Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-27

up that this years Suburban will be worth
s19.T75 In gross.
L'Etrienne, Edward Corrigan's fast
sprinter will be sent to the stud and mated
with an English stallion shortly. She will
be raced at the Washington Park meeting
and then permanently retired.
Bernie Mcfarland. former champion
skater of America. accomplished a wonder
full trial on Thursday in his wind-up spin
on Varona Lake. New Jersey. He Travelled
two miles straightaway in minutes and
seconds.
Fuller leads the list of jockeys at the
crescent city track. with AZ winners. Gan
non is second. with 10: Redfern. AZ: Buch-
anan 30: Lindsey, %; Robbins 3d. and Hell
gerson, 81.
The Yale athletic authorities have accept
ed challenge for a wrestling tournament
made by Columbia University. Men in the
middie-weight, lightweight and heavy
weight classes will be sent to New York
city to compete with the Columbia men.
Joe Cans. the lightweight champion, ex-
pressed himself not averse to meeting
the winner of the welter-weight bout be-
tween Matty Matthews and Tom Couhig.
Couhig draws the color line. but Matthews
may be induced to face the colored boxer.
The first ten winning owners at the New
Orleans meeting are Durnell & Herr. $1S.-
597: James Arthur s102s9; Albert Simons
81. 773; Edward Corrigan, .O41: s. c. Hill
dreth, $5,913: H. Dernham. $5,515; Tichenor
& Co., $5355; Mrs. NJ. Goldblatt. S.. 24S; E.
Trotter & Co.. $4926: James Ownby. 81 642
The Futurity entries for 1905 have just
been announced. Among the nominators Is
Charles w. Clark, son Of the Montana mil
lionaire. Mr. Clark enters a mare call ed
Valencienne, in foal to Salvation, a we'll
bred son of Salvador.
locked Helgerson who is under contract
to Capt. S. A. Brown for the season, will
ride for two weeks at the crescent city
track and then report to Bob Tucker at
Louisville. Helgerson will ride In the west
wi orrio n
colors in the east.
There Is only one new rule for foot ball
which, In my opinion. the rules committee
ought to provide" says Frank Butterworth
the old Yale fullback, land that Is to keep
the seven line men In line until the ball is
put in play and the four backs in their
places back of the line"
Capt. Pearson calIea out the Princet on
| freshman base ball candidates for the var
| sity team yesterday. Forty men responded
and were sent through fast drill In batting
and picking up grounders. The work was in
| charge of Capts. Pearson and Underhll.
The candidates from the three upper classes
| will be called out next week.
| John A. brakes Wyeth, who won the
| American derby last year. will be pointed
| for the different Chicago handicaps Wyeth
| will be brought east with the Drake stable
and will fill numerous engagements here.
Terry McGovern's next fight will be with
| Billy Ryan Of Syracuse They will box six
| rounds on March at Industrial Hall, Phil
adelphia.
Buchanan, the jockey, now under suspen-
| sion by the New Orleans racing officials,
| left New York for New Orleans today. He
says that he hopes to be reinstated, in
which case he will ride for NJ. H. Tichenor
| & Co. Buchanan has been living in his
| newly purchased residence at Homecrest
| near Coney Island.
| Harry Forbes of Chicago. the bantam.
| weight champion. and Andy Tokell of Eng
| land, will fight for the championship to-
night In Detroit. They are to box ten
| rounds The weight agreed upon Is 11S
pounds and must be made by the men at z
! O'Clock this afternoon.
Danny Makers first race of Importance
| In England will be on Monday. March %,
when the Bathyany plate. handicap at
| Ave furfongs. will be decided Maher's
mount in the Lincoln handicap on Tuesday.
March "a, Will not be known for some time.
| In this race Skeets Martin will have the
mount on Minstead. who was at 10 to 1
j on the 18th instant This colt. now four
! years old, won the Middle Park plate as a
| two-year-old. ana the Column produce stake
| last year. The horse is quoted as being
| unsound. however. Nabot is favorite at $
| to /.