The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-21

pulsive manners. No, siree, you'll have l to leave my ball out"
 Perry Peebles, who was writing sheet l during the same meeting, and who ha d 1 even more strenuous time than Milton says he would not mind going back-if 1 he had the United States army along for l protection.
 Although no official announcement has come from the Hockey club headquarters, the writer has 1t on excellent authority mat the tentative plans of the race so- Ions call for 90 days of racing on metro politan courses during 1911. At the com ing meeting of the executive committee Belmont park will be allotted 30 days be- ginning May 15, while in due time Sara toga, which will be the real bright spo. on the eastern racing map, will be i granted like number of days, begin ming the last week in July. It is practically certain that there will be no racing at Jamaica and there ce = tainly will be no attempt to run at Brighton. Ten-day meetings will prob- ably be given at Sheepshead Bay and | Gravesend, but 1t is said that in the event of the Kings county officials show ing the same hostile tactics as in the late days of 1910-these dates will be trans l ferred to Belmont park and Aqueduct, which are in Queens county, and the meetings there merged. Empire City will be relied on for at least 10 days, but there may be little more on the Butler l track.
 The appointment of the new racing commissioners is being looked forward to with considerable interest. According to rumor two of the present members are said to be ready to retire and the same l report mentions the name of August Bel mont as a probable nominee. If MT. Belmont is chosen the appointment will be accepted as indicative that Governor Dix is not so radically opposed to racing that he will want the district attorney co strain the law to the utmost to brea: up the sport
 Under the above arrangement Belmont park would follow the close of Pimlico, and would conflict with any attempt to operate a meeting at New Marlboro. The later association, which Is controlled uy members of the Jacksonville racing es- tablishmentfi Is persona non grata in Jockey club circles.
 James Graves of Richmond, president of the Virginia Fair and Racing asso- citation, who was present at the sports mems dinner is organizing a breeding bureau for Old Dominion MT. Graves owns several thoroughbreds and Ii xe most Virginians, is a clever cross-country rider. He exhibits at all the state fairs in his native state and rides his own horses
 Since Virginia was the original home of the thoroughbred there is deal of the American thoroughbred blood in the Virginia horse already, but Mir Graves believes that there should be more He, in company with other public-spirited sportsmen, has made Up his mind to dis tribute 15 20 stations throughout the state, which will be accessible to the farmers of Old Dominion.
 Senator M. F. Tarpey, sportsman, pol itician and keen optimist of California, now en route east, stated in a recent interview that racing in the Native Son states was not dead, but simply enjoy
 ing a short sesta. In the opinion of Senator Tarpey a measure will be adopt ed looking to the modification of the drastic points in the recently enacted anti-betting possibly two years hence and undoubtedly before 1915, the date of the Panama exposition. In reviewing the situation the sena- tor displayed keen insight into the real or fancied grievances
 When racing and breeding interests of my state, which are considerable and important, may get relief is hard to say,'' Senator Tarpey remarked Tt may be some time, possibly three or four years. but I look for racing to be one of the star attractions of the worlds fair, with which California purposes to celebrate the throwing open of the Panama canal Some favorable accident may incline the hearts of the people towardi wholesome and much abused sport. tven before then.
 But let me tell you that the character