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TIPPITY WiTCHET WINNER. SPEEDY YOUNGSTER TAKES THE WOODHAVEN SELLING STAKES AT AQUEDUCT. Fine Race for Fillies and Mares Falls to Bella Desmond in a Fast Finish Startling Defeats Pan Zareta Wliimsy Disqualified. Aqueduct, N. Y., July 5. In a driving finish, the Brighton Stables Tippity AVitchet outgamed the Quiney Stables Star Spangled to earn chief honors in the Woodhaven Selling - Stakes the programmed feature of the afternoons sjKirt at the Aqueduct course. It was a duel between this pair all through the final quarter mile, in which Tippity Witchet, aided by Rowans good ride, displayed the biggest heart. There was little to this race but the above pair, for their struggle carried them far in advance of the others and Fragonard was wel.1 beaten off when ho took third place. This youngster flattered his admirers for a quarter of a mile and then tired. This was the twelfth running of the Woodhaven Stakes, the condensed history of which is as follows: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1900 Scurry 103 Mitchell ...,140 1:02 1901 Elsie L 119 T. Burns... 1,350 1:01 1902 Hedge 10S Landry 1,400 1:02 1903 Agnes Brennan ..10! F. ONoil.. 1,310 1:01 f; 1904 Niblick 104 Redfern ... 1,500 :55 1905 Leon. Joe Ilayman 95 .1. Kelly... 1.2G0 :53 1905 Bertmont 99 Baird 1,450 :54 1907 Rustle 91 Swain 1,!00 :54 1 90S Fitz Herbert ...102 E. Dugan... 1,500 :53 1910 Scrimmage 104 G. Burns... 075 :56 1910 Master McGrath..l02 L. Mink 1,010 :59 1917 Tippity Witchet. 105 M. Rowan.. 1.0G0 :59 Run at 4 1-2 furlongs from 1904 to 1910, inclusive. Not run in 1909, 1913, 1914 and 1915. No racing in 1911 and 1912. Aside from- the stake feature, a number of high-class overnight races were programmed, in fact the stake was the only selling race on the card, The best field of the day ran in the mile dash for fillies and marts, which fell to Oscar Lewisohns Irish filly Bella Desmond, which has been showing steady improvement in all her recent races. The six and a half furlong sprint,, which was captured by R. F. Carmans Startling, brought about the- first disqualification of the meeting, when Whimsy was set back from third place for fouling St. Isidore while rounding the turn. Jockey Byrne, Svho had the leg up on Whimsy, was suspended for the remainder of the meeting, a period of six days. Fino Prospects for Racing at Havana Next Winter. Senator S. T. Tolon. owner of Imperator and Sir Wellons, was an arrival from Havana today and reported the numerous horses resting on the island were doing well. The Cubans, who have rapidly become adapted to. the thoroughbred sport, are anxiously awaiting the winter season of racing, which promises to be a banner one. N. Byer has taken over the three-year-old Fuge-Iad, the property of A. J. Davis. I. M. Hedrick, who purchased Little Boy a half hour before the running of the last race yesterday, claimed R. T. Wilsons Sunrose out of that race for 50. Walter House purchased the two-year-old Fragonard from August Belmont at private sale and the youngster bore his colors in the Woodhaven Selling Stakes. J. Temple Gwathmey and W. A. Prime were visitors at the track during the afternoon, while William Starr came on from Montreal to round out the season on the New York courses. The horsemen stabling at Belmont Park staged a mixed program of pony races at that track after the races last night, which attracted 2,500 residents of the village of Queens and nearby towns. The feature pony race went to Gifford A. Cochrans White Sox, which was victorious in this race last year. The track has been made over thoroughly and horsemen will find it the equal, if not the superior, of any half mile track in the country, with many of the requisites and accommodations of the more ambitious racing ventures. In a way it will be a novel experience to New York racing patrons, who, used to the expansive courses of the metropolitan racing district, will get a "close up," which should add interest and excitement to the sport. At the Fair and summer race meeting to be held under the auspices of the Statcn Island Agricultural Society, at the Fair Grounds, Dongan Hills, Staten Island. August 1 to August 0, inclusive, the following officials will have charge of the racing: Presiding steward, Henry J. Morris; Judges, C. Cor-nchlsen and Herman P. Conkling; Starter, William Snyder; clerk of the scales, II. P. Conkling; paddock judge, Charles Thomas, auditor and entry clerk, O. A. Towusend; racing secretary, L. A. Cassidy.
