, 1870-08-08

| s "1t aAu tnto the hands
tias peripatetic set OF gamest.sa and circu,
zaaets who Pass The frontier with their soar
s.eo uonpo' nee Of duty, unIor special &c
| VI congress, aud, pretending to seek the goo
| oi onf tfced Of horses, make Us all a. bad a
Tue hehtucldsna. who leSalize lotteries, fxl
urcls, ol'ip niggcrs. aud run horses, a1l ,
the eano corners, w.: Nasby's aud Dlr
ctma-
THE LoS0 nnAEcH nAc1y1 rARK.
| The bill 20 establish = running park in Ne,
Jersey met With determined opposition, and
am told, finally got through the Lesi,istur
| ly the device Of tAcliug \ small aneuauen
to another bill. John Ch1m.! !erlaine, who ha
very conciliato1y manners. knd is popular =
the Hrahch, put down opposition t.
tho thing subsequently, and he the,
purchased farm Of more than two huudrs,
aeres for about 928. 200, three miles tn tb
rear OF the Watering -place, and on ierel Gle
vataon near ths banks bt the shrcxsbu.,
River, and right beside the railroad from Ian,
Branch to Philadelphia. ue laid this out a
once with elo0, NO Of his disposable fund.
| eaying:
| wanted a track hero and bad th
money, and was aftaid might lope i. il
kept it,
Upon the farm Chambotlsino has put ND
| perhaps. tho best series Of stables, aud thu
most elegant stand for spectators ia tlIt
Wu1ll, AID llo has made lako out Of ruu
A1ng brook within tile grounda, used land
scape-gardeulng to some purpose in givin.
tie enclosure variety and elegance, erected
an imposing carved great gate, and taken pains
to prepare very wide and level ttacI
in shape like na11ow ellipsa+ The enclosing
fence alone cost ahout a20, 900. and it ia paint
cd tho vhole mile and three quarters round.
The grand ttand cost above e45, ,o0O. and it is
covered with eteep French roof aud three
tigh payilions, all diligently ornamented in
fancy slate work. Beneath this st.nd are ca
i'acious vine rooms 1nd retiring rooms, of
more elegance than we have ever seen at
racing parks. and the seats siope to tho very
ground, overdowing the structures ABOVE
them, Jet in such manner that at the tiua
Of the race, there is shade over all A pale
fence separates tho ~ field" from tue track On
both ndes ali round. with wickets admitting
people 10 the favored spot called the s!ans1-
ter-stretch" where the betting is done. Taken
fur ali IN all, it ia park which
sLous tho capacity Of money freely spent and
s}eut with judgment, to make OF the opou,
uninhabitab1e shambles Of race trick a s~r1es
Of handsome elifc.a' which do real adorn.
meut to the lawn and the landscape round
about them. Il is fully as handsome as
Jerome Park, near New York, and much
la1gez, and it il the most durable and orua.
mental looking thing at Long Branch. There
il no mlssaking tie fact that Mr. Chamber
lsino puts his money to public uses, after his
yeaEniogs. aud that, as very lean Now Jer-
tcyman, driving hack, said to me:
III VIC mns, have club houses, rscc-tracks,
and rich, s'pose he's the best man to keep
en-. It's taking the piscu in the m,st agree-
allie form"
OF the came lavish sort were the prizes OF
fc1ed, and, as have 1ittle doubt, really and
PROMPTLY paid for this particular style Of the
sporting man has only onc commandment,
viz: Fay your losings. + heard Chamber
laino, while was at the Branch, lcnouncine
some man indignantly as "1oafer,~ and
curious to know what manner OF man might
he loafer to him, p1icked up my ears. The
loAfer. it seemed. 1as person who had Offer
cd to trot Lis horse against Chamberlaine's,
and then had not only backed out, but had
been mean and shrewd enough to try md
make different bet On the came loraes,
This disposition not TO 1ose his money, and
this preference for getting on the adranta-
gcous side, aud the hidcous propensity to try
to back out Of m obligation, and ret keen
some credit for honor in it, had made Mr.
Chamberlaine revolt. fully agreed with him.
though why, am sure do not know. still
think ho WAS right, because ever since have
Af,A$ F+ar - Iii
under his msgnanimous and charming mag
netsm, ms notions Of things arc confused.
may Say they are ,atnpl.ihious and tAks to
water. What business Lsd that man to pro-
pose to lose lis money, and brag, and cnafler,
and then prefcr to keep his money moro than
his Word? rethaps his wife ~as poor and
biz purse low: Yes! but he hid better have lost
lis wife's comfort than his own honor! Per
lAps he vas mean with money and yet tolicit-
oua 10 10 thought sporting raan OF large
soul; but be had better hare lost the money
than tho reputation for the soul. I don't
know where he WAS wrong, but an convinced
of it. think. on conclusion, that he Lad
eaten mora frog than I had, and
that he talked ltoo much pco-
pie must have honor. That is indispensable
With anybody who will fight duel, run a
heEse, or stake 1t cards. Without honor,
what character would gambler lave, OF what
credit cova1js The moro discuss this
thing 10 myself, the surer nm that l undcs-
stand it. SEQ, ut any ratio, tho necessity for
man without money declining to make bets.
That man Is !oale1.
Eut We havo wandered away from tho sub.
ftci Of tho prizes. T law tho gentleman's cup
n II T71t,f frt F,>1l u. III
potly chased, and lined with gold; on the
rides, for handles, two protru1ing horses
heads, each four times "a big a. mans
thumb; below these heads mixed basso-
relieves Of Jockey caps. saddles, ssirzups, and
horse shoes the emp wonld hold two or three
gallons, and it looked like an urn.
The prizes in money, altogether, foot.d up
ss1 ,0oo. four Of $1,000 each set up hy the
prosperous tsrctn-keepers Of LouE B.auch
and tho "lIon." ". NJ. Tweed, Empe,or OF
New fosk, set up " tribute" Of 81 0Oo, called
the 1weod Compliment. Vas this Of tho
Tribute money? Such were the races Of the
first year at tho running park Of Long Besuch,
tive days in Ill. md the prices charged for
everything shout them ehowed that tho tise.
man bad to "buck" there *as the very Naj,h
Of Bengal. To see tho race cost a3-a1 to
pass the fence. ii to enter the stand, and =
tis,rd q to ees On tie home -atretrh, n wh;..
kew nor brandy was so1a. Cb,mn,1na ~.
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