The sun., 1909-06-16
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
MUCH ENTHUSIASM OVER SARA
TOGHS RACE MEETING.

sheepshead nay May Provide Five Day
Neek-Incr eased Schedule Attrac'
tive 10 HOrsemeu-Fsig stakes Are
10 he Cut-JefY's busy Press Agent
Tho fact that the Saratoga Racing Asso-
citation has decided to provide six days
. week, or twenty-fou days In August.
! has created much enthusiasm at the SPA.
This action is partially due to the formal
request from the leading business mon
OF Saratoga for as much racing as possible
which was filed with President r. 4. Will
son. Jr., and the executive committee OF
the. association last winter. AT first the
track magnates thought that four days
week would suffice. but later they were
ready to concede Ave. When they saw
how liberally the sport was patroniZ ed,
first at Belmont Park and then at Graves
end. however. they concluded that there
could be racing every day at the Spa
without incurring much loss. II any. 1t Is
understood that the leading Saratoga
business men have contributed to fund
to aid in defrsying possible losses accruing
from the race meeting. while the owners
and breeders fund Of more than $4,000
also guarantees deficit that may result
from the running of certain stakes. Con-
uNious Nv cul dtok1 oIV suCil tUdt eih udy
can be used to an advantage. A vacant
date here and there would have been un-
welcome this year for the reason that about
5000 regulars who are patronizing the
sport every day would have had to remain
idle at the Springs. But II Saratoga can
race six days a week. horsemen now insist
the big metropolitan tracks can be
operated for at least Ave during the rest
of the season without sustaining losses
to amount to anything. In this contention
the horsemen are receiving the moral
support OF racegoers and of several of the
most influential governors Of the sport.
It was said yesterday that the Coney
Island Jockey Club, having scheduled four
days a week for the spring meeting which
opens one week from tomorrow at Sleeps
head Bay. may add Monday or Friday to
the schedule for each week. 1t was also
reported that p. ]. Dwyer would put on an
extra programme for next Tuesday. an
open date. which would be boom for the
sport. as racing Is scheduled for Monday
and Wednesday at Gravesend. 1t has been
pointed out to several Of the Jockey Club
stewards that with more racing days pro-
yided greater number Of good horses will
Teh that s,s win BE-
ate endsnce. They have heard the argu-
ment too that racing in order to retain
even y m9derc.s .S ,. hold on the public must be
1t has been demonstrated. the horsemen
say. that betting is secondary condition
and that much Of the present patronage is
made up OF persons who visit the tracks for
amusement and out door recreation.
1t is a noteworthy, fact that the total
absence OF socalled bookmaking has d.
minished spee%lation until i is merely an
inlpossible and pIunsers are mnheard Of.
Furthernore. horses are running closer
ties are winning with unusua regularity and
the racing is remarkably free from any
thing that borders upon scandal. hollow
ee the ssme hae BEEN %
racing is .till alive. though in need Of much
sport from the very bottom has evidently
borne fruit. say many turfmen. but the
task has only just begun.
1t is generally accepted as a sure thing
that the value Of some OF the big stakes
viii be greatly reduced after this. The
racing ASSOCIATE lons have learned that ordi-
nary stakes and overweight events provide
Which in some Instances eat up = possible
profits. Horsemen demand good racing
resulting from evenly balanced entry lists
tne moTs
he s'A rich b STAKES, peiadinS those named ed
that e every Sew York Track would M nave
he running q ths Wi,her. end belmont
stakes which nyoiyed % Es the adding OF nearly
citation. cauSed the Belmont Park meeting
10 be run at a loss, and each event In Ques-
ton for that matter, did not surpass in
ordinary stakes which We're run at Queens.
The Boston National League Club is in
emit. At the beginning OF the season. the
team played winning ball and the Hub fans
for the first time In many, years began TO
show renewed interest in the old South End
grounds. Then came a slump which placed
the Boston team In last place and caused
the Modern Athenians to turn back in a
President Dovey, disturbed by this un-
expected turn In affairs, is trying to stem the
tide, He is said to have deposed Manager
mmy cons as e new Handler Of he
Reds. Such man " successful would be
regarded as a ten strike by Boston fans, it
is said for Collins as 9f the cham
success sue OF the manssement q the Minnesp-
oils. American Association; team this season.
sivc outlay. Dovey. by the way. has ex-
perienced much III fortune eyer SINCE he
secured the Boston Cluo from MeSsrS SOden
and Conant. His managers. Tenney, Kelley
and Bow erman, were all disappointments.
More than % 900 persons saw the High
landers play FIVE games here last week.
40 the club officials say, which is used as
an argument that New Workers " ill patron
ize winning team whether IN the Atneri-
can League or the National League. II
Stallingss men can remain factors In the
pennant race to the end OF the season, It.
Is predicted, visiting teams will receive
a larger share OF the receipts than ever
before on the hin Top. That New York
ia, the best baseball city In the country is
admitted now by all the major league
club owners.
Jeirries has an energetic press agent
who makes him say that II he meets John
son he will hit tho negro as hard as he can
and that II johnson fights ketchel he hopes
the Michigan Lion will kill the negro.
Those who know jeff laugh at these nj
legged warlike declarations, for the boiler.
maker has never indulged In per sonal
abuse and has always refrained from
or Indulgence In hot air. Jefr
is a big. good natured fellow who Ia any
thing but q fire eater. II he was really
bitter In his feelings toward Johnson and
wanted TO put an end to the negro, sporting
men say, Jetf would have posted a forfeit
long ago and cinched n match. without
war In the newspa pers.
shrubb Runs ~ Miles Fast In Canada.