New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-09
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EIGHTH AND. LAST DAY.

very great was the multitude which on Saturda,
rushed over the shells and stirred up the dust il
order to see the browning glory of the weeks
sport at the Metarie-the four.mIe race between
fanaay Washington, Endorser, Breckinrt9ge and
La pa,fee. Not only the exhanstless collection Of
carriages, cabs and buggies, which this city con-
lalns, but omnibuses, express and furniture yyae.
ons, formed glut inside and outside the course,
! whilst the CarrolIton and Jefferson cars poured
fourth their half-hourly torrents of people. Bust.
| ness seemed more or less suspended during the
afternoon, so extensively had the race drained the
city OF its active population. The ladies' on this
occasion appeared in greater force than ever they
entirely filed the capacious stand prepared for
them, and presented spectacle Of nnequaed bril-
nance and loneliness. The great attendance of the
iair sex has, indeed, been one OF the preeminent
features of the present multitudinous week at the
Metairie
Before proceeding further we must pay to the
Jockey Club the need Of praise which is their due,
and which has been unanimously awarded to them
by the thousands who have attended this meeting.
The thorough system and perfect order with which
everything has been conducted; the energy and
activity Of the stewards in all departments; the
good and gentlemanly selections made from the
police, to attend to the important business of
keeping the doors and gates; the delicate and
special attention shown in receiving ana entertain
ing the ladies'; the sumptuous collatons spread
daily in the club for the solace Of the invited
guests and the ladies; in short, the liberality,
good taste and good management which were con.
spcuous in every detail of the races throughout
the week, combined to render the fullest satisfac
ton to all, and to stamp the Metairie Jockey
Club and their racecourse the first institution of
the kind in the country. So universal has been
the satisfaction here at home as well as among the
hosts Of visitors from abroad, with regard to the
present style and manner of operation Of the Me-
taIrie Club, that we may reasonably predict like
extensive visitation upon each recurrence of race
week hereafter.
But to come to the race of Saturday. We have
already mentioned what tremendous crowd was
present. From the time that the horses were
named for the race, Fanny Washington was the
favorite at two to against the field Endorser
rating next Breckenridge third, and La variete
last. The betting was very extensive; the Wash
lngtonians in some cases putting up three to one,
for the sake of investment on their favorite The |
race was hardly as exciting as had been antici |
pated; all owing to the great superiority of the
Virginia mare, not one of the other three being |
able to cope with her in the least. 1t need not |
therefore, take us long to tell the story of the race
FIRST misunderstanding led at the jump, but |
Fanny was first at the quarterpole, and was first |
from that time out. Through the first mile Breckn-
ridge was second, Yaretd third, and Endorser last
Going into the second mile Endorser took the third
place from VarietG and little further on took the
second place from Breckenridge In this order
they passed through the whole of the second and
third miles, and nearly all of the fourth; Fanny
shooting so far ahead in the back-stretch of the
last mile, that it began to look as if she intended
shortening and sweetening the sport by distancing
all her followers-for competitors of hers they
could not be called Fanny passed the string the
ourth time in 1877; distancing Breckenridge, and
Endorser and Variete barely saving their distance
SECOND HEAT.--Fanny took the lead, and, as
before, kept it all the way through, yariet6 keep
ng the second place and Endorser the third the
Whole four miles offering nothing more than a mar.
owing and widening of the gaps, and Fanny this
line taking things easily and kindly laying back
70 as not TO distance her ambitious pursuers.
Time, s:o22. Variete spanked up this time in the
ina run home, but was unable to catch the yir-
5inia coquette. We should add that the track was
Tefy dusty, as it had been all the week.