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DEVIL KIN AND BOSTWICK ♦ Winning Combination in Winfield Steeplechase Handicap. ♦ Winner Earns ,500 by Defeating Rnhieny — Jumping Race Feature of Program at Aqueduct Coarse. ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y., June 26.— Thomas Hitchcocks Devil Kin, under a good ride by the amateur G. H. "Pete" Bostwick, was winner of the feature offering of the Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct today when he scored in the Winfield Steeplechase Handicap, which had a net value of ,500 to the winner. Rubigny, from the Dorwood Stable, raced to second place, with Rooney, the Brookmeade Stable starter, easily beating Volunteer for third place. Back of these came Lizard and Arc Light, the Joseph E. Widener pair, with Father Holt, from the Green Stable, being eased up. The big disappointment of the running was the showing of the Widener jumpers. They were at no time serious contenders, while Kleeger, on Arc Light, lost a stirrup in the front field, the final turn of the course, to utterly ruin any chance he had of sharing in the purse. The day was an excellent one for the sport and another crowd of good proportions was on hand. No time was lost at the start of the steeplechase race. As the flag fell, Volunteer bolted slightly and before he could be straightened, he had lost considerable ground, but the others left in close order, with Father Holt, Rooney and Rubigny the ones to show the way. Lizard was not far back and Mr. Bostwick was rating Devil Kin along further back and. as is his habit, was saving ground. Racing into the front field, Lizard lost some ground by swinging wide, and Rubigny and Rooney were still very much in the running. Arc Light was far back, and Father Holt was dropping back, while Devil Kin was holding his place nicely and galloping easily. It was moving into the back field that Mr. Bostwick made his first move, and he soon had Devil Kin with the leaders then, showing the day, he never afterward surrendered the lead. Rubigny was hanging on well, considering the use that had been made of him. and Rooney was still close at hand. Father Holt had made a bad landing over a back field jump that all but unseated Lambert and. at the same time, put him out of the running, but Arc Light was moving up when Kleeger lost a stirrup and, before it was regained, he had lost every chance. Rubigny stood a drive easily, but it was of no avail, and Devil Kin crossed the line winner by four lengths. Rubigny had beaten Rooney five lengths for second place, and the others followed along well beaten. The Carbuncle Handicap, over the mile route, brought out a well balanced field, and resulted in a good contest with Mrs. Sydney Continued on twenty-second page. DEVIL KIN AND BOSTWICK Continued from first page. J. Smiths St. Htnell, under an excellent ride by the veteran Kelsay, the winner from Mrs. Victor Emanuels Sun Forward, with the Sagamore Stables Montferrat just beating home J. F. Byers Son o Battle for third. Kelsay went right out from the start with the son of St. Henry an-i, saving ground all th? way. was at all times master of the situation. Son o Battle, despile of his topweight, went along closely after the leader and, after showing in third place early. Sun Forward dropped back somewhat and did not, come again until well into the stretch. Maiben ha -. taken Sunvir up right at the start and in consequence was off badly and there was no time that he reached a contending position. Montferrat raced forwardly, but at all times St. Hem-ll was holding his company safe. An eighth out McCoy made a desperate attempt to wrest the lead from the winner with Son o Battle and tlia. effort cost him every part of the purse. The son of Man o" War tired right at the "nd and there it was that Sun Forward, closing with a great rush, was lapped on St. Henell at the end, and Montferrat, two lengths further back, had just beaten the tired Son o Battle. R. L. Freemans Guilder was winner over the plater juveniles that started in the opening race. Alwington Dolly, from the Alwing-ton Stable, raced to second place, with J. P. Jones Fire Belle third. Guilder and Alwington Dolly set all the pace and the colt proved the gamer at the end, but the result might have been different had Fire Belle been a bit more fortunate In the running. She closed an immense gap and was gaining rapidly at the end to take third place. William Woodwards Frisius, the three-year-old son of Star Hawk, was much the best of the maidens that started in the third race and he was an easy winner, leading home George D. Wideners Griffin, with Robert L. Gerrys Truncheon saving third. There was not much to the running, for at the rise of the barrier McAuliffe at once rushed Frisius into a long lead and he was at no time threatened. Lativich, after jumping in the air at the start, rushed into second place, but the effort cost something, and he was through when the stretch was reached. It was in the stretch that Truncheon moved into second place with Griffin chasing after him. The race run by Penarc was a particularly dull one. He dropped out early and was never able to improve his position. Walter J. Salmons Swinfield. a son of Swinburne and that good mare Careful, ran an excellent race in the five-eighths dash, which was the fifth race. This was an affair for maiden colts and geldings, and sixteen went to the post. Billy Blake and Squeaky were the ones to set the pace, and the first-named was holding the Gaffney colt safe, when Swinfield came through the middle of the course with his winning rush, to win going away at the end. Max Hirsch. acting for E. F. Byers, at private terms sold Paddock to W. C. Smith. He shipped Click to Arlington Park to start in the American National Handicap, over three-quarters, next Monday. a
