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METROPOLITAN RACING ENDS Empire Citys Largest Crowd Bids Adieu to Horse for This Year George Smith Wins Yorktown YorktownHandicap Handicap Feature of Splendid SplendidClosing Closing Day Program Now York October 20 The card provided by the Empire City Racing Association proved a fitting filial for a wonderfully successful metropolitan autumn season Interest in racing has been well maintained mid was never at a higher pitcli than it lias been during this meeting that has just ome to u close To General Manager and Steward T Fitz Gerald must IK given a great measure f the credit for such a successful meeting meetingRacegoers Racegoers including many in military and naval uniform filled the spacious grounds Jo bid the thoroughbred adieu for this year It was one of tli largest crowds Yonkers has ever known and it witnessed the running of a card that compared with iny of tin fall eastern season seasonJohn John Sanford master of Hurricana Farm fur ¬ nished the winner of the Yorktown Handicap the principal feature of the diy in his good racer George Smith During the early running lie was in close quarters pinmd on the inside rail by Star Master Under Robinsons intelligent handling he flunll vfiHH lliis way clear rounding the far turn in l never left the result in doubt thereafter Star Master under Lykcs hard urging caught his tiriiig staluVmate War Cloud in the final eighth md easily secured second honors War Cloud tired under his heavy impost and succumbed to Corn Tassel which had run an even race saving much ground throughout and finishing fast Naturalist quit badly after setting n fast easly nnce finding his opposition too much for him when the racing began beganTames Tames Butlers colors showed in front for the first time of the meeting when Turf captured the first race in easy fashion with an eight length margin at the end Our Xephew had no difficulty securing the place from the highly fancied Paddy Thistle was IiumiHd on the first turn which elimi ¬ nated her from further contention contentionCHAMPION CHAMPION HANDICAP TO OVER THERE THEREThe The Chanipion Handicap went to the much im lrov d Over There when he scored over a good field f twoyearolds in decisive fashion Away well on the oiitsidf McAteo hustled him after the early pacemaker took the lead rounding the final tuni and held it easily to the cud War Marvel rarried his heavy impost in good style and had no difficulty secTiring second honors from the unfor ¬ tunate Balustrade which got away slowly anil wis forced wide for the entire raw Surely with oiial racing luck Balustrade must have proven troublesome for the winner at the end endCarded Carded with the most formidable of his opposi ¬ tion withdrawn Orderly had no difficulty account ¬ ing for the third nice i selling purse He proved liis superiority in no uncertain manner for he was away none t xj well but he quickly caught the pacemaker Miss Kruter and finally came on to in easy victory The Cnhill mare hold on well and gained second place almost as easily Came Cock scored an easy and immensely popular victory when he won over his only opponent in the fifth race Walls and his mount were given a reat ovation upon their retuiyi to the scales scalesThe The defeat of War Cry in the closing race was a stunner for the talent who backed him quite hcjivily Failure to respond to Loftus urging iu the early part of the race ruined whatever chances lie may have had The winner turned up in the Ogdcn colt Drumniond which led all the way by i wide margin marginj j Bycr shipped the B Davis and other horses in his care to Pimlico today todayFinnegans Finnegans band evidently anticipated Turfs vic ¬ tory for they started playing St Patricks Day in the Morning before he passed the judges As the horses paraded for the final race the band jiliiyfd Auld Lang Syne while many of the vast Assemblage stood with uncovered heads headsMatthew Matthew Corbett former owner of the good mare Coquette was a visitor today He lias just risen from i sick lied liedH H K Knapp Geo H Bull and S P Swanson vere other turf notabhs in attendance attendancefjol fjol Fawcett his purchased St Isidore and Francos Star as a nucleus of the stable which R L Bretfler will train for him
