New-York tribune., 1908-08-24
LAST WEEK AT Y0NkERS
SPORT ON HIGH PL1NE.
Racing Viii End at Empire City on
Fridau-Futurity on Saturday.

With the running of the Whirl Stakes this after
noon the final week of the meeting OF the hihpIe
City Racing Association will come to a close HI
many respects this is to be regretted great
many followers of the turf would like to see TINS
meeting continued for two weeks longer, as they
do not know what the future has in store Wheh the
horses return Kings County. There is only one
objection 10 racing at Yonher. that is the long
trip Tne service to and the track has proved
however be great deal better than 1t was
year ago.
James Butler deserves much credit from all those
interested ir racing He has conducted the sport
on a high plane at his Empire City track, and thus
the meeting has been success IN every way.
True It was extremely unfortunate that II rained
on Saturday. when the feature of the meeting was
r1In having been postponed week because OF a
conflict with the Saratoga meeting. The attendance
numbered about thousand, but the croWo
would have been twice as large had 1t been fair
day.
Those who did not journey TO Yenkers on Sat
,Irday missed a treat. for the Empire 1lH
Handicap brought together fine field and beau
tifuI race resulted All last week the attendance
was r1rtch larger than expected The races
Aed we'll. and the finishes were close and exciting
Mr. Buffers generosity in the matter OF stakes ana
purses though hh Is bound to face a deficit mas
been thoroughly appreciated by the owners III these
troublesome times for racing
Those Who wish racing continued in ms
state have been particularly gratifed over the way
this meeting has conducted. There were fnllS
a
makers or their helpers This was expected But
the especially gratifying thing that there was
no disorder attending the arrests The prisoners
were taken away from the track without the 1uss
and Juror which marked similar proceedings N
Kings County Probably District Attorney Winso"
will accomplish his point just as satisfactorily WITH
out inhan,ing the public against law and order.
This meeting ends Friday. and then comes
Futurity Day Sheepsheai Bay Much interest
will centre in the Sheepshead Bay meeting. Tor II
may determine the future of racing. There VIII
be eleven racing days, the track being closed on
the two FRIDAYS. The executive committee of the
Coney Island Jockey Club announces that if pro
fessonal betting cannot be stopped the gates viii
be closed and the stakes only run off The ma
jority of those who have followed the situation
closely believe that the entire programme Will be
carried out No matter what results. the associa-
ton presided by William K. Vanderbilt VIII
face 4 big deficit at the close Of the meeting,
whereas in other years ii has proved prohtaole
investment.
Pinkolas two good races and the riding of Jim
R,tIe- were the features the racing at Empire
City last week. The chestnut gelding by Pink
Coat-Wryola owned by ". H Fizer, a Westerner,
made his debut on Eastern tracks on Friday, wheh
he won the Midsummer Stakes. at a mile and
furlong Isl 4-5. full second better than the
track record. Saturday he was added to the En-
pire city Handicap and over track heavy win
mud he beat most OF the cracks of the East.
PinkoIa was raced at New Orleans last winter out
there he match for Meelick. AngeluS or
Chapultepec. He improved later. however. and won
the Iatonia Derby. The geding is not i'm
pressve looking animal but his two good races on
succeeding days showed that he possesses fine
STAYING qualities and the ability 10 race well in
any kind OF going.
In commenting on Pinkola few words must be
said about Butler, who rode him In both races
The young Kentucky rider, who IL being hailed as
The coming jockey. had much 70 do with Pnkola =
two victories. he is sixteen years OLD and has
been riding for two years Butler is u good judge
of pace quick at the barrier and hustler I'm the
stretch He has ridden more outsiders home IN
front the last week than all the other boys com
bined His services are greatly in demand.