view raw text
ORDINARY AQUEDUCT CARD Hurdle Race Most Interesting Contest at New York. St. Francis Defeats Ruby Keller and Christmas The Crane Surprise Winner at Long Odds. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 24. In a program of races largely given over to platers of ordinary quality, the most interesting contest at Aqueduct today was a hurdle race of a mile and a half that went to Mrs. T. W. I Durants St. Francis. The talented amateur C. R. White was second with J. O. Burg-wins Ruby Keller and Joseph E. Wideners Christmas saved third from Bo Ballot. In this running, the crowd was treated to a real thrill by Rigan McKinney, the only other amateur in the field, when his mount Ynobe made a bad landing over the last hurdle and he was thrown from the saddle. He hung to his mount and almost climbed back but finally was thrown. At the time, the gelding was in a contending position and the accident undoubtedly cost him a share in the purse. Ten started in this hurdle race which was christened the Syosset and the only other that did not complete the course was Richard Whitneys Cock. Robin, which bolted at the back field hurdle the first turn of the course. Ynobe was the one to cut out the pace almost from the drop of the flag and he was racing right along and fencing cleverly. Ruby Keller was not far back of him and then came Christmas. Bauman was waiting back of the field with St. Francis and he made no move until the backfield was reached. Rounding into that part of the course he moved up but Bauman moved at the same time with Christmas and the Widener gelding had a bit more speed as the pair of them headed McKinneys mount. In the run to the upper end of the field, St. Francis took the lead, from Christmas and Ynobe was close after the Widener gelding and still decidedly in the contention. Bo Ballot and Engineer II., another from the Widener Stable was making up ground. When clear of the others, Young Wisely took a slight hold of St. Francis and it was Continued on twenty-seventh page. ORDINARY AQUEDUCT CARD Continued from first page. evident three hurdles from home that the son of Stefan the Great had only to stand up to be the winner. Ynobe was closely lapped on Christmas and it was in that fashion they came to the last hurdle where Ynobe made his mistake and Mr. McKinney gave his acrobatic exhibition before he was finally unseated. It was this that made second possible for Ruby Keller, which closed with courage to beat Christmas, but she was half a dozen lengths back of St. Prancis.
