The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-13
Gossip OF THE RUNNERS.
army FOR THE OPENING or
IOTEDUCT on WEDNESDAY,.
r.,er Handicap VIII Attrst . Largo
u,sh.CIass Field With Yellow Tail.
FRANCISCO, Royal, Himself aud Other
Good Ones - Steepie chaser Dead.

francesca noSs'' 'H"se" avn Os"er
Good Ones - steeplechaser Dead.
-,
The Metropolitan racing season win open
ron,ty Jockey Clubs track at Aaueduct
eG m hs thrown open to the public. There
vs% n numerous visitors to AQueduct yester.
Say Paint has been plastered all over tho
building. from e .n,as to o,, clubhouse:
paddock, just beyond tho clubhouse. contain
ing ssny o s1s ossn Of ,bs peS
' VIM has been raised and practically made
stand nus o peen wav that a batter xiaw Of the
ace aces may be had than ever before.
The track has been in good shape for seyeal
weeks but it is still too narrow coming down
:; ,ST ,a ss With safety and fair break for each
eo it .ovor wi,i trv 20 ,emsdy thess 40.
clup' noT we. ncrrsa ~ Elm. as - has shown
fects IN 'ne udsoou - no., .n,nd dn Nv
nI,ne with the other metropolitan tracks.
pnr,sIdont Thomas ID Reilly has shown
rTes,aen s.d ,,hspsi,,v ;n tha ~ 81 sno s,s
ing the value Of stakes and purses. so that the
coming meeting bids fair to attract some of
the best horses In training. The racing at
Bennings has been SO suooessiui that the
sport at Aqueduct cannot be anything else In
view Of inc intentions Oh owners already
slgn'neu ,,
The Carter handicap ior three-year- oids
and upward. 5000 added. seven furlonRs.
i the feature Of Wednesdays card. sixty
i've horses are eligible to 80 to the post, in.
TOP weight. isS pounds. from Hsndiospper
vosburgh. Some persons. including supt.
Joe Reilly OF Aqueduct. say. Hermis will be
ofs % be- sui Sep a ths barn ss
sI%ssSy talked q e !; IaySIis e.. in :. :,
vastly more interest to. the racing public
for the reason that many horses will 60 to the
barrier tina twould otherwise be Withdraw.
on the plans Of owners and trainers said yes
terday that the Carter handicap would prob
AO I'D AI England, lis; Francisco, 10: Royal,
ll5: Syrlin, ia; Demurrer. 100; Bon Mot. los;
ftklcs, los; Wealth. los; Paul clifford. los:
iS S 6aly Ioo Asamsds. %: satuTday. %;
An area sr thers are q dozen tin. in cirou-
lation on the race. yellow Tail may be made
q favprite at post time, because q the belief
weight that . than the
%pos he carried When ghi he ran away from
NM last xeek Yellow Tail r. one of the
,i nss a snr,nters IN treinina hut there ia
belief prevalent thst ne Possesses r yellow
Who is in suberb Condition and able to handle
lie pounds o can make him quit Il they hook
hs h doWn at shows np sisns az
{hs r he which put him on the shelf
ont Of we ,bs a cscalafions but ON dry t4aSS
me opinion brsHais Una. 'He lo Se ai hdT rs
oescn RoyaI and Father Bili- DaIy's Him
elf paly' by the way. may start three
horse; as Himself Daly And lIyria ao are al
nsoh .,o aoo as vearlina and who now
Ssonss 70 Terry %s6oysTn; is sim IN with only
IL I - po waeE or 40 He i n hot Tin and The
Rowe Se will probabiv get aboard with both
noss,biitr 20 'n are Dem,,rrer' Apri Shower
here on ss and ssd
start them both. It looks like an open race
and pretty GOOD betting proposition.
on Thursday the feature Of the programme
allies at four and a half furlonss for which
there are fifty eiigibies, including r. W.
hef .pess
toito. Walterin, Mordella. Sweet Gretchen
Royhali p. Keene's bovecote and Cyprienne,
James r. .Keene's Palette. f. ID. Morgans
little Gold, Julius Fleis,chmannn's Frivolous:
stables Termagant, August Belmont's Silver
Dream, Woodspring and Mica. and Newton
Bennington's Albertola. This will be the
first two-year-old stake run in New York
this year
on Friday the Rockaway Stakes for three
yrar-olds and upward at seven furlongs
will be rum while on Saturday the Aryerne
stakes for three-year -olds at seven fur
longs is the star attraction. For this event
the best eligibles are Saccharometer. Ahola,
Captivator Illyria, Colonist, st. Daniel. Wax
candle, Athelroy, Princess Tulane. Palmist.
Injunction, Gimcrack, Ahumada, DIR. Saylor.
Slave. Gold Van, Durazzo, Tugat Bey. Jane
way John A. Scott and Bensonhurst.
The crack steeplechase horse George W.
Jenkins. who won the Grand National last
after his fall In the Cotton Steeplechase at
Mont gomery Park in the afternoon. He
was owned Jointly by John W. Schorr and NJ.
j Maloney and was engaged In ell the big
steepechase events this year,
The incorporation Of the Richmond County
Jockey Club caused some talk among turf
men yesterday who took the announcement
10 mean that the promoters Of the scheme
have an eye to starting racetrack on Staten
Island. But IL must be remembered that
under the law the State Racing Commission
has absolute power to issue licenses or to
refuse them, and that the existence OF so
many large tracks now In this State can be
taken TO mean that the advent OF new track
Just at present might be frowned upon. There
was rumor In circulation yesterday. by the
way, that there will be still another race
track. the latest to be located at City Island,
where August Belmont and Others interested
In rapid transit are said 20 have purchased
several larp tracts Of land