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AQUEDUCT RACING PROMISING Brooklyn Handicap Likely to Furnish a Noble Contest T Mad Hatter Exterminator Auda ¬ cious Eternal and Other s Stars to Meet NEW YORK N Y June 15 Belmont Parks spring meetings ends today and Aqueduct the homo of the Queens County Jockey Club will throw open its gates on Friday witli the Brooklyn Handi ¬ cap as the outstanding attraction of an interesting inaugural day program programThis This event which was originally run at a mile and a quarter when it was decided at Gravcscnd is at a mile and an eighth and carries an added value of 10000 10000The The fact that it closed with seventysix entries is an indication of the Brooklyn Handicaps popu ¬ larity with horsemen The track at Aqueduct is peculiarly fitted for a race at a mile and an eighth as that distance can be covered with a single turn and the best horse in i majority of cases should be successful There will be con ¬ siderable interest in the fact that Mad Hatter is asked to concede three pounds in uctual weight to Exterminator It ought to be a splendid contest between these fine horses and in arriving at conclusions it Avill be well to throw out Ex ¬ terminators race in the Suburban when ho was badly kicked while at the post by Mad Hatter That it was only a superficial wound was shown by the big gelding being at work within the next few days Audacious the conqueror of a fast band in the Suburban and Eternal arc the next best in the estimation of the Jockey Clubs astute official Billy Kelly is another that is in at 127 but he will not be here hereIt It will be a good contest if only Mad Hatter Ex ¬ terminator Eternal and Audacious go to the post but John P Grier if he is the colt lie was last year may furnish a surprise Then there are Yel ¬ low Hand Captain Alcock Blazes Royce Rools Paul Jones and the threeyearolds Leonardo II and Grey Lag all dangerous dangerousThe The Brooklyn is only one of the many fine races which will be decided at Aqueduct during the nine ¬ teen days the meeting will consume There will be many rich events for twoyearolds among them the great American and Tremont Stakes each with 10000 added In them all of the best twoyear olds will be seen seenThe The Dwyer with 5000 added for fillies and entire colts will be the chief feature for the three yearolds It was formerly the Brooklyn Derby but was changed to its present name in 191S in honor of the late Philip J Dwyer Its history is replete with grand struggles none greater than that of last year when Man o War and John P Grier staged their wonderful duel which resulted in the victory of the horse of the century on the American turf in 149 which was a record until beaten a few days ago by Goaler with a feather on his back backFor For the threeyearold fillies exclusively there is the Gazelle Stakes at one mile and a sixteenth and this like the Dwyer ought to be a fine con ¬ test as it has Nancy Lee Prudery Fkuubcttc Bauksia Ten Buttons Idle Dell Polly Ann Thim ¬ ble Careful Step Lightly and other promising misses engaged engagedThe The crosscountry enthusiasts have not been for ¬ gotten as there are three stakes for the jumpers the Bayside on the opening day the Winfield on Wednesday June 29 and the Glendale on Wednes ¬ day July i
