New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-30
f avorite Has
Narrow Escape
In Triumphant
Edwina Wins, but 1OO-to-I
Shot Gives Talent Scare
at Empire City Track
BY w. I. Macbeth

The closing days Of the Empire City
race meeting are sad and dreary, in
deed, for lovers Of the thoroughbred
who are fed upon the metropolitan
brand. The reason is Saratoga. The
real blue ribbon Of the season opens at
the Spa on Monday, in anticipation of
which most of the crowd and all of the
good horses have trekked northward.
The entr!es for getaway" this after
noon tell the sad story. Of the six
events half are selling affairs, with the
cheapest platers named, while another
us for maidens. The fields are un-
usually light and a great many of the
overnight nominations include horses
that performed yesterday. The only
event of preteuslon VIVA tower is the
holiday feature, the Yonkers Handi-
cap, at mile and sixteenth. with
$4,000 added. This has attracted only
hve handicap horses and none Of them
Of the first flight by any means.
Those thinning lines of gluttons for
punishment are likely to have hard
time guessing right this getaway"
and IT the oralists desire action they
may nave to visit among one another
The attendance yesterday was very
meager, for the vanguard of the reg
ufars was already on the wing toward
Saratoga
Cheap All the Way
The fields yesterday were cheap, and
enc racing cheaper. E. G. Soules
lo.ur-year.old hlly Edwina, pro-
hlbitlve favorite in & field of three,
captured the Triumphant Handicap,
the advertised feature. This was a
gaIlop OF mile and seventy yards for
purse OF Sl,667 "A. Though the odds
ner the race developed q big surprise.
which came near being a serious one.
H. /. Oxnard's Lady Emmelne, the
rank outsider, which paid as much as
100 to l in some books and against
which a to l might be had anywhere
for place, not only beat the weu-re-
garded second choice, Crack O. Dawn.
put came mighty close to beating the
| tavorite, as well.
ness of Butts" Fairbrother, who eased
the winner too soon while coasting
nome. Edwina swerved badly right at
the end, and was stra ghtened with diff
hculty. Crack O. Dawn, for some rea-
son, ran IN heavy bandages which migt. E
easily have concealed all the kitchen
utensils.
In spite Of Intern ittent rains. the
talent stood up fairly we'll, no less than
three favorites bobbing down to vic
tory In the most exciting finish of
the afternoon, which marked the sec
ond race at about six furlongs, Mavour-
neen, the second choice, nosed out
Jyntee, the favorite, by the breadth of
narellp. Mavourneen stepped out to
the lead shortly after the start, opened
a commanding lead and held on gamely.
Yet Jyntee would have won had not
Ponce been so confident. He began his
hid too late with the favorite
Sailing Along Surprises
real upset developed in the closing
race, when H. P Whitney's Sailing
Along, neg ected good thing which
SCARED from 3 to 1 TO 6 30 /. cake
walked home in front of T. r. Wilson'S
Duncecap. The latter, as usual. was
slow. TO begin, but did not have her
customary speed for the stretch run.
Swift Grass, the faverite, had all she
could do to beat Dollnan, a rank out
slider, in the opening dash of five fur
longs for d cheap lot of two-year-olds.
Swift Grass crossed sharply in front of
DSmen within fifty yards OF the finish,
but A. ColliHss claim of foul was not
entertained.
In the fifth race, at a mile and sew
enty yards, Mandalay, the early mace
maker, quit to nothing after six fur
longs, and Nose, the favorite, came
away TO the easiest imaginable victory.
Dark Hill simply galloped through the
mile quarter third event Neither
the Lamb nor Bantry, which were
equally favored, was able to finish in
the money.