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SPECULATION CHANCES AT BELMONT PARK New York September 22 Tlie change of racing to Aqueduct will be made next Monday and it is expected that there speculation will go on under the present conditions at Gravesend Aqueduct will be under tlie supervision of the police department which is enforcing the law but at the same time respecting the decision of Justices Bischoff Gaynor and Hoyt HoytNobody Nobody can say what will happen at Belmont Park It is known that in the two weeks scheduled for the big race track only eight instead of twelve days will be used It is a foregone conclusion that all the stakes will be run off but whether there will be any overnight events is a matter of doubt It was reported some time ago that the Wcstchester Racing Association would prohibit even oral specu ¬ lation and would keen out all persons known aa former bookmakers as did Sheepshead Bay No otfielal denial was made yet horsemen are inclined to believe that the report was unfounded for they say if such drastic measures were resorted to there wouldnt be enough people at the track to ho counted countedIn In running the Gravesend meeting regardless oC loss P J Dwyer has come to be regarded as one of the pillars of the sport Horsemen say that his liberality and pluck never will be forgotten His determination to enforce the law and at the same time to permit patrons of the track to enjoy privi ¬ leges granted by three court decisions has made a hit with nicegoers to such an extent that the crowds are larger each day dayThis This method of conducting a race meeting Is in striking contrast witli the policy of the Coney Island Jockey Club which almost killed patronage ami cost nearly 150000 in ten days In taking over the Brighton Beach fall dates and abolishing the autumn meeting at Aqueduct Mr Dwyer simply races six instead of nine days at his Queens County track The lopping off of three days evidently was good policy for the reason that Aqueduct is not so easily reached as Gravesend
