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WESTERN HORSES IN YONKERS RACING. Feats of Westy Hogan and Pan Zarota Especially Notable, hut Lesser lights Do Well Also. New York, July 27. The western stables engaged in the racing at the Empire City Itacing Associations track have Iwen making a better showing this week than during the early days of the meeting. The most important victory of the visitors from the west was scored by John O. Whitlows good throe-year-old West Hogail in the Knickerbocker Handicap of ,000 on Wednesday. Westy Hogans success was anticipated by many students of form. The colt had been showing keen speed in his preceding starts here, but had been quitting under pressure when challenged by other fast horses. Wednesday he was being asked to meet opposition without much early speed and it was this change in conditions that led to his being, regarded with favor by the smart set. Ticket ruled favorite for the nice, but Westy Hogan was a close and well fancied second choice. Ticket, whose recent races suggested that he is not exactly at his lest, came along with a belated challenge, but Westy Hogan had plenty in reserve, after having been allowed to set the pace at his leisure and the westerners were in high glee when he held Andrew Millers colt safe with ease. The outcome of the race confirmed the idea which many had entertained that Westy Hogan is a dangerous customer in a race at one mile or over when his opponents are deficient in early speed and therefore unable to force the pace. W. II. Bakers good marc Lady Botha has proved to be the most frequent winner among the contingent of Visiting horses from the west. Her clean cut victory in the Tuckahoe Claiming Handicap on Wednesday represented her third success in as many starts here and it is evident that she is in something like the form that led her to be so highly regarded in high-class Company in Kentucky last season. Green Jones, from the same stable, was added to the Knickerbocker Handicap, on the strength of having made a fair showing in a race on the preceding day, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that if this colt, which gave considerable promise as a two-year-old, is to win as a three-year-old, it must be in comparatively modest company. It is no secret that he has b"en a great disappointment to his stable connections this season. Intone Showing Improvement and Consistent Form. A from -the west --has -horse that Ueen showing improved and consistent form is the five-vear-old Intone. This son of Chilton Chantilla, besides placing on several occasions, has won botli for J. T. Looney and Walter II. Pearce, between whose stables he has been alternating as a result of selling race claims. The important establishment of Jefferson Livingston has been cutting some figure in the racing, thanks to the performances of Miss Bonero, Sosius, Othello. Syrian, American and Diamond. Mose Gold-blatt, Mr. Livingstons racing manager, has been reserving his big guns for the Saratoga meeting, in which he hopes to play an important part. It is1 likely that this stable will remain in the east for the fall meetings, instead of returning to Kentucky as has been the custom, although the matter has not yet been definitely settled. E. T. Col ton is another westerner whose colors have been carried to victory at Empire City. That wonderful mare Pan Zareta and the selling plater Miss Kruter, are his winning representatives. The tenacity with which Pan Zareta holds her winning form, in spite of advancing years, is one of the striking features of the season. She is almost as great a favorite nowadays as at any time in her illustrious career and, moreover, it still takes a shifty sort of a sprinter to leat her. Other westerners who have gained a place in the select list of winners at Empire City include II. Perkins and J. W. Schorr. Bob Ilensley has scored for the former, while lima Schorr saved the dav for the turfman from Memphis, in the absence of the stars of the stable, which have been sent to Saratoga to recuperate from the ill-effects of an unsatisfactory trip from Kentucky. Jockey Robinson Not in Limelight of Late. The services of jockey F. Robinson lias not been in such demand of late, as was the case earlier in the season, possibly because of the general impression that Itobinson is not nowadays riding as well as when he began the season with the Whitney Stable. It is learned that James Bowe, the veteran trainer of the Whitney establishment, who was himself a star jockey in his day, does not share in the general idea that Robinsons saddle ability has fallen off, but, on the contrary, believes that the boy is riding as well as ever. Robinsons physical condition gave his friends some concern early in tho season, but he appears to be in perfect health nowadays. The lads habits are above reproach and his gentlemanly bearing at all times makes him a prime favorite with all who come in contact with him. Marse Henry, a useful three-year-old last season, has been coming out of his recent races in such a bad way that it seems likely he will not long stand training. Trainer George Odom of the Brighton Stable, has been going along patiently with him in the hope of winning a race, but may not be able to realize that hope. He was so lame at the finish of the race in which he ran second on Tuesday, that jockey Rowan dismounted after pulling the horse up and led him back to the finishing lino, instead of following the usual custom of galloping him back. Another consistent winner of 191G that is on the verge of a breakdown is W. P. Orrs Portlight, which John Powers skill has been unequal to bringing to the post in his oldtime form. He has an ailing leg, that has defied all efforts to improve its condition. Frank Bain has developed into one of the biggest operators on the American turf and is making his presence felt among the layers with marked frequency. John M. Crane, who raced Byronerdale, John H Sheehan and other horses at Oakland in the palmy days of California racing, has arrived from the Pacific coast to enjoy a bit of eastern racing. Mr. Crane, who is interested in ranching in California on a big scale, was among those who quoted odds at Tijuana last winter and he probably will do so again next winter.
