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. AQUEDUCTS FIRST DAY Fast Track and Good Horses Attract a Big Crowd. Irish Brigadier at Long Odds Is a Surprising Victor in the Bayview Handicap. NEW YORK, N. Y., September 18. Racing swung over to the old Aqueduct track of the Queens County Jockey Club today with an excellent card to entice people. There was a worthy crowd on hand for the occasion, and while there was a bit of fall chill in the air it was delightful racing weather. For a feature the offering was the Bay-view Handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth, and it furnished a decided surprise when the winner turned up in Frederick Burlews Irish Brigadier, a three-year-old that had frequently shown an inability to maintain his speed at such a distance in good company. He was the light weight, with only ninety-eight pounds to shoulder, and little Merimee rushed him along to such good advantage that he led from end to end to beat Sedgefield, an added starter, from the stable of Richard T. Wilson, and the Xalapa Farm Stables Bon Homme. The others starting were John Paul Jones, a stablemate to Bon Homme ; Hephaistos and Captain Alcock, winner of the same race last year. From a good start Merimee at once went out with Irish Brigadier, while Hephaistos and John Paul Jones chased after him. Sande was saving Bon Homme, permitting his stablemate to take up the burden of the pacemaking. while Sedgefield was a follower and Captain Alcock brought up the rear. This was the order for the long rush down the backstretch and when John Paul Jones began to tire chasing the fast going pacemaker Sande moved up on the outside with Bon Homme, while Marinelli chose a course along the inside with Sedgefield. Hephaistcs gave way in that stretch struggle, while Captain Alcock failed utterly to improve his position. 3IERI3IEE A BIG HELP. Merimee had saved ground next to the rail with Irish Brigadier and in the last eighth he was shooting his mount along at his best speed and it was good enough to land him winner by a half length. Sedgefield, when he was successful in finding his way through on the inside, saved second place by a length from Bon Homme and he in turn was four lengths before Hephaistos. The race was worth ,575 to the winner. The sport began with a six and a half furlongs dash and Will Shields saddled the first winner of the meeting when he sent J. L. Hollands Gladiator to the post. He was an easy winner from Wild Heather. Amanda Hoey raced into third place. From a good start Wild Heather rushed into the lead and continued to show the way until well into the stretch. There Gladiator closed up on him resolutely and after a short battle came away and was easing up at the end. Wild Heather easily saved second place while Amanda Hoey, to be third, fought her way through in resolute fashion. Cum Sah was a bit of a disappointment. He was in close quarters early and was forced to race wide on the turns, tiring badly in the stretch. Rather an ordinary band of jumpers made up the field for the selling steeplechase that was the second offering of the day, and Mohican, from the Greentree Stable, was winner from the faint-hearted Frank B., while The Virginian was a distant third and just beat old New Haven home that some few days back was scratched by order of the stewards when an agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals did not think he was fit to race. As a matter of fact it is likely that the agent had no real good reason for his prohibition. As was to be expected Frank B. cut out the running and led almost to the last jump. Mohican was in second place and beat the Widener cast-off. From there to the end he was ridden out to win going away. HELL GATE FINALLY MAKES GOOD The third race was a three-quarters dash for two-year-olds and had been christened the Colonial Arms purse after Edward Arlingtons popular Jamaica hotel, which houses a large colony of horsemen. This brought about a good contest when Joseph E. Widen-ers Hell Gate was the winner from Coeur de Lion, while Bayonet saved third place from Fullon, with Cape Clear next. The start was a good one, but just as he left Spot Cash was knocked back rather badly and when McAtee had him under way he was forced to race on the outside. Hell Gate and Bayonet joined in making most of the running, with Cape Clear not far away. Then in the stretch Coeur de Lion joined in the battle and they were running in a close bunch when Spot Cash came around and, for an instant, seemed a possibla Contiuucd on twelfth iace. AQUEDUCTS FIRST DAY Continued from first page. winner, but "he was all through when the final eighth was reached. The fifth race furnished a good contest at a mile when P. S. P. Randolphs King Albert scored from Canyon, with Quesada a distant third. The finish was interesting for the reason that Ensor, who rode King Albert, decided to make it so. It was evident through the last eighth that he could have won by a wider margin had he so decided, but he was content to hold a slight advantage over Canyon. The start was a good one and Quesada took the lead from the start, with Canyon racing second. Ensor had King Albert away in good style and saved him within easy striking distance of the leaders, while the others followed in fcv.rly close order. When the stretch was reached King Albert had joined Canyon and Quesada, and when the early pacemaker fell back it narrowed to a two-horse race. Canyon was going well next to the rail and as King Albert came around Ensor swung him over alongside the three-year-old and, closely lapped, they drew away from the" others. Contour, the filly that Willis Sharpe Kilmer purchased from M. L. Schwartz at the Saturday auction sale, has been turned over to William Shields to train. Shields trained Edwina for Mr. Kilmer with signal success up to the time she was retired to Sun Briar Court to join the matrons there. William P. Riggs, secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club, was a visitor to view the Aqueduct opening. W. R. Norvell came in from Canada for a couple of days racing. James Coffroth has announced that he will donate ,000 to the rider- of the winner of ; the Coffroth Handicap at Tijuana next spring. J. Howard Lewis has purchased the jumper Grenadier from the Quincy Stable. Jockey W. Mahoney had a bad fall while schooling a jumper after the running of the steeplechase. He was picked up and carried to the emergency hospital, where he quickly , recovered and had only bruises to show for his tumble. Zev, the Rancocas Stable two-year-old that finished second to Sallys Alley in the Futurity, was so badly kicked by Pandowdy while at the post that it is doubtful if he is raced again this year. Albert Johnson will leave for Toronto Tuesday night to ride Willis Sharpe Kilmers Exterminator in the Toronto Cup. Trainer Thompson will ship E. R. Bradleys i Bit of White to Woodbine Park to start in i the Toronto Cup before she is returned to , Kentucky. She will be ridden by J. Callahan. George Odom tried August Beumonts filly How Fair without blinkers in the last race.
