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RACING AT EMPIRE CITY Big Attendance Sees Opening Days Sport at Yonkers Track Field Day for R L Bresler and andJockey Jockey Ensor Liberty Loan LoanDrive Drive Continues Xew Tork October 14 Ideal autumn weather prevailed for the return of the thoroughbred to the impular Yonkers course and an exceedingly good attendance resinmded resinmdedThe The track proper was never better and several times during the day records were threatened War times effect became apparent when the card was found riddled with scratches Transportation from the Long Island courses has l een by motor van and the gasless Sunday forbade their movement During the day over two hundred horses were de ¬ livered by the motor service and it is safe to say that Yonkers henceforth will provide larger fields fieldsThe The days program opened with the introduction of Hon Wm 7 Wallin mayor ot Yonkers who bade the visitors welcome in the name of his city He spoke of the friendship that Yonkers had formed for racing and reminded them of the necessity for Yonkers holding its proud name in its Liberty Loan quota which has fallen behind He then subscribed 5003 in his own name Sheriff Visenbnrger of Westcnester Comity took 2000 worth City Comp ¬ troller Lynch a like amount William Atkinson con ¬ tinued his good work with a 5000 pledge wfcilt General Manager C J Fitz Gerald took a 1000 bond bondFred Fred Gay Thomas OBrien Albert Simons Jolm Sullivan and Peter Amman took 1000 each E K Ryan the voluble spokesman of the committee strengthened his already large accumulation with 2000 more With the smaller amounts the days total was brought to 35500 35500It It was a field day for Mrs R L Bresler and jockey Ensor the combination winning the first three races and finishing a close second in the fourth fourthThe The BreslerEnsor combination started with Sher ¬ man As easy victory in the opening dash Joe Marrone bid the winner to SlfiOQ at which figure he was retained The winner is a halfbrother to Back Bay the consistent sprinter sprinterUltima Ultima Thnle and Hank ODay were the other Bresler horses to win Ultima Thule beat the Quincy Stables speedy Star Spangled which had won three races during the Jamaica meeting Ultima Thule outran Star Spangled from start to finish and was never in danger Hank ODay took old Strombolis measure in real race horse fashion After early restraint he moved up on the far turn joined Stromlwjli in the strech and in a terrific closing drive outgamed the former Belmont star to get the decision by a neck neckSTAKE STAKE FEATURE TO NATURALIST NATURALISTNaturalist Naturalist under Fairbrothers powerful finish captured the Kingsbridge Handicap the stake fea ¬ ture from Jock Scot the only Bresler candidate to lose Jock Scot was only beaten in the last stride Out the Way returned to racing with all his speed but could not successfully carry it through High Cost was eliminated by being bumped at the start He was never able to recover his stride afterwards afterwardsAndrew Andrew Millers Frenchbred colt Snapdragon II raced Everest into defeat in the last seventy yards of the fifth to win drawing clear Paddy Dear was hacked into favoritism in this raw but excessive use in early iiacemaking left him unable to cop with Snapdragon II and Everest when the real racing began beganJockey Jockey Knsor finished an eventful day by landing his fourth winner in the closing dash bringing home Tableau dHonmnr an easy vietor over Delaware DelawareJames James Butler president of the Empire City Rac ¬ ing Association announced today that one purse would be paid each day in Liberty Loan Bonds as has been dout at Jamaica This means not only a subscription of 7000 for this purpose but it menus a stimulus to the drive which cannot be overesti ¬ mated matedC C J Fitz Gerald manager of the Empire City meeting has picked out the Liberty Bond purses for the week as follows First day third race 181 second day third race a handicap for three yearolds and over 700 third day second race for threeyearolds and over SliOO fourth day fifth nice for three year olds and over 600 fifth day second race for threeyearolds and over 700 sixth day first race for all ages GOO GOOWondennan Wondennan broke loose from his attendant at the Jamaica track yesterday and hit a tree break ¬ ing his neck neckMany Many turf followers who have participated in the Maryland meetings were in attendance today todayTod Tod Rice has recovered from his recent indisposi ¬ tion and has resumed saddle duty dutyAir Air Man was jumped upon and cut down in his race at Jamaica which accounts for his poor Rice RiceAdvices Advices from Paris Ky annouted the death of Continued on third page RACING AT EMPIRE CITY Continued from first page Amos Turney breeder and horseman horsemanBallad Ballad Starcraft and Breeze purchased by M J Leonard at the Butler sale have been turned over to trainer J Simon Healy HealyW W F Kearns of Sheopshcad Bay has been notified of the death of his son Martin F Kearns with the American Expeditionary Forces in France lie was killed in action on September 18 Young Kearns is one of four brothers in the service Be ¬ fore his enlistment he was foreman for the Green tree Stable
