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MISS JEMIMA AT EMPIRE Crack Western Filly to Make First Eastern Appearance Today Is Carded to Start in 5000 East View Stakes Battle of Vet ¬ erans in Yonkers NEW YORK N Y July 25 Saturday is always a big day on the metropolitan racing circuit and the crowds that visit the tracks on that day are usually of holiday proportions Tomorrow being the last Saturday that the general run of local race ¬ goers will have an opportunity to witness their favorite sport until after the close of the Saratoga meeting will find them journeying to Empire City in such large numbers as to tax the capacity of the Yonkers course to its limit The management lias made special preparations to entertain the big gathering reserving its best racing program for the occasion occasionThe The East View Stakes and the Yonkers Handicap the former having a guaranteed value of 5000 and the latter 3000 are the stake features provided The East View is for twoyearolds at about three quarters of a mile while the Yonkers is for three yearolds and over at a mile and a sixteenth sixteenthInterest Interest in the East View is greatly enhanced by the presence in it itof of the crack western filly Miss Jemima ivUJch was shipped jierefrom Saratoga to tartia this race This will mark her first pub ¬ lic appearance in the east and New York race followers are anxious to see how she compares to the star eastern twoyearolds Miss Jemima has a record of six victories and one defeat to her credit and should find little difficulty in beating those opposed to her in the East View Cannandale lias showed improved form in his recent races but is liardly in a class with Miss Jemima JemimaAside Aside from the appearance of Miss Jemima much curiosity will be displayed over the firsttime starter Donnacona which G W Loft purchased at the Saratoga sales last summer for 10000 Donna ¬ cona is a brown colt by the famous English stallion Prince Palatine and the noted mare Kildonau certainly bred in the purple and if he inherits sonic of the sniierb qualities of his gifted sire should achieve great hings in a racing way wayThe The Yonkers Handicap may develop into a battle tti veterans and nothing would delight the crowd more than to see the ever popular Roamer and Old Rosebud come racing to the stretch fighting it out with all the speed and stamina left in their once powerful frames Old Rosebud is top weight being asked to carry seven pounds more than Roamer James Butlers Spur another veteran is in at 113 and is said to be in prime condition The Latonia Derby winner Be Frank may be troublesome with 113 pounds anil the lightly weighted Osgood in at ninetyeight will on the strength of his recent impressive race be considered dangerous dangerousThe The prospects are for a splendid days sport with large and better fields furnishing the conten ¬ tion in the six races carded Only inclement weather and there is no sign of rain now will prevent one from seeing the final Saturdays racing here until next fall
