The New York herald., 1873-10-19
Last Day OF tlAe Autumn
Meeting.
A LARGE. ATTENDANCE.
How cold Probs" Plays cold
Harry'%with Horse Races.
SIX CAPITAL RACES.
Pe7iwinkle, Macaroon, ShylOek, True Blus.
Quits and Lochiel the Winners.

Our Washington weather oracle raay be of great
service - the farmer and the mar!aer but he IS
friend 70 meetings. When his pluval satellite
has not made the track heavy that IL Is difficult
to say whether the performance Is running or
wadng Old Probabilities comes out himself TO
keep people away from the races by the most
gloooiy forecasts. "Cloudy and rainy" were his
words OF discomfort for yesterday. In the
motang il drtzzled slightly, and The sky
thu oughout the day was rather dismal gray.
Cockney usedDo the mlrky canopy OF his latitude
sweuld have declared yesterday morning 'ighly
promising. and he would not have been far wrong.
..Coudy aud rainy' said Belinda, while her locks
were being arranged as she declared her engage
ment .onr' tor day at Jerome Park. "Cloudy
sand rainsr said the delightfully."- languid and in
seresting nalade fmaginaire to her spouse, as the
latter her that the carriage would be ronnd
IN quarter OF an hour. "Cloudy and rainy, be
blessedcr otherwise said bachelors and husbands
all over our good city they betook themselves in
thousands to their wagons, their harouches, their
drags and above all to their sulKies to witness the
last days racing at Jerome Park. To their credit,
indeed, many ladies did brave that surly "0d
Prohsn and drive outward from Gotham at spanking
speed. Whether it is that courage and beauty run
hand in hand, or that isolation brings out points
OF beauty, we must say that the ladies
who did venture out yesterday were among
the lalreSL tndt Tue ueIrOpouS eau DUdSt. Inc
day, moreover, proved to be one specially adapted
TO the occasion. The air was warm and the binding
glare OF the sun was absent The grand stand was
thronged, principally with men, and the club
house had fair share of attendants, but there
was vet room for thousand or TWO ladies to re-
lieve the monotony OF color which fall coats and
''stovepipes'' present to the eye. Pity that twas
The last day deserved q better fate. Never
had the Westchester woods gowed in such glory
OF autumn tinting. Golden, russet, scarlet and
purple, the dying foliage waved rustling on the
slight breeze. Here and there patches OF dark
green, where the fur and cedar nourished, con-
trasted with the brighter hues OF their less mortal
sylvan systers, and the sward at their feet mingled
pale green and gold in a charming harmony to the
sense. 1t was mingling as perfect as General
Spinner could dream OF if he wished to write
letter imagining gold plentiful at par and easily
interchangeable with currency.
There was as much betting and pool buying,
4'mutuel' and not mutual, as though there was no
stringency IN the money market. Many hve dol
line by the impossibnity OF getting near the place
where they would have put their money on the
Il TPese are among NO the
declare themselves grateful. They viii tell you
biushingiy, when the race has been run, that
they were only baked by the crowd at the
pool stand from making a comfortable pot" on
the winner. The racing was very enjoyable
throughout. There were, as usual, discussions
alter every race. showing how easily the result
might have been different. Alter the Free Handi-
cap Sweepstakes had been won by Quits the
jockeys had discussion and with one exception,
they concluded that another furong would have
changed the race. The exception was Hughes,
WHO rode the winning chestnut fly He said
"Don't you think know w0t ad IN my 'andsS'
That settled the matter The hurdle race so be-
loved by the ladies, closed the day and the meet
ing. Ii brought misfortune TO Murphy, the Jockey
ol Bannatyne's gelding Bibakipa. He was not
pens in hurdle races. He was too cautious for
that; but he was thrown outside the pale OF jock
eydom-a parah among stable boys-for not al.
lowing his horse to run. 1t was said on the
course that Mr.. Bannatyne only entered his
horse to steady him. He was kept very
only allowed TO run to have race which required
three starters There were however, only two
runners. II IL Is good TO throw jockey over the
fence ia such case, there should surely be some
attention paid 70 the owners.
The road home all life for space, and then
The great throng Of Westchestrians, who viewed
the race free from the blum, rushed homeward. the
betting fraternity and sboys' out for holiday
made dash Tor the trains, and all was
over Some three-card monte men, to
whom Coney Islands sandy beach Is at pres
ent as waste and prontless as Sahara, entrapped
few verdant people on the way to the cars VINO
had stumbled over good luck in the pools In
addition 10 tne other satisfactory triumphs
Old Probs, there was one which ticked the heart.
Relying on the latter part OF the ''cloudy and
RAINY" prophecy several umbrella men appeared
AT the entrance TO the track. Not single one OF
these things hateful to the eyes OF outdoor enjoy
sold They opened the ginghams invltingly and
shouted themselves hoarse, but the last man
passed them heedlessly by. and they the gates and
the glnghaIns, shut up together.