The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-30
RACING AND RAcE-HoRsss.
Miss woodford and rreeland to Meet at Ivy city
The Sectional Rivalry Between the East and thu
West 10 be Oerlded yJerc


Miss woodrord and rreelsnd to Meet at Ivy city
West TO be Decided Here.
Now that the racing carnivas at Long Branch and
Saratoga are things OF the past the hghbred horses
aud their owners have broken camp and taken up
the autumn march. Many have gone on to chicago
to renew the battles at the beautifully appointed
race.tracS on the shores OF Lake Michigan; many
others have gone into temporary quarters at Sleeps
head Ray, WHERE as Mt the course by the lake side,
"cvery prospect pcases" Horse Haven and the
healing waters OF the famous Springs having rein
vigoralcd both man and beast, will know them no
more TIL the seasons again roll round; while the
grateful saline breeges Of Old ocean, the neverceas-
ing murmurs OF the sounding deep, Of the breakers
beating sadkc upon lofty beach like that where
the poet sat and sang, Break, break, break at the
foot OF thy crags, seal" will he pleasant recocc-
lions In after years. when the mighty struggles that
have recently taken place at Monmouth Park be.
tween Freeland and Miss Wo0dford arc recounted
and the respective merits OF the contestants redc-
bated.
the annals OF the turf tako us back upward OF two
hundred yoars-back TO the time when the 1rot
King James OF England assembled upon EPSON
Downs with his knights and barons and hardy yeo.
many to witness the first contest between horses Of
which we have rccord but from that day to thls-in
all the famous equine battles that have taken place In
England aud America, In France and Austraia.no
woodtord and Freeland. England has developed
such grand specimens as Eclipse. distinguished AZ
81 wsye s
world for years before his final retircmen unable to
ind a competitorl Touchstone, waxy, Win, Bees
Plenpotentiary, Pot.sos, Glencoe, Lady Elizabeth,
Hermit, and many others OF equal note; France
sent K s p9 the a%seHsn gaaas%
bred such merltorious performers as Lexington,
Kentucky Norfolk, Harry Bassctt, Longtellow, Tom
Brock, iroquos, Foxhail and others equally ceie.
hrated In their day. But greater than either OF these
King Of the West Both are high types OF the Ameri-
can blood horse. few words as to their breeding
Miss woodtord Is handsome brown mare, i've
years old. She was bred In Kentucky. Her sire
was imported Billet, and her dam Fancy Jane, BY
blood OF Knight Of st; George and Glencoe,
b r., imported horses Fancy Jane died 10 1880
foaled. She produced but ''' four foas-swo
by wanderer and two by Billet. The
two by Blet-Delle Of Runnymede and Miss Wood
upon the turf has been Notable ons A. wo
ycarold abe started six times and was beaten twice;
having been beaten BY Empress In the Pocshontas
Stakes, mile and 500 yards, at Saratoga, and by
George Kinney (her stable companlon) In the Mon
mouth Stakes, q mile AMI half at Long Branch;
as a four-year-old she won every race In which she
started, nine Ia number, and this year she has won
SIX races and been beaten n IN threeonce by Thack-
eghths of mile, anu twice by Freeland at mile and
half and mile and quarter respectively. 1t Is
first tussle with Freeland she was not properly
keyed mp for such tremendous struggles, both the
Messrs Dwyer and their trainer made the not un-
common mistake OF snpposing that, though but half
them.
has won for her owners nearly q hundred thousand
dollars; and although HindoO, Blackburn, Brambe,
anu Kinney were deseryetly great iavor!ies with the
for neither OF them did they possess that genuine
love and manly admiration they at all times manifest
topic OF conversation. Indeed, such great family
avorlte Is she, that since her first defeat by Free
land neither Mrs. Philip Dwyer nor her children can
he Induced to visit the races when Miss WO0dford 10
announced to start. They can rejoice In her victO
res but they lack heart to witness her struggling
the us as was S Ma
rendered horse and Jockey on their return to the
paddock inter the memorable match race. Five
neciion with Miss Woodford's-that OF George W.
Bowen, Of Kentucky, her breeder; Of Philip II. and
F. Q" her o.
Laughlin, her mastery Jockey 1t can be truthfuly
said that seldom has there been seen such grand
upon her like again.
-, Freeland is sx-year.old bay geldipg, deep
ia ay respect handsome orse bnt eoss the rsc nS.
all over His head and neck are blood-llke, and
were u not for his nncOmmonly bad legs he would
tlOnabe-by L0Dgfellow out of Belle Knight, by
Knlghtiood. who was by Imported Knight OF ST.
George; while his dams pedigree runs Into such
famous racing families rs Imported Sovereign, i'm
ported Glencoe, American Eclipse, etc. Of the
eight foals produced by his dam four have been
uncOmmonly good hOrses-Mary Corbett, Freeland,
Long Knight, and Freeman. The others were Of no
account.
Freeland began his racing career asa two-year-old
In 1881 iu which year he started twice and suffered
defeat both times In 1882 he four times ont of
eight starts In lssa he won nine racesout OF twenty
FOUR In 1854 he came very near equang the record
OF Miss WOOdford, having nine OF his ten races
aud this year he has started ten times and five
his most notable victories being those at Long
Corrlnnn of Kansas City, Mo-, as thorough sports.
man as ever sent horse to the post. The horse
the lsOn, and 1t Is solely owing to the untiring
watchfuness and undenable skill Of his trainer that
the great son OF Longfcllow was fitted 70 measure
strides with the handsome daughter OF Billet That
he was able to get of the esh, indurate the muscle
and slear me wpa Of n grand old cripple 9
demonstrates that Mr. Rogers has taken the thirty
third degree In the trainers art.
And these two famous horses, representatives OF
the East and West, will again come together the
first day OF the meeting at Ivy City to nally settle
the question OF which s the premier race horse.
The distance of the race will be the same-a mile
and quarter-bnt otherwise The conditions are
different This will be In the interest OF sport, as 1t
the lightweight artists OF Tie pisssIn can piio, these
neet-foOted champions. The weights will be 1902
lbs each But, besides the reduction In the weights
to be carried, another rare element of uncertainty
Will be injected Into the race; as, of the twenty
eight stout and speedy horses engaged In the WASH
INK sfy
Rataplan, War Eagle, Favor, Ten Stone, Colonel
spragae, Modesty, Sam Brown, vntOn, Pearl Jen.
nings, Tornado, MARYLAND, Srathspey, King Fan,
R0hba will he brought out to dispute the supremacy
with Miss WOodf0rd and Freeland. All those named
are last anaer gal Welghs over the
or eight of them face the starter the contest that
Will follow will be the most memorable In the history
OF the American turf. Such race will be long re-
membered The victor will become a. widely known
as was the famous horse Tramp In England, whose
shank bones furnished the handles for the car ling
knife and fork used at the house Of John Scott, an
English trainer OF the long ago, when Queen VIC
torhi. then a bnxtm young maiden OF eighteen or
The meeting at sheepshead Day, which began yes
terday, VIII continue until the 10Th OF September,
where he eass Will Viii bean an he s, n% 10
ried on until the 10th OF October From there the
horses trainers. and touts OF high and low degree
will Journey on to Pmlco, where the meeting will
begin on the 18th anu wind on the 10Th. BY that
time the finishing touches win have been put on the
stables, grand nd stand clubhouse betting and
In readiness to receive The sport-makers here, and
the season Will be wound up In worthy manner.
mirable programme, 1t calls for five races each
day the distances being varied from six furlOngs
Two miles. a new feature In II Is the McKibbin
after Col j. q. McKibbn, the first president OF the
club, and who for three years gave his time and abi
extend It's popularity. How well he succeeded Is
abundantly shown 10y the high standing OF the club
with race.goers everywhere. The large number OF
nineteen OF the best tInber-tOpperH In the country
have been entered. The meeting az Ivy City will
continue i've days. beginning on Monday, October
10 IL Will excel In Interest any OF its predecessors.
Turf Notes aud Personals.
The trols at Ivy City on Thursday were well at.
tended. The sport was good. II was u red-letter
day for Judge Draney and his rlght-hand man, Mai.
Jim" Morrow. The latter plotted two winners,
and each won In straight heats These were the
black geldiDg George, owned by the Judge, and the
brown mare Empress. The formers tlme was 2:iO,
2:39A, g:391 The later's 2:39A, 2:35, 2:8bk. Col
Sanders0n's bay mare ELLA Ross showed speed In
places, but Capt. c0yle's handsome brown mare
adelaide had no difficulty In beating her for second
place. Harry y 10 wagon, polished OIL MOd0c, In
harness, In good In the match race; best tune,
1850.
The summer racing oilers are returning from the
mountains, lakes and beaches. All are brown "a
berries, and attract much attention as they daily 90
"down the line"
The Jockey Clubs stakes for last year and this
compare rs follows: Arlington, ~ to 80; Washing
ton 20 10 49, AnacOstia, 1StO25 Handicap, 81 to 40;
Capital, Is to 70; Congress- 23 TO 81; Ivy City 20 TO
IS; Potomac q told. The figure last given Is the
number this year.
AdJutant Rellley, OF the Nutioaal Republican, Is
" knocking out the professional tipseTs. Iis daily
forecasts show rare good judgment.
Capt Frank Holllngshead was at Saratoga during
the week. but returned to New York to take part In
the Sheepshead Bay races.