The Washington times., 1902-05-12

| time next month or on the Fourth OF
July. Western AL Smith has offered $1,000
for the attraction on the Fourth
Eddie Kennedy. Of Pittsburg has an
offer from the Crescent A. c., Toronto,
Can. to meet Tom McCune in a twenty
round bout the latter part of the month
Kennedy will train with Jack McClelland
The racing season in Hungary COM
menced by a sensational event. The Alag
Steeplechase. of $50 soverelgns, over three
miles and furlong, was won by Mr.. Won
Jenkwich- Besan's Flaggenschiff, with
J'insiste and Almon second and third. but
was declared null owing to an error on
the part of the starter. who dispatched
! his field from the three-mile post. He
was fined $40. The ''Totalisator" paid
out as though the race had been run over
the correct distance, book bets were held
over and the race was ordered to be run
over again. Six started, and FlasAen-
schiff again finished first, with Almon Sec
ond and J'Insiste third
Sir Hiram Maxim. of Maxim gun fame.
thinks that the airship is coming, and
will pay $685. for the right kind, PROV
erly protected by patents.
A Toledo paper states that George II.
Ketcham, the owner of Cresceus. 2:02A,
has purchased a quartet of mules to pro-
vide the means Of locomotion for a wagon
he is having built. The vehicle is said to
be of the gypsy order, and it is Mr.. Ketch-
ans intention to enjoy life by driving
about the country this summer.
The Jockey Club has refused to rein
state John May. F. Wallace. and John
Wallace. who raced at Charleston after
April 1.
The billiard writer's have not yet been
reconciled to three cushions, and John
Creahan tells how a prominent Eastern
room has been forced to give a lunch,
vaudeville. and smoker to wind UP its
tournament at that game.
a novel feature is to be introduced by
the race committee OF the Automobile
Club at the speed trials to be held on
Staten Island. May 81, This will be
free for-all class that will be open to
motor bicycles. tricycles. and all sorts of
machines. 1t has frequently been said
that there are several fast pacing tan
dems which can travel better than n mile
a minute. Charley Murphy and William
F. Murphy have steam tandem bicycle
which they think can beat anything on
wheels. and they propose to take advan-
tage of the speed limit having been sus-
pended on May 81 on the South Shore
Boulevard.
The British built auxiliary ketch Ane-
none ". which was recently purchased in
England by J. Murray Mitchell, ex-com-
modore of the American Yacht Club. Is
expected to arrive in these waters about
May IL to IA, when she will be generally
overhauled at one OF the yards and re-
ceive some alterations in her Interior.
A naval parade In Lake Michigan just
off the Chicago breakwater, made up OF
whole fleets of war boats Of this and
other countries, is the latest thing pro-
posed for the Olympian games. President
Henry ]. Furber. jr.. who returned from
Washington late last week. Is most en-
thusiastic over tho matter. Boats that
draw not over fourteen feet OF water
could get through the canals and locks
very easily.
A man at Lakeside picked nineteen
straight winners. after which he was out
the car fare to and from the track. And
yet they say that Lakeside has syndi- i.