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NOSE DIVE IN FRONT Takes the Main Aqueduct Race Before a Big Crowd. Great Man Shows a Return to His Fine Form of Last Springy All Over Wins. NEW YORK, N. Y., September 26. For a feature race at Aqueduct today the offering was the Stonybrook Selling Stakes, at a mile. It only attracted an ordinary field and R. "V. Boyle sent the winner to the post when he saddled Nose Dive for the Fern-brook Stable. Ralco raced to second place and third was the portion of Costigan. The others were well strung out, with H. Alter-mans Tufter bringing up in the rear. It might be said on behalf of Turter that a sponge was discovered in his nose early in the morning, but he had been examined by Dr. McCulley, who pronounced him perfectly all right and fit to race. The racie run by Tufter was one of his bad ones, but he has been guilty of bad ones on other occasions when there, was no suspicion of sponging. Seven went to the post for the race and Ralco rushed out to make the pace. Nose Dive was never far away and after Costigan was off forwardly he was easec? back by Merimee until he was one of the tail-enders. Early in the running it was apparent that Tufter was due for a bad race and he was particularly sluggish all through the dash. Ralco held to his front position until well into the stretch, where Nose Dive drew up oh him and Costigan, coming with a belated rush, was working his way through the field. Ensor. was forced to swing wide with Tufter and tried to rouse the old fellow in the stretch, but it was of no avail. In tiie last eighth Ralco tired from his pacemaking and Nose Dive came on to win by a length and a quarter. Ralco easily saved second place and two lengths farther away Costigan readily took third money from Copper Demon. The others were badly strung out. It was a delightful day for the sport. The track was in its best condition and there was a sharp wind blowing, but the class of horses engaged was not up to the usual New York standard. The crowd was another good one and there was no lack of enthusiasm. YALE3TTL4. BEATS CUM SAH. There was an even dozen in the field for the opening six and a half furlings dash and Fred Burlew saddled the winner when he sent his Valentia to the post. In a gamely run race she outfought old Cum Sah through a long stretch drive to win by a head. Two lengths farther away Zealot raced into third place. Good Time showed the way in the early running, but Valentia was never far away and when Merimee was successful in finding his way through on the inside with her at the head of the stretch, she took the lead and held command for the rest of the race. All Over, from the Quincy Stable, was the winner of the mile for three-year-olds that was the second race. Story Teller raced to second place and just beat Sleiveconard home for that part of the purse, ihe only other starter was the Greentree Stables Pirate Gold and he ran one of his bad races. For a greater part of the race the four were in close order and Story Teller, next to the rail, was Ihe early pacemaker. All Over was lapped on the filly and Sleiveconard raced outside of him with Pirate Gold following them all under restraint Ijt was at the head of the stretch that All Over found a chance to cut to the rail and, finishing with excellent gameness, he came away right at the end to be the winner by a length and a quarter. Story Teller, after being apparently beaten for second place by Sleiveconard. came again right at the end to drop her nose down in front of the Soule three-year-old. Pirate Gold was quitting badly at the end and was beaten off four lengths. GREAT IMPRESSIVELY. The two-year-old handicap that was tha third offering fell to the Riviera Stables Great Man and the manner in which he carried his US pounds suggests that lie now belongs right up in the front division of the two-year-olds. Tall Timber, under 113 pounds, took second place and third was tha portion of Amor Patriae. There was considerable delay at the post for which Alrtddin, racing without blinkers, McKee and the winner were chiefly to blame, while Curtis became soured when the two last named had him in between them. The start was a good one and Great Man dominated the running throughout and, while he only beat Tall Timber by a head at the finish, it could have been a wider margin had McAtee so desired. Tall Timber showed excellent speed and was hanging on resolutely at the end. Amor Patriae outfinished Shamrock, one that was rather listlessly ridden at the end. Curtis showed none of his Saratoga speed and Alad- Continued oa twelfth rage. ; . NOSE DIVE IN FRONT Continued from first page. din was never a contender. F. E. Browns Trajanus was the winner of the mile for non-winners of two races that was the fifth offering. It was natural, with such conditions, the field would be a cheap one, as it was also under selling conditions. Esquire raced to second place and third was the portion of Notime. Esquire was rushed into a good lead from the start and Bell kept him rushing right along at his best pace. Fator was content to save Trajanus back of him and when he was ready he went on by in the stretch. But right at the end Esquire came again and the winner was ridden out to make the score certain. Notime was a distant third. F. J. Bruen, general manager of the Cuba-American Jockey and Auto Club, was a visitor. He will leave Sunday for Canada to arrange for the shipment of horses and from there he will go to Kentucky on the same mission. R. A. McNeely claimed Zealot for ,290. After dismounting from Costigan in tha Stonybrook Selling Stakes, jockey Merimea stated that he met with repeated interference while turning out of the backstretch, when Chesterbrook ran out in the turn and forced his mount extremely wide before he could get Costigan clear. Sam Hildreth ran Aladdin without blinkers in the five-eighths of the Parole Handicap. Tom Shaw was back on the lawn again after having been temporarily laid up suffering from a torn ligament, suffered in some strenuous golf play.
