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j i , j . j i , FOREIGN STABLES GEORGIE Impressively Accounts for the West Point Handicap. - . Diomedes First in Mile and a Quarter Race Siren Maid Beats Thimble by Inches. f n NEW YORK, N. Y., October 25. The Foreign Stables recent purchase, Georgie, which made such an indifferent showing in his last previous start, had little trouble in winning the West Point High-weight Handicap, which featured the card at Empire City today. James Butlers East View, the extreme outsider in the betting, was the only one of the four starters to offer him any .serious competition. Knmmcr held Georgie under restraint behind East View in the early part of the race, but the Foreign Stable starter had no trouble in taking command when called on in the stretch. The Star Shoot gelding moved up quickly, running as smoothly as a machine, came even with the leader in the final sixteenth and was going away at the finish to win by a length. East Views early pace was too fast for Knight of the Heather and Sea Cove, the only other starters, and they were out of contention by the time the stretch was reached. They ran a little nice of their own for third money in which Knight of the Heather proved best. Siren Mnid just lasted to beat Thimble by a head in the second race at one mile. Sagacity was third. Fa tor sent Sagacity to the front while going to the first turn and set a fast pace. Babin kept Siren Maid closest in pursuit of the pacemaker to the last turn, where he began to move up. He disposed of Sagacity before reaching the stretch and took a clear lead. Meantime McAtce, on Thimble, had been moving up gradually on the outside. The Iluon filly closed up with a great rush through the stretch aud would probably have won in a few more strides. Star Court, a rank outsider, raced into such a long lead on the backstretch that he was never seriously threatened in the third race. Solid Rock easily disposed of the others for the place. Joe Joe was third. Challenger, the favorite, was a disappointment. We made a move while rounding the last turn, but quit before working into a contending position. The rest of the bulky field never entered seriously into contention and were strung along through the stretch as the winner crossed the finish. FATOR BIG HELP TO ROSE HILL. Rose Will, coupled with Doughnut as favorite, wore Nose Dive down in the last sixteenth and won the first race by a length, with Chewink third. Fator held Rose Will under a hard pull through the early part of the race, while Nose Dive was racing with Chewink out in front. The Aeronaut gelding had disposed of Chewink by the time the stretch racing started and was drawing away when Rose Will came up with her challenge. Fator managed to work the filly into a contending position by holding to the rail on the turn into the stretch and, saving much ground, she raced up to Nose Dive in the last sixteenth. She was going away at the finish. Turner rode Diomedes, the odds-ou choice, to an easy victory over Antoinette and Lady Emme-lino in the fifth race, at a mile and n quarter. Diomedes was held behind the early pace set by Wynnewood. He went to the front on the lower turn and drew away ensily into a long lead, which he held to the finish. Antoinette was easily the best of the others. She raced torwarly all the way and held on well in the final drive to outlast Lady Emmeline, which tired under pressure near the finish. Wynnewood quit after going a mile. The Oak Ridge Stable entry, Northcliff and Dan Boiling, finished one two in the final race, for maiden two-year-olds. Fitzgibbon was thlru. Northcliff went to the front at once aud opened a long lead. His stablemate followed in closest pursuit all the way, but was tiring badly through the stretch and barely outlasted Fitzgibbon for second place. The Oak Ridge Stable will retire Sea Mint to the stud next year, it was announced today. He will be mated with cold blooded mares to get hunters, it is said. Mad Hatter is through with racing for the year. He pulled up lame after a work-out in preparation for the Yorktown Handicap, to be run at Empire City next Saturday. Mad Hatter, with several others of the Rancocas string, will be shipped to the Rancocas farm at Jobstown, N. J., at the termination of the metropolitan racing season. Jockey E. Ambrose was able to convince the stewards of the Empire meeting that he was not to blame for the fall suffered by M. Harrison in the first race Monday and the officials restored him to good standing.
