The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-20
WOMEN WHO BET ON THE RACE.
A Galaxy of Beauty and Bettors at
Sheepshead's Recent Suburban.
From the Netp York Press

| bEnR-descrlbed by Pope many years age
was never more apparent than at the re
cent Suburban.
A western man, who rates the attractive
ness OF place by the number of women he
finds in it, must have thought he had
reached Elysium when he looked abont him
at the multitude of the sex at the Sleeps
head course. Everybody knows there are
women and women. Both were there, and
every other kind you ever heard Of
There were plain women and
pretty women, thin ones and stout ones
there were blondes and brunettes, and tina;
still more captivating type that partakes of
both and yet is neither; there were quietly
| dressed. well-bred women, and others again
before whose splendor both Solomon and the
| Queen Of Sheba would have felt abashed.
There were women whom you would like
your sister, your cousin or your sweetheart
to be like, and others the like of which you
| wish to see as little of possible, even at the
| race track.
THE WOMEN KNEW THEIR MIND.
"A large proportion OF this multitudinous
sea of femininity bet on the Suburban. The
few messenger boys were quite inadequate
to fill the orders given them by these
pretty sportswomen, and many men were
we'll what they want. and they didn't show
much hesitation yesterday in making their
choice
You could tell the novices among them
very easily. they we're SO uncertain. They
would back horse because they liked the
| Jockeys colors, or because they once had a
| sweetheart that drove a horse the same
color as one of the racers, or because they
had closed their eyes and poked hat pin in
the name of another on the card. But the
| woman who really and truly loves racing
| and racers is just as systematio as a man.
| She has carefully studied her programme,
| she has consulted her Official Turf Guide
and she has prepared her schedule as
| methodically as the menu for her dinner If
she be good housewife.
Every seat on the grand stand was oc-
| cupied, and in two out Of each three sat
some member of the fair sex. In box
| surrounded by an admiring coterie was
lovely Lillian Russell, attired in the daintiest
| of soft China silks. The most exquisite of
hats, fresh from Paris, crowned her
beautiful golden hair, and in her eyes
of turquois blue cleaned the light Of sue
| oessful speculation, for the "airy, fairy
| Lillian" had won. She always does
She looked very charming, and very, very
pretty as she thrust her gold jewel-tipped
pencil between her smiling lips, aud puck
cred her smooth whits brow in a thought
| full effort to decide between the relative
merits Of His Highness and Victory.
| NOTABLE WOMEN PRESENT.
| In. another box sat handsome, stately
Mrs. Daniel Butterfleld, whose husband,
Gen. Butterield is one of the stewards of
the meeting. She looked thoroughly grand
dame, as she always does. With her was
her handsome, soldierly husband.
| In the most stunning Of white crepe
| gowns. made with train and V-shaped
4 corsage. was an uncommonly pretty little
woman escorted by A. a. Hummel. She
had dark brown hair and big brown eyes
and a beautiful complexion. She made her
bets gracefully, won with delight, lost with
equanimity, and showed true sporting blood.
She was Miss Anita Allen of San Fran
cisco. Mrs. ]. Alexander Striker, band
somsly gowned in black, bet with skill and
Judgment. Mrs. Sydney Rosenfeld, In a be-
coming and stylish gown of gray, occupied
a box with Mrs Hopper Mrs Resented
| was content to admire the horses and watch
them run.
Mrs. DeWolf Hopper, as enthusiastic a
sport" as her husband, was arrayed in the
most modish of gowns of brown China silk
fiecked with white and trimmed with white
lace. Pretty Mrs. Hopper waxed warm in
enthusiasm over each race. She greeted
her favorite with radiant smiles and ap-
plause. She backed them lavishly.
Mrs. John A. Cockerill, looking very
handsome and none the worse for her recent
long suffering from her accident, shared
her box with remarkably pretty girl and
a number of gentlemen. Mrs. Cockeril
wore lovely outfit Of blue. and she made
her bets with spirit and SUCCESS.
All in soft gray, from hat to shoes, wa
pretty Julie Christin, who is just back il
town from series Of vocal triumphs in thu
west, and not far from her was handsome
statuesque Mrs. Frederick g. Goodwin, whit
might sit for the pictures Of the beautiful
Duchess OF Leinster, so much do they
resemble each other.
A SOUTHERN BELLE WHO BET.
A handsome girl, who attracted mucl
attention as well as admiration, was Mis-
Jane Inman, elegantly gowred in blu
China silk. She bet, Of course-did you eve
know a southern girl that didn't9 And Mis-
Inman made hers with an airy nonchalanc
that proved either unbounded wealth o.
perfect judgment, or both.
A pretty little woman in q dainty frocl
of black lace and stunning hat of yellow
sat beside her good-looking husband an
: followed in his wake. She was Mrs. Harr
, Sammis.
Many actresses were present, and feN
who draw $50 week were seen to bet SIS
on the result of the Suburban.
Loantaka's victory was not a popular on
| among the women, and one pretty girl Wh
, actually won on five other races refused t
be oomforted because she was "ousn on tn
great race of the year.
WHAT MEN LOST.
A fair estimate of the losings of what
popularity known as "the talent" composed
of course, mainly of members of the NAL
, persuasion, would be $780, If the rim
had not taken fright and cut the odds o
Tenny and Tea Tray as it did the losse
would have been nearly doubled.
Mr.. McCoun, the owner Of the winner
q won about 5000 on his horse, exclusiv
? Of the stake money. His winnings wer
largely from the winter books, however, i
}, which he played from time to time at odd
from so to to so to 1.
John DAILY had 81 900 "split up" on Loaf
r taxa. Mr.. Cassidy. westerner, and a
exceedingly shrewd judge of horses, wa
also big winner on the victor.
!, Snapper" Garrison lost $4,000 on TIE
Tray, but his old friend Eddie Lewis save
r himself by playing Cassius for third plac,
. Walcott & Campbell more than balance
accounts. Mike Dryer lost IS, 900 on Tenpy
but hit the ring on Longstreet and Atlanti
! for nearly double that sum.
NORTA CAROLINA GOLD.
Flenty OF Il, but It is Extremely Bar,