The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-02
THE SARATOGA CUP.
pREAKNEss AND sPRRNGBOI1 RUN
ADEAD HEAT IN 3's6 III.

.Judoes.-Messrs. Sanford, Be'moht' Dos"e'
ei 1I,nt a%u -sSessrs, Smith and Whallcy.
Clerk IF Course. &C. WheatlS.
Siarter.--W. Al. Conner ~
correspondence New York World.]
SARATOGA, July 80. Probably none OF the
great races for which the American turf has
been famous for years has created as much
general interest as the annual cup.race here
to. day, Certainly the races between Eclipse
and Henry, Boston and Fashion, Lexington
and Lecompte, and, more recently, harry
BasSett and Loaglelow, did not.
All were heavy betting races, but old turf.
men saw thew never saw anything to equal
the betting on The cup-race to-day, thousands
Of dollars coming from all sections OF the
country to back the opinions of those una-
BILE 10 be present, while spectators here
noured out their money like water. so that
when the flag went down Morrissey's strong
box held more money than WIS ever bet be.
fore on one race since the Inauguration Of the
| SaratoS. track. Nor was the interest felt in
the race I'm warranted. The cup-races have
heretofore frequently consisted Of a struggle
between two horses, as in the BaSsett-Long.
fellow year. To-day seven az 6ne horses as
ever were bred went TO the post to do battle
for their respective owners.
The day was all that the most fatidious
could have wished, while the track was as line
US thorough hard work could make it. That 1t
was fast, the time made in all the several
events this year shows. TO say that the at.
tendance was large scarcely does the subject
| ins,ice. The stand, which is large one,
lirly OVERT Owed, q large majority Of the seats
being flied with ladies, who, in their bright
and brilliant toilets, made q picture only
eoualled on similar occasions at Jerome Park,
| while the quarter stretch and public stand
| were full the former uncomfortab!y so.
The race for the Saratoga cup will long be
remembered as The best for speed and deter
! minatiou on the part OF the principal con-
| ,estaDts ever seen. 1t has never had It's
equal. Seven good horses faced the starter,
and at a pace seldom seen, one Of them, Wild
idle, carried the lot for little over mile
and half, when he was headed by two
others, Preakuess and Spripg0ok. the latter
the fayorite and the FIST al outsider, VINO ran
the race out so as to make IL oead near.
That such result was arrived at was mainly
dine to the masterly riding of Hayward on
old PreakueSs, who, after being headed,
came with such rush in the last fifty yards
that u dead beat, although unsatisfactory
to both parties, could but be the verdict.
| That the owners subsequently, agreed to di-
vide the stakes was satisfactory to all. The
pace, AS will be seen by the appended table,
was t1eecndous. the last two miles beng
run in $3.50, which, by the position OF Freak
ness and Springbok in the race after rushing
quarter, can be further reduced to o:29-the
best time at the distance ever made. The
others in the race, especially Grinstead and
Pennington, ran splendidly, but that tue
pace was little too fast for them IS certain.
Although they were beaten they were not
diSgraced.
SARATOGA CUP.
For the eleventh Saratoga cup, dash of
two miles and q quarter, the starters out
mum bered those in any previous race-six,
in 1869, when Bayonet won, being the high
est number. The starters were Littell's
Wilddle (5), by Australian; McDanleis
Springbok ~, by AustralIan; santord,s
Preakness, aged, by LeXngton-eac with
ia pounds; McDaniel's Nudge al, BY Aus
traIiap, with 105 pounds; Puryear Il Co.'S
Grins.cad az, By Gilroy, and Rutherford,
It4)by Australian, and McGrath's Aaron zen.
nington az, by Tipperary, each with log
pounds, and Belmont's Oitipa 81, with 81
pounds. AS before stated, the race was
heavy betting one, more money depending
on the result than in any previous race ever
run over the same track. Considerable mo-
new was also bet on individual horses. The
lot were early on the track all looked we'll
and excited much enthusiasm. Ihe cioslpS
1 pooIc mara nc foll6Uc.