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WISE BARRISTER TO THE FORE Carries W E Boeing Silks to Victory in Featured Pleasantville Purse Proves Superiority Over Bootless and Johns JohnsHeir Heir Cloudy Skies and High Humidity HumidityKeep Keep the Attendance Down YONKERS N Y July 24 Carrying only 112 pounds and with apprentice R W Smith in the saddle W E Boeings Wise Barrister fouryearold chestnut son of Wise Counsel ¬ lor Princess Margaret by Spanish Prince II proved too much for Bootless the 7to10 choice and the high weight under 117 pounds in the Pleasantville Purse fourth and most important offering today at Empire City CityWise Wise Barrister although short on early speed overcame mediocre handling to win the mile and onesixteenth race by three lengths in 145 Bootless with F A Smith the regular Bradley rider in the saddle wound up in second place a length before Mrs Clara Lyons Johns Heir a threeyear old which carried only 103 pounds Nat Clymans Cisneros the only other starter finished in fourth place beaten four addi ¬ tional lengths He packed 113 pounds and was the rank outsider at 10 to 1 1QQUALITY QQUALITY OF CARD GOOD GOODThe The program marking the opening of the last week of the Empire City Racing Asso ¬ ciations current meeting was characterized by short fields Nevertheless the quality of the card was good and competition for the most part was keen and exciting Attend ¬ ance was only fair to middling hardly more than 6500 visitors turning out An overcast sky and high humidity made the afternoon somewhat oppr rruve Shortly before the feature race came up a slight drizzle set in but the rainfall was so slight that only a few of the many railbirds sought shelter under the stand standJust Just before the fifth race a thunder shower threatened to break at any moment momentAlthough Although only four horses took part in the Pleasantville two of them suffered mishaps at the start They were aligned perfectly when George Cassidy gave the word but Cisneros on the outside swerved a bit and i Johns Heir in the No 1 stall stumbled and went to his knees when the ground cupped out from under him He was pulled together quickly by jockey Ronnie Nash and then in a few seconds was rushed to the front to set the pace paceBootless Bootless was first out of the stalls but F A Smith took up on him almost at once obviously intent upon keeping abreast with Wise Barrister which figured to be his most dangerous rival
