The Morning herald., 1875-08-26

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THE PRoMENADEs AND PROMENADERs-
THE asskIxas AHD FzfrR wAsxksATHE
HoTzLs-THE HOPS AND RACES.
Correspondents Of the Herald.l
lsAaAroaA, Aug. 2s.-Arriying 4 sara-
togs on Sunday, your correspondent stonce
wsnt 70 the United States. The hrst disa4
pointment, .Islt YEA the lwant Nf peaches.
While your markets are probably overstock-
ed We can only obtain mipetsb1 1letle ones
TT The ptincipsi II stTset u sstatoss, ID the
anS oH which IN the Ehigf hotels md fancy
storeS IN, Il BloadNay., When illumipated
n night With numbsrlsaa promenadeRs In
gorgeous costumes, passing aadx rSpassing;
each lady sttivingito iiafpast the other IN
ali extravagant display rof dlSmonds /; the
scene reminds ope family, very faintly yet
It recalls TO the mind the memory of-the
Boulevards Of fParis. nniiansih 'netit2
The water drank by the majority Of the
people here ARE those from the Congress,
Hathorn and Washington Springs. Crowds
surround tho two former, early every morn
ing, the ssaipper boys'' are kept 60 busy,
that a wait Of ten, minutes for q drink Of
water ire quently occurs. The Congress
Spring Is situated near Broadway, at the.
entrance to Q beautiful shade park, with
statues. Anumber' Of tame deer are in the
park. The Washington water is what Is
usually drank after meals and before retir.
ing. It lisa tonic, and is recommended. as
giving q "splendid appetite for sleep and
fine dreams" ru he. 81, suau.sI 4r,Htp
The Vichy, Gcyser, and Champion springs
are about one mile southwest of the village.
The Champion is spouting spring and
sends jet Of water an inch In diameter,
about fifty feet into the air. This spring
was bored to the depth of SOC feet before
the water was reached. On the road to
those springs are passed the "1ndian En-
campment" where there arc about4O Indians
living in tents, and engaged in making and
selling fancy bead work, bows and arrows,
canes, baskets and other trinkets to be car
ried home by visitors as mementoes of Sara
toga. They willingly allow you to examine
all their goods without tormenting you to
buy as at Niagara and other watering places.
Another nice excursion to make from here
is to Saratoga Lake, the place of the regatta.
The Lake is nine miles long and at the
upper end near the boat landing is the White
Sulphur Springs. On the west bank Of the
lake Mr.. Frank Leslie has his beautiful little
summer cottage surrounded by numerous
rustic houses and elegant beds. of flowers.
A short distance back from the lake are his
stables, where he has AT present only four
horses. The chief sight here for visitors to
see is one Of his carriages which is cheer
fully shown by the obliging servant.
1t is lined with black and canary colored
satin with tapestry hangings. l have been
told It cost Sl4, 900, but l cannot vouch for
it. At all events it is the handsomest
have seen since l saw those of the French
Emperor at Versailles.
At the hotels there is music three times q
day with balls or chops nearly every eve
ming. must acknowledge never was at a
watering place where there are go few hand
some, or even pretty, ladies although the
number of visitors is put down at IL, 200.
What do you think of lady stopping at one
of the principal hotels actually having a
colored nurse to take charge Of her dog
Poor creature. and the other day saw a
lady () give her dog drink Of water from
one of the tumblers from which visitors
drink every day.
The races here are over and of the result
every one has been apprised by telegraph.
The following facts condense from an ar
ticle in the sun" The race course, con-
tanning 100 acres, was bought ten years ago
for $4,000. Since then the town has grown
rapidly in that direction. and the course is
now conceded to be worth 100000.
The average attendance is 5000 persons
per day and average admittance s2.00 or
&c 900 per day.
There have been l. races or S66, 900 from
that source. The restaurant rents for
81 600. But another source of revenue is
Z whit oh or CT
81 ,25o.oOO. They are divided into two
classes of which the French pools are esti-
mated at $3.50. 900 on which the per centage
is s26.5O0. The other. the auction pools are
reckoned at $780, 900 ON which the percent-
age S2l 900, 'maSing a total Of $47 500
profit to Morrissey, Reed 4 Co.
REcAPITULATIoN.
..Ga,e money. s6i,OO0
Rent of refrcshment stand. 1.5O0
Perccn. arc on pools. II 500
s115,lO0
From this dcduct
Paid in purses. Sg,StU
Other exposes, say 1900 ..,
Leaving clear profit Of s7S.SOo
Those who win are frishtfully few, and
having won once. they are pretty sure to keep
on betting and losing until they arc cleaned
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VoYAGEM.
/ Arrivals at the Clayton House.
/ Geo. johnson. City.
/ II. c. Quigley. Ohio.
| {. s. Kretchner. n Y
| Chas. Douglass. Phia.
| A. \. hohinson. City.
| s. Sickcl. y. J.
! ]. 4. Kaufman. Read:n'.
| !. II. Flagg. Ny.
L. heup AMI wife. Phila.
| L. II. Drummon.
! G. Campers.
W. Lyman aud wife. Conr. ~ sit!a 81