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VICTORIANS EASY TRIUMPH . ♦. Runs Away From David Bone and Knapsack in Shevlin Stakes. ■ » Heavy Rain of Monday Night Changes Track Conditions and Results in Numerous Withdrawals, Only Three Starting in Feature. _ — •,« NEW YORK, N. Y., June 19.— Victorian, at least the champion three-year-old in the New York district, scored one of the easiest victories of his career at Aqueduct yesterday, when he was a cantering winner of the Shevlin Stakes, at one mile, defeating William Woodwards David Bone, an added starter, and Amiral Graysons Knapsack. The race had a value of ,600 to the winner. # A heavy rain of Monday night changed the track conditions until it was sloppy, and that resulted in many withdrawals and reduced the Shevlin Stakes to three starters, following a promised field of eight. The day was a bit dreary, with occasional showers that did not add to the comfort of the crowd, which was surprisingly large considering the conditions. Little time was lost at the barrier for the start of the Shevlin Stakes, and the three starters left on the same stride. Victorian and Knapsack soon drew out from David Bone and, though Workman had a stiff hold of Victorians head, he lost little time in shaking off Knapsack, and he simply cantered along in front under a steady restraint, to win with his ears pricking and five lengths clear, after never having been let down. Knapsack, as a result of attempting to race with Victorian, quit badly in the final eighth, and David Bone easily ran over him to take second place. Up to the running of the Shevlin, the rain was not sufficient to drive the crowd from the lawns, but shortly afterwards there came a drenching downpour that sent everyone to shelter. The second was a mile for non-winners of two races and George Schreiner brought W. R. Coes Algernon home a winner in a well-timed ride to score over William Woodwards Filemaker, the colt that forced the pace with Victorian in the running of the Brooklyn Handicap Saturday. Well back of the first two Sande rode Joseph E. Wideners Fair Ball into third and an easy third over G. C. Winfreys Flying Sweep. In this McAuliffe, though his mount, File-maker, had the top weight of 125 pounds, set out to make the pace. Not only that, but after going into the lead he proceeded to open up a wide gap. This took him almost half a dozen lengths before the others, but at the same time it took much out of the son of Ambassador IV. Schreiner had used better judgment with Algernon and when Filemaker began to shorten strides in the final eighth, he called on the Coe colt, with the result that under a vigorous ride he ran down the tired Filemaker to be home the winner by a nose. Fair Ball had been slow to settle in his racing stride and closed a big gap to take third, but he was some five lengths back of the first two and it was closer than he had been at any stage of the running.
