The New York herald., 1872-08-23
S AR A T O Q A.
RACES AND RAIN.
Something About Society and
the Springs.
THREE RACES RUN


1Ower6. Every one seemed supeIH&lVey hapPys
and a. though he would break rsrth in song as
che birds sung yesterday morning. This Is wicked
world, but to some 1t seems o happy, beautiful
one. They are favorttes Of fortune who come
here, nearly all. The sick and poor have their
special places, and the hotels are dtstin-
crushed by their patrons as much as by
their prices Perhaps II would be well
70 say something OF this Just here, and to ten you
Aow life goes on at the different hostelraes'of q
fashionable watering place. Would you know
some thing of the comedy of life 1t is played at
Saratoga Not q divine comedy In any sense but
rather an intensely human comedy-a mixture
OF mel0drama, with sheds nom the opera and q
tinge Of farce-even fragment of tragedy now
and then behind the scenes, as when In ohrist-
mas pantomime there is sometimes censumptive
ballet girl or a clown with the heart disease dying
IN the wings you would know thing Of al this
come with me and we will study the many changing
scenes We will as unobtrusively as possible
draw our chairs together In retired corner Of the
grand drawing room OF Congress Hal-the "fanes
OF fashion"-and silently "take notes." See the
shousand persons gathered in little groups or sit
ting teted-tete In this grand salon How richly
some are dressed and how prettily and plainly the
toilets Of others are arranged How many Of them
are famous for the struggles Of their ivesfor their
Aeroism or their virtues How many for success
tn0t was OeVOlu Ol DOtn IHeSe auu VI
ALL OTHER NOBLE QUALITIES
Ene might answer both these questions In breath
she old and the young. As for what is understood
by ''shoddy,n this is not It's home. There is not o
patent pill man nor o Tammany ring master In all
this company, though there are plenty OF these
people elsewhere at the Springs. YOnder sits COm-
modOre Vanderbilt and family. The old mans clear
complexion and carefully brushed snow white hair
and side whisxers, with his really noble bearing,
mark him as the king Of our comedy, as he is the
king OF the railway system. His pretty wife Is
elegantly but plainly dressed and looks the sweet,
young matrOn she undoubtedly Is, though she
docs call herself ''old" Mrs. Vanderbilt. Sweeping
down the salon comes Mrs. Cutting, the belle Of
she season, dressed In a robe OF white moire,
i0oped with H0nton, caught with pearl clusters
and worn en- trait. She is the queen of the comedy,
md behind her at little distance follows train Of
youthful swalns In full Dress Giacouria, De Rvas
hnd Morales while tripping over to meet the belle
u pretty, sweet Miss Cornish, the
PRINCESS OF THE PLAY,
attended by another beauty, Miss Fowler. Then,
in two little knots are George Opdyke, Edward Min
turn, U. f. Lvermore, Robert Sche Cambridge
Livingston, Homer Morgan, General Van Vliet and s.
D. Cox, the member ofCOngrcss They are discussing
the vexed political question Of the time-Mr Gree.
)ey's fnanciering capabilities-and they humor-
Prom the great Chappaquan Philosopher.
This is a ball night at the Congress Han. Every
evening brings a hop, but only once week is the
great gte Of fashion attended by oil foreigners and
notables gathered at the Springs
across the bridge, uniting the grand ball room to
The immense quadrangular hotel proper, with its
thousand guests, sweeps a seemingly endless pro-
cession richly dressed as the knights and ladies
of old. Passing under the many y-colOred lamps and
between the rows Of elaborate Chinese lanterns,
throng the celebrities and beauties OF the fashion,
able world, and from the open doorway beyond
comes the rich swell OF voluptuous music, falling
In notes Of liquid silver on the car.
THE STRINGS
most famous surround this hotel In o circle. At
The left wing is the famous Congress Spring, in the
rear is the Hamilton, and TO the right the now most
popular spring-and deservedly 80 II strength and
palatableness be any virtue-the Hathorn. No
doubt the contiguty OF this hotel to the springs first
cratic people who always dwell there during the
season. and 1t has probably required all the skill OF
the proprietors to preserve the exclusive tone to
the place that hedges 1t as dignity doth king.
THE INDIAN BEAUTY.
Only stones throw from Congress Hall, back on
stands the Indian encampment now the scene
OF daily pigrimages. In one OF the "mean
ut least her ancestors ON the fathers or mothers
side were Oneidas, or more probably Mohawks-
named rha In the SENECA tongue %onata" mean
and many OF the young gentlemen who dance
attendance on the bellies at the hotels con.
She IL quite aware that she has turned the heads
Of half the men mere this season and Is quite
tent with that little feminine triumph She is re-
ported to have received o score OF offers OF mar
fage brilliant enough some OF them to catch most
any beauty. but looks at the swains with laugh.
tng merry light In her eyes, as black as s0e's, and
s with 's RIB aePa aHa Rfs
burned white men living In dilapldated sheds.
ANOTHER ABODE OF FASHION
the Grand s tnToSss Dy Tno
nard, astonished as most of them were by the re-
suit Of the recent trial. Here, also, one meets o
Fernando Wood, Senator OBrlen, Chief Of Police
Campbell, Of Broqklyn, Captain Walsh Of
s''THp',sa stewart t'S sed na9S HsnsHs
Union, as are Mr.. William Trumbull and Mr.. Petit,
Sss New York Many Of the owners M Of the popular
guests OF tins hotel. The Southern people gene
rally are at the Clarendon, where, among Others,
Mexican merchant, is stopping The Grand Cen
t' ttra' a. new hotel is filled as far as finished,
put me unfinished part presents dreary
READY PoR THE RACES.
Every hotel IN town furnished Its quota for the
days races There were the fashionable people
from Congress Han, all the politicians from the
Grand Union and the staid people from the Claren.
ney GarvIn, Sherir Brennan, Captain Walsh and
OTHER later ones by O'Bren, Shields and crowd OF
rom the other hotels and commodoTe % md RGbGRs
carriage, as usual led the way. The "Lady Of the
Lake." q long red wagon, with q leather top, came
into play, and ''Goodie smith," Smiths carryau
with a big umbrella, carrying his card filed In TO
I'LL up the rear with the usual swarm Of con-
veyances. Old men and matrons, young men and
maidens, led the race and the sidewalks were alive
with the thr0ng OF pedestrians.
AT THE ENTRANCE,
where q line OF police was drawn up, conspicuous
rom the red bands on their caps, there was hustle
and confusion on every hand. Private carriages
passed through with hardly question, and hacks.
exhibiting In their lamps the license demanded for
admission TO the grounds were unchallenged. The
Carryalls and stages. with the farm wagons. had to