The evening times., 1895-08-26


those who come here as visitors. Without
impossible.
lone of the biggest hotels in the place
is owned by Saratoga people Their
house has lost trade, for the time, by the
closing of the gambling places. but the
owners favor the reform. because 1t will
benefit them in the long run. On the other
hand, the lessee of another of the very
largest hotels is q nonresident. He says,
naturally enough, that his lease is run
ming right along. aud he's not SO much
concerned about the future as about the
present.
THE hackmen gruinble a good DEAL"
l suggested.
"Of course, for the gamblers were free
with their money when they were flush.
But even the hacknen are better off than
when some of them used to gamble at the
tables away every cent they made.
1.-THE future OF Saratoga?" said Mr.
Sturges, waxing eloquent with his topic
1T Is secure in its advantages. Begin
with springs, piped from bed rock. the best
of them, and numbering about forty in all
We have graded or macadamiZed roads
everyw here, 80 arched with trees that when
you look up from high place upon it, the
whole village seems like q green bower.
The elevation ranges from 225 feet tn
more than 800 above the sea- We are Just
at the edge of the Adirondacks, and our
prevailing winds, the northwest, come
to us straight from their tiny spaces
The lake near by furnishes boating and
fishing We are in the reform to stay, the
people are satisfied that they will benefit
by It,"
WHAT A HOTEL KEEPER SAYS
Some OF the big and famous hotels look
pretty lonesome. The serted ranks of rock
ing chairs along the miles of verandas are
little in demand. But when, at one of the
smaller hotels, which would be big any
where else, 1 asked the landlord how he
liked being reformed, he said II have
turned away twenty-five people to-day.
Ny house has been full for a month I'm
satisfied. never did have any of the gam
bling crowd here, and don't want them
Ny guest are quiet, plain people. and 1 be-
lieve we shall get more of them than before
in the long run. Saratoga has been getting
a bad name, like Long Branch, and it viii
take time to build it up again But its the
only salvation for the place
This landlord has enlarged his house in
preparation for the present season.
THE RACE TRACK HARD HIT
The race track was one of the glories of
old time Saratoga, and 1t is apparently
going TO pieces. Scveralreasonsar are assigned
for this, but they must be taken for what
they're worth.
Some say that the new owner OF the track,
Mr.. WaIbaum, is so unpopular among sports
that they don't like to run their good
horses here.
Some have it that the gambling houses
brought fast nlen to saratoIa, and that they
supported the race track
Some blame the rev racing law OF New
York State, which rorbids pool selling.
AL the big hotels have notices up stating
that guests desiring TO undertake financial
transactions with respect to the races,
could bc introduced to responsible persons
by inGurine at the desk" There doesn't
seem TO have been any difficulty about
betting under this arrangement, and plenty
of il was done But IL was frost"
Informcr years the management las given
away 200 or ,s60 season passes 10 the
race track, and has pretty well filled a
grand stand scating 5000, recoupinG Itself
by the money received by the betting and
other privileges. This year there were no
dradheads, the attendance varied between
400 and 900, and The season was closed
prrmaturcIy after heavy financial loss.
Five tines as many people watch the
purely agricultural boss trot" at n
country fair, rs The ranlc and fame of
Saratoga have this year called together
WHAT SARATOGA Is LIKE.
Saratoga is as truly American as New
port is British The men who come here
are busy money makers from Troy, AL
bany, New York, and citizens farther
away. Many OF them come for a Saturday
10 Monday stay, and this gives the YER