view raw text
EASTERN DATES AfflOMCEDl 15 AND CLOSE IT NOVEMBER 15 Every Day of Intervening Time Allotted to Various VariousTracks Tracks for First Time Since HarlAgnew HarlAgnewLaw Law Went Into Operation New York February S For the first time since the HartAgnew law became effective the Jockey Club has provlilod for continuous racing in the state of New York from April 15 until November 15 the legtil time in which horses may tie raced in Hie state After many conferences an agreement was reached at a conference of the track managers to ¬ day and following the agreement of the repre ¬ sentatives of the tracks the stewards of tlic Jockey Club ratified the schedule decided upon It provides for 1S4 days of racing and is so arranged that there will lie no conflicting time 4 etween any of the tracks tracksThe The schedule as adopted is isQueens Queens County Jockey Club Aqueduct Friday April daysMetropolitan 15 to Thursday April 28 12 days Metropolitan Jockey Club Jamaica Friday April I daysWestchester to Thursday May 12 12 days Westchester Hacing Association Bclmont Park Friday May 13 to Monday May 30 15 days Brooklyn daysBrooklyn Jockey Club Gravescnd Tuesday May 31 to Tliursduy June 16 15 days Coney daysConey Island Jockey Club Shcepshead Bay Fri ¬ day daysBrighton June 17 to Monday July 4 15 days Brighton Beach Ilacing Association Brighton Beach Tuesday July 5 to Wednesday July a 11 days daysEmpire Empire City Kacing Association Youkers Thurs ¬ day July 21 to Wednesday August 3 12 days daysSaratoga Saratoga Association Saratoga Thursday August 4 to Saturday August 27 21 days Coney daysConey Island Jockey Club Sheepshead Bay Mon ¬ day August 29 to Saturday September 10 12 days Brooklyn Jockey Club Gravesend Monday Sep ¬ tember daysWestchester 12 to Saturday September 24 12 days Westchester Itacing Association Belmont Park Monday September 20 to Saturday October 8 12 days MeroN Iitiii Jockey Club Jamaica Monday Octo ¬ ber 10 to Thursday October 27 1C days daysQueens Queens County Jockey Club Aqueduct Friday October US to Tuesday November 15 15 days daysIt It will Ix seen by air analysis of these dates that the Coney Island Jockey Club the Westchester Ilac jng Association and the Brooklyn Jockey Club the three recognized tracks under Jockey Club rules each have twentyseven days The Queens County Jockey Club and the Metropolitan Jockey Club circ acli supplied with twentyeight days Saratoga gets sill told oihe meeting of twentyone days while Brighton Beach and the Empire City Hacing Asso ¬ ciation each have one short meeting of fourteen and twelve respectivelyThe ays respectively The adoption of tills noneonfiicting schedule was inade possible because William A Eiigeman repre ¬ senting Brighlou Beach and James Butler repre ¬ senting Empire City did not press their demands for longer racing time It was feared all along that these two tracks would seriously interfere with the plans of the Saratoga Association and only a feu days ago it seemed inevitable that there would be some conflict of racing time timeBy By She arrangements of the racing days the Saturdays are nicely distrihuted and after the meet ¬ ing the track managers expressed themselves as thoroughly pleased with the schedule Saratoga Jjid all along made a light for a closing date on Saturday and it secured that point while a meet ¬ ing of twentyone days duration was all that was allotted though there were twentyfour days of ex ¬ cellent racing at the Springs last season seasonBoth Both Aqueduct and Jamaica are well supplied with racing time but as they lioth open the season and close it the time naturally is not as valuable as during the summer months The additional days atoned for the season in which the dates arc granted
