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EMPIRE CITY NEAR CLOSE. j BUT ONE MORE DAY REMAINS OF THE CLUBS MUCH HARASSED AUTUMN MEETING. i i Frank Gill Defeats Spooncr for the Tarrytown i Stakes in Fast Race Monfort I . Wins from Tileing. ; I i New York, October 22. Although, not so persist- i fcntlv and unnecessarily harrassed and hunted by the j district attorney and his aids as on the first two days of the meeting, race-goers who tried specula- j tJou on the Yonkers course this afternoon had to go , about it warily and secretly in order to avoid ar- ; test, even if keeping strictly within the limits of the law as interpreted by Justices Bischoff. Gaynor ; and Hoyt of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. On no other metropolitan race course, not j oven at Brighton. Beach during District Attorney i Klders memorable reign of terror in July, have the i patrons of the king of sports been treated with such scant ceremony and utter disregard for their personal rights as at the Empire City course. for some reason or other the Westchester authori- i ties were unusually quiescent today. This was i thought to be due to the press criticisms levelled at the officials resiwnslble for the outrageous state of affairs. Only a few men were taken before the , tlistrict attorney and questioned and searched for Widence. and these were released without delay. It is reported that Harry Shannon, one of the layers arrested yesterday, lias been discharged on liis promise to turn states evidence and reveal all he knows of the inner workings of the big book-Hiukors. Some idea of the llimsy pretext on which l.uen have been arrested daily at Yonkers can be rained from the case of Chicago" OBrien. Mr. OBrien is a big bettor and maintains a stable of race horses. He is not and never has been a bookmaker. Yesterday lie was asked to pay some declaration fees. 5, incurred by Chaplet. a horse he owns, by a man from the otliee of the clerk of the course. Having no change less than a 0 bill. VJBrien gave him that with the request to fetch back the difference. It was while in the act of receiving the and Mr. Bodens receipt for the 5 forfeit fees that Mr. OBrien was pounced upon , a and arrested by an alert sleuth, witness of the transaction. .There was no incriminating evidence louud on him aiifl yet lie was held ill ."00 bond to appear before the court on a charge of violating the anti-betting law. Sheriff Lane, who has been active in enforcing the law against track betting, yesterday wagered Philip J. Dwyer ,000 at evens that Governor Hughes would be re-elected. At last accounts he had not come up with the money. Todays card, which gave promise of grand racing overnight, was partially ruined by withdrawals, the principal features being decided with reduced fields. The scratching of Tilling left only three horses. Frank Gill. Spooner and The Squire, to battle for the rich Tarrytown Stakes, at one mile and a sixteenth. The running of the principal attraction resulted in a pronounced upset. Frank Gill scoring in ridiculously easy fashion over Spooner. which, with Miller up. had essayed to make a runaway affair of it. The winners improvement left a bad impression on form students, who harked hack to his poor Belmont Park performances. The odds about him were lucrative, and support steady and persistent was always forthcoming. The betting was marked by an utter absence of plunging on Spooner. the odds-on favorite. The outcome showed that the wary speculators had judged tlvo race rightly. Spooner bluffed along with a big lead over his gigantic rival for half of the journey, then succumbed so hastily at the end of six furlongs as to give the impression of having hroken down. Whatever was the matter with him it left Frank Gill to come on and win as his rider liked and in fast time. The Squire strode briskly into the lead on the first turn, only to collapse when the other two liegan their real efforts. Notwithstanding Simcoes inglorious display Tuesday, race-goers backed him today to the exclusion of every other starter in the first race. With jockey Notter up the Canadian celebrity darted away from his opponents and never gave his backers a moments uneasiness. An inside position at the post, clear sailing and 1 ptons alert jockeyship helped Imitator to establish a quick early lead in the second race which her tight pursuers were never able to overcome. Woodbine, at prohibitive odds, gave away a lot of weight to her opposition in the six furlongs selling tprint and disposed of it with such impressive ease that B. C. Murray, owner of Biskra, the runner-up, bid up the Octagon filly from 00 to ,500. the owner buying her in with the customary advance. Arondacks victory over Footpad and Royal Captive in the two-year-old haudicap was of the pleasing kind. The diminutive daughter of Hastings Astoria is a veritable speed marvel. Monfort sulked nearly every foot of the mile journey, which wound tip the afternoons card and it was only by dint of extraordinary endeavors on the part of Notter that the moody son of Ornament gained a head decision over Tilling in the last stride. Weather of the real Indian summer variety contributed materially to an afternoon of pleasant and interesting sport, but only a handful of regulars were present to enjoy it. Albert Simons, who had first planned to race at Oakland and had even gone to the extent of applying for stalls, will go to New Orleans instead and. what is of infinitely greater importance, will take jockey Joe Notter with him. He is making the latters engagements since the retirement of James It. Keenes horses for the season. Otto Townsend, a representative of Lloyds, has been after J. E. Madden to insure Sir Martin and Favette in anticipation of their journey abroad, but without success. Mr. Madden has plainly intimated that his two great colts will not be sent away from this country. It Is not beyond the bounds of possibility that this wonderful pair of thoroughbreds may he, seen in California next winter. It has only just now- developed locally that Madden shipped a half-dozen horses, including Lady Bedford, with F. E. Taylors consignment, which left for Oakland last Sunday. The Melville Collins test case, which came before Justice Bischoff in the early days of the anti-racing crusade, and out of which grew his now- famous decision declaring oral hotting legal, and from which decision Acting District Attorney Elder subsequently took an appeal, is up for argument today before the Court of Appeals. Joe Marrone has announced that he will race the following horses at Oakland next winter: LAinour, Mark Antony 11.. Esoteric. St. Joseph and Pantoufle. They leave for the coast next Sunday. Jockev Gilbert left for Oakland last Sunday. He intends to make a brief stop with Iowa relatives en route. Jockeys McCarthy and Upton leave for Bal- timore tonight and will ride at Pimlico on the openly frames Rowe. whose charges have been retiroil for the season, attends the Yonkers races every day.
