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MAIN TRACK READY MONDAY Belmont Training Will Then Begin on More Extensive Scale. Thursdays Operations Slow Up as Result of Unfavorable Conditions Odom Is Enthusiastic Over Juveniles. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 24. Training operations at Belmont Park were slowed up today, due to the heavy condition of the training track. The inner rail was deeper and heavier than six feet farther out, and the majority of trainers ordered their charges to go along slowly well out from the inner rail. Slow, steady gallops were indulged in and no attempts at speed were made. The warm, clear weather brought out a large number of horses and the training track presented a busy scene during the morning. Track superintendent Pels stated today that the main track would be opened for exercise on Monday. He has a large force of men working over the racing strip, preparing the ground for the season. Harrows and other implements were in use. The steeplechase course will not be thrown open for some time and schooling will be conducted over the trial course adjoining the Long Island tracks. The Widener course will be kept closed for another month. George Odom, with the Marshall Field-R. Li. Gerry, James Gaffney and Rolling Plains stable horses, was among the early arrivals. He ordered steady gallops for his charges. Odom is moving along slowly with his three-year-old prospects, Rash Moments and Villon. He said he would not point them for any special race and that their training and condition would determine their starting either at Jamaica or later. Odom will have a large number of two-year-olds ready for the opening of the Metropolitan Jockey Clubs spring meeting. He is confident that his two-year-olds will account for their share of purses. The youngsters are mostly home-breds and in their initial trials this spring have impressed their trainer. He has several in his care that showed up promisingly and he is optimistic over their chances. The W. R. Coe stable, in charge of assistant trainer Walter Creech, was represented by a large band. They moved along steadilj and the two-year-olds are a racy-looking lot. Pompey, which as a two-year-old was the champion of his year, is well represented in the lot. He has several likely looking son3 and daughters in the band that the stable attaches claim can run fast. Max Hirsch had several sets out during the morning hours and expressed satisfaction with his charges. The day previous he brought out Tick On, one of his prize three-year-olds. This fellow was given a steady six furlongs breeze through the deep mud. He moved along steadily and was timed in 1:26 for the distance, Hirsch expressing his satisfaction at the manner in which the colt handled himself through the deep footing. Henry McDaniel, with several sets of the J. E. Widener stable, was another that was an early arrival. He galloped his charges over the training track. Willie Booth with the J. R. Macomber lot, Bill Knapp with the Hertz and Warren Wright charges, John Loftus with several from the Oakridge Stable, Norman Tallman with several sets from the Newtondale Stable, Louis Feustel with the Chicago-owned stable of Morri3 Vehon, also galloped their charges, and Tom McCreery with the Howe Stable lot, a set from the Dorwood Stable, Joe Notter with his charges, Joe Healy with several that he took up for his brother, were also noted on the training track. Over at Aqueduct, the going was fairly good well out from the inner rail, while the footing at Jamaica was heavy from the recent rains. The Aqueduct strip was busy during the morning work hours. Trainer Fitzsimmons sent some of his charges along at a smart clip. He limited this work to three and five-furlong dashes. The three-year-olds that have been named for the major stakes were galloped along at a slow pace. Fitzsimmons will not hurry their training in preparation for any early spring engagements. A set composed of Pardee, Tetra Khan, Sekhmet, Faireno and Dark Secret stepped a handy four furlongs in :51 and were taken up the extra furlong in 1:06. Among other moves noted during the morning, were Subscribe, four furlongs in :54; Epidawn, half in :55; Prince Barton, half in :55; Affirmative, the same. Wrack Fashion stepped three furlongs in :38, with Little Aventor and Areoway slightly slower for the same distance. The colony at Jamaica, one of the smallest in recent years, was fairly active. Long, steady gallops for the older horses and easy stretches for the two-year-olds was the order of the day. Thursday is generally an off-day at Jamaica and, with the continued warm weather, the racing strip should be fast by. r Saturday.
