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OFF DAY CARD AT AQUEDUCT Attendance and Fields Small with Little Enthusiasm Displayed Snapdragon II and Trompe La LaMqrt Mqrt Win Principal Races of ofthe the Afternoon NEW YORK N Y July 1 A typical offday program ivas offered at Aqueduct today As a re ¬ sult the attendance was comparatively small and there was little enthusiasm displayed principally because there was little to enthuse over The win ¬ ners had an easy time of it in most of the races What served as a feature the Broomstick Handi ¬ cap fell to Andrew Millers Snapdragon II the Fitz Herlwrt colt beating African Arrow in hollow fashion after indulging the latter with the lead to the final eighth eighthJ J E Wideners Trompe La Mort easily accounted for the Hamburg Handicap in which George Starr was the pronounced favorite The latter quit badly in the stretch after forcing a fast early pace The speedy LErrant was the pacemaker but gave way when challenged by Trompe La Mort while Ima Frank had no chance with the poor ride she re ¬ ceived ceivedThe The opening dasli proved easy forBetsinda which beat Toucanet two lengths with Who Cares third ti length and a half in advance of Fair Colleen first choice in the race The latter appeared sore going accordinglyThe to the post and ran accordingly The gray filly Herodias ran away from members of her own sex and age in the second race Phantom Maid and Ballot Dancer II most fancied by the speculators respectivelyMarchesa finishing second and third respectively Marchesa II running in the colors of her new owner Fred Bnrlew won the fifth in runaway fashion After the race the stewards suspended Jockry STycTiTforfbTn flayfrtcr rongn TldlnjrHiclitto astride Uncles Lassie the favorite which after running forwnrdly to the final eighth quit badly and finished swerving all over the track trackCIOSE CIOSE FINISH IN LAST RACE RACEThe The best finish of the day came in the closing race Phantom Fair earning a neck decision over Thelma E in a driving finish The latter acted badly at the post but once in her stride set a terrific pace to the last eighth where she was joined by Phantom Fair and the two fought it out to the end the Carman filly winning in the last stride strideForeignbred Foreignbred horses figured prominently in todays results four of the six winners having been bred abroad Herodias was bred in England while Trompe La Mort Snapdragon II and Marchesa II were bred in France FranceThe The mother sister and brotherinlaw of Senora II Diaz arrived from Cuba yesterday a = d occupied a box at the track today Trompe todayTrompe La Mort was somewhat neglected in the Hamburg Handicap owing to his having pulled up sore in his recent works Tom Welch his trainer was not at all confident of his success successHerodias Herodias was not much fancied for her race by her stable connections not having done well of late She is a poor feeder from all accounts accountsGeorge George Swain an oldtime jockey who has been in France during the war has returned in good condition Miss Shackleton while schooling this morning bolted into the fence and breaking it ran a splinter through her body causing her immediate death She was the property of Samuel Ross RossJames James Ollara general manager of the Bowie track who lias been an inmate of the Franklin Hospital Baltimore suffering with kidney trouble is reported better with a fair chance for recovery
