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GUY FISHERS EXCELSIOK SON OF SAIN LEADS FAYETTE TO FINISH IN HANDICAr AT AQUEDUCT. Firestone. One cf Hildrcth Pair That Ruled Favorite. Refuses to Extend Himself During Running: of Race and Finishes Last. e fork. April ::o. -IT. G. Bed well made no mistake Thursday w lien In- Uxistod Guv Fisher frees I selling price of *l.a H l.i tS.-MO after lie had won Ihe Flushing Stak.-s. Today :it Aqueduct tin- horse Von Hi. Excelsior Handicap like a BMBI - ! t . He Brae in well with only K* pounds to shoulder, lint ho fecwed saury Lit .if the MCe and at the ml with si i the rush ..f Fayette, coupled with Fin-stone. at 4 to ." . The result nf the ra.-e was the surprisi- of the day. Car Fayette and Firestone, the I lil.in-1 li pair. seemed to outclass the others, and from i to .ri tin- HUdrefb entry was bached to 4 to ... At the break Firestone wheeled slightly and no amount .if urging would make him extend himself • luring the mik* anil a sixteenth trip. Favette came iu for a shan- of had luck liv bete cut off on the tirst turn. Be BM a Mr M but in the last fur • ul. wh n it seemed ii-rtain he would catch Guy j Fi:di«-r. h - piit. Aias i. the third horse, was recently liought liy A. J. Gohlsborough. His race was .-. "XmhI ..ne. Imt Ik was unable t.i keep step in tin-early stages and had a great d al of ground to make "| in I he si retch. The taliulated history of the Excelsior Handicap is us follows: eer. Winner. A.Wt. TaillJ Val. Time. I IttT Waikalmk 4 M Fuller $»..:.• 1 : u; i NM Rostand 4 lor, H. Phillips.. ti.coo 1:4.".! 1 Mae San. Catalina. . .:; it:; Y. Miller... 6.450 1:4B] ; liHtc, Merrv Lark 4 1 »h; V. Mill.-r... 1JS0 1 :47i IMf l i. Gardner. .. .4 IS J. Martin... 7.336 1:48] I R »s bteCarter 4 113 Xotter i.sr.p i:Ki i 1MB Not run this rear. MM Guy Fisher ...4 Mt Taplin UM 1:16 II. I*. Whitney showed his colors for the tirst time fhis seas, n in ihe ov might handicap with Sixty. a Diamond .liil.ile • f.nir-vi ar-ol.l ihai raced in Bag- : land lasl -.oason. He was third to Rosoin and Mad- man in lasi time and is ..in- that is likely t" improve. Tlie Newcastle Stable showed another good two-year- "1.1 iu R.tV.il Mete,-, a sen of Star Shout anil Queen Bfgiat, which w.m the last race, notwithstanding I lha. he ran gn-cnly. l K. I.. Sm;i thers. who raced McOn-simy some years :tgo. was a visitor at the track with C. K. G. Ril- I Mag*, of trotting ln.rse fame. Former Mayor Hugh I Grant was aN in attendance, as was T. J. Me- ■ Nulty. president of the Saratoga village. After Bi Hall had won in a driving tiuish wilh I Dedicate1. !". c. Ku.me. who is n l known to ihe I regulars, ran up the baraa BHB and he was protected i by owner Rodwoll.
