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FAIRFLAXS EXCEUENT EFFORT Results in Length Victory in Featured 1 Dr. Rice Handicap. Proves Superior to Black Bun and Armor ] Bearer — Last Frontier Makes Fine Impression. NEW YORK, N. Y.. June 22.— Fairflax, which sports the black-starred white silks 1 of Joe W. Brown, of New Orleans, turned 1 in a corking good effort today at Aqueduct ! I to score a one-length victory in the Dr. Rice ] Handicap. This class "C" offering was the I fourth and best offering on the six-event I i i program. While it was somewhat below the ! I I class of average features on New York : j i 1 cards, it was, nevertheless, a hard fought - I ; and highly colorful contest. On the strength of his victory at the ! Queens County Jockey Clubs course on June ! i 12, Fairflax was installed favorite in the I J , betting at 2 to 1. The second choice was Mrs. B. Franz-heims ■ ; Black Bun, which hadnt been post-ward - since June 5, when he finished second to Entracte in a class "B" handicap at Belmont - Park. ARGENTINE HIGIIWEIGHT. Seven three-year-olds and upward answered - post call for the Dr. Rice Handicap, . with Bernabe, an Argentine horse making f I I his first start in this country, high weight t i i under 122 pounds. This six-year-old chest- - i | nut son of Apple Cross and Bendecida represented - I. Bieber. Fairflax was second I j j high weight under 119 pounds — two pounds 5 ■ON than he carried in his June 12 outing. • ! ! At the break Bold Stroke, from the James 5 Cox Brady barn, went right to the front. • In short order, however, he was collared and 1 then passed by the fleet Black Bun. Nick t Wall sent this three-year-old black son of f I ! Ariel and Sun Bun into a one-length lead 1 ere the first half mile was run. The colt t was unable, however, to open up any wider r margin over Bold Stroke. To the half-mile i mark, L. "Buddy" Haas was content to lay r in the thiid place with Fairflax. i Between the half-mile mark and the top 5 i i of the stretch Fairflax moved up gradually f until he had reduced Black Buns margin » of leadership to a neck. In the run to the 2 i ; wire the Brown representative, a four-year-old - ■ brown gelded son of Sweep All and Sun- -1 j shine, put it on Black Bun and, under a i ! | vigorous hand ride drew out gradually in the ■ j final sixteenth to register by a full length. WALLS ENERGETIC RIDE. Nick Wall put Black Bun to severe pun- ! ishment throughout the final eighth but t j the son of Ariel just could not stave off the B j hard-running favorite. Indeed, he was having ~ his troubles staving off the closing rush . of the Greentree Stables Armor Bearer, " which came fast through the last eighth to be third, beaten a half length for the place e award. Bold Stroke was an easy fourth. The i time of the race was :23, :47V.-., 1:12, 1:18%. The third event proved highly attractive to ? the 8.000 visitors in that it brought postward | several interesting newcomers to racing. , One of them was Last Frontier, which won ? the race under B. F. Whitakers silks. This 3 two-year-old dark bay gelded son of Sun 11 j Beau and Parade Trail is reputed to be a bet- " I ter youngster even than the same stables Z. speedy Gannet. Another of the youngsters B • which attracted attention was the Greentree f I Stables Settler, a half brother to the good ? j j and popular Sailor Beware. Ship Mate, which | represented A. C. Bostwick in the race, is a ? j j half brother to the good three-year-old, | j Belay. Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Grandever, r, showing marked improvement over a recent effort, was winner of the fifth, a mile and a a | furlong race for platers of the better quality. He scored over John A. Healys Memory J Book, which was making his first start of 1 the year, and, dropped down from the handicap ] division, was favorite of the company. t* j Third went to Aluminio, an importation from J j i the Argentines, which was making his first * appearance under silks in this country. Far * : back of these the only other starters were e I J. J. Whalens Clap In and J. T. Taylors j Bright News. I A ■
