The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
Horse Racers, Prize Fighters and Men With Money in
 Exodus from New York
MONTGOMERY FAVORITE
 IN SARATOGA HANDICAP Ballot and Dandeion Also Receive "Bookes' Attention-The Pro- gram of Inspiring Season
 Mapped Out.
" J. g. A. MACDONALD.

" J. g. A. MACDONALD.
 New York August 5.-(Special from Hearst News Service.)-The chatter of the hoof beats down the quarter stretch, the rustic Of Dame Fashions silks. and the gentle whirr of the roulette ball, while well-groomed sportsmen ply their luck under soft glowing green lamps will sig nalize to the mind of the average citizen of Saratoga Springs N. Y, sometime oh Monday, the fact of the annual Saratoga sporting season" having arrived. Com mencing on Monday, August ,, and run ming until August %, the Spa will see the sporting faithful enter into their para disc. for that is the length of the racing period of the Saratoga association for the improvement of the breed of race horses. with its attendant show of fash ion and money For twenty-three days will King Thoroughbred reign at the Spa after which comes a return To Sheepshead Bay with the running of the S4O00O futurity and the inauguration of the autumn racing season about New York. The Saratoga association is spread ing forth q brilliant fare for both the owner and the casual visitor at the track side as may be discerned by the amount of money offered for competition. Includ- ing all stake money, overnight purses and special sporting races the tremen- dous sum of $i11,2S5 will be distributed this season at the Spa. Among the noted and richly endowed fixtures on the calen- dar are the Saratoga handicap, the open ing day feature the sl50oe Spndway stakes the famous $20O0O Saratoga special of August 10, the Travers stakes, the s25,OOO Hopeful stakes, the Saratoga derby and the Saratoga cup of August 2l,
 How They Left New York.
 The exodus to Saratoga from this city ensued carly Saturday evening, when the Grand Central station stood crowded by the thronss anxious to catch the trains which would land them on the Spa pleas ure grounds in time for a visit to tho clubs and q stay at Saratoga lake on inc Sunday afternoon. BookmaNers, plungers. jockeys, horse owners. cham pion boxers, well known men of the base ball diamond of the stage and in Wall street. sclntillated here and there in the wondrous mob. Thousands rushed from the Brighton Beach race track as soon as the numbers of the final race had teea hoisted, for each seasons lesson to the rank and file Is that the early bird on the scene will catch the choice accom- modation.
 Two years ago the crowds which tr9iled into town from the Cavanaugh race track special trains on Sunday evening were lucky to find a place where they might rest weary head Sunday noon the fla nous Cavanaugh special, in two sections of ten cars each. departed for the Spa. Loaded down with the professional fol- lowers of the turf, this train made a speedy run; but the going is no faster than the doings within the coaches. where are gathered all the motley characters which go to make the world of thorough bred orse racing the most cosmopolitan and life-stirring possible to imagine Just as the quiet citizens of the upstate wa tering resort were returning from their maths in reverential mein. lo and behold, the roar of stampedinG hordes swelled upon their ears. The CaVanaugh special arrived at the little station. The mob is already rushing with shout and laugh ter to the hotels and boarding houses, for he or she who comes first receives first attention. Saratoga's Broadway Is trans formed into a bowling thoroughfare in ten minutes time. AS children are wont to do in the Indiana villages, so do the natives here. They crowd around and walt for the arrival of the Cavannagh special as if a circus had been expected
 The Saratoga Handicap.
 The Sara toga Handicap. one and one quarter miles. for Swear odds and up, worth $l5,000. is the big race for opening day as aforementioned At this time it looks like a cracking fine contest with Emil Herz' Montgomery, 3-year-old, James + IN PpDP'g Ballot. anntbpr of the same age, and Dandelion. winner of the recent Sea Shore Handicap, the most likely looking of the probable entrants. The Newcastle stables McCarter. whose second to Peter Pan in the Brighton Beach Handicap stands as a worthy perz formance. will take lot of beating if the track stands soft, while Boots" Dur nell says Faust will be the hard horse to beat over fast course. Any way you look at it. this handicap promises one of the best and keenest races of the year The Flash Stakes. for 9-year-olds is the sidelight to the big fixture. Nearly all the big sporting men are now on the ground. For several days big play at faro and whist has been seen at the Spa in the semi-private clubs. and from what the ring heads heard today, the town will be "open' this season. The puri- tancal reformers who closed up Caniield's kept thousands and thousands of holiday seekers away rom the Spa last year, public sentiment being overwhelmingly in favor of more liberal policy respecting the high class gaming clubs as a result. Such being the case, Billy" Dubois. Jesse Lewishown, sam Lazarus. Orlando Jones, Charley" Celia. Billy Odell, George c. Bennett Sol Lichenstein, Eddie" Burke, Mike" Touhey, Eddie Mcdonald. Cap" Bradley, George Kess- Ter, Smn Herz, Boots" Durnel Alex Ull- man, Billy Davis, Senator Pat" Mc- Carren, "Phil'' Dwyer and the legion of high stake players who gave past seasons their spark of sporting vitality will be seen in action once again. With normal population of 14,e00 Saratoga will be a city of 5000 souls for the next few weeks.