Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-01
A GREAT DAY AT IVY CITY.
Gossip About Yesterdays Events-Sur-
prfses of the Day.

Yesterday was the best day the National
Jockey Club has had this fall by long odds.
The weather was perfect and the attendance
almost double that Of any other day. The
racing, too, was more than good; il was of Q
high order, and seldom is there a better card
offered at one Of the New York tracks. The
honors were evenly divided between felders
and favorites. But the bookmakers got most
Of the money. There were two great surprises
in the second race, and probably the greatest
was the poor showing made by Favor. The
talk. at the track yesterday by few people
who backed him and lost their money that he
was ''only out for work" was nonsense, Green
Morris, the Dryers, the ''Ghost." and in fact
every one in the know" thought the horse
would win to certainty, and the money went
on IN thousands; Green Morris had no excuse
to offer for the horse. He said he was as good
as ever in his life. To most people it looked
very much as II Favor sulked and wouldn't
try yard Neither Governor Bowie nor his
trainer thought much of Vosburg, but then he
Is just the sort OF horse to come out and win
Hayward rode good race and made his run
just exactly at the right time.
BADGES FINE PERFORMANCE.
The Finality handicap resulted in grand race
and 1t proved Badge one of the best little horses
in training. One hundred and twenty-eight
pounds on his back on paper looked like enough
TO break 1t, but afterirunning under good strong
pull for seven furlongs he came on and, wearing
Defence down, won a well-ridden race by
length. Byron McClelland backed his colt, but
at the same time was afraid Of Boaz, but 1t
seems Mr.. Burch's i'll luck is to hang to him for
awhile longer as Boaz quit badly after going
about half mile. Defence ran a very good
race for seven furlongs, and when in different
company he will do to back. There were half
dozen good things in the selling race, and it
was long time before the talent could make
up its mind what to back. MIR. Walden thought
My Own had great chance. Gov. Bowie liked
Bellwood because he had beaten Vosburg
Carroll thought Lakewood had great chance,
and Honig thought it was real good thing for
Lafitte. The public, however, made Drake the
favorite, and he rewarded them by winning,
but only after a hard fight with Lafitte. Mr..
Sheridan made his first bad start OF the meet
ing in this race, and came very near making a
present of it to Lafitte by letting him off two
lengths in front of his field. But one bad start
out of twenty-five good ones can be excused.
THE sTEEPLECHAsE.
The steeplechase was a very good one, but
Elphine didn't run nearly 30 good race as he
did last week. He tired badly after going
mile. and it looked as if he had been indulged
a bit. However. as he had 160 pounds up, it
was hardly possible for him to win. When Mr..
Dundas. a gentleman rider, appeared on his
horse, Simmsville, the crowd jeered him some.
An old horseman standing near the rail re-
marked to a STAR reporter: They needn't
laugh at Mr.. Dundas, for he is not only one of
the best gentlemen riders in this country,
but he is good, if not better. than
any man riding in that race, and fancy if his
horse stands up he will be there or Whereabouts
at the finish" Mr.. Dundas rode good race to
where his horse fell. and was then in good
position close third. The horse fell, by the
xraU ot no INN xuh uarU I'D mat
his death last year. Neither Mr.. Dundas nor
his horse was injured