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BEAUTY OF BELMONT PARK Home of Westchester Racing Association Ranks Among Best Quality of Sport at Xassau County Tract In Keeping With Grandeur and Magni ¬ tude of the riant NEW YORK X Y June 29 That racing thrives best in a congenial environment is known the world over and appreciated to the fullest by those with the best interests of the turf at heart The charm of the foreign race course has carried its appeal not only to the visitor from other lands but to those at home with a love for all that is engaging in the world of the outdoors outdoorsThat That the same aesthetic sense is highly developed in this country is becoming more apparent daily to those who keep their finger on the racing pulse One need look no furCher than the current meeting of the Westchester Racing Association for proof that the public is quick to recognize anything unusual done1 for their comfort or for the gratification of that artistic instinct which is innate in mankind and only needs stimu ¬ lating in even the dullest to draw it out outWhat What has been accomplished at Belmont Park by president Joseph E Widener in the past two years in the way of improving and beautifying the home of the Westchester Jlacing Association must be regarded as an outstanding accomplishment He has more than earned the praise that has been lavished on him He has not only helped the cause of the turf by providing a better proving ground for those tests that are essential in the improvement of the breed but so de ¬ veloped the very atmosphere of the sport that racing is making new and desirable friends daily dailyWilliam William Littauer who has lived abroad a good deal and knows French and English race courses perfectly is one of many com ¬ petent to voice a worth while opinion on the conduct of the turf At Belmont Park on Monday last he remarked to a group of friends I have been a regular attendant at French and English race courses for years and am familiar with racing condi ¬ tions on the Continent Never except at Ascot have I seen a gathering that equalled the attendance here last Saturday It was brilliant and I think this country owes Mr Widener a debt of gratitude for what he has done Belmont Park is now one of the most beautiful race courses in the world Everybody should see it and I am sure when its beauties are more widely known much of its patronage will come from those with scant knowledge of the turf but who possess an abiding love of Nature which is here seen at her best It is from the ranks of such that the most desirable racing re ¬ cruits are always drawn drawnENGLISHMANS ENGLISHMANS PRAISE PRAISERoland Roland Daniel an English racing man who visited Belmont Park on Saturday last as the guest of W Halsted Vander Poel was equally as loud in his praises of the beauties of the course He was on his way home from Australia and remarked that that coun ¬ try in which racing thrives to an unusual degree had nothing to compare with the Westchester course Neither did the Palmerd course at Buenos Aires which is the pride of South America AmericaThough Though the Belmont Park meeting to date lias been notable for the quality of its sport there is greater attraction in the events that are to be decided between now and the close of the session on Saturday June 12 This applies with especial force to that portion of the racing public with a love for those events that call for stamina Of these the Belmont Stakes at a mile and a half for threeyearold colts and fillies the Coaching Club American Oaks for threeyearold fillies at a mile and three furlongs and the Subur ¬ ban Handicap for threeyearolds and up ¬ wards at a mile and a quarter carry the greatest appeal appealThe The Belmont and Coaching Club American Oaks are of the highest educational value They are beacon lights pointing the way to type improvement for the breeders of the country The colt or filly winning either must be stout of heart and have unusual Jung power They must of necessity have sound feet and legs and be in every way worthy of producing themselves when their racing days are over overMuch Much has been said and volumes written in recent years about the framing of racing pro ¬ grams that will serve to increase the stout ¬ ness of American families of blood The maintenance of classics like the Belmont Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks on Its program year after year by the Westches ¬ ter Association has not only been a great help to the breeders of the nation but a ral ¬ lying trumpet call to those who want to see the type kept at its high state of excellence excellenceThough Though fields in both fixtures on occa ¬ sions have been meagre in the extreme these classics have not been abandoned Their continuity has exerted a stabilizing Influence on the yearling market and been a guarantee to the breeder that those juve ¬ niles that are eligible for stakes of such sub ¬ stantiality will always command a ready sale
