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ENSOR RIDES FOUR WINNERS Is Star of Thursdays Racing at Empire City Grey Lag Takes Autumn Days Stakes. NEW YORK, N. Y., October 21. Jockey Ensor Was . the; bright star of todays racing at Empire City. He rode four winners and one second out of six mounts. While two of his winning mounts were on favorites, he also scored with Elected II., a. .long shot, and Genie W., a second choice, which defeated Sweet Music, the favorite in the final, race. Grey Lag proved that S. C. Hildreth had bought no "pig in the hole," when he paid a .large sum to .Max Hirscli for the Star; Shoot Miss Minnie cpjt. In a true run race in the Autumn Days Stakes, the fetature of the program, lie beat Mul-"ciber, .both carryingj 122. pounds, a half length. .The time for the five and a half iiirlongs was ltOO, Within one-fifth , of a second of" the track record. East VIevy and Hard Guess, coupled as the James Butler entry, were the first.. to show wlten starter qassidy sent the field away; East .View displayed a flight of extreme speed and came around the stretch bend three lengths in front. Grey Lag appeared to race sluggish the first part of the race, but when the field, straightened out both he and Mulciber set sail for the, flying Butler colt "and caught him an eighth oiit. From there to the" finish Grey ,Lng and Mandlc.iber fought it out, the Hlldrqth colt coming fast in the last strides and won. by a half length goiiig away. Curfew got up in .time to beat botli Butler colts for tldrd money. The Winsome Handicap, at one mile for mares oX all; ages, brought., the victory of Elected II., ridden by Ensor, with Ballet Dancer II. in second place. . Elected II. took the lead at the .start and maintained a front position all the way, winning by a length and a half.. Edwina, the favorite, could do no better than third. The opening dash was proved easy for the Celt filly .Mavournecn. She vas held., at .the short odds of 2 to 7 and in the running of the race she per-formed as if; the oralizers were even then taking liberties with her. Getting off quickly she took the ..lead and had plenty left to withstand Gilt Fringes determined bid near the., finish. Gilt Fringe, second choice, was easily second, six "lengths in front of Archive. " Liberty Girl proved the big surprise of the day when she won the second race, in which a band of fifteen platers started. Post positions played havoc -.with, the choices, as most of them were on the outside. Valerie West delayed the start for several .minutes on account of her fractious actions, but when the field got off she was in front. Her lead was short-lived, however, for Liberty Girl soon ran her into defeat and, saving ground at the stretcli turn, came on to beat the heavily-backed Bon Tromp by a length. Prince of Como was the receding favorite, but lie had scant chance after his bad start and finished far in the ruck. Berlin showed lie is a fairly good plater right now when lie easily defeated a band of ordinary racers in the fifth race. He opened a favorite, but at the close of operations was third choice Le Gaulois essayed to set the pace, but the Verdun filly was done for after three-quarters of a mile. At this point Berlin went into the lead and held his opponents safe afterward. The Wit, slow to begin, came fast through the stretcli and got up to beat American .Soldier four lengths for second place. Jack Joyner lias purchased from G. B. McDaniel at private terms, C. Repesculc, b. m, 0, by Meddler Strike-a-Light II. L. T. Bauer liiis sold the two-year-old filly Mille Fleurs, which lie obtained through the claiming box at Jamaica, back to J. W. McClelland. Mille Fleurs is a half sister to Lord Brigliton. B. A Lane bought Track Star and The Wit a: private terms. 4
