New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-06
THE TURF.
The American Derby mt Paterson.


now 1T CONTRASTS WITH THE BRITISH DERBY
The Sweepstakes race for Three Years old horses,
which eame OF at Patterson yesterday has been
ambtiously called by its patronler The American peroy
That this name appropriate the Is scarcely per
cepibe to sangune attendants The BRUSH DERBY
national festival where the animal appetes oil tue bsh
people find meat and their traditional mercenary propenses
opuortuntv The popular In this country are other
wise interested follow conflict OF opinions with more
ardor than match with horses aud bet largest piles
upon the result Of an election While is said that we are
yery practical nation devoted to pageants OF how
ever great antiquity and reyerent to no amusing
tense thst we are not quite foolish out
in great occasions which have possible historic
which though they may be venerable abroad
would be gross here and also have very ques
,onabe social Our ancestor we're not ioxhuners
nor bar umpes They did not make solemn entry OF their
colts little while after ioaiug, dePOsng at the sane time
$50 that three years subsequently by dgen training they
might run them mile and half for sweepstake Ihey
fed them on grass fodder put them to pow and when
occasion required AFTER the Of Israel Putnam turned
them directly OF the pillow into the cavalry service and
rode of TO the defense Of the country
SOCIAL ATTENDANCE At TIE AMTRIcAS DERBY.
This is not said to the ement Paterson
which are very wen sd which yesterday In part
cula attended by most orderly and obging popuace
attendance smanot beyond three thousand
and showed very little interest under the best ecum
stances attend a really ambitious horserace In America
worthy Of remark that the horserace never became
popular In France Til the desperate Government Of Louis
Napoleon bauguraed with bastard adventures like the
Duke Morny Court iayoes; and IL Is also extraordi
nary that with greater rowdy" element in America than 10
possessed by any nation the globe these same rowdies
able natioDaze Of their generic amuse
mens While Baseball and Billiards recognized over
the entire Republic Prize Fighting advantagng itself of
tremendous national eeryescenee became insignificant with
Heena. the transportation of Mr. Ten Brooks
stable England took hatful OF Americans to see
them beaten
therefore idle TO expect great animal Derby Race TO
be established Immediately In the envircns Of SewYork
The British Derby a antiquity OF at least 20
The heeredoI OF May anniversaries can gather
greater than the IS entries the Paterson track and
the very Of the OF this particular being i'm
ported shows how little essential nationality the fiat race
has In this country We read the British accounts OF their
and Epson meetings read Of the celebration Of the
Emperors Fete the Roman Carnival the Wedding Of the
Adratio Venice Bot T2s London Spectators OF
years Derby copied In bali the newspapers OF America
shows how public deprecates the rendexrousng OF
great capital around horse.rraek
TRoTTIsG AND RUNNING RACES.
Prevsng again. that these remarks do no.
repoach the friends Of the Paterson Races who behaved
yesterday eIcesny and who enjoyed very nationally
the closely and exciting heats which marked
races further useful analogy betw the
British Derby aud ts American imitation may be instituted
In this country in point Of equine education nation
oftoter We train best matching animals TO take the
gait upon the track upon the hlghroad and
trong naas attained Of speed qualed by 10
the world England the system Of running has lsng
been vogue rival ofrong and running have
here adhercnts Of much ardor Long Island the rendezvous
OF the rotters and they vigorous opponents Of the
Paterson and Hoboken where horses almost
altogether But Long Island the looseness Of the law the
proximity Of base people and the svarce Of tho turmon
fha Tuion "a
thmble iigger the tandems Of cypran and the hanude
spectacles Of the Chariot while Paterson the
moved situation the better discretion OF the sporting people
and the rigid enforcement o. NewJeey laws by the Junus
Bruises Of that classic peninsula have made day at the
races there peasurable and secure
LONG ISLAND TRACKS VERSUS PATERSON.
Compared to yesterdays poteaess and sobrety.
orgies Long Island that remember absolute de
riums tho shr Of unsexed replying to the
coarse and public endearmens Of who could live
not base; the Babel Of curses that ike a
waterspout when Numbered the nome stretch
and the horrible congregation Of destitute and abused faces
In whose shadows the sickness and geneness of
passed like beauty down the SHAMELESS
Whichever system may be the best therefore the
have the certificate character They made of Yesterday
superb entertainment and to this shall after minute
THE SCENE AT PATTERSON.
Paterson excellent site for great than EPSON
II only fifteen miles from NewYork and EPSON Downs
eighteen from London The panorama Paterson scarcely
extensive but the country very fresh the vicinity
natural elements which make day the track pictorial
Two miles away. the beautiful cataract within 300
miles Of NewYork umbes into peculiarly wild and pro-
found valley river to which the Upper Thames is not com
parable close to the road between ana the
track almost the entire distance The track itself
made Of turf as at Epson, shelving inward
but Is track Of clay carefully laid and graded !
and makes part c the side of bold range o wooded hills
with apple orchards rocks and oaks and there
further ysas Of other aud holder hills which make the
from Abe track enclosure quito retired and sylvan No
sprtuous liquors sold within without the place The
Jersey police lively with hope OF captone vandas
for whom they have donIon aud iueorapble Judges III