The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-20
SPOONER WINS
MEMORIAL WITH
MILLER RIDING
Former Star Jockey Shows
Old-1ime Form in EN-
pire Feature.
DEPUTY MAKES ARREST.
Alleged Bookmaker Taken in
Custody for Recording
Bet on Programme.
EMPIRE RESULTS.
FIRST RAcE-Burgher 1, Wood.
lane 2, TiIeing 8.
SECOND RACE Spellbcund I,
Summer Night 2, Jeanette 3.
THIRD RAcE-SayIor 1, Beau
cIere 2, okenite 8.
FOURTH RAcE-Spooner I, Ara
see 2, Gowan 8.
FIFTH RACE-Gretna Green |
Monfort 2; Mark Anthony 8.
SIXTH RAcE-Royai Captive I
kiIIereen 2, High Range 8.
FIFTH RACE-Gretna Green
Monfort 2; Mark Anthony 8.
SIXTH RACE-Royai Captive I
kiIIereen 2, High Range 3.
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY


EMPIRE CITY RACE TRACK Oct
20.-Spooner won the Clark Memorial.
the feature OF to-day's racing Walter
Miller rode him, and for the first time
In many moons put up one of his Mar
vellous Walter" rides. He was content
to lie behind The Squire and Question
Mark to well into the stretch. and just
when everybody was shouting "Arasee
walks In" Miller brought Spooner
through the bunch as II they were
standing still and won In n big gallop,
with Miller looking over his shoulder mt
the futile attempts of those behind him.
Arasee held on long enough to he sec
ond, in front OF Gowan, who came from
far back. Notasulga was pinched off
early and her race must be thrown out.
An Investigation was held in the city
TIL, morning into the race in which Fair
Play was beaten at Belmont Park last
Saturday. Nottcr. who rode Frank Gill.
who is alleged to have intertered With
Fair Play, was interviewed. but ]. Lee.
who rode Fair Play, was absent in some
mysterious manner. Just what the rc-
suit OF the investigation was no one here
this afternoon would say.
bur9ner Easy winner.
The racing started with n six-furlong
dash. for which Burgher was slight
fayorite. He broke well. went to the
front in the first furlong. and that's all
there was to the race. He held his lead
throughout and at the end had plenty
in hand to win from WOODLAND. with
Tile!ng a fair third.
SpeIlbound Had Speed.
Erbet made the pace in the second ,n-
III they entered the stretch turn, when
Spellbound ranged alongside OF him.
Summer Night was lying third with
Jeanette NJ, close up fourth. AS they
turned for home, Erbet and Spelbound
hooked up in front. but inside OF a
sixteenth. Erbet got through, leaving
closing Summer Night. Ural put all his
energy into operation and succeeded in
making Spellbound last to win by a head
from Summer Night, with Jeanette NJ
a very good third.
Good Finish In Third.
The third race was cracking good
contest and resulted IN hard fought
finish from the head of the stretch,
savior was the horse with the early
speed, and after cutting out the pace
10 the stretch was Joined by Beau
clere. II was nip and tuck all through
the stretch, Saylor lasting long enough
TO win by narrow margin, with Beau
clere second and Okenite third.
Just after the second race one OF
Sherry Lanes deputies arrested a man
named Wilbur Robertson. charged
With accepting n bet and making a
memorandum OF II on his programme.
Notter Wins a Race.
Gretns Green went over the plate
finally In the hfth race. hotter rode
made a move iii the field was midway
I'm the backstretch Then he went by
Mark Anthony and lmitator the early
pacemakers, easily. lie turned into the
stretch two lengths In front, and from
there home II was only n gal'op. Mon
fort closed with his usual rush, but the
best he could do was second IN front
Of Mark Anthony