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NO DECISION IN THE EAST QUESTION OF CONTINUANCE OF RACING AFTER AUGUST REMAINS UNSETTLED. J. A. Bennets Good Filly, Schoolmarm, Shows Return te Her Smart Two-Ycar-Old Form in Winning the Knickerbocker Handicap. New York. July 25. — Schoolmarm. J. A. Bennets good illy, showed a return to her two-year-old form at Vonkers tlis afternoon when she beat a band of fast sprinters in the throe-quarter mile dash of the Knickerbocker Handicap. She had been racing well of late, but the sprinting distance was not considered to her advantage in such eoaspany, and she was one of the long shots at post time. Mexo-ana, recently injured iu a race by lieing crowded against the fence, was an added starter, and the early pacemaker. Follie Levy, which had been left at the post iu her recent starts, after being off badly, raced through her lield to the head of* the stretch where she had a lead of two lengths. She looked a sure winner at the furlong post, but School inarm got up under a long and hard drive to win. in the last stride. Cherryola, ridden by Shilling, was third. The brief history of the Knickerbocker Handicap is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 190S»Dick Holler 2 112 J. Lee ,025 1:101 1909 Arondack 3 107 McCahey ... 880 1:111 1910 Schoolinarm 104 Scoville 1,150 1:12 *For two-year-olds in 190S aliout 3-4 mile: changed to race for three-year-olds 3-4 mile in 1900. Dautield was. winner of the three-quarter mile selling dash, just lasting to beat ltosseaux a nose. After the race ltosseaux was Claimed for .20O by G. 1. Sherman, and iu retaliation for the loss of the horse. Robert McKeever claimed Jeanne dArc from S. C. HUdretfa for 60. Mr. Ilildreth was a second time a victim When Hampton Court, after winning for him easily, was boasted from ,000 to , OtK and was retained by the customary advance. Ilildreth sent another winner to the post when Montgomery furnished the third stirring riuish of the day to nose out the veteran Bad News. John E. Maddens Pleasant was the surprise of tho day when she beat her former stablemate, Planter, which was sold to William Walker a sort time ago. Planter was favorite while Pleasant was 40 to 1 and better. John E. Madden bet 0 against ,000 Oil Pleasant. Absolutely nothing has 1 eon decided ui on as far as racing is concerned after August 3t. There will Ik- a meeting of the track managers during the Saratoga meeting, when some decision will be reached. Until that time no statement is authoritative. Philip J. Dwyer in a joking manner told Mars Cassidy that he could hunt a new job after August 31, as there would 1m1 no racing, and it was this that was the basis for stories sent out that the New York tracks would positively close. A prominent jockey club official, who asked that his name be withheld, today stated to the representative of Daily Racing Form that nothing had been decided upon, and the same statement was made by Francis It. Hitchcock a day or two ago. In the meantime Frank J. Bryan, of the Hunts Committee of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, is making extensive arrangements for amateur racing in the fall, so that if the larger tracks should close the amateurs will be ready to keep interest in the sport alive. Jockey Archibald, after riding Tay Pay in the first race, was overcome by the heat and had to cancel his subsequent engagements. Starter William Murray is here from Latonia and has signified his intention of taking a holiday until fall.
