New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-16
SUMMER LEISURE.
CROWDS AT CONEY ISLAND.
FLEEING FROM HEATED sTREETs-How TO DINE
COMFORTABLY.


FLEEING FROM HEATED srREETs-How TO DINE
COMFORTABLY
The very warm weather in the city yester-
day induced large numbers to visit the seaside. and
C0ncy Island received It's share. The boats % the pier
and the Prospect Plrk Railroad carried very many, who
upon their arrival Immediately surrounded Arbuckle,
and fully appreciated lie music After the music here
the crowds adjourned GOODNESS Of the pier and the
hotels further east Ir o. G.. Burnap opens his
rant and piscaorum the iron pier to-day Work mas
been bcguu0n the station n the NcwYork and Sea Beach
Railroad at Bay Ridge and the first trip road Is
expected tomorrow, Thursday
Tue at Brighton Beach Fair Grounds yester day
were decidedly hotter than those OF the FIRST meeting.
The track sul too hard FOR fast time. ut tins is
toy rensded There Three contests aud ono acct
dent The jockey Of Carver, jr, the steeplechase.
thrown at the nrst jump, and seriously
nut not dangerously hurt. The first race
was sim " H0agands Purse $3.50 $50 20 the second
horse one nile and quarter ana was Won by Thomas
Feiriss Baton Rouge: Jos. McMahon's Ike Bonham
second and Bennett & Co.'S Guy third. Time. 2lS4.
The second race the Hotel Brighton Purse, 5000;
500 10 the second horse; handicap for all ages. Mile
heats. The first heat won by H. GafIney's DailSa-
sian in 1:49, WIN Hattie F. and ". l. Higgins tie Tor
second place. The second heat also captured BY
DGlgasian, m Ids, with ". l. Higgins srcoul and Hat
tie T. third. The third race was tine Manhattan Beach
Hancicap steeple-Chase Purse, $500; 800 second
hOfnci ABOUT TWO and lalT m After sharp con
test WIN Dandy, LIZZIE ID. went under the string four
lengths ahead Races will be Thursday and sat
ur!ay, the 17th and 18Th insts
Tie verandas Of Hotel Brighton were crowded and At
the termination o the music the people throHged the
beach and the SURF The water was very warm, aud
there were 23OO bathing suits hired at the Brighton
Beach Pavilion. An extra ear placed The Marine
Railway toward evening. pier OF the Manhattan
Beach Railway Company. at the foot Of Witch ul-st
Is now ia for the d. Il. Marin, running to Bay
Ridge The concerts here were We'll attended and LbrT
ally agplaudai There were 5000 men and go women
batleIs at Mluha tan Beach. fence has been placed
from, Of tie Amphltlcatrc % prevent the bathers
from coming up 10 that place.
Tne hoel propretors, that the season has fairly
opened, strI gglin maufuly with the problem OF
how feed great multitude, not If limited lOayes and
fishes, but all &C the same une IL ia singular fact
not u know when dine. Everybody appears 10
paut 10 a the precise moment Wleu all his
-gbur, similarly inclined. during fLc afternoon
nm o about Dai-pa5t o'clock numerous tables 40 even
tan Beach Hotels 10 DE Iuluu empty. But 40 AN are
occupied, aud generally claimant iur edcn seat stas
lmpduruty behind the diner ready 10 drop into the
+ vacant. luts doubtless
results metropolitan haD OF dining VclOC
each II persons who visit Brighton and Manhattan
beaches viii point or dining al uOur on even haf
an hour earlier hey viii HAD superior
Tor themselves and less ANNOYANCE IRON impa5le
claimants u their places. lr those coming al OF I
O'cOca DuI tle main hotel 40 Manhattan u acA nlrd
Will wd 20 Tho Pavilion Just east OF the bahthouSeS,
uuiaton~. Ike Brighton D. not 50 fortunate IN IT'S pa
whom accommodations, ami thr same recommendation
cannot be urged visitors 10 that otherwise pleasant
resort.
Ammo 2 a rayi -rnrad gupsfs