New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-21
THE TURF.
TIE .IFRnNE PARK RACEs.

OF the fntlteO ttttdh WHO hNt' l. h E"J
career by Grassy rf and bushy chimp y Inland valley
and forest an earthly type OF his own triumphant round
tbrouch fields % ethereal bue AMI starry ways and must
love to look upon them for spurnng cloud ana mist that
tbeatenSI 10 W. 1 M S r ne "a a., fT rc SycTy
hour and minute 0f ITS Autumn meeting. Rarely even
i1 bouuteous October comes such sUt't , Oh
beautiful days IS last week TIE haze Of indian
has hung with dreamy insoucauce over the hlA
To greet this fine weather where 10 looked the finest
another gay ana brilliant multitude tfonfed 20 JEROME
cart and hugely and hackney coach and in dusty railroad
ear There were bright faIhalred, ard dark raven
uossed ladies. ul Of spirits ana OF hsh si
gentlemen bound in the chains which CUPID h'hg sgy
around them with odOr Of musk aHd tWang OF sun,i
eager with excitement, and low proved betng nem'
with keen snaly eyes, and large baSk Aeus s On
The club stand the fashionable, pr cttHtAe, Oh 'r
grand stand the fashionable, ordinary Niuso Tip ~
The American Jockey Club; ON The pinlc sl;lnu w Z
fortunes and habits: thrOnling the qartclstretch and
around the pool stand the betting cass sei @
men Of wealth and rcspectabt{"i men Oh Waih ahu
respectablity, of men with small purses whth they
hope to make grcaterby ganohhs' Oh men WIN iaino
who invest In the pools with caution and after seWd
calculation, of men who place then money mere rs
upon the turn of Whee, seeking Ohy eNeIenl'It'
snd Of who believe betting TO be wrong hut are ne
guided into it by the vision OF money coined by the mo
the nations finances and administer her laws come 10
sc horses do their work nODly and well as ever point
rams dd BEFORE the races cOhleuC sISte ls ne
crowd Of familiar faces around Dr. UnderWOods
and the held are put up loI sae ia ny ed9HSNo G
The first for the day IS one 81 the kiu rendered
gloomy and ominous Of death 10y Tuesdays sad isha
aud at every attempt 10 sell poo upon Is lnet ~
lsScs from Who though undcClStJmcd 10 view NE
field for the cavincs OF a capetkncht, ana OF ma
ieral not over sorupnous III most matters ycI JUN
from them the thought Of money Won from death lhsls
sands ON the other OF the dav, the hurdle race
there public betting. The victory might oe decided
by the death Jockey. and do NOT 70 cOuut
@enoe s n lGvc he horses entered andweshed
he nh %
that another race would have been substituted Tor TINS
Eyen as n was proposition level the hurdles and
thus make il running race considered but general
agreement could not he reached y compromise was
however effected in the construction OF the hurdles.
In comparison with those Of Tuesday, they were slight
and fran. II they had been OF "a stern stun the
clumsy Ripley must have gone down and II is not
unlikely, h;Ne brought his rider 70 grief As IL was,
everything went oil happily, hurdles were Knocked
down al HJdua by awkward jumpers, ana the
favoYie won The victory Of No over Redwing in the
mile dash disappointed many connolSsenrs, nut
the defeat of Onward IN the Great National Handicap,
when the odds to one beus against all his COM
Iettors was he principal theme OF s"hi3e Aier Is
sdered strange. and not remarkably humane tnat ne
should he started in four mile IL proved entirely
too much for HIM AZ the END or three mlIes ms sdl"P
was canter, at the finish OF NAH more tle cdhltI
was hObble IL only his utter breaking down that
saved MorI1ssey VINO rs 'HgteJ ear eI ana Ilut t
unable 70 last the four miles This ended the races Tor
abe week Below is detailed account 81 the iOu events
of the day;
Pie first eve' Of The sports OF the day was the hurdle
Race Notwithstanding the unfortunate accident aud
death OF the first day Of the meeting occurring III the hn
that day, there the interest eNnced 10
this hazardous has always been the case ana al
ways VIII be- until humanity no longer has the courage
Ia Venture and love Of seeing the dangerous At the
hurdle there six entries and now. at tins one,
there eight. Riders were not deferred from mount
ing owners OF horses from entering and starting nor the
public from attending to witness the fearful sport
The numbers the course were marked ny
If larger than on the first day. danger and death
nOthing either arrest riders or spectators nom
sharing in and viewing spectacle, which is all the more
rNctne and attractive because is perics. But good
sense on this diminished the daneer-all that
ca as gO fTee were mSSe d Ec s GS & s
mud Ndted over very spaTingy with green h0ughs in
decd hnly that the boards could be seen through
plainly Slight in themselves they we're slightly posted
and thus were well fjted to 60 down easily If struck
This concession 10 the feeling Of Revision which
ON the death Of poor Cassidy There was another
foll any pools on IT. and when lie tried TO DO 50 misses
arrested his voice with good sense, he dessied To
DfIer sell duty, hut he cOnented himself with
snere attempt ~ us performance me great mass le
That ought not nSa public diicltOn-!kC manner
feneenlate ID race Where ne was 70 DC Ialueu am
3he danger OF these hurdle races Last year jerome
eaTb, there two falls one Of which was made by
LOl St0uSht0h III lOht OF he sIthI ~lal Mhele ueitn
would have been horror witnessed AMI known on the
sthere was bad fall at Paterson. AT Saratoga.
IN August, at the Summer races there, Gahney
bad leaperl and made marvellous escape from death
Al the Fall meeting at Paterson this year Pepper got
fan and made equally wonderful escape. Yet this
sSaiu In the race on stnIday boti Peppef and Caney
mounted and Oh the very horses from which they
had ffaen OH the occasions named. Though death IN
iuay for day produce feeling Of opposition,
yet results show sat the popular ana the risks
will readily be run. In Saturday it proposed
To level the hurdles and let the horses leap them nat hut
riders and owners Of horses gong opposed and the
attempt was abandoned IN me rae er@g "G ItI,a
then SifOlg horse rOUd hare gone dozen, GHd
.orchaice. horse Gd his ride rOUd haze been Ecd
Three Of the hurdles were knocked down In the first mile
and 50 all the horses ran PeTe MAJ race IN e second
The horses were coming 70 That Last one ana he leNeed
that and the lot made hat racing OF the whole second
mile except Red Dick
there was indicated Tint Cen Williams ana
Mnllamss late performances had gwen MN much
character Julius, winner OF the hurdle OF The hrs day
was drawn and left the field TO the old stages Red
Dick was thought little Of He had Won capital hurdle
at Cincinnati IN June last but in his various start
ings in the East had never Aud yet his capital per
formance tins occasion showed that nothing mad
Gen. Williams Tycoon, Zgzag cara, secaucus. and Rip
ley Tycoon quite dark horse. hut proved himself
a good one SecaucIs and Ripley were green ones and
proved that al present they had no call for public show
~ hurdllng The lot sc[ away very snelIy ~gl.g
Williams They got over me first hurdle nicely
He smashed into it and it went down Nat. All over it,
Tycoon lay third and Red Dick fourth with lara and the
others tailed of In tlds order they went The second
well together took this second hurdle together gay and
high In the air Tycoon il alone and the splendid
manner in which lac fenced showed him the prince Of
leapes. Then came that fell apper ourdes Red Dic k
and as he went over alone one could sre now he would
leap. He of course. his Won't gave II dash. He
always does but ne never falls, The top rail went down
IefOre bn. When Ripley. who lay iasiig9i a. II ne
snshed what Dick had le and the second hurdle lay fat
the ground. Around the buh or the reverse curve
Williams took Up The running and he headed Lgzag Who
slid his wOned foot With this change the
Got went to the third hurdle. in the middle Of the
Gar curve. Tycoon had rounded the curve, crept up
little nearer. aud with the two leaders got over nearly
together. Ped Dick next and m the distance
seemed for wonder Co clear But when Ripley, al
Ihe tail, came mp he went crash through The fence and
fhe third hurdle Hat with the ground Getting into
lhe straight home finishing the hrs mile. Ilzzdg
brushed past Williams and tie two made nice run down
she stretch the fOurt hurdle al the sout end Of the
grand stand They sailed over il capitay. ~ dill tycoon
,nnd also Red Dck who mad fast been getting nearer Ill
zrg and Williams For a wonder all leaped this fourth