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Show NEW YORK REVIVES THE RACING GAME New York, April 4 Horse racing Is to le revived in New York state. , This assurance was given tonight in an announcement by the Jockey club, ! that an "owners fund," had been sub-scribed sub-scribed to provide proper purses and 1 that renewal of racing would be Inaugurated- with a meeting at Belmont Park, beginning May :hi. At the close ol the Bolmont Park ; meet on July r, a twe lve day meeting will be opened on the Jamaica track and following this there will be rac-I rac-I lng at Saratoga, all the month of Aiicust I "Should conditions warrant, autumn meetings may he considered." says I the announcement. The revival has been made possl- j tie hy a recent court decision holdim-ttiat holdim-ttiat oral betting was not bookmakm land that such betting did not make directors ol racing associations liable to prosecution under the antl-bettlnc 'laws The subscribing owners to the fuud for purses include August Belmont, Bel-mont, Thomas F Ryan, 1 1 P Whit- lne, H T. Oxnard. Joseph E Widen-er, Widen-er, George D. Widener, James Butlei and R. T Wilson I Realizing that raclnp association -would be put to sreai expense in an effort to re-cstallifih racing, the announcement an-nouncement says, and to avoid the necessity of their charging hurden-some hurden-some entr) fees to horse owners and of restricting the amounts of added money to stake and overnight events, the horse owners decided upon the raising ol their fund The races which are to be revived at Belmont Park accordins to the Hunouncfment. Include 'he Metropolitan Metropoli-tan handicap, the Withers mile, juvenile, ju-venile, crand national steeplechase, the Belmont. Brooklyn handicap Great mencan. Brooklyn derby and Astoria Dinner stakes. The futurity Is carded to be run at Saratoga In August In all fifty-fLe racing days definitely def-initely are provided for up to September Septem-ber 1. Racing ;-t Belmont Park al the meeting beginning Maj 30 will be held only three days a week It is understood thai from $2000 to $2600 If to be added to all Btal i |