New-York tribune., 1908-08-15
EMPIRE CITY TO-DAY.
Fine Programme arranged for
YOnkers Race Meeting.

Yonkers win be the Mecca to-day toward which
the eyes of all lovers of the thoroughbred horse
will turn. The Empire City Racing Association will
throw open its gates for its midsummer race meet
ing this afternoon, which will continue until Fri
day. August 28 James Butler will have the pleas
ure of offering as high class racing be
any of the metropolitan tracks and he has
made all preparations to entertain bumper crowd
The shifting of the racing scene from Kings to
westchester County will be watched with great in
terest by thousands of persons. Whether the Dis
trict Attorney of Westchester will show the
activity has Mr.. Elder in Kings remains to be
How the recent rulings made in the test
betting cases will be construed is another point
which will be watched with great interest by all
concerned in the sport.
Without a doubt there will surely be the largest
crowd this afternoon in She history of the pretty
little Yonkers track The Hberality of the Empire
City Racing Association in the matter Of purses
and stakes has attracted the best horses IN train
ing to the Westchester track. There will be no
field stand this year, but the price of admission to
the grandstand has been reduced from g TO s.
This reduction and the doing away with the field
stand were to be expected. the other racing
associations have found few patrons of the field
stand since the Agnew-Hart law went into effect
This change will work for good. however. the
attendance at the Empire City meeting is bound to
be of a higher class. and consequently there is
likely to be little disorder matter what
action the westchester Sheriff and his deputies
take Commissioner Bingham's bluecoats will be
conspicuous by their absence this afternoon. as
Yonkers is out of his province.
Having learned valuable lesson year ago the
Westchester trolley authorities will be prepared to
handle the large crowd to-day There several
ways to reach the track from Manhattan Special
trains will leave the Grard Central Station at fire.
ouent Intervals and trolley connections be
made at either Woodlawn or Mount Vernon. By
taking the subway to 1S1st street, the Sixth or
Ninth avenue elevated to 18TH street. the Jerome
avenue trolley line which goes direct to the track
can be reached. The track also be reached by
Park station and thence by the surface road.
Six races. with the Yonkers Handicap the
feature are down for decision this afternoon. All
the best stables IL. the East will be represented
and an excellent programme has been arranged.
The Yonkers Handicap. with value of $50 IS
fof three-year- -olds and upward at a mile and
sixteenth and will bring together fine field, with
Jack Atkin carrying top weight. The other races
give $500 in added money, and in these troubous
times owners will surely send their charges to the
post in fine condition to pick UP as much loose
change as possible
The majority of those followers of the sport who
have been at Saratoga will be hand at Yonk-
ers this afternoon Many of them left the Spa last
night to be in time for the first race to-day Many
of the best horses have already been shipped, and
nearly all the stable room had been exhausted last
night so that late will have to he satisfied
with whatever they can get.
When the bugle blows for the first this
afternoon indications that of the most
cessful meetings of the season will be ushered in