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ROUGH RIDING AND MISHAPS s ♦ Mar Running of the Union Selling Stakes at Aqueduct. ■ Cum Sahs Chances Ruined by Interference — Two Horses Fall • — Compadre the Winner. r ♦ New York. June II.— The 1nion Selling Stakes Midi I value of 0L.4M to tin- winner, wont to Compadro. after a contest that was mama] by two r.illis .iihI much rough riding. Shortly after the start. Top Coat, in clow quarters next to the rail, foil and Anw-liou. closely following, jumped on 1 is heels ami foil Ml r Ha. Coinpadre wont on. with Charlie Leydeoker in lose pursuit and tiny hat tied for lh load through the stretch, where tlu-v wore joined l»y Cum Sail. Charlie Leydcckor lx.ro out end interferred with the Loft candidate. whi h emmmmmi against Trophy wmtm the latter was running in a contending imsitiou and with a good chance to win. Parrir.gton was first in the stand ; lid the stcwaids called Troxlor for his version. Doth riders were dismissed and the result alloweil to stand. Scliuttiugor and H. Br.lluian. the respective riders of Top Coat and Alinehcn, were removed to the hospital, Iioth unconscious. The condensed history of the Inion Selling Stakes is hen- presented: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. MUM Wets 93 G. Garner. .,030 1:40 15X17 li- rkolcy MUM 1.210 1:27 liMix Alatida 101 E. Dugau. . . 1.0*0 1:29.-, Ill ill;. 11 Doval Ml Hyland ... 075 1:30 Ill I II. k air KI7M. Buxton.. «75 1 :27 ]!•].• Watertowu Ms J. MeTagt. MS 1:31 1»1« Murpli- KKi L. Lyke ... 1.000 1:20 JM7 Strght Forward. .1« J. MeTagt. 1.080 1:24% DJ1S Coiupadrv HI «. Walls. . . 1,430 1 :2A*, Distance 1 mile in 190ti. Not run in 1909 and 1913. No racing iu 1911 and 1912. A highweight handicap divided interest with the Vnion Selling Stakes and the manner iu which Kali-tan accomplished his victory under the crushing ini|Nist of 140 imiinds, indicated that E;l Bradleys lreaki:"ss Stakes winner of last year is right at the lop of liis form an. will bo a hard one to heat from now on. A moderate wind blowing across the track served to retard the speed of this good colt, which, nevertheless, ran the race in 1:11%, with his rider looking around. After several disappointing attempts, Dottie Van-diver suddenly showed a return to the form which . n tt.lod her to win five races in a row earlier in the season and led a big hand of youngsters home . in the opening race. Crystal ford, the well-lmokod I favorite, finished second after suffering considerable . interference in the early running. CLOSE FINISH IN STEEPLECHASE. The steeplechase contest was one of the most thrilling races seen through the field in some time. : The Grecutroc Stables Cocktail, with Vincent : Towers in the saddle, was returned the winner, but J only after the hardest kind of a struggle with leg : o My Heart, the- result licing in doubt until tin-last few strides. Peg o My Heart showed the most 1 sliced and fenced in good style but. after taking the last jump, could not resist the fast closing rush 1 of tlto winner. . Jockey Tapliu rode a itowerful finish on Conduit J in the mile and a sixteenth dash, run as the fifth race, and was iu a great measure responsible for that English bred fillys victory, the first to lie scored by her owner. J. F. Cobb, a recent recruit to the sjKirt. It was a liitterly contested battle all through the stretch between Conduit and Dai: and the former won because Taplin outrode Corey at the end. The talent was hard hit in this race, when Home Sweet Home failed to cut any figure in tin-result. W. K. Coes Iolymelus filly Polygon ran a good race to beat Stickling in the closing contest of the afternoon. She set a fast pace and gamely out -stayed the Whitney representative iu a fast closing finish. Stickling appears to Im- a good one and may do better with more racing, as she ran green today. Sand Marsh was shipisd to Kentucky, where he will s» to the stud and stand at J. S. Barbces farm. Cocktail, the winner of the steeplechase, was l night by the Green tree Stable only three weeks ago from John E. Madden. He has had but three weeks schooling over the jumps. Several horses changed hands this afternoon by the claiming route. W. J. Starr claiming Crystal Ford for t?,ty», A. H. Diaz getting C luit for 750 and W. C. Clancy securing Faddy Dear for #1,000.
