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BROTHER JOE AND COEOJJEL ♦ Stage Thrilling Duel in Main Race at Empire City Tuesday. i Bradley Horse Forced to Limit to Beat Filly —Balios Easily Takes Measure of Carry Over and Curacao. TONKERS, N. T., July 10.— Edward R. Bradleys Brother Joe had to run one of his best races to score over a smart band of sprinters in the best offering of the Empire City Association today. It was a dash of five and three-quarters furlongs and, at the end, the son of Black Toney was doing his level best to beat Coequel, a filly that raced for the Maemere Farm and was making her first appearance since she raced in Florida during last March. Far back of the pair M. Vacarros Johns Birthday had no trouble taking third from Kawagoe, the George D. Widener sprinter. This and a race of a mile and seventy yards for platers of the better class were the two races that attracted a large crowd to the track on the hilltop. The contests were excellent and, with the players landing on most of the winners, it was an enjoyable afternoon. In the sprint Kawagoe and Johns Birthday were the ones to move away from the stalls in the lead, and they set a merry pace in the back stretch. Brother Joe was racing closely after them, while Coequel was slower to find her racing legs, and she was well back of the pace in the early racing. Kawagoe, after rounding from the back stretch, began to tire badly, and quit before the stretch was reached. Brother Joe had gone into the command, and Coequel, settling into her stride, was racing strongly after the Bradley horse. Brother Joe had a lead of two lengths as he swung into the short stretch, but in the run home the filly had closed so resolutely that his winning margin was cut to a half length and he was being hard driven by Jones. This duel took the pair out six lengths before Johns Birthday, which readily disposed of Kawagoe, beating him two lengths for third. Bright Phantom and Wise Revue, the only other starters, were outrun all the way. The mile and seventy yards for the better platers saw Henry L. Ingelbachs Balios an easy winner over his former stablemate, the Wheatley Stables Carry Over, while the Greentree Stables Curacao saved third. LEAVE IN SAME STRIDE. With no delay at the post the six left in the same stride and Balios, breaking in motion, was good enough to show the way at all stages. Carry Over was a consistent second and at the back stretch he held the son of Chicle, but Merritt had his mount under restraint- and, as Carry Over tired, Balios came away with little effort, until his winning margin was three lengths. Carry Over was the only one to give any sign of a contest; he beat Curacao four lengths for the place. The Greentree horse was sluggish through the early racing and he had to be roused sharply by Coucci to outrun Rebel Yell and take third by only a neck. Old Master was fairly well up to the stretch, where he stopped badly, while Carlaro, the only other starter, was badly outrun all the way. Two of the maidens that started in the opening dash at five furlongs that opened the program were only maidens by reason of disqualification. These were J. H. Louch-heims Ted Husing and Dewey Benthams Overstimulate. Each had finished first, but was set back for fouling. One of these was winner when Ted Husing, after forcing all the pace, scored over Mrs. Louise Viaus Credulous, and Cristate, from the Greentree Stable, closed some ground to be third over Canterboy. Supreme Court was the one to race along with Ted Husing until the stretch was reached, where he tired badly and Credulous moved up to challenge. He was going well at the end, and Horn had to ride Ted Husing out smartly to have him winner by a scant half length. Cristate was outrun to the stretch, but there Coucci roused him sharply and he ran over the others to be well lapped on Credulous. Canterboy had some misfortunes in the running, and dropped back badly in the final furlong to be beaten three lengths for third, while Supreme Court, after his flash of speed, was back of the son of Canter. MY SELECTION IN FRONT. C. H. Knebelkamps My Selection, making his first start since he raced at Tropical Park last winter, was winner of the second, another five furlongs dash for juveniles and under claiming conditions. Although away from the races for so long, his condition was pretty widely known, for he was one of the best backed starters of the day. Mrs. E. A. Burkes Warned Off raced to second place and Alaric, from the Greentree Stable, saved third from Mrs. W. T. Andersons Fur Fibre. It did not take My Selection long to find his way into command and, once safely showing the way, Rainey sent him right along to never be headed. His winning margin was two lengths. There was a rare fight for the minor part of the purse, with Warned Off just beating Alaric by a head, and Fur Fibre was lapped on the Greentree gelding. Merrit made his riding score two in a row when he won with Mrs. John Galvins Easy Sailing in the fifth, a claiming affair confined to the three-year-olds. W. E. Jones Step Brother raced to second place in this, and Bahadur, from the Maemere Farm, and a choice of the field, was a poor third. Right from the start Merrit went out to I show the way with easy sailing, and there threatened. Coucci had Step Brother galloping along back of the filly, and he held his was no stage of the running that she was position throughout. Bahadur, on the other hand, was permitted to drop back in the I early stages. Austin called on him and he : gained some ground, but his race was far . below his previous form, when he was beaten four lengths for second place. One of the big thrills of the ady came in ] the race at the end of the card when Coucci, 1 with one of his best rides, brought Modern | Ace home the winner for the B. B. Stable. 1 ] 1 | 1 He was out of it until the stretch, while Follow Thru and Scotch Soldier enjoyed a long lead, but, timing his move perfectly, he got Modern Ace up in the final strides to be winner by a head.
