The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-25

! away - ~ nasst.
In vtsw Of Ne rscses accidents at Aous'
| duct the ofaciah Of the Queens County Jockey
| Club decided yesterday 70 make . number Of
improvsmmts. Before the fall msstins the
entire TRACK viii Be vidensd. especially on
the far turn. the homo stretch 10 be made
| 100 feet from rail to rail. FIFTY acres Of
land just beyond the head Of the stretch
have bssn purchased. and II there Ia room
enough . straishtavay chute Of nve furlongs
| will be constructed, TO be used chiefly for the
| tvo-year-oh events. President Reilly Ia
| anxious to make The Aqu educt track compare
fsvorably with the other courses In the Metro
poiitsn circuit. and says that when racing
IL resumed there next fall there will be no
cause for complaint. II IL matter Of record
| that there have been more falls and moro
serious accidents at Aqu educt than at any
other New York track.
when Petra H. won the first race yester-
day there was one young PHI niger who took
a barrel Of money out Of the ring whitley
Lansdon. the former grsnd-stand messenger
who amassed q bank roll last year. backed
Petra II. all over the ring. getting In some
instances a. much a. 10 70 I for his money.
IL was estimated that he was richer by sis. 900
when the mares number was hung up. II.
Graham. the owner Of the mare. Rod
McMshon and other sporting men from Buffalo
also cashcd heavily.
-Pittsbure Phn- went the limit on his colt
brand Opera In the handicap. Though
there was never better than TO 5 against the
Wagner colt 'Phn's- commissioners accepted
this price readily an there was hardly .
big book in the ring that escaped. But Phil
went wrong when Lord Turoo fell and did
not quit winner on the day.
OWING to the large numbsr Of horses at
the Shespehead Bay track supt. Frank r.
Clarke has devised plans, for a ney snlloping
eithSr hQlf nnile aiY fuFln0Rn In
length to be laid out near the head Of che
FutlT,ty starting post The plans win be
Consy Island Jockey Club to be acted upon
next wsdnesdsy: $780,. =. IA.
ocean Dream shs r.ce "a ras
THURSDAY AindsI vas engaged, but =, Hnder
S.varre tiiy. % Johnny fs GOT The , Mount.
&: s s Tad. 1is ssf e ,.s Ry .S
divided ne homer, % the az GisS Shaw.
S sn q.
sSd On as P ss
Sdo% %,, Nm Drc6aSiy Fid. xi:I Shields.
the colt tafins ap fSs poSnds ov. faiAR
as 3do% sssncs s't below i,S Dounds
By Vs!tiss Ia isss. After that The winners
were Frein Shuysep. Sourry. Elsie L. and
hall keene's Wizard did q lot Of Kicking and
finally threw cannon out OF the saddle. The
boy vas unhurt and remountsd without
Clorits. owned By L. Waterbury. who will
Pleasanoe stable, wss claimed out Of the hrst
Who e.ns Ran Hsss tSs " ". NJ snt sd
a. G. Mccanerty has purchased Meistsr- |
singer and Black Diana from r. T. Bridgette, A.,
whose trainer Barrett vas recently barred
from the paddock by the stewards of the
Jockey Club, r Msxsr has also bought
>, Starter csss,dy set Fuller dewn yesterday
for disobedienoe a. the post
.Gwynne Tompkins arrived Yesterday at
Norris Park With the steepeohase horses be- |
longing 70 j. ". Colt and ]. d. Hooe.
for the book operated 81 tiffany 4 GO. these
d.y. Terri a.; e. On r stool behind \ Tnssn ny
T Il 90 sooS ssis;s. tia. failed 70 land y...sr.
day were oclaveha and Double siy IN the
hrst rsos; Silver Dream and Interiuds In the
iAiid; sSsss A,ss e !, sHs 100 9Th ;, SeSESd.l1td
crsduiity n ths last ' " wv
The Mstropottan Jockey. Ciab VII dA-
tribute free on Menday a. the new. Jamaica
track an oflcial ouvenir opptaining pho
tograp hs OF the various butldinep and the
promoters of the --latest turf enterprise. TO-
Sethef with list OF thq stake events 70 be
run at the coming meeting.