The sun., 1909-06-22
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
AUGUST -BELMONTS LOYALTY
TO RACING COMMENDED.

TO RACING COMMENDED.
Patrons OF the Turf wonder n Mesrs.
Keeue ana whitney VIII Follow His
Plan to Operate Here on Largo Scale
-ksufman's Chances with johnson
August Bolmonts announcement that
he will race almost exclusively In America
that the turf In this country will not be
Mr.. Belmont has paid an
amount Of attention to racing here
this season. visiting the track almost daily,
and says he Il convinced that the public
will support the game with enough liberaiity
to keep 1t alive, even II 1t may be several
years before the old popularity returns.
Mr.. Belmonts determination to have thirty
nursery bred yearllnss turned over to
Trainers John Whalen and Thomas Welsh
to DO prepared for next season 8 campaign
on the metropolitan tracks Is the result OF
careful observation and. 1t Is thought, win
result In other big turfrnen following the
example Of the Jockey Clubs cha irman.
Mr.. Belmont will send three yearlings to
more an a compliment to Trainer
Watson than for any other reason But
hereafter the full strength Of Mr.. Belmont 8
will be ahown on the New York race courses.
1t Is therefore only natural for the racing
public to ask whether James r. Keene and
II. r. whitney will pursue a similar policy.
Both OF these noted turimen have been
more than ordinarily successful in England
this year. but on the local tracks Mr.. Whit
ney's horses have done practically nothing
to speak Of. Mr.. Keene's Maskette. Hilari-
Gus. Sweep and Celt are racing here and they
will probably win enough money In stakes
and purses to pay the running expenses
OF the Keene stable. but the fact that 8. G..
Hlldreth with less than a dozen horses
has made Mr.. Keene lose his grip on first
place among the winning owners. which he
has held for a number Of years, is used.as an
illustration OF the existing state Of affairs.
Mr.. Keene and Mr.. Whitney. like Mr.. Bel
mont. have many yearings. bred at Castle
ton and Brookdale respectively. Will they
keep the bulk OF them to race in America
next year and by 30 doing help Mr.. Belmont
and others In their at tempt to raise the
standard OF the turf on the local tracks7
Horsemen and racegoers since learning
OF Mr.. Belmontis 8 decision to race here say
they hope Messrs. Keene and Whitney will
again become foremost in the struggle for
American turf honors. John +. Madden.
one OF the biggest and most successful
preeoers IN Sne ~oIlo' eaIu iast year alter
did not intend to forsake the American turf
and that he would continue to race here for
sasspe'M na Maiden feps aao s ss
too. and intends to have a larger stable
than ever before next season. When
many thoroughbreds were shipped to
Of regret. though It was said that the Amer
lean invasion Of England and France might
be a good thing for the turf In this country;
n,t - thaf a6aAl
the Atlantic Ballot. Colin, Fair Play and
the other side, Mr.. Kscne has won some
while MIR. Whitney has scored with Hillside
and Perseus. also with several two.yoar-
olds. but 1t is contended that Messrs. Keene
more H SUCCESS 'I Il they H had Kept al I their
horses on this side OF the ocean. -.
AZ racing here under I,fS ney ,Son;ditions Is
hope ne PSe Fact esss ess
the stake events to be run at the Empire
City meeting have attracted more entries
hsn Hs' snd s Bsy psck
Is used as an ar rgument that horsemen Of ali
classes are slowly but surely renewing their
cus ThD spot po Hy ss
Saratoga stakes close. for. horsemen in
se during ss to
is the announcement that the annual year
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to-day. with consiShments from Nj. Bel
mont NuIssry stud, also from The DlI!.ns.
hs[sAnSa hsos
sIss ks snd Mfis s
s r..a wh fo9 eSay SSss s.ST. for hs hs S
was sent down for the count last year. 1t
is u-nerally believed that the mar ket viii
be itir and that the breeders will be con-
The Gravesend meeting. which closes to-
morrow has been more successful than
p. j. Dwyer had been led to expect. While
there are no profits 70 speak Of there is no
M. Dryer Therefore win have faIi meet
days meeting at Aaueduct 1t is said.
1t was predicted yesterday that the field
sherpshead Bay on Thursdsy would be
fa9. 5. E. Htidreth' Fiis Herbert & and uRe Resti
onsos l. ps.e .'s HTe1s Ry.n q:
Effendi, George J. Longs Arctic and John Z.
Madden,s Fayette lpossi6lyl. This will be
faced the barrier.
After much backing and filling, on the
viii night Al Kaufman twenty rounds at
Of Promoter Cofiroth. As In Ketchel's case.
johnson does not want to take part In a
Delaney's man because ne believes that he
can stall and win on points in battle Of
that kind. As IL took thirty nine rounds
for Kaufman to make Jim Barry. second
Iater. stop, The opinion prevails on the
an impression on johnson in twenty rounds.
Kaufman lacks Ketchels aggressiyeness
and speed. He is a. hard puncher, but Is
lacking in generalship, and qutckness Of
JeSnson and is dead game. blu but that IS about
johnson he would doubtless claim the heavy
weight title. but such an incident would not
interiors with the neFros fEht with Ketchel
son. sporting men agree. Kaufman would
be in line for 4 fight with the Michigan Lion
for the rings highest honors and Ketchel
would be heavily backed to win.
ROUNDS % ksS%.n snd ss1s ,Ss fsy ten
eroRgy at one period Of the mill, said a
veteran referee the other day. you can
bet that Ketohe would beat Kaufman de-
cisively. The dope shows that O'Brien
three rounds by the Montana cowboy,
johnson viii beat Kaufman on points ana
will have the fight OF his life with Ketchel.
assrs $s s' :G%s n ,ss ss sss
to compare with. the. worldwide excitement
when johnson hooks up with ketehel.
California experts predict that Ketchel
nns T ss.' Pek ?ag 20 .Ss sfak s
time. Ketohel was In better trim than ever
before when he beat q Brien and said be-
fore leaving here for the Coast that he
would show an improvement over that re,
mar rkable winning form when he tackled