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. i ! j . I i I I j j INAUGURAL AT LONG BRANCH ! I Teddy Haslam Accounts for Queens Park Handicap in Colors of C. N. Mooney, Local Owner. TORONTO, Ont., June 9. Teddy Haslam, : bay four-year-old gelded son of Teddy and Sweetheart, and winner of the JCing Edward I Gold Cup at the Woodbine meeting, carried I the blue and white silks of C. N. Mooney, local physician, to victory in the Queens Park Handicap, opening day feature of the Long Branch Jockey Club. He came from the rear in the final quarter with good speed which carried him to a length and one-half victory over M. J. Sansones Royal Vintage. Third place went to the Medway Stables Far Cry, which had triumphed in the Bryan and OHara Memorial at Thorncliffe Park, while Mrs. A. R. Stuarts Miss Monoa was in fourth place. Teddy Haslam was well ridden by Tommy Aimers and raced the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:46, two-fifths of a second off the track record held by Jack Patches. More than seven thousand journeyed to the Lake Shore course for the opening and the program was conducted under, dull skies and over a fast racing strip. There was a. delay at the start for the feature when Artiscope and Ceaseless acted very unruly, but starter Clark had the field away in good order. In the run around the first turn Dark Sun took up the pacemaking, followed by Miss Monoa, with Teddy Haslam racing in third place before Far Cry. They raced in this order to the half-mile ground. Leaving the back stretch Far Cry moved into third place, while Aimers was content to save ground next to the inner rail with the ultimate winner. As they entered the stretch - Far Cry moved into the lead and Aimers sent the Mooney colorbearer to the outside. Leaving the final furlong mark Aimers called on Teddy Haslam and he quickly responded. and, closing with a rush, drew clear in the final twenty yards. Royal Vintage, which had raced in fifth place, swung to the outside in the stretch and closing with a brilliant burst of speed was along in time to catch Far Cry, which was tiring badly. Miss Monoa, another of the leaders, tired and finished in fourth place.
