New-York tribune., 1867-05-27
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE TURF

-, ts..iruiue- oyery available hack, 1aiolrlc, farm
tire r4r aud dIay, engaged to carry tu,r '"f'uth OF
,,~u,r. son into Wc,chcstcr County fH' Epson u.s.
1,ad1. u4 the great national running d.r and Ion
j,tbsu rl0tv as Epson.
II N.v-i1rA were Paris aud FRIDAY h,l been t't
occasion OBJ. tine great run at Chantilly thc Jerome 'o'
would l,ro been relatively exactly what . 7's t' -.
f.,tof o.. select OF the metropolis v. have -i'i'
jIs Tendencies and many of the lc-ulcF p'e "' "
over cone, ,rncd IN equine competitions I'''h' "c N
uf The p.c)v race, is q good four hours ".'r .'''
london aul it is the most democratic OF lIi A"-''.
agscc4a.Jus the great racing day IAoH '"' -'''"'
s,p,rcl business OH the one side and the inhfic i'"
i on te other, is forgotten by the British eHieh'S,7 i'
their common affinity fOr the beauty ana h''e % V'
national breed OF colts The drive To the race Is ''"o"
by au happy painful spectacies-DcSS'' "''H.''
bluk,m cp-eysin ruanism; law ~ forgotten ana the
,,,t, t,v themselves INTO their natural habits and
misunderstanding TO stranger the wonderful anomaly
Of the dense island OF which the Derby Is the national
s,ct,clcs shamelesness and pride avaiice and woe,
patriotism and apostacy
Giant 49, like EPSON, is too far from Paris for mere
afternoon, visit aud return Ii is cosy French village,
b,tstug the largest stable, edfce, the world
ta prone, the great family of Condo M0ntmOrcncy
and th stable has been rented for many years by Lord
(owleY the English ambassador, who with that love for
nigs groOmS, and lackeys that is English gentle
mans boast has made the town population of jockeys,
and attracted to it the great horse fancier, OF France
You approach Epson by beautiful rural duve Of %
miles villages and messy landscapes all around the way;
md 5000 pedestrians every year make the walk thther
md return without finchng You approach Chan
Ully over a rolling country, thnly wooded,
fun OF bright yistaS OF vineyard and cOpsc,
never on Of sight of a blmet a church spire The
track at Epson mere heath, covered with furze and
Drsmble-One OF those English commons that, by some
long custom is without an owner all the neghboruc
Villagers pasture their upon il. IL is turftrack
mado by sodding the feet deep with cut sods
I,o,f f..loe hold zfin
nor sinking; the buildings around il are common
enough unseemiy sheds afOrdlng view merely
without comfort within elegance as seen eXteuory
For a dty thc Common is a marvel OF vagaboudage and
aristOcrati, picnckng; then it subsidies into humid
plain like the Field Of the Cloth Of Gold when the mon
archs gone and he must have vivid fancy who can
people it again with the motley hundred thousand that
sncampcj upon il for a day.
Chanti''y. also plain, supplied with commonplace
lookout boxes and the Bois dc BOlognc It's companion
rdcerack a fiat, cleared space, merely in the Central
Park of Paris
Jerome PARK as an architecture and institution is
the racing ground the world IL does not merely
take prominence the site Of an annual trial OF speed
between the most valuable and most representative
classes OF American nagS but il is the cOmleesi club
house and park for hOrsemen in the world Let MS to
view # properly, 20 back to Friday, and take team to
behold the spirited and exciting yet there
on TIE ROAD.
The 90 livery stables OF the Metropolis all in
furry They Furnishing Zip the brightest and newest
harness aud examining the fetlocs and hoofs Of the
al once from 50 to 100 per cent sl2 is common charge
FOR turn out, ana there sccms TO he doubt that any
There a laws il is true prescribing the tariff
Sr na;r ana ,vayon. b1f these are ONLY uDtfc2 laws
Inade 70 show that there is shadow of commonwealth
about and no more upheld than the roof OF the Aead
emy of H-sic is upheld 10y its StralnnS carytides NOu
rs1 hire wagon for fonr in Paris 10 20 anywhere
within the mathematical horizon for 30 cents AN hour
hsGRGsy Hs c3b nt NewYorE in these respects makes
rules but eXpediency, and when they are made her
tSaa' th5m WHO 'i'' O -' ''-i' ''' '''D' ''r '''
spotted dog with eye look at You who ask 10 make
use OF his stock with only one large ana Scared ear ana
Bull. you diy! stop itching yourself Then he fan,
Bud yourself OF no regard than Professor Peppers
ghost that can he looked through m -
Can you let me hire carIiage?" you say with mani
The liver man walks with sudden and resoluc stride
10 the spotted dog Snacks his chops and opens his jaws
with extraordinary slciSht OF hand and energy He
selects one tooth removed and peers at with great
Bull. YOU divir he says "hold stin while examine
am IN want Of carriage and pair, Sir Pray may
swIfty and severely the verymans assistant projects
Dne suspicious and transfXing glance toward you He
TO behold in you horsethef ana an uhreiiD!e
DO Eaow!' he CALCULATES "hOsses ont. Keepin' the
Here he wrenches the spotted dogs jaws wide open
That interesting commercial sooptgeOn hoWls with
ST say. Sir, g. accommodate me if you can"
, With kick to the spotted dog, and visual knock.
down 10 yourself the livery stabemans hret assistant
rails upon Ben the hoser 10 II the roam blues are nj
from Their stalls and submit to bucklng mp and then
Inc first assistant still surveying the spotted dog as
hat animal were presently 10 indulge little business
hydrOphObia, says 10 you III sort Of deieiehtai asde'
3 Fifteen dollars"
presently YOU being dragged BrOadw1y with that
fatng CELEBRITY for which the metropolitan Jehu y IA
t1ons The dSv will come in New-York transactions
when must take letter OF introduction 70 ms
The ac9uaintance Of a livery stableman through his
rotherinIaw before be permitted to pay Slj an
hour for a cab
CITY AND PARK IN ROUTE.
From Madison-square the great Metropolitan drive be
e1ns the only drive that NewYOrker can take with
oasciousness that he is behodiug ms own faherland
Long Island has one delightful route for afternoon
rot and the wav toward Paterson makes day IN New
Jersey toerabc when the are IN season but Hpm
bIadisOnsquare all monumental suggestions arse as you
Hotel lie against the blueneSs Of the sky, ana straight
before you reaches in long unduatons the nODeS avenue
OF private residences IN the world lhfOnpdDe 70 are
stber the stretches Of London Pccadily, or the Lung
Arno AZ Florence, which the teams 60 ~ procession 70
fronts 90 like the supeIest republican palaces, unity
md variety together alike In Their general architcce
vet within that rule admitting all noble competition of
Details and there glimpses through the intricate
purity OF the window laccs Of ladies' who are worthy
Ui the rch inheritances a generation OF mer
chants shall give them the daughters Oh
who, however embIttered on dOnDuui INC rapid
processes their enrichment have never failed 10 M
teectuaze their families, and these y0u may see upon
the sidewalk saunering, riding Oh the highway per
feet specimens Of the metropolitan girl, delicate OF eye
and hue yet ripe with health and ia her carriage very
Venetian. full Of all ded graces and placid eoquetres
There is scarcely house between the avenue ana the
Park that has not some social romance, showing the mar
velous progress Of Sew-York society toward organiza
suggestive Of some great class Of men ana wo
that city those cosmopolitan contrasts round
Grave ana homey, rs If the face failed to keep rs
mobility however the blood bad esen s moe.teo m tie