New-York tribune., 1886-07-25
cwEILERS IN COOL PLACES.
SARATOGA.
LIGHTS on THE SUMNER CAPITAL


,rsrxr AND FUTURE COTTAGES AND
rA'' ,,ory1s-ruE SPRINGS AND TBx TURF.
OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHR rRrpuSEl
ron.. July 2S.-The free. careless cosmo-
e. lie of this summer retreat is ap-
.,,chine its summer vgor 80 that one can ieei i's
Pr as he saunters down Broadway, drops into
~ creat hotels and greets friends old and new.
- watering place Saratoga has never been eA-
d. has never cared to be. The idea OF aris-
- and of social sets that hold aloof from one
N.,oer "a dismissed with puff of cigar smoke on
- ,iazzaS The splendid orchestras play for
- c.,ectation of chamhermads and bootblacks as
ii as milionaires: the springs spout and the
.,,rorchbreds run for all; while the colored boy
20 risks his life climbing into your wagon
.. selI you programme can give you q
s,ighter lip on the races than your bosom friend
v v-ith the crowd aud you find scientists clergy
- horsemep men of the world. grocers, florists,
rrsicIans merchants. hobnobbing together haii-
vac magnates and politicians are consulting ~
one and of the piazza and old campaigners are
b,incinc ont favorite daughters to ann Ior 'ne
Mortal prizes at the other. The hotel custom Is
largely transient. and yet there are a grea' many
~ are booked for rooms the season
- Nothing can swerve the devotion OF the
Iowa old patron Of Saratoga If you mention o'neI
resorts 70 him he gazes over his glasses ana saSS
Young man. taste of these mineral waters. Ihcro
;.hu, one Saratoga. my boy" And so he dlsmiSSes
Won with pity or contempt
After one has spent several seasons al the oprihHs
and known them for a score of years, as the "ii'c,
has halo settles over the Saratoga OF the past ana
c,,as il glamor that the present does
- ocuol Those splendid old hotels, IKE
The old States" how they nse from
their ashes like the PhGnlx TTISunes nnx t5s
have been burned up IN ara1oga tn remembrance
81 antebellum days when the poMeIluI Snsb 20
contingent Of visitors gave tHs;y money in the
~ Ice. when plauters sOwed tuelr uoneS III ny
sne and the bellies of Louisville Atlanta ana
New-()rIesns swept the plazzas Win lneH ooNleon-
-, dances Pooh, the old habltue OF 1OrIy years
b@1'e WIN tell tie same story Of to-day for here
are nret ~ women. rich men, the jingle OF goiG-paeu
pss a., - ,ha flash of diamonds and the bewichlng
L.;'S ~ Stra~ % and Waldteufe small fortunes
vii b4 won and lost on the races during he mex
five weeks; there will be trout dinners anu souIuS
of revery by night at the Saratoga cruz hOusc anu
hearts fraii ones If you please be broken III tDe
bathrooms at ehoeis ,
There i a gong on for the lead IN lns s'!ie
of living here. II might DC SaI4eI 'ne
Saratoga stakes for hotels, boarding houses
snd cottages At present the old iavoIite'
hotel life Is leading. but Is evidently tlIlng' WINE
IDard,re house life is dOgglng close behind BUT
c,tfare life which has been holding backi Is run
rrr zane Y and promises 10 pass them both. nan
H. h9li.es IN the place are boarding houses, one
lind cottages One-siXth hotels, probably TO out
iuion-ayc and you Oh the corner OF Circular ST
villa built since last year, tnat NOu.u auoih
Televue-ave. Newport, built by Edward hearney,
iourht by his friend. Harry Leach IhrOugh the
c-nar opening II the porte cOchere you see the car
a,e voi-lc a. the door. Towers, bays, plnnacles'
and "a les are ombned to make luxurious eheGt,
and the grounds may compare VIII any oH tHc
---e,,,a evcent NJ be Mr.. Charles Reeds Drive up
North BROAD way and rows of new cottages meet
the eve OF diverse style but all pretty summer
houses Since last summer several lrcJahs, IN
ending The Cluetts have built row of charming
cottages south of and facing Judge Husoh : roy IL
WoofIavn Park. so the cottage element is gam
,,C a~f II l. good sign for Saratoga, for II means
rre,ter wealth invested IN real estate ana rev
Hood and money the life OF the summer capiiaI;
No one wants TO see the big hotels 20 down, ana
they will not. They were built II a spasmo1lc
period and rather exceed the Iequ1ements OF c tne
,ioce 20 that 10 mo viii need 70 be built lor some
time TO come Bat the States does q good clean
business under Mr.. Tompklns S management ana Is
always full to the brim ID August. marry
Clement looks after the guests at the congress
40 closely that he's all night ana
keen the Grand Union going lie is paying more
personal attention to tho hotel than ever before,
roirr down eaTlv and spending the day IN the
oeire NJ Henry Clair Will he greatly missed
from his post as manager. Mr.. Otter. his successor
farrnerlv ot the ColOunade, has the latter hotel,
besides the Grand Union. and If he does better WIZ
them than Mir. CLAIR did hewlll deserve ano re-
eeIve much credit.
Tomorrow the racing season begins, ana
Secretary Whcatly says II Will positively eeIipse
that of auv preceding year. Several hundred leet
rnore OF stables have been erected, aud as the
Uwyers are 10 contend with Baldwin and COrrlgau
f,r The big stakes there Will be notable contests
live hundred horses viii be present and II the
starter gars through the season without hurting
The tender feelings of some owner OF promising
but reca citrant twO-yeaI- old II will be wonder.