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GOOD SPORT AT EMPIRE Dry Moon Beats Billy Warren in Sterling- Stretch Battle. By Ilissclf Scores Impressive Victory In Juvenile Handicap Frigate Outlasts McAuliffc. ! YONKERS, N. T., Oct 17 It was another good day of racing that was furnished by the Empire City Racing Association at its track on the hill Friday. There was no outstanding feature, but for the most part the fields were nicely balanced and excellent contests resulted. One of the best races was a two-year-old handicap that fell to Walter M. Jeffords By Hisself in a good fight with Richard T. Wilsons Faddist Another good race was a short three-quarter claiming handicap that brought about a stirring stretch battle between C. A. Stonehams Dry Moon and Frank E. Browns Billy Warren. j After the finish of the race M. Fator, who i had the mount on Billy Warren, lodged a claim of foul against McAtee, who rode Dry Moon, the winner. There was some bump between the pair at the head of the stretch and Billy Warren was in rather close quarters at the end, but there was no good reason for a disqualification and the order of the finish was not disturbed. There Avas but little delay at the post in this claiming handicap, and the start was a good one, with Dry Moon first to show in front Billy Warren was closely lapped on him and Rigel on the inside, was just showing the way to the others. He was unable to come clear from his place on the inside and when Polycarp raced up on the outside of him ho was shuffled back slightly and leaving the back stretch the order was Billy Warren, Polycarp and Dry Moon, the last named on the outside. McAtee sent Dry Moon around the other two, until when the stretch was reached he was right with Billy Warren and as he came alongside the pair of them bumped, but it did not seem to interfere with either one. Billy Warren had the inside berth and from the eighth post home McAtee had him in rather close quarters, though he was not impeded. The pair of them battled it out to Continued on sixteenth page. . ; I s t ! i i I i GOOD SPORT AT EMPIRE ! Continued from first page. the last stride where Dry Moon -was winner by a neck. Then right at the end Deputy was closing with a rush that saw him take third from the tiring Polycarp. Rigel, after having been shuffled back leaving the back stretch, closed some ground, but was repeatedly blocked and he was going well at the end. Fifteen cheap two-year-olds paraded in the opening three-quarters dash and H. S. Bowns Akbar, with Happy Buxton in the saddle, was winner from the Joaquin Stables Canister, and J. L. Prices Carthage saved third. The start was a good one, but Akbar was quickest to be under way and Buxton made good use of the advantage, going into a good lead. Teton had begun well on the inside and for an instant threatened to go to the leader but he was soon in close quarters and was shuffled back and had no chance. The others raced in fairly clcse order and Bill Winfrey was another that met with some interference. Through the stretch Akbar was tiring badly while Canister was closing resolutely, but Bowns colt had enough left to stick it out and win by a length and Carthage, though miserably ridden by J. McCoy, just beat Wracklane for third place. One of the best fields of the day went to the post in the five and a half furlongs of the Rosetree Handicap for juveniles, in which Walter M. Jeffords By Hisself was winner from Richard T. AVilsons Faddist Five started and John Maddens McCrim-mon saved third from the Leona . Farms New Moon with Frank Browns Laplander, the top weight of the company, beaten off in last place. From a good start New Moon and Faddist were first to show out of the bunch, with Laplander just showing the way to By Hisself and McCrimmon last Faddist, with a position next to the inside rail, raced into a lead of a length over New Moon, and McCrimmon was rushed up until he was lapped on the Leona Farm colt Kummer was permitting By Hisself to settle nicely into his stride and he was on the heels of McCrimmon. Laplander was finding his burden of 125 pounds too big a handicap and he was far back and was not making up any ground. It was not until safely out of the back stretch that By Hisself materially improved his position. There Kummer called on him, and moving up gradually he was soon alongside of McCrimmon and close on the heels of Faddist, while New Moon had about enough and was dropping back badly. Kummer was forced to- go a bit wide on the stretch turn when he went around McCrimmon, but it was accomplished, and going into the straight he had the Madden colt headed and was close after Faddist Callahan realized the danger and went to a drivo on Faddist The colt responded to the call but By His-i self had plenty in reserve and he readily drew up, until at the end he was a neck to the good and going away. Faddist beat Mc-! Crimmon by three lengths and he in turn was half that distance before the tired New Moon. The race of By Hisself was doubly im-1 pressive, for the reason that while handi-. capped at 112 pounds, he carried four pounds overweight, so that he gave away weight to each starter except Laplander, and that colt finished a bad last. Rather a smart band went to the post for the mile of the second race and H. M. II ow-1 ards Frigate, after forcing all tho pace, lasted to beat Jefferson Livingstons Mc- Auliffe, while Triple Springs Farms Wilkes-Barre saved third from J. McMillans Isosceles, with the Swingalong Stables Rival last of the five that raced. Callahan rushed Frigate from the rise of the barrier and it was Rival that went after him. McAuliffe was heading the other two, but was being outrun for the first half mile. Rival hung to Frigate for the run through the backstretch and the pair of them went along closely lapped with Frigate on the inside. It was rounding out of the backstretch that Rival began to tire but as he did McAuliffe moved up strongly on the inside and he was rapidly closing on Frigate as the turn for home was made. But Callahan made a good turn into the straight and rousing his mount througli the final eighth had him home winner by half a length. After going with the pace through the early stages Rival collapsed badly and finished last of the company, while Wilkes-Barre finished strongly to be third though he in no way threatened the first two. Kellerman, top-weight and racing for F. S. Page, accounted for the fifth race at one mile and seventy yards, in a hard drive from S. Goochs Flying Devil, while J. Livingstons Levoy was third. The winner, ridden by Buxton, came from behind the pace and after drawing away into the lead just lasted to stall off the fast-closing Flying Devil. James Butlers Confetti was winner of the final race of the afternoon in a hard drive, by a narrow niargin from J. C. Baldwins Reliable, while" E. Arlingtons Gladys V. was third.
