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Show If STABLES JfPAD j Outlook Causes Many fliers to Contemplate sfer. of Horses. i WANTS TO TRY ;, ACR0SS THE OCEAN pK4'op Sweepstakes in ftrack Cards Make j$emen Jubilant. rAMBS DOOKERALL. Wire to Tho Tribune. RK, ADril 22- As a result of Mid fears aa n tho racing out-; aer New York a number of; rg- contemplate a transfer of to England and France, (has made application for (fjegCB at Newmarket. Eng-jie Eng-jie British governing body treguest "ho -will ship within ft Hildreth has among others fe1 PJtzherbert and the crack colt. Novelty. He had tho tine in America last year. He Wbinc to try his luck across' not at all satisfied with the tracing in this state. He there will be no activity on blitan tracks and hence he 1 to take his stable across "-Hildreth would remain here L: develop that, there was. a 7ft resumption of the sport. ,raoes "would be the best ho :MiIb horses in England until ire opened. r and Hunt Meetings, ef, racing that will be carried its old-time visor Is amateur feetingB. Already thirteen dlf-jMits dlf-jMits have been granted dates lopal Steeplechase and Hunt ne of the season will be at FJj. L. when tho Rockaway : - Hunting r.lub Ib to have a day pf racing April 2D. Tho Meadow Brook Steeplechase Steeple-chase association -will conduct Its meeting meet-ing at tho Belmont Terminal May 6. Tho Watching Hunt club of Plalnfleld. N. J., will nice May 13. The Virginia racing and horse show is scheduled for May 20 atf Richmond. The Roac Treo Fox Hunting club of Pennsylvania will follow May 25 and 27. One of tho most Important meetings is that of the Maryland United Hunts Racine association, to bo held al tho Plmllco course May 30, Juno 1 and Juno 3. TJifs meeting will attract tho best horses and amateurs that race. Of tho tracks In proximity to this city the Belmont Park terminal Is the most popular, and Its early meeting Is June 8 and June 10. On those dates the United Hunts Racing: association will have two days of racing with seven races each day. . The Country club at Brookllnc has chosen June 17. June 21 and June 22. This Is to be followed with the second mectlrig of the Maryland United Hunts. August 31. Septomber 2 and September Septem-ber 4. Other Meetings. Captain E. B. Cassatt will entertain at Chosterbraok Farm at Berwyn, Pa.. September Sep-tember 23. The White Marsh Valley hunt of Pennsylvania has arranged for raclngSeptcmbcr 30 and October 3. Joseph Jo-seph E. Wldenor has chosen October 7 for IiIb meeting at ElklnB Park. Pa... and It Is one of the invitation affairs that Is justly popular. Thursday, October 12. and Saturday. October 14. are the 'dates chosen by the Rose Tree Fox Hunting association for Its second meeting. Trotting horsemen and breeders cannot can-not help but feel jubilant over the fact .that practically all mile track programmes pro-grammes for the season Include either handicaps or sweepstakes, which, means a groat opportunity to fast horses to earn money and be kept on the turf as extra attractions. Handicap Racing Fails. Heretofore tho harness turf has been tho only branch of Bporfc in which Its best performers those that should havo been the greatest drawing cards at the gates are excluded for lack of opportunity to earn enough to pay at least for their care and expenses of training and transporting. trans-porting. To remedy this evil, handicap racing was tried on a big scalo at Read-vllle Read-vllle for three seasons, yet It Is did not meet the demand, neither did it serve tho real purpose. Other associations tried to comply with tho domHnd, but all met tho same fate as Readvlllo, leaving the fast-record horses for what has been known as tho free-for-alls, In which not only fewer- horses started, but th9 events .never filled as programmed. Tho early closing stakes of all mile trotting tracks In membership with the grand circuit are announced, and, hnslng estjmates upon what has been promised to campaigning horsemen, tho flgur'os run up close to an even SI, 000,000, which will bo raced for by trotters and pacers, besides be-sides the Brakes In class races, futurities and specials in the twelve weeks of the grand circuit proper, tho two extra weeks at Columbus, two weeks at "Lexington and tho remaining tracks In membership with tho great western circuit. Futurities Worth $125,000. Tho nine Important futurities, which will be raced from Detroit down to Lexington, Lex-ington, will surely bo worth S125.000. while the numerous class races will more than double the vnluo of early stakes. Unless something unforeseen happens, better meetings, with larger entries and bigger prizes, will surely bo the rule of the season's harness sport over mile tracks. Turfmen generally believe that one of the best early tests of three-year-olds will come with the running of the Preak-ness Preak-ness handicap of tho Maryland Jockey club at Plmllco May 17. It Ib the revival of a famous old race, with some modifications. modifi-cations. Last year, run at a mile, It wan won by Captain E. B. Cassatt'a Laymlnstcr, tho lightest weight in tho field, being required re-quired to tako up only S4 pounds. |
