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JACK HIGH MUCH THE BEST ■ Easily Defeats Chestnut Oak in Valuable Shevlin Stakes. ♦ Son of Apprehension Falls to Stride as Freely as He Did In Withers Stakes — Good Program. ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y., June 18— Jack High. George D. Wideners three-year-old ace, turned the tables on Clendennin Ryans Chestnut Oak in the Shevlin Stakes at Aqueduct today. In the running of the Withers Stakes, while Chestnut Oak was beaten by Edward R. Bradleys Blue Larkspur, he took the measure of the son of John P. Grier, under equal weights, but in the Shevlin Stakes, Jack High won from him easily and gave him three pounds. The Shevlin Stakes had a net value of ,200 to the winner. It was the feature offering of rather an entertaining card. The weather was ideal and the track was at its best. The start was a good one and Double Heart was first to show, with Jack High second and Chestnut Oak in third place. Chestnut Oak began from the inside stall and when Fields found room next to the rail he quickly rushed him through. McAfee was right after him with Jack High and there was a promise of a repetition of the Withers Stakes as they drew away from the others. Chestnut Oak was racing along next to the rail, but he was not shaking off Jack High and he did not seem to be striding as he did over the Belmont course. McAtee made his first serious move with Jack High when well around the stretch turn and the son of John P. Grier quickly went to Chestnut Oak. Fields resoretd to the whip, but the son of Apprehension was through and before the last eighth was reached he was soundly beaten. From there to the end Jak High came along to be winner by two and a half lengths, while Chestnut Oak was doing his best to save second place from Flag Day, the starter of the Wheatley Stable, while Justinian, the Greentree Stable starter, was a close fourth. The difference in the performance of Chestnut Oak over at Belmont Park would suggest that he does not like the Aqueduct track surface. Juveniles of the plater variety met in the opening dash, at five-eighths, and it fell to T. J. Beauchamps Betty Beau, when she led home R. L. Freemans Guilder, with E. M. Byers" Paddock saving third from Norma Jean. The start was a good one and, through the early racing. Paddock was showing the way, but Betty Beau was not far away and, as she made her move, she crossed in front of the colt, but without interfering with him. Going to the inner rail the filly finished with excellent courage. Guilder was outrun in the Continued on twenty-fourth page. | I I JACK HIGH MUCH THE BEST Continued from first page. early stages and had to be hard driven an eighth out, like the winner he crossed over in front of Paddock as he made the move that landed him in second place. Golden Anger, racing for W. L. Hernstadt, in a driving finish was winner of the one mile race that was the second offering. It was a race for non-winners of two races, and Klingstone, racing for F. S. Page, finished in second place, with J. F. Adams Glen Wild taking third. The miserable showing of Folking, after his recent good form, was the big disappointment of the race. He had some excuse for after running into trouble right at the start, Fator took him wide all the way and altogether rode a miserable race for a jockey of his experience. Jims Bob was the one to show the way in the early racing and Golden Anger was not far back of him, and Klingstone also was close up. Glen Wild began well and was also in the front division. At this time Fator had Folking last and it was an altogether unusual position in the light of what the colt had been showing in recent races. It was not until the stretch was reached that Jims Bob tired, and there Klingstone and Golden Anger took command. Swinging into the stretch, Folking was making up ground, but Fator made another mistake in losing much ground. He had scant chance to come through, but he went much wider with his mount than was necessary. In the final drive there developed a three-cornered fight and Golden Anger proved best when she was winner by half a length, with Klingstone just beating Glen Wild by a head for second place. Three lengths further back came Stars and Bars. C. L. Clarot claimed Polyfon from the W. R Coe Stable out of the first race Monday for ,400. At private terms Monday .W. E. Martin purchased from the Glen Riddle Stable the three-year-old Black Watch. •
