The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-05-16

THE WASHINGTON RUNNING MEETI2G From
horses may he expected he present and to take
part in the running meeting this week at the National
Fair Grounds. All the prominent Eastern stables
will lie represented, and with their best horses. Mr.
Lorillards three yearod crack, Sensation, will he
the only irst-class horse abseit. His engagements
ahead are numerous and so valuable that lie may
well he excused for not putting in appearance In
consequence of the presence OF so large number of
first class horses the racing events exceedingly
open Upon public form reasonable conjecture only
can be predicted; but this is the first meeting Of
the year. far most of the horses In 1t are con-
cerned, the public form Of last gear is alone available
basis of Judgment and many horses vary ex-
ceedingly from year TO year This is particularly the
from two to three years and from three TO four
years old. Harry sassett perfectly inyincible
three year old, but Monarchst was his masterwhen
they met as four-year- -olds, AMI True Blue dstanced
him in four mile heat race at Baltimore when lie
was a matured horse. There are many instances of
the same kind. Sti there racing prophets in
abundance, and some conIectures not pretending to
nfabiy. based upon last years running and the
apparent condition of the horses the grounds,
ventured In the hope of their being acceptable to the
public. The esOerc few that gather round the pool
stands viii make their Investments upon surer data
and later report than any furnished here but many
Of them VIII come no nearer the mark AT last than the
greenest outsider. The glorious uncertainty oi tnri
sports is proverbal, and already indicated more
than at the earliest spring meetings. No con-
lectures be offered about the purse races because
the entries viii only be known day in advance OF the
races. The same may he said Of the Jumping races
In the second race the first day, the grand hand
cap the best known horses are Gheckmas, III
pounds; Vagrant, 10 pounds; Harold. lij pounds;
Gienmore, ll5 pounds Ben Ill., 100 pounds:
Pequot, 100 pounds; Gabriel l09 pounds; Orioe, iO5
de MI Am l thpck
mate has the top weight and he has the top weight at
Jerome Park too. but IL lie IS relatively good this
year as lie was last year the weight may not stop him.
Master Kildare has been carrying the top weight to
victory this year In England and did Isonomy last
year. preakncss used To cime home frst or among
| the first, with the top weight every time. Vagrant
is looking and doing better than any time since he
was three years Old, when lie beat Parole. Harold
has grown and thickened, and has not been troubled
with the bleeding at the that his trouble last
year. 1t IS good neal 10 ask Of him TO meet such
horse Checkmae, and receive only two pounds from
him for his year. and shows that In the handiGappers
Judgment is the best at weight for age in tile
Besides the above named there several good ones
not so heavily Weighted. aud with the advantage Of
the weights the may very easily fan to Of
them Among these the chance OF Mamie Fields Is
not the least rosy, and there Is daughter OF Wan
derer whose looks promise great things.
In the Mount Vernon Stakes on Tuesday, I.Oril-
larl's hlly, Mystery is formidable, and the Wan
derer fly is In 1t, too, and She viii bear watching
whenever she starts. The second race is for the
Brighton Cup In 1t there Is capital lot If Harold
shows well In the handicap on Monday we don't see
how lac Is IA he beaten In this OF no willard Hotel
Cup. Very likely MS stable companion, 3Hnlor,
Will relieve him Of The ta OF rInping for the or
the other, and 1t looks very much IL bfT. IOraId
would take them both away with him. BGt Chsoe-
mate, Ben I'm, Nagrant, Pequot, Willie d.. Glen
and LarI do II uVIt IA, ,,st,s
II will Price McGralh used TO say, know that he
has been at the races. -
For the Potomac Stakes, ON the third day the most
promising asplrants Iorilard' Granada, strap
plug big colt by King Alphonso; BaboOck's Fern
clino, Cabaugh's Oden, tho handsome Wanderer
ny, and pair Of Belmonts fllles by his fashion,
ably-bred young stallion, Ill-used. Granada ought
to win II,
The great race Of the meeting Is the Willard Hotel
Cup. on the fourth day. A line viii be given to the
winner of 1t by the running In the Brighton Cup.
But ms the winner Of The latter viii be penallzel Ave
pounds, and The distance half mile further II Is not
yery likely thai The same horse win carry of soth
prizes, lie VIII hs aD extra good one II he does.
should eitnrT Harold or Monitor via tle Brighton
Cup, he viii have 10 meet slch horses gagrant,
Gleumore, and CheckInate at nearly even weights.
But Harold may go for one Of them and Monitor for
the other, and In that way LOrila'd may bag them
both. With such grand lot as he has brought ON
he is very apt to get the liOn's share of the booty.
A good lot Of Jumpers said TO he coming, but
little be said OF them at present they have
heen exercising on the ground. Mr. DOnOhO, the
former owner OF Deadhead, has brought ON a green
of Phaeton that he has been hunting In New Jer-
sey, 10 make his debut over the sticks, BY the middle
Of the week ne win know pretty well where he is
among abe cross country nags
Everything promises n brilliant meeting. The
track is safe and nne. Tho stables are full of the
hast IN no 10 loItf ftI