Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1892, Page 9

THE EVENING ST ss ‘AR: HOW THEY WILLSLEEP The Great Buildings Erected for the Encampment Free Quarters. FIFTEEN THOUSAND BEDS. ‘The Busy Scene at the Monument Grounds, Where the Large Idings Are Being Erected by the Citizens’ Committee for the Use of the Visiting Grand Army Veterans. O BUILD HOMES FOR ‘@ population of some 15,000 souls is, asa rule, the work of years. But surrounds the Washing- ton monument there is to be a settlement of that size about the mid- 1 dle of September. There mg pil 7 js nothing there now ex 7 SA cept swarms of busy ‘ workmen, great masses Men’ of lumber and the ekele- tons of frame buildings. About the 19th of September the population of this town will begin to arrive. By the next das, so rapid will be the growth, the high-water mark in the pop- ulation will be reached. A BUSTLING SHORT-LIVED TOWN. The town will continue to flourish and will no doubt be an exceedingly bustling place, and then in the course of four or five days an exo- dus will begin which will leave the place with- out a solitary inhabitant. All this sounds like Se / Se! LOCATION OF QUARTERS ON MONUMENT LOT. & tule from a fairy book. But it is a sober fact. The only magician in the case is the enterprise of the business men of the city which has pro- vided the buildings for a portion of the great multitude of old soldiers who will come bere to attend the G. A. R. encampment. TSE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS. Inst now it is impossible to get an accurate idea of the immense undertaking which the en's committee nas on their hands. By the of next week it is expected that the build- ings will be completed. Then there will be even pri dings grouped along the curving driveway which is on the south tide of the Washington monument. A line of trees and clusters of shrubbery will partially shut off the view of the buildings from B sti | | | | | THE BUNES. All of the buildings, which are long structures with sloping roofs covered with tar paper and a line of openings for ventilation at the ridge, are built of wood, with cunvas sides, the latter ‘of which can be raised or lowered as the weather makes necessary. They have a uniform width of 64 feet and a varying depth of from 200 to 350 feet. A building of the latter size bas a capacity for about 2,300 men. FIFTEEN THOUSAND MEX. The entire group will furnish quarters for about 15,000 men and in the vi einity other buildings will be put up, where the men can wash, and also buildings where they can get their meals. In the vicinity space has been reserved for the members of posts which bring tents, with the intention of camping out. The buildings where the men will sleep are interesting for several reasons. The great size is, of course, an element that will attract the curiosity of the public. But their design is such that they will cost the minimum amount ofmoney. There was no plan drawn, but Chairman Eason, in connection with Mr. W Morrison, the builder, worked out the schen from the basis of a known number of men that Ina must be provided with sleeping quarters. figurative way it may be said that 15,000 were put into their little beds, and the the buildings necessary togive them calculated toa nicety. While ample room is allowed for each man yet there is no waste — | “| | } Passage ways. Then aisles a down the length of the building with a row of bunks on each side, three high. nk# are substantially built and along each row i drawn tightly a substantial strip of can- vas The canvas is brought over astrip of wood at the head of each bunk, then fastened down *o strips in the side, thus supplying the place of a bolster. It is then securely fastened to enc side of the bunk and the same opera- tion is repeated in the next bunk. In this way esch bunk is supplied with a spring mattress which will receive the weary forms of the vet- ¢rans and cause them to sink away into adream- less slomber undisturbed by the nightmarés which were a common experience of their sol- dier life, when they rolled over on a stubborn root in the ground or some sharp-pointed stone. Each bunk is six feet six inches long, two feet six inches wide, with a space of two feet eight | inches between each bunk. ECONOMY IN BUILDIXO. The buildings are being erected with as little waste of lumber as possible; no board or scant- hing is ent that can be used in ite original length. By the adoption of these precautions the com- Raittee hope. when the buildings are torn down, to beable to get back a portion of the money LATING THE FoUNDATTON. that bar spent in erecting ‘There if, perhaps, no better Mustration ‘wise economy, *hich accomplishes the | garded as ceriain, as | and theotherex | that the actions of Du | the meeting; all reports made by the supreme sleeping | | gun. He said that he had been doing business | ‘WASHINGTON, D. ©, SAT URDAY, AUGUST 13. | at the smallest outlay of money, than is afforded | by these baildings. There iv nothing super- finous about them and yet it can readily be secn that they are not only adapted to the but that the men ho occupy them have comfortable if not luxurions quarters, At the Lug SAWING PILLOW ENDS. end of each building a space has peen left which will serve as a sheltered porch or ball entrance. Here the men can sitin case there is rain or | they wish to chat and smoke together before retiring. CANVAS INSTEAD OF BOARDS. ‘The use of canvas for covering the sides in place of boards is another admirable feature, as the canvas is not only cheaper, but it can be | rolled up during « hot night, and if the weather | is cool it will be ample protection. All that the | occupants of these quarters will need to bring with them is blanket, and perhaps s comb to | to smooth out their tumbled hair in the morn- ing and enough money to buy their meals, They won't even have the bother of thinking whether burglars are likely to break in, as the committee will have the buildings in charge of a competent corps of watchmen. A MUSICAL THEME. When the triple row of men, sixteen in file, | stretching along some 350 feet—sad there are seven of such combinations—engage in their nightly wRestie with old Morpheus, what a | chorus of sounds will be evolved. Such | chorus properly arranged for the orchestra would be a drawing card in the repertoire of the Marine Band. f ‘Mr. Chase, who is Mr. Morrison's superin- tendent, has over 100 men at work, and by the close of next week he expects to have all the buildings completed. QUARTERS ELSEWHERE. Although this group of buildings will furnish quarters for about 15,000 men, yet the citizens’ |DOWNIN TENTH PLACE Washingtons Not Holding the Po- sition Desired by Home Patrons. BEGINNING THEIR LONG TRIP. Current Gossip About the Local Team—The New Men Proposed—The Man Who Planned the Diamond—Personal Notes of Interest. ‘ ROM NOW UNTIL September 7 the Wash- ingtons will be away from home. They will phy at Pittsburg, Louisville, Cincinnati, Chieago, St. Lois, Cleveland, three games ‘nt each place, and wind up their western trip with two games at Pittsburg on Labor day, September 5. Then they will return to play two games here with Cleveland, Louisvill Cincinnati, 8t. Louis and Chicago and three games each with New York, Brooklyn and Phil- adelphin. Three games will follow in Boston, | two in New York, returning to play two here | with Baltimore. Then two games in Brooklyn and Philadelphia will follow and the season will close here with two games with the Bostons who the-year's playing here on April 12. re will be twenty-nine games away from home and twenty-three at home. Er Sie lates! statics malt op of the work of the various clubs in the league the Washingtons ‘Stand fifth in batting and tenth in fielding. This shows that the club has somewhat fallen off in batting since the close of the first season. Then they stood:fourth in batting and, as now, tenth in fielding. The low standing in fielding during the first season was due to the constant cha of the infield, the shifting of men from shortstop and second and third bases: ‘Had the men play tions to which they committee have to look out for about as many more. So the construction of four or five sim- | ilar buildings will be began at once at Garfield | | Park, where it is expected some 8,000 or 10,000 | men will be located. A couple of buildings will | be erected on the square bounded by 7th, 8th | | and C streets south’ which will accommo- | date some 3,000 men. In addition the com- mittee propose to lease the new hall over the | K street market if it is completed in time, | there some 2,000 men can sleep. | Nearly ali Grand Army posts free of cl the com- ed the were assigned at the begluning of the first sen. son their fielding record would undoubtedl have been higher. Richardson was on second, Radford at short and Hardie Richardson was on third. Donovan was covering left field. Man- ager Barnie was dissatisfied with Donovan's work id the field and he accordingly put Hardit Richardson in left and tried Dowd at third Hardie sone: throws. caused Dowd did not cover third satisfactorily and Radford was tried there. He did better. Atthis time the club was playing win- the school buildings have been assigned to mittee further snpplying the necessary cots. Altogether the committee will provide sleeping marters for a good sized army of some 40,000. | marters for between 15,000 and 20,000 men | have been secured by the posts of which they are members and th: rent of which will be paid by the posts, eo that the committee will not be under the necessity of providing sleeping sc- commodations for this proportion of the thou- | sande of old soldiers who intend to come to this city in September. } spt eae FUNDS OF IRON HALL, Continuing the Examination of Supreme Justice Somerby. ‘The supreme sitting of the Order of the Tron Hall held a secret session at Indianapolis yes- terday, but nothing of importance resulted, that | body deferring all important matters until the | result of the application for a receiver is made known, That Supreme Cashier Davis and Su- preme Accountant Walker of the order will be ousted by the supreme sitting, however, in case | the plea for areceiver is not granted, is re- | preme Justice Somerby ‘eofficers are of the opinion and Walker have been against the interests of the order. he attorneys for the plai on the defendants to bring i F morning the request and call for the special sit ting in February. 1891, and the same for the | sitting now being held in Indianapolis; the records of the meeting of 189 which the minutes were kep' vans’ note book and the shorthand record of he slips on ; Chief Clerk | cashier and supreme accountant to the mem- bers since the Omaha meeting; reports of the Omahs meeting: all cireulars, reports, &c., sent out by Somerby or any other officer since the Omaha meeting; number. and face of lia- bility of all guaranty bonds in possession of | club then went up the li | other day. ning ball and stood fifth in the race. ‘Then be- gan 8 series of changes, which have continued up tothe present. ‘The club dropped lower a lower, short and Dowd to second, Radford to the field and Robinson to third an infield was obtained that lasted throughout the first season. The nd finally ended at the head of the second division. With the sec ond season more changes wore made and soon the down grade was again struck, and now Washington is back im tenth place.’ It occurs | to the unprejudiced observer to ask if Washing- | ton would not have fared better with the old original nine that began the season last April. What is the secret of a base ball mansj success? Evidently there are different Sometimes a nine is so strong that it outclasse the other nines. Its success is due, then, tothe | good judgment of the men who selected the | team. In other cases it comes from the pla g together of a team season after seaso: perfection of team work is then attained. In| other cases success comes from the excellent feeling between the manager and the players. Undoubtedly the success of the New Yorks when they were champions came largely from the fast that Mutrie could get the best work out of his men. He was not a base ball general, As a manager he was undoubtedly inferior to ded him, but he ‘joll the ex played’ for Lis sake as well as | their own. Their interests were ihe same. The rame feeling existed toward Managers Wright | and Barnie, who, however, much the superior of Mutri thing good feeling must exist between manager and players for a team to be successful. ger's ses. men along. “The man who planned the base ball diamond was far-sighted,” said,a man who i considerable thought to the national “Tt was planned for the day of perfection in base ball, and not for the J itwas first played, and only one been made in all ‘these years of improvement defendant in this city, and the names of the guaranty companies. This list was given to Chief Clerk Evans yes- | terday and he started for the office of the at- | torneys for the defense in haste after them. Supreme Justice Somerby came in with ex- Judge Howe. He was unusually bland, and seemed in better spirits than ordinarily. He was placed on the stand, and in answer to questions Mr. Somerby said he had. not under- stood that he was to produce the face value of the bonds in his possession, but if giver time would look them up. “Have you the bonds of any other guarantee ink we have. but Ihave no recollection | of them. The bond of the supreme accountapt | isin the hands of the trustees. I have no| knowledge of what bond he may have now. I think if is one of the constitutional bonds for .000. I think he has no bond for 1892. This ond may be issued by the Mutual Trust | Company of Philadelphia. Mr. Hayes is secre- tary and treasurer. and has of the papers, and is secretary of the bank that issues them, and is segretary of the supreme trustees. He has the bonds issued by his bank.” The supreme cashier bas a bond for $50,000, but | Somerby did not know whether it bad’ yet expired. He thought another bond for @25,000 had been issued by a Philadelphia trust com- pany, and both bonds were in force. “Have these supreme trustees made any re- port since the Omaha meeting? I think not, but they may have done so at supreme sitting.” How much of against the cashie “I think the Outen and Fullerich bond is in force. “I think a personal friend of Davis, who is in the jewelry business here, was also on his bond.” Mr. Somerby explained that his own bond was a personal one for $5,000, given atDetroi and, he thought, since this suit bad been be- bond is now in force for two years before without a bond, and had arranged for meeting the executive and finance committee and trustees and had the bond pre- | pared. PevThen you are not under bond really?” “Only that way. He said directly no funds have been in the hands of the supreme trustees for inveat- ment, a required by the constitution. | The subcommittee of the Iron Hall which and made a report. The portion of the report showing the financial condition of the order is | as follows: Benettt fund: Balance on hand January 1, 1892, from assessments, e fund, $160,618, $1,005,518.71; received 299,639.60: from reese | life division, 28,300; division No. 3, €41,507. total, 2,520,583. Disbursements : 6,522 sick and disability claim, @310,686.41; 177 death ae | 852.~ 50; 1.436 final dividends, $1,033, $1,396,173.91. = cashier, $145,441.35; total, ), 924. General fund: Balance on hand December 31, 1891, $15,174.97; receipts to August 1, 1892, 870,- 981. 16; total, $86,106.13. Disbursements: Warrants from 1,551 to 1.974. | 963,166.73; balance in general fand, 5 improved real estate, $33,000; total assets in all funds, $2,686,274.26. ———-—+e+____ Congratulated by Mr. McComas. George L. Wellington has received the fol- | lowing telegram from ex-Congressman Louis E. | McComas, secretary of the republican national committee, who represented the sixth district | for four successive terms in the House of Representatives Hon. George L. Wellington: I cordially congratulate you how upon your | nomination, and later expect to congratulate you ongyour triumphant election. I every patriotic repul in the axth will immediately go to work with zeal for your success. Louis E, McComas. in the game—the pitcher has been moved fur- ther back. ‘Teke the distance from first base to second and from home to second, for instance. | How many close decisions there ‘are at second The runner has a much shorter distance to gothan the ball has to travel from the catcher to second, yet both are accomplished in about the same time. An umpire has to be | very near to make an accurate decision. It | seems as though one thing wagweighed agains another. Then take the distance to third base. It is much shorter for the catcher to throw, but this is somewhat counterbalanced by the fact that the ball must be thrown from the right | Side and with the batsman in the way the | catcher must wheel around to do it. So it be- | comes a close decision there with a fast runner frying to make the steal. [ tell you the man who planned the base ball diemond had a long | AS 0. P. Taylor always writes entertainingly on base ball, whether accurately or not. His latest screed has been on poker playing among baso ball players. He holds that it is most demoraliz- ing and injurious, and he argues well, but the force of te argument is considerably lessened by the fact that the two teams having the | tent poker players —New Yorks aud St. .ouis—won the championships of their respec- tive organizations the year they indulged most | in poker. ‘The double season experiment has beens t thing for the Baltimores and the New | Yorks. Here two teams hopelessly in the ruck | were given a fresh start, and with the aid of fresh material they have kept well to the front. New York hes been benefited by Rusie and Crane getting into first-class condition, and, as a general thing, the fiélders have been having aueasy time. When clubs like the Brooklyns are lege ora to two hits it hows that there is tire pitching being done. As fielders the ww Yorks are not much. As soon as their pitchers are hit hard they go to pieces. | When the New Yorks make errors it will be found that Burke, Fuller and Denny Lyons are the ones that make them. With weak pitchers the team would be nowhere. The condition of the New Yorks is the exact opposite of the Washingtons, Baltimore has been winning through hard hit- ting. There's nota man on the team but can be depended upon for a hard hit. Their pitch- ezs have been pitching fair ball and conse- quently they have kept up near the front. ‘Tax Stan's announcement of the changes in the local team was read with much interest By local patrons. Local cranks never tire of ‘ forthe home club. There is no other city where hope dwells so persistent as here. Even with a losing team and little pect of its being anything else the attendance ‘at the games has kept up surprisingly. is always the hope that luck will turn, for there is the deep-seated conviction that the team has geod material and only needs, in n to secure acreditable place. has been shown in the games that have been ed here. It is ex) itchell will raise the club's batting average. have the reputation of being hard hitters, but have not been brilliant es fielders. For some reason they have not been in demand by the league clubs. Browning has been tried b; the Louieviles and Cincinnatis this year been That of course not prove that he is not valuable, though it might indicate that. Twitchell has been secn bere his work is better known. \win is as good a pitcher as he ever rg players a dence in him any more and do not play as good ballas with other hardér working’ pitchers in the box. ‘The official attendance at Pittsburg during the first season's games was 100,200, as against 117,000 1891.” The Ford W. Davis, jr., the son of Arms Davis of Camden, N. J., sire ae ee a ‘Cramer Hil pier ta Bape | certain extent of young Sharrott, When Dan Richardson went to | ©. auagers were |S $a general | aoe “The Sh Louia are to-have a new ball park tothe tema cal ‘will be one of the finest in fon der Aho has signed Pitcher playing good bell mixture.—-Balti- middle” ‘Burke gives promise of rivaling Ward in stealing bases, is \yn's crack | ase Against New York he is almost use- ‘Morgan Murphy is able to walk about without acane. In six The Gia: fifty stolen bases. to Burke had a clean dozen, while Jack Doyle came next with ten. The Baltimores draw now away from home ten ns to every one drew. PeTue Phillice have bev win Noun lately with but little batting. When the team to bat again they sbotid “outa wide, ewetk of victories. Pitcher Clausen of Louisville did something that no other pitcher has done this season. He struck out Shugart, Beckley and Smith in suc- cession. If it were left to’ Boston crowds whether | bunting and sacrificing should be ‘abolished or no, it wonld be safe to asy that both .these features would: be retained in base ball by a large majority. Childs of the Clevelands and McPhee of the Cépcinnatis are keeping up an even pace as the heaviest batting second basemen in the league. Duffy made his first error of the second vision Monday. He played twenty straight games without a slip up. Umpire McQuade of Hawke, the sen- sational pitcher of St. Louis, in terms of high- est praise. ‘He reminds me,” said he, “to a the much talked of amateur who was with New York last season. Hawke's most deceptive ball is hit drop curve, which he utilizes frequently. This was also Sharrott’s strong point ht at second. He isan earnest Brodie is all worker and is doing well in every way.—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. WASHINGTON V8. ¥. MC. A. The Y. M. C. A. nine of this city has not met any of the crack amateur nines and conse- quently were ill-prepared to face a professional team. It was therefore a certainty that they would be badly beaten yesterday by the Waeb- ingtons. as were weakened by the absence of Fuller and Sanford, and “Eddie” Johnson did not arrive in time to cover third in the fatal first innit Outside of the first, when Pitcher Holbrook a case of the frights and his sup- port was equally nervous, the association boys pee rather a creditable game. The nine can rdly be classed as a crack amateur team. It has yet to prove its merit. After it has de- feated the Boston A. A. nine, A. ©. 8. N. nin the New Jersey Athletics and a few of that class it can look on itself as a first-class team. In the meantime, however, it is the best amateur nine in the city. The Washingtons had twelve men in the game at different times, Irwin play- ing at short a couple of innings, Myers’ place. Score: Washingtons, As foretold in Tue Stan, Myers and Fitz- gerald, the two erack amateur players of the Y. M. C. C., were given a trial, and both showed up very well. Myers fielded’ his position well, taking in a ballin deep left and batting well, But the feature of the day was the fine showing made by young Fitzgerald. ‘The few hits (fie) that were made with professional players be- hind hita wold have all been outs, The catcher, O'Hagan, could not hold him, and let ina couple of runs on passed balls. As it w four innings that he pitched the Was made only five runs. After the first inning the Washingtoas did not attempt to hit Holbrook, but they tried to hit Fitzgerald all the way hrough. and from the exhibition he gave it was the impression that he is one of the best ama- teur pitchore of the ‘season. Ho has plenty of nerve, speed and several good curves, Manager Irwin highly complimented him on his work in the box. Cleveland. Viulad’phia Besten. ‘The Phillies defeated the Orioles yesterday by 9to6 by hard hitting. Pittsburg kept up its spurt by defeating Cincinnati 4 to 1 by bunch- ing hits on “Rhines in one inning. Cleveland shut out Chicago—2 to 0—through errors by Parrott and Dahlen, and St. Louis, with Brei in in the box, played an errorless game nd defeated Louisville 4 to 1, —— WILL SEE THE QUEEN MONDAY. en an Mr. Gladstone Postpones His Visit to Os- borné House, Mr. Gladstone will go to with a complete list of the next cabinet to sub- mit to the queen, says an Associated Press special from London, but in pursuance of con- stitutional usage, he maintains absolute silence on the proposed appointments. It bas been impossible to conceal the arrangements made for Sir William Vernon Harcourt at the ex- chequer and for Mr. John Morley as Irish sec- retary, but Mr. Gladstone's intentions regard- ing other ministers is not known, even to some lefinitely appointed members of his ministry. He has received scores of aspirants for office, and has discussed the composition of the eahi- net with his chief ddvisers without definitely communicating to any one his final eelections. | Being a punctilious observer of: official prece- dent, he will not formally offer a place to any one until he has actually received the queen's commands to fc ministry. Surmises are rife regarding new ministerial combinations, Among the most striking reports finding credence in official quarters is one to the effect that Lord Herschell will become governor general of India; that Lord Chief Justice Cole- ridge will become lord chancellor, and that Sir Charles Russell will become lord chief justice. Lord Herschell’s transference from the bench to the tremendous political responsibilities of the viceroyalty of India would be incredible ‘but for the known fact that he has long desired to be # prominent figure in the political arena. He has the highest opinion of his own qualities agan administrator, and if the report be nc- curate, he must have convinced Mr, Gladstone of his worth; but his appointment will cause a shudder of apprehension mut the coun- try, in view of the critical- ition of Indian- Russian relations. Until when Mr. Gladstone returns from Osborne house, the exact composition of the cabinet will remain unknown. . The queen will bave an um exciting time during ner conferences with Mr. Glad- stone over the nominations, The names of the old group re-entering the cabinet she knows, but most of the new set she dreads knowing. It is known in the court circle that it is fear re- juiotude is niatehcel aptoteaedais "8 accession in the ‘hange royal : e liberal ranks included the inevitable on Mr. power. While the orne on Monday | old whig families c in the royal house- | te hold caer itis to tho queen. One duchess | succeeded ON THE TURF. Lamplighter Oaptures the Champion THE JUNIOR CHAMPION. Dev Alonze Now Holds That Title—Some- thing About the Two Noted Winners—How Sporting Has Advanced in This Country Since the Beginning of the Century, _ EAVILY BACKED Montena was beaten pion Stakes at’ Mon- mouth on Tuesday last, the . three - year - old the rich stakes and iff i HE 8 # away off in the Cham- | Met making a new record fot the distance, 134 miles, in 2.323;. Lamp- lighter was bred in the eS $1,200. His sire, Spendthrift, was a superior race horse, and is own brother to Miser, sire of Yorkville Belle, Mendicant, Poverty, Penurious, 4o., Rutherford, a good race horse, and Fellow- craft, the first horse that ever beat Lexington’ famous four 99(. His dam, im iorthern Nursery land. She is the dam of the dam of Prince Howard. Speculum, ht’s sire, was a grand race horse, sired mn (winner of the Derby), Rosebery (win- |ner of the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire), and many other good ones. His sire, Vedotte, was o first-class race horse, by Voltigeur. and is sire of Galopin. Second dam, Midnight, by King Tom, never raced. The third dam, Star- light, was a grand brood mare, having pro- duced Mimosa, Zodiac, Equinox, Planet, Herschel, Lucifer, Mercury, Wanderer and Satellite,’ all of whom weré winners. Zone, another daughter of Starlight, has pro- uced good winners in this country; she is the dam of Arizona, Aranza, Cape Race, &c. Evening Star, the fourth, dam, produced Daughter of ‘the Star (a winner) and also Waterwitch, who produced Wild Bud (winner in England) and Mermaid, Lurline’s dam. Lnurline was one of the best race mares that ever ran in Australia, and produced imp. Darebin. Lamplighter was a good two-year-old, start- lag Ritson iitmen sed ‘winning ‘races, his best races being his win of two ed ‘events at Baltimore last fall at 1 1-16 miles, defeati Judge Morrow, Mars and others in 1.52%; won again at the same distance and place, beating Portchester, Isaac Lewis, &c., in 1,503 WINNERS OF THE CHAMPION STAKES. ‘Winner. Age. W't. Jockey. we Paion.. ERD OT a 3; | mmc OE HeOCEET! SEIT alvator. 1801. Firensl 182. Lamplighter. Don Alonzo, winner of the junior champion stakes, was bred by Messrs. Chas. Reed & Sons in the “Fairview stud, Sumner county, T He is by Long Taw, son of Longfellow. a g race horse and winner of a number of races un- der the name of Dave Moore and Long Taw from mile heats up to three miles. Hound the Cam of Don Alonzo, a good race mare and prominent winner, as was also his grandam, Sue Dougherty, while his great grandam, Blonde, was one of ‘the best mares of her day, winner ‘of three-mile heats in 5.3633, 5.34, defeating such good horses as Arrow, Wild Irishman, Dis Clapperton, Little Flea, &c. The family has always been a famona racing and and all possessing speed with ya dintance. The race is the fastest one yetgmade for the Junior Champion. Don Alonzo has won thi the Tremont stakes, three-quarters, in ji. at Brooklyn, and’ Sapling stakes, at Monmouth, three-quarters of a mile, in 1.18%; | Was second to Wallace in Hndson’ stakes at Brooklyn, five furlongs, in 1.05; second to Sir Walter in the Grent American stakes, fiv dongs, in 1.0134; second to Sir Walter in clipse stakes, three-quarters of a miles, in $;8econd 'to Lady Violet in Fonm stakes, furlongs, in 1.02; second to Hammie in f stakes, five furlongs, in 1.02 2-5; second to velace in ‘Tyro staked, three-quarters of a defeated all of these in the r Champion with great case, WINNERS OF THE JUNIOR CHAMPION STAKES. Winner. Weight. Jockey. Time. Ths. Olney. ie Barnes Sloane. ~The following extract from The nm lished in Boston by Benjamin Russell in’ 1801, shows how racing has advanced in this country: “SPORTING. “A holiday for the industrious laborer. The | heats or races will be run, for the first time in New England, on the Ist day of September next, in the park of Mr. Joel Herriman, one mile’ and a half north of Haverhill bridge. ‘There will be a stage erected on the center of the ground for the accommodation of ladies who may wish to be spectators; also boxes at | each corner of said stage. hung ‘upon swivels, | large enough fora gentleman and lady, It is xpected these boxes will be occupied by par- | } ticular application. ‘The purse to be run for will be $50, distance round the course, one mile, any one horse dis- tancingsthe whole, the first or second heat. will | be entitled to the purse, otherwise the foremost horse the last heat. Any horse losing his dis- tance will be debarred running again; the distance pole twenty rods from the winning “Entrance money for? each horse, $2, which | will be run for next day, by what is called the serub race; the sweepstakes or horse that wins the purse will be excluded. Any gentleman to enter mboree for said beats, will have an opporfunity any time before the inst day of this month by applying to Mr. James Smiley, or ME, Wilinm ‘Sawyer, living! near said'ground. Any horse entered for said heats, at the poles, will be double price. ‘The horses must be upon the spot precisely at 2 o'clock B., Any horse taking the advantage of the of the poles when running the rice must take a retrograde step around “This of amusement, very novel in t of the country, bas been long ticed in Europe and in the southern states, Bur justly esteemed and much admired Wash: ington made it a constant rule to enter for the heats one or more horses every year and often- times made the puree himself of the im taultitnds of sine of the turf. A the center of race course would Ht at Spendthrift stud by Mr. | Jas. R. Keene and pur-| M. F. Dwyer is said to ha’ chased as a yearling by Capt. 8. 8. Brown for | game at Imp. | and always at- ‘could make it con. of | Paseaic, | ted Chueh ‘in ‘that ut twenty-one. 3 Lamplighter winning | Anemdne. city. to be but sixteen ton Beach and Taces at that |e and all risa te “Whatever was the matter, the or m from a KB an three board Jott ili Les Hj f | fat through remaini: | wires, four Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist, pub- | seven ara within an ace Better thay Px () Ofcourse sidering the exposed. xP was inadvisable ‘Unanswerable. Correct keys to roster. No. 337, Eo Mtoraeas, 1%. ture in regard bets years z : and J. pulling Bx- in the last Tace Slaughter was ruled has this to oad fact remains in the stable for a y are skin and bone Tong sequence of contests. scenes: ai THE CHESS WORLD. Problems, Games, Solutions and Solvers— Notes. ._By FRANCIS WARD. White to play and mate in two @) moves. PROBLEM No. 141. By E. M. BORLETT. @wEkSA g 4 QE KRS QRS K5 KBt KBT Qt White to play and mate in three (3) moves. ‘Tha subjoined beautiful ending occurred in a, in the Cancasus between Prince Di K KK Q2 w@igait Ki QBS game yadian (white) re chr and KeR6 mates GAME No. 73. GIUOCO PIANO, ‘The only eame whic! master tourns Black—Tarrasch of Narembure. P-Ke of sscuri in any case. ‘of thisgetsa eave the ‘queens 9 Ha fy i ‘@) Here. SOLUTIONS AND SOLVERS. Fos, 120, 130) “rotten :" Prof. fs old Fecelved. $F aree fF ;|EIGHT OARS IN ront | and I do not wish to speak disparagi MEN WHO CAN PULL. Events to Which Oarsmen of the Po- tomac Are Looking Forward. FAVOR. The Proposition to Hold the Interriational for so long was locked rowing club, is this sea ton leading the river for activity in shell rowing, and the other clubs active seem to have crawled into their shells, or rather they ‘have not crawled into shells, but more tikely stepped into some big hole and some ‘ing relic hunter has come along and carried the whole business away. Analostans do not enthuse readily, but the members take an interest in suything how quickly it makes iteelf felt; it matters is cimely 0 club regatta or an i, tom enthusiasm and inter- itself, and all this is a pleasure to , with nothing more to Jook forward the coming club regatta, every me business, notably dur- come down and help along, the number of crews does not in- ie 3 3 F ge e be & i F Fischer ia giving bbe fast and a good one generally. SELECTING TRE EIGHT. The gig crew, composed of Poesche, stroke; Longstreet, 3; Smith, 2, and Rodrique, bow, is Some if not all of this crew will Capt. TRE CLUR REGATTA. The club regatta will be held September 3, and it promises tobeagood one. The crews of The day wil the race between the four that won at Baltimore and an eight-oared cre. The races will begin at 5 o'clock, and all events will, of couree, finish in front of the boat house. Dancing ‘will follow, the races. It is proposed to christen the new eight on the day of the regatta. The young lady who ix to perform this ne duty has not yet been selected, but wi friends which the club prides itself in having cult. The ceremony promises to be an inter- esting one, and no doubt the friends of the club will turn out in large numbers to wish good speed tothe new craft, which will be another incentive to rowing at this boat house. this river this season G. Edwin Saw; member of this club now located in Boston, no doubt be prevailed upon to come and ro! and he would materially strengthen the crew, Capt. Fischer, in no unmistakable terms, favors the holding of the international regatta on the Potomac here next year should Chicago fail to make further active ‘move in that direc- tion, and he voices the opimon of all thinking rowing men on the river except those who for favor have pledged themscives to some other locality. a can COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUR. More than ever before 1s it duli at this boat house, and the main reason seems to be that so many of the members, secing but little hope fora Potomac river regatta, have taken sd- vantage of the lull and gone to seek rest and recreation at seaside and on mountain top. The rig pel crew, junior four, has not disbanded, ail reports to the coutrary notwith- standing, but are rowing almost every day und | daily becoming faster and » more dangerous crew to tackle. It is euch a pity they couid not have been sent to some one of the iate re- gattas, That the crew is fast there is no doubt ingly of ite bility, but it is certainly traveling under « | record’ given it by a young man who was easily gulled and having no fear of it punishment.and I will not charge im “with hope of future reward, pub- lished last week the statement that the"Chippics rowedamile and a half in 7.28! If he will look up tne national record he will find the fastest time made on a lake course is 8.24 by a junior four. on a river course 8.16%, and on a riv course at Poston the Columbia A. C. of thiscity ‘in 1885, t-oared crew, did the course in the estan rare time of 7.46%;, this by an eight- crew. I wish our river could abow a SS 7.28, We would be world beaters. do not draw the above comparison except to do justice to the crew (for their rowing has _— read about elsewhere), ee call atten- n to certain pencil pushers rowing men know something about time made in rowing and trust this particular one will be more care- fal in the future. pretensions to be | and see how it comes out: the very large circle of Indy | the task, while a delicate one. will not be diffi- | In the event that an open regatta is held on | and the many bright fave evidence of the pleasure the hops | give, and it ts the regret of the club that the | Fepairs to the boat house could not have been | harried along and completed sooner, ax during the months of July and August these hops have, im former years, been # feature. AN RIGHT-OARED RACE QSTWREN THE THREE LOCAL CLUBS, As the chances of an open Potomac river regatta are growing daily more minute, and as | something must be done not only to revive the | interest in rowing here. but to give the rowing : men an opportunity of trying their mettle ai skill. and as a comy the Analostan and Columbia and Potomac upon merely as a social clubs. The two latter have good material to get | fond crews from, aid the Analostans ave prospect of an eight -cared b or eo, and as the club has bad likely juniors to put in with it» seniors | very handily get up a good intermediate crew. Of course neither club need sacrifice auv of ite janiors to pat in a senior race, but would ably be willing to have them gc | mediate event. Certain it is th: | terest would be work such « pitch as it has not been worked up in four years, I be- lieve more interest would be centered in euch jan event than in an open regatta. The | members of each club would take some | pleasure in coming down to the river, and for a whole month more we would have plenty of Doating. As to the time, make it, say, about September 20 or 25, or thereabouts; have it, if you will, about the time of the G. A. R. en- campment. As to the cost, it need not bean expensive affair. I believe would cover it all—medals, tuge and banner and everything. Let an agreement be entered into between the committees appointed from cach of the three clube to the ekect that the two losing clubs pay for the medals, and #0 on. This would be easy on ail hands, and if the clubs could not stand that expense certainly the members and their friends could very quietly eubscribe the amount necessary. THE MIDDLE STATES REOATTA. Interest in rowing at Newark, one of the Great rowing centers, seems never to abate, and two cr three times s year big regattas are held and each as successful as the other and all at- tended by large crowds, The entries for to- day are large and of good class, the fact that the N.¥.A.C. chippie crew did not enter brought out several new aspirants for senior eight honors, and notably the Palisades, who in another season surprire some of the older and at present fast eights. The fall list of entries was published in Tae Star this week. I place some of the winners as follows Manhattan A. ©. wins junior singles; intermediate singles, by either M. A. C. or Ariels of Baltimore; Hedley wins senior singles; Varuna B.C. wins senior doubles; Palisades B.C. of Yonkers wins in- termediate and senior eights, t THE NATIONAL REGATTA. The number of entrics in the national regatta is growing larger cach year, and of course of good quality. As the national is the one event where the championships in each class are de- cided, would it not be a good plan to have rep- Tesentative crews in this event. I mean, that where, as on our river, say in the senior four class,we have three crews preparing to go to the national, now my plan 3s, iustead of heving all three go, let there be # race between these few days before the closing of the en- tries and after a fair, square race, let only the in its class and thus you would, from year to Year, have an interest in rowing and to look forward to and at the least possible ex- | Pense to anyone club, Of course, on Hers, this plan would not work nor would it do at alias half the pleasure in going to the national regatta isto see the flyers, the well-known crack crews of the country. I be- lieve ir this plan is ndopted by next year bé productive of mach good and will to the interest of all concerned in the success of rgWwing on our river and elsewhere. oe ‘THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA, The more I bear of the suggestion thrown out by me last week to have the international regatta on our river if Chicago doos not have it the more I feel thut it is just the thing and thas Washington is just the place for holding any- ‘thing that savors of @ national event. , all Visitors to the fair from abroad will certainly come to Washington, end certainly our the seaboard than Chicago, and here at firet the oarsmen would stop. Tho regatta over with, their next step would be to go to the fairat Chicago. Tuey would leave their boats bere, and on th return from « trip around our country come by way of this city, take their boats, and in @ day or two w | homeward bound. Other cities who claim the regatta say they are #0 much nearer the sea- d offer that inducement, but they are not the capital of and would not prove the same « Visitors that our city would. Then we havethe the finest in the world. By next | year the sen wall will be finished. a narrow | gauge road could be built along the wall and for | nearly the whole length of the course observa- tion trains could follow the racesas a don. A gentleman told me the other | with one or two others would see if the regatta is beld her ‘that ‘ankee Doodle” is brought here for the use of officials to follow the races, &c. As to the moner for prizes and other expenses for such an event as that, he would almost tee that there would be no trouble at all to raise almost any amount. Oscaa P. Scumupt. —, What Alled the Country. From the Detroit Free Press. ‘One night at li?tle mountain town in Ken- tucky I wns seated on the front porch of the | tavern waiting for bedtime to come along when tall, strapping fellow lounged through the office and d: into @ chair beside me.