Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-03
GROWTH OF OUTDOOR spOurs
IN AMNRlCA.
Noted Character ia sporting s,ise-
The Turf at Couey g>iana.

Nesed Characsers Ia sporting Life
HE Turf az Cooey g>iana.
f"Johnry Boqnei"i MI. Tribupob
"Horse-racing makes strange bedfel q ys-as
the horse SAID looking at the bundos I'D the
hostler. all three mapping IN the same stall,
JonSSYs aCcUAIsrANcks
There is Price NJ "a alh $40 onca haa ehN
pnenomenal staole OF America. still on the turf.
but sick man, and he will die In u ElysIan
Fields like the chsrio eers OF old Melsrarh ~ss
spck. and span tailor furnishing .,sWel,~ suits
on credit thirty ears ago 70 me young men OF
pay their gambling deo's when they foryoS IN
pay for their ciothe 81 he stif: /" II s Dart ana
Honor are your, your lfSle g.ms IN lay dosn the
became a sporting priace IN New Orleans ana
near the Close OF the war. when the cBAfeaeracy
was eonfesslng itse't. he a, Mortissey opeaeda
were flush, the cGrreIcy IL Hated. and the con-
tractor was the current gentleman. N 9ney came
Ia SO fast that the par ners could not agrec. and
hence arose the rival boises OF M5rrissey
co. and Chamberlain, Meg aph & Co Tue
south oeing poor, sp1ritng men from a AZ quar-
ter concentrated on New YORK. and southern
field ainusemcnts Were transplsnted % PaTer-
son and 10 Jerome Park. Santo q. Trlvers and
Belmont were among the new nortaera nsa 90
uy the turf. AZ that time we may nat nave
had ufty good race-horses 10 America a ID the
best or the old stock bad ridden ilto Uhe can
non balls path and died ike their Moslern
ancestors. Betting and racing are the maa
and his shadow-4f n t necessary ID e. "A other
very partial 10 each OF hers society. Tae sport,
Ing element o. came earerprising on the turf:
h M0Issey ana Travers opened .ratoga; casm
Monmouth Park; AMI as summer was racing
season the turf became fixed feature of our
summer resorts, breaking out az last Ia rival
tracks al Coney Island Money Is as iniisoens.
able as horses 70 racing. and betting Is the
scheme 10 make the genera dull public pay the
circle OF one mile the universal race bstween
good and eyil; ne gallant horse and Ga para
site man; the broad Industrial economy aud low
avarice ana artiflce.
AT COMFY ISLAND TRACK.
From such vulgar Beginnings rs have named
rose The triple victories OF Parole, IroQaols and
FoNhall, In the little space OF sixteen ears /
can Wen rememeer.going TO Paterson, y j., In
1865, when IL VAS perhaps the only running
course east or Kentucky. The province Alison OF
the war ana OF the slavery excitement was so
recent recent then that negro jockey was sympa-
thetfcally petted. ana tue news that old Mr..
Mcdaniel the breeder. had been slave Dealer
led TO the most larid reprobation OF TIE turf,
Yet the turf was the tirst place afoer the war
where social intercourse between the sections
began. Men Ike Puryear were seen creeping
up from south Carolina, Cottr1n from Alaoama
Bowie ana aoaugh from Maryland, aud divers
kinds OF men from Tennessee and Kentucky.
intent on stakes, bets. aud sales OF yeariiugS
Every one or them confessed that New York
was 10 become the headquarters o: racing.
because mere is the money! Con 5eaueutfv
pool rooms" TO sur.elt are scattered over this
city, and bookmakers are almost as numerous
as eookkeepers. The profits OF a race track
are very great III you can put IL close by q
great city so that IL will be Incidental 10 The
normal amusements. and can then give nc
enough local personality, such as is bel AZ done
list OF names is used as directors and private
boxes are built for luf magnates and patrons
ana their families, and "pool-selling, and
Matchmaking are gladly tolerated oy the
county authorities. Jne whole M axes scene
between the borders OF briiiiancy and al ssoute.
d SIS sueh as gambling only can color With its
hrrh fs.tc -.r.Re 49,
Prodigal Son is one corner where his parasites
are throwing dice. end II is the only blemish.
YET the most intense spot 10 the broad sensu-
GUS canvas. Gambling stands next 10 ghosts
IN TIE suptrstiifo Ion eEodght from our orthodox
childhoods- Who does Lot remember the awful
darkness broooing upon the little family when
Tie org brother Came home from college and In
his pocket the pruwliDg mother found PACK OF
caros? ii seemed that the very serpent which
esompiimeDted Eve on her intellect had climbed
Into our brothers bosom
The cost OF the ground and buildings at Coney
Island Is probably under Slo0O 600, not the cost
OF small thealer In the city, and the theater
can noio nall the city, and the prices OF admis-
sion are the same. The theater pays lis actors
well; The horses pay the prizes they earn IN
spectators, will pay the annual Interest and
expenses on the CoDey Island raciag course
After the race is over, and before &c sIsrts the
at such nearness 10 the seabeach piece of
ground so perfect for racing and shade could
Here Il the latest vanity fair OF New York, Yon.
Ger are pair OF butchers, keeping little green
grocery, who have won fl00 0J0 upon SINGLE
race horse, and have paid S., 500 for his young
1ul pTotner. Near o. Is another Irshnl an who
produces from 'rsDide track the animal that
conquered both Blackburn ana Parole one OF
TIE most successful and Indifferent n lancIers
OF the turf Is NAMED Spencer. man OF re-
serve ana reading, he buys paintingsfn stead of
OFT eC1ng horses, and q sale he recently mad
brought sum OF money so wholly GU. OF the
n hfl rar1u
sIor' g man that II opened their ey G 3 10 the
hofoughness OF his art knowledge lie reads
the most elegant critical literature OF Europe
buys pictures OF GerOme that cost q lirIie for,
tune enjoys them till his house Is lille 4 and II
he sells does IL to advantage Rumor saws that
ne was once MERCHANTS clerk, beca ne fasci-
far downtown, AID being repriman led SAID:
my mfnd is SO harmonious with that exercise
That Will make business OF II aud play prin-
ciIal instead or VISITOR" He fiourished, became
the capitalist or Morrissey's ESTABLISHMENT.
Kept the books thereof like q BANKS cooks
locked on Morrisseys more brutal tendencies
Win III conceived disgust, and survives him to
combine aesthetics aud ''the tiger" as iG is never
st en- even In Landseer
Sanford, once predicted to be ths coming
King OF the turf. is also novel figure among
hoisemen. A prudent polished, domestic man,
engaged, think, 10 the cotton business and of
New England STOCK he spent much lime com
mercially Ia the south aid saw good deal OF
racing. III Is the only sport, " he says, .dt for
q gentleman" Tn the turf his unrapacious
spirit OF accommodation is pleasing 70 see he
was the nrst northern man after the var TO 90
with horses TO England, The name OF MS great
horse, Monarchist, may suggest that he had a
political blas toward Europe. He spent large
sum OF money La breeding farm In eltucky.
relQclantly admitting that &c raised the best
horses. BE Is very deaf, but the pleasure Of the
eye Is left him when his colors blend vita the
rest In the brilliant motion and contention.
John q. Makes Melancholy
PRONOUNCED HYPcCHoNDRIAC BY his PBysI-