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(By 'Orme.')
Belmont Park Meeting
There will be seven races at the Bel
mont Park club's meeting on Saturday,
tne large number of acceptors in the
Ames Purse making a division necessary.
Well-balanced fields will be in evidence.
There are . eight horses listed for the
Brush Steeplechase and a similar num
ber in tne Larwood Plate. The Jardine
Handicap, the principal flat race, has at
tracted 11 candidates, and there are 19
in both divisions of the Ames Purse.
The Bowes Handicap comprises a field
of 20 tnree-year-olds, and in the Duck
worth Welter there are 18 candidates.
Beaunilly Runs Third
The Western Australian-owned mare
Beaunilly ran third in the'Werribee Gold
Cup of nine furlongs yesterday. The
Tippler gelding Tne Doctor's Orders,
who carried 7.10, won the event, with
Sartaress second. Beaunilly, who car
ried S.6. finished more than two Jensrtas'
behind the winner, but was running on
The race was the mare's third- outing in
Victoria. On the first occasion she was
left at the barrier, and at Her seconr!
outing she did not impress. Her perform
ance yesterday, even though the field was
not a strong one, indicates that she is
on the improve, and it should not be long
ere she figures in the list 'of winnerw.
York Meeting
It is expected that an unusually large
crowd will attend the York Jockey
Club's meeting on Wednesday next.
Members of the visiting English cricket
learn have accepted the club's invitation
to be present, and members of the W.A:
Cricket Association executive have also
notified the committee of their intention
to attend. Acceptances for the races aro
due late today.
Australians in' France
The. Australian jockeys W. Sibbritt, VV .
Johnson, B. Rosen and A. Robson all
had mounts in the Grand Prix Arc de
Triomphe, run in Paris recently, but they
failed to gain places. The race was won
by the seven-year-old stallion Montrico.
who has stood a season at the stud: The
stake was worth half a million francs to
the winner (about £7200.).
Three-Year-OIds
The Bowes Handicap,- a six-furlongs
race restricted to three^year-olds, whicn
will be decided at the Belmont Park
meeting on Saturday, should prove more
than usually interesting. The meeting of
the topweights Iiiveret and Great Sign,
who were among tne best of the twoyear
olds last season, will in itself be worth
witnessing. Both started last Saturday,
but in different races. Great feign ran
second in a division of a six-furlongs
purse, and Riveret was given an outing
in the six-furlongs Plate, but she failed
to get into the money. The outing, how
ever, will have benefited her considerably
and she is expected to fully extend the
chestnut; Otner three-year-olds who were
prominent last season and are expected
to be well forward on Saturday are Man
at Arms, Ballandallock, Agnes Graham.
Wapho, Mostian and Patingo.
Experiment Paid
Attendances at Arlington . Park ? (Chi
cago) commenced to drop a few days ai
ter the opening of its recent big 'meet-
ing, and the management decided to try
the experiment of reduced admission
charges. The entrance was made one
dollar, plus half-a-dollar for Government
and State taxes. It was continued for
four days, and showed an average daily
increased attendance of over 6000.
The 'one dollar admission was con
tinued throughout the last week of tne
meeting, except the Saturday. So sue
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cessful was the attempt to meet hard
times that other executives at once de
cided to have 'dollar days.'
It is probable, however, that at Ar
lington, like most of America's principal
tracks, there is only one enclosure, and
that equivalent to tne 'paddock' in Aus
tralia. Consequently half-price or even
less, would have a marked effect upon at
tendances.
At Australian meetings, if a racegoer
cannot stand the cost of the enclosure,
there is generally a leger from wnich lie
can view the racing. Therefore the reduc
tion /of admission charges to the enclo
sure on Australian racecourses may not
greatly improve the attendances. But fu
reduction of prices for the leger increases
the general attendance. One local pro
prietary club recently reduced its prices
for leger patrons, and the experiment
proved highly successful.
W. L. Davis Dead
William Lovell Davis, one of the. best
known racing identities in Sydney, died
today at the age of SS. He was one of
the founders of the .Canterbury Park
racecourse and was, until six years ago,
secretary to tlie Canterbury Park Racing
Club. He formerly owned ' several good
horses, including Lady Lovell, who 'won
close on 40 races, and he also held IJa
hire on lease.
Doubly Engaged
Four horses are engaged in two events
at the Belmont Park meeting on ? Satur-'
day. Cerimon is an acceptor for tne
Larwood Plate and the Duckworth Wel
ter, and Valpre is also in both those
races. Roscius is listed for the Jardine
Handicap and the Duckworth Welter,
'and Boogally is down to compete in tb-
first division of tne Ames Purse and ill
the Bowes Handicap.
Read today's new* today in
'The Daily News.'
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