For those with money to burn, Yonkers Raceway will help burn it. Post time for the first is 8:40 p.m. today and tomorrow, the last two days of the trotting season. Special trains leave Grand Central at 7:11 p.m.
The Horticultural Society of New York offers a restful sight for sore eyes with its 43rd annual Fall Flower Show at 160 Central Park South from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Theatre
This year's theatre season has turned up no smash hits so far. The best entertainment in both plays and musicals is left over from last season; chances are if a show holds on for more than a year, it's worth seeing.
South Pacific (Majestic, 44th St. W. of B'way) is still a great hit, now starring Ray Middleton and Mary Martin. Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate, (Shubert, 44 W.) with Anne Jeffreys and Ted Scott, is still packing them in. The Saga of Lorelei Lee, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, (Ziegfeld, 54th St. and Sixth Ave.) continues with Carol Channing and Yvenne Adair in leading roles.
Ethel Morman's singing and Irving Berlin's music are the saving graces of Call Mc Madam (Imperial, 45th), a disappointing show considering the amount of talent involved. The grace and Paul Hartman revue, Tickets, Please! (Mark Hellinger, B'way and 53rd) is a first-class, consistently funny musical revne.
In a class by itself is Mike Todd's Peep Show (Winter Gardon, B'way and 50th), which features a lot of near naked girls in a rough and boisterous show.
No less boisterous is Pardon Our French (Broadway Theatre, B'way and 53rd), the now Olsen and Johnson explosion featuring Denise Darcel.
The only long-run comedy on the boards is Mister Roberts (Alvin, 52nd W.). For heavy drama, Death of A Salesman (Morosco, 45th W.) packs a powerful punch, with Thomas Mitchell as the salesman. The Cocktail Party (Henry Miller, 43rd E.) and The Member of the Wedding (Empire, B'way and 40th) both offer good serious drama.
Peter Pan (St. James, 44th W.), starring Joan Arthur, is a good evening of fun. Welcott Gibbs' tale of life on Fire Island, Season in the Sun (Cort, 48th E.) is this season's first comedy hit. The best comedy, however, is Christopher Fry's literate The Lady's Not For Burning (Royale, 45th W.), which opened Wednesday.
Opening tonight is Clifford Odets' fine drama, The Country Girl (Lyceum, 45th S.), starring Paul Kelly and Uta Hagen.
Two ballet companies are in town. For entertainment to suit even non-ballet taste, Les Ballets de Paris (National, 41st W.) is offering several new works. Marquis de Cuevas' Grand Ballet (Century, Seventh Ave. and 59th) offers a large variety of classical ballet.
Cinema
As far as movies go, New York is definitely having a substandard weekend. Now features at the big houses are American Guerilla in the Philippines (Astor), starring Tyrone Power and Michelin Prelle; King Solomon's Mines (Radio City Music Hall), with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger; Robert Taylor in Devil's Doorway (Capitol); All About Eve (Roxy); and J. Arthur Rank's Prelude to Fame (52nd Street Trans-Lux).
L'Affaire opens tomorrow at the Little Carnegie, while Bitter Rice (Italian) hangs on at the World, Paris 1900 at the Paris, Marriage of Figaro at the Little Cinema, and for those who might possibly not have seen it, the Red Shoes is at the Bijou. The Happlest Days of Your Life closes at the Little Carnegie with tonight's showing. W. Somerset Maugham's Trio plays at the Sutton.
The best show in town ends tonight at the Beverly, Third Avenue and 50th: Horse Feathers and Monkey Business with the Marx Brothers.