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IDLE SUN EARNS PLACElI UNEUP FOR LINCOLN DUNLIN HANDICAP PROVES EftSY FOR HANDY TOM WINS SECOND DIVISION OF AQUEDUCT FEATURES FEATURESBreezes Breezes Home Six Lengths Before Peep Show McCreary on White Masft Takes First Division of Race RaceNEW NEW YORK N Y June 18 Handy Tom flashed home far in front of his field in the second and better division of the Dunlin Handicap splitfeature of Wednesdays mid ¬ week action at the Aqueduct home of the Queens County Jockey Club Mrs A B Letelliers threeyearold was only breezing under jockey Nick Wall as he reached the end of this seven furlongs with half a dozen lengths showing before J H Miles Peep Show the runnerup Joseph E Wideners French refugee Grasshopper II was a legweary third another two lengths back as the favored New Orleansowned carried his 116 pounds over the distance in 1231 time that was only fourfifths of a second behind the track record recordHandy Handy Tom cut out all his own pace and his thousands of backers picked up 330 for each 2 win ticket Hal Price Headleys Salaminia winner of the Alabama last sum ¬ mer and one of the 1940 seasons outstanding threeyearold fillies failed to beat a horse herein what was her first start this year yearThe The first half of the Dunlin was far less satisfactory to the chalk players than Handy Toms the winner turning up in S A War ¬ ner Baltazzis White Mask who carried a feathery 102 pounds over the seven furlongs in 124 to beat the public choice Master Henry a neck at the finish and complete a triple for jockey Conn McCreary Glen Rid ¬ dle Farms The Finest was third in this offering offeringJOHNNY JOHNNY JR IN POPULAR SCORE SCOREThe The midweek program attracted an at ¬ tendance of 12147 to the Rockaway Boule ¬ vard course as against 9173 for the equiva ¬ lent day last summer The afternoons sport was not remarkable for any close observance of form but it produced some thrilling fin ¬ ishes In the fourth event the twoyearold Johnny Jr registered a popular score in 10543 time which was only twofifths of a second behind the track record recordThere There was a variety of weather on tap with the skies clear around noon but a shower at about the time of the first race sent the crowds scurrying for cover in the grandstand This precipitation seemed to have the effect of making the track faster than is ordinarily the case caseHandy Handy Tom left nothing to the imagina ¬ tion in his end of the Dunlin Wall bringing him out of his outside station in the gate swiftly and opening up a pair of lengths on Trois Pistoles and Grasshopper II as they followed hand and head closest to the Pel leteri sprinter sprinterOn On the home turn just when the backers backersContinued Continued on fortyfourth page HANDY TOM AND WHITE MASK WIN DIVISIONS OF DUNLIN DUNLINFormer Former Breezes to Easy Triumph in Second Half of Split Handicap HandicapContinued Continued from first page of Grasshopper II were expecting him to close in on Handy Tom Wall let out a link and the eventual winner moved away in ¬ creasing his margin to four lengths entering the stretch Without half trying he coasted to the finish six lengths in front Trois Pis ¬ toles quit entering the stretch and Grass ¬ hopper II tired from the eighth post home allowing Peep Show to pick him up for sec ¬ ond money moneyWhite White Mask the light weight of the field in his division of the Dunlin Handicap caught the others tired after a pace battle in the stretch and drove down on the outside to beat out Bern Stables public choice Mas ¬ ter Henry by a neck on the post as the lat ¬ ter led Glen Riddles The Finest half a length for the place award awardSeven Seven class C horses started and the winner was the third of the afternoon for Conn McCreary returning 1390 and going over the distance in 124 time which was a second and twofifths off the track mark markArcaro Arcaro raced Town Boy off his feet in fiveeighths of a mile setting the pace and killing off Saguenay H in the run to the turn In the stretch Town Boy was rapidly going limber and Luther went outside him with The Finest as Seabo moved inside on Master Henry The two darted pastx Town Boy and in a duel past the eighth post Master Henry was bearing out and Seabo lost a little ground straightening him himWhile While Master Henry was beating Thr Fin ¬ est McCreary had White Mask in his best stride and grabbed both of them in the last yards to win by a neck White Mask was lengths last to the stretch and his 102 pounds and the fast early pace helped him with his second purse in his last twenty chances
