The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-26

me0f - o0ffocJ u8Vo the De6y assurances. NO one
would IN most cases beneft the drtnker, but as Q
rule the visitor to Saratoga for the first week or 80
BY drin king eli Of them at eli tmes Like the Ger
man who has drank beer, Rhine wine, then turned
q neS beer and Nne
'soSssssi mt NJ bowels ana Ilsts dem night 1t out
!. The second meeting races which closed on last
Saturday were the great attraction here recently,
about by provoking rains, made many Of them
less interesting than they otherwise would have
been The telegraphic reports efthese anairs given
readers OF the HBKALD with correct idea OF them,
80 that II only remains for me to speak OF them in
o. sons Erin 70 Saratoga o bssve
FLOODED Cell finds more enjoyment In Q good horse
raceSwhether Is be trotting, running Or jumping
srss . sssspissSssns and sSsn 70 hurdle racing;
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and the great interest they manifested ID
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there is sweet harmony between the running and
the upsnd-dowh NE Of the average good. natured,
devil-maycsre gentleman nom the could Dart"
81 1--WE the
sstrlSStaSis to That dash which . displayed in 3
much about the same e : race horse does hedge.
they 60 q with bound. iuil TIT win deter q.
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II why the BALE Is % a0a
themselves eT laugh heartily but, II they
DO not ball, The Jump 90 clear and nc
miration Of an enemy. Most people admit that
they do nothing by halves, that their blunders are
thorough. This is why think properly constl-
tuted Irtshman would turn his back on ship bear.
ing to MIN al his irsnas ron the ola Country
say more Of them attended this class OF races than
all the others put together ana as Tor the mental
as many cr rae irsn%sn. a'; The Hon. JOINS
police force was totally inadequate 20 preserve q
s ser Of order among his counsrymen during
| remember an amusing incident which hap
pened during the first week Of the second meeting.
It was connected with the steepechaSe which
Duffy, really noble animal, won 30 easily. Very
naturally the Celtic portion Of the visitors scot
tive one to them but in addition to this the horse
was wen spoken Of looked wei ana stood high In
Q dapper little Irtshman who was
A TERRIBLE DUFFY NAN.
Re bought everything in the way Of pools that
Of his aVorss horse. He'd rush up the quarter
stretch every quarter hour before the race and in
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his Mnsy
and, after very little delay started Duffy leading
! managed to sit next my Duffy man, whose
ali the foremost horse would win it," Fortu.
nately for the enjoyment OF the people In our vi
cinity two policemen were stationed behind my
wonderful contortions when he saw Dury lead.
His hat was only half the time on its proper peg
'Sit down, sir. Sit down and keep quiet" said
hing e: |sSs AZ Az &C. n e s,.g +, ne. Ct
hedge. There's another one for ye. Duty, me
sesns Arrsn went over II oke
WI e take %s p o.
a' SZls sas1 aa,s sS P0s at S Sses sd Hs
ye lux At the horse Rape yer eye on him for hem
vim win" So he ratt!ed a., on. IN imminent danger Of
ss % inc 1Scs aPs s
ses he ron se 1s ss
man udSss the state %" Of New " YORK
for about MALT hour, and as proud
ting about IKE victorious tailor. suppose he
raked In not less than three thousand dollars by
his betting and to a% the sum sgs
a few days after was entered for Q hurdle, and my
lucky acquaintance was on hand, head and tail up
and and easily acquired wealth in No I pooIs
and bets on Duny. 1suppose he must have invested
could FAKE and scrspe on The last rac
The race came on Dufly, Ioelieye, led for short
time and my creduous Get Get was as crazy IS be-
BE came in second and slcker-looking man than
that same enthusiast couldn't be found on the
track.
on the last day Of the races when his horses Were
rise to the dignity Of side show when Compared
mutterfng considerable profanity, and something
desarvin's" The horse and his backer were very
much alike-they were both steepechasers, each
Those of the HERALD readers who have never
been here can easily imagine that the hotels are
immense anfairs-compact villages, considering tho
OF the smaller class assuredly. But there is Ger.
tain cheap grandeur such as is noticeable In spec
seves ePaH
structure and appointments OF the better hotels
the ones which boast an ownership Of spring. The
guests Of the hotels seem to classify themselves
near as can learn 1.-The Clarendon takes the
wealthy Of the confused status, the Grand Union
the political people o. the better class Senators
American, or rather its patrons, are
about the healtny-looking knife-swallowers who
spread themselves ss On Is narrow balcony and
tsx q mere
Of SO many broad shoulders and such an amount of
good nature among its male guests, and as for the
ladies' their cheeks are az rosy as health can make
them-as iat forward and frowsy as ever.
rt. BIG JUDGE CONNOLLY
puts up at this hotel and at any hour after eleven
In the morning-except Of course meal hours
his graceful though gigantic, figure cools itself on
the balcony. He Is generally mistaken for the pro-
prietor Of the ranch BY those who fail to read law
In every neament Of his intellectual face. But the
mistake Ism" very grave ave one, for really ne
New York and political chums--than brace of first
class pipers would. don't think the real proprietor
grumbles ct the room he takes mp on the veranda,
Tor he could, II he would, deceive the ignorant by
pointing to 49,,
BLATHERna0 NIKE
as q specimen brick. Any enterprsing hasn-miller
would welcome such Q wel-propOrti0ned figure to
his hotel and gladly allow him to act as "cappern
for the place. There ID rumor around here that
the Judge is on the street BY six In the morning,
and, accompanied by bIockth0rn, walks oil the
way to Saratoga Lake and back but 1t isn't trace
able to any very reliable source.
Some Of the poorer hotels, those which do for
vn,r ~ ~ "a am I'M dbl