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MANY RICH OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT HORSEMEN AT EMPIRE EMPIREFirst First Three Programs of Meeting Call for Distribution of 66000 66000NEW NEW YORK N TT June 25 The first three days at Empire City will be bonanza days for horsemen and the associations re ¬ cently adopted policy more for the horse ¬ man should be amply proved In addition to a general increase in stake values over ¬ night handicaps have risen to a new mone ¬ tary stature that should appeal to every owner of better grade horses horsesThursday Thursday July 3 opening day will find secretary John B Campbell offering three 2000 purses in addition to four others at 1500 On July 4 in addition to the twenty seventh running of the Demoiselle Stakes with its 5000 added the Questionnaire Handicap a mile and a sixteenth event for threeyearolds will e found i creased from last years 3500 to 5000 while the Last Coin a sprint of five and threequarters furlongs for threeyearolds will have 3000 instead of last seasons 150Q The days other events will bring the distribution to 19000 19000Saturday Saturday July 5 will be notable for the anjnual renewal of the Butler with its 25 000 added while the Sting for threeyear olds and upward with its 2000 added and the Pebbles an open condition dash for two yearolds over the five and a half furlongs will se rve as bolsters for a program that will total 35000 35000DELUGE DELUGE OF APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONSThus Thus the distribution for the first three days will be 66000 ample reason for the recent deluge of applications for stalls at the Yonkers Avenue course courseIn In some previous years opening day at Empire City was considered synonymous with moving day Fields were lean and the card restricted to 1000 events with an occasional one of 1200 The new order under George H Bulls direction should convert it into one of the meetings con ¬ sistently important ones It becomes ap ¬ parent that the same general stall room policy will be observed Those horsemen who have regularly patronized the meetings in previous years will be accorded first con ¬ sideration while newcomers may have to van some of their charges from the Long Island tracks tracksJames James Butler founder of Empire City raced some great horses throughout his career and secretary Campbell is giving them belated recognition by naming the minor stakes and the richer overnight hand ¬ icaps for such memprables as Sting Last Coin and Questionnaire among others that will be similarly honored as the meeting progresses throughout its twentyoneday term
