HISTORY OF THE 



not have been less than 10,000 persons on the course, composed 

 of all grades of society, the banker, the merchant, the gentle- 

 man of leisure and pleasure seeker, the butcher, the baker, the 

 candlestick maker, et id omne genus. That portion of the Grand 

 Stand devoted to the ladies was one grand bouquet of beauty, 

 refinement and intelligence. The ladies in the various costumes 

 looked like so many parti-colored butterflies, balancing them- 

 selves on their wings, in the slanting rays of the bright sun. 

 At one time you met a beauty with such sweetness in her up- 

 turned eyes, such as fancy lends to the Madonna; at another 

 point, one on whose lips the words laugh, and whose stately steps 



Are light, as though a winged angel trod 

 Over earth flowers, and fear'd to brush away 

 Their delicate hues. 



All the shades of beauty is fully represented, from the blonde 

 to the brunette, from the matron, whose hair is threaded with 

 the silver, to the young girl just blushing into womanhood, 

 whose cheeks are as ruby red as a peach that has been kissed 

 by the sun. 



The Derby came next, and fifteen finer or handsomer young- 

 sters never faced a starter. McGrath's entries had the call in 

 the betting and many thought he would win with Chesapeake, but 

 Aristides, the son of Leamington, carried off the honors, and 

 worthily earned a chaplet, one of the best three-year-olds ever 

 stripped for a race in this country. It was extremely gratifying 

 to the friends of the liberal Laird of McGrathiana, and will 

 be doubly gratifying to Aristides Welch, the owner of Leam- 

 ington, after whom the colt is christened. This is the best race 

 at the weights ever run by three-year-olds in this country, and 

 cannot fail to make Aristides a still stronger favorite for his 

 Eastern engagements. 



