New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-27
EYES NOW POINTED
TO RACING SEASON
Directors of Owners Find
A'lot Stakes to Tracks
of This State.
BELMONT PARK GETS
TWO OF $1,000 EACH
Some Money Also Will Re- A.,
TO the Big Spring Handicaus
as Was Case Last Year
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Another important prellm,,,
the racing season was taken YESTERDAY
when the directors Of III. ow,.
assigned the various stakes th.,
last December.
ms fund provides for tn. di,tr,hr.,..
or more than $500 among the bo-..
and the various races were closed v,,s.
the naming Of the course. owe, 80
they were 10 be decided. "
BY the assignments agre.s INA.
stakes each viii be run at Belrnon, p,.s
Aqueduct, Empire city Vonksrs, 49,
Saratoga Springs. Those tina, will \.
cided at Belmont Park are kror
Stakes b and +. 3 IS ave-and..
furlong dash for two-year-olds r,,.
guaranteed value OF $500, for which ~
entries were received. Stake + will \. =.
one mile and a furlong. for thn...v..
olds. also with a guaranteed vain. 40
$500. Forty-seven entries were ,.c.,,.s
Stake A, nve-furlong dash for tro
year-olds. with an added value OF a NJ
VIII he run az AQueduct, and II clo,.,i
with l25 entries Stake r al on. Mi.
for three-year-ods. with c.M ss1.
with forty-nine entries. also u.n, :,
Aqueduct
The stakes that fell to the Emplr. NV
Racing Association we're c and II Stab.
9 is at six furlongs, for two.yea,.od,
with $4,000 added II is framed along IN.
same lines ms the others, and brought gu.
100 entries. Stake II is at a mile and
half. for three-year-olds. with s2sns
added. Forty-three entries we're received
for this race
Saratoga will be the scene ot the run.
ming If Stakes u and G. stake D a,
six furonss, for two-year-olds with A
guaranteed value OF s. 900. While Stake q.
is AZ one mile and a quarter, for three.
year-olds. II will have $500 added and
will be under handicap conditions. Thu,
attracted ffty-fve nominations
II will be remembered that the owners
fund was created by the voluntary coniri.
buttons NJ a number NJ sportsmen for m,
rehabilitation OF racing in New York
state. II was launched early in the sprng
OF last year, and liberal amounts were
added n various races The continuation
OF the fund was even more successful and
the alphabetical stakes were decided upo,
Instead Of merely adding the money %
races that had already been programmed
The liberality OF the gentlemen who are
responsible for the fund means great
deal 10 racing. These substantial prizes
have attracted entries from the best
horses in the country and the manner IN
which the races have been assigned
should bring the best results.
The racing season will open at Belmont
Park on May %. Aqueduct VIII follow On
June q and continue until July T. En-
pire city has had dates allotted from
July Is until July 81. while the Saratoga
meeting will run through the month Of
August
In addition 10 these stakes the Fund
will add $500 to the Metropolitan Han
dicap, the Brooklyn Handicap, the En-
pire City Handicap and the Saratoga
Handicap.
From the same source comes SPECIAL
stake that is 20 be- run At the Syracuse
State Fair 10 which 5000 has been added
II IS at mile and a quarter for three
year-olds and upward. at weight for age
and will he decided n September.