New-York tribune., 1873-08-01
John PAUL AT SARATOGA.
MORE ABOUT THE RACES.

TRAINER.
rrpow An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUEEl
SARATOGA. July 2S.-" In the first place, ii
Won knew ANYTHING at all about horse You wouldn't
ask sueh question" This IS what Mr.. Sanford said
when asked him why they didn't start horses from
line at the tap Of drum dnly suggested by me In
rnorsel OF wisdom lately mailed toyou.
measured my man IN moment applied my mental
oalipers TO his muscle at glance that he beat me
40 far as bcep went took into consideration the fact
that he much older than myself as WELL and coDclu
ded 20 forgive him. am glad that did; 1t is always
Christian like 20 pass little remarks OF this kind over
without notice unless you morally that you can
whip your man. Nor do know exactly that would care
20 generally maccrate the mouth Milton nothing
OF annihatiug his breadbasket For he generally bets
on the hed-and IL she backing we idea he
back bright Miss Kate, though it Just occurs to
me that she ranks rather as fsvorite" with the
public.
Ny idea is a good for trotng matches, he says.
trottng horses could be educated TO It, but racers
spirit would be spoiled in the attempt teach him the
and that good start be got unless the horses
IN motion, Now there may be something in this butt
memory rightly have known horses to start
Of on a pretty lively when they had been staAding
stl for hour and not leave much OF the buggy
20 ait in when they got through. To my thinking and
experience bears ont in IT, horse get the start
Oi you much better he has been standing quietly and
bringing you the belief that lie would Mt run If he
got good chance II IS all well for Mr. Sanford
10 set himself mp authority racing matters and IN
innate that know less about that noble but somewhat
animal the horse, than he does but happen
20 the personal acquaintance OF several excellent
starters" in the employment OF the Thrdave. Railroad
Company men who have never defrauded their en-
poyers OF cent but hope 10 be conductors some day.
and never knew one Of them to "start according TO
Mr. sanfords plan. He just taps his bell or blows his
silver whistle. II the munhcence Of the company pro
vide him with that luxury and II the doesn't get of
he curses the driver MP Hill and down, and docs MT allow
Eck or two with carhOok TO interfere with him in
the performance Of his duty he get hold Of cart
rUng or something that kind. It's ali very well for
Mr. Sanford to put up here but he'd have nice
thow for 10 with his ideas he applied for situation as
starter any well regulated line Of city horse cars
and rather these companies cOntge generally 10
select men who know their business.
About the time that every got we'll TO the
ground Saturday the rain began fan in torrents
and remarked that the prospect looked better for
regatta than racethe track being flooded The
water certainly shallow enough, and the lines
rocked enough 10 Offer excellent inducements 10 any
committee looking out for a reEatta-course for the
coming year. But the thirsty ground soon Tapped up
water and at the tap of the bell the horses,
With their tails done egH0n In the first race Of the
day, for tes Oacd in 1870 one mile and an eighth Sae
Watson ooutrved 20 lose nice little bit fmoney
owner COttri and his friends, Minnie w. fourth in the
pools. taking the 1t Of course claimed that
different condition OF track would have brought about
a different result insOmuch it understood
when the horses put iu poos" the night before
that they 10 in such pools next day. But this
IL all wrong; "fs aud ands," and hypothesis,
should have place in racecOurse After race has
been and Judgment has been given complaint should
cease. Post B0rtem hands, however are played 10
amazing extent still claiming. for instance,
that Count DOrsay had got start for the Travers
Stakes he would have carried off the plate. SO it
beh nv is he VIII
after honOrs OF life waiting the horse that doesn't
get is the that would have the The
second race threeQuarers Of mile, for all ages, Crock
ford carried away Harry BasSet though the latter
horse sold pools abont the others OF
1t asserted that Bassett would have won had
CrCckford got the advantage the start Il seemed
unknd TO enter Bassett az all for such fddlng
Little race had done his work well enough In the past
and won honOrs enough for himself and money enough
tOT his TO be permitted TO retire on bis aure in
stead Of being compelled 10 alag superfuOus the
stage" Now he's pretty done for, and doesn't
on in blaze Of glory, either.
But the third race the steeplechase, the Of
The day. ia not have missed It for $780," the
dict Of all who stayed TO the finish. About three miles,
weller weights $500 10 the winner 500 to the second
aud 800 the third horse total purse S1OO" That's
the way the programme read. The " welter weights
seemed ominous those uuversed in equine technca
ties. broken neck in a steepechase is finish" al
ways looming up before horse and rider. probability
for one possibility for both. aud this day could
well imagine that the turf must be slippery glass.
What could the phrase meant That those who waited
Tor this last zee would welterng in blood;
that welterng waited for those who rode There
COON unpleasant speculation here but the horses
were sent away before Col. Hackley arrived a
cusiOu-Duy, Wiley, Buck and lanty Lawler selling in
pool the night before for $780, S5 S6 and 35, respect
lively. Duffy led and after him leaped Lanty Lawler
Buck bucNed at the first hurdle bu finally contri7ed to
climb over after repeated urglng; Wiley also behaved
vely scarcely lump would these rascals make, and
suppose they still the ground jumping at the third
hurdle, where we left them when the race was done.
But Duffy round splendid style. and after him.
dve or SIX lengths but neither increasing nor diminish
Ing his distance sailed Lanty But after the last hurdle
was taken and a universal shout had gone up that
Duffy had it Lanty's rider 10 show that some things
could be well others, and that there no GER
tainty even about horse race, pled the whip, and
fponsive to it, Lanty colared Duffy and rushed under
the string head ahead IL wonderful piece Of d
plomacy which tins instance is long for riding, on the
art o. autvs rider His patient faith and watching
the race And you have seen, the odds were about
nine 10 against the actual winner feel encouraged
over my chances life, and Mcdaniel should brighten
up for this is the first good luck that his stables have
had thus Far in the meeting And now they tell me gray
Lanty was so injured in the raceby the breaking
OF tendon sOmethinCthat he can never run again,
may possibly have 70 be killed. This Is 70 be regretted
for be proved himself noble horse The burst Of speed
he showed after jumping the last hurdle having run
jcmpug then Of nearly three miles, was remark
able. Tom Bowling is fast horse. but in the mile and
threequarter the first day. 1t seemed to that
he did at the end at the speed that Lanty
showed and poor LAnty had very heavy track for it,
II Is hard 10 have broken down in winning such fight
Coming home we drove over TO McGraths stables, and
m hand DorvIfn 1fs md