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J ■■■■«—————«■——— ANOTHER 0,000 FEATURE Belmont Stakes, Dating Back to 1867, a Rich Eastern Prize for Three-Year-Old*. NKW YOttK, x. Y., April 1— The Belmont Sii.kcs. which will bo rtin on June 10, the second Saturday of the spring meeting of tie Westchester-Racing Association, will be worth 0,000, mak-i"K it the equal in vafeafl of any prize for three- car-olds in this country. Aside from Its money value, the race is rich in sentiment and tradition. It is the oldest of all iMtr strikes for three-year-olds, being first run in 1S«7. It was conceived ill a time when the turf had the whole-hearted support of the greatest sportsmen of n period which was noted for the number and devotion of those who bred and raced horses for love of the sport. As the veteran turf official and racing historian. W. S. Vosburgh, who has been present at every Belmont that has been run, has written, it was a race in which every man in the old days with a candidate wanted to t ee his colors represented. Those were the golden days of the American Jockey Club and its wonderfully picturesque old saddlebags course at Jerome Park in Fordham. now a region that is a part of New York City. The men of that day who were actively identified with the turf in the East were not disheartened if fortune failed t favor them at the outset of a breeding or ruing career. Like the horses that came from their studs. they persevered. Rivalries were friendly, but none the less keen, and the best blood of England and France was imported to mate with American strains in the effort to produce horses capable of winning su. h races as the Bdniont. which was originally run over a course of one mile and five-eighths. While the distance for the stake is now a quarter of ;i mile le-s tluiii dii:ng ifs early history, it is May the IWWl ! • ! .f ;i thoroughbred that id decided on this continent la Lisa spring. The Belmont, however, has a still further claim to distinction beeasse af the awards to breeders of the first and second horses at the finish. The fact iliiit the ■eaalnator of the irtaaer receives 02,000 UUd of the second hois.- ,000. whether they are the properly of the breeder or not on the day of Ike wee is a provision wktek should be incorporated in all of our beat turl prizes. Such a plan would be the greatest stimulus to breeding. France long ago established its efficacy. The extent to which it operates in that country is shown by the fact that Joseph K. OTafaaw received lust year In breeders premiums 2,000 on races won by horses he had sold to A. K. Ma«-omber. With "a premium on ever race worth ,000 or more going to the breeder, the nuiiibo,- of thoroughbred mares ip this country would be doubled in five years. There are at piesent 1?. eligible* for the Belli! on. Stakes and the lield gtoea promise of actac larger than in a decade. The starters will come from the following and. as there is always interest in he Mood lines of promising racing material. Ihe brooding In full is given for the first el"-: George If. It ill! Mustard Si oil. b; Icter Juii, -o A mike, bj I.en Urii-;;i. Hoix-rt U Gerry— Akaantl, af 1»t k n— i II Ilk i Balrd, b.V VVo"lsf!.orpo f. J. Carroll- K.iinboiv l!oy. by Wrack — Amine, Iiv Con. Maliihiin St;.bl" -Hen. by Bea King — H.-llyshe bv Crank Gill. Itiiooa- st.iW.- Lit He Chief, bj Wrack - Medoru !1.. by Knbelais. Itauco-as stable K.ii -Sung, by The Kiim -Kiluua. by Golden Maxim. A. IX. Law son Sweep l.y. by Sweep -Iridi-eeuic. by Peter P.m. Max Hirsch — Ltag Island, by Friar Back— Smooth- bare. by Ogden. Max Blrara — Sidereal, by Star Shoot— Old Squaw. by Adam. Montfort Joae» RaekaitoJater, by Friar Hock — Mai i lard, by Star Shoot. iiootfort .lone* — St. Henry, by The Finn— Lady Steiling. by Hanover. W. S. Kilmer Snnreigh. by Sundridge — Sweetbrlar, by St. Frus|iiin. G. A. t aetata June Grass, |jy Short Grass— Coiu- sora. by The Commoner. t.ieentree Stable -Galantmnn. by Superman— Ga- lanta. by William the Third. Green tree Stable— I»tterman. by Superman — Arlettc. by Hubert le Matt*. J. I. Holland Callot Mark, by Negofol Ballot Bred, by Meddler J. E. Widiner- Uiuiautell. bjr I.roouitii k Zoolu. by St. Gatien K. T. Wil-on- -Pillory, by Olamb.ila -Hester Irynne, by Di;,giiiFe. ilurry | . Whitney — Bunting, by leiinaut — Frillery. by Broomstick. Harry P. Whitney — Whi kawu.v. by Whisk Broom II. — Inaugural, by Voter. Lexington Stable -Mis.sionarv. bi Ilourless- .Mission by Hock Sand. Lexington Stable — dicky Hour, by Iciole or llonr- ie . Lucky Catch, by Trap Rack. Irf-xinglon Stable My May. by Fair Play— Mahu- | b.ih. by Back Ratal. Lexington Stable -Prelude, by Fair Plav— St. Iris- i cil:i. In H.iyoii dOr. Foreign Stable Finn Fib ad. by Friar Hock -Bold »irl. by Ogden. Juli" S.iiirord— Snob II.. I .» Preatkfa- -May Dyra. by b idor. John Baafard Reeeamdar, by Otiaalia BaariMa— Golden H.-rp. by Elaugibbv. SI. U Schwartz--f oliunn. by Celt— Iyraurd. by Ha-tings. M. L. Bekwarta- Toil, by Cell Work Maid, i v l:i BawftMa, While tboioughb-eds baM- a way of imnro ii.g aeeatly betweee their two and three year old form, .iiid it is |K --.ill thai TCBM o; the other cligibles for tke Belmont of lfiiJ ill show .veil enough in Iheir trial or raee* lo anarr«Rt their being • cut to I the post, the winner w.A probably come from the ;;bie list.
