Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-21

greatest interest to the spectators. ihese
races are continuous. running through tIe
season. and some are run On the frehcn
system of loafing until near the Inisn anu
then squirting The professional cham-
pionship event last night was at nail a
mile 1t was divided into heats. me
purse of SITS was divided, SloO 10 VIM
ner, $50 to second and SIS divided between
the losers in the grand semi-finals In
this race four points are scored for the
winner two to the second man and one
point Is credited to each defeated rider In
the grand semi-f1nals. The first two men
in each heat were to qualify for the semi
finals.
Major Taylor, the little negro rider,
did not appear. He was injured In New
York ON Monday night.
The race was won by liver Lawson. and
the points now to the credit Of the riders
in this game stand as follows: Kramer,
So; Taylor, q; Lawson, ~; Gasgoyne. II;
Fem, ID; Fisher, ID; Wilson. 10; Free
man, Z; Kimble, g.
Boxing ut Ocean City.
The Ocean City fMd) Athletic Club has
arranged as a preliminary to the main
events in It's boxing carnival tomorrow
night a bout between Joe" Howard Of
Baltimore and Jack Wilson of this city.
Wilson has had about forty battles during
his boxing career, and has never been de-
feated, he claims. Howard has been seen
a number OF times in preliminary bouts be-
fore the Eureka Athletic Club of Baltimore.
The chief events will be Young Peter
Jackson against Pitts and Harry Lyons
against "Tobe'' Barclay Of Salisbury, Md.
Saratoga Races.
The card run off at Saratoga yesterday
was considered only very ordinary one.
The track was fast and the weather warm
Eoeh ov na{n mt Inn. In, ha
mile and a sixteenth race for horses which
had not won $1,000 during the year. In
the betting they were equal favorites at 8
to 5. Imp went off in the lead and plotted
the way down the backstretch to the far
turn when OConnor shot Roehampton to
the front and, increasing his lead at every
jump, the three-year-old won in a gallop
by six lengths. Only two took part in the
two-mile hurdle race, Holland and
Draughtsman. The former was favorite
and led the way, winning by three lengths.
Hammock, at Is to 1 in the betting, landed
first In the seven-furlong selling.
National Tennis Tournament.
OF the ffty-six men entered for the ma
tional tennis tournament at Newport, R. l.,
only two-Beals Wright and w A. Larned
remain. These have won their way
through the final round by virtue of brill
liant play and have proved themselves SUI
perior to all the players they have met.
Their last matches were against r. D. Lit
tie and L. E. Ware, respectively, Wright
winning In four sets and Larned in three
straight. Score:
Singles, semi finais-W. A. Larned beat
L. E Ware. Go, Ga. ca Beals Wright
beat r. D. Little, Is. 2-6. 6-1, 60
Today these two will meet to decide the
national championship. Yesterday after
noon the long-delayed final match of the
consultations was played, c. E. Sands win
ming easily from j. B. Read by the score Of
g., g.
Interesting Trots at BriEhtwood.
A card of three good contests and an at
tendance of about 1,s00 persons marked the
first day Of the meet at the Brightwood
Driving Park yesterday afternoon. In spite
of a rather slow track the finishes in all
the races were exciting. Frank j. P. Hart
ing, j. P. Clark and Frederick Dollam
served as judges, with c. P. Stohlman and
B. F. McCauley as starters. The summa-
rieS:
$40 class, trotting; mile heats; three In
FIVE; purse, $200-First heat, Frances Me-
Campbell: Onlie and Anna c. distanced.
Time, 2:3O 1-2 Second heat, Kate Camp
bell, Frances Medium. Nellie T., Grant,
Robin Hood. Time. 2.32 IA. Third heat.
Hood, Kate Campbell. Time, 2.32. Fourth
heat, Frances Medium, Robin Hood. Nellie
T., Grant, Kate Campbell Time. 2.30 Won
by Frances Medium, Kate Campbell second,
Nellie T. third and Robin Hood fourth.
2.25 class. trotting; mile heats; three in
five; purse, $200-F1rst heat. Katonian,
Queen Bess, Walter c., Nortie, Redmont.
Edna Stevens, Bessie Gould. Time, 2.30.
Second heat, Katonian, Redmont, Queen
Bess, Bessie Gould, Nortie, Edna Stevens.
Walter c. withdrawn. Time. 2.2S IA. Third
heat. Katenian. Redmont. Queen Bess. Bes-
sic Gould Time. $50 IL Won by Katon-
ian Redmont second, Queen Bess third and
Bessie Gould fourth.
Running; half-mile heats; two In three:
purse, $75-First heat. Gallant, Kings
Pride, Loving Heart, Sappho, Lady Has
been Checkers distanced. Time, 0.52 1-2.
Second heat, Lady Hasbeen, Kings Pride.
Gallant, Loving Heart, Sappho. Time.
o52 Third heat. Lady Hasbeen. Gallant.
Time 0.51 1-2. Won by Lady Hasbeen, CAL
liant second and Kings Pride third.
Base Rail Notes.
Chicago for the last time today.
Mercer will do the pitching for the Sena-