The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-03
an AMERICAN TAgTEgSALLS.
The New Home OF thu American jockey Club
What II Locks Like ami How 1t
Is FURNISHED

The elegant and handsome building at the corner
Of Twenty seventh street and Madison avenue has
added to the OF the city two very greatly
needed convenienees-pubiic clnp rooms for racing
men and for yaontsmcn. The irst-the room Of the
American Jockey Club, on the second noor-was
thrown open on saturday night, and the second-on
the story abovewiil be finished very shortly, prob
ably by the middle Of October at the latest de.
scrption of what they like H. therefore OF some
Little interest.
The building has been specially erected for these
mas four floors, q basement and sub cellar and Is
Dnilt 0f red brick, literally dressed with light
colored stone. The style is simple but substantial,
and stone balconies and couple Of winding soops-
the entrances respectively TO the two club rooms
are about he only features that break the monotony
OF each facade. Tie basement Is fitted up as an
Office for the Jockey Club ana has, among other
articles Of furniture. an enormous IRON safe, which
VIII doubtless soon be filed with rolls OF bills
whose ownership viii be doubtful until alter the
coming fall meeting. The club room Is on the nrst
floor. and Is handsome chamber, extremely well
lighted, twenty feet wide by Gfty-two IN length.
Around its base there is deep waInscotng Of dark
wood, with apertures for the registers The cnande-
lers and side bracket lamps are very handsome. The
great features Of the room, however are couple OF
mantepieces surm0unted with mirrors specially
designed for the cluo In the centre OF the mantcl
tnere is design OF Jockeys whip,
spurs and horseshoe which displays
great taste and originality. AT the top
OF the mirror there is finely executed head OF q
high bred horse. At The sides OF the ~mantei there
are also heads OF aogs, encircled with various i'm
PIGMENTS Of the sportsmen. The furniture OF the
room Is neat and appropriate while an alr OF exces-
sve luxury mas been carefully and very properly
avoided There are abundance Of chairs, table
slrewn with the sporting journals and magazines
both OF Europe and America writing desk and u
handsome bookcase. which Ia already pretty well
venences, for the comparative tribe Of SO
q year, are certainly dispensed at an excess
lively cheap rate. Portraits OF sporting men and
'histOrlc hOrses,n II such term may be used deco
rate the walls LII secluded corner there is a 1T
tie bar, which, however, looks at first as though 1t
torture There are no bottles visible about It. nor
glasses nor lemons nor anything else that goes to
bare counter y with an ceeE
Step boldly up, however, and you Will get whatever
your particular weakness" may hap TO be. Every
away beneath the bare fiat board III an incredibly
small space, and so the members OF the Jockey CLUB
retain The pleasant reality, while they avoid the ap
present, for Instance when the coming
s s ps se gDoS sere me sss
OF dark, heavy wood, about foot aud a hall In
height provided for The accommodation or the eo-
quent Dr. Underwood and mis- clerk. This however,
In quiet times Is put away IN conva"'-.i lumber
room. Such are the new town quarters Of the Amerl
can Jockey Club, and they seem 10 be exactly what
was needed. 1t ~ the intenuon now to revive In
this appropriate chamber the gores OF the English
Tattersalls; and no doubt the CLUB room viii do
much to st further popuiarlze the already popular
As ret the rooms Of the Yacht Club are in too IN.
nnishei q state TO be described. They consist OF
grand saloon II occaeisn requires capable or seal.
Ing nesriy hundred guests al the festive board.