The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-01
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
PROSPERITY or TIE RACING
SEASON Just CLOSED.
All The Tracks Fared Well and the A..
tendance beat RecOrds-SarstOga's
Rich stakes Attract q Big Entry List
New Runior Anent Mc(arrrn Track,

New RunOr Anent Mc(arren Track
The wind-up of the meeting at B"nnines o.
Saturday marked the end Of the most sue
cessful turf season on record in the lHSt,
Every racing association under the Juri-dlc.
ton of the Jockey Club enjoyed phenomenal
success. The amount OF money paid out bS
them IN stakes and purses was greater than
ever before, while the attendance figures
eclipsed all previous marks. From IN" open
Ing OF the Aqueduct track last April right UP
to the last day OF the season the attendance
was a record-breakcr. Although no ON,
clal figures are available. il is estimated
that the daily average paid attendance. ex.
elusive OF Saturdays aud holidays. AT all
tracks In the Metropolitan district was about
1900. while the Saturday and holiday aver.
age reached 10000. The largest crowd OF
the season gathered on Futurity Day at
Sheepshead Bay. when more than <o0V
persons paid admission. while probably 5000
more got In on passes and complimentary
badges. There were tremendous crowds,
too. on Brooklyn aud Suburban DAYS. but
they did not equal the Futurity crowd IN siI
by a long way.
Although il never can expect 10 draw the
crowds that patronize the Metropolitan trac h..
the Saratoga Racing Association. with Will
liam 4. Whitney at the helm. has already
opened the books and also closed the entries
for some OF the richest stakes that have ever
been run on the American turf These events
have not only filed vel but they have also
shown that the breeding industry has de-
veloped gradually into wonderful business,
In which not only nillioIair.s. but persons
of ordinary means are deeply interested
For the SIS, zoo Spiraway Stakes for two-year-
Old FLIES the principal nominators are Au-
gust Belmont, whose list Includes young
sters sired by Henry of Navarro and Hast
ings; j n Camden. Jr. q II Chcnault. Mrs
Thomas J Carson, who bred Eugenia BurCh;
J Is Haggin, with a lengthy Lat sired by the
great Salvador. Bathampton. Juvenal. Order,
Ben Holiday and Iafac'o. James X. Keene,
with the get of Kingston. Ben Brush and
st Simon: John T. Madden. with n lot by
Plsudit. Hamburg. Sandrngham. lIimyar,
Meddsr and Hastings: : Sanford 4 Sons,
depending upon their stallion clifford once
more. Milton Young. with as many nomna-
IL n as any l. ody the lcadn sires being Mrth-
fuI. Pirate of I,r2anUe, The Friar. 81. Flo
rian and IAmph glitter and last but not least
". C. Whucy. with twenty-four nomna-
tiors by Hamburg. McddIer. Lissak. Sand
rinrham and roudit. The dams being York
Mary G. 'florfio. Mountain Eanrc, Bnela,
raithifn hsnderun lst ar; 81, hiaI kGgTwR, War.
ton, Ia sylplide, Mini, Gle m'ntina. trahit
and Daisy 7
and a quarter. 10 b" run in 1905, t." 81 try
list just closed shows a remarkable array Of
owners and nominations,
breeders sent il their nominations for the
10000 Hopeful Stakes. for two-y"ar-olds,
TO be run In 1905: The largest nomingtors
Brown. j., n Camden. Jr. Mrs. 4 J. Carson
David Gideon. II. p Hesdley, j. b. lisggin,
7; r; HitGhc1ck, James r. ,keepe. John +.
ford i Sons. W. c, Whitley and Milton Young.
MIR Whitney has seyenty-ii, nominations
and M5 s0 fD1 t has NonS sso list Stakes
TO be run in 1904. probably at Belmont Park,
will close week IRON to-morrow, The
.1es Henry
Ben Strome. Sir Dixon, HANDSPRING AthelinE,
His liighneess. Golden Garter. ,GoldnncT,
symptom. Ben Holladay. jGvenal. Salvator,
Ornament, Kings Ben Brush. st. Leonards.
Himyar, Mass,tto. Sandrngham, Plaudr,
R,s III TSi Of i1s ssas sI and
Albert. Entries for the seventh Matron
Stakes. to b. run in the fail OF 1905. at r. lmont
II is now said that tie Metropolitan Jockey
Club. controlling tie so-callcd sullivan
McCarren track building near Jamaica may
Commission Tor tie reason Tat IT has made
no arrangements TO hold stake events. cal
culated 10 further tie breeding Interests
application for dates. According to tie
way the Metropolitan Jockey club people
are conducting their affairs. ings seem to
be AZ a stAndstill. although 1t car ho said
that the promoters OF the project fully o.
poet TO receive rccognition from tie racing
authorities. Tie Building Of Belmont Park
vii not Interfere with tie dates of TIE other
racing a/sociHtlons. Tor tie reason that tie
new track viii undoubtrdly r"crive, TIE
has uad all along at Morris Park. Engineer
Chsrles i."avi't,, Jr. who has undertaken
TO build Belmont Park says that :" expects
TO let the various contracts out, b"for" the
end OF tie present year and that ground
probably viii be broken tie uiddl" of January
or tie trst Of February. The work OF build
first, the construction of tie huge grand stand
aud Other, IA iliol- 10 follow. ny next No
vembcr, Mir loayitt says the work will iave
progressed 50 lar that tier" Will BE- only a
few finishing touches to be applied before
he op"nins OF TIE track Y May. 1904
learned that Bel mont Park In area viii BE-
three times ~ large as Morris Park and
that ter" win b" seating accommoda-
racecoursc. before tie plans had been
actually drawn, was always regarded as a
OF she S@ ,If to eonTm
passed.
year. He had ll8 victories, NJ on Henry
being second with % ul.s- th'r" is some
boys, these records ought to carry consider.
able weight with tie French turf authorities
when they come to recon slider the expulsion
OF Rein and Henry from the turf.
The money offered by the Wsshingt OH
Jockey Club Tor its ttree weeks mcctihI
1T the Bennings track, was we'll distributed
August Belmont headed tho list with s. 900
most o. tbs money being won by ord OF tlie
Vale. when he finished first an the Crane
Consolation Race. Red Damsel. GloriosI
and Ioscin won all the money l. or the Iolum
BIZ Stable, which was second with 81 $3.50
while Benckart was the principal breadwinn.l
for g. ". Cook, VINO took tnird place viii
o. ,Osn Among the Wivrers were:
August Belmont, s6.seo: Columbia Stable, O., 800
G. ", Cook s.. os0. ". l.. Powers. 81 ,soi J. q. FOL
lanshee, $3.50. @. Lang. slslo Llyer & Brown
Si,7oo j.. d. Hail. Jr. s. ass. a. c. McCs1ery
81 $50 W. c. Daly, 3ltso, &. T. Jonnson
ii, $50 A, /. AS'e, $40; J. ". Colt 81. AS r. /
Wilson. Jr., 81, $50 j. L.. Lane. 81. ?35. II. r. Grimm
ST. 40; c. II, il!lSon, SIZES. Alex SHIELDS. 81, IA
Coughaore Stable. 81 .os0 r. p. Phean, 81 OS0; d. /
Richards. 500, L. Y. Bell $500: NJ. $. Ssnes. Sos
" 81 Bsrrck, 500; II. r. Hcadiey, $3.50. Loio
Stable $3.50; W. u. Babcock $3.50 \. Feath erstonc
$50: James Rowe. 500, George Forbes $40: IL {
Whitney. 500. Schsner 4 Meyer. $40. u Durkrr
$3.50: c, Mack. $3.50 Mrs. NJ. Conc, SisS. Andrew
Miller, ss7c Bictey q bailey $50; Thomas Crook'
SeD0: Il, L, Brdge,te. $50 J. z. Scarram, $3.50. q
Schwartz, St5 r. Shields, $40, J, A. Caesar. SO.
julie Carson $50 JJ. MacseSSey. $50. Robertson
$500: G. OK, $50, j. Robertson d Co., 500 4. L