The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-04
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.


regard his Bashaw Drury rs fortune u
prospect. OF course you know that, fo
some weeks past, the subject Of conversation
among the lovers of fast horses, has bee
the expected race at Prospect Course, 0
Long Island, in which some Of the moi
celebrated horses in the country we're TO con
tend for the mastery. The races we're OF
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Of las
week, the last day presenting the uuason
attraction of six of the. finest troters 10
America, in one race--three stations,
Bashaw, Jr, George Wilkes and Rhode
Island: aud three mares, American dri,
Goldsmith Maid and Lncy.
Feeling a good deal Of locsl pride in the
Bashaws, went down on Saturday to vii.
ness the trial. A drive Of seven miles from
Fulton Ferry, through the L agnihceHt city
Of Brooklyn, down through Prospect Park,
wbirlIng BY elegant country residences and
through splendid farms, brought us to the
grounds Of the Prospect Park Association,
aud near Coney Island, in plain view Of the
great swelIs Of the Atlantic ocean, the bay,
the nSrows ard scenery not eEceiIed IN
America,
The track is full mile, shaped much
ike pear, and the buildings and conyenieu
ces are on a broad aud LIBERAL scale. The
club house is an immense building, with
three rows Of piszza5 all around Il; and the
grand stand is two story structure, Civ.
ing seats and shade TO fully 10000 people,
where eyery one can see the entire track.
At least lj,OOO people were present, the
array OF elegant carriages and beautiful
women being tho finest ! ever saw. The
admission fee was $2-which perhaps tend.
ei 10 exclude disapreeable and annoying
sort Of people. At any rate, never saw "a
more orderly gentlgnanly respectable
crowd Of people anywhere. The interest IN
the race was intense, as many seemed 20
think II rather assumptions ia the uuCuli.
waited west to pat IN an appearance here
aud contend with favorte eastern horses.
But the result was a complete and magnih-
cent triumph for the Bashaws and the west.
Three Of the horses were Bashaws, VIZ
Bashsw, Jr., American Girl and Lucy.
The race was for premium Of $4,000
$4,000 TO the first horse, Sl.i0D to the
second and $500 to the third. The race
rvos ron he I,,s-;can Gil +, Rasbaw, IN
tb,ae s,rs;gbt beats-time 3.9g4 223l and
9.9I Goidsmitb Maid took the second nra.
-,;nr, o,3 RasLar H. ,Jc,tI,d Tb H." P s1,,
see that two OF the three premiums THE first
and third we're won BIZ Bashaws, while Lucy
another Bashawj Was second in the third
heat and Blshaw, Ir., but triic behind in
any. Bash0w, Jr, is in too high flesh for
nncc. and extorted the unwilling admiration
Of nearly everybody, lie has made record |
which ranks him among the first trOiters in |
tmeTl.a, and hig breed won the bighaat |
rr..,. An oUDnrs oF Regbev, s,ock u;iI 81 |
tidal a. .b,'..-.,I,
''''
>N""Hl was lhe uHy ioE decorating the
soldiers graves with nOwers here, but the
affair was a flat ia lure, no, IL thousand peo.
ME baiDy praaart and M psrtiaplar ;uteragt
i..,., - -, :,
az ~ .N''P'uJ I7" "
- H. s. 'Of ppnucai elect lhe populace
were d5Rust"d with the partIzan manage
Ineut Of the affair, and the religious people
were djggu,ted with what they tb5ugLt IN
Infringement on the proper Observance of
lae sabbath. The idea Of an annual floral
tribute TO The dead soldiers is beautiful and
noble oue-but the partizan and irreligious
character given it by tie republicans has (
ii,Eusted the better portion of the neoDIe
with the whole affair.
Great indignation is everywhere mani '
s,ad toward the g. A. r., in Woshinpton e
vhy rudpIv rravn,.t.i rao,Io fr,,, 3...,-,ra !
Ing the graves Of the confederate doo8 ana
.asmaf,lIv t.orrlal oyor ,Lorr, ~ -.
York Hsy1Ld oCyes,orAay ,norr;,,, IL, ,..or,
Darrr, said.
t".n III occasion ana daring a moment Of
r,unl,n wa rs,c ,o.J ,,}iPI te ""'.'p'
trun. vesteria,, tbo g,,.r,o-, Ill.,, l.'
marines oor. iotriled on SATURDAY for drty in
arlington Height, church yard, under orders to
vent the decoration Of the graves Of the con
't'g aS"1 inferred there Is this really trur.
tncy .nrnt p ",' VS. ",'y porn 0nuet one Nag
pany; in an unhappy uornsn, ihev ,g.rn ,,,r,,,,,,
by the machinutuus OF sein.hpoltiriap. fl,u |
" dIsunion, even to death eusued but who at !
irhpto To continue this division after death Dd
".u, ''an' En'" OF The order gwen TO the
o., ','''"t'2"
me people oil The west Will be ( .ad to learn
'Lt'' 'no EAST 10 "@h'hS up 10 the Importance
W ICE t.s ''"ue' ".1 'u"' '0e >'ale nonsense
ma We Canlot compete WIN the PauPer Ia,
o'' u Europe - oe'Hk exploded. Ihe PRO I
9o':on''.S' VINO use inns cry to deceive PEG.
mo Young 'Ae republican ticket ought,
i !ney Ieaily Io'@ the laborer SO much, 70
ASK Ior protection against all 'a9o9r SAVING
machinery. W hat would be SAID OF com.
p'naNon on the part OF iaboHHg men to get
Congress to protect them against the |
reaper and mower, the thresher, or the gang
PIow or the cuItlvator? The sewing ma
chine has enabled one woman 10 do the
work Of ten. The steam engine, and all
labor saving machinery come, in competl-
ton with the laborers ofthis country as well |
as the so called "pauper labor Of Europe. /
Why not ask Congress to protect laborers
from these competing and laborsaying ma
chines2 The truth ia that ,be ororot;vos