New-York tribune., 1918-07-15
Larger Fields
ExpectedSoon
At Empire City
Stables Are Coming From
Middle West, Also Sew
eral Good Jockeys

The opening of the annual summer
meeting of the Empire City Racing AS
sociation at the Empire City track.
near Yonkers, Saturday afternoon
proved most conclusvely the great hold
that the thoroughbred sport has re-
gained on public sentiment. Trans
portation facilities to the Empire City
track, as compared with the other met
ropolitan courses, are anything but
ideal, yet the Yonkers plant was taxed
to it's utmost capacity opening day
Though the fields were light. as COM
pared to Aqueduct, the competitors ran
we'll to form, and the performance of
Roamer in the Empire City Handicap,
when he cqualled the record for a mile
and furlong, proved the track had
been put in excellent condition for the
meeting.
The fields on Saturday were light, as
has been said, in comparison to those
of Aqueduct. A glance at to-day's en-
tries appended shows that they will be
again light this afternoon But it is
not to be presumed that this state Of
affairs will long continue. Facilities
for transporting horses this year, be-
cause of the war, are meagre in COM
parison to other racing seasons, to say
the least. Indeed, it has been great
task for the owners to make the short
from Aqueduct to Empire City.
More and more horses will arrive at
the Empire City course each day, and
the good ones that have been seen in
the East so far are almost sure to try
conclusions in the coming stake en-
gagements there.
Western Stables Coming
1t is the element of uncertainty
which edities every sport. And the ele-
ment of uncertainty is quite likely to
prevail in striking fashion at Empire
City before the race meet concludes.
So far in the East the competition has
been confined to horses that campaign
only or the Atlantic seaboard. But
now that the racing season has been
concluded in the Middle West, the best
of the Western stables will come to
Empire City to try for the rich stakes
and purses.
Always the Western stables have
been on hand for the Saratoga meeting
through August. This year, as there is
nothing more doing in the Middle West
or in Canada, they will come in force,
breaking the trip with a sojourn at
Empire City. The Westerners have re-
served a great many stalls at Empire
City and should be here in force before
the end of the week.
The East so far this season has not
been particularly blessed with Snapper
Garrisons and Tod Sloans. Jockey
was twice. placed in Saturdays pro-
gramr1e OF six races. is fast gaining
such following as Walter Miller had
hereabout decade or SO ago. Buxton
appears to have come back into his own
and is riding finely. Little George Wall
and G. Byrne are both in top form.
Riding Has Been Mediocre
Fairbrother and Robinson have been
good and bad by turns. The same holds
for Johnny McTaggart. Johnny Lotus
was the king pin of the riders when he
was set down by the Macomber Stable
But, taken by and large, the work of
the great majority Of the jockeys in the
East has been nothing to brag about
this season.
The arrival Of the Western Jockeys
this week is very likely to prove
needed tonic. Certainly there will no
longer be occasion for stables to en-
ploy the services Of mediocre riders.
The boys who have been getting by with
carelessncss so far will then have to
mind their P's and Q's.
There are a lot Of good riders coming
from the Blue Grass section. II. Luns-
ford out there is thought quite as much
OF IS Lyke or Lotus here. G. Moles-
worth, 2; Sandee, l.: Mink and others
will at least double the number Of
available experts and assure maxi
mum substantiation of form
Secretary Y. E. Schaumburg will pre-
sent an interesting programme through
out the week, eliminating in two stakes
of $4,000 each Saturday afternoon-the
Whirl, at five and half furlongs. for
two -year-olds, and the Empire City
Derby, for three -year-olds.
Tarrytown Stakes To-day
The feature race Of to-day will be the
Tarrytown Stakes, at one mile. 70.
three year-olds, to which half a dozen
good ones have been named.
Following arc to-days entries for the
Empire City races:
FIRST RACEmTwo-year-olds conditions; Ave and
t2s7) Sea Pirate ...llsJ 24Gs Aiinuet ,oa
t24s) Yurucar .....llll l(3o5l B,alrgo,rrie ioS
SECOND hAcE-Inrcs -year-olds and up.yard; sell.
GIG Bennls's Sister. s7lssl whippoorwin .1os
ss. 1ssiss Is'tss 4 IS Ef haSa fadys N;,y
si Aifass N,Snsn. sualis s Is F$5: Fs5$sa
IL. Peep Sight 52's' Water War ..iis
THIRD RACE-liitee GEAR ODDS and upward; Ths
Tncfahoc Handicap; one mile. i"0
2sos osos lendrie .la6i27o Bondage III
Fo, 70! Eri! EAcH-l'hree-ge clds: the Tar7town
2sa ssaa Elmcndort .....ll9I2 2sa Neppsrhan ....1le
3SS 3SS =, .Annchen 90 24s' Green Gold .. %
sos Kate Bright los 80 Llnfirmer ..... .loi
FIFTH RACE-lTree yearols and upward coil
90 Ing n &. one mile and seventy yards
2l3 kewpie ONei. .ll0 - Wild Thvme ''' i0o i0oo
30l Sunny Hill $50. LOG 30ls Wood,brsh - % o.
240) H. Sweet Home ll2l o95) Dan 80 ,99Se
20l2 african Arrow. l05l 239a ~ X Real iis
20 hesse ..'....'.. .lc7l2S5 Ilirstie's Cub. iO4
S.NIi se; RACi-Twoyr selling; 1vc farlonss
26l I1ppler ........ll2,24 247 Dahinda - la
21S, 9S, Nan knoehr ll2l2s7 Venetian Boy -. los
(42) Fairy Prince H. ~ ''' iVi
Apprentice allowance claimed
49,. W. ~ n.