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NEW YORK RACING TODAY ♦ ■ Metropolitan Racing Season Begins at Jamaica This Year. * . Excellent Field Named to Start in the Paumonok Handicap, the Opening Day Feature. — ♦ — ■ New York. May 15. Everything looks promising for .in unusually successful opening of the racing ■ •un n ;i| Jamaica tomorrow. Palrons ;tr - brushing u; their beat -nils for the i- nsio:i and tin- regulars 1i:iv« heea ready for t ic eventful day for mta, The -onfli -t wilh iimli -o for t.vo days will maki liltl- difference. «-itl:«-r in the attendance or in tin number of • nirics for the races, 0MM being plenty • f the l;i t t -r to fill tin- programs and few New York patrons of the sprt have taken in the Pim-licn meeting. Many of tl.os ■ who v.rrc tin re have re turned for the curtain raiser on Lone; Island. Owing to difference of opinion regarding rental of an office, it is more than probable then* will Ik-no wire s-rvico inside t.ie Jamaica truck, which will interfere with individual messages, bath to . nd from the race course. For a few days it is possible Hie entries will Ik a trifle limited, until sn-h time M the horses now in Maryland ran be shipped this way. While the ■ aid: s IterealMiiits are filled to the limit, many of tie horses are not eligible to start under some of the prescribed conditions, but thi- state of affairs will not last long, as special arrangements art b. ing figured u|ton for s| eeding I lie transmission of all horses from Maryland that arc caning this way As usual, the Paunionok Handicap is the featun if the afternoon alll. While some of tile star- may Im- absent, there arc sufficient names carded lo iii-ure a good cent st. TBI" Weather premises to Tie perfect;11 ■" There are nunc and b; Iter l.ors-s on Long Island th-u tin re has heea :n r ■«■ at years and the satlaafc is bright far some thrilling contests in the numerous attract. ve evems ihat will mark the daily programs. This is esjiecially true of the handicaps and time year oil fixture-. In the two divisions, such noted perform-r- as Omar Khayyam. Cudgel. Wesiv Hogan. UnWr, Pa pp. War Cloud. I.anius. Jack Hare Jr.. Tippity Witehet. Ceorge Smith. Sun Briar and many other stars will Is- seen in action, sufficient enter taimiient to suit the most exalting. T!ie r ireiiu nt of lloiuie- is the one regrettable feature of the coming campaign. Turf enthusiasts wcrc whetting their apjictiti s for a meeting b-uvc: n the great trio — Ifourlcss. Omar Khayyam i.nd Cudgel — and the elimination of the sterling sou of Negofol canned widespread disappointment. Tile battle for supremacy Ix-tween lliuir Khayyam and Cudgel. however, promises to be an interesting one ami I here is an excellent pro-pect thai both will find plenty of competition in the three-year-old, if not in the more mature division. That then* will be some highly interesting races between three-year old- i- :,n assured fact. If lapp and Lucullite. War Cloud. I.anius. Jack Hare Jr.. and Tippity Wit. lie; retain their pres-nt condition. the three-year-old stales will Is- the real contests of the year. c-|M-eiai;v when the scene shifts ;,, Saratoga, where they will be joined by the western contingent, which includes the good colt Escoba. NO ACCURATE LINE ON BABY RACERS. No accurate lino has been obtainable on the two year-olds trained ::t eastern tracks. Those that have raced in -Maryland have, with a few exception-. not show n gnat racing form. Harry Iayne Whitney has tw go Kl ones in Bin* Kiddie and Cressoii. the former a Cylgad gelding and tin- latter an All Col, I filly. A- James Kowe does not usually send his best to Maryland, it can lie judged that he has several of more importance iu his string. Should this prove true, then tin- Whitney colors will be prominent in at lea-t mhiic of the two-year-old stakes. Fa nine Mel. an is uni|iiestiouahly a good young-tei ami may prove to In- one of the first division. Kvery stable which ha- three or mare young horses. apponr-to have at least one that fat belter than the aver age. but their ability i- known only to those in near touch with their owners and trainers. Conforming to the light saving request of the government, all the tracks hereabout- will begin raring at 2:30, as cu-tomary. and a- the special trans|M rtatinn will not interfere with government «|HTJtions. the -cheduie of train- will be alniut tin-same to all coarsen as it was a year ago. When Aqueduct i- n ached many change- in the surroiucling- will Im- noticed. Then- is a new clubhouse, extended Ikix accoininodat ion- and the build ings have licon newly dn-s-od. While the I.elniMit gran 1-tand has not been renovated since the fin-two years ago. owing to shortage of labor, the place ha- Ih-cii made a- comfortable as i»ossible for patrons. Bumming up the prospects for the year, there is every indication that it will Is- tie most -uece— ful since the re-urrectioii of the -port in IMS. This has bein aiiticip.-it -d by tile associations, which have increa-i d bath stake and purse races over thaw of rcci n; year-. Steeplechase- having given aa much -ali-facti luriiij the i»ast two or three year-, associations have paid more attention to this line of -port than usual. It will not be at all surprising I • field- of a dozen or more go to tin-post at Belmont Park, as many establishments have added cro— coiiutrv banes to thci.- strings. Many owner- of these hor-cs have ban called to the col- i-. a- well as owners of other popular stable- like those of Maj. August Belmont. Capt. II. B. Daasatt. Maj. Kal Parr. Capt. P.arklie and many others. While many of these will be deprived of -cciug their hor-os in conte-ts. they have not permitted their patriotism to interfere with efforts to build up tie- thoroughbred industry, knowing as they do. the vital importance of the horse in carrying the war to a stiece-.ful conclusion. In this connection M»j- Belmont recently said: "Racing may Ik- term--d the sport --f king-, but it is an institution of mm h greater importance to the country than ran Im- estimated. No om- knows, excepting those on the bat tlefield. what it means to have superior horses when called upon for action. No better illustration of this fact can lie cited than the battle of the Manic. when third the number of English cavalry routed tin- cm in v. due to their superior mounts. These hor-es. according to Prof. Kobert Wallace, lireat lint. im- foremost authority on horse breeding, lie- majoritv of which were clean-bred — none le*» than half-bred — were responsible for this great i,chicvement." . — a
