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BROOKLYN GOES TO CIRRUS Hildreth Colt First After Grueling Finish With Boniface Immense Crowd Present to See SeeOpening Opening Days Sport at atAqueduct Aqueduct Course NEW YOTUC X Y Juno 24 Tlio mooting of tin West against the East in tlio running of the historic Brooklyn Handicap worth 5850 to tin winner today at the Aqueduct track was the nine net that attracted one of the largest thrones ever seen in the enclosure of the Queens County Jockey CIuli The clubhouse paddock lawns and grand stand wore packed to suffocation when the bugle called the horses to tin post for the first race at 245 p ni niThe The Porter E Y McLeans sterling fiveyear old son of Sweep brought here especially to rare in the timehonored handicap carried the hopes of many westerners is well as some of tin shrewdest eastern judges The East pinned its faith to Wildair making the Whitney horse an outstanding favorite at post time timefirms firms carrying the second colors of the S C Hildreth stable was the winner after a grueling finish with ISonifaee Mail Hatter finishing a dis ¬ tant third There was considerable crowding dur ¬ ing the running as is frequently noticeable in the stakes here with Wildair and The Porter chief sufferers Roniface also liiul a rough race tins stable entry escaping the interference throughout throughoutThe The J K I Ross stable scored a double vit torv during the afternoon vLion dOiLilefca ± ijiS contested rinisli in tlie open ¬ ing dash and Star Voter carrying the Canadian turfmans colors to success in the third race raceThe The ISayside Selling Steeplechase fell to the Creentrce Stables old but reliable fencer Syosset which easily held SUibbereen safe at all stages stagesThe The withdrawal of Sunflash II and other good ones from the mile dash nibbed that race of much interest Sunny Hill winning with the favorite Toucanet last after setting the paco to the last eighth 1 W McClellands gcod colt Scrapis spread a hoof in his last race and will not be seen under colors again until Saratoga SaratogaS S C Hildreth has obtained second call on jockey L Ensor for the remainder of the racing season seasonJockey Jockey V Keogh will depart tomorrow night for Saratoga Springs where he will join the stable of Samuel Ross which shipped from Benninss to ¬ day for the Spa SpaJ J K L Ross racers which campaigned at Lutonia arrived last night with The Porter The latter will be returned to Latonia tomorrow tomorrowJ J f Wagnou left today for Kentucky where he will select twelve yearliics for the Pelican Stable StableJockey Jockey W J ORrien arrived from Latonia to ride The 1orter today
