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PRIVILEGED EASILY BEST Calumet Farm Colorbearer Impresses in Ardsley Handicap. Juvenile Race Overshadows More Valuable Scarsdale Handicap at Empire City Seabiscuit Wins. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct 24. Calumet Farm Stables Privileged, a horse that may turn out to be the best of the countrys two-year-olds, turned in an impressive performance this afternoon to win the about six furlongs ,500 added Ardsley Handicap, which was not the most valuable feature on the card at Empire City but which overshadowed the ,000 added Scarsdale Handicap in interest. With Eddie Arcaro putting up one of his best finishes, the son of Sir Gallahad III. drove up in the final seventy yards to take the measure of William Zeiglers pacemaking Zostera by a half length. He carried 126 pounds, conceding seventeen to the second horse. Zostera went out to set the pace, with the winner rated third until they were midway in the back stretch. There Arcaro moved up and passed Coramine, which had been chasing after the winner in a determined manner but which could not keep up when Pollard called on her for a hard drive. Around the far turn Zostera still led, but he was under urging and the second horse was moving easily. As they came into the stretch it still appeared the pacemaker had a chance, but Arcaro unloosed sl few knots on the winner as they went past the sixteenth post and at the seventy-yard mark was coming fastest of all. MUCH THE BEST. His margin of victory was slim, but he was much the best. He was simply running over horses at the end of the trip and could have taken them sooner in all probability, had his rider so elected. Your Honor turned in a good race and a game one to finish three lengths back of the runner-up. He was no match for the two leaders, but kept the silks of R. A. Mason out in front for a time and held on well under a hard drive. Coramine had her usual early speed, but it wasnt enough to carry her along with the band she met today. She tired after the real racing began. None of the others ever were in the race. The winner ran the distance in 1:09. Mrs. C. S. Howards Seabiscuit won the Scarsdale Handicap in one of the closest finishes of the meeting, driving home a nose in advance of Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Jesting. C. V. Whitneys Piccolo was third, just a head back of the runner-up. The race was marred by the fact that Jesting went up on Snow Fox and cut him down so badly he had to be destroyed. NIP AND TUCK. It was a nip and tuck struggle all the way and the winner was mighty lucky to score. He was clear of all interference and there was plenty cf interference, the race being one of the roughest of the season. Jesting caused the trouble, coming over on Steel Cutter as they made the turn, then hitting Emileo and finally going up on Snow Fox and cutting him down. Meantime Seabiscuit was clear and the jam occurred right behind him. That enabled him to draw away as they straightened out, but Jesting was catching him fast in the final yards. The time was 1:41 flat. A bright and perfect racing day brought about the largest crowd that has been seen at Empire City in many years. J. J. Morans Mariato charged up with a great rush on the outside to win the about six furlongs event that opened the sport, Horn going to a hard drive in the final sixteenth to bring the Sir Gallahad III. three-year-old from fourth place at a loss of ground to take the decision. At the end he was a neck clear of Starmount Stables Blood, with Mrs. Ethel Jacobs Identical another length back to take third. Destined was fourth in the field of ten that started. Bravado, which ruled the choice, showed a flash of speed in the first quarter, then quit to a walk. Silver Lagoon set the early pace, but began to shorten stride in the stretch and wound up next to last. The race was run in 1:11. F.ENICKS GOOD RIDE. Time Me, under a perfect rating ride from Sammy Renick, scored a front-running victory in the second, a mile and seventy yards. The winner streaked from the barrier to take the lead and drew off to a daylight advantage as they made the short run to the clubhouse turn. She continued to gain in on t flirt v-fourth Ttno?. PRIVILEGEDEASILY BEST Continued from third page. the back stretch run and Renick did not find it necessary to go to the whip in the final lane to finish out a length before Buttermilk. Sir Randolph was a length and one-half back of the runner-up and five before Chilca as they passed the judges. The first three horses dominated the running all the way and remained in the positions in which they finished for virtually the entire distance. They just couldnt reach Caught in the fifth, a mile and a furlong event He went on top at the break and resisted bid after bid to come home two lengths in advance of the field with Anderson in the saddle. Crystal Princes rider did his best and charged on the leader determinedly as they reached the final sixteenth pole, but the best he could do was to finish second. Hoops pursued the pace closely from the j start but tired in the final yards and finished third, a head back of the second horse. Dutch Uncle won the nightcap event, in an extremely tight fit. There were three heads on the post, with Evening Hour finishing second and Ruffy third. The winner, far back in the early stages, came up fast in the stretch to get the decision. The second horse was out in all the pace fight but could not quite keep up despite a lashing drive from Nick Wall. The race marked a "double" for Anderson.
