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MR. BONESJW DWYER Whitney Colt Sets Pace Throughout and Scores Easily. Old Fixture and Perfect Racing Weather Attracts Largest Crowd of Aqueduct Meeting. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 20. John Hay Whitneys Mr. Bones ran back to his great race in the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park when beaten an inch by Granville, by winning the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct today. As in the Belmont, he set all the pace, took care of every challenge, and was still a length and a half clear when he crossed the line before the Sage Stables Pullman. Another length and a half away came the Greentree Stables Memory Book and then came Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Excite, the Brookmeade Stables Gean Can-ach and Walter M. Jeffords Jean Bart. The Dwyer and perfect racing weather brought out the largest crowd that has graced the Queens County Jockey Club meeting, and as the favorites continued to cross the line, it was a merry week-end crowd. In the Dwyer Stakes, little time was lost at the post, and Pullman was first to show the way, but Gilbert soon stole through on the inside with Mr. Bones and took the lead with Jean Bart going after him closely. The pair, well lapped, drew away from Pullman as the son of The Porter was taken under slight restraint, and Excite was leading Continued on thirty-eighth page. MR. BONES WINS DWYER Continued from first page. Gean Canach, while Memory Book brought up the rear. The first quarter was run in :23, and when Mr. Bones put in a second in :23 to reach the half in :46, he had Jean Bart well flattened put to keep step. The son of Royal Minstrel went right along and before the stretch was reached the Jeffords colt was plainly beaten in his effort to stay with the pace. Gilbert made a nice turn into the stretch, and there Mr. Bones was still gallojing along within himself. Pullman was beginning to move up on the outside as Jean Bart shortened strides, and Excite also moved up slightly, but they had no chance - to catch the Whitney colt. Gean Cariach and Memory Book were still well back of the leaders. In .the final furlong Gilbert had only to shake up Mr. Bones to hold his command with something" to spare at the end. Pullman finished with excellent courage to take second place, while Memory Book, profiting by his rating far back of the pace, was going strongly to beat Excite. Gean Canach showed none of the finishing quality he showed in the Shevlin, and Jean Bart was a bad last as a result of his temerity trying to match the speed of the Royal Minstrel colt in the first half mile. There have been better fields raced for the Dwyer and Mr. Bones is far from being in the class with some of its winners, but the manner in which he met all challenges in this as well as in the Belmont until the last bid of Granville, proclaims him a thoroughly good colt. Devils Pace, the juvenile daughter of Dia-volo and Double Time, from the Wheatley Stable, graduated from the ranks of the maidens in the opening race, a five furlongs dash. She was at all times favorite with the big crowd and she scored rather easily over Andy Schuttingers Sunfeathers, which in turn earned a close decision over the Brook-meade Stables Celtic Legend for second place and Proprietary was fourth. Only four raced in the Lionheart Steeplechase Handicap, over the two-mile course. This went to that favorite combination, Thomas Hitchcocks jumper ridden by the amateur Rigan McKinney, when he brought Ferryman home winner over Mrs. George H. Bostwicks Escapade, and National Anthem, from the Brookmeade Stable, beat Hurry Harry, the only other starter. This was the first race of the year for the son of Puttenden, and his first victory, he only having started once last year. After the finish Clements, who rode Escapade, lodged a claim of foul. Swinging into the front field Ferryman had carried Escapade out slightly, but there did not seem to be any good reason for a disqualification and, after a considerable delay, the order of the finish was confirmed. A victory for the Edward R. Bradley silks came in the six and a half furlongs dash that was the third offering when Bonnie Lois scored over Redley, from the Brandy-wine Stable, and third went to C. H. Knebel-kamps Couleedam, and Light was a close fourth.
