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BELMONT STAKES SCHEDULE i Westchester Racing Association Announces Order of Running. ♦ Pamphlet Issued Containing Metropolitan Weights and Other Valuable New York News. - - ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y„ March 31.— The Wes*- chester Racing Association has issued in i pamphlet form important information in connection with the spring meeting at Belmont Park, which Is scheduled to open on Friday, Ma j 22, and end on Saturday. June ML In addition to the weights for the Metropolitan Handicap, which will be the feature of the opening day, the schedule of the stakes and the dates on which they will be run is given. The pamphlet also has the best automobile routes to the course, and all the particulars in connection with train service from both the Pennsylvania and Flatbush avenue stations. For good measure the racing dates on The Jockey Club circuit during the coming year are recorded in this timely piece of publicity. 3IETROPOLITAN WKIGHTS. Many who receive the leaflet will find it worth while to detach the sheet containing the Metropolitan Handicap weights. There has been much discussion on the merits of the various candidates for this fine old race, which had its inaugnral a generation ago at Morris Park. That Sarazen has been adjudged two pounds better than Ladkin at a mile, the weights being 128 to 120. has not been forgotten by the experts, while the fact that Wise Counsellor is rated next with 124 pounds brings into relief the fact that this trio embraces the winners of the International series of races, in which Epinard ran second last year. Ordinance is considered the equal of Wise Counsellor by Mr. Vosburgh, and Chilhowee, whose form in Lower California has been good, is in at 123. A feature of the Metropolitan weights that probably escaped notice when they were first made public is accentuated by the fact that Hedgefence. the recent winner of the Tijuana Derby, is placed at the head of the list of three-year-olds, with 109 pounds. This is one more than Stimulus, one of the acknowledged cracks of 1!»24, is asked to carry, and three more than the crack Westerner. Captain Hal. There is a lot of interest in the Metropolitan, which has an added value of $." .000 and closed with 102 nominations, of which nineteen were declared. WITHERS STAKES MAY 23. The following order of stake events shows that the Withers Stakes, one of the leading events of the year for three-year-olds, will be decided on May 28, with the Belmont Stakes, one of the most conspicuous three-year-old prizes in the country, down for decision on the closing day. The Charles L. Appleton Memorial Steeplechase will be run Saturday, May 30, while the Coaching Club American Oaks, the best classic for three-year-old iillies, will be decided on June 3. The Suburban Handicap, a leader among the events for three-year-olds and over, will be run on Saturday, June 6, with the Toboggan Handicap the feature of the program on Tuesday, June 9. The stake dates follow : Friday, May 22 — International Steeplechase Handicap, about two miles. Metropolitan Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, one mile. Saturday, May 23 — The Juvenile, for two-year-olds, five-eighths mile. The Indies Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, one mile. Tuesday, May 26 — The Hollis claiming, for three-year-olds and upward, three-quarters. Wednesday. May 27 — The Bouquet claiming, for two-year-olds, five-eighths. Thursday, May 28 — The Withers, for three-year-olds, one mile. Saturday, May 30 — The Charles L. Apple-ton Memorial Steeplechase, about two miles. The Fashion, for two-year-olds, five-eighths. Tuesday, June 2 — The Harlem claiming, for three-year-olds and upward, one mile. Wednesday, June 3 — The Coaching Club American Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, one and three-eighths miles. Saturday, June 6 — The Corinthian Steeplechase Handicap, about two miles. The Suburban Handicap, for three-year-olds and upward, one and one-quarter miles. Tuesday, June ! — The Toboggan Handicap for three-year-olds and upward, three-quarters. Thursday, June 11 — The Meadowbrook Steeplechase Handicap, about two and one-half miles. Saturday, June 13 — The Keene Memorial, for two-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs. The Belmont Stakes, for three-year-olds, one and three-eighths miles.
