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TURNER CONQUERING HERO . Metropolitan Racegoers Give a 1 Great Ovation to Jockey. Rides Four Winners in a Row and Enthusiasm of the Crowd ! Knows No Bounds. i i NJ3W YORK, X. T., October 19. Out of a card that promised little in the way of interesting sport at Kmpire City today metropolitan racegoers se- ! cured mere thrills than are usually found in a program replete with stake features. Jockey Clarence Titfner, riding on the crest of a wave of popularity, pushed the horses into the background so far as public interest was concerned. Turner rode the first four winners of the day and, his following, which has grown -to large proportions, kept the layers in a panic with a constant flood of support for the little jockeys mounts. Enthusiasm such as is seldom seen on a race track greeted Turner when he rode Awning back for weighing in after winning the Embassy Purse, lien shouted and stamped their feet, women clapped their hands arid Turners name was on everyones lips.. Turner was alert with Awning when the barrier was Ispning and got hiin away in front of the other eleven maiden two-year-olds which faced the starter in tjiisrtash.; He kept- the Hesperus colt in the lead allthe vay and withstood repeated challenges with little trouble..., He, jvon .Joy. : a..leiKth-r.frpm -Miracle, Hah and with Forge7 Ahead in third place. Turner started off the day with a victory on Mary Patricia, lie deserved his usual round of applajise from the. spectators as he rode back to the judges stand. Turner kept Mary Patricia well up during the early part of the race, while Phantom Blue was burning up the track out in front. He put her under a mild drive in the stretch and drew up rapidly to the leaders. She came to the flnjsh with ait easy winning margin. Prelude came up on the outside with a rush" through the stretch to displace Hens Wax, the favorite, from second place. Jockey C. Robinson, making his first appearauce on a metropolitan track since the Jockey Club restored him to good standing, gave Prelude a strong ride. WHISK BY A SMALL MARGIN. Turner had a harder time winning with the favorite, Whisk, in the second race. Prince James - was away like a flash, but Turner got Whisk in fropt before, reaching the first turn and held a clear lead in the racing down the backstretch. McAtec called on Prince James turning into the stretch and forced Turner to a drive. The Marrone Stable starter was tiring rapidly by this time and only Turners superior horsemanship kept him in ; front of Prince James, lie gave Whisk a vigorous and heady drive through the straightaway and succeeded in getting him home first by a nose. Gray Gables trailed. Turner made it a triple with Tufler in the third race. He kept the gelding under restraint close behind the pacemakers until the field reached the lower turn. Here he sent his mount into the lead and held 1 the others safe through the lest of the race. Siren Maid, hard ridden by young Rabin, made a game effort to overhaul Tufter in the stretch, but tired I at the finish. Sea Mint was third. Again the Turner . following gave their idol a big ovation .when i he returned to the judges stand. Split Grass, an outsider practically neglected by the talent, wore down the leaders in the stretch 1 ami won the fifth nice from another big band of cheaper two-year-old maidens. Vineyard was second i and Wild Deuce- third. Turner made a strong effort, with J. K. Maddens Crock o Gold and, after maneuvering, the filly in the lead . "on the turn, kept, - her there by a hard ride until the last sixteenth. She was badly crowded when Split Crass swerved j over after getting to the front and Turner was . forced to ease her up at the end. , JUST FAILS TO HAKE IT FIVE. Turner just missed making it five winning : mountsfoi the day when Fluff, ifter making up a 1 great amount uf ground, bore out through the J stretch and lost to Pa via by half a length. AVedg-WQod ;waa third. Pavia steered close to the inside j rail entering -the stretch, drew clear under a hard 1 drjve by Miller, but tired badly in the last sixteenth " and just lasted to win. Fluff appeared to be, the best, but her bearing out in the stretch 1 beat her. Francis Nelson, steward representing the Canadian " Racing Associations at the tracks racing under the supervision of that body, was a visitor at Empire " City today. He left after the races for a 1 short stay at his home in Toronto before proceeding Tijuana, where he will serve again as presiding - steward during the winter meeting. Antoinette was claimed Tuesday by J. E. Madden 1 for ,805. Three horses changed stables by the claiming ropte during the afternoon; Hotspur went to C. Ituxton for ,810, Crock o Gold to M. It. Pons for r S-VltSO and Miracle Man to W. F. Ormsbee for ijil.OOO. The stewards set down jockey 15. Marinelli for three days for cutting across in front of the others s with Miracle Man in the fourth race. Jockey G. W. Carroll arrived from Louisville s and! Hccepted his first mount on Kate Brummel in 1 the fourth race. He was given permission by James Evans, trainer for Gifford A. Cochran, his contract - employer, to come to Empire City and ride s as; a free lance. He will report to his employer r at Pimlico at the close of racing here.
