanwood and Dartmouth did not play,
Started Again.
LONDON, June 25@Satanita, Britannia
and Ailsa started at II o'clock this morn
ing. in the order named over a 45-mile
course under the auspices of the Ramsey
Yacht Club and for prizes of $40 and sl.5
Penltsnt, The Saint, Niagara, Airuda
Dragon and Luna started at 10 am. in
the race at Ramsey for the small yachts
Summer Meeting at Latonia,
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 25.-The sum-
mer race meeting of the Latonia Jocfey
Club opens today. The great event of the
day Will be the Latonia Derby one mile and
half, weight for age. The starters are
Ben Brush, Ben Eder, Loki, Semper Ego
Howard Mann, Byron McClelland and Re-
warder. With no more rain the track will
be fairly good, but slow, conditions that
are favorable TO Ben Brush. Smart turf
men say he must be very good to win. for
the two Logic colts, Loki and Semper Ego.
are both on edge. The former recently ran
mile and quarter in 2.05I4, and the latter
worked mile and a half with Ill pounds
up in 2.34 As, working out a nine,furlonc
race in 1.5312. Loki has worked mile and
half in 2.36. Howard Mann ran the dis
tance In race. with 96 pounds in the same
time and Rewarder and Byron NcClelland
have been specially prepared for this race
1t is no easy thing for Ben Brush The stake
will be worth over $4,000 with 81, 600 to
second, and $500 to third.
Pythian Wheel Races,
The knights of Pythias of the District
are contemplating giving bicycle meet
some time in the latter part Of July at the
International Athletic Park. The object of
the meeting will be to raise funds for the
building fund of the order, the race to be
held entirely under the auspices of a COM
mittee selected from the organization.
FRIDAY
evening, at which it is expected a decision
in the matter will be reached and that it
will be to hold the affair.
The United Wheelmen.
A regular meeting of the United Wheel
men was held last evening at their head
quarters, $40 18th street. Mr.. W. H. Hem
shaw presided, and Mr.. B. H. Warner the
president, made some observations in a
communication regarding the treatment of
bicyclists by the District Commissioners.
The election of a board Of directors was
held, and resulted in the selection OF
F. Larcombe and Frank J. Wissner. Ae-
ton on the big parade of the wheelmen of
Washington was deferred until the next
regular meeting. which will be held next
Wednesday evening at the headquarters.
C. A. C. Lawn Parties.
The first of a series of lawn parties will
be given at the Columbia Athletic Club on
Saturday evening at $50. A musical pro-
gram by q fine orchestra will be the fea-
t,1ro of tho ayoniDp Morpbarc o,,1x~