New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-27
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE SARATOGA MEETING.

THE OPENING DAYS RACEs-ATTiIA WINS THE
TRAvERs sEKEs AFTER A DEAD HEAT WITH
ACROBAT, sPRINGBoK THE MILE AND A QUARTER
SWEEPSTAKES. AND oIIT1PA THE FLASH STAKES
TIE FASTEST TIME ON RECORD - THE DAYS
RACING TIE BEST EVER WITNESSED IN
AMERICA.
S,PAroGA, Jdly 25.-This has been glorious
iv delirttfu day. and the first Summer race meeting OF
the Saratoga Association has begun most favoraOIy
The heat of the July sun was agreeaoy tempered ny @
ccol breezes which swept the course from the
Green Mountains in the purple. hazy distance
and contributed greatly TO the enjoyment OF the
vast copcourse OF visitors that crowded 'no
spacious grand stand The attendance was
larger than in any previous year, for saratoS" Is
OVERLOOKING with visitors from every State oil the oNu
and even the vast hotel accommodations Whien '"o
Mace possesses are taxed to the utmost 10 unu
places for the thousands who are daily arriving |
railroad facilities for reaching Saratoga are 'hS yea"
greater than ever and the arrangements py "nou o
,he first time travellers from New-fork can come ny '
nav line OF steamers TO Albany, and there connect WIN
The trains so as to reach Saratoga the same evening"
have proved great accommodation 10 'he uaNenuH
,mbc The course itself in splendid order ana the
ntpatons OF fast time were realized in every race OF
the day.i -,
This was the first race Of the day, and was sweep
.taEes Of $50 each play pay, with $1,000 addeu Y tue
Association, and piece OF plate "ortu cow "S VI"
dent W. r. Travers; one mile ana three-quarters. lhere
were "a nominations that the value OF the stake was
1850 exclusive Of the silver trophy. OF the above
entries eleven came to the post. namely:
Dennison & Crawford's chestnut colt Ruther'urd oy
Australian dam Aerolite D. McDanIeIs DAY c1It ~
JnNus dam Leisure, and his brown cot by ASteI"iu
dam Sue Washing 2. Lorillards brown COT A'Il9,
by Australian, dam Ultima; NJ H. SanIords pdAE. coz
Rrigand. by Planet, dam Britannia foultHi n. "
Sears's chestnut colt Acrobat by Lexington uaih SAM
Lewis: T. Puryear's bay colt Grinstead Dy GloN, uaul
sister TO Rune; A. Belmont gray cot see byes, ~
Planet, dam Eagess; W. NJ. Conner cheSlnut oV coz
Stampcde, by War Dance, lam Dolly MOrkhui IL 1
Nc(irath's bay colt Aaron PennlngtOn by ilppeTaIy'
aam Lucy Fowler. and NJ A. Iltiells DrVWh eol' Heio'
by bennington, dam stolen Misses.
With the single exception OF the Julius colt all these
had been winners beioreSteel Eyes, Rutherford, Grh
stead and the Sue Washington colt, in their two-year
old FORM aud Pennington Attia, Acrobat, Brlgand'
Reform and Stampede, this season. Attilla had run
md won a mile race Jerome Park carrying 100
pounds in l:i4t and subsequently at Long Branch a
mile and an eighth in 1885, running the last mile In iSt
He had never run the distance OF this but the reso
Into style in which he had finished IN both his races
convinced his partisans that he possessed both en-
dance and speed and they also believed that he could
and Rutherford were sold together Puryears entry
both in his stable they we're strongly favored by
Inanv good judges although the former was reported to
lie coughing. Reform had previously run and won a
iwonile race 1874. carrying ITO pounds at Long
Branch and this great performance gained him many
friends while staunch party stuck to Stampede and
Brieand the representatives. Of Mr. Corners and Mt
s,udford's stables. The pool betting follows: