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LARGE CROWD AT AQUEDUCT Find Relief from Citys Heat and Diversion in Good Program Old Mare Housemaid Wins Stake StakeFeature Feature Minto n First in inSir Sir Walter Handicap NEW YORK X Y July 2 A large crowd of turf followers found relief from the citys intense heat and diversion in the good program offered at Aqueduct today Fast and interesting racing was the rule and the running of its feature the Sir AValter Handicap provided the Kentucky Stable with another opportunity to strengthen its high average of winners when Minlo II away well in a flying start raced into an immediate lead which the others could not reduce though Thunderclap and the Lutonia Derby winner Be Frank the latter conceding many pounds to all his opponents both ran game races racesThw Thw Rockaway Selling Stakes brought together a fine band of sprinters After a game drive the old mare Housemaid took the race to the joy of JJKIIIX who supported her heavily The much im ¬ proved Youneed followed her closely at the end while the favorite Out the Way lasted long enough to save third place placeThe The Lysander Steeplechase was marred by an accident which terminated the life of the Dosoris Stables good Trumpator While coming through the straightaway he fell heavily at the fourteenth jump and broke his spine dying instantly Rider W It Lake after turning a somersault fell but arose with assistance and his collarbone was found to have been fractured W M Jeffords Jiarklit won the race taking the lead after the fourteenth jump when Decisive weakened weakenedOuco Ouco again was King Plaudit n warm favorite and again did he disappoint his backers when he was led home in the fifth race by Fell Swoop and Cnnso He set a fast pace to the last eighth but quit when challenged challengedJ J K L Ross King Thrush a goodlooking son of Thrush Silent Queen was the medium of strong support in the closing race but did nothing to warrant it He raced greenly and was never prominent The winner turned up in Hoodwink which easily beat Evcrguy with Gladiator a close up thirdA third A field of eighteen platers faced the starter in the opening dash and the Bannockburn mare Valerie West one of the extreme outsiders in the betting led all the way without any serious opposition oppositionHOUSEMAID HOUSEMAID CREATES A RECORD RECORDHousemaid Housemaid has created a record according to Dr MiCully She is the first mare which had a foal and afterward won races She is now eleven years old and was unable to deliver her first foal Sin ¬ was declared useless for further breeding purposes and Frank Taylor trained her again with the result she has almost recovered her form of nearly ten years ago agoAn An incident of trainers wrong impressions and the pranks of horses will play in racing was illus ¬ trated when Herodias Avon and Uncles Lassie lost their respective races Mr Karrick who trains Iwtli horses thought Uncles Lassie could hardly be beaten while he had little faith in Herodias HerodiasJ J B Elwell the owner of Sunny Slope lias de ¬ cided to start him in an overnight race some time this week Sunny Slope was taken sick last Octo IHT but has recovered and may be a serious con ¬ tender in some of the future fixtures fixturesSnapdragon Snapdragon II may develop into a useful horse in longdistance races He just loafs in the early part of the race undns soon as he overtakes the leaders he puts in his best just as did old Advance Guard some years agx Herodias evidently likes the Aqueduct track better than Belmont Park At Aqueduct he simply cantered to beat horses that easily beat him at the other course Horses for courses is an old turf adage adagePaddy Paddy Whack has had stable support each time lie has started but failed in each instance He does jiot appear to have the speed he had two years ago either in his work or while racing racingMajor Major General George B Duncan U S A com inander at Camp Merritt was the guest of his brotherinlaw Algernon Daingerfield at the races today todayJockey Jockey L Fators apprenticeship terminated under the eastern rule when he rode Minto II to vic ¬ tory that iHing his fortieth winner winnerAfter After Uetsindas victory on Tuesday she was re ¬ tained by owner II R Sclmffers claim of 1900 1900Friends Friends of J I Holland will be pleased to learn he is recovering rapidly from his recent illness illnessSteeplechase Steeplechase jockey J Smith Innight the two yeirnld Back Home today
