Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-10-03
THE JOCKEY CLUB RACES.
The Horses Entered In the Stakes-A
Review Of the Performances Of the
TWO.Year.Olds.

The Horses Entered in the Stakes-A
Review Of the Performances Of the
TwO-Year-Olds.
The nine stakes opened by the Jockey Club to be
run for at the meeting which begins on the 10th
instant closed with an aggregate number OF one
hundred and thirty-Seven horses Three of the
events are for two-year-olds. They are the Airing
TON, Capital and Ivy City stakes, and they have
respectively twenty-five, nineteen and twenty
nominations. They will be decided on the first,
third and fifth days OF the meeting
For the benefit OF the readers Of THE STAR, 1t is
proposed to call brief attention to the perform
anceS during the season OF the most noted of the
hlgh-Dred youngsters entered. Those engaged in
THE ARLINGTON STAKES,
three-quarterS OF mile, are Decoy Duck, Leo,
Huron. Manitoba, King Day, Sister, Mentor, Water
Lily, Woo1lark, Equipoise, Eclat. Ecuador. Edo
RADIO, Red Star, PERnix, Old LIZ, Tolu, Welcher,
Mittie b., Bob May. Jessie D. and colt by Genelg
out OF CrOwnlet. just half OF the twenty-five
named have started and not won, namely: Leo,
King Day, Mentor Woo lark, Eciat, Eldorado, Red
Star, Phe nix, Old LIZ, Bob May, and the Crownlet
colt. The best of the remainder, judged solely by
their public form, are Decoy Duck. Huron. Water
Lily, Ecuador, TOlu, and Wecher; but the running
OF the lot has been OF such an in and out character
tnat IL Is difficult to say which is absolutely
the best
DecOy Duck has started twice and won once. She
is very handsome bay filIy, by Long fellow out of
Call Duck; is owned by Mr.. d. c. Farrar, OF Union.
$. C., and is trained by Mr.. Burch, who Is popular
hereabouts. On the last day OF the Sheepshead
Bay meeting she defeated, handiy, seven of the
very best performers of the year at six furlongs,
which has brought her into prominence. BY many
good judges she is esteemed about the best young
ster In training. Best time. III "Blue jacket
orange caffS and cap" are the cOlors Of the
stable.
Huron, by Saxon, out Of vandallte, and Mantle.
ba, by GleniyOn. out OF Marie MichOn, are in the
stable or Mr.. Pierre Lorillard. The former has
won once out OF four starts. Both are fine looking
colts. Huron particularly having fine turn or
speed Huron's best six furlong time Is 1918, and
Manitobas is 1:I7H. The Lorillard pair will be
dangerous In this race. as they will have the ben
fit of the fine Workmanship of Shauer and Onley,
who rank high as pilots OF the pig-skin. The sta
| ble's colors are CHERRY and black"
Sister is a bay flly, by King Alfonso, out OF
Lerna- she has started ten times and won twice,
her second win being OF the greatest surprises
or the season, those who had backed her in the
mutual pools receiving 1915 Is for each SIS invested
ms was In the autumn stakes, TX furlOngS, at
| Sheepshead Bay, where she had behind her Men
tor, Leo, Ecuador, Eclat and Welcher, all of whom
she Will meet again in the Arlington. Sister was
| piloted to victory by Fisher, who will probably
ride her here. She Is the property OF Mr.. James f.
Kelly, the wtll-known bookmaker, whose colors
are "blue jacket and canary cap" Time for six
Water Lily, by King Alfonso. out of Lily Duke,
ana kqu1poise, by Enquirer, out OF Bandana, are
In the stable or Mr. kelSO, whose cOlOrS-'"red,
white and bue"-are as popular as those of any
gentleman connected with the turf. Both were
neither has been doing well latterly Water Lily
has only won once out OF eleven starts and EQui-
poise once out of ten 1t should be borne in mind,
however. that both are high bred, and II we'll and
fit when brought to the post they will stand lot
OF beating. Time for six furloDgs-Water Lily,
Ecuador is the best Of the trio entered by the
DWyer Brothers. he IS chestnut. by Enquirer
out OF Nevada, the dam Of many winners. Out OF
SIX starts he Is bracketed with two wins and, as
he did not make his debut until late In the season.
he wiz have something the best of many OF his
brought to the post. Six-rurlong time. 1:17I.
The DWyer cOlorS are "red, blue SASH
THE MARYLAND REPRESENTATIVES,
Will be Tolu, by Ten Brock out OF Tecalco and
Welcher, by Warwick out of Luna. They are
owned by Mr.. Wyndham Walden, who formerly
trained for Mr.. George Lorillard. Tolu won her
maiden victory at the spring meeting at Ivy City,
and she has won four times since then. She has
started fourteen times during the season. and the
chances are that Mr.. Walden has made too much
has also been one Of the most unfortunate, having
been lett at the post on several occasions when
She appeared to have the races at her mercy.
Welcher, Mr. Waldens other "trlck," has three
events to his credit. In one OF which he defeated
the Messrs. Dryers Burton. who was. up to the
time Welcher lowered his colors, looked upon as
the very best of the two-year-oIds Like his stable
companion, TOlu, he has been unlucky in getting
away badly In most of his races, being possessed
or q o9d temper He Is feet OF foot, however and
will IN all likelihood beat more than beat him In
the race in which he defeated Panlque and Burton,
ss 81 70 sgansn him and the
1:16al; Welcher. 1:171i
Mite B., by King Alfonso, out Of Flash. is also
In Mt BurchS stable. She has two races to her
credit out OF her five essays Her most important
victory was In the autumn two-year-old selling
stakes at Sheepshead. where she showed her heels
to eight rattling good ones, ana In which She was
entered to be sold for $4,000 Mr.. Burch has high
opinion Of her. and in all probability he viii, on
race day. serve up the favOriteS In DecOy Duck and
Mltt1e b., as his horses are always we'll backed by
Washington race-goers. Time for six furlongs
1:17.
Jessie D., by Tom Ochlltree out of IdalIa. "a the
reliance OF Mr.. willie" Daily, who Is known all
over the Union as the patron saint of the steeple-
chasers This filly was formerly calles Iolanthe,
but Mr.. Daily, following his usual custom, prompt,
~ changed her mama as soon as he became pos
seSsed or her. She started four times as IOlanthr
and never scored n victory an 4 In but one of her
seven essays as Jessie ID. has she succeeded in
catching the judges eye Iirst. Her solitary win
was at Brighton Beach, Where she captured sell.
ing purse from batch OF Indifferent two-year-
Oils she Is, however, reputed to be fast Six
The above embrace the nominations to the
Arlington stakes, and, as the same colts are nearly
all entered in the Capital and Ivy City, it is
stakes In detail The distances, however are
greater in both the last-namei races, which, with
the penalties for winners and allowances for
losers will have the desired efect of Injecting into
ali OF them an clement OF uncertainty.
Famous ssAged'' Horses.
THE WASHINGTON STAKES,
the third race on jhe first day, is mile and
quarter. Entered in it some OF the most famous
horses that have ever been Saddled on an Amert-
celebrities engaged is evergreen
PAROLE,
the ten-year-o ld son OF bennington and Maiden.
both OK whom gained great distinction In the
harem and on the turf. The exploits of Parole
during the past eight years have been flashed
under every ocean and over every continent and
his name is household word wherever the Eng
lish language Is spoken. A mere synopsis OF them
would MI page or THE STAR Suffice 1t to saw
that he has won more races and a much larger
amount or money than any horse that has ever
appeared On the American turf His
victories In England and a. home are among the
most credltable In racing annals. The English
handcapperS held him In the highest esteem as
race horse, as was demonstrated by the fact
That in nearly al the handicap5 In which he ven
tured when abroad he was cornplimented with
higher weights than were ever allotted any for
eign-0red horse, excepting the famous French
morse Gladtateur. Parole has faced the starter
sixteen times this season, and six times he has
been returned the winner. He began at Sheeps-
mead Bay In the spring by winning at mile and
nall In 1884. carrying 115IbS, beating Free
Gold. Fair Barbarian, Hiawasse, HOmespun Ida
IL. and Greenland His next win was at the same
meeting, ia lbs, at mile and quarter, In which
he easily defeated such fast ones
as Empress, Rica, Laura Glass, Giro
ha Barnum. Fair Count, MendeIsshoD.
and Lena; time 2:O9X. Two days later, CARRYING
III pounds, at a mile and half, he beat VolIsia
Gen. Monroe, and four others In 1904 He next
beat Eolusia, Gath and Priam at the Long Branch
meeting, carrying the Steadyinp wetoht or IOe