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GOSSIP OF THE TUKF The New York State Racing Commissioners August Belmont E D Morgan and John Sanford in their annual report to the State Legislature find the business of the racing associations and the Weeding industry for the year 1901 to have more than fulfilled expectations They believe that the stability of the breeding industry can be best main tained by breeding thoroughbred horses which is isthe the first essential Overnight races we must have says the report but no racing associations should be permitted to confine itself to these overnight races It cannot do so and fill any needed or desirable place in the pacing system in the state Racing to be successful must be conducted on business principles but racing as a business and without reference to its effect upon breeding or upon the standard demand is not to be encouraged encouragedv v is another point made by the Commissioners report reportIt It is pointed out that last year the sales of the thethoroughbreds thoroughbreds at public auction in the state of New NewYork York amounted to 1621788 a sum far in excess of ofr r any ever before realized in any single year Of this Amount 861642 was paid for yearlings 320076 for brood mares 317070 for horses in training 67000 for stallions and 58000 fer weanlings There were 1077 yearlings sold and andas as they realized 861044 the average was a fraction less than 800 a head The question of whether or not the Morris Park race track of Now York run by the Westchester Racing Association is to be divided up into city lotsvhas been definitely answered by the announce ¬ ment of Alfred Hennen Morris himself on that sub ¬ ject He says that the park has just been released by the Westchester Racing Association for an addi ¬ tional term of two years and would bo managed by it as usual during this period as an uptodate establishment After the expiration of these two years the park will be divided up into town lots and sold provided the suburban railroad now contem ¬ plated to run through the property is built as will most likely bo the case caseThe The story of the dividing of Morris Park into town lots probably originated from the fact that a railroad has been projected which if built as is likely to be the case will cut the park into halves and thus destroy its usefulness as a race track said Mr Morris to an inquirer The road cannot be built within the next two years and during that time the Westchester Racing Association will man ago the Park as that organization has done hereto ¬ fore foreMr Mr Morris said he had heard a rumor that Sena ¬ tor Sullivan would only conduct trotting races this season as he has not yet secured dates from the Jockey Club for his new track Judge Burke in Daily America of February 1 has this to say of a few of the Brooklyn and Suburban Handicaps entries entriesNow Now the amateur handicappers may get to work and pick to pieces if they can the work of the offi ¬ cial handicapper The weights for the Brooklyn the first of the three to be run show a range of fortyone pounds between the top weight Banaster 127 pounds and the bottom weight Alsike 86 pounds Among the threeyearolds Edurance by Right 1 occupies the place of honor at 106 pounds actual weight or according to the scale two pounds more than weight for age for her sex is in receipt of five pounds at that time of the year No other three yearold near her class is entered so that there is quite a gap beetween the good filly and Gold seeker her stable companion companionThat That Oom Pauls races last fall at Aqueduct were good but not great is the estimate of Mr Vos burgh for 100 pounds is his allotment still that threeyearolds are becoming more dangerous in these races is apparent by the weight allotted to Pentecost 100 pounds He is not considered a high Mass colt by many people Jaut there is no doubt he 1 will bo an improved colt this spring over last fall for there is no question that he then had very sensi ¬ tive feet and his form was naturally erratic erraticAlcedo Alcedo is well taken care of at 125 pounds and Banastar at 127 pounds would have to be at his very best to win something which we may not expect to see again in this speedy horse Gold Heels and Blues are one and the same horse at this distance Mr Vosburgh says while gallant Herbert is now away up among the topnotchers something remarkable when his allotment of a year ago is considered But he made vast improvement from month to month last year running great races and often in vain vainAt At 109 pounds Elkhorn a failure in England may be a better horse hero as was the case with Voter Flywheel at 97 pounds is by no means out of it In Jact if he could repeat this spring his race with Ogden last fall it would win the Brook ¬ lyn Handicap Another threeyearold which seemed a good one last fall is Slipthrift Whether he is a spring colt is an open question But his weight is not excessive in these days of quick maturing threeyearolds The writer is not an admirer of Roehampton with weight up and so 118 pounds is considered too much But that is only one mans opinion Hernando is more of a rater than a speedy colt but sometimes this sort of a horse wins a race at a distance not to his liking because the pacemakers kill each other off offIn In the interest of good racing it is to be hoped that Garry Hermann will this year stand training and go to the post for he is not overweighted at 120 pounds Ten Candles who at times last year showed his heels to very good horses is in well but has not shown that he likes a distance However he may improve in this respect One thing he cer ¬ tainly can do he can hold his own for speed with any horse in the handicap He is too thought to be sound and good and fresh on that day will run a great race He has not however shown that he fancies two or three hard races in succession One of the most interesting race meetings of the year is that held annually at Toronto by the Ontario Jockey Clnb Usually from seven to ten days in duration the most diversified racing program imaginable is run off It provides for sprinters stayers hunters on the fiat hunterc orer tho steeplechase course and open steeplechases at which the best kind of jumpingis seen Hero the ama ¬ teur riders are neither ashamed nor afraid to show themselves in the saddle At the Hunt Club fall meeting last year a member of Parliament was bea ¬ ten a neck in one of the best contested races over competed for His opponents in tho saddle were amateurs like himself The member of Parliament was Mr William F MacLean owner of tho Toronto World He was a candidate for mayor at the last election but was defeated This year the Ontario Jockey Clubs dates will be from May 22 to 31 inclusive For the first time in the history of tho club a Kings Plate will be run for this year In all previous years the Queens Plates have been races which interested all Canada for months before tboy were run It would be a good thing if some of tho Jockey Club members were to visit Toronto this year and take note of the class of people who attend the races Daily America Enoch Wishard is certainly in tho market for every good youngster that shows up at Nashville Ho recently purchased Runnels from Tom Hayes and Wyeth from Tom Stevens and now he is nego ¬ tiating with Stevens for the full brother of Wyeth a twoyearold now in training at Nashville This youngster is very promising and it is more than likely he will bo gathered in for tho Drake stable Recent advices from Hawthorne are to the effect those two celebrities Runnels and Wyeth are win ¬ tering well but neither will be started ia any of the threeyearold events until the tracks are open here This practically settles tho question of either start ¬ ing in fine Memphis Derby or Wyeth in the Louis ville Derby Runnels is not eligible to the last named event
