The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18
GREATER SARAT0GA'S SEASON..
A GAY TINE ON AT THE FAMOUS
NEW YORK RESORT.

Tennis, Bicycle and Open Air Horse
shows on the PrOgramme-Where
Wealthy Men and Women Gather
to Spend Their Time and Money.
Saratoga Never Noted For Its Pref
ty Girls, But They Are There All
the same-The Tendency Toward
Cottages.
Saratoga Springs, July 16.-Once upon
time a little creature became jealous of
the reputation of a great one and said:
Though l cannot be as great, 1 will be
industrious and, maybe, | will become
known" And the little thing worked and
worked iudustriously, until it lived to hear
its name sounded as the synonym of that
which is craved; and the ant became world
wide for its industry, while the great lum-
boring elephant, whom it envied, was a
mere plaything.
So Saratoga, industriously. comely and
well planned, spread in all directions and
became "the Greater Saratoga" as New
York is ''The Greater New York" not as
large as the latter, but more famous be-
cause Of its unexpected achievements.
Saratoga, "the fair city," lies in the
northern part of New York state at the
foot of Mount AIcGregor, where Grant
entered upon his long sleep. 1t is within
whispering distance of those healing pools
Lake George and Lake Champlain-and
so near the North Woods that the cool
breath of the pines is waited constantly
across it. At the main sentinel post is
a placid lake of its own, Saratoga lake,
and on its outposts are seven mountains
from the peaks of which old revolution
airy heroes saluted each other with can
non. A monument in Saratoga now marks
the spot where the battle of Saratoga
was fought
The Greater Saratoga is noted for its
broadness.
IL opens with a series of conventions,
legal, religious and trades. The rich
Car Builders Association comes here an
nualy in June. Then follows a meet of
the L. A. W., with a moonlight excur-
sion, then a tennis tournament. Mean
while on Woodlawn oval, the sporting
ground of Judge Henry Hilton, a series
OF outdoor events is going on, pony racing
and polo. And, finally, comes the great
sport OF all Saratoga, the racing season,
when all the famous race horses paw their
annual visit to Saratoga and its healing
springs.
1t is claimed that Saratoga water does
horses as much good as 1t does individ-
uals, and that broken-down cobs are
brought here to so down to Morris Park
afterwards as cracker jacks. However.
that may be records are broken here every
summer and Saratoga is famous for its
horsefiesh
This year there is a fashionable inno-
walton at the race track. An open-air
horse show is to be held Aug 26 q and %
IL IS under the patronage of the citizens
Oh Saratoga very aristocratic old fami-
lies, who will be sponsor for its elegance.
After 1t, from Aug. 81 to Sept. 2, comes
three-day trotting event
saratoga shows its greatness in rising
superior to its horse-raciug proclivities.
Though 1t is supplied with dead game
sports, 1t is also supplied with its quota
OF elegant folk. Every summer Mrs Nc
hee comes here with Baby" the Del
monicos arrive with their name and fame
ana a Vanderbilt or two strolls along to
give the place a tone. Spencer Trask's
lovely home "Yaddo" is a queen of cot
tages, and from Yaddo to Broadway I'm
ion avenue is lined on both sides with
mansions, over fifty elegant cottages be-
ing within easy count
The tendency at Saratoga is cottage
ward. This is foolish, as the hotels at
Saratoga are dreams in luxury, orchestras,
colored calciums, playing fountains, palm
decked piazzas and waxen-hoored hall
rooms being only the outside attractions.
fortunes are made every year in Sara
toga and spent here. For lavishness there
is no boundary There are avenues for
your money here in every direction. The
finest books reach here. and all daily pub
LEGATIONS are served at your door-the best
of fruit the most delicate apparel sold by
the highest-priced Partisan firms. There
are equipages by the thousand and for so
much an hour, and an army of servitors
waiting to do your bidding for considera-
ton.
Saratoga has never been noted for its
pretty girls, which Is a strange thing, for
they are here by the hundred; but the rea-
son is probably that In the excess of other
things the ware less noticeable than they
are at other places, where they shine forth
respondent because they have a duller
setting. Harry Germaine.