Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-29

mr. y,p GO SIC The or3er Of tie course"
HonfoLH, May ia beautiful day-a bril-
liant sun, and deep blue SKY, which a paintei
m'shi have borrow Ell Tor the finishing OF an Ialar
iindscape, In1lcement OF itself to quit III,
ID onotony Of the town. on "Wednesday, and luxu.
f'Ste IN a rapbie among the verdlre of the coun
t!y; h1, snperadled 10 the promised sports Of IN,
t"ri, 10 tee attained by twenty minutes walk, who
copif iorbear e&ciaimIng - ~ hats ihi, dull town
10 me- we accordingly joined the throng Of
psdsStTsins, who we:iliug then way TO The
course, aud were, ON the whole highly grstified
Win OR TWO hours escape rom the yurgatorY OF
me Ph0ung oIhce. Eh- course was admifabl y
PfePifei, by process of ieyeiIing and rolling,
aai prescn ed an even surface, unbfoken (saye m
onc Paii very sl'shiy,) by deciyty, and raiied
GA o2'n sides nearly all tne way round The fix
tues AID general accommodations are very neat.
and o9 liberal scale.
IL being the first day only colts to run there
was not great deal Of interest excited thong n
'ne concou'se at spectators very numerous
AZ Oae clock hc winding OF the horn brought
the couIseTs to the starting place. After some
baking, % he expec ed from untried mage, away
they all fairly went, Mr. q. Il GsrrisOn's IuGnhoe
leading The way, Mr.. Botts's Bob CraddocE mex,
and Nif. Ways Vrsinia Broton last. In this
order all 'hTee Game out a. the start. Time, l
minute, 30 seconds The second heat commence ed
and ended precisely 10 the order of the first, eX>
cep that Virginia Brown was distanced. Time,
minute 10 seconds. And thus Ivanhoe won the
race wild great ease Connoissieurs pronounce
him TO be irs rate colt, and give their opins
ION TINT wheG lie has age he will be hard 10 beat.
as The Club had positively inierdicted every
speGIes at uHlaJcjHl gaming on the field there
was nothing OF that sort, OF course to offend the
stern morslist and champion OF the laws We
had however, little curiosity 10 see to what uses
80 many bOoth1 were appropriated, and upon in
vsslg4tioh found, that they contained new
rf f.,a-
strangers, in the room OF " unlawful gaming, .
which had been prohibited by the rules of the
place Inc curiosity which led Us TO this dis
cogery, induced us 10 extend our enquiries, and we
learnt from OF the by-staDdefs that the
amusement, or rather. amuseroen's tor they were
OF VARIOUS descriptions, were denominated faro
bank, T0letfe, rattle and snap, and some other
names which we nave forgot, all harmless in their
nature, and iatDfui, of course at each Of these
presided a stout, well dressed gentleman extreme.
~ civil 10 his demeanoT, who dealt the cards
uOiled ibe dice, or spun the ptauel, to amuss the
by-Handefs, without Daniesting the smallest re-
iuctsnce though probably 90 great appeared 10
De TIE penchaHt of the crowd for these abuse
mens) they were kept 1t il all day, and it may
be- eli nigH. Of This the patrons Of the amHse
"rent were not unmindul, and ever and anon re
Ws.uea 'helr cosng enteftanersby going up their
taDls5 an cepOsitng upon cards and painted boards
The gfsiaiiy to which they thought them entitled
Tor Their uouble. These voluntary contribution
weie IN Pany INSTANCES repeated a dozen time. IN
ths space Of as many minutes, by the same in
dyiiaal, and even undl he bad parted with his
lss ht OF silver while others retired after re.ervjn
barely suOug- % pay for their dinners. Such
gsnfrO-ity was the more amazing TO u.s. a. 60,
believed iron the appearance Of m0et Of the con
tTibators, thu, the money thus trlsd away nigh
have helped 10 relieve the pinctinE Of their owr
wants Or those Of their honest creditors
Al the dettey elafo Of ssch ofibe genies anc
dIH6ing OpsrRfD-s" wps pile r silver ~,