The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-24
BUTLER YOUNGSTERS
DIVIDE RICH PURSE
Pebbles Takes First Money by
Nose From COmcly, Which
Stops Phosphor.
NElLON RIDES WITH VIM
Lands Hedge in Front by Only
Scant Margin i'm Finish
Of Ding Dong Sort.

James Butler started two youngsters In
the Eastvicw Stakes at Empire CITY
Yesterday and captured first and second
money IN the Richest two-year-old stake
run In the East this season His colt Peb-
bles. by Ben Brush, finished nose In
front ~ COMEDY, a hlly by Disguise-Pretty
Maiden. there was considerable differ
ence OF Union after the race as TO
whether COMEDY could have won II she
had gone on about her business instead
OF taking care " Schuyler l.. Parsons's
Ihosphor, which was considered the CON
tender.
There were only four starters, and peb-
hles Immediately took the track, with
lhOsphor following closely In the run
down the backstrctch Comciy moved up
outside Of Hhusphor and managed 10
squeeze the Parsons entry close to the
rail Near the end OF the backstretrh
Ihosphor made an effort To run through
the o. hut hotter on Comely was wide
aWak. md the result was that Phosphor
was lr cked back about three lengths
Coins around the turn phosphor again
made = move that threatened the leader
but when Strengthened out for home Mr.
Parsons previously indicated colt had
every chance tn come through N he had
the speed He was not able to gain on
Pebbles and gave way TO Comely, which
finished calamity and was only a nose
rhur died away IN the last sixteenth and
knsk1sk!a took third place.
with only three horses starting .hc third
race brought about a keen struggle. In
which the superior tockeyship of Neylon,
who was spending his Second day on the
track. landed ". g. iellenhock's Hedge a
winner by nose. Guy Fisher made ;he
carly running. with Hedge a length behind
al the way down the bdckstretch aud
.. ". Miller two lengths back Turning
Into tho homestrctch Turner started - VI
Miller going, hun with plenty ~ room on
the track H. ran right up behind Hedge
and then had TO pull To- the inside tu avoid
a collision. Neylon never let up IN Hedge
and though q. VI Miller was coming like q
wlirlViud q, tho finish Hedge just man
aged tp Keep her nose in front
James Giutlers Militant which had only
run one race and that a losing one
through bad behavior at the post, was
made fayorit" for the first race at the
ridiculous odds uf to . The hackers
of the favoritc began to have qualms
when Militant again started squrming
1T the barrier. When they got away Mill
tant was practically left and Mamie H.
and rierrot were out In front The rest
of the field got In jam ON the far turn
and r. u. Wcir's Lois V. was banged on
the rail None Of those behind had n
chance Ia catch up. Pierrot held his own
W. lIf ullNf through All' Nll'A'is NlUlHE
by half length from Mamie Is.
H. g. Hall,nbeck's Impression. favor
tie In the second race. at six furlongs.
was crowded back at the start, but suf-
frred no worse In tn" early running than
tho 20 l shot OHagan Lily Orme
mad. the pace. hut I'm the run for the
wire p'IIugau and Impression fought IL
out. the former winning by half length
M one could tell what prompted the
short odds ~ To 10 against Golden
Prime in the nth ru<'. at a mile She
never had a chance to win, Ruiz Dog
setting the pace. with Song Of Valley run
ming second To the turn Then Song of
Valley, which has run more races than
.uy other horse this season. rushed to
the front and won easily by three lengths
Golden Prime finished strong and took
third place
Blue Thistle proved real good thing
In the last race. AT a mile and six
tecuth lie let Dartwoth and Ella Bry-
son set the pace until tho stretch. when
he found an opening on the rail and
Edllopcd home FIVE lengths before Ella
Bryson. Tho summaries: