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: I Here and There on the Turf Aneroid, Bosemont Rated ! Equal. Brandy wine Next Delaware Special. Empire City Improved Further. Good Stakes on Calendar. Having beaten Rosemont the last two times theyve met, Aneroid has been elevated to equal standing with the Santa Anita Handicap winner in the weights for the Brandywine Handicap by John P. Turner, Tacing secretary of the new Delaware Park. -Each is called upon to shoulder 126 pounds, which is scale weight for a four-year-old going a mile and one-sixteenth in June, in the ,500 added event, but they may not meet, as Rosemont appears a doubtful starter, in view of the fact that he came out of the Brooklyn Handicap in a sore condition. Aneroid, however, is due on the scene at Delaware Park, and it is doubtful that he would be shipped there from New York unless his connections had intentions of running him. However, they still must make up their minds whether the Brandywine weights are acceptable. As Aneroid easily beat the others in the Brooklyn field, save Seabiscuit , under 122 pounds, his Brandywine impost does not appear unreasonable. With or without Rosemont, the field for Saturdays Delaware Park feature promises to be a fair sized one and the possibility is strong that as many as ten will go postward. Included in this number is Fair Knightess, which on Saturday accounted for the Granite State Handicap at Rockingham Park. Also regarded as Brandywine candidates are Moon Side and New Deal, which also figured prominently in that event. Also shaping up for the Brandywine are Dark Hope, one time winner of the Riggs Handicap, which flashed a return to winning form recently at the Wilmington course, and Tre-ford, his principal contender in that contest-Memory Book, which garnered third honors in the Brooklyn, also may be expected to try conclusions in the Brandywine, along with Carvola, Conte and War Glory. Racing on the metropolitan circuit changes scenery tomorrow, transferring from Aqueduct to Empire City, the small but very picturesque course maintained by the Butler family. The Yonkers track this season more beautiful and modern than ever because many changes have been made since last year, even though it has been the forerunner of all New York racing plants meeting the modern trend, the transformation beginning when James Butler succeeded to the management of the plant upon the death of his father. That his efforts to improve New York racing conditions are appreciated was indicated in his recent election to membership in The Jockey Club, an organization against which the elder Butler waged a successful fight some years ago. Empire Citys racing this summer should the best ever held and the reasons are apparent Improved conditions and higher purses have found horsemen in a recipro-cative mood. Continued on eighteenth page. . -j are uj i cj uv . j I - s ii i- r is . e J" in n d e 1 3 n r- ir be e a- jr i x J ti si j t to tl c s 0 n e 0 n h 5 ;; " . J j t r j j j t x j t t ! f 1 l i I HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page. For the first time in history, the Yonkers track will have a principal holiday on its schedule. Independence Day has been allotted to it, now that Aqueduct has Labor Day in the fall, and in opening tomorrow Empire City will have three days in which gather momentum for its celebration of the birth of American liberty. Its largest crowd should be in attendance. An ambitious stakes program is being offered, with the outstanding attraction being the Butler Memorial Handicap, to which is being added 0,000, sufficient to attract the outstanding older horses of the East, as well as one or more of the better three-year-olds which have been developed and so far have not been forced to the sidelines. The Empire City Handicap next Monday for three-year-olds also should command a good field from among the three-year-olds, while the other five stakes on the schedule for the twenty-one day session have attracted imposing entry lists. Arlington Park opened its annual meeting in traditional fashion Monday by having a sudden thunder shower. Nearly all of the inaugurals at the big Chicago course have been attended by rain, but the downpour did not dampen the enthusiasm of the 10,000 persons who showed up for a fine program, headed by the ,000 Arlington Inaugural Handicap and seven other events each having a ,100 purse. If Arlington continues throughout the remainder of the thirty-day meeting to offer the brand of sport provided Monday, Chicagoans will have a great treat throughout the season. The next feature is the Arlington Matron Stakes, which is being revived this season to give fillies and mares the opportunity to race for a ,000 purse. From the thirty-seven eligibles a large field may be expected, including such familiar fillies as Sparta, Two Bob, Four Eleven and Rifted Clouds. Sparta and Two Bob are the top weights for the mile affair under 126 pounds each.
