The American thoroughbred . only practical meansof reunion at the time. Men who, a few monthsbefore, had faced each other on the battle-field,stood side bv side on the race-course, enthusiasti-cally applauding the silken-coated the horses ran, there the men from theSouth and the men from the North met toexchange cordial greetings. The rivalry between Asteroid, Kentucky, andNorfolk added fuel to the flame, and the racingfever grew hotter day after day. The feverspread, and the glory of the turf was revived inthe North. Men of capital came to the supportof racing, and the man
The American thoroughbred . only practical meansof reunion at the time. Men who, a few monthsbefore, had faced each other on the battle-field,stood side bv side on the race-course, enthusiasti-cally applauding the silken-coated the horses ran, there the men from theSouth and the men from the North met toexchange cordial greetings. The rivalry between Asteroid, Kentucky, andNorfolk added fuel to the flame, and the racingfever grew hotter day after day. The feverspread, and the glory of the turf was revived inthe North. Men of capital came to the supportof racing, and the management of the parks wasmade above reproach. Fashion smiled uponeach enterprise, and the shame of the past —the disgrace which attended the decline of theLong Island race-courses — was forgotten. AtPaterson, at Secaucus, and at Saratoga, crowdsassembled to witness the speed contests; andwhen Jerome Park was constructed and thegates thrown open to the public, Fashion erectedher throne on the club-house balcony, and from. The House of Lexington 329 it sent forth her imperial edicts. As the Southprospered anew, she began to reorganize herjockey clubs, and soon the turf was again in aflourishing condition. Mobile had her Mag-nolia Course, New Orleans her Metairie Course,Memphis her Chickasaw Jockey Club, Nashvilleher Blood-horse Association, Louisville herWoodlawn Course, Lexington her AssociationCourse, St. Louis her Laclede Jockey Club, Cin-cinnati her Buckeye Jockey Club, Zanesville herracing park, Chillicothe the same, New York herJerome Park, and Saratoga her popular 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 twoNew Jersey courses, Paterson and Secaucus,were unable to stand up against the powerfulrivalry of Jerome Park, but a magnificent rac-ing park at Long Branch was thrown open tothe public in the summer of 1870. For a few years just p
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