New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
R1CING NEWS And NOTES
Promise of Some Good Sport at
Jamaica This Week.

The spring meeting OF the Metropolitan Jockey
Club Will be continued this week at Jamaica. and
should provide plenty OF good sport judging by that
OF the first two days last week. The fixtures in
clude the Dunton Stakes to-day. the Corona Stakes
at one mile and seventy yards morrow I'm which
Glorifer, ]. c. Core Rye, The Picket. Pretension
and okenite may go 10 the post. among others: the
day: the Columbus Stakes for year-olds. on
Thursday; the Newton Stakes for three year -olds
and upward, at six furlongs, Friday, and the
Rosedale Stakes and the Montague Handicap on
Saturday. The RoEedale Stakes is for two year
old hllies, while the Montague Handicap is for
three-year-Olds and upward at mile and a six
oOuntant the biggest money winner last year. may
Ihbke ia N, nus GeoHi for the season Among others ell
man. Philander, Frank GIN. oxford. J. c. Core. Dr.
Gardner and CairngoTEn.
New conditions VIII govern the overnight handi-
caps at the spring meeting OF tho Wes;chester
Racing Association. and tho system Will in all
probability be extended TO the following meetings.
The conditions make the entry fee OF any horse
for overnight handicap play or pay and no pro-
vision is made for n declaration as has been the
custom in the past. The custom has been 70 charge
entrance fee OF SO. only s. II declared on
the publication Of the weights. But IN future the
entrance fee Of $40 viii be charged whether the
horse starts or not and withdraw VIII bc made
the same as TO overnight selling race half an
hour before post time. All Of the horses entered
for handicap viii he sent out In tho entries and
be shown on a programme as possible starters AS
II frequently happens tina; there are twenty moro
entered TOT Il handicap nOt more Than Eat OF
which can DO depended upon starters tho new
system Is not apt To ba popular with tho public
Under the old rule of posting scratches 50 soon as
they made no objections could have been found
but under the system that prevails nj present -
Withholding al scratches until within few min
utes OF post time there viii DO end OF confusion
The victory Of DR.. Gardner IN the Excelsior
Handicap last Friday tho feature 81 the
weeks racing Big Tim Sullivan is confident
that he at last owns a horse which hold his
with the best IN training. and this son OF
Bannockburn won easily enough 10 Indicate that
he Is not far wrong II IS a long step however
from Excelsior Handicap In April "a Suburban
Handicap In June. and II IS too caTly 10 crown
Or. Gardner. lie IS IA good horse. however and
one which should than hold his own az tho
horses there are few which lay claim 20 suck
greatness.
Bulmann. the Jockey made his FIRST appear
ance for a long time IN the East on Good Luck
IN the Excelsior Handicap and showed his old
time skill IN getting his mount In front lie
earned the dlspeasure OF the starter. however,
and was set down for the balance OF the meeting
K. c. Taylor. the well known gentleman jockey
OF Baltimore seems to have difficulty in keeping
out OF hot water lie restored to good stand
ing Il few weeks ago after being under the ban
for almost two years and now he has earned an
other suspension for unsatisfactory ride in a
steepleChase at Pmlic0 The stewards of thu
National 9teepleChas0 ana Hunt Association
his once more.