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and sixpenny bone-setters were jammed in between fonr-in- 

 liand landaus, fast crabs in match carts, elegant stanhopes, and 

 the superb turn-outs of our wealthy cits. The Communipaw 

 clam-boxes, stylish cabs, and every variety of barouche were in- 

 extricably mixed up and jostled by great lumbering omnibuses 

 and thousands of fancy go-carts, wagons, and hackney coaches. 

 Upon reaching the course such a tableau was presented as 

 we never saw before. The field inside of the course was 

 thronged with carriages and equestrians, while the fences, 

 booths, and trees, were densely covered, §o much so that several 

 accidents occurred from their breaking down. It is stated that 

 there were no less than eight thousand persons in the stands, 

 and yet there were nearly as many more who could obtain but 

 a partial view of the race, while many could not see it at all. 

 The number of spectators in attendance is variously estimated 

 at from fifty to seventy thousand. Among them the U. States 

 Senate and House of Representatives, the British Army and 

 Navy, as well as our own, the Bench and the Bar, and the 

 Beauty and Fashion of New York were all represented. The 

 Ladies' stand was appropriately graced by the presence of a 

 large number of the most brilliant of our city belles, who, with 

 hardly an exception, gave the suffrage of " their most sweet 

 voices " to the beautiful daughter of Bonnets o' Blue. The en- 

 closed " privileged space " in front of the stands, reserved for 

 the members of the Jockey Club, and strangers — who were 

 charged $10 for admission, without distinction — was thronged 

 with turfmen, breeders, and amateurs. At one o'clock, how- 

 evei*, owing to the want of an efiicient police, and their inability 

 to see the race, more than a thousand persons climbed over the 

 pickets, from the field, into the enclosed space, while a mob on 

 the outside tore down a length of fence, and stove through a 

 door in the stand, and swarmed into the cleared space. For a 

 time it seemed impossible for the match to take place at all. 

 A crowd of loafers made a rush up the stairs leading to the 

 Club stand, but they were summarily ejected. At length 

 Yankee Sullivan, Jeroloman, Rynas, and several other distin- 

 guished members of the fancy, undertook to clear the course, 

 which they did in an incredibly short time, by organizing a 

 party of their friends, who formed in line, with clasped hands. 



