National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-20
RACES ON THE P1ML1Oo COURSE.
Four Good Trials OF speed-saIes OF
Pools for the Races OF To-Day
Exciting Game OF Base Ball-A
Tie Between the Athletics
and Chicagos.

The fall meetinp of thu washtngton Driv;,o
Association, at their handsome BrtQhtwood marx
was begun yesterday under the most favorable
auspices. The weather was little cool, 1t Is
true, but notwithstanding that fact the people
fond of snort tnrnsd ont IN Iargs n,.,h.s.t - "a
ns.s a. s~,,,tn-r t-,aI. 80 80 n,.S ~ Wv
NEE ING e1',Gns Iiais ol speed nnicn nad peen
promised. Inc improvements OF the grounds
made by the association are Certainly deserving
of the Communication of ALI who love snort Tbs
~ hss- ar."aS ,sO, mnS rU'e spOis ane
track mas peen graded thoroughly and widened;
new grand stand OF comfortable size has been
constructed; an enclosure has been made outside
20 tst. ..ats ,n tha 80 ..~s Us a. poisOns
" " az @ ~ 1ne 6.anu stano, ana tne inneid
~ .nus keP. eiesr hno agnt OF the horses on
The gentlemen CT the association in making their
new arrangements prOpsbiy imaained tss. sI tns
reptssentauvss OF the press nad notassisted them
IN their enorts TO build up the park, and conse-
quently failed TO set aside any special places for
reporters This ovsrsigb, v.s a o-.at 90 ~.
III - - So "es sono' pu'
VIII proOaoly DC femeoied atenee.
of "a race track, the Paris Mutuel being for the
first time introduced in This cItv bnt st,anea 90
saS The foiEs S,d NJ, t.sa .In5 y, Dut strange 70
-. - I-.,o- ~ 49, " W ~. wear "
did a good business during the snti,s a. n aDd
back Of that, in q special booth erected for the
purpose, was the wheel.of.iortune man. and the
number Of times the wheel spun was wonderful.
a
Dut me wheel man quit winner. The audience
was COMPOSED of a large num her of the has, ot,,
Yen. ~ ~. DJs,r,o, - a,-,.n. ~ Doss oisi-
~, W .Se Do', anu, Notwithstanding the
cooI Meetner, they sat through the two races and
enjoyed them. The programme as arranged was
lor tnree-minute race and one for the 226 class,
the nrst OF "nlcn closed with eight entries and
the second with four. Unfortunately, the cpl
zootic prevented several of the best horses from
apusarinv and zhan tbe nooIs 80 .oId a. -.
a.. -. - - 1,I.e, PoU-s VIZ soie II INC
urst rsce oniy inc iononing were named: Gray
mare Ella ID, black gelding Mack and sorrel
the four original entries only two showed mn hr,
- az. .o-.e.. :, az. .-.s'. '. ", ou'
W 1no oonsent0i INC naanakels anu the Two own
ers tnird horte was allowed In, In order to make
1t more interesting.
In the pools the winners of .botb racas usra ,ha
iA'oii'ee o. iaise Vuus' Out 40 inc w asnngton
people were not at all acquainted with the merits
of the beasts, or the habits of their owners they
did not win or lose.
Al ami. roIic. tor,a r,5..
az. poiIe ioo' unuer INC special direc-
admirably assisted the officers of the track IN
carrying out their rules, but that was, happily,
all they were called upon to do. The Judges were
e. q. Curtis, III. J. Grey and Col. Van Buskirk;
time keeper, Mr.. Q: w. Hayes, and the distance
judge, Mr.. Jas. Morrow. Major Richards, the
marshal Of the association, was present, and saw
that everything went on right. Taken all in all
It was . we'll satisfied crowd, but the day was so
cool that sitting on the grand stand was out of
the question, and for that reason, and that alone
Fred. Rohrers pretty drinking saloon was freely
patronized Dy all the gentlemen who, In order to
get an excuse 70 go In, invariably made bets OF
drinks on the meats. As there were two races
III n nd m