New-York tribune., 1873-07-25
SARATOGA RACES.

ANOTHER VICTORY FOR TOM BoWLlNu'
TuE MILE AND A QUARTER DASH WON BY sTRAcHINo
AND THE FLASH STAKES By REGARDLiss-I-lE
MEETING BRILLIANTLY OPENED.
SARAToGA. July Q.-The first Summer meet
Inc of the saratoga Race Association opened to-day
under ouspices which Indicate brilliant success Ihe
weather was delightful for deiciously cool hreeHe
swept over the course increasing the enoymeh OF o
vast crowd OF fashionable occupants OF the graho shu
The ladies' stand was thronged with galaxy OF beauty
and fashion, whose gay toilettes enhanced the charm
OF the scene Distinguished turmen from every e'dte
IN the IniOn gentlemen whose spOtess integrity mas
given dignity and character 10 the national sport were
assembled the lawn while in the grand sthnd were
men renowned in literature commerce, at the bench
and bar and political e all unreservedy enjoying the
excitement OF the day. The Travcrs Stakes the first
race ana brought field OF starters ont Of the
70 horses entered making its value $3.50, beside mag
nihcent silver punchboal the gft OF the President '"
r. Travors and worth S5CO Tom Bowling, the jersey
Derby and Robins Stakes winner: SpringDoR th' WIN
ner OF the Belmont Stakes Count dOr5ay the Nco, ~
the Wcathcrhcy Stakes; Merodac Wayeriey' Jolu
mack and Fellowcraft were the contestants 'ou'aiS
90 the general expectation, Tom Bowling WHOSE "Ol
thv 10 start nc is notorious behaved remaibaoN "S''
and Afr whcatly dispatched the colts on 'uoi -
without any DELAY Tom Bowling, VINO go' oN i''-''
soon going 20 the front, and cutting out 'ue ru"N
sucb n strong pace that whom hali the JOURNEY wa" "
.hr1 1ftn1v horses, IOul lpoNlH5 'I' N"
hoh we're IN the race, the rest being completely ou'
7 1yo two horses raced together along
,ho I,,vor stretch and around the turn INTO
Tho straight run, in Tom Bowling leading three
fonrtns OF length. Suddenly UNI"
-, so x.i,cI1cnt ran through the vast crowd on the
grand stand az seeing springbok Unexpectedly ian'o
the -o1cd throwing his rider over the rails JUST atthe
moment an were lou lug for desperate struggle be
,vecn ts two horses ND homestrctch. This lett
Tom Bowling in audisputed possession or the ead Ior
nothing else was thom when the accldehV oeIeh
spr.asbok, and he galloped home an easy
winner by "a dozen lengths before "aVerioy'
~ho WAS as far before MerodaC COL McDanei mdue
s. com, laiDt OF foul riding on the part Of Bobby
Swim Tom Bowng's Jockey, for having cut SpringooK
down and caused the accident but after mature con-
sleration, and q personal examination OF SprlngooA'
the Judges decided Tom Bowling the winner OF the race
Pending Their decision the spectators were n1enSeY eA
cited for in the event Of Tom Bowling being ulSQua
ned for foul ldng the and stakes, toeether WIN
pools and bets would go 10 Merodac, complete out
ler The decision q the judges gave general sasiac-
uop. and was hailed with great cheering
In the second race, the iiortune OF the mcdaniel
confe7cracy slu continued, for Jos Daniels VINO repre-
sented the stable tie place OF Harry Basse aeu 20
stay the distance, and was beaten by HnhVr
a Trayers's imported colt srachno In the Flash
stakes for twoycar-ods nearly an hour was lost IN
getting the large field Of eleven youngsters started IL
was won by M Mors's fy Regardless full sister to
Ruthless and Rcmorseless, who thus compensated inc
stable for their disappointment with her IN the Hopelu
and July stakes at Monmouth Park.
THE RACING.
The Travers Stakes for three-yearods; ono mile and
fhrec quarters $50 entrance with 5000 added by
the Saratoga Association and $500 in plate, by VIM r.
Travors President was tue first Of the day. The
WEIGHTS carried were 10 pounds forcos and l07 pounds
Tor fies and there were originally 70 entries but the
death of j. 3 Watson rendered three void, making the
total value Of the stake $780, exclusive OF the $500 IN
platc Seven horses came TO the post, namely: W. W.
Glenn. chestnut colt Merodoc by Australian, dam Ada
Ciptham; A. Belmont's chestnut colt Count DOrsay'
bv Kentucky. dam Lady BlessiDgton; D. McDaniel's
chestnut colt sprugboE, by Australian, dam Hester
II. p. McGraths bay colt Tom Bowling, by Lexington,
dam Lucy Fowler; NJ. A. Lttelrs chestnut colt Eel
Iowcr,f. by Australian, dam Aeroitc g. II. Rice
d Co.'s chestnut colt John Mccormack by Hiawatha,
dam Rapid Aun and Clark & Grinsteads bay colt
WayerIey 10y Australian, dam Cicey Jopson. 1t was a
very heavy betting race the parsans ofsprng0okCoutn
DOrsay aud Tom Bowling backing their respective fan
cics FOR thousands of dollars and il was apparent tna
the majority Of rurfmen considered that the
confined solely these horses. The owner OF Tom Bow
ling backed him 10 WIN an immense stake not only in
she pools but outside wagers against sprngook and
Count DOrsay separately and this, too notwithstand
uc the TACT that tins horse had only arrived at Saratoga
from Long Branch the previous morning, and had had
no time 10 recover from the effects Of the long journey
while the other two horses had been more than two
weeks at tue track and undergoing special prepara
ton m the race the hands Of tmaers Of their pro-
fesslou. Tie following are few Of the many pools
sold;