view raw text
; j j I I j j j j i I ! j I I | j j HAKES SHOW OF OPPONENTS 1 ♦ Miss Merriment Carries Emanuel Colors to an Easy Victory. Observant Impresses Empire City Spectators by Easy Triumph in Fourth Race of Program. NEW YORK, N. Y., July 18.— Victor Emmanuels Miss Merriment, showing a vast improvement over her last previous effort, was an easy winner of the Chevalier Purse at the Hilltop course today. This was a five and three-quarter furlongs dash that attracted the best sprinters in training, and the daughter of High Time made a show of the others to gallop the distance in 1:08%. Mrs. Deering Howes Only One easily took second place, and well back of the son of Lucillite, E. R. Bradleys Brother Joe out-gamed W. Grahams Open Range for third. This was the best offering of a good card furnished by the Empire City Association and, with delightful racing weather, a big crowd was out for the sport. In the sprint feature there was some delay at the post, for which Miss Merriment and Open Range were to biame, but the start was a good one. Brother Joe was first to show from the stalls, but he was almost instantly headed by Miss Merriment and, as the filly took command, Sammy Renick sent her right along until she was a couple of lengths clear and showing no signs of quitting. Brother Joe, Only One and Open Range, closely lapped in the order named, went after the filly, while Gentle Knight and Hedric, the only other starters, were in the rear. The last named soon dropped completely out of the running, while Gentle Knight was never able to materially improve his position. Swinging into the stretch Only One for an instant gained on the Emanuel filly until he was within a length of her, but Renick had only to shake up his mount and she drew away again to be past the line in hand and winner by two lengths. This challenge of Only One carried him four lengths before Brother Joe, and the Bradley horse only saved third from Open Range by a head, and Gentle Knight was another head back. Max Hirsch, who has had a full measure of success at the meeting, uncovered a good one in the fourth, a mile and seventy yards for non-winners of two races, when he saddled Morton L Schwartz Observant. The son of On Watch was making his first start of the year and he simply galloped home before Flint Shot from the Maemcre Farm Stable. Third and fourth in the running went to H. C. Phipps Cleves and the Wheat-ley Stables Carry Over, a coupled pair, generally looked upon as the surest winning combination of the day. From a good start, Merrittt went right out with Observant and he was soon showing the way under restraint. Sun Alley raced second and Wise Revue third, but in the back stretch Rainey slipped through with Carry Over until he was alongside Observant. As he headed Observant, Merritt made no effort to sprint with him, but before the stretch was reached Observant had regained the lead and the race was over. The opening five furlongs dash was for plater two-year-olds and went to Ike Perl-steins Greenstone in a driving finish to beat Thomas B. Gays Alanova, while Phillip Biebers Merry Bud, favorite for the run-j ning, was a fast-closing third after having met with much interference. Alanova left the post fast and she was the one to set all the pace. In the early stages | Molly went after her closely and Greenstone was not far back of these. Merry Bud. after crossing from the outside to a rail position, j was trapped there and knocked about badly , until she did not have a chance to take a full stride. In the meantime, Alanova raced Molly into submission when the stretch was reached and there Greenstone charged along on the outside. At the same time Hunter was making vigorous efforts to come through on the | inside with Merry Bud. Finally he pulled j out to find room, but Greenstone had fin-j ished with a rush that saw him winner by ; a length, while Alanova had lasted to save j second place by a nose from the unfortunate Merry Eud. Mae Skilling finished fourth, | but she was three lengths in back of the ! first three. ! Mrs. A. S. Dodds Occidental, ridden by the apprentice Chanove, was winner over the big field of cheap maidens that met in the second race. It was a driving finish with Mrs. Marge Schimmels Diecaster taking second place, and Mrs. W. T. Andersons Rose Hazen beat Saladin for third. From a good start, The Rake was first to show in front, but only for an instant when he was headed by Lady Merman. Occidental was right after these and Rose Hazen was racing forwardly, but forced to go to the outside. On the back stretch The Rake was again showing the way and he still had command when the stretch was reached, but Occidental was close after him and as he quit badly in the final furlong the son of Ladkin took command to stick it out and be the winner by a half length. 1 — A
