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j j VICTORIAN GAINS NEW LAURELS « Passes 00,000 Winning Mark in Annexing Brookdale Handicap— Great American Stakes to Soul of Honor • ■ NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23. — Victorian, the three-year-old son of Whisk Broom II. — Prudery, under a burden of 117 pounds, was an easy winner of the one mile and an eighth of the Brookdale Handicap at Aqueduct today. The companion piece of a big day of racing was the rich Great American Stakes, for juveniles, and it saw Soul of Honor, from the Audley Farm Stable, winner after a desperate fight with George D. Wideners Jack High. The Brookdale Handicap added ,850 to the score of Victorian, while the Great American Stakes had a value of 3,800 to the winner. It was a wonderful day of racing that brought out an immense throng and the entertainment was worthy of the gathering. The victory of Victorian was such that it is hard to understand how the son of jWhisk Broom II. has been beaten in any of his races this year. Under his burden of 117 pounds he was giving away both u.gi and weight, and it is remembered that another Whitney three-year-old, Macaw, was winner of the same prize and under the same weight in 1926. Incidentally, Victorian passed the 00,000 mark in winnings for the year. No time was lost at the post and as the barrier was released Victorian dashed to the front under steady restraint and there was no stage of the running that Workman eased his hold. He was clear of the others from the first stride and at the end was six lengths in front of Diavolo, from the Wheatley Stable, while Johnny Callahan rode L. H. Rowes Sepoy. into third place, three lengths back of Diavolo and just a head before I. B. Humphreys Light Carbine. While Victorian was romping along under restraint he was running his first quarter in :23%, a half in :47%, three-quarters in 1:12% and the mile in 1 :37%, over a course that was anything but fast. Callahan saved ground on the inside with Sepoy and he and Light Carbine were heading the others in the run down the back stretch. Tantivy, the stablemate to Victorian, raced up with them for a time, while Diavolo and Brown Flash were further back, but racing well. It was evident that the farther he went the easier Victorian would win, for he turned into the stretch still well clear and under restraint. By that time McAtee was moving with Diavolo and he was making up ground on the others, though not on the leaders. Then in the last eighth Diavolo drew away to finish an easy second, while Callahan had to drive Sepoy furiously to beat Light Carbine home. Tantivy was next, with Brown Flash last. Soul of Honor, the son of St. Henry — Kiluna, which races for the Audley Farm Stable, added 3,800 to his score when he led home the others in the five-eighths mile Great American Stakes. He was winner only after a furious drive with George D. Wideners Jack High, and H. P. Whitneys Zoom was the one to take third before E. M. Byers Click. There was a considerable delay at the post and as the barrier was released Click was at once rushed into a good lead, while Com-stockery came over sharply and seriously interfered with Chestnut Oak, Donnay, Jack High and Zoom. Click held his lead until the end of the grandstand was reached, but there his weight Continued on twonty-fourt.i page. VICTORIANS NEW LAURELS Continued from first page. of 125 pounis was beginning to take its toll, and as he shortened stride there was a general closing up back of him. Soul of Honor, as he did in previous races, was bearing to the inside, and narrowly missed fouling some of the others inside of him. Chief Executive was one of these and he was soon pocketed back or the leaders just when he seemed to have a chance to share in the prize. In the meantime. Jack High, after his misfortune at the start, had raced through on the inside and in the final stages he and Soul of Honor earned the verdict by a nose. At the heels of Jack High came Zoom, which had also closed a big gap from his poor start, and still one more length back was the tired Click, only a neck before Chief Executive. Chestnut Oak ?nd Donnay were never able to recover from the roughing they received at the start and they were always far back in the running. This marked the second winner for George Fields, for he had ridden Fire Watch to his score in the opening race. The sport began wilh a six and a half furlongs dash, for maidens of the plater variety, and it brought a thrilling finish when George Fields landed Mrs. Vanderbilts Fire Watch winner from Mrs. J. W. Beans Omars Double, with third going to Charles H. Thierots Gallantry. In this. Always was the one to dash out into a long nearly lead, and Discovered and Omars Double were heading the others, while Fire Watch was not far back. Dustbroom had" been bumped as the barrier was released and was far back in the early racing, being forced to go to the outside to find racing room. It was not until well into the stretch that Always tired, and there Gallantry came prominently into the picture. Fields was sending Fire Watch along smoothly on the inside, while Omars Double was hanging on resolutely. Always had dropped back badly when passed, and outside of them all Dust-broom was making up ground rapidly. Right at the end it was Fire Watch and Omars Double that fought it out, and the son of On Watch dropped his head down in front. Gallantry was a length and a half farther back, and Dustbroom, after all his misfortunes, ran into fourth place. The Comet Steeplechase Handicap, over the short course, saw Fredden Rock, from George Sloans Brookmeade Stable, the winner from Thomas Hitchcocks Devil Kin, and A. W. Wentz.ls Saorstat beat Jefferson Livingstons Ke-Kon-Boy for the short end of the prize, with H. E. Scotts Father Holt, the only other starter, last. Jeffcott went out to set the pace with Fredden Rock and he was good enough to hold command throughout. Jeffcott had him under restraint for a turn of the course, and when Devil Kin challenged in the last half mile he had plenty left to withstand that challenge, and still have three lengths to spare at the end.
