The New York herald., 1869-08-28
THE NEWS I'M THE CITY.

1HE NEWS I'm THE CITY.
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~ceues on the Streets, In the Hotels and at
thc Sporting Hcsorts-HOw tho Betting
\"ent-The Grins Of the Winners nnd the
Gr Snaces of the Loscrs-Saunfers Amonr
the .Xnowins Ones and the FIats-The Even,
in Bril- Nsh Circles, in Wall street and in tina
Harbor.
A thousand ragged and barefo0ted urchins
went racing ike courlers and hallooinQ like
savages through the streets shortly after one
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, proclaimlnr IA tbev
went the news OF an event which was looked for.
ward to with more geruine interest than any other
since the night Of the Presidential election, The
cry was varied somewhat, bpt the purp0rt was the
same among them all.
''hey de extree Full account o. d'oxferd boat |
race 70
'Here y'are extree All about a. great boat
race -
AT intervals of few yards the boys were stopped
in their 1ight-their bundles OF extras
wings as they ran-a"" .spp,ns IKE |
men aud xc,taa nedestrians old
,vune men, business men ana waA .ng
r'0ss shopkeepers and clerks, hackheh ana .,oice.
mn, fume,ed In their pockets Tor the 20 cents
esefew.th to purchase the news. tr q lightning
the general Information was conveyed,
| "The Harvards are beaten Is
| But the people wanted to ,earn more. They
wanted every syllable In t,4e precise form in which
Ii had been aashsd electrically along the bed Of the
| great ocean, and, though the announcement that
AmeItca,s crack crew had been defeated was almost
/ Universally unwelcome news, there was great
anxiety to know by what time or distance they had
| been beaten and under what circumstances Had
! everything passed or fairly and honorably? And
when, then, it became known that the contest had
been decided fairly and squarely upon its merits
| that gentlemen athletes had met and decided the
| issue as gentlemen athletes-cOlegians should do
and were expected to DO, the acquiescence was
graceful and quiet, tlnged merely by the irrepres'
sibe and very natural regret thai victory had not
fallen TO the lot Of the national oarsmen.
| ON THE QuI vIvE.
| All DAY long crowds OF w,stful loiterers had been
scanning the bulletin boards OF the various news.
paper ofices and numbers waited and lounged
about for upwards of two hours reading the "catch
lines" ON the telegram bulletin, which announced
the mere prelimnares OF the race, and watching for
| the inevitable paste pot and brush which should
| plaster the ultimatum Of the event TO the walls.
| Every few yards, when the news was finally being
circulated through the extras, men were to be
| on doorsteps and along the sidewalks, reading the
papers, and in an instant almost each reader was
surrounded by chance group of q dozen eager
listeners ana questiouers
| AT THE HOTELS.
Along Broadway. especially, was the excitement
very intense and the entrances, the vesibues, the
Offices the saloons and the reading Of the no.
| tells were thronged py busnng, hurrying crowds.
The rotunda OF the Astor House. always busy
| place, was unusually crowded aud excited betters,
winners and losers were respectively collecting and
| "ponyng upr the greenbacks.
The Metropolitan Hotel also scene Of rarest
gossiping and comment owing to the fact that the
barroom and vestlbule Of the establishment is q
Of daily exchangeor open club room OF the Broadway
Qttd ,tacs and men about town." Actors In large
numbers turfmen, epcures. the hte'da, the critics.
! "Bohemians,r the exquisite brgade theatrical
managers. the statuesque young men who pose
on great thoroughfare for the edifca OF the
feminine DENT monde every fine afternoon, sharps,
nats gamblers and OF poitloi Of the metropolis meet
circulate and jostle there every day, all day long;
but yesterday they seemed 10 be there all at one
| time. or course-for there was something out Of
| the usual course on the tspls,
| THE BETTING MEN.
| During the morning there was little business in
betting going on among them, but none OF the
stakes were for any large amounts.
an give hundred to forty on the Oxfords" was
the quiet remark that might be heard occasionally
from among group OF half Dozen
"what's that-I take It," was the occasional re-
jolnder--after o pause--for no one seemed to be
betting recklessly grabbing up every offer OF this
KIND. Most Of the wagers have been made ten days,
a week, or twenty-four hours before, among the
fraternity who indulge in this very exciting and de-
pressing pastime, and yesterday, as q rule they
were waiting lretiuy, nervously for the raking OF
the pile.N
Two or three individuals were pointed out who
were each said to have g. 900 or $4,000 on the event
but they were men of weight among the votares OF
small fry who had their twentes and 1fes depend.
, ing op the issue. Aud they didn't make common
talk OF their little arrangements, but merely nibbled
| tOOilplcxs paved with their watch cbainq and
| watched the incoming and OUTGOING throngs.
wnen the news OF the success Of the British oars
calm again and men picked their teeth a. before and
looked az though the news was old, as though they
"rHg KNOWN uYs.v
But II was surprising upon enterlngI9uto conver-
saon with the various little knots OF gossippers, to
Learnt how many OF them mad been az Jan on the
"npn before:
| beu
eugene" nodded his head and raised his brows
In assent, and vouchsaed the consolation that he
'told charlie 80 take that Defr thus setting be-
y0nd doubt the fact tbat at least couple OF persons
| There was general rummaging TO nnd stake
holders that was highly amusing, as every man nat
| uraly wants his money when nes made It,n and
| bets nave been nnder certain circumstances, very
difficult to collect, owing to the fact that the man
who held the stakes was not always to be found As
there was SUCCESSION OF these scenes and the wine
| t1,eos tbat were quafed III honor OF the stakes
won and 'better luck next tune" TO the losers com.
bned TO make the voices Of the interested ones loud
| ana merry II not musical.
AT Lasyette Hall, also ACCELERATED sporting re.
Sort there were the usual asscmblages and the Ordi
! nary scenes and incidents consequent upon such
| occasions.
Altogether, 10 does not seem that many heavy
gains or losses accrued 10 New Workers, considering
the nature OF she affair; for the opinion seemed to
| be pretty general that the Oxfords would win az
| was evidenced In the most intellipjbe manner by
the fact that no one seems to know OF anybody
l w. L. a tnor afar