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I . , j . , , : YELLOW HANDS FINE RACE Gave Sterling Exhibition of Speed and Stamina in Winning Pelham Bay Handicap. NEW YORK, N. Y., October 22. C. A. Stone-hams Yellow Hand gave a sterling exhibition of speed and stamina at Empire City this afternoon. He won ,000 for his owner by carrying an impost of 130 pounds to victory from Thunderclap and Bon Homme in the. Pelham Bay Handicap, running the mile and an eighth in 1:53. He was shut off going to the first turn and followed the leaders under restraint until entering the stretch, where his rider took him to the outside. He then gained ground rapidly and, passing the leaders in the last sixteenth, drew out to win by a safe margin. Bon Homme went to the front and opened up a good lead in the baekstretch, but Thunderclap drew up to him on the turn and the pair were fighting it out when Yellow Hand challenged. Thunderclap, just managed to outlast the Xalapa Farm colt by a head at the finish. Donnacona, although favored by the lightest impost of the four starters, was the first to tire. He was through .by the time the field reached the lower turn and dropped back to last after racing closest to the leader in the early part of the race. Warmer weather and the Saturday half holiday brought the largest crowd of the - meeting to the track. The goiug was fast and well matched fields made the racing interesting. Knight of the Heather, under a well-judged ride by Ponce, furnished an upset by defeating Knobbie and Dimmcsdale in the Ramapo Highweight Handicap, the secondary feature. Ponce kept the Ogden gelding well up from the start, moved up entering the stretch and easily passed Knobbie in the final eighth. The latter set the pace from the start and after racing Black Rascal into defeat liad no speed in reserve to withstand the challenge of Knight of the Heather. Dlmmesdalc ran well to finish third considering that he dwelt at the start and had to close an immense gap. Gladiator again disappointed, tiring badly under his heavy weight. ... -Asterisk by getting away to a flying start gainrd such an advantage over his- opponents in the fifth race that he was never headed. He tired rapidly in the" .stretch, however, and Pickwick just missed catching him at the finish. Scottish Chief was third. Pickwick was probably tho best, but constant crowding by Scottish Chief impeded him in his efforts to overtake tlie leader. Turner rode one of his strongest finishes on the Garry Herrmann gelding and -with racing luck on his side would have won. PENITENTS MAIDEN VICTORY. Ponce slipped through next to the inside rail at the turn into the stretch with Penitent to win the sixth race and completed a double. Mary Patricia outlasted Emotion for second place. Penitent was an outsider, in tlie betting, so many, times has the daughter of the great Whitney race mare Regret gone to the post with much expected- of her only to fail miserably that the public would have none of her. The Turner following backed Mary Patricia down to even terms with Emotion, the early favorite. The race marked Peuitests maiden victory. She showed, good speed and held on well -in the stretch. Mary Patricia and Emotion made all of tho early pace, but went just wide enough at tlie turn to let Ponce slip through. From that time they were beaten. Turner started another day with a victory by riding W. It. Coes Canyon to his maiden triumph in the first race. Grandson was second and Bullet third. Canyon was much the best of the fifteen non-winners that faced the starter in this race. He went to the front soon after the start, drew away from his opponents and Avas never seriously threatened. Grandson started quickly and followed the leader all the way, but could not offer any serious challenge. He outlasted Bullet for second place. Tufter wore down Whisk in the final eighth and won the second race at a mile and seventy yards. Light Rose was third. Neddam got the jump on- the others, but McAtce sent Whisk up to the leader on the turn and rushed to the front early in the racing down the baekstretch. At the lower turn Neddam began to fall back rapidly and was not a serious factor thereafter. Whisk fought it out with Tufter in the stretch, but he began to tire in the last sixteenth and gave way to tlie winner. Light Rose held the others safe for third money. J. A. Cobum claimed Pickwick out of the fifth race for ,505. Among tlie visitors of the day was Richard Croker, former chieftain of Tammany Hall, who was formerly active on the turf in England and Ireland in years past. The poor race run by Leghorn Thursday in the Rainbow Selling Stakes was placed under invest!-, gation by the stewards of the meeting. It was learned that the filly was kicked while at the post and it is thought that this had much to do with her indifferent showing.
