Year: 1873

light as he held up mis- little book and called Tor
first choice. it would have done your heart good,
even II you were PRESBYTERIAN minister Listen
He calls ana calls and gesticuiates wildly, yet he
gets no response. He knows the reason why The
Again does ne appeal for favor. "My heavens
gentlemen, what has come over you since
attending youY'' Though,there is laugh All around
yet there is no reply The clinkclink OF the glasses
at the bar goes merrily on, ana here, there now
at one end and now at the other end OF the counter,
there comes the popping report tnat tells OF the
champagne tina; is TO be passed around Denser
grows the smoke from the cigars of the stolid
horsemen; buzZ-buzz huns the conversation, just
as though the Doctor was twenty miles away. He
takes Ia the situation at a glance, and exclaims,
till you


ALL HAVE DRINK,


and III take glass OF wine from each OF yOu,n and,
getting his goblet he tosses it OF instanter. He
doesn't wait to accept the full extent OF his own
invitation. Not he. "Now, gentlemen how much
Ior nrst choice ~ and as he wipes the WINE drops
from his lips he looks about at Morrissey, who sits
near by IN Knowing way, as much as TO say,
snow it's gon to begin" How well the Doctor
knows your everyday horsemanl He knows he
can't be pushed He must be drawn by the
gentle power of persuasion, for he comes to buy
ana he is gong take his own time about, 1t If he
knows himself, and he always thinks he does,
whether he does or not. But everything mas an
man with the little book prevails, and the cOnfu-
sion OF voices is hushed by a loud bid OF 500 for
first choice. Then does the work go bravely on,
the Doctor waxing eloquent between bids, and the
spirit OF rivalry once aroused drives ahead until
the tin box IS brm fIl OF greenbacks and the
Doctor becomes too husky iOr further badgering.


IL was as early as ten in the morning when the
hustle and confusion incident to preparing for the
racecOurse came to head among the ladies'.
never saw them so eager to get away. And you
can imagine the distress OF paterfamilias under the
circumstances. He mad to get shaved, you know,
because he had forgotten ali ABOUT it the day be-
fore, when he wento the trot, where people not
quite so particular about what they wear either in
the way OF fashionable clothes or smoOthness OF
chm. 1t is strange how forgetful papas are when
mamma and the girls are in hurry TO go some
a headache, whlch requires a cocktail down stairs
to get rid OF, and good long1our to take 1t with
must also have their cocktails. II he doesn't hap
pen to be cocktaier the delay comes all the
or ne ses ms won S ne s
Us he makes one grand last effort to pull
the confounded things on, snap goes both suspen-
ders, and this papa, who delays always, being


VENTURE OUT OF DOORS


without being well braced up. At all events, If
everything else goes WELL that want to- -ge shaved
excuse stands out in all the prominence OF


4. Full PAYS AVS aRowTa or BkIsrLING = HAIR STUBS
the breakfast table this morning, there must have
been great many papas who haG to take
during the night. or whose suspenders
had selfshy refused any longer to hold up those
with you, dear" heard one stout lady say to her
ege lord at the table next to me. al never knew
you to do better. Here It is after ten. and you tell
me you have got to get shaved. What did you stay
down stairs 50 long for this morning with Mr..
JonesS He is OF more Importance to you
lady opened her two feet by two fan
and Piled it deXterousy against the air.
the poor little man. 'that it's only few minutes
after ten, and the races begin at twelve"


Here we are at breakiast," was the answer,
"and I've got to dress yetn


"And too," chrupped in beauty of sixteen or
a little more, who was dressed within an inch OF
her hie .


'And what am l to do 2n chimed in another yet
younger, who likewise was dressed If not ele-
gantly enough for race course, at least elegantly
enough lor bail room. Need say that papa


SURRENDERED AT DISCRETION


after this general fire all round and slipped his
coffee moodlly. saw mamma and the young
ladies' on the grand stand little before noon in
most gorgeous apparel, but papa was not with
we he w WAS gens another
down stairs, with Mr.. Jones, to drown
his in or whether the
locked up in his room as condign punishment Tor
his naughty conduct of the morning. But jones'
papas for hundreds Of them were out on the
piazzas by nine O'Clock, aud by ten were ready,
wa 'He 70 aW the or ane te
hotels before to-day the scene was certainly a be-
wldering one; The location Of the hotels
avenue as dividing line-makes it all the
more so to a new conner There was hardly room
for the carriages to turn or the Omnibuses TO move
at all, so great was the crush. There Is nothing
that can compare it to more faithfully than to the
scene nightly witnessed in New York when the
ones own carriage nowhere ut all. Cries IRON all
quarters for Smiths or jenkins, Tom and Harry,
and Babel OF voices in answer that bewilders
the owner of Tom or the other fellow,
while no one scarcely knows who is wanted or
opera manage in the long run to get their turn
outs, ana so did everybody here to-day.


THE SCENE ON THE ROAD


was as lively one as ever Saratoga beheld since
the track became a part and parcel OF It's attrac,
tiveness. The big bugs in their carriages of
course swept along with all due regard TO the dis
pay necessary for the occasion. The lveres were
ali out, but the way. the grand carriages filed along
to q ''cOmmOner'' looked stiff and staid as
though these same big bugs knew that all
the little bugs crawling along on the sidewalk were
looking at them TO set an example OF arIstocratic
bearing, as the latter could not, from crcum-
stances totally beyond their control, do the thing
themselves The buses and the ordinary hacks,
tentiOus vehicles. They were filled inside to sutiO
cation, every one of them, and the roofs in many
only, to rest costly in, but also to get a
good view OF everything going on along the
route. The dust on the road was nicely
galloping gait From the hotels to the course
there was constant race between bus and hack
and nlatgr5 eur, the lvcried turnouts had Tor


A KEEN EYE TO THEIR WHEELS,


lest some reckless commoner OF Jehu, in his
rival hotel, might take hub and all to the wind
ward, regardless OF future COrOners inquests. 1t
most all the way Ond shout and song and jeer
and yell of defiance awOke the echoes around as
all sped ON merrlly 10 the rendezvous. AT last 1t
was reached, and such a crowd The grand stand
was jammcd, the quarter stretch black with peO-
pie, and the second stand had all IL could comfort
ably hold. The ladies were out in immense num-
bers, and the array OF silks and satins and laces,
and diamonds tnat glistened here and
there like stars in dark sky, formed a
pleasing contrast to the more sOmbre attire of the
gentlemen who were their companions. was par
ticulary struck with the number OF old gentlemen
present with a clerical look that would have-if
met with in the vestbule OF a church-made ones
heart sink at the mere thought OF what a sinner
one is who looks cheerful ana gay at all times. As
was groping my way among the carriages as
they drove up and deposited their quota OF youth
and beauty to


ADD BRTLLIANCY TO THE GENERAL SCENE


l caught sight of pale face peering out between
the hafcl0sed curtains OF coacn. i recognized
the face at once as belonging to white chokered
ciergS nam, ra wHo yorn au me1 ~, WIN on the boat
he was talking salvation, and damnation too, with
a group or young men, one OF whom was, was
sorry to know, very inidel in his talk The