The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-02
THE JOCKEY CLUB.
SECOND DAYS SPORT.
THE ROAD, THE RAIL AND THE RIVER.
Brilliant Assemblage in the Ladies' and
Grand Stands.
Great Excitement During the
Running.
-Four Rasss yrstsrday-.-.Ths Favsritcs tho
6tarisr,.. tho Betting and tho Winners.
Ac. Ae. &c.

scarcely done wise IN ing IN deferng TOO much TO thu
weather; for the ind iom the northeast and the
clouds looked ominous Later in tho day. and towards
tho hour at which the excursionss from the city pro-
posed TO start the horizon grew brighter and sporting
mon looked confidently forward TO brilliant meeting
swoud be unfair TO expect that Fordham should in
briiancy or importance with EPSON or Longchamps
from sporting standpoint for racing in America
10 still in It's teens but in the matter Of fashion
Abo attendance young Jockey Club may com
pare not unavoraby with that presided over by
the achydermatous Admiral Rous The first gathering
OF the American Club has been extremely auspcious up
to the present. aud the best results both regards the
breeding and keeping OF horses and the elevation or
horse.racing into scientific and national Sport, may
confidently be expected 10 accrue from rs establish
mont.
GOING TO THE RAcTs--THE ROAD, RAIL AND THE RIVER
People setting on for race pretty generally re-
gard those who obliged stay at home with the
feeling Of lofty compassion with which David Cop
perdcId degncd 10 consider the shopman when ne was
going TO be married In boisterous cockneydom tnis
feeling finds expression in ''chad which is distributed
with rigid importantly between the nobs and the
snobs 10 the throwing Of -four into the
eyes or pedestrians, in the wearing Of wooden
dolls in the hatband and In various other sbsurdtes
which, on any other but day. would be considered
suc;ent ground for an ncontinent commission de lima
fco people have not yet reached this sublime
height enjoyment and the going TO the races al Ford
band q ~ a :sfoia: sTas asiasas the genial Sim
Leland and others were fooled brskly bearSs precious
round their hats and velvet coats Of irreproachabe
make and texture Appended TO their buttonhocs APP
peared the medsl denoting membership Of the
club, aud bearing It's neat monogram, composed OF
. horseshoe, stirrups and whip Sporting pantaoons a.
pantsoons that very tight in some places and very
altoro traat
also de rigesr and dogsn gloves, colored scars and
6cots showing graceful compromise between strength
eqaasans but hundreds Of teams and sporting wagons
the pride OF the surrounding villages which were driven
at true sporting speed with the view Of inspiring terror
In the hearts OF all competitors.
BY water the chief visitors TO the course were
families which patronized the family stand, and al
Ways supported during the day BY the contents s,a
a. rule disdained 10 waste their time on the tedious
boats and made Cor the steam cars at Twenty sixth and
Forty streets In these they smoked till literally
all bac, and bcied the races Of the day with
philosoptic caEness beautiful 70 behold There were
ossass TIE sports adsss sea &c sns
OF dressesfrom the gentelnanly gray 10 the snobbsh
bright brown When will people learn the fact that blue
GOATS with brass buttons bright brown vests and pana
looms patent leather boots with white CATERS felt hat
turned one eye BIG cigar In the extreme corner Of
areas Thew who follow the sss" perhaps looked
neAtcst and best They all have heavy blue coats
and heavy brown compilations utterly regardless Of the
sods Happy sailors, to whom the "gentiemans maya
zine Of fashion" stranger There were people At the
races yesterday who seemed 70 study nothing else.
Fancy how great calamity would be for that exquisite
In lcmon colored kid gloves 70 have pimpe NJ the
end OF his nose But be is an adept In the art OF making
mp and would conceal Il turn u from bemsh into
beauty see his whisxe Dyed for the roots are ~
red the false color in his cousin scarIatna's
cheeks. and " those teeth don't pass their
nights on his looking glars, much mistaken. Nov
what must be the feeling of such Al night, when
ne divess himself OF his borrowed plumsge and admits
hat ha has n,
miraton under false pretenness
ADJUSTMENTS orrsrDv THE COURSE
Gard sharping, dcferentialy infer Is amnse-
mont At all events II 10 the principals IL Is 10 the
outsders evidenced by the crowd around little
deal board on which three cards bearing figures we're
placed Just outside the 81 Fordham yesterday
The genius presiding this hakey erection seemed 70
have quite peculiar process OF arriving at nmericsl
result Arithmeuc isn't the word; II Was something
much more brilliant and dazzling than The efforts Of
the calculating boy This IL specimen Now, gents,
does Thank you, Seven and five 10 eighteen, and
10 twenty seven, and sx 10 forty two s
end eight is nftysx. and eight again Is seventy. III
trouble you for thirteen dollars and seventynve cents
All this said with such rapidlty, the genius all
the while stunning the cards, that the bcwdered vic
out musmur. and produces the money With . comcsi-
~ wry face Then there was, few PAGES further on,
The itinernt squad o. blind men who ST BY the path
way OF Jones' Wood tine Sunday afternoons and cry
:. hsp tho bhnd in cvery gueruous note in the gsmut
Was tkls amusemcpi' Why, even these poor blind
Old a1dles ehpng away Il comic songs as though
sbsir hearts were mercy a. their laughs we're light.
RXSHksnEST srASDe
outside the courss numerous but scarcely select
Sioas booking ham sapdwiches consisting OF decidedly
mors sandwich than ham, and The inevitable lager beer
s s se, os ' SsSossn sS' bsSsS INSIDE The
sand the refreshments could not reasonably be cheaper
bus = decidedly within The range o. applied se:sc: 70
make them better was here, ~ the onunter thas
iacdsut occurred worth noting During tho rnsh 70 ths
ssaa1 for rsfrsshmsn- Of The interval Ave rssgd
.s:. s. sss bad s s
vess 1rait . 20 TOO nssr 70 The r. eoun,s,
"; ss :es . s., III: .s s. ~ y: s,sa.:
ssa amos c crss Sanss TNs .sndvehss were 81
dvs ss9e city Arabs sculdnt raIsc between them 10
neasA sx,ssmsisly Presently there came along big,
ssss Ssds sassS aoiss on che previous cs Or 81
~ have been naaursy phisnthvcpic but a. AL events
be ssvs Ne sa1ss. of the dirty urchins twenty ave cent?
SacA bgsss lnsle fellow showed The money 70 the
iuie fellow aze smaller and 20 o. until the lead ls,s
n1@ sad moro wsiai s Tn Then ne leader advanced
umosously 70 the bar and addressed We bukecpsr 90
's" would be iss shsn have two ssnds iehss for
avsi Think Of that ladlss ana sssssmen, Who spend
forssass on rich Ihs and saiss and vsivss coats and
Z - the ss fellows dividing sSs TOO sndS.ebss FOR
asuasser among tbem-.mparssslly dvsdlne them, nor
QuArreWng oveS the dvtsinn, ana RoinR away hand ~
band with their appctisss not 1.-THE appensed looking
MP IN wonder and ~ the rusuns silks Of the One
ladies' - they west
Mn LApina' sfsSp
Tue sand specially devoted 10 The U.S. Of the ladies' 10
the company Of members Of the club situated imme.
datsly 5pposts the club stand upon hin Of consider
able height overlooking The most part OF The oourss
Upon dis stand yesterday there were some two or
three hundred ladies' elegantly dressed and Accompanied
Tor the most part by gentlemen whoss connection with
the club secured for them The cvse 70 tAis privileged
pan Of he track Noticeable among the ladies' .sre two
5oausifd Guiana between Of whom and 20 RngfHh.
man convsrntion something like the foiovins
passed -
G-rssn-Yoo have no races I believe, in Cubs,
Mis- xt
LApT-Hc; but Tn devoted V a. asd u 10 such Fun
Sstui wsh thsy had them there, - am soon q
10 back
owrxnAs- VIA . SIGH which might BE- taken for
- ma oosns ovsr 4ess "a trsnsrasas ss,,s a -
sAcss 70 NE We. Lsi,s Isa.ts 70 Cuba And have you