The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-02-07
RACING IN THE ANTIPoDB,
Scenes around tho Melbourne araud
Stand,

-6tand.
By noon tho bill above tho grand
'itand VIVA thictly covered with pic
uresque forest Of humanity; It looked
till In the dlstnnce, but wnz ns unrest.
ng rs bee-hiTe when approached.
rhls wns the democratic phee-admis-
ion tTo shilliugs-ani II Was decided,
" the besl point from which to see the
:ou11e: II Is IN artificial hill built by
the committee they cvuld afford II on
heir receipts nj cU,Uo q year,, aid
there was plenty Of room on 1t, even
Inc bal,ies could freely roll down ita
lurfy aides while their uammas were
lost In admiration Of the costumes on
tho lawn below, where they inlend
those babies shall promenade With the
sesne from Tbs hiIi vas
wonderful. Beyond the l.igh
priced lawn and Enclosure WIS the great
"dat," on which an orer.moviuk multi
Judo stretched away Into the distance
until they looked like industrious anus.
But when the bell sounded they unused
tue,nselve. in Il iwiuklIng, along the
course and became IN organic vhole-a
long cutving anaconda. When q race
vi. over the nomentarily motoinle.s
nouAter broke up again into tltSan WINS
| sonn distributed over tue plain.
What on | nv Of Tho grand stkndi
l'.uLnbty 3l.RvG people were there or
|. ..reabou., mostly in eostliesL costumes
--aitne 81 these imported for Tho occr-
| st.Al nj a cost OF from flU0 10 EJIu. The
wun.lsr Of II. Creduir,Is trurt itr6 some
times tel, Us Of fliuuoo ju.rlers who
cnnjuru fr.1ru the auor Z lush which
clothes Itself with blossoms while the
SPECTATOR is Eaxia1. and Il G ems as II
snmp miEic had .vok d this vast Sivto.
ria ReIin, Whose petals were brilliantly
lr:Ave,i lu.ilcA. TIE dres>-a were l:ner
IN genera. cll,.rt ttlsn In detail. Luz criti-
r!sln was ,ttsar meal When 'anu sawl The
l,npps ,t,caiuinx and general, Intelligent
iarrs Of ,l,ore DO lne!y decorated, Il
wss pheasant TO see 50 sndny people, levi.
ieut.y nj tumble Origin, S.pI bad grown
l. icll enough TO induiah their As:ea In Z
.iatter ri 10 murl moral Importance a.
lrraa. There IL somslling 70 DO said
for that remark Of EreucliWomau, tina:
Tho consciousness Of being perfectly
ltesse't Affords q satisfaction not to be
oo!uiusd from tho conaolat oEs Of 10
.ixioh." That sort Of sAtisfactioa wa}
grand etnnd md it, !sxn, aud what il
with thelrs, The whole rnce- course, It,
Rnrironment. and arrangements, en-
only tic ,lesc, .Led Is work Of at. The!l
co1r nlctenrss Ia duo chiefly to the fccre'
tAry ii the Victoria kacinssGltb. Mbo
.sllA NE he known nothing whateSeI
nlIouL liorsuA ar .ratins. ffthis gentle
uni, conld only succeed Ia reducing o,
regulating iii Ii u incurahlel tho betting
mania, l,c ought 10. go 10 England and
teach them thnre how to mako rsct
An enjoyable holiday. EPSON know
nothing Of these careful preparations o
! tallca Tor htncheols, or OF tho regimen
. OF loys that remove al! hottlcs and 70
.usa from the award In large buckets.
! had nearly fonzoiten to say tina
:hrre was sons racing yesterday, too
, Several times managed to turn iron
the human attractions aud observst
. small islcta Of var,cgated caps and 6ashe
floating around the pesI.ehapel couTse
dirk! sircNks of etdeds beneath them
!; ,oan Of ,iust In their wake. Each hors
: and rider were Rrasl In nna Censsn
II form, and Il was not without beauty
hut even tine strained stnews verc Lee
i, ulensiuu than tie continuous murmu
o That accom-, Mod tho mulfied dr1n.bel
,flhc hooLs, rising through all the scal
tie si,lr:s voice Of the hundred u,ot
- und--to hreah 1t lait In wild cheer
= The victor. Ia that cheer I joined IL
wariIy, but 1t vu5 with citation At b.
doIdiuE suc', q vast eoncourse OF huuoa
!, beiog1, with shinlog faces and. gla
n voice. forming together magnl6cet
pisture Of hutnsn hchlth, wealth an
!. hnppIuess framed In the sceuey Of
n fre.h and prosperous lsnd.-N. D. Coz
y way Ia San Essuclsco Chronicle.