Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-21
LIFE AT SARATOGA.

The whirl of Gaiesy at she Grsat-
 est American Resort Begun-How
 Time Will be whiled Away There by
 Pleasure ana Health Seekers.
 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 19.-The season at this favorite resort has opend most propitiously fer the hotels. Hundreds are daily arriving on the various trains and the cottages are about all occupied. Those who put of going to Saratoga until several weeks later make . great mistake and miss the most favorable as we'll ss delightful season in the year. The atmosphere Is, at the pres. ent time, as bracing and enervsting as could be possibly desired, and everything that can possibly be done for the comfort and enjoy. ment of visitors Is being pushed forward to completion. At all the hotels an unusual demand Is being made for accommod atlons. At several of the leading hotels the orebes- trss have arrived and are vIslnR with each other In 'melodlss almost divine.n The concerts at the Clarendon, under the jlreo.
 tofship of John D. Keenan, occur every day st ii o'clock. At the other hotels concerts commence half henf earlier in the fore. noon. July 10 full dress hop wss paftiel. pslsd ia by q large assembly, and was most enjoyable sfrsif. July af Saratoga races WILT nunH tHntF HnanbH VI thifty Huyu, large number Of noted steppeFs have been secured for each day. Jeiy 70 grand gar. den party will be given ia the park of the Grand unien hotel to be followed with others later tn the season. The latter part of July the English Ballad company will ar- season several of Raymond's excursion Tar ties will occur. In August the American Bar association will hold its annual session with headquarters at the Grand Union hotel. Several other associations will convene ct Saratoga during the season. Congress park has been put in the best trim aud is visited by hundreds daily who enjoy the cool shade of it's tall trees, refresh themselves with Con- gress spring waters and listen to the daily concerts by Daring's celebrated orchestra.
 The Clarendon gave it's first hop of the season on the evening of the 11th inst, and it was conspicuous for its brilliancy and its fashionably attired patronage. The young ladies were most charmingly attired, the music all that could be desired, and the danc- ing, under. the direction of MT. F. H. Rice, the maseer of ceremonies, was we'll carried ply. Among the late arrivals are Mrs. James G. Blaine, jr., and family, who occupy a cottage at the United States. The Mount McGregor trains now make several trips daily to and from the mountain. One of the feat ures at the Hotel BsImoral, at the sum- init of the Mount McGregor is 8 fpe orchestra composed entirely Of large number of the finest turnouts ia th,. country have arrived at Saratoga and csr S= seen daily prancing up and down Broadway and speeding on the broad boulevard tu Lake Saratoga. The famous Hsthorn sprina are patronizsd daily by hundreds who par.
 take of it's health-eiving waters. In fact it | is calculated that more people partake of the IT. losr ell tt.a Nh.r g., | Saratoga combined. The genial proprietor. Frank Hathorn, can always be found at the spring answering the many questions asked | by the visitors relative to it's formation, its wonderful steady now, the purity of its waters and how to best use 1t to accomplish the most desirable results; alec 10 show the bot | ting and packing works, from whence are sent away the thousands of cases of Hathorn, | Nos 1 and 9, which are being used by myriads of people all over the land.
 l Six hundred horses have recently arrived for the Saratoga races, which commence the
 24th instant. The horses are quartered in l the large stables of the company opposite
 haven" Mir. Charles Wheatly, secretary of | the Saratoga Racing association, has charge | of the valuable horses. Mr. Wheatly h an | old newspaper man from Kentucky. Fire
 works and grand concert every Friday eyes
 ming ou Congress park. Doring's full mili-
 tsry band from Troy, N. Y., has been ea-
 gagged for the season, and will be the princi- pal factor in the summer evening and early
 morning concerts. The regular 10 o'clock a.
 m. prayer meetings have commenced
 and continue through the season,
 being led by popular clergymer
 of various denominations; prominen, laymen will also take hand in the exercises each day. Postmaster General Wanamakel
 will be one of the guiding stars at the meet. | Tr number of stylish teams that have recently l arrived in Saratoga for the summer 1t il found that Mir. F. T. Wall, the we'll known
 rope manufacturer of New York, has tn,
 largest variety, some seven different teams
 MT. GeorRe'P. Bliss shows cross match bay
 and sorrel hooked to fine victoria. Mir.
 John King. president of the Erie railroad
 drives g fine brown span to Surrey wagon
 D. Ellis of New York are among thu many who use the blackboard,
 very popular turnout in Saratog' this season. Mrs. William Layton
 the noted fashionable lady of many trunk
 and boxes, has arrived, and with her severa | of her devotes of fashion who are enjoying the hospitality of the Grand Union. Mrs
 Layton, it is said, makes an entire ney :: change of apparel at least three times eacl day, and is often seen promenading on tn 3 piazza or through the parlors of the hotel , 1t isn't half the trouble to look at this chang |, ing panoramma as it must be for such yer fashionable ladies to prepare themselves fo 3 it every few hours.
 2 One of studious mind has discovered ths 8 in 1T76 Saratoga supported only one hote - with two rooms. In 1890 there are fort !. large hotels, with accommodations for 50 , GOO people, not to mention smaller cottag, !. and the many elegant villas. But the mo- . noticeable growth of Saratoga as summ, ! resort has been within the past thirty year At the meeting of the American Institu
 of Instruction held at Saratoga last wet
 these vice presidents from Connecticut we i. elected: O. L. Ames, Plantsville; Hem ? Bernard, Hartford; F. F. Barrows, liar . ford; J. D. Bartley, Bridgeport; N. R. Bisho
 Norwich; D. N. Camp, New Britai
 L. L. Camp, New Haven; 0. F. D. Carro l. New Haven; Ella A. Tanning, Norwich; - A. Graves, Hartford; Fl. M. Harringto B Bridgeport, O. D. Hine, Hartford; Dwig V Holbrook. Clinton; Charles Northend. N 7 1. Britain; B. G. Northup, Clinton; Henry 'S Simmons, Bridgeport; W. I. Twitche