The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-06

Tws restored to him again and hts collection Of pennies
assured.
MRs cAsKY's IRISH no.
The band struck up several lively Irish jiga and,
the Irish element force, number OF heels grew
restve and presently impromptu dancing marked the
progress OF the music An elderly lady
partner in reel and, after she had
given up from sheer exhaustion female acquaintance
who had been looking on admiringy, approached her
Mrs caseyY" eyes Mrs Mccarthy" responded the
the raison doit" And Mrs. Casey showed she was
able to give pretty for doing what she might
otherwise deem unseemly in one of her years
NATIVE AND FOREIGN METHODS
They had abundance OF amusement on the hill The
with the gavanc battery calling forth ''Try your
nerves. was there, and another with small table
pierced with knives each knife penetrating fifty cent
stamp, which he offered to anybody who could make
rng at twenty PAGES, drop down on the upright knife
Peanut and ginger bread vendors numerous, and
as for the lager beer stands they transacted roaring
business The hill has become OF the institutions
OF Jerome Park. Inside the everything Is dis
tinctively American The well dressed and decorous
attendance the absorption In observation-disclosures and
more respectable term for betting-the quietude Of
demeanor and the absence OF horse play.
Outside, the hill the element Is
foreign and the methods of filling up the chinks Of
time between each race are foreign also But though
il be called Donnybrook Hill the people who resort
there orderly TO degree They take great delight
in ''chathng'' anybody who walks up among them
with club house badge dangling at his button hole.
Old chaps who have canvassed every course in
Great Britain and Ireland resort here TO meet some
Finn McCoole won the sweepstakes at the Curragh
meetingn They we'll up In all the mysteries or
tne II III ana M make pso gIoa occasionally
Half dozen pools OF extremely modest proper
tions were made up by the hill people ranging
ment exhibited at the auction Of these pools than
where thousands OF dollars involved in the sales
on the course II was pleasant TO observe the unver
sal good humor that prevailed The propretors OF the
grounds might make them still more popular with the
people who resort there by placing Of seats for
the women and charging ten cents head, along by the
edge Of the bluff
GOING TO THE RACES BY RAIL
Two special trains one at half past twelve and the
other at half past one left the Grand Central depot for
Fordham fairly filled with passengers OF sporting turn
Of mind The experience of going to the races by train
is very different from that OF going there by carriage
through the Park 1t is far less esthetc in fact the
mind apt to acquire sordid cast on the journey by
rail If the visitor to the races takes the smoking car
the only conversation he hope to overhear Is of
French pools, Paris Mutuel pools and John
sons pools-of what one sporting authority
said OF this horse ard another sporting authority of
that In truth there isas little sentiment in railroad
train bound for the races MS In political primary.
How very different whom one approaches Jerome Park
rsGni a0o fancy inspiring influences the varied
s seepery Of tho Central Park exhibits and exercises on
soul Ro yy G9~s 'h sa a5Tyr Of the o
New York seem TO have congrega.-aa tnere. Nc can
recognize the notes OF their braying lungs as tray
shout First train for the racecourse" There are
hacks in abundance and large omnibuses OF primcval
date Offering TO take passengers "up' for quarter
a head high steep hill has to be traversed before
the level the land where the lies is reached
A stirring scene occurs when heavy train load OF
passengers all eager TO get 70 the destination rush
wildly from the carst the nearest c6nveyances There
is much swearing among the drivers, and, their
vehicles packed by the railroad track, a
few moments OF intense confusion is the result Cabby
on the inside has complete fare but cannot get out
when last the is clear the rivalry among the
drivers overreach each other lin the sense Of racng
affords great amusement to the passengers Here there
touch of tsQOinQ tho Derby ~ &c uhv
would be such great pity for Mr. Vanderbilt to run
switch from his railroad to the course He hates
there is considerable troop Of pedestrians
in embarrassed circumstances who take to the sidewalk
and tramp all the way from the railroad TO the
They afford endless fun to the drivers and the
passengers and here have another touch Of going
TO the Darby" Jehu cries to these poor but decent
people, say old man. take you up for ten cents and
ind you in tobacco "Lookee here, boss why don't
you take your shoes OF and the sole eather;''
'Say, Reilly, bet you twenty-five cents on Madge;;'
"Halloo, sport, you can't go the grand stand for
twenty five cents The unfortunate fellows who elect
TO aoot 70 save the quarter dollar merciessiy
sconed at by the drivers, VINO look upon any efforts
avoid patronizng them on days something like
an Infringement Of their rights
AK AMUSING SCENE
occurred yesterday just outside the entrance 70 the
track One OF the Fordham hack drivers freshman,
of evidently the strongest sporting instincts drove q
party Of nvc New York rowdies up from the train
hoping 10 receive the end Of the Journey the sum OF
twenty five cents from each. AS he drew within few
hundred feet Of the gate the race was drawing 70
finish, and nom the bluff above came distracting
cheers The driver and his passengers all stood up
witness the exciting event. and the drivers faculties
utterly absorbed His eyes on the winning
horse and his filed with tho tumultuous
shouts of tbs great concourse Donnybrook Hill His
passengers in the meantime slipped out OF
the carriage and disappeared. The next moment
the driver turned, and finding his fare had flown,
jumped from his seat with murder in his eyes "T3ad
luck to ye' he yelled looking about him IN all direc-
tons, "a couldn't turn his head around widout
dirty lot OF spapeens takn' advantage OF him. Look
here sir are you one o the min that come up in my
tive but pointed TO figure just disappearing through
the gate and entering the grounds, he thought
hackman at terrific run, but he cleared the gate
dozen darkeys with red skull caps blocked his passage
and the gatekeeper roared Ut him for his ticket Of ad
mission The poor fellow had to retraco his hasty
steps with the loss OF his entire fare but II TO
hoped with salutary moral deeply engraven on his
mind.