The New York herald., 1878-08-16
SARATOGA RACES.
Third Day of the Second
Meeting.
FINE WEATHER AND. EXCELLENT SPORT
OdoIe, Parole, Miss Maloy and kelso
the Winners.
sAnArooA, N. y, Angus. IS, 1878.

SARATOGA, N. Y, August Is. 1875
Patches Of thin clouds flying high in the early
uorning, which thickened toward noon and became
10 general entirely obscure the SKY. They con-
irbused temper the heat, which, with the aid OF
gentle southwestern Drecze. fresh, soft and bamy,
made the day absolutely delightful Visitors al Sara
toga could allow favorable day 20 pass with
OUT taking in the The grand stand was piano.
rama OF beauty and lovelinsss, while the lawn in
front and the pooling ground were alive with turimon
anu gentlemen pursuit Of pleasure
The races except Parole's were OF the kind In
which thc winner hasd 70 Select most OF the horses
engaged being In public judgment pretty evenly
matched. This made the betting exceedingly spir-
i,ed tho horses selling we'll up together, making the
general average price ot each good.
The first race, dash OF milo. was won by the
Maryland bred nIly oroie in The fastest time =
single dash Of mile has been rum At this place
during the season. She beat . good field
in sI:44x winning by bare head from Lady
BaIyefs after q driving finish. During last evening
and all this morning the word was whispered around
that to-day Maumes, the Buckeye nly, was just ready
10 clip the wings OF all competitors The ip was so
well distributed tnat before the came Oh Maumee
second choice sgainsI the celebrated Western
crack HarkawRy, who broke down in the race, and
will appear more In pubic .-i
Paroie's victory was easy Louianser alone
rontested H. and MISS hRoy landed hef nfst vlctory
since her arrival ono mile and quarter.
The hurdle one Of the most interesting
events run At either meeting Daigaisian won tho
FIRST heat amid difficulties from Disturbance, and a
consequence was hot tavorite in tho pools Kclso,
the Canada representative took the second neat from
Dandy. H is an old bruiser, mas been broken down
hall dozen times, turned out in the and cold
weather OF the Dominion and patched up and brought
back TO tho turf to gather irosh iaureis. lie
threw away the nrst heat to-day, repetition
Of ntrick ne performed here two years ago He Is
eleven years old, is sti and his controllers Insist
that good driving heat necessary to him
un 10 his work II tho third heat and with
ease.
OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
Judges-Johnson, Livingston and Cammack.
Ismers-SmILh aud Whaley.
Secretary-C. Wheatly.
Starter W. NJ. Conner
TIE FIRST RACE
was for purse OF $500, Tree handicap; one mile
There entries Tor this event, comprising
Powers & Bucklo's brown horse Harkaway, by En-
J. D. CAmpDelps chestnut gelding Qusens.on, by Ad-
mral, dam Fairy Queen, aged 100 lbs. Oden BowIe's
chestnut flly Oriole, by Kingdsher, dam Ny Mary
land, years old, 100 lbs J. G. Nelson Co IS bay
mare Lady Salyers. by Longleliow, dam Genuera,
years old, 100 lbs Charles Pcine's bay gelding
Patriot, by Phaeton, dam Sally Farrell, years
old, 9S lbs J. Crouse's chestnut fly Maumoe, by
Revolver, dam Emily Peyton, years old, 92 lbs, and
DID. wtners' chestnat hiy B1ou, by Australian,
dam Geneva, years old, " lbs. The following IL
list pool sales, which shows exhibit seldom