Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-12

won as she pleased Donald Balm FINISHING
in front of Filon dor, who never seemed
willing to run little bit. after being stop.
ped. foul was claimed and allowed, Don
aid Balm taking the race.
In the first event Decimal got a fly;ne
start and won in galop the fayorite
Corinthian, never going to the front Dan
Rice made runaway of the second race
Jinks was the first favorite of the day to
reward the backers.e He won by a dozen
lengths. The jumping race had but one
incident. Becky Rolfe stumbled over the
third hurdle, and her jockey Bergen went
over her head. After being dragged away
he got on his feet, remounted and finished
fourth
For delaying the start in the first race
Slack was set down for a week CIawson
and Phelan for two; days each and Spencer
was fined $50. Ryan got six DAYS on the
ground for fouling Filon dor.
Lawn Tennis Todrnament.
The entries for the national lawn tennis
tournament to be begun at the Newport
R. l., Casino next Tuesday, August Is,
were opened yesterday. There were only
80 entries, the smallest list in many years
The drawings for the preliminary and first
rounds were made by DR.. James Dwight
and Mr.. Richard Stevens, rs follows:
Preliminary round = Deane Miller VS.
Richard Stevens. Ford Huntington vs. R.
D. Little, r. P. Huntington VS. Ralph Nc
kittrick. W. 8. Bond VS.: w. ]. Clothier,
Payne Whitney VS.. j. S. Bridges, G. p
Sheldon, jr., VS.. B. c.. Wright
First round-J A. Allen VS. w. Fl. Mum
dy, Holcombe Ward VS.. c. R. BudIong, s.
A Freshman vs.. Alfred Goldman. Norman
Mcleod VS.. l.. E. Ware, NJ G. Chase VS. J
2. Paret, W. A. Larned VS.. H. E. Avery
II. w. Shines winner of Miller-Steyens,
winner of Huntington-Little vs. winner of
R ?. Huntington Nc Kittrick, winner of
Bond-Clothier VS.. winner Of Whitney,
Bridges match, winner of Sheldon Wright
VS.. L. ]. Grant. Beard VS.. ID. S. Rickers, D.
f. Davis VS.. H. G. Whitehead. G. L.
Wrenn, jr, vs. E. 2; Fischer, J. s. Taylor
vs.. r. L. Willing, Thomas Sturgis jr, vs.
kreigh Ceilings, w. C. Grant vs. Ewing
Stille.
Dixon Bests Santry.
Eddie Santry of Chicago stayed twenty
rounds with George Dixon at the Broad
way, New York, A. c. last night. and in
doing SO added much to his reputation. He
took all the well-known Dixon body blows
and gave back large number of face cuts
and stomach punches that made Dixon
rather weary before the bout was over
The referee, Johnny White. called it a
draw, and the more cautious experts said
it was good decision.
Some betting was done at 100 to 40 on
Dixon. Oscar Gardner took the stage and
offered to meet the winner or any man at
from 116 to 124 pounds.
Up to the sixteenth Dixon's body blows
added to Santrys discomfort, but his re-
turns were weak In the seventeenth. how
ever, Sa1try took a brace to the delight of
the crowd, and chopped the negro in the
face, including the bad eye. Santry also
landed the most punches in the eighteenth
The last two rounds were furiousiy
fought at close quarters. Dixon's swings
were still the more effective, though he
was by no means a fresh boxer.
In the last half of the twentieth Dixon
a dozen times k
out blow, but Santry withstood all his at
tacks and returned straight leads for the
body and one that made DiXon's bad eye
look worse. They were hugging and clfnch-
ing when the gong sounded. The referee
called the bout draw.
sharkey in New York.
Tom Sharkey, who is matched to fight
Jim Jeffries for thei worlds heavyweight
championship October %, arrived in
New York yesterday afternoon from San
Francisco. The sailor pugilist has been on
the coast for several months trying to get
rid of a slight attack of, rheumatism. He
has completely recovered, and says he
never felt better in his life.
In speaking of hfs championship bout
Sharkey said: II :shalIH be the world s
champion in 1900, for, am confident L can
beat Jeffries. l have met, him once before,
and do not believe he had any the better of
me. He.is a big, strong Fellow, but that's
over FitZsimmons does not worry me in the
least. l was well aware of what the out
come would be before he ever met Lanky
Bob. l don't think TFitz5wa as good as
when he fought Corbett. From the reports
of the encounter he seemed to have lost all
his cleverness Jeffries. however. will have
different man before him. when he meets
me. He must then fight one of his own
class. Since my last battle with Jeffries L
have met two of the best men in the ring
Corbett and Mccoy, while Jeffries has only
fought one back. number
Joke ON Coon Hunters.
A joke comes from party of coon hun
tiers who operated on Bratton's run, near
Wilson's Springs, Va, about fifteen miles
from Lexington. Supplied with dogs of
various sorts, the party soon freed coon.
One of the men climbed the tree to dislodge
the animal and his black felt hat was
knocked off. When it struck the ground a
little terrier began tearing it to pieces. The
other dogs rushed forward and in the dark
ness mistook the little dog for the coon
and soon slaughtered him. The hunters,
proud of their catch, started homeward
with their prey. After going some distance
they discovered that they were carrying
the dead terrier. The joke was on the hun
tiers.