New-York tribune., 1908-01-10
RACING DATES NAMED.
FAIR ALLOTMENT Made.
Empire City Viii Conflict scith
Saratoga for Ten Days.

OGrdfOS0 TOR Ten Days.
The stewards OF the Jockey Club. in session at
the Windsor Arcade yesterday allotted the racing
dates 10 the various associations for the coming
season and recommended the same to the State
Racing Commission The Empire City Racing
Association received fair recognition and place
was made for il in the circuit by cutting off one
DAY from the Aqueduct and Jamaica meetings
and TWO days from each of the others There
Viii be two meetings at the track near Yonkers
one in August and one in October, and the as
sociation gets twenty-one days (of which eleven
are clear). the same number as Saratoga Aque-
duct and Jamaica. Gravesend Sheepshead Bay
and Belmont Park get twenty-eight days each.
as against thirty last season, while Brighton
Beach gets twenty-six days. instead of twenty
eight
The allotment OF dates follows:
Queens County Jockey Club, at Aqueduct-
Wednesday. April Is. to Tuesday. April 2s-Twelve
DAY. April %. Tuesday. May 1e-Twelve days.
Nestohester Racing Association. Belmont
Park-Wednesday, May l3 TO Saturday, May 50
Sixteen days.
Brooklyn Jockey Club. at Observation-Disclosures
June ]. 70 Thursday. June 1s-Sixteen days.
Coney Island Jockey Club. Sheepshead Bay
Friday. June IL, TO Monday. July e-Fifteen days.
Brighton Beach Racing Association, at Brighton
Twenty days.
Saratoga Racing Association at saratoga-Thurs-
cay. July 50, 10 Saturday. August 22-Twenty-
days.
Empire City Racing Association, at Yonkers-
Wednesday, August L. to Friday, August 2s-Fif-
teen days.
Coney Island Jockey Club. at sheepshead Bay
Saturday. August % to Saturday, September l2-
Thirteen DAYS
Brooklyn Jockey Club, at Gravesend- Monday
September Il, to saturday September 26-Twelve
days
Brighton Beach Racing Association, at Brighton
Beacr-Monday, September IS, to Saturday, Octo-
Der Six days
Westchester Racing Association at Belmont
Park-Monday, October 5 to Saturday, October II
Twelve days.
Empire CITY Racing Association. at Yonkers-
Monday, October 19. TO Saturday, October 24-Six
days.
Metropolitan Jockey Club. at Jamaica-Monday
October a6. 10 Wednesday, November 4-Nine days
Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct-Thurs-
day. November ). TO Saturday. November 14-Nine
Ga.s-
The division Of dates is much the as
last year although two important changes were
made in recognizing the Empire City track and
in avoiding the split meetings in the spring
between Belmont Park and Gravesend-
The saratoga meeting viii begin five days
earlier than last year and will have eleven
clear days before any conflict with the Empire
Cit~ track The latter meeting will begin on
August L. and be in conflict with Saratoga
until August - After that Mr. Butler will
have five clear days before the opening at
Sreepshead Bay. Later the Empire City Rae
inr Association will have six clear days in Oc-
-gber following the fall meeting at Belmont
Park BY the arrangement Of the August
dates Saratoga gets a fair chance and race
goers in the metropolitan district will have to
farero their favorite sport for only eleven days
The Queens County Jockey Club will begin
and end the season as usual. and except for the
loss Of a day or two the Jamaica, Sheepshead
fS7y and Brighton Beach meetings will be the
same as a year ago. Owners and trainers VIII
welcome the change from double spring meet
ings at Belmont Park and Gravesend- Last
var The dates We're assigned as fellows: BEL
r7or+ Park. Ma, Q TO Is and May % to June ;:
Gravesend May % TO - and June TO 49, This
Mas done TO give the Westchester Racing Asso-
ciarinn Memorial Day This important holiday
EtiH goes TO Belmont Park. as it comes on the
last 6av OF the spring meeting This was ac-
conplished by lengthening the spring meetings
a Aoueduct and Jamaica two days each ana
taking three days off the fall meetings.
The Conev Island Jockey Club gets the other
TWO big holidays-Fourth of July and Labor
Day-as usual
The stewards present at the meeting were
August Belmont. F x. Sturgis. ]. H Bradford,
= r Hitchcock H. K. Knapp and Andrew Mil
7er August Belmont was reelected chairman
Of the Jockey Club. James R. keene vice-chair-
man and z K Sfurgis secretary and treasurer.
The following officials were appointed for the
coming season:
Judges. C Mcdowell and c. H Pettengin;
clerk Of the scales, H. G. Crickmore; handicap
rer " s Vosburgh; starter NJ Cassidy; timer,
" H Barretto; starting judge, H T. Homan;
patrol Judge, J. L Hall; assistant 10 the clerh
The arr,lication Of the Buffalo Racing Associa-
-,o,, m conduct a meeting from June 20 to July
-, Al Buffalo. approved
10 dates Were assigned to the washington
Jockey Club at Benning, but this VIII be done
., future meeting if there is no adverse legis-
la,ior in the District OF Columbia.