The sun., 1871-10-04
THE JEROME PARK RACES.
A SPLENDID PRO0RdNNE FOR the
FILL MEETING.

The fall race meeting Of the American Jockey
CLUB will commence atiJerome Park pex, Saturday,
and he continued On Tuesday, Thursday, aud Sstur
day Of the following week. No less than twenty
three Will be decided, many Of which are vcry
valuable prizes; and judging from the numt,r o.
entries, tie prospects o. really good snort are ex
eeilent On tis track At Jerome Park large
bers OF horses TO he seen takiag their exercise
daily, md owitg to tho sdyunccd stage OF autumn,
very early rising for us prtpose is not necessary
Tao carly train from Foyty-3econd street usually
takes out many who like to see their mvorites at
work and II IL quite easy 10 all the gaops and
get back to the city by 10 O'clock. Daring the past
three days several stables have arrived from the
ives, and other parts, including Mr. Crovsos striug
from ONO Mr.. Bsmost's from Long Island, and
Charles Lloyd's from Paterson. Yesterday there
were i59 torse. in the stables, most Of wiicl will
take part In the coming races
TUE RAciSa
will begin on Saturday sir races bsins set down for
decision Tho opening event is hand icaD sweep.
stakes Of SO each, half forfeit, with s5O0 added,
the second horse to receive taO0 out Of the stakes
Sixteen horses have Acc epted their allotted weights
including Mr.. Crouse's brown colt Chilieoth e. bv
Lexington out OF Gencr u Dukes dan years, iOs
Dounds) and Mr.. r. NorrisS chestnut Oily kemOrse
less, by Eclipse out OF Batbnriy q years, lO5
pounds) The first named, " will be remembered.
won the Fordhan Handicap. which Is tie
same course, at the June r'reting and he also car
ried on the Americus Clpb Purse " Long Branc1
beating Li,teton and Others. Remorselcss has
not this year, owing TO accident In the
sprug; but she il nowi nnc order and It viii take
issue will probably be confined. unless Finssss a
years 1os pou.d-) improve considerably on her
Stakes. s~esas,aLes OF siCn sacs. bsli ior cit
with si,jOO added- 1neIs AZ. q tirs. year osis
nominated for I lie. including the ranOwAsd Harry
BasseH who IL probably
THE FASTEST THREE iEAUoIp
1h has ever .ppo Tyl On tIs An srrc N turf.
Among MS seventy-slx opponents. the best known
are Mcnsrchrt, Nellie Gray, stosk wood Nehe
ReHssW, hlory, hsyy Clare, bs the Sea, nc. Bars
~ seli mas defeated ali these Que by one during
the year, ana provided nothing happens to interfere
with his training, he will beat them again. This
st,ks VII be worth no less than 5000 uet, fro ~
whicl t3O will be deducted tor the second hoiss,
not half bad plum TO winter on. Nert on the
programme comes the Nursery stakes of $l,OoJ
tor two-year-olds, Thrty-four highly bred young
stefs are nominated tor this stake, several Of whom
Anon dts i,yi.ion rum"r sneats hiSsIv 81 NJ ID
| u. w1thers'a bay colt Kiug ErGest BY King Tom
out OF Ernsstine by Tousnsioae, and M. L. l.
L1rrilar1's brown cot Wade HamptoA, by Asterold
| out of Hauburs's ds.n. The former vas bred In
England. and vas imported last sumner HE
comes Of racing family, and will we believe, do
credit TO his inustrous lnei:e. oi the ruehc per
formsrs. decidedly the nick Is d McDanels ~ Co.'S
l ehestnut colt doe Daaiea, bv Austtllln out OF
! oIy srter this col, won two rae, al saratoga
IN gsdht style, and judged b. tlese perfor maases
| he is nearly II not quite
AT TOP OF rHu rRrE
among tho two-yrar.ods. bessr~. HsstsrS Trav,rs's
| by colt Alarm by Eclipse cut OF Maud, so ran
nile dash in rs7X. ihis is very fIst Tor a two
yoar-old. and he viii be dangerous horse 10
ihe race The fourth race ss purse o. 800 Tor
] by fouT-milc c.sh with elevoa ea,ries. With
/ exception OF MI Doswel, slA.l,iLs NM Eei9iic,
ueJ are all very bas and she will have no dicn.ty
| IN placing thi, stake to her owners credit The
days sport concludes with handicap ste cniechase
| for purse Of $500 distance about two mile. and a
l IN.
since the ssrinc meeting tile steeelschase corr,s
has bses enlarged and Improved By taking In part
OF tile field a, tue lower chd Of tie track TIe
horses viii nov run out st the big gate, ard after
return into ,lie race dsld h.sad the hills. This
m Ia provenaent oa NE & old course, as the horses
msr house - placed, at the imminent mss Of thar
| joskeTs' nesks
oTeus with the Hunter stakes, Sweepstakes o.
$500 each half forfeit, with $50 added. Iherr are
has SHOWN any form being d D. Wnhers's bay Oily
| Elsie, by Lrnmineton out Of ths dam OF Glensls.
and 81: oesh' 70 e-Fry We AL black o, her popular
formidable in the next race. tbe Dessert Stake
1t sweepstakes OF sSoO eacr, hal. forfeit, Tor
| Wihsrs's brown ally Minnie, by Eclipse out of
Hennie Fsrron. and Huuter & TrAysr's bay cot
| Alarm, b, Eclipse out Of Maud. seem to have tae
race between them. The next event is the Maturity
Stakes; for tCuryear oIs a sveep.takss OF $40
! each, hall forfeit, ~ith 81, 100 added Ttis stake.
the most Interesting OF the year. and the di-
lance three miles, Is we'll calculated 10 the
| dursnce Of the competitors. Among the eatrits was
| hr Belmonts grand colt Kinghsher but the acci-
dent he met vita at Saratoga VIII provsnt his
ing out 70 contend ior this race. stil there will
probably he az interesting contest the most likely
| competTtrrs being NJ ii. Sanford's pay colt Freak
bay coli ii 1griT John Gomez. Nee eSosaai D coli Jsdss
| Durel, and ID. j. Crouse's brown colt Chlleothe
| Al present the favorite 10 Pilgrim but II Mr. san
| ford's colt Is IN good order he
| WILL MAKE FIsR RACL.
A purse OF 500, mile heats, and hnndc.p hurdle
race foi apuIse OF sGOO the oslng ruess on IN
day. Ga Thursday, Oct. ~, the sports begin with
the Annual Sweepstakes OF $500 each half forfeit
with 81 90 added, for thrce-year olds, two miles
Out OF the seventeen entries tile best perfOrmers are
NJ. II, sanford's bay colt Aonsrchst and A. Bel.
mont. chestnut coh sea, and the former
next IN ordrr-one oi 500 fOf Il, ages' Onc ~. :
and three quarters aad the other Of $500 for turoc
Champagne stakes, Tor two-year-olds, Of tlOO eieh
hsf forfeit with $500 added, tares- quarters of a
mile. There are seventeen entries, ineiadlng EH
peIieneo oaks MINI, and several dark " horses.
0f these Gr.y P!aGst gray col. by Planet ee! si
!he dam OF Mary Clark, deserves especial mention
he grand colt, and, Il ooks nay criterion wil
turn out Aver. The ffth race IL selling sweep
stakes OF tao each ? D., with 800 added. one mlls
the Grand National A,pdieap sweep,uses Of 800
EACH half hrlelt, with 81 600 added sixteen horses
have accepted their wtgots. Including the famous
morse HelInoold, WHO carries the top weight. llb
pounds In spite Of this 1t is dinieult 10 zee what
eau beat him as the distauee. two miles and qaar
ter, will Just suit him. ana be II 10 splendid ords
BIS MOST DANGEROUS oPPOkESTs
| are EeliDuc a years. t05 pounds) Defender years
100 pounOs), and Mary Clark 3 years, 81 pounds) /;
but none Of these will beat hun unless they have
considerably improved. on the concluding day,
Saturday, Oct II, there are six races none OF which
have yet been entered for. The nrst is fres
handicap sweepstakes of f25 each. with $500 added
the second horse TO receive tl25 distance one mile
| and fur ong. Then comes q similar sweepstakes
| ol $50 each, with tG00 added, one mile and Ave
furongs. The entries ior these two races will close
| on the third day ol tho meeting. and ae they will
be the last han be this year II is 70 be
hoped that the hAndcapper will give the modtr9t te
| horses chance, by putting steadying weights on
the good ones. This has not been done heretofore,
handicaps having been invariably carried oil bY hrst
class horses. The third Ii purse Of $500 tor
| maiden tvo-year olds, and the fourth a purse OF
81 900 for all ages, dash OF four miles This race
! VIII bb looked forward to with much Interest As II
| Is probable that helmbod, Eciiptic. Barney VII
| Ams, and others will contend. II is also reporte
| that John Harper 10 his way with Longfelow,
with the ttention Of catering him for this race but
there IN no confirmation OF the rumor In any case,
TINS race Is sure To attract crowd OF people to tho
Park. The nith race u purse OF $500 Tor All ag ~
ana the meeting winds up with handicap steeple
chase for purse Of $500
YALNE 0E raE PGIIs.,
| Daring the four days the American Jockey C1ut
donate tl4fU 10 added money alone, for Wnich they
gel no return whatever the entrance money being
| gwen 10 the second hursc. Slca lberalt, stand,
on In marked contrast to the mercenary Way An
| which Nolung associations draw up their prO
grtmmes. They give large purBee IL ~ trne bnt N