The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-21
The Fashionable Furor Un-
abated.
THIRD DAY OF THE RACES.
THREE CAPITAL CONTESTS.
Count d'0rsay the Winner Of the Two-Year-0ld
Sweepstakes, Experience Oaks Of the
Thres-Year-0ld Purse, and Mary
Louise the Free Handicap

SARATOGA, August %, 1917.
Fashion, usually cold and calculating seems to
have gone mad over the races now held In her
Summer capital. Not only does the tickle dame
pay court attended by queens Of beauty, maids Of
honor and dancing nymphs but even those from
whom graver things might be expected seem
driven to join in the dissipation OF the gay carni
val Men whose reverend and austere air gave
them influence In the Senate, men who wore white
locks as crown OF glory, and judges whom
nature had tonsured that she might mark
them as priests OF the law, are, like bad boys, gam
boiling on the green" Even ministers Of the Cos
pei with no fear Of unholy communion with the
wicked world before their eyes, 60 blindly to de-
structi0n, betting the losing colt. The excite
ment has proven so contagious that 1t denes
all efforts to keep twithn bounds, and all the little
villages within circuit Of q score Of miles have
been in0culated with the 'pizen." Everybody
every other body to talk "horse nom
q personal point Of view, and as there are q
dozen who lose their money to one who
wins the chances are that the button-holed one
falls into the hands OF disarected mercenaries
eleven times In twelve. There are said to he
twenty-five thousand visitors in Saratoga this
week, who expend on an average seven and one
half dollars per day-a total Of over one hundred
and elghty-seven thousand dollars daily; while the
betting each day is in round numbers about one
hundred thousand dollars, Of which one-half is In
the pO6iA
THE POOL SELLING.
Last night was the best Of the meeting. There
was much larger attendance than on any previ.
GUS OCCASION and the bidding was more spirited.
The pools were sold, as usual, at the Honorable
Johns. The club house was twO-thirds filed by the
sporting fraternity, including few Of the Ken
tuckians and other South State men. There was
also slight sprinkling of gentlemen with
white neckerchiefs, who might have been
clergymen and might have been bridegrOoms. A
few Senators who were on the point Of leaving the
Springs the impeachment trial being over, dropped
in and mixed gayly with the crowd. There
were also said to be judicial celebrities lowering
about No ladies were present string of 500
pools was sold, and the aggregate sales Of the
evening were little over $4,000.
THE START FROM THE SPRINGS
was very humorous one in many of its features.
Bellies stood, fan in hand, with babyish, pouting
mouths, on the steps OF Congress Hall, waiting for
"Joe," or "Tom," or "Charlie," in perfect tenn.
pest of anxiety and indignation. Uncharitable
listeners suggested that the gentlemen called
for had gone to 'take drink"-of Congress
water. Widows in weeds, "fat and fair"
sighed softly, like cooling doves, and waited
patti emily for their "dear naughty fellows"
Buxom aged ladies, with crisp and crimp gray
curls, and white or lavender kids-those ladies
usually denominated "dOwagers"-sat with q
feverish aspect and an irascible smile, Tipping
their fans with more energy than grace, and alter
nately COMPRISING their lips and lifting their eye
%orS aa
men, with leathery faces and great hooked
noses, stalIed . on, umbrella % in hand, and with
mou abdomen, scrambled down with turtle.like
boys crowed behind.
EN- ROUTE TO THE RACES.
ed @ m e Sos rs
the cred Bird" and Gumptown coaches
the Sanue Gsyser spraf SsnSsmon Fs
his pretty wife on the box, coachman and footman
sitting behind, so that all the country people be.
Senator Jarvis Lord, OF Rochester, owner Of three
banking houses and the heaviest contractor In
the United States; also political partner
tice Of the Supreme Court. Then follow
his two sons-George D. LORD, OF the Assembly, and
mel May, with his wife and his pretty daughter,
come later in Clarence, and General Carver In an
open barouche. The latter has not missed the
season at Saratoga for fifty years. and is celebrated
as the first agitator Of railroad to the Pacific. He
published pamphlet in 'ss prophecying hotel
to San anticipating the man Train
and the facts by quarter OF century. VIM. +.
Marshall, the artist who became famous from his
press Eugene on the imperial pond. where the Duke
de MOrny presided in the days before Sedan. comes
later and leads Mr.. Maurice j. Power, Of New York,
and his beautiful wife, who bowl along in carriage
ahead OF O'Donovan, the Southern sculpt0r-critic
OF "Fine Arts'-Mr and Mrs. Chester Chaplin, Of
Peekskill-on-the Hudson, are in a landau, and
James Parkinson, OF Philadelphia last but not least
follows.
THE GRAND STAND
was well filled at halfpast eleven O'Clock, there be-
ing about three thousand persons present, OF whom
some twelve hundred were ladies'. The display Of
Oh not N 1a AQv and
the tout ensemble less brilliant In color Still there
was large sprinkling OF the cite OF the Springs,
Prominent among the owners and hackers OF
horses were o: M. Bassett; W. L. Brown Of Cleve-
Philip Pharleigh, dressed as an English swell, with
mutton chop whiskers, was tanning himself and
winking at Dusenberry, who regarded his immense
blonde mustache with the most exquisite amour
propre Altogether the Grand Stand had Its
for the guileless.
and unner an awning DR.. Underwood. 9; o. p,
was selling pools on the American plan, 'the more
put down the less you pick n at rapid
and and explaining the advantage Of an even
race. The Doctors pure Dublin brogue-under.
wood Is q Frenchman, born through stress of
weather IN the cove Of Cork-drowned poor Nor
bewildered state that he lost
THE RACE,
Judge Connolly was early reported aS suffering |
rom coup de soseil which later turned out to be
false alarm. Subsequent reports assigned has i'll
ness to friction excited by the clouded jockey who
ran around his orbit yesterday, and whose action |
upon extended surfaces even Plantamour failed |
10 compute with the nicely that would |
)bviate gastrOnomic results. The very latest |
bulletins report the Big Judge as well as could be
expected while laboring under the shock. A gen. |
eman who very closely resembled Mayor Hall, OF |
New York. excited considerable attentiOn-even |
approaching to MISUNDERSTANDING on the |
green. 1t was not His Honor, however.
The next sensation was gentleman who carried |
and who seemed in a quandary whether |
10 should weigh anchor like ship or fly like bird.
ie having passed out OF the horizon OF the Grand
stand, there was q lull In the conversation
THE STABLE BOYS
10 usual congregated about the judges stand and
manifested their especial preferences The negroes
When the horses approached on the h0mestretch
an forward In long broken column, waving
heir hats throwing up their caps and yell.