The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-26

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ford, Montgomery Prince George Talbot Kent,
| Ann Arundel Frederick. Howard, Carroll. Queens.
candles from BSitimore-ail come, ike the Limerick
boy Or to go and see the races" IL Is essentially
the Eastern sbcre Of rana and rom Bue GrSss
Kentucky and from Delaware, few from distant
Tennessee, ana the same .'old heads and famous
whose sole thoughts are OF pools and the odds anu
how they may be got and taken, 10 earn an honest
4 penny.
And the crowd Is far more sociable and homellke,
and nosptable and Jolly than Northern crowd at q
| and able bodied men present to-day wear Grape on
their coat sleeves In honor OF the great soldier Lee
gray ranks under Bradley Johnson
| and Sn0wden Andrews and In Grifin's Maryland
battery. AND they 81 know jim Herbert Colonel
! star who are here to-day In the nesh, having es-
scaped unscahed after four years OF blsody and in.
Baltimore IL well represented, ana the Maryland
Club has It's quota who VIII tell you Of the Joke
| war was ended. and the walters were compelled 70
wear the rebel gray as livery, buttons and all It's
lost cause, and all the word has heard IL told ere
| this better than can tell II to-day.
After passing the main entrance 10 the track can
the weighing stand, an ornamented kiosk. such
as can be viewed everywhere In the Paris streets.
e stand az na the
grand stand there are stalls for thousand cattle.
built after the worm fence pattern with continual
line OF zgzag stalls in the shape Of v. These are
only used when an agricultural fair Is held
here on the grounds by the agricultural
and mechanical associations OF the State OF
belonged. The area covered by the track, stables,
buildings, restaurants and other Is
enty-seven acres The track IL modelled after that
al Saratoga and Is one mile long with two straight
s,res es es %uarter o. me eacn and Two curves
MY feet Wide In the body and seventy feet In width
on the quarter OF mile home stretch: IL IS well
dtcned, the bed being OF light red clay and top
dressed with sand. Fortyeigh acres OF the seventy
seven within the enclosure was used In the con-
struction of the track which cost $4,000.
The grand stand Is $50 feet in length. with fine
hall underneath. IN which balls or other festivities
can be held thirteen and half feet high from floor
to ceiling with large and accessible stairs from the
| noor to the seats above. These seats are long
Ssa des syendsr relieved With
white. The grand stand was erected at an expense
OF $4,000, and viii seat 1000 people. There are
| tant from each other. which will accommodate
500 persons; but these are an Objectionable
| feature or the building as II IS believed
that the people who occupy them when
standing up viii obstruct the view OF those behind
| In the grand stand when sitting down. A splendid
view Of the chesapeake can be obtained from the
grand stand. There Is Kitchen at the further cad
or the building, luncn counters barrooms, a dining
supervision Of Reilly OF Ed0n Hall, Baltimore, the
| caterer OF the Maryland Jockey Club. There are
| also shawl and cloak rooms and o retiring room
for ladies In the bnilding The Club by act OF Legis
latule Is relieved from paying taxes, and as
| during the meeting. Arteslan wells have been dug
the grounds. and water OF excellent quality Is
stables. There are 800 members OF the Jockey Club,
| nearly all Of whom Maryanders, paying an
Initiation fee Of twentydye dollars and yearly dues
The total cost OF the grounds was about $125,Ooo
The stables are very well constructed Of frame work.
| and consist OF the Quadrant West Range, North
| Range and Middle Range stables. erected at cost
| OF about $4,000. The stalls are each sixteen by
twelve and halr feel in dimension. There now
in the different stables about seventy horses many
Of which are Of the best booded and racing stock
| Tue Maryland Jockey Club was organized in June
1870 from the nucleus furnished by the Agricultural
debt Tne State Of Maryland subscribed s25, 900. and
subsequently $4,000 In addition The city OF Bati
more $4,000. The citizens OF Baltimore $45 900, ana
twenty life subscribers $500 piece or 100000 Mr..
| Rogers contributed $i75o OF this sum. The land
was purchased at a cost OF 1888 acre. The rates
dollar to the grand stand, nifty cents admission
for arriage other vehicle and three dollars for
meeting. Two meetings. win be held each year-a
spring meeting in May and June and fall meeting
In the last week OF September. club house will be
erected the grounds at a cost OF $4,000
IL win he seen that, as In every large city where
Jockey club has been established, the course OF the
fashionable riding aud driving and racing tranic is
westward Paris and London and New York have
New York so It Is IN Baltimore where the new, nice
grounds are rendered by the drives and rides
through Druid Hill Park, just as in New York. the
rlsocratic patrons OF the turf have TO drive through
! Central Park to reach the track Of the American
Jockey Club al Fordham.
| All former racing tracks around Baltimore failed
because they were located in the east end Of the
| town. where the poorer classes have habitations.
The principal racing stables OF the country are
well represented at Pimico track at present. Among
| the horses here may mention
Major Bacon's Mozart, Girl OF My Heart, Nut
| wood Maid, nlly out Of Rosa Bonheur and Mamie
| Mr. O'Donneli's Judge curtis by Lexington dam
| Lila; Edentou and Richard b. Connolly.
MIR. John Franklins Lady Petry.
w. Il. Babcock's Helmbod, Conductor and cl. c.
Doctor three years Old.
Carroll Il Cours Ortoian.
Mr.. Henry J. Maynoth's Susan Ann, bay My,
| three years old.
Mr.. CANDLES Prophet IT. by Prophet
| Captain Moore's McCoskey and Foster.
Mr.. John Merryman's Major and Ensign.
| Thomas w. Dosweils Midday, Edus, Ecliptic and
| Abdel Kader.
| Captain Belcher's Haywood.
! Joseph Donohues New York; Biddy Malone CAT
ney & Tuliy's Dennis Burns by lightning
/ Dr. Thomas A. Lynch's bay colt Stanley. by st.
| George, dam Kate Sovereign, by imp. Sovereign
/ Mir. NJ II. sanford's Stuinps, three year old, by
| Lexington, dam Mildred, by imp. Glencoe; Niagara,
| bay mare, four year old, by Lexington. dam Bay
! Leaf; Madame Dudley bay hlly, by lexington dam
| by Flying Dutchman; Peakness, bay colt by Lex
| <. Keene Richards Sue Dougherty, s. M. four
year DID, by imp. Mickey Free: Ida Grisson three
year DID, by War Dance; Carrie Atllerton, i've year
| George, dam Mary Cass.
j. j. 0'Fallons Governor Bowie CHI. c., by imp.
Lexington; Plantagenet six year old CHI. horse by
| Planet; Alta Vea. b. T. by Vandal dam imp. FIJI
| gree.
J. T. Preston's Lothian.
/ Stanley Rogers Hanover ana bay mare Grace by
! LightIoot.
August Bemont's eli. I. Finesse, by Lexington, out
OF imp Figree, by Stockweli; kingfsher, by Lex
ngton, dam Enune Lass; Glenelc, b. c., by Citadel,
dam Bapta, by Kingston.
Colonel McDanlel's FISHERMAN, Jr.. by oyster
man; henry Bassett, 3. S. Two year old, by LeXlng
tor. dam Canary Bird.
Governor Bowles My Maryland, cb. f. by Brown
DICK, Haiity, st. Patrick and sLegatee, four years
old.
Peter q. Davis six year-od son OF Planet, out OF
Gbbon by Red Eye.
The great race to-day was for the Dinner Party
Stake-one OF the largest sums OF money ever put
up on course, with forfelts OF $500 each for
horses that did not run. In August 1865 n party
OF eight or ten gentlemen met at dinner by invita-
ton OF Mr.. M. II. Sanford the well known
turf patron, at Leand's, at Saratoga, and IL
was during dinner that the stake was proposed at
irst al $4,000 each, which gradually reduced to
$1,000 Tor each entry. The stake was proposed by
Mr. SANFORD, to whom the credit must be given OF
TINS magnificent entrance money. written agree
ment was made by oil present representing stables
OF wnlcn the following Is q correct CODY, OF the