New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
BELMONT PARK STAKES.
Subscribers to the Whitney Memorial
Steeplechase.

chester Racing Association. has announced the
closing midnight March of the various
stakes to be run the spring meeting Of the as
sociaton. May To "A. at its new track Belmont
Park. near Queens. There nine fixtures for
threeyear-oIds and over. four for three-y ear-ods
four for two-year-olds and six steepl5chas and
hunting These do not include the two-year-
old Produce Stakes the Belmont Withers and
Ladies' Stakes, which had their closing some time
ago. The LIST. with the exception Of the new Whit
ney Memorial S;eep!echase. is the same as last
year when the association raceti at Morris PARK
The Metropolitan Handicap. at one mile which,
2s usrdl. will be run on the opening day OF 'ns
meeting. May T. the feature. II Is the Hrst OF
the four big spring specials for three-year-oIds
and over. with added money value OF $lo'So
and will be worth close to $1,000 10 the winner
Weights for this viii b announced on Mareh
20. aid declarations. at SO may be made on April
TO- The Metropolitan is sure 10 attract an eEtry
which will compare favorably with that for the
Brooklyn. Suburban and Brighton haad,caps-
About the sam9 h,rsss NIL be named, and II any
thing. owners and trainers will strive more dili-
gently than send the winner to the post
for the satisfaction of winning the INST Dig race
decided at Belmont Park Irish Lad won lasi year
It will be remembered. and in the role OF winners
are such famous horses as Gunire. Arsenal. Ban
astar. Ethelbert. FiIsrane. Bowling Brook ana
Voter The stakes in fun follow
For three-year-olds and over-The Metropolitan
Handicap. $4,000 added, mile; the Tobogsan
Handicap. $3.50 added, six furongs the New-Ro-
chene Handicap. $50 added. seven and one-half
furlongs; the Crotona Handicap. 1850 added SIX
furlOngs; the Claremont Handicap. $500 added SIX
and one-half furloEgs; the Van COrtlandt Handi-
cap. $1,000 added seven furIongs; the Harlem
Stakes. selling, $500 added. one mile.
For hree-yeaT-Olds-The Larchmont. $500 added.
seven furlonss; the Baychester a.soo added. one
mile; the Van Nest. selling $500 six and one-half
furlOngs; the POcantico. 5000 added, mile and
a sixteenth.
For two-y -olds-The Gaiety for illies. $3.50
added. four and one-half furlongs; the Bouquet,
selling. $3.50 added, five furIongs; the Laureate.
5000 added five furlongs. the Maiden $500 added,
FIVE furlongs
eplechases-New- Steeplechase. $500 add
ed, about two miles; International Steepechase
Handicap. ST. 500 added. about miles; Grand Ma
tional Steeplechase Handicap. 5000 added. about
two and one-half miles.
The entries for the following stakes will close at
midnight. April 10: Meadowbrook Hunters Trial
Steeplechase. $1,000 including plate, about two
miles; Meadowbrook Hunters Steeplechase, 200
added. including plate. about two and one-half
miles and the Amateur Cup, $3.50 added. including
plate, mile
The Whitney Memorial SteepIechase. with 5000
added by the Westchester Racing Association and
a 800 cup by the National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association. will be run the opening day Of the
meeting and subscribers informed that they
must name their horses on or before April / This
stake Is a sporting proposition, and framed some
what the lines or the Saratoga Special Each
subscriber may name tnrse nOTSeS
ton Of $500 is strictly weight for race. and
will be worth fully $1,000 the winner. 1t will
practically amount a championship in every
sense Of the word seventSp subscriptions nave
been made at $500 each or so forfeit which indi-
Gates the widespread interest in the race The sub
scriptions are as follows: August Belmont and the
Bonnie Brook Stable owned by George Saportas.
| each; A. c. Blume, VI. j. Cavanagh. Mr..
Major" ]. ". Colt. Mr., Cotton F. Ambrose
/ Clark Z. o. Hayes Thomas Hitchcock. jr.. Fred
/ rfcLr pa Evd0 Da1e &
and Joseph E Veidner This list includes all the
prominent owners Of cross-countEy horses and the
sure 10 go TO the post. though the present
/ writing Thomas Hitchcock, tr.. seems TO hold the
/ The fact that august Belmont has made two sub
scriptions would indicate that he may be consider
the flags this wear A stable racing In his and
by lovers Of crosscountry racing His subscriptions
may. of course. be of a complimentary nature. in
hoped that he may be represented when the field
The first closing is also announced for March S
with a supplementary closing on August Is, OF the
park: The Nursery Handicap with 5000 add-d
the ChamPagEe Stakes :, W{h CoG 500 ADDED the JeT
Handicap with 25o0. and the Belmont Park Au
sI Imn sa5 MeSht @ IGF seu5 as ear as tbe Mo1T
Park Weight for Age race. and it is the only
moving from Morris Park 10 Belmont Park.
The White Plains Handicap which heretofore had
it was run will close this year until August %
A partnership has been LOGGED Win the JOCKEY
Club between P J. Dwyer, the president OF the
Brooklyn Jockey Club and G. F. Dwyer. the sor
of NJ. +. Dwyer. in the following horses: knight
Errant Red Frar. Jennie McCabe; Bluestones Al
bert F Quorum. Red Eye and Ermnte. 2. +
Dyvyer has nine-tenths and c. F Dwyer One-tentt
interest and the horses will run IN the name anC
| coors of ?. J. Dwyer.
At a recent meeting Of the Jockey Club the as
sistant secretary was instructed TO write to f ]
Baldwin and Z. O. Pepper. whose names appear ir
the forfeit list. advising them that they violated
Rule % Of the Rules Of Racing which provides
penalty Of 800 in making entries stakes Of the
various associations wre in arrears and asking
for an explanation Tn.S IS another indication
that the rules hereafter to be strictly enforced
which has not been the case in some instances In
the last few years,