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done; the grounds and course in good condition, with 

 the fences all newly whitewashed; the lawns cut; in 

 fact the whole place was turned out like a well-groomed 

 horse. 



Sunday papers said ten thousand people were there, and 

 I don't believe they were far out of the way. 



The race for the President's Cup brought fifteen horses 

 to the post; an exceptional field, not only in numbers, but 

 quality; and when one considers that such a high-class 

 horse as Mrs. Jeffords's "Dr. Johnson" (by "Sir John 

 Johnson" out of "Quack") had to do his best to win, it 

 shows that the racing was quite up to the standard of the 

 Metropolitan tracks. 



Mr. Strassburger's "Nonesuch" ran second, and Hunt- 

 ingdon Valley Farms' " By the Stars," third. 



The last race of the day, the Rose Tree Plate, over the 

 post and rail course, brought eight horses to the post. 



Welsh Strawbridge's " Riverbreeze " did not start, owing 

 to the weights, as by his recent winnings he would have had 

 to carry one hundred and eighty-two pounds, which Welsh 

 evidently thought too much. 



Mr. A. F. Hyde's "Little Joe," who won on Wednesday, 

 fell early in the game, as did Mr. Jacob R. Ridgway's 

 "Dooly," with the owner up. 



Gerry Leiper rode and won on Mr. Strassburger's 

 "W^olferton II," while Gilbert Mather was second on Bill 

 Clothier's "Brosseau," and Mrs. G. R. D. Schieffelin's 

 "Ellistown Boy," a good third, with Harry Tucker up. 



The "Bookies" were out in force and actually giving 

 odds, but, sad to relate, one of them welshed with fourteen 

 dollars of Miss Helen Dougherty's money during the 

 third race. 



