The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
GOSSIP OF The RACETRACK
EMPIRE CITY STAKES ANNOUNCED
AND TURFMEN ENTHUSE.
Many Owners Have spoken for stable Room
and 500 Horses Are Ready Co 80 ca
IOnkcrs Nets and other Leading
BOokles stick TO Saratoga Mecting.

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IOnkcrs-Mct % other Leadins
BOOhles stick 60 Saratoga Meeting.
= The most interesting news for turfmen
yesterday was the announcement by the
Empire City Track management Of the first
weeks events for the meeting which opens
at Yonkers next Saturday. There will be
sir races with not less than o.. 800 In added
money each day. The opening days feature
Is the Empire City Handicap, for three-year-
olds and upward, at one mile. with 5000
added. ON Monday following the Mount
Vernon Handicap. for three-year-olds and
upward, six furlOngs, 81 900 added, will be
run. ON Tuesday the Bronxville Handicap.
one mile and a sixteenth, 81 800 added, will
he the star event, with the C~happaqua Handi-
cap. ono mile, s. 600 added. on Wednesday:
the Tuckahoc Handicap. six furlongs. 5000
added. on Thursday. and the Clark Memorial
Handicap, one mile and "a sixteenth. $1,000
added, on Friday. The stake books were dis
trfbuted AT Brighton before the races and
before the day was over many owners and
trainers that had been on the fence decided
to race at thew estchester course. According
to Mioue O'Brien. Manager Wins repre-
sentative, these urfmen have secured stable
room nc Empire City:
II. X. Vingut, J. W. May. r. II. McCarter
Potter, X. Z. Watkins. David Gideon. NJ.
Kraus, w. +. Schultz. Il. l.. Thomas. William
Gcist, NJ. l.. Hayman. George HOLE. q. l..
Richards. william Oliver. Frank Resan.
william Shields. Fred Cook. T. E. Coulter.
W. s. Price. NJ. Clancy, +. G. Frisbee, 8. C.
HiIdreth, Robert Turner. T. p. Hayes. James
Gass, John Rowe. George Blaylock. John
Ferris. A. Weir. W. Walker. NJ. J. Daily. 8.
NJ. Henderson. W. +. Muir, Addison johnson.
w. @. Moffatt, John Powers. julie Carson,
Hughes Bros, Delaware stable. A. Carter.
J. NJ. Kenney. J. W. Bell. George Bortei,
W. r. Bryson, S. B. Billings. L. F. Piper. NJ. J.
Richter. Frank Lightfoot. NJ. Boostburg,
W. F. McElroy. A. Molinelli. L. L. Watt.
w. jackson, j. ID. Lagin. v. Hollar, s.. Holden,
W. Kelley. Ike Carson. j. s. Williams. j.
II. Mccormick. 7. Ryan and others. These
owners control 500 horses. Agent 0'Brien
also stated that Jockeys Nicol. Garner, J.
Lee, A. Martin. Cherry. Powers. Lycursus.
Bedell, Grirhth. OFT, Fischer. Boland. Heating.
Heidel and others will ride.
Seventy members of the Nets and thirty
four outsiders" who have been operating
In the front line at Brighton, will go to Sara
soga to-day on the Cavanagh special. which
leaves the Grand Central station at 80 p, NJ.
In three sections, of ten cars each. Rumor
was in circulation at the track that the Nets
would dominate the betting ring ut Yonkers.
but this was positively denied by one OF the
members. who said that the bookmakers'
organization would not cut away from the
Jockey Club. In fact the impression pre-
wallis that the bookmaking element at Yon-
Lera viii no practically new 70 the Metro
politan racing public. Schuyler l.. Parsons.
who acted as a steward at Shcepshead Bay
and the Beach. has been selected as the third
steward az Yonkers to assist Matt J. VIM
and Fl J. Morris.
william II. Dubois came down from Sa ra-
,bs Derhv and them hurried back A His
grsst colt ,ras lea win o the u.ddock Nm pois
%. .r..,sd hv nave Gideon IN mi. Wv.
.N.rrans puIg"
-Not , ~, wore an thu, 10 7 ,vrned n c.rd,"
n~,I,.d NJ, pois ,yub . sniIs
sI'ya baep there mvself " .a,d Gideop
-y.t ns Zoe, ~ your nnIse - Wbsreunon
m, Ro;. bsId ont his hand and Gideon after
hold;nv /, 70, a moment' said that Winiams's
nsrva mas ali right After the race DuBois
70. r.ry hanny ara N,as .urroundad NV hi.
friends He said tha, he would not sell
CharIe. dS,rd for sso ooo. and that he believea
the colt Nonld demonstrate before the sea-
sop snda ,bat no Is the cbamnion ,hree-vear-
old. He expressed much regret that Peter
pan M. unable IN start in the Derby pre-
r,o,. vtnners or the Derby were W-atercolor.
Hynhen. Cbeyles Elwood. ort Wells sysonbv
ana Accountant The Innaeru bet ON
Char,e. Edward for the limit oven tbouob thew
had IA take . 10 2 but the small fry went To
mani ON a, I, 70 Z inst 10 take a chance
Relieve the second race was run Roots Dur-
nall tried 10 swan IA yIor for Ed Rail- even I'm
hyt the ~Iatter's owner lack Rennet suspect.
inc something ran out. savior was emf cred
20 he sold for a. 600 and when n hid of a. GOO
Wa. made Dr,rnell let the Ogden oelding 90
ritbout a nrotec,ino hid The buyAr turned
ont IN he state senator John II Mccall who
Introduce a hin IN the Iegtslature La = winter
nroviding that the state Racino Commission
sho,id have tbe annointment q, mia stawa rds
AZ the local tracks DurneII said after the
,ransaction Thai a vlor Was in his oniniop ON
Inc verge of a breakdown savior was ha eyed
On the hoards. He opened AZ eyen money
but tberc was suob "A rush IN GET ahoard even
M tbis short price that aft or tbe hooks had ac-
certad many wagers nj q IN Z they Tuhbed the
nrice entirely Rut tho ring mad a life saver
a. p.,droooro who uas hacLad from . dou,n
toIstob'
the ho,ks hrol,e he,ter tbar ovo ,ho
s,asr,acbose .Hmmv Lana taLsn h, ~
r,bi;c won, nm from evon ,nonov g., -
xhiIe Garrett rocedad from a 70 z 70
and Essex went nm 70 "a To fron 9, panr
r,earyybiIe wa. backed ,rom "a "a ~
OnIv tbe insiders" ca, the cain With sam
Emery's Master Robert In the W;naad Eoa,
uand;can Tbey waited until bic 80. 80
mn 10 40 and tben hackad him ,do,rn -
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