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| , i i i . . I I 1 1 • l ■ 1 ANOTHER FOR ROI CRAIG « Wins WinfieJd Steeplechase, the Feature at Aqueduct ♦ — Son Homme Retnnil to Races and Makes Auspicious Start in Sir Salter Handicap. » NEW YORK, W. T., June ».— For a feature offering at the Aqueduct course today there was the WinfieM Steeplechase Handicap over the short course. This produced an excellent contest and fell to Roi Craig from the Grcentree Stable, ably ridden by Vincent Powers, who also trains the jumpers of the establishment The race was worth ,i5o to the winner. The weather man was in a lander mood than he was Tuesday, and while tie re were some threatening clouds there was no rain and it was an excellent day for the sport. The track had dried out remarkably considering the wetting it had received and the footing was good, though not at its best Seven went to the post for the Wir.fiekl and Roi Craig had for his running mats Peccant the jumper that was purchased by the Greentree Stable from J. Y. Beafl early in the year. Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark was represented by Minata and Blighty II-, Joseph E. Widener by Joyful. H. W. .Maxwell by Decisive, winner of the same race last year, and BuUseye carried the Cosden silks. BI.IGHTY II. rXSEATS IMOKR. There was one accident in the running when Illighty II. unseated his jockey. He was ridden by H. Messer. a iad who obtained a ten-pound allowance because of his never Laving ridden a winner. He raced along with Mrs. Clarks old gelding to the tenth fence, where a bad landing sent him rocketing off. Fortunately, both boy and horse escaped injury. Prom a good start Peccant. Roi Craig and Joyful went out to set the pace. Joyful was the light weight of the party and Fivers evidently decided that be would carry the Greentree horses at a clip that would make their weig..t tell, but Roi Craig was able to match trie speed of the mare and finally make her stop, though at the same time it took a deal out of Peccant and lie dropped back badly. All this time "Specs" Crawford was riding one of his patient races on little Bull and he made no move with the Cosden jumper until reaching the upper end of t;. field the last time around. There lie moved up resolutely on the outside. Joyful ha l tired at that time and Roi Craig had the others well beaten back of him. BuUseye continued to gain until making the turn Into the front field he loomed up menacingly. But he had swung exceedingly wide into the straight, losing several lengths. Powers realized the danger and drove Rot Craig into the thirteenth fence, where be msde a stumbling landing that almost shot Powers from the saddle, but he made a quick recovery and the gelding came over the two remaining fences cleanly to win under a hustling ride. BuUseye tired right at the end, but had no trouble taking second place from Minata, while the others were strung out with Decisive last. MORRIS A ROIGH RIDER. Bon Homme came back to the races a good horse in his first start of the year when he was winner of the mile and a sixteenth of the Sir Walter Handicap. It was a race that was marked by disgraceful rough riding through the stretch, but tlie winner was not to blame and no claim of foul was lodged. Morris, who had the mount on Devastation, was the offender and he repeatedly bumped and interfered with Chateau Thierry all through the stretch, finally beating her for second place. Schuttinger sent Bon Homme into a gocd lead from the start and he was gocd enough to cut out all the pace. Chesterbrock went after him to the stretch, while Sande rated Chateau Thierry along back of the pair of them and outside of Devastation. After rounding into the stretch Sar.de shook up the Sanford filly and she was closing in gallant fashion when Morris pulled over on her with Devastation and repeatedly bumped her. This bumping continued for a considerable time and finally in the closing strides Devastation drew out to take second place. There was some surprise when Sande mada no claim of four against Morris and the stewards confirmed the order of the finish. St. Allan, racing for II. M. Howard, ran one of his good races in the six and a half furlongs of the opening dash and was an easy winner from Cum Sah of the stable of Contmuca on second page. ♦ | AN OTHER FOR EOI OKAIG Tontiniipd from fir.st i as« . ; G. L. Price, while J. B. McKees Crystal Ford1 raced third. Nine went to the post and St. Allan never left the result in doubt when he moved to tn I I j front at the turn out of the backstretch. Clarence Kummer kept him going rigl.t along and, setting a remarkably t.:;t pace, be had | i his opponents veil beaten an eighth, from the j I j finish. Cum Bah began from an outside po- i | aition and was forced to race a bit wide all the way. lie readily held the others saf without fit any time threatening the winner, j Crystal J-" :d acted rather bad.;, at the post. but be was going wed at the end, while ] Squaw Man, after saving ground on the j Stretch turn, tired badly. Cheap platers furnished the entertainment ; in the fifth. They were raced a mile and j Mount Hope, the three-year-old filly that i P. S. I. Randolph obtained from George D. Widener, proved an easy winner. Mrs.! Walter M. Jeffords Bravo finished second, j and Mollie Barnes, racing for Mrs. Paul Fox. i i just sav !i third place from J. J. OToolea Algoa. Mount Hope was good enough to ! j make every pest a winning one and at t.e ! and she was eight lenghta clear and still I : going away. A disqualification cumo with the running j of the live-eighths dash for selling plater.-; j | I two years eld. when Mrs. R. F. Carman s ; ! The Girl, after finishing third to the Ran-cecaa Btabiea Edict and E. R. Perriaj Dont Bother Me, was set back and the Oakridge Stables Contact moved iuto that position. Contact was the one to cut out the early-pace when she left the post quickly, but I quit badly hi the last eighth, while Edict j fought her way through to come away and I • score, impressively. Dont Bother Me met * boom early interference and was going well I i at the end, but not in a manner to suggest j her having any chance to catch the winner. After the finish of the third race Sam Douis booste-d Edict from her entered price of ?1,S00 to ,700, but she was protected | and bought in for the Rancocas Stable by Sam Hildreth for ,705. Jockey Merimee was suspended for three days for his rough riding on The Girl in the third race, in which his mount was disqualified. General Thatcher, the Nevada Stock Farm two-year-old that unseated Fairbrother the . last time he was sent to the post, is now on the schooling list. After St. Allan was winner of the opening six and one-half furlong dash In 1:1S%. remarkably fast time considering the track conditions, he was run up from his entered . price of ,000 to ,200, but was bought in for his owner. H. M. Howard, for an additional . The identity of the man who • t J did the bidding was not discovered.
