The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-02
Brilliant and Fashionable At
tendance.
THE TOILETS OF THE LADIES
FOUR FINELY CONTESTED EVENTS.
0rtolan the Winner Of the Fordham Eandi
cap Sweepstakes, Joe Daniels the Bel
mont Stakes, Alarm the Three
Quarters Of Mile Dash
and Tammany the
Steeple Chase.


down on the numerous patrons OF Jerome Park
clouds here and there dimming the azure depths O
the sky; warm, sultry atmosphere, in which bot
man and beast sweltered; an endless turbulen
stream Of equipages of all kinds to which all shorse
iieshdomn seemed to be yokel; bellies Of every dc
scription OF beauty and style, arrayed in garment
which would have made the great PSALMS
stare; the wealth and fashion of Americas
metropolis leaning over the piazzas OF the
palatiai club house; the hard-banded men Of Man
haitian ana Westchester grouped ovcrhang
ing bun outside the grounds, and taking fully as
much interest in the great event as their more
mOneyed brethren inside; every nook and corner OF
the American Epson crammed with carriages; gen.
tlemen and ladies' seated on the fragrant turf,
some behind the grand stand and others
beneath the stately blur on which the club
house is built; on the quarter stretch a kaleido
scopic panorama of betting men and ookers-on
how the cang Of bell and then the fall Of a red
nag; the rush Of contending steeds; the breathless
anticipation Of the twenty thousand spectators and
the wild hurrah when the winner passed under
the string. Such were the features OF the opening
OF the Spring Meeting OF the American Jockey Club
at Jerome Park. Never since the Inauguration day
or this favorite and popular organization was the
weather so propitious and the attendance SO
great The clerk of the weather. for once forgot hs
spite against NE Jockey Club Of America, anu sent
warm sunshine and genial skies to light up the
opening day OF the spring meeting. Now that the
q Jerome Park races have become necessary insti-
tuition in this CITY, and old and young look forward
TO them with cagerness and delight fine weather is
desirable. especially on opening day. The admir-
able management OF the well-known gentlemen
who control the destinies OF the club ana their keen
discernment o, al the exgencles o. the situation
m pf mn Climb
events Of no common Importance. The arrange
ments were complete yesterday that the keenest
detective would fail to discover one case Of dis
orderly conduct
Year after year the races ut Jerome Park grow
In public favor. and now they are simply charming.
We very much doubt II in Europe can be found
management equal to that OF the American Jockey
Club The drive thither is certainly unsurpassed
in any part Of the world. Fifth Sixth aud Seventh
avenues the last two particularly on account o
the wooden pavements) were crowded at moor
yesterday with voyageurs (may we say wagon
geursg for Jerome Park. Then the long serpentine
line of vehicles, the wheels flashing in the
rays of the noontide stn flowed into the glorious
Park, that metropolitan Garden Of Eden, and then
out on the magnificent Boulevard, worthy extern
sion of great city. A short sharp and decisive
''spurtn OF wheels through Harlem lane, with a
winding river and wooded heights ringing the
road, and decorous walk across Macombs DAM
only to break out afresh in Central avenue inter-
rupted only by sundry visits to the numerous cara
vanseries on the way,
What magnificent scene meets the eye on sue h
a day, when spring and summer deck the earth in
beauty, looking either from the piazza of the club
house the benches OF the grand stand or the green
sward of the blui at the back Tho course is
framed In verdant foliage and above the whlrl-
wind OF dust, raised by the ho0fs OF the contestants,
may De seen every one OF note in Gotham Repub-
lican simplicity and republican aristocracy
mngle in this assemblage There is naught to mar
enjoyment; everything to make one forget the cares
and trials or life. Bright eyes, sunshiny faces and
voices instinct with pleasure meet one at every
turn. Now the ringing laughter Of group Of fair
pioneers under the shadow of the club house bluff;
again the excited comments OF number OF enthu.
siasic turfnen The green sward is dotted with
scarlet. mauve. black or white as the shawls or
wraps Of the fair are spread by their cavaliers
for their comfort. and many tiny hand holosa tiny
glass OF the tears OF the yner alolt as the fiery
coursers sweep past them.
AT THE CLUB HOUSE
the scene was brilliant in the extreme Every por-
ton o. the handsome building crowded and the
assemhage bubbled over into little hooks on the
blur on the piazzas and even across the to
the grand stand. Among those present of note we
observed Messrs. Leonard and Lawrence Jerome,
Mr.. Belmont, Mr.. Constable, Mr.. w. Il. Dun
luCUuOTn MISSES
Emily and adelaide MOS Covernor Iryeli
OF Gonnecticut. Covernor John A. CriswoJ
General a. b Wiliams Commissioner ar la
pan: General otori OF Japan: Ills Excellencyl
Iosdida OF Japan: Mr. scott stewart ex-iinifea
States Consul Japan: Charles Griswod MIR
Darling Henry Clews Mr. Mullany Mrs General
Ewing ana Hiss Sweetser Indiana: mr. ! Mott Mr.
j. J. Townsend, Mr. H. H. I,orilmrd MIR and Mrs
i. de Neufvtle. Mr. T. L. Flint Mr. VIII
liam Youugs and vile Mr. II WorTej anal
wife, s. Is. l.ua. O. " HAL Harry Nicholas
John u. Alex ire Louis ponyert Ar 'Tilltnghast
Mr.. Swgert Mr.. RAYMOND and family Mr. ami Mrs
Petty, james 5. Thayer. Mr.. Buckley' Wr eeorre
Wilkes, Benton Peafsall Mr. Motley Mir. perm
President OF Butchers aud Droyels BANK: Colonel
Crosby ana lady, Mrs. Beechcr m peri@rt heoi,tvi
Mr.. Potter Mr.. Constable Mr. Hslmont ~
Olliffe, Misses CIine, Mr. Ems and MA hesrt1r,i
nieces: Colonel CHAPLIN aud wife Mn Trayrrs M
and Mrs. Sheppard Knapp MIR. and Ma Warm
Ward, Fort Washington; Mr.. ami Nr3 bnvaiiy