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PECOXIC TO KING COBALT SON OF CESARION WINS AO.UEDUCT STAKE FEATURE IMPRESSIVELY. Rain Falls and Muddy Going Prevails — F. J. Pons Wins First Race in North with Heavily Backed Font. New lak, April lit.— miring the greater part of tin- afti ni niin Ml at Aqueduct, making it a decidedly disagreeable day for racing. Tin- first • wo ra«-is were run over a track that was slow, lint in fairly good condition, while the later MM Ml • -untested over a track that was muddy ami at tin • •ml of the da. sloppy. Such weather conditions naturally had their MM on the crowd, hut there were fatty 4.IKHI persons present and the sport was interesting withal. The leoonic Handicap, at six furlongs, was the feature. !t:id it proved rather easy for King Cobalt. • in other occasions this sprinter had shown a great liking for soft going and the track suited him exactly. He was rushed into a long lead early and easily lasted to lieyt It. F. Carmans Magazine, one of the well hacked clioi -es of the afternoon. The tabulated history of the IVcouic Handicap is us follows: Year. Winn r. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. vl!Mt2 April Shower..:: MB Booker $ Mt 1:434 tlS33 Right and True.:: lill McCafferty.. 1.2X I:3M «1!W4 Spring :; 112 McCue 1.230 1:27- • 1 .~. Sinister :: 112 Hildchrand.. 1.4138 1:27 iVMHi Hermitage ...:; 1 n Xotter 1.443 1:331 tm King Cohalt. . .."» MB Creevy 1.3M !:1S| *At 1 mile and 70 Yards. vAt 7 furlongs. JAt :;-4 mile. The lec..iiic Handicap was not run for in 1SKI7. J.K N and l.Mitt. It was nit a good day for favorites. Richard T. Wilson, Jr.s t wo real old. Onager, and 1. J. Pons Font Itoillg the only public choices to win. Onager was a good second to l.adasctte on opening day and Ihe manner in which lie romped through the slop loday made it apocar that lie will he a good one when such going iirevails. Onager is one of twenty youngsters that Mr. Wilson hoiight from Johu K. Madden at Saratoga last August. Todays other two year old race went to Winning Widow. a daughter of Mexican and Dissembler that was sent to the races hy Kimball Patterson, in this rare Pickaninny was the tip. hut after showing an .innnlainc of early speed, ipiit hadly. Font WHS oi f flic best backed MM of the a let noon, opening at :: to 1 and going to the |iost at evens. His score was the first* for K. J. Tons here, and the Florida u and his friends profited handsomely. On the way to the |xist in the fifth race. Oakdalc unseated jockey McCec. hut he was promptly caught and lio damage was done. Allien Terra/.as. president of the Juarez Jockey • lull, was among the visitors to the track today. He said that his horses would shortly arrive In re and they will he handled hy Max Ilirsch. Eddie Dugan left tonight for Iiinl i . where he will ride the August Belmont horses to he campaigned there under the direction of trainer Johu Whaleli. John Powers toda --hipped Jack Atkin and HrahM to Iimlico .ind they will Isith lie raced at the Maryland track.
