Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Turf, Cards and Temperance, or Reminiscences in a Checkered Life: Containing the Most Important Events in the Life of J. R. Talbot
The subject of our sketch can never forget his first visit to Jerome Park, Oct. 17th, 1871. He had never seen a race track before. The land had been purchased by Leonard Jerome for railroad purposes, who, finding it useless for this end, and wishing to obtain some returns from the outlay, formed a jockey club. The investment was good, and the aristocracy of New York, both male and female, had new recreation. And food for thought during the autumnal months.
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