New-York tribune., 1905-02-17
THE RACING DATES OUT.
SAME as LAST YEAR
Westckester Association Continues
Lease of Norris Park.

.7he racing dates for the coming season in the
-.ctropoltan district were allotted YESTERDAY at
seti,1s Of the stewards of the Jockey Club in the
zgndsor Arcade. 5th-ave. and 46th-st. August Bel
ont J. Il Bradford. Francis r. Hitchcock James
: Keene. Andrew Miller. r X. Sturgis and II
grapp being presenr. There will BE no racing at
norris Park II the Westchester Racing Associa-
,ion sees 81 70 open its track at Belmont Park
re much mooted question as to the applicatioD
fsr dates By the New-YoTk Jockey Club has been
settled by the Westchester Racing Association con-
tsnuins its OLD lease Of Morris Park and conse-
rYeutlv having two tracks where il can race on
the dates allotted by the stewards of the Jockey
Cub il Is assumed that the westobester Rac,nq
Association viii elect over its new course
Belmont Park, which has been built at a cost OF
several million dollars. and that Morris Park will
either be closed entirely used as training track
The NevE-YoTk Jockey Club, which has NOT been
i6enihed with active racing for more than ten
years caused some little surprise in racing circles
some time aEo by leasing Norris Park from A. H
and D. H Morris for 4 sum said Ia he s25 o0
year and applying TO the stewards of the Jockey
cia5 ior dates AS It was there were hardly enough
dates 70 70 around. and the application presented
urobjeIn concerning which there has been much
Association solved The question. however. for the
s;ewaTos o. the jockey Club by taking the lease
eontnIlng lis Old lease with the owners of the
The dates as allotted are practically identical
with those OF last year with the single exception
fng Association Will be two weeks later follow
al Gravesend instead OF preceding it. Tbs ,onaI
season viii oIen. as usual on Sprii X 9t oaa "ba
99e ana continue til Noyebr SnD w6e1 at Aqge {e
same club VII wind up the season Saratoga viii
have the full month OF August, with the exception
Of the last TWO or three days. and following fbe
ionoZs5ioa nee.n "a 5sst year Ihursday will be the
Park, Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay when the
ald sc5uT6aI-Till be run As usual. the Coney
Fo@-fb af 5niv and Labor Dav O'e hohoays-
The dates ii fun follow:
oaee1s COUNTY Jockey Club Cspring meetne)-saturday
wsoso-an W s Jockey ut tsprinS
Thurs5sy NAY 4 70 Wednesday May - '''e
B-ooslrn Jockey Club 5spring neeting)-Thursiav Nav
d n Wesnesday June "a '-0S
coaeg Island Jockey club summer mee;ins)-Thursday
BRIGHTON Beach Racing Association (sunmer neetingl
Saratoga Racing AssOciAtouMonda3. Jaly 81 to Fri
czasy 5s55 J9y cg ga1suEnS naeetine1ssfuTday
B-o5kyn Jockey Club (sutumI meeting1-Mondsy. Sep
;snbeT H. f Saturday September p
Na21aS. ssFLei13er . 70 SATURDAY, SepteTneer 30
" 9o5e Io 70 SasFdsy Sun s 0es9Os5 e!ns-,,on6ax
49, 1s = yTs5-eszev NC-c,Sb-- 10y ''
queens c2qatg JOCKEY Club csHtumn meetins)-Tues-
Washington Jockey Cub autumn uleetnel-T Thursday
Ms-visa5 iosReS ciuveiaesday April 49, TO satur-
asy, Ap-I - dncusIEe).
The stewards made no announcement concerning
the communication addressed TO them by the En-
pire City Club asking that the allotment Of dates
he postponed until the State Racing Commission
had passed Oh application for license. or until
the courts had settled the question between them
as 70 its right hold running meeting. If the
question came before the meeting II vas pIalnlz
dismissed which indicates clearly that the STEWARDS
sr connaent o. tnelT p2siIoh n ne n5Ier ol a e[
DAYS aEo II also indicates that the State Racing
Tlication Of the Empire city Club for license
u lanes 6ullei ttlla L1slI ~ 5
cisjon OF the State Racing Commission in their
fsvor, the question will now be thrashed over In