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DEAD HEAT AT AQUEDUCT ♦ Judge Unable to Separate Below Zero and Rough Diamond. Cheshire Qualifies for Dwyer Stakes Saturday by Taking Circus Purse, Tuesdays Best Offering. * f 1 1 » i | 1 ! ; . I i i : ! . ; - 3 t f NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25.— Cheshire, about the only one of the Greentree Stable eligibles that could be considered a possible starter in the Dwyer Stakes Saturday, was an easy winner of the best offering of the Queens County Jockey Club at Aqueduct today. This was in the Cirrus Purse, a condition affair at a mile, and it marked up the second score of the meeting for the son of St. Germans, and the second winning ride of the day for Silvio Coucci, first rider for the stable. The field beaten by the Greentree colt was not a very good one, but he was under his scale weight, giving away several pounds to every other starter, and his score was one of the easiest victories of the afternoon. E. B. McGehees Gallant Mac, a four-[ year-old that was in receipt of twelve pounds on the scale, raced to the place, with Good Goods, from the Brookmeade Stable, another four-year-old, an easy third before William Woodwards Sir Beverley. The only other starter was the imported Wildfire. Another day of delightful racing weather attracted a big crowd to the popular course, and the sport offered was first class, The running of the Kildare Handicap, for those of Class C, and over the six-furlong route, resulted in the second dead heat of the New York season, when C. H. Knebel-; kamps Below Zero and C. V. Whitneys Rough Diamond swept over the line so closely locked the placing judges could not separate them. Far back of them, William Ziegler, Jr.s Gold Buckle was third. Coucci had the mount on Rough Diamond and the Continued on eighth page. . . » e e s e I - e * e r t r .1 e - - s i i- e Y r r 1 i- s 0 t a ,j e I I I I [ I I i I 1 I 1 1 l 1 . | ; J • | j | I J f J . j j I ■ ! • i j I 1 : • - J 1 j I J | J j • • I I j j I , i I I 1 I L L t I 1 j j rj I i , I - i i 2 I | i i , r I | i. | - j | i I I 6 5 • j I i s | I I | e t i. • i e j I | - e s - ■ . e 0 - 1 , i e : e j I ~ | I j , « j f j 1 j t I ! 1 . j ! . r e | J | • ■ DEAD HEAT AT AQUEDUCT Continued from first page. Whitney colt was the long shot of the com-I pany, while Below Zero was the choice. Before the running of this race the stewards had granted permission for the rating of Patriotic in the running — a most peculiar request and a most peculiar action on the part of the stewards in granting the request. This probably had no effect on the result, for, whether or not Patriotic was rated, he was close to the early pace and he faded away badly in the stretch. Below Zero, as was expected, was the one to cut out the running and she was closely followed by Gold Buckle, while Rough Dia-t mond, outrun early, circled around on the outside until, when the stretch was reached, he was rapidly running down the pacemakers. Through the final furlong the Whitney colt closed steadily, but Below Zero hung on well and another nod would have given victory to Rough Diamond, but the filly had lasted to make it a dead heat. In this Cirrus Purse, Sir Beverley and Gallant Mac were the first to cut out the running. They at once went to the front closely lapped, and Coucci soon had Cheshire rating along within striking distance of the pair. He was content with that position to the stretch turn, where Gallant Mac bore out and carried Sir Beverley with him. This left a wide opening, on the inside of which Coucci was quick to take advantage. He sent Cheshire through, and the race was as good as over. Through the final furlong the St. Germans colt held the field perfectly safe to be over the line winner by four lengths and in hand. Gallant Mac hung on well to take second place by two lengths, while Good Goods readily ran over Sir Beverley to beat him four lerigths for third. Wildfire v.-as a bad last all the way to finish ten lengths back. Silvio Coucci, who has been in a riding slump for some time, came back with an easy victory in the Iris Purse, a five-furlong dash for maiden fillies, in which he had the leg up on C. V. Whitneys Anything Goes, one of the candidates for the Great Ameri-j can Stakes. The daughter of Dis Done and Pandora was so much better than the others engaged that it did not call for any par- ticular skill on the part of the Bronx Italian, but it was cheering to see him aboard a winner again. Back of the Whitney filly, which led prac-I tically all the way to be winner by three lengths, there was a lively fight for the other positions, and James J. Vances Feu-J ette just saved second place by a neck from Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewarts Milk, which in turn was a scant nose before Stolen Tricks, one that raced under the silks of the Green-1 tree Stable. Mrs. W. A. Bridges Maxine F. scored rather a lucky victory in the opening five-furlong dash for plater juvenilis. Night-l cap, from the Orienta Stable, which finished second, ran as though better than the filly, and A. G. Vanderbilts Pocket Piece also ran a good race to be third. Nightcap acted so badly at the post that he was banished to a position outside the machine. That was a big handicap, and when he was away badly in a poor start he was under a still greater handicap. Maxine F. quickly found her way to the front and Nightcap, after his misfortunes, closed a big gap to be beaten only a head. Pocket Piece was two and a half lengths back of Nightcap and just a head before Indian Broom, which raced for the Brookmeade Stable. Distract quit rather badly and Dark Wizard did not show anything. The jumpers had their opportunity in the Ballacalla Handicap, over the hurdles and at the distance of a mile and three-quarters. It brought a fighting finish, in which Mrs. T. Durants St. Francis scored over Mrs. Gwladys Whitneys Clotho, and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, Jr.s Aries beat Little Woman, a stablemate of the winner, for third. This marked the second victory in as many starts at the meeting for St. Francis, and on each occasion he was ridden by the amateur, Mr. C. R. White. A rare hurdler, he took up 160 pounds, just four over his scale weight, and at this heavy impost was giving away pounds to every - ther starter. Right at the start Mr. V lite eased St. Francis back from the pace, but as he took back Bauman went out with Little Woman to carry the others along for the benefit of the son of Stefan the Great. Berrildon Flash for a time went with Little Woman and Aries and Clotho were close in the con- tention, while St. Francis, when he did move, was forced to circle around the others. In the front field he was moving up nicely, but he was still lengths back of the contention. As the back field was reached Clotho drew away from the others to dispose of Little Woman. When the top field was reached the gray was in second place and Little Woman, coming again, was running third. Heading into the front field, Clotho was still clear and Mr. Theodore was sending him along smoothly, but St. Francis was leveling down magnificently and at the final hurdle he was closely lapped on the son of St. Ger-e mans. In the run home he proved the gamer, to win going away by three parts of a length. Clotho had beaten Aries by fifteen lengths and the son of Ed Crump took third from Little Woman by two lengths. Apprentice K. Knott appears to hold a mortgage on winning the final race of the day. For the third consecutive day this rider guided the winner home when he landed the B. B. Stables Spanish Way a nose winner over War Stripes, which races for the Glen Riddle Farm. The latter was ridden by S. Coucci and was a long way in front of Maddest, from the Wheatley Stable, which finished third. Knott, astride Span-r ish Way, took back from the early pace, closed with a rush and outfinished War Stripes in the final strides. Maddest was a slow beginner and, after improving his po-"■ sition, closed gamely on the outside.
