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TARRYIOWN TO TAKGLRINE I 9 j R. T. Wilsons Three-Year-Old Defeats Brainstorm. Ten-Lec Easily Accounts for the Pocahontas Handicap James Butlers Colors in Front. YONKERS. N. Y.. July 11. Ilk-hard J. Wilsons Tangerine was the winner of todays stake feature at Yonkers when he scored in the Tarrytown Selling Stakes, at a mil., , for three-year-olds. Henry Watersons Drain-storm was the one to finish second and third was the portion of E. B. McLeans Saddle and Boots, with James Butlers Picnic, the only other starter, a distant last. Brainstorm was the one to sot the pace and "C hick" Lang had Picnic under restraint back of him. while Tangerine was showing the way to Saddle and Boots. After swing-ins out of the baekstretch Lang shook up Picnic, and when the Butler gelding did not : respond he swung his whip sharply, but i; was of no avail. In the meantime Tangerine moved up with a rush on the inside and, stealing through, soon displaced Picnic from second place. Brainstorm was still showing the way when straightened for the run home, but 1an-gerinc was wearing him down rapidly and an eighth from home it was apparent that the Wilson three-year-old would be the winner. Saddle and Boots saved ground on the turn, but he was not gaining, while Picnic collapsed utterly when hard ridden in the stretch and was rapidly dropping back. JliBht at the end Tangerine was a half length to the good and going away, while Brainstorm beat Saddle and Boots almost three lengths for second place, and Picnic was a full ten lengths farther away. The Tarrytown was worth ,0..5 to the winner. The day was an ideal one for the sport and there was another large crowd out. What was really of more racing interest than the Tarrytown was the Pocahontas, an overnight handicap for fillies and mares, three-year-olds and over, at the short three-quarter distance. This brought together seven first-class sprinters with the Allies Stables Wishbone the top-weight under 111 pounds. This race proved only a romp for Mrs. Louise Viaus Ten-Lec. She left the post Hying and soon had opened up a big lead with Wishbone racing second and Prodigious showing the way to Bantry Pass and the others were in fairly close order. Lang went right along with Ten-Lec until she was almost ten lengths to the good before the stretch was reached. There the only interest left was in the battle for second place and Bantry Pass fought it out to last long enough to save that part of the purse from Elected II. by a nose. Wishbone failed badly in the stretch drive and was beaten for fourth place by Prodigious. QUEEN BLONDE IN TUIU3IPII. There was a good finish in the second nice when C. W. Gassers old mare Queen Blonde was just up to beat home Mrs. N. L. Byers Orderly in the closing strides, while J. L. Donahays Arnold B. was the one to race third. Orderly was the one to cut out all the running with a slow pace, and he looked a sure winner at the head of the stretch where he was drawing away from Arnold B. and apparently galloping strongly. Then In the last eighth Queen Blonde closed with a great rush on tne outside and right at the end Orderly tired badly to be beaten by a head. Arnold B. was third, three lengths farther back. In this race Meadoworth wheeled at the start and was left at the post. For an opening race the offering was a selling dash of five eighths for two-year-old fillies and in a spirited contest Jake Byers Three Square was winner from the Oakridge Stables Contact and William Martins Little Hope. Contact was the one to set the pace, but Little Hope and Three Square were never far away. Then at the head of the stretch Fator closed with a rush on the outside with Three Square and she was going away at the end with plenty to spare. Noonhour, a son of Uncle Noontide, carrying the colors of the Longacre Farm, graduated from the maiden class by scoring In the fifth race in the closest finish of the afternoon. After racing Heirloom into defeat, Noonhour took the lead, but Miller had to ride his best to keep him there. Susiana was the one to menace the winner. Had she got away in her stride instead of beginning slowly and being forced to close a big gap she would probably have won. At the end she was going faster than the winner and gaining with every stride. James Butler scored his first victory of the meeting when Hard Guess, a colt of his own breeding, by Pebbles Miss Puzzle, romped home an easy winner of the closing dash, the Riverside Purse, a dash of a mile and seventy yards. Hard GUess led all the way by a safe margin, although there might have been a different story to tell had not Martin A. Noonan almost fell going to the first turn. He, however, recovered and, closing a big ; gap, finished a fast third.
