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AQUEDUCT S FINAL DAY Lucky Hour Defeats Mad Hatter in a Magnificent Finish. - Excellent Racing Before a Big As semblage Marks the Close of the High-Class Meeting. NEW YORK, N. T.. September 30 Lucky - Hour, from the Lexington Stable, was the bright antl particular star of the closing day of the Queens County Jockey Club meeting at Aqueduct today when in a wonderfully t game stretch fight he was home first in the running of the Edgemere Handicap, at a mile and an eighth. He took up 117 pounds ana beat the old horse Mad Hatter by a - head after a desperate fight. The race was run in 1:50 and was worth ,600 to the winner. It was a tremendously interesting card that was furnished for the last day of the Aqueduct meeting and in addition to the Edgemere Handicap there was the Queens-boro Steeplechase, which furnished something of a sensation when it fell to H W. Maxwells Decisive. Another race of real importance fell to John E. Maddens good filly Best Love when she covered five-eighths in 58. The day was an ideal one for the sport. The track was fast, with no wind blowing and the weather was summerlike. The crowd was one of the largest of the Aqueduct meeting and there was an abundance of enthusiasm. CONSIDERED OPEN ItACE. After Pilgrim had been added to the Edge-meer Handicap by Selby Burch, seven went to the post, and it was considered a wonderfully open race. Little time was lost at the barrier and the start was a good one. Mad Hatter was first to show in front, but he was almost at once headed by Sennings Park and Schuttinger sent Lucky Hour right along with him. These three were lapped in the racing down the backstretch, with Bon Homme racing in fourth place, Sedgefield fifth, Pilgrim sixth and Captain Alcock rather a distant follower. Sennings Park held resolutely to his lead, but he could not shake off Lucky Hour when Schuttinger sent the three-year-old along on the outside. Sande would not take back with Mad Hatter, and as a result the three of them drew away well clear of the others. In the meantime Bon Homme had met with some interference and was dropping back badly. Making the turn for the long rush through the stretch Sennings Park showed signs of tiring and it was there that Sande called on Mad Hatter. Schuttinger was sending Lucky Hour along at his best speed and when he had Sennings Park headed he went on his way along the inner rail. In the meantime Mad Hatter was closing up resolutely on the outside and Sande- was riding in his best form. Stride by stride the old horse was wearing the three-year-old down, when right at the end he began to swerve out. . Lucky Hour stuck doggedly to his task with never a swerve and it meant victory. Mad Hatter was closing up so surely that many thought he had got up in time to win, but he was swerving out and that was what made the difference. Had he raced straight he undoubtedly would have been the winner. Bon Homme came out of the race with a bad cut on his foreleg and he was also bleeding from the mouth. CHAMPIONSHIP STAKES MATERIAL. After Lucky Hour, Missionary and Southern Cross fill their engagements at Jamaica they will be shipped to Latonia to start in the Championship Stakes. John E. Maddens Best Love.a daughter of Ogden and Maud B. L., was the winner of the opening five-eighths dash from a speedy band of two-year-olds in the fast time of 58. Shamrock, by a rush at the end, got up to beat Curtis for second place, and the others in the field were beaten off. The start was a good one, but Best Love was first to be under way, though she was soon passed by Curtis, which continued to show the way until he tired, and was beaten right at the end. Battersea, the Joseph E. Widener starter, did not work any improvement in his racing, and the addition of blinkers to his equipment did not work any improvement in his racing. Kirklevington, the Richard T. "Wilson cast-off, which now races for H S. Bowns, was the winner of the third race from Winne-, conne, while The Peruvian was third, with Continued on twelfth page. "Father Bill" Dalys Rockport, the only other starter, a bad last . The Peruvian and Kirklevington made all the pace. "Winneconne began slowly, but she was soon a fast-going third and in a good position behind the leaders when the head of the stretch was reached. There Shillick attempted to come through on the inside with her and when the leaders moved over to the rail he was forced to pull out. L. Fator and E. Martz, riders respectively of Adventuress and Bonfire, the two horses disqualified in the first race, were suspended for tjio remainder of the meeting by the stewards. Program books for the Laurel meeting, which opens October 3, were distributed among the Aqueduct horsemen, parted company by mutual consent.
