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ESPOSA VERSUS IDLE MISS Yorktown Handicap at Empire City Draws Brilliant Field Ardsley Handicap Shares Honors and Brings BringsOut Out Speedy Band of TwoYear TwoYearOld Old Campaigners NEW YORK N Y Oct 21 The Empire City Racing Association will offer its most ambitious program of the fall season at the Butler grounds this afternoon with the re ¬ newals of the Yorktown and Ardsley both handicaps topping the program programThe The first named mile and a furlong race through its 7500 endowment is the richer of the two but the mile and seventy yard juvenile affair carrying 5000 in added money promises a contest fully as interest Ing Esposa and Idle Miss will be thor ¬ oughly tested in the threeyearold and up ¬ ward event by a crack pair in Mythical King and Great Union The twoyearold attrac ¬ tion will bring forth the improving Lovely Night unbeaten Xalapa Clown and Gilded Knight They appear the smartest of the nine entrants entrantsTRACK TRACK DRYING OUT OUTThe The mile oval dried out steadily this after ¬ noon under the influence of a light breeze and warm sun It should be at its best for this afternoons competition barring further rain rainOvernight Overnight there does not appear to be a stand out choice in either of the stakes Esposa and Idle Miss probably will draw the bulk of the publics attention in the York town while Lovely Night promises to be favorite for the Ardsley He has the best autumn record of the hopefuls though there is no telling how good Xalapa Clown may be beLovely Lovely Night has come along nicely this fall under the guidance of Fred Hopkins winning his Belmont final and his first at Jamaica Last Saturday he was up against it in the six furlong Remsen when opposing Johnstown JohnstownJack Jack Campbell cant split Lovely Night and Xalapa Clown rating the pair level with 122 pounds each eachGILDED GILDED KNIGHT READY READYGilded Gilded Knight was highly considered by Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons early in the season but failed to run to those expectations He was a well beaten third behind T M Dor sett in his Jamaica final but since then has 1 trained in fine fashion at Aqueduct turning a mile in 139 and in 142 for Saturdays race raceJust Just a single filly has been named for the Ardsley Thats Ciencia a recent game wln 1 ner over this track She came back to step threequarters In 114 and cased up a mile in 141 and is a dead fit lassie lassieSix Six have been named for the Yorktown and Esposa can win it if she runs back to her keen effort in the Butler Handicap last July Idle Miss beat as good a filly as Ja cola in the Ladies Handicap and then took a beating in the Continental On the latter race she has no chance to beat the top one and will favor the extended route more than the daughter of Distraction
