El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-30
RAGING RE0PEN5
At BELMONT PaRK
Deputies Of Two Counties
Assemble in Effort to
Prevent Betting.

New York. May 30.-BelmOut park
was the scene today of the re-
turn Of horseracing in New York state
After three years of anxious waiting
the soealled sport Of kings" has been
reestablished in the Empire state amid
the salVOs Of brass bands, the cheers
of thousands of rehabilitated deVOtees
and the staccatO like hOOfbeats OF the
thOrOughbreds.
Deputies to Prevent Betting.
Acting upon the written warning Of
governor Sulzer that he would hold
them personally responsible for any
violation of the law the sheriffs Of
Queens and Nassau counties were on
hand today with a large following OF
deputies. As the gTandstand at Bel
mont Park is in Queens county and
the track is in Aassau, the presence Of
this double relay Of Officers is ac-
counted for
The meet. which opened today is
under the auspices of the Westchester
Racing association Tt viii continue
till July 5. with racing three times a
week making a total Of is racing days
The next opening VIII be at Jamaica
the home of the Metropolitan Jockey
club, on July Z and viii continue up
10 the end of the month The sched-
ule calls for y racing days at this
track. The third opening VIII be in
August. at Saratoga This meeting
viii continue up to September l. But
here the racing viii be continuous, in
VolYlng p racing days.
The revival or horse racing in New
York was made possible, after the
loophOle offered in the Shane case BY
liberal subscriptions from August Bel
mont, Harry Payne Whitney, Thomas
=. Ryan. II. x. Knapp. John Sanford
H. T. Oxnard James Butler. JoseDb
p. Widener, Richard T.. Wilson.
Charles KOhler, George ID. Widener.
Eredericks Johnson and many others
Old Stakes Revived.
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most of the old stakes viii be revived.
Some Of the more famous ones are the
metropolitan. Brooklyn and Suburban
handlcaps; Withers, Juvenile, for two
year-olds; Grand National steeplechasc.
Great American. Brooklyn derby. As
tOrla dinner stakes. BrOOkdale. handf-
cap, fremont, independence steeple-
chase, the Carlton and the keene me-
moral new fixture in honor of the
late James r. keene. In addition there
VIII be six selling stakes.
For these stakes, with the exception
Of the selling stakes. there win be
an added value Of $4,000 to $500. And
u is more than probable that before
the close of the season other notable
stakes viii be revived
The racing DAYS viii be Tuesday.
thursday and SATURDAY,. except next
week, when the days viii be changed
ing Rock Hunt club
Races at Saratoga Springs.
The meeting at Saratoga Springs in (
august VIII witness the revival Of the
1uUurlty, the most famous American !
classic This most valued of all two
year-old fixtures has been continued
each year by the COney Island Jockey
club, albeit the closing Of the tracks
made II impossible to run it off either
IN 1871 or 1912. But it viii be decided /
this year at Saratoga 1t has already Z
been closed for both 1914 and 1915
Inc luJurlIy IS only one Of the his
lOFlc races that VIII be seen at sara
tOga- That association is so amply
provided with stakes of lis OWE that
II viii hardly need to take any OF the
mixtures OF fellow associations to COM
plete its card. Among the races 70
be revived by the Saratoga associd-
ton are the Saratoga handicap. the
steeplechase, Hurricane. Delaware, 1
Kentucky, Seneca. United States Hotel ]
Albany, Champlain, schenectady, Shil- Z
lelah, Steeplechase- Saratoga Special, I
Mohawk. SpinaWay, Grand 1
Union Hotel, Stakes, Troy, Saranac, /
Saratoga steeplechase, Hope Z
ful, Merchants and Citizens Vassar. /
dam, Beverwyck. Rensselaer,. and the I
Saratoga Cup.
VIII Sell Track at AUCTION.
While racing at Belmont Park Is I
In 1ul swing tomorrow, its sister 4
track, Norris Park. In the Bronx, viii
be sold under the hammer by the state 4
banking department as uQuidator of 4
the Carnegie Trust company and the
Northern Bank Of New York, both Of 4
which We're interested in the Morris ]
Park race track.
The property consists Of about 5000 /
lots, and viii be sold to the highest /
bidder either in lots OF as whole