The Sunday herald., 1886-10-31
THE RACES.
CLOSE OF THE REGULAR FALL
MEETING AT IVY CITY.
nuubt0c. Irish Pat. The hard. Jim
Douglass. aud jack the winners.

rhe last regular day of our autumn meeting was
cold and dlsagreeable, with few drops OF rain
late iu the afternoon The attendance was large
aud fashionable, however. MIR. Henry Fairfax had
out his usual party on tho fourln.hand coach, but
the number OF cqaipages In the field was compara-
lively small people preferring the shelter OF the
grand stand. The betting was quite brisk.
The 1rst race was dash OF one mite for maiden
two.ycar.ods; entrance, ti5 each To second horse;
purse, $500.
w. Jcnnngs's b. 9. Dunbnc, by uncas, dam Frey,
Charles Schss b. T. Plcasan,ry Hamilton i
q. w. Morriss ch. q Ermne, Caldwell, ii2.........3
Valiant (Nichois,l il5 Falsehood CGarrlson,) iis,
and Straiehtlace, FISHERY ii2, also ran.
Time, as. The betting was even on Dunbue, 3
TO against Ernine, & 10 against Faschood, 12 10
each against Siraigbtlacc and Pleasantly, and 80
to against Valiant.
The start was prompt and good, with Fasehood
IN front Dunbine second, Valiant third, Ermine
fourth, Straghtlacc nfh, and Pleasantly Inst. he.
Tore reaching the quarter Slraghiace went to the
lead and held II through the back stretch To The half
mile. Dunbnc then ran to the front AMI was first
al me thrce.auartcrs, with srmine IN second place
and Pleasantly close MP. Down the straight he run
was good, but Dunblne finished winner by two
lengths In front of Ploasanry, second four lengths
ahcad OF hrmine, third: the others rs above. Mu.
The second race was the Congress stakes, selling
sweepslake OF one mile and n furlong, for all ages
$50 each, h. Z. The club added f75O, OF which fOO
to second horse; u entered to he sold for 5000 to
carry weight for age; for si,oO0 allowed lbs, then
ID. Tor each sioodown To 81 900 Horses entered
not TO he sold 10 carry lbs above the scale. ANY
surplus over the selling price to be divided between
the second AMI third horses.
e. gorrisens ch. c, Irish Pat, by Pat Malloy, dam
G. X. Petiipgili's ch g. Valet. a., Palmer rs
fremont Stables h. .. PoDico, Bender, 9l...... o
Tee Doe, I, uilggs) 100: Eurus, ., tI,anertyJ es;
Lancaster, 2, tDavis,l 81, AMI frankie Il, a, "a.
Time 5s The betting was s,o g against Irish
N IN lna Mali
caster, 10 each against Eurts AMI Valet 10 to 1
against Pontico, " against frankie u.
Tue start was gooh with ,lelle Doe leading. Eurus
Pat nflh, Pon,ico sixth, and Valet last. Teic Doe
LED to me jndges' stand aud into the upper turn,
when Irish Pat went to second place. In tho back
stretch Irish Fat ran TO the front and at the half
mile post Telc Doe was second and Valet third. In
having closed up and took third position. irsh Fa,
made splendid run down the home stretch and
finished winner by neck, with Valet second, Pom
tico third; the Others rs above. Mutuals paid Go.
Valet was many yards IN the rear as they began
the tar turn and TO run through the big field aud
The third was the Potomac stakes ior three. YEAR
ods, $50 each, h. Z. club added $1,000, OF which
$3.50 to second and third to save lis stake. Horses
not having won In ss6 OF the value OF 81 200
allowed lbs; +; horses that had started In 1856 and
not won allowed 1o lbs. Winner OF the Anacostla
Stakes to carry lbs extr one mile and three fur
longs
A.. j. Cassatt's h. C. The Bard, by Longfellow dam
Bradamante, HAYWARD, is.....................I
w. Graty's ch. c. Elkwood, 1ls..................2
The betting was l to S on The Bard and 6
to against Elkwood. Inthe start Elkwood was
irst OH and led to the three equarters and into the
straight but before reaching The judges stand The
quarter post The Bard showed an advantage Of two
lengths, which he increased to three lengths
quarters. lie finished winner In a hani gallop by
sly lengths: Time e:2'. Mutuals paid s. 10.
The fourth race was one mite, for horses that
had run and not won at this meeting. Those
beaten once allowed lbs. twice, 10 lbs non.wIn-
ners In lss6 allowed 10 lbs. purse $500, of which
slOo TO second horse.
G. Johnson's b. h. jim Douglass, A., by Wrdbile
dam Iolone Garrison los, &C. l09)...............i Il
\. j. Cassa,t's br. c. Eolian, 3, Davs's, tOl
H. II. Sprisgs b. e. Bonnie Prince 3,(H Lewis 96..3
ferg Kyle. b., ECadwelD, los; Herbert, a., (Rar-
ferty) los; Mamie Hunt. 3, (Gerhardy,) 96; Rich
mond,4 (McCarihy,) los; Boaz =, (BenderO OI; Bess
3, SAndersonJ lol, aud Paymaster, ., (KoerberJ 10
The betting was ~ to against Douglass, to
each against Mamie Hunt and Bess, to | against
against Ferg Kyle and Herbert, 10 to against Ioaz
ie TO against Eolian, and 15 10 against Paymas
ter.
There was much delay In the start because OF
breaking away, but the horses were Gnally sent of
at good start. with Richmond first, Jim Douglass
second. Ferg Kyle third. Eoan fourth, and the
others together. In the turn Ferg Kyle went to the
front, but was captured In the back stretch by
lower turn to the three-qiarters Jim Douglass
then took up the running and nnisned an easy
winner by three lengths, Eolian second, one and
others in the order in which they are named above
Time, ~. Mutuals paid s1635.
The nth was handicap steepecbase; nurse .
1900, OF which 800 to second horse; the regular
course.
Nj; j. Daly's b. g. Jack, 8 by Stonehenge, dam Mary
Buckley, (Caalian,) 1856 Observation-Disclosures. /
=. Gorrgan's b. G, Tennessee, 4, Brophy 1856. ...2
J uppeby's h. g., Shamrock, a., Thomson leo. 3
WIN Davis, o., On. Daleyy 155; Joe Shelby, a.,
tMara) l25, and Puritan, a, Updike1 12j, also ran
the betting was even on Tennessee, ~ to
against Jack. TO against VIII Davis, 3 to against
Joe Shelby, 10 TO against Puritan, 30 to against
Shamrock.
Tho start was good, with VIII Davis In front,
Puritan second, Shamrock third, Jack fourth, Joe
shelby NTH. and Tennessee last. The leap In the
centre field was cleared and they ran to the north
Held, when Puritan went to the front. Joe Shelby
fell Mt the first leap, and as they left TO return to
the centre field Puritan went wrong. Jack then
took the lead over all the leaps, followed by VIII
DAVIS, shamrock, and Tennessee, and all the Oh
structons were cleared. Jack was first around the
track, and finished winner by lhree-q quarters OF
length ahead of Tennessee, second, five lengths
In front Of Shamrock, third, and VIII Davis last
Time, 4 :23 Mutuals paid $50 TO-