The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-02
PROMISING OUTLOOK
FOR RACING AT SPA
Many Cottages Occupied for
First Time i'm Years and
Visitors Fill City.
WESTERN CRACKS ENTER

SARATOGA. y. V. Aug. CRACK
thoroughbreds Of the East and the West
Will meet tomorrow for the first time
this season on common ground at the
opening OF the meeting Of the Saratoga
association. which will last Throughout,
the month. Since the last encounter he.
tween the equine celebrities OF the two
sections Saratoga has been transformed
from "A village to a city, but the munich
pality is as strong for tho horse as ever
was the village which has been the sum.
mer home of racing for half a century.
There Is every sign that the present
session will eclipse in interest II at
tendance all those held since the break
in the sport caused by the laws fostered
by Gov. Hughes. Cottages which have
stood idle for years nave been rented this
season and many old timers who have
been absent in the past two years have
returned to the scene Of their former
activities.
President II. 4. Wilson. j.. has leased
the Davidson cottage on Union avenue.
He has made a visit of inspection to the
track and found everything In readiness
for the bugle call. Payne Whitney was
tlIotlltT ttTlN dfTlNd anu Will pNtupE ~
cottage on tlermont avenue for the
month. William Is. Vanderbilt has en-
Iagcd cottages at The United states
Hotel aUd Jesse Lewisohn, who has not
been a regular here for the past ten
years. is az the kearney Cottage on
Caroline street. &. Il. o. EiltrGs Will
he here for the season and among others
who have taken cottages are Samuel \.
CLARK. clifford \. Cochran. Dr.. Theodorus
Itati.N IgtakuVI L. surnaNn ThnFnNn q
clyde. James e. Dun. Richard e. Dog
gett. Amos T.. Fro. l.. W. Henner. Mrs.
Henry Il. Hyde. benjamin Hart. Thomas
and Francis Hitchcock. Edward W.
iearney. Adrian 4 kirkman, Leo j.
Lehman. Sol Lichtenstein, Edward
Murphy I'd, thauncey Olcott. Israel
Putnam. Schul Ter l.. Parsons, Harlem Il.
Rupert, James Shevlin. Roland W. Smith,
George Slportas. Harry VI Stevens. Al
Der, Stokes, j. l.. Scrorr, Miraheau !.
Towns. r. Skiddy Won S,ade, Joseph y.
Woliey, J. Brandt Walker,
Nj. and Mrs, Perry Belmont have
been for the past three weeks at the
Belmont cottag" IN tn. private race
course and Angus, belmont. chairman
Of the Jockey Club, Is expected at the
United States with a party. Others At
the States Include john Sanford. James
r. Joseph. Frederick Johnson. George
HANf ''''
Scheftcl. n. Il puval. jefferson Selig-
man. George r. Carr, Thomas + Saeody,
John +. liylan. Mitchell May. James
Cllmau. John W. Schorr and George +.
Mci'adden
The Jockey club has established head
quarters N the Grand Union and the
racing men will meet daily in the Sara
toga Reading Rooms ~ this hotel TO dis
Cuss form and enjoy club privileges.
$500 - . ~ ii. a-s ~ sl. q t.N 10 30
cured accommodations there, including
Foxhall 7. keen.. +. Clarence Jones,
Mrs. Frederic Nelson. JOIN II. Grim
Minis. Archibald Rarklie. william \.
Pinkerton. II. c. Hallcnbeck. Fernando
Sanchez DE Fuentcs. John Tucker, w
Hinckle Smith. Ms. {. Gray pinsmore,
Mrs Il. Frank CLYDE. ". y. &. Hughes,
II II. Hewitt, capt. y. Hugh Cotton
and Emil Winter
The rank ana file have been arriving
all day long. the last and largest con-
sienment coming on from the cayanagn
special. which had fourteen cars In two
sections. The night boat from New
York was so crowdet hat many had "a
wait over IN Albany for trains 10 bring
them on. Others are due tomorrow
morning
In the Saratoga Handicap Tom Nc
powcll IL the only owner from the West
or South 10 take up the gloN" thrown
down by the Eastern horsomeu. n" has
n formidable candidate IN Water Bios
som. a three-year-old, which has not
been beaten this season and which won
among other races 'hc CANADIAN Derby.
In which she defeated The FINN. lee
sides Water blossom. Mcdowell has
named the siN-ycar-old Star Jasmine,
a mare hat has already shown her
racing qualities here. There are eight
overnight entries for the handiCap. in
Guiding Borrow. Roaner and Stromholi
The main battle between the East and
the Yves, will he waged IN tho United
states Hotel stakes, for t~o-year-plds.
and both sides are equally represented
with six from each territory. clifford A.
Tochran's Air Man. James Il kcen,s
Lorac and L. :. 1hompson's Dominant
appcar To he the best of the Eastern Iii
vision, and no; one II them is overbur-
deued with weight. The Wsstcrncrs TO
n man are piuuinS their faith to j. W.
Parrish's Bulsc. a colt by Disguise
Nethersole. which has an unbeaten
record in the West. BUSES mduy vic
! tories hav, earned him penalties. so that
he will have to carry 1870 pounds, twenty
pounds more than the heaviest weighted
Eastcrucr.
j. -. Greener's Cosmic. by Countless
Mioseu. is another speedy Western colt.
which has had his weight brought up 10
IL pounds by winning his last three
races. Another dangerous candidate is
Johnson y. Camden's Marsc Henry, by
Ken Brush Nuns Cloth, and in spite OF
several wins he is in with 10 pounds.
with a chanCe to turn the tables on
Rulse. which beat him when they met
before, jefferson Livingston will he rep
resented by an English bred colt in Pol
roma, by Polymelus-Lacoma. This
richly bred youngstcr is stil a maiden
in spite OF several stars. but is expected
to gradual" Mt the Spa. The other
Western entries are II. II. Hewitts
cantarn, by Sain-lnsp!ration, and J.
W ScrOrr's John W. Klein. by Star
shoot plantrcss.
There are Western entries in several
of the other races. including Hawthorn,
which for the past two years had been
considered n stake horse, but which now
is dropped In "A selling race. Many OF
the Eastern horses did not arrive until
to-day, which accounts for the rather
light card for an opening day. There
are. however, about 1000 horses quar-
tered at the track.