The New York herald., 1873-11-22

San Antonio. batted tach by tnch in the sheltered
valleys OF westchester.
The lat OF July came, and the Inauguration was
accompanied by vivid lightning and the bursting
OF water spouts. The track was canal one mo-
ment-in half an hour horses were trotting over
1t faster than they had ever sped before. Tue
people we're not TO be debarred from the sntici-
blinding bolts, needless OF the deiige.
On went the sports, and the second day was o
S the wrbnr IL nrs % S so
outlet to the superabundant nuld. From the race.
course on one side from the trotting track on tho
other, the torrents rushed, and yet there was no
cessation OF the sport. Although the highIineaged
which covered the ground they had to contest,
there was firm footing below, and there was re.
q sne T
. material imported from the banks OF
slken-haired steeds. Pleased with the determine.
1on 10 amuse them, the people failed not TO come,
same character.
heard prominent offcia Of the Buffalo Park
remark that 1t was wonderful; here was a trot-
ting track which rain or deluge in fact could nos
inJure here were people so enthusiastic tnat the
worst weather imaginable could not keep them
away. In Buffalo y he added "a tenth mart or
the rain would stop all trotting. II we could nave
tne e Reny ress part Of
moments breaking OF the clouds had enticed to
don their Draw costumes threw the protection OF
o waterproof around their hnery and came cheer
iully to the course their smiling happy faces dis
peiling the gloom, their applause OF the winners
coming like sweet strain after the reverberations
OF the thunder.
To OFFSET all this good feeling, to render nugatory
What the clements could not effect a few rascaiiy
drivers accomplished The park managers, caught
in their tolls, aided in the demolition: Owners
directed that their horses should not better "thetr
record,u and by some skifu sorcery, some potent
magic. threw a glamour over the men who had
the affairs in charge so that they could not see thd
enormlty OF the crimes they were accessories TO- :,
Those who had given every thought eyery
heads heads and an l. sorrowfuIIy departed Newspapers
which had given cheering words from the melting
Of the SHOWS in the spring til tue ripened grain
nunciatOry articles, which lel with scathing erect
when all knew the inyective was deserved.
And thus came the shadow which blighted the
turf prospects OF Chicago for the rest OF the
OF 1879, and in measure, east gloom over the
Maid enticed goodly number to witness what she
could do; but it was only to see her wonderful ex
pois It had no semSanSe e race s to remind
exhibition Of speed" which could alone be shown
by the little trottlng beauty.
when owners, managers and drivers united In q
scheme which proclaimed them oil scoundrels,
and when bafied by judges whom they thought
had not the requisite practice to note their william.
GUS proceedings, they camored Tor the money they
had fairly lOst and had to undergo disgrace OF the
meanest sort to redeem the dollars they hoped to
double by fraud and chicanery. The men who,
they trusted, would unknowingly become accom-.
pces in their schemes, frustrated their rascally
projects. although, mad they possessed a lurther
insight into their nefarious practices they could
not nave been imposed upon by lying Devices and
would have compelled the loss Of the money they
thought more OF than their nonor and honesty.
SILL there are some bright spots; and in this
hastily written sketch OF the sporting events OF
1873 IN the Northwest 1T Is pleasant 20 chronicle
those which were not Frustrated with the incubus
At Aurora the Fair OF Northern Illinois was
great success, and the grounds OF the association
Will nlffrhf fad tot fnr4
pecially were they pleased with race between
Bodlno, Red Cloud, Brother Jonathan and Lady
the two first named fought every inch, as though
life and lame depended upon their eXertions. The
son Of deiea1ed an ms m rVa pSs1
it redeemed baser contests from the oboquy they
rested under, and enemies to the sport conceded
there was something very exhllaratng IN a true
efort for supremacy, and were ready to ackn0wl-
edge, were the cancers excised, there was no
wholesomer, better amusement
Al Earlvilie the meeting was likewise success
ful Those having control OF the park at that place
had taken special pains that there should not be-
even the semblance OF fraud which they could
be associated with or q mean act laid to their
charge Hence their reputation insures them sup
port, and those very men who are ready to JOIN In
cunningly devised schemes at places where their
depredations will be overlooked are found TO be-
have themselves In better company.
Az Gaiesburg the patrons OF sport fought hard
battle aud came out victorious. The track, tho
meeting at Chicago with the papers OF that city re
counting the drawbacks attendant on racing, as
n the soe s work ene
was the endeavor. The sound OF the axe, the ham
mer, the saw resounded from early morning till tho
stars were shining; the plough, the narrow, the
grading machine. the brush and the scraper work
ing IN unison SO that when the autumn leaves had
become dyed with bright hues they had the best
track in the country, well adapted to both racing
and trottng, with buildings which would be credit.
able to any place, their first meeting satisfying
those who had SO bitterly opposed it-successiul in
every particular.
Pekin, Peoria, Joliet, Beloit, did moderatelE
yra
wateis.n Davenport, Dubuque and Des MOines,
delighted their patrons with exhibitions which
pleased the aesthetic tastes OF the multitude attend.
ing, without ranking remembrances OF fraud 10
embitter the enjoyment.
By the turbid Missouri, the alluval soil re-echoet
with the cadence OF the measured iootlall OF the
blood norse the tramp OF trotter the refrain OF
the harmony At Council Blufs, Omaha, St. Joe,
Topeka and Kansas City, exciting were the races,
and hot the strife