The sun., 1891-06-21
wnAr rs aofye ON IN socfrrr

The Wees NOS peen one OF surprises md OK.
elements. ana the Two words. Nobody OK.
pected. nave pcgun almost every sentence
| that mas peen uttereu 0, eportsmcn and pleas.
uro seekers since SUNDAY Nobody exrectel
to Wit ana ia'nt Win sunstroke looming up in
the near future on Wednesday morning nrd
10 dream OF iceoerrs and Arctic oocaus on
"Wednesday night NOBODY expected to como
homo bankrupt from the suburban or TO mako
his way In thnndef. IN hshtning. and In rain
from tho pastoral ncios oi hoookcn when he
started out with Weii-hiied pockets md under
cloudless SKY ehriy on Inesday morning
Hardly anybody nobody" would he too
strong eword-expected that ice-commodore
II D. MorRans new fo-ioo.er u,ofinna would
snow herseh 10 DC q peuoI racer .hah Tea fray
or !enny. ana, olsthhelng "n sompettors
wouio DC cloWnou uueeu VI .hc yaen,'ne "ot'd
py her gallant conduc' Ut iuesoaSs ahd
Thursdays reeat'aa
But all those things have como to pnss All
OF society that Ia left In the neishborhood OF
New York divided Itself into two nearly equal
parts for the rival attractions OF Tuesday. the
Groat horse race nt Sheepshead Bay and
Shakespearo's sylvan drama on tho lawn Of
Mrs Edwin A. sfevens's castle at Hoboken.
Meadowbrook. Cedarhurst and Rockaway
braved heating and crushing. and were among
the first to light up the darkness OF club
house and boxes at tho Shoepshead Day
course. Pretty Miss Kcene was thero with
her brother, Foxhall. who had wisely with.
drawn his winner Of tho past md future from
the risk of another defeat in the present Mr..
and Mrs. JACK Cheevcr and Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Cowdin occupied the snmo box, and,
with tho Sidney Dillon Ripleys Charles Car.
rolls Homes Hoeys, Btsvenscs, and Schencks.
were oil comfortably sonted.w with proxramnes.
pencils, and jacks Tips sproad out before
them. whom the last great crush began. The
Union and knickorbocker Clubs were repre-
sented by the choicest Spirits. oil In immacu-
late linen and Cup. .day-at-Ascos raring goRr.
tho only cool things on tho course.
Thero vero pretty vomon from Tuxedo. nrfa
still prctticr ones from tho Country Club, head-
cd by Mrs. William fa,,,s. and thcte were
dainty laccs and ribbons, fetching little bon.
nets and brood -brImmed. flower vtea,hoi
hats, all In honor OF Now York's pet rnco
course and tho contest in which llaceInnJ.
Troubadour. and Salvador had won such last.
ipq honors, The excitement wns intensc. tho
heat OF the sun mur,.erous durina the few
seoouds Tint elapsed betweon the start and tho
finish. Then the Thermometer went down With
"A rush. and tho spirits OF the crowd with T.,
fcv who had backed tho fold against tho
fnyori,es or bad obtained the tin and wore
not afraid 10 take II. stru,ted about with their
coats b,ttoned up to protert their ha ri -cnrnei
hundreds. and tried TO console tho mu,tltudo
whose dIscarded tickets made n rust, M cnr.
net uudor their feet, Tut grim disaprolni ment
was tho conn an ion O. prot,y nearly nil IN.
sporting crowd ms thcy N sde their wny. limp.
damn, and discouraged, to~nrd the dripping
vehicles which had brought thom TO the course
in holiday tim only a few hours before,
VARY mnch the samo ra,a bctel tho rot,. iss
OF sbak cspcare and charity on Jo-scy's classic
shore, except that no hcart--inkl lnes. at dc.
pleted purses or croans ovcr vanished nm
money had part or lot in their t,inls, Yvrry-
body went early of course. n. everybody Zoos
nowadays where sea,s ere rot secured in a,,
vance, and there was. therefore, n good hour
and half OF sunnipc aud suffering befor, tho
plny began. Telescopes astronomy. and tho
discoveries OF modern science were nowhere
in that pcrspirinc crowd. How vas II possible
10 believe for a moment TINT the sun wns mil.
lions OF milos nway, whom each ird vidual wa,
perfectly sure that 1t was dIrcc,ly on Ton o. his
own nnprotected hpad7 t)f what avail u-ere