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it sent forth her imperial edicts. As the South 

 prospered anew, she began to reorganize her 

 jockey clubs, and soon the turf was again in a 

 flourishing condition. Mobile had her Mag- 

 nolia Course, New Orleans her Metairie Course, 

 Memphis her Chickasaw Jockey Club, Nashville 

 her Blood-horse Association, Louisville her 

 Woodlawn Course, Lexington her Association 

 Course, St. Louis her Laclede Jockey Club, Cin- 

 cinnati her Buckeye Jockey Club, Zanesville her 

 racing park, Chillicothe the same, New York her 

 Jerome Park, and Saratoga her popular course. 

 In addition to these, running meetings imme- 

 diately after the war were held at Chicago, 

 Narragansett Park, Springfield (Mass.), Boston, 

 Columbus (Ohio), and other places. The two 

 New Jersey courses, Paterson and Secaucus, 

 were unable to stand up against the powerful 

 rivalry of Jerome Park, but a magnificent rac- 

 ing park at Long Branch was thrown open to 

 the public in the summer of 1870. 



For a few years just preceding the war, and 

 during that unfortunate time, the turf in a way 

 fell off lamentably. The horses were even of 

 higher abilities than the general run of those 

 which had preceded them, because continued 



