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CHESHIRE BY WIDE MARGIN Carries Greentree Stable Silks to Victory in Best Race at Aqueduct Snark Displays Speed of His Sire Boojuni in Winning Juvenile Race More Favor ¬ able Weather Brings Out Crowd NEW YORK N Y June 11 Cheshire from the Greentree Stable was an easy win ¬ ner of the best offering at Aqueduct today when he galloped home five lengths before Mrs C Oliver Iselins Exhibit while Mrs Robert H Heighes Brown Twig was a dis ¬ tant third This was a mile condition race for threeyearold that had never won as much as 3000 in other than a claiming event and the son of St Germans had con ¬ siderable weight off from his recent efforts effortsSeven Seven went to the post and after Exhibit had caused a long delay six of them left in good alignment but Dasher the Wheat ley Stable colt stayed there Esposa broke in front but she almost at once gave way to Exhibit and Cheshire leaving from the outside position was utterly unable to step along with the speed and was rather a distant last lastAriel Ariel Cross soon joined Exhibit and Es ¬ posa and Brown Twig also moved into close Contention as a first quarter was rolled off in 23 and the half was reached in 47 Gallant Prince followed these and still Cheshire trailed the company but he was beginning to move up with Cpucci ichoosing the outside and safer course courseEsposa Esposa was first of the leaders to tire and as she dropped back both Ariel Cross and Brown Twig closed on Exhibit but he was meeting the challenge and holding to the lead gamely Cheshire had headed Gal ¬ lant Prince but he was still many lengths from the leaders as the field rounded into the long stretch but he was running in ear ¬ nest and a furlong out he was in the thick of the fight Ariel Cross was through and Brown Twig was doing his best as Cheshire swept by them and then it was no trick for him to run down Exhibit and win going away by five lengths Exhibit was three lengths before Brown Twig and Mrs Heighes colt was four lengths before the tired Ariel Cross CrossFor For the second day of the meeting an ¬ other big crowd was in attendance The con ¬ ditions were much more favorable than for the opening and the sport offered was first class classMrs Mrs A Phillips Transit Lady was winner of the opening race by a head over Prosy from the Manhassett Stable and Nightcap racing for the Orienta Stable and the choice for the running was lapped on the pair of them to beat Grog for third This was a fivefurlong dash for plater juveniles juvenilesWhen When it was found impossible to fill the steeplechase that had been intended for the second offering a six and a half furlongs dash for threeyearold fillies was split arid run as the second and third race The sec ¬ ond went to Edward R Bradleys Blossom Again which was making her first start of the year and her performance was a good one when in a fighting finish she led L Stroubes Rust over the line with Mrs Rob ¬ ert H Heighes Zay rather a distant third thirdBelow Below Zero stablemate to Pat Knebel kamps King Saxon made every post a win ¬ ning one in the second division of the filly purse to win easily over T H Somervilles Pretty Knight and William Woodwards Vicaress closing with a rush took third from the Middleburg Stables Marching Home HomeThe The fifth brought out eleven promising juvenile maidens and it went to the Wheat ley Stable when Snark a sonrof Boojum and Helvetia led home Walter M Jeffords Jean Bart and E R Bradleys Bijuro barely saved third from Singers Folly that raced for C V Whitney WhitneySnark Snark showing all the speed of his sire shot away from his field right at the break and he had opened up a lead of five lengths before the others were fairly under way With such a big advantage Horn had only to keep him straight to have him home the winner by a length and a half Jean Bart Was catching the Wheatley colt at the end and his was a good race when he was a full five lengths before Bijuro and Singers Folly which staged an exciting duel for third thirdThe The B B Stable furnished the winner of the final race of the day in Major General ridden by W D Wright which came from the rear of the pace to lead home L E Ogles Sky Haven The latter from a slow beginning improved his position fast and then faltered while Little Argo which fin ¬ ished third had no mishaps in the running runningWalter Walter M Jeffords Firethorn runnerup to Omaha in the Belmont Stakes was out on the track Tuesday morning The three yearold covered a mile and a furlong in 156 as part of his preparation for his engage ¬ ment in the Brooklyn Handicap on June 22 22Jockeys Jockeys C Allen and A Diliddo and apr prentice C Scarpella applied for riding li
