The Sunday herald., 1886-08-22
THE JERSEY COAST.
Bay Head and its Reath-Crowds or Summer vlsi.
tors-sotes About the Monmouth Races
BAY HsAn. N. y, Aurcs, 20, ,s.

DAY HkA", ~. ~ hUvUt' W. iNS"s
The wst,r,nv rrsces s,rsus aobs tGe coas, rrom
Neto to sesbrlght are now crowded full and have
been full for the past two weeks. Another week
will see the departures begin to exceed the arrivals,
but the faces OF landlords and andladles are lust
now bcamIpg with content Not many years hchcc
the entire iron, down 10 Bar eyat Inlet will be
CONTINUOUS llue OF cottages And Notes. There was
a boom IN property oil aiohg sndte rev YEATS ako,
Stt for the past twS scasons prcHs naSc been s,a-
| tlonary and tNetc Mas been little building. As its
maine Indicates this little paceis at the head of Bar
nega Ray, pretty sheet Of sai water, OF irregular
outline apd varying width slyctchns twenty sn,les
souhward to iNs ocean .9.tt, while soutnward from
ina. Eans its prolongation behind similar spit OF
sand. People who want splendor and who cannot be
| happy without horses, carriages tennis, polo, and
casino need not here, but those who only want
nice cottages, good sea bathing, and saul boat at
| times, Will IND Bay Head charming place. Tht
nect OF sailing craft. q. our back d8ors afford I'm
failing fheans OF amusement, while ,he splendid
beach Oh white sahd in front gltes perfect s,tf bath
ing. 1t seems TO ite thai !h strlS " land u about
the most acsltable u ocGohs lot summer cottages
| Thctc ARE several trains daily from New York AMI
| Philadelphia, and Just about everything which quiet
and refined people would seek at the seaside, above
all freedom from transient visitors and crowds OF
| excurslonisis.
| one Of the standing amusemenis Is to 60 down 10
the beach to see the nshns boats lasA tNtouah The
surf ART ioos a. e dst's CATCH They go out before
We afcup ana back early In the afternoon. Sea
! Bass and a few founders arc the principal nsh
taken. For the last two days the surf has been so
high that the fishermen have not venturcd out. Blue
fishing the men say Is out OF date, but though they
| say they can never catch any, VIC manage to have
them for breakfast. But how every one here hates
the menhaden boats which go steaming past, and
A.N. Ill
| Bay Head is sixteen miles south OF LOnk Branch
and consists OF boarding house combining twenty
thirty footns, to whith additions made every
| year, and about nifty cottages Nearly oil OF these
are pretty, steep.roofed, many gabed, much veran-
dahed affairs, which give the little town heat and
picturesque look. 1t IL comparatively new, and the
Ia none OF the dafida,loh which sometimes offends
, tte eSe ut other points, as at Asbury Park, for
example.
OF mosquitoes, that dread Of the Jerseys, we have
seen and heard little, though there have been few
on two evenings But II Is said tHat thet were
30 fierce few rerks dt6 AZ the Berkeley Arms, the
swtl place which II was sought to establish ten miles
south Of here that the visitors oil fed and the place
had to be closed. Possibly II not altogether the
singing, buzzlng pests, but partly the high prices
which shut up that prctcntlous hostelry, as places
OF moderate prices hereab outs all to he aOur-
ishing this season.
what sound rest iul siecp ohe tets here the sea.
side ! The trouble is that when ONE sits down tn
read or write for Hu!et nohr the drowslness comes
On, not*lt hsahdlDg the long aid refreshing sleep
one ihay have had ct night, ahi what charming
lullaby Is That never ehdng roar OF the surf /!
Insomnia is no longer to be drca'led. for with the
ceaseless rising AMI falling Of this ocean melody in
ones ears It Is pleasure TO lie awake, sun burned
cheeks softly famed by Atlantic breezcs blown
through the open lattice
We md amusement sitting on the veranla and
watching the white sails OF the coasters. or fishing
boats, OF which dozen or two often In sight at
once, while the black smoke OF two or three steam
ships varies the scene There is pretty and we'll
appointed life saving st ,ton here, for there some
times wrecks this sandy shore. For this station,
believe, the toers Of the sea have to thank our
present accomplished Minister to Turkey.
People living here cah take train ,ip to the Mon
mouth Park races ahi rethrn In time for late din
net The CHIEF drawback TO the pleasure Of attend
Ing the races Is the exasperatlng delay In starting
which, with the long waits between races, IN axes
the hour Of returning threasonaB,y late. 1he track
Is good and Wide one; and the horses can be seen
all the way roind bit II has hot the pretty back.
ground OF picturesque wooded hills which makes ou,
Ivy City course attractive The attendance Ia very
large, and the betting to judge from the size Of the
'ring' and the number Of boukers, must aggregate q
very large sum. 1t is amusing to see the per.
Oilers cycling each others boards after q race has
just been run. until venturesome fellow leads
oil with few figures, and to see how sharply they
watch the boards across the way aud cut down heir
quotations point or two, II they Gee signs that
stake money Ia going on. one would think live
boOk-maker would have n scale OF figures for his
preliminary offers on each rdce, ready In his mind
and having lrst put that up would then let the pub
lie make the odds. But though the bookers act
"scary" aud rub ont their figures as half q
hnil lInn INIT thpir nttnrEQ al
yet uponthe the odds look very liberal to ner
who have seen them In your local poo-rooms. Take
last Saturday, for example. Three AMI four to ont
could be had against the favOrites, Louise AMI OnekO
In the Criterion Stakes, though the closing quota
t0ns were fraction lower, and six to one was laid
against Milton, who won, and nfieen to one against
Ferepzi, who ran second while there was twenty ol
forty TO one against most OF the others. Though tht
7 race was slow, the colts having been nearly an hpu
at the post, Milton seemed to me to win with the great
ease as not much better colt than HI
has yet shown Then there was four to one agans
! Lady Primrose, the very handsome Belmont nlly
, which won on Tuesday.
II pretty certain that Dew Drop has either beer
much overratcd or hat she Is not doing well. Sh,
was fairly beaten for the choice stakes Tuesday
but the race was at 80 slow pace that any colt thai
/. could run little bit ought to have won 1t. Th
track was In excellent condition, yet the first mil
8 was only run In la7H, the mile AMI a quarter II
4 2:l3H, and the mile aud half In 2:39l. ON III
same day nidagO, carrying l24 pounds, was On
beaten head at mile and quarter In 2:iltl Lad
i Primrose, with liz pounds up, cantercd In lengths
. head Of her Held In III, and Marsh Redon ran hi
n seven furlOngs, with II | pounds.up with consumma
ease In 80. In this the Bard look the lead
r entering the back stretch and from there on mad
the pace. 1t Is likely not that he could have mad
better race had he been required to run faster 70
no.
|. stronger at the end than the lilly, who seemed l.
. have done abOut all she could. Many Thought Nc
z Laughln laid back too far, and I have no doub
about 1t. 1t must be mistake to lose ground 'oher
the pace is so,o, for then the leading horses II goo
will not have to cOme back" at R In this rae
= Mclaughlin was clearly outriiden. Hayward rate
n along In front with the Bard, aud after McIaugh
J. lin had made the rush to close the gap Dew Dr0
winded and mad nothing left for the nnal rally
= The Bard was the better horse that day, and don
Y believe the nlly had chance, but II she had one
was lost by leaving TOO much ground to make VI
when the real struggle began. From the way tn
=. bard finished believe Hayward could have mad
\ the pace hotter aud kept daylight behind him oil III
d way.
n How poor the Bard-Dew Drop race was Is show
by the fact that to day the year-old Kingston,
i, the race for the Select Sakes the
,, In :l4,l, with iO pounds up, while King Fox wa
n only neck behind, with iio pounds up. AZ the frs
three quarters OF the great race was run In :2,
will be seen that there was no reason for Mcaugi
lngs losing ground 10 make up after the pace quick
,r ened.
4. The starting on Saturday and Tuesday was yer
" poor. Some starts which were chr0nicled as goo
!, by the World reporter were In fact very bad. Goo
q chances for fair scnd.OH were generally missed
and at last the horses were sent OF In very strag
n CLING position. That was tho case In both the two
n year old races, and also with the three quarter
II which Blackstone won on Tuesday.
" Gard Gambling at Washington.
% tBoston Traveller, Washington Letier.l
4 big man with blazing diamond AZ big as tn
T. cover OF backing box. aud an immense mlisache
calmly stood In front OF Willards to night ana alke
long and loud TO friend. The big man Ia one OF IN
| most noted gamblers OF the South. In the course o
y his conversation he said; "Bnsiness is dull, aud
IS any man can tell me why came up here 10 Wash
iugton 70 rOOst III give him my 'last hundred. Ihi