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ANOTHER FOR WHITNEY § Halcyon Adds Queens County Handicap to Victory List. First Saturday at Aqueduct Sees Big Crowd Attending — Illusive Accounts for the Opener, • NEW YORK, N. Y., Jum 11.— Halcyon, four-year-old son of Broomstick— Prudery, carrying the light blue and brown cap of C. V. Whitney, was an easy winner of the Queens County Handicap, which was the feature offering of the first Saturday of the Aqueduct meeting. Halcyon was ridden by Hank Mills and. at the finish, he had a big advantage over W. R. Coes P-mpeius, while Ormesby was a tired third. Eight started in the ,000 added event and Halcyons earn- i ings were ,800. The winner dominated the race all the way and raced the distance in 1:38. A large sized crowd was on hand for the day and overhead conditions were all that could be desired. The track was fast and interesting and spirited racing resulted. Little time was lost at the post in the Queens County Handicap and the start was a good one. Mills quickly found his way to the front with Halcyon, while Pompeius, Microphone and Ormesby were close up. There was no change in the running positions until the far turn was reached, where Ormesby moved up in nearest pursuit of the leaders. Halcyon was racing along smoothly and Ormesby tried to go through on the inside. He was not good enough and in the stretch run tired steadily and dropped back. Halcyon, when straightened out for the run through the long stretch, steadily drew away and at the finish had a four-length lead over Pompeius The latter was sent to the outside and finished well, but did not menace the winner. CANANDAIGUA FIRST. The Bayside Claiming Steeplechase Stakes, which carried an added value of ,000, .resulted in a victory for Thomas Hitchcocks Canandaigua in easy fashion over J. E. Widener s Indigo, while in third place was Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewarts Sun Eclipse. Cree, which started for A. C. Schwartz, lost his rider at the second jump. J. Pierce appeared to suffer a nasty fall, but examination revealed no broken bones, although he was bruised about the body when he was stepped on by his mount. The start was a good one, and Sun Eclipse moved into command at once. He was rated along steadily and jumped well. Indigo and Canandaigua were close up and also under restraint. There was no change in the running positions until the turn into the back stretch the second time. Canandaigua moved up but was blocked and shuffled back. He then steadily improved his position on the outside. The final quarter-mile produced a thrilling spectacle with the three racing-along , lapped on each other. The Hitchcock starter proved best and drew away. Sun Eclipse made a bad landing at the fourteenth jump and recovered well but tired suddenly at the finish, while Indigo had no mishaps and was an easy second. GILBERT RIDES WINNER. Illusive, the consistent daughter of General Lee — French Doll, which races for Miss Mary Corning, was a driving winner of the first race. Ridden by Johnny Gilbert, she stood a drive gamely and showed the way to M. L. Schwartz Clarify, while farther back in third place was E. R. Bradleys Bobbing. Six started, with Illusive the one most in demand. She wore down Clarify and then was going away. The latter showed good speed from the start and after racing Manya into defeat held on well. M. L. Schwartz Gusto and Silvio Coucci proved a winning combination in the third race, a dash of seven furlongs, styled the Accelerator. Gusto came from the rear and drew away in the stretch, showing the way to C. Harvey Pierces War Plane, while Panax, from the Mereworth Stud, was third. The winner got away well and when fully settled in his stride moved up to the leaders with a rush. War Plane was showing the way and when the field straightened out for the run to the stretch turn, Gusto was in second place, while Jimmy Sutro was Continued on second. page.J, " * £ J i i i ANOTHER FOR WHITNEY [ j Continued from first page. - racing along next to the rail. Turning for r home Panax was bothered but recovered - quickly and when straightened out for the • stretch drive finished gamely. Gusto, however, - had disposed of War Plane and, drawing away into a long lead at the end, was s under restraint. War Plane stood a drive e well and outlasted the fast finishing Panax k in the final strides for second place. I I
