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TEN IN 10000 STAKE STAKEEmpire Empire City Handicap Main Event of New York Program Johnsto vn and Challedon Missing Missingbut but Volitant WellLiked by Fans of ofManhattan Manhattan Hash Contender NEW YORK N Y July 14 The thirty first running of the 10000 added Empire City Handicap for threeyearolds is some ¬ thing of a Triton among the minnows in that it so far overshadows the other six races of tomorrows program at Empire City as to make them pale into comparative in ¬ significance This is not to say that the important fixture has attracted an outstand ¬ ing field But it will take to the post a band of corking good horses horsesOvernight Overnight ten of the fortythree eligibles were named for the generouslyendowed stake While the two real big stars of the division Johnstown the champion and Challedon the runnerup were not entered several of the cracks which are certain to be listed at the end of the year among the first five are on the roll of starters startersAmong Among these are the Saratoga Stables Volitant which is top weight under 117 pounds W E Boeings Porters Mite 115 John Hay Whitneys Heather Broom 116 Mrs F Ambrose Clarks Lovely Night 116 I and the Greentree Stables Hash 115 115OTHER OTHER CONTESTANTS CONTESTANTSOther Other entrants are Mrs Parker Comings Invader 108 Robert Harris Tiberius 107 Nelson I Aisels Pontius 107 King Ranchd Brazado 109 and Hugh W Jacksons Ariel Toy 110 110With With five of the horses no more than two pounds apart in handicapper John B Camp ¬ bells weights it follows that the Empire City Handicap must be regarded as a wide open contest Inasmuch as he is a strong sentimental favorite with New York race ¬ goers and winner of the recent Shevlin Stakes Volitant bay son of Display and Flighty Anna has a good chance to enjoy favoritism favoritismHowever However few of the more astute students of horses and their form are willing to con I cede victory lo Volitant before the race is over and the red board is up Many of the dockers for example are enthusiastic about the chances of Porters Mite which has been on the sidelines since his third to Johnstown and Hash in the Withers at Belmont on May 27 This bay son of The Porter and Minima by Friar Rock which won last years Cham paigne and Futurity Stakes and which was the winner this year at Santa Anita Park of the Santa Maria Stakes has been very fast in his trials for todays engagement engagementGOOD GOOD WORKS WORKSOn On July 4 this colt worked a mile in 49 114 141 On July 8 he went nine furlongs in 51 = 5 116 142 156 Then on last Tuesday he made the work watchers sit up and rub their eyes when he sped a mile in 47s 113 139 He is reported to be on sharpest edge and by some of his fans strictly the horse to beat beatHash Hash the bay son of Questionnaire and Delicacy by Chicle no doubt will enjoy gen ¬ erous backing His second to Challedon in the recent Yankee Stakes at Suffolk Downs was a commendable effort In that mile and threesixteenths special run in 23 4G4f 110 137 156 or only onefifth of a sec ¬ ond slower than the track and stakes record Hash was beaten only a length for top money Ahead of that he was a fastclosing fourth at Delaware Park in the mile and onesixteenth Kent Handicap to Sun Lover Eight Thirty and Challedon and finished far in front of Gilded Knight Affair Third De ¬ gree Thellusson and Tiberius TiberiusThe The Empire City Handicap also marks the return to racing after a layoff of Heather Broom chestnut son of The Porter and Janet Blair by Sir Martin This fellow trained by Earl Sande has been idle since June 3 when at Belmont Park he wound up fourth to Johnstown Belay and Gilded Knight and in advance of Hash and Knickerbocker in the mile and a half Belmont Stakes Ahead of that on May 22 he whipped Belay Nedayr and Handcuff in the nine furlongs Equipoise Handicap In the Kentucky Derby Sandes charge wound up third to Jottnstown and Challedon Prior to that he won the nine furlongs Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Kentucky KentuckyLOVELY LOVELY NIGHT FIGURES FIGURESLovely Lovely Night bay son of Pilate and Snooze by Peter Pan cannot be overlooked for this important special This colt has to his credit this year victories in the one mile Constitution Stakes at Suffolk Downs in which he drubbed Silent Witness Ariel Toy and others and in the one mile Queens County Handicap in which he walloped Heel fly Fighting Fox winner last Wednesday of the 50000 Massachusetts Handicap Our Ketcham Cant Wait and Pagliacci all older I horses
