Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-13

cool nights, however, will revive the sluggish
bass and set him to seeking for food. The water
is so clear at present that the angler has to use
unusual care and pains to deceive the wary and
watchful bass. Next week several camping par
ties will leave Washington for few days sport
on the upper Potomac and the Shenandoah. The
best eaten in this neighbOrhoOd of late was
made by Mr.. John Hancock at the old club
house last Saturday. He landed 25 bass all of
them running above pound in weight.
THE FALL RACE MEETING.
A Splendid Array Of Horses for the Ivy
City Track.
SOME OF THE STABLES THAT WILL BE REPRE-
sENTED-SOME POINTS ABOUT THE HORSES
THAT HAVE BEEN ENTERED-A SUCCESSFUL
MEETING ANTICIPATED.
The sixth meeting OF the National Jockey
club to begin at Ivy City on the 21st Of October
and continue through four days, will offer one
of the most attractive racing programs of the
present season. The nominations to the stake
races alone number 179. and represent Al differ
ent stables. Many OF the finest stables of the
country will be here, among them P and G. L.
Lorillard's, Commodore Kittson's. Jennings,
Baldwin's, Walden's Fannin's, Kernaghan's
LIQUIDS, Davis & Halls, the Suffolk stables,
Kelso's. Harris, Dryer Bros. NcEimeels,
Buchanan's, Mulkey's, Appleby & Johnson's,
Boyle's, Days McClelands. Bowie's. Burch's
Klauberg's Pettingilrs, Bryson's, Lttlefeld's.
Williams. Megibbens, the Preakness stables
McMahOn's. the Excelsior stables. Jennings and
other stables of fleet runners. Many of the
Washington favortes will face the starter at Ivy
City again. among them Welcher, Mitte B., Aran-
"a, Drake Carter George Kinney Miss Woodford,
Burch, War Eagle, Topsy, Heel and Toe, Com
pensation, Hartford Chanticieer. Fair Count.
Duke of Montalban. Knight of Ellerslie and
Ielie Doe. There will also be good many
horses new to this track. which will make the
races all the more uncertain and therefore more
Interesting.
SOME OF THE NEW HORSES.
Among the good ones to make their first ap-
pearance on this track may be mentioned the
following: kittsons Rataplan CHI c., who won
three races out of four this season, once at
Sheepshead Bay and twice at Saratoga. He is
to run for the Potomac stakes ana in the au-
tumnal handicap here. Panique. also chest
nut colt now owned by the Dryers, won the
Withers stakes and the Belmont stakes against
fine fields at Jerome Park last spring. He is
now in training for the fall meeting here not
having been on the track since the 21st of last
month. He will come here in splendid form
Palinurus. b. c.. 3 years old, won three purses
at Brighton Beach in July and the FoxhalI
stakes at Saratoga in August. He has
not run since August 21st. when he
wi, was IS second aeIi il. in the race Panurus is
Himaaya, br. c. winner Of the Stockton stakes
at Monmouth park, July 18th; Louisette. b. T..
years old, winner Ofthree handicap sweepstake
races at Monmouth park in August: Thackeray
D. c.. winner OF the Steven stakes at Mon
mouth park in July Blast, CHI. c.. winner at
Sheepshead bay in June in field OF eight and
at Saratoga in july Tattler. oh. c., winner at
Brighton beach. June 18th, in field of twelve
and on the same track next day in field of
eleven: also. at brighton, July 5th 2lSt and Goth
and Monmouth
Shenandoah, br. c., winner at Saratoga; EQui-
pose, CHI t.. years old. winner at Monmouth:
Barnes, b. Co.. years Old winner twice at
Sheepshead bay and twice at Mon
mouth park. beating such horses as Drake
Carter, Monitor and Jack of Hearts.
FINE RACING EXPECTED.
These horses will meet again at Ivy City this
fall, and as there is sharp rivalry between them
the contest will be exciting.
Other horses new to Washington. and many
of them winners. will be here such as Freda,
Tacoma, Frank E.. Lucky B., Gen. Monroe Jim
Renwick. Endymion, TilfOrd, Jim Carlisle,
Freda, winner of the Elizabeth stakes at Mon
mouth and handicap race at Saratoga; Au-
drian, CHI. c., winner of the Blue Ribbon stakes
for threeyear ODDS at Lexington last spring. also
OF the HndoO stakes at COyngton. of the Mis-
souri, Derby at st. Louis. of the Illinois Derby
and of special purse at Chicago; Bob Miles,
CHI. c., three years old. victor at Nashville and
years Old, winner of three races at Chicago last
summer; Pinafore, CHI M. (by Enqurer;) Little
Dan, CHI. h.. five years old, winner at Brighton
Beach; Freda, blk. f., three years old, winner of
the Elizabeth stakes at Monmouth, Is miles,
and Of a handicap sweepstakes u miles, at
Saratoga; Jim Renwick, Oh. g., six years old
with laurels won at Jerome Park, Sheepshead
Bay. the latter on the opening day of the spring
meeting, over splendid field of twelve horses,)
at Brighton Beach, Saratoga on the first third
twelfth dav of ha
meeting and on the first, third and eleventh
days OF the second meeting.
SPLENDID FIELD OF COLTS.
The race tor the Arlington stakes, for 2-year-
Odds, will present as fine field of colts as ever
faced starter. There are 81 nominations
among them Cholula, CHI. c., winner of the At
lantic stakes for 2-year-olds at Monmouth;
krishna, b. c., winner of the great 2-year-od
stakes at Sheepshead; P. LOrillards Dione CHI.
zangbar, br. g.; Commodore Kittson's ST.
Louis. b. c., and Elizabeth, br. f.; Bowie's
Marylander, b. c., and Captain. b. c.; Geo. Lor-
lizards b. C. st. Augustine winner of a2-year-old
race at Monmouth; Volante, be-, (sster to Clara
d.. who captured the Flash stakes at Saratoga
and purse at Chicago; Rapide Oh. c., twice a
winner at Saratoga Hart, CHI. g., winner of two
five-furlong races at Chicago; Burch's CHI. t.
Telie Doe, capturer of the Clabaugh Memorial
at Baltimore last spring, of the Ocean Hotel
Saratoga; Envenom, blk. f.; Eachus. winner of
2-year-od handicap at Monmouth; Bahama,
CHI. f., who won the 2-year-old purse at Brighton
on heavy track, July 4th, and captured an
other purse at Monmouth a few days later;
Little Maid b. f.: Sko0kum. b. e.; Saltpetre "a
Glenelg cOit) and Longview, a son of Longfef-
low. Some of these colts will make their
maiden race at Ivy City. and therefore it will
require guessing to tell what they can do.
The 3-year-old chestnut colt Knight OF Ellers-
lie, winner here and at Baltimore last spring.
has been OFF the track for some time, but is now
training. He will compete tor the Potomac
stakes, and his past performances here will as
sure him good backing.
A LARGE NUMBER OF ENTRIES.
For the stake and purse races there are
double the number OF entries made at any pre
vious meeting. new feature here will be the
presence of numerous western and southern
stables of horses that are comparative strangers
to the turfmen of this section. The California
stables Of Aessrs. BALDWIN and Buchanan have
entered their feetest runners