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Show BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 1910 HORSE RACING By Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Tho year's racing rac-ing season in the east will open on April 15, and from present Indications the struggle for tun supremacy will lie between be-tween James It. Keeno and Samuel C. Hlldreth. Mr. Keeno by far has the most promising string of entries ready for tho souson. but Hlldrcth's frlonds declare that his plans have been kepi more or less In the dark and ho will dawn upon tho turf In April in all the splendor of a winning stable. On account of tho ronowed activity In turfdom In1 tho east, the Jockey club has been having a difficult time to assign dates for tho spring, summer and fall, so that there will be no conlllct. Tho advent of Brighton Beach back Into active ac-tive turf affairs rather complicated matters. mat-ters. With Brighton, wo shall have racing rac-ing at Aqueduct. Jamaica, Belmont Park. Gravesend, Shoepshosid Bay and Empire City. Rather an Important layout, oh? Looks pretty nifty for old 1010, notwithstanding notwith-standing tho urgings which Governor Hughes Is giving the New York legislature. legisla-ture. Think wo shall do some lively business In the oast this summer. Saratoga made application for tho entire en-tire month of August, another promising outlook. Tho annual mooting of the Saratoga directorate was held this week, whon extra emphasis was given to this reo.uc.st. As tho Spa management furnished fur-nished the best sport of 1009 hi the oast, and as they have hung up nearly a quarter quar-ter of a million dollars' worth of purses and stakes for the coming summer, their doHlres are receiving respectful attention. atten-tion. The management of Brighton has not been backward about advancing Its claims for restoration to full and complete com-plete racing. Nearly H00 entries have been made for Brighton this coming summer, which Is a. mighty flno augury. |