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NEW STAKE AT AQUEDUCT Broadway for ThreeYearold NonWinners of 5000 An of Old Fopalar Fixtures Retalne Brooklyn Handicap of 1999i Added as Usual Heads Spring List NEW YORK N Y February 10 Despite the already liberal stake allotment of the Queens County Jockey Club the program for the spring meeting at Aqueduct has been en ¬ riched by the addition of the Broadway a new stake exclusively for threeyearolds which is certain still further to enhance the high quality of the sport for which the Queens County Jockey Club is noted notedEntries Entries for the Broadway and the old es ¬ tablished fixtures will close with secretary Fred Rehberger March 1 at the office of the organization in the Citizen Building Brook ¬ lyn lynIt It was the opinion of Mr Rehberger that stake feature for threeyearolds that would exclude the big money winning two yearolds of the previous year would be attractive The Broadway which is for nonwinners of 5000 was the result and it will be run at a mile and a sixteenth This race should furnish the finest sort of prep ¬ aration for some of the threeyearolds whose development has been slow It should pre ¬ pare them for richer engagements later in the year The French have a race much like the Broadway that is run in the spring at Longchamps and the winner has on occa ¬ sions cut quite a figure in the Grand Prix de Paris Placing a stake like the Broadway on the card is an encouragement to owners to carry a backward twoyearold one that was perhaps too big to train or was slow in coming to hand handTHRILLING THRILLING BROOKLYN FINISHES FINISHESAt At the head of the Queens County list of stakes in the matter of values for three yearolds and over as in the past is the old Brooklyn Handicap of 10000 Originally a mile and a quarter the formation of the course at Aqueduct compelled its curtailment to a mile and an eighth at which distance there have been many finishes quite as stir ¬ ring as that which featured the inaugural running when Dry Monopole Blue Wing and Hidalgo finished heads apart in the order named The finish of that race painted by Harry Stull was for many years the trade ¬ mark of the Brooklyn Jockey Club ClubFor For the Brooklyn of 1923 the nominations will undoubtedly be in keeping with the tradi ¬ tions surrounding the fine old race whose running always conjures up a picture of those who were responsible for its creation the Dwyer Brothers Phillip Jay and Michael chief owners of the Gravesend course and Hugh D Mclntyre the capable and popular secretary who was of that school to which Charles Wheatley and H G Crickmore be ¬ longed longedOther Other events for threeyearolds and over for which entries will close March 1 are the Carter Handicap of 4000 added at seven eighths the Brooklyn Handicap of f 4000 added at a mile and an eighth which is usually regarded as a sequel to the Brooklyn The Queens County Handicap of 4000 added at a mile the Speculation Selling Stakes of 2000 added at a mile the Myrtle Selling Stakes of 2000 added also at a mile and the Rockaway Selling Stakes of 2000 added at threequarters mile mileIn In addition to the Broadway Stakes the threeyearolds will have a chance to com ¬ pete for Uie Dwyer Stakes of 5000 added at one mile and an eighth the Carlton Stakes of 4000 added at one mile the Gazelle Stakes exclusively for fillies with 2000 added at one mile and a sixteenth and the Union Selling Stakes of 2000 added at seveneighths seveneighthsIt It was in the Dwyer Stakes that Man o War and John P Grier had their famous duel The same race was also responsible for the sensational battle between War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr Those who wit iiessed the races in question will refer to them as among the linest exhibitions of the qualities for which the thoroughbred LJ famous that the eastern turf has known in recent years With an abundance of fine threeyearold material on hand there is every chance of a repetition of the whirlwind race on those occasions those contests which carry a thrill and make the casual racegoer a devotee of the turf for life lifeCAKLTON CAKLTON HISTORY HISTORYThe The Carlton which is a dash of a mile has a history of its own as it was in ex ¬ istence in the old days at Gravesend It is almost equal in value to the Dwyer named In honor of Philip J Dwyer who so ably guided the destinies of the Brooklyn Jockey Club until racing ceased under its auspices and then of the Queens County Jockey Club which succeeded to the patronage and pres ¬ tige of the course on the Brooklyn Boule ¬ vard It should command the same support as the Dwyer Stakes and bring about as good a contest Geldings are eligible for the Dwyer and Carlton CarltonAny Any program at Aqueduct would be in ¬ complete without a good race for three yearold fillies those contests which have so much to do with promoting the future of the breeding industry The Gazelle at a mile and a sixteenth has on occasions furnished some of the most brilliant races of the year in the filly division In no year that can be recalled has there been such promising ma ¬ terial for such a race as the Gazelle which should till to the expectation of the manage ¬ ment mentCHANCES CHANCES FOR JUVENILES JUVENILESA A good twoyearold can win plenty of money at Aqueduct the great American and Tremont Stakes each having a value of 10 000 They are run over the straight course and are among the best of the juvenile races decided during the spring period of racing The Clover and Astoria both for fillies with 2500 added and both at fiveeighths give the twoyearolds of that sex a chance to pay their way before undertaking the task of overcoming the colts in races open to all allThe The selling platers in the juvenile division have had their wants catered to by the Queens County management The Canarsie and Woodhaven each with 2000 added have a prominent place on the card cardAqueduct Aqueduct has one of the best steeplechase fields on the Jockey Club circuit and some good crosscountry sport has been seen dur ¬ ing the spring meetings Three stakes are offered for competition at the meeting in June These are the Glendale Handicap for fouryearolds and over with 3500 added over a course of about two and a half miles the Wingfield Handicap for fouryearolds and over with 2500 added at about two miles and the Bayside Selling of 2000 added at about two miles milesJames James Shevlin who succeeded Mr Dwyer as president of the Queens County Jockey Club has kept his organization abreast of the times The card which lie has sanc ¬ tioned for the spring of 1923 cannot help but add new friends to the large following the Aqueduct course already enjoys
