New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-23
Hs Finds No Opposition
Worthy the Name in Race
at Empire City.
HESTER PRYNNE RUNS
TO HER BEST FORM
Seats Some Good Sprinters il
the Handicap-Mr. Specs
Equals Track Record.
Bv HERBERT.

o. his investment iu an exercise gallon
tnc Empire City track yesterday
ia only opponent m the Midsummer
,.skcs Wss RAJ PARIS Robert Oliver
and tho latter Was hardly expected 20
.o moro than chase Roamer home and
So pick NJ $500 for running second: else
Fi'ly Garth would have put butweu up
instead OF losning him TO Andrew
Miller.
The race vas we'll worth winning as
.bs Owners Fund added $500 10 the
entrance and starting fees. rms MADE
enc net value TO thc winner S-.soV, an
smount worth while IN these days OF
.-,sV purses. The knight Errant
,brce-year-old just Calloped the mile
.rd A half distance 20 win eased up ~
- slow time Of 3:4O l-5. Rarely does
,r owner earn stake OF such value so
Hester P-ynuC won her third straight
--r, Of tho meeting and incidentally
- about the best race OF her career
Il heating some good sprpters IN inc
tsrdlcsn 81 SIX furlougs. third on 'he
sri -t. -,..J,d
iaS mounds and covered the distance III
ttse.5 over slightly deau t'dSA,
i.,- this VS. not al. Snc was p'ncheo
- slightly as the barrier went up ana
IA - run the third turionG IN the
--,,-,r- time OF 10 3-3 seconds on 'he
-.+s,te Of the leaders 20 get IN 'front.'
tn. fractional times we're a. ioioWs'
40 o:s4. O:34 So. O:46 SO. l;l- 90
r.. -acc was fun OF action and some
...-vcT- and while none OF the Jock
~ could be charged with deliberate
.-.r-fe-ercc. from which surprising
va .he chief sufferer.
roe Marta Santa colt made the carry
-,rr,rr With Leochares, but ~ round
inc the far turn he was CROWDED
,~s,rst the rail. bruislnE the boys leg.
s-e forced back 10 last place. lie saved
ground or The stretch turn put ran
% a pocket inside the last sixteenth
7ole. formed by the winner ana tne
s,~ Dulled up and barely saved the
place from Frederick J..
Tr-re- went before the stewards and
l,5-o4 claim Of foul. but he did not
ts,. u cas-, against Butwell on Hester
PRIME and 10 was not allowed ana
rightly. .,5 ho
Surprising, however. could be
.-sr-o.6 ur'ucsy. With clear sailing
se would have forced the winner ou'
s-S might even nave won. IL was me
best race he has run IN the last TINS
y,sr. III. =; .ho
-rs- race after racing Hlker into SUD
mission. When Marco gave her cut
~-.h the whip half way down the
stretch she threw Up hsr mead aho
.cu- o. there. refusing 20 extend hef-
SELF jim FI.zsimmOns, who trains
ne fily. must nave had some susplclon
O. tins erratic temperament N remark
n before the race: "She ought 20 WIN
by herself 4 she does not 90 some
crazy thing
When Chan-euse began TO stop Johh
3 Naf1er's Yankee lilly. OUTLOOK.
cane along and beat Goidcrest Girl
head In a driving finish. Embroidery
- 10. borin 70 run 20 her true form.
NJ Specs eoualled the trSch record
@. 1000 for I'VE and a half furlongs IN
The nth race, and u ever VIII De
'.r.-arv how he could run so last.
O-bello set a burning pace, gong 70
ne first quarter In p 2-5 seconds ana
20 the half in - 4-5 seconds. TINS
l.ft him staggering, and when ne pc
-ar 20 stop Mr.. Specs raced through
or the rail 10 win going away.
Water Welles was malCned Tor run
ing q bad race. As matter o. TACT
e.. ran one Of the best races m follow
20 such q pace under 30 pounds.
: The ranks Of the jockeys were aug
rented By Buxton. VINO returned from
The funeral Of his father-ln--aw, and
Nevlon. VINO D. called the best Jockey
.r The West. They we're welcome.
Neylon won with has first mount, Be-
and the victory was due largely 10
re clever handling and helpful tnish
WITH q tired horse. Be looked beaten
rvenrv jumps from the wire, bur Ney-
l9n clearly outrode little Steward on
Reno
Fos- Of the best two-year-Olds Of
re year viii meet IN the kastview
Stskss today Comely and Pebbles,
ron The stable o. James Butler, Il. j..
knapp kaskaskia and Schuyler l..
fsrsor phosphor.
The race viii be worth s9475, s1d
rensequently is second only 10 the
iuturty a. the richest two-year-old
-rtlrs o. fre season.