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j CARDINALIS DEFEATS STUBBS Lewis Colorbearer Outstays Martin Racer in Class C Handicap at Aqueduct Sunport Third. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 18. Sprinters of the class C variety, to race six and a half furlongs, met in the best offering at Aqueduct today, ahdthe winner turned up in Mrs,. E. Graham Lewis Cardinalis, when in a driving finish he led home Townsend B. Martins Stubbs, with A. D. B. Pratts Sunport beating Nautch for third. The card was one of seven races with considerable variety and while the going was muddy from the recent rains, weather conditions were pleasant and a big crowd was out. In the Rubicon Handicap, as the sprint was christened, there were ten appeared under silks and the start was a good one with Nautch having a shade on the others when Workman rushed him away from the number one stall. Stubbs had an outside berth, but Arcaro made use of his speed when he circled him around to soon be closely after the son of Pompey which was ; performing for the first time under the silks I of Cleaveland Putnanu The pair of them closely lapped, soon I opened up a lead of two lengths on the ! others and Rainland was in third place, i showing the way to Deduce. As the lead-! ers stepped along it became a question of ; which one would crack first and Nautch was that one. He finally surrendered and Arcaro took a slight hold of Stubbs, but it j had cost him an effort to put Nautch away. ; In the meantime, Cardinalis had worked his way into third place and in the final furlong he charged on the son of Sir Galla-had HI. The Martin gelding showed more courage than usual as he fought along to hold his lead, but Cardinalis proved his master to win going away by a length and a half. i ! j I
