Evening star., 1900-10-25
RUNNING RACES.
Ordinary Sport at the Empire City
Track Yesterday.

The track at Empire City, near Yonkers,
N. Y. was muddy and slippery when the
bell rang for the first race yesterday. 1t
dried out somewhat in the afternoon. There
was only one race on the card for as much
as $1,000. That was the Bronxville selling
handicap. for three-year- -olds, at about six
furlongs. and. unfortunately, the starters
blunder spoiled this race. T. Hitchcock,
jr.'s, Ridpath was an Overwhelming favor
lite, but when the barrier went up he was
four lengths behind the last horse in the
race, and there were only five starters.
Henry drove the Rayon dor gelding up
to the leaders by the time the stretch was
reached. The effort. however. was too
much for him. and he dropped back third,
where he finished. Trumpet won from Car
buncle in driving finish.
r. Williams was set down by the stewards
for week because he could not keep The
Rhymer straight in the first race. The
Rhymer won the race from Chuctanunda,
but he bore in on the latter all through
the homestretch, and when OConnor
claimed foul 1t was allowed The Rhy-
mer was disqualified and placed last. He
is prone to swerve in all of his races, and
severe. r. 7. Wilson, jr.s, Lady of the
Valley was the favorite in this race. but
she was not prominent in any part of it.
Servilla was second and In Shot third.
The second race suffered from many with
drawals. OF the nine on the original card
only four started. Intrusive made the three
pitted against him look rather common.
he galioped in front all the way and
won easily. Dread placed another race. to.
the credit of her owner, Perry Belmont, by
winning the fourth race. Miss Hanover
the favorite, with Dread next in de-
mand Miss Hanover was badly ridden by
MiclaplS and did finish better
than fourth Dread squeezed home first,
with Bette Gray and Belle of Orleans try
ing their best to beat her out. The Pride
again outsprinted a fair field in the fifth
race. He was made favorite and was gen.
erously backed. McCue brought him I'M
der the wire first Prestidigitator was sec
ond. and Federalist the tip. third. The
Pride was bid up to $1,000 and bought in
by his owner at that price.
For the sixth race the public would have
nothing but Gold Heels, and he was backed
Cafferty stable followers waited until the
Gold Heels rush was over. Then they
played McAddie off the boards. Glennellie
acted like a crazy horse and delayed the
down r. Williams rushed McAddie into the
lead and held 1t all the way. Gold Heels
was off poorly, but made gallant effort,
losing only by neck after all sorts of bad
luck Malster was third
Base Ball in the Philippines.
Base ball is the leading sport in the Phil
ippines. The following letter received by
the Cincinnati Enquirer is self-explana-
tory:
ILOILO, P. l., September l. 1900.
To the Sporting Editor of the Enquirer:
A great many members of this organZa-
ton are from dear old "Cincy.' and 1t does
hearts good whenever We can get an
Enquirer.
Sports here have been plentiful. but are
little slack now. owing to the rainy sea-
son. Horse racing and cock fights can be
had at any time, but base ball leads them
all. Games here are played according to
1900 rules, excepting the single umpire sys-
TEN. which we do not believe in; neither do
the umDires, as several have had narrow
escapes from instant death Some very
close games have been played. One ten
inning game between G Battery, 9th Artil-
lery. and the base ball club off the United
States gunboat Helena, resulted in the score
of to l. One five-inning game between
Company H, 18th United States Infantry,
and the artillery being l to o. Company F,
26th United States Infantry. and Company
f, 18th United States Infantry, played
nine-inning game, the score being to 3.
Other games have been played between the
Iloio hospital corps and Infantry Company
F. OF course, the Cincy boys here root
ing for Cincy to finish in the first division.
And here's hoping she may.
Yours, very truly,
c. w. HUBNER,