New-York tribune., 1907-04-15
RACING HERE AT LAST
OPENING At AQUEDUCT.
Season Which Begins To-day Is
Bright 7Cith Promise.

The thoroughbred will be at home to all New
York to-day. The racing season in the metrcpoli-
tan district will be formally opened at Aqueduct.
and racing folk will flock to the TO welcome
the return of the horses and get their first taste
of the snort after a total abstinence of five long
months he Queens County Jockey Club has pro-
vided a card that is rich in promise of stirring
struggles and high class sport, and under favor
able weather conditions the attendance will be lin
tied TO the capacity Of the stands The bugle will
call the horses to the post for the first at 23O
o'clock.
The season which begins to-day promises well. IL
the successful meeting at Benning can be accepted
as AN criterion Under the wise control and able
management of the Jockey Club racing has reached
its high water mark and the turf's present era Of
genuine prosperity is for we'll merited re-
spect and cOngratuatOn.
Conditions have changed. Racing now holds the
place as a sport that such D. D. Withers.
John A. Morris the late August Belmont, the late
Pierre LorillaTd, the late A. J. Cassatt and John
Hunter worked so hard and diligently to attain for
it, The number Of men who are now interested in the
breeding and racing Of thOroughbreds can be num-
bered in the thousands, and tens of thousands
from every walk Of life can be ranked among its
devotees. Men high in social. political and profess
sional circles lend their influence and support and
est type of the thoroughbred to be bred and raced
The curse, of the old merry Grounds at Gutten-
been lifted, and the spot is now welcomed with
oren arms and with much enthusiasm 1t was
formerly condemned and ridiculed.
The reasons are obvious. The sport is a higher
plane, its best interests conserved and fostered
and there IS lacking, except in instances the
breath of scandal and the tant of jobbery and
professionalism. Further than that. strictly bus-
ness methods now govern The day of the pig in
the poke so far as breeding and racing con-
cerned, is past and men now know what can be
counted on when it comes to investing in racing
properties. breeding stables and the high strung
Youngsters which furnish the entertainment.
The various associations have not been backward
In making improvements looking to the comfort of
racegoels. Some new stakes have been added 10
Ihe pIoSIainles, and old ones have been raised IN
troWnsd on, and all things nimica TO the best in
teTests OF the turf will be discouraged
Inc lncloSure at Aqueduct never looked moro
attractive than ii did yesterday. Everything has
Tor the opening of the gates to-day The Queens
County Jockey Club has been of the most pro-
greSsve in the circuit, and II can now boast OF a
track and an inclosure that well up the
standard. The track is in fine condition II IS so
well made and carefully drained that IL dries out
quickly, and fast time may be looked for.
days programme. will be shortly after
O'Clock. To all appearances II viii! be the best
Carter ever decided not excepting the one in which
Bedame began her wonderful three-y -year-old career
the one last year in which the mighty Rosebe1
beat Southern Cross head. The race to-day is
particularly open, and the amateur and professional
solve There are quite as many opinions there
are horses in the Whatever the outcome a
great struggle IS in prospect in which the skill of
the Jockey we'll as the speed and condition OF
the horse mus play important part
There were great hustle and activity at the track
yesterday. tforseS were getting in from Washing
ton, while others were being breezed through the
stretch IN preparation for the serious question
day. Stable room is AT premium. and there will
be more horses ready to race than the track will
accommodate. in spite OF the long cold winter and
late spring.
The entries. other than tr.e Carter Handicap
follow.