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D W YER TWO-HORSE RACE Johnstown and Challedon Unlikely to Have Many Opponents. Preakness Winner Works One Mile in 1 :39 3/5 Over Sloppy Track at Belmont Park. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 14.— The Belair Studs Johnstown, leading candidate for the championship of the three-year-olds, and William L. Branns Challedon, the runner-up, may have Saturdays renewal of the 0,000 added, nine furlongs Dwyer all to themselves. The manner in which the two candidates have worked for their week-end engagement at Aqueduct seems to have instilled in owners and trainers of other candidates a spirit of "whats the use!" Challedon, conqueror of Johnstown in the Preakness after taking a thorough drubbing from him in the Kentucky Derby, went through his final paces for the Dwyer in a manner that impressed the clocking brigade and satisfied his young trainer, Louis J. Schaefer. The Maryland-bred son of Challenger II. and Laura Gal, by Sir Gallahad III., was on the Aqueduct track early today. He found the track sloppy but fast. Looking the part of a championship contender, he splashed a mile in the fractions: :48vr,, 1:13%, 1:26%, and 1:39":;. The colt was stoutly restrained all the way and could have turned in a much faster work had he been required to do so. TRAINER WELL PLEASED. The mile trial for Challedon followed a nine furlong spin late last week at Delaware Park, from whence he came here early Monday, in 1:53. Both trials were pleasing to tr?iner Schaefer but the young horseman still is regretting that he was unable to get his charge into a race last week. While Challedons work yesterday was considerably slower than Johnstowns trial on Tuesday morning, over a lightning-fast track, it nevertheless compares favorably. This is especially true when it is taken into account that the Marylander never has gone in for great speed in training moves. Johnstowns final for the Dwyer was a mile accomplished handily in :47;3, :59%, 1:11%, 1:364A. There remains a possibility that trainer A. J. "Jack" Goldsborough will elect to pit the Saratoga Stables Volitant against Johnstown and Challedon in the Dwyer. The veteran conditioner still is undecided. He sent his charge on to the Aqueduct track today and instructed the rider to take the colt a slow mile. Breezing all the way and never asked for speed, the son of Display and Flighty Ann negotiated Lhe eight furlongs in 1:44. In view of his victorious performance last Saturday in the Shevlin, Volitant needed no faster work to bring him up to the Dwyer, in event he is a starter. SAVED FOR CARTER HANDICAP. For a time it was believed that Henry McDaniel might, start Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Lovely Night in the Dwyer, but there is pretty definite assurance now that the son of Pilate and Snooze will start in the ,500 added, seven furlongs, Carter Handicap instead. This important sprint fixture will be the secondary feature on Aqueducts Saturdays card. Lovely Night is in the stake under 114 pounds, while his potential running mate, Entracte, from the A. G. C. Sages Stable, is in under 112 pounds. McDaniel has expressed his intention of starting this pair in the Carter. Entracte and Lovely Night worked yesterday morning over the Belmont Park training track, which was rated "slow" by the dockers. Entracte stepped three-quarters handily in 1:16 %, while Lovely Night was sent a mile in 1:43 handily. Mrs. Elizabeth Graham Lewis Pagliacci, another probable starter in the Carter, stepped a mile, handily, over the main track at Belmont Park in 1:40. This course was rated "good." Other eligibles which shape up as starters in the Carter are Belair Studs Fighting Fox; Marshall Fields Sir Damion; Maxwell Howards The Chief, and Myron Selznicks Cant Wait. Horses regarded as "doubtful," where the Carter is concerned, are: Joe W. Browns Brown King; J. B. Partridges Our Ketcham, and Mrs. Anthony Pelleteris Old Rosebush All of these horses have been working in smart fashion. Unless there is a change in trainer George Odoms plans that would keep Sir Damion out of the Carter, that five-year-old son of imp. Sir Gallahad III. and Ommiad will be top weight in the sprint special under 126 pounds. Fighting Fox, with 119 pounds, will be second. The light weight if he starts, will be Pagliacci with 109 pounds.
