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IDLE SUN VICTOR IN LINCOLN FIELDS FEATURE OLDER RIVALS BOW fO CtfOPPY SEA AT AQUEDUCT FAVORED SPANISH DUKE TRAILS WHEATLEY COLT COLTLength Length Separates Leading Pair at Wire in Short Grass Graded Handicap Buster Earns Diploma DiplomaNEW NEW YORK N Y June 10 The Wheat ley Stables purple and yellow banner flew high at Aqueduct the home training grounds of that New York establishment this afternoon as Choppy Sea stuck gamely to his task through a long stretch drive to turn back a small field of three other class C distance horses in the mile and a fur ¬ long of the featured Short Grass Handicap The threeyearold Hard Tack colt was straight as the proverbial string under jockey Porter Roberts driving tactics as he reached the finish of this offering with a length showing in front of R C Thatchers Spanish Duke who went away a well played public preference though he was carrying the top impost of 126 pounds Spanish Duke in his turn was a head in front of Tower Stables Kasidah as the latter led the pace making Play House a length and a half halfChoppy Choppy Sea had won a race back at Bel mont Park and was getting sixteen pounds actual weight from Spanish Duke yet his success came in the nature of a mild sur ¬ prise He paid his supporters at the rate of 800 for each 2 win ticket Once again a local feature did not provide any show wagering something that is becoming the usual order these days The racing strip was at its best for todays offerings and Choppy Sea sped over a mile and a furlong in 152 under his 110 pounds to make the accounting in the afternoons best race raceGAIN GAIN OVER SAME DAY IX 40 40A A cloudless sky and a warm sun favored the offday competition bringing a crowd of 11143 down to the Rockaway Boulevard track This number1 compared favorably with the 8873 present on the equivalent day last summer summerChoppy Choppy Sea broke well but was led by Play House and Kasidah in the run to the first turn At that juncture Conn McCreary had Kasidah showing daylight in front but going into the tuin the Tower Stable filly went to the middle of the track and Play House saving ground along the rail moved to the front entering the back stretch stretchIn In the long run down the far lanq Choppy Sea was dropped in behind the pacemaking Play House and snugged along there biding his time Entering the front stretch Choppy Sea came outside Play House and passed him in a hard drive that endured to the final sixteenth marker then was drawing off at the line linePlay Play House had plenty of early speed but gave way when Choppy Sea had finished wearing him down This enabled Spanish Spanishi i Continued on fourth page OLDER OPPONENTS BOW TO CHOPPY SEA AT AQUEDUCT AQUEDUCTFavored Favored Spanish Duke Second to Winner in Short Grass Handicap HandicapContinued Continued from first pajrB pajrBDuke Duke to gain the place The favorite was taken in hand by James and dropped in near the rail to save ground around the first turn and through the long back stretch run In the stretch James pulled him outside Play House and Choppy Sea and asked him for his best speed The Thatcher fouryear old dug in gamely but second was the best he could gain and he was hard pressed to beat Kasidah a head for that margin marginMcCreary McCreary rated Kasidah nicely into the first turn with the result she went wide had her in best stride again on the sharp corner entering the home stretch and once again she drifted out at a loss of valuable ground Only for this she probably could have annexed the place placeChalk Chalk players received their first break when John Hay Whitneys Buster proved best of a nice lot of maiden juvenile colts and geldings which raced five furlongs in the fourth offering To score the son of Bull Dog had to rnn down Johnny Jr while Marshall Fields Automaton was third thirdJohnny Johnny Jr left in full flight and James rushed him into a long lead until after leav ¬ ing the back stretch he was a good four lengths before his company In the mean ¬ time Arcaro was moving through with Bus ¬ ter and heading for the stretch turn tho Whitney placeIt colt was in second place It was a hard chase but in the final fur ¬ long Johnny Jr gave way and Buster went on to win by something more than two lengths Johnny Jr had readily saved the place from Automaton Buster paid 540
