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LIVINGSTON COLT IN FRONT Adamas Accounts for the Union Claiming Stakes at Aqueduct. - Jockey Fields Rides Impressive Race on the Winner After Poor. Exhibition on Stablemate. AQUEDUCT, N. Y., June 20. The chief offering of .the Queens Jockey Club at Aquer duct today was the Union Claiming Stakes, over the seven-eighths mile distance, and it fell to Jefferson Livingstons Adamas under a vigorous; ride by George Fields. The race was worth ,475 to the winner, and the ride of Fields was doubly impressive for the reason that in the preceding race he had been guilty of a miserable ride on Recreation, also from Mr. Livingstons stable. There was a surprisingly large crowd out, considering the program that was offered, and plenty of interest, though no really high class stars were under colors. It is possible the. result of the feature race might have been different had it not been that Eben M. Byers Houston propped and wheeled as the barrier was released, being left at the post It-was just such a move as the colt made in his last previous Aqueduct race. As the barrier went up, Fields, in marked cpntrast to his . riding of Recreation, was wide awake, and sent Adamas .along -with such a rush that he was soon clear of the others. Once in front he took hold of his mount and rated him along without having to surrender the lead. John Speed, from the Arden Farm Stable and racing along on the inside, was in second place, and Supersede was also close up, but the others were more or less strung out, with Grange last of all. Adamas still had a good lead as he swung from home, and Fields was, rating him under restraint. John Speed was first to drop out of the contention, but as he did, Red Pate moved up, while Grange was charging up on the outside in game fashion. Right to the end they continued to gain, but Adamas proved best. Red Pate swerved slightly to the inside right at the end, but nosed out Grange for second place, and Tip Top, from the Greentree Stable, was the one to be fourth. James R. Hyde, president of the Queens County Jockey Club, won his first steeplechase when his imported fencer Job, in a well-earned victory, was first over the short course. He led home the Laurel Park Stud Continued on twenty-fourth page. LIVINGSTON COLT IN FRONT Continued from first page Stables Ballast II., while Ronde, racing for the Bear Valley Stud Stable, saved third from Brightness, racing for the Sewickley Stable. Damoiseau II., bearing the si.ks of the Dar-wood Stable and starting for the first time in this country, and the Green tree Stables Quatrain were the only other starters. Damoiseau II. completed the course, but Quatrain, when leading, bolted around the inside wing of the seventh fence. The field was sent away on the first attempt and Ferguson at once went into the pace with Quatrain. The Greentree fencer jumped well through the back field and he was going well when he turned into the front field, but at the sixth fence he showed a disposition to bear out and when Ferguson pulled him in he bolted sharply around the inside wing-of the next fence and, of course, was out of the race. Ronde had been racing rankly back of Quatrain and Green was repeatedly attempting to take her back and place her without much sucess. Then, when Quatrain was eliminated. Brightness went up to Ronde and she was galloping so easily that she seemed able to go to the front at the first asking. Then in the back field both Job and Ballast II. began to close up on the leaders and then it developed that they did not have as much left as seemed apparent. Job moved on the inside, while Ballast II. was taken up on the outside. First one and then the other looked the winner, but swinging for home the result was still in doubt. Ronde was through herself and Brightness was by no means out of the running. The four came to the last fence in close order, but Job was first over and then he outran Ballast II. in the short dash home, while Ronde and Brightness both quit rather badly. Damoiseau II. dropped back badly and his race was no indication of his quality, for the field was strange to him. I Hope So, from the stable of Frank TCearns, was winner" of the opening dash, at five-eights. It was for maiden two-year-olds of the plater variety and seventeen went to the post. Sambeau, from the Log Cabin Stud Stable, raced to second place, while the Greentree Stables Ephesian was third. I Hope So was fortunate at the start, when he left running, and Barcene hustled him along until he was well clear and the advantage stood him in good stead, when he lasted to out-finish Sambeau. Sambeau broke from an outside position and in the early stages was slightly blocked, but he fought his way through and finished with excellent courage. Ephesian also finished strongly, to take third. The third offering was at a mile for three-year-old fillies, and when H. T. Archibalds Candy May was permitted to steal away into a good early lead, it was enough to permit her to stick it out and be the winner. Chlum, from the Hamilton Farm Stable, raced to second place, with Jeff Livingstons Recreation, under a listless ride by George Fields, saving third from W. R. Coes Selene. The other starters were Willis Sharpe Kilmers Aromagne and William Woodwards Gravita, and they followed in the order named. The start was a good one, and Walls at once shot Candy May into the command and Selene went after her, while Chlum was racing in third place. Fields was caught napping as the barrier was released and he was off slowly with Recreation and then made no determined effort to improve his position. Candy May was still clear as she swung for home, while Chlum saved ground on the turn and was being hard ridden in an effort to save the day. That was. of no avail and Candy May was winner by a couple of lengths. Chlum beat Recreation a length and a half for the place and the others were strung out. The race was far below the form of Recreation, and there was no part of the running in which Fields showed a becoming energy.
