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MACKEREL DISPLAYS SPEED IN SECOND STRAIGHT SCORE SCOREArlington Arlington Lassie Eligible Beats Rare and Weep Not at Aqueduct AqueductNEW NEW YORK N Y June 27 Mackerel once again indicated that she is a juvenile filly of more than ordinary ability when she came off a fast pace to capture honors in the five furlongs of the Corvette Purse which was the most interesting of the off day entertainment at Aqueduct C V Whit ¬ neys homebred daughter of Equipoise win ¬ ner of her only previous start at Belmont Park drove to the end of this event with a length and onehalf advantage over Wheat ley Stables Rare as that youngster led Jock Whitneys Weep Not just a head for the place award Enoel was a fairly close fourth in the field of eight including some of the most liberally engaged and promising fillies on Long Island Mackerel went to the post favorite and returned 470 after completing the distance in 100 The track was fast fastMackerels Mackerels performance was the more im ¬ pressive for the fact that she was slow com ¬ ing out of her stall and was beaten fully eight lengths going into the far turn Mak ¬ ing up ground steadily on the sharp turn she was blocked back of the tiring Kesargo at about the quarter post but worked her way through to contention and won drawing clear Mackerel is an eligible for both the Lassie Stakes and the Demoiselle and may be shipped to Chicago for the firstnamed stake stakeThe The start in the Corvette was even enough but Mackerel who had the rail station dwelt slightly at the start while Kesargo making her first start went away flying As Kesargo opened up Rare and Weep Not were next to catch their strides and the choice was shuffled back many lengths out of it in the first quarter mile mileSHORTENS SHORTENS STRIDE STRIDEKesaigo Kesaigo seemed home free as she sped along with a daylight lead over Rare round ¬ ing the turn but at the top of the stretch she began shortening stride as if short while Rare and Weep Not moved to her on the outside and Mackerel was improving her position steadily along the rail railKesargo Kesargo gave way just inside the quarter post and blocked the winner who was brought outside the Hanger filly and moved through between her and Rare In the last furlong Mackerel asserted her superiority and drew out as Rare and Weep Not duelled stubbornly for the place position with the Wheatley filly getting the nod nodParagon Paragon Stables Selalbeda threeyearold son of Mokatam won the mile and a six ¬ teenth of the Buckhorn Purse from the drop of the flag to the finish Nick Wall hustled him past the final marker a length before Bern Stables Ernie Hoist and Alfred Van derbilts Afghanistan was third a like dis ¬ tance back backIt It was the second purse of the meeting for Selalbeda who graduated here and he re ¬ turned 560 for 2 after going the distance in 146 146Wall Wall sent Selalbeda to the front with a rush leaving the gate and put away Trois Pistoles and Sir Lancelot as they essayed to go with him around the first turn and down the far side
