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OPPOSED TO LOW-GRADE RACES. New York, September 2. Having seen almost daily at the recent Saratoga meeting large fields, iu nearly every race, those who attended that record-breaking meeting cannot understand why there are not more entries in the races at Sheepshead Bay. Information was sought In various quarters as to the cause of the small fields in most of the races. The officials of the Coney Island Jockey Club sav that the program was arranged with the usual care and caters for high-class racing. "There is too much tendency on tlie part of owners to clamor for low-priced selling races." said one of the officials. "We do not think it a good thing for the sport to have many races of a low grade, and we will stick to our program as published, notwithstanding the reports that it is to be rearranged." The chief trouble seems to be that winners aro penalized too much by the ordinary conditions at Sheepshead Bay. and for that reason are not in action. The gathering together of winners rather than the framing of conditions which keep them out of contention would seem to be the proper way to improve the quality of racing at any course.
