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AUDACIOUS TURNS TABLES I , -i Easily Defeats Georgie, His Recent Conqueror at Belmont. Frigate Again Disappoints, Finishing Unplaced in the Glen Cove Selling Stakes. . i NEW YORK, N. Y., September 23. The Foreign Stables Audacious, carrying top weight of 125 pounds, showed a return to his best form in the Potomac Handicap at Aqueduct this afternoon. Not only did he reverse the dicision over the Bedstone Stables Georgie, which beat him at Belmont Park when in receipt of twenty-two pounds, but also did it convincingly as respectively weighted today. Copper Demon was third. Kummer showed an abundance of faith in his mount by the race he rode on the Star Shoot horse. Audacious went into the lead at the start and set a slow pace while going to the turn. Kummer made no effort to keep the lead when Copper Demon and Georgie moved up on the turn, from where he indulged the pair until ready in the stretch and then sent Audacious up on the outside to dispose of the leaders with great ease. He took his mount under restraint again at the finish, winning by the easy margin of a length and a quarter from the tired Georgie, with hard ridden Copper Demon in third place. Audacious, at- his best, is a performer of rare quality. He was at his peak today. The time, 1:45 Ms. is no criterion of what be could have done had he been pushed. .The Oneck Stables Frigate was again a big disappointment this afternoon, finishing fourth in the Glen Cove Selling Stakes, in which he was the pronounced choice. Tody won the race in a sensational finish, outstaying Knight of the Heather by the smallest of margins. Curfew took the- fifth race at one mile with ease from Gray Gables and Mademoiselle Cadeau. Miller held the Ten Point colt under restraint through the entire race after . taking the lead in the first eighth and easily withstood the challenge of Gray Gables in the stretch. He had a length advantage at the finish, while Gray Gables held second place by the same margin from Mademoiselle Cadeau. Mademoiselle Cadeau was backed .into favoritism, but she began slowly and, after working her way up on the outside, tired in the stretch. OLD RELIABLE JOCK SCOT "WINS. The old reliable Jock Scot, under Sandes vigor? ous finish, won a hard-earned victory in the opener, defeating Fort Churchill by a head in the last stride. The Ultimus filly. Phantom Blue, wns the odds-on favorite in the second race, which was for maiden two-year-olds. Only five of the original ten entries faced the starter. The favorite made a show of her opponents, leading all the way by a safe margin. The stewards of the meeting fined trainer William Shields 5 for racing Tidings in blinkers without previously getting official permission. Tidings was claimed back by J. S. Cosden out of the first race for ,205. Because of the failure of owners .and trainers to comply with the spirit of the lenient scratch rule at Aqueduct the stewards of the meeting yesterday issued a request for more exact observance of the regulations. Owners have failed to scratch their horses before 1 p. m., as the rule provides, apparently preferring to pay the fee. It is probable that the stewards at Jamaica and Empire City will be forced to adopt the rule in force at Belmont Park to eliminate the scratch nuisance. Trainer Lewis Garth has severed his connection with the Oak Ridge Stable and will confine his activities in the future to training his own horses. It is rumored that former jockey J. Loftus, who has been acting as assistant to Garth in training the Oak Ridge horses since he was denied a riding license by the Jockey Club, will ask the stewards of that body for a trainers license and take over the string.
