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MR. BONES DWYER FAVORITE Race Loses Interest Because of Absence of Granville. Track Conditions Uncertain With Weather Still Unsettled Jean Hart Figured as Principal Contender. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 19 Six horses which have been denied victory in an impor-i taut three-year-old race this season have the opportunity tomorrow afternoon of adding to their fame and fortune in the nineteenth running of the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct. Heading the small field is John Hay Whitneys Mr. Bones, which was beaten by Granville by the smallest of margins in the Belmont Stakes after staging a remarkable performance. The Dwyer is at a mile and one furlong, with the Queens County Jockey Club adding ,500, but the gross value of the event, including nomination and starting fees, will reach 1,200, of which the winners net share will be ,500 with all starting. Unsettled weather conditions may have an effect on the attendance, but with bright skies, a very large crowd can be expected to witness the event, although it lost considerable interest when James Fitzsimmons decided against starting Granville. Aqueducts track dries very quickly, but it is problematical whether it will be good or fast for the Dwyer, having been slow for todays sport. Further rain will cause the course to be sloppy, and therefore conducive to fast time. Principal opposition to Mr. Bones is expected to come from Walter M. Jeffords Jean Bart, whose best performance this season was in the Prcakness, in which he finished third, back of Bold Venture and Granville. . The son of Man o War disappointed his connections in the Belmont Stakes by tiring badly in the stretch after enjoying an excellent position during the first mile and a quarter. Like Mr. Bones, he has been sharpened up for the shorter distance of the Dwyer and it may be more to his liking than the Belmont route. Three winners of minor stakes are in the field, and each must carry 119 pounds, against 116 for the others. Mr. Bones has the Swift Stakes to his credit, and Brook-meade Stables Gean Canach qualified for the Dwyer in capturing the Shevlin Stakes last week. Greentree Stables Memory Book accounted for the Spalding Lowe Jenkins Handicap at Laurel last autumn for his penalty. In addition to Jean Bart, the others taking up 116 pounds are Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Excite and Sage Stables Pullman. Before finishing third in the Preakness, the Jeffords colts chief claim to distinction was his fast-finishing third to Tintagel and Hol-lyrood in the Belmont Futurity last fall. Excite was a close third to Gean Canach and Gleeman in the Shevlin, his last start, after having forced the pace all the way. The son of Stimulus has proved steady in overnight races throughout this season, having gone unplaced only in the first of his six starts. Memory Book is being given another chance by trainer William Brennan. The son of SL Germans has trained nicely for the Dwjer just as he has done for other stakes in which he has appeared this year, only to race in disappointing fashion. Except for the Shevlin, Pullman has been reserved for sprinting so far, but he was worked over the mile and a furlong distance for this engagement, satisfying trainer- Fred Hopkins by the manner in which he went over the route. The son of The Porter was fourth in the Shevlin after being blocked in the stretch. In support of the Dwyer, racing secretary John B. Campbell has arranged a creditable program, none of the events being for platers.
