New-York tribune., 1907-08-17
LADY SAVOY'S STAKE.
BREIK.S TRICK RECORD.
~. Gcrst's Mare H'irs Ctark Ne
iaoriaI at Emp p;Te City.

William Gerst's speedy mare. Lady savoy
won The Clark Memorial Handicap. the feature
at Empire City yesterday, with Lime i"e'
second about live lengths back the race Was
at q mile and a sixteenth. for three-yeaI -oi~1
nd inward. with S2tAH added Lady osNoS
vss the second choice in the betting. although
Light Wool which was making his hrst s'd'.
at the local trac:.. was played fer NNlIliIs.
Lille Turner also had many supporters CedeF-
strome. the winner Of two fixtures during me
week was an outsider a $ he was asked to carry
I13 pounds.
All seven entries went to the post. Light Wool
was full Of life. and very nervous peloIe 'nV
start Just as the barrier went up Schillng VINO
had the mount on him was thrown ana MS
horse callnned away without rider before
they EaG gone quarter Light "ool hdo Ia'eN
through the field, lodging horses just as II ie
WAS being piloted by a jockey lie rd', me
jack rabbit and passed under the WIRE 'e
lengths in front of Lady Savoy. Round ana
round he raced until he had gone four mites
Stable hands with blankets tried to stop tht
crazy animal. but they could do nothnS WIN
him until he had decided he had done ms du'H
for the DAY SchillinE had narF"" escape iIoi"
serious injury.
OF the race itself there was little except Lady
SAVOY after Light Wool lost his rider. Lliiie
Turner set the early pace. pressed closely py
Coderstrome Preston waited on the PaCe
makers until the tivc-sixteenths post when ne
made his move and won as he pleased teder-
strnr1,a had plenty Of early speed but the weight
run in 1:45 -. which beats the track record
held Jointly by Monacordor and Polly Prim
The running away Of Light Wool was only
one of the series of incidents when ehi!Neneu
an afternoon brimful of sport The finlshes III
several of the were the best yet seen at
this track the winners getting the decisions IN
the final jump Big fields were the rule. ana
only one favorite came home during the day.
Inauguration. the favorite in the first race, got
off dying and opened up d lead of u length and
a half but tired in the stretch and was beaten
out by both Servile and Hollow. Preston rode
a well judged .ace. laying close To the pace all
the way and coming 10 win in the Strctch
1t was a beautiful finish between the first three
Hollow ran to his real form. 1t bad
start for the public. and inauguration closed at
. = to 10.
Fourteen selling platers went TO the post for
the six furong dash for three year-olds and up
ward. 1t was the largest field Hoffman has yet
had TO handle at the Empire City track. There
was considerable delay, and the barrier had to
be repaired before they finally got of I" rather
poor start Barnsdae. one Of the best played
horses. which close to the pole. showed in
front at the quarter and led 10 the stretch. when
Oak Grove came on to win easily. Barnsdaie
lasted long enough to get second money IDA
Reck. under q good ride by Preston. came on
with determined rush and finished third after
meeting considerable interference Heine, the
favorite. never contender.
one of the finest finishes at Empire City came
in the last race. at mile and half. when K
r Watkinss Flavigny nosed out Woolstone a
the wire. Schling got Woolstone off running
and at once took the lead. When the field
passed the judges stand the first time around
Woolstone was leading, closely pressed by
Bernie Cramer. Flavigny was last but running
easily. She closed fast and when they had gone
a mile was almost on equal terms with Wool
stone. Coming around the stretch turn Flavigny
was bumped and she dropped back length.
once Strengthened out for home. FlaVigny made
up the loss and outgamed Noolstone. Both
ScnillinE and Sumter rode like demons Bernie
Crarner was a bad third The time 2.35 10.
q. c Hughes's filIy skye came TO life in the
third race and hreeZeG home winner by four
lengths Il was q romp for this daughter ot
GoIdcresI-Zisna- Albert Star on The strength
Of his race Monday. was made the favorite a
to . and heavily played Hans was the
second choice. skye had all the speed, and the
result was never. in doubt. G W. Burt showed
great Improvement over his last and fin
ished second.
Another odds favorite went down 10 defeat
in the fifth race, when Buttons came home in
front, Princess Orna was one of the heaviest
played horses of the day Buttons was always
the second choice. Almost any price could be
obtained against the others. When the barrier
was sprung Griffith got the favorte off running.
Sne WAS waited on by Buttons until the three
quarters OF mile post when Leibert closed up
on the favorite and came away easily. Buttons
won with something to spare by two lengths.
| Henry O. closed with a rush and beat out Prin-
| cess Orna for the place.
EMPIRE CITY SUMMARIZES
FIRST RACE-Selling. for two-year- -oIds. i've and