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STAKE ATTRACTIONS AT EMPIRE CITY Two 5000 Feature Events Provided for Splendid Program Next Saturday SaturdayNew New York July 16 It is expected that the fields at Empire City will be considerably increased in the next few days as more horses are arriving daily and a big contingent front Kentucky will be here shortly shortlyThe The stake features for the remainder of this week arc attractive enough to induce the trainers of all the big racing establishments to start the best in their stables For tomorrow the 3It Vernon Handi ¬ cap of 3000 at one mile is the stake offering which should bring together a band of excellent racers of the older division With such as St Isidore Old Koenig Kalitan Spur Ballad Bally Bantry Iron Cross II Tom 3IcTaggart Papp Cum Sah Fruit Cake Roamer Green Gold Cudgel Fitz william Damrosch Priscilla Mullens Harry Kelly Butterscotch II Wcsty Hogaii Hcndrie Borrow ODonovan and Tronuie La Mort eligible to start a good field should be mustered out for this event and furnish a good contest contestThe The Arrow Stakes of 2000 under selling conditions at about threequarters of a mile is the main race of Thursdays program In this event KohiXoor Kalitan Bar One Blue Paradise Elec ¬ tion Ballad Turf Caddie Top Coat J J Lillis Startling Churchill Whimsy Xepperhan Diamond Rock Trophy Frederick the Great Tom 3IcTag gart Assume Choir 3Iaster Bank Barry Shannon Compadre Gloomy Gus 3Ianokin Butterscotch II Pullux Starfinch Starlike Etruscan King Worth Pickwick and Whippoorwill are the most prominent of those eligible to contest the running of this stake VALUABLE EMPIEE CITY DEBBY DEBBYThe The big attractions of the week are the Empire City Derby and the Whirl Stakes to be run Satur ¬ day With threeyearolds like Jack Hare Jr Sun Briar Papp Tillity Witchet Johren and Rosie OGrady included in the seventyfive eligibles the Empire City Derby offers wonderful possibilities Johren unless trainer Albert Simons changes his mind will probably be an absentee but with the others in reputed form it is more than probable that all will go to the post A K 3Iacombers War Cloud unfortunately was not nominated for the Derby Mr 3Iacomber is represented in the list by Porte Drapeau an Englishbred Suustar colt but he has done nothing to warrant consideration in the kind of company he will meet in the Derby Others besides the above mentioned eligible to start in this valuable event are Eyelid Flags Bantry Turf Caddie Peerless One 3Iatinee Idol Daedalus Xepperhan Cuin Sah Arrah Go On Recount W P Dabny Ultima Thule Elmendorf Green Gold Hill hamptou Valerius Jas Clark Enfilade and Trompc La 3Iort 3IortThe The Whirl is for twoyearolds and present indi ¬ cations point to its drawing one of the best fields of youngsters that have faced the barrier this year There were 119 nominations to the event includ ¬ ing such good ones as Batter Cake Lord Brighton American Ace Fannie 3Iehan Lady Rosebud Flee ¬ ing Sheik The Wanderer Eternal Elfin Queen High Time My Friend Blairgowrie Yurucari Tus caloosa Flyaway Pibroch Stickling Wise Joan and Grimalkin
