New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09

4 n,eing to-day switches to the En-
! .,rs City track at Yonkers, where for
i. next nineteen days the thorough
hrsds viii attempt to prove why the
| meed should be improved.
The Empire City Handicap, with
$4,000 added, at a mile and furlong,
las attracted nine of the best handi-
.sn horses in training. The feature is
snr three-year- olds and upward and the
| psncocas Stable is making bid with
~ less than three. Trainer Sam Hill
| sreth has nominated Mad Halter, Grey
Lag and Thunderclap.
1 Grey Lag has proved him self the king
/ ,;n of the e-year-olds. Mad Halter is
believed TO be one of the very greatest
| horses in training for q sprint or over
| the route, and though he has been
asked to pick up 1872 pounds he is sure
70 hsve his following. Thunderclap is
3 horse of q wonderful turn of speed.
and with the other high class pair gives
\ Hldreth third string to his bow that
cannot be lightly regarded.
But the Raneocas Stable is not likely
10 have any cake-walk OF it. The For
s;vn Stables Audaeious, which already
has lowered Man o. Wars record for
distance, has a pull in the weights
from Mad Halter and is likely to give
Eiidreth's star the battle Of his life.
derfril race the other day, Charlie
Stoneham's Yellow Hand, George W.
Lofts Donnaconna, J.. S. Cosden's
Blazes and Royce Roofs. Every entrant
has q show for the money; it should
be one of the best stakes ever con-
tested at Empire City.
The getaway from Aqueduct was
nothing to tell the folks back home.
Only one favorite won and he was
ltleld so closely by the oralists that the
good men mostly shot all around him.
This was Sennings Park, which was
backed from to to to 20.
Sedgefeld Surprise
One Of the very biggest surprises Of
the meeting developed in the feature
race, the Speculation Handicap at a
mile which was won by R. 7. Wilson's
Ssdgefeld.
This unmannerly equine lay off
the early pace after breaking web
in the small field. Valor, the warn,
favorite, went out as if to kill off ali
the others, but toward the end he tired
gnder his heavy impost. When Ned
I dan chucked it after six furlongs lit
tile s. pullman made his move with
Sedgefeld. pullman, by the way. nut
Up a finish that would have been q
credit to Tod Sloan at his best. At
the eighth pole he moved up as if to
come on the inside and when Sande
edged over with the faverite the kid
Shot quickly to the outside and en-
ra vaA y~r- IL A
.s--of fact, little Bullman outrode the pre-
mier jockey.
A far different ride was that which
sande showed in the closing race of
live furlongs when he landed John E.
Madden's Surf Rider victor over the
Glen Riddle Farms Oceanic by scant
nose Sande put up a $10,000,000 fin
sa on the Madden gelding Incident
ally, he spoiled one of the biggest
coups of the year. The public was
DOWN hook, line and sinker on Louis
reustels good thing, which had been
cutworking Dream of the Valley.
Though it was the first time Oceanic
had ever gone to the post the laymen
boarded him with assurance such as
sney used to display when Man o.
War answered the 3ugle. That he
didn't win was not his fault. Coltiletti
RODE like shoemaker. He was foun-
cerlng all over his mount in attempting
% use the whip. Sande showed up the
Italian as veritable novice.
Uses Poor Judgment
Fad Coltiletti sat still from the fur
long pole home he couldn't possibly
have lost
Hyperbole, a long shot, won the open
ing dash of five furlongs. The favor
rte, Maggie Murphy. was running over
she winner at the end and would have
won buck-jumping had she not been
sioughed at the elbow and knocked
osek half dozen lengths.
Fair Mac and LIE Cyprin both fell
eaEiy IN the steeplechase and there was
Nv contention for Saywhich, which won
~ ne pleased. Brady remounted Fair
mac and finished the race, many min
yves after the first numbers had been
aung up, for third money.
Jennings Park had the time of his
ne TO catch Pen Rose in the third race,
:. seven furlongs. Sande rated this
Ipaas-on yavorite off the early pace, but
aao TO drive like a Jehu through the
last furlong.
oande, the most popular jockey now
appearing under silks, had three mounts
rusihg the day, with which he won two
.ases and again finished second. His
ssnoeriul ride on Surf Rider has been
;; ~ OF; had he put up such spir-
W.. ,ssa nnlsn with Valor, in the feature
a. ne might have saved the biscuits.
~ ~ THIS occasion, however. little Bull
Ms a win Sedgefeld clearly outrode