The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-13
SARATOGA RACES.
Fourth Day Of the Sec
ond Meeting.
"a Cloudy Day, but Large Crowd
Present.
hHE FAvORITEs BEATEN.

SARATOGA, August ~, 1873
. Notwithstanding the threatening character Of
hhe weather to-day there was quite large attend
lance at the races 1t had rained all night heavily,
hnd the roads leading to the course were by NO
lmeans In good condition for fashionable turn
lDuts TO display themselves to advantage All the
Horenoon the SKY was lowering ana overcast, and
occasionally slight shower fell, much to the dis
comfOrt Of the ladies, who, strange to say, despite
fhe mud and the outlook generally, turned out in
considerable force. The trains the evening
Sprevious, from New York especially. brought
yen immense number OF visitors to the various
potes. The newcomers, that is those who
pad not been here at any OF the races this season,
tOrmed by far the largest portion OF the spectators
hlthough, OF course the regular habitues who have
been here all the season were on hand as usual.
She stages and busses and carriages, In c0nse-
1uence, did good business and
THE SCENES ON THE ROAD
were as enlivenng as though the day was clear
bnd the sun shining brightly 1t was really anus,
ing to see how some of the ladies got themselves
up for the occasion to escape the mud
Ihat flew from the carriage wheels and
1he rain that everybody momentarily ex-
pected to come down In torrents. ] noticed
Several wrapped from head to foot, even to the ex
Bent OF wearing the hood on light rubber cloaks.
Others had the fashionable blue Cloak waterproof
huu tne lueVltaDle uInOrella nung, SWOTu-Ke, ~
the side. II anybody here ever had any doubt as
10 whether the lady visitors like to 60 to the races
1t was certainly dispeled today by the crush and
rush and hubbub that prevailed among the dear
treatures while the preparations were being made
ht the hotels for
y THE START TO THE COURSE.
heard more than one care nj mamma, who had
reached an age when racing has lost all the attrac
ti0n the sport might have had for her. endeav-
bring to dissuade the "grls" from going. "But
papa Is going' exclaimed one, "and he Is not
Airaid OF getting wet Why should beS' This, as
, rejOlnder from pretty lass Of sixteen, who was
Do completely mufled up in waterproof coverings
Shat believe even her papa would not have known
her had he met her by chance on the grand stand.
Tine desire to 60 to the course to-day, however,
VAS by no means confined to the ''girlsn for pri-
eate carriages with all the family, from mamma
pown to the nurse, with The latest addition to the
household, turned out by the score. The grand
Dtand was crowded in every part long before the
brst race commenced, and the open field way to
She left OF the quarter stretch was literally
BLACK WITH CARRIAGES,
Host Of them being private turnouts The quarter
jtretch, toe, was We'll filed and the pool sellers did
, lively business, although the crowd that swayed
10 and fro in the general effort to get near the
.pulpit" where the "Doctorn was ensconsed and
kestcq!atlng nightly, as a clincher to his Knock
o%ns o he & ses %
gather cloud sprinklings, that fell occasionally for
e rain at no time fell so heavily as to be entitled
~ the dignity OF a downright shower. There was
considerable excitement among
I THE BETTING FRATERNITY
en the first and second races, and thousands of
Dollars were wagered upon Crockford, as first
khoce in the first race The result Of this race,
lnd that OF the second and the third, too, for
enother time during the meeting cast gloom
Pvcr the knowing ones Indeed the "skled
taent" were not the only ones who were badly
Saken in and sadly done for, as the 'Outsiders;'
pom New York went IN strongly on the iavorites,
Ind In the first and second races came out shorn
bf not only the profits they had lOndy dreamed OF
faking In, but OF great deal OF the capital they
had had to base their hopes upon when they first
kame on the course. Then, like wise men, they
Pace TO get even, II 1t were only to- ''get their
money back" you know, which they had thrown
lway on the first two races But, alas for
THE UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN EVENTS
generally and horse flesh particularly! that little
vent into the pools never 10 come back again.
Nhen Revenge came In ahead in the hurdle race,
which closed the days sport, there marched down
put Of the grand stand and out from the quarter
btretch q procession OF men as sad looking as ever
offended funeral. There was no rush, no pell.
back going to the village; each one moOdlly walked
eway and made no hurry about II, and when these
unfortunate losers were, as they often were In going
VINO had
IN the pools on the SOW" horses they deigned not
Even to bride up nor ask the reason why they
0adn't the heart to talk TO any one.
The result Of the races OF to-day decided one
ching, and that is, that with heavy track like
No certainty can be placed upon avOrite in any
Face. Sure things are, alter ALL not always sure
ts has been proved twice before during the present
meeting; but to-days disasters to the favorites
blow that even doubly sure things often depend
ps much upon the track as upon the condition of
nhe horses themselves.