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EASTERN TURF PROSPECTS An editorial in the Now York Sun of January 13 predicts a successful year of racing in the east It says Judging from the number and the quality of the horses nominated for the various prominent races of the Coney Island Jockey Club this year the turf is likely to furnish some great sport before the end of next fall Beginning with the Suburban Handicap to be run at Sheepshead Bay on June 14 all of the big races have attracted an unusually large number of thoroughbreds among which are the speediest horses to be found in this country countrySeldom Seldom if ever have so many youngsters of ex ¬ cellent ability been brought out in a single season as were sent to the post last year and if in their threeyearold form these horses shw the speed and endurance which may be fairly expected of them the candidates in that division in the coming season should bo exceptionally able Indeed as the existing scale of weights is generally believed to favor the younger horses it will not be surpris ¬ ing if the threeyearolds succeed in winning a few of the rich stakes stakesThe The performers in that division however are not likely to have so easy a time of it this year as theydidlastivhen horses of mature age were uncommonly few and their owners f6roue reason or another withheld them from several of the more important races Unless all the signs are mislead ¬ ing the fouryearolds of the coming season will be a mighty formidable lot and no lightweight of average ability will be able to take their measure And there is good reason to believe that in the older division also will be found some very useful material materialExperience Experience has shown though that good horses do not always assure good racing Liberal induce ¬ ments in the vayr of purses play an important part in making horse racing attractive and in that direction the conditions which will prevail this year in the east will be all that could be desired
