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YELLOW HAND IN TRIUMPH - . Adds Yorktown Handicap to His j Impressive List of Victories. : Metropolitan Season of Racing Ends Before Largest Crowd of Empire Meeting. NEW YORK, X. Y., October 29. C. A. Stone-ham s Yellow Hand, four-year-old son of Rossen-da.le Yellow Sea, rounded out a fall season of exceptional success by taking tlie Yorktown Handicap, which featured the final day of 19:11 metropolitan racing at Empire City tliis afternoon, lie added ?4,850 to th? stable earnings of his fortunate owner and demonstrated once more his right to top rank among the handicap horses of the East. Yellow Hand picked up 132 pounds today, while the Raneoeas Stables Thunderclap carried nine pounds less, and covered the mile and a quarter in 2:03, an exceptional performance "when the present condition of the Yonkers track is considered. The clay surface of the track is soft and deep in loose soil and record time is almost out of the question. Yellow Hands fractional time for the Yorktown Handicap shows the first quarter mile in 2373, the half in 48, three-quarters in 1:12 and the mile in l:39f,. Yellow Hand was held under stout restraint through the early part of the race, while Bon Homme, favored by his light impost of 105 pounds, wns burning- up tlie track out in front. He moved up on the lower turn, passed Bon Homme easily at the turn into the stretch and was eased up through the final sixteenth. He won by a length from Hon Homme, while Thunderclap beat Edwina for third money. Thunderclap was a disappointment. He followed the others most of the way. and although lie closed gamely through the stretch he failed to gain on the leaders and was under pressure through the stretch to outlast Edwina. And so the curtain went down on the 1921 New York racing season. Warm weather and a good getaway program attracted the largest crowd of the meeting. They watched Yellow Hand and Hupported hhn heavily. They saw the star of Raiioocas, which shorn: brightly early in this years racing in the metropolitan district, in eclipse at the end of it. ARMY RACE AGAIN A FIZZLE. There was another army race. It did not leave a much better taste in the mouth of race-goers than the farcical affair at Jamaica, although there was a semblance of competition at some stages of todays race. Major Metcalf Reeds Long Trail, ridden by Major Stevenson, had no trouble winning. Captain Hartwell Temple, waiting so long with Katie Canal that there was no chance to overtake Long Trail when he put his mount under a drive. Bird Man was third. There was a confusing jumble at the start, which was decidedly ragged. Major Stevenson kept Long Trail under restraint to the lower turn, where he movpd tip and raced Bird Man into defeat. Long Trail drew- away easily and was under a pull through the final eighth, while Captain Temple was wasting a lot of futile punishment on Katie Canal. The rest of the field was strung out in Indian file halfway down the course. Tangerine, after lie appeared beaten, responded to urging in the stretch and won the first race from Clnnhells, with Nightboat third. Knot Grass led the others to the stretch. He was drawing away from Tangerine, his closest pursuer, ou the turn. He went a trifle wide at the stretch turn, allowing Nightboat to slip through next to the inside rail. Then Tangerine came up and raced Knot Grass into, defeat. Glenbells followed Tangerine past the other leaders and raced gamely with him to the finish, but could not quite overtake him. Knot Grass quit badly and dropped out of the money. THE BOY IN A PAST FINISH. The Boy just lasted to win the second race from .Tyutec. Round Robin was third. Buxton rushed i The Boy into the lead at once and drew away from the :others. Mavourneen followed in closest pursuit to the stretch turn, but then began to drop back. Fa tor, on Jyntee, meantime was meeting with considerable interference. Overcoming this the Fair Ilay mare closed with a great rush and probably would have won if the race had been a yard longer. , Young: E. Kumtner Avon another race by good riding judgment when he piloted Major Parke to i victory over Sea Sinner and Jock Scot in the Old I Hickory Purse, at a mile and seventy yards. Knm-nier . saved Major Parke until the lower turn and I after entering the stretch caught and passed Jock ; Scot to win with speed in reserve. Jock Scot tired l badly and Sea Sinner slipped through on the inside ! and easily outlasted him for second place. It. G. Dennys two-year-old Adventure had the ! distinction of winning the last race of the New York fall season. He went into the lead at the turn into the stretch and drew away at the finish. Red Tom just managed to push his nose ahead of Simple Simon at the end for second place. The rest of the field never entered seriously into contention. T. J. Healey will take over the horses of "Walter J. Salmon on December 1, it was announced today. The string comprises sixteen yearlings and seven older horses. They will be wintered at stable 10, Belmont "Park. Jockey C. Turner will go to New Orleans to ride for G. A; Marshall after the Christmas holidays. Trainer W. Shields will ship Edwina to Sun Briar Court at Binghamton, X. Y., tomorrow. E. Sietashas retired his own horses and those of H. Alterman for the year. The string will winter at the old Gravosend track. Horsemen will be allowed to winter their stables at the old track, as the title for the grounds, which were recently sold to a realty firm, does not pass for three months. Nedijiim was claimed out of the second race by M. Gershel, a newcomer to racing, for 9:1,710. The Riviera Stable sold the two-year-old Silver-ton to M. J. Murphy.
