The New Student's Reference Work/Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Saratoga (săr′ȧ-tō′gȧ) Springs, N. Y., one of the chief watering-places in the United States, is 38 miles north of Albany. It has about 50 mineral springs, whose waters are bottled and exported. There is a large number of huge hotels, some having rooms for over 1,000 guests, and on special occasion they have accommodated 40,000. Because of its spacious hotels and convention-halls it is a favorite place for conventions. It has 18 churches, several charitable institutions, good public and parochial schools, a high-school and Temple Grove Seminary, each of these containing a library, and also the libraries of McMillan Reading Circle and the Athenæum. There is a race-track, and regattas are held on Saratoga Lake, four miles away. Population 12,693.