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AQUEDUCT MEETING CLOSES 1 MONTRFSOB WINS THE MYRTLE STAKES AND J TIES THE AQUEDUCT MILE RECORD ALSO. i i-Thornli.il Reverses with Ban — R. F. Carman Scores - a Double with Dune Site ami Startling — ;, Suburban Handicap at Belmont Today. i New York. Inly 13. — Todays racing at Aqaedacl embraced -. . i :i i events that raided above the I ordinary. The Myrtle Selling Stakes. ■ handicap » for two-year-old*, ■ mile selling race for the better L- lass ii platers awl ■ netting handicap al Hirer- L quartern of ■ mile, all proved Interesting and at-tracted beavj peculation. Todaj marked the ckwe of tie- ]iies. iii Aqueduct meeting of Maea days and s tomorrow will lie the opening day of the Kmpire i in [lacing Associations meeting of sixteen days, which will he. askered in al Belmont Park instead s of :u the oaken coarse, | 1 It. T. Wilsons Mtwtresor again demonstrated thai lie is a capital racer when he took the measure. , of a rormidahle baud in the Myrtle Selling Stakes at one mill. Montresor went into an early had and. after disposing of lioly and Harry Shaw, went j • m i an impressive victory, the mile being ran In . 1:38. which .|uai -,i the track record. Harry Shaw, N after racing Into Recond dace, took a swerve to- . wards the inner rail midway of the stretch and tiled m badly under i hard drive that be lost second , money to the lightly-weighted Holy. i li..inliill turned i lie table* on the consistent Bac •Inn be Ii al that horse borne in the opener, a , • • ! ! i ii - handicap al three-quarters. Bac wa* rushed . inin an early lead and after withstanding iletermined . opposition i ■-■■iii Cj Merrick proved unable in cope . with Hi.- rush of Tbornhill in the liuai drive. The J latter I hi food form al present and seems to be ■ heiier served by sprinting distances than longer ! routes. . Startling was the winner of the two-year-aid ban- , dicap, which attract* aly an ordinary held, over Socoiij .i.i.i S* in. II marked the second wiuner d the .ii, .-r i for I;. I, i arman, his Dm Sil i . l in iii— won the other two-year-old race. Withdrawals Iran the tilth race left the con sisiint start lift in a s,.ri spot. She was quoted ! al almost prohibitive odds and proved an easj win ner. John B. M.idilen has suid the yearling roll bj Star Shoot Veil to John Sanford at private sale. H is ■ half-brother to Vanitie. which he sold last year In Looi inaiis. Done Site, winner if the second race today, was • se id :it ihe Belmont sale last fall lur 00 to her areseal owner, P. i. Car. nan. Probable riders ;nr tin- Suburban tomorrow are :k follows: .1. Notter on Borrow, I.. Dagaa on Rtroraboli, J. McTaggarl on Tartar, T. McTaggarl mi Nona King. .1. Bntwell on Sharpshooter, F. Keogh mi Hodge, C. Borel on Buck horn, J. Mc-Cahey mi Addii- M.. M. Buxton on Gainer, V. Mc Hi riu ill on Sam Jackson and J. McKeever on Ton Hat. Senor Battcnhurg a Havana newspaper in. in. was I risltor toilay, having arrived from the Canadian ■ in nit. He was greatly imnressed with eastern racing and has decided to remain in New York for the remainder ..f the month instead ot leaving al ..nee for Cuba. Jockey P. Keogh arrived from Panada and will have Hie mount on Hodge in the Suburban Handicap tomorrow, lie will return In Vinds..r to ride in n slake race Sat unlay. Hodge has been working well li.r the Suburban. Lake rassidy, agent r..r .1. I.. Holland, Is authority for the statement thai jockej Mack Garners servici -have i been leased to Jefferson Livingston for the in. nth of -1 1 1 1 am! thai former Senator .1. N. Cam den will have find call on the boys service* during the Saratoga meeting and also first call in the iu tarity, after which the lad will report In his con tract employer. ,f. 1.. Holland, fur the Lexington autumn meeting. Weather conditions changed daring Hie afternoon and the la I race wai nm in :• light lain, which Mil. .1 in afreet lie- track, and ceased lati r on. Aqueduct work-oats over a fast track this morning w.ie: Hall, , . Half nne in .".I. P.i ian Born Hal: mile m r.ii" I ■ quelle Mile ill 1 : He . Gallop Im eighths in 1 :iiS. H ria Five eighths in 1 :11s. Hoffman Seven-eighths in 1:34. Lobengi in Five eighl ! . in 1 :0S. Mary Warn n Mile in 1 ; 15%. Mb tbilbiii Three ipiarters in 1 :1c, .. Ilea titer Seven eightliM in 1 :Si. Silver Thread! Three-quarters in 1:17? , ..rk oats en a fast track at lielmoiil Park were: Comic Hall mile in r,l -.. Dinah Do Half mile in EiQ. Hi. ub I. Ragle Seven-eighths in 1 :... I eniin uw I bill mile in |s ■-•- . Gainer Three quarters in 1:13%. Indian Chant Three-eighths iu ::." Vi. Lady Pan. Inl.-i Half mile iii 51 . Lad] I. rei . Tliree quarters in 1:18? Lord Km I v ale Three eighths in :; ;. l»Sllili all I lllee i i-!|l Ii , in 37? .. Bememlirance iin. . ifnarters in 1 -21 . Sea Bead Half mil* in 48. Bherwu d Hall mile in .10.
