The Washington times., 1906-02-18
ASSIGNMENT of Dates
Help To Racing Game
RiCh New Stake By WestChester Association.
May Postpone Brooklyn HandiCap-BaIti-
morea1s Pleased-CanadianS LIBERAL
BY MANHATTAN.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1T.-One good re-
! suit Of the assignment of the dates for
racing in the metropolitan district has
been the establishment OF a rich new
stake by the WestcbesteF Racing Asso-
citation 10 add TO the attractions Of the
| opening day Of the second spring meet
| ing at Belmont Park.
Here is the official notification which
! has been published:
| The Westchester Racing AssOCia-
! ton announces a new handicap 10 b
run at Belmont Park on Monday the
nrst day Of the second spring meeting,
] May :. To be known do the Borough
4 of Queens Handicap, for three-year-
1 olds and upward, $4,000 added. a mile
and a sixteenth to close March 4 the
same date as the other fixtures
a specially interesting program viii
be announced for Decoration Day tAlay
800. which viii include the Amateur
Cup for gentlemen riders, the Whitney
Memorial Steeplechase, with $4,000
added the CTotona Handicap, for three
year-olds and upward, and the fortieth
| running OF the Belmont, for three
year-olds, of $4,000"
This is not the only new stake we
are to have. The Brooklyn Jockey Club
is also considering the terms of 4
new stake with which to open either
their first or second spring meeting
There is some talk of holding back the
Brooklyn Handicap for the second
meet in which event a new race will
be needed for the first opening
It looks as if Messrs- Belmont and
Dwyer have made a good move in mas1-
ing four spring meetings, where orig
inally there would have been only two
1t not alone gives both tracks the ad
vantage OF two more opening days, but
- ar
meeting back about eight days and
gives the steeplechase aggregation
more chance to get its horses ready for
the rich cross-country events which the
WestchesteT Racing Association fos-
ters.
understand that the Baltimore racing
people are jubfant over their allotment
of dates. They get twelve days of
racing. This is the best showing the
MARYLAND Jockey Club has had in many
years, and a big meeting is confidently
expected.
The Hamilton Jockey Club has issued
three stakes which viii close on March
3 They are the Tuckett Selling Hotel
Royal. and Grants Spring Brewery
The meeting this spring has been ex-
tended TO eleven days, and more stake
events ere to be issued later. The club
has also announced stakes for the fall
meeting. which is to be held September
l3 TO 20.
Six stake events are carded this year
for the Windsor meet and nine for the
Fort Erie races. The principal events
are the Frontier for Windsor. at So, 500
and the Canadian Derby for Windsor, at
s., 900. The entries close March 5.
There is nothing doing in the way of
dates for the Empire City track The
turf authorities are determined that
there shall be no racing about New York
toga meet. and IL would seem there Is
nothing left for Mr.. Butler to do but
cut up his track into building lots, while
the racegoers who cannot afford Sara
toga can patr0nize the poolrooms during
August
Bertmont heads the list of winning
two-year-oldS so far this season. with
Remav a close second. Both are by