Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-28
SEASON OPENS SOON
Turf Events Announced for Various
RHpning Tracks,
CARTER HANDICAP AT AoUEDUCT
Jockey Club Officials Predict Much
Enthusiasm owing TO. Recent
nv " DecisiOn ON Anti-Bet-
ting Laws.

NEW YORK, March 27.-Nineteen DAYS
more and Mars Cassidy win spring the bar
rier for the Carter handicap at Aoueduct.
and theFeby inaugurate the metropolitan
horse racing season Of 1910 Thence onward
throughout the spring summer and fall
and until 1t Is nearly time for the snow to
fan again. turf enthusiasts will have six
days Of racing weekly at the local tracks,
except for portion of the month Of Aug
ust' when the scene Of operations will be
transferred to Saratoga. The season will
open at Aqueduct April 10, and close at the
same track November Is.
i The Jockey club officials are predicting
a splendid season, q sort OF rejuvenation
for the turf from the blight that fell upon
! 1t by reason or the passage of the Agnew-
Hart anti-bettlng laws two seasons ago
Court decisions have been rendered mean
time which prescribe the manner in which
a wager may be laid and it Is said that
this year the various racing associations
viii so police their tracks to render i'm
possible the business of bookmaking.
Paraphrasug th . words of well known
! follower Of the turf, and one who Is deeply
interested in it's upllfe. the making Of books
will not be permitted this year; an individ-
raal may bet as an individual orally but
no record of the wager may be made; any
person caught registering a bet will be
! given the gate" and the gate from now
on means practically banishment for life
from all courses under the jurisdiction Of
the Jockey club.
Especially interesting this season will be
the, steeplechaslng events The association
which has inrhand this branch of the sport
has decided that public interest in the
events over the sticks can be conserved
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and to this end numerous good horses are
being schooled for participation in the
chases .s.
TweRty-nine horses are eligible to start
in the Carter handicap. which is at seven
furlongs and for purse Of $500. Among
them are King James, ]. r. Keenes
Grasmere, Jack Atkin. Fauntelroy, Hamp-
ton Court. Trance, Nealon, Fort Johnson,
| Alfred Noble Arondack and Falcada.
| The futurity, the Brooklyn handicap. the
Suburban, the Brighton handicap, the Belle
mont stakes and the Empire City handi
cap, ali have record breaking nominations
and as the whole the outlook season in the
Metropolitan district is a bright one.
The Kentucky Futurfty.
LEXINGTON, Ky, March a.-Secretary
Horace Wilson announces that the twenty
! first renewal of the $2LOOO Kentucky
! futurity, which closed March To- received
entries of 1901 mares, substantial Increase
over last year. Thirty-eight states, Canada
and England, are represented in the lists.
| A feature of this years list are the. large
entries made by the two nurseries, Walnut
Hall farm Of L. V. Harkness Donerail,
KY, and Patchen Wilkes farm of w, E. u.
Stokes, Lexington, Ky. The first named
165 matrpns bred to Moko Walnut Hall.
the futurity winner; ozono s. Co., while the
second names 1SS mares bred to Peter The
Great, a fitlifity winner Crystalllon,
Mighty onward and other stations. Each
of these entries is larger than ever made
before by anHsone farm. <in
The Empire drity farms OF william Simp-
SOMA Son, Caba, N. Y, is next with forty
four mares, including many .ex-ssaTs of
the turf rabredito Mckinney, Axworthla, and
others, followed by the Claiborne farm of
j: X. Newman of Lexington, KY. with
forty-three mares bred to Ormonde. Trial
2:0ss director General and others
out o fthe northwest comes new NOM
inator this yearwith forty-one mares, the
largest entry, north OF the slakes since the
Bitter Root farm of Marcus DAILY closed.
] 1t is maintained by NJ W. Savage Of Dan
Patch Dlrectum. Arion and Minor Heir.
IT, William Russell Aliens farm at, Pitts
field, Mass, has thlrty-five mares bred to
BingaTa. The Maddsns name fifteen mares
from Hamburg Place, including Nancy
Hanks, 2O4, and Fanella, 2;13, dame Of
Todd, 2:14%, all Of them bred to Vice Com
modore. .,
The list Of Kentucky futurfty supporters
| includes also Louis Winsns Brighton,
England, who names Leon, 2:10 bred to
the 1906 futurity winner, siliko; President
w. O. Brown of the New York Central
lines, who names two good mares; ]. a.
stlllman, the New York banker, who names
Sarah Bernhadt. bred to Bellini, the stall
lion Of w. B. Dickerman. ex-president Of
the New York Stock exchange, who also
names twelve Of the best American trot-
ting matronsi Jacob Rupert OF New York
and August Uthlein of Milwaukee, who
/ names nineteen and nine mare, respect
lively, bred to their futurity winners. oak
land Baron and The Harvester; Tom
sharlxey, who names Lilly Stranger. bred
to Aquilins; the Canterbury Shakers Of
New Hampshire, who name two mares,
and many others.
PARIS, March 27.-The former inaugu-
ration OF the racing season in France oe-
eurred today, with the running. of the
Prix Du President De La Repuhlique at
| Auteutl.
The beautiful weather drew out an i'm
mense crowd among which were many
| Americans. President Falerces and Nle
members OF the cabinet and all fashionable
Paris were present. The Easter gown dis
play was a notable one
The Prix President De la RepubIique is
steeplechase handicape at two miles,
five furlongs, for purse OF $4,000. It was
won today by Nine Doublet's ordurhin III.
No American horses were entered in this
| event.
/ In several OF the other races horses owned
by William k Vanderbilt Frank J. Gould
and Mason Carnes competed, but were not
placed
bennett 90 Manage Fremont.
! FREMONT, Neb March 21.--(speciaI)-
| L. ID. Bennett, pitcher and utility fielder
of the Lincoln Western league team, signed