New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
THE SARATOGA FACES.


AZ rELEekAPH THE TRH. az -. f +bo
SARATOGA, August S.-The opening y, .r
meeting Oh Wsdposday was In ltseh piiiii"n' a-u enc
Dromise Of q Grand meeting. inc u"y vas, We" =. rit |
,n,oh ,yerv tarm and drew forth lalse ciu"u w
e"O"9v -. Of the day The town is filed with Nsltore'
| , hotels are overuning with guests anu si.J @ w The
Sae houses hled Many yop 10 his great center Of
tt6onabe Summer life: August III Jus noS %atoa @
@ hen The period of the greatest trOg az 90 ot t %
ever ~ Vas selected as the best occasion lor the
Iaces Cay the Springs always are anu @ naSd 70
mgke fhonahe life here piquan irSc u 4l 80 %
and continuous attractive the races au' @ o pc
cnlar excitement. They are tashOnaDle, lhey uio "a
Deiabe An 90 to tholn-tle grave the gay the old
peS%Du % aud lades grace them with their presence in
numbers so large as TO make the pdrte7e OF tne tne
grand stand rs yaregateu lh coor anu V''tby ~
as Hower-bcds Graceful and charming ,,o Jnoo
addition Of ladies' the attendance at the races her
presence has another effect far better tlali hat II H
nes the manners Of the course. Where tddieS are scHte
men will be. and men viii be made ge1uehentH EnHne,
hent Of always goes WITH eSlectaDy;
fortunate feature thatn the dawn ol he reSit' %
tbe ladies take their essential part in the restOfalO ana
make it both honorable and attractive 8, - t,r
Though the attendance was large yesterday, IL IL ~!
greater to-day There is charm IN hurdle race; ~
goes to the hearts Of all and eSeSy 10 oe tce 90
the ladies. The programme OF the day also oeISu thiT
races, . and there We're but two yesterday. IL
true that there really more racing yesterday tia
to-day Tor there were ush an I' S sr M daSbes ond
peat with three heats the equivalent OF IOuf uasnSs @
more racing, and seemingly more attraction, ana @ o
course showed the result OF greater thrOhg' ING
weather as fine as yesterday put naS3 a. a. %nur
cloudy in the carly morn, ana hl1y uIl VIZ
nearly of starting and tins was an the
lnder radiance OF to-day CHARMING Inc %ecr d rac ss
The attraction of the day in the KIND ana huIpe O
drew attendance. And it was Cup day ana inc Cup "'o
is one cf high interest. -. .. g.
The opening feature Of the day was the hurdle race Tor
alI ages, two miles eight hurdles, Wlth MelleI
weights These welter eayy) weights DIlng OUT holsss
Than that in short bring ont class OF horses that are
saddle horses capable OF taking up great weights anu Oh
carrying them handily Hence, hurdle races are hSy guy
nscful Gentlemen ride IN them ana cultNdVe tiS
hOTsemanshp. Horses capable OF gong III theh VIII pe
produced, and through them, bOth directly anu
an increased number ana improved qu'h'y Vi s""uI'
In Tie hurdle race to-day there were four entries
and three Of them were the most dlstlhSIlSiITu SI,t
Ready was conspicuous with Zgzag, and DOth 10y tneI
contests and successes were made famous. foor hcauE
Is dead but all will remember him ana ms horse s wen
~ ihS SUI o5 ms Is soS Sri5 an bSore Iim about New.
began year Ready had ms last race ana the race
Blackbird appeared lie will be recollected as
winning all the hurdleTaces OF the m spny parsy sSd1 I
was at HObOkeD, where he won the huTue;
his next at Jerome Park Spring meeting, Where
in june he won there the hurdle and finished the season
Of tic opening er by again carrying ms owner 'tTTl T
hurdle al Jerome Park Summer meeting. Beside TINS he
severe contest The third Of these distinguished horses
ls Red Dick He came into strong plOGlhehcT US ~
ra nSu ere m 3 ong sS tSS az miles With eight RuTes ana at
fouI Old only carrying I4S 10 IN fodr minutes IhS Is tne
best hurdle ever run in this country. WIN bucn
sSd Step ~ @ eTctemen Red Dicks great performance
sold fLe evening before the race at about against
The feld To-day Lgzag became M I9t g 'Oo anu N"u
TIE lot gut of well together, BlaekbTd in the lead
zgag next Aew yards gone over ana ga M we were ,he IN te
both Blackbird and Red Dick, who are low leapers,
went over hesg s There was no change OF positions
around the tun away from the stand Once pasIb W. w
hams, who was last, moved by DICK IIl,,ligS ahu Zig
Eag, and took the second place to Bae6DHGi Aae6
tho oO back Stretch was the second hurdle This the
whole cleared neatly a9d M]aas ] t1veS % W. mole M
All got this well, ana then Williams oied away
and aerwaTd dropped gSe m out aSd SI S treed the
When Williams had cut II, Blackbrd and Zigzag were
s GgfaeF 20 S oSR SSqRd hnFd aS r @ Rea Dick lay
and came at moderate pace 70 Ie sII b nh Gnye
ON the second mile, and without clip On t1e turn
Red pick took up the Tgnng 9bs Sase SS % Gcebed @
nrst mile had been slow, and now Blackblrd
stable went away rapid gaH 20 leave nothing for the
same or foot Of hgzag 4aey a Te hegeneF a an SI
The ar together over & T. G %a ~ zgzas % eog9 Ss9 Dgn1a I1c
iocEsd head and head The pace was very fast Sweep
ing on stretch home they cleared the last fence
ehced MEM 1sf bfas sGsS and adDR Accepting the e6aeng
tey heG past Red Ra 3 e b Bg R T a1d e els eso Tr e
ged with great foot and game home to me stand the
ever run In the country and the last mile was
done in TIC extraordinary time Of 1851
Harv for ,ges over eight hurdles weights
McDaIFs b. BaekOrd BY imp Albion, dam Psnola by imp
SEQ fsPT,sS zsS By Rac By sssPsp
pacDales B. Bay D.ca By Lexington Alabama By Botn
rWocds Gc1 William. BY Lexington dam BY imp Wii.I
The fTsi e W. r IT, AMI iie race 5:55
The Second f'oc-Tais was the Saratoga Cup, sweep.
s1 two & ncS Snd quarter oS Tor al se ages The sub
number, and were as follows, embracing many Of the
first horses IN the land.
R@ Ss@sesH. @ J. HsHo1 E Cont "g s Toaas Met Ne.
foriis 5y wssaef aoHss b. Raiie., y o. By inn Rpse
HI G. O.,
LlHgo3 dam julia BY imp Geseoei D. McgaH.ss b. Ripley
Ttt D s,.55s h. 6'R1f' Watson. o. ,h R'6 dsrssI sIT
t,ss.. $.. $ aossS N %ss F.g p s r.! Ss: Sl:o%s Gs
fssty 69era Douglas tOhnsOhs e. Dake Or
@ fa pslSS aSD's s@ aaI Msguo SsISI be- 1p Tc Glencoe
safs LG,ds2ne O. By LeTnroD K dam Blue Bons, 20 ft, By
ton dam e By Imp Yorkshire d o' O. MoS,s s Bs'1So So .
~ SeosssU Isrisor - O iy ishtnng dsm Rdth by Inn
soreegsi ThOs Moorss fiy.eer BY Lightning dam
3, Lshrrg, dsg Maroon, by IMP Glencoe .., .
Muggins, Onward, Delaware, and Dazzle Onward and
Delaware, both the stable, the latter in TO
Tie evening before the the probable starters were
Ripley Dazzle, or both Delaware onward, or both;
Sts SS9ss e5s EG5 S 2fR fS SS 9E S04 z 5G GoS q9
the Held II was then understood that Ruthless would
sSc sSc ,se5 wou pS H rt E t : R tSs q p gsunF
have divided the neld evenly Will gins. There
Of tL1 Cap raee hut 1 ,e,e never gone the distance
ssy mat distance She has go far 6een invariably suc
SsscS gs c. the Wondcr and the terror OF this
yst iSfn'a.S. Last W nter and Spring he carried all
al NasIIile and nd New-orleans, winning there
s m ths oas in his twG-nile races. He was favor
AT ,ng &C, S,t9g " aR iS, to the a starr tan m
g. ~, fight forcing the running Dazzle came second,
ana padS play at Onward Muggns third and Delaware