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NEW YORK RACING SEASON ENDS. Disqualification of Hourlcss in the Nursery Handicap the Sensation of tho Closing Day. New York, September 11. The New. York racing season of 1015 was brought to a close at. Belmont Park today, so far as the big circuit is concerned. There remain to be held the usual fall meetings of .a da j" of two each under Hunt Club auspices. It is generally conceded Vh;t the season has been by far the most successful since the. passage of the llart-Agnew law in 1008. Ajl of .the metropolitan tracks have had larger crowds, mora valuable stakes and better racing than at any time .since racing "came back" in 101.!. after a two-years suspension. Saratoga, too, had a wonderfully successful meeting, perhaps in many ways the most remarkable ever held at the Spa. It seemed as though every day during the season just closed gained new patrons for the turf and they continued to increase until Labor day. when they gathered by the thousands at. Belmont Park and filled that, huge course to overflowing. Their presence wrote turf histor.v, for it. will he recorded that more persons saw the races on that day, than have attended a race meeting in nearly a decade. And judging from the enthusiasm displayed, it was a crowd that, will support, the sport in the future. They seemed thrilled by the racing and gave vent to their feelings with round after round of applause. The stewards of the Jockey Club, headed by August Belmont, chairman of the turf governing organization, under whose direction racing hmt been restored to a solid and substantial basis, are well pleased with the racing seasons showing and will continue their efforts along the same lines, to make the sport even more popular in future years. The running of the Nursery Stakes was marked by a disqualification, when August Belmonts Hour-less, after finishing first, was set back. Straight Forward was placed first. Vivid second and Koh-i-Noor third. The race was featured by a sensational finish, the four starters racing heads apart when passing the judges. While opposite tho eighth post all four horses crowded towards the inside rail, when it appeared to be still an open race. Hourlcss got up first at the finish on the outside by a head over Straight Forward. All three riders lodged claims of foul against Buxton, who rode Hourlcss, and, after brief deliberation, the result was changed as above stated. Hourlcss was, without a doubt, the best horse, as he was off none too well and was carried out midway of the stretch, then outgamed his opponents in the final strides. A big crowd was on hand for getaway day. Weather conditions were perfect. The Nursery Handicap, for two-year-olds, ,000 added, was the filial stake offering and though the field that faced the starter was small, it was an evenly matched one. II. P. Whitnevs Tlwfa took the opener over a band of maidens after he had ascended in the betting. Tom Shaw has presented Al Bloch, a colt by Voorliees Georgia IV., to the Jockey, Club for breeding bureau purposes. The colt is a good looker and is ideal for crossing with cold blooded mares. He will be sent to the stud in the Genes-see Valley.
