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EASY VICTORY FOR ROAMER Experiences Little Trouble Win ¬ ning Mt Vernon Handicap Old Koenig and Papp No Match for Andrew Millers Popu ¬ lar Turf Idol New York July 17 A mornings intermittent shower did not dismay the sevenil thousand enthus ¬ iasts who made their way to Yonkers from the adjoining counties for the Empire City course at ¬ tracts a patronage from northern New York and Connecticut that does not attend the Long Island courses They were well repaid for their journey by witnessing the running of an interesting card the feature of which was the Mt Vernon Handicap in which the popular idol Roamer scored another easy victory victoryThe The little gelding was away slowly went to the outside of his two opiK neuts on both the turns and when called on an eighth from home easily raced away from them with his dazzling speed The nice was not much from a time standpoint but it was evident that Roamer would have won under any conditions A pleasing feature was the form dis ¬ played by Papp for it is apparent that he has fully recovered from the injury that caused his temporary retirement earlier in the year and that he will be in condition to contest for the tlirce yearold championship at Saratoga The condensed history of the Mt Aernon Handi ¬ cap is as follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Aal Time 1907 Quadrille 5 105 Moesel 1180 10 1908 Jack Atkin 4 132 Notter 2390 140 1909 Half Sovercign4 108 E Dugan 1925 139 1910 Ilanbridge 5 119 Herbert 1925 141 1914 Surprising 3 100 M Buxton 1985 140 1915 Sam Jackson 7 113 T McTast 1875 130 1910 Boots 5 104JR Hoffman 2180 139 1917 St Isidore 4 111 M Rowan 2325 140 1918 Roamer 7 133 L Lyke 2325 140 140Distance Distance about 34 mile in 1907 No nicing in 1911 and 1912 Not run in 1913 Run at Aqueduct in 1915 1915Slippery Slippery Elms victory iu the third race gave the western contingent a chance to profit by their knowledge He is as good as Pullux was1 the word they passed to their eastern friends in answer to the usual question how good is he Slippery Elm proved all that was said about him He quickly opened up a big lead and easily maintained it throughout Kingfisher and Garbage collided on the far turn with the result that Garbage was knocked back and eliminated while Kingfisher recovering quickly finished gamely and was easily second secondCARMAN CARMAN COLORS IN FRONT FRONTThe The opening dash went to R F Carmans filly Louise V which after disposing of the pacemaker Josefina Zanite drew away and held Wheat Cakes safe in the final drive driveSea Sea Pirate ran back to his previous good nice and led all the way in the second nice to score in easy fashion Crystal Ford was counted on to furnish the strongest opposition to Sea 1inite but was pinched off on the backstretch and never recovered his stride strideThe The managers of the three local associations Aqueduct Jamaica and Empire City held a confer ¬ ence today and all applied for fall dates agreeing that the stewards of the Jockey Club make the schedule as nearly as possible to conform with the wishes of the managers There will be at least ten days at each track it is believed which will insure racing until at least the middle of October OctoberJockey Jockey Saude made his first appearance in the east on Belle Roberts The mare was not good enough to show the ability of the jockey being badly beaten Sandes services are in demand here hereE E R Bradley motoring from Chicago was due today according to his business agent Mosey Cqrss man who arrived arrivedSande Sande Louder and Simpson were further additions to the jockey contingent contingentJake Jake Holtman the former starter came iu from Latonia LatoniaThe The Kilmer stable of sixteen was shipped to Saratoga yesterday yesterdayA A verbal plea was made for the Knights of Columbus recreation fund and liberal contributions made to the whitegowned solicitors who invaded the lawn and stand standA A close finish featured the fifth race Elderken getting the decision by a neck over Harry Rur goyne after the latter had showed the way from the start startThe The talent was hard hit when II P AAhitneys filly Purling could do 110 better than finish in back of Sylvano and AVonderman Purlings chances were ruined by being knocked back at the start and being cut off when attempting to come through on the inside on the last turn turnThe The purses at Empire City yesterday were in ¬ creased to the extent of 1840 that sum represent ¬ ing the surplus bidup money of Monday and Tues ¬ day
