The New York herald., 1870-09-10
Closing Day of the Autumnal
Trotting Meeting.
Vast AsSemblage, Lovely Weather and
Important Races.
Goldsmith Maid the Winner Of the "a, 500
Purse-The $40 Race Undecided
Five Heats Trotted and Night
Stops Further Proceedings.

ing ct Point Breeze Park passed OF with great
sciat. In the early hours OF The morning the skies
put on gloomy face, as If they protested agaihs1
the pleasant conclusion OF the interesting trohing
reunien Just passed; but as meridian approached
the clouds broke and The sun poured forth its re-
fuigcnt rays and kept The air fresh anu
sweet well on 10 twilight AT ten O'CLOCK
carriages commenced whirllng from the city away
10 the trotting grounds five miles distant, and by
eleven O'Clock a steadily Increasing tide was ning
Broad street. flowing on towards the race. The road
was quito gorgeous with turnouts and the pretty
coors OF the fair sex. The liberal sprnkling which
had been kept MP during the morning had rendered
the drive from the hotels through fields
OF new mown hay, blooming Duckwheat ana
avenues OF silver maple, Us pleasant as could DC
wished; and scattered along the woods here and
there groups OF young ladies ana lads watching the
grand cavalcade. From the club house and the
miserable apology callel the "grand stand" the
scene was really nspiritng. The creme De Ia creme
was present IN full force and from the judges stand
looking back upon the throng 1t seemed as If Pha-
dephia had turned out IN the fullest Kind OF style
ana had really outdone itself In the representation
present. In the field, under the soft shadows
of the naples, and the greensward the
thousand and one equipages were marshalled in
brilliant array. On the house tops and In the
windows OF the buildings on the track the ladies
were perched. feeling the most elevated position
perhaps was the better to note the proceedings OF
the day. On the fences bounding the pleasant
enclosure the barefooted boys, who mad neither
money nor friends potent enough TO '.see'
them In, were mounted; and even In the
tree tops they occupied every Convenient notch
OF the larger branches, where they shouted their
i0udest and swung In perfect abandon their
weather-beaten and tattered straw hats, as neat
after neat was decided. A more detected squad,
with momentary animation, could not be
found a years journey than these same pre-
cocious lads; but their JOY and their pleasure
seemed To equal the more fortunate or the attend
ance.
There was much drinking OF lager, temperance
bevera ages ana .hardwaren-whicn, by the way, is
another name for "Jersey lghtning'-but this did
not result In great deal OF serious disorder,
although few Of the KeDsington youths felt as II
they owned the track anu could do just as they
pleased. The restaurant was not as well managed
as It might have been, but the lite eccentrlct-
excusable under the circumstances. The ubiqui-
tous lower girl was on hand and among the
rant building balconies she did q thriving bus-
ness, aud once or twice was compelled 10
replensn her stock in trade. Ali about the enclo.
sure under the shade OF the trees, were venders Of
every conceivable character or edibles, and the
carnestness OF these pediars was OF such a nature
mt times 1t seemed If liberal sales we're necessary
to prevent their immediate business collapse.
The events OF the day were two the first being for
horses that had never trotted better than 2:lo mile
heats, best three in hye III harness. purse Of 81 o0
$500 to first, 500 to second, and 500 to The third
horse. For this were entered NJ. Rodents chesnnt
marc oneida. E. Honman's brown mare Jen-
mic, ]. M. Mler's bay mare l.otta, j. X. Lovltt's
geding Honest Billy, s. j. Jackson's bay mare Flora
Day, A. A. Aliens gray mare Snow Flake, jacob
ksmrs , cAesaqs s11 mare mare quaker GIRL william
patterson's chestnut gelding Charle,nagne and
James Dongrey's brown mare Fanny Lambert or
these the brown gelding Honest Billy, bay
Charlpnlr
and bay mare Lo,ta were Withdrawn. The gray
mare Snow Flake the judges decided would be .'Out
OF the poCls,n and would trot under protest.
The second race. open to all horses, purse OF
34,5oos2 coo TO first 81, 500 to second and 81 900 to
ness, had four entries, viz-Budd Doble5 bay mare
Goldsmith Mald, Ben Daniels bay mare American
Girl, VIM FL Borsts bay Stallion George wilkes ana
NJ Rodents bay mare Lucy.
The race which drew the crowd was the race free
for all, IN which the mares Goldsmith Maid, Ameri
can Girl and Lucy with the stallion George Wilkes,
were entered 10 contend. Countrynen from their
farms and corn cobs were on hand IN abundance to
zee the speedy animals. and "a more
crowd at time! times % nsyer Vas, Was seen on
contest, AZ noted IN the miuds.ol the "back coun-
fry' boys, extended In a degree TO the delegation
from New FORK, ami while In the minds OF the latter
Goldsmith Mafd was put down Tor tue winner there
was chancc Ior speculation In the struggle TO come
between the remaining horses in TIE field, Lucy,
American Gifi and George Wakes. Anon,
themselves-as they failed 20 Gnd many
Of the sports Of this city with money ami
anxious TO venture t-tney managed 10 create
quite deal OF speculative interest, which continued
10 exist until the race was decided When the
word was given FOR the horses 90 be away for the
first heat murmur OF satisfaction dubbed up from
the vast assemblage, which eventually de-
yeopel into fal grown shout OF admira-
ton as tue trotters neared the stlnd on
stretch between those Old and tried competitors,
Lucy aud &c rye Wilkes. was OF sdch an animated
their continued cheering. they yelped and
whislled and sguealed to attest their admra-
tion OF the scene. The first race also created much
enthusiasm as the field OF horses was quite an ex-
ceilen one and the time made really very good
much better than was anticipated: but yet the ma
Jorty present, while pleased with the struggles Of
these trofes for the victory, felt impatient until the
'big race" was trottcd and decided.
The dust on the track was fully three inches deep
anu III cons equence 1t was in poor condition. The
loud mouthed promises OF tile officers On Thursday
led those then present to belle that they meant to SO
the trotng pleasant ana comfortable t1 the drivers
and attendance alise But these promises were
they didn't mean what they said, or the work world
have been done This oversight robbed tho trotting
OF mucn of its interest.
Additional egidence has been developed during
TINS meeting 10 demonstrate tnat the new rules or
the National Association, in many instances, serve
only 20 mystify judges instead Of clearing up
PRODUCTION ohscured many points aud served
as loophoes after the perpeiration OF
mcnts have been rendered during the meeting at
foiEt Breeze TO such an extent that the views OF
,io hicu nuiuing thaV posltlOn were regarded as
very peculiar II not iDcomprehensbie. Horses
were dlstanced at the ents OF heats and
afterwards admitted to again--start, pro.
ceeding 80 inconsistent with everything that Is
laif and Just that 1t smacks oil intentional wrong.
But one thing remains to be done, aud that Is
the early coming together of the delegates OF
the National Association for the purpose
OF reconstructlng many or the rules now
laid down, with the, view of substituting others
clearer and more explicit, so at fraud may not he
Of periodical occurrence. Too much 'of COLOR
work has been observed during the present season
OF trotting, and tits consunmation devouty TO be
wished tbat remedies should al once be applied to
prevent this In the future
AS ia the previous days OF the meeting. the horses
were not started for the first heat III the respective
races until o very late hour IL did not
seem possible for the judges 10 appreciate the
advantage gained In a prompt Carrying out of
the rules laid down in the government OF THIS mpor
ant matter. Hours after hours were lost during
the late meeting In this wise, but the ''men
on the standJ closed their ears 10 every