Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23
RACING AFTERMATH
Effect of the Closing of the Big
New York Tracks.
STABLES OF LITTLE VALUE
Statisticians Show That 10000 Per-
sons Have Been Thrown Out
Of Employment.

NEW YORK, March 23.-One of the
first consequences of the decision Of the
Jockey Club to close the race tracks OF
New York state the coming season is the
announcement by August Belmont. chair
man of the Jockey Club. that he will ship
to England a squad of his best two-year-
olds. Most Of his racing hereafter will be
in Great Britain and Canada.
Il do not mean to withdraw from rae
ing in this country entirely, however,
said Mr.. Belmont. II will be represented
at Norfolk and Pimlico, but I have not
made entries to the stakes in Kentucky
II racing is revived in New York state
will have my stable ready for the usua
campaign"
mont Park includes about twenty five
Kentucky. He will ship to Lexington
early next week.
Richard T. Wilson's stable is the big
gest establishment at Belmont Park and
his horses will be hurried into condition
for the Pimlico meeting. Later the
string will be taken to Canada. The big
gest stable at Sheepshead Bay is that OF
bert, Firestone. King James and others
Mr.. Hildreth has not made up his mind
as to what he will do. hut he is inclined
to think that the pick of his racers will
be taken to Europe.
Heavy Losses.
Several race track statisticians were fig
uring out yesterday the probable finan-
cial losses caused by anti-betting legis-
lation at Albany. They asserted that at
least $4,000 persons have been deprived
Of a means of livelihood; that racing
property. including tracks, breeding
farms and buildings, valued at SAC, 900. 600,
has been rendered useless; that $25. co.,
600 annually in the shape of salaries paid
to track officials, clerks, employees. stable
help, Jockeys, trainers and bookmakers'
assistants together with the gate receipts
Of the various associations. stakes and
purses, feed bills, railroad transporta-
ton and money spent by the racing pub
lie has been cut off; that the breeding in
dustry. in which James B. Haggtn, Au-
gust Belmont, James r. keene. John r..
Madden, Clarence H. Mackay. Milton
Young, Barney Schneider and others in
vested large sums. has been wrecked. and
that business men and the farmers have
been deprived of a large revenue directly
derived from the sport of kings.
S. c. Hildreth. the leading winner of
stakes and purses here last season, finds
a big stable of thoroughbreds at Sleeps
head Bay. including the great Fitz Her
bert. Novelty. Restigouche, Royal Meteor.
Montgomery. Rose Queen, Ffrestone, Joe
Madden, King James. Livonia. Jeanne
dare. Zeus. Hampton Court. Kormak and
a dozen high-class two-year-olds. Hill
dreth refused $4,000 for F4tz Herbert a
year ago. and under old conditions his
present string of horses would have been
valued at $500. 900 or more. But with no
prospect of winning big turf prizes on
the New York tracks this year Hildreth
must either turn to Canada and Kentucky
or ship to- England. unless he decides to
sell out and retire from racing. r. T.
Wilson has a formidable stable at Bel
mont Park, including Oiambala, Maui
shon, Mexoana, Onager. Beaucoup.
Amalfl and about twenty two-year-olds
for which he paid $4,000 last summer.
August Belmont has another great racing
establishment. including Priscillian. Field
Mouse, Whist, Trap Rock. Footprint,
Babbler. Flint Rock and many two-year-
olds sired by the one-hundred- and-twenty-
fiye-thousand-dollar Rock Sand.