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RICCADONNAS THIRD STRAIGHT Runs Mile and a Sixteenth in 1 : 44 to I Win Sir Walter Cap at Aqueduct. Displays High Order of Speed and Courage I g to Outlast Bain Marie and Black Look in Hard-Fought Finish. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 19.— Stepping I out of the claiming ranks. Miss Blanche I f Levys Riccadonna, four-year-old bay daugh- - t ter of Lucullite and Mabel A., made the 1 3 grade in the class "D" handicap that topped 1 ! ] j the program today at Aqueduct. The man- - | j t ner in which this miss raced and won indi- - j j 1 cated that she may be well on her way into I class "C" company, for she ran the mile I end a sixteenth in 1:44, only one second 1 a j short of the track record for that distance. | 1 Even though the daughter of Lucullite ; 1 came up to the Sir Walter Handicap, fouith 1 j j i event on the Queens County Jockey Clubs 3 ; rather colorless wash-day card, off a five ; j 1 length triumph in a ,000 claimer, and a i I three lengths score in a ,500 claimer, the 2 ! : talent at the Long Island course failed to j J s give her much of a tumble. DAMP WEATHER. j The cool, damp weather and a leaden sky f I 1 that threatened rain throughout the day, | held attendance down to around 6.000. How- : ever, the small crowd was an enthusiastic B 1 one and was rewarded with a number of f j , 1 unusually tight finishes. That in the Beezle- - 1 , ] bub the hurdle event that held second place B , 1 on the card, and of the Sir Walter Handicap, • were the real thrillers. In the feature, Riccadonna was in the e thick of contention from flag fall to finish. 1. 1 ] She proved herself the gamest kind of bat- - I ; I tier by disposing of Black Look, which har- - ■ . rassed her throughout the first half mile, at t times leading her by a slight margin ana i then at the finish, stood off a desperate closing ;- I bid by Bain Marie, and came away in 1 ■ the final strides to score her third consec- :- | I utive victory, this time by a three-quarter r ] ; j length margin. , Riccadonna, with K. Knott ...*». in the saddle, „ :, ; was first out of the stalls, with Black Look, :, under Raymond "Sonny" Workman next in n : motion. j TAKES NECK LEAD. I This pair ran the first quarter in :24*5 and d . the half in :474f,. In the third quarter Riccadonna ;- forged to the front and enjoyed a a . . lead of from a neck to a half length. i 1 Black Look was second at the end of six jc | furlongs by a margin of four lengths over r j , Dicty Step The latter had been in third d place from the start with Bain Marie and d j Weary Flower bringing up the rear. At the top of the home stretch Riccadonna a led Black Look by a neck, but inside the e eighth post the latter began to tire and was S | displaced by Bain Marie. This bay daughter of Transmute and Bye OBaby, which raced t , Stable silks, made a under the Millsdale j magnificent effort under Basil James to .0 overhaul Riccadonna, but to no avail. Sev- Jj | enty yards out, the Millsdale mare appeared to stand a good chance of making the grade le but the Levy filly, hard urged by Knott, un 1 leashed a burst of speed that carried her !r lasted to be ie safe of danger. Black Look third; Dicty Step was fourth and Weary y Flower fifth and last. Deck the son of Man o War and Nesham- 1_ , j iny that Anthony Pelleteri purchased from 11 j I Samuel D. Riddle, was winner over a likely ? : lot of three-year-olds in the sixth race. This 1 was a dash of six and one-half furlongs and : | Woodwards Challenge, the " | It was William I favorite, that took the place from Mrs. " j Parker Comings Invader, and Bogert was 1 | I fourth, with Ching-Ling the only other j I starter j This ride completed a double for Basil j, ■ James, for he had piloted Millshow to his is I Victory over the maidens in the opening race. . • — -— — — !
