New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29

! a1,doed2 How was he at thrce-quarters r
| "Oh. e couldn't go thrccouarters' SIT ai,9p
| astonishing How about going nan ;r.v
.. az . enuid 90 a alf sir. but not in thirty
| sir-I mean, not at that Galt, SIR =,
! Then he quarter morse
"Only a quarter oSs. sir, thliiNs'
GRAVE OF MOUNTAIN BOY
When Mountain Boy died. the Commooo,e nos
grave dug near the middle OF the 'fsch "nu
burjed him there marking the spot ny ciic"%l
slab of granite, three feet in diameter, on "nio
were chisclled the words: MOUNTAIN IVY
lack IS an oval, about twenty laps TO the
mile At the end opposite the stalls OF Nto. t.,r,
Rov and Mountain Gal there is a raised pla,ioIi'
reached by a steep ladder and q narrow ha,ch-
way. on which the Commodores invited guests
mostly lades-used TO sit when they went to see
him drive Lower down was box ior TWO
;udges mr. ono nudge and a timer. but that has
been torn away In a corner back OF the plat
form is the desk, with paddock and key unln..
jurcd, in which he used TO keep his records OF
quarters, halves and miles.
STEAMBOAT MODELS IN WOOD.
The platform is a sort of lumber-room now, and
among the piles of rubbish are three steamboat
models, one model of the North Star and an
other of the Cornelius Vanderbilt. The name is
painted on the latter in gilt letters. One model
is about four feet in length, another six feet,
and the third, the Cornelius Vanderbilt,
the newest and best preserved, eight
feet. thick wall of brick incloses the
track, and a substantial roof covers it. The tan
bark surface carted away two three years
ago, leaving a rough cobblestone pavement all
over the ring, high in the centre and sloping
gradually TO the circumference
Matthew II. Morgan. who lived at No. II
Washington Place, used to call the track a
hippodrome and a circus. lie had no sympathy
with the Commodores passion for horses, and 1t
is said that the presence Of o training track III
proximity TO his backyard so incensed him that
he sold his house for a factory. and moved out OF
the neighborhood Francis l.. Rivcs, who occupies
the corner house. No. g intends selling at an early
day, thus giving up the entire block to business.
INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES.
Property in the ncighborhood Of Washington
Square. particularly on the east side, between
University Place and Broadway. has appreciated
enormously in the last ten years. In 1879 tie
Vanderbilt place could have been bought for
500. 600. 1t is understood that the Newly Ork
Hotel is to be thrown the market ere long, the
partition suit begun more than year ago having
almost reached a conclusion. The house is little
more than a combination of residences, and when
sold will he torn down to make room for stores.
II will fetch a big price. About two years ago
the Washington Place and GTecn-st. corner of
the block on which il stands was bought by Il
SPECTATOR for 10000, and in less than nine
80 per cent
The wholesale business OF New-York is follow
ing the retail business up town at a rapid pace,
It's progress may be described as cyclonic, mas
much as its path is narrow and It's demolition Of
existing landmarks complete Two blocks from
Broadway in either direction its influence is
scarcely felt.