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BAD RACING WEATHER Furnished Empire City Patrons, but They Turn Out Anyhow. Fly by Day Surprises in Defeating Miss Star Narrowly in the Main Race of the Day. YONKERS, N. Y., Oct 23. It was the most disagreeable racing day of all the year a the hill, where the James Butlers track on Empire City Racing Association holds forth, out for the entertainment crowd big but there was a furnished. The Yonkers patrons are a hardy sort and and icy cold rain and an occasional wintry blast that came over their ardor, a he the course did not dampen racing was surprisingly good, considering the unfavorable weather conditions. There down for decision, but was no stake race no stake race could have aroused much more with the finish of the of a thrill than came Winsome Handicap, a three-quarters dash for fillies and mares of every age. lhe field of three-year-old fillies and was made up H. P. Whitneys Fly by Day was the winner by the narrowest of margins from the Riviera Stables Miss Star, the top weight of the field. James S. Farinas Paula Shay was a close third. The only other starter was Samuel Willetts Nantokah. There was some delay at the post, but the start was a good one and Nantokah, the lightweight of the field, was first to go out in the lead. Kummer had the rail position with Fly by Day and was right after the gray filly and Miss Star, farther out in the track, was close at hand. Nantokah was showing wonderful speed in the going, but it was evident that both Fly by Day and Miss Star had something left and Turner, on Miss Star, was watching Kummer just as Kummer was watching Turner. Both moved at the same time and the real race was on. VERDICT BY A 20SE. The two fast fillies swung into the stretch closely lapped and there was little to choose between them right to the end. On they came striding like a team, but at the end it was Fly by Day that had her nose in front and a length back of them Paula Shay, after saving ground the stretch turn, was third. The mile and a quarter fifth race proved easy for William Daniels Olynthus when L. Fator brought him through on the inside at the head of the stretch to win easily from Vulcain Park, with Masquerado, the only other starter, a distant third. The start was a good one and OBrien, the little apprentice who rode Vulcain Park, at once rushed him into a good lead and Olynthus was following on the inside, with Masquerado not far away. This was the order until ncaring the turn out of the backstretch, where Masquerado also rushed by Olynthus, but failed to hold his position next to the rail and when coming to the stretch turn Fator showed Olynthus up and the Daniel plater quickly went through to come on and score an easy victory. A big field of two-year-old maidens came together in the opening dash of five and a half furlongs and Jake Byers Royal Miss proved best in the going, when she beat James Butlers Watch Charm home, with F. S. Pages Little Thistle beating Florence B. Walker for third place. Watch Charm dashed out and set a good pace, but Royal Miss, after beginning forwardly, showed distinct ability to run well in the going and was never far away. At the head of the stretch Watch Charm began to tire and Jelly went to the whip in an effort to hold his lead. STUTTS RIDES VIGOROUSLY. Stutts was riding Royal Miss with hands and heels, and she was soon alongside. Then in the last eighth she came on to win going away. Little Thistle finished resolutely in third place, and the others were well strung out After five had been scratched from the mile and seventy yards dash that was the second race there were only five left to run and W. V. Casey furnished the winner in Scare Crow, with II. Roseachers Bessie Leighton running to second place, Soviet closing a big gap to finish a distant third. Lank cut out most of the early pace, but both Bessie Leighton and Scare Crow were close after him and the filly had him beaten in the first half mile. But when Bessie Leighton moved up Scare Crow rushed up on the outside himself and readily headed her. Until well into the stretch Bessie Leighton seemed . to have a good chance, but Scare Crow was particularly helped by the muddy going and held a good advantage readily to win with plenty speed to spare while Bessie Leighton beat the others by a wide margin. There was another Byer victory in the mile and seventy yards of the third race when Continued on sixteenth pace. BAD RACING WEATHER Continued from first pace. H. L. Byer saddled E. W. Prices Rekab, with John McTaggart in the saddle. He scored a hollow victory over George Petersons Antilles, a superior -mud runner, and the Lilane Stables Grandson was a distant third. In this. McTaggart, after getting Rekab away fast, raced Cordelier into defeat in the early racing, then readily held Antilles safe for the rest of the race. The two drew away into a long lead before the stretch was reached, but Antilles was never close enough to seriously threaten the winner. Grandson had, besides Cordelier, only Anterior to beat, this being another race that was shot to pieces by scratches. A. J. Contento claimed Masquerado out of the fifth rate for ,000. H. C. Fishers Nellie Morse was being shipped by trainer A. B. Gordon to Empire City across the bay for her engagement in the Winsome Handicap and the vessel encountered a storm on her voyage, delaying the arrival of the Luke McLuke filly sufficiently to cause her to be withdrawn by th officials.
