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ASTORIA TO H P WHITNEY His Crocus Furnishes a Surprise by Easily Defeating Careful Arethusa Astonishes Both His HisOwner Owner and the Public by byConquering Conquering Mad Hatter NEW YORK N Y July 12 The Astoria Stakes carrying a net value of 3825 and a plate valued at 250 was the feature of a wellbalanced program at Aqueduct today W J Salmons snperby filly Careful was the appropriate choice being opposed by a small but select band of fillies The race resulted in another distinct surprise when H P Whitneys filly Crocus outpaced the favorite from the start to win easily by two lengths Care ¬ ful with the crushing impost of 127 pounds struggled gamely to overhaul the leader but never seriously manaced her Prodigy was an easy third thirdThe The Astoria has been a popular feature of Aque ¬ duct racing since 1902 when it was established as the Astoria Dinner Stakes the owner of the winner being called on to act as host at a dinner to the owners of the other starters This condition still holds good The interesting history of the Astoria since 1909 is as follows Year Horse Wt Jockey Val Time 1909 Ocean Bound 114 D Scoville 1700 101 1910 Bashti 114 G Garner 1500 102 1913 Naiad 114 J Wolfe 1900 59 1914 Pixy 114 J McCahey 700 59 1915 Pleione 114 J McCahey 1400 59 1910 Tragedy 114 T Davies 2100101 1917 Stitch in Time 114 M Buxton 3450 liOOift 1918 Terentia 112 C Frbrother 4375 3g 3gs s 1919 Panoply 122 W Knapp 3885 5S 1920 Crocus 112 E Ambrose 3823 100 100Proceeding Proceeding the running of the Astoria another anotherWhitney Whitney filly in Arethusa had astonished the spectators by winning tlie Domino Handiap at lucrative odds from Mad Hatter and Lady Gertrude The Broomstick filly was in receipt of much weight and was kept well up during the early racing drawing away in the stretch to win ridden out Mad Hatter made up much ground from i slow beginning which probably cost him the race Lady Gertrude also finished fast easily outstaying Cromwell for the short cud of the purse purseThe The afternoons sjPort was inaugurated with the success of Liberty Girl an outsider in the betting the unconsidered daughter of Neil Sow leading home American Eagle Brisk Madam Byng and Huron II among others othersThe The Parr colors were to the fore in the race through tlie field Queen of the Sea carrying them thehm to victory victoryAnother Another surprise for the backers of favorites came in the fifth race a dash of a mile in which Title tlie warm choice quit badly and finislied last the winner turning up in Youneed YouneedEXTERMINATOR EXTERMINATOR AT WINDSOR WINDSORJ J Simon Healy trainer for W S Kilmer shipped all of tlie Kilmer stable but three to Wind ¬ sor this afternoon Included in the shipment was Exterminator which will start in the Frontier Handicap the 10000 added feature of the open ¬ ing day dayG G W Forman claimed Thrift out of tlie fifth race Saturday for 3900 3900William William Shields will take nine of the Ral Parr stable to be campaigned at Empire City Jockey Rodriguez has recovered from his fall on TJie Bo ¬ hemian and will ridu the Parr horses at the Yon kers track trackLewis Lewis Garth trainer for A K Macomber will leave for his home in Charlotteville Va for a ten days visit Wednesday WednesdayThe The R Parr and A K Macomber stables will be shipped to Saratoga on the same day by Wil ¬ liam Garth GarthJockey Jockey J McTaggart who has been riding with good success on the Canadian circuit was a visitor today but will leave this evening for Windsor where he will ride for H Neusteter NeusteterThomas Thomas Clyde shipped six horses in care of A Weston to the Spa from Pimlieo Edward Mc Bride sent three twoyearolds and G W Forman three maiden jumpers from thu driving park in the same shipment shipmentKirk Kirk Harrington owner of the Florisant Stable was a first time visitor today He stated that thatliner liner E Trotter was unable to secure stabling at Empire City and the Florisant horses were to be shipped directly from Ft Erie to Saratoga SaratogaJ J Pat McGovern and Eddie Delling were also among tlie arrivals The Maryland Stable arrived from Ft Erie today at the Empire track trackH H P Whitneys and W R Coes horses arrived from Kentucky today and are quartered at Belmont Park ParkF F J Bryan and W C Edwards acted as Placing Judges today for E C Smith and C Cornehlsyn CornehlsynJockeys Jockeys F Coltiletti and L McAtee arrived this morning from Kentucky and accepted mounts dur ¬ ing the afternoon afternoonLiberty Liberty Jirl was claimed by James Johnson for 1500 Dr Geo Corder took Huron II for the same amount
