The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-04
1T GAY SARATOGA.
Thousands are Here Enjoying the
 LiveIiest Season Ever Known.

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 peated for the past fifty years-that of | being one of the most popular summer
 resorts to be found in this country, or
 even on the other side of the pond' The season is now about at hlSh tloe,
 and during the month of August Will , be overfloWing with multitudes or peo- | pie seeking recreation and pleasure. l
 might add with much emphasis that
 large part of the guests will be here 1 trying to gain health and restoration to
 their worn-out or somewhat broken | down constitutions, for it is dulte gen. erally known that SaratogaS pure ar
 and mineral waters have cured more 1 health-seekerS of their numerous pnyS-
 ical disabilities than an army Of our l best medical practitioners have ever ! yet been able to devise. The hotel ar
 rivals are increasing quite rapidly eve | " day, and most of the boarding | houses are being rapidly fixed up. The
 usual attractions are being offered to 1 please the visitors and make their stay i the more enjoyable. Most Of the larger
 hotels have morning and evening con-
 certs rendered by some of the most mo- | ted orcheStras to be obtained While
 several evenings each week hops occur | in the bathrooms of each of the hotels,
 where can be seen the most elegantly
 gowned and attired ladies, attended by their chapernnes, representing the wealth and culture of the most noted
 families of the land-not only from hereabouts but many from abroad. | Whistparties, dramatical, literary and
 many other entertainments are given
 in profusion most every evening in the public halls or hotel parlors.
 The first concerts of each day take place from eight to nine o'clock in the
 morning in the pavilion of Hathorn spring and on Congress park. The in
 terior of the Hathorn spring has been
 recently most elaborately rejuvinated and embellshed with the choicest works of art. The pillars of the pavil- ion are reproductions of marble in ap- pearance and above are variations of flowers, while landscape productions cover the ceiling and wooden trusses
 In the garnishings the Pompeiian style is revived in a reality that only pre- vailed in the ante-eruptioa days of Ve- suvius, Most radient effects are S.
 cured from the coloring, and where contrasts are lequirde the decorations are toned down so effectively that no monotony is perceptible. Among the art works are several paintings. One in the east is a sea scene. The pictures of the seasons are most effectively interwoven in the art creation. Amorg the many
 pleasing effects are numerous palms waving majestically from their gilded
 receptacles. One can sit in this cosy e;~ tba i,,or r5 giving Hathorn mineral waters listen to the soul-inspiring music by
 Doring's full orchestra and gaze with admiration at the art reproductions they see before them.i
 A number of new cottages are being built here this season, one of the most conspicuous being for Mrs Henry Knickerbocker of New York. A new and fine church is also being built,
 largely contributed to by the Harvey Pin company. Some of the most noted divines of this country will summer in Saratoga and fill the pulpits of the va
 rious churches here each Sunday.
 The races this year will last to the 25th-twenty two racing days, included
 in which there are seventeen open dates--i. e., on these seventeen days there is no other racing within the state. A new park has been CD ned on the shores of the lake at the end of the trolley car line capable of accommoda-
 ting several thousand. An open-ar theater is on the grounds and vaude-
 vile troop are now giving entertain ments there No liquor is sold within
 the extensive grounds owned by the
 trolley company. This is to be one of the pleasant attractions to visiting Sar
 atogians, and together with the fine
 trolley ride to the grounds, will be largely patronized and much enjoyed. The first meeting of the racing asso-
 citation saw assembled a noted list of starters. The feature of the card is the
 Congress Hall stakes, purse $3,000 for
 year-olds, for which twelve horses were entered. The grounds and track
 had been placed in perfect condition by Superintendent Puckett. As in former years, Matt Byrnes held the starters flag Some of the horses were the fol- lowing:
 First race, all ages, five furlongs.- Mayor Gilroy, Rush, MT. Jersey, His Royal Highness, each i'll, Sweet
 Tooth 1OS,, Mac Flecknoe los, Cupidity 106, France Florist 113, Lieber Kart, Gibraltar, each 116, Kinnikinic IF.
 Second race three-year-olds, one mile-Candia S9, Villa V, Fleuron, Un- slightly, each 103, Peaceful 107, Carbun- cle 109, The Provost 110
 Third race, Congress Hall stake, two year-olds, five furlongs.-- Vintage l0l,
 Handvice, Lancoman, Idle Ways, Beau Ormonde, Margraviate, Termless each 104, Far Rockaway 114,Alard Scheck 122, Elkhorn, Dublin, each 126, Bonni-
 bert 129.
 Fourth race, three-ycar- -olds, 1-l6 miles, .-Montanic 99, Peaceful 101, Lave rock 107 Mac Leod of Dare 112 First Whip 116, Bannockburn 126, Maxino Gomex 123.
 Fifth race, two-year-olds, five fur
 longs.-Sweepstakes Goddess of Night, Juniper; Amarita, each 99, Miss Dan- iels 103, Salary and Ondurdis each 1o9 The fine trolley ride to the lake, to the various springs and to Ballston forms other pleasant features for vis1-
 tors, and as some say, helps much to
 kill time and at the same time enjoy the country scenery which is very dl-
 versifled and charming on these trips.
 The mountain air is very invlgorating and surely very conducive to good