Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-15

try outlying the track. The ocon-
omists, who. through necessity or
choice, ~patronized the pedestrian line,
also made an early start, and with
Jacket In hand trudged along, and
were, In appearance, happy. The foot
men manifested a preference for tho
old country road, which offered them
an opportunity Of y lit to the Indus
trial School on the cars. while the
teams came over the Mission and
Ocean Beach roads, the Cliff House
road or the magnificent drive through
the Golden Gate Park. At ten
o'clock the roads presented cheering
scenes. There were wagons, buggles,
coupees,drags. hacks, ~barouches, dump
carts, in fact every vehicle of locomo-
tlon adaptable TO the purpose Of the
OCCASION, occupied by people Of every
class and condition, pedestrians In
groups and alone. n merry a crowd rs
has ever passed ont of the city. Tho
stylish equipages, largely occupied by
the fair but fast representatives Of 80.
ciety, rolled along with their CUSTOM
airy regard for the rights OF pedestri-
ans, and occasionally received saluta-
lions strikingly expressive, but In the
main the behavior OF the crowd was
confined to gentcel hilsrity. The day
was peculiarly Californian and q type
OF the delightful Autumn season ; q
mellow haze enveloped the surround
ing hills, while a gentle breeze that
came In over the glittering surf line OF
the sea nearly laved the western ex-
tremlty of the track and toned the at
mosphere to q refreshing temperature.
10 the Eastern visitor the scene must
have been happy and inspiring. by
IL O'Clock the grand rush had fairly
set In ; a dense column Of horse, foot
and carriages. resembling the march
Of q great army, s:reamed steadily
over the hill and down the avenue
leading to the Park. Every available
means of conveyance appeared TO have
been brought into service. from the
imposing f0ur-horse drag to the rickety
cart of the vegetable peddler. Thou
sands came by the trains OF the q
Jose railroad and walked the Inter-
yening distance OF ove q mile. In
the Park the scene was fairly sug-
gestive of the day OH the Derby Downs.
Kindred and a%ristocratic establish
ments crowded together, occupied by
gay votaries OF fashion, who discussed
the probabilities of the approaching
a c with animation, and the contents
Of their hampers with equal earnest
ness. The day and scene were pro-
yocative Of hilarious spirits and vigor-
Gus appetites as well. The lhdispensa-
BILE card sharp and his confreres were
present In force. with their apparatus
for genteel swindling arranged on
every side where the crowd did most
predominant both within and without
the park. Hundreds dispelled the te-
dunn of the hours before the COM
mencement Of the race by tampering
with these willy fellows and got their
fingers burned as usual. The hackmen
are charging so a load from the city,
customers finding their own convey
nnce back. A great Spectator has o.
tered the managers of the race $4,000
for the receipts Of the gate, i%ndepend.
ent OF the receipts at the STANDS INC
extras. The offer was refused. Inc
horses arc In good trim. True Blue,
rhad Stevens and the other horses
named for the contest, were aired and
moderately exercised this morning
and appeared to be In excellent condi-
ton. The friends and supporters OF
rrue Blue casually remarked from
time to time, under appropriate
circumstances, that the horse was
a little stiff about the knees and
lacked the desired amount OF JUS
tire In his eye, = statement that
was invariably received with Sig
| nifcant winks and mods by the Keen
adopts In matters pertaining to the
turf. The true state Of affairs was
enshrouded with 4 suspicious mystery
that the race alone could explain to
the uninitiated. The gossip of tho
stables failed to contain any point Of
interest, other than the report that the
owner Of True Blue depended upon
d~lstancing Thad Stevens In the first
heat, and failing In this, had serious
doubts of winning the contest. The
old sorrel continues in high favor.
l p. M.-Thc grounds now present
q dazzling scene Of animation. The
proportions OF the crowd has swollen
with nameless rapidity. AT the pres
ent time there are Mt least six thousand
people on the course. The main road
leading to the course Is hidden for q
mile by a cloud Of dust, and a continu-
Gus procession OF buggies pours stead
lily down the hill. Pool-sclling COM
menced Mt IL o'clock, opening briskly
nc large figures. Thad Stevens Is now
the favorite by greatly increased odds.
A report was industriously circulated
that True Blue had exhibited symp-
toms of stiffness this morning, which
may have had some influence, but the
confidence IN the California favorlte Is
very strong. The ratio In pools be-
tween Stevens aud Blue Is nearly 3 to
|. The following shows the average
pools an hour before calling the o
SEES: Stevens. 2G0; Blue. l45; Dam
iels, lO5; field, 10. Stevens, 275;
Blue, l52; Daniels. 100; field, o.
Stevens, 1915 Blue. lG5 Daniels, 90;
field, 8. Stevens, 300; Blue, l65;
Daniels. so; field, 5. Stevens, 1926;
Blue, l55, Daniels. 10; field. O..
A strong police detachment, under
command OF Captain Douglas, are
maintaining the good order OF the vast
assemblags. A portion OF the men
arc mounted. In addition to the great
crowd In the Park hundreds Of gra-
tultous spectators have taken position
OIL the neighboring hills. where they
can get = view Of the Course.
First Heat-Joe Daniels Wins I'm 7:io
LATRR.-The entries are Thad Ste
ven, Joe Daniels, True Blue, Mamie