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EQUIPOISE AND OTHER STARS IN ACTION TODAY 5 ♦ BELMONT PARK OPENING » New York Racing Shifts to Metropolis Outstanding Course. ♦ Toboggan Handicap and International Steeplechase Handicap Inaugural Day Features. i TOBOGGAN HANDICAP FIELD ! NEW YORK, N. Y., May 11.— A J crack field is assured for the Tobog- l gan Handicap, Belmont Parks open- | ing feature. Following are the j probable starters together with their j weights and probable riders: I Horse. Wt. Jockey. I Mr. Sponge 123 M. Garner j Equipoise 129 . . .W. Workman ! Pairbypair 104 E. Stef f en j Ironclad 108 B. Hanford [ Helianthus 110 J. Renick * Epithet 115 No Boy I Hi-Jack 124 L. McAtee j Peacock Alley. .. . 90 S. Coucci j Irenes Bob 106 J. Long Footmark 109 G. Ellis I Masked Knight .100 L. Knapp | Pompeius 106 L. Ensor I NEW YORK, N. Y., May 11.— Racing in New York swings over to the magnificent Belmont Park course of the Westchester Racing Association this afternoon, and it is always an opening of great importance. To many of the first sportsmen of the turf it is the real opening of the season, and the opening day card gives promise that the meeting will have an auspicious beginning. The Toboggan Handicap, for sprinters, and the International Steeplechase Handicap, are the features of the afternoon, and the setting for these two specials is an attractive one. The Toboggan Handicap has attracted an even dozen eligibles, and at the head of the list is C. V. Whitneys rejuvenated Equipoise, with 129 pounds as his burden. The son of Pennant and Swinging has already established himself at the top by reason of his brilliant racing in Maryland, and his preparation for this six furlongs sprint suggests that he is better than ever. PLENTY OF SPEED. The field is one that demands a good horse for that dash through the straight of the Widener course. George D. Widener is represented by Hi-Jack under 124 pounds, and then comes Joseph E. Wideners Mr. Sponge, handicapped at 123 pounds. The others scale down from these, and one of the lightweights that has been attracting much attention by his victories in the Excelsior and the Southampton Handicaps is W. R. Coes Pompeius, a three-year-old that has 106 pounds. Under such a weight arrangement the son of Pompey need only come back to his brilliant Jamaica form to keep the older sprinters exceedingly busy. Pairbypair and Helianthus, both recent winners, are also in the field, as are Irenes Bob, Epithet, Peacock Alley, Masked Knight, a stablemate to Pompeius, Ironclad and Footmark. The International Steeplechase Handicap, which is over the short course of about two miles, will introduce "chasing" to New York for the season, and seven have accepted the weights. BANGLE TO START. Victor Emanuels Bangle, which raced abroad successfully, is at the top of the lot with a burden of 162 pounds, and Beacon Hill has a like impost. Joseph E. Wideners Indigo has 156 as his impost, which is to race for Gladys Whitney. The others are handicapped considerably below these weights, and they include Tequila, Rooney, Jack Anthony and Red Russia. Each of the eligibles has been schooling well for this, the first cross-country race of [Continued on twenty-seventh page.£ BELMONT PARK OPENING Continued from first page. the season, and there is class enough employed to hold out high promise for an excellent contest. With the positive denial of the rumor that the big Nassau County course was to have only four days of racing each week and the hearty response to the opening program, there is every prospect for an altogether new interest in the opening. Right through the long meeting the book calls for greatly improved class in the various events than has been the rule for the Jamaica meeting, and every preparation has been completed for a big season. Belmont Park has ever been a show place of the New York circuit. It is the racing ground that always brings out the best horses and the best sportsmen. It has at all times shown racing at its best, with no count of cost, and it is safe to predict that even in the days of economic depression, as , in other years, the racing will be the most j brilliant of the spring season.
