The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-10
THE SARATOGA RACES.

Half Race for Three Year Olds, .
Mile Dash f6r Two Year Olds, and
Mile ana . Quarter Contest for All
Ages-Baltimore tho Winner OF the
First Race, tho Second Won by Ulriea,
and Arcola Again . Winner I'm the
Third Race. sc.
Tho weather was very lne yesterday and the attend
ancs large, but not 90 great tho Cup day Up 70
about noon was very hot but between the second and
third races rsfrsshing shower fell -'',.f
THE FIRST RACE
On Tuesday night thoro was great excitement among
the betting mon, principally 10 the for three
ysss ods-a dAsh Of milo and half The favorites
wsro oista, who ran second to Maiden in the Travers
stake Of the rst day, and Blue Flag Maidens stable
companion The competition In the pools between
these two was very great and many Thousands Of dol
lars were Invested on cach In some Of the pools Blue
Flag sold for 0een hundred and 0ata overeached her
and went a. high seventeen hundred. The others
Baltimore, Gilda, and ally by Knight Of st. George,
called Opms-were sold dirt cheap. and the winner
was among them the folders had lucky turn When
the pool selling began atte In the morning Blue
Flag FIRST favorte and Oiaa second but these po
sitions were soon reversed. One two Of the most
eminent betting forward and put their money
Oiata to such extent that Blue Flag left far
behind. The other three went for song.
The grand stand again presented . splendid appear
ance being full Of ladies their gayest and richest
costumes. At the usual timeeeven oclock-the horses
brought the track and after little preparatory
gaoping they went around to the starting place. and
all eyes were riveted them, awaiting their start for
TIE FACE.
Blue Flag the favorte early in the day; but prev
to the start Oliata took her place favorite and
81 900 $500 wagercd her against the eld Tho
others sold very owBatmore going for $l6 in pool Of
600 The horses started from the half mile pole.
They got very start but Baltimore was soon in
'front.' Gnda next, then oiata followed by Blue Flag and
6ptiida On IA l9Nsr tgrn oata went in nrst Balti-
more second, Gida third, Blue Flag fourth and optima
last 0ata cQptnhed to lead up the homesretch Blue
Flag taking the second place. Baltimore third, Gilda
fourth and Optima far behind, not to be considered
sAin in the race. They passed the stand - recorded
making the half mile In hfty.three seconds On the
upper turn Oata continued In 'front.' about length ahead
Of Blae Flag, with Baltimore and Glda half length
behind, running head and head 0liasa still had the
lead q thS quarter pole about length, Gilda
second Baltimore third, Blue Flag fourth and owl
IDENTIFY going TO pieces AZ the halfmie pole 0liaa was
st leading and looked much like winner from the
being next, with Baltimore well up. These three had
now the ree TO seteGas Blue Flag was entirely out Of
ana the THO came on the homestretch very Close
together, Oata slightly n the load The race home was
s ous with delight Gds gave up When one hundred ana
nifty yards from home and Baltimore challenged Olaa
the distance and the run for tho last my yards was
mastery Skill landing him winner BY neck ahead OF
OliAta Gilda being three lengths behind, Blue Flag
behind Time Of tho mile Il7X the total for the mile
and half being 2Alh.
rHn SECOND RACE.
was e, s ,s: y S0: each play rss
bugle then sounded call for the two olde and four
Of the nine entries came promptly 70 the course and
entry the favorte Hunters entry selling next M
Morris YVES the third choice for Investment being nearly
ProoSss %Sse H. Hunter B. Uirics BY Lexington, dam
Emilia Mr. Bush ch satinstons. BY imp Lspdist and
BQyie Hall Lightning colt. - ,,,.,
Morrs chestnut any iahias the lead the Lapdisi being
second UIrica third and the Lightning colt fourth AZ
sso pss ,S..d y tho
colt last Tho contest down the bsckstfech between
Norris .na Hunters !ss va. very pretty u ss;y y;,s
.nd e. lightning colt away behind The h,f NJ. mile va:
'Sss poss: 3: .1s .na ss:S ss iaS
leaders were running much faster than at the beginning
A they swung into the homestretch the struggle be-
came more nerce. II became test OF bottom The
speed Of the lilies about equal They both ran gal
lsntly all the way up; but within few yards Of the
eneh-makng he last naf Of tho mile In nftytwo and
quarter seconds, and the mile In l:sl1
THE THIRD RACE
was then called on, which dash Of mile and
quarter all ages for purse OF three hundred dear
There were six entries, vz:-Arcon, Nshnis Butler,
Nelly Gravss Lueme, Climax and Richmond Arcola
was great favor,e selling In the pools for seven hun
dred dollars while the highest Of the others brought
but ono hundred and sixty Tho horses we're started
from the three quarter pole and came mp the srston
rapidly passing the stand as followsNely Graves mn,
Luileas second, Mamie Butler third Richmond fourth
Climax fth and Arcoa sixth They were q. very close
together going goypd The upper turn NSy yrrses n,,
Ter fourth ChsI n,h and Richmond sixth and spPesf
ing 10 have very little speed left In him. Az the nail
mile mole Nelly still led Aycoa being second, Mamie
Butler third, Luleme fourth, Climax nth, with Rich
mond entirely out OF the race. Going around the lower
turn Arcoa went with rush TO the 'front.' followed bJ
Mamie Butler who rsp up even with Nelly Graves
/ and the struggle lasted some distance up the home
stretch but Mamie not content with second place
and she made desperate struggle for tho lead and wa
within length OF Arcola he went under the string
| winner in ajax The hrst quarter was run IN 20 \
seconds, and the mile In laex Nelly Graves was thlrd
Lueme fourth six lengths In front OF Climax, VINO wa
| six or eight lengths ahead Of Richmond.
/ This ended the sports Of the day
L To-dav n the three mile day, beside selnnk Nak