New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
READY FOR TIE HORSES
oARATOG1 EXPECTS BIG
BUSINESS IN AUGUST
HeaUy Bookings at HoteIs-Raciue
Most Prominent Feature
of Season.
of Season.

OF Season.
,ba aI'ic'liy every cottage occupied with
- ~s' oooAlnss at the hotels larger than IN
''8i years. with guests arriving for the onen
&c 90 '"e racing season on Monday Saratoga
''9'''S August with prospects OF breaking an 20
cent records in point OF numbers OF visitors Tba
9' H@E OF the annual meeting OF the Saratoga
e''''" TOT the Improvement Of the Breed OF
aoIses annually marks the beginning OF the bus,
ception. '' " no eA-
Mingled in the throng Of tourists Who have r,,,
1le HoteiS iiVey this week have been many person..
% prominence In turfdom. Richard T Wilson tr
l'DV'i1 OF TIE association VINO opened tie White
cottage, on Union avenue. the latter rarr NJ the
week, expressed the opinion thar The eeasor 1rt,1
reach the high water mark in racing since the
passage or the Agnew-Hsrt law. which restricted
racing TO those who can afford it. in AN inter-
We" he declared that the association will cor
form strictly with ,he court decisions regarding
betting and viii vigorously prosecute any viola
tons of the law interpreted by those decisions
Other officials OF the association corroborated
President Wilson and added that they expect the
Saratoga meeting TO prove that racing not only
can exist but can be made 70 pay under existing
conditions
Regardless OF the meeting. so far as ~ Affects
the t:tlre Of racing, Saratoga has found by the
arrivals this week that the season will be a lively
one The meeting VIII begin on Monday. when
VIII be decided, These viii be the Saratoga Han
dcaD and the Flash. Stake events are featured
nearly every day, and there Will be racing six
days week.
The arrival of the racing officials set at rest
several rumors that Richard \. CanfeIds famous
clubhouse and restaurant We're to be opened this
season under the direction OF the racing associa-
ton Early in the week the for sale signs which
have been prominent on the clubhouse lawn for a
year were removed and Immediately a runor arose
rT1a+ cT,rI
The grounds are to remain closed this summer.
Andrew Miller secretary and treasurer OF tho
association. declared, enphaticaIly that the asso-
citation has no intention OF renting the restaurant.
Mr.. CaudeId's representatives in this village de-
clned to give any information regarding the ulti-
mate disposal Of the famous property. but stated
that the had decided withdraw it from
the market for a while. Spencer Trask. chairman
Of the Mineral Springs Reservation Commission,
and other influential citizens have been advocat-
ing the purchase by the village of the property to
be used as a cure house" when the new '-CarIs-
bad" regimen begins Nothing definite has been
done yet. however
Although Canfelds will be closed. other diver
sion is being planned for August. There Will be
music plenty The Orchestras at all the hotels have
arrived and the air is merry with popular airs
during morning. afternoon and evening. Concerts
for the children are given at Congress Spring Park
and the public Fairgrounds, while the spring pa
godas mix music with mineral water early every
morning.
Plans for the polo tournament have not yet been
definitely decided. The Belmonts. who always have
played in the tournaments Of the polo club.
abroad but il IS thought that enough other
thusasts viii be here 10 give the racegoers two
hours of entertainment after the every after
noon during mid-AusUst.
Dancing at the hotels has waned during several
seasons past The tastes Of the younger people
have changed. ard there has been little demand
for the dances which made some of the bathrooms
famous wears ago. AutOmobing. music and driv-
ing have taken their places. The tendency to-
ward AZ, athletic life IS also partially responsible
for this charged condition. Polo, golf. tennis and
racing during the hours of daylight DO not. IL has
been found create dancing men
Notwithstanding this tendency the first dance
Of the season was given at the Everett House on
Monday night. incidental To dinner at which the
engagement was announced of Miss Katherine
suarez. daughter of Ny and Mrs. P NJ. Suarez. OF
New, York and Havana. TO Harvey Bell of New
York Cilv. The smaller hotels have already an
ro1nced more dances for August, but II is prob
ab,a that the great bathrooms in the larger hotels
vii. be closed.
New Workers sumuerins here took conspicuous
Fart in the chief society affair of the week. an
exhibit of antiquities under the auspices Of Sara
toga C'taurer daughters of the American Revolu-
tior NJ the Andrews homestead. on Lake avenue
The exhibit was held for the purpose of supplying
funds for the purchase of markers for the road to
The Perris Tfafehts battle-ground. where Burgoyns
surrendered his English army Among the exhibit
orz was Mrs Ellen Hardin WalwOrth. one OF the
founders of the Daughters. Others who took part
included Mrs George W. Carleton and Mrs VIII
lam n F-ntckerbacker. OF New York. and Miss
F2atchelier daughter Of the late George s Batch
eIIer who was a judge of the International Court
ct cairo. Egypt