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THREE STRAIGHT VICTORIES On Watch Continues Winning Way in Annexing Yonkers Handicap Scores in Slashing Style East EastView View Stakes Easy for Celt CeltFilly Filly TenLee NEW YORK X Y July 24 O W Lofts On Watch son of the unbeaten Colin won his third straight victory today On Watch had to be an exceptionally good threeyearold to win the Yon ¬ kers Handicap feature of an especially good Satur ¬ day program at Kmpirc City After following Crom ¬ well on which jockey J Mooney had the mount Harrett on On Watch elected to make his chal ¬ lenge when Hearing the stretch but Mooney on Cromwell forced his mount extremely wide on the last turn War Mask which had been several lengths back slipped through next to the rail at this juncture momentarily taking the lead Hiit when Harrett railed on the son of Colin when an eighth out lie responded gamely and coining with a resolute challenge caught War Mask twenty yards out and won by nearly a length and draw ¬ ing clear Harrett when he returned to the stand went before the stewards and complained that he had MooneyTenLee been ronglwd and forced wide by Mooney TenLee the Foreign Stables representative made a show of the others that started in the East AieV Stakes of iOOO one of the big fea ¬ tures of the card TenLee was first away and setting a fast pace led her field by from thr ten lensrtli iii ti wiiicn r is IT sNtcr tirKmhroideiy Paddy Wliacjr Lace notable performers of the past ran a racfi today which stamps her a highclass filly It was her second start having won her debut in the same runaway style She was the choice having been confidently backed by her connections Eternity and Chevalier the McClelland pair had some fol ¬ lowing but receded in the operations Eternity came gamely after rounding the stretch turn but the effort told on him and he tired near the fin ¬ ish Knobbie the second choice getting up in the last few strides to defeat him for second place Machiavelli showed early speed but tired badly in the last quarter Dark Horse ran far below expectations expectationsJockey Jockey C Hohinson rode a corking good race to hind Hrisk a winner in the inaugural dash ife kept tlie gelding in front all the way and his ener ¬ getic efforts in the final drive enabled the Smith son representative to hold on when hard pressed by Itodgers ItodgersArthur Arthur Johnson was also conspicuous during the afternoon piloting Coaler to victory in the second race and TenLee in the East View Stakes StakesStrange Strange a it may seem the largest field of the day contested the mile and an eighth race fourteen starting and Air Man a slight favorite over Tet ley was returned the winner with the latter second secondHal Hal Parrs The Cook was confidently backed in the final dash of the diy but he was fortunate to finish second after an exceedingly rough race while Sipsy Lad racing next to the inner rail all the way easilyII had no trouble in winning easily II P Whitney ordered Moody withdrawn from the East View Stakes out of respect for W K Vanderbilr who died in Paris Thursday Mr Van derbilt was Mrs II P Whitneys uncle Win Hooth shipped the Redstone Stable to Sara ¬ toga yesterday yesterdayJockey Jockey C II Miller was set down five days by starter Cassidy in the second race of Friday for misbehavior at the post
