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WINS STAMP OF APPROVAL Big Crowds at Belmont Park Testify to the Popularity of New Yorks Famous Track. NKW YORK, N. Y., June 4 — Tho size and oinlity of the attendance at the current mooting of the Weschester Racing Association is the finest sort of a testimonial to the enterprise of that organization, and is one more proof that the New York public is fond of racinp when it is offered in such an environment as Ielmont Park. Those who viewed the huge assemblage that nme from all over this country, to wit-; noss the First International Race between Zev and Papyrus, never thought they would see the scene duplicated, but the throng that enjoyed the sport on Decoration Day this year, outnumbered that of October 20, 1923. and gladdened the hearts of the "Westchester! management. When the field stand was joined to the gTandstand some years ago. there were prophesies that the amplified strurture would never be filled to capacity. On Decoration Day the boxes and enclosure. and the yawning interior of the huge stand wore crowded to repletion, while the roof was thronged to the capacity of the seating arrangements for those who like to view a| race in detail. It was compulsory- for many to seek this latter coigne of vantage. The vast lawns, stretching the entire length of, the stand, were so densely packed that It looked like a sea of straw hats while the races were being run. That throng in is holiday attire and order- liness was a great tribute to the turf and the best possible answer to those who seek to misrepresent It. It furnished an inspiration to president Widener and his associates in the Westchester Racing Association. The farther improving of the plant will be carried through with a realization that the stamp of public approval has been bestowed ta a way that spells a permanent interest in racing as long as it is safeguarded as it now is in the Kmpire State. Many members of The Jockey Club, with chairman Frank K. Sturgis at their head, saw the sport on Decoration Day, and gloried in the success of the occasion. J ! ! i i j [ i , I ! I I I ! I ! | j I j I ; i | j I i !
