The New York herald., 1870-08-18
Fifth Day Of the Summer
Meeting.
A Charming Day, Fine Track and
Fashionable Attendance.
Charette tho Winner Of the Free Handicap, One
Mile Withsrs' Brown Filly tho Purse
Of $500, for Two-year-olds, and
Midday tho s700 Prize, for
All Ages, Two Mile1


money with the hope of getting square," Really
some OF the heaviest betters staked their cash with
an abandon simply surprising leading reflective
observer to solve the enigma as best he could. In
the former meeting this year OF the Saratoga Racing
Association the pool box Of the Official aucttOneers
contained at times nearly s25o,ooo, which amount
had been lost and won upon the six Uays' racing;
but what the present meeting Will foot up In like
risks 1t would take careful mathematician to de-
termine. 1t would drive an ordinary bookkeeper to
distraction. 81 viii go home even or get busted'
Is the rule by which these moneyed characters are
governed, and, true to their cloth, they stick
to this laid down principle. and although
they often 40 get even'' and decidedly "more too."
they frequently shake the dust Of this deigh tful
place from their feet with pockets turned inside out
and wallets very mach the shape OF the one that
was 'trod upon by the elephant" As the last days
OF the racing at hand the genial 'boys" met at
| its beginning seem to change ana grow sour and
! out OF humor. The barometer OF their dispositions
iessonai better ready to throw or she polished gen
tleman and assume the unc0uth, to badger and
once assume sa1 he is pad scR in need
or sympathy. n the "face OF man Is the log book
Of his thoughts" 1t Is easy to determine this morn
ing those who nave had rough time OF it-pecuni.
arily.
THE ATTENDANCE
was very fair. The ladies' were again In their
strength ana attlred with all the grace that has
characterized their presence since the opening OF
the meeting. Those present. in and about the grand
stand, not before noticed, were J. D. Daniels, Jr.,
OF Baltimore; Fl. Johnson, OF London; Erastus b.
q o. odhy 81 e. ane o aGa M
Randall and j. Cook, OF st. Louls L. Thompson, Of
Charleston; DR.. T. v johnson, oil Baltimore; Sunsep'
ana ]. Maue, Of Pn,ladeIpnia y. B. whtcomS, Of
Nevada; W. II. stanton, OF Natchez; J. D.. Stanley,
Peoria; E. Il. Henry. OF Cleveland 4. Kinsella, OF
Brooklyn; E. I. Wilkins, OF California; Q. Z. Pom
al o m @ wSo S Gns and Beau S
"whiskey In the hoof''-a peculiar maIady.
THE EXCITEMENT
attending the contests to-day was equal to any OF
the more remarkable that have been run this year.
In the first race Of one mile Judge Curtis, in field
Of SIX, was great iavorite, and much money was
wagered at long odds that he would win. But the
sanguine once more went overheard, and
are s4as colt hos G1aefs as % %na Keen0 kSn sa
still greater chagrin Of the already very badly bent
New York gentlemen. Tne second race troubled
them likewise. The fav0rite was badly beaten, ana
the brown fy that sent them further into the ditch
OF dependency could hardly be sold In pools Of enor
two miles, for oil ages lett them still another oppor-
tunity; and with dejected faces and bilious eyes they
ne e 10 IT,
Of these had lett was isked, and sad to say, tney
again got upon the losing horse, and left the track
dead broke, ready to enter for the
LANDLORDS PURSE,n
gotten up every year at Saratoga FOR the benet OF
meeting, ana the way that such will scamper from
the word go" to their homes or anywhere else with
their weight" Of baggage. Will eclipse the best time
on record.
continue to arrive wishing to be In 'at the death"
OF the racing week. TO illustrate the tammed and
crammed condition OF every house, public and pri.
yae your correspondent has Just been told that he
room that he had for a day or two on su1erance,
ana last night was compelled to take up quarters In
o De SUCH
squating on their reservation, and the project was
not listened to until Judge D0wing, who had been
as one OF the sachems OF the Tammany tribe, ar.
rayed himself in full Indian toggery and, with the
pow-wow. 1t was hard task, but the Judge knew
the red man and was successful, so his big brother
got for the M night & ~ n the 6ess tent on the
be seen, the Indians don't want him, and Judge
Bowling shrnks from another council and another
pipe OF tobacco.
The Racing.
With charming weather, fine track and all the
horses In racing condition, the turfmen to-day ap-
peafed delighted with the prospects before them.
All seemed sangune Of the chances Of the objects OF
their choice. judciously had the Handicapped reg
ulated the weights, and the betting was heavy In
consequence. There were three handicap events On
the card the first being dash Of one mile by six
contestants, all well-known clippers. These were
Judge Curtis, Alta veIa, Chcothe, Scathelock,
Sanford and Charette. Judge Curtis was the favor
to the astonishment Of every one nelder Charette,
won the race by short length in extraordinary
time. Alta vela came In second, Judge Curtis third.
The winner was sold In the field with Sanford, the
odds against them being more than ten to one.
Charette is nne, compactly built little horse and
runs very strong. He ran twice at the last
The second race was between four twoyear-o -olds.
two Of them belonging TO A. Keene Richards and
the others to Mr.. Withers and Mr.; Thomas. The
fnrv yvor Tho fau a an n11 IN
few pools were sold on them: Mr.. Withers' nly,
by bennington, dam Bapta, took the lead at the
very excellent time. The winner Is q beautiful
fy, dark brown, OF fair size. with strong, regular
style OF running The oetng & onered ere previous
twenty-five on A. Keene Richards entry which was
not taken In many instances, as It was f9regone
Leamngtons, however have been found hard to
beat and In the future tour to one will not 20
The third race, which was looked upon as the
great event Of the day, was a dash Of two miles:
to the i post These were Carrie Atherton with los
lbs. up: r. B. Connolly, with 100 lbs. on his back;
Abde Ksder with with j. III & on him. him. G%ax with 1s
lbs. Abdel Kader and Midday were both out Of
Doswell's stables. and sold together as fayorltes,
molly third, the others selling as field. This was
capital race and was won by Mr. Doswell's bay ny
Mssy as HiRs s sm sa aass BUsHn %cn at Ts
meeting. she having beaten Chilicothe and strong
field at mile and an eighth Q lew days ago. Carrie
Arherton was q good second IN the race and r. d.
Connolly third. The distance was tribe too far
for the latter.
The following are the details of the days amuse-
ment:-
THE FIRST RACE
FREE HANDICAP purse $500, Tor all ages, one mile,
conditions as OF handicap Of third day.
A. K. Richards entered or. C. Charette, by Light.
ming; dam Lorette. 8 years old 81 lbs. !
j. ]. UFallOn entered br. m, Alta Vela, by Van
dal dam Figree; years old, lOe lbs. ........ 2
John O'Donnell entered ch h. Judge Curtis, by
Lexington. dam Lila, 115 lbs. bs.................. 8
Hunter 4 Travers entered ch. c. Scatheock, by
Eclipse dam Fanny Washington 81 lbs. ....... 0
Jos. Mcconnell entered br. C. Chilcothe, by Lex
ington dam Lila, years old, 90 lbs .......... 0
r. W. Walden entered ch. h. Sanford, by Uncle
Vic, dam Dolly Carter, years old, 10s lbs......
Time, 1:43h.
THE BETTING.
Curtis. go. 5000 500 500 $50 400 600
Alta yela.'. SIS 4So S0 4Io s5O S4o lsS 5