New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-26
PRIVATE TR0T ON FASHION COURSE.


rae, between the rsss of private gentlemen, was
complete su ces, Racing has of la:e years lin Into
drIepu G. not no much scsouGt If It's ntrInsic me- s,
IA that the copcomi auts Of The excIg cDbtss have
heen an had TINE when gentlemel ald Ia lies Il
the bi.h It res,ec ABILITY throogtd to witne every
,ae or tro, of ordinary importance and the Vi or ss
he flew pat the ldg-s stard the home Stretch was
greeted by a moldtuds with pl,ucis that male the
". kin rips Tnen our beet people though it no dis
grace 10 he known as pat of the I'd bat rather
telt poe in bearing reputation as taucers of thor
onobb,,d d. Such is The c,se abroad at tue present
da, ard 10 us It ia rtmaksble facs taat 10 great
Civ of London mo,t snspeDd busuess 10 sse toe con-
test for u Derby In this unry the troter na' In
gr, at superseded the ac.horse, and, eXpi
In tie Sout EN- Safes. people b. t'n tunes "hi
bs drawn 10 tee brush between The champ ms of ths
splky 81 wagon than the best srasgie b:;Tssn tle
mca, fam us Iunuere The uD ers1l de-ire 10 poss 50
1000 road hoses no doubt psin- this pop liar sucy,
for AZ the North thtrs is 1t ouly IN reality no ine -
HINT but if ,here were we have no time 10 hnn' 1t.
With the ADVENT Of trotng horses came - the race
courses a sxarm Of ro@dS men and boys, who most
de igftsd in their performances 90 the avenae aud
craabe laxy ofmlLagen-nt,I eissted 10 forsn ces''e
years finally su ed in giving them the supremacy OF
the course and xelOdoy res ect bic psrs NJ I'ogs
have gone so for TO the bad that 10 eqni es some srea
exciting naichke those bstwee Flora aud Pa chen,
or Fora End Prpcess-'o draw a Gro yd, I'd even on
such occasions iDose VINO do attend go Win ths al
as. di aDce Of meeting Toae'te1bles s"eaft1ths, ana
three card IN pe boards all over the grounds aad Ia
the grand ttsDd itself L. was ID show the p1oc Ira.
a fair race could be iro'ted between tns hoisss OF
D ivate GENT. men, snd that by proper N toagement
gamblers al all other improper psIspns eolid b. pre-
veieo from u suiog their nefarious praeI;ss thl MI
Mcnnot devised the pdvae trot OF ye-lerday'
The result of the experiment was 30 gritiylng as
to warrant a repetition Of the a,temp5 ~ltnln
q short time The Fashion Course al bssI secured
for The day and placed entirely within the contr'l Of
Mr. Mopuot az bic associates. Their frs cne was
to e,clu,e gamblers. In this they vera suec;fsill
with one exec ,ion which public attention is askef
John MoIrs;ey, the pusiist is a gambler by oceu'
ration, ard, it seems, has tired from Mr. C1ltoD
lessee Of the Course, the privilege u gamble a. the
races through the present year. Accordingly ne
brought bis roulette table to the grounds yestediy
but was at o1ce ordered eff py ths gentlemen ~ c1arS
lie reiosed comply with the requcSt although urged
in a polits and gentlemauly manner, insst'ng, WIN
much iudeness that he bad bought The 1ight 10 pay
al Womb have il .Of cour,e there was no:hog me
to be said, and he went on unmolested bat he was
the only gambler 3t WOlh on tue ~ )ubu
Races. of Iae, have come TO be regarded SO mere
"hippocr0me' Affairs, Of ~biih the cod ~ always
known TO the Inflated from the beginning; tho bert
horte tepg not q. all cartain to via. TIE koo Tiog
ones therefore dc Lot invest hea9y ri ut caefdly
h, dying their lets, but sufficient iodica IN OF the
farr ess of Yesterdays ro s the fact thai money
wac staked on tan has been any tro fjt years
We head Of several pools of 5000 10 $500 rash be-
Il; *. bafo tha oh I'D On tha
Course the sale of pools and betting were brskly car
lied on.
There were three horses entered-Tartlr by Mr..
Moppot; Punam, by Mr.. Felter; aud Belle B'anioO,
by eentem An Of Westcbesier. Tia tar is a very tall
and heavy -boDed geding raised in Cauad, aud sired
by Tippoo He was purchased by his present ynsr
we believe, for $1,000 and was driven yestsrday by
Sam NJ LaugbiD. lie does not look 20 TIL as be
really il, although The most cursory observer wou
notice that he lie very high withered, for be
fill l6I hatds and is actually the tales. ro.tng horse
in this country He is not a remarkably pre1y horse
to look at but when be gets fairly 10 work hi, gait is
very even ard pretty His successful competitor Pat
tam, is a ew necked, goosernmped aud hes 7y-bon-d
bright bay @ ldUg, not eaey 10 gait "a Tsar for
he pounds he track heavily he steps bur horse OF
great speed ard bottom. lie was bed 10 Ksntu;ky
mon mare. Belle Braudon, the third of the compst-
to,s and the flo vest is by far tue prsttest of the
three. She is conpacty built well birrelei, foe IA
the bore, broad in the forehead sud with fae wide
nosrils SFe is said be by Rsidsecs Iamostouian
out of thor oue hbred mare, and although horse Of
good bottom is yet too nervous and green u show
what she Gao do on first til Al like that Of ye5e.dS.
The horses were driven by tn, best three drivers in
Ia al fuH nd
Mclaughlin. The track was heavy, dali, aud
"cUpped' lady under the horses feet.
Before the start the odds were 500 10 $40 on Put.
lam. at which rate Tartars friends invested freely.
One lsree bet Of $500, a1d some smaller ones, we e
made thar Tartar wcud make better time tlan 1885,;
and we heard one bet Of '5 TO SlOO offered that B9e
Brandon would not be the last hor,e. pol of 500
was put no at suc on-the first choice briugng tl2j,
the second $40, AID the third $40 Putnam was choen
in tis and each Of tie other pools Gabsequsn y sold.
Tie Start Tee trOt was advertised 10 CONS of at
q but it was DEL ok before the bell rang. tbs
horses came up looking well the choice in bl)om if
apy being in favor Of the little mare. Sa Mclaughlin
never ears liz horse Until be has an chance, AMI
bit Of ocdf added so tie horses did not get the word
uril sfer they bad scored three four TINES At last
thy 90, off well together Tartar at the pole Is lis in
the middle, and Putnam on the ont ide. AT the fret
turn Tartar broke and Yves not cGngLt up until he
neared tie Recond tu,D, being length behind at the
qusrter-poe, but gainiug repdly up the back
stretch TO the hal'.mle which lie passed with q
lead Of full ten lengths the game little marc nsx
aud Putnam long, DDg way behind. The
heat was now virtually decided, for the horses
were 60 nearly alike in epeed that il impossible
for the Tartar to be caueht; in fact Horace les had
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