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MUDDY TRACK AT EMPIRE G W Lofts Maiden Racer Halu Wins Frivolity Stakes Claremont Purse to Irish Dream Empire City Derby i Expectations 1 NEW YOHK N Y July 13 The twelfth run ¬ ning of the Frivolity Stakes was the feitnre of tli second days racing at Empire City and Max Hirseh furnished tho winner of it in G W Lofts King James colt Halu with Eye Opener second anil Hard Guess third The winner was ridden by Barrett and displayed a high order of speed in tho muddy going scoring in a manner that sug ¬ gests further improvement improvementWhile While the stake event was accorded the princi ¬ pal place on the program the Claymore Purse rim as the second race excited more interest among the regulars However the withdrawal of EliuVii dorf and Toujours left only three to face the starter with favoritism divided between Irish Dream and Pastoral Swain the former winning with the outsider Chasseur beating Pastoral Swain for second place placeJ J Livingstons Oriole a son of Assagai Hawk snra accounted for the initial race of the after ¬ noon while in the third War Club ridden by Zoeller had the best of the mile and a sixteenth dash with Porte Drapeau and Court Fool taking the minor portions of the purse purseThe The speedy Sweep filly Ienelope took the meas ¬ ure of a fair band of platers intlm fifth race jiiid Xoeller piloted his second winner of the after noon when he brought homo Bally bell first in the concluding race raceAdverse Adverse weather conditions made the track mud ¬ dy but failed to deter New Yorkers from witness ¬ ing their favorite sport todays attendance being of goodly proportions proportionsPatrons Patrons of the Yonkers course are hoping that Victor Sohaumburg racing secretary of the Em ¬ pire City Racing Association is bringing together Man o War and John 1 Grier in the Empire City Derby next Saturday Should the two threeyear old stars engage in the Derby Man o War would carry 130 pounds and John P Grier two pounds the best of the weight as compared with the im ¬ posts the two colts carried in tho Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct when Man o War carried 125 imiind and John P Grier 10S Mr Schaumburg says that Louis Fcustel who trains Man o War promised him during the lieliuont Park meeting that he would send thu son of Fair Play to the post in the Empire City Derby
