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Here and There on the Turf New Yorks Deficiencies DeficienciesTwo Two Year Olds Need NeedLonger Longer Races Better Provision in Kentucky Kentuckyand and Maryland It would be pleasing if some of the New York racing associations would consider some worthwhile races at a mile for twoyearolds in the fall The Jockey Club has ever sought to have longdistance races programmed and in September and October the twoyearolds are well able to race over the mile route They race over such distances in both Ken ¬ tucky and Maryland and while racing is con ¬ tinued until the end of October in New York no twoyearold race at a mile is offered These races have filled exceedingly well when they have been put on in the other racing sections The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes was run at Churchill Downs on September 9 and nine starters went to the post This is one of the big mile stake races for the twoyearolds That smc day there was racing at Belmont Park and the offerings for twoyearolds were five and a half furlongs for selling platers and threequarters for maidens One brought out nine starters and the other eleven both considered big fields for the fall at Belmont Park ParkLatonia Latonia had its mile Queens City Handicap for twoyearolds on October 14 and there were seventeen starters There were eleven starters in the Manor Handicap at a mile for twoyearolds at Laurel on October 28 In all that time there was not one race at a mile for twoyearolds offered by any of the New York associations The nearest approach to this was a mile for all ages at the Yonkcra track of the Empire City Association which was run October 27 Only one twoyearold W Daniels Blanc Seing started and he was returned the winner from Emotion Nose Dive Cirrus Modo and Flannel Shirt These racss for all ages are to be encouraged but they do not take the place of races exclusively for the twoyearolds The victory of Blanc Seing was evidence enough that the twoyearolds will race just as far in New York in October as they will anywhere else All they need is the opportunity Such races are always tre ¬ mendously popular with the racing crowd and it would be a worthy addition to any of the fall meetings if the distance was stretched out to the full mile for a reasonable number of the twoyearold offerings Of course what is most to be desired would be stake races of suitable value for the young horses at t mile Then it would be a sequence that some overnight races at the same distance be of ¬ fered to afford the trainers a profitable oppor ¬ tunity for conditioning their charges for these stake races It would be a simple matter to increase the distance of some of the exist ¬ ing stakes if the associations do not care to go to the expense of adding to the prize Est Stake distances have frequently been changed and it is urged at this time so that the vari ¬ ous associations will have ample time before framing their programs for the fall to give it crreful consideration A suggestion from the Jockey Club would be all that was necessary for the putting on of such races by the various associations in New York and as the Jockey Club has ever stood for tests of stamina it is a bit remarkable that no such suggestion has been made It has been shown EO often that the twoyearolds are amply matured for a mile journey in September and October and New York should surely have its share of such races racesWhile While the twoyearolds in New York were racing over five and a half furlongs and threequarters distances last fall there were more than a dozen mile races run by the same age division in Kentucky and Maryland And these races in Kentucky and Maryland filled better than did the shorter dashes over the New York tracks That they were vastly superior as spectacles and tests of the horse admits of no argument argumentCanada Canada also has its mile race for the two yearolds in the Grey Stakes run at Wood ¬ bine Park September 27 Of course such mile stake races should be of great racing value but why not have some of the overnight races stretched to the mile route That is easy of accomplishment accomplishmentBginning Bginning with the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes run September 9 with 10000 added it is interesting to show just how many mile chances there were for the youngsters from that time until the end of October when the New York season came to an end Of course there were several others run during Novem ¬ ber but that has nothing to do with racing in New York The first of the Laurel offerings over that distance was for platers and was run October G It was October 14 that the Queen City Handicap attracted seventeen starters and the same day there was another mile race at Laurel that brought together seven These races were so popular at Latonia that eleven were started on October 17 and the following day another like race brought together a field of nine At Laurel eleven started in an over ¬ night race of a mile on October 23 and at Latonia on October 25 eleven went to the post Three other of these races were run during October at Latonia on October 27 30 and 31 while at Laurel the Manor Handicap brought eleven twoyearolds to the post on October 28 Thus it will be seen that during September and October there were thirteen races at a mile for the twoyearolds of 1922 and not one of them was offered by a Nevr York association The popularity of such rac ¬ ing is unquestioned and New York should do its share in 1923 Such races in moderation do not overtax welldeveloped twoyearolds in the fall Besides they foreshadow unerr ¬ ingly these which may be expected to stay over the longer routes they will be called on to traverse as threeyearolds
