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I 1 , I i : 1 ! : • ■ t , s l 3 3 1 " 1 1 CLOVER STAKES TO ORISSA ] ♦ Rancocas Stable Filly Adds ,150 , to Earnings Through Victory. ♦ Aqaastella Seeond, Exposay Third — Latter Taken Up to Avoid Falling — Winner ] Causes Interference. « NEW YORK, N. Y., June 21.— Orissa, the daughter of Purchase — Durbar, which races for her breeder, Harry F. Sinclair, was winner of the five-eighths mile Clover Stakes, at Aqueduct today, adding ,150 to her earnings. This was the feature of an interesting program that was run off on a disagreeable day, but before a large crowd. Orissa was winner by only a head from Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Aquastella, with II. P. Whitneys Exposay finishing third. After the finish it seemed certain to many that Orissa would be disqualified for having seriously interferred with Exposay, causing McAtee to take up to avoid an accident. No : claim of foul was lodged, however, and the order of the finish was not disturbed. It may be that the stewards charged Exposay with being partly to blame, for she was swerving herself as she did in a previous race. There was a long delay at the post before starter Cassidy had an alignment to his liking and, as the barrier was released, McAtee shot Exposay to the front, bearing out from her inside position. She was showing the way to the elbow of the course and Lady Capulet and Aquastella were close at hand. Orissa had left in a good position and raced fourth in the early stages, with Fator heading her over from the outside position, to i save as much ground as possible. It was when well inside the final eighth that Fator swerved sharply with Orissa to the inside. At that time Exposay was doing her best and tiring, but she was not beaten and this move forced McAtee to take up. Aquastella was right there and fighting it out gamely, to be beaten only a head by Orissa, while Exposay was just at the heels of the pair of them. After the finish there was applause and boos for the winner and even the most sanguine of the supporters of Orissa expected a claim of foul would at least be lodged. But McAtee made no claim and the stewards lost no time in putting their official sanction on the order of the finish. The Francesco Handicap, over the mile distance, brought a good contest when F. H. Smiths St. Henell was winner in a drive from Sanford, of the Rosedale Stable, and Social Mug, racing for Mrs. W. Robinson, saved third place from J. L. Hollands Lord Broom, the only other starter. Lord Broom, the lightweight of the party, forced the pace, and St. Henell went after him, while Sanford and Social Mug were rated farther back. This was the order to the stretch, and there Byrne went wide with St. Henell, while Lindseth saved ground on the rail with Sanford. Lord Broom was tir- ing badly an eighth from the finish, and there St. Henell took command and stuck it out gamely under the drive to be winner by half a length from Sanford, and Social Mug, though four lengths farther away, beat home the tired Lord Broom. Maiden two-year-olds of the plater variety, ridden by boys who had never ridden as 1 many as twenty-five winners, was the open- ing offering, and Benjamin Blocks Moreholt was first, with Emil Herz Frieda L. and John Continued on twenty -fourth page. CLOVER STAKES TO ORISSA Continued from first page. Maddens Mae Quince the ones to earn second and third places, respectively. Moreholt, Shrew and Mae Quince were the ones to force the pace, but at the end Frieda L. was coming with a rush that suggested she might have been best. She was in close quarters and far back in the early racing and closed a big gap to take second place. Shrew had no excuse and quit badly, while Mae Quince also tired at the end. The steeplechase of the day engaged some rather ordinary ones and resulted in a victory for H. W. Maxwells Flittula, one that was good enough to force all the pace and successfully withstand the final challenge of Brightness, from the Grassland Stable, and Thomas Hitchcocks Louqsor. Three in the field of ten that raced failed to complete the course. Mrs. Barret Haynes Menes unseated Blackburn. T. T. Motts Bo-lauder fell at the eleventh fence, while Bob Smiths Adolphus, a brother to Sarazen, was pulled up when thoroughly beaten. Seven-eighths, for cheap ones, brought out sixteen for the fifth race, and it resulted in a thrilling finish when Coltiletti just got Mr. Kirkwood up to win by a head from Firewatch, with Padraig a distant third before Star King. The second seven-eighths race, for cheap ones, the last race of the day, was even more crowded than was the one before, when there were nineteen under silks and they were valued at ,500 per horse, which tells of the cheap quality. This went to Agapanthus, from the Marshall Field stable. He began well, forced all the pace and won with plenty to spare from Blue Darter, with W. A. Rosens Moonlight, the one to furnish most of the contention, third. Moorholt, winner of the first race Wednesday for B. Block, was claimed by the B. B. Stable for ,500. Willie Knapp has received Upset Lad, London Rock, Kindling and Prerogative, which he will campaign for the Belle Isle Stable. These were shipped on from Chicago. At a meeting of the stewards of The Jockey Club, -held today, on motion duly seconded, the further entries of the Dyker Stable were refused. The suspension of jockey S. Bullmans license was continued and the trainers license of J. Gilbert was suspended.
