The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-24
RAGING FANS AT
 EMPIRE CITY SEE MANY FAST RACES
Loftus Rides Motor Cop to E Victory in Garrison
 Finish.

Three races at the Empire City rack yesterday afternoon were won by the proverbial Whisker and in each instance the second best horse, be-. cause of the superior work of It's jockey got the decision. In the first race John E. Madden's Maggie Maitland stuck her nose home in front of a good field of juvenile platerss She was ridden faultloaSly by young Erickson. who put up one of the best finishes of his career. Maggie Maitland led al the way, but in the last sixteenth of a mile tired badly and 1t was only the great ride by her jockey that enabled her to stall off a determined challenge by Goldvale.
 In the third race, handicap for all ages at six furlongs, it was Johnny Loftus more than A. K. Macomber's Motor Cop which earned the purse. Johnny rode one of his inimitable finishes and landed Motor Cop first past the judges by few inches.
 Like Maggie Maitland Motor Cop made all the pace. Entering the home stretch he was two lengths in front and running easily. But when the eighth pole was reached he began to falter and Mrs. R. L. Breslers pair, Jock Scot and Ultima Thule, chal- 1enged with a determined rush. Lof- tus saw the two Bresler horses gain ing on him but he didn't get excited and refused to whip his mount.
 He hustled Motor Cop along with a vigorous hand ride and kept him go- ing at a good pace. Ultima Thule continued to gain though, and at the sixteenth post was almost on even terms with the Macon'ber colt.
 Then the premier jockey went to work on his charge in earnest. He had reserved some of his mounts strength for just such an emergency He laid the whip on Motor Cops Hanks a couple of times with force. Each time the colt bounded forward and he kept his head in front. Ten wards from the judges Ultima Thule got the tip of his nose in front but Loftus struck Motor Cop another crack of the whip and when his charge responded he fairly lifted him over the line the victor For this su- perb finish the jockey receivel salvos of applause.
 The sixth race went to John San ford's Alphee instead of W. R. Goes Over There because Robinson outrode McAtee. Alphee sped to the front as soon as the barrier rose and breeze6 along in front three lengths ahead o1 her opponents. Entering the home stretch Over There. which got away from the post badly, began to move up and at the eighth pole was in ( contending position and running ove1 his field. A sixteenth of a mile iron home he was at Alphees saddle giTthi and gaining with every bound bu Robinson did his. best to Initiate Lof tus and succeeded in keeping hi: charge in front until Alphee passed the judges first. a few inches ahead of Over There.
 The Bedford Selling Stakes, the fea ture of the program went to T. P Thorne's Panaman. He won becaus Star Spangled and Out the Way raced themselves dizzy and tired in the frs half mile. Out the Way went to tn front when the webbing went up, bu before a hundred yards had been GOV cred Star Spangled reached his side Then followed a duel between tn pair until the home stretch wa reached. Star Spangled proved tn Gamest and made Out the Way quit But in accomplishing this feat he los the race. The brush sapped all of hi strength and Panaman, which ha laid off the pace until straightene out for home. came with a rush an easily beat him home.
 John Sanford's co't1rs flashed hom in front in two races. Madam Curri carried them away to an easy victor
 fin the fifth race and his Alphee wo the sixth.