Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-06-17
From Our New York Correspondent.

The racing season AZ Jerome Park opened
on Wednesday. TIN stv was clear. the sun
lebt abundant. the breeses fresh. and there
fore about 10000 people gathered ON the
grounds The occasion had much brilliance.
Stonewal jackson, Gen. Duke, Bonnie Lass
and Gen Mcmahon. were the bripht particu-
lar stars. or, in other words, the winners. The
rains have induced the .Iockv Club 10 post-
pone the remainder of the races till Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
Should the weather be fair, immense crowds
will probably he in attendance. Mr.. Geo
w. Smalley, the TriJune's correspondent in
London, publishes in that journal very read
able sketch of the English Derby. the great
holiday Of the Londonors. 1t is of special
interest, as it cannot be concealed that the
American Jocky Club have had their eyes on
the Derby. lie says the pretext that the turf
is kept M to improve the breed of horses has
been abandoned " Ii is admitted that in
stead of being improved, they are cruelty in
ured by being run at two years old. If the
practice goes on there will be by-and-by moth
ing left to breed from and England must 60
abroad for is horses. II is urged that the
two-years races shall be given up, but they
will not be while they can be made profitable
What nonsense to preach
about Baden and Hamburg when hundreds Of
thousands of pounds change hands on the
Derby alone The madness has taken such
deep root here that almost nobody dares at
tack it. On your side of the
Atlantic the turf is not vet national insttu-
tion but the travelled fools who would carry
home the worst rascalites of foreign lands.
are doing their best to plant its fatal seed in
American soil That they will be destroyed
by it if they succeed. il certain. but that is a
poor comfort. If there is any power in press
or pulpit, they ought to strange this monster
in its cradle. He will strangle them if they
wait too long, Just as he has here, whore no
pulpit thunders against a social crime. and
where no newspaper can exist if il refuses to
publish turf reports" lie speaks of the turf
as an institution which half England think.
not less sacred than the church. and with
which they would much more reluctantly dis
pense. He asserts that the MARQUIS of Hast.
/ inps has flung away in am uncommonly short
time. one of the finest fortunes of England.
and that ON the turf OF the whole amount
lost and won on this race nobody can form am
estimate. but one authority asserts that two
commission AGENTS have TO pay to the hackers
of the winner Blue Gown. more than n mill
lion and a half of dollars. These NAV be the
two lorgest but there are some hundreds of
such AGENTS scattered all over ENGLAND An
that is we'll worth the consideration of Amer.
lean TURTLES The turf here is NOT the dan.
rer it is in England but even here it ha,
great abuses il is hard to nut the gambling
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