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PILGRIMS TO VIEW BIG RACES ABROAD ABROADNKW NKW YOHK X Y March 15 John Walters Frank Flood and John J Sullivan sailed for Kng 1inil on the Paltic today to witness the running of the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Liverpool Crand National They will return again in time for the opening f the local racing season on May 15 While abroad they will visit Ireland and France and pos ¬ sibly Pelgium PelgiumConditions Conditions are so bad about lielmont Park and Cravesend that trainers are still handicapped though the mild weather and rain of the past few days is gradually absorbing the ice anrt snow Horses arc from one month to six weeks behind their normal condition at this time This is disappointing to horsemen also to the racing associations which hold early meetings in Maryland as it reduces the probable fields considerably when the eastern con ¬ tingent is not prepared Stables containing mostly selling platers will suffer financially This class usually earns half or more of their years expenses at the early spring meetings Many of this divis ¬ ion of horses will not lie ready to start until IMm liio and quite a number will not even see Mary ¬ land this coming spring Horsemen knowing these conditions uxtet here are eager to return to this section from winter tracks to gather the rich plums awaiting them during the Marylaud meetings meetingsTom Tom McTaggart lias not yet applied for a ftckeys license although he is schooling the Whit Jy twoyearolds at Itedbank He 1ms been under Kspension for a year for an infraction of the rules Trainer Max Ilirsch left here full of confidence lial both On Watch and Donnacona the O W Loft iitries will finish prominently in the Kentucky erliy
