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BELMONT PARK RACING PROBLEMS. V No Tiouhlc About Horses in Plenty, but Attendar.ce m and Betting Are Disturbing Elements. New York. Mav ti. — Metropolitan lacing will be ■-in .H Behient Park neM Thursday. The slakes recently closed bv the Westchester Racing Asso elation Sited satistactorUy and. so far as the racing side of u,e meeting la concerned, there is no reason to look forward to anything but sport of a hash wrier. Two other Matters, attendance and betting, are problems tint oulv the progress of the luccting its. !l can solve. The measure ot attendanee will depend largely upon whether the ordinary race-goer can visit the tra.ks without being subjected to tie- personal humiliation at tin hands of police, sheriffs deputies. district attorneys detectives and private agcuc detectives that m effectually emptied the Near York tracks oi patrons last year. If the vnnou-decisions rendered in the cosnrts since then iiave this desirable effect, it will be quickly demonstrated thai New Yorkers are as ready to patronise aud sap-port raeiar as ever the] were, especially it it is di-covered that in some way they can "get down" a bet in support of their opinions. .lu.-t What can tic done la tbe way of betting It yet to be worked out. that is for the masses, s. i.u as the exclusive set i concerned, it is said that at Heluront Lark a place or reservation will lie pro video! wnere luii members and members of the Turf Club nay in. ei and make oral bets between thorn Selves ii ili" choose. It wUl be similar to the pine known as TatteraaUs on the English tracks except thai bookmakiug will not be permitted. Anybody who pavs a special fee may beeasne ■ ii.- i n t mi-. By tbJs method the association lioi.es to not only provide a place where Its members may csacre gale without tear of molestation, but it may derivi financial benefit which will help to maintain the run ning expenses of the meeting. It is prepared to take advantage of certain privileges wbicb yvere granted il v.lcn it bosnrhl up the charter of the Turf Club. Am man who chooses to become a day member mav do so on payment of an extra fee. such as ,-chanted .lain at the race tracks for admission t« the clublu .i- - a! Belmont Park Sueepsbead Ba.i Gravcseml sad Saratoga. Such day subscribers will have all the privileges extended to the regular mcni-ban Of the club. Whether lliis will all work out sareesafatlly or not can oulv lie demonstrated by act nil experiment, even If the pestiferous district attorney .Iocs not Intervene. Ill behalf of the dub. it Is announced that the recently closed stakes received the following number of entries: For the Juvenile Stakes. 42 entries: Laureate. 12: Bouquet. 47: Fashion. 24: National Stallion Race. .".:.: 1o.antico. 29: Withers, 26; Bel •MBt. 2S-: Ladies. 22: Metropolitan Handicap, 29: Spring Serial Handicaps one entry to qualify for three races, the Croton. Claremonl and Van Oortlandl Handicaps. 4o; Toboggan Handicap. ."4: Harlem selling. :::»: Norwood. :«.. and Amateur Cup. 9. In numbers there Is something of a falling off from former years, but this is more than coinpeu sated for by the fact that the nominations are of horses well advanced in training and satisfactory fields are to result.
