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COCHRAN COLT VICTORIOUS ♦ Son of Black Toney First in j j Aqueducts Feature. I e Wood ha Yen Claiming Stakes Worth ,325 to Winner — Consistent Maola Earns Another Parse. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 27.— The Wood-haven Stakes, with ,000 added, was offered as the feature at Aqueduct today and resulted in a victory for G. A. Cochrans Lamp Black, after a drive with Foxbolt. from the Dor-wood Stable, with H. P. Whitneys Gotoit third. Scratches reduced the overnight list from twelve to seven starters. Kelsay rode the winner, and earned ,325 by his driving victory. The field was fractious at the post, and it was Resselas. Gotoit and Wrackster which delayed the start for several minutes. The start was a good one, and Kelsay immediately sent Lamp Black into command. He displayed good speed and saved ground on the elbow. The others were closely bunched, although Bob Shannon and Rasselas vere in early trouble and suffered interference. In the final eighth Lamp Black held to his task in impressive fashion to withstand the determined challenge of Foxbolt, .vhiie Gotoit was racing along rapidly on tne outside. Bob Shannon switched his position and moved into fourth place, but the early pace told, and at the end he tired badly. The finish was a thrilling one, and Lamp Black had a length margin over Foxbolt, which in turn led Gotoit by a matter of inches. Small fields on the whole started in the different races, and what little enthusiasm developed, was short-lived. Overhead conditions were cloudy, and the crowd was under the mid-week average. Croyden, ridden by Willie Garner, proved an easy winner in the first race of the day. It was a race over a mile and a sixteenth. The Fair Stable starter came, from behind the pace set by Drawing Board and, at the end, had a comfortable margin, while Spectacular was giving his best to withstand Gadalong for the minor portion of the purse. On the stretch turn Drawing Board was racing along smoothly, but Garner shook up Croyden, and the latter, responding with a rush, soon caught the leader and, at the end, had speed in reserve. Drawing Board held on well to take second place, while Spectacular managed to outlast Gadalong in the final strides. Apprentice steeplechase jockeys displayed their ability in the Colonial Purse, over the short course, and the result was a driving one in which Hillock, from the Greentree Stable, came again at the finish to earn the major award from J. E. Davis Fire Fighter, while Bayard Warrens Young Prince was third. Blockhead finished the Continued on twentieth page. COCHRAN COLT VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. course and was a close fourth, while Alexander Moore fell at the thirteenth jump. Young Prince, which was installed the ehoiee, turned in a poor effort under indifferent riding. In the first turn of the field he swerved in and out, moved up into contention, only to be taken back again. In the meantime Hillock was racing in front under a Rood ride, and he was jumping in good fashion. Alexand r Moore was racing Iose afler him, while Fire Fighter had no trouble in showing the way to Blockhead, I which was several lengths last. t The final turn of the field witnessed a gradual closing up, but the Greentree starter had something left, and withstood the opposition. Near the final jump, Young Prince and Fire Fighter swept up with determined challenges and were on even terms with the leader. Hillock, under pressure, came again, and at the end was drawing clear. Fire Fighter proved better than Young Prince in the final drive and had a short advantage, to earn the place portion of the purse. Three-year-old fillies furnished the entertainment in the third race, and Mrs. George *ai rolls Okaybee, ridden by G. Bose, proved an easy winner over Klecta, from the Middle-hurg Stalile, while Blustery, from the Wheat-ley Stable, was a distant third. Vote Yes, which raced for J. T. McCoy, was a distant fourth. The start was a good one, while Klecta was pinched back alter taking a stride or two by Okaybee. The latter quickly forged to the front and opened up a safe lead before being taken under restraint. Vote Yes and Blustery, which forced the pace for the first eighth, dropped back quickly, although Blustery held on well for the first five-eighth. In the meantime, Electa moved up with de termination, but in the final eighth faltered and could not get to Okaybee, which drew away. Klecta was an easy second, whil© Blustery was a distant third. Vote Yes was eased up when she quit. G. W. Lofts swift-running Mabla brought her score to six consecutive victories when she showed the way to a well matched band of two-year-old fillies, over five-eighths, in the fifth race. Bidden by W. Harvey, she led home II. P. Whitneys Mad Kiss, while W. B. Coes Tripping Toe was third. The winner dominated the race throughout. She bore out somewhat near the elbow, but Harvey straightened her out quickly and allowed her to bear to the inside steadily. Tripping Toe was racing along in close pursuit of the early pace, but she was attempting to bear towards the inside and Peterson was kept busy straightening her out. Mad Kiss, which bewail slowly, improved her position steadily and, at the end, was going fastest of all. Mrs. A. Ij. Austins Sunny Saint, ridden by D. Brice, came from the rear and was an easy winner of the final race of the day. Spear Rock was the one to race to second place, while Corporal was third.
