The New York herald., 1921-07-30
EDWINA SCORES IN
FEATURE AT EMPIRE
Overconfident Ride by Fair
brother Almost Tosses Off
Victory for Favorite.
ny HENRY ". KING.


way at the Empire City track these
days The classy ones have departed
for Saratoga, with the result that only
platers are competing for the purses at
the Yonkers course. Yesterday fifty
two started in the six events and the
whole band of them wasn't worth one
good horse
But despite their inferior grade they
furnished good contests. The feature
of the card was the Triumphant Handi-
cap at one mile and seventy yards.
Three mediocre horses started in this.
They were Edwina, Lady Emmeline and
Crack o. Dawn Edwina won by half
a length from Lady Enmeline, with
Crack o. Dawn dozen lengths back.
Edwina was much the best and the fact
that her margin of victory was SO small
was due to an overconhdent ride on
the part of Butts" Fairbrother. He
eased her UP twice and his tactics came
mighty close to losing him the race
1t wasn't a criminal ride on his part,
but If Edwina had been beaten he would
have had a hard time satisfying the
stewards and the racegoers that he
didn't deserve severe punishment
Edwtna Shows the Way.
Edwina took the track AZ soon as the
barrier went UP and stepped along un-
der a nice snug ride three parts of a
length in front of Crack o. Dawn for six
furlongs. Then Crack o. Dawn quit and
Edwina went on by herself and entered
the homestretch three lengths in front
and still running easily. Then Fair
brother apparently believed the race was
over, for he began to ease up his mount.
At the furlong pole he received rude
shock, for Lady Emmeline charged on
him and reached his heels. Fairbrother
gave Edwina a crack Of the whip and
his game filly bounded away again. But
again Tairbrother took liberties and be-
gan to ease up his mount Lady Emme-
line came on second time along the
rail and almost caught Fairbrother nap
ping. Fifty yards from the finish il
looked as IL Lady Emmeline would win,
but Fairbrother. for the third time DUR
ing the race. got down to hard riding
and managed to keep his mount In COM
mand.
Mavourneen won the Veenus purse, but
Starter Cassidy and Jockey Ponce, who
rode Jyntee. helped herr to victory. Cas-
sidy made a wretched start. OF the
seven fillies which went to the barrier
only three of them went away when the
barrier went up They were Mavourneen,
Jyntee and Marie Antoinette, which fin
ished in the order named. Escarpolette,
Actress. Sparkling and Princess Pandora
had little or no chance after the start.
Ponce's Sleepy Ride.
Ponce gave his aid by putting UP the
ride Of novice on Jyntee. This old
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top with Mavourneen. But before the
first sixteenth Of mile had been COW
cred Jyntee had been outrun by Ma
vourneen or had been taken back off
the pace. Entering the hornestretch
Jyntee seemed as II she wanted to race
to the front but she went wide and then
Ponce, who had no whip. began to smack
her with his hand. This tended to re-
tard her rather than speed her on and
Mavourneen held on long enough to earn
the purse by q head.
Dark Hill, a platter which has quit
twice at mile and an eighth. ran full
mile and a quarter In the third race.
and. leading from the start. won by four
lengths.
Nose ran a remarkably good race to
win the fifth and Ponce. who had
tossed off victory on Jyntee, rode like
a LOTUS. He got him away well, but
he was outrun in the early stages and
rounding the turn into the homestretch
seemed to have a slim chance Of victory.
But Ponce picked his way through the
field and then In the last furlong with
clear sailing put up Garrison finish
and landed his mount the victor In
the last jump.
Harry Payne Whitney's Sailing Along
showed marked Improvement in the
last event and won over the five and
half furlons route by a length and
q half.
Swift Grass beat a big field of cheap
juvenile platers in the opening event.
After Dark Hill scored, ]. A. Coburn
went into the sales ring and bid him
up $500. 1t IL the second time IN two
days that Coburn has boosted one
OF Nate Byer's horses. On Thursday
he bid up Turnabout $500. Racegoers
predict a rattling good halter fight
between these two horsemen before