Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1909 — SARATOGA FIELD STAND OPEN [ARTICLE]

SARATOGA FIELD STAND OPEN

Dollar Admission Restored at Up-Ctato Course In New York. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 3.—James R. Keene’s Affliction, played from 15 to 1 to 8 to 1 at the close, won the Saratoga handicap, one tfiile and a quarter, at the opening of the Saratoga meeting. The meeting opened under favorable ■conditions. The crowd numbered 8,000 persons, way above expectations for a Monday. The Saratoga association has put racing within the reach of all by opening the $1 'field stands. The field was closed last year on all tracks, and also this year at the metropolitan tracks.