New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-06
Spring and Fall Dates
Allotted by Stewards
of Jockey Club.
FOURTEEN DAYS TO
THE JAMAICA TRACK
Saratoga, as Usual, Gets the Full
Month of August - Officials
for MARYLAND Meetings.

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Racing In this state will begin on
Nav 20 and continue in so far rs the
tracks that operate under the direction
81 the Jockey Club are concerned until
September Il.
The dates were allotted yesterday at
meeting Of The stewards at Is East
Forty-frS; Street.
The Westchester Racing Association
will lead OF with a me ting at Belmont
Park from May 20 20 June Q, sixteen
Ssys. including Memorial Day and two
Saturdays. The Piping Rock Racing
Association will cut in for two days.
as the stewards allotted Wednesday,
June .. and Saturday, June s, for rae
ing at this popular track.
move 70 the home Of the Metropolitan
Jockey Club. st Jamaica, which has
seen no racing for several years. This
meeting will open on June 10 and run
fourteen days, 10 June %. when the
scene will change to Aqueduct. Dates
for the Queens County Jockey Club in
eluds three Saturdays and July T.
With the close of Aqueduct, on July
IS. the horses will be shipped TO Yonk-
.rs for the sixteen-day meeting of the
Empire City Jockey Club. This will
run 10 July 81, when the general exc
aus TO Saratoga Springs will begin for
me full month of August, the meet
ing there beginning on Monday, Au-
gust ,.
Twelve days also have been assigned
70 Belmont Park in the fall. as was the
ease last year, beginning on September
snd ending on September IA. This
ill ir~iu1e Labor Day
The New York meetings will follow
closely on the heels Of those In Mary
land at Bowie, Havre de Grace and
Pimlico.
The Southern Maryland Fair Associ-
alton will begin the Eastern season
on Anril l. that track having fallen heir
70 the place Norfolk formerly held in
the Eastern schedule.
Following the rulings Of the Bust
ness Mems Racing Association of New
Orleans, all associations racing under
the jurisdiction OF the Jockey Club
were requested TO refuse the entries Of
c. c. and W. II. Baker, and were re-
ouested TO deny TO Al. Konigsburg all
privileges Of the courses.
Permission also was granted the
MARYLAND Jockey Club 70 relinquish
Nav 10 Of its spring meeting. This
will allow one day for shipping to Bel
mont Park.
The appointment of officials for the
MARYLAND tracks was approved, as fol-
lows:
Bowie-Judge. Joseph A. Murphy;
starter. A. h. Dade; clerk of the course
and scales, Joseph McLennen; paddock
and patrol judges, G. Z. Hall and Shell
bv Burch; timer, William Jennings. L.
r Smith was Amounted steward to rep
resent the Jockey Club.
Havre de ace-Handicapper, W. 5.
Vosburgh judges. c. Cornehlsen and
II. L. HomGn; clerk Of the scales, II.
L. Homan; starter, James Milton;
timer. James Mclaughlin; patrol
Judges W. H. Schaut and f. H. Hanna.
". 5. Nosburgh was appointed steward
TO represent the Jockey Club.
P.mlico-Judges f. C. Smith and W.
?. Riggs; starter. A. B. Dade; handi-
capper. + J. Bryan; clerk Of the scales,
H. 2. Conkling; paddock judges, ). j.
Mackessey and ". P. ROache. Frank
J. Bryan was named as steward 70 rep
resent the Jockey Club. -,
c. X. G.. Billings was appointed
steward 20 represent the Jockey Club
st the meeting of the Piping Rock
Racing Association, while a number Of
licenses for Jockeys and trainers were
granted as recommended by the license
committee.
Those present at the meeting Of the
stewards were August Belmont, An
drew Miller, Schuyler L. Parsons, II.
X. Knapp and John Sanford.
The Metropolitan Jockey Club will
have to arrange a new programme ana
reat its plant. The Excelsior Handicap
and its other popular races have been
discontinued since 1909, and the grand
stand. nce one of the most sui stan-
tial and comfortable structures in the
East. was all but demolished in a storm
year and a half ago.
So vident was the storm, the heavy
iron rod was wrenched from its fast
enings md carried in ragged sections
al over the place. =.
The work of refitting the long dis
used plant and arranging a programme
. for the revival of racing at Jamaica
will fall upon ex-senator w. II. Rey-
nolds president of the Metropolitan
Jockey Club, and Walter c. Edwards,
secretary.