Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-01
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George Alfred Townsend has N4been
writing some saucy letters to the Chi.
cago Tribune, descripti ions of scenes
and incid dents, about the racing course
at Saratoga. We clip the following,
tho confusion Of his last letter: is7hisSi,
Look at those rows of chairs, filed
with an orderly audience of ell social
shades and motives. Undarwood's
voice is going like a ketfle.drum
"Going, going, therel gone, Madee
is sold for 81 1876, Now how, much. am
] bid for Fadladoen Fifty dollars for
Fadladeen. Only $50 for EFsdladeen,
the child of Poteen, whose dam was
Dublin Brogue, whose father was the
great Snorting Arabian. And what am
L bid for Fadladeen? oh. he ia a
foine horse Fifty-five dollars. one
hundred, two hundred and fiftyl oh.
now, upon my Yorrud, that ,is too bad
Tor Fadlsdeen. Three hundred and
Twenty-Five for the grandson Of the great
Snorting Arabian. ,ift,i.
-Four hundred" says quiet voice,
and gets him. The man with the quiet
yoles,ls greet turf, q authority. He yves
SNA "AAAonSoo 1dcoIb, COlOu9t III GQ6 UQ.
ION army, author Of O standard stud
book in which he put fifteen years of
close pedigreerreporting, and he has
Purchased some Of the Leading race.
horses OF the day for their owners. He
bonght Henry Bassett for $780,, and
held him when Mod Daniel was unabl 6 to
honor his drhft-the same horse on
which that old turfman afterwards won
sou, goo. With his knowledge of stock.
Jockeys and trainefs,y he Quietly buys {.
couple of pools night, hedges with
stock of mutual tickets, wins without q
word, and with his winnings in his pock-
etbook, proceeds tile Same day to re-s
port the race for his publication.
yoass, So sna VIZ BE- d}
Kilkenny 80 chapel" ..
The buyer of Veshvihsf ii good ma
tured, middle:aged married man,, His
father left'him SS75, 900 and q propensity
Tor sporting. BROUGHT up to no bust.
ness, he cultivated turf f-aut th critics. went
from race to race, kept the company, of
longer-headed men, and on good advice
put down his money nervily. IN ,s1trf
Are you ahead. Yost P'S Z sA'
Yes. L just about make expenses
every year. Guess TIL bet no more after
this season II mn 81
Yonder s' sits in group. half q dozen
gulf state professional sporting men
aronnd their leader, q tsilver.tongued,
captivating faro-dealer. They are not
very flush OF money, but put together,
and, If successful, divide pio rata, or
fractionally. IF, meantime. thew can
ma some gentry more ardent to play o.
hand Mt poker than to avoid the bar
room, they Withdraw to fine chamber
In the hotel the bottle is, passed and
praised, and all night long, silent as
mice, the battle of chance or plunder
goes on. y. Hit 7lF 50
And Gray Planet is knocked down
to johnny Roe for $50, by me sowl l'' 'i''G
johnny Roe is Daniels old Jockey.
TOO heavy now to ride, but he sticks to
the outskirts of the turf, works, per-,
haps as o trainer, and tempta destiny, in
By his side is a, newmarket rider, de !,
freckled, weighing under o hundred
ponnds, unable constitutionallyil to
olothe his bonesin flesh; and his grand.
father and great. we're a all
jockeyes before him, all belong,
ing to that singular race Of riding
manikins who would have no place in
natrre If there We're no running horses.
He has received presents of some
scores of dollars from' betting winners
Tor carrying race, and tonight he put
1T on the horse he is to ride tomorrow.
In the background stand q dozen veal
thy turf men, "guyipg" two of their
number who are backing their own
horses. Yonder are three sporting re.
porters with their pockets filled with
mutual tickets. Again, two college
lads are putting their limited cash to.
gether to accomplish the purpose Of
getting, one ticket. Mr.. Morrissey sud-
denly reaches his hands in his breeches
and takes out 5000 OF his own. .. Eff
teen tickets, he says, con Fadladeen.
Five tickets on Stampede"
The action is not unubseryed, and
many timid better draws near to imi.
tate the examplar. EH''o'
So the whole play of character and
craft goes on. Therace comes off in the
silence Of q fashionable bondoir. The
losers lose without word. The win.
ners turn on their heel to the bouffet.
and remark, careless1y: ,tz 'l Hs''''
boys. a;.,.n.i.. o1..:iII n IN .,'-7s,.,, -
A. nod Of the head is considered well
bred, and they say. no more; ia a5l.,i
Surface .Manuring and Seeding to
tt'''i Grass. ~ i@li3uF'l
A skillful and successful farmer in
New York makes the following state