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TWO MILLION IS THE GOAL Racings Loan Subscriptions Ex ¬ pected to Reach that Figure Hartsdale Handicap to Cirrus i Hank ODays Defeat Big Disappointment New York October 17 Racines Liberty Loan passed over its quota with a rush today with an indication that the twomillion mark will be readied with the weeks end Committeeman E J Ityaii introduced Judge Bailey of Yonkcrs who pleaded with the horse lovers to support the thor ¬ oughbreds who are wearing the National khaki overseas The comparison of the lion hearts of soldiers and the game equine thoroughbred made n marked impression on his audience and when pledges were called for responses came thick and fast and within a few moments 43200 additional was forthcoming The total of the turf drive to date amounts to 1830550 1830550The The proud father of his soldier son K II Brown added another o000 to his accumulations Ernest Abrahams the Hackenack turfite Fred Beck and Richard Keeler were others who contributed 5000 while H M Howard of the Waldorf As ¬ toria made six 500 bids P ONeill sisked for 1S0 while J II Cobb owner of Conduit was one of those who took 1000 worth Mr Ryan and his associates after the days good showing declared their confidence in running the total un ti 2000000 2000000The The warm weather and good card attracted i firstclass midweek attendance which witnessed some interesting racing racingThe The feature the Hartsdale Handicap for two yearolds fell to Cirrus in impressive fashion Well ridden by Ilaynes the Whitney candidate demon ¬ strated his gamcncss and scored in a manner which indicates his ability to go a longer distance Ophe ¬ lia and the weightfavored Scoots cut out the early pace witii Cirrus in close pursuit On the turn Cirrus joined by War Marvel vigorously ridden by Loftus caught the flying leaders and in the final eighth drew away into a cleancut victory Ophelia outgamed War Marvel which tired after his good early display displayThe The days big disappointment came with the over ¬ whelming defeat of the heavily supported Hani ODay which took the measure of Stromboli earlier in the week Hank ODay was a different horse today and was poorly ridden Ip Ensor from whom racegoers have learned to look for more intelli ¬ gent riding His overconfidence at all stages of the running bordered on the criminal The acrobatic and undependable Harry Shannon stole away into a long lead which he maintained by a goodly margin at the end endOPENER OPENER TO MADAM BYNG BYNGMadam Madam Byng with L Ensor in the saddle won the opener The Jack Atkin filly indulged Apple Jack II with the lead on tin turn then easily passed him and drew away into a safe lead to win under restraint Fred Burlews Goldvale the fa ¬ vorite was in close quarters most of the way and finished fast after getting clear but too late td overtake the eventual winner winnerReplete Replete with thrills was the finish of the second raci a dash of one mile in which Gloomy 5ns the outsider scored i neck victory over Manister Toi which had tint a neck advantage over Kashmir Taplius strong finish materially aided Gloomy Gus for lie was outpaced to the first turn and forced back but going around Ids opponents he managed to get up in the final strides stridesI I ingili11 showed improvement and scored in the days Liberty Loan Purse Away fast he raced to a long lead but was tiring fast at the end under Taplius driving Kathilde would have won in another stride strideC C Kornbloomr Lively won his third straight raen when he scored in the closing rate This time it was on his own courage for lie was weakly ridden He set all the pace and responded each time to Myers momentary urging The diminutive rider found himself on the inside rail and became ner ¬ vous laying down his whip but Lively never fal ¬ tered and finished gamely to win by the shortestof margins marginsThe The P J Murtlia horses which have been trained by George Odom will be raced hereafter as the Brookdale Stable StableJockey Jockey Erickson made his reappearance in the saddle riding Kashmir This youngster has been the victim of a succession of accidents for the past four months For the remainder of the year his riding will be confined to his contract employer the Meadow Brook Stock Farm FarmThe The Ambrose Clark steeplechasers and the E F Whitney stable have left Belmout Park for Pimlico PimlicoW W A Porter was a visitor from Maryland con ¬ fident of the resumption of racing there in the near future
