Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-24
1ourmaI x1la Gaurisr.
Friday. August 24, 1888.
Saratoga Chips


 Personal = The Elegant Gambling
 Houses of Saratoga-A Peep Inside Dur
 ing Business Hours.
 SARATOGA, Aug. 21.-The weather here lately has been quite warm, but good breeze occasionally makes it very comfortable. Re- gently Hon. N. D. Sperry and myself attend gregational church, corner of Caroline and Henry streets Rev. Dr. Barbour, of Yale col lege, read the Scripture lesson and Rev Jos eph Cook delivered the address, which was a very eloquent one, and in it he classsd as doctrinal error that some of our prominent divines have fallen into of late years, that of a. second probationary state, strongly af- firming that death ended all probation. He held that there would be no further chances offered mortals to repent after death At the same time Mir. Cook took occasion to say that he was g free thinker, was not bound by any councils or sects, was at liberty to change his theology at any time to suit him. self without fear or favor. Miss Stafford, the leading soprano, who sang at the exer- cises, possesses one of the finest and most powerful voices often found in our church. 11SE bAAR4hB WcS OASOCA1ASAy CACCbud1s AA0 church is neat structure of wood plain. Iy built, but neatly finished and wei lighted and capable of seating some five hum dred It is free church aud supported en- l tirely by the contributions of it's attendants. l It has Sabbath school of considerable over one hundred members and steadily on the in- crease. A considerable number of the pull pits of various denominations have been sup piled of late by colored ministers from abroad, Washington, D. C., and other larger cities being represented in the pulpits. Yesterday went to see Vanderbilts re- nowned Maud s. at his stables on Spring street Visitors are allowed to inspect the premises every day. Vanderbilt has three trotters and family span of horses, black with banged tails, in his stables just now. His trotters are all kept in good sized box bright straw. All around the sides of the stall in which Maud $. is kept various styles of blankets and covers are hung. None of the trotters are hitched, but all are free to walk around in their domiciles. Their legs are each kept bandaged with linen cloths below the knees. Maud s. record is 2:104. Vanderbilt's other horses, bay Early Rose and dark brown Aldine, are said to be very fast. They are usually driven to light road wagons. Maud s. is often hooked up with ''Aldine, :" at other times she Is driven in three-quarter road wagon. All of the carriages are finely made, lined with green cloth, painted black with carmino stripes. Everything in and about the stables is kept clean and bright Rs first-class dwelling house. Several men are in attendance all the time and as soon as a straw or 8 little dirt gets on the floor a groom sweeps it up. The stable is only for summer purposes and is a plain wood structure, but very conveniently arranged and we'll lighted and ventilated as all stables should be.
 Recently Madam Carlotta made another very successful serial ascension in her favor ite balloon, the Zephyr" from Congress Park, which was witnessed by several thous- and people. Her air ship started about 5:15 o'clock D. m, and after reaching an altitude of 1-4 miles pailed off in southerly di rection about three miles. Madam Carlotta then came down very gently in an open field where she soon found assistance and in short time thereafter was back to where she started all right.
 will give you an account of the noted gambling house here, known as the ''Club House." owned in the name of Reed, who also is connected with the race grounds and has fine residence here, but learn is quite heavily mortgaged. I don't know how it will sound in the COURIER that have been visit ing gambling house, but like everybody else I did it to see all the sights without in- vesting for luck. At any rate will tell you WnaL l SAW HnO l W0Lb III bA0 IuOEuluB tO ROb the whole business.
 The Saratoga Club House is a very fine and quite an imposing structure of Philadelphia pressed brick and brown stone trimmed of two stories high, with very wide frontage and large windows in each story. It is situa- ted on Congress Park. Visitors are always welcomed Ladies are admitted on fixed hour each day and shown around by colored attendants who are always standing at the front entrance to usher in visitors. Entering a large hall you pass through on the right a door into a large elegant room in which are small tables and easy chairs in various directions. This room is used for serving light refreshments, wines, etc as may be ordered by it's patrons. From tbis room you pass through large porches fanked on either side by massive columns into another large and elegantly furnished room, carpeted with the finest mo- quet This room contains on one side three massive roulette tables, in the front 8 sweat board and faro bank and in the end of the room another faro bank, each being in business hours in charge of from one to three gamblers, who are always as ready to, do their patrons as their patrons seem to be to chance it with them and it is quite sur prising to see the large amount of money change hands in so short time as it often does on many evenings when Saratoga isfull of visitors.
 Ore of our New Haven merchants q won't mention his name) went away recently the loser of $500, and many others whom I might mention found then1selve out in great CT or less sums Of course occasionally luck frowns upon the .bankers' and their de positors' draw their dividends, but in the long run am told the persistent buckers come out with sore heads and often dead broke.
 In the rear of the building is long dining room containing very neatly furnished ta- bles where those engaged in the races, sport ing men, get their meals, and where any gen. tleman is at liberty to order a dinner or sup per and it will be brought on in style of ten surpassing that obtained in our largest hotels. The rooms on the second story are reached by a broad staircase and are divided into sleeping apartments and are private, used by those in one way and another connected with the establishment. The whole building is lighted in the night by massive gas chandeliers.
 The gambling is conducted nights until early morning. There are other gambling establishments here, l am told, but of small CT pretensions and not as well known as the "CIub House." This Club House was for merly owned and conducted by Morrissey the pugilist, who died several years ago, when it became the property of Reed, the present 
 Quite number of new arrivals from New Haven have been made of late. Among them are:
 Grand Union-Mr. T. E. Addis Captain R. Peck, Dr. F. Fl. Whittemore, Mir. T. Tyrrell, Vice President Reed, N. Y. & N. H. R. R. -.--
 Continental Hotel = Messrs. Gardner Morse. David W. Thomson and wife.
 Arlington Hotel-A. N Wheeler, A.. N. Lapsen, s. Loeb.
 WRshburn Hotel-Mr. A. and Miss Sachs
 American Hotel-Miss w. A. Forbes, Mr. 6. Corbin.
 Elsewhere-Mr Enos Kimberly and wife, Rev. Dr. Barbour, Yale college. The ques lion was asked in this city of Dr. R. s. Ives and Tax Collector T. A. Futile if they had formed a partnership, as a card on their apartment at the Grand Union read as fol- lows: !
 Drs, Ives and Futile.
 OfHce hours from to o'clock m.
 Consultations Free.
 By the way Dr. Ives won the gratitude of | ! wealthy patient here at the Grand Union, whom he much benefited.
 MT. A. A. Kellogg the gunsmith of New !