New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
THE RACETRACK.
Aquedact Opens To-day 7cith Garter
HandicGp.

the Of nineteen horseS were
included last night in the list Of entries for the
Carter Handicap TO be run this afternoon at the
opening OF the Queens County Jockey Clubs spring
meeting at Aqueduct K IS not likely that THIS
number will so 10 The post
Even with its top dressing OF sand. which af-
fords excellent drainage the track, owing TO yes
terday's 6owupour vii be necessarily slow and
holding and owners Of animals that have been
heavily penalized in the weights, that have
known aversion TO the mud. VIII be reluctant to
start them.
With its narrow track and sharp turns, however.
2 few Withdrawals should tend to increase rather
than diminish interest IN the race Fields Of more
than twelve fifteen horses have always been
found topheavy at Aqueduct With the withdrawal
last night Of Fermis. Francesca and other candi-
dates that apparently outclassed their company. a
nicely balanced field seems be left and the
rsndfcap gives promise Of being keenly contested
race
Asa sDeculatsve medium Il should appeal to both
The professional and the amateur plungers. TheTe
IS vet TO be found possible starter who is not IN
rbe onir;on Of the early raiIbird winner beyond
yeradventure Green B. Norriss four-year-old geld
ing Old England will carry 12S pounds top weight,
and his owner said yesterday that with any SORT OF
going either the Goldfnch horse or Slave his other
entry. would start.
The hve-vear-od Royal. Newton Bennington's
Candlemas horse comes next in the weights. with
1l5 pounds He has shown his trainer some satis-
factory trials in last fortnight IL is said ana
and an inevitable Journey through the mud. Those
WIN saw yellow Tails performance at Bennings'
when he defeated Himself with something TO srare,
apparently cannot disabuse themselves OF q rather
exaggerated notion OF his greatness and this opn-
ion is likely to result in his being made first choice
in the betting.
yellow Tail IS undoubtedly sprinter Of merit
and he gets away from the post with commendable
haste but there is g prevalent idea that there IS
something a bit ironical in his name, and that
when he meets rival that will not be daunted by
his early briancy in a race he will curl UP anc
o,it, However this may be- II is undoubtedly
+rue that the Western horse likes hard work ano
grows fat and sturdy II Those who saw MIN
at Bennings when he first reached there, and those
who saw him yesterday at Aqueduct agree that
ne looks at least one hundred pounds heavier OF
the Hight weighted three-y -year-olds Saturday, a
Hanover colt owned at present by Terry Mc5oV-
ern and Ahurnada. the property Of John a Kyle
are not without admirers.
The activity at Aqueduct yesterday vas confined
n great measure 10 the carpenters and painters
who were putting the finishing touches on the
grandstand and the new paddock The rain. which
swept increasingly across the tnfeld, drove train
ers TO cover and few Of them ventured out with
-heir horses. The railbirds-and the flight this
su-ing seems unusually large-hudded together in
melancholy groups under sheds and stands, and
watched IN vain for some performance that might
reward their vigil
Early in the day many of the racing stars that
are not already IN the Aqueduct barns were
brought over. bundled up in storm clothing, from
the nearby tracks, and late in the afternoon Joseph
Reilly. the superintendent, estimated that there
were i've hundred horses within the inclosure John
F5vIard came over from Babylon with Narntor and
fifteen Others belonging TO August Belmont; Will
lam Lakeland with Heno, The Regent and others:
". A Presgrave, with the Goughacre Stable. and
James Boden with John Boden's Rosetlnt and
dozen two-year-olds recently bought by E. D. Nor
gan.
2 really excellent sporting print when he cams
through the gates at the head Of his stable; The
rain was coming down in torrents, but M MOTIFS
eDparently was quite oblivious Of It He sat in an
open runabout, and led the way TO his new quar-
Ters al a clip which kept the thoroughbreds gal
foping.
That's re came all the way from my
harm he announced and it's all of ten miles We
did Il IN just ffty-Tiva minutes If they can't run
we can make roaGsteTs of EN-" he added
The entries for tomorrow follow:
FIRST RAcE-For three-year-olds and upward selling