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i C * ; ■ in j v | i » | s ■ J J " on ! ■ | I J | J | j 1 , ■ . ■ . | I j i j I 1 1 j | , j | I j 1 I a I | J I L I j I ! j L ! lj I ; ; 1 ; , ! j . , l | ! . 1 . J * , l sj • ; 1 j * i j I I s j : j j II „ I j I a a o i j s r I LESS THAN A MONTH « — Opening of Metropolitan Racing Season Three Weeks Away. , » . News of Epinards Condition — Zev Expected to Start in Paumonok Handicap. ; 4 NEW YORK, N. Y.. April 5.— With racing this State only three weeks away and the various courses on the Metropolitan circuit thronged with horses at work these fine spring mornings the devotees of the turf are eager for news of the thoroughbred and longing for the hoisting of the flags at Jamaica on April 29th. That interest in racing in this country is the increase is apparent. The exploits of the horses at home and abroad are shown on the screen, while no weekly pictorial is com-j plete without a spirited reproduction of horses in action on the flat or over the jumps. None of the news features is more popular with patrons of the cinema than those portraying the running of some great race. All of which is a good thing for the turf and for its essential ally, horse breed-I ing. for the two go hand in hand, and are interdependent, it having been shown re- j peatedly that the thoroughbred goes to seed | rapidly when the type is not kept at its virile best through the tests of the race course. The prospective international races be-: tween Epinard and the best of our American j horses scheduled for Belmont Park, Aque-| duct and I atonia in the Autumn are of course high lights in American racing for the current season. That the great French horse is doing well is outlined in a letter to representative of the Jockey Club from II. Eugene Leigh, trainer of the crack four- I year-old. The communication dated at Mai-j I sons Da Fitte, and written on March 17th ; j runs as follows : I "Epinard has wintered as good as any horse could possibly do. He has changed from a colt to a horse. j "The only danger of going to the U. S. A. is that he might get sick which would ruin the whole campaign, but if he does well after i j he arrives, there is no question of his win-! r.ing. "In all my experience I have never seen a horse with such a terrific burst of speed. "In my mind there is no question of his ability to stay over any course that horses run." IX OPENING FEATURE. While the opening at Jamaica is engaging the attention of the rank and file of turf- followers, having as its mest potent attrac-" tion and Paumonok Handicap, one of the 1 sprinting classics of the year, the United | Hunts whese two days, Saturday, April 26. and Monday. April 28. at Belmont Park, are the harbingers of the Jockey Club season, is the subject of discussion wherever amateur sportsmen congregate. The Paumonok has never failed to give a thrill to the early spring enthusiasts of rac-;ing. First run for in P.* 06 when it went to Inquisitor, it lias been won by such good erformers as lltstigouche in 1910. Coquette. |P]5; Sandmarsh. 1916: Old Koenig. 19JS ; Flags. 1919: Duboyne, 1920; On Watch. 1921: Tryster. 1922. and Zev last season. Tryster as a four-year-old with 125 lbs. up holds the record for the race with a mark of 1 :117s. ____ Continued on twelfth i :i«e. LESS THAN A MONTH Continued from first pnse. By the way, it was Zevs showing in the Paumonok that determined Messrs. Sinclair and Hildreth to send the son of The Finn to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. The colt had shown so indifferently in the Preakness Stakes that Hildreth had about reached the conclusion that his charge was either a little off or disinclined to stay over a long route. After the Paumonok, which the brown champion won in runaway fashion, it was decided to send Zev to Kentucky and a car was ordered forthwith. At the time Mr. Sinclair said that he believed the army of admirers of Zev who had supported the colt in the ante-post betting were entitled to a run for their money. How Zev won th race and ultimately became the greatest money winner in the history of the American turf is a matter of record. PROBABLE PAUMONOK STARTERS. That Zev will be a started in this years renewal of the Paumonok is practically assured, as the race furnishes the best sort of a preparation for an extended campaign. Others that look as though they would sport silk in the stake are the rival three-year-olds St. James and Mad Play. A race of this character would be helpful for the Preakness, in which both are engaged to start. Still other Paumonok eligibles are Goshawk. Ordinance, Sun Flag, Dunlin, Lord Baltimore II., Martingale, Untidy, Tree Top, Sarazen, Stanwix, Bluemont, Miss Star, Fluvanna, Anna Marrone II., Dunboyne, Little Chief, Flagstaff, Osprey, Happy Thoughts, Little Celt. Ormesvale and Miss Cerina. Like the Toboggan Handicap, which is the sprinting feature of the Belmont Park session, the Faumonok is usually bitterly contested, with the placed horses luads and necks apart at the finish. The value of the race, ,000, makes it a substantial prize for any stable to begin the season on. The Suffolk Claiming Stakes. ,000 added, will also he run on the opening day. Among the eligibles are Master Charlie, winner of the Tijuana Futurity, and his stablemate Socrates, by Sarmatian, the runner-up on that occasion. These colts introduce new sires to the American turf world. Lord Archer, sire of Master Charlie, is by Spearmint, the English Derby winner, out of Baroness Ia Fleche, by Ladas, next dam Pa Heche, by St. Simon. Sarmatian is by S.trdanapale. famous French sire, out of Mousse des Bois, by Ajaz, one of the best sons of Flying Fox. Lord Archer is in England, Master Charlie having been imported last summer, but Sarmatian, now in his seventh year, is at the Belair Stud of William Woodward in Maryland. Socrates is out of Daphne, hy Ballot, which has already produced a good winner in Cyclops. He is the first of the get of Sirmatian to race and is an unusually promising colt. There are ninety-three eligibles for the Suffolk and included in the lot are sons and daughters of sue h well-known sires as Broomstick. Pennant, Peter Pan, Swe.p, Ballot, Hourhss, Campfire, Wrack, Vuleain. Huon, Johren, High Time, Trap Rock, Omar Khayyam, Spur and Under * ire.
