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: | I I VETERAN GENERAL A. WINS ♦ Starts Slowly but Finishes Well at Empire City Course. ] • 1 Muddy Track Results In Some Withdraw- als— Four Horses Fall in Bad Acci- 1 dent In Third. j • 1 3 NEW YORK, N. Y., July 25.— Old General A., the son of General Thatcher and An- ] nagh, which races for James Kelly, was ] winner of the best offering of the Empire ] City Association at the Hilltop course today. This old fellow has been starting every third day of the meeting, but he stands up well under the steady grind and this was an easy score when he raced five and three-quarter furlongs in the Rye Beach Purse in 1:09% over a track that was muddy from the rains . of Tuesday night. Well back of the old fel- : low Henry Olivers Fidelis raced to second ■ place, and Mamie Dioguardis Dunlilt was a distant third, beating English Knight for that part of the* purse. The only other starter was Eldee, which did not show the ; speed that marked her previous race. There was a threat of rain almost all aft- ; ernoon, but the rain clouds made the racing that much more enjoyable after the blistering sun that has been a part of many racing days. The track, while off somewhat, was not as muddy as was expected after the heavy rainfall, but its condition had changed enough to bring about a number of scratches. In the feature sprint there was only a slight delay at the post and the five left on the same stride. General A. was more sluggish than the others and it took the old chap so long to find a racing stride that he was a bad last at the end of the first furlong. In fact he was so far back of the others there were fears of his being able to catch them. Eldee left in motion and Dunlilt was right with her with English Knight in an outside position following closely. Eldee did not last long and then it was Dunlilt and English Knight that took command with little to choose between the pair. Eldee was doing her best back of them and then came Fidelis, which was a full three lengths before General A. English .Knight, which was making his first appearance of the season, tired before the stretch was reached and there Dunlilt opened up a lead of two lengths. By this time General A. was moving up, but it did not seem possible he would catch the son of Dunlin. Then in the final furlong Dunlilt quit badly and it was all over. The big brown horse went to the front easily to be home winner by a length and a half. In fact, Dunlilt made such a good job of quitting that Fidelis, under a vigorous ride by Sammy Renich, also caught him to beat him four lengths for second place. English Knight had quit badly, but he outstayed the disappointing Eldee. Victor Emanuels High Hand II. came back with a winning race in the opening five furlongs dash that was confined to juvenile fillies. At the end she was going away to beat Charmed Eyes, from the B. B. Stable, and A. Abbots Hilise. High Hand II. showed a decided liking for the muddy going when she took command as she left her stall, and Rosengarten kept her well out from the rail and in the best going all through the race. At the end she still had a length and a half to spare. Charmed Eyes and Cardamon were the ones to go after the winner, but Cardamon was on the inside and she tired badly in the 1 going, while the filly carried on with a degree of gameness. Hilise and Treasury Key both met with J some interference in the running, and there was some little excuse for the showing of j each. A. T. Nichols of Little Neck was a guest . Wednesday afternoon. It marked his first : visit to a race track since the old Gutten-berg days. «
