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IDEAL AUTUMNAL WEATHER Brings Out Another Large Crowd to Empire City Track Hollister and Borrow Engage in Hotly Contested Duel in Lib ¬ erty Bond Handicap New York OctolxT 15 Ideal racing weather and ii promising card attracted another large attendance at the Yonkers course today The daily Liberty Hond drive opened proceedings when the active conimit tremun E J Kyan introduced General Manager C J Fitz Gerald who showed the necessity of each one doing their bit toward brothers and sons fighting for the cause Mr Fitz Gerald has a son with the American forces His clear explanation of duty made a great impression on his audience who heartilySheriff cheered him heartily Sheriff Weissendanger of Westchester County welcomed racegoers to his community told of the welcome they had always received here and pleaded for their help in putting Yonkers over the top E J Ryan reminded Ricegoers of the import of the presidents latest loan warning Hesitation now would mean defeat when victory seems in sight They responded vigorously to the extent of 2 i000 which brings racings total to 1773350 E J nlliliiii gave the largest subscription of the day SiOlXJ Chas Sayles with S2000 Frank Eaves witli S2000 and Tim Mam with 1500 were among Ihe other who hcl ed swell the total Chas Kelker the Philadelphia ixirtsman again responded with S13IMI pledge to help fatten his already generous holdings holdingsThe The first raro wont to Cirrus whoso recent startling improvement is explained by the discanl iii f4llntirs lie iiitkly rushed into an early lejiil ih7V was never threatened at any stage Thun ¬ derstorm suffered sufficiently at the ptart to elimi iiite him from serious contention However the Whitney candidate captured the race in such easy fashion that it is improbable Thunderstorm could have reversed the decision with good racing luck livd Burlcw finally won a nice with his recent iiiiisiti ii Alvord The Hurcli castoff scored easily over the short throe jnarters route which is evi ¬ dently to his liking likingHOBINSON HOBINSON TOO CONFIDENT CONFIDENTTlio Tlio Lilierty Hond Handicap was reduced to two starters which furnished the crowd with many thrills in their ni through the stretch Hollister was away in front and set a slow even pace It soon became evident that Robinson intended to have Borrow outsprint his opponent ii the final stages This he failed to do by the shortest of margins for when Taplin on the alert at the eighth post woke the sluggish Hollister with bis whip Robinson sat still confident of victory with the result that Hollister was awarded the decision only a short now separating thorn at the finish finishThe The days monetary feature the Fordham Selling Stakes fell to the muchly improved Minto II in a manner that lietokeus his graduation from the ranks of the cheap platers Assuming an immediate lead under little McCra nns guidance he held sway throughout winning under stout restRiint Kohi Noor Rin another of her good races but could never overtake the flying leader Runes of which much was expected ran a disappointing race for he lacked the speed he has displayed in his recent fforts ffortsTlie Tlie daily long disbmce race was won by Puts and Calls which finally graduated from the maiden ranks after many attempts He was best ridden while whatever chance Woodthrush may have had was ruined through Hullmaus weak riding It was a case of twoyearold riders trying the mile and a nuarter nuarterR R McCrauu rode the winners of todays fourth and fifth races racesThe The closing race resulted in the overthrow of the confidently backed Goldvale the winner cojning from the stable of C W Starr in the Englishbred War Zone He caught the leaders in the last eighth and ctiKily disposed of them in the final drive The FasigTipton Sales Company will sell at auc ¬ tion on October 24 the entire racing stable of Emil Here also a few from the Macomber barn and others othersIt It develops that the two yearlings Dr McCully purchased at the Cochrau sale have returned to G A chrans Mount Kisco Farm They are now the property of Mrs Cochran
