New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
HIGH CLASS RACING.

In the Illustrated Supplement of The Tribune
this morning may be found articles and repro
ductions Of photographs which of timely IN
terest to every one who cares for the finest of
thoroughbred horses and for the exciting bat
ties of the turf. Even readers who as rule
pay little attention to Jockey Club meetings and
rarely visit a track will find it worth while to
read the text of these articles and to study the
pictures with care. There is a wonderful fascl-
nation about animals of the choicest ancestry
which are bred with so much anxious study OF
pedigrees and blood lines and are brought up
with such watchfuI attention and liberal out
! lay, In the hope that some day the heetest OF
them may carry off the honors of worldwide
renown. Men and women who have never been
| in a grandstand when EPSON Derby,
Grand Prix de Paris or an American Suburban
was decided may, nevertheless, be attracted and
entertained by the illustrations which bring
before the eye images of racecourse scenes and
of the graceful creatures which are the objects
| of SO much soicitude and foresight
| The articles referred TO give authentic infor-
| nation and illustrat tions about Mr.. William X.
| VanderbiIt's great racing establishment in
| France and the magnificent course which
will be opened on Long Island next year and
| will be called Belmont Park. Mr.. vanderbilt
has obtained possession of the entire property
Il
| able distance from the central part of Paris.
! and has taken up the breeding and running of
racehorses on a scale which is rivalled by few
| turfmen in any country. He does not cOntlne
| his turf operations to France alone. but sends
| horses to compete for laurels in England. AL
| though he is the president of the Coney Island
| Jockey Club, the most successful and most pop
| ular of American associations which promote
the development of racing, Mr.. Vanderbilt's
| colors have not up to the present been seen
| in many stakes of the greatest Importance and
| value in the United States. No horse owned by
him has yet held foremost place in the van of
| the famous runners of the New World. But his
| investments in the splendid course at Sleeps
, head Bay are so large and his enthusiasm for
| the sport as shown by his notable expenditure
and enterprise in the Gallo republic, are
| marked, that racing men this side of the
| water are ardently hoping that ere long he will
| enter into the breeding and running of noble
| sons and daughters of celebrated sires and
| dams in this country with as much ambition
| as he has shown abroad. No racer bearing his
! silk Jacket as owner has vet been crowned with
! the oftiest distinctions of American arenas, but
he has enlarged his undertakings and plans on
| the Continent of Europe to such an extent that
! II NAV be reasonably anticipated that within a
! few years at most he will send to the post in
| this State. tne centre OF IdnouS LuTI struggles
and prizes in this hemisphere, many well
bred flyers as carrying his cOlOrs on
the far side of the Atlantic. He has a fine
squadron Of fast horses in France. He has an
American manager of his big stable, an Amer
lean trainer and two American jockeys of e1
ceptional skill. He has already this year in
the early part Of the season shown that in the
long list of his blue blooded Cracks" he pos
sesses colts and FLIES of excellent quality,
speed courage endurance and ability to carry
| heavy weights. The performances of his horses
/ In France and in England will be watched with
eager approval by Americans.
On both sides of the the turf outlook is
highly promising, although Belmont Park will
not be ready to welcome the hosts of admirers
of the finest horseflesh until 1904 In the Dis
trict of Columbia the contests at BenningS have
drawn together bigger troops of witnesses than
In former years. In few days Aqueduct, in
Queens County. will invite public patronage.
Then the new Metropolitan track, at Jamaica,
Will take up the merry game. But not until
May. when the clans will muster at Norris
Park will the noblest of American thorough
breds be brought together. Later. at Gravesend,
at Sheepshead Bay, at Brighton and at Sara
toga the most coveted wreaths and the most
handsome rewards of the turf known In any
part OF this continent will be competed for.
Turf officials have been vigilant and active al
ready IN excluding from the privileges of the
tracks certain owners. trainers and jockeys
against whom evidence of wrongdoing was
found. This pnrgatve policy is wholesome and