The sun., 1907-08-13
OUADRILLE'S FEATURE EVENT
CAPTURES MOUNT VERNON HAN-
DICAP At ODDS or 10 TO 4.
,. Lie nudes Covncob and Albert star 70
victory. hut Puts lip O Feer Perform.
ance on La veita Polly Prsm Breezes
Nome -lTnunt and Princess Orna Score.

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There was q marked impro vement 10 the
transportation Afforded by the Union Railway
Company yesterday, 60 that II. 900 persons did
not ex periencc the incon veniences Of Saturday
In reaching and leaving the Empire City race
track. A new siding on Yonkers avenue was
completed. so that the trolley cars carried the
patrons OF the race trains to and from the
Mount Vernon station Of the Harlem road
with little or no trouble There was plenty
Of power on the Jerome avenue line. but the
congestion there was still too great. Presi-
dent James Butler Of the Empire City track
had O long conference with the trolley people
during the day and said that the trouble
would be entirely smoothed over In q day or
two.
Four favorites were beaten. but all OF the
winners. including Quadrille, q 10 to shot.
were substantially backed. Qusdrille was
victorious In the Mount Vernon Handicap. at
about six furlonGs. He got . perfect ride
from little Moesel who waited with the Ra-
pallo geidinR until Goldproof. the top weight
who receded to to I. had shot his bolt ss pace
maker in the middle Of the stretch. Then
Qusdrilie went 10 the front and came home
an easy winner by two lengths In 90 is
Goidproof hung on gamely, how ever. and had
q similar margin over Haensel, 7 to favorite.
backed down from to I. who pulled up lame
behind after beating Heine, q 10 I. . head.
Diamond. who Hent up from to s. got weak
ride Cloisteress. reduced TO ~. was on
poorly.
J. Lee. the noted coIored Jockey. rode two
winners. Corncob and Albert Star. but he put
up an inferior bit Of horse ma ship on T. Y.
Hsyes's Ia -Veita. backed from 4 to 5 TO
7 10 10. in the second race, for three-year-
olds. a. Q mile and 100 yards Lee rushed
lie veits TO the front at the beginning Of the
far turn and made so much use Of her that
che backed IN. Then T. r. CRISIS Taunt.
played from down to o TO A. the last mo-
ment. moved 70 the front and won rather easily
by q length and q half from \. 7. Williams's
Kemp Ridseiey. rs to I. who had two lengths
over the favorite. The time wa. 1875 SIS.
Cornoob. q z to 10 favorite. was pounds the
best in the opening event. for cwo-year-olds,
Ave and Q half furlongs. Lee took him TO
the front without delay and the Nasturtium
colt just breezed TO the Judges three lengths
TO the good In 1:07 as. New Garter. q 20 TO 1
shot, stood hard drive and took the place by
q head from W. Gerst's Lady sichel. backed
from 10 tos Charley Rogers. Spunky and Ella
O.. were all well backed good things in this
race.
Lee handled Albert Star. = to ! second
choice. with marked skill In the NTH event. for
| two-yesr-olds. ive and a half furlongs He
kept the star Shoot colt we'll In check while
| George II. HOLES Partisan Model. 0 to 10
Lee got busy and Albert Star shot TO the front
| 20 win in q drive by haf a length from r.
/ Steeie's Inauguration, backed from down to
g. Psrisisn Mode was four lengths back.
Polly Prim. q recent winner At Buffalo and
| Fort Erie. where she ran q mile In 3s and q
| mile and q sixteenth in i:45, respectively.
won the third race. at mile and sixteenth.
| in holow foshion. At he start shilling took
| her TO the front and she set q rafting pace
| ali the way. wi nning. used up. by ten lengths
in LEO Pretension,, who receded 10 70 I.
| beat Tommy Waddell. backed down TO 3. by
half length. The latter's rider made protest
Of foul against PIetension for pinching him on
| in the stretch. The protest was not allowed.
however
Diggins. through apparent overconfdence.
| tossed the last race on when he eased up
Cobmosa, 9 to favorite, at the sixteenth
pole. This event was at mile. and Cobmosa
seemed to be winning when DiRgins stopped
riding Then Griffith hustled r. p Hayess
Prin cess Orna, II to 5 second choice. with
enough energy to win by q len 9Th in ~ 2-5
Cobmosa mana ged to beat the rapidly closing
Penrhyn, backed from 20 down 10 q, by
nose. Shenandoah had early speed. but
stopped