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ASTORIA TO H P WHITNEY His Entry Finishes First and Sec ¬ ond in Famous Sporting Event Lucullite Scores in a Canter Naturalist Beats War Cloud in Close Finish NEW YORK N Y July 8 Interest was well divided in the attractive program presented at Aqueduct today Clear and cooler weather pre ¬ vailed The sixteenth running of the Astoria Stakes saw the name of Whitney added to the list of win ¬ ning owners It is the first time a member of the Whitney family has ever won this sporting event Payne Whitney was present to witness the victory of his brothers horse Not only did Panoply win but her stablemate Wendy finished a game second The latter was the first to show in front and set a dazzling pace closely followed by Panoply In the fincl eighth Knapp sent Panoply to the front and the race was over Wendy was forced to a hard drive to save second place from the fast closing Flying Flower FlowerNaturalist Naturalist gave his backers much uneasiness through the running of the third race and only gained it In the last stride The judges only were able to decide the finish finishLucullite Lucullite carried off the honors in the Brambln Handicap in easy fashion Ho was never threatened and won easing up at the end of a mile in 136 closely approaching the track record Sunny Slope showed himself to be closely approaching his last years good form He raced with Bally a fit horse through the stretch and made him tire although he could not offer serious contention to Lucnllito He will CityH fulfill liis engagements at Empire City H R Schaffers good filly Betsinda proved a keen disappointment in the onening race ia which she was substantially backed Her effort today was a poor one never figuring prominently The winner turned up in Samuel Ross Toucanet the daughter of Vulcain leading home Clarabella by two and a half lengths with Who Cares third thirdLord Lord Herbert the warm favorite in the second race gave his backers several moments of uneasi ¬ ness when he got away slowly and was outrun in the early stages However he closed uo fast coming around on the 9Utside rounding the far turn and overtaking the leaders in the final sixteenth drew away at the end amid long and loud cheers on the part of the big crowd crowdCLOSE CLOSE FINISH IN FINAL RACE RACERodgers Rodgers was accorded strong sunnort in the final dash and finished last but one while Claquer beat Somewhere in France In a close finish for first place It was a tight fit at the end less than a threeAn length separating tlio first three An oldfashioned killing was intended in the race won by John I Day through the medium of Sunny Hill Ernest Hall owns and trains Sunny Hill which carried a weight of money from all sections It Avas only by inches the coup was upset for Sunny Hill led to the last stride where she just quit judgesThe according to the judges The colt Gladiator which won the closing race yesterday may develop into a mighty good horse He is one of those big youngsters which do not come to hand early Many good judges predict ho will prove a far better horse than he has already shown shownTicket Ticket is the most dsappointing horse I ever had in my stable says Mr Miller He does what one leasts expects him to do When we anticipate his doing great things he does just the opposite and after tagging him as a bad and erratic proposition he dpes something astonishing which again places him in good stable standing standingJockey Jockey Ensor will be seen more frequently from now employerAs on He has been reinstated by his employer As usual quite a number of stables will move to Saratoga meetingAfter at the close of the Aqueduct meeting After Toucanet won the first race W C Daly advanced her from the 600 entered price to 900 at which figure she was protected by the owner After ownerAfter the close of this meeting a division of the James W McClelland stable including Eternal will be shipped to Saratoga while another will be sent to Empire City It is Mr McClellands present intention to return Eternal from the Spa to fulfill his DerbyFriends engagement in the Empire City Derby Friends of Mrs George W Loft will be pleased to learn she has recovered from a recent operation for appendicitis Sir Barton was sent a mile and an eighth today for the Dwyer Stakes to be run Thursday covering the mile in 154
