The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
EASTERNRACING SEASON HERE
At JENNINGS TRACK
BEGINS on THURSDAY.
men Comes Aqueduct 10 he Followed
Later on by Real" sport ~ Belmont
Park Millionaire Turfmen Ready for
Opcnlng -WesteFners to Come Here.

tho jurisdiction OF the Jockey Club, opens
on thursday at the Bennings track, WASH
ington ID. G. This meeting usually proves
n o. an appetizer for the sport that follows
!. 80 The metropolitan tracks, for few Of
the star thoroughbTeds ever go to the post
A. the capital. There was a time, too,
when the rich owners kept thoir horses away
tom Aaueduct and Jamaica, but, in view
n the liberal stakes and purses offered at
tlose two tracks for the spring meetings
Indications point to a higher class Of racing
there than ever before. Still what Is called
sre,l racing will not be seen until the
nafnifcent new raoetraok known as Bel
mon Park opens on May 4, with the rich
Metropolitan Handicap, ono mile, as the
star attraction. Real racing" was formerly
inaurIratod each year at Morris Park. and
It consisted in a general participation in the
yariols stake events Of all Of the best horses
in trdning. That meant that the mil
Honair turfmeu were predominant in the
winnin, list, although the best horses are
not amys owned by the richest men.
The Jennings meeting usually attracts
A comparatively small number Of stake
horses. icluding some inferior two-year-
olds. and an oversupply Of good selling
ulaters, VIC generally come well oondi-
toned iron the tracks where racing has
been goingon all winter. The purses Of
fered by tn Washington Jockey Club are
smaller, as rule, than those hung up by
either Of the Narring tracks at New Orleans,
but as yet tn patronage at Bennings has
not warrantedan increase. But this time,
according to he turf prophets, there Ia
likely 10 be a bonn In the size Of the crowds
NJ Bennings OF the reason that the
closing Of the polrooms in this city has
made a vast arm Of horse tends hungry
for the sport and ,as also enabled them TO
save up enough moey to pay the expenses
Of a trip to the trckslde themselves. So
when Bennings opns on Thursday New
York will probably END a big delegation
Of SPECTATORS who cannot wait for the
bugle to sound at Aqeduct,
The Aqueduct track which at one time,
not long ago, looked asf it would be swal-
lowed up in the shiftin Of tho cards that
admitted Belmont ParlCo the circuit. has
been pronounced one ofhe best II Is a
mile and quarter In circumference and has
one Of the longest homeretches in the
Fast The Queens Count Jockey Club
spent a lot Of money on theDlant last year,
even going 80 far as 30 builCa steeplechase
course, which will be used mkt month for
the first time. Incidentally tere are some
attractive stakes offered hcluding the
openinR day attraction, know - the Carter
Handicap, 5000 added, sefe1 furlongs,
and other events. The Jsntica track,
controlled by the MetropolitarJockey Club,
offers the 5000 Excelsior Hadioap as its
opening day feature, TO be followed by
other magnetic stakes with purses from
geoo to 81. 200 in overnight evets.
With these meetings at an nd Belmont
. Park will open. All Of the celetated stakes
formerly decided at the Westcester track
will be on the cards. inoludinahe Metro
politan Handicap, the Toboggai the With.
ers, the Belmont, the National Snllion, tho
Eclipse, the Ladies' and some the best
steeplechase events Of the year With an
outlay Of nearly 100000, BelDnt Park
Is to-day the finest racetrack iIAmerioa,
IL not in the world. 1t has acommoda-
tions for at least 1900 spectatoraof whom
nearly 1900 can hnd seats.
Foil rg the Belmont Park mating, the
Brooklyr ~ ckey Club will open thGraves-
end traC 4, which is undergoing nny i'm
provel ents, include also increasd seat
ing capacity. The big feature at tls track
Is the $4,000 Brooklyn Handicap, a mile
and a quarter, an old classic whiciGlways
attracts an immense crowd. All 9f the
old stakes run US lally ut Gravestd are
down for decision again. The 5000 Sub
urban Handicap, one mile and carter,
is. Of course, the opening attracbn at
Sheepshead Bay, together with thother
stake3 that have made the spring netting
AT this beautiful racetract attractive the
degree that the Coney Island JockeElub
receipts are greater than those OF anyther
racat rack In the State.
Brighton comes next with a sumner
meeting" the feature OF which will bdhe
Brighton Handicap, one mile and quaer,
valued at S25 900, which usually probes
a record breaking time performance FIN
the Beach the scene shifts TO pictures1e
Saratoga, whore the Si2, 900 Saratoga Ham,
cap, the Saratoga Cup, the $50, 900 SpecJ,
the $4,000 Great Republic and other m
offerings will be decided, Then back }
Sheepshead Bay the horses will come Il
the $4,000 Futurity, the Flatbush Stake,
the Annual Champion and other -grea
races. Gravesend and Brighton follow
with fall meetings, with the Brighton Cur
the feature Of the latter, after which Bel
mont Park will reopen for another session
a. which the Weight-for-Age race, the
Champagne Stakes the Nuns Try HandicaE
and the Champion Steeplechase will be
among the attractions, which will wind
up real racing" 30 called. Tapering on
Jamaica and Aqueduct follow quickly
closing the metropolitan season on Nov. Is
and sending what is left Of the campaigners
hack to Bennings and then 10 the winter
tracks.
The sport this year, with one exception
will be under the control Of the same com.
petent officials who have had charge OF
affairs on the metropolitan tracks for q
number Of years. The starting will be done
eIclrsively by Mars Cassidy. as c. j. Fitz-
geNd, who sent the horses away for the
last time at New Orleans yesterday. will
he the general manager Of the Brighton
track in future. Mr.. Cassidy has been
busy all winter, chiefly at Hot Springs,
where he has employed his walk up sys-
TEN which was tried here a year ago, but
was abolished by the stewards Of the Jockey
Club chiefly beause Mr. Fitzgerald gave
better satisfaction with his standing start
But with Mr.. Cassidy supreme at the barrier
and doing all Of the work, IL is probable
that he will ask the stewards TO allow him
10 give his system another trial. At the
Springs Mr.. Cassidy's starting was Of a
high order OF excellence according TO the
men who saw his work. and for that reason
u seems plausible TO believe that the walk
up method will hold sway here again az
Soon az tho game begins on Thursday.
The stewards at all meetings will be
members OF the Jockey Club. as formerly.