New-York tribune., 1917-07-14
Borrow Finishes Second
Daddy's Choice Third-p;;.
Crowd at Opening :
BY W. J. MACBETH

old colt Spur won the Em,i,. '''' u
Handicap Of $4,000, the fea,p,. =, ~
opening days racing Of ths/,0.
meeting. at the Empire City tr,,,
,erday afternoon.
Spur won from select thOu,A =
ted field just about as he ples,s1 !,
was going away at the end. and ,,.'.
himself much better than B,,,.-
Daddy's Choice and Roamer. ,,,r'
behind him in the order named ~
II would be difficult to say vs,s',
all the credit belonged 70 n. ~
Knapp rode a perfect race ON y.
lie outclassed his contempora,;..
the pigskin as far as the Bu,I,, -
the field.
In spite of somewhat unf,yo,,v
conditions. the opening Of Emuirs ~.
was alone needed TO convince y.
remaining skeptic that the ,po,, J
kings has come back in popukrt, !,
where il vas when the anti.b,,s,
laws first started it into a s,,.,,
though temporary, decline.
Not Favorably Located
Empire City is not so favorstl, !.
GATED, from the standpoint of ,,,,
facilities, as most a 4.
,ther metropolitan courses. But ~.
fact could never be suspected irc. 4,
numbers and enthusiasm OF yest.,s,y,
patronage. 1t was the larges, ,,r,.
by far that ever watched the thor,S
oreGs in action there, and diseOm,,-
OF rail transportation were minirp
through the more general use Of n,,,
vehicles.
James Buffers Spur won the En,,.
City Handicap. Il is a good hon, ar
has a good master. And the nae,
had a whole lot on the horse in .
instance. Mr.. Butler not only won 4,
Empire City with Spur, but he cam,
off three others OF the six even.
we'll.
In the memory Of the Oldest na
track follower Of the me,ropoli.
such honor ever before grscet 1
efforts of a racing stable during 4
afternoon. Once before Mr. Brag
,olors flashed first over the finish I,
three times in an afternoon.
there's a big difference between ttn
in six and four in half dozen.
Mr.. Butler, king Of the grocery Z
iustry, is evidently bent upon pstsr
ng his reign after the fashion Of e.
ain other kings Of these une,rl
iavs. He has cast all supersrtr
rom his bosom. For did he not def
iouble hoodoo-Friday, the l3a,
opening his track yesterday! And
better household economy can be pn,
ised than keeping all the money.a'
'amily bank? He had TO pay out nl
wo Of six guaranteed purses. Al!
IF the four that he won was Z, y
lanza of them all.
Even in Public Fava
At post time Borrow, Rosrs v.
spur were practically at even t!-s I
he public favor for the handiap =.
)addy's Choice. the only other ssTc
disregarded outsider. Dick WIli-
lad been scratched because OF th.,aT
rack. The distance was mile sd
urlong, which gave the stands 81 q
.ellent view Of the start.
Mars Cassidy got the four csu'sH
way in almost perfect alignment s;'
ow had the rail position, where
.oing was stickiest; Daddys Cita|
vas next TO him. Roamer, on he D.
ide, broke in front and raced Of W
)addy's Choice over the first qs.rt
or the pace. Knapp, showing @
Judgment of pace, hung of win ~
aking the overland though drier N.i
Jp the backstretch Borrow and Eo'r.'
Ought il out through footing Of y
,utty. The heavy going used W
10Th up.
For the first half mile Knapp ",s
o pay absolutely no attention :. 4.
wo great stake horses lengths 10 '''i
fe Just maintained his pos.oi :.
here on the frmer footing I'll ne 7,
wung round the third turn. -"
,egan his ride. Knapp gave spI
.ead, and the gallant bay respo'it
fashion that made the Dig a'"
.asp.
Swinging round the near turn
he stretch. the Butler colt hsc !.
way half the daylight that sepan<
i'm from the pacemakers, q i'fs.
'ack. At the stretch turn i was y
hat Knapp had displayed by in !.
'est generalship. Straigh;ened oI'
.ome, he was already assured o.
cry best footing.
Roamer ana Borrow were stu y
ticky inside strin. Borrow '"lg
'adly, despite Robinson's vigorous =
n the last sixteenth. Rosmer' ''
egarding Schuttinger's hear'isM' s'.'. :.
ng. behaved even more seandSS-,
andrew Miller's golding stopped W.
o a walk and finished an lgnonn.l.:s,,
ast, behind the badly beaten D'''
,hoice.
Onwa Quits Cold
The first race inaugurated the D.
Benefit, when Lyke, with Bailsc, -" :,
he feet Onwa 20 death throusa
tretch. Onwa showed a world .. ~,
peed. but quit cold the moment D..
ooked him N the eye. Lyse -,
wo in a row for the Butlet e. g..
shen he came from nowhere wl'h.y ..'..
ell in great drive througn ths s'.s ~,
Mr.. Buffers only failure OF 'ns - -