New-York tribune., 1875-08-06
JOHN PAUL,S VACATION.
SARATOGA AZ ITS BEST.


lrRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIprNEl
SARATOGA july %.
Bu; Lsuncelot n,us,d little space:
lie said. IL lovely race,
Though Elaine got Dut second place
Thcre are few descriptions in poetry or even in
good pros which after all is the highest achieve
ment Of poetic exccllence-finer than the from
which Yen quotation comes. Remember you the
single scul race down the river, the dead steered by
The dumb. the entrance Of Elaine against GHncyere
and sort OF a dead heat of II at the finish Some
how never could read that story without emotion; {;
unless happen to have two handkerchiefs with me
never read il at sll.
But 10 20 on to what ! was going to say Fora reg
ular money M and nonsense there were never
two finer races than The first two OF to-day-ihe
opening day OF this meeting. In the FIRST race ten
horses ran together so closely that you could have
covered Them with blanket almost. In the second
race four horses together so you could nave COW
cred them with a dinner napkin ouitc-had 1t been
large cnouqh And in both races the favoriies were
beaten. Frr:her than this viii not duplicate the
descriptions that willhave been before the pubic
month or two before this get, into pint. Bnt let
me illustrate The luck which attends upon the heels
of some men all through lic. The point was ont TO-
dav to buy on GIinstead's cntres-St MATnn ana
DArtagnan in the Gr,t racc-it being known th't
Belmont and Pury ycaT had backed them heavily. ms
point somehow pTOdded itself into the car oi man
who knows nothing about either horses or any tAng
else-not even railroads. on he went and bongh bg
mol on Gyipsiead-a horse in the second raceforffty
dollars. winning thereby about thousand. Got
The point stuck in the wrong ear, You sec bought
another horse in an entirely different race and yet
made enough 10 pay his Summers expenses ont OF
fbe mistake There is no beating man Of that bill
liant tacnti Again. NJ. Martin didn't start i'll tie
first race gay oh sport who had bought pool on
The Grinstead entries was furious and vented his IN
dgnation pullicly-t on st. Martin he had
bought DArtanau he wouldn't have had at any
price he oven offered 10 sell ont at a small profit on
what tie pool cost him and new hat-which he
needed badly enough. certainly. We'll, while ne was
going round in this way, 81 Martin came IN winner
and my ehrewd sport mchad up something over q
thousand dollars. Call You this luck Wrong,
friend Here you have life.
By The way, Bcrgh is in the bursh What for, IN
less 10 ,mt stop to the races can't for tine III Of
me imagine. If rCweng horses sides with spur
tin tho blood spurts is not rs bad as pep lorng
pigeons ribs with brd-shot, I'm judge of beef.
II MIR Bcrqh had but done lis duty this morning and
stcprcd in 10 stop proceedings h. would have saved
me money. and to his praise his page woald have
been given. As il is. the sport viii, probably, be
allowed to GO on till l get on winning hoise by
some inscrutablc accident then eQuc.ch viii he
put on ;he race when my Winning horse Is almost
under the string. That's NY luck.
, Saratos. was never fuller and gaycr than now, I
fancy TarIors piazzas streets, all are full. Al The
hotels complain of being oyermn, and the Grand
Union certainly j., and for some time past has been
turning people away. Wien they want me t. go
they have only 10 present their bill. Onnihuscs
rattle up and unburden themselves at the doors 4;
pimble hall-boys tly round with whsk-broom in
their hands caer to brush all the tenccnt pi' ces
ont of Your clothes; shouts for porter and chamber
maid echo through chambers and corridors curses on
the wait,Is zz ont, hot and steaming. through ihc
dinine-room windows and in strange cadenza minsle
with tn music of Lander; the pool-room l. piled
high TO lie ceiling With mppophagoas humanity
and even the springs 80 crowded that the Dow
ager tbs morning only succeeded in getting seven
glasses aboard before the surge that billowcd mp 40
the fountain caught her upon IFS foamng crest, and
landed her ike a huge butteI-tub high and dry on
the top OF the suu-dial ou side There she 7at Ike
patient on a monument. smiling at lean people
Rivalry among the hotels ha, ceased. and instead of
tpcrdinc their parc time in contrivug how 10 draw
people 10 them the proIri,fois meet daily t. dis
cuss in corI.e-t council ilc host means of driving
fhcin away. With the proycrIdal ingenuity of nG-
kcencrs they have al, dy hit on ,ome excellent
device, for doing it. Possibly 40 adequate reason
can be gycl ~ using r'arHg why the Spni' OF
mo- .al Should be proud iut again thcrc Is 40 reason
familiar 10 the common s'iSc OF rejecting M'Nld-
uals. VII. the spirit oi proud though crring mortal
should stand more than mule, aad some day thrrcN
b. "A stampede I'm comfortable enough, Tor I'm rich.
But tradirg in human being, was always abho,Tent
TO me and long long j., ,i"lc the war, l came 90 the
front a. NOS. aetativc Ahol.tonist now that the
war is ended slavery abcli he'd and the Ciyi Rights
Bill passed, don't like 90 end myself Obliged 10 buy
a drove of diIl,ics in order 10 get what want.
have always been in the habit OF securing q mort
gage on on, the moment Wiiye ut q hotel. but thc
uo~ses- ,u of "a dozen j., EN- a'Iassnc. The cXptnso
is ;snothirc-I mover take expense into account when
comfort j. 90 ceUod and they'll charge things 80
me-but the complications a:e annoying and re-
oncnt Inansagcr desire hc 0l use 10 Hou one eager
servitor akcs away the dish which another has Iu>t
brought. and between all these scamp-,tcois your
dinner fIls TO the ground To-day. in particular
But of to-day lo, Us not speak. Twas conius;on
worse conioundcd, and now comes reason for 1t.
Thompson. the old hcsG-wa;tcr. Of whose dangerous
illness made mention III previous letter. died this
morning The walters are bcWdcrcd with grief, and
several fines this afternoon have caught the pro-
pric;nr of the house driving bis eyes. He was
GOOD man and faithful man, and most useful man
10 me" pleaded Mr.. Biesln, eXcusng his tears. TX
rusc them not To me- good friend; tears ofteh,imes
honor those who shed them less than the ones for
whom they fall 1t is good 10 the services Of one
who has allied faithfully and well position com
parativcy humble So humanely and hearti
Acknowledged by al employer. tear on the
grave of a faithful servant praises the living as
well as the dead Twill be hard indeed to hll
Thonp,op's place. Even while hc lay sick, dying
the fact that he lived and was not de}osed from his
authoritative place. exercised controlling influence
Il hon of gf