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FAVORITES FARE WELL TODAY Despite Changed Track Conditions Four First Choices Are Victorious. NEW YORK, N. Y., October 28. Changed track conditions failed to deter the favorites at Empire City today. While the heavy rains of the night and morning reduced the size of the fields, the talent fared well after the first two races. Gue-land, which was selected in the opening dash, failed, the race going to the well-backed Marie Antoinette. In the second race the filly Ragazza was the medium of a heavy plunge. Ragazza, opening 7 to 1, was quickly backed to a closing of 5 to 1 and won as her rider pleased, leading her opponents all the way. Larghetto, the favorite, was second and American Boy third. After the second race the favorites, Sweet Music, Dry Moon, Sea Sinner nnd Aida McGee, all won. Sweet Musics Tictory in the Larchmont Purse, in which only three faced the starter, brought with it one of the closest finishes of the meeting. Sweet Music just getting up in the last stride to beat Kashmir, the pacemaker. Goaler also was coming fast at the end and appeared to have beaten Kashmir for second place. The feature of the days racing, the Ardsley Handicap, also brought threo to the post in Dry Moon, Quercreek and Dernier Son. Dry Moon was the odds-on favorite and lie ran up to expectations. Dry Moon, carrying 113 pounds, five pounds more than the official entries gave him, got up quickly and was never in trouble thereafter. The Wilson colt was a length and a half in front of Quecreek at the I finish. Dernier Sou was last all the way. Backers of Ting-a-Ling were peeved when that gelding wheeled just as starter Cassidy sprung the barrier in the fifth . race. He did not even attempt to run. Sea Sinner, tho heavily-backed favorite, took the lead at the start and, reveling in the going, won practically pulled up by three lengths. ; Marie .Antoinette, with a great turn of speed in the soft going, led her opponents-, in the- opening dasli.-iat, one mile, and had , a..;bjngUi- margljV over-Wandnikmt -flush; "Jo;96e. i. ond choice was- third. - , J. W. McClellands McGee Ida Harrison filly, Aida McGee made a runaway of the final dash. The filly was heavily backed by her- stable connections and she ran as if the confidence placed in her ability to negotiate the going was justifiable. Getting off in front, she led by a big margin all the way, having several lengths to spare at the finish. It is the unanimous opinion of all the turf critics who had the good fortune to inspect Prince Palatine during his stay at Belmont Park that he is one of the grandest looking thoroughbreds that have ever been seen in this country. A certain success in the stud is being predicted for him by the breeding experts. Thomas Hodge bought yesterday from W. J. Salmon the fillies Betty J. and Diffidence. According to the agreement, Mr. Salmon has the option of purchasing the fillies for breeding purposes when their .racing days are over. Mr. Hodge Will race them and twelve others in Cuba.- Isette, the dam of Sweet Music, is by Isinglass, and like all the progeny of that horse, even in the second and third generations, the ability to run in the mud was transmitted to her. T. J. Healy, acting for R. T. Wilson, sold Sunny Days and Light Fantastic to J. W. P. Rangle. They will be shipped Monday with the big consignment of racers destined for Havana. W. H. Karrick, trainer for W. R. Coe. will send a few horses to Havana to campaign during the winter in charge of K. K. Karrick. The Oneck Stable also will send several horses. The first shipment of horses will leave the metropolitan tracks Monday for Havana. It was the largest consignment of racers from these parts to leave since the Marianao course was built. Many owners who formerly raced at New Orleans will go to Cuba on account of the contention over the size of the purses at the Fair Grounds between the track management and the Thoroughbred Horsemens Association.. W. M. Farnum, the moving picture star, has purchased Black Knight from Frederick Johnson for ,000 and turned the colt over to W. H. Flzer to train.
