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ARROWSTAKESTOCOMPADRE Son of Colin Runs Splendid Race to Triumph Over Assume Clen Ryan Wins Despite Soreness Three Year Old Fillies Filliesin in Great Struggle New York July 18 The return of bright weather brought a record midweek crowd to the Yonkers course The feature of todays card was the Arrow Stakes Compadre whieli has endeared himself to the hearts of the form admirers gave further proof of his consistency by winning the feature in gallant style Well ridden by Walls he dis ¬ played all of his early speed and had little dif ¬ ficulty in disposing of Assume whose tardy departure from the post may have partially ac ¬ counted for his defeat Whimsy the only other which was regarded as a serious contender lacked his usual speed and his race provoked much ad ¬ verse comment commentThe The Arrow Stakes was run for the eighth time today its interesting history in condensed form being as follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1908 Spconer 3 108 Sumter 2755 112 1909 Besom 4 105 Taplin 1135 111 If 1910 Follie Levy 3 113 W Knapp 1150 111 1914 Granite 0 123 J Rutwell 075 112 115 Etruscan o 100 J MuTagt G75 111 1915 Miss Puzzle 3 109 F Keogh 1010 100 1917 To til Morng 5 12G M Iuxton 1000 100 1918 Compadre 3 114 G Walls 1450 109 No racing at Empire City in 1911 1912 and 1913 Kun at Belmont Park in 1915 Kun at 34 mile until 191G 191GClen Clen ICyaii was sore when going to the post for the second race which caused many of his friends to discard him He was good enough to take an early lead owing to the poor class of his opposition and easily maintain it to the end endThe The mile race for threeyearold fillies was a thriller from start to finish It was a keenly con ¬ tested struggle between Kate Bright Empress and Quietude Empress and Quietude raced like a team until the stretch was reached where they showed signs of weakening In the meantime Kate Bright was never far back and when Johnson saw the leaders tiring he took the Xeal filly to the outside when turning for home and then began the real struggle However the early excessive use of Empress told at the end and Kate Bright crossed the winning line a half length in front with Quietude a similar distance behind Empress Quie ¬ tudes defeat was a hard blow to the talent but the oral layers profited little by her downfall as Kate Bright and Empress came in for considerable backing backingDavid David Gideons colors were seen in front in tlie opening dash when his Aeronaut colt Daedalus was returned winner His success was easily achieved achievedKOHINOOR KOHINOOR BTTNS POORLY POORLYAnother Another favorite to fall by the wayside wasKoh iNoor which was easily beaten in the fiftli nice KohiXoor retired after an early display of speed and left Little Cottage and Sunny Hill to fight it out The former won in a fast closing drive driveAgain Again the talent suffered a reverse when Scoots was taken into camp in the closing nice by Joyful and Lillian Shaw Scoots chances were spoiled by rushing into a pocket in the final eighth eighthJoe Joe Marrone is troubled over the purchase of Philippic He paid 4000 for him at auction and has discovered he bleeds badly It is possible a suit will be instituted owing to the horse being unsound when sold Philippic bled when racing in the Coch ran colors but was turned out and apparently had recovered from the habit having run two races this year without a return of the malady maladyJockey Jockey W J OBrien was an arrival from Sara ¬ toga He reports the safe arrival there of the McLean stable of twentyfour twentyfourWednesdays Wednesdays excess claims contributed 1011 which will be added to Fridays races racesDr Dr McCullys examination of Garbage after his Wednesday nice disclosed the fact that the popu ¬ lar gelding suffered a severe cut on the inside quarter of his bad leg It is improbable that he will face the starter again this year yearBeginning Beginning next Friday a motor service will be instituted to transport horses to Saratoga The trip extends over eleven hours and will be made at night nightThe The increased interest in racing was accentuated today at Empire City when all the programs were sold long before the first race This is a record for a midweek day
