The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-06
CROWD AT SARATOGA TRACK
THE LAhGEST ON RECORD IN
CEP7' THAT NF LAST YEAR.
Marked Absence ~ si,Ocstrlng Gamblers
mi short card rIayers-Tt,e lIusbARds.
wives. sons " Daughters Are There
and the Atmosphere Is Wholesome.

wives. sOns aud Daughters Are There
and the Atmosphere II Whsiusone.
SARATOGA. Aug. 5.-The agony is over.
Saratoga has had her coming out party
and there were no spots on the sun. The
chains we're let down at the gates Of the
Saratoga racetrack this afternoon and the
record Of the attendance showed the crowd
to be the largest. except one. OF any OPEN
ing day In the history Of the Saratoga As
~sociation.
For the information and the guidance
of the g~roceryman Of Yonkers it may be
stated that the gate receipts we're just
500 less than they were last year. and last
yea the receipts were the largest Of any
opening day in the history Of either the old
or the new Saratoga course. II is true
that the folk Of fashion were not so largely
in evidence to-day as they were a year ago.
put as one of the members Of the Jockey
Club put il:
"A considerable number Of those in So
called fashionable society are finding IL
very comfortable and very handy to stay
at home this summer. You may remember
that there was a thirteenth of March this
year and a few days preceding il. What
VIC otoeh hhnt abo w ohfo w No Sa eh"'
memorable day was aplenty. and we have
been counting the small change ever since.
A good many Of us have found it con-
venient to make use Of our yachts in lacking
up and down Broadway. instead of going
to sea. BY the same token il may be re-
marked that a month at Saratoga isn't the
cheapest thing that ever happened in the
way of a summer diversion"
Ear all that tho pI,thhA..aA al,,l, AfunA
and boxes were pretty well filed with those
whose names are found in the American
Almanach de Gotha. Some OF those in the
club stand we're the following: Gen. Stephen
Sanford. Mr.. and Mrs. John Sanford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Alexander. Mr.. and
Mrs. F.. c. Potter. Frederick Won Stade.
Andrew Miller, F. r. Hitchcock. Thomas
Hitchcock. Jr.. August Belmont. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman B. Duryes, DIR. and Mrs. st.
Clair McKelway. John X. Mclean. owner of
the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Washington
Post. and his friend W. c.. Mcbride. the
general manager Of the Washington Post;
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter p. Bliss. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. X. Knapp. Philip J. Dwycr. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Fellowes and Miss Fellowes. Mr..
and Mrs. J. II. Bradford. Baron Van Lager
crantz. the Swedish Minister to the United
States; Col. and Mrs. George Parker Lawton.
Daniel Lathrop Lawton and Mrs. Daniel
Fisk Kellogg. to say nothing Of about as
large a number Of attractive young girls of
the debutante age as ever graced a race
track clubhouse.
When r. X. Hitchcock. president Of the
Saratoga association. was asked il he nae
any comment to make on the attendance at
the opening day he said:
1T doesn't seem to me that any common
is necessary. The returns speak for them
selves. A less number of programmes to
the amount Of S. was sold thisy year than last
The gate receipts were slightly less than
last year. but last years opening day was
a record breaker. ! don't think
on the facts is necessary"
That's one side of the story. The other
side hasn't the remotest connection with
the world of fashion. In former years the
opening of the races has marked the arrival
in Saratoga of a horde of shoestring gamb-
lers, short card players and the frescoed
ladies who followed in their train. There
is a very marked absence OF that contingent
here this year. Most of the men about the
hotel Hobbies and porches do not seem
to be in the slightest degree embarrassed
this year about Introducing to friends the
women under their escort. The wives and
the sons and the daughters are here this
wear. with the head of the house, and the
atmosphere il wholesome. As one of the
cottagers at the United States Hotel re-
marked to-night
If a rival race meeting can keep away
from Saratoga the crowd we miss here this
wear. then God rest the souls of the pro-
moters OF that meeting
As for the lid il hasn't been lifted enough
10 squeeze a postage stamp in the crack.
Canfeld's restaurant has been brilliant
with dinner parties tonight. but CaDfield's
gaming ROOM. mellow with the memories
OF the olden. golden glory of The days gone
by. is dark and majestic in its loneliness.
The big oaken door at the entrance to the
Manhattan Club is locked from the outside,
and the United States and Chicago clubs
are in the same condition, only more so.
II looks now as il il would take more than
a hydraulic jackscrew to lift the Saratoga
lid this summer.
Commissioners Charles O'Brien arrived
in town his morning and some of his friends
noticed at the track this afternoon that he
appeared unhappy. One OF them asked
ooh, nothing much" said Mr.. O'Brien.
except that It's hell to be called Com
missioner in Saratoga. You fear all the
time that somebodyn come along any
minute and ask you 10 put down a two
dollar bet.
And the Honorable Bat Masterson came
also. Mr.. Masterson was found this morn
ing discussing on the Grand Union porch
the$ 29, 900, 900 fine imposed on the Standard
Oil Company. MIR. Masterson was asked
il he thought the fine was a good thing. and
he replied:
1T is the greatest thing for New York
that ever happened"
How do you make that out?" inquired
one Of his friends.
Why. that is easier than roping a tied
steer" was the answer. The seat OF the
Standard Oil millions, according to common
report, is at 20 Broadway. That being the
case, in due time United States marshals
for the Southern district Of New York