The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-10
GOSSIP on az RAcETRACK.
Local RaelnG Associations Going Ahead
With the Usual Plans.

The Queens County Jockey Club will issue
the take books for the coming meeting,
Whloh opens az Aqueduct next Wednesday
In a few days, the programme as 10 over
night purses being the same as formerly.
Pending the vote In the Senate at Albany
on the Agnew bill on Wednesday the Adue-
duct a gers withheld their plans. but
now that racing on the old lines seems as
sured not only the Queens County Club but
all Of the other metropolitan racing associa'
tons are ready TO go ahead. Candidates
for the $4,000 Carter Handicap, seven fur
longs. 20 be run as the opening feature az
Aqueduct. have been working over the diner
ent Long Island tracks and all are in excel
lent condition. II il said that the Carter
will send about fifteen starters to the barrier.
including 4. d. Sullivan's DR.. Gardner, Fred
Burlew = Chapultepec. the patchogue stables
Don Enrique, =. G. Hldreth's Meelick, Barney
Schreibers Jack Atkins, and others. Many
stables are arriving from California. New
Orleans and Bennings, and the Indications
point to q greater number Of race horses
on hand for the coming campaign than ever
before.
Racing las occupied 80 much attention
this past winter that II Is believed a record
breaking crowd will see the opening day's
sport at Aqueduct. There Is room there
for $1,000 persons, and the managers say
II the day Is pleasant there will he no standing
room. Whether the field stand will remain
exclusively Tor one dollar patrons at Aque-
duet as we'll az at the other big tracks re.
mains 10 be seen, II is said Tia at the propo-
sition to throw open the entire race track
enclosure at a 81 admission rate has been
discussed. with the idea OF keeping out those
who annOt afford TO bet on the horses. IL
h also stated that the Jockey Club will In
stitute a number OF other reforms, such as
Ia eXClusion OF minors and unesCOrted women.
the suppression Of big betting and the limit
ing Of the number OF books. II Is also limited
that a suggestion as TO a new method OF con-
Quoting the betting end OF the game has
been discussed, but hOrsemen say that the
system which has been In vogue for the last
dozen years should not be tempered with,
a. the public. under that arrangement, has
always received protection and a square deal.
In az ~ the uptown hotels where turfnen
usually COugregate there was much good
feeling Yesterday over the defeat OF the
Agnew bill at Albany. Al the waldorf a
crowd Of ~turflnen gathered At noon aud spent
the rest Of the day discussing the bitter fight
waged on both sides. IL was the unanimous
opinion that the poolrOOIns had received a
final knockout blow and that practically
all Of them would be forced out Of business
until next December. A. steward OF the
Jockey Club declared during the afternoon
that the warfare against the rooms this sea
son would ne waged with even more vigor
than In the past. The tracks will employ
hundreds OF private detectives 70 suppress
the desired information. and In other ways
the fight TO kill poolroom betting will be
carried on 10 a finish.
After the windup Of the season at Los
that L.. F. Carman headed the winning
owners With t?5.3?j. s. &. Hildreth was
second with SIS. 0j5. followed by p. 7. Chinn.
tl5,O33; Pasadena Stable, tl3,ssS; r.. ]" Thomas.
1l3. $50. and so on.
In a letter TO Andrew Miller. one Of the
owners OF Millstream stud, where the $1,000
French stallion Adam Il located, Elliot {.
CoWdin writes. Il had TO breed Homespun
Yesterday so went over to your farm with
her. Everything looked very we'll there.
Adam could not look any better n he tried.
He is fully forty pounds heavier than when
we were over at the farm In December aud
! consider him one OF the grandest looking
hy him are great, Inc Aily III Of Virginia
Soil is the biggest boned sucking have
ever seen while Mlsettc's colt Ia a fine youug-
.ter. went over 10 Mr.. Koene's stud the
other day 10 SEQ the Adam Citronella flly.
She IL one nj the beSt fosls Of the year. Adam
Is certainly breeding exceptionally well.
Tom clay told me that his hlly by Adam OUT
NJ E~llengouen T. The bes' fOal he has ever
had on his farm On the way back from
Castleton | stopped A. Mr. Belmonts stud
sand. a colt out Of Fetish and a Ally out OF
Teas over. the dam Of Ort Wells. The
latter hlly is a crackeriack, being full ~ quail
nv and having plenty Of size.'
John L CoWdin yesterday was elected 4
member " the Hockey club.