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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Eventsof Nov. 2, 1903 Racing at Aqueduct and Latonia. Several horsemen, including starter Dwyer. John F. Schorr, S. S. Bender, S. G. Morton, F. C. Moshier, C. Blalock, jockeys D. Hall and Ferrell, left for San Francisco last night. R. A. Smith, well-known to racegoers as the trainer of Articulate, was in Chicago today, having stopped off en route to Californio, where he will race a string of horses this winter. In conversation he stated that most of his horses, which were raced in the East, had been sick the last summer, but have now fully recovered. As regards Articulate, he was taken sick with the rest of the string and kept on getting worse, finally causing him to be destroyed to end his suffering. The Woodmere Selling Stakes, for three-year-olds and over, was the feature race of what might be called a fair card at Aqueduct. Sweet Alice gave a fine exhibition of gameness by hanging on to a very fast early pace set by Counterpoise and then working her way up steadily in the stretch to overhaul the others and outstay them to win by a head. Irene Lindsey, in the first flight -all the way, tired fast in the last hundred yards and was just beaten at the wire. Futurita took third place after coming from the rear, Counterpoint, which had beaten the barrier, put up a brilliant stretch run and after appearing an almost certain winner faltered in the last few strides and was lucky to finish fifth. Fred Burlewa Hello was the winner of the last race, a handicap at one mile for all ages. The Pontiac colt ran on even terms with Lord Badge and Illyria, the only other starters, for the first half, then dropped back and, trailing the leaders to the stretch, came with a rare burst of speed and, outstaying them in a long and terrific struggle in the straightaway, won by a head from Illyria, which beat Lord Badge three parts of a length for second place.. This was the best and closest fought race of the entire meeting. It had the big crowd in an uproar from the rise of the barrier to the finish. The winner was a slight favorite in- the betting, paying 7 to 5. Lord Badge was held in the books at 9 to 5.
