, 1874-09-05
Sparta, Wis. So Castle Rock, the
"Artful Dodgor," and
"Cap" Wilson.
The ToWn---The Mineral Waters---
Guests at tho Hotels.
Tho Grand Trayorse Coantry-A Beautiful
Inland Chain Of Lakos.
Torch Ln'ke, intermediate Lake,
and Their Surroundings.
Across Lake Michigan--.The City Of
Grand Rapids.-.0akhurst.

Grand Rapids -UakhuTst.
SARATOGA.
From oNF or'1 Correspondent.
SARATOGA, August, 1874.
In 16i2, Lord Norbert, OF Chorbnry, said Of
tho Newmarket court-races: "T4e exercise I
do not approve OF Ia running OF horses. thoro
being much cheating In that kind"
This WAS in tho tinao Of Clsss!cs l., WHO estah-
lisled tho Newmarket race-course and thoro Ind
bis llnal rupture with tho parllamont. II IL
long historical Leap from that day to this, up
wards OF 232 years. got tho Jockeys who won tho
1nanl raess in 1874 In tho United Statoa nro Now
market boys. Tho loading stablcmon, Sanford.
Lorillar1, A1cGratl, Hunter, and Travsss. hayo
imported Jockeys from Newmarket. Aud why7
Decanso," sayH h aporslng reporter ut my
side, "thoro is raco Of lads around That track
who grow old aud got families, but do not in
in weight, and are adapted to ritc at full
strength without much sweating Of 1esh. We
l1avo no Jockeys in this country perfect riders.
Negro Jockeys are good until iloy 20 to Dantiug.
R1ld then they loso tltor into1lccts. American
joo1toy-hoya arc loo loosely brought UP. and.
after they hcsomo proficient thay got too much
woigilt, aud havo to retire.
r1tE RACING TunF
in America was roylvod after the War by William
Travors md John 3torrissoy at Saratoga, and 1t
haa advanced In popularity md capital until
thcro Ia aaid, at prosont, to bo between 81 000,-
600 md s5.0oo.Uo0 Of capital invested In our
turf, several hundred thoroughbred racers.
many large stablos for brool-mareB, md 9 small
army Of groonls. Jockeys, and trainora. ltacsng
has extended oveu to tho heart Of the Puritan
parts of Now England, and tho Hartford course,
,ttr},t chr %13otf ff1a nfr7n
LawB have paIod their intellectual ilros before
tho gonera1 predisposition to Welcome tho turf.
Tho incroaso of speed, tho unexpected turns
iu fortune, tho quantity Of money wagcrcd on
stables, tho valno Of the premiums. and tho nd
won't OF very isslmi1ar men upon tho tilrf, haro
marAod this year's meoting at Saratoga as tho
most remarkable known since tho palmy days Of
tho turf, in tito dnrs Of Monroe and Quincy
Adama Lextngtony limo has been beatcn
and mort OF tho historic data for shortor dushos.
Tho season cloBcB with the mint1B Of mon
undecided whether Sprlngbok or Fcllowcraft .s
tho bottcs{1orso, with the former champion, Tom
Bowling, disabled with Katio peaHo and preak-
neas under cloNd, aud with n nun1bor OF less
distinguished horses 40 e1aetly matched TINT tho
ecianca Of betting las become d master of cloao
and continuous attention. 1t is seldom Tint
race III boheld like that w1oro tho spectators held
that Delmonta 6tcol-Eyos Ind crosaed tho
limo ahead, whoronB Steol-Eves wns adiadgod to
be ttnrl, and ltttila aud Acrobat to hayo run q
doad-Aeat.
1AnGoSNy.
Moreover, the winuings this year llnvo boon
very agreeabiy distributed amongst great 1lun-
bes Of stahlca OF quito unequal capital md OK
tont Whllo Mcdaniel, with hiH usual dcBort,
carried OF sbont $4,000 legitimate pnrses and
stakes from Saratoga, even Ogden bowio, Of
hp,t tr1ar tprt prfl}I I'm c7nuf
tary Of the Metayin Co,lrHe at Now Or
leaua, who makes no nroteusioua to ho q
turfmR1, carried off about $4,000 with Stam-
peae. Practical opinion says that uur horaes
noSadays are bred too fine, md ate therefore
easily disabled in long trials, such az Eclipse
AMI! Boston used to make aga.n and again, while
they havo improved for swift spl.rts and daBhps.
It is very evident that tho lifo Of the American
tace.horse for active work is Esef a,.d the high
ost names OIL tl.e turf Of late have passed away
In lamouoBn. or pain. or uecenso.
The norala of tho turf are higher in America
tlan formerly, wllon Fncing l.ad to DO declared
gland ut present, where tho evils af the turf aro
Subjects ot national agitation. Wbilo there a1e
number OF gamblorl operating amongs1 geu-
tleu,ou in theAo encounters, they aye vcry little
iuhuenco in tho management OF tic t,lrf. Nor
rtaey, who is absolute ut Saratoga. takes caro- to
OWN no horses nor ho intcreatea in any that
enter, aud beloeo that he never owned but
ono, Defender, which was consistently and i,s-
evitahly heaten every time Ho ia not hold in
digtruat by turfn,on Of any clasa. and is expect
cd to fatlonl the designs Of loss acr1puIous nnu
Of ha profession who world he capable Of selling
race. Men OF the stump OF J3olmout, ,fthe
Iorillaris, Morris, Sanford, mud ItaserH, keeI
tho magiatracy Of tho turf, control tho conrans
net as Judges and sit in inquest upon frauds
1T thu suggestion Of some Of tlese mon er thei
paers, aolslo Of tlo Now York papera this yen
rofuscd to print tho naEnca OF any gamble!s Gu
teriyg races Ut Saratoga Tho distinction IL tot
NJ ofnIf nra tim ErYuDI1lDtlH to b1GE
tho,r horHcs l1cayi!y, anil ono OF tho greatos
performances Of the year was tue match of Bel
nlort's aray planat against tiEno upon private
bot with sporting acquaintance, :. !,io tnti ean
haiug nn open tournament for horses, not 10
y,en, tic frailtcs Of tho lattor must DO pasBet
upon ~itll risor; not obacurcd out OF more no.
c.nl diacrimluotion !
Tol!owcraft---tho uow groat nanao upon the tnr
.-is tile pruuerty OF Mr. LittclI. WHO i6 sud t.
bo Newport sportsman Wanderor, another ia
nous horse, Is tho property Of Rice i Co., sal
Bowling, tho champion until disabled, is owno
by Irice Mc0rntll Of Kentucky, an old Now U
loatiH gambler, md now tho bHclser of jon
{;hhmborlaine, OF Long Branch nosor!ety. Gase
tho tesAeo Of Katie Peaan it. lieu OF an l1tereR
ho hold In Harry Dasaest, is al operator in wha'
ever will win. Tue most BuccehhfNi OF Asnef1ca
stablemon, the Scotch-born Mcdaniel: was
s!ayo-tralor from North Carolina and Virglnis
and ~ now OF Ao% Jersey.
Will give you an idea Of the turf rs 20 hav
been Besng It this year ut Saratoga promisitl
that my information IL that Of Al. amateur. a,i
that havo taken mora interest III tho horst
pwuera tI,an tho horses.
MEYIY{t1uB. 49,
Keutuclsy l4aa heon the Seeding spot for AmeI
icau tLoroughbrods nuce the soils and grasE
ss declined in tho wofAetl-ous parts OF w
ginia aud Maryland. Tho limestone OF Kontuok
givoa bono to tho animal !; ho natures earl
upon tho bluegrass. The mon OF Kentuok,
bfod to horsoback and Adventurous wageret
OF pl.ysieal spirit, have kept mp tho turf II
about sixty yeara and belieye tss ths aes!n. r.!
War absorbed must Of the thoroughbred gtoc
Of tho South to scat oftioera in tho saddle as,;
toward the closa Of tho conflict, wo hoard ctiot'
Of Ale1andor's ntableA The Alexandors, as
have heard, woro q Scotch family with expocs'
tionB Of property In the old country. Thoy owt
cd Lexington and Australian, and raised Btool
4 Chicago Meaahes Of tho family now keersa u
stablcs. IN 1860 number Of rich Now-lorler
brokers au1 "0perators," resolved to 80 on til
furf. Loonarl Jerome, nervy broker, former
= nouspsper-eiitor Ut Rochester, n. T.. takll,
o.a fvrrn fhfh nnrtnar W11n,n frro m