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Twenty Years, Ago Today Chief Turf Events of April 24, 1905 Racing at Aqueduct, Pimlico, Nashville, San Francisco, Kansas City, Union Park and Fair Grounds at St. Louis. There are sixty-five yearlings at Rancocas Farm. They will be sold in June. Everything is now ready for the opening of the Worth track next Saturday. There is much activity at the track and indications point to a successful twenty-four day meeting. The treacherous condition of the track and field at Elm Ridge Park, Kansas City, prevented the running of the steeplechase race today. The event was changed to one mile and a quarter on the flat and Charawind won it. The bad state of the track and the number of sick horses is mainly responsible for the small fields just now. Secretary Hachmeister of the St. Louis Fair Grounds Association has announced that horses which have been disqualified under the rules of the Western Jockey Club will not be permitted to start in stakes at that track and that payments will not be refunded. It is said that some of the affected owners are contemplating a test of the legality of this procedure. The meeting of the Queens County Jockey Club ended at the Aqueduct track today. The large crowd that journeyed out to the course were well repaid. They not only saw some excellent sport, but the horses ran to form. Four favorites were returned winners, although one, Oaklawn, the winner of the Carnarsie Stakes, was at a prohibitive price. It was expected that Leonard Joe Hayman would be sent against Oaklawn, as his owner has expressed a willingness to race against the Shields crack, but at the last moment he was withdrawn. Leonard Joe Hayman would not have had a chance with Oaklawn, as he galloped along under a stout pull, making the half mile in 49 seconds. The other stake, the Flushing, was won by J. H. McCormicks Grenade. Mr. McCormick also won a purse with Monet.
