New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-26
THE CRESCENT POST STAKE

One of the races next week will be for the
"Creseent post stake;'' two mile heats, open to
all ages and for stake of $500 ON each entry,
half forfeit, besides piece Of plate put up by the
proprietor of this paper; on which account the
stake bears the above name.
We shrink from anything like ostentation in par
ticularizng about the prize cup put up by us on
this occasion but as we went into the matter with
pride based partly upon the standing and popu-
larity of paper and partly upon the friendship
which has ever subsisted between the patrons of
the turf and ourselves of the Daily Crescent we
think the charge of false modesty might justly be
brought against us, if we did not say something
about it. The readers of our numerous daily
editions will naturally take interest in our one
siluer edition Of the Crescent, which they are en-
titled to hear from if they cannot take the trouble
to see it.
We append description Of this piece Of silver,
| taken from complimentary notice in yesterdays
| Delta:
| The cup, or vase, manufactured at the famous
house of Tiffany 4 Co., New York, from the joint
| design of Mr.. Nixon and Messrs. Tiffany & Co.,
weighs 40 ounces and is % inches in hight. 1t is
difficult to describe the article in such manner as
to give the reader an accurate mindpicture of it
but that our racing friends may have some sort oil
an idea Of it, we will describe it as well as we can.
| The base of an oval quatrefoil shape, is polished
| around the sides, and craven with ornamental fig
ures Of the Moorish style; the edges being beaded
| and the whole resting on four massive feet. The
surface represents a turf field partly inelosed by
two sections of an old broken down wooden fence.
On this turf stand, opposite to each other, stall
| lion and q brood mare, carved in solid silver,
standing in the free and noble attitudes of spirited
animals unbridled; these figures being faithful
| copies from the famous prints OF Beeswing and Sir
Hercules On the turf, near the horses, are two
| heaps, each representing q saddle, whip, jockey
cap ETC., lying together, as if just taken from the
4 horses, and thrown down earelessly by the groom
Rising from the center of this turf picture, and
/ between the two horses, is o stem, slenderly
/ shaped, like a Grecian vase, and covered witt
Moorish fancies npolished relief the ground being
/ delicately matted: from its sides branch two
richly moulded handles, which aid in supporting
the cup or bowl. This bowl is the climax of thi
| piece. 1t is a massive crescent, fourteen inehe
| between the horns, and seven inches deep; tn
contonr being somewhat that of pea-pod, pulle
wide open on the coneave side. 1t nestles amid
| profusion of the richest ornamentation and ha
on each side a delicatey fringed medallion. o
one medallion is craven picture of the new race
| stand at the Metairie, with the track, fence.
judges stand and all, correct and minute as PHI
tograph, being, in fact, copied from a photograp
sent on for the purpose, and proper life added
| it by a craven multitude of people in the STAN
and four racers flying home for the honors.
The other medallion is polished and blan
awaiting the triumphal inscription Of the WHINE
just beneath the two polished horns of the ere
cent are the handles to beused in lifting the pec
Each handle consists of brace of equine necl
and heads, each pair representing stallion al
mare, all full Of fire and wide awake with amoros
agony. just as might be the case should such an
mails find themselves close together, yet firm
separated BY the cruel PROV Of a gigantic crescen
shaped puneh-bowf.