New York Racing Begins Next Week, Daily Racing Form, 1919-05-09

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NEW YORK RACING BEGINS NEXT WEEK NEW YORK N Y May S One week from to ¬ day tlie New York spring season of racing will be inaugurated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club at tho popular Jamaica course The Paumonok Handi ¬ cap of 5000 and the Suffolk Selling Stakes of 2000 are provided s the opening day attractions The field for the Paumouok will come from the fol ¬ lowing highclass racers Old Rosebud Motor Cop Pen Rose Flags Dominant Toto Hannibal Thun ¬ derstorm Trompe La Mort Naturalist Sunny Slope Elfin Queen Old Koenig War Cloud Papp Pur ¬ chase Lord Brighton Lucullite Jock Scot Jack Hare Jr and others Sixty two juveniles are eli ¬ gible to contest the running of the Suffolk which will be the first twoyearold stake of the year to be decided over the New York tracks tracksThe The first meeting of the Metropolitan Jockey Club la scheduled to run for six diiys during which time seven stake races an down for decision and some grand racing is in pi osH ct Many iniprovenioiitr have been made at Jamaica and judging by the wonderful interest being displayed in the racing everywhere as evidenced by the great crowds in attendance at the Maryland and Kentucky meetings the Metropolitan Jockey Club will find it dificult to accommodate the big throngs of local racegoers who are anxiously awaiting the return of their favorite sport


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