The Washington critic., 1886-03-02
A HORSEMEN'S COLONY.
Some of the Noted Flyers Stabbed at
Ivy City.
A VISIT TO THE sTALL3.
Comments on the General Appearance
of the Equine Beauties.


an excellent quality can be obtained In
to the National Capital rcu
dcrs 1t particularly agreeable to the
trainers who are obliged TO pass mon
otonous winter near their protcgcs.
Several Of the noted turfmcn and
owners of thoroughbreds, who engage
stables at this track for wintering their
stock, composed of some of the finest
race horses of the country, manifest
great satisfaction with Ivy City us win.
ter quarters and express much surprise
that the National Jockey Club has not
made more elaborate provision for the
wintering of racing stock, and has not
adopted the same convcnienccs offered
at many other much less desirable
tracks.
A reporter of THE CRTIc, who
went out TO Ivy City yesterday, was
surprised to find that among the horses
which had been daily exercised on that
track during the closing of last season,
were some of the best. known horses in
the country.s Among the noted mag
mates of the turf, who have selected
Ivy City as their winter quarters, are
w. p Burch, w. b. Jennings, j. w.
and II. w. Loud, Joseph Mcmahon,
Davis Il Hall and Walter Onley.
W. +. BURoH's STABLE.
In the stable of w. p. Burch was
found the favoritc old veteran, Colonel
Sprague, looking even younger than
last season. He seems to improve with
the climate and enjoy his daily cxer-
else on soft track. He is in excellent
trim and bids fair to give many n close
run for the stakes in which he is en-
tered Mt the spring meeting. The
chestnut filly Telie Doe is doing well
and promises some surprises during the
coming season.
John c., who ran so we'll last season.
has improved wonderfully, and his
trainer says he will be hard to beat. The
bay filly Biggonette is as round as a
dumping, and unless some of her flesh
Is lacking by spring, will not show up
so well the coming season. Tidal
Wave has grown large and fine look
ing and should carry a welter weight
with ease. The bay cold, "S to T."
which was seriously injured last De-
cember by running plank through
his neck, has entirely recovered and
developed into tinc.looking two.year-
old, resembling his grand sire, Lean
ington.
Brackcn, the -ycar-old filly. is
another fine looking animal, and has
been selected by Mr.. Burch as his IA
vorite for the coming season. The
promising young .year-old Bobo-
link is not quite so large as the other
colts, but il the choice of his trainer,
who says she will race like good one.
The chestnut tilly, Romp, has i'm
proved so nicely that James Roe, the
trainer, mistook her for the noted old
mare, Helen Wallace. Romp promises
TO be one of the finest long distance
animals on the turf. The last of this
lot is a fleet footed unnamed colt by
Plenipo, dam Nina Turner. This colt
is said to have run half mile over the
Nashville track in j0t seconds with
yearling weights up. Mr. Burch has
refused an offer of $4,000 for this colt
TIE LOUD STABLE.
In the stable of j. w. and II. w
Loud only three stalls are occupied, in
one of which is the trim chestnut mare
Lady Loud, which has wintercd won
dcrrully fine, and her trainer will at
tempt to have her In her two-ycar. ole
form for the spring meeting. Tht
other two stalls are occupied by Elsi,
Rosiere and another two year-old fllly
both of which are rather on the ligh
order, but have racing look an(
should be ready for their carly engage
mcnts.
JOSEPH M'MAHoN's STABLE.
The old veteran Swift, which cap
turcd some of the handsome stakes a
Brighton Beach last season, promise
to give some fine exhibitions of spect
at the spring meeting. He receives
daily exercising and seems familia
with the track. He does not seem t,
show his age and his trainer is mucl
pleased with his present condition
The aged gelding frankie b., which
also occupies stall in this noted stable
has not lost any of the high spirit
which caused him to lose some fin,
races last season. Joe Mitchell ha
also wintcred much better than las
year, and has grown fat, much TO tn,
surprise of his trainer. The CRITIc',
man also found here Frank Ward
Frank somewhat disappointed hi
genial namesake last season, but prom
ises to make up for the losses incurred
at the coming meeting. lie is in fin,
form. The two-ycar. old bay tilly
Zorncsta, has acquired the contidenc,
of her trainer for three.quarter dash
Among the many other fleet -foote,
animals which have improved durin!
the winter in this stable are John DAILY
Al Read, King Victor Boheme, Blacl
Bess and three very promising two
yoarolds.
W. II. JENNINGS STABLE.
In this stable was found, up to knees
in clean straw, the old favoritc Cardi
nal McCloskey, the maker of SOM
excellent records and capturer of many
of the handsome purses ut Brighton
Beach last year. The Cardinal look'
n little shaky on his forelegs, whicl
his trainer says will be all right by
spring, Ten Strike, the famous five
year.old gelding, also occupies wild,
berth in this stable and has much i'm
proved during the winter. The gen
of the stable Is a brown golding fou
years old, which Mr. Jennings pur
chased in Missouri recently. The ami
NAL is a fine looking thoroughbred anC
should easily carry weller weight
He has given him the euphoniou
name of Skippie and expects some eX
cellent skipping from him during TIL
season, Miller, the four-year oil,
crack, who was the great tip of thl
stable last season, was gelded durln!
the winter and has much improved
and promises many more surprises 70
his hackers. General Price, the Cone,
Island crack, also enjoys Il roomy stal
here. The Nun promises to show