The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-25
THE TURF.


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way o' hVhe. ihose coming mere u they possess
a display OF wealth gains them lille here. where.
indeed II ia more an, 10 he rcg,r,c, 40 mo s,awn a,
the parvcnuc. SO, the cais who come to Ivy city
with the turf gamblers notice the quiet tone which
prevails both In dress and cquipagc they really pay
We oo.'p,n'"'' ~, 'ue aosenou W 'ne suouuy c'e
men. is VIVA, constitutes inc distinctive eharm OF
hands in mo eld at wv civ rho grand stand nsnails
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c'a rauN 'nan eau oe seen on most american race
courses. To cnumerate those OF oficia diplomatic,
military, and naval circles who attended would take
more space ,nan can DC spared.
III is greatly 10 De hoped tha' Few inexpensive
improvements will be made before the spring meet
iup The most important of these ia n iepvthcn,ng
Of the poo lawn and the erection ~ an omen s,ans
" .no wv, sua ,ne u.ee''on VI an open s,anu
al It's END IKE that NJ Pmlco TINS enables large
number OF persons to get up within view OF race
after they CRY They're OIL and relieves the crowd
inc on tne sieps Of Tho stand. persons hs,a,sd on
nx ou ."o s.eps Vi 'ne s'anu. PERSONS oeia'eu on
the horses during any part OF their course.
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rs gave meat
with A rush. came near mining stra,bspev ON the
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pos' y. Ne'y last une. i"c 'woyeas-oiu STAKES Tue
same day also came near furnishing an upset, for
had Mednger's Elkwood, who rot or badly been
e e Ws ne sep Ses r IT.
The second day saw the first victory for the Western
string and good race between Strathspey and Jim
Douglass, which the latter won in :ls the fastest
mile ever run over this track The talent overlooked
public form when they made strathspey fsyorIte,
,s has time md again him
pounds the best OF the weights. Under the clrcum.
stances the odds OF II to against him were srprls.
more freely taken but for the lurking suspIclon the
bettor always has when he sees what looks like a
nation about the condition OF the horses The
other dump OF Tuesday was the defeat OF a lui of
pla,ers. Of which the Brighton Beacher, Cardinal
although he had Mclaughlin up, was an S 10 i
chance The last race OF Tuesday was another de-
Bowling was fresh from Various ,e yicopies n s
speedy enough 10 ouifoot Frankie u. OF Brookwo BOD
Frankie took the first heat easily III i:lGb But
this apparently only warmed the Westerner up for
ali The running won il in the same fasi time u
Mclaughlin, on frankie b., finding the pace pretty
slr, In the homestretch eased up and let
Brookwood chase McBowling In The youngsfer
not not OH badly might perhaps have made e'a a
ing thing about this race was that the third and de-
Gliding heat, In which Godfrey pursued the same
tactics with McBowling OF making the pace was run
In exactly the same time as the two others
on Thursday, having had q whole RAINY lay TO
look the aeld over and dix things the Brighton ,ng
came out in great sfyle and showed the peonie who
bet on public form that stable owners Know now In
prepare for the long winter months when horses
viii lie eating their heads on The Brighton starter
did not trouble himself to save appearances by
keeping the horses at the post but as soon as he saw
Sovereign Pat and jim Douglass so far down the
stretch that they could make show of irving with.
out risking anything he promptly dropped his nag
Lulu and Bessie had running start In The lead, and
galoped over the course In the surprisingly slow
lass made hollow pretense OF riding but IL ia rIdic
lous to suppose that If the horse was meant to
win he could have been beaten 10 such slow time
even with the start he got But TO nroye that he
was ridden for the bookmSkers, though he made no
effort to beat Luiu, he was whipped the lsst few
strides in order to beat Bessie b. for The Mace ee
but Is Douglass had BEEN bacSed e8eep w
bookmakers, who had offered ridicuously shori
odds against Lulu ana long ones against
which the next race"a stake rscewas made proves
Bard, two.year old carrying li5 bounds n two
pounds more than Jim Douglass did won easily in
AS only half second slower while he was tanned
out by Bess, who carried iii pounds. Lulu and
Bessie b. must be even poorer than they were
thought, il such moderate colts as The Bard and
Bess can beat them forty pounds. The Washington
Stakes looked suspicousy IKE another bookmasers
have been between SpraQue and Barnnm. and al.
though the state Of the track favored the latter he
receed in the betting as soon al il was seen that he
was to be ridden by HIegs. The race was farce 20.
for Maynard on Sprague made no effort and though
Riggs appeared to force the mace along the bact
es up se r And
ridden to orders but in that case whoever instructed
ant to have to write tSnss but unsIs sSe
manapers OF the National Jockey 2,inh shnw some
etermnatlon to repress such sTndies the nrs n
| tara hara rvi1io
ON Friday swift was scratcbcI in the frat race
giving an easy Victory to McBowling. Bersan won
the Potomac Stakes in bip Gallon and coses ,,,a
season as he. began 1.-THE three.year-od chsnnlon
volante, despite his want OF condition. oulfooting
the Congress Stakes, and Bob Miles showed The ef
fects OF his recent bruslng contests. for he was
beaten away OF. and the light-weghted but disap
pointing Enigma ran into the piace Rarnnm Won
the nrst of the mile heats carving I19 nopnds lie
a real race horse, and the way he won Il showed
heats were TAKEN bany ~ Heel and Tee wY oaer
days card contained dive regular races and one
extra, OF which last more anon Bessie b. took the
awhile having close light Tor The place. the favore
Elkwood, making poor showing. John G. wan q
TSe Queen Eher & cSse nnsd W
ruck. Bersan was scratched in the Il. handicap,
and the public having been taught the lesson that
horses win, the biz Californian Jim bonplass was
let 20 and romped home easily in spite Of his Top
wanted, TO save The books Into the MACE Perhans
she could moi have beaten DOnoiass at The wainhs
and distance but her owner was not disa Mnntad
for she was apparently moi wanted 10 Gel apy neare.
the front than she did Colonel Snragne Who cn,d
NOT run iii when Strathsney was in from, n, hun
and who was excnsed hecanse no waa saiJ \, .' ~
ali gone" came around ali right yesierdav ana nj
gaoped in an easy winner in Az me Sesni saI
Jumpers vindcafed public form by running t6e Neat
horse rsi and Inc poorest last and il IL niiv sor
the club that the davis snoIt was no, py IoI
TO finish with the steenlechase inr the 81" ro,,ed
oentemen's riders nerformance was as hayasaned
q awindle ma Was ever seen IN n raceconrSa NJ
onlv know what anneared IN the snrsaca q, ,mts
afair and have M desire IN nnnire too cin,a ,, s
whst occurred behind the scenea Tbe y.nn an,o
fiemen i who rode NAV have sunnnssJ tnsv sen
actnaiiv en0aon0 in q race MI H. ' tIy. we.9
on0ht n EnSw that IL adds notb,nu 70 the ,arn,
~ gen,iaman ~ oYort sre 10 co.,, S
horse which IN nifs,iic snrn, nnh, q, mum. w
chance N win INT ,rhich ,rhan q, cnsna. ~ hate
CANNOT mn bit II nesds nn ar - t ~ i,esu,
tfat some o,e T.e,n that Ecnsdnr had nv ~ b snoM
his race even thouoh CIsst's chsnc mo saS ~
nn,e,,j,, hesn irnnairsd nv hav;,o airo, au up
barS az lin ri unro ,n ~ " ~ amGuuy run
ia rrnner 70 remint ths mananera 81 ,h I
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nn" ,na ~ % c2mmen
nave been betfer for The cinb 10 have rcnt u ""
n ne ~ M coma hacr snS .Gvsv aepo nun On,
either nyincinai nv accnss6rv IN annh ~ Uu.ono
nerforrasncaa 90 the last rsca ~ vast o'Iseous
viii he fonnd the dstaiIs ~ the r,,ns De'o"
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