The sun., 1909-05-02
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

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COMPLETE LIST OF EVENTS
FOR BELMONT PARK MEETING.
stakes worth $4,000 and Overnight
Events With Added Money Ranging
From $500 to S8OO-WlnterEreen
Fsvorite Tor To-merrow's Derby.
The westchester Racing Association
has made public the full programme Of
stake and overnight races 10 be run at the
coming Belmont Park meeting. which opens
on Thursday May 10. In addition TO
twenty-five stakes. the gross value Of which
10 more than $4,000, the association has
hung up purses ranging In value from $500
10 $500 In the overnight, selling events.
handioaps, and special condition races.
The schedule calls for ten days Of racing
op Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays
up TO and including Wednesday. June ..
On the opening day the stake features
ere the $4,000 Metropolitan Handicap, one
mile. and the New York Steeplechase.
while there are two races for tvo-year-
olds. each with N+oo added; a race for
three-year-olds. $40 added, and Q selling
On the second day. Saturday. May Is.
the features are the Juvenile Stakes, Tobos-
gan Handicap and Harlem Selling. with .
stno mile handicap. q selling race for two
year -olds. $500 added, and a seven furlong
event for nom winners In 1908 and 1909, $500
added. For Tuesday. May 10. the third
day. the Bouquet Stakes snd Crotona Handl-
cap will be run, also q $500 race for two
year-olds, q $500 handicap, . $500 maiden
race and a $500 selling event at mile and
o sixteenth.
On the fourth day. Thursday. May a..
the Norwood. a new stake, and the Ladles
win be features, the other events being .
steeplechase for maidens and winners Of
one race. three races each with $500 added
and one with S400. The historic Withers
Stakes and the whitney Memorial eteepie-
chase will be decided on Saturday. May a.,
with a aeOO handicap. two 500 races for
two-year-olds and . condition event with
$500 added.
The stake features on Tuesday, May Is,
are the Fashion and the Caremont handi-
caps. and the overnight events are . 3%00
! race for two-yesr- \ $500 handicap, .
$500 race for thrpe-year-olds and q S4oo
selling event at seven furlonRs. On Thurs-
day. May II. the Jockey Club weight for age
race. the Amateur Cup and the Meadow Brook
| Steeplechase are the csrded stakes. with q
$500 selling event for two-year-olds. . $500
handicap and . $500 selling race for three
year-olds and upward at seven furlonRe.
The features for Saturday. May 20, the
eighth day. are the Pocantico Stakes and
race for two-year-olds. . $500 handicap
at e mile and q sixteenth. a $500 highweigh
| selling event and another selling race.
$500 added. at nine. furlongs. Decoration
Day will be celebrated on Monday. May 81.
when the $4,000 National Stallion Stakes.
the Van Cortlandt Handicap and the Grand
National Steeplechase will be the star
attractions. with two $500 overnight AGENTS
and one Of $500. On the last day Of the
meeting. Wednesday. June ,. the SO 900
Belmont Stakes will be run, together with
the Laureate Stakes. a $500 race for two
year -olds. a $500 handicap, q selling steeple-
chase with $500 added and $500 selling
race at six furlongs.
The notable three-year-olds eligible to
starr In the Belmont STATES are J, T.. Mad
den = Fayette. James n. Keenes Casaue.
Ultimus and Sunbury. August Relmonts
Practical. +. Z. Gardncr's Statesman, 8. C.
nildreth's Joe Madden and the Newcastle
Stables wise Mason. Foslthe Withers the
Rest eliaibles are Fayette. Practical. Don
Homme. Joe Madden. Statesman. Hilarious,
Cssaue. Cltimus. sunbury. County Fair.
S%RsT .sn sssn Ma% se.. sH ifns. M k..n F., . e.
sies are Lyndin: Herdsman: senecs r..
soS" bSy Msaai. ss s.E sHEnqsn Ssn
ceress. Fair Catherine and Fair Louise:
August Belmonts are Dull Care. -Amoret.
.SSess sns sisS Snnasr. + p r6S.yys r1.,yss
are DahlRren and Grahame, while others
are are the M9ntpelie5 Stables Csndleberri.
the gss Of Sn9 Rs3nd
best elisibles for the Ladies' Stakes are Mr..
KeeneS Maisst.e, n., M, Hsddep,, .id Lady Bed;
Johnso + II Hammerless. Mr.. Whitney's Petit
ooat and sun dance and r. 7. v ilson, Ir.,s,
Mauyiette. The entries for the Mstropoli.
closed Yesterday. All have hlied well. the
nominations for the Metropolitan including
practically all the best handicap horses in
training.
Rome Resness's wintersreen is the Iavor-
its for the Kentucky Derby, 70 be run at
Respess says this colt Is a sure winner. bar
ring accidents. Ed Alvey's Friend Harvey
is also well thought Of. while Michael Angelo
and Campeon are believed to have excellent
chances
Jockey Taplin. who head ed the list Of win
ming riders In California during the winter
season which closed recently, may create
a sensation on the local tracks this year, II
not in Canada On the Coast he Handled
seventy-six winners. sixty-nine seconds and
seventy nine thirds and was unplaced with
:25 mounts. He is said 10 be remarkably
quick at the post. Is an excellent Judge Of
pace and can put up vigorous finish, He
Ii fearless and Is a natural horseman. Tap
lin is undepcontrsct to n. O. Bedwell, whose
horses won $685. $50 In California. Taplin
will begin riding al Churchill Downs to-
morrow.
At the conclusion OF the Pimlico meeting
many OF the poorer class Of horsemen
will race at jamestown rather than come
here to remain idle three racing days a
week When the jamestown session ends
they will go TO Canada, where there will
be uninterrupted sport all summer and
we'll into the fall.
1t developed yesterday that there will
Moran at . local club for at least three
months, II then. Attell says an injured
hand will prevent him from fighting any
body for that length Of time. Httells
comes just at the time OF
Morsps acceptance Of his weight oondl.
Sfs .spsss rs' m probsss sRs eTfnH'a 'hs 'Ss Ss:
reached . secret agreement with Promoter
bout at Coln,a With Jim Driscoii In Tie
fall. Coffroth, Il is said, has sewcd up
Drisooll already and has been hustline
for Attells signature for the last ten days.
Between now and neHt Novem6er Cohroth
these ts bstsies % on h,. iist: Monte Attsll ana @
Johnny Coulon for the bantam title Dris- |