New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-06
fares with the foreigner who spos Jersey man. or play
eth capers in We public place.


the custody OF Jersey sagemen mindful Of their half dollars
and glad that there was law No ganingtabes nor monte
stoppages diverted verdant people Within there was most
sance but few leading turf people were pres
emit We noticed the Hon. Zeb Ward Of Kentucky Ben.
Bruce OF Lexington Price McGrath of New Orleans J.
Read OF New York. and Col Mcdaniel Of Richmond va
The only equpage attracting much attention was the four
horse draw Of Leonard Jerome Underwood, the pool
maker had next to the judges where he decaimed
constantly and cheery This gentleman simply takes bets on
the horses Jumps them gives them to the winner and
shayes the pool per cent He made $1,000 week or two
ago by this simple system Of banking and brokerage.
THE FIRST RACE.
Prior ~ the Derby which was the great attraction spirited
and encontesed race was run between four horses for
premum of $3.50 The favorite beautiful bay called
Arcos but owing to splendid management OF negro
Malone who rode Richmond the latter horse won the As
two heats in 52 and S. though the shortest neat was won
by Arcoa in l.5 The latter ridden bylLtteohn VINO
rode for Ten Brock in England
The track was very heavy, and OF one time ram iel
Nothing serious and the great event Of tue
day came duly on.
TIE DERBY RACE.
Now the bugIe brays vigorously and into tpe aeA
come through the wickets all Of nags with poiu
sion OF Jockeys little and big in hight color whose "hP'
hang in reserve switching bat little and whose skneaps
give them sembance of armed knights cut down 10 '
half she'll The grooms ate quite busy with walking THESE
nags TO and fro as they wanted them by much pacing 70
come 10 the true conempatye spirit and understand directly
that they acquire resouteness and discreon ine
carry % the saddles the judges stand to be weighed anu
very trng saddles they about large enough 10 give
perch Barbay monkey while the judges ana tne Jockey!
look grave as Autumn riding hreeyear Odds were indeed
the sunn Jonn Of life. As for the themselves they
are TO the fully developed horse very much what puppies when
subsist on new milk and fall eapetacks are 10 tue
fully-deyeoped dogs They hollow fanked ana seem
sliced across the rump and there is magnificent fingh
about them which older beasts would indicate snoepegs
in the oats They have got speed doubt but the perspec
tive of oweracks and ana uey seem
to look through Unfortunately great eyes, though when you
leave out their upper bodies and glance at their Keen nbe
limbs you see reason for speed Limbs that bend Ike rattan
vet amped of brass and shod with feet that nave
the perch OF the deers lifting aud falling like your dancing
masters they could walk paper yet saye In tAe very
crust Of the world.
is brighter in the sky when they appear and the breahngs
that YOU take are more genial and There is an in
creased hum and buse aud about STAND
though the pools of small consequence not averaging
above fifty hundred each still Underwood carries on hs
trade yoeilerousy and full of cheerful badinagei
Now gentlemen who Is for the next pooi You CT! youi
wager and choose your orse =
Seventy dollars gentleman with barred orange
pauaoons ribbed Russian leather boots velvet sack and
bat sastdousy decorated Grape in of nobody
Seventy dollars p says Mr. Underworld and who comes
nextP
Of whose white hairs tell the secret OF his nroer
sprneing he H. like old playing high comedy but
the crows perched around his these % years
OHg s25 says Mr. Understood and niue osses In the
field And who Is nextr
This bronchial person Of much WEAKNESS OF address,
who betting against eternity which has perPe'uay
swinded him lie has HE arms folded like man prepared
for any reverse though his gold very massive and he
says feebly;
"Fifteen dollars :"
So they cry out the sums they wage and the gentle
man who all has infinite graciousness ana
humor which would make ruin soca and suicide ite AFTER
native.
Again the buele blows again and the horses ranging
themselves against the half mile post far across the track
whittier they are followed by anxious opera glasses while the
cries ring out successfully
! "A hundred to forty on Alexauders stable"
"Twenty TO fifty Ulrica wins it,
"Ten 10 fifty on Lapwing"
Even that Lapwing comes in third r.
1t far around the track yet the cluster OF gay
Jackets aud to aud fro with the nags
that they may induced keep well together SO as TO make
annch start The beautiful and favorite sorres Of Alex
ander with Merrill the admired Obeyng their jockeys SO
dutfuy stand to bit like ardor Christiahized while
Urcas light bay looks black the distance and Remoe
v-iyIng his name, is frolcsome aud full OF nre
Covering they only point in the eye hardly feels
what energies gay and moving glimpse contains of things
for moment only subject which shall directly fash into
dous with motion Among them all the ebony face of Maones
to whom the recent Of victory brought exnaon
he cleared the stand with Richmond rests stody obyous
regard rocking forward in bis tiny saddle regardfnl only
nag Merrill that he strides AS this aud these dumped
unduaons together moving against the dark green
foliage make the eyes painful TO note them there all at once
great and absence three abreast and three others in
long following trail. and three again In separate Sc
ries further behind they clear the half pole like foruiy
shadows and like silent phantoms round the turn
every rider hollow neck and head thrust dakngy for
ward and eyes yet invisible but whose balls feel to be
rolled up poised apprehension and knees turned tightly in
and spurs hinged eyesshes In and closing up and
ceding blood and pluck aud silence driving every
sranng thing they sweep down the home in the
splendid exutaon Of release heap Of pumages and hoo
till they dercer hear the long seconds Of
and the white eyebals OF
aud eeds till they ding themselves the judges stand
like confused and rapid neutrality-suspicious. and life and
| fire
| SECOND HALF-MLE
II was Enchanress that crossed first maintaining the
lead beginning with Urca at her neck aud Merrill
ridden like death by Malone her middle Remore Lap
wing at her faux Satnsone Watson King Lear and Hard
| Tack thinning off,
So round the third quarter they CO. 10 less focazaon,
wearyng away at trail but the four greater energies
holding yet well together Enchantres head Just protrudng
beyond sorres and Remorse and Urea hurled
together ffusng their souls make victory They
make mile shadowy echoess before till Remore
with great spring the place Enchantress falling
desperately third and held hard by Urca and thus they
make the sharp OF the sixth quarter and umbDg
| down the Home Stretch
THE HOME STRETCH.
We only these FIVE all bright and gaoping. with strides
that again of long and powerful audibily. Again the
Jockeys bending the spurs hard set the whips raised the
riders rocking assistants in propulsion and oil the reins
cruelty urging to more tremendous effort They reel but IL