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NEW YORK DATES CONFIRMED Racing Commission Sanctions Meetings and Announces Officials ; 169 Days of Sport. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 6 The racing dates for 1938, as applied for by the associa-j tions, were confirmed last week at a meeting of the New York State Racing Commis- sion, attended by Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman; commissioner John Sloan, com-j missioner John Hay Whitney, by proxy, and John F. Shevlin, secretary. The dates follow: SPRING AND SUMMER MEETINGS. Jamaica Saturday, April 16 to Saturday, May 7 19 days. Belmont Park Monday, May 9 to Saturday, June 4 24 days. Aqueduct Monday, June 6 to Wednesday, June 29 21 days, i Empire City Thursday, June 30 to Saturday, July 23 21 days. Saratoga Monday, July 25 to Saturday, August 27 30 days. AUTUMN MEETINGS. Aqueduct Monday, August 29 to Wednesday, September 14 15 days. Belmont Park Thursday, September 15 to Saturday, October 1 15 days. Jamaica Monday, October 3 to Saturday, October 15 12 days. Empire City Monday, October 17 to Saturday, October 29 12 days. There will be a total of 169 days of racing for the season. The list of officials as submitted by The Jockey Club was approved. It is the same as last year. The officials follow: General racing secretaiy and handicapper, John B. Campbell; placing judges, C. Cornehlsen and Francis Dunne; starter, George Cassidy; clerk of the scales, Albert Burlen; assistant to the clerk of the scales, Nelson Strang; paddock and patrol judge, Myron Davis; patrol judge, Frank Keogh, George Hyland, Walter Mara; timer, John Miller. The following appointments of stewards to represent The Jockey Club were also confirmed: Jamaica, spring meeting, George H. Bull; Belmont Park, spring and fall meetings, P. A. B. Widener; Aqueduct, spring meeting, H. W. Maxwell; Empire City, spring meeting, A. H. Morris; Saratoga, summer meeting, F. S. Von Stade. At its meeting the racing commission reaffirmed a rule passed last year prohibiting assistant starters from handling horses at the post if requested not to by owners or trainers. The same rule prohibits the use of mechanical devices for the control of horses, unless specifically requested by horses owners or trainers. Other matters were discussed. In response to inquiries, it was stated that no action had been taken on the dog bill now pending before the governor, which gives control of that sport to the racing commission, j
