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NEW YORK RACING SEASON OF 1936 BEGINS TODAY if V PAUMONOK ATTRACTION Big Sprint Feature Headliner of Fine Opening Program at Jamaica. Small but Star Field Named Camera Eye and Electrical Result Board Among Improvements. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 14. The New York racing season of 1936 will be inaugurated at the Jamaica course of the Metropolitan Jockey Club tomorrow afternoon and it is the opening of a season that is marked with more optimism than any other since the passage of the Agnew-Hart laws of some twenty-six years back. This optimism was reflected when the different associations made their preparations and announced their prizes several months ago. There have been many material additions made to purse and stake values and at each one of the five major courses there are improvements and refinements in surroundings that indicate a confidence of what is in store. For the Paumonok Handicap, the six furlongs inaugural feature to which ,000 is added, several were named through the entry box and of these George Odom is represented by a team in the Arden Farms Quel Jeu and Marshall Fields three-year-old Tint-agel, winner of the Futurity of last year. The others of the company are C. H. "Pat" Knebelkamps King Saxon, winner of the running last year; the Brookmeade Stables Psychic Bid, Howe Stables Cycle, Hal Price Headleys Preeminent and the Greentree Stables Sailor Beware. An excellent renewal should come from this small field and most of the interest will center about King Saxon and the Odom pair. The son of Saxon was not raced through the winter, but he was trained at Hialeah Park and had some amount of seasoning, while since his arrival on Long Island he has been going along smartly for Knebelkamp and there is no doubt of his readiness. TINTAGEL A STARTER. Tintagel was trained for the Florida Derby, but shortly before that date he was kicked by Stand Pat while out for an exercise gallop. While that injury was a slight one, it was sufficient to interrupt his training and as a result he did not go to the post through the winter season. The son of Sir Gallahad HI. was a colt of extreme speed last year and he is admirably suited at the six furlongs distance. Should Tintagel give a good account of himself in the Paumonok, he will move on to the Wood and if he shows an ability to carry his speed, he will be sent to Louisville for his Kentucky Derby engagement. It had been expected that John Simonettis Sgt. Byrne, winner of the Paumonok of two years ago, would be in tomorrows field, but he was not considered up to the race and, accordingly, was not named. Psychic Bid has trained excellently for the running, as has Cycle and Preeminent, a running mate of Hollyrood, while Sailor Beware has had some racing to fit him for the question. As a setting for the Paumonok there is the Glenside, a six furlongs dash for three-year-olds, the Inaugural for two-year-old maidens, and three events that bring together some smart selling platers. POST POSITIONS DRAWN. This year the post positions are drawn at the time of entry, which is a change that will be appreciated by patrons, the program order being the post position order. Post time is 2:30 oclock. New York patrons will, for the first time, see the camera used at the finish as an aid to the placing judges. The New York associations have had the advantage of adopting the "electric eye" after it is no longer an experiment. First used by the Los Angeles Turf Club at the first Santa Anita meeting of 1934, it has since come into such importance that it is generally considered as an important adjunct to racing. Different camera devices were used in Florida with complete success and the machine that has been installed at Jamaica is an improvement on the one that was in use at Hialeah Park. It is a camera for which Marshall Cassidy is largely responsible. In- Contiiiued on twenty-fourth page.. NEW YORK RACING SEASON OF 1936 BEGINS TODAY Continued from first page. cidentally the camera has so impressed the governors of racing generally that it has been adopted by most of the major associations in every state, and in Maryland it is a requirement demanded by the racing commission. The electric result board is another of the improvements that will be found at Jamaica, where the pressing of a button will at once flash the order of the finish of the first four horses. When there is any reason for doubt as to the actual order and a photograph is required, it will also be signalled by this electrical device. . Another of the improvements- is found in the betting enclosure. Dr. Kilroe has so arranged the books on raised platforms that the congestion, a serious menace last year and the year before, will be eliminated and the wagering will be possible with comfort. This is of first importance and is an improvement that will probably meet with more general public approval than any other of the new comforts. For a considerable time the thoroughbreds that were raced through the winter months have been arriving on Long Island and while training operations of those that remained at home were somewhat restricted by reason of the severe weather, there are ample fit horses ready for the question to make certain sport of the first quality and worthy of New York. Among them some of the prime choices for the Kentucky Derby will be seen. One of the most -important of these is Hal Price Headleys Hollyrood, second choice in most of the future books for the Kentucky classic. The son of High Cloud and Mandy Hamilton has been doing all that has been asked of him by Duval Headley until it has been promised that he will be shown in an overnight race before he meets his first important engagement in the Wood Memorial, to be run a week from Saturday. Other of the Derby eligibles that will have their first public trials during the meeting of the Metropolitan Jockey Club and are heading for the Wood are Teufel, Granville, Snark, Tintagel, winner of the Futurity for Marshall Field, Bold Venture, White Cockade and some others of lesser fame that have been training well for the opening of the new season. J. B. Campbell has prepared an excellent book for this first meeting of the New York season and he has provided several condition races that are calculated to bring these stars to the post.
