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! 1 ; 1 ; 1 i , i LATEST SARATOGA GOSSIP I Weather and Track Conditions 3 Improving Morvicli Among Tuesdays Arrivals. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 25. Weather conditions showed considerable im- c a provement here today, but the tracks were still sticky as the result of two days of al- . most steady rain. The main course had a j firm bottom to it and a majority of the train- j ers used it in preference to the Oklahoma 1 training track. The sun shone all day and both tracks should be in excellent condition s tomorrow morning. There were numerous arrivals from New York and other points throughout the day and the hotels are beginning to show the effect of the influx of racing people. It will 1 be Sunday, however, before the real crowds 1 begin to pour in, judging from the reserva- 1 tion lists of the leading hostelrics. The stable of Benjamin Block and Fred j Burlew, headed by the Kentucky iJerby win- , ner, Morvich, unloaded this morning. There were live horses in the consignment. Mor- ; vich looks better than in a long while and 1 appears to have benefited considerably by his let-up. Six more horses were added to the J. S. , Cosden establishment this morning. They came from Empire City. Albert Simons brought lour horses from 1 the Yonkers track. He came in himself, accompanied by Placide Frigerio. The twenty-three yearlings which left the Xalapa Farm, Paris, Ivy., last Saturday afternoon arrived here early this morning and were taken to E. F. Simms new training grounds near the race track. They are a good-looking band and appear none the worse for their long journey. There was not a sick horse among them. W. II. Karrick has nineteen horses under his care at the main track, while his son Kenneth is in charge of seven more at the Oklahoma course. These stables have been on the scene since the close at Aqueduct. H. T. Griffin, trainer for the James B. Smith stable, was an arrival from Empire City. He came on to receive the large band of yearlings from the II. T. Oxnard stud, which will be offered for sale at the coming auctions. Edward K. Thornton was another to get in from Empire City, where he stopped off for a few days en route from Kentucky. Trainer Tom Healey came up from New York last night and after putting the R. T. Wilson horses here through their paces this morning returned to Empire City tonight. Healey had the entire outfit of Wilson yearling on the Horse Haven track and they presented a splendid appearance. He will ship the remainder of the Wilson string here from Yonkers later in the week. Trainer Fred Taral journeyed to Empire City this morning. He went back to saddle a horse tomorrow. i Frank Moore of Newport, Ivy., joined the Blue Grass delegation here today.
