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AWAITING THE BUGLE GALL Village of Saratoga Crowded for Opening of Racing Season Pine Card Including Three Stake Features Provided for In ¬ augural Days Sport BY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYSARATOGA SARATOGA SPRINGS N Yt July 31 With everything in thorough order to the minutest detail the thousands of visitors now here from every part of the country are sharing eagerness with the many horsemen foe the bugle call that will bring the horses to the barrier at the beautiful Saratoga track tomorrow and usher in what is conceded will be the greatest season of sport ever held here Ideal conditions are in prospect for the opening weather sharps predicting that it will be fair The track is in excellent condition and conducive to a repeti ¬ tion of last years recordbreaking performances performancesThree Three features arc listed on the card of six races as the opening days offering and embrace the 7000 guaranteed Saratoga Handicap the 3500 guaranteed Flash Stakes for Juveniles and the 1200 added Shlllclah Steeplechase over the two mile course Many of the more highly regarded ones are among those entered in these fixtures and their decision should be featured by interesting contests There are six named to start in the Sara ¬ toga Handicap but Roanicrs absence isr almost a foregone conclusion and there is general regret that he will miss the opportunity to place the stake to his credit for the fourth time The prob ¬ able starters in the race and their Jockeys fol ¬ low Horse Wt Jockey Corn Tassel 112 Ik Ensor War Cloud 117 M Buxton Purchase US L Fator Beaverkill IOC C Bobinson Fairy Wand 106 L McAtee The Flash Stakes has among its entered ones the StifelRowe owned Miss Jemima and her victory in it under an impost of 127 pounds would cause the easterners to reverse their present opinion of her merits Her start in the race will be con ¬ tingent on her showing tomorrow in a quarter preliminary Her half mile trial this morning was satisfactory to her trainer trainerThe The Brooks presence in the Shilleluh Steeplechase is pleasing to the lovers of the sport through the field and keen interest attaches to his probable showing under the heavy impost of 173 pounds poundsALL ALL BOADS LEAD TO SABATOGA SABATOGAIt It appeared as if all roads led today to Sara ¬ toga and a constant stream of automobiles arrived from various parts of the country The railroads were taxed to capacity and were all equipped with many extra coaches If any notables in the racing world or prominent in a sporting way are missing it is not apparent for everybody seems to be here or have made plans to be here The boxes in the clubhouse section have all been allotted and many have suffered disappointment over failure to procure one of the choice vantage points The demand for box space this season has been un ¬ usually heavy and indicates a heavy patronage for this season of racing racingThe The closing of the Empire City truck this after ¬ noon will be the signal for a hasty departure from that point by the turfites there The Cavanagh special of ten coaches will carry an immense throng and they are due to arrive lute tonight All reser ¬ vations on the steamers plying between New York and Albany have been engaged by those anxious to be on hand for the opening and their presence will augment the throng tomorrow tomorrowProbably Probably never before hus eastern interest in racing reached the height it does at present It has attracted many heretofore supposed staid busi ¬ ness men and the finish of this racing session will find many converts to the sport if not actual participants as owners or part owners in some extensive racing strings stringsKENTUCKIANS KENTUCKIANS GOING SLOWLY SLOWLYThere There is every prospect that the easterners will pot have much opposition from the Kentuckians during the earlier period of racing here for many of those from the Blue Grass section have announced their intention of taking matters easy and give their charges all the resting spell they can afford to for they have an eye to the future in doing this The main object is to freshen up their racers l efore returning to Kentucky where they will have opportunity to earn stupendous purses and at the same time not have to run against such strenuous opponents as they will be forced to meet here while racing for smaller prizes prizesThere There will be disappointment in Kentucky over the failure of Midway to be an early starter but his absence is due to a light cut lie received in his lust Kentucky start which has refused to yield to trainer Wards treatment It will probably be a couple of weeks before he will face the barrier Continued on second pace AWAITING THE BUGLE CALL Continued from first page Ecoba tpp Avlll have to delay his debut here for this season This is due to a kick he received while being shipped here and the lengthy time it took for his recovery He is progressing finely iu his training EdwardBradley was an arrival this morning from Colorado where he had gone after the close of Latonla to inspect some mining property he owns Will try hard to shake off the Jinx that has pur ¬ sued me here for the past three years and I am hopeful that I will land at least one purse during this meeting Mr Bradley has ten horses here in charge of trainer Dick Thompson the mainstay of = the striiig being the promising twoyearold By Golly GollyCharles Charles F Grainger resident manager of the Churchill Downs track was among the arrivals for the opening and will remain for several days He motored from Babylon L I where he was summering wtth liis family familySam Sam Louis who owns a good string of horses uml r the care of W A Burttschell was an arrival from his homo in Kansas City Mo this morning and contemplates remaining throughout this season of racing racingBarney Barney Oldfield and Frank Chance The Peerless Leader of the jpue time wellnigh invincible Chi ¬ cago National Baseball Club were arrivals this morning for an extended stay stayJake Jake Marklolrt headed another Cincinnati delega ¬ tion that readied these parts this morning Mark leinisjigaln inoculated with the racing germ and is in quest of some likely timber with which to enter the ranks of owners Messrs Cart and Piatt who have sent a consign ¬ ment pf yearlings here to be sold were arrivals today from Lexington and will remain until after tiledisposal of Him thoroughbred youngsters youngstersAlgernon Algernon Daiugerfield assistant secretary of the jockey club came this afternoon and immediately began looking after business affairs attached to his office
