The New York herald., 1872-08-10
Closing Day of the Second
Summer Meeting.
A cRowN1NG SUCCESS
4 Magnificent Attendance and
Splendid Sport.
Dnhy Won the Steeple- Chase, Susan Ann
the FOur-Mile Dash and King Henry
the Consolation Purse.

LONG BRANCH, August Q, 1872.
The closing day OF the Monmouth Park racing
meeting was brilliant and highly successful Amir.
and was attended by an assemblage of the most
select character. In point OF numbers too, there
was q very marked contrast TO the preceding days,
for by one O'Clock before the arrival OF the last New
York train. the Grand Stand was more than half
filed and by the time the horses were called for the
Hrst race there was present the largest
number OF spectators ever gathered on the course,
with the exception OF the that witnessed
Longfeow's triumph over Bassett. The day was
one of the most exharating and beautiful that
ever smiled on Monmouth Park. Grand Stand,
lawn and quarter stretch were scenes OF hustle
and animation long before the hour of starting, and
the s0mbre tlnts OF citizens dress were brilliantly
relieved by the bright jackets and caps Of
THE JOCKEYS
At the Judges stand quite group assembled to
witness the weighing OF the riders, and the 1.-THE
fellows we're full OF Dddi1age toward each other
as to the result OF the coming contests.
Bobby Swim, In his colors OF green and yellow,
chafered the other Jockeys because he missed his
whip, and naYvely suggested that II they did not
return it to him ne would have nothing TO whip
Susan Ann up the homestretch with. Johnny Sam
pie, old John Harper's favorite Jockey, colored
lad, with grlish face tall, slender and quiet In de-
neanor, leaned against the wall and said nothing.
wears to-day the same costume in which he rode
his masters great horse to victory. Johnny
Hyiand attracts considerable attention by his good
looking face and bright. new silk riding costume
OF purple, with straw-colored sash. Three or four
black plckaninnies, with jockey attire, riders for
both McGrath and Harper, nit about among the
crowd and attract notice by their diminulye size.
THE ATTENDANCE OF LADIES
was fully FIVE times greater than On any previous
day, and they were costumed as beftted the bright,
beautiful weather and the Importance of the events
to be decided Eight thousand persons were
not at all an exaggerated figure for the
attendance and refreshing northeaseerly
breeze famed comfort into the crowds and
rende red them extremely pleasant and endurable
Around the poolseng stands there was an eX-
men, and pools went or rapidly, though no very
heavy figures were reached. Jim Mace came up
ne his training rain
looked exceedingly "nne drawn" He has been
training close for his contest with O'Baldwn, to
plump face was sharpened down considerably and
as bronzedlooking as a copper cent Of 1872 1t
would he useless to attempt to enumerate
ALL THE NOTED PEOPLE,
both OF high and low grades OF life who
hnse @ a9tend a cee roT Almost a
among them being Harold Waliack, the Hoey broth.
ers, Dennis Mcmahon. Lawrence Jerome, Coffin and
Bassett, Henry Dickel j. NJ Post, Mr. Withers. Of
the American Jockey Clno; Dr: Weldon, Mr.. rAnson,
Cattenach, the brothers EckersOn, OF Nyack; Harry
Wall, agent OF Dion Boucicauit; old John Harper,
som aud thousand other men well known in all
the ranks ofli'e.
THE EXCITEMENT AT TIMES
IN the races was Intense, but the enthusiasm cul-
minated at the close of the fOurmile contest when
Susan Ann took the race from under Lottleton's
front steps OF the grand stand rushed for the rail
ing at the judges stand and sent up shout of
netnsf t..f fhA VvtnVn In nfl
three or four hundred persons was assembled on |
the quarter stretch, ana IL was motley gathering.
stables, danced barefooted in the dust and whrled
their dingy old hats In the air. Bobby Swim, the
winning mares rider became "a lion n,oo on the
the race, and was surrounded by group OF con.
graduating admirers, most OF whom doubtless had
won money i'm the pools on his good lockcyship
August Belmont came down to the course on the
morning train to see KingGsher, and expressed the
utmost confidence III
HIS ABILITY TO WIN
e ala ths not cs ae win Of the
ssnfor,anatey srsfor % for % Sim "" It was the worse @
alternative. The same opinion was entertained by
most OF the leading hOrsemcn. There was q long
interval allowed by the judges before the horses
we're called for the third and last race, and the
voices discussing the event. Around the pool
sellers the largest crowd OF the meeting was
they had lost heavily on the favorte as well as on
second and third choice In the race. 1t virtually
ended the days sport and proved worthy event
to terminate the second summer meeting OF
1872 at Monmouth Park course. Both meet
ings Of the season have proved highly successful
and were well merited and there Will 3e thousands
an xious to visit the splendid course at the opening
OF the In July, 1873 and who will regret that
80 long time must elapse ere they can again as
sembe here to witness such splendid sport. The
arrangements by the New Jersey Southern Railroad
Company have been excellent for the transp0rta-
tiOn Of visitors to and from the course, and will he
still more perfect by next season, and there Is no
reason to doubt that Monmouth Park wall have be.
come the great racing arena OF America before the