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DEFEATS OLD HORSES Two-Year-OIcI Blanc Seing Outstays Emotion at a Mile. Next to the Last Day at Empire City Marked by a Big Crowd and Some Fair Racing. NEW - YORK, N. T., October 27 Thera was an argument presented for more Ions races for two-Sear-olds over the New York tracks in the fall of the year when William Daniels Blanc Seing, a two-year-old, was winner from older horses in a mile handicap. At the end he was showing the way to the speedy filly Emotion, while Nose Dive, racing for the first time under the silks of H. M. Howard, saved third place from Cirrus. Others beaten were Modo and Flannel Shirt, both three years of age. This was the best race on an overnight card of purses that was offered by the Empire City Association today. The track was in its best condition. The weather was bracing and suitable for the sport, while the crowd was up to the usual Empire City size, which has been large from the beginning of the meeting. Knobbie, Sleive-conard. Horologe and Tangerine were all withdrawn from the handicap and Emotion had Modo for her running mate, both being saddled by George Odom. From a good start Merimee at once went out into the lead with Blanc Seing and although Sanda sent old Cirrus away from the post in the lead he did not have speed enough to stay with the two-year-old. Emotion soon found her way into second place, while Nose Dive, after beginning well enough, almost at once dropped back until he was last of the field. Modo was also showing scant speed and Flannel Shirt toiling along far back. Through the backstretch Merimee kept Blanc Seing in his proud position and the colt was galloping smoothly, but Emotion was so close after him that it seemed she would go to the front whenever asked. Cirrus was dropping back under Sandes vigorous riding, while Modo was beginning to make up some ground, but Nose Dive was still many lengths away, although in most of his races he has shown becoming early speed. Through the stretch Bice drove Emotion hard in an effort to catch the two-year-old, but he hung on resolutely enough to be the winner by a half length. Then right at the end Nose Dive dashed up on the outside with a belated rush and landed in third place, beating Cirrus by a narrow margin for that portion of the purse. Modo and Flannel Shirt followed in the order named. THOMAS MISTAKE COSTLY. The race of second importance was a five and a half furlongs dash, for two-year-olds, at the end of the program. This brought together August Belmonts fast filly How Fair, Shamrock. Ducks and Drakes and Peddler. It resulted in a good race in which How Fair triumphed over Shamrock, leading all the way and winning in fast itme by three-quarters of a length, with Peddler a far-back third. A different result might have attended the finish had not rider Thomas unwisely attempted to shoot Shamrock through on the inside and, failing, had to take his mount up and come on the outside of How Fair. This cost some ground and not impossibly the race. Baffles captured the first race of the day. Fluff, at a long price, defeated Mary Agnes S. narrowly in the second. The Almoner provided Sande with an easy winning mount in the third, and Transient defeated Huonec by a reasonably safe margin in the fifth. Trainer S. C. Hildreth will transfer the horses of the Rancocas Stable to Pimlico Sunday. If the present plans of this tablish-ment are not changed Hildreth will campaign a number of horses at Bowie also. Fifteen of II. P. AVhitneys string which have been raced at Empire City will be shipped to Maryland by Fred Hopkins Monday morning. General manager F. J. Bruen of the Cuba-America Jockey and Auto Club departed for Laurel Park to witness the running of the Washington Handicap and confer with Jame3 Milton, assistant manager of the Cuban association, regarding the island shipment. Joseph McLennan was a visitor from Maryland in the interests of the Bowie stake races and distributed blanks among the horsemen. He is enthusiastic over the prospects for the meeting. J. W. Pangle came on to attend the sale of horses in training in the Empire City paddock Saturday in quest of racing material for the Havana meeting.
