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DAILY TROUBLE SUjPRISES AT ARLINGTON PARK AQUEDUCT FEATURE CAPTURED BY COUNTERGLOW RUNS BACK TO RECENT TRIUMPH AT SUFFOLK SUFFOLKEquipoise Equipoise Colt Concedes Weight to Rivals and Comes to Finish Two Lengths Before Hasty Notion NotionNEW NEW YORK N Y June 26 Counterglow a recent winner at Suffolk Downs came down to Long Island to make it two in a row as he drove to a hardearned victory in the mile and onesixteenth of the highclass claimer that featured todays program down at Aqueduct Well handled by jockey Nick Wall young Dabney Harrisons fouryearold Equipoise colt carried his top weight of 117 pounds to the end of this event with two lengths showing in advance of Joseph E Wideners Hasty Notion who was the favor ¬ ite and runnerup in a light field of half a dozen starters startersPaul Paul Codds gray veteran Gino Rex picked up third money and was beaten just a head for the place award Flagsdot ridden by Conn McCreary and the recipient of steady play came from far out of it to be fourth fourthCounterglow Counterglow entered to be claimed for 5500 put in a hardhitting effort all the way He took Mary Schulz by the head going to the first turn and rated alongside her to midway the final turn where Wall let out a link and bent the Harrison representa ¬ tive to his task Counterglow moved past the legweary mare and off to a daylight accounting in 146 Those who backed this recruit from New England were rewarded with 10 for 2 in the tote toteTRACK TRACK HEADS IN THRONG THRONGTodays Todays offerings included no race of any special attractiveness but the weather was June at its best and a crowd of 10196 was present for the sport Only one of the first five public choices could register and riding honors were well divided In the crowd were many racing notables including Col Matt Winnhere from Chicago for a short stay and Col Abe Allenberg who manages the Tropical Park plant The latter planed in from Miami MiamiCounterglow Counterglow proved himself best in the feature though giving away weight He was outside Mary Schulz in the run around the first turn and went head and head with her lengths before Gino Rex on the far side Wall was not making much use of him to the final turn however where he disposed of Mary Schulz when ready and in the stretch drew out under a steady hand ride rideHasty Hasty Notion and Flagscot were last to leave but Hasty Notion made up ground along the back stretch and pickedV up the tired Mary Schulz and Gino Rex in the front path beating out the latter by a head Gino Rex was rated along in third place lengths off the pace to the stretch and then was placed under a drive by Meade but dropped droppedContinued Continued on fortyfourth page COUNTERGLOW ANNEXES TOP EVENT AT AQUEDUCT TRACK TRACKContinued Continued from first page pagethe the place prize by inches inchesSelby Selby Burch won with a favorite in the six furlongs of the sixth race when he tight ¬ ened the girth on his Sun Briar mare Paper Plate to force the pace of E S Havilands Chaps from the break and came outside him with a relentless bid he could not deny at the furlong pole Her winning margin was a length and a half and Chaps only lasted by a head to beat out Mrs Ben Whitakers Highomar a head for the place in a cheap field of nine The race was run in 112 Paper Plate paid 6 Donoso who had the mount was riding a double He showed good judgment in taking his mount back on the turn and indulging Chaps in the lead briefly then taking first run at him in the stretch
