The Sunday herald., 1886-10-24
THE TURF.
Brilliant Prospects for the Fall Meeting Here
Most OF Fast Horses Conercsstcd at Ivy City.

The FAN Meeting OF the National Jockey Cluo
opens Tuesday, and unless all signs fall or the
weather proves unfavorablc II will be the most
largely attended and successful In every
respect ever given on the beautiful Ivy
City Course and brilliantly close the
Eastern racing season. The number OF horses hero
TO participate in the various contests is unprece-
dented and in point of quality they are equal TO the
best Indeed the contests will be the most Interest,"
ing and sensational OF the year. II Ia not necessary
TO recapulate IN ertenso the excellent programme
which has already been published.
Take the opening scramble Of three-quarters OF
mile for example, It Is almost certain that there
will be no great favore, such rs Cleaner was In his
races in Baltimore, but the man who can pick the
winner will get good odds against him. Among
those who are almost certain to start In this race
will be Cleaner, Jim Douglass, Barnum, Beacons-
leld, Mile, Ferg Kyle, Perlces, Mamie Hunt,
Herbert, Bonnie Prince, Tom Berlin, and lttiala.
This is given simply as an Illustration OF what the
purse races will show. There will be something
like hundred horses here that did not run In Bal,i-
more, and the fields are sure to be large, the results
uncertain, and the finishes exciting.
The autumnal handicap, the second race on Tues
day, will have for probable starters, volantc at
the top weight 124 lbs, The Bard III, Favor 1iG,
Bonanza los, Louisete i07 Lizzie Dwyer 1903. Green
field 9s, Easter Sunday 9,, frankie d. o. Little ban
90, and possibly Col Sprague l03, and Peekskl 100,
be first and Volante second
The Arlington Stakes, for two-year-olds also TO
be run on the nrst day. will bring together tn
famous Connemara and the nying Grissette, or some
other OF the Baldwin string, together with Falsestep,
Dryers Esquire, The Jit, Paymaster, Raymond,
Mathis, AL. Reed, aud Corrgan's Rose. Connemara
should bo nrst, and Daldwin's entry second, but
there Is dark one In this that will make them all
tretch their necks.
The McKibbIn steepechase, also on the first day,
will bring together Wellington, Tennessee, Abra-
ham, Disturbance, Tom Brown, Joe Shelby, anu
Capt. York. Tennessee will win II he Is out for the
dust, and Disturbance should be second. This =
not simply good, It is really grand card. for an
opening day. and better one has not been this
year on any race course East or West.
The second days sport begins with seven-fur.
long spin which, like that OF the first day, ia sure
to bring out big field OF good ones. Then comes the
| AnacOs,a Stakes for three.year-olds, which on
"Wednesday will have for starters one OF Badwin's
probably Moilles Last or Bonita, Eollan, Dowe's
Catesby geldnR, Ada D., Peekskill, and Bess
| The fnish should DO between the latter and Bald
| wins entry.
The Capital Stakes on the third day will bring to
gether about the same field as the Analostan, with
the winner carrying nve.pound penalty, and 1t vii
take more than that to stop her II she comes to thu
post as good as when she last started.
| The last day Will witness the Congress Stakes
selling sweepstakes, which has thirty-eight nomi
nations and will bring out fine field and produce
splendid contest. The Potomac Stakes on this da
will be one OF the most Interesting races of the
The probable starters are The Bard, Elkwood, Molli
McCarthy's Last, Ada D. and Peekskill. As ever,
one knows, the owner OF Elkwood thinks he woul
have downed The Bard the last time they met q
Jerome Park II Spcllman had not mistaken tn
finishing line and pulled up when he had the Leaf
Before he could get going again The Bard had wor
The question of superiority will be settled when the
m Get ut Ivy City on Friday.