New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-09
AGAIN FIRST In SARATOGA.
FHE SUNDAY TRIBUNE BEATS ITS RIVALS
Sv.p1y AN HOUR AHEAD OF THE OTHER PAPEhs-
THE RIDE ON THE SPECIAL TRAIN.

x,up s,rNDAY TRIBUNE BEATS ITS RIVALS
I.n,x AN HOUR AHEAD OF THE OTHER PAPERS
THE RIDE ON THE SPECIAL TRAIN
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
SARATOGA. N. Y, July s.-THE TRIBUNE was the
Art New-York paper in Saratoga again To-Day ar
sv;ng 40 minutes ahead of its competitors beating
H. acbsvemsut of Sunday last by minutes.
Engine GIL again brought THE TRIBUNE special
80 nm from New-York to Schenec-
soav This big locomotive is regarded as the
anest On the Central and Hudson River roaq.
Evsrv one is proud Of it, 1t was recently built at
Scbsnectady. weighs about thlrty-fve tons, ana is
song special work for while, preparatory 10 gong
revuary into the fast service OF the roa0. Ii was
An charge of Billy Raymond, engineer, To-Day,
With Frank Heidesker as fireman, and made as good
RIM as on tho previous Sunday IN spite OF the oad
Weather that blew up last night from the hor'n-
vast The speed this splendid machine developer
ON the levels especially near Albany was almost
sr,gbtful. A mile minute even on SO smooth
track a, that of the Central is exciting tiihe'
Conductor Evans was in charge OF the TRAIN.
: The scenery of the Hudson River appears 20 adj
~ontago when seen as it can be by passengers only
from the front window of the car next the loco
motive of a special train. The passenger gains
MARTY the same view of the crags and precipices at
whose base the train runs az does the engineer in
Che locomotive; it IS one which is never visible to
tbetraveiler on an ordinary passenger train III IS
startling to whir around Sudden curve and run
furiously straight at q towering promontory oil
sold rock, ju:ting out across the track and On
into the rlver. The tunnel IN the gigantic
mass of rock is so small that the traveller does not
see it at first and he holds his breath invountarily
rs the train approaches the obstruction without
de cff Ia
road along the eastern branch of the Hudson River
are romantic in the extreme. ride on speciai
train is revelation of their interesting feature,
also of the talent which has laid smooth and safe
pathway for travel in such rugged region.
On approaching Albany to-day The TRIBUNE
special overlook the Montreal express. which had
left New-York at IL O'clock the night before, and
was at $50 a. m. only just rumblng into the out
skirts of the city. The express was summarly
switched out of the way, and the special flew by in
amoment.
The wagon-roads from Schenectady TO Sara
topa had been flooded with rain, In the
night. and were heavy. BY means Of relays, how
ever. Saratoga was reached on time. The horses
were fresh and felt well The first team was sen t
at moderate gallop for a distance of eight miles
and wanted to go further at the same pace. but
was not allowed to do The wagon and its
occupants spectacle at the end of the first
eight miles. Any old soldier who has ridden at a
gaIlop the rank of squadron
of cavalry on muddy dav will appreciate the SIT
uation With eight nervous h00is throwing mud
and sand at them at every bound, Mr.. Toll and
The TRIBUNE messenger were covered from head
to foot. The rest of the trip was made at n rapid
trof Saratoga was just astir as the wagon drove
into town. People were taken by surprise The air
had been full Of rumors that The TRIBUNE
was TO be beaten to-day by The Herald,
a paper which had never been beaten III this sort of
enterprise until The TRIBUNE entered the field
When the newsboys flooded the hotels with The
TRIBUNE, nearly an hour before the arrival Of any
other New-York paper. good many visitors could
hardly understand it. and some who do not
regularly read THE TRIBUNE bought
paper to see If it was really so. Among the
lovers OF good horses Saratoga. there
was much comment on the achievement OF the
team.
Tho rain and raw weather kept people in the
hotels to-day On that account it was good day
for newspapers. Everybody wanted to read, and
the ladies' soon absorbed in the opening
chapters Of Mr.. Fawcetts fascinating story Of An
Ambitious Woman" As MANY 1RIBUNEs were sold
As In the height OF the season last year; and had
more been sent, the sale would have been larger
yet