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Here and There on the Turf Dilatory Trainers and Jock ¬ eys eysOwner Owner Cosdens Virginia Es ¬ tablishment tablishmentMore More Money for New York Steeplechasing Year after year the procrastination of train ¬ ers and jockeys in making application for their licenses causes no end of confusion at the be ¬ ginning of a racing season It is purely a matter of carelessness with most of them They are in perfectly good standing and it only amounts to making an application to secure a license but this important formality is put off frequently until the opening of racing finds them without the necessary sanction to train or ride rideThis This year the applications have been par ¬ ticularly slow in coming into the Jockey Club and there is a like tardiness in both Maryland I and Kentucky With the opening of Bowie almost at hand the licenses that have been 1 issued for 1923 by the Maryland Racing Com ¬ mission are all too few to carry on the sport Of course the others will come along but the lastminute rush invariably brings con ¬ fusion that should not exist existFor For Maryland thus far there have only been i two jockey licenses issued for 1923 while but L seven trainers have been sanctioned There are fourteen other applications from jockeys s and fortyone from trainers before the com ¬ mission but even when all of these are issued there will have to be many more before all 1 is in readiness for the Bowie opening on i April 2 2Too Too often the making of applications for r licenses is neglected until the first day of a i meeting and then both trainers and jockeys 5 depend en temporary permission that is = granted by the stewards Of course if this was withheld as has been frequently threat ¬ ened it might eventually bring about a re ¬ form but it would be more apt to leave an opening day sadly handicapped The determination of J S Cosden to add a mile track to his recentlyacquired Virginia farm is no surprise Mr Cosden has always done things in a big way on the turf It would be more surprising if he did not make his farm one of the most modern in the country Mr Cosden has long been one of the most liberal buyers at the yearling sales and he has always been willing to pay the price for a good horse Last year he purchased both Dunlin from John E Maddsn and Snob II from John Sanford for big prices and on two different occasions he paid the top price for a yearling One of these Cyclone a son of Sweep and Ballet Girl and a brother to The Porter has never been brought to the races by Billy Garth But this same Cyclone has been nominated for the Kentucky Derby this year and Garth is not willing to admit yet that he was a bad bargain as a yearling when Mr Cosden paid 21000 for him himSnob Snob II undoubtedly was a good purchase at ths 85000 that was spent for him but he is a fouryearold now and he will have to take his place in the handicap division Even should he fail to race up to the expectations of both Mr Cosden and trainer Garth he will be a valuable addition to the stock farm farmMr Mr Cosden has already done much for the turf in a racing way and his serious entry into breeding will add importance to Vir ¬ ginia as a native heath for thoroughbreds The determination of ths Westchcster Rac ¬ ing Association to raise the value of its over ¬ night purses for steeplecbasing is one of the best bits of racing information that has come to New Yorkers this year It is at Belmont Park that the crosscountry racing in New York begins each year and this example of liberality is sure to be followed by the Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct and at Sara ¬ toga in August AugustThis This increase in the value of the races puts th2 success of the sport squarely up to the owners who follow this most delightful end of racing Their response to this liberality wil either bring back backstceplechasing stceplechasing to New York definitely or it will mean that such racing is not to be brought back effectively effectivelyThere There are horses enough making ready to ably keep up this branch of racing There ae others coming from abroad and it only remains for those most deeply interested to sec to it that the racing is worthy of the new consideration that has bean accorded by the Westchester Racing Association AssociationLittle Little doubt is entertained of the manner in which owners will respond taking a line through the elaborate preparations that are being made and New York seems destined for better racing through the field than has been enjoyed for many a season
