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AQUEDUCT OPENS MONDAY New York Racing Scene Shifts to Queens County Jockey Club i Meeting of 23 Days. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 13.— The scene : of metropolitan racing shifts Monday to the popular Aqueduct course of the Queens 5 County Jockey Club for its twenty-three-day summer meeting. The occasion will no i doubt bring a reunion of old timers in the thoroughbred racing world hereabouts, to | ! whom the opening of Aqueduct is like going back home. Many horsemen consider the Aqueduct course one of the best racing strips in the world, and trainers pronounce it ideal because of the firm footing and cushion-like attributes of the soil. The track . drainage is a natural one, and the excellent condition in which it is kept by track superintendent Louis Francis makes it one of the most sought training grounds for thoroughbreds. . Under the personal direction of John E. Cowdin, president of the Queens County Jockey Club, comprehensive preparations have been going on for some time to make the opening of the season an auspicious one. He has spared neither expense nor effort to have everything spic and span for the occasion. Patrons will find the course more attractive and enjoyable than ever before. President Cowdins many years of intimate association and participation in the affairs of what is known as the Long Island cross country racing circle has attracted a large following to the Aqueduct course, particularly in the steeplechase and cross-country divisions. The liberal policy of the Queens County Jockey Club has attracted the patronage of the best thoroughbreds in training. Every one of the stakes events on the schedule has received the most gratifying recognition of owners and trainers. During the twenty-three days over which the meeting extends, 14,500 will be distributed to horseowners. Of this total, 87,-300 will go for stakes and purses and 7,200 for steeplechases. The big money coterie comprises the Dwyer Stakes, with 2,000 added and likely to gross 5,000. The Brooklyn Handicap, with 0,000 added, is expected to gross 4,000. The Great American, with ,000 added, is estimated to have a gross value of ,000. In the steeplechase division there will be the Glendale, with ,000 added. Among the other outstanding features of the summer meeting having ,000 added are the Carter Handicap, the Queens County Handicap, and the Shevlin Stakes. . «
