New-York tribune., 1909-07-17
CLOSE FINISHES RULE
ARCITE WINS HANDICAP.
Fighting Bob Beats FolHe Leyy
after Great Stretch Rush.

Close and driving finishes marked the races at
the Empire City track, near Yonkers. yesterday
where the fntersectional fight between the Eastern
and Western horses was continued After the
clean sweep on Thursday the invaders were held
In high respect. but two. at least Lord Clinton and
Hans. which had strong following. proved dsap-
pointments. For two races the heat and humidity
were insufferable but suddenly out of the south a
refreshing breeze sprang up. and for the rest OF
the afternoon the inc1osuro was voted the most
comfortable place IN the world
George ]. Longs Arctic won the handicap, fourth
on the card. with something in hand and confirmed
the good impression he made in a at Sleeps
head Bay. He the distance one mile in 1:41,
full second slower than the by Nimbus.
but. said. he not ridden out, and, further
than that, had liz pounds in the saddle. Powers
handled him without mistake. placing him behind
the pace set by Personal and Bel1wether alternately
to the head the stretch, when he made his move
and quickly took command From the sixteenth
pole home Arctic hardly more than galloping.
Bellwether hung on veil and beat Lawtons Virgins
for the place in a spirited drive.
Powers did not shine in the fifth race. whep
partly through overconfdence on his part FoIIie
Levy. the quoted favorite odds on. was beaten q
head on the post by Fighting Bob. which closed
with a great rush in the last quarter FoIIie Levy
made the running off by herself with Fighting Bob
last and fully ten lengths back rounding the fa-
turn. At the last sixteenth pole the FLY still
three lengths in front. with Powers taking things
easily and little expecting any competition. BY
that time however, Fighting Bob had settled down
to racing. and Page seeing chance TO steal the
race riding with whip and spur. All too late
Powers realized his danger and tried his best to
get his mount racing again. but Fighting Bob lived
up to his and got up in the last stride May
Florence outstayed Bion and Interpose and earned
third money. three lengths back.
Evening Song may have been the best horse in
the first race, but Creevy on Responsible OUT
generated Glass at the head Of the stretch, when
rVygrE vr1rv
Evening Song was Tapped Responsible at the
time and then again at the finish, when she was
running much the stronger of the two. Love
Watches showed a burst Of early speed, but
stopped badly while LOTG Clinton, good thing
from the West failed utterly to show the speed SO
confidently looked for.
Prince Ahmed was outrun eight ten lengths
I'm the first half mile of the second race. after
being pinched off at the start, but he closed the
gap and was beaten only short head by Nimbus,
which forced the pace from the start. 1t was a
remarkable performance and stamps Prince All
med as good a horse as he looks. Jolly and Co
hort tired so badly chasing Nirnbus that Tony
Bonero came along and earned third money, several
lengths behind the leaders
Glamor was so ambitious in the third race that
she ran away six furlongs on the way to the post,
and then went whirling off for another half-mile
dash Just when it looked as If Bergen had her
under control Running walking. she made two
circuits of the track, and so delayed the start ten
minutes. On paper Richard Reed appeared to out
class his field but Taplin had all he could do to
get him home IN front after a hard drive with
Osorine. The latter in the loose going on the
rail- otherwise he might have Ruble opened
up a gap of three o four lengths in the up
the backstretch, but stopped almost to a walk in
the last sixteenth. Belleek made up a lot Of
ground in the last quarter under the weakest kind
of handling and finished respectable third
Echau worked his way to the front rounding the
far turn in the last and stayed there to the
end after a short but decisive struggle with Rye
at the head of the stretch. Hans met with some
interference, but in all probability beaten on
his merits.
EMPIRE CITY SUMMARIES.
FIRST RACE-SeIIlng; for two-year-oIds: $500 added
Five and half furlongs poor Won driving
Time. 1:oS. Winner, b. T., by Meddler-Shulanite
owner Montpelier stable.