New-York tribune., 1874-07-31

After some little delay the flag fc ana all got ON
prety well together exception Of Chesapeake
WHO failed get o. and left at the post uitl' Gc
Others had got half the diagonal shoot The
start being from behlud the Judges stand Mattdof
was H. front, followed by hing boi', MOT
mss COLI. and Willie Burke, James a be,ug hith caro-
line sixth. and ArStidcs seventh Running across the
Enclosure at fast pace, Hatador led length at the
turn ut) the regular track, with Elg Bolt next James
A. third and Mor1iss colt fourth the rest in cluster
(oi5g along the lower turn Caroline showed N front,
King Bolt SIM keeping second place, and hcy turned 1uto
the hornestretch these positions, MCrnss colt ana
LIME r. being the twoincxt horses. Coming up the
hOmestTetch a splendid struggle euSaed between MOT
ris', COLI; King Bolt. Caroline, aud Lzzc r. the latter
coming with terrific burst of speed from tine distance
and looked a certain few strides from the viii
ming post. suddenly new and formidable antago
mist appeared ia Willie Burke. who, about halfway up
the hO:uos;-ctcb had uOcd on 10 the outside rails
where the going good on the hard ground ana be-
fore II could be realized he had shot past ala the leading
horses and went under the string winner by half
length KING Bolt beating Ilzz.e r. By head on the
yer, last stride. Caroline fourth, Arstides h'th,
and Morriss colt sx;a. The tine, l;2}t fast con
siderine that the track was deep aud heavy.
THE SARATOGA Cur.
The next and Important Of the dag, was Cor
the Saratoga Cup, aud created intense AtcIcst III vas
sweepstakc $50 each. play pay with sl20o added
by the Association OF which the second Eor>c received
500 Tie distance was two miles and quarter, and
there were 90 nominations that the cnp was worth
5OO nett victor Only four oi tis numOer came
10 the post, namely:
Col. McDanid's sp.inc'oh, los lh~, hy Australian
dam Hcsei, aud Lis Katie Iv4-- lJ5 los. oy Planet
dam Minnie Maust.lI; NJ II. Slu'uT = PrCdKuts-, ia
lbs, uy Lexington. dam BIyloai aud c. H. kee's VAN
dercf, IL lbs. Dy lexington. dam Coral.
The meeting Of Preakness au1 Col McDanels great
crack springbok was regarded VITA u vast amount OF
interest fOT. although the former had beated sprnF0ok
the two nile haudicup al he Jerome Park Spring
Meeting az SiGerouo4 ,"'-'s 49, 'o' '- ''F--
snce o age between them, 1t well known shat te
Cooucs horse had been amss for some time previous,
ana was jast recovering. After that defeat spsingbok
won the mile and three quarters purse ana two
mile haudicpI. beating Lizzie Lncas IN TIE
hrst and Mate. Fcl'Owcrdft, WoodOlne, ana
Utica in the second with cousummate ease.
The following week BIS great aud improving
form was convnciaglv shown by his winning the mile
neat race at Cuca when the second heat in the
1uck time OF 42 the heat the records OF the
American turf. lie had also won the nile and quar-
ser sweepstakes on the day OF thlsaneeng IN 2Os3
The fastest time ID wach had been rua, beating
10 the race such fast Mate Dublin, and sur
Tyor II was no wonder, therefore, that his friends
stuck puckly 70 him. and eager t) invest tier
money that they made the stable tile fayorie acaint
the hed Tue psrtisans OF NJ SIn0rd's stable weak
sned considerably the morning of the race, as they
well knew that the heavy hot in Li5 favor,
and lust before the race Wduderer came with such
rush the market that he suppalted Pfetk9es as
ole alIft In