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GREAT AMERICAN TO MAIDEN Touch Me Not Wins in Sensa ¬ tional Finish With Broom Spun Exterminator Proves Better Mud MudRunner Runner and Defeats Cirrus in inBrookdale Brookdale Handicap NEW YORK N Y July 3 Clearing skies by racetlme brought out the usual enthusiastic throng of racegoers at Aqueduct today Rain during the night had made the track muddy but with a hard bottom and the track drying out rapidly during the afternoon it was almost fast for the last three races although wet on top topThe The Great American Stakes worth fiCOO to the winner for twoyearolds was the chief attraction of an excellent program which had as a secondary feature the Brookdale Handicap worth 34r 0 to the winner winnerThe The cream of eastern twoyearolds with the exception of Tryster paraded to the barrier aug ¬ mented by Tamarisk which G W Loft added A K Maeomlwrs The Bohemian found the most favor with the talent with the Wilson pair and Uroom Spun next in demand demandTouch Touch Me Not the Greentree Stables highly tried maiden won the race in a most sensational finish from Broom Spun by a neck the Whitney colt in turn a head from Dimmesdale The Bohemian which appears to be pursued by a jinx slipped and fell about seventyfive feet from the finish while in apparently a winning position Brigadier Gen ¬ eral acquired by the Glen Riddle Farm yesterday ran disappointingly disappointinglyrlVltoYjrfUellUxMikdale rlVltoYjrfUellUxMikdale Handicap hut four vrentto the post with Exterminator and Cirrus about equal In demand Exterminator proved the better mud runner and drew avvay after being saved in the early running to win by a fair margin Cirrus was first in the running when entering the stretch but was next to the rail where the going was heav ¬ iest and tired in the last sixteenth Gladiator and War Mask set a hot early pace but retired when the real running l egan eganThe The steeplechase contest of the day furnished a surprise in the victory of the Sanfordbred gelding Rnplca which led home the two equal favorites Syosset and Skibbereen SkibbereenPolly Polly Ann carrying the colors of Spaulding L Jenkins easily took the measure of Hope Princess in the opening dash for twoyearold fillies Polly Ann quickly dashed to the front with the rise of the barrier set a fast pace and held her advantage to the end under Rices energetic riding ridingThe The crowd was again large and Mr Shcvlin and his associates were delighted with the size and character of the gathering Among those noticed on the lawn and in the clubhouse were II K Knapp W T Wilkinson A K Macomber Harry Sinclair Payne Whitney J S Cosden James Shev liu F P Keene Paul Connelly R T Wilson H W Bull W G Street Theo Knapp C II Theriot George II Bull C D Sullivan Clarence McCprmick J F Flanagan J A Drake Clen denning Ryan Walter J Salmon W J Flynn J F Johnson J E Madden C F Grainger Charles and Morton L Schwartz G F Dobson A W Jenks S D Riddle F A Clark and John H OBrien OBrienJockey Jockey Rodriguez who had the mount on The Bohemian escaped with a few bruises and was around the paddock later in the afternoon afternoonThe The character of the soil of the Aqueduct course was shown by the fast time made in the various races Both Exterminator and Touch Me Not ran close to the best time that has been made at a mile and an eighth and fiveeighths fiveeighthsC C E Applegate claimed Leather Face out of the fifth race for 2300 Sam Louis also had a claim in for the son of Prestige but it was too low
