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TRAINER WATKINS BIG DAY TEXAS TURFMAN SADDLES FOUR WINNERS AND A SECOND AT YONKERS. Little Sumter Rides Three to Victory-Quadrille Lucky in the Feature Race Bookmakers Get a Jolt. New York, August 21. Trainer Watkins had a banner day at Empire City track. He saddled four of the winners and one second. Incidentally jockey Sumter, the diminutive sixty-seven pounder, shared some of the honors by riding three of the Watkins trained horses to victory. Quadrille, which was beaten off in his last start, took tlie feature, the, Katonah Handicap, from Carthage and Light Wool. He was aided considerably by good racing luck. Carthage was best and with a better rider would have won. Tlie talent recouped some of their recent losse3, giving the 100 layers a severe jolt over the victories of Manlieimer, Taunt, Quadrille, Alpenmarcben and Flavigny. Aunt Rose was also extensively supported. Kohnofiaw in the closing race was apparently best, hut Sumpter lost Control of Flavigny and allowed her to sharply cut across tlie Ferriss representative at a critical period. A claim of foul against the winner was not allowed. Todays visitors included II. K. Knapp, member of tlie State Racing Commission. He expressed surprise at tlie magnitude of the" plant and the large crowd. M. L. Haymans horses arrived yesterday from Saratoga and will be raced, here. Jay Swif ti owJCdLhyFra nk . Arthur, died this morning -after being exercised. R. L. Thomas left hurriedly tonight for Cincinnati on receipt of a. telegram announcing the death of his brothers wife,. M. J. Winn distributed the first stake blanks to horsemen this afternoon for both New Orleans tracks. T. A. Fullum has moved his horses over to the Empire City track from Sheepshead Bay. Kercheval is reported to be working fast at Sheepshead Bay. Fred Cook stated today that he had secured the pick of yearlings by The Commoner. He has already expended 0,000 for yearlings and will buy more during the fall sales.
