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Here and There on the Turf Many Changes Made at Aque ¬ duct Judges Stand is Eliminated EliminatedStakes Stakes Aggregate 59000 in Value ValueNow Now Then Sold for 12000 In keeping with the prosperity it has enjoyed the past few years the Queens County Jockey Club has made further im provements in its Aqueduct plant Last year the grandstand was extended and the clubhouse porch was enlarged to permit more room for the commissioners and their patrons For the opening of its summer meeting Aqueduct has made the porch even larger which was a necessity As at the other New York tracks the judges stand opposite the finish line has been eliminated and hereafter the officials will work from special quarters on the roof where the fin ¬ ish camera also will be located Where the judges stand formerly was located a new winners unsaddling enclosure has been erected similar to that at Belmont Hialeah and Arlington Parks The public will at once welcome the chance to have unob ¬ structed views of finishes Another impor ¬ tant Aqueduct improvement is the elimina ¬ tion of the elbow from the five furlongs course for twoyearolds and starts of these races will be easier to see from the grand ¬ stand standAqueduct Aqueduct is offering an ambitious stakes program headed by the timehonored Brook ¬ lyn Handicap which will have 20000 in added money this year for the first time The Dwyer Stakes which will be endowed with 10000 is the second most important event on a program also including the Carter Handicap Queens County Handicap Shevlin Gazelle Great American Tremont and Astoria Stakes A total of 59000 is being given away in the nine events featur ¬ ing the twentyoneday meeting and a purse minimum of 1000 will be maintained De ¬ spite the competition for horses offered by other tracks Aqueduct should not lack for horses dnd the fine sport that marked the Jamaica and Belmont meetings should be continued at the Queens County course Aqueduct the nearest to New York and Brooklyn of any of the metropolitan tracks always has been popular with the public and with its modernization in many respects it may be expected to cater to larger crowds than ever before beforet t SEEN AND HEARD HEARDThis This will be Thomas J Healys final sea ¬ son as a trainer He will turn over the C V Whitney portfolio to his son Jack who has been coming along steadily Two of our betterknown jockeys refused to ride Vamoose jn his last workout for the Belmont Stakes saying their stables wouldnt permit it What would their answer have been if vthehoree was War Admiral Alfred yaaderbilt is ready with blueprints and fig i Continued on thirtyfourth page Hiia + u o HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF TURFContinued Continued from second page ures for his argument today with the Mary ¬ land Jockey Club directors about new grandstand and clubhouse for Pimlico The large James Healy is anxious to know if there are any speedy twoyearold fillies at Washington Park as he is going there with Inhale for the express purpose of win ¬ ning the Princess Pat Stakes Clarence jBuxton is very high on his new jockey ac ¬ quisition Red Howell who gave Bill Farnsworth such a good ride to win a stake at Suffolk Downs last week Al Burlen clerk of the scales on the Metropolitan cir ¬ cuit claims he never makes a mistake but he always has an eraser on the end of his pencil pencilBucking Bucking has developed into something of a trial horse In his five starts at Belmont Park some promising youngster always has been uncovered to beat him yet he has never gone unplaced Holding decisions over the unfortunate J E Widener colt are Trans ¬ mitter The Chief Sweetie Pie Now Then and Pasteurized Now Then a smartlooking son of Dis Done and Meet Me was sold by Mrs F Ambrose Clark to F J Buchanan for 12000 a few days before his debut He lacks immediate stakes engagements Profits of Agawams current meeting may reach 100000 so fine is the publics re ¬ sponse Morton L Schwartz was as much elated over Dawn Plays Coaching Club American Oaks and Acorn victories as Rob ¬ ert J Kleberg her owner He bred the filly The New York sportsman is confident Bold Venture will prove very successful in the stud Tiger gave a fair sample of what he could do when not going to the out ¬ side fence when he went five furlongs in 59 at Washington Park missing the track record by onefifth of a second although under restraint restraintHarvey Harvey Elston will try a saddle comeback during the Aqueduct meeting He is gallop ¬ ing horses daily Delaware Park will begin receiving horses about two weeks before the opening on June 26 Repeal of the Texas racing law is expected to encourage those persons anxious to ob ¬ tain open bookmaking for New Orleans next winter Alfred Vanderbilt denied the rumor that he wes negotiating for the Fair Grounds Not interested Clyde Van Dusen will have the main division of the Dixiana Stable at Arlington Park Stables which will leave Chicago for Sara ¬ toga following the close of Arlington include those of Warren Wright Mrs John Hertz Mrs Ethel V Mars Mrs William H Furst and Mrs Emil Denemark F Ambrose Clark has a promising jumper in Lough trea which made his first start the other day
