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, • . BELMONT TRACK IN GOOD CONDITION Some Good Work-Outs Shown — Grecntrect Stable Arrives from Red Bank, New Jersey. New York. May 2.— The Belment Park track was iu excellent condition today after the showers of Tuesday. Horses were tested for speed in many instances, two-year-olds pulling in quarters and three-eighths at "tops," but it was difficult to tell much about them owing to their lieing worked at so many different points of the track, some being on the main course, others on the mile training ground, and two or three different sets working at the same time. A. K. Macombers youngsters were sent five-eighths at a slow gait, covering the distance in about 1:07. The liest work of the day of any of the prominent horses was done by Trnmoe La Morte. Joseph D. Wideners Preakuess candidate, which was sent out for a good mile in 1:42%. the first part of the work lieing quite fast. Pickwick went a good three-quarters in 1:17. and Polymelian and Bolster, from the Karrick stable, went a mile iu 1:49 under steadying restraint. Hank ODay is rounding into form and looks exceedingly well. He was hard held to cover three-quarters ja 1:1S%, never being extended. The Creentree Stable arrived ai Belmont on Tuesday with about ten head of horses in charge of James Oweus. nearly all of which are junipers and came from Bed Bank. N. J., by van. They look exceedingly well, having been out since the middle of February. All are well forward aud almost ready for racing. James Bowe has intimated he will bring twenty -four head of H. P. Whitneys horses from his Brookdale farm, iu New Jersey, by van and may get here earlv next week. Horse transportation is so uncertain that Mr. Bowe will not take a chance to bring them bv rail. All the Whitney horses iu Bowes hands "are forward, having Im-cii on the outside track at Hrookdale since February 20. The government jK.stoffice at Belmont Park is near completion. This morning an aeroplane with two men flew down to the new landing station, staved stationary for a few moments, then departed again, as if in practice for quick mail service. Where it came from no one knows nor where it went to. It came landed, picked up a bit of bird seed, as it wen-, then departed with as much dexteritv as a carrier pigeon. Sights like this will probably lie frequent during the racing hours at the coming Belmont meeting, as the first mail bag is supiKised to be brought iu from some distant point by May 20.
