The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-29
RACING OUTLOOK
EAST is GLOOMY

New York, May 2s.-While racing
took Il spurt In the east with the open
inc of the Belmont park meet, which
will run until May 30. the outlook for
the turf has never been so gloomy
Belmont park has already marked
the beginning OF higb.clasS racing
the real sport On It's lawns mon who
control millions OF dollars worth OF
securities forget finance for the time
beInr and gossip with their ncighborS
regarding the potency for speed In one
particular strain OF blood over that
OF many others.
The women, carrying fortunes on
their heads and shoulders. In the form
Of the milliner's and the dressma6er's
art. listen attentively to all this. but.
like as not. cast TO the winds the ad-
Vice Of the sages of the turf when
their eyes catch sight Of some attrac-
tive racing oolors. Then they are
willing to risk box of bonbons on
their choice-tbe horse with the
catchy name that is carrying the pret-
ty colors.
Racing is not dead-it never viii
die So long as men hold in their hearts
love for a horse That this affection
for the thoroughbred is deeply rooted
and not thing of passing moment or
fleeing fancy for a brilliant spectacle
the history of the sport tells.
For hundred years there have
been attacks against it. but 1t has sur
vived. and is now more securely in
trenched In the hearts of the people
the world over than the day when
Lord Rockingham's Ollabaculia won
the St Leger stakes OF 1776-the first
important race ever run.
The race meet OF the Toronto Jock
ey club opened Tuesday and will run
for seven days. The original date was
moved back on account of the funeral
OF King Edward. The Kings Plate will
be run as usual.
The Montreal meet will open on
June L. 1t Is predicted very widely
that this will be the most successful
meeting ever held at Montreal. The
Paris-mutual system OF betting will
he used.
Usual interest attaches this spring
to tho society race. an annual fixture
nj Churchill Downs II is down for
decision Saturday. May %. The rider
of the winner will receive from the
new Louisville Jockey club plate to
the value OF $3.50. The trophy this
year is work of real art, and sur
passes oil prizes of the past in this
event
Charles Rumscy. the sculptor, who
Is to marry the daughter of the late
i. H. Hartman. has Just completed
life-size statues of Hamburg and Art
ful for Harry Payne Whitney, and he
is ot work on a statue OF the great
totter Nancy Hanks, for John E Mad.
den. The statue Of Nancy Hanks ia
10 be placed over the great trottiDc
mares grave at Hamburg Place. Mad
den has removed the bones OF Ham
burg Belle from Savannah, Ga. To
Hamburg Place, and buried them In
the meadow In which that swift trot.
ter romped before she got TO the
races
A number OF eastern turfmen made
arrangements to ship horses west
when the racing outlook in the east
became so acute. Some of these will
be raced at Salt Lake City, where a
meet Will be held from June G TO .JuIy
The Windsor. Canada, meet will run
from July 16 10 %.
Racing at Emeryville. Cal, will end
July 4
+. j. Pons. who bought string OF
horses from jacksonville 10 race on
the metropolitan tracks. has decided
TO cast his fortunes with the west, and
Tho stable was shipped from Shceps-
head Bay 10 Louisville. Iu tho lot
are Polls, who ran mile in 1875 at
Aoueduct: Moncrief who ran well al
the meeting. and number that were
successful AT Jacksonville.