New-York tribune., 1905-04-15
READY FOR THE CARTER.
BIG FIELD WILL START.
Local Racing Season Opens at Aque-
duct To-day.


for the assertion that the local racing season.
which opens to-day with the renewal OF the Car
ter Handicap at Aqueduct, will be a memOr-
able one in the history OF the Eastern turf.
There are more thorOughbreds In training than
have been registered with the Jockey Club be-
fore. and this will not only insure abundant
material for the daily battles that are TO be
waged between now and November. but viii
complieate appreciably the amateur handicap
per's self imposed task OF reducing the glorious
uncertainties Of horse racing TO profitable
basis
The year. moreover. will mark the opening OF
Belmont Park. the most spacious racing in
closure that has yet been attempted in the New
World. The Aqueduct meeting which begins
this afternoon and that OF the Metropolitan
Jockey Club which follows next week at
Jamaica, should serve as admirable rehearsais
for the more pretentious turf performances
which arc to be put on next month.
Another thing which augurs well for the CONF
ing season here is the quarrel between the rival
racing organizations in the West The East. in
the number Of animals which will be raced here
instead OF on Western tracks. because OF the
squabbIe between the two factions there. Is
likely to be the beneficiary Of that particular IN
wind.
The two-year-oIds. so FAR as their racing
abilities ara concerned. are still largely Un-
known quantities. although the New-orleans
and Bennings meetings have brought out
few that have attracted favorable comment;
but they are strong numerically. and II certain
of them race to their work and fulfil the prom
ise Of their yearling trials they stand an ex-
cellent chance Of having their names coupled
with the names OF the great turf idols that
have been enthroned in other years
With its 5000 IN added money the Carter
zVf7N
ment to attract the attention Of men with high
class horses. and although the names OF few
real stars appear in the list Of entries as it vas
given out last night the field is not deficient
in class.
The absence OF August Belmont's marvellous
mare Beldame adds to rather than detracts from
the interest of the contest. On her last years
form she was so vastly superior 70 any other
animal that was nominated for the Carter that
the race seemed at her mercy. even with the inn
post OF 12T pounds which Mr.. Vosburgh as
, signed her. AS II is we'll understood that Mr..
Belmont hopes to win the Metropolitan Handi-
cap with his mare the opening day Of Bel
mont Park no one astOnished when her
name appeared in the last list Of declarations
from the Carter.
OF the sixty-six ''three-year-oIds and upward
! that are still eligible for the Carter the names
of twenty-three will appear on the official pro-
gramme this afternoon. OF this number, how
ever, three were designated last night as doubt
full starters and the field. no doubt, will be fur
ther reduced by scratches. The rain will further
tend to reduce the company that will face Mr..
Cassidy and horses with pronounced aversion
to heavy going will be left in their stalls.
So generous has been the number Of accept
ances. however, that field Of more than Ordi-
nary proportions will take part in the seven-fur-
long struggle A rather vivid illustration Of the
fate of the ordinary thoroughbred is to be found
in the fact that the old horse Ethics, once the
winner OF this stake, is named to start in the
third race to-day with a lot OF cheap and sorry
The iwenty-three horses carded incidentally
present as difficult a problem for the form
students as they are likely 70 be confront
ed with in some time. A few Of the number
have raced at the winter tracks and at Bennings
this spring, and thus some line can be obtained
on their present ability, but the majority will be
facing the barrier for the first time this year.
and their form only be had by going back
to last years performances With BeidaIne out
of II toD weight-123 pounds-falls 10 Goldsmith
the sIx-year-old Meddler horse which the late
William G.. Whitney owned and raced success
fully three years ago. ana Whlch was sold TO
sydney Paget last fall. Goldsmith has been in
retirement for three years, and whether he
is eoual TO his odtime achievements remains
to be seen Arthur Redfern. whose increasing
weight keeps him on the ground much OF the
time these days. will have the mount on Gold
II seemed to be the general impression last
night that Floral King would be installed IA
VO"ite. he is the Tour-y year-Ol0 Drown colt Dy
Giganteum-ROsa Regina which h Gardner
raced successfully in the South this winter
The Handicapped has placed 116 pounds on the
colt and George Odom has been engaged to
ride him. OF the horses that have made ia
vorable impression at the Bennings meeting the
Albemarle Stables two fllies Bohemia and
Santa Catalina. the GoughacTes Stables Preen.
r A Whftney's Toscan and David JohnSon'S
Roseben all stand out prominently.
Bohemia, because Of her victory in the second
Bennings Handicap, is sure to have a certain
following. With only 80 pounds up. she seems
20 be in exceedingly light and her races this
spring will undoubtedly be help to her Baird
the young lightweight who headed the list OF
winning jockeys at Benninss, will have the
mount on her. She will be coupled with Santa
Catalina The latter dliy's victory over Roseben
at Bennings and her defeat a few days later
bv the same horse was one Of the unpleasant
features Of the meeting.
Mr. Keene's jacket will probably be intrusted
to Sinister a three-year-Od colt by lie Var
Field Azure, and a stranger TO most patrons OF
the local turf. The colt is said 70 have shown
Jimmie" Rowe, his trainer, some extremely
satIsfa ctory work in the last two weeks. He Is
in at % pounds. McDaniels, the rider who
has recently been engaged by Mr.. keene, viii
have the leg up on Sinister.
w A. Stantons Emperor or lndla, four
vear-oI6 gelding that created something Of a
Sensation out West this winter, Is thought by
those who have seen him race to have a splen-
did chance with 1O4 pounds up. Miller viii ride
him. -.
IN foiIoV, the example set by the Washington
Organization and Danish the grandstand mes-
senRers The attempt proved successful az
Bennings and did not nottceably decrease the
feminine attendance.