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AQUEDUCT TO RUN FOUR FIXTURES FIRST WEEK WEEKQueens Queens County Handicap to Usher In Meeting on June 9 Carter and Astoria Headline June 14 Card NEW YORK N Y May 30 Four stakes of importance will be decided during the first week of the twentyoneday summejr 1 meeting of the Queens County Jockey CluS at Aqueduct which will run from June 9 to July 2 The quartet of fixtures which are toj highlight the initial six days of the impend ¬ ing session are The Queens County Handi ¬ cap 10000 added for threeyearolds anc upward one mile and a sixteenth to be rutf on opening day Monday June 9 Shevlin Stakes 5000 added for threeyearolds one mile and a sixteenth to be run on Wednes ¬ day June 11 Carter Handicap and the As toria Stakes which will be offered on the first Saturday program of the meeting Jun 14 The Carter endowed with 7500 is fa threeyearolds and upward at seven futf longs while the Astoria carrying 5000 add ed is for twoyearold fillies at five and k half furlongs furlongsThese These four fixtures promise exciting re ¬ newals and doubtless will send the meeting off to a grand start The Queens County Handicap closed with thirty nominations and will be a stepping stone to the longer and richer Brooklyn Handicap Among its eligi bles are Belair Studs Fenelon Greentree Stables Corydon and Hash Arnold Hangers Dit Gustavo Rings Ringie George D Wid cners Eight Thirty Maxwell Howards The Chief Joseph E Wideners Grasshopper II and Woodvale Farms Haltal HaltalSHEVLIN SHEVLIN DWYER PREP PREPThe The Shevlin Stakes which closed with for tyfive nominations will bring out the lead ¬ ing candidates for the Dwyer Stakes to include Calumet Farms Whirlaway J F Byers Robert Morris Ogden Phipps King Cole Wheatley Stables Bold Irishman Woodvale Farms Our Boots Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts New World Coldstream Stables Curious Coin and Arnold Hangers Harvard Square SquareThe The Carter lured fortythree nominations particularly speed horses including Eight Thirty King Cole Dispose Grey Wolf The Chief Doubt Not Attention Omission Har ¬ vard Square Richmond Roman and Haltal The leading twoyearold fillies in training are listed as candidates for the Astoria whichclosed with seventyeight entries This stake invariably furnishes a strong line on the class of young lassies and with so many of them out this year the outcome of the Astoria will be awaited with keen interest interestBesides Besides these four stakes the Aqueduct program is studded with five other famous fixtures namely the 10000 Dwyer Stakes for threeyearolds at one mile and a quar ¬ ter to be run Saturday June 21 the 5000 added Tremont Stakes for colts and geld ¬ ings twoyearolds five and a half furlongs to be run also on June 21 the 5000 added Gazelle Stakes for fillies threeyearolds one mile and a sixteenth to be run Wednes ¬ day June 25 the 25000 added Brooklyn Handicap for threeyearolds and upward one mile and a quarter to be run Saturday June 28 and the 5000 added Great Ameri ¬ can Stakes for twoyearolds six furlongs also listed for decision on June 28
