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1 . MILLS AND COUCCI IN DUEL Okapi Scores in Carnarsie Claiming Stakes Under Italian. Cloudy Day Disqualified After Winning the Third Race and Purse Given to Concord. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 29. Okapi, tha ,500 yearling which races for the Brook-meade Stable, added the Canarsie Claiming Stakes to his score at Aqueduct today. This had a net value of ,675 to the winner and the finish was another jockey duel between Coucci and Mills, who was a close second with H. C. Phipps Balios. It was a two-horse race through the final furlong and the pair of them were well out before Mrs. T. Andersons Merry Caroline, the one to save third. It was the first appearance of "Hank" Mills without his apprentice allowance and he celebrated his becoming a full-fledged jockey by winning his first mount on Just Imagine in the second race of the day. The sport was interesting, with perfect weather conditions, but there came a disqualification in one race, when Mrs. W. T. Andersons Cloudy Day, after beating a band of cheap ones, was set back for having fouled Wonderful in the stretch and the race was awarded to Mrs. Al Jolsons Concord. The ruling was a just one, for, while Wonderful did not share in the distribution of the purse, even after the ruling, he was a contender when put out of the running. In the Canarsie Balios was particularly alert at the start and though he left from the outside, he went away with such a rush that he was able to cross to the inside before the turn was reached. Okapi was away well, but was in close quarters in the early stages, but he soon fought clear and gave stern chase. All through the final furlong the two colts were closely lapped, but right at the end Okapi proved the gamer to drop his head down in front. Balios was five lengths before Merry Caroline, which in turn saved third from Fingal by slightly more than a length. In this race Bolilee had scant speed, while Indian-town, after showing a flash of speed, quit badly. Eisenberg and Little Lad, the John J. Robinson pair, were two others that cut scant figures in the running. The first for maiden juveniles of the masculine gender was won by True Sweep in a driving finish over Syenite, with Georgian taking third. The start was not a good one when some of the green ones rather upset things as they left the stalls, but True Sweep showed plenty of schooling, and Syenite and Octaroro were, also off well in motion. True Sweep and Syenite soon drew out a bit from the others as Octororo was carried exceedingly wide at the elbow of the course. True Sweep was racing along on the inner rail and while Syenite hung on the son of Sweep proved the gamer to earn the decision by a neck. Georgian was off well enough, but he was almost at once crowded back badly and he was running over horses to take third, but he was half a dozen lengths back of the first two. Hank Mills made his first ride without the opprentice allowance a winning one when he piloted Mrs. C. O. Iselins Just Imagine to victory over the maidens that opposed her in the six and a half furlongs of the second race. Incidentally, this race furnished one of the real surprises of the day when Pas Encore, from the Sage Stable, finished second, and Willis Sharpe Kilmers Dark Charmer could only save third. The start was good, but Dark Charmer, as usual, was slow to find her racing legs, while Mills had Just Imagine away running and soon opened up a clear lead on the field. Mills made every use of his lead with Just Imagine and, rating her along, was clear of the others in the run through the stretch, though at the end he was hustling her along to score by a length. Dark Charmer, after her slow beginning, closed a big gap, under a vigorous drive by Garner, but Pas Encore, outrunning the others in the final furlong, saved the place by three parts of a length. Urbanity II. was five lengths farther back and the others cut scant figure in the running. There was a disqualification in the third race when Mrs. W. T. Andersons Cloudy Day, which finished first, was set back for having fouled Wonderful in the. stretch. By this ruling Mrs. Al Jolsons Concord was made the winner, with Preston Burchs Yancey being moved into second place and Louis Strubes Epoch was third. Wonderful was the one to set the pace and he was closely attended by Cloudy Day and Yancey; while Concord was farther back and compelled to race on the outside. It was at the furlong post in the stretch that Cloudy Day bumped Wonderful and, knocking him off his stride, finished strongly to lead the fast finishing Concord past the line by a length. Yancey was at the heels of Concord and only a head before Epoch. Coucci, who had the mount on Wonderful lodged his claim of foul after the running. Reynolds, who rode Cloudy Day, was called in the stand and after a short delay the ruling was made that awarded the decision to Concord. After the finish in this and while pulling up, Gilbert fell from Dancing Boy when one of his stirrup leathers broke. Fortunately he was not hurt.
