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WINTRY BLASTS AT EMPIRE Cold Weather Keeps Attendance Down-Recount Victorious in Eclipse Handicap. NEjrLYORK,.Ni,jY. tblasrsblowHig through the- grandstand; andrpaddock, gave notire to racegoers today that the- season was near the end, tomorrow marking the close of the Metropolitan racing for the year. Todays card was brightened by one race, the Eclipse Handicap, while the others brought out horses of no more than mediocre caliber. In the feature race. Recount, stanchly backed, showed a superior mud-runniug-effort and defeated a -baud of high-class racers when he tcok into camp War Mask, Sweep Clean, Tom McTaggart, War Note and others in easy fashion. War Note, for which there was considerable backing, essayed to make the pace. The Spanish Prince colt opened, up a lead of three lengths in the first half and appeared to be going easily. Rounding the turn out of the straightnway. Recount and War Mask both moved up quickly and Soon War Note was in third place. When the field entered the stretch Recount went into the lead and increased it to " the finish, winning by four lengths. War Note ran in tlie colors of C. K. Moore In the race, he having been purchased by Mr. Moore from John E. Madden, acting for Montfort Jones, before the race. Jockey "Buddie" Ensor came back from Baltimore, where he went to greet his little daughter, and rode Lady Stella to victory in the opening dash. Ravauua, the closing favorite, was second, seven lengths in advance of Gwendola. The latter was the medium of concerted backing from a certain coterie. Ragazza, a filly which had shown on Thursday her fondness for the soft going when she beat a band of fair platers, repeated that performance in :he third race, defeating the heavily backed favorite Sainmy Kelly by two lengths. Rngazzas success brought a battle among the halter men for her. She finally went to Hart Dern-ham for ,720. Sammy Kelly also found a new home, going to T. J. Carroll for ,326. Old Prince of Como, another starter in this race, will hereafter munch his oats in Cuba during the winter months. He was claimed by T. J. Hodge for ,810. LENJOLEUR FINALLY WINS. LEnjolenr scored a hollow victory in the fifth race, tlie Spearmint gelding winning his first brackets by seven or more lengths from an ordinary band. He was an equal favorite with Chimera for the race, the latter finishing second. Florsaln, the one about which there was something stirring in the earlier operations, was ordered withdrawn by the stewards on account of lameness just before"" the bugle called the horses to the post. As there is no recognition of betting by tlie stewards the old custom of twenty minutes for new books was not allowed. The first special train destined for Havana will 1 leave New York next Sunday. It will have five i cars with seventy-five thoroughbreds aboard. The following stables will be Included in tlie shipment: O. K. Moore, Ed Springer, F. Kerns, T.- M. Monor ban, A. Tempest, E. A. Burke, F. McGovern, J. Mulrennan, J. W. Pangle and C. II. Davis. R. S Eddy general manager of the Fair- Grounds track, New Orleans, was a visitor at Empire City today. He was merely doing missionary work for the Crescent City course. Mr. Eddy says that the short meeting of only thirty-three days at the Fair Grounds track next winter had caused many horsemen, who had formerly raced there, to. divert their stables to other tracks. "We are going to have plenty of horses, however, and those of the better class," said Mr. Eddy. .1. McCormick, trainer for P. A. Clark, will split his stable at the conclusion of the Empire City meeting, part of the. horses going to Pimlico and the others going into winter quarters at Belmont Park. Preston Burch yesterday sent all the John Sanford horses quartered loth at Empire City and Jamaica to Mr. Sanfords Hurricaiia Farm, near Amsterdam, N. Y.
