The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-20
THE FORDHAM RACES
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CulmiAatiOn of the Autumn
Meeting.
Pencilings, Comments, Facts
and Figures.
THE RACING ERDAY.
THE RACING YEsTERDAY
Red Dick, Number Three, Local and
Morrissey the Winning Horses.


just been enacted by young ofshoot Of the Gradgrnd
stock. "Drat that boy, he's always dom somethin'
wot no oughtnt to-" The photography may or may
mot be according to the Gradgrind authority;
but, correct or otherwise there we're multi,udes of
people at JsrQnc Park yesterday whose faces dotted
here and there with great beads Of perspiration,
said, in almost as plain English words could
have said it. "Drat the weather. Tho weather kept
on being warm, however, and. like the hounds OF
John of Nvellss which, the they called the
more they refused to come, refused 70 be drafted into
submission In other words the weather. was warm
emphaticaliy warm for the season--though lager at
twenty cents glass cool enough both In point OF
price and point Of temperature Tho October sunshine
seemed to drip down in absolute sheets OF heat. IL
rpped down black carriage tops and the carriage
tops ghs.ensd and shons like mirrors; II dripped
down on the roof OF the Colosseum, and the very
atmosphere beneath became hot and sthng dripped
down the bun coats and gold buttons of lvered
men. and the buttons became as lie, and the owners
thereof threw open their heavy coats and gaspsd and
gasped for . mouthfuI Of unrarened AR; it drpped
down the iaras Of pearls and diamonds that sncir.
ced masses Of hair golden ITSELF and every diamond
became ana shot forth long, red spears Of scnt
liant lusre in word, the sunshine Of the Indian
mer drpped down all the park and all the people
therein assembled and on all the trees the park
rounding-every separate leaf Of which seemed TO
futter and gasp in tine breezeess atmosphere, bird Of
scarlet and gold about 10 take WINGS but taxing
them. As heretofore intimated there was lager
down under the scenes which was cool; but to
buy GOODNESS at twenty cents . glass, which
in Now York costs only fourth Of that amount
only aggravation. There was. too, plenty Of foam
tipped amber At the club house, and plenty Of ice with
which TO refgsrste it. and the gathered teardrops Of
sAau ~ls.
Of the general spectator to invest Wherefore the gen.
eral spectator was constrained to be content with
occasional mug Of lager and tho poor privilege Of dra-
ting the weather. But the weather. which sutry
~ early September. and suer than early Scptsm-
ber in the year 1867, not the only thing on the
ground that merted thorough dratting neither was
tho October sunshine which dripped down in
sweat, inducing sheets the heads OF
spectators, who walked to and fro and
up and down, like Satan in the Book Of
job neither the dispenser Of lager and cold tongues
and sponge cakethough prices in both drnkables and
sdbles remarkably high. Volumes of dust rolled
up with zoe whirring Of svory carriage wheel remind
ing the spectator that man but dust, so dust
should be his dist-roled up and enveloped the broad
avenue to the main entrance with a heated srocco-
rolled up and drfted in dense volumes OF atoms the
direction Of the Colosseum, and pedestrians eques
pepper upon
hats and coas it sifted into ones hair and could only
be shampoosd OUT stsd into ones throat in hot and
husky atoms and could only be washed OUT either
lager with whiskey with that which spares and
brushes in the glass. And thus, though the weather
was drafted great DEAL the dust was drafted great
deal morebeing the most uncomfortable element Of the
wholo. -
Furshsmoss, having passed central Park, the roads
watered they should have been. Jaques Bonhomme
With queerly shapen cast and pipe had overslep or for
some other reason had neglected 10 perform duty
and the broad from the upper end OF the Park 10
the narrow entrance OF tho Fordham road was simply
high and forever shifting wall Of dust which peo
pie carriages moved 70 and fro and therein be-
dried TO the throat and sed Could one have been
lifted up say in OF Professor loves balloons,
obtain birds eve view Of the procession, the i'm
presslon must have been curious. below, with a sort
Of Aississipp-ks winding, would have been visible
vast aver wa IN sns
within II would have been visible, crawling
slowly norhward flor at the necessary height the mo-
like In ts pace) long, black and jointed thread OF
vehicles having all the seeming OF spinal column TO
sns ra,ns scrpen. o. %.s q wnSn u,s WOULD nave
have fancied them, creeping about in vast anthil
again, human Pucks in carriages OF acorns whrled by
fairy coursers through an atmosphere OF lcadsn color
To put the matter in nutshell, along the road yeser
day It dust dust every where, like the water in
Colsrdges poem; though in the poem il Of the
msfortunes Of The grzzed mariner that there
drop to drink and on the route to Fordham IT VAS
Of the good fortunes OF the occasion that there
every barroom to drink them Dust dries up the
hImors of the throat, and there 10 way
venient 70 obvate The difficulty thereby created TO
Iubrcate One may cough ones throat may fall int
spasms for dryness there 10 NO relief therefor like
copious fabrication. Therefore the public lubncated
freely and frequently from Central Park TO Ford
ham, and propretors OF small hotels with all sorts OF
bgh.sounding names grew sleek and good-natured,
ruobed their hands and asked with ndable OBJ
scquiousness what the public would take Once within,
IL impossible TO resist the gentle manners OF the
Bopiface Father Mathew could hardly have done H.;
AnA Ia fhaR wanlA hasa hoan fafun aA -
especial wonder that those who disciples
Of the saint yielded. Their Threats dry and
up from the lungs In Intermittent boso; and there
remedy except the remedy which IS sold every
where al fifteen cents gass-iquiGed corn or malt or
so the public mbbed, and the throas OF the public
were benefited by the inhibition. the pockets Of the
land ords being benefited in like manner.
The white steeple which stands sentinel over the
Fordham lano was sighted At last, however, and in
tfeen minutes thereafter the public thronged the club
louise hronged the grounds thronged the balconies Of
he main stand and the grass plot In front thereof
thronsed Jerome Park every where, from sain ndng
10 pool-stand.
hurdle race, and the further fact that hurdle racing
had by the fall OF ckey Tuesday, become imbued
WITH aoo s0r ON o. ,h pros sun Tue public KEEP.
less tan on Thursday, than T, esday or wednes-
day; Tor be IL remembered that Martin Cassidy was
only q Jockey and in tho opinion Of sporting men
jockey is something less than horse "Only jockey
paid 70 have bis neck dsocatcd was tho phrase that
went round and answered remarkably well 10 settle the
and whether the paid paupcr was dccently buried or
buried at all the publ has never inquired since tho day
Of the casualty only jockey, and matter about Is,
was perhaps the Cooners verdict and they carried MIN
of said nothing further about u; only Jockey,
and for a jockey whom melody owns nobody cares
Horses with pedigrees though not exactly human are
expensive and Jockeys though their claims TO humanity
DO acknow ledgcd, cen be bought for a song Only
jockey will be, perhaps the epaph OF harn Cassidy,
and only JOCKEY and nothing more the man viii sleep
swecty underline grass though he had the equal in
public opinion OF the horse that throw him. NO Jockey
was sent OF st tangent yesterday, however Ripley,
one OF Colonel McDaners entries for the hurdle, was
merciful, and kicked hurdle after hurdle as he
icaped them, leaving clear field for bis competitors,
and making the second round simply pain race with
danger 10 hoof Of soed neck OF Jockey aud that
which was meant for hurdle proved no hurdle at the
end.
Hut tic up the broken thread OF the narrative Brass
bfayed usual from the balcony OF the club house
braved intermiteny, causing the October atmosphere
10 thrill and trsmbe, and quaver and shake with heavy
gnsts OF music and causing the ladies' near hy 10 put
their hands 20 their for tie blasts OF sudden harsh
ness II was quarter Of one o'clock The Judges
had taken their places the gdcd pagoda appropriated
10 their uss the numbers OF fhest hurdle had ns "
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