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NEW YORK RACING BEGINS FRIDAY. Spring: Meeting of Metropolitan Jockey Club Opens at Jamaica with Paumonok Handicap. New York. May 10.- The New York racing season begina Friday with the opening of the. Metropolitan Jockey Clubs sprinu meeting at Jamaica. Everything i- in readiness and when the gatea are thrown open a number el changes vill be found at the track. Thirty two club house boxes have been installed. These have been constructed in the apace between the grandstand and the dub hsane aad they add greatly to the capacity and convenience of the stands. Then :l roof baa Ix-en provided. Then- was no roof last year am! unfortunately tin- weather for racing was anything but agreeable. This made the lack of a roof :. real hardship and the association suffered not a little in patronage as a resalt. For the racing this .-.car tin- destroyed roof has been replaced and all w i:i I-- comfortable. lot- a considerable timi several stables have been on the groaada making ready for the opeaiag of the season, tax moat important being that of John Sanford, the Amsterdam aportaaman. Mr. Banford iias thirty-one horses at the course, fifteen being iii the rare of Preston Pinch, while the other sixteen an- being cared for by Holly Hughes. All of them are srell advanced and it is a sun- thing that the purpl and gold silks will be seen in action early. Pennant Top Weight in Paumonok. The opeaiag day teatare will he the Paumonok Handicap of ,000, a dash of three i|Uarters of a mile, in which 11. P. Whitneys Pennant has !»■ n assigned the crashing impost of 141 paiinds. The areighta follow: Pennant. Ill: Sand Marsh. 120; Leochares. US; He Will, li::: Borrow, 120; High Noon, 122; Dees! ii. int. Ill: Crimper, lui". Top o th Morning, 120; Br- 11!»: Ormcsdale. 117: Phosphor, 117; Neville IL, 115; Baffonillenr, 115; Trouble Pete, 115; Viewpoint, 11.".: Chiclet, IL".: Scarlet Oaks, 11:.; Cilli.s. Kill: Ivory Black, M0; K.-w.ssa. DIP; Nebraska, 107; Fenmoose, 107; J. J. Lillis. 107; startling. 107; Bank, lti7: Westy Began, ! M ; Tresor, KM.: Broml y. 105; Sungene. MB; Ultimatum, lt!."»: Starlike." Ki." : Uloriaaa, 105; Federal Girl, PC; M. Horn. 105; Swan Son-,. 106; Naturalist. 11".; Sam McMeekia, 105; Water I-ady. PM : Montr. BBC, 104; Banshee, 100; Uvety, Kr_; Tea Caddy, 102; Jock Scot. 102; Hansen. 102: Mida. 10_; Corn Tassel, In:!: Wise Mason. M0; Arnold. 100: The Ih-:-gian II. 100; Madeira, 100: Bonnie Witch, M0; Vague, 100: Fairy W.-.nd, 00; Pally. ! ! : Farce, !l »: /.-nave. OV V Itrap, its; Passimt Fancy. ".Is; Rhine Maiden, !»7: Achilles, !»7: Pickwick, 07; Gene -is. OS; Friieidad, .».":; Courtship, 05; Detaaeey, !■.".; Pork! a-e. 05; Friendless, !.".: Bahesek, it.".: Barry Shannon, .» : Basil, 05; Artemis. K; Priam. 04; Golden Iox. 04; Ifaamie Barns, 04; Asaaase, IS; Rnckboard, 00; Sandal, itJ: Bearpia II., 02; Sortie, 00; Cachet, 00.
