[Vynne, Harold Richard] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Thomson and Zimmerman · leaf 158
balmy, thespirits of the merry-makers are at their high-est without being vexed either by the recollec-tion of the tumult of the day or care for themorrow. The benison of night, assisted by theart of mankind, is perhaps responsible for thebeauty of the scene and the spirit of happinessand content… … THE national love of horse-racing, which is growing in intensityyear by year, finds no-where a better groundfor development thanin Chicago. There are in ac-tive operation in this city dur-ing the months of summer and4 autumn three admirablyequipped race tracks, where thefleetest horses in the world…
