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FRIDAY AT AQUEDUCT Incidents Not on the Card Bring Excitement to Patrons, Two Horses Disqualied From One Race Liwaito Impales Herself and Is Killed. NEW YORK, X. T., September 29. Racing fct Aqueduct today abounded in thrills and one of them was a double disqualification when the horses that finished second and third were set back for stretch interference. Liwaito, a filly from the stable of J. B. Smith, bolted with Sande and ran into the track fence and pierced herself with the rail, inflicting a fatal injury. Then in the next race there was another runaway when Esquire ran off with little Bell. Altogether, it was rather a sensational Friday. With no stake races down for decision, there was a mile handicap for three-year-olds that attracted stake class horses and resulted in a well-earned victory for C. A. Stonehams Flannel Shirt over Missionary and Little Chief. Nine went to the post in this and after a short delay at the post they were sent away with Ray Jay and Broom-flax beginning so badly as to have no racing chance. Fator lost no time sending Little Chief to the lead and set a merry pace under slight restraint. Flannel Shirt followed him early in the action and Schuttinger found his way into third place with Missionary. The three dominated the running all through the long stretch drive. Fator had saved ground on all the turns with Little Chief and held resolutely to his lead to the last eighth. There the weight began to tell and there it was that Flannel Shirt raced into command. At the end Flannel Shirt won by a couple of lengths in 1:37. Missionary made his final rush on the outside and it was right in the closing strides that he got up to beat Little Chief by a head for second place. Brainstorm finished fourth and back of him came Story Teller, Southern Cross, Sweep By, Ray Jay and Brocmflax. SADES XARIiOW ESCAPE. There was an unfortunate happening before the start of the first race when J. B. Smiths Liwaito unseated Sande while on the way to the post and ran away. T-he winner turned up in Poor Sport, from the Quincy Stable. Then there followed the disqualification of the horses that finished second and third, when both Adventuress and Bonfire were set back for fouling Temptress, the horse than finished fourth. This put Dicks Daughter into second place and Idle Toy was placed third, with Temptress, the one that had been fouled, finishing last. All of this furnished incident enough for one race. Poor Sport was best of the bad ones and Ponce sent him into a good early lead to win in slow time. In the stretch, while Temptress was racing forwardly, Adventuress moved up on the inside, while at the same time Bonfire was making his rush on the outside. They had the filly between them through the final eighth and repeatedly interfered with her, until she was squeezed out of any chance. Bell was called Into the stand and, after a short investigation, the double disqualification was made. Sande atoned for having fallen off Liwaito in the first when he rode William Sheas Bridesman to an even victory in the second race. There were only four starters, and The Roll Call, starting for the first time under the silks of William Cahill, raced to eecond place, and the Quincy Stables Copper Demon beat Juno for third money. There was little to the running, for Bridesman raced into an early lead and when Sande rushed him along in that position he was good enough to leave no doubt as to the result. Copper Demon seemed sore when going to the post and showed scant speed. The Roll Call chased after the winner all the way, while Juno was at all times the follower. There was another unusual happening in the third race when Mrs. T. O. Webbers Esquire broke away from little E. Bell on the way to the post and ran off for three-quarters before he could be pulled up. Thi3 was a seven-eighths dash that attracted a big field of slow ones. J. L. Coyles Horeb proved the winner when he just got up to beat Ting-a-Ling, With Star Court saving third money from Wylie. Ting-a-Ling made all the running and hung on well, although at the end he could not withstand the rush of Horeb. The winner was lucky in finding his way through in the stretcli. Star Court saved ground on the stretch turn and when an eighth from home appeared the winner, but tired when, the final pinch came. Title came out of the race decidedly lame. Liberty Girl, from the stable of I. Welz. Avas good enough to lead from end to end and came home an easy winner of the mile and eighth dash that was the fifth race. Thornhedge ran to second place and third was the portion of Maize. Back of her came Lord Herbert and Scottish Chief was fifth. Th-uc was little to the running after Miller sot Liberty Girl clear of her opponents. Thornhedge, Scottish Chief and Huonec, closely lapped, chased after her through the backstretch. Then nearing the last turn Huonec was slightly crowded by the other two and dropped back slightly. Sande sent him along when clear, but he was not there and could not improve his position. Swinging for home Ensor drove Thornhedge hard in an effort to get by Liberty Girl,-but it was of no avail and she was still well clear at the end. Maize steadily improved her position in the. drive through the long stretch and was a fast going third at the finish. Both Galantman and My Reverie have been sentenced to the schooling list. This resulted from their unruly actions while at the post in the Arverne Handicap. John Whalen tried Tikeh in the third race with blinkers added to his equipment. Frank Byer raced Edward Arlingtons Lord Herbert with blinkers eliminated. Another change was made when blinkers were tried as a part of the equipment of Idle Toy in the first race. H. Thomas left for Havre de Glace Friday night to ride Nedna in her stake engagement there Saturday. Frank Keogh came over from Havre de Grace to have some dental work done Friday and later left for Havre de Grace to ride II. P. Whitneys Bunting Saturday. G. W. Carroll resumed riding after his short suspension, his first mount being on John Whalens Tikeh. The runaway of Liwaito while at the post for the first race proved fatal. When she bolted with Sande on the way to the post she ran into the outside rail, split it and was impaled by it. The rail went completely through her and bruised Sandes leg, where it came out on the opposite side of the fillys body. After this frightful injury she escaped through a gap, but died within a short time from the injury. Commander J. K. L. Ross, the Canadian sportsman, was an Aqueduct visitor for the day. He watched the races from a clubhouse box.
