Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-25
A GREAT MEET OF NOTED HORSES.
Spring Meeting Of the National Jockey
Glnsl.

Club.
COMPLETE PROGRAM OF THE FOUR DAYS SPORT
EXPECTED IN MAY-SOME OF THE FLYERS
THAT WILL APPEAR, AND THEIR ACHIEv-
MENTS ON THE TURF.
The spring meeting of the National Jockey
club to begin on Tuesday, the 10Th of next
month, and continue through Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, holds out every promise
of being the biggest and best il. the history of
the club. The horses entered exceed in num-
Der and excel in character those hitherto at
tracted here at the spring meets. Washing ton
has the advantage of opening the season of the
eastern circuit, and there is every facility on
the Ivy City grounds many of the stables come
| early and go into training for the approaching
contests. There are now on the grounds seven
ty-three horses belonging to the following
stables: c. w. Medinger, S; w. P. Burch, 8;
10. Mcmahon, 13; Davis & Hall, z; W. L. Scott,
II; II. Jordan, &; j. w. Loud, 3, and Gov. Oden
Bowie, Is. These stables include some of the
fastest flyers in the country, and, as the horses
are in daily training, there is already consider
able eduine animation at Ivy City The club
house at the track is the resort of many noted
turf men, and what can't be learned out there
now about race horses and turf history is
scarcely worth finding out.
Besides these stables named as already here
the following are to arrive Col. boswell, of Vir-
ginia, with horses; the Excelsior stables OF
New York, ]: Jeter Walden, of New York, 4;
Charles Littlefeld, of New York. s; VIM Lake,
9ork g New c Y9 New Wv E E. Raeeoet q New
nagan, of Georgia, Z; r. w. Walden, of Mary.
land, II; w. Jennings, of Maryland, Z. All
next few days. The horses are to face the
starter for the first time this season at the IVY
City meeting, and the trainers naturally want
10 nave them here In time to get them into
shape for the coming races.
In addition to the above there are six stables
now participating in the Memphis races which
have entries for the meeting here. THEY are as
follows: c. II. Pettingill with three horses: the
Washington stable in charge of Walter Olney,
with horses; ]. II. Batchelder, 6; Lone Star
stable q; J. S. Campbell, 3, and McCiayocIl,
Terry and Maule, with horses. Many OF the
horses entered In the stake races here are well
Known III Washington, and some of them have
won noted turf honors on the Ivy City track
THE FIRST DAYS SPORT 6.
will open with three-quarter-mile dash for
three-year-olds, and though the entries do not
close until the day before the meeting, enough
have signfied their purpose to try for the $500
purse to show that good field will start The
Analostan stakes, for three-year-olds, comes
second on the program, with twenty nomiDa-
tions. The list includes a number that have
never started in q in any FORM which will
render the race all the more uncertain and the
more interesting. Among the entries is IL K
W.Walden's CHI. G. Hart, the winner of two ra ces
at Saratoga last year: also, Medingers CHI O
Paramount, who won at Saratoga and at Column
bia, $. c., last season. The third race is to be a
Seven-furlOng dash.
Then viii come the National handicap for all
n
are McMahon's b. h. Hilarity, who beat Ella
Warfield Jim Nelson, Nettle and Nimrod in
a mile heat race at Baltimore last spring and
also won at Brighton Beach three times and at
COney Island in a field of II rafting good
runners; Referee. who beat War Eagle at Coney
Island and captured race at Saratoga: Flower
of Meath, the winner of two races here last
spring and of hOnOrs later in the season at
Brighton Beach and COney Island Greystone.
FAN selling stakes at Saratoga last season;
frankie b., who won at Brighton Monmouth
and Coney Island and wound up In the fall by
capturing a mile race at Ivy City; Lizzie
Mack, winner of two races at Brighton and two
at Monmouth, beating IOta and Joe MITCHELL:
Vinton, who won run OF 1-16 miles at Sara,
toga and a mile dash at Coney Island, Carrying
1O7 pounds; Chanticleer, winner of the National
handicap at Ivy City last spring also beating Hi
Jim Nelson and Hartford two miles at
Coney Island and captured other hon
ors at Monmouth and Jerome parks;
Joe Mitchell, who beat Chickadee one mile
at Monmouth park, ran away from field of
nine in mile and u quarter at Coney Island,
beat Fair Count one mile and Baltimore and
won the selling race of the second day at wv
City last fall; Richard l., winner of the Cottriil
stakes at New Orleans and of several races at
COney Island, Jerome park and Brighton: John
sullivan, winner of a mile race at New Orleans
of the Humboldt park stakes and mile heat
race at Chicago, of a big race at Louisville and
OF noted honOrs on every turf in Texas; Fare
well, winner six times at Brighton last season:
Jim Carlisle, winner of the Belle Meade stakes
at Nashville a. and Of other events at Louisville
opening race at Baltimore last spring and the
b ,Welter cup at Monmouth park and in the fall
beat Hartford Bessie Polonia, Fair Count ahtl
Joe Mitchell in a mile and a quarter race at Bal
timore; Valley Forge, who beat Marmaduke at
Baltimore and Jerome park and captured seY-
eral races at Brighton: Hatef. winner of thir.
teen races last season at Chicago, St Louis and
other western points; Swift, who won the Will
lard Hotel stakes at Ivy City last spring, Swift
was entered during the season in twelve races
and won five of them; Rosiere, winner of a mile
race at Saratoga and who beat Joe Mitchell i'm a
n n ncI inf Txvx- lnuf Coll, d.,
several races at Brighton and Monmouth. These
are the most prominent entries for the National
handicap with summary of their achieve
ments last season.
The last race of the first day will be a run of
one mile for three-year-Oids.
THE SECOND DAY
will begin with selling race one mile. Then
will come the Willard hotel stakes, with 35
nominations. including Lizzie Mack, Etha.
Bullfield, who ran second to Tolu here last
spring, carrying 113 pounds; Joybell, frankie
B., Burch, a prime favOrite in Washington who
has carried his owners colors to the front in
many a race; Lady Loud, winner at
Lexington Saratoga, Brighton and Washing
ton last season: Mordaunt, another of BurchFs
horses; Mixes Pride winner Of the Manhattan
Beach railroad stakes at Brighton last season:
Miss Goodrich, winner of II races on western
courses last season; Princess who started in 80
races and won 20 of them last year. She won
the Times Democrat stakes and the Washington
stakes at New Orleans and went to the 'front.'
ahead of good fields at Memphis, Lexington.
Louisville, Augusta, Ga, and Columbia, S. C.
Then Will come a SIX furlOngs dash, and next
the Youthful stakes for twO-year-Olds with l6
nominations. A field of splendid youngsters
will face the starter in this race colts which are
the pick Of such stables as DOswell's, Bowie's
Walden's, SCOTS, McMahon's, Kernagan's and
Burch's.
A run of one and one-sixteenth miles will
wind up the second day.
FOR THE THIRD DAY
selling race is laid down as the first event to
be followed by mile dash, and then will come
the army and navy stakes for 3-year-ods, with
Ia nominations, including Florio, winner of
the Youthful stakes at Ivy City last spring when
she beat Telie Doe, Little Savage and Lulu S.
She also won the Brentwood stakes here. and in
both places she was matched against the fleet
est two-year-Olds OF the country. FlOriO also
won, last season, the Foam stakes and the
Great Post stakes at Coney Island. Telie Doe,
Baltimore last season, the Ocean hotel stakes at
Brighton the Tennessee stakes at Saratoga
the Ivy City stakes at Washington in the fail
|'and the Revival stakes at Richmond. Florio
and Telie Doe are to again be matched against
young flyers are in excellent trim and the rival
ry between them will impart spirit to the con-
tests for the Youthful and the Brentwood stakes
The third day will close with O race of one
mile for $500 purse and a handicap sweep
stakes for three-year-olds and upwards.
THE FOURTH AND LAST DAY
will open with q three-Quarter DASH Next will
come the diplomatic stakes, III miles. the
longest run Of the meeting, with IL nomina-
lions, including Chanticleer, Bald Hornet,
Greystone, Hilarity, Tecumseh, Col Sprague
and Olivette. The latter showed her superiority
on the Texas race courses last year and har