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ALL IS READY AT SARATOGA INDICATIONS POINT TO MEETING OF GREAT BRILLIANCY AT THE SPA. Superabundance of Horses a Feature— Eastern and Western Stables to Clash as Usual — Move for Extension of the Meeting. Saratoga. N. Y.. August 1. — -New Yorks most ■•polar MUM resort never looked prettier than it MM this season. Showers at night for the l ast ten days have kept vegetation in a healthy slate, and the green lawns resemble velvet carpet — a decided contrast to the conditions in the southern part of the Knipire Slate. Turfmen from various parts of the country are enthusiast ie regarding their horses. The change of Mir and water has worked wonders with the thoroughbred. Horses thrive during the racing session at the Springs, and in the fall mouths ossess surprising endurance. Superintendent It. P.. Landers, of the Saratoga Associat ion. has worked earnestly to have the liig plants under his charge up to their loriuer excellent condition. Ills efforts have met with success and all is ready for the bugler to call the horses t. the post. There promises to he- a superabundance of horses :it Saratoga this season. Already the stables are filled. As there are many western strings to be heard from, stall room will be at a premium. The short racing season on the Canadian circuit this ear has forced many owners who have never taken part in the meeting at Saratoga to apply for quarters. The problem to the track management will be to provide accommodations for all who wish to participate in the racing. This meeting of the eastern and western racing clans, reinforcid by the Canadian contingent, will add pest to the sport. Contests between horses of unknown quality will provide that uncertainty which is the chief charm of racing. Champions of various SiCthjm of the country, all with their loyal adherents, will rouse a difference of opinion which will be stimulative to belting. During tl.e twenty-two days of racing there wil! be thirty-two stake- events. The value of these stakes and handicaps and the overnight races will lie worth, approximately, |29U,000 — the largest sum ottered by any single racing association this year. The Saratoga Handicap, with its guaranteed gross value of ,500, is the richest turf event of its kind in the easl. This is not the only event whic h exceeds in value manv of the earlier stakes. The Hopeful Stakes will be worth at least S.00O. with a possibility that the value will be further increased. The Saratoga Special will be worth B13.M0 and an additional incentive will be a gold cup worth .." t0. These are just a few of the rich features of the meeting. The opening days program will consist of six races, with the Saratoga Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, at one mile and a quarter, and the Flash Slakes, worth £.".. «MI. for two-year-olds, at rive and a half furlongs, as the features. All of the great horses of the year are entered in both events. Among the eligible* in the Saratoga Handicap are Ilia Herbert, Ballot, Oiaartala, Dalmatian. If art - ette. Hilarious. Sweep, King .lames. Waldo, fashion Plate, Sir John .lohnson. Priseillian. Lovetio and Prince Imperial. In the Plash are Trap Kock and footprint, the r.elniont cracks. Iron Mask. Blaek-friar and Runnyniede from the Keene stable. Pagod. Sea Rod. Seth. Mutineer. Swarths Hill. Xa Wa Ga, audi RUl Herbert Turner and Naushon. The people of Saratoga are keen for the continuance of the Saratoga meeting until the 10th or 12th of Sept her. The first fortnight of September is really the best of Saratogas season, and if the horses remain here th hotels will remain tilled with money -spending visitors. A movement is afoot among the merchants and hotel »ml lmarding house proprietors to raise hv popular unfaserlnttaa a fund with which to help It. T. Wilson. Jr.. meet the expenses of a protracted meeting in the event that the Coney Island Jockey Club defaults and Saratoga can secure the forfeited dates. No one at the Springs knows what the plans of. the Coney Island Jocl.ey Club are. but it is understood that there is to Ih a conference of track managers here this week, which will be attended by August Belmont. Sehuvler Parsons, K. It. nitehcoefc, James Batter, Philip J. DwyeT, Senator Uevnolds and H. T. Wilson. Jr.. and by Andrew Miller. Harry K. Knapo. Taaw W. Wadswortb. Ions Sanford. James li. Ket Be and P. K. Stnrgis as stewards of the Jockey Club, and members of the State- Baring Commission. The Angn-t Belmont yearlings, sixteen in number, in charge of trainer John Whalen. have bees broken and are as tractable as heir elder brothers and sis ters. The Nersery bred lot contains several colts and fillies that have the stamp of class. A brown ■By by Hastings — St. PrbwBla. a sister to Pris cillian. has tie- earmarks of a real crack, if tin-older division Pield Mouse appears 100 pounds he* Tier than when last seen in public. Whist, the Singleton — Wood-nymph colt, catches the experienced horsemans eye. This promising youngster reminds one of King James in conformation and action. He is fashionably bred and a splendidly proportioned colt. Whist girths inches BMTO than any colt in the barn, and his shoulders and wither-; Indicate great weight-carrying ability. His quarter* ate powerfully built and his stifles stand out. giving great reach and driving power. Kimball Patterson, tie- young Kentuekian. and his brother Charles have been M the grounds at Horse Haven for tie- nasi two weeks. Winning Widow. Ptwtocral and tin- rest of the horses in Pattersons charge an- In soperh condition. Ins Hotter and Vincent Powers have been galloping the horses of .T imes It. Keene and the Bever-wyek Stable respectively. Both riders are down to weight and will be Well engaged. Will Wallace nrrived from I.atonia some davs ago with three horses, the property of James W. He-demand. Trainer Thomas Welsh will not have any starter:-in the Sara toga Handicap. Glucose and Pinna Pen ire considered ontclasKed and arrange n nt* have lieon made to turn Ml Prince Imperial for the balance of tin- Reason. The colt went choppy in his last effort and Mr. We lsh decided that further racing would Impair the colts usefulness. Flesh brash has been plsced on the jumps of the cross country field. Tin- course is absolutely safe, but it takes i natural fencer to get over tin jumps at the springs. Frederick A. Forsythe, who is on a trip to his farm in Kentucky, is expected to return here Wednesday. Frederick A. Forsythes Poranto Is receiving a special preparation over the old Horse Haven track. He has done nothing startling, but work of a useful character. His muscles are firm and hard, and l i i — general ippea ranee indicates that he is ready. C I.. Harrison* Waldo will not face the barrier for -■ iBM time. Tin- b:ok tendons of the slashing siai of PJanndea have tilled, and hard work would probably develop a pair of Iwwcd tendons. The pQKtpots-mcnl of the Port F.rio meeting makes it likely thai l it/. Herbert will start in tin- Saratoga Handicap Thursday. He is ut and there now appear! to in mi reaaua why he should not meet Ballot ou even kfOM — 131 pounds each.
