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IRISH DAY IN THIRD STRAP STRAFGHf SCORE AT CRETE QUEENS COUNTY HANDICAP TO SALFORD II IN DRIVE FRENCHBRED REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN U S A ACant Cant Wait at OddsOn Forced to Accept Second Honors Behind Strassburger Racer at Aqueduct AqueductNEW NEW YORK N Y June 9 Ralph Beaver Strassburgers Frenchbred Salford II continued on his unbeaten way in com ¬ petition on this side of the Atlantic as he drove to a frontrunning and somewhat sur ¬ prising victory in the thirtysixth running of the Queens County Handicap inaugural feature on a sunny afternoons inaugural card at Aqueduct Wellrated by Don Meade and responding more cheerfully to driving tactics through a stretch duel with Myron Selznicks Cant Wait the fiveyearold Bish ¬ ops Rock gelding reached the finish of this mile and a sixteenth event with three parts of a length showing in advance of the public choice Five lengths of daylight separated Greentree Stables Corydon from this pair as he picked up third money many lengths be ¬ fore The Finest FinestThe The starting field had dwindled to just those four with withdrawals of Moscow II Robert L Devils Crag and Dit Cant Wait was carrying the top impost of 120 pounds conceding four to the winner and forced the latters pace from the break where The Finest stumbled The Selznick stallion went to the gate palbably sore but seemed to warm out of it in the race though he was switching his tail and losing ground as James burned him with his stick through the stretch stretchTHIRD THIRD STRAIGHT TRIUMPH TRIUMPHThe The race was run in T44 over a fast strip with the course standard Jacomars l42i Salford II who had won a couple of class C handicaps back at Belmont Park j was annexing his first stakes event and his I third straight purse in as many chances on this side of the Atlantic He earned 4275 through the accounting and returned his scattering of backers 1310 for 2 2Metropolitan Metropolitan racegoers found a handsome and streamlined new grandstand awaiting them on their arrival at the Queens County Jockey Club grounds today The weather conditions could hardly have been improved upon and a gathering of 13111 was reported at the turnstiles as against one of 9089 for the opener in 1940 Wagering was brisk throughout the afternoon though there were several none too attractive betting races and no show pool in the stake Favorite players were faring very well indeed up until Cant Waits failure at oddson oddsonIn In the crowd that saw Aqueducts summer meeting open were S D Riddle Alfred Van derbilt Dr E P Kilroe George Bull Ogden OgdenContinued Continued on fortysecond page QUEENS COUNTY HANDICAP TO FRENCHBRED SALFORD II IICant Cant Wait Forced to Accept Second Honors at Aqueduct AqueductContinued Continued from first page pagePhipps Phipps and numerous other prominent per ¬ sonages in New York racing racingOn On all sides one heard nothing but praise for the numerous and extensive improve ¬ ments to the Queens County Jockey Club property since the close of the autumn sea ¬ son there last year Ever one of the most popular New York tracks it now is even more in favor with the public publicTHE THE FINEST STUMBLES STUMBLESGeorge George Cassidy did not waste much time with the light Queens County Handicap field But when he gave the word The Finest stum ¬ bled leaving the gate and was third behind the alert Salford II and the favorite in the very short run to the first turn Corydon left there in last place much to nobodys surprise surpriseThe The field went around the rather abrupt first turn in a compact roup with The Finest having recovered quickly and saving ground on the rail in the back stretch Down that long lane James seemed to be waiting on the choicewvith dead aim on the pace ¬ maker but Meade also was snugging the latter along alongNearing Nearing the end of the far lane The Finest found the pace too sizzlingand began to give way while Corydon began to make his run Corydon started up on the rail at the last turn but was shut off and came to the out ¬ side of Salford II and Cant Wait entering the stretch However the other two left him far behind as they settled down to a hard drive down the long stretch stretchSeveral Several times in the course of this duel it appeared that Cant Wait was ready to pass the winner but all through the stretch he ran a few strides and then tried to pull him ¬ self up a few strides with the result that Salford II maintained a narrow margin right down to the finish under Meades hand riding tactics tacticsThe The Halcyon Purse a sixfurlong dash for threeyearolds which had never won other than a maiden race brought another favor ¬ ite victory when Warren Wrights homebred Neutrality made a show of his company Ernie Hoist from the Bern Stable took the place and R Sterling Clarks Rodia was third over Port Alibi AlibiThere There was little to this running for Eads at once stepped Neutrality into command and he continued to draw out from the others until his winning margin was four lengths Fogabala the disappointing high priced Blenheim II Marching Along colt went along in second place to the stretch where he was through and Ernie Hoist came along to beat Rodia for the place Neutrality paid 490
