New-York tribune., 1921-03-11

or the metropolitan and Saratoga tt
The schedule of racing dates in detail
will be found in an accompanying box.
Each of the four local racks-Jamaica,
Belmont Park. Aqueduct and Empire
City-will have thirty-one days Of rae
ing, divided into two separate meetings
each Saratoga. at Saratoga Springs.
will. as usual. have the whole month Of
August to itself. The month can fur
nish only twenty-Seven racing davs
As has been customary for many
years, the Metropolitan Jockey Club.
which controls the track at Jamaica
will be given the honor Of usherinr in
the local season on Friday. Nav 6. But
relative 20 its meeting, a radical de-
parture has been made. OF late years
it has been customary to split the
spring dates OF Jamaica into two short
meetings. with the long spring meeting
81 Belmont Park sandwichea in hes
tween. TIE spring dates for Jamaica
this time Will De continuous for three
full weeks Aguedgct VIII cut right in
behind Belmont Park rs the third
meeting or the year. The autumn meet
ings follows the groove Of precedent
Belmont. Aoueduct. Jamaica snd En-
pire-tncugh few additional Savs
have been tackled OF al along the line.
Confusion in Dates Minimized
The earlier opening OF the season,
probably, enabled the good stewards "a
give Jamaica {. ear shot at it's sur,1r
meeting uninterruptedly Heretofore
tfere as 0een certain luscious noli-
Gay, known as Memorial Day, or Deco
Pa LaJ liza precludeG xnv such
poilcy' u requires the largest possible
seating capacity ana Accommodations
Tor the bumper crowd Of Nav 9n each
season. and. e. course. as Belmont PARK
IS the Newmarket Of America there was
no otner track where such al IMPORTANT
date could possibly be observed M
belmont 0ark-or che park that has
been named after his familv-wi1 of
course, cut on Labor Day in the fall.
ss ~ nave generous sprinklinr Of
ssJaraaYs IS the appended schedule
vii testify.
Bue taken BIZ and large. the schedu,e
a adopted by the stewards OF Tho
Jockey Club must be highly com
mended. Certainly II must he con-
1essec me general confusion that has
existed Tor many years will be mini
mized No greater stroke toward this
enc was evidenced than in the chang
lne Of che Belmont Park course 50
that the horses would run American
!asn.on and not the reverse wav, as
in England
The fact that Belmont raced <~o~o
.el' 70 rlght mad everybody up in the
air tour times every wear. After
Jansic ca would come Belmont. with it's
reverse way o. running, and the thor
oughnrecs would ali have TO be
schooled over again. Then they would
run American fashion again until
after the Saratoga meeting. Ii meant
another different schooling for the
autumn meeting ar Belmont Park and
SUI fourth schooling FOR tte rest
Of the meetings here.
Inc stewards OF the Jockey Club
oenien applications for iockevs'
licenses TO Charles Gross. Johnny Lof-
,us and Eddie Taplin. They reinstated
jockeys Maurice Rowan, Teddie Rice
and j. Zoeiie-, who had been under the
ban. Trallers' licenses were denied
to James Boden, who campaigned g
stable o. timber toppers and who got
INTO trouble IN 1919, to James Denni-
son, Vincent .. Hendrick, Cecil Knight
ana john Mulrennan. The applica ton
O. Louis Feustel was laid on the table.
Action on Feustel Shock
This action Of tabling Feusteps ap-
pNcation was pronounced shock to
everyboey closely associated with the
turt. The Jockey Club, Of course. is
iaw unto itself and, ike the proverb-
al KING, admits Of no question Feustel
Tor several years has trained the stable
o. Samlei .. Riddle, q member OF the
'ocAey Club. 1t was Feustel who de-
Seioped Man O. v ar. the horse Of the
century. retired last fall a. three
year-olG after beating Commodore j.
a Ross four year-Old SIR Barton
IN g match Tor $4,000 ard $4,000
gold cup at the Kenilworth track,
Windsor, Canada.
Representatives, Of the Jockey Club
sdmitted Yesterday that Guy Bedwell,
trainer Tor Commander Ross, the
canadian multl-millionaire sportsman,
mas made TO application TO the Jockey
Club Tor trainers license. This may
o. may not be significant. Bedwen IS
one OF the powers of the Maryland
sur- and It is generally known that the
relations between the Jockey Club and
tne Maryland people are none too cor
o'al, al the protesratiors OF friend
Snip TO the contrary notwithstar ding.
IL Is believed that Bcdwel VIII make
ms application 30 the State Racing
commission OF Maryland, which init
mates II may reinstate Jockey Carroll
SnliNng over the heads OF the Jockey
.lup. Bedwell is also big influence
IN the racing affairs OF Canada. Here
tofore the Canadian Racing Associa-
uon un has paid fealty to the Jockey
eiuo. But certain experts view with
Slarm Bedweil's failure so far TO pay
courtesy 10 the governing body of the
american turf. They scent a possible
sAgnment OF Canada with Maryland in
ease OF break between the latter
powers and the Jockey Club.
NO one possibly could hazard guess
ss 70 why Louis Feustels application
hao been tabled, or turned down tenn
perariiy Feustel. supposedly, is one
a. a.. tne cieanest sportsmen of the turf.
~ ~ tne time Of the match race between
man o War and Sir Barton in Wind
cor II was generally known that he
nu Mn bedweN mad lot Of trouble
"hstAer or not the Jockey Club de-
s'fes TO srTt this situation to the bot
'om remains TO be seen.
Turf Owes Debt to FeusteI
II certainly the American turf owes to
,eustel debt It can scarcely repay in
we aovertlsing and boosting it got out
y, man o War. This great colt last
year did ten times more for the turf
a'sn the Jockey Club and all It's Glen
sele Man o War was beaten only
me- IN has racing career, and certainly
~oustei mad no blame in the unfortu-
AAle incident Man o. War, as a two
iussr-old, was beaten in Saratoga by
- Larry Payne Whitney's Upset, because
"a ~ weak ride on the part of Johnny
-umteus, after substitute starter Pettin-
90 nae left the great colt at the post,