The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-01-13

west side of the city, beginning about
One Hundredth Street where it skirts
the river for miles. Adorned with hand
some granite buttresses, and hanked by
trees which at present have not yet at
tanned their full growth, it reminds one
of the esplanades 50 frequently seen in
cities on the EUROPEAN continent.
Tue land here is particularly high and
you obtain an3 unobstructed view as far
up the Hudson as the eye will reach. The
view is only obstructed by the bends and
curves and capts of the opposite shore.
The tall, steep, scraGgy masses of the
Palisades stare you IN the face with their
historical suggestions, dense masses of
blush green pines and frs relieve the
expanse Of snow in winter, and beneath
the ice bound river sweeps its way with
the placid regularity and evenness of a
stream in the country "far from the
madding strife" of the city. The houses
at the upper end of the road are all old
and nearly all of them have historical
suggestions. Should you be inclined to
leave the regular road and drive into the
bySways you will meet charming varit-
ty of landscape. You may climb up and
down little hIllocks and unexpectedly
light on rich paddocks where you expect
to meet nothing but thoroughbred cattle
Now and then you will meet half buri-
ed tombstone, or vault through which
you may peep and see the coffins which
mark the places where the forefathers OF
the hamlet lay" and then if you are po-
etically inclined look up at the expanse
of clear sky above you aud the signing
branches of the pines and listen to the
Eolian harps formed by the telegraph
wires and write verses.
MIR. Theodore Walton, who has gained
International fame by his plunging on
race horses, is about to retire from the
St James Hotel which he owns. His
enemies assert that his expedition to
England. last, fall cost him SO much
money that be can no longer "live the
pace" believe however that the reas.
on is simply this that the owners of the
building, the Ames estate, have raised
the rent higher figure than Mr.. Walton
cures to pay. Z Hes has been giving $40,
900 year. Now they want $4,000, q
price which l am inclined to believe they
will not get. Captain VIM. NJ. Connor,
we'll known throughout the racing world
as the owner of Glidelia the famous rae,
mare, and equally known in the theatri
cal world us the manager of John Me
Cullough the tragedian, has bid. 1 un.
derstand SIS, 900, but his offer has moi
yet been accepted. Capt. Connor pro-
poses to give an impetus to the bal. trade
of the establishment to which Mr.. Wal
ton has paid no attention. He has beer
for some years sufferer from the gout
and seldom went inside of the barroom.
Capt. Connor proposes to make the
hotel headquarters for the theatrical
and racing world and compete against
the Hoffman, House. With his popu
larity he ought to succeed should lie gel
the hotel.
William Barrett the once famous Jock.
ey. who rode Mr.i.Pieire Lorriilard's
horses when they first ran iu England,
died at Long Branch on Saturday of con.
sumption. He sdied poor, since in the
later years of his engagement with Mr.
Lorrillard, he grew careless in his habits
and his riding and lost many races. Had
he behaved himself he could have died
well off Teakes, Mr. LorrilIard's present
chief jockey has a nice little farm heal
Deckertown, New Jersey, and is worth
about 5000 Costello, a youth oi
eighteen, Mr. Georgei Lorrillards first
jockey, has about $50, 600 invested il
stocks, all his own savings. MeLAugh
lin. the American Aab9r, is equally wei
of, and Hayward. Mr.. Belmont's famou.
rider, owns property on Long Island
Hughes, who rode for Mr.. james L. Kel.
lY last year, got u salary of 81, 900 Seal
and ten per cent. of his winning mounts
besides his usual riding fee. II, lost il
all in speculation however.