The Lake County star., 1877-06-14

.t's Nkw Yosk, June ., is77. |
The racing season was inauxura- |
ted last week, with unusual briIlisn- |
cy. jerome Park was crewdedswitll
the fashion Of the city, and sssms |
very good time was made by the
steppcrs. The amount of money
Invested in fast gocrs in this city
is enormous. Robert Bonner, the
Ledger man, has nearly half-mil-
lion in this kind Of property, some
Of his horses. being worth $50, 900,
il they could bsbeught ut all. The
Lorillards, the Lcnoxss and all the
rich families consider it essential to
their standing to have mere er.less
good horse flesh, and any fine day
there can be seen in the park hun
dreds Of horses who can make time
very low down in the thirties, every
young man Of fashion thinking it
necessary to have his fast horse. /
The late Hembold had 90, 900 dol
lars in horses when he exploded.
It is q pretty sight to see the fast
herses out on fine day in the park,
and the drives thereabout, many Of
the teams being driven by ladies,
who get to be as skillful with the
whip as their malo escorts. Women
all ike good horses, and it is a pas
sion with them to drive. There is
no better business than the breeding
and fitting Of fine horses. The most
ordinary kind of carriage horses
that have any style at all are worth
\, 200 dollars pair; and thoy run
from that, according to style and
training, up to 5000. This, with.
eat any particular speed. Give a
horse speed in addition to style,
and the lucky breeder may set his
own price, and get it. For this
grade of stock the market is never
6verstocked. There are constantly
csming in wealthy men whe can
afford to pay these prices for what
they fancy, and it is new mere than
ever the fashion. There are enough
of poor horses, and they sell as
cheaply here as anywhere, but coed
horses are always in demand, and
always at a very high price.
The city has compromised with
Sweeney, for about sne-tenth Of
what he really stole. This leaves
the Sweensys rich, but Boss Tweed,
it is said by those 'whe profess to
know his exact circumstances, will
be left comparatively poor. But
the Boss does not care for, that.
He made friends when he had pow
or, and he believes he can rally his
old followers, and be once more the
arbiter Of New York politics. IAN
he wants is to get cut Of Jail, and
get a chance to utter his war-cry
once more. The old gangs who
never had SO generous a pnymaster
will rally around him, and he can
undoubtedly obtain so much power
in the city as to make him essential
to the more respectable politicians.
And then it will take ne time at al
for him to get back al the msnsy
he has lost, and more. He is un-
questiOnably the most popular man
in the city; that is, he can get the
greatest following among the class
who WELD political power here,
De always divided fairly what he
stole, and the lesser plundcrers sigh
for his leadership again. They new
err lived as we'll as when he was al
tile head. He has had hard time
Of it for few years, but he is still
streng enough to make it lively
again. Yesterday, tho last Of the
abscsndsrs, Richard S. Connolly
compromised with the city, and will
return to his native land. Connolly
returns to the city 100000. The
real reason for the settlements is thai
it costs so much to prosecute these
men, that, if the city should recover
all that was stolen, it would newt
ably 60 to the hands oflawyers and
for other court expenses What is
gotten now will go to tho city direct
1t is curious. but defaultcrs car
never stay away from their country
Possessed Of fmillicns-Co Connolly had
all his in bonds they were still
cutcastsand vagabonds. They wer,
admitted to no society, they had ne
associations except among them
selves, and their life was one Of con
slant annoyance and discomfort
Connolly has been trying to &c
back for a year, and he is doubtless
the happiest man to-day on -th,
glehe. He will cone back to New
York and with his cid associates
take charge Of the, Democracy o
New York again, and may assis
'rildsn in another campaign for re-
form. 80 +, - .'''' ~ 'i'io' @
visitsrs to the Philadclphia Elk
position win remember J colsssa
bronco arm and hand holding alof
. torch, which was on exhibition
there. % This is q part Of . Status
entitled "Iiberty snlightening tn,
wsrld,"' psid for W citizen, Of q Paris