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RETURN OF FAIR WEATHER Has Beneficial Result on the Sport at Empire City Course Large Crowd Sees Cannandale CannandaleWin Win Wakefield Handicap Double for R F Carman NEW YORK N Y July 23 With a return of fairer weather a larger crowd was at Yonkers today and enjoyed a good afternoons sport Scratches were not as numerous as heretofore The going was drying out to some extent although still quite slow and wellknown performers were conspicuous in the various races racesThe The Wakefield Handicap for twoyearolds was the stake offering and favoritism was divided be ¬ tween R F Carmans Carmandale and Dream of the Valley both of which were taking up three extra pounds as penalties for winning after the publi ¬ cation of weights for this race The weight of the publics opinion however forced the Carman colts quotation down until he went to the post a pro ¬ nounced choice He made good as In his previous start after leading throughout and handling his impost of 125 pounds in good fashion Krewer was the second horse and after running in strenuous pursuit was taken over to the inside in the run home but Carmandaleunder urgingfiield hlia safe safeIt It made the second scoreof the day for Carman trained horses i Warsaw running in the interests of Paul Connelly won the third race a condition affair over a distance of ground Quoted at odds on he won easily easilyBarley Barley Water bred in France by C H Mackay won the initial dash of the afternoon beating Bright Gold in the final strides of a close finish finishThe The second race proved easy for Lucius the geld ¬ ing finishing five lengths In advance of Poor But ¬ terfly which shared favoritism with the winner winnerIn In the Primrose Handicap the A H Morris entry Quietude and Irene finished first and second respectively Mary Maud was confidently backed to beat the Morris pair but seemed handicapped by the going and refused to extend herself herselfCrepuscule Crepuscule at 30 to 1 sprung a surprise in the closing race by easily beating the oddsjon favorite Albert A AG G W Atkinson was fined 10 for not saddling Alma B in the third race himself himselfHALTER HALTER MEN SHOW ACTIVITY ACTIVITYFour Four claims were put in for Warsaw in the third and Poor Butterfly In the second Warsaw going back to owner Paul Connelly on his bid of 2261 and H R Schaffer got Poor Butterfly for 2500 it making the second time this owner has acquired the latter horse horseMany Many of the larger stables are preparing to move to Saratoga the latter part of the week or the early part of next week Max Hirsch will ship the Loft stable on Saturday and A J Goldsborough has si string of fourteen that will be loaded on Monday Several other stables will move about the same time timeGeorge George Peterson owner of Beck and Call was dissatisfied with the race his filly ran Wednesday and feels that perhaps she had been tampered witli previous to the race He said she was a usually good eater and had been doing all he expected of her and while he had no special reason to believe she had been tampered with he Intended having Dr McCully make a thorough examination of the filly fillyH H KKnapp one of the stewards of the Jockey Club was a visitor today his first appearance at the meeting The sun brought me out said Mr Knapp It is the first time anybody has seen it for more than a week weekBarley Barley Water winner of the opening race brought back memories of bygone days to old timers when Fitz Herbert his sire was running runningJockey Jockey J Groth who came here at the opening of the nleeting but who has accepted no mounts will return to Churchill Downs upon the order of his contract employer George J Long LongThe The fouryearold filly Masda has injured her ¬ self slightly which caused her withdrawal today
