New-York tribune., 1874-06-01
SARATOGA.

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PROSPECT OF A LIVELY SEASON.
IMPROVEMENTS AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
PROGRAMME OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR
EXPECTING AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CONcoURsE
OF vIsITORs-THE HOTELS MAKING READY FOR
THEIR GUEsTs-sOME OF TIE PEOPLE WHO WILL
BE AT SARATOGA DURING THE SEASON.
iTRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNE.l
SARATOGA SPRINGS, May 30-Summer heats
are slow to reach groveclad dlingplsce OF the
wealthy with brisk woody breezes and its northern
position The and tardy Spring has kept the nights
cold and the roads little soft till within the last few
days when the sun has given out fervent heat The
season is not to be uncommonly forward one bere,
1t expected that It will be rarely full and busy
when Iit has fairly set in. There have been more
buildings put up since last August than ever before in
the same space of time, and while large number
OF these arc the thrifty dwellings OF residents VINO i've
here throughout the year. some few cottages have been
going up worthy Of Long Branch or Newport The
building enterprise which attracts the greatest attention
Is which was begun before last the enormous
and excellent United States Hotel, built to supply the
place OF the renowned Saratoga inn Of that name which
burned In The completion Of this great house
Of entertainment nigh apace and as 1t Is close by
the railway station II fills first the eye OF the visitor,
and does not quickly escape from his mind when ne
learns Of the OF the undertaking. the capacity OF
the structure and the novel features embodied In Its
plan.
Passing on to the magnificent main street OF Saratoga,
thoroughfare with whch-leaving water views out OF
account-no Summer resort in this country can show
anything worthy to be compared, the newcomer finds
it widened from Congress Spring past the CLARENDON
and an Improvement OF the roadway going oD with
scraping and regarding where necessary On other
roads careful work Of like sort has beendone and Is do
ing Saratoga In the season. Is so bent upon driving
that her roads must be we'll kept and treated In the most
liberal fashion. Great sums have been spent upon
them within recent years, and their merits snow
that the outlay has not been wasted Some OF them are
rough STILL the Summer work them is not yet DONE
Noteworthy among Saratoga's claims to the sasfac-
ton Of her visitors the ctyke readiness with which
variety of desires Is met In tho matter Of shopping
for instance the very numerous large, and
fully stocked and there Is no reason for the most ex
travagant complain of want OF opportunity for lux
urious expenditure. The chief hotels are 90 clustered
together that their advantages are somewhat common
to the guests Of all and this true Of special entertain
ments in music, balls or other matters. The
popular springs are just at hand and the daring ex
permenter do the largest amount OF mixing drinks
with their divers waters. without the trouble OF many
steps. For the sobery inclined there are accessible
church privileges. There is the great Methodist camp
meeting at Round Lake, at hand in the season, and
there at all times the rooms Of the Young Mems
Christian Association with open doors. On the other
hand, the gded youth OF rapid tendencies have only
and they in the most sumptuous and
fashionable gambling hell in the country This last fact
lie point with Saratogans. They can't understand
why the world at large persists In regarding the gam
bling the distinctive feature OF Saratoga
They claim that the clubhouse is simply place TO en-
10y excellent cookery and the finest service In exquisite
surroundings. Indeed Opuent persons live there
through Summer Te hear the talk Of certain indg
people here might be thought that the cards were
brought into play at this place. except for little
mild recreation after dinner in WHILE when crib
bage and old sledge the innocent diversion
Although only two trains per day are now running
from NewYork to Saratoga at 1O45 a. III. and II pm.
respectyey-the latter exclusively slow train and
the number will not be increased for fortnight prob
aby-the station is already bustling place upon the
arrival OF the cars the part Of June will see not
residents at the hotels. Five teams are already
seen frequently upon the Lake and the Glen Mitchell
roads The Lake road will be sprinked daily this sea
son the expense under Legislative enactment, being
betrayed by the Saratoga Springs privilege.
ROWING CONTESTS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.
First among the attractions which will draw an un-
wonted multitude TO Saratoga this Summer may be
reckoned College regatta The interest shown in the
contest Springfield last is the probable fore
runner OF attention to be paid to these annual col
legate almost as general and as marked as the
great struggle between oxford and Cambridge calls
out In England Now that people invited to place
dations with broad smooth course straight as an ar
row. and SO situated that every stroke In the
be seen from the banks-a which is reached by
delightful drive along any one OF the three pleasant
ayenues-and since, in addition to the attractions Of the
regatta there oil the gayeties Of the great watering
places, 1t may well be expected that regatta week
at Saratoga will bring together greater
than any regatta in this country has
gathered and it hardly seems probable that the
will ever held elsewhere, after Saratoga has been
tried with its unequaled The thing lacking
now convince tho timid authorities OF certain
colleges that the house does not make up the
whole OF Saratoga and that the meetings Of the Sara
toga Rowing Association and of the Saratoga Young
Mems Christian Association not In danger Of being
held at the clubhouse. Ten colleges will take
part the Saratoga regatta The Association has just
received letter from Brown University expressing
intention OF sending crew. The contestants will then
be from Brown Columbia, Cornell Dartmouth, Harvard
Princeton Trinity. Wesleyan. Williams. and Yale. Ten
are building for them at the lake. each
long, and from II to Is feet wide They are OF
pine. clapboarded. shingled. and painted, with fine
floating docks. Lumber for the grand stand is
hauling. This will be COO feet long, and will
accommodate 5000 people, who from 1t can
sec every foot OF the course, which will
he three miles straghtaway, beginning about half q
mile from Snake Hill and running due north to the finish,
little way from Moons. Buoys with flags upon them
placed at short intervals will mark the plainly
that no need lose by mistakins it, Moon will also
build stand on his grounds to receive thousand peo.
pie, which will command the course entirely The
ladies Of have offered two premiums, ne gold
badges first and second prizes in the single scul race
The programme for regatta week, so far now
arranged is follows: On July 3, IA. and the morning
OF the 18TH the Yale and Harvard baseball clubs will
play series OF three games at the G, Glen en- Mitchell
grounds On the fret three days there Will also be run
ming races for collie gans only and Of these days
the Boston and Athletic baseball clubs Will probably
play their final match in this country before their trip to
gland. On the afternoon OF July Is there will be the
collegiate singescull for the prizes given by the
Saratoga lades, and the following afternoon the Fresh
will occur, followed by the contest
between the University crews. II the evening grand