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ELI PERKINS OF CONNECTICUT.

Of course, you get the races by telegraph; if you don't you
should. I'm too busy with my hotel statistics to see horse races.

There was a terrible scramble, my Statician says, to get to the
track to-day. Every vehicle was engaged. Many ladies walked
out. The grand stand was full, the boulevard was watered, the
horses ran like the devil, and married gentlemen generally escorted
their wives. Eight hundred and thirty-six pair of four-button
gloves changed hands. Old John Harper wore the same old
grey coat, Belmont his silver plume, and Traverse a white suit
with red necktie.