New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26
Johnny BOUQUETS WALKS.
popru Ar HABITS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

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,.Vn THROUGH AMERICAN EYEs-SAiioN"i
TRAITS OF THE swiss-IiAIRED VI
RULE ~ AfsACE AND LORRAINE
.Io,.c racing makes strange bedfclows' ~ inc
ho,.e ,aid. looking at the bulldog and the ho9''ei'
MI three mapping in the same STALL
JouNvY's AcQUAINTANcks.
Tbcre il Price McCrath, who once had inc Pno-
nomenal stable of America, sim on le tui,' W,
.;ot man and he will die in the Elysian fieids Ike
,ho cho,ioteers of old McGrath was a spick and
emo, ,aiot furnishing SWELL suits on crod'
,hir,v years ago TO the young men OF the Sou'n-
,s, lie observed that they would pay 'hen
gambling debts when they forgot to pay LOT 'iioii
clothes so he said " If Sport and Honor are Yum
little game I'll Law down tho goose ana snake ING
dicc-box with YOU" lie became a spor'hig Pi"''
i'm New Orleans, and near tie Close Oh tno "",
when the Confederacy was confessng l'Se'i' ~ anu
NorriS,ey opened great gaming-hon IN New
Work The times were flush, the currency inflated
and the contractor was the current gentleman
1o,cv came in 80 fast that the partners couid not
o,rcc and hence arose the rival houses OF MorilsS'y
A 60. and Chamberlain, McGrath u Co. Inc
South being poor sporting men from tna' uu"i',
concentrated Oh New York, and Southern heiu
amuscments were transpanted to Paterson al" "
Jcrome Park Sanford. Travcrs and bclnoh' "clo
among the new Northern men to try the turl ~
that time we NAV not have had fifty good race
horses in America. ana inc N'nt VI NH' "i'
ridden into the camnonjals path and diea Ike
their Moslem ancestors Betting and racing are
the man and his shadOw-h not necessary 10 each
otber very partial to each others society. INC
sportng element became entcrprsing on lhe Jun
Morrissey and Travers opened Saratoga Nhi'no'i
lain McGrath and local landlords opened Mon
month Park and as summer was racing season. 'ii'
turf became fixed feature of our summer rcSoi'S
heoking ont at last in rival tracks at Concy Island
10 hOrSc
netting is the scheme to make the general dulI
Duhlic nav the expenses Thus you can study III
The small circle of one mile the universal race De
tween Good and Evil; the gallant horse and the
parasitic man: the broad industrial economy ana
low avarice and artifce
AT COMFY Island TRACK.
From such vulgar beginnings as / have nameo
rose the triple victories of Parole, lroquos ana foN
hail. in the little space of sixteen years can wen
remember going to Paterson, \. - IN lo"o' Wheh
il was perhaps the only running course cast OF Men
tucky The prOvnciaism of the war ana OF 'lc
slavery excitement was recent then that negro
Jockey was alphabetically petted and the news
that old Mr. Mcdaniel, the breeder, had been a
slayc.dcalcr led to the most lurid rcprobatlon OF
the turf Yet the turf the first place AFTER uie
war where social intercourse between the Seeuohs
,econ Men ike Puryear were seen creeping mp
from South Carolina, COttrll from Alabama
Bowie aud Cabsugh from Maryland. ana dNerS
kinds of men from Tennessee and Kentucky intent
on stakes. bets and sales of ycarlines. Every one
Of them confessed that New-lork was TO become
the headquarters of racing. because here - the
money" Consequently pool rooms 10 suriclt are
scattered over this city, and bookuakers are almost
AS numerous as boOkkeep crs. The profits OF race
track are very great if YOU can put 1t close by
great city, so that it will be nciden,a! to the nor
NAL amuserncnts and can then give IT enough local
personality such as is being done at the new '"h'N
Island course where a long list of names Is used rs
directors and private boxes are hunt for turf mag
mates and patrons and their families ana pool
selling and bookmaking" gladly tolerated
by the county authorities The whole makes
scene between the borders of billiamcy and diss0-
lutcncSs such as gambling only can color with lts
peculiar lurd hue. In Dubufes picture of the
Prodigal Son Is corner where his parasites are
throwing dice. ard IT is the only blemish yet the
most intense spot in the broad, sensuous canvas
Gambling stands next to ghosts in the superstition
brought from our orthodox chlldhoods. Who does
NOT remember the awful darkness broodng upon
the little family when the big brother came home
from college and in his pocket tie prowGng mother
found a pack of cardsf 1t seemed that the very
SERPENT which complimentcd Evo on Ier intellect
had climbed into our brothers bosom!
The cost of the ground and buildings at Concy
Island is probably under 100000, net the cost Of
small theatre IN the city, and the theatre can hold
only / 800 people, while the race-course can hold
half the city, and the prices of admission are the
same The theatre pays It's actors well the horses
pay the prizes they earn in general One great
racing day. with 10000 spectators will pay the
annual interest and expenses on the Coney Island
racing course After the is over. and before
1t starts the ocean bath is at hand. 1t seems
marvel that at such ncarncss to the seabeach a
piece of ground perfect for racing and shade
could have been found.
Here is the latest vanity fair of New York.
Yonder are % pair of butchers keeping little green
grocery who have won ! 10000 upon single race
horse and have paid $500 for his young full
brother Near by il another Irishman VINO produces
from snidc" track the animal that conquered
both Blackburn and Parole. One of the most sue
cessful and Indifferent inanciers of the turf is
named Spencer. man of reserve and reading he
buys paintings instead of breeding horses, and a
sale he recently had brought a sum of money so
wholly out of the expectations Of people who only
knew him "A sporting man that 1t opened their
eyes to tho thoroughness of hIs art knowledge. lie
reads the most elegant critical literature of Europe
buys pictures of Gcromc that cost little fortune
enjoys them till his house is filled, and if he sells
does it to advantage Rumor says that he was once
merchants clerk. became fascinated with day
gaming as il il still practiscd far downtown and
being reprimanded said: "My mind is harmo-
mons with that exercise that will make n business
of II and play principal instead of visitor" He
fourishcd became the capitalist of Morrissey s
establishment kept the books thereof like bank :
books looked Morrissey's more brutal tendencies
with illconcealed disgust and survives him 10 com
bne aesthetics and the tiger as 1t is never seen
even IN Landsecr.
Sanford once predicted to be the coming king Of
the turf. is also novel figure among horSefnen. A