The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-23
4 BRILLIANT DAY At JEROME PARK
An Unusual Display Of Beauty
and Fashion.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE GROUNDS
FOUR RACES on THE LAST DAY.
Blatkbird Wins the Hurdle Race, Earring the
Jockey Club Handicap, Morrisssy the
Two Nile Dash and Redwins
the Selling Premium.

Two Duc Ddkn hn0 ke0WlnS
the Selling Premium.
Great the display Of the nrst two days OF the
summer meeting that Of yesterday may DO considered
far In excess OF anything we have had presented 70 u
yet ON the Jerome Park Course Al the spring meet
ing Of this season there great attendance Of per.
who had gathered with the sole intention Of satisfy
ing themselves whether the grounds equallsd
expectations and the report OF Journalistic The
quence that every discovered that the descrp
ton Of the writer's had been truthful and, therefore,
the Jerome Park Course became established fact and
the public patronsed IL without reserve
The present meeting however, although not held
under suspicious circumstances, equally brilliant
a any that had preceded II. For display Of equip
ages beauty OF ladies' exquisite Of and
the general department Of the assembled multitude no
previous occasion Of the kind had excelsd IL But
especially was this nne display noticed yesterday In
deed the display Of fair women gallant and ono
costumes going 10 make up saudy effect Of loneliness
was far In excess Of anything that Is usually
There present every style Of squipage
from the richest to the most lowly; every style Of
female beauty-blonde brunette or doubtfu-and all
styles Of masculnes, from hdeous passabs In per-
sonal appearance.
on THE WAY
to the race there were moro than the usual scenes or
lveliness In tho first place the number Of visitors
both male and female greatly In excess Of any
thing that has ye been experienced in the railroad
travel towards the Park. Tho excursion by
equal 70 the duty Of transporting the crowds
on their way to the "a round. They were speedily
filed, and the throng e ng into them quickly ned
up every vacant spot .sot even standing room was
left, and those remanin without wsre forced y the
NJ hv tha slo
OF tho horse These wers in fact crowded y the
disappointed ones who last 70 cap the elimax
Of the grand occasion with greater numbsf and
more enthusiasm The crowd board tho cars spent
their time in discussing the merits Of the respective
horses set down for the Money plentiful and
passed about from bettsrs 70 Stockholders with .
carslsssness and in prousop that were calclstsd 70
astonsh the inexperienced mddiss from the French
frigate Themis who occupied seats 10 the the dis
cussion Of the merits Of each horse eagerly listened
TO by those who not posted Affairs os ~ TURF
and ths strength Of tho opinions there advanced BY
the knowing ones their bets were made. great 'hus
and cryr made the strength Of these premonory
impressions reference the merits Of tho animals
Much money was wassred on each race before
tho passengers left the cars and, by the observations
the outsiders fayorites endorsed who had tn,
sshtsss chance OF winning the Pools accord
iagy turned into contradictory channels. and genera
confusion snsued the grounds great money
lost during the n consequence Of this unusual
70 the grounds with the firm intention Of batting
another and thus the regular gamblers found
In genuine fog - far as the results were concerned
THE GROUNDS
were crowded 10 The number Of ladies present
far In excess OF show OF the kind that has ever
been made Oh this course The main stands were
crowded NJ the beginning OF the races with the fares
ladies that social occasions, and the
about the pool selling pagoda unusually interesting
Of the outside The club house
heights resplcndcnt with the show of magnificent
costumes fair ladies' and splendid equpages Tents and
snowy awnings spread the turf afforded retreats for
the romanticaliy inclined oungers, whlo the broad
pazzas taken advantage OF by the gay beaux for
pronenades and hirtings with the most d0tingus Of
bellies
presented display OF female beauty than usually
worthy OF remark. Tier tier the assemblage gathered
fair ladies' gall mt men and cavaliers Of ali characters
tics, whether oaom simply manly In their peculiar
tea The quartersrech In front OF this striking assem-
bage q scene Of perpetual excitement. Every one
bought horses In the pools and all the knowing ones
lost Tor no could tell which way tho CO.
ing The fsvori,es lost In every instance but this only
added to the excitement and the result that every
body bet heavily the succeeding rce in order " get
and the enjoy ment Of the day and hs fsst,vi-
ties proportionats Herewith. The excitement
under IN q n"
asconesr Of the paeoda kept the spirits Of tho lose
winners up In tho in,snm between the races In style
calculated make the affair additional intero
yond the usual degree
TINE PUBLIC
turned out IN great numbers the unshetsred stand
which Is provided for the OF those who only will
ing dollar for OF tho contests Of the
The scenes among the democratic crowds thus assem-
bsd very amusing. The demand for wafer 1t Ave
cents glass Was very slight bos lager a. double the
price found many takers The temperance men. -
In moi providing drinking fountains Tor them Only one
GLASS; tho drinking and inebriatss catered TO-
70 all Appearances and The dsguse Of the water drinkers
great In consequence
THE scKU
about the grounds and especially the quarter stretch
even for the Jerome races Owing 70 the uncertainty
Of affairs excitement high and the prestige tho
bad great effect the OF bstiers
Crowds gathered about the pool sellers sssd numbers
tbronged the course and "buxxed" the Jockeys with
the hope Of getting tip." bu. results brought about
reversal OF all firmly formed judTments, and the most
certain OF the beers who thronged the 'retch found
themselves losers in the most unexpected manner In
ss,,e- ven, BY the board and ~" pu, ''I ,so.o
who made the ventures IN deep mourning
Between the races the congregation In front Of tho
stand presented the most novel features the view
the disinierested spectator Men riskipg their money
on favorite horses bndly nourshcd their greenbacks
and found ready takers while those Who inclined
10 DO prudent wandered about In the hrong shrewd
frowns their faces aud small sums In their banda
In every case the most careful were the losers and the
rash betters won. The "knowing ones were, n fact
nowhere; while tho novices and "know nothngs"
we're the winners In every case.
The Races.
The track was in fine order and the weather excellent
iof 8oou ncng rour events cano OF, tne hrte DeinB
tho popular one at hurdles, which seems 80 draw"
better than nat racing DO u ever good The Jockey
Club handicap that the secretary spent so much limo IN
arranging not, however, such a brilliant affair a.
many supposed u would be with twenty one entries;
yet the eight that started made very exciting race and
the result being unexpected by the majority Of the spec
tators, added rest the event The favoritss wer.
beaten The third race-a two mile dash-was good
one and again tho favoritc lost Tho selling was
very exciting. and tho finish close could be
desired Taken all together, the last day Of the
ing was full OF excitement and sport posi-.
bic make H. and every went OF With satisfaction
70 all concerned
FIRST RACE.
HuRptx RACE. HANDICAP for all ages one and three
quarter mile, over SIX hurdles $500 the winner and
500 10 The second horse.
u. Mcdaniel entered blk h. Blackbird. by imported
Albion, dam Pamela, Wy imp. Anderby, aged, i54
IDS ......:...................
Ackerson entered b. h. Zgxsg by Ruric, dam
zeta, By Zenith. aged 1853 observation-disclosures. 2
W krsin entered ch Z. Citadel, by hahomei, dam
Prunela, By Glencoe, years old las lbs. .......
Paul Wood entered br. h. General Williams, by Lsx.
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