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i i , i 1 , , SARATOGAS OPENING. Saratoga, N. Y., August 4. That Saratoga is destined to become the Mecca of the American turf where the great racing interests of the future will center once a year to watch their respective cham- : pions battle for supremacy is assured. The enormous crowd of devotees which journeyed to the magnificent race course completely filled the new grand stand with its seating capacity of six thousand. About seventy layers cut in including "Kid" Weller, who was, however, not permitted to do business by order of the stewards. He sat behind Joe Ullman during the afternoon and presumably engaged in posting prices and was not molested further. Jim Davis, of California, was also a newcomer. Almost every prominent turfman in the country was present, among which were John W. Gates, John A. Drake, Senator OBrien, J. W. Schorr and Charles Bush from the west; W. Hendrie, presidentof the Canadian Jockey Club, and August Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club, and a large following of the fashionable world from New York, Newport, Long Branch, Bar Harber and elsewhere, including Washingfon, D. C. The running of the western champions, Articulate and Judith Campbell, was brilliant. So much so that in the case of the last named W. C. Whitney has already made overtures to her owner for her possession, having offered 0,000, and it is probable that her nest appearance will be in the colors of the American Newmarket. R. C. DeB. Lopez little colt, Articulate, held his own in a fierce final furlong drive today against the gigantic Advance Guard, which is about the highest praise that can be bestowed upon him. The volume of betting today was comparatively light, moro noticeable on the part of the western contingent from which so much was expected. Senator McCarren probably dropped 0,000 on the day by the defeat of Mackey Dwyer and Bluff. The last named was plunged upon for a stupendous sum, only to be downed by the westerner, Vin-cennes, which carried a commission presumably Drakes of ,000, which was entrusted to Sol Lichtenstein. He only placed a moderate wager of ,000 on Articulate, which receded in the betting. As an echo of the operations in the Brighton ring Saturday, Club Commissioner Fellows offered Wheelock ,000 at evens on Major Daingorfield, which was accepted. A moment later Wheelock called Fellows back and requested him to go out and inform his people that he was in humor to lay against him indefinitely, with the result that another 5,000 was forthcoming from the same quarter, and probably the largest single wager on a horse race in recent years was registered that day. Bookmaker Wheelock had a phenomenally suc-, cessful day betting on six straight winners and a hundred thousand dollars was a conservative 63ti-, mate the ring placed upon his winnings. Roehampton has bowed a tendon and will be re-, tired for the season.
