The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-03


Fred Manseu- the English artist-judge,
said Of the Boston show, his Introduction
to American bench shows: 1T opened
with bang and went all through with
swing and &c which made me gasp with
establishment The attendance was enor-
nous and the event went all round as if
the committee had hired a machine pat
ented to run dog show merveiIle.''
Raymond Doyle. well known as club
man and soeiety leader in Philadelphia.
New York, and Newport, made his debut
IS boxer in competitive class in the
open amateur exhibitions OF the Athletic
| Club. His opponent was Jim SIaven. a
mIddicweight 'iO1gshOTeman DOYLE has
been companion OF James J. Corbett
since the ex-champion made his first trim
East, and can really be declared a pro-
tegc o. the Californian. Doyle won his
contest against his sturdy opponent after
boxing an eXtre round OF two minutes
Harvard IS mixing a strenuous effort
TO raise the 5000 necessary for the pur-
chase OF new university golf links in
Waltham, the use Of which VIII be open
TO all members of the university They
have $1,000 already.
David Comstock. the Dayton cyclone,
and Charley Grantier are matched to
Wrestle for purse of 500 before the
Dayton Athletic Club. best two out of
| three falls, winner to take all, on May 90.
Bob Hamilton viii be referee.
VI. c. HarTison's fast young trotter
AxteIIo, 2:15. won new IaureIs Sunday bv
holding his own with David Lamar's PAGER
Nathan Strauss, 2:091z, now generally con-
sidered to be the best sidewheeIer on the
New York Speedway. Mr.. Lamar's horse
was leading by fully half a length fifty
! yards from the finish, but AxteIIo trotted
| so resoluteIy at the end that he crossed
the line on even terms with the PAGER.
It is stated that the great saddle
stallion Forest King, now being handled
by Tom Bass in the City of Mexico, has
| been sold to George Bernard, of Colorado
Springs. Col. for 50. 900. He is being pre-
pared for the Western horse show this
season There was an exhibition of fam
GUS horses in honor OF Col. W J. BRYAN.
| the late Democratic candidate for Presi-
| dent.
The annual trap tournament of the
New Jersey State Sportsmen's Associ-
alton is to be held on the grounds Of the
Freehold Gun Club from May 20 to %
/ inclusive The first two days of the shoot
viii be devoted to breaking clay targets.
and the remaining two days to live bird
| matches. The State championship ana
the E. c. cup will be shot for in open
competition On the last day of the meet
the championship match between New
York and New Jersey VIII take place.
Golfers at the present time are under
the spell Of the rubber-hlled ball They,
after the fashion of victims Of other
habits, must have their fads and fancies.
One day 1t is a buIger-faced wooden club.
another VaTdon weapon, another stif
shaft, then whippy shaft, and now it is
a rubber-fued ball.
Brother Fitzsimmons is growing more
accommodating every day. The offer of
one of the California athletic clubs has
reached him, but he prefers to hold off in
the hope that his dear friend Jegries may
be able TO do better. Fitz also announces
that he is willing to fight at Los Angeles.
and winds up his statement with the in
formation that he knows the public wants
10 see him and Jefries get together, and
that right soon II required lot of time
for FitZ to realize that he was making a
mistake, but there is some consolation in
the fact that he finally tumbled.
Approaching the great demand for auto
mobiles in America, the foreign manu-
factuTers are not only sending us ma
chimes, but are trying to establish fac
tories here to build carriages under
foreign patents. couple Of makers have
undertaken such projects, and now there
is talk Of the Automobile Company OF
America entering into an agreement to
make an American model of the Rochet-
Schneider. Ernest Cuened is said to
represent the European interests in the
premises.