New-York tribune., 1905-11-06
LAST DAYS At 1QUEDUCT.
Promise of Some Good Sport THIS
Week-4Serep Races Today.

There is every promise of excellent sport
at Aqueduct this week The racing season IS wan
ing but there is falling off in the quality of
the racing the crowd which goes to the track
each day The Sea Cliff Stakes to-day is disap-
pointing. Twenty-three nominations were made,
but Kiamesha, the fIly which equalied the worlds
record at Belmont Park for one mile. got in so
light under the conditions that only Alvin AMI
Amberjack are named to start against her. Two
fixtures are on the holiday programme tomorrow
the Babylon Handicap for two-year-olds for which
forty-seven youngsters were entered. and the Elec
ton Day Handicap. for all which attracted
hfty-three nominations. including such good
as Santa Catalina, Oiseau Bad News Eugenia
Burch. Miss Crawford Bedoun, Coy Maid, Rose
ben, Merry Lark. First Mason and st. Bellane.
Oseau is likely to start. but he will hardly be
missed, a strong field is to go to the post
The Woodmere Stakes. for tEree-year- and
over. at seven furlongs is down for discussion on
Wednesday; the Wildwood for two-year-olds. on
Thursday the Nassau Handicap. for three-years,
Edgemere Stakes on Saturday Some of the best
twoyear-olds in training eligble for the OAK
Arklerta. Security. Belsnicker, James Reddick'
Snow and Zlenap
The Queens County Jockey Club lost no time
in making up for the disappointing way In wnich
acceptances made for the Sea Cliff Stakes
to-day. The first race fve-furlong sprint, for
two-year-olds received so many entries that 1t
wa1 possible to split it and still make two good
This done, and in consequence seven
races are OH the programme 1t is unfortunate
that it will be necessary to make two races out
the fve-furlong chute. which is not popular with
racegoers as little of the contest can be seen
At this time of the year fve-furlong scramoes
could wei! be dispensed with and races carded
at less than six furlongs. The chute at Aqueduct
is all right for the spring meeting. When two-yesI-
olds are not asked to race more than four or hVe
and a half furlongS, but in the fall IL would pc
more acceptable IL all the races were run on the
main track 1t is plain however. that the short
dashes In favor with owners ana trainers as as
shown by the number OF horses which are usuaHy
entered for races Of this kind. On this account
the association may be justified in or1erlng thei'
Bedouin's victory in the Aqueduct Handicap on
Thursday redeemed him in part for his failures at
Belmont Park 1t looks if one mile and a
sixteenth was as far as he cared TO go In frst
class company. He was certainly good horse at
that distance on Thursday, and beat one CT the
best fields which has gone to the post this year
He did not seem to be fully extended at any part
of rho race and dispeled the illusion that he could
only show advantage When running II aioL' ~
is quite possible that he will be seen again at tIe
meeting, as he has or two other engagements
The little old-fashioned stand at Aqueouct Is ho'
in keeping with the track itself. which IS only sur
passed by Belmont Park and Sheepshead Bay IN
der its new management improvements can De
looked for however in the near future Ihere Is
DIenty of room big, modern gfanostana, anu
II seems only a question Of time when IL VIII pc
sixteenth of mile and still leave one of the long
est stretches in the circuit. This would not inter-
fere either with a four and halr turlonS cilule
for two-year-old racing in the spring.