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EMPIRE CITY ENTRIES TOTAL 911 911New New York March IS Belated California mails increased the number of entries for the Empire City Handicap bv the addition of Prince Ahmed and Rocky OBrien The Empire City Racing Associa ¬ tion has the largest average of any stakes closing in the east to date the list being as follows followsStakes Stakes Entries EntriesEmpire Empire City Handicap 04 04Yonkers Yonkers Handicap 57 57Mt Mt Vernou Handicap Fieetwing Handicap 55 55Midsummer J14Arrow Midsummer Stakes J14 Arrow Stakes 5 5Melrose Melrose Stakes 0 0Knickerbocker Knickerbocker Handicap 40 40Whirl Whirl Stakes SS SSTarry Tarry town Stakes 4I Wakelield Stakes Demoiselle Stakes 74 74East East View Handicap 7 7Frivolity Frivolity Stakes J JThis This represents a total of 911 entries or an aver ¬ age of 05 to the stake stakeIn In view of the big increase of entries over those of last year Mr Butler has decided to make im ¬ portant improvements and changes at the Yonkers track There will a new Jerome avenue entrance and a new and much larger paddock new general ollices and jockey quarters The field stand will be torn down the lawn lengthened and a large number of new stalls will be built builtAll All the best race horses in the east and west are nominated for the Empire City stakes and the Em ¬ pire City Hacing Association Is bound to have by far the most successful meeting in its history next July