New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-16
RACING AT JAMAICA.
Fail Meeting of Metropolitan Jockey
Glib Begins To-day.

The racing venue will be changed this Week
The fail meeting OF the westchester Racing As
ISOLATION was concluded at Belmont Park on
Saturday. and to-day the Metropolitan Jockey
Club will throw open its gales for a fifteen days
meeting at the cosey little track near Jausaica-
The change from the broad stretches and park
like incIosure at Belmont PARK to the smaller
confines at Jamaica viii be a noticeable one.
but the same horses VIII De running. and after
al il Is the horses which attract Everything
is IN readiness for what promises TO be a most
successful meeting. Seventeen stakes are card
ed and Judging by the entries the fields win
be the equal in both quality and quantity OF
those which have been racing at Belmont PARK
The track too. is fast so that records may ne
watched for with the same interest as mas been
the case in the last two weeks Inc Grange
from the reverse way OF running az BeiIloht
Park NAV Put form aWTv for a few days, DuI
horses. jockeys and CpIOokers viii quickly settle
back INFO the usual method Of racing with the
pole on the left. The incIosure al Jamaica
never looked better than il does this fall The
newness has worn of 10 some extent, and the
rough edges have been sm0othed over 50 that
the course now compares favo-abiy with any
other in the East, except, of course, Belmont
Park and Sheepshea1 Bay.
OF the seventeen stakes TO be decided at the
meeting seven viii be run this week. The
Pierre2ont Handicap is on the card to-day. It
is for all ages. at one mile and furlong, and a
good field viii face the starter. The Huntington
Stakes. for three ear-ods. at six fUriongs. is
carded tomorrow, and among those eligible are
Keator. Dreamer. Jake Sanders. Aeronaut,
Woodsaw Ircantation, Diamond BroadcIoth and
Czaraphine. On Wednesday the Southampton
Handicap. for three-year-ods, at one mile and
sixteenth, viii be the feature and If Merry
Lark, BedOUiu Right RoysL Huno Gov Maid.
Oxford and Schulamite should accept the
weights TO say nothing Of several others = good
.arr1rl fear S%lI -se IN
Thursday. is for UvO-year-olds with selling con-
ditions, and on Friday the Garden City Stakes,
at one mile and Il sixteenth is also for selling
platers, although some pretty good horses are
Eamed. including Israel:te, knight Errant Glen
echo Merry Lark, Memories. and Right Royal.
On Saturday two fixtures viii be run-ths
Oceanus Stakes. for tEo-year-Olds and the
Iamaqua Handicap, for all ages. at six furlOngs.
tor when most OF the best sprinteTs in training
are eligible, including Roseben Hamburg Belle
BurleIgh and AerOHaut. If the race should pro-
vlQe meeting between Roseben. which
holds the worlds record for six furlonss. and
Hamburg Belle it would mark one Of the great
est speed tests of the season
The closing scenes of the fall meeting Of the
Westchester Racing Association at Belmont
Park on Saturday were a fitting ending TO one
of the best meetings Of the season That Amer
ica's newest racetrack has satisfied the require
ments and grown on racing folk there can be no
doubt and its popularity is assured OF all the
happenings of the season none left such a last
ing impression the fast times made during
the two weeks racing at Belmont Park The
mile worlds record for a circular track was
equaIled by Kfamesha. and Roseben, the great
weight carrying Splinter made a new mark Tor
six furIongs. while in almost every race the
times hung out were fast enough to arouse in
terest and comment. The track itself is largely
responsible for the record breaking time. II Is
beyond all question the fastest and safest track
in the country Hylas the Champion
and in such fast time that one must needs
credit him with being one Of the best timber
toppers ever raced in this country, and Ben
Crockett, too, which finished second, after
standing the brunt Of the pacernaking, showed
a sterling performance. and is sure 70 become a
good chaser. II was Ben CTocheIIs H[SI IS ap
pearanCe over the jumps here Last ran ne
earned some distinction by winning one OF the
long distance races at BennlngS on tne nat soon
after being graduated from the maiden class.
and he has been SchoOlad 10 the jumping game
this year. If ne goes on as ne mas begun ne
country performers. He took his Jumps on
SATURDAY in his stride and even when beaten
fought on in gamest fashion. He is big boned
and up TO almost any weight, and, barring &C
cfdents should be in the top class next year
and able TO hold mis- own with the pest
Harry PAYNE whftney's Perverse now rated
as the best tvo-year-oId FLY of the year. was q
development Of the meeting just closed. and
easily earned the twO-year-Old hOuOrs, as St
BeIlane and Kiamesha did among the three
year-oIds and Roseben among the older horses.
With Perverse and Burgomaster Mr.. Whitney
all but made d clean sweep of the two-year-old
stakes at Belmont Park. and easily headed the
list of winning owners with $50 80 70 his credit
BY the victory of Hylas in the Champion
Steeplechase Thomas Hitchcock IT. was second
ON the list with $50. 4}O. Those who won 81. GOD
or more during the meeting follow:
y yvh{t7ev. Sc $50 A. 81 $40
TFitcbc7es 80 John Drake. 1850
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ID 4 Johnson .---.. $50 Fy uay----...---. 1-540
NJ Cotton SUyicr---...... 1 40
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2 W Nelson. 400 Se-iiworrn Sable 1850
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