Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-27

| Mr.. B. F. McCaully to lower his wagon
record OF 233k on that date. paced by q
| runner. AS the general drew q wagon un-
paced yesterday half In lie it is believed
| that he can do sthe trick. Additional at
| fractions on this date will consist Of half
mile running raca best two In three, and a
| three-minute trot.
GENERALussPoRTI NEWS.
Harry Johnson Of fittsburg and George
| r.Ktd'9 Bush 81 BHffalo went twenty
rounds to draw Saturday night in Buffalo
They fought at re pounds. '.e.- =
The three days. cricket match between the
/ Singarees Of Boston Mass. and the New
I foundland eleven at st. Johns n. F., ended
I Saturday In a draw.
| Joe Walcott. who is training lat New
| Dorp for his fight with Tommy West, which
| takes place at Madison Square Garden to-
| night, says that If he wins he will fight any
I man In his class. He Is also prepared to
face Joe Choynski again.
| A. second match was played at Roland
Springs, Me-, Saturday between Harry Var
| don, the well-known English golfer. and the
best ball OF Fem. the local professional, and
A. H. Findlay. and again Vardon won by
as usual, was for 80 holes.
Joe Choynski arrived in New York satur-
| day to put the finishing touches to his
| preparations for his fight with Peter Maher
at the Broadway Athletic Club tomorrow
| night. Choynskij has located his training
quarters at New Dorp, s. l.. and says he
| is In great condition to give Maher the fight
Of his life.
| Nick Burley, the western heavyweight
| that place to a friend in New York that
| fighting is booming there. and that the
winner OF a bout never gets less than s., 800.
He says that several pugilists who have
! mi r4oi,, Dur
ley has been matched to box Denver Ed
Smith in few weeks and expects a S.. 600
| house. [-- ~ '--.+---- -e -'5'
," John A. Nelson Of Chicago broke the
| track record for mile at the Worcester
I (Mass) Coliseum Saturday evening. The
at the opening meet at minute 81 10 sec
| onds for the mile, and has withstood sew
| eral attempts to lower 1t until after two
trials Nelson cut II to minute "a So Sec
onds. His performance was witnessed by
$500 people. Jack Coigan broke. the UNI
paced record for two miles on q six-lap
track. establishing it,at minutes 10 IS
| seconds. e.Iz-s
William A. Brady. manager of Champion
4 Jehris. has brought suit against Jas. G.
counting of the profits of the Twentieth
Century Sporting Club of Madison SQUARE
/ Garden New York. Brady alleges that he
mas not received his share of the profits
| from the boxing contests which have come
| on lately, and asks for an injunction re-
straining the defendants from distributing
i the profits already made and those expect
| ed to be realized before the repeal of the
/ Horton law on September i. Kennedy and
| Powers enter general denial. The suit
may interfere with the Corbett-McCO fight
/ next Thursday.
Bauyhoo Bey Captured Futurity.
The great Futurity. was run at Sleeps
head Bay Saturday. and it is pretty gener-
ally admitted that, Tod Sloane who rode
ex-secretary Of the Nayy William c. Whit
ney's colt Ballyhoo Bey to victory, was
the hero Of the occasion.
Sloane came over from England to ride
the Whitney COLT being paid $500 and ex-
So, $50 for his Employer The favorite.
Olympian. was second and Tommy Atkins.
both from the Keene stable. landed in third
place ,, with the the others stragsiing. 1t was
most even terms half Way down the stretch,
| when Sloane pulled ahead and won by q
length and and hah TSmmy Atkins being a
Cap and Bells Set tie pace for the other
two Of the Keene strtfg. Spencer doing his
part well. but he could not shake Sloane,
! who crouched low On his mounts neck.
hung On to Cap and Bells flank until the
fily was all out and then himself took the
| lead and held 1t, although the Keene young
STEERS gave him a great face. 1t was gen.
|
on any one Of the first three as easily as on
the Whitney colt.
The attendance at the big race was not
as large as had been expected, but fully
| 1000 persons were present The great
| amount OF work done on the track put it In
fair condition. Mr.. Whitney pair $1,000 for
Bailyhoo Bey as yearling The best time
made in the Futurity was LOS, in 1891, by
| Kingston.
Big Purses for TrOtters and PAGERS
AT mass meeting Of the officers of the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
citation at Lexington, KY, Saturday after
noon seventeen purses; averaging. over
$1,000, were, opened, to close September Is,
to complete the, program for the race meet
Ing here In October. --.'-,on : ..-.-s :.
| Twelve stakes, aggregating $4,000, were
| closed June last with an enormous entry,
and the purses opened will run the card
| up to $4,000. They are as follows Trot-
ting classes. 208. 210.- 212, 2.14, PIG, 2.1S
30, 2.22, PA. 2.28 and 228. Pacing classes,
2:O8. 2.OS, 2.10. PIP. 2.1o and 2.20 This il
the only association that bars hoppled
horses from its races.
- - End Of Tennis Tourney.
In the Niagara tennis tournament satur-
day H. H. Hackett, Yale, beat e. p. Fis-
cher, New York, rs, 10, 81, Ga in the
mems championship singles, final round.