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Here and There on the Turf Belmont Park Meeting. Moving to Aqueduct. Cincinnati Derby Entries. Prospects for Brooklyn. With the conclusion of the meeting of the Westchester Racing Association, at Belmont Park, Saturday, there came to an end one of the most important of the early meetings. This meeting has always had tremendous im portance on the turf and it never had more than that which has just come to an end. From the beginning the attendance has been greater than ever before and the quality of the racing that has been offered has been up to the best traditions of the American turf. For the most part the weather has been favor able, except for an unaccountably hot spell, and excellent going has prevailed almost from the first day to the last. In this connection it must be remembered that Joseph E. Widencr caused some new top soil to be added to the track surface. This has been a welcome im provement and there have been fewer complaints from the trainer.; of horses going amis.; than has been the general rule. At the same time, while Belmont Park is equipped with a better cushion it remains a fast track as has been shown by the time that has been hung out in some of the race3. There have been some notable developments during the twenty days of racing at the big Nassau county course and altogether it has been a thoroughly enjoyable meeting. Monday the Queens County Jockey Club will begin its twenty days meeting at Aqueduct and its big offering for the first day is the Brook lyn Handicap, a dash cf a mile and an eighth with a guaranteed value of 0,000. Fur a considerable time several of the eli» ibles to this historic old race have been showing enough, both in private and in races, to make certain a great revival of the event that had its first running in 1S87 when Dry Monopole, Blue Wing and Hidalgo fought it out in such sensational fashion. This race is an inheritance from the old Gravesend course of the Brooklyn Jockey Club and since its inauguration ha? been a worthy companion piece to the Sub urban Handicap. When Jamei Butlers Sting followed his vie tories in the ExceL-ior and the Metropolitan Handicaps with a triumph in the Suburb. in Handicap he had nobly raced his way to the top of the handicap division and it is intended to have him attempt to add the Brooklyn to that great record. But Sting has the hardest task of his career before him in the horses he will meet Monday afternoon and the running of the Brooklyn is sure to be a great attraction. At the same Aqueduct meeting there will also come the Queens Ccunty, Carter and Brook dale Handicaps, that will afford further oppor tunities for the best in that divi-yon. Then the Dwyer Stakes and the Shevlir. Stakes are two of the fixtures for the three year olds to which the best of that age di i sion are eligible. It will always be remember-d that it was in the Dwyer Stakes, formerly known as the Brooklyn Derby, that John P. Gricr gave Man o War the hardest race bt had during hti brilliant career on the turf. For this year the Dwyer Stakes has ben increased from a mil" and an eighth to a mile and fic sixteenths and Unit will add not a little to ill | opularily with the racing public. Then there are various stceplecha.*s as well as the usual stake opportunities for the tw.. jear clcL that «ver made the Aqueduct meet ing one of the most important of the N-w York campaign. For a beginning the New Coney Island course near Cincinnati is surely to be congratulated on the notable nomination list obtained f ir the Cincinnati Derby. This is a mile and a quarter race, for the three year olds, with :. ,0J0 added, and that gives it instant import ance Among the sixty six that were enter-d I will be found all of the best of the three year | old crop, assuring lhat thus Derby will at OavM be a race of decided sporting value. While this is the richest feature of the ne.v meeting there are various other stake; that have been similarly popular with the herse men, and the recemly closed races attracted in all aMM than 800 nominations. This is a i remarkable showing for a late closing w!i • !i invaiiablv means that a greater percentage r starters will come from iioiiiinattons, thin under curly closing conditions. G. FranS Croissant, who came into rucifi during the Miami meeting has evidently come to the turf to stay. He has had a taste of the sport and he is an enthusiast. When he paid a big price for Kentucky Cardinal his sincerity was pretty conclusively shown, but he is n 1 through buying. He has made recent import ant additions to his string and his purchases have been such that he is entitled to every MICCCS:. While Aga Khan, Klondyke and Flames all showed readiness for the Brooklyn Handicap in public at Belmont Park, Friday, there were private move3 of two notable eligibles to, the race that were worth while. These were when the Ratxcas Stables Mad Play worked an easy mile and an eighth in 1 :55%, and Cherry [ Pie, that gave Sting such close argument in the Suburban Handicap, covered that same dislat.ee in 1:57, while Catalan, still another, and a dangerous lightweight, had an easy mile in 1:50. Thee are some of the moves that would indicate that the field for the Brooklyn Handi cap will bring out fit he rse*, ready to the min- ute, for the opening feature of the Queens | County Jockey Club.
