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KUMMER FAMILYS BIG DAY rr r t-t Riding of the Two Brothers Feature Empire City Racing. James Butlers Colors in Front Twice Monastery Beats Esquire and Turnabout. . ir u-i NEW YORK. N. Y., October 21. The Kummer family-bad a big day at Empire City, young E. Kummer scoring a double in winning the first race with Goodhart and the fourth with Grandson. The elder Kummer rode the Foreign Stables Monastery to victory in the third race. The days program was a drab collection of races which attracted only the cheaper grade of horses. There seems to be a superabundance of the cheaper two-year-olds in competition this fall. The original first race of today drew thirty entries and when the fourth race of the regular program failed to fill the first was split and divided into two sections. The second section, run as the fourth race, gave young Kummer his opportunity to complete -a double. He gradually worked his way up with Grandson after a slow start and closed with a burst of speed to take the lead in the stretcli. Grandson held on gamely and outlasted Fayelle at the finish. Delhi Maid was third. Red Tom, the favorite, and Swift Grass, the second choice, were beaten by- the time the stretch Avas reached; E. Kummer slipped through next- to the- inside rail entering the stretch with Goodhart, one of the extreme outsiders, and Avon the first race from fourteen other two-year-olds. Fusee was second and Citation third. Awning, Simple Simon and Fusee-racr-d head and head down the backstretch, with Fusee holding a slight advantage. At the turn into the stretch Robinson, on Fusee, which held the inside position, apparently bore out iu an attempt to carry Simple Simon and Awning wide. This gave Kummer his chance and he guided Goodhart through to a comparatively easy victory. Marinelli showed good judgment to win the second race with Tody. When lie found himself unable "to shake off Major Parke, the extreme outsider, after racing with him to the lower turn lie took his mount under restraint and gave her a breathing spell until entering the stretch. When straightened out for the final dash Tody, under a mild urging, came up again with a rush and easily passed Major Parke to win going away. Tufter was third. He closed with a fast rush after starting slowly and was gaining on Major Parke at the end. Monastery, the odds-011 favorite, had little trouble taking the third race from Esquire and Turnabout. He raced to the front with the rise of the barrier and opened up a long lead in the drive down the backstretch. He had no trouble in holding his advantage in the face of a strong challenge by Esquire. The latter tired under pressure, but easily outlasted Turnabout. Ragamuffin, an extreme outsider, ran away three-quarters of a mile before the race. He was tired out when the barrier went up and McAtee pulled him up. He had to be led to the judges stand. TEN BUTTONS KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT. James Butlers Beach Star, ridden by Turner, took the lead on the lower turn and drew away easily to win by a wide margin from Ten Buttons in the fifth race, at one mile. Good Bye dropped back after making the early pace and finished last. The race Avas a severe blow for the admirers of Ten Buttons, which was a pronounced choice. James Butlers colors were seen in front for the second time during the afternoon. Picnic Avon the last race. Hephaistos was second and Irish Brigadier third. The Butler starter came through on the inside in the stretch and Avore down Hephaistos in the final strides. Two youngsters changed barns after the first race. Vineyard was claimed by B. Kaminis for 1,710 and Awning went to II. G. Wilkins for the same amount. Monastery was claimed out of the third race by C. Buxton for ,305. The Lexington Stable and Xalapa Farm horses left Empire City today. Seven of the horses went to Pimlico in charge of trainer K. Patterson, and seven went to Havre de Grace in charge of Roy Walden, where they will go into winter quarters. R. J. Horner claimed Grandson out of the fourth race for ,750. James Hewitt, trainer for Maxwell Howard, succumbed yesterday to an attack of spinal meningitis. Hewitt recently sold his stable to Colonel Howard, but continued in charge as trainer of the string. Among the Howard horses which have been campaigning this fall on New York tracks are Frigate, St. Allan and Sea Cove. T. J. Healey. acting for R. T. Wilson, sold the two-year-old Kirtle to E. Peters. Healey Avill take part of the James Butler string to Maryland to campaign at Pimlico and Bowie, follOAving the close of the Empire City meeting. N. L. Bycr sold San Stefauo to II. G. Wilkinson.
