New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
THE TURF.
rHE SARATOGA RACES.

THE THIRD DAYS sPORT-CoUNTEss WINS THE TWO
YEAR-oLD STAKES, SATIRE THE THREE-YEAR-oLD
STAKES, AND HUBBARD THE PURSE FOR ALL AGES.
SARATOGA. Aug. 9.-COntinued fine weather
favored the Association on Saturday the thru DAY Oh
their second Summer meeting but the attenoance
showed a slight falling OF as compared with the pre-
yous racing day. The lady visitors appear TO DO weary
ing of the exciting sport although held only on alternate
days. the grand stand did not present the same brant
galaxy OF feminine loneliness aud fashionable toets as
heretofore. The track In admirable condiuon anu
80 favorable for the makog OF fast ume
that little surprise was expressed when ~
was announced that In the two ana three-
quarter mile race Hubbard had beaten by over
five seconds hitherto quickest record at that dis
lance. The remarkable OF Mr.. Bemonts stable
in twoyearold stakes still continued; Countess
full sister TO Count DOrsay. won the first race OF the
day. making the fifth Of these stakes the Nursery staDe
has carried of this Spring having previously won the
Hopeful July and Thespan Stakes at Long Branch with
Beatrice and King Amadeus, and the Saratoga Stakes
with Steel Eyes. Mr.. Belmont has hitherto been strongly
rejudced against training Allies for racing, on account
of the uncertainty attending them from several causes,
and this Spring those bred at his Long Island establish
ment sold at auction. The remarkable success,
however, which has attended their running on the turf
this season. having won over $4,000, may propaby in
duce him 10 continue the training OF the FLIES bred by
himself.
Saturdays winner Countess like Beatrice is daugh-
ter OF Kentucky OF Lady BlessingoD, the dam OF
Count DOrsay and Lord Byron, and OF the twin year
ling colts Manfred and Conrad, by the same sire. Al
though not handsome lly in appearance, she Is mag
nifcent goer, and she won her maiden race without
having been obliged TO fairly extend herself III the
stock OF Kentucky should exhibit the same
ability TO stay distance, they have shown ex-
traordinary speed twoyearods they will have fair
prospect OF sweeping of most Of the rich eyearold
i, Mo vnfG
in the threeyear-od great surprise to the
sembed turfmen. who had looked upon 1t certainty
for either Sunrise Mort Jordan and had backed them
heavily 20 win It, Satire has several times before
this season. but always uDsuccessfuly until now she IS
by Revolver. and belongs to the Ohio stable Of Mr..
Grouse. In the two and three quarter mile dash,
only Hubbard, Katie Pease, and Boss Tweed
started; and, the latter had been sold out
OF the Confederacy stable during the frat meeting here
Col. Mcdaniel knew his perfectly He di-
rected McCabe on Hubbard to make the race .strong
from the start and Katie Pease to walt behind Barbee
who had been engaged to ride Boss Tweed, imagined
that Katie Pease the from whom danger was to
be apprehended. and he laid by her for nearly mile,
thereby allowing Hubbard to open tremendous gap.
When he discovered HIS in his efforts TO overhaul
the feetrunning Hubbard, he Jumped" out his OVID
horse. aud Hubbard easily won by dozen lengths in
the fastest time record at the distance. After this
great performance. IL Is exceedingly doubtful II any
horse will enter agains. Hubbard in the fourme heat
race for both Mr. sandfords and Mr. Chamberlins sta
bles have left Saratoga, and consequently neither Mate
nor True Blue Will run In that race
The two-yearold race for sweepstakes OF 800 each,
half forfeit with 700 added, threequarters OF mile,
had "a nominations Of which the following to the
post August Bemonps bay ly Countess, by Kentucky,
dam Lady Bessngton d. Mcdaniel Co.'s bay colt by
Asterod. dam Sue Washington Joseph Donahue's
chestnut colt Dublin, by Kentucky, dam Zadee Hunter
& Travers's bay colt King Pin. dam Ethan Lass; f.
Morriss bay colt shillaah. by Eclipse, dam Sasher
Barbarity, and A. d. Lewis Co.'s bay FLY Vandalte,
by vandal, dam Yesper Light.
The high reputation which Countess enjoyed in private
had oozed out among the betting men, and she was so
strongly supported that at last she sold for much
as all the others combined We give few OF the pools