New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-02
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
TIE TURF.
THE RACES At sARAToGA-sCENES ON THE
CpOfrND ETC

turf cone OF next week. The sun was uncom'noniS
warm during the d0y-so much so that Whhe tne I"o.
were progressing large numbers OF inoea'g"oio sPol
were forced TO leave the open quarter seton
ANA take IN the shade OF the wneroom but as Wil'e
She air ia cooling somewhat and stray cloud mas ''e
Sened between US the sun, leaving the most OF
tary exles from Gotham under the shadow OF sh"u '
a while. . ,,u ~
Saratoga ia crowded. The "Union" Is iun "
,,ooTle. :. C,mvrcss Hail. overHows and mine
host of ,the &c American hardly knows Wha' " No
with the Imlutndes who flock In upon MN Nv az
hours Broadway has been thronseu an 80,
despito the lSeat; aud troops OF thirsty foiA law
,osk,ng the customary pgmages TO the springs anu "
49,, - 49, ,o,nts which have helped so materially
~ mako Saratoga famous Carriages I'LL the sueet III
front Of The hotels and there are carriages III s0o "
the aent and on roads and what Win the NaSI VI"
,,ev ~ teams the crowds Of men, women ana ciuIe
in tho streets and the gaily decked ana nuSy s'Io
would be difficult TO find more animated soeAo '""
hero presented today.
AT eut 10 o'clock the visitors began to toll ana uuuse
asUara the race East Congessst that leaus 70
~ although plastered to its fences ana dead vans WIN
.A,nonitlous and warnings apparently emanAung
from some troubled soul OF So0o"u
AAvsntst vas soon alive with constantly augmentng
crowds On the ground DR.. Underwood was lhVeh'y
engaged In selling pools, and the standhg spotS "Oo
1bc front Of the grand sand were occupied Dy "eii
aootn snoring men, eager to increase their store Dy
diminishing those Of other people. The drinking stanos
within the main building echoed 20 the tramp OF scores
and hundreds Of orapuOus mem while on the track eie
was perfect kaleidoscope of little lowDroWed' nat
headed slmlegged riders in gay coors win Regimen.
of stable boys about them and thrOng OF outsiders OF
seedy appearance ambitious, doubt to emnate the
stuped eauestrans in their wOndrous deeds on morse
back The building was redolent Of the door OF com
mon vino and American brandy, m!hslou WIN
the fragrance Of cigar smoke, acceptaOle 4n0oiiSo
the powers that guard and protect ana cnefon 'o
manly sport Of hOrseracng and the edlylng horse'ah
that enliyeDed the moments devoted TO more mate
nal amusements was most original and very instructive
70 the unsophsucated wlha After the first heat OF the
opening race il amusing TO watch the crowd OF sta
bleboys and hangersOn rushing SIX at horse, TO care
for the health comfort Of the excited BEAST but the
conversation Of the interested specializing spectators was
far amusing, and for some time was unable 10
convince myself horseracng was not the cheI emu
and aim Of mans existence. When NHey leu
Biddy Malone when Biddy jumped length
ahead OF Wiley, or when General EweH hheu
up the gap between himself and his competitors,
there was much shouting and capping OF hands
friends Of each horse in turn rarely failed TO con-
themselves for any future mishap by the comforting
assertion that them the result had been matter OF
certainty from the beginning. After the second heat
while the pool seller SHIRT sleeves essayed to bring up
the stakes to the ancient standard the Hon John Nor
rsey surrounded by knot Of cOngenal spirits discussed
the HeeDan and sayers fight. and euoRzed bystand-
ing 22Opounder for his skill as jumper, his speed as
runner his strength and agility as wrestler, and his
general excellence as hrstrate fellow The third heat,
Wiley and Biddy having one each, was close one
between these two, and created much excitement Up
20 the threequarer pole Gen. Ewel had been doing full
Justice hmeef and his bringingup but at that point
he began to fail.
Sitting me was brawny, good-natured Irishman'
who had wagered money gray horse with the Ger
tanty Of winning; but long before could detect any
falling OF in Ewels speed the Hibernian exclaimed IN
most dOIOFous Tone Och the div-he's goLe up! WW
yez luck at the tail Of hmp discovered that when in
Eve1 fis oil hpg IN work
like pump handle, like the end Of steamers walk
ingbeam those who know him best trust him least and
n they sked their money upon him. at once hasten
10 hedge Why the horse should this sign is a
strange thing Perhaps he has been trained to
throw ont the signal Of distress warning to his
friends and hackers.
There were races fully set forth below. The
quite exciting and alarge amount Of money
changed hands the result. The death Of Camerons
bay Ally by imp. bennington is looked upon by turimeI
great loss. The fy of the finest twO-year
olds in the country and the trainer Charles lloyd
hOrseman Of long experience, declares that the animal
was the best he had trained The opening day Of
the regular meeting Wednesday next and promises TO
De the eventual in the history OF the AmeIi
can turf
TIE RACING.
There were two matches and a private sweepstake
race Of 2me heats 81 600 EACH between three Agar
Ods the card but neither OF the matches of One
of them for s. u miles, between MI r. w. Cam
eron's 2year old bay FLY Miss Alice BY imported Lex
lnCt0R Out Jerusalem " JtlChO anu vi. .
bay hy by Censor out Of Pasta by Revenue. The
ing previous the match being Mr.. CamerOn fly
while taxing her morning galop the old track, bolted
against the fence and splinter penetrating her chest
killed her instantly. The other match was between
Messrs Hunter & Tfaverss 2year old chestnut Ally In
trgue, by BaI0wnie dam Jenny Rose and Mr. Belmouts
chcsnut Ally Finesse by Lexington dam Fagree yrs,
for 5000 mile; but this also fell through for Hunter
Of SEQ Cor ali ages u miles was substituted aud pro-
duced the most3uteresting race of the day.
TIE FoUR-YEAR OLD SWEEPSTAKES
~ oh md
the entries were Bowie Halls b. c. Wiley, II. r. Nc
Gratl's br T. Blddy Malone, and Capt Moore's gr C.
Gen. Eweu The distance was two mile heats. and Bid
dy Malone favote IN the pool betting at
against the other two her being very sangune Of
winning the 5000 at issue,
First Hea-Vey was the first to show in front after
quarterpoe reached the favOrite passed him, and
behind Wiley They in this order for the first mile
Bddy Malone passing under the string two lengths before
front for the next quarter the gray colt gradually fall
lug until his chance OF the heat was extnguished On
aud was at Blddy MelOne's saddiegirths at he lSf
mile pole The hly shook him of little on the next |
whey with rush. when he cOlared Bddy about half |
a iength ana baf i'm .i9i n Eyr ia ee tf SUo W
Second Heat-The betting suddenly yoored round and |
Biddy Malone $780, and Gen. Ewel Sis. Wiley was |
first OF, but was Immediately passed by Bddy Malone
quarters OF motwo lengths before Wiley and the Gen
eral who ran head aud head for half mile, making
most interesting race OF AS they came up the stretch
ON the fret mile, Gen. Ewel shook of vi
& pi 1 b siH on ib M e the pair
together They kept side by side around the
beaten, leaving Bddy aud Wiley to fight It out between
them AT the quarter pole Biddy was leading length
even terms half mile As they passed the three
quarter pole Bddy had half length the best OF It. but
home stretch got his head in front at the distance and
s ste5 e1e race won BY length IN 2lS Bddy Malone