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VETERAN BORROW A WINNER H P Whitneys Old Campaigner Captures Arverne Handicap Heavy Morning Rain Leaves the Track a Sea of Mud Robin ¬ son Rides Two Winners New ork September JS Heavy morning rains converted the Aqueduct course into a track deep in mud with the result that the fields were small in all but the final race The first two were run in i heavy rain and Syrdarya seemed to fancy the going leading from start to finish to win casing up The favorite Earlocker appeared to be handicapped by the going and tired iu the final eighth after running forwardly from the start startThe The steeplechase fell to Brooks after Crest Hill had hit the concrete lining of the water jump on the first circuit The horses were compelled to run through a small pond on the lower club ¬ house turn turnHarry Harry Payne Whitneys famous old racer Borrow veteran of many a thrilling contest both in this country and England showed a flash of his oldtime form by easily accounting for the Arverne Handicap the stake feature of the afternoon Borrow was opposed by Emil Here Higli Cost and Naturalist an added starter High Cost set a fast early pace to the final eighth where the veteran Borrow moved up and passed his younger opponent to win easing up Naturalist sulked and ran poorly Frank Itohinson rode Borrow and it was his setolid winning mount of the afternoon the Whitney rider having piloted Syrdarya to victory in the first race Assume raceAssume proved best in the third nice defeating a good band of good racers Kashmir ridden by Hughes was unprepared at the start but went on after his opponents and i tup if Sparkling effort Bucklmard goingThe showed a dislike for the going The biggest disappointment of the gloomy day was the defeat of Naturalist in the stake feature that is from the viewpoint of the oral speculators who backed him to the exclusion of the other two starters startersThe The race at a mile and fivesixteenths was a procession Game Cock leading by a wide margin throughout and Little Nearer following with a safe advantage over Conduit which appeared handi ¬ capped by the going goingIt It T Wilson and jockey J McTaggart have agreed to disagree The rider denarted for Mary ¬ land where he will ride free lance lanceMax Max Hirsch will ship his stable of horses belong ¬ ing to KxCougressnian G W Loft to Laurel on 26I September 26 F K Brown claimed Little Nearer for 2900 after the running of the fifth race
