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CHARADE HANDICAP DIVIDED Aqueducts Tuesday Feature Split Into Two Divisions Drudgery and Orient Express Win. AQUEDUCT, N. Y., June 15. With nothing but overnight races for its program at Aqueduct today, the Queens County Jockey Club had a split feature when the. Charade Handicap, of seven furlongs, confined to the three-year-olds, was run in two divisions. The first of these brought one of the thrills of the day when Mrs. Oliver Iselins Orient Express earned a fighting decision, while second was easy for the Brookmeade Stables Drudgery when he scored over Mrs. Robert H. Heighes Lady Maryland, with Hugh W. Jenkins Early Settler closing with a rush to beat Cardinalis for third. Of the two features the second was the better one in the class of horses engaged, even though Drudgery won easily, for he ran the race in 1:24, while Orient Express was doing his best to run the same distance in 1:26. Arcaro had the mount on Drudgery, which was top weight of the company, and, leaving from the outside stall, he hustled the son of Brooms along to such good advantage that he quickly caught Cardinalis, which had left his stall running. Once he had Cardinalis headed, Arcaro took a snug hold of the son of Brooms and he was soon galloping along two lengths clear. Cardinalis was a like distance before Lady Maryland and she in turn was leading Early Settler by four lengths. Sophia Tucker, which was making her first appearance of the season, was the only other starter and last of the small field. Swinging into the stretch Arcaro chose a course well out from the rail to find the best going and he still had a good hold of his mount. Cardinalis, under a drive, came within a length, but could come no closer and then Lady Maryland moved up strongly I on the rail, but Drudgery was racing I strongly and right at the end he drew away to a winning margin of four lengths. Early , Settler did his running through the final ; furlong and he was lapped on Lady Maryland as he crossed the line. I First of the split features brought a thrill-I j ing finish in the Charade Handicap, and Orient Express ran one of his best races when he fought it out gamely to lead home t Herman Phillips Scrooge, with George D. fWideners Learned a close third, while Rain- land took fourth.
