Show I I RACE SEASON I IN NEW ME NEWYORK YORK STARTS NEXT SATURDAY NEW YORK April 29 The The racing season of at which bids fair to tol b l bone be lono one ono of the most important in the history history his his- tory of ot the sport in New e York will willbo willbe willbo bo be opened next Saturday with the curtain raiser of ot the Rockaway a HuntInG HuntIng Hunting Hunt- Hunt Ing club at Hewlett's L. L I. I followed b by other steeplechase steeplechase- charlo meetings on Long Island on Mn May 8 15 and 19 n. n and andon andon on May 01 a 20 three thrpo three three- weeks from next Thursday Thursday Thursday-by b by tho the running of ot tho the thoI I Metropolitan handicap at the beginning begin begin- beginning ning of the tho Westchester Racing associations association's associations association's asso asso- 0 I spring meeting at Belmont Delmont Park I There Thero Is ia a very general feeling Jockey Jocke club I among members of the and others that the campaign now RO so o close at hand may before It ends seethe see seethe I the turf In this state in a n. stronger position than at any time since Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Hughes HughE's started hi his memorable crusade against bookmaking If It read ready d with interfered mone money betting Is not by the racing authorities or tho courts th there re Is likely to bo be a a. revival of ot Interest and attendance su suggestive of or old times unless MI the optimists are much mistaken but if It th the ruinous credit system of oC betting in vogue last It will be he year Is not Improved upon hard work to keep racing alive In NewYork Now New York according to the opinion of ot vel very many experienced followers of the sport Program books Just published for forthe forthe the thc Belmont Park meeting give promise promIse promise prom prom- ise of oC some interesting contests there Many of ot the stake horses have ha gone or will go to Lexington and for tor the Kentucky D Derby rby and other Important important Important Im Im- im- im races race before tho Metropolitan is run and new stars may thus como come up while some Bome of ot the tho old ones go godown godown godown down but hut l If a fair share of ot the tho runners runners runners run run- ners entered fulfill the promise of oC last seasons season's performances the Metropolitan Metropolitan Metro Metro- politan Is going olnE to be a a. race worth seeing AV IV S. S Vosburgh the official handicapper will announce the weights on l Ia May 10 two days das after the tho Kentucky Kentuck Derby Is run Probably this race and the Kentucky handicap will have an nn important bearing on what he does to Roamer Pebbles Luke Buckhorn Duckhorn Borrow Donow Punch Bowl Bow Phosphor Fairy and the rest It is to tobe tobo tobo bo be hoped that his allotment will b be accepted b by at nt least the first two horses on the list for tor the they are arc the tho ones the public want to see Bee measure strides Roamer though under size and not at all nIl attractive in appearance could beat an any horse in sight at almost any distance last year ear and he won his races so cas easily II with such a show chow of ot speed and ability to carry earn weight and go o a n. distance that nobody yet knows Just how great a horse horRe he mo may be Pebbles is in much the tho same class When he was as rl right ht and got bot off oct right right no other year two-year-old could touch him No year three has won the Metropolitan since dead heat hat with Race King Icing ten years eus ago but James s Butler the owner of ot Pebbles Pebbles Peb Peb- bles bes thinks 8 nobody has had ono one quite as good a as tho line blood like eon of Ben Brush to do it with Pebbles Is like likely to be the favorite for Cor the Kentucky Derby In which he will meet his old rival Regret owned by H P. P Whitney Whitney Whit Whit- ne ney and the highly tried Sharpshooter er fr owned lw 11 Schuyler r T. T P rAnn rh The mp J Important ri t- t tt stake t k r races of the Belmont Park meeting will be run as follows Thursday May 20 Metropolitan 20 handicap one mile New York steeplechase two miles Saturday Mil May 2 22 Juvenile 22 Juvenile Ju stakes five furlongs Tuesday May 25 International 5 steeplechase two miles Saturday May Olay 29 Withers 29 Withers 9 stakes one milo mile Amateur cup Clip one mile mlle Monday Monda May Ia 31 Toboggan 31 handicap handicap handi handi- cap six lx furlongs Grand National steeplechase two and ono half miles Wednesday June 2 Fashion stakes five furlongs Satur Saturday a June 5 Ladles Ladies Ladles Ladles' handicap one mile Belmont stakes one and three three eights eights miles Wednesday June fune D 9 Keene Memorial Memorial Memo Memo- rial stakes five n and one half furlongs |