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j j RUNVISOS FINE SPEED Gives Him Easy Victory in the Oakdale Handicap. 4 Goshawk Runs Second Amusement Wins for Mr. Belmont Big Crowd at Aqueduct. NEW YORK, N. T., September 21. Run-viso, the chestnut son of Runnymede and Micco that races for the Oak Ridge Stable and cost it ?1G,000 last May, was the winner of the Oakdale Handicap, the Thursday feature at Aqueduct. This was a three-quarters ; dash for two-year-olds and back of him finished Gifford A. Cochrans 0,000 Goshawk, McKee, Cherry Pie, Great Man, Dream Maker and Frank G. The race was worth ,550 to the winner and it was easily the best performance so far of the winner. The day was an ideal one for the sport and in addition to the feature a sprint handicap for fillies and mares and another dash of five-eighths for maiden two-year-old fillies brought out fields considerably over the average. Little time was lost at the post in the Oakdale Handicap- and from a bad start Great Man was first to show, while the others were closely lapped, although Goshawk was a bit slow at the start. But this made little difference, for Keogh shot him along to such good advantage on the outside that he was soon in second place. In the meantime Run-viso had raced by Great Man and Robinso.i rushr-d him into a lead of a couple of lengths before the stretch was reached. Goshawk was a like distance before Great Man and he was showing that he was not yet tightened up for such a race. GOSHAWKS GAME RACE. Through the stretch Keogh drove Goshawk hard in an endeavor to catch Runviso, but it was of no avail, while he held the others perfectly safe for the second place. Runviso swept home an easy winner by two and a half lengths. Two lengths back of Goshawk McKee raced in third place when he out-finished the tired Great Man and then out-gamed Cherry Pie. The last named colt was in rather close quarters in the stretch after showing in third place and was beaten just a half length for that part of the money. Carroll Shilling raced Goshawk with each of his legs bandaged. The opening race was a six and a half furlongs handicap for fillies and mares and. R. J. Browns My Reverie proved best of the starters when, after setting a great pace, she lasted long enough to beat Bees Wax home, with Last Straw third and Mary Patricia a distant "fourth. There was some delay at the post, but the start was a good one and whjp; Polythia began in front she could not hold the lead and was quickly shuffled back badly. My Reverie left the barrier fast, while Penrose began a bit slowly, but was rushed up until when My Reverie took the lead she was in second place and Last Straw was racing third. ENS OR HELPS MT REVERIE. This was the order to the stretch. There Sande brought Last Straw up on the outside while McAtee saved ground next to the rail with Bees Wax. Both closed up some ground on My Reverie, but Ensor kept the brown filly going long enough to have her win by a neck, while Bees Wax beat Last Straw three parts of a length for second place. Bud Fisher won another race when his Overtake was home first in the mi!a dash for selling plater three-year-olds that waa the fifth offering. At the end he took the measure of Quesada, that had made the pace, while Vendor, after closing a big gap, landed in third place. There was aslight accident when The Roll Call carried the webbing of the barrier with him for about a sixteenth. He shook himself clear there, but it was a decided handicap. Quesada lost no time in finding his way to the front and made the running. The Peruvian raced in second place until well into the stretch, when Merimee brought Overtake along on the outside of him in his winning rush. Vendor was in close quarters on the Inside In the racing home and had some trouble in finding his way through, but finished resolutely to take the short end of the purse. Chester Applegates Orcus has come to be a useful selling plater and seems to be a particularly easy horse to ride. Two of the three races he has won have been under riders of scant experience, one at Saratoga for boys that had never ridden a winner and the other one a mile dash for boys that had not ridden three winners. He was ridden by H. Shillick and this particular rider had sense enough to sit still and let the horse use his own judgment, as Maurice Welsh would say. Orcus rushed to the front at the start and led from end to end. Sunny-land raced close up after him and it seemed Continued on sixteenth page. RUNVISOS FINE SPEED Continued from first page. that had OBrien ridden as well as did Shil-lick he would have reversed the order at the end, but in a foolish attempt to help his mount he was a considerable hinderance all through the stretch. Bantry, after racing third practically all the way, finished in that position some distance back of the badly ridden Sunnyland. Frank Herold, who saddled both Carol and Bluemont for the Quincy Stable at Havre de Grace Wednesday, is back from Maryland with Ponce, who rode the two-year-olds. He was particularly enthusiastic over the race by Bluemont in the Eastern Shore Handicap. Jockey Callahan returned from Toronto, where he went to ride Bit of White in the Toronto Autumn Cup. T. J. Healy and jockey Ensor returned from Havre de Grace. Jockey Keogh came from Havre de Grace to ride Gifford A. Cochrans Goshawk in the Oakdale Handicap. He returned to Havre de Grace later. James Fitzsimmons had the Quincy Stables Playfellow in the paddock before the races. The brother to Man o War is looking exceedingly well and will be started some time during the fall season of racing. Some of the changes in equipment made during the day were the adding of blinkers to the equipment of West Pittston in the second race and to that of Frank G. and Dream Maker in the Oakdale Handicap. After Charles A. Stonehams Bonfire was beaten Wednesday he was claimed by George j Peterson for ,705. The horses of J. L. Donahay have been turned over to W. Booth. These are Belski, J Saddle Ring, Arnold B. and Bargain. Amusement, the daughter of Hourless and Amicitia, which "won the five-eighths sprint for maiden two-year-old fillies, gave a thor-6ughly good performance when she won in 58 seconds with speed to spare, but she is still a bit green. At one time in the running while in front she wavered as though I about to run out and McAtee had to 1 straighten her quickly.
