New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-22
man 10 Jockey, r,it not profession Of brnns' Must

not man be born for 1T Perhaps, after oil, ambition s
wrong in suggesting superior calling The poet nay
pv Die Jockey but did il ever TO the poet that le
Jockey ps him and wonders why be Is allowed 70 "as0
nlpef that might DO devoted 10 the tracing OF fyul
lriesl Is not mans opinion and Vo9 as b"u,i
as auOthcrsl My own beau ideal Of beauty grow s HI
in tho presence Of these fayoucs OF the coEI' .j
Emerson appeared on the track, who voai ny ~, tb
TO look az him Had he been pointed OUT Wou- ~ s
CIV have been" Who, Tmers0nP And then we tak oi
fmc! Why Kentucky and Arcoa uIo Iols hii
than the Concord Seer though Concord n'! w. 90 obn
it. Emerson would have passed unhecu,u NV Nv, - o o
Morssey He was the bright, particular s'al "r 5otS
upon him with feelings akin to venei&io1; 49, no" Tu
man who whipped Heenan NH2 III u'9 ',,S
nose in the manly at Of pounding 70 Jti uuuuh OeuB
who never lad done him an injury ~. ne WHIPS no
more That stalwart frame encased III wen auoTe,
those rounded shoulders tell Of 10 recent framing Ho
hos retired from the ring and become banker MOTlssey
is rich and Saratoga Ieloices over nun Inc n9"s-
- y,oo-d his biography, and draw
G % moral nockct handkerchief and she'd highly moral
tor at the overrowcrnG thought Of how he rich man,
spnorts his own father and mother in ailuence IL Is
meet that reporters should herald this unparalleled fact
Had not Morissey been przehshter and banker, ne
could not have done this thing Do you not see the osi-
cal concluionl Let all rising young men GO and do IKE
wise and the world will slap them an the back, saying
"wcU douer A grateful community will send Morssey
to Washington and then Congress viii have gained l5
nObest laures Standing on that aceGouse surrounded
by gentlemen sportsmcn, consulted by al, umpire among
many power 3,t and hvucd upon, John MouiNsey was
head and shoulders above hem IN more ways than one.
III Congress he will represent their interests i more aDy
than they could represent themselves.
THE RACE TO THE SWIFT.
Then there were the horses. I never looked at them
that bpcds did grow more aud more innh until
rr,vi ,erv urcof Portable at being one of them. IL
scented to me races would be infinitely liner horses ana
not human beings had the entire management Inc ony
beasts on the turf stood Oh two legs IL y SAD that The
horses obliged TO keep such Inferior company Ina,
magnificent looking creature, "OnWad, mH! TOOK al
hearts by storm ana when be b0l'cd we h for the tine
being rs though lie were not wotu ne hVint' my
money lost in consequence would have paid good share
Of tho National debt Verify horses arr un-si'oe prop
eTty-amost as uncertain a. n5sciS were Deioo 'he
war % -,
Huric-raccs too are a charming excitement. SO long
as We cannot have bull fights M Amerci ~ Is WEI, Soi
thing should in a measure, take their place ohy mo
riders come 10 grief which comfort To Dc sure az
Saraoga no one killed, and certain lookes-oh let
highly aggreycd-thcy had hardly got their money 5
WORTH but two riders were severely injured anu ts Was
a SLIGHT compensation for great expectations.
II is well that Americans are becoming interested IN Tue
raising of fno stock. Would II not be advantageous 10
The country if equal attention paid 10 the rearing Of
men and wOmcnl At Saratoga there were many more
thoroughbred horses than there wee thoroughbred human
mace with the ecnns cgusf filyhyc thousand dollars
was once offered for celebrated stallion HOW lnslg-
ni6cant is when compared with these htue'! lie
can be bought Tor very much css--"heh nc can DC
You should have heard ;he betting. Il vas epidemic
Mon women and children wore attacked with equal vru
lence and even the state Of the weather became matter
Of speculation. "Pl bet you was The everlasting t.
frain But why dwell longer on this subject, when you
have so racy correspondent Sill on the neld ucssli
but hst let me ask you why the rquenters Of Saratoga
arc comparatively speaking inferior 10 those OF Newport
L. the mental effort too great Tor August weather should
you ask for solution would answer would tell yo
Because at Saratoga they do bet aud at Newport they DO
better pause for congratulations
NEWPORT.
B,ysoous n nos ,qonfoAs There ere those. too who
will tell you that Newport is not what il which
is true enough in sense, but the vacuum IL not such
as nature abhorS. Take 2OO0O wealthy AmeritaGs 70
Europe as the steamers have DONE aud there viii be
very peceptblc decrease the number of visitors to
watering places. Then, again, people haze been eau
TONED against seaside resorts being good localities fr
cio 90 HI %
Now York. Notwithstanding the fact that during the past
month there has not been single death IA population
of 1900 Inhabitants People do Occasionally die here Of
disease, however, not ~ all common elseWhefe-oid
age. You cannot take walk without meeting
your eye never before galed upon, and you viii
see seated side by side at open windows wonderful Ola
Darbys and Joans that look as though lacy might have
listened 70 Dean Berkeley, ana dahdid htbcit stuart
on their knees But whisper abroad scandal aud
butterflies will give heco The gaay cnlorng OF tle
avenues is so far thing OF le past IL tact Tor two
seasons Newport has not been able Ia boat OF the dash
and st,e which made Il uOus three and fou rcals ago
Then there were bellies here who hvod 10 st4nlt ue
ttartled there were numtsriess four-nhands, some
driven by ladies, there tun-ous extraordinary WIN
of Wigs there balls at the Ocean House. where rt
beauties divided the honola OF the longest possible
Germans" there mammoth pic-nics 10 which The
I bcgu monde went on the tops OF English drags
"Our gay days we're then then"
Those bellies have crossed the water those leanx, have
ollowed-at least of tnen--o;heis have deserted
I
Newport none the less be"trhnt I" P'o2G WIZ ,3ne
here for the purpose getting ogt Of whItit has n r0
The air is iust A. wonderfully pure and delicious, TIE
bathing gOriing the appetite rs enoinuus ire
drives charming the boating ss excellent ana the ish
ing inviting. The co;taees art a. happy IS ever ana
it cottage life that rules here. 30 TO he hotels Tor e
purpose Of being by crowd and amused by such
characters as Curtis pat ini0 his Pot har Papers, and
sbould Won have brought Saratoga trunks you will lind
yourself Ike the last Of Summer, efi blooming clOne
Either the fools all dead, has been Sdid before
thew have gone 10 Europe Certainly lew have yet ap-
7,aared and | say N with tears IN ewes, vii hout
them 0tbellos occupations gone On them " Our Own
depcnd for feast OF reason The Ocean House ~ dTcary
pile Of emptiness. few men tlt Their chairs on the
front piazza, aud put their feet oyer the railing
few more walk up and down with their hands thrust,
looking ST AZ the north end Of the corridor, listen
ing alphabetically 10 music three times day. Mrs. Grndy
positively wetehed al the absence OIL gossip Even BECKY
Sharp would not care 10 invite her tchdS mp stairs 10
abuse the company OF there always represen
tative types There Is the dSconsoaie woman, WHO
wears soitaires aud bracelets, the thianest OF white
musns sts in drafts catches cod and declares that
the climate of Newport rs the worst in Ee world there
is the mother who feeds her children on hotel pastry
instead of mud pies dresses the poor little chalky things
in blue silk dresses and blue kid boots and whips them
they dare TO play ON the grass There 49, 100 Inc young
lady with the warp waist and acuiey1ngled elbows who
goes about 20 remind that iedluy and wonder
fully made We blush for those Old Greek scupors whose
ideals Of female beauty were embodied IN such monstosi
ties the Venus OF Milo and the Venus di Mcdc Mons
ar0Bs chdHgf tout ceid NOwad days there Is Wdsf Of
ran material Where the vital organs put away, what
becomes of the ribs, how breath kept the body and
in what way blood cTculaes Questions which only the
initiated waist ia proportion 10 the rest Of
the body decidedly vulgar and ugly and Is time that
artists select Of their models om fashion plates Let them
look 10 it.
The Late Dr.. Observation-Disclosures OF bis
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