The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10
SARATOGA, August Q, 1878.

SARATOGA, August Q, 1873.
Bright skies and q bracng breeze this morning
ushered in the third day OF the second meeting
and the consequence was large attendance at
the course. At the pool rooms the excitement
early in the morning was fully as great as thA
which prevailed on Thursday last the Ker ner
Stakes. The hubbub this time was over IT. e FIRST
race Of the day-the sweepstakes for t>Go-yea .
Odds; and assure you the pool seller al
his hands full The pool room was %
crowded that 1t was with the ut most
tlifhculty that passage way cord be made rom
the outer door to the outs .de circle Of seats
whore the horsemen and others who W ere de-
sirOus OF making large for tnes on very nall can't
Gal were huddled together in perspirin' mass.
The horses had q. most excellent fack to run
on. Three events were on the ca "a. the first
being sweepstakes for wO.year-old s. three-ouar-
tiers OF mile the second, mile an 4 an eighth by
three year. Jlds and the third dg III of two miles
and thfee@guarters.
For tie sweepstakes for two-ye ar-oIds there were
twentS-four nominations OF hch number six
came to the post. These wer August BeImont,s
bay FLY Countess, by KentU cky dam Lady Bes
sngton; d. Mcdaniel Co.'S bay colt by Asteroid,
dam Sue Washington; JOSEF IN Donahue's chestnut
colt Dublin, by KentucE y dam Zaidce; Hunter
j. Traver's bay colt ing Pin, dam Ethan
Lass; +. Morris 'Jay colt Shialah, by
Eclipse, dam Slasher BY Irbarity, and A. B. Lewis &
Co.'s bay Oily vandav tie, by vanda, dam vesper
Light.
Countess was or eat favorite, selling for nearly
as much as all the others combined She won the
race with the gre atest ease, King Pin second Nc.
Daniei's colt thru Countess is very plain bay
lilly, with BLACK points, little over fifteen hands.
Ths'makes the fifth stakes that Mr.. Belmont's two
year-olds have won out OF eight during the present
SeaFOn, The winners were Beatrice (twice), King
Am adeus tnTice), Steel Eyes tonce and Countess
to-day. The value Of the present stakes was
a 81, 200.
The second race was for purse of $500 for three
,year-old3, winners this year OF any single race
amounting to $1,000 to carry ten pounds extra.
There were for starters Rice Il McCormick's bay
lilly Sunrise by Planet dam Ultma J. F. Wilson'S
chestnut colt Mart Jordan, by Revolver, dam
Matte c.; J. W. Hunt Reynolds chestnut FLY
Bncsu. by Planet, dam Lavender, D. J. Crouse's
chestnut fiily Satire, by Revolver, dam Siren; M.
A. littell's brown colt Wizard, by Concord, am
limestone, by war Dance, dam Transylyania ~ :.
w. weldon's chestnut colt warlike. by
Sa9 colt o Gea
dem Kitty Clark: Sunrise was the favorite, Mart
half length; SUNRISE s second, half ia length
IN front OF wizard who was like dis
lance IN front Tro Of warIike me race was
Mart Jordan got of badly, but the former made o
hne finish, Notwithstanding he being third in the
race. Mart Jordan had not the ghost of a chance
from the time the flag fell, as he hesitated about
starting. and the others were so far ahead OF him
before he began running that his defeat was GER
tain.
The third race was for a purse of $500 for all
ages, two miles and three quarters. For this race
there were but three entries, consisting OF c. J..
Alloway's bay colt Boss Tweed, by Asteroid, dam
Alabama, years old ID. MCDANIEL Co Is chestnut
colt Hubbard, by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield,
years old and Mcdaniel a Co.'s chestnut FLY Katy
Pease, by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield, 3years
at very long Odds Hubbard won the race very
easily, Boss Tweed second. The time was 4: 5SZ,
which Is the best time ever made.
The following are the details OF the racing:-
The First Race.
SWEEPSTAKES; for two-year-olds, 800 entrance
half forfeit, with 500 added second horse to save
his stakes; winners OF $1,000 five pounds extra;
OF $4,000, ten pounds. Three-quarters Of O mile.
Twenty-four nominations.
STARTERS.
"A. Belmonts b. T. Countess, by Kentucky, dam
Lady Blessington tEvans) INSTRUMENTATION.
Hunter Travers' b. c. King Pin, BY Lexington,
dam Ethan Lass Gray ...................... 2
ID. Mcdaniel x Co.'s b. c., by Asteroid, dam Sue
Washington (McCabe) Observation-Disclosures. 3
f. Norris b. c. Shillalan, by Eclipse dam Slasher
Barbarty (Sparling) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A. b. Lewis Co.'s b. 1. Vandalite by vandaL
dam Vesper Light "a. Lakeand) .............. s
dam Zaidee Nv. Lakeand) .................... 9
Time, 1:17H.
THE BETTING.