The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
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Besides the Premier Event Of the
Opening Day. There AresTwo
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y IN VI and the olleersso OF the fair, the ten
II eleven IS, Il best horses " training
5s55fF8Sgs 81 Saratoga Handicap. This Il n
~ thesBtar$ event OF the opening
E@'<Cs IL racing ut the Spa. IS s5
FL 4, SfE1eA 4sSS IT n Is 5unfortunate that
-, ~ this race will be contested
eSFA by such a small field Of
,LAXSsEK~aA horses, and II Is un.
' fs;''s sss;,.. s.: 's ~
~ y 8 s.kkN1' not OF higher class.
In the lot there are only two who stand
out as horses OF ability. They nrc Mos
hawk II. and Caughnnwaga. ~ sG9ss ttssS
g Tho formers quality can merely be
con jecturcd from what he was last year.
He was undeniably the greatest two
syear-old OF the season until no went
lame. What he Is to-day. 81 or. what no
will y be. no one knows. not even his
trainer last ear. Il He was then counted
good .youngster. but never the fleet
footed + and lion-hearted champion that
he proved to be. He was one OF tho
few colts OF last season TINT improved
sundor racing and training. II he lycs Z
up 4 to n last years work he Will again
stand at the head OF HIS class and age I;
\ but that he will do 80. n o man can so y.j5A
ne Old Cnughnawaga4 has always been
horse to beat him a over \
piece OF ground with these two ex-6
Sceptions the horses which vii .cornprisa
the field II are not much above selling
plato class. MS III * $50
Turfmen$ Like the Change 81
Scene. ~ Il i$sS
H 81 But while tho race promises so " title
from 35horsernan's Isl point OF view, ~
turfmen VIII be glad to change thu
racing scene. Thcre is Il no ~ airer, no y
I finer race track In the country than the
one at the Spa. ,I It Is a mile and a fur
long round with an inner tn # course Of
eight furlongs. There are two chutcs,8
which enable the horses to run fast
miles and six-furlong dnshes. &. its5S
Tho CHIEF charm a bout the racing mt
Saratoga q Is tho 3.'atmospheres't Here
even the cynical turfman. VINO has rol--s$
for twenty or thirty year sa ceases to pa Y
tho gambler and becomes Aor the time
being the sportman pure and simple.
g5S And II Is quite the correct thing SO !.
Scially3 for those men and women VINO
lead the fashions to visit the ra ce-track.
Each afternoon thousands OF handsome
[ly8 gowned women are seen in thelpad-8
docks panophed In gowns OF price. ms
deed, at sarat oga everybody Is on dress
parade Men and women ha bitual {carc-y
less In attire. become transformed there:2
even the stable boys put on clean sweat
ers each 4 day, ii 53 5593 n
The track over which the horses now
struggle Is not the one which ~ ohm Nor
srisey opened 30 many years 90. rho
/ original course Ii the one now called \
Horse Haven II was only a narrow
track, over which not more than thres
or four horses could race abreast but
1t was sufficiently wide for the contests
Of those days. when. there We're rareiJa
moro than two or three horses In a race.
Nowadays more horses take part In one
afternoon thnn1swero Fquartered On tho
grounds at hat time. s @5 M X
+ Morriscy opened this track It
was With less than thirty horses #al4I Il \
order to attract the attention OF tins
form them that a meet was about to DO /
held he used atotmarshal his animals IN 4
la line and With brass band going bn-s
fore parade through the principal streets
and, pass the large hotels. Such was I
the beginning or Saratoga racing. "a g
+ IT is hard to- say which horse VIII me
favored for the Saratoga Handicap. be- \
cause no one knows accurately the ply
steal condition OF Stephen and John san-
t4ulN - W.
8CaughnaWaga, Report says that they
are in frst-class trim, but as neither
has had a race save one or two at tina
private ''matinee" oyerSthe home track ut Z
Amsterdam, they may be considered un-s8
known quantities. II both had raced sin f
public and shown well they would un-.s
,doubtedly go to 4 the post faYorltes. As
things stand the uncertainty regarding
them makes It, probable tina I Dandeloa
md HRadOIin will ha ia VOred IN the Dot-p
ting. n III 4 6 ss25: ss y 81
A careful inquiry among owners who <
have horses entered In the race shows Z
that the field will be made UP OF Dam
idellon, Redouin, Flip Flap The Gauall,
Merry Lark, Cairngorm, CaughpaW aga,
Mohawk HI Good Luck, PerYerse a ana
Dolly. spanker. n III II Sisa If 3