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ELFIN QUEEN MEETS DEfEAT Colors Lowered by W R Coes Terentia in the Astoria Stakes Johren Wins His Eace Over ¬ sized Fields Reduced by Many Withdrawals New York July S An oversized card was reduced lo proportions Inflow normal through the many withdrawals which however did not hurt the days racing iuality for the finishes in the two features were of a variety to rouse the enthusiasm of the Kentroils Monday attendance attendanceTo To W H Coes Tcrcntia went the Astoria Plate and the honor of defeating Elfin Queen the sa sous recognized chamiiion twoyearold Mr Knapps filly did not seem herself today She ict d fractionsly at the post and demanded the at ¬ tention of an assistant starter by her unruly ac ¬ tions Driven through the stretch she failed to xhow the sameness she lias displayed in her previ ¬ ous races It was the opinion of many that Lykes effort was faulty through his apparent anxiety ami surprise at Tcrentias same challenge challengeTiie Tiie nice was a fast cue Elfin Queen setting a dazzling pace after getting into litr stride Tcrentu iv ivst pursuit and when Fairbrothrr tlie Coe youngster passed Elfin vjuiiii nun u nififie hurst of speed which landed him a winner and established a new track recorl for the fiveeighths of a mile mileTlie Tlie history of the Astoria Stakes since 1907 is hero briefly shown Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 114 Mountain r00 10 1IS Melissa 114 Notter liiCJTi 102 lKK Ocean jound 114 Scoville 1700 101 1 1 Itashti 114 G earner lr00102 lr00102I I fisTr1H14 13 Naiad I 114 Wolfe 1000 fisTr 1H14 Pixy 114 J McCahcy 700 ft 1Jir 1leione 114 J McCahey 1400 r 9 1IH Tragedy 114 T Darius 2100 101 1I17 Stitch in Time 114 M Biixtnn 34 O 10 191S 53JfNo Terentia 111 C Fbther 4375 53Jf No raping in 1911 and 1911 Run over straight iourse at ISeluiont 1ark ia 1913 and at Graveseiul prior to 1913 1913Johrcns Johrcns victory in the mile and a sixteenth handi ¬ cap while not impressive indicates that he will continue on his winning way Somewhat sluggish in tiie early running he came on to win decisively enough at the end under a confident ride The race was his first since his return to the east Red SOY was permitted to set the pace from the start and while he ran a good race under his light impost was no match for the winner when he challenged in lli stretch stretchThirty Thirty horses were entered in the first nice but only nine accepted the issue and the Englishbred olt Torclilxarer was returned an easy winner running away from his opponents at the end
