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BIG CROWD AT EMPIRE CITY. FOUR FAVORITES WIN AND PUBLIC HAS ANOTHER GOOD DAY. . i Cederstrome Comes Back From His Victory of Tuesday and Takes the Chappaqua Handicap Lees Bad Ride. New York, August 14. Todays attendance nt empire City track was the largest excepting on the opening day. There was little contention in most of the races, the winners having comparatively easy sailing to lead their opponents to the finish. J. Lees ride on Hollow, the receding second choice in the third race, was sharply criticized. The colt bad worked over the track five furlongs in 1:00, but was not allowed to display much speed, Lee being content to trail in back of the heavily supported Inauguration. Near the end he lost second place to Miss Mazzoni. A delegation of sharpshooters from the west scored heavily by Inauugurations win. Cederstrome, penalized five pounds for winning yesterday, repeated and took the Chappaqua Handicap at one mile in 1:40, a track record for the distance in a race. The connections of Woolstone made a big killing by that horses victory in the closing race. The transportation facilities on all lines leading to the track have been greatly improved. Forty minutes was the average time to reach the track from the Central depot. e. R. Thomas, who was among todays visitors said after observing the big attendance "racing in August in these parts is just as much a necessity as at any other time and one needs no further confirmation of tills than a glance at the big crowd here." Conforming strictly to the rule laid down by the Jockey Club to prevent poolrooms obtaining advance information is causing no end of grumbling from the layers as they are restricted sometimes to only ten minutes business on a race on account of failure to obtain jockeys and scratches. W. Shields will sell at auction Saturday next several horses, including Servile, Diamond and Onatas. The field has been extended sixty feet by moving one of the fences nearer the . big ring. This will accommodate 2,7i00 more persons. The stewards caused the following notice to be posted this afternon in the jockeys room: "Any jockey found in the betting ring will be fined, suspended or ruled off." "Broadway Alec" Smith, who was denied the privileges of the Saratoga track, came to Yonkers from the Spa. but was told that his room was more desirable than his company. The horses in the stable of R. L. Thomas arrived from Fort Brie sick and Harcourt is in a dangerous condition. The long time on the cars and the heat Is the cause. Riley Grannan is among the bookmakers In line here.
