The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-07
NO DATES FOR EMPIRE CITY.
JOCKEY CLUD STEWARDS DENY
APPLICATION.
Case May lie Carried TO the Courts--Beri-
nings to Open on March 13 and 10 Close
on April l3-tuueduct VIM re sold
and Morris PARK Open Local Season.

The stewards OF the Jockey Club after n
long session, which wound up last night.
decided TO refuse the application OF the En-
pire city TrottinG cub for dates for rum
ming meeting at the track located near lon-
kcrs and also assigned dates for the spring
meeting OF the Washington Jockey Club nt
Jennings from March 20 TO April 49, inclu-
sivc.
Those present at the meeting. which WAS
held at the Windsor Arcade, we're August
Belmont. j. II. Bradford. +. X. Sturgis. II.
X. Knapp and Andrew Miller, Mr. Belmont
presided
The refusal OF the stewards TO recognize
Empire City must be taken to mean that
the State Racing Commission. composed
OF August Belmont +. d. Morgan and John
Sanford, has alrendy declined to grant a
liccnse under the laws OF the State TO the
Nonkers track When the Empire city
people made their application recently they
intimated that If 1t vas refused they would
curry the matter to the courts. a proceed
INK TINT may noF be expected
In making the allotment for the spring
meeting at Bennings the stewards have
shown couclusively mat there Is hitch
over the final arrangement OF dates for the
local tracks, but 1t was said last night that
the matter would be satisfactorily de cided
at another meeting of the stewards on Thurs
day. From present indications there will be
no more racing at Aqueduct II Is accepted
foregone conclusion that the Queens
County Jockey club, within the next few
days, will sell the Aaueduct track TO a syndi-
cate representing. it Is said. the westcheeter
Racing Association. which will operate Bel
mont Park this year. AQueduct IL said to
be worth about 100000. and the syndicate
will probably pay this amount to the stock
holders including the heirs of the late Thomas
II. Reilly.
With Aqueduct on the racing map there VIII
be twenty racing days 10 hand over to the
New York Jockey Cub. which has Iensed
Morris Park for period Of ten years at s2j 600
year According TO the present plan. rs
outlined by prominent turfmen. Morris Park
Will open the local raclng season on April Is
with n ten days meeting. followed by ia
mnica with the usual quota OF dates linen
Belmont Park will begin operations on the
old schedule formerly granted to the West
chester track after which Gravesend. Sleeps
head Bay. Brighton and Saratoga Will come
in for their old alotments II Is barely pos
sible that the stewards at the last moment
will decide TO let Jamaica open and close the
season. but nothing authentic on this limo
could be learned last night
II Ia understood that the New York Jockey
Cub, which Is composed OF several wealthy
tHrfmen. viii frame up some valuable stakes
for the spring and fall meetings In order
10 keep the racing up to the usual high stand
ard at Nestchester. But there will be no
such events as the Metropolitan Handicap
the Withers. tho National Stallion and other
stakes. all Of which win he run at Belmont
Phrk incidentally the stewards have ap-
pointed Joseph A. Murphy. tho presiding
steward at Essex Park Hot Springs. handi-
capper and judge at the BennInEs meeting