The New York herald., 1872-10-13
AN IMMENSE ATTENDANCE
Harry Bassett Beaten Badly
by Monarchist.
L1 RoI EST MORT, vIvE LIE RoI.
ysnewraft the Winner Of the Two-Year-0ld
Raee Nickajack Of Nile and an Eighth
Dash, 0rtolan Of the Mile and Five
TurlongA Monarchist Of the
Four Mile Dash and Lobelia
Of the Steeple Chase


Four Mile Dash and Lobelia
of the steeple Chase.
"The king is dead long live the king" is o sum-
ming up In q few words Of the Fall meeting. How
this was brought about-the attack, the capture of
tAe Bastile OF jockeydom, the tumbnng over OF the
Bwiss Guards tat the pools) been told in these
columns; but the triumph Of the revolution remains
20 be told to-day. Putting snaffie rein on-Our
memories We can calmly return to yesterday morn
ing, when the air was cool, the sky necked with
hight clouds and every avenue that led from great
Gotham to the race course rattng In stony chorus.
sgNow, my fragrant boy" said Ftdsss Acnates,
'yeu have got something to write about this lovely
October morning."
This remark was called forth by the scene along
Fifth avenue, az Everybody came out on wheels
70 see the nna days racing at Jerome Park. There
was no mistake about 1t. Four days Of the
American Jockey Clubs meeting had gone BY with
eut anything very extraordinary in the way OF
seciety display, but
THE FIFTH DAY
was on the high road to success-through the
Park. II the amount OF wisdom uttered by Fidus
yesterday morning could be laid before the public
It would shake up the ghosts Of all the old philo-
sophie fogies from Plato to Bacon, and from the
Sage Of the Woolsack to the Sage OF Chappaqua,
who by the by, is still In the flesh, but counted by
many as among the things that were. He is, how
ever, not withdrawn and selling encouragingly In
the pools Ftdus is a society moraizer, and there
was food for all his comment yesterday. The we'll
dressed people ''who never 60 south OF Union
square" and who have their habitat along the ave.
nues were out in force, and the healthy thousands
who seldom 60 north Of the Washington statue
were on the road for Westchester county en- naasse
1t was day Of promise, with its bracing air. but
that being true OF so many days it could have
broken the word to the hope which 1t shouted in
the ear as 1t did on Thursday or Tuesday last. We
could not think OF facing that "beggarly display OF
empty benches" which distinguished Tuesday with
. CHEEKY face, and as we hung our hopes on the
hair that the
MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO GREAT RACERS
would attract crowd yesterday it was with sats-
action that the vision of the road through the Park
packed with every imaginable vehicle, rolled itself
before our eyes. The chilly autumnal air, which
the sunshine could scarcely warm, gave an impulse
70 every animal that champed the bit on Its way
out Of New York. Here came the sturdy store
keeper, with his cob harnessed to his business
wagon, transformed by some occult process into
holiday carriage with his entire family crowded
into It, and the address or the gentleman con-
cealed artfulIy by horse blanket hanging over the
stern.
HE LOOKS FAT AND HAPPY,
and his better halfis fatter and, II possible hap
pier, while the grown-up relatives and connections,
In all shades Of size, girth and mirth, keep each
other in animal warmth and animal spirits. AS
one contemplates such group trotting to the races
the alarming thought forces itself upon Fidus, VINO
u left at home to mind the babyf There are no
babies visible anywhere, 1t might be added. The
cob seems, too, to share the jolity OF the party,
and whisks his stumpy tail as If the AMI
NAL had not quite made up its mind as
to whether 1t would take to the course for veli-
hood or not. 1t Is o recognized fact that where
there s room for two there Is place for three but
II Ii question for science how four be hung on
wagon seated for two. This was accomplished
yesterday by . party which exhibited the
fourth man perched somewhere between the
springs and reclining against the back OF the
seat In which were two jaunty gentlemen
with the driver on their laps. There was the
hack with the hirer and his ovia friends, endeav-
oring to look as II this was part Of their private
stable, which was belied by the driver, who gave
unttmey 'sass at the top Of his voice when called
on to pass "that there machine with the chap in
spectacesn Perhaps the best sign that it was field
day for New York was In the fact that number OF
IL to
CARRY MouRNERs TO. CALVARY
There they were, with most unfunereal-looking
vsages craning their necks out OF the window, like
the grinnng skeleton in the dance of DEATH 1t was
habit, Of course but the big Dutch horses Of the
sable hue could not get it into their heads
that they were going to the races. They
in only at the end Of the race OF human life, and
trey showed disposition to protest against any
snem they Shook their heads sadly as much as tp
say 1t was all wrong. They were in the habit of
walking sedatey to ther melancholy destination
Uo nuf nf fhnir nVnn nrnru n utnvac thnt
were only coming h0me.n
s'we might understand it; but who ever saw fu.
neral at seven miles an hourY The driver must be
drunk" To which his gloomy yokemate added
"Well, ne might get as drunk as he pleased coming
back he did at the Aderman's funeral but this Is
preposterous. In justice TO our regulations we must
inmates, and swearing and whipping by the driver
Those horses must have returned to New York In the
Il they @ tS race s d
it was on the Pckwickian principle OF the big
wheels behind being once started it was moral
1mpOssfbity to stop. Then there was the "nash,
man driving his fast horse and threatening, like
the cowardly braggart that he was. to take the
u. But we can point to the scented young gentle
man, with the pretty girl by his side and
in halfme or their company, told in the lam
guage Of the eyes. The livered nunky with
folded arms and black cockade, perched in the
cried coachman, who, with all the Importance pos
sible, sat aloit behind four horses harnessed in
gOrgeousness and tossing their heads disdainfully
Mt the humber quadrnpcds BY their side, all swept
by. Every variety OF vehicle which did not
answer to the description OF cart or omnibus was
70 be seen each with its varied load and all OF the
latter gecfnl and pert as crckets on the hearth or
winters night. Once In Westchester with the
Harlem River between us and our daily cares and
nervous Inspiration behind the scene was particu-
larry brilliant. Far as could see
THE LONG LINE OF VEHICLES
stretcned out, and y0u went with the conscious
ness that there were Just as many coming after. 1t
may here be remarked that one team was seen to
stop and nave the horses watcred by one OF the small
boys who carry buckets OF turbid fluid and sponges
Across the road for this benevolent purpose at the
r.sx Oh their lives This sight has not been seen
Tor many years, and 1t Is common Justice To record
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