New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-09
THE FEMALE EQUESTRIAN CONVEN
TJON

swndl- of the most charming and refreshing
ardacty even in this age Of delusons came off yes
terday upon spot called 1.-The Union Course. ~
This Union Cour-e may have seen better days. A. it
stands now it il few acres of ragged sod, with n
thin, dry, worn grass which looks a. If it had been
&C fined in this inclosure in a State Prison
for some old crime. THE grand stand such
IL it, gorgeous desiggstion-is moody, rcketty
heap of boards the uncertainty of whose e1-
isterce during the day furnished, in the abb
sencc OF its advertised object, the ehet food for
speculative and betting minds. The odds when we
left were two to one IL tumbling down. Beneath
this stand lay long and dreary bar, which were
drawn up plies of sepulchral-looking bottles, from
which armies of gents, with whip in hand and chew
in mouth. drained all day. On the course were some
FIVE thousand men and few hundred women; but
there neither grace nor gayety nor animation in
the scene. Except some few from the New York Club
and Hotel and perhaps some stray visitors, all was
a mass Of mffanism. We have aualyzed the rufiian
species Of animal in most Of it, types, but We have
SCI II nothing more ghsstly than tire rsf.Gn, OF the
Union Course. The London mffiaB, with bis head Il
jurge Of vernin and his face Vsnyias os punch. y
sufficiently houd, but poverty and ignorance, Away
bis accompaniment there, offer pslls;ion and
wake some pity and regret. BIT here the mfhan j.
fat ard well to do probably ex-Ahennan or has
even dined with the sage 81 WheatlGud az the
White House. OF sach there multitude. The
managers made WELL There no Bg, but -
place supplied By half dozen row.
The ladies Of TlOy, Newark, NeH-IAysn, North
Carolina and the bEnred other cities and States VINO
were 10 APPEAR means OF developing the grace
:" ard beauty of the female ionn" repres n'ed
by some fifteen sixteen dies who appeared apcn
the scene most Of the visitors about to esap-
pear, and Whose style OF ,uestnenisn would, 10 en-
ordinary observer mark them the charming den-
zens Of some neighborirg circus or riding school.
To the award naginatio. of every chiyalrous man,
The mere name of wonen raises up visions
clothed with perpet al youth and lc1eline-S,
but to the Outward eye accustomed TO take cold bus
ress news even some women 2ppesr, unfortunately,
not quite beautiful. 20 VINO - beaunl there Il
scarcely any dress more becoming than the riding
dres. There /. something very fascinating in the ex-
pese Of chest and SHOULDERS in tx light high
habit, like sopiag snsny bank, with tie long 'Aper
! ;sr1ns eBesriy defined, and the waist invtingI,
marked between, that one wonders ne % not alway
embracing il. But coSsGme EXPIRE sfy adspted os
the display OF natural charms j. hard "a those who had
TO begin with, or los, such a. they had. With
without charms, however, rs the cie may be tho-
fifteen or sixteen fair competitors, csntered very
swkwsrjy lp s.d down the cou..e, rode over one OF
two ENID load cheers sndols, regret SAY on
meeting with some impedimenis, Cursed with 'lsO'
and lnxurianee Of vocabulary that would have aone
honor 10 the hngest rowdy the eouns. :" 'acn
wa made up the one hundred accomplished amateur
--"the noble qualities of equeSsrisusm' &C.
That noble animal, tie Horse, vas rep'esen'ea oy
similar number Of grssgy animals, Who. th'ssh pr