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WEATHER BAD IN EAST * Trainers at Belmont Park Find Conditions Unfavorable. ♦ C I. YVldeners St. James Appears in Good Health — Wilson and Salmon Youngsters Promising. • Maw YORK. X. Y., April L— The weather at Belmont Park Tuesday morning was decidedly unfavorable for training, but there were a number of horses out for exercise in spite of this. The trainers rushed their charges through the work, however, and hurried back to the welcome warmth of the stables as soon as possible. St. James, George 1. Wideners Preakness and Dei by hope, was sent five-eighths in 1 iOjs under restraint. The colt appears to be in good condition and is progressing steadily la his conditioning for the coming campaign. The son of Ambassador IV. has grown and filled out during the winter and i is probably much beter off than he would have been had be been kept in training . through the entire autumn season last year. It will be recalled that he was taken I out of training after winning the Futurity. Trainer A. J. Joyncr. who has been confined to his home with a severe cold and an , attack of tonsilitis, motored to the track during the morning to look over his horses. He was well pleased with the progress that | had been made during his absence from duty. Parasol. Salacia. Radiancy and Anticipation I were sent a half mile in :." :!. The veteran | Lanius and the three-year-old geldings St. Martins, Hornsea, Thunderbolt anl Upaal were given a half mile canter at about the : same pace and the two-year-olds in the s*ab!c were given some lessons at the barrier. HAlJIUhll EDlCATIOX. Much of the activity during the morning I was centered around the barrier lessons for I the two-year-olds. The P. T. Wilson and W. 1 J. Salmon youngsters and those in charge of John Kermath were schooled at the gate J for a considerable period. Sandy McXaugh-| tons two-year-olds also received some lessons. Gifford A. Cochrans crack sprinter. Goshawk, appeared to be in fine condition when he came out for a slow three-eighths trial. I He spent the winter at the Cochran farm at . Mt. Kisco, X. Y., and recently was sent down j to Belmont Park to round out his preparation for the coming season. He covered the ! three-eighths in 07% seconds, but was not ! asked to extend himself. June Grass, another of the Cochran horses. went a half mile in 51% seconds. Athelst.in | worked three-quarters in 1 :21 and Column. : with his trainer. Joe Xotter, in the saddle, I worked a half mile in 52% seconds. William Wallace, trainer of the Log Cabin 1 Stable, is handling the Oak Pidge Stable J horses at the Nassau County track during the ! absence of John Loftus. Loftus and his j brother. Frank-, were called to Chicago Satur- f j i day by the death of their mother. The latest arrivals at Pelmont Park from I the whiter tracks include the Tijuana divi- I j sion of the Clarence Puxtou stable. This establishment reached the course Monday : evening: Although the bad weather of recent weeks [ has interfered seriously with the training schedules of the stables at Long Island tracks, most of the trainers are still hopeful of having their charges ready for the opening , of the local season. The trainers who are preparing horses for the Preakness and the | Derby eel that they will have plenty of time I to tighten the racers up before the naming ! of these big three-] ar-old specials providing the weather returns to normal within the next Week or so. Some of the trainers who planned a Maryland campaign prior to the opening of the local s ason have changed their plans because of the unfavorable training conditions here. a. . — -
