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i j DOMINIQUES 1922 DEBUT ♦ Results in Easy Victory in the Rockaway Selling Stakes. ♦ — Thimble Defeats Sunnyland in the Borrow Handicap — Pen Rose Once More. — — ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., June 20.— Dominique, the five-year-old son of Peter Quince and Berry Maid, that races for the Rancoeas Stable, made his 1922 debut at Aqueduct today in the Rockaway Selling Stakes and was an easy winner from II. S. Downs Ralco and Bud Fishers Muskallonge. The rat-was worth $: ,4T5 to the winner and the gelding had been entered at a valuation of .?1.0O0 and though be raced as though he was probably worth considerably more, he escaped a boost. It was not an agreeable day to go racing. There were frequent showers, and while t track was good, it was far from being fast. The disagreeable weather resulted in a decided falling off in the attendance, though the stands and lawn were filled. The Rockaway had attracted fifteen in the overnight entries, hut eight of them declined before post time and of those remaining there were two stables, when Borti lirighton raced with Dominique, and in fact was the one with which Hildreth declared to win. and Nate Byer sent both Joseph Ban-tenbergs Squaw Man and T. F. Prices Doughnut to the post. The others were Bud Fishers Muskallonge. H. S. Downs Balco and Henry Watersons Brainstorm. Eord Brighton and Brainstorm had the worst of it at the start when they left the barriers sluggishly while the others were away well in motion. Sande lost little time in finding his way to the front with Dominique, and once safely out there, he only had to sit still and rate the big chestnut along. There was nothing in the field tint came close enough to threaten him and he swung into the stretch with his ears pricking and well clear. Ralco went a trifle wide to And racing room in the stretch run and when the real te came he drew out from the others, but did not seriously threaten Dominique. Ralco was a couple of lengths Lack of the Rancocas sprinter and then three lengths farther away Muskallonge just lasted to save the third place from the fast-closing Brainstorm. This fellow had to make up a deal of ground arid lis was a really good race. I.OItn BRIGHTON SB IKS. Bord Brighton, after being away so badly, ran a dull race and appeared to sulk when Fator called on him in the stretch. R. J. Murphys Thimble made a sprint of the mile and a sixteenth of the Borrow Selling Handicap and was an easy winner from Ceorge I. Fullers Sunnyland, with Charles A. Stonehams Recount third From a gocd start Thomas drove Thimble until she was in a clear lead and she was good enough to stay there and make every post a winning one. Sunnyland early found his way into second place, but that was as close as he could come. Recount lost some ground on the stretch turn, but was closing up at the end. Eleven cheap maidens made up the field for the mile of the fifth race and the winner turned up in J. B. Donahays Arnold B.. with Thomas Monahans Notime second and Mrs. R. F. Carmans Futen third, Notime and Futen were the ones to set the pace and while the Monahan filly could never get clear she was showing the way. This effort took considerable out of her. but she held Futen safe and was still in front a sixteenth from the finish, when Fator brought Arnold B. up on the outside with a rush to win going away. Pen Rose, the consistent sprinter from the Triple Springs Farm, was the winner of the opening three-quarters dash when she led home the Oakridge Stables Bantry Pass, G. D. Wideners Bast Straw and three others. MY REVERIE ALMOST BEET. It was a race for fillies and mares and as usual there was a considerable delay before Mars Cassidy could get them aligned to his liking. He sent the field away in good order, with the exception of My Reverie, which jumped straight in the air as she left the barrier and it cost her some ground. Polythia, Elected II. and Bast Straw were all away better than Pen Rose. That is, they were under way quicker, but Fator rushed the daughter of Sweep around on the outside and before the first quarter post was reached she was showing the way. Fator permitted her to go into a good lead and he rated her along at a pace that held her company safe. She was well clear swinging for home and was at no time in Continued on twelfth page. l | 1 I , j i , I j I j 1 I 1 DOMINIQUES 19 2 2 DEBUT Continued from first page. danger. Bantry Pass saved ground through the stretch, while Last Straw was carried wide and repeatedly bumped by My Reverie all through the long straight rush. Just because J. S. Cosdens Faunus has a crazy fashion of bearing in when he races through the field there was a deal of rough-; iug in the Steeplechase and while Faunus had enough speed to force most of the pace and come home in front his crazy running made the race miserabk for more than one of the runners and Joseph E. Davis* Quecreek was one of the sufferers when Ifahoney was forced to take him up sharply in the back field when he attempted to go through on the inside. After the race both Ifahoney and Mergler. who rode ! "annus, were questioned, but the stewards were satisfied no foul had been committed and Faunus was confirmed as the winner. The Quincy Stables Grenadier, closing a big gap. oias the one to race to sec nd place, while third was the portion of Ralph Beaver Strassburgers Houyhnhnm. There were five starters and the Folly Farms Lough Eagle went down at the eleventh fence with Sims. The Rancocas Stables two-year-old Zev was rather badly kicked at the post in his race Monday and was also subjected to a deal of roughing in the early stages of the contest. True Flier and Pud have been graduated from the schooling list, but Oiympus and Bajronne are now sentenced to go to the barrier school. Victor Schaumberg has requested that only such horsemen as intend racing at the Yon-kers track make application for tabling. He said that the demand was so great for stalls that it would tax the track capacity to take care of horses that were to race. The Lexington Stable horses that have been away from the races a considerable time by reason of sicknes will be shown at Aqueduct Wednesday.
