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ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM Prepared for Inaugural Days Sport Sportat Sportj j at Palatial New York Course Seventeen Named for Toboggan Handicap International Stee plechase Secondary Feature NEW YORK N Y May 15 The prospective contestants with weights and riders in the Toboggan Handicap follow followHorse JockeyUniverse Horse Wt Jockey Universe 110 R Jones JonesSgt Sgt Byrne 114 S Renick RenickGood Good Advice 114 H Richards RichardsLadysman Ladysman 123 S Coucci CoucciPairbypair Pairbypair 120 E Steffen SteffenSpringsteel Springsteel 120 R Workman WorkmanHigh High Glee 104 E Litzenberger LitzenbergerHalcyon Halcyon 107 E Porter PorterScotch Scotch Gold 110 R Merritt MerrittBonanza Bonanza 109 G Ellis EllisTick Tick On 120 D Meade Gentle MeadeGentle Knight 108 T Malley Quel MalleyQuel Jeu 110 T Malley MalleySlapdash Slapdash 107 C Kurtsinger KurtsingerKawagoe Kawagoe 105 J Hunter Okapi HunterOkapi 117 M Garner GarnerBrandon Brandon Mint 103 NEW YORK N Y May 15 Moving over to Belmont Park is always a big day in a New York racing season and Wednes day afternoon the sport will be inaugurated at the magnificent big course of the West chester Racing Association For the open ¬ ing day an interesting card lias been pre ¬ pared by secretary Victor Schaumberg topped by the famous old Toboggan Handi ¬ cap and the International Steeplechase Han ¬ dicap dicapSeventeen Seventeen have been named for the Tobog ¬ gan which is a dash of six furlongs through the straight of the Widener course while the steeplechase over the short course has seven acceptances of the weights weightsThe The Toboggan has a thoroughly repre ¬ sentative field for among the acceptances is Sylvester W Labrots Springsteel the top weight in actual poundage He takes up 126 pounds and with the seasoning he had in Florida he is right at the top of his form John Simonettis threeyearold Sgt Byrne winner of the Paumonok Handicap is another and he tops the threeyearolds with an impost of 114 pounds poundsLADYSMAN LADYSMAN STARTER Ladysman the W R Coe fouryearold that went amiss last year is in the com ¬ pany and the manner in which he has been training would indicate that he will come back with much of the quality that gave him such a high place as a juvenile An ¬ other that has been away for a long time that is named to start is Dr T M Cassidys Universe UniverseC C V Whitney which won the Toboggan of 1932 with Equipoise is represented by the threeyearold High Glee and Halcyon Edward R Bradleys entry is Tick On which recently raced a mile in 136 over the Churchill Downs course Mrs John Hertz Pairbypair is another and Mrs James Austins Good Advice a recent win ¬ ner at Jamaica is of the company Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane is represented by Okapi winner of the Toboggan of last year and of the Flushing Handicap at Jamaica last Saturday This fellow never was bet ¬ ter and he is sure to attract a big following George D Wideners Kawagoe which has been brought back to winning form on his first outing will go to the post and some of the others are Slapdash Quel Jeu Bo ¬ nanza and Scotch Gold GoldThe The Toboggan Handicap like many of the Belmont Park stakes had its first running at Morris Park That was back in 1890 and it FidesOn was won by August Belmonts Fides On through its forty runnings appear the names of many a champion sprinter on its winning roster Some of these have been the great mare Correction Hastings grand sire of Man o War Octagon which had two scores to his credit Banastar twice winner Voter Roseben Iron Mask Billy Kelly Mad Continued on twentyfirst page EASTERN RACING SCENE SHIFTS TO BELMONT PARK Continued from ffrst page Hatter Osmand which won twice for Joseph E Widener Chance Play and Equi ¬ poise which in 1932 followed his Toboggan victory by taking the Metropolitan Handi ¬ cap The greatest weight carried success ¬ fully was 130 pounds by Banastar in 1901 and when Iron Mask carried a like weight in 1913 1913Of Of the seven named for the International Steeplechase John Sanford is represented by two in Royal Falcon and Benedictine Joseph E Widener also has two in old Arc Light and Bushranger Rocky Run a four yearold will carry the silks of Mrs John Hay Whitney and her Green Cheese was winner of the running last year The other two are Rigan McKinneys Amagansett and Earl S Potters Aries AriesThe The setting for the feature is an attrac ¬ tive one and the field appear to be so nicely balanced that there is every prospect for excellent sport sportThe The meeting will see the new arrange ¬ ment of the betting ring with the layers occupying the vast space that has been given over to the catering counters This should afford ample space to take care of any crowd and its proximity to bet
