The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-08
AMONG 7HE RACE HORSES.
| Spring Jaunt About Long Branch
and NeighbOrhOOd.
Jersey THE GREAT RACING STATE.
lone Of the Cracks of 1876 in Training--A
Glance at Reform, Acrobat and Other
Highly Fancied Favorites

I'd the HERALD reporter STOOD upon the dun
at Long Branch, when tho sun rose bright
ana the blue sea sang gently to the gray-blue
sky. To look across the broad expanse and
note the sails Of ships drawn clear against the
rosy path OF the sun simply delicious: for the
warmth OF the slanting beams and the brisk salt
air OF the morning sent the blood dancing through
the veins Ike rlcn old wine from birthday goblets.
There was light wind or the land. such as mlght
fan q boat away out to the ofing while those VINO
manned her basked In the sunshine on the waves.
rho sea was smooth ana sleek and innocent look
ing as young tiger cub; but below the crown OF
the blun, upon It's precipltous face. you might
that ruin had been wrought by the oceans breach
ng batteries and Its stormy winds during the re-
tent winter. The strata Of many ages had been
kssailed and in places 1t had fallen
and been hurried away captive toward the
Duter depths by its attacking enemy, the
remorseless sea- II the grand blur Is to be pre-
served, so that one can stand alolt on the solid
and not ragged edge and survey the wonders OF
she grander ocean, q breakwater must be con-
Btructed "Deiepda est Carth10o''-the city stood
upon the shore, and now swans squaDble over It's
probable site among sand heaps and salt morasses.
Every winter storms and frosts, and the sap and
mine work or the mighty waves when the east
wind blows through whirling masts and hurs
aiot the almost solid spray. bring down one piece
alter another of the blur and leave the new face
As insecure as the old one was. Messrs. Presbury
ana Hildretn have perceived this, and have Iorti-
ded the face OF their wide frontage by bastons OF
heavy timoers and sandoags. And there stood
General -Presbury, ike the Warden OF the Cinque
Ports, surveying with an eye impartial the long
line OF the coast.n Taking care not to go "over
the brink or 1t" we looked down, too in order TO
understand the merit OF this subsidiary device
which
Is A BREAKwATER
to keep the force OF the surf on the risky batners
The plan is a good one. The ladies OF the West
End may by and by battle as securely as do brown
pymphs In some secluded cave where palms and
spicy groves nod o'er the waters OF the Indian Sea-
Inc scene at Long Branch is very beautiful and
exhiarating. There may be watering places In
Europe more celebrated for fashion, for counts,
royalty and what not; but Tor the bold combine
ton OF sea and land tine Branch cannot easily be
beaten. Here you nave not an embayed shallow,
half swamp and only half the right allowance OF
salt In the water, but the real mare DlG0nu with
currents from the Equator ana the Pole, shorty
ave iathom and q white sandy bottom,n as the
leadsmen say, forty yards from your bedroom
window. In winter IL Is not 10 be tri-
ned with, for then you may strike
stream which has brought lcebergs down from the
misty north; but jump 10 at summer time and you
may feel the touch OF balmy waters from the sunny
jewel or New Jersey. TIE excellepcies OF the
place are manifold. A residence there IN the sea
son conduces 10 heath through the salubrity OF
the air and the strength OF the iodine IN the water
20 appetite, through the bracing sea atmosphere
TO VIII through much phosphorus to iced the
brain, from nsh OF waters deep and blue; 10 good
morals, from the absence OF mosquitoes, and the
wholesome, soothing presence OF fat men who
play mucn Whist and ''sleep o. nignts.n with the
lean and hungry looking, but dyspeptic tribes,
who never enter the larder save through the PAN
Try sindow and then with ourgarlous intent upon
property In the other parts VI the house, the OF
the Branch does not agree.
AMONG Tue THoRoUGHBREDs.
The purpose OF the HERALD's reporter In visit
Ing Long Branch, however, was not TO examine
lnto these matters. Nor to go q fishing, M Izaak
walton hath 1t. SO he left Generals PresburJ and
Htidretn, the blue sea aud its ripping waves, the
breakwater ana al the other works oil nature and
H art for journey inland. The writer's bust
ness was with the race horses In jersey. ''Then
the name oil Eclipse and OF all the rest that have
run and won, why didn't you say tnat afore"
Tns exclamation iais from one OF the gentlemen
VINO wants 20 know what VIII win the Belmont
and 1rayers STAKES the Jersey Derby ana Uags
anu matter o. four or Ave cups and handlcaps.
Tue old maxim "waIt aud win,n Is the response.
BY not forcing the pace early we may Oe aole 10
come VITA rush al the hnIsh-a sort OF comDlna-
Chimney aud Young Tom SaJ res
New Jersey Is now tue racing state OF the
onion. Within Its limits there are about dozen
argc racing establishments ana It's people may
be relied upon to STAMP out hypocritlcal pruposl-
tons 20 discourage the turf, Whine holding up
clam bakes ana Vtner forms VI ytrtuous enjoyment
Ia connection with "caEes and ale" la Jersey
are the estates, tue horses and the liberal esaO-
isnments OF Messrs. Il. Lor lard, ID. ID. WIthers,
francis Morris, N. "A. SANFORD, Colonel ID. McDan-
leis, d. J. Bannaiyne, charles Lloyd, J. h. Pryor,
Thomus Puryear, Joseph Donanue. John Conee and
IL "A
trIp and on tnis occasion the writer old not 60
beyond Monmouth PARK, and tue three stables at
H0ImCell, wnlcn a,e IN It's vicinity. ON the way
ron the shOfc to tue Park, tue railroad IN course
construction, winch IS to carry pas
. little more tuan an hour, was an object
or much interest. TIE road Will be finished
IN June. At the PARK there was found Manager
kayner, as busy as bee. he course Is already
In capital order. some improvements have been
devised ouching the accom- mediation 81 the auIes
Dn the grand stanu. heretofore these we're placed
Oh he further end rom the club house. They are
aow 70 nave the upper end, toward the club
aolslered for them. Moreover pank promenade
Is 10 be constructed from the house to the stand,
20 that when the sward rs TOO damp or too dusty
for the dainty Kid ana dehcate silk, with wnicn
the eet OF the ladies at gala times are cad, tueY
may go tripping DRY and clean upon the boards.
1t is rue tney will have TO "salk the plank but
the best men o. The maritime powers do that
without reference 10 tradition concerning MARI
ners who formerly cruIsed in brigantlnes aud
schooners IN the neigaoorhood OF tue Wndward
Islands.
the, 1rst horse we saw at the course was war
ike. by War Dance. lie now belongs to Colonel
Schuyler crosby and looks well
An important string " horses are this year In
charge OF DAVIS Pryor, the careful and attentive
Young man Who was 50 succeSsiuI 10 1873 when the
Victories or True Blue, Survivor and Weatherc0cK
made the stable famous. 40 now contains eleven
horses two O which are touT-yearo los, Jour three
year.olds ana i've arc twO-yearOius. The elders,
Carlina, by Planet, aud Toe HUaXeT. BY war Dance,
0ut Of Lass OF SJaney, looks very well, Dat IN ali
probaOnlty a good lour-y ear-uld could give tnem
lots OF weight. The three.year-Ods are LIZZIE r.,
by Aster, cut Of Fairy; scramble, By star Davis
out OF SKedadule; rom Ucnlltree, by Lexington,
out ol Katona, anu Lord Letland, by Lexington,
nut ~ LIZ MaralZ, ~ Glencoe.
Llzzle X. was asi my early last summer, ana
~ was a question WITH many whether sne DID not
actually me nrst twO-year-od race OF the sea-
sou az Jerome PARK, which another horse got.
Alter that misfortune came ~ the shape Of curD,
aud there was no reason 10 IKE her. one ost ner
tempcr, she grew inanlmate dull IN the eye and