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V v jVrt1 SHINE ONIGHT REPEAM MATRON HANDICAP FENELON AND REQUESTED DINNERS AT AQUEDUCT BELAIR STAR TOO FAST FOR BROOKLYN RIVALS RIVALSDit Dit Three Lengths Off Victor With Your Chance Third Great American to Requested in Drive DriveNEW NEW YORK N Y June 28 The famous white and red dotted silks of William Wood ward chairman of The Jockey Club flew high over his Belair establishments home training grounds at Aqueduct this afternoon as Fenelon vanished five of the best handi ¬ cap performers that could be mustered against him in the fiftythird running of the historic old Brooklyn The Sir Gallahad III fouryearold left no doubt of his superiority to those opposing him in the weekend mile and a quarter as he romped past the final marker with three long lengths of June sun ¬ light to spare over W Arnold Hangers Dit who was the nearest of his rivals rivalsMrs Mrs George Wideners Your Chance arch ¬ rival of Fenelon during their threeyearold days and a stanch favorite with the crowd of about 20000 present finished a soundly beaten third with his redblinkered head at Dits flanks Another gap of three lengths separated Your Chance and Greentree Sta ¬ bles Corydon who finished fourth before Attention and Devils Crag who rounded out the starting field in Aqueducts richest summer stake stakeFenelon Fenelon earned 19250 through his con ¬ quest while those who fancied him in the tote speculation received 640 for 2 Bur ¬ dened with 119 pounds and well handled by Jimmy Stout the Belair homebred was giv ¬ ing weight to all but the disappointing choice who packed 121 The mile and onequarter was run on a fast racing strip with the offi ¬ cial timer hanging out 203 which was just threefifths of a second behind the track record established by Belair Studs Isolator when he captured the Brooklyn renewal last summer STOUT LETS MOUNT HAVE HEAD HEADThere There was little excuse for any of those who took Fenelons dust for he was so full of run that after going head and head with Dit to near the sixfurlong post on the back stretch Stout could restrain him no longer and he breezed to the front and romped along lengths to the good the rest of the way wayAqueduct Aqueduct never presented a prettier pic ¬ ture than was the setting for the Brooklyn with only a few fleecy white clouds dotting the blue sky and a warm June sun tempered by a mild breeze through the afternoon The turnstiles showed that 19501 were present as against a gathering of 18781 on Brooklyn day last year The days secondary feature was Ahe Great American which duly fell to B F Whitakers Requested who was the second oddson chance of the afternoon to race to his support supportContinued Continued on fifth page FENELON AND REQUESTED WIN AQUEDUCTS FEATURE EVENTS EVENTSBelairStud BelairStud Star Deals Dit and Your Chance Defeat in Brooklyn BrooklynContinued Continued f rum first page pageIn In the attendance were numerous notables headed by William Woodward owner and breeder of Fenelon the days hero heroGeorge George Cassidy wasted no time with the small Brooklyn field at the starting point They all left on the same stride with Bier man sending Dit right to the front as the others iok hold of their mounts Roberts in particular had an armload of wraps on Attention hauling him off his running mates pace and Stout had his feet sticking straight before him as he leaned against Fenelons bit Nevertheless Fenelon went up to Dits head and the two went by the stands in the run to the first turn with daylight in front of Devils Crag who was just ahead of Attention as Your Chance dropped into last place placeAround Around the clubhouse turn and into the back stretch 1 enelon continued to go along with Dit but was fighting for his head and his backers shouted to Stout to let him run lest he choke the Belair horse Once straightened on the back stretch Stout eased his hold a bit and Fenelon went into a daylight lead in less time than it takes to tell it He moved off to five lengths before Dit an3 nearing tha far turn as Your Chance still was a dozen lengths last his case looked hopeless hopelessEntering Entering the stretch Dit continued dog ¬ gedly but without gaining and Meade asked Your Chance to run The leggy chest ¬ nut came outside the knot of horses back of Dit and began to gain ground but too slowly to be troublesome and it was per ¬ fectly obvious from the furlong pole home that none would catch such a Fenelon as was making the running this day dayAs As he passed the judges three in front Your Chance who lacked the dash in the stretch shown under lighter weight in the Suburban had just caught Dit and passed the finish with his nose at that geldings flank Devils Crag dropped far out of it the last quartermile and Attention was hanging from the eighth pole home after being unable to reach his stablemate Dit when called upon leaving the last turn
