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■ CLOSE FINISH AT AQUEDUCT « Montferrat Takes Speculation Claiming Handicap by a Neck. ■ ♦ Jockey Rose Claims Foul, Which Stewards Fail to Allow — Stretcher Second and Croyden Third. ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., June 23.— Montferrat. from the Sagamore Stable, was winner of the Speculation Claiming Handicap, the mile feature of todays racing at Aqueduct. This had a value oi ,1C0 to the winner and, after the finish, the result was not confirmed by the stewards until a claim of foul, lodged by G. Rose, who rode William M. Moores Stretcher into second place, was disallowed. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilts Croydon was a close third, with Walter J. Salmons Devonshire closing a big gap to be fourth. Real summer weather attracted a big crowd and, while the track was slow from the rain of Sunday, the sport was excellent. In the Speculation Handicap Croyden, Juggler and Montferrat were the ones to go to the front at the rise of the barrier. G. Rose rushed Stretcher up on the insfde at the turn out of the back stretch, but was sharply blocked there and knocked back, losing considerable ground. It did not seem possible that Montferrat could have been to blame, for he was outside of both Juggler and Croyden. Montferrat drew away into a lead of a couple of lengths before the stretch was reached and Juggler and Croyden, closely lapped, were showing the way to the others Juggler evidently needed the race for he tired in the stretch and as he dropped back Stretcher made his move on the outside of Croyden and for a considerable time he had Mrs. Vanderbilts sprinter in close quarters, but Montferrat was holding his lead in resolute fashion. Through the last sixteenth the three, leaders were well lapped and Montferrat lasted to be the winner by a neck, while Stretcher was just a head before Croyden. Devonshire, after being lengths back of the others in the early racing, came with a great rush when too late to beat the tired Juggler for fourth place. The second best race of the day and, in fact, one that brought together a more fashionable field, was the seven-eighths mile Cirrus Handicap. This saw E. R. Bradleys Buddy Bauer the winner from William Woodwards Filemaker, with A. J. Golds-boroughs John Cavanagh easily taking third place from II. T. Archibalds Crystal Domino. There was a considerable delay at the post in this, for which Crystal Domino was largely to blame, but the start was a good one and Filemaker and Buddy Bauer quickly went into command and it soon became a Continued on twenty first page. CLOSE FINISH AT AQUEDUCT Continued from first page. two-horse race. Filcmaker was showing the way, but Buddy Bauer raced alongside of him, not giving an inch, and in the run through the stretch it was Filemaker that tired, while Buddy Bauer came on to win going away by two lengths. John Cavanagh had been running in a good position back of the leaders from the start and Robertson saved ground with him by a close turn into the stretch, which gave him an advantage over Fantastic, another that had been racing forwardly. Too late Crystal Domino came along with a determined charge, but he was still a distant fourth at the end. The others had cut scant figure in the running. The Virginians continue to do exctdingly well with the juveniles they send to the races, for Dr. Jones chalked another victory when he saddled P. H. Faulconers Westovers Ibby in the opening five-eighths dash, for maiden fillies. She outgamed Lillie Cane, from the Ooodtime Stable, to Lcore with Marshall Fields Campanini third. Lillie Cane wrs the one to cut out m t of the running, but Campania was not far away and racing on the outside of the Troutbcck filly. Then when Ratti called on Campania she swerved over sharply to the inner rail back of the leader, and gc-erally raced greenly. In the meantime, Wes Tvers Ibby was making her way up on the » tride, and right at the end she caught LilKe Cane, to win going away. Another steeplechase went to the Thomas Hitchcock string when Oarsman scored from three others that opposed him in a short course race. Marshall Fields Royal Charge raced to second place with Marche Militaire, ridden by his owner A. C. Bostwick, a close third. The only other starter was Miss C. I. Drews Paycock and, after showing a bit of speed in the early running, he dropped out of it and was only galloping along back of the other three. Marche Militaire was the one to force the pace and Mr. Bostwick permitted him to step right along. Payeock went with him over three of the jumps, while Oarsman and Royal Charge were being rated along well back of the leaders. Before the front field was reached Paycock had dropped back while Oarsman moved into second place back of Marche. Militaire and Royal Charge was galloping after the Hitchcock gelding. It was in the back field that Fitzgerald sent Oarsman to Marche Militaire and for a time Bostwick held him with his mount, but gradually the Hitchcock jumper drew away. At the same time Jeffcott was moving with Royal Charge and he was soon close after the first two. In the front field Jeffcott drove Royal Charge vigorously and he wore down Marche Militaire to beat him for second place, but he could not get to Oarsman, which was home the winner by half a dozen lengths. Paycock was fifty lengths further back, having been eased up when he tired. Hypoluxo, which races for Larry Water-bury, was winner of the five-eighths mile race for juveniles. He beat home John Mad-dens Scalawag, with Samuel Ross Baron King the one to be third. Hypoluxo, beginning well, dominated the race, but Scalawag was close up, and the Ross pair. Baron King and Prancing Step, were racing next to the inside rail with no apparent excuse. It was in the final sixteenth, and after Prancing Step had given up, that Baron King tired, and it was there that Hypoluxo was holding Scalawag perfectly safe and it was apparent that he was to be the winner. A mile race for cheap ones was the last contest of the day, and fourteen went to the post. This furnished a surprise when Frank Williams Great Slopes was winner from T. P. Harts Compensation, with Jefferson Liv-ingtons Aster third, just outstaying Lanyard for that part of the prize. As the race was run, Lanyard was pounds the best, but after being pinched off he was crowded back to last place right after the start and met with more than his share of interference but closed an immense gap.
