The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-27
Graphic Pen and Ink Sketches Of
Peculiar People.
Bellies, Eeaux, Blood Horses, Old Bourbon and
Fat Oysters.
Harry Bassett Winner Of the Supper Stakes,
Abdel Kader Winner Of tho Monumental
City Handicap, Edenton Winner Of the
Selling Race and Glenelg Winner
oS the Two-Mile Heats Raoo.
BALrTHoRE, Oct. 20. 1870.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 90 1870
mis- has been q great day at Pimlico for Mary
land. The magnificent success Of the nrst days
attendance at the new race had set all Bali-
mors agog. In every house that could spare dol
lar Tor The purpose there was token or preparation
ana din OF gathering or the forces OF fashion.
Mind you, good Northern people, we are down South
now and the public In this latitude are not OF the
hind TO hurry themselves for tribes. Not that
there Is not vlvacity enough and an excess
Of that quality among the natives or Maryland but
racing had stagDated for long q time, IL was
believed, that 1T could not hold up It's head again to
such an extent AS was witnessed the iir5t day at
Plmlico. Honor and credit due to the few gentle
men who organized the Maryland Club, and 20 such
men as Mr.. Sanford, who organized victory for the
Marylanders by creating such prize as the "Din-
ner Party Stake" the main cause OF The attraction
here Of so many fine horses
Below the quarter stretch to-day counted Ave
four-in-hand teams In ali the glory OF their trap
pings and hammercloths, with footnen ana coach
men glorious with color and flaming with blazing
buttons OF no uncertain shape. Now. i've fourth
hands Is very good effort for Baltimore which has
not had race course for years. Then there was
the gandy skin hand OF the inevitable patent
medicine man, who turns up with his fine
horses at every public gathering, with
the same intent plainly marked tnat pursues
y
announcement that his tnfallioie syrup OF sguills
VIII cure all the ills that flesh Is herr to, including
q broken leg. lockjaw and hydrophoba. A man from
New York said to me yesterday, as we stood looking
at these advertising being driven around the
centre neld ~ @ ho3 ~
"D'ye see that team OF SIX horses there that dan.
mel mouth Is driving? Why. saw them at long
Branch and at Saratoga and II God Almighty was
to come on earth believe that stlggins would ask
MIN for permit 10 stick his big advertising van in
some conspicuous place ia the Court OF Heaven,
They are joyial set, these Maryanders, and az
hospitable as the day Is long. Look at the grand
stand just now. Every foot and space Is packed
and jammed with bodies and faces. l never saw
more beautiful assemblage OF women than that
which to-day looked down upon the Pmlico track
INTO Its smooth turf, ard gallant horses being led
TO ana fro under blankets by the narrow. cnested
Jockeys. tae HI. f..rr-
terry oil eyes was SO deadly that every stranger went
away with the conviction that Baltimore was Deer-
republic. r NlI
"Oh, saay, We know said an Enpshnan to
me, BABY man, with o big walking stick aud pig,
bic scarf that covered his capacions chest like an
arni0r OF proof III saay, what dCocsd pretty lot OF
gnrls there are in BeItsmQre. yewy charming per.
Al. these pretty eirs-and / am sure Jerome Park
never saw prcttler or more graceful iaries-haa
lsiFs S sGa saf sss p s shSn az AHs se
s es and s59 issss T Ts1 A ysass s en-
layers 81 white bread, and they brought cold tongue
ald cold pressed beef and. nike the good, sensible
TO eat OF the chicken and tongue between the races
% young lady IN the Bowery theatre would
and desastat ng melo drama. And how .enderly
they heiped their admirers, OK IS me ,. model re-
. I'D lunches. saw one dandy carrying : flask
OF Old BoarDon, another bottle or sc. ulien and
jar Of me brandy rom Que 70 the other or these
lar creatures In exchange Tor their cold meat.
And do you think that the beverages were refused
4, these nice girlsf Never. Il VAST. $40 4 n
zoe. how can you. Charesri
.You know never drink ataIl, Fred. How can
s'WelI. you may help me to a litsae clares ana
water, nenry. great deal Of water ami very little
Now the lunch IS eaten and the snowy white napS
the delicious small talk begins about tue horses and
the heats and the handicaps ait Of which Is Greek
would not do to profess ignorance OF such equine
details vanly endeav0ed TO explain to one
fokoiaoke, or CnoptanS, On the Eastern Snore, but
somenow failed MtseraDlJ IN the endeayor. 70
Many OF the coachnien' are fobed goraeously In
the Confederate, gray AS memorial OF the lost
and, in particular when III tie African persuasion
In gray livery, who was very fat and ageanons,
3 and looked IS u he would cut up well IN porter
house steaks, seemed very much over;oyed 1T the
prospect or witnessing good running race he
ventiia' ed himself thus q
..Massa I've been prayin' TO God this twenty wears
- see good running race but never mad a chance
before. You see my missy "a q kind p.ous deed
Sac y, and wouldn't nebOer let OH 70 q trotting
young un wanted 70 see Gubernor Bo0ie's. Ny Mary.
land run and tell that's tIcKed me more nor little
to See that line show OF horses. Dress der hearts.
dc homes, now dey 40 run when they get dc whip
Such cirtous look,nr characters "a arc "a be- seen
At tins race course. Ola farmers In homespun and
Systcr fishermen, Ia all sorts OF rough lokng habits
fresh from the toll Of the chesapeake and Drowned
boat fishing the bivalves which are SO precious
70 the palate Of the Northern man. Back from the
In their lives TO- riskl q i've dollar
hill In o pooh, the result OF which
the man that lived in the house that Jack Dniit
There is one with his daughter raised by the salt
+ down OH the neck. Her face Is as fair as . dream
and her teeth as small and pure as pearls, while
ner delicate and FRAN form is exquisite In Its de-
sgn a. the Shell which suns itself In the world Of
waters rom which she came.
dada she says, saint them Jockeys SWEET
LOOK at them little fellows In blue. Dada, wonder
poor fellow, that makes him 60 At the fence ali the
AT in a pun. and row, they are SO light. And
I! say, Dada, amt that grand stand Jst
girls on It Ike roses hot hoases DOWN a Nan 1he
coke you woqidn't see SUCH tine clothes In twenty
year. would you, Dadat They never have time to
dress there. for they are all the time their boats,
fnd seldom come home to get meal OF vlctuas;
hut mere, Dada, 1t looks like splendid palace with
~ the SPLENDID girls, ana Oil the silks and satins
lnat you see around us.n '4cN ~ t3F3. y
Down below. In the great hail, under the stand,
bGrs are spread out covered with bottles and hastily
washed glasses, and here thirsty crowds are ragged
six to twelve deep, eIdeav0rIng TO got at their To-
v0Iite beverage Riley, the caterer OF the club has
pu on an additional force Of clerks and WATERS but
the crowd Is so great OF pcopis VINO want brandy
Smaslcs and whiskey sours and mugs OF beer that
thetrenoIcementa all insufficient TO munster to
their wants. The slight rain OF Monday night mad
made the roads very heavy, particularly on fnc out
skirts OF Baltimore, and the long delay poughng
through the mud had made The owners or the veni-
Giles very thirsty, and vast quantities OF appelack
and Claygers ale were drunk during the day.
Three or four lunch counters were In null blast
under the grand stand, and here Q hungry person
might get anything IN the way Oh provender that
what re staruiear Riley called .aCie dia0te, In an
out-building, ard here saw rows OF gO,7c,.ds ut
the tables Furnishing various kinds OF refreshments,
OvgLera here n a n Ueap uco vots