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GALLAHADION IN POPULAR SCORE AT ARLINGTON GENIE HANDICAP TO HAPPY HUNTING IN UPSET LORD KITCHENER GOES UNPLACED AT AQUEDUCT AQUEDUCTGarrett Garrett Colt Whips Peep Show Length and Quarter Petrify Extends Winning Streak to Three ThreeNEW NEW YORK N Y June 24 Happy Hunting rudely shocked the majority of the crowd of 10000 racegoers at Aqueduct this afternoon as he wore down the pacemakers in the stretch to pick up the winners end of the Genie Handicap a test over a mile and a sixteenth for grade C threeyearolds that was dignified with feature billing The Garrett colt beaten off in the Kent Handi ¬ cap in his last previous essay responded stoutly to Nick Walls drive of hand and heel to reach the finish with a length and a quarter showing before J H Miles Peep Show George D Wideners wellplayed Quakertown was a like distance back as he finished third and the strong choice Lord Kitchener beat only Yankee Party in a field of five fiveThe The Genie marked the first essay at a distance beyond a mile for Quakertown while Lord Kitchener carried top weight of 122 pounds and just couldnt seem to spot the weight to the others Happy Hunting getting in under 108 The scattered few who fancied Happy Huntings chances received 3910 for the customary 2 investment The Happy Argo colt went over the distance in 146 on a dry racing strip It was no great shakes of a performance from any standpoint but one that proved Happy Hunting had been held in too little esteem esteemThe The most pleasant racing weather in many days favored todays offerings a mild breeze tempering a warm sun The turnstiles showed that 10349 were present for the sport sportSCORES SCORES GOING AWAY AWAYHappy Happy Hunting was quick to begin in the Genie but was not persevered with as Rich ¬ ards took Quakertown to the top with Roberts driving Peep Show up outside him the pair going head and head through the back stretch and around the turn At the home corner Peep Show went at Quaker town in all seriousness and slowly passed him but as he did Wall brought Happy Hunting along with a charge none could deny and was going away at the line lineThe The winner had been steadied along in third place to the head of the stretch where he came outside the leaders and having dead aim on them moved to the front inside the furlong marker Lord Kitchener was about a half dozen lengths out of it on the back stretch and Meade was shuffling on him before reaching the far turn but the Riddle colt made up little ground on his field the last part of it itAlfred Alfred Vanderbilts Petrify a homebred juvenile daughter of Identify and Sag Rock RockContinued Continued on fifth page HAPPY HUNTING SURPRISES IN GENIE GRADED HANDICAP HANDICAPContinued Continued from first page pagewas was winner of the Starbottle Purse a test of five and a half furlongs for the juveniles It was only the third start for this filly and she was winner on the occasion of her two other trips to the post both during January at Santa Anita To score she outgamed Ben Gray from the River Edge Farm and the favorite while John Hay Whitneys Court Manners closed a gap to be third thirdBefore Before the start the bridle broke on Ben Gray as Bierman was unseated and it caused some delay before he was dexterously caught by Kenneth Force and returned to the stalls stallsIt It proved a twohorse race all the way with Petrify and Ben Gray along closely lapped in the lead Right at the end the filly proved the gamer to win by a head Court Manners was shut off early and dropped back to be a bad last closing a con ¬ siderable gap for her placing The winner was ridden by Donoso and paid 840
