Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-02
GALA DAY AT IVY CITY.
Second Race Meeting of the Dumblane
Hunt Club.

LAReE AND FASHIONABLE ArTESpAScE-rS-
rEREsrrNe KvENTs-PRoF. RYDER SEVERELY
INJURED NJ BEING THROWN FROM HIS HORSE.
WHICH HAD STUMBLED.
Ivy City has seen larger crowds than it did
yesterday and there have been closer and more
exciting races run over the track. but there
never has been finer audience from a social
standpoint at that track than was out Yesterday
TO see the second race meeting Of the Dumblane
Hunt Club. The trains that left the city in the
afternoon carried a comparatively small por-
ton of the crowd, but the carriage road ont
was lined all the afternoon with fashionable
turnouts that We're rolling rapidly toward Ivy
City. Here the guests were welcomed BY the
members of the club. most of whom were IN
riding suits. The iniield was crowded with
coaches, drags, landsus. buckboards aud in
TACT specimens of all the varieties of
vehicles that pertain to upper tendon The
scene presented was a very gay one indeed
Light spring suits were the rule with the men,
while the toilets OF the ladies. gay and dainty
IN the extreme, gave it ali the appearance OF a
private garden fete. Ii was decidedly a social
event. and almost all the members of Washing
ton society who belong to the ultra-eNclusive
set were present. and they we're reinforced by
numbers OF out-of-town people who came over
TOR the meet
WHO WERE THERE.
Among those to be seen in the grand stand
and on the quarter stretch were DIR. and Mrs
Msgruder, the Brazilian minister. Richard
Smith. Admiral Upshur. Mrs Gordon Mckay,
Martin Maginnis, Senators Hampton. Gibson.
Mcmillan. Henderson. Miss Letter. Col. Good.
loe, Miss Stetson, Miss Stoughton. the Misses
James, Mrs. Harvey Page. the Misses Jones,
Miss Wall, Miss Card, Miss Josie
Bevins. Miss Katie Deering. Miss Maud
i,avidge, Mrs Barber, senator Hig-
gins, Paymaster Harry Sullivan. Mrs. An.
drews Miss Van Rensselaer, the Misses Maury
irof. and Mrs Emmons DIR. and Mrs Ham.
mond. Anson McCook. ex-COngressman FELTON,
Admiral Luce, Mr.. and Mrs Jesse Tyson
OF Baltimore, Mr.. Cuttings, Stilson
Mrs. Gen. Lee. Miss Mildred Lee. Mr.. and Mrs
Edward McCanley, the Misses Kent of Chicago
Miss Ethel ingalls,. Mrs. :. Z. Brown, the Misse,
Brown, Miss Florence Window, Miss Louise
Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Whitney of New
York, Miss Roselie Brown. with Lieut.. 7. =
Rogers. S.N; ex-Gov. Whittemore of Rhode
Island. Woodbury. Blair in tally-ho. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Fred. Mcclure. Mr.. and Mrs. Bcnj. HELEN
Senator Wolcott, MIR. and Mrs. Caldoron Car
| Isle, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Philips. Mr.
Lee Phillips. Mr.. Zachary, Dr. and Mrs. Lincoln
MISS Gale, Mr.. Gresham Col Ochiltree. Mr.
Mallach, Dr. Ruth. MIR. and Mrs. Richardson
Clover. Mr.. Montgomery Blair. Mr. ANA Mrs
L. {. Glover, Mr.. Sato. Senior Valente Mrs
Letter, Mr.. and Mrs. Beriah wilkins. Gen. Harry
bingham. Mr.. Hal Dulaney. Miss story
Mr.. Edwin Joyce. Miss Joyce. Mrs
McGllnchey. Lady Pauncefote and Miss Paunce
fote, Miss Penniman. Miss Dahlgren. Miss Mil
dred Carlisle. Miss May Pratt, the Misses Pat
ten, Miss Parke, Miss Freeman, Miss Ashford
DIR. and Mrs. Loring and Miss Mary Batter
worth.
THE MANAGERS.
r. "A Al
| Brown, Senator Hearst and Mr.. John Sanford
Mr.. W. ID. Jennings was the starter and Mr.. j.
". button officiated at the scales The presi
dent of the club is Mr.. 5. =. Rowland and Mr..
George HELEN is secretary. The stewards o.
the course were Messrs. Woodbury. Blair. II
X. Dulaney, L. l.. Drayton. ". c. Eustis s. +
Emmons, Ben HELEN, s. S. Rowland. Rober
Neville, John Sanford and Senator Nolcott
No time Was taken OF the races
THE FIRST THREE RACES.
The first race was for the Pony cup. hal
| mile on the fat, with four entries. Foxhal
keene, the famous club man and gentleman
rider of New York, rode Buckshot s. 5. How
land entered Sweet Tommy, and G. p Eusti,
EIleen and Hoop La. Buckshot had a sure
thing OF 1t from the start and came in winner
by two lengths The IS French mutuals paic
$40
The Galloway cup, with six entries was wor
by MIR. Woodbury. Blair's Vixen. ridden by Mr.
hnut Mr.. Robert Seyille's Button. with Mr.
Morris up, was expected to win. and his defeat
was good deal of a surprise. He came il
third, being also beaten By Hon. VI. II
Herberts Leila b.. ridden by Baron Won Stern
berg. s S. Howland's Rosaile was ridden b,
Mr.. Briscoe.
There were five starters in the third race fol
! the Washington cup. three-quarters of a mil,
on the hat-H. Il. Dulaneys Mogul. Henr,
Fairfaxs Salle X, Hugh Legare's Suzette
NJ 81. Herberts lazoo and S. Il. knut's Cock o
the Walk. knut was again the winner by
several lengths. after getting poor start.
THE FARMERS RACE
for purse of 500, of which $50 to secont
| and $50 to third, open to all half-bred horsei
the property of farmers residing in the District
or adjoining county, was great event There
were sin nags i'll the race and the bright sill
co!ors that had marked the riders in the othe,
races were noticeable for their absence here
There were no distinguishing cOlors here ex
cept gaudy sashes, but the race seemed q
furnish great amusement just the same. IL was
a procession from start TO finish, though there
really was 40 start for the flag never went down
and the judges pulled the bell for all that was
in it to bring them back. but they were IN for
a race and 10 bells nor flags could bring them
back. Billy VI. with Farmer Muller up. had about
half a furlong the start and increased on this
all the way round. The judges SAID it was nc
steepleehase. But before that time came il
was growing dark and the last race was run in
Il pouring rain, so the farmers race was moi
run of.
THE FIFTH RACE-AN ACCIDENT.
The fifth race for the Tenleytown cup. one
mile and half was won by j. c. Mason's Bal
! timore horse killaloe, with Prof. Ryder of thit
city up. The other starters were James Mad
dox on Neptune, S. Z. Knut on Cock-o'-the
Walk and S. S. Howland's Roscoe. French
mutuals paid $50
Out of seven entries only four ran over the
short steeple chase course, about two miles, fol
the Ivy City cup.
The starters were ]. L. Kernochan on Retri
button, II. 7. Dulaney on Mogal. Prof Ryder OF
killaloe and Chip Thompson Apollo, jr. Their,
was some discussion 10 the status of Apollo:
| rider. but he was finally allowed to run under
protest. Mogul dropped his rider at the sec
ond jump and Was out of the race. Retributior
won alone. In taking the last hurdle kiiiaio,
| stumbled and threw Prof. Ryder. Hi,
friends ran to his aid and he wa.
placed in IA carriage and taken TO the
club house, whore it was found
that he was severely injured, having his collar
| bone and two ribs broken.
by the time the last race was run the rain
was coming down hard and the ladies' who
came back to town in open carriages had many
| a dainty spring toilet damaged. If not ruined.
! but that only put slight damper on the en-
! joyment OF the day. The event was in every
equestrianism an even higher place III public
esteem than it now occupies. Saturday will
be the second and closing day of the meet.