New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-02
A RACE OF 1870 MILES.
THE TRIBUNE FIRST IN SARATOGA
uvc,SS,ra or THE SPECIAL NEWSPAPER TRAINS
pon THE sRasoN--FAsr TTaB OK RAIL AND
lnY rrLraRArm TO THE rRrBUNE.I

WAGON ROAD.
Try TELEGRAPH THE rRrBUSE.i
SARATOGA. N Y, July 1.-The TRIBUNE was the
first New York paper sale in Saratoga to-day. IL
arrived forty-two minutes ahead OF any otner
Sunday paper from the city, and two hours ahead oi
all of them except one For the past six weeks TIE
TRIBUNE has been sent overland from Schenectady
ON SUNDAYS by one of the finest teams
Of road horses in Central New-York. tho
team starting immediately on the arrival of the
inst mail train, which leaves New-York at 4:3o a.
m. and reaches Schenectady about g. bundle OF
Beralas has al 50 been sent over by this pony ex-
press. These two papers have been the only ones
from New-York sold in Saratoga on Sunday this
To-day a nc " order of things went into effect.
The Herald secured the use OF special tran over me
Delaware and Hudson Railroad aud made
its 6rst trim. running from Albany IN connection
with the fast mail from New York. Ii arrived in
Saratoga at 900 a. m. The TRIBUNE ran special
train from New-York City. starting ahead OF the
fast mail. and the contents OF its bundles were
selling all over Saratoga by $40 a. M, forty MN
u,es before the arrival of any other New-fork
paper In old times Saratoga used to be thought
long way from New-York Ii the news of the me-
tropolis or raj her the newspapers, got here within
the next few days. that was all that
could reasonably be expected. People took
things philosophcally. Those were SLOW
times. and nobody lost any sleep because be did NOS
know within twenty minutes what hal happeneh
in the yarlons centres OF population OF his nstVe
country 1t took a week before the people Oh 'he
State knew that De Witt Clinton had been deiea''u
for Canal Commissioner after having buiit the
s,u,epdous work that made New-York City the
metropoIs of America. and after having
served the State faithfully as its Governor.
But things are different now. Ana to-day
The TRIBUNE was laid before New forkers az this
popuar resort at as early an hour as 1t was driv-
eredby the c,tv newsdealers to people left al nome
in New-York.
SUPERINTENDENT Toucey gave FIR this trip car
and big engine Gil. with George Remington for en-
pineer aud A. A. Evans for conductor. The mon
ser locomotive teft the Grand Central depot as soon
as a wagon hal brought MP a load of papers
and raced for Schenectady at break-neck speed,
CARRYING $50 pounds of steam AMI blowing OH
nretty much all the way. The usual time OF pas
senoer trains to Schenectady is from SIX to eight
hours No. GIL took HE TRIBUNE car through III
four hours, losing a little Roadway on the
I'D grades. but several times flying over the
levels much faster than q mile a minute.
TIE admrabe condition of the roadhed OF the
Hudson River Railroad, and the energetic manage
ment which clears away ths debris washed down
from the hllsides by storms like those OF SATURDAY
almost as soon the rain IL over. made this
achievement possible. Everything in the shape OF a
freight train and everything else on wheels. was
switched of the track ordered TO get ont OF the
way. There was clear road ahead. The special
ratified along at rate that would not have pleased
the eiiigent clerks OF the postal car on the 40
called fast mail that followed later IL would have
made themiump about ike sailors on frigate IN ac-
tion. The folding of THE TRIBUSEs and tying them
no in packages had to he done tue special by the
men on their knees, to avoid the danger of being
thrown Off their feet by luTch If the car. The
tram stopped twice to water. The time made
while running varied from forty-twO to sixty odd
miles per hour. At Albany Doc Patterson came
board and piloted tina eggue the rest OF the trip
Arriving at Schenectady the pony express was
found harnessed uD and IN less than two minutes
time was fvng toward Saratoga at thirteen miles
an hour breaking occasionally into n sixteen mile
gait w. A. Toll driver. tho proprietor of the
team The country along the route is 4 fine specI-
men Of the rural beauty of Central NewYork. Hills
not too high lovely woods, cultivated farms. and
comfortable houses all the way. The
old Della van farm of about 800 acres is passed on
the way, the Old mansion standing in a elump OF
trees and the farmhouse some distance from il
down the read The Buel farm of 500 acres. with
new. trim. strong stone fences aud beids ot waving
is q refreshing sght 10 a CITY man at THIS
time of year. The team sped all the way TO
Saratoga without a pause except thrice To
batne the noses. mouths and hind legs Of the pant
ing horsas 81 wayside spring., aud once opposts
pvodIy farni-house, whose hosptable occupant |
AWAY takes lively interest in the pony express
lie is always on the lookout for the wagon. and
comes down 10 meet II with the practical !
gift of piece Of pie, handful OF
apples or pitcher OF what he calls |
S sweet cider. and with genial twinkle in his eye,
hlcb Is worth 10 the ay farer than the GIFT
OF weeks board quick exchange of civiiiS'es |
and the team is off again. Saratoga was reached,
/ TWENTY-FIVE miles by the road, in one hodr and |
forty two minutes. the fastest time ever made on
the route with single team.
A picket line of TRIBUNE newsboYs was met on |
the hill going into town. few bundles |
were tossed ont, and the wagon fled |
into the town The main de achment was encounter
ed at the Monument. More bundles we're thrown |
ont and ripped open in the rOa and their contents |
distributed and sent in different directions with
zeal to interest the bows of Printing House Square.
1 he hotels were then visited, and the tired horses
were taken off 10 be walked about for an hour, and
then hathed with rum before beng allowed to rest
from their labors in the barn.
The fact that IffK TRIBUNE was running $50 |
miles 10 Saratoga had leaked out, aud was |
exciting much interest along the whole route. HATS
were waved as The tain went BY, and the inquiry |
was general later in the day, " Did IL get there vn
time p IL dad.
Saratoga is beginning TO look animated and |
there is reasonable prospect of big season. A |
large percentage OF the visitors here attracted
by the Faces 10 is thought that If fHE TRIBUNE |
Is going to take much trouble to be Oh sale here
10 ITS reporting racing matters here IN the same style
10 which il reports the contests at Coney Island and
Long Branch. rhe interest of those reports II be- |
ginning TO be noticed.