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RAIN FALLS AT AQUEDUCT Cold and Disagreeable Weather for Second Day of Meeting. 1 Rockaway Claiming Stakes to Peter Fiz Peanuts Makes Auspicious 1927 Debut In the Olam bala Handicap. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 14 There was a return of bad weather for the second day of the Aqueduct meeting when a cold rain fell most of the day and a record-making track became a water-covered, sloppy racing strip. These conditions naturally had an effect on the attendance, though it was surprisingly large. The stake offering of the day was for sprinters of the plater variety when the Rockaway Claiming Stakes held the post of honor. It was a dash over the three-quarters distance and resulted in a victory for Peter Fiz, racing for Louis Feustel, The race was worth ,050 to the winner. Peter Fiz was purchased from the Brookmeade Stable. As a result of the changed track conditions there were numerous scratches during the day, but the sport was interesting. Eleven went to the post for the Rockaway Claiming Stakes and at the end Peter Fiz was doing his best to win from j. L. Hollands Gnome Girl, while Jefferson Livingstons Adamas was third by a narrow margin over Watch On, Apostle and Santrock. There was a long delay at the post and when the barrier went up Houston propped up and was left Watch On took the lead and, showing a liking for the going, set a fast pace, with Adamas and Peter Fiz racing close up. The others were in fairly close order, but Sandy had left the post sluggishly and he was far back, while Storm King, beginning from the outside, was also far back. HANGS ON IN FINAL DRIVE. It was not until well into the stretch that Peter Fiz raced past Watch On and, finishing in the middle of the course, hung on well under a diive. Gnome Girl made up ground in the final eighth and he was right at the heels of the Feustel colt at the end, while Adamas finished fast on the outside and outstayed the tiring Watch On for third. Santrock was weakly ridden in the stretch, where he lost considerable ground, and Smith was of little help in the last eighth. Peanuts, making his first start of the year, won a better race than the stake, when he scored in the one mile Olambala Handicap, under the silks of Robert L. Gerrys Aknusti Stable. He led home E. F. Cooneys three-year-old Dolan with Frank Browns Cloud-land a distant third and the Greentree Stables Cantankerous last of the four that started. The start was a good one and the four Continued on twentieth page. RAIN FALLS AT AQUEDUCT Continued from first pare raced closely lapped for the first eighth with Peanuts next to the rail and Dolan alongside of him. Then, on the first turn, Callahan was forced into close quarters on Dolan and he took up until the colt dropped back rather badly. It was there that Peanuts and Cantankerous drew out slightly from Cloudland and they were closely lapped for the next eighth, but Peanuts finally made the son of Broomstick quit and he swung into" the stretch a length to the good. On the stretch turn Thurber had gone out slightly, looking for better going, and there Johnny Callahan rushed Dolan up on the inside. Dolan responded to the call gallantly and he quickly raced past the others, but Peanuts was too much for him and the son of Ambassador IV. still had something left to beat him by a length and a half. Dolan was a full six lengths before Cloudland while Cantankerous, thoroughly tired by trying to race with the winner earlier, was last. Graf Und Stift, a German-bred two-year-old that races for F. J. Buchanan, was winner of the opening wash. It was designed for maidens and brought together a big and un-wieldly field. G. C. Winfreys SJeepy Time raced to second place, with H. Teller Archibalds Flat Girl saving third from Harry Payne Whitneys Bonniebelle. The six and one-half furlongs condition race that was the second offering, proved easy for the Rancocas Stables Sweepster. From a good start and breaking on the outside, Fator rushed him around his rivals on the first turn and he was soon well clear of the field. Once out in front, the result was never afterward in doubt, for he just raced along easily to still be two lengths clear at the end. . The Lexington Stables Prince of Bourbon was the only one that gave even a semblance of contest. He was at home in the going and was second practically all the way. Bud Fishers John J. Williams was at all times third. H. T. Archibalds Hogans Alley, which was such a good colt at the Miami meeting, added another purse to his score when he led home the juveniles which started in the five-eighths fifth race. Showing a real liking for the sloppy going and beginning fast, he dominated the running and was at no time seriously threatened. Indian Scout, from the W. R. Coe stable, made up ground to take the second part of the purse, while the Greentree Stables Rosinante saved third. In this race, Old Dutch II., a stablemate of Indian Scout, wheeled at the start and was virtually left at the post, so that this race was no indication of his present quality. Edward Arlingtons Scat was a driving winner of the final race of the day, which called for horses to be ridden by boys who have not ridden seven winners. Scat was ridden by W. Banks arid came from behind the pace to dispose of Colorful and Drawing Board. The Ziegler colorbearer assumed the lead in the stretch, but faltered and could not stand off the rush of the winner. Drawing Board had no excuses, but was a good third. A
