The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-12
FOUR VERY EXCITING RACES.
Pride Of the Village, Parole, Major Barker
and Redding the Winners
BRILLIANT ATTENDANCE.
The Steepechaser Waller Fell at the
FIRST Jump in the Race and His Rider
Little, Had His Collar Bone Broken.
SARATOGA. August II. 1877.

SARATOGA, August IL, 1917.
Tho opening day OF The second meeting OF the Sara
toaa Association was great success, the brilliant
rovd In attendance being the largest yet seen on the
xr.no stand this summer The weather WIS charming,
tho track IN very condition. thongh hot remark
soiy fast and good were che consequence Fur
,vents were on tire card the first two being fixed
sventsthe Kent lucky Stakes and the Summer handi-
sap--the thlrd race being mile aud quarter sh
and The fourth race grand steep!echase With SIX
ptarters. All OF these were run IN an ancxcspiopabs
manner Vhe bcst horses winning the prizes Pride Of
tho Village won the first. Parole the second, Major
Barker the third and Redding the fourth event
The winner the FIRST is OF the finest look
ing FLIES the turf at the present time. She has
run i've times and won four OF her She has
brilliant prospect before her Parole won very easy
race In The Summer Handicap mis- hes, opponent being
Vera Cruz beat George W. aud Two oLaofs. MAJOR
Barker belonging 10 Colonel MoDanels, won the mile
and quarter DASH to tho great astonshnaent of tho
hackers OF Bombast, who could scarcely realize the
fact The steepiscnase was won by ReddIng.
From early nour This morning until near noon
the the village was Intense in the rush
for the procurement of vehicles to take the crowd 10
the course at the right time, and as the demand OK
oesded che supply many had TO walk TO the grounds
The crowd simply immense in the grand stand
it required all the attention OF the officers 10 keep
them 10 their seals while the racing was going on.
An unfortunate occurrence took place the steepo
chase Al the first jump, whom horses up
together 10 the stone wall, two OF them FELL audubon
and Waller. Neither Audubon his jockey were
hurt bu, walters Jockey, Little, had bis collar bono
broken aud ne otherwise badly injured
The following the details of the running as 1t
came off,
THE FIRST RACE
was the Kentucky Stakes, Tor twoyear-olds 500
trance, haf forfeit with $1,000 added; the second
horse to receive $500 out OF the stakes the distance
quarters of mile The stake closed with forty
nine nominations. OF which the following start
eys:-F Smyth's bay colt by Gieneig--Item; and the
same genteman's chestnut Ally Telephone, by Aser-
oid--Schotische; d. McDanel's chestnut nlly Fawn,
by Harry Bassett-Spoted Fawn and the gentle.
mans bay dily by War Dance-Fly; T. Puryear& Co.'s
chestnut colt by Plnnct--My Lady, G L. Lorillard's
bay colt Duke OF Magenta, by Loxington--Aagenta
and the same gentlemans chestnut colt Albert. by
Australian-Queen Victoria; W. Aslor's chestnut nly
PRIDE OF the Village, by Australian--Dolly Carter
johnson Co.'s bay colt Brambie oy Bonnie Scot.
and-Ivy Leaf; p. Lorillards brown Ally Perfection
W Leamin gton--Maden, and the same gentle
Ray colt Spartan, by Lexington-Lulu Horton The T.
Lcrlard team were the lavortes at very long odds,
selling for $500, G. l. LoYiiiard's for $3.50 Bran
BILE. $3.50; Pride Of the Village, $40; and the field
t1z5 The start was a scrambling one-uothng like
except Fawn. Pride Of the Village and Perfection
They were on a par, with Magenta we'll up;
but they had "rom Bowling check" tho latter
ana when the nag fell 1t some moments before the
boy who had hold OF the colt could get the check
loose, and he very near being lett with Clifton
1t the post Wade Hampton fourth away. Spartan
nth, Albert sixth Bramols seventh, Magenta eighth
Clifton being lie [ bv Iuke OF Magenta eating IN ha
way AS the youngsters up the shutc they kicked
up such cloud OF dust as to completely obscure them
from the audience IN the grand stand, well as
,he reporters, aud nothing OF them until
they were we'll into the regular track, far beyond the
half-mile pole. When we got observation through
sur glass Perfection was leading three lengths Fawn
Iecond, Pride OF the Village third, Wade Hampton
hurth, Spartan fifth, Biambo sixth, Duke of Magenta
seventh Albert eighth, Telephone ninth Spartan
vas nrst at tie threeduarer pole, Pride Of the Village
second, Fawn third, Perfection iourth Duke OF MAJ
yen.a nth, Bramble sixth, Albert Wade Hamp.
ton eighth and Telephone ninth. Getting in straight
work on the homestretcE brilliant race ensued
which ceased only when the youngsters had passed
the stand. At the iurong pole Prue OF the Village
began TO show ner superiority over the others BY 60
Ing TO the front, and then coming away CALAMITY won
the by three lengths Duke Of Magenta second,
head 10 front OF Brempe the latter head advance
Of Spartan. Perfection was 9th, Fawn sixth. Albert
seventh, Wade Aampton eighth, Telephone ninth. The
time OF the l:1s1i, which was most excel
lieut. timc GU such track. The sake amounted to
$3,S50 Tue winner Is a large hns looking chestnut
My, about 6Iteeu hands two inches nigh, with ,wo
white ankles UehIud. She resembles her brother 10
Daniels, very much and is Incoming more like hin
every inns she appears in race She all the
year.od events at Monmouth Park and got a d ace
here tue Saratoga stakes The following are the
PREVIOUS WINNERS OF TIE KENTUCKY STAKES.