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1 ] ! , 1 . , ! j ■ j . . . j BALIOS SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Outfinishes Jesting in Substitute Feature at Aqueduct Course. ♦ Ideal Weather Conditions Prevail for Sport at New York Track — Rebel TeU Surprises. ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., July 3.— Balios, racing for Henry L. Ingelbach and sent to the post by Paul Fox, was winner of the best offering at Aqueduct Tuesday. It was a substitute race and under claiming conditions, over the mile route, and it produced a great finish when the leading pair fought it out desperately with Balios only winner in the closing strides, and well back of Jesting Paul B. Codds Uncle Donald had closed a big gap to take third from George H. Bost-wicks Garden Message. The only other starter was Stone Martin, and he was badly beaten off. Again the race course was a delightful place to spend a sweltering afternoon, tor there was a cooling breeze blowing over the track, and while there was some falling-off in attendance conditions were ideal. In the Balios race general opinion was that Jesting, in her present excellent form, was best of the five engaged. She flattered her backers until right at the end of the mile, where she tired slightly and Rainey, who had the mount, was of little help. Balios, showing improved form over his recent appearance, caught her to be winner by half a length. The five left the stalls perfectly aligned as any field has been seen all year, and it was not until well beyond the time flag that it was possible to pick out a leader. There Jesting was showing her head in front, but Balios was right with her and Stone Martin raced third. He was well back of the first two at the end of the first furlong, but was showing the way to Garden Message, while Uncle Donald dropped back so badly that he was soon ten lengths back. Balios tired just as they swung into the stretch, lapped on the filly, but he was under a drive and the filly appeared to be galloping well within herself. As they raced along they opened up a long lead on Garden Message, which had moved into third place, then Stone Martin quit and Uncle Donald began to make up ground rapidly. Inside the final furlong Jesting was showing the way, but was doing her best and could not shake off Balios. Then she tired and the colt was past the line winner by half a length. Jesting had saved second place by five lengths, and Uncle Donald had no trouble in catching Garden Message to take third. Mrs. T. H. Somervilles Muskogee was winner of the short course selling steeplechase in a race that was marked by no end of rough riding. He scored over Alvin Unter-meyers Naylor and John R. Macombers Red-bridge beat J. P. Jones Depart for third. All three of the placed horses came out of the running decidedly lame, Naylor being led back to the scales. Another that was lamed in the running was The Graf. All through the running there was no end of bumping and crowding, and Jennings, who rode the winner, was more to blame than any of the other riders. He repeatedly crossed Redbridge and also roughed The Worker considerably. Jennings kept the winner right with all the pace and after he had raced The Worker into defeat he hung on well, though running an erratic course to withstand the final rush of Naylor, one that had been rated in the early stages. Redbridge had a particularly rough passage and each time Dawson moved with him he was blocked and forced to change hii route. This took much out of the old son of Wrack and at the end he tired. Muskogee had a winning margin of two lengths, and Naylor had beaten the unfortunate Redbridge a like distance for second place. Depart, after a flash of speed, quit badly and was beaten six lengths for third, while The Worker was used up racing with the winner and had little left for the final quarters. C. H. "Pat" Knebelkamp, who has met with a full measure of success at Aqueduct, sent out the winner of the opening dash at five furlongs, for juveniles, when he saddled his Below Zero, a daughter of Tryster and Low Degree that had a winter seasoning at Hialeah Park, Florida. She was appearing under silks for the first time since the first week in May, but she was right on edge. The third was a five furlongs dash for juvenile maiden fillies and it proved easy for Mrs. C. Chapins Bit o Shade, a daughter of High Cloud and Alice Haigh. She was lucky to escape some early interference that was caused by Pretty Night when she swerved in sharply, but Bit o Shade, drawing into a safe lead, was not afterwards headed to be the winner by two and a half lengths. J. J. Robinsons Treasury Key was the one to take second place and he had only earned that part of the purse from the Branncastle Farm Stables Cloud Sweeper by a scant head and Pretty Night was fourth. Cloud Sweeper had suffered a bit of interference when she was carried out by Attraction, and another was buffeted about badly was Sastar. Altogether it was not a truly run race, though it is probable Bit o Shade was best of the lot. The fourth was a six and a half furlongs dash confined to non-winners of two races, and under claiming conditions, and it brought out a field of a dozen. The winner turned up in Robert C. Winmills Rebel Yell, which won by a goodly margin over Charles H. Thieriots Precept, and The Potter, from the Branncastle Farm Stable, beat Volomite for third. As a matter of fact, Rebel Yell was a bit fortunate in being confirmed as the winner, for after rounding out of the back stretch he shut off Precept badly and forced Kurt-singer to take up when his mount had a royal chance to go into the lead. The Howe Stables Cycle, one that had worked exceptionally fast in private and a pronounced choice for the final race, stood a long stretch drive to lead home Cleves, from the Wheatley Stable, with M. L. Schwartz1 Hindu Queen a close third. The winner moved into command after the start, was rated along steadily, but in the stretch was placed under severe pressure and held his opponents safe.
