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: i , . . | . ! J . J ; NEW YORK TRACKS CROWDED $ Unusual Activity Displayed By Trainers at Belmont Park. ♦ Mas ■trash Sends Charges Out for Training Gallops — Happy Argo and One Hoar Well Advanced. • NEW YOPvK, N. T., April 6— Midsummer weather and fast footing brought about unusual activity at Belmont Park yesterday morning. The two tracks were crowded with horses during the training hours, and several notable works were recorded. The trainers are taking advantage of the weather and sending their charges along fast, but in no sense rushing them. Several prominent owners journeyed to the course early to watch their horses breeze, among them Mrs. Payne Whitney. Three-quarter gallops predominated, and Lee Rosenbergs Dicing, which is in charge of Joe Notter. turned in the best effort of the day. This filly stepped along in 1:18, hard held throughout. She could have gone much faster without any urging. Antidote, from the W. J. Salmon stable, showed a good three-quarters in 1:18%. She was hard held throughout. Yesterday was work day in the Healey barn, and the only absentees were those on the ailing list. Two or three members of the band are laid up temporarily, due to minor injuries. Display is moving along well in his training and ran one mile in 1 :50. and a mile and an eighth in 2 :05. pulled up. This fellow is in grand shape and is being pointed for the Dixie Stakes, to be run at Pimlico. Postage, Teheran, Mere Play, Murzim. Devonshire and Antidote were others that went three-quarters. Max Hirsch had his charges out early. Foundationstone. an imported English horse which will race for Mrs. Herbert Pulitzer, attracted considerable attention from the work watchers. This big fellow ran three-quarters in 1 :21. Tuskegee. Happy Argo. One Hour, Taras Hall and Kentucky II. were others that Hirsch sent three-quarters. The horses moved along well and are rapidly advancing in their training. Despite the openness of the winter, the unsettled March weather delayed training operations considerably. However, trainers state that with no severe changes in the next few weeks, horses will be well advanced for the opening of the New York meetings. The main track at Belmont is in first-class shape. Harrows are brought out each morning at ten oclock, but by that time training operations on the main track are concluded and the late comers move over to the training oval. The training of the Derby and Preakness Stakes candidates at the Long Island tracks, is watched each day. At present trainers and others are undecided or in doubt to name the one most forward in his work. The first serious accident of the season happened Wednesday. A two-year-old filly, the property of the Sage Stable and trained by Max Hirsch broke her hind leg. She was destroyed. Hirsch. it is said, thought well of this miss and she had breeding to recommend her. She was unnamed and by Chicle, from Masda. The boy was severely shaken up. Over at Aqueduct, trainer Fitzsimmons is progressing steadily with his charges. Nixie, Distraction. Filemaker, Priscilla Carter. Campania! and David Bone are moving along steadily. Phoenix Park, an English importa- tion which races for B. Downing and is trained by Dick Miller, is a Derby candidate. Phoenix Park started in a race at Empire City last summer, but failed to show the speed that he is credited with in the morning. * _
