The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-11
RACING AT SARATOGA.
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First Day OF the Second
SumHler Meeting.
GRAND attendance and Bril-
liant Toilets.
-FOUR CAPITAL RACES.
-FOUR CAPITAL RACES.
Parole, Grinstead, Madge and Dead
head the Winners.

atmosphere clearer sky could not possibly be mag
ined The lovers Of racing in ecsasies the pros
poets before them Of good track and fast time and
they fastened through their regular matutinal duties
Of taking brny "drenches and breakfast and repaired
% the pool room at early hour Business was very
brisk at that place with the spectators for couple Of
hours and then the crowd adjourned to the track to
sumo their bids their favorites At eleven O'Clock
there the usual hustle about the hotels and vehi-
Cies Of all conceivable grades in demand taking
the thousands Of deliberately dressed ladies and gentle
men 70 the raceA Long before noon the grand stand
and enclosures Of the course presented a gay APP
pearance, the toilets OF the ladies being as brilliant as
they were diversified. The lawn in front of the
stand was already at eleven O'Clock crowded with pool
buyers and those who paying homage to Damo
Fortune in the Paris Mutuels Tho hours devoted the
sport passed rapidly away and by three O'Clock the
track deserted and the guests at the hotels had
changed their toilets and ready for dinner. The
three hours had passed quite a successful for
ahe lover OF the exciting Pale fragile beauties
flush with excitement to jump upon their feet
and TO enthusiastically their handkcrchefs and
clap their hands when their iavorite horse in
victorious
THE MAGIC OF THE "RArEs"
There is a magic In tho two words ''Saraoga races
The sentimental school girl porting the piazza OF Con
gress Hall the last fashionable nove-and the ast
is always the best"-leaves her heroine in her most
distressing stuaton tho society belle interrupts her
Irritation even with the greatest beau and the
qulsite swell the politician dscuds for the moment the
ambitious schemng for power and influences the invalid
lady (who like that famous sufferer in Dickens Board
ing House." must have three mutton chops for
breakfast, at regular intervals, ''by the
noctor's ORDER rallies sufficient strength to
hve to the course the infatuated lover breaks Off
his blissfu courtshp at the sprng-and all to attend
this fascinating trial of skill and endurance between the
acknowledged kings OF the turf There seems to be
bond Of sympathy between the spectators and their
favore horses just people interest themselves in
defeat OF human competitors for the prizes OF
skill and strength And 1t ia a sympathy which docs
great credit 70 the heart for it springs from the love OF
the noble and excellent from the admiration of that
which shines in beauty, skill, strength or endurance
How the heart beats with every motion Of the horse
That bids fair to be the winner and how graed every
one looks when the browning victory appears have
been fairly von
PROGRAMME vKNDKE.
For hour previous the the programme ven
der Of course makes the bright day hideous with his
coTdan shrieks 1t is rather difficult to understand him.
hu, AFTER he has baSled out fifty times in many
onds programme to-dayAs race Names o. the horses
Coiors o. the rider and weight they carry ~ it last
possible 70 comprehend the burden of his monotonous
song He does driving business. Every one wants to
know all about the horses and the riders and the ten
stamps fly OF the peoples pockets though
Sen stamps natural growth in Saratoga
TIE view from the grand stand just previous to the
was beautiful the most ardent admirer Of
could have wished it, The quarter stretch all
with the beautiful prancing the Jockeys
Arrayed in their gay bright coIors behind them the
lawn the enthusiastic OF the turfnen walking OK
ritedly up and down, eager for the START the judges
stand and the other little cottages all decked with stream
Ing colors the smooth, vevey turf the dim outlines OF
the beautiful Green Mountains TO the east OF the blue
rim of the picturesque Adrondacks, merging in tho
horizon in the west-it a lovely and interesting
scene such belongs TO the most suspicious and The
brightest days in Saratoga racing annals The crowd on
the grand stand greater, for every inch Of
available space occupied and although the dresses Of
the were OF magnificent character as during
previous extravagant seasons when
the American people had not yet learned the
bitter lessons of economy through panics
and general sagnation of business the hdies
looked quite bright and gay though their dresses
had cost thousands instead Of costing only hundreds
The many political and social nOtabities Of Saratoga
were all present to lend additional interest 10 the open
ing day Of the second meeting of the Saratoga Racing
Association and many Of the well known society bellies
Of New York could have easily been recognized among
the fair members Of the audience In fact the
not only success as far the merit OF the horses and
riders concerned, but also exhibition of the
trinmphs Of millinery and dressmaking The modisle
could have taken just as much interest in the occasion
the sportsman
AN EXCITING DAY
20 excited was the crowd the grand stand that
when the signal for the start given both ladies and
gentlemen with one impulse, leaped TO their feet aud
bad 20 be told TO sit down by the presiding police
genius before they would again relapse into their
As usual, the ladies were the most excited
but they also showed themselves ready
10 obey the peremptory behest Of "Or-
Ger W than the stronger and also more obstinate sex
An increasing buzz and hutter Of excitement, much
lively caPping Of hands and tumultuous hurahing
marked the entire day, and this reached its highest
of their course and had TO begin again The opinion
seemed 10 be unanimous that the second meeting Of the
Saratoga Racing Association could not have been in
augurated IL more suspicious and thoroughly
fol manner.
TUX RACING
Four events the card the first the Kentucky
Stakes for twoyear ods, mile the second the sum
Iner Handicap, for al ages, Two miles the third
sweepstakes for all dash OF thrce-quarters
mile and the fourth was free handicap steepechase
n the FIRST there eleven starters only out Of
thirty three nominations, the great OF the Lor
Hard stable TINS season with the two ods deter
ring the owners OF many OF the entries from bringing
their Youngsters TO the post they deemed defeat
certain for all that would start against Parole any
Others Of the stable. few gentlemen however who
bad some rare ones of their own, and who did not be-
leyc in the unbeatable qualities of Parole Co con
cIuded 10 give the wonderful bennington colt and rs
a trial al mile, and these d. Mcdaniel
Co with bay colt by Lexington, dam Canary Bird,
brother of Harry Basset Mr.. Belmont, with bay my
Sultana by Lexington dam Mildred and chestnut fly
by Australian dam Dolly Carter; Lawrence Loriiards
chestnut colt Dy Planet, dam Bctto ward.
and John NJ Harneys chestnut oily Lille
Belle, by Pat Malloy, dam Alta vela Mr.. LoriEaTd
entries the brown colt Parole, by bennington,
dam Maiden and his chestnut geldng Durango by
Jack Malone, dam Fannie Barrow. In the pool sales
Me Lorllard colts great Nvorites over all the
others combined and the who bad the temery TO
make bid any OF the others was stared Vt he
might have been out OF his mind. Still there n
great many gentlemen who believe in the racing qulH
tles OF the get OF the great Lexington and they backed
tne prother Of Basseu and Sultana while others Who
admire the Australians and Pat Maloys looked for Ade
lade or Lille Belle 10 win They were all fine looking
young horses and they made capital race hut again
Parole won and the hackers Of Lorilard's stable
were right IN laying the long odds. Parole seemed
"a win this easily he had done apv ~ shorter
distances, and appeared little distressed at the anish
Mr. Bclmonts hllies ran well and finished in the same
manner they did ast Wednesday In The Saratoga stakes
They good ones.
The second race the Summer Handicnp which
bad but three starters out Of twenty nine nominations
These were NJ. A. lttle's bay horse Wildidle by Aus
iralan dam Idlewiid, years old, carrying ia
lbs ~ Mcdaniel Co. Is bay FLY Matte VI bv
knl a IL 90.