The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-05
SARATOGA RACES.
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THE OPENING DAY.
Grand Success Of the Annual
Meeting.
EVERY STATE REPRESENTED.
The DERBY TO Be EclIpstD.
TuN Details Of the Races---3cenes
and incidents.

SARATOGA, August 4, 1869.
The opeuina day OF the sixth ANIMAL meeting OF
the Saratoga Racing Association has been attended
by most brilliant success. splendid list OF
entries magnificent weather and immense at
tendance oil conspired 10 make the meeting The
event OF the season. and the managers Of the enter
prise may well be congratulated upon having
achieved triumph in turf reform less creditabe
10 the country than TO themselves. Since the nrst
meetsng five years ago, the Saratoga races
have been steadily growing In popular favor.
and each successive season has witnessed great
improvements IN oil the appoint ents OF the race,
until respectabIlty and capital have so identified
themselves with the association thai the Saratoga
meetings already give promise OF new era In
American racing, that VIII soon equal The Derby IN
other great events involving blood and nationality.
No better locality than Saratoga could be selected
for the development Of this sport The superb grounds
Of the association the liberal privileges aud eonpre
hensve jurisdiction bestowed upon The managers oy
the State Legislature snd the class of people aunGsly
assembling at the springs render his pS,es psea-
uarly appropriate for the sstaes2ussas u n&iioaS
association and the seccSss u sAs ersnssx ~. cl
sisls much IL the promise caves C TIE sszzsssea
OF snch an eSyanzsaztsa here 3 Gess N the erst
day drew o age sL2eer % >5r2sggS u aNtSlEreE ~
fae ssa.rar va1errse siaee vssa2cS al4 yesterday
me gls-sng wta Is psriegs rush. The leaktIlS
hateis sraasig iL were cu,npesied 10 quarter sneR
newly srrysd guests IA outside aasglEgs, and
gnltI o. rae. luf. lllst aigilE express Wagons sid
poitcsn Sesr running III al glI,etlais IsIrn1h1x
tilo lspHtngf Miu uie.k ve5rs uniussi, The Isnses
VlilalnI's Bubl IN washington during uIcsG
ssu,iii,A peI1tsis ui Srie gives nIE ae4 aG
Lae 5se,les rfte ninHisa lns " 1ie Crrrrsgs.
Union anu Ghieiilitn Una WIDE liiis2as Ali
tiie payBtnenlA lTull, eroyyltl
lasss.go tifOug mt r;ilsler qis:sI-S
der;akifg, WINE tilt grant 9aSrJrs Win vs1S
Spread dnuni anu 1pan vinu0Vs lg1kllSs GGr apcE
tAe anIInictf ssE9Inoinge were rl..sIas sGa cs1Ey
md lasIon.
GEyETfAl sugarltS
arrived tie eignE O'Clock and gavc. ey
ms presence Increased aainaz0e- FAR ores
GnEg,Bg ln the rayiefg suddenly spEunx into
aciiyity, with crsnnina plans 20 capture toe
cavalry Chief and many a one, VINO hitherto
had no idea Of attending the hail. snd-
denly summoned her corps OF assistants and decked
herself for the dance. But sheridan was not TO be
TAKEN He was dusty and tired aud wanted TO be
let alone Thanking the lion worshippeTs lie escaped
20 his apartments, aud when everybody had turned
10 other subjects he quietly slipped out to shaded
nook on the Congress piazza and chatted uaals-
tufbed through tne evening with lrlend
TIE POOL SELLING
last night was attended by an immense crowd anu
was very brisk. Pools were sold At all tue hotels,
hut the sales by Dr. Underwood at tue Union give
The only reliable standard OF the estimate placed
upon the merits OF tile several horses, and Will serve
To Illustrate the prevailing sentiment. III this pool
sale Mr.. Belmont's Glepeiy was the favorle against
the ned at leo TO 35 The great bulk OF the selling
bidding was very spirited. The following are few
,ff Tho ntG M n