Final Week Of New York Racing: Metropolitan Season of Sport for This Year Ends with Conclusion of Empire City Meeting., Daily Racing Form, 1918-10-22

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FINAL WEEK OF NEW YORK RACING Metropolitan Season of Sport for This Year Ends with Conclusion of Empire City Meeting New York October 21 The final week of the metropolitan racing season is now under way and with the conclusion of the meeting at Empire City next Saturday there will be no more racing in the Empire State until next year A stake feature has been provided for eaeii day of the final week with the exception of Friday Today the Rainbow Selling Stakes was the stake attraction while to ¬ morrow the New Rochelle Handicap will be the chief offering On Wednesday the Bedford Selling Stakes will be run Thursday the Ardsley Handicap is scheduled for decision and on Saturday the meeting will come to a close with the running of the Yorktown Handicap HandicapThe The New Rochelle Handicap to be run tomorrow is a dash of one mile for threeyearolds and has 1500 added Thirtyone fleet racers were named for this feature and a crack field composed of War Cloud Motor Cop Kashmir Matinee Idol Lady Gertrude and Recount will contest its running runningFor For the Bedford Selling Stakes of 1000 added for threeyearolds and over to be decided Wednes ¬ day such fast sprinters as Jock Scot Flags Everest Turf Bantry Starcraft Empress Top Coat Typist Whimsy Minto II Frederick the Great Night ¬ stick Torchbearer Impetus The Masquerader Phil ¬ ippic Housemaid Salvestra Golden King Snap ¬ dragon II Bolster Compadre Star Spangled Mid ¬ night Sun Panaman Billy Nestlehouse Top o th Morning Noynim Seafarer Out the Way Annchen and ODonovan are eligible to start startTwoyearolds Twoyearolds are catered to on Thursday in the Ardsley Handicap which has 1500 added and is over the short threequarters of a mile course This stake closed with fortynine nominations and the cliglbles include Questionnaire King Plaudit Pur ¬ chase Lord Brighton Toto American Ace Scoots Herodias Terentia Under Fire Star Realm Mis ¬ ter Mack Ophelia Lady Rosebud Clare Boothe Chasseur Tableau dHonneur Sea Way War Pen ¬ nant War Manel War Cry Maggie Maitland Courting Colors Young Adam Hurricane Lightning Blairgowrie Yvette Ute Tuscaloosa Alphee Mar ¬ ches H Scrub Lady Joyful Efficient Crystal Ford Osgood Mine Sweeper Grimalkin Royallieu Leathcrface Swing1 Loose Cirrus Lads Love Petrol Stickling Thunderstorm Minuet and Tri omphant omphantFor For the windup of the meeting the Yorktown Handicap of 2000 added for three year olds and over at one mile and an eighth is expected to bring together al the topnotchers of the older division still in training Eligible to this closing day feature are Spur Turf Bantry Sasin Dorcas Nutcracker Daddys Choice Hand Grenade Motor Cop War Cloud Hollister Star Master Kashmir Hoamer Ticket Chief Lally George Smith En ¬ filade Naturalist Borrow Corn Tassel and Slippery Elm ElmWithout Without doubt an attendance comparing favorably with the record crowd of last Saturday will journey to Empire City next Saturday to bid adieu to thoroughbred racing over the New York tracks for the present year


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