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Coppernan Garners Initial Purse Of Season in Aqueduct i Offeringi Offering Corydon Is Disappointing OddsOn Cioce Finishing Five Lengths Off Winner WinnerAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L L N Y June 10 Copperman captured his first purse of a busy 1943 campaign at Aqueduct this aft ¬ ernoon and injected an element of surprise into the mile and a sixteenth of the Short Grass Purse when responding stoutly to apprentice Charley Givens urging he ran down the pacemaking Redthorn and won by a conclusive five lengths The Green tree Stables disappointing oddson favo ¬ rite Corydon was the runnerup to Hugh S Nesbitts fiveyearold and in turn was three parts of a length in advance of S Lewins Sir Alfred who accounted for the show award A legweary Redthorn and slothful He Rolls completed the field as ¬ sembled for this offday attraction Cop ¬ perman rounded out a double for Givens and rewarded those who fancied his chances with 930 for 2 carrying his 112 pounds over a mile and a sixteenth in 146 in slow footing footingHe He was the light weight of the quintet that paraded for this affair and won by the simple expedient of following Redthorn fairly close until the latter weakened then moving irresistibly to the front and open ¬ ing lip a long patch of daylight in the run by the stands despite repeatedly drift ¬ ing out outTodays Todays program included no race of any special interest for future stakes events though the Astoria candidate Mill Rivers Miss Biscuit earned her racing diploma at oddson but the attendance was remark ¬ ably large 17607 17607Givens Givens Robertson Ride Doubles DoublesGivens Givens was not the only booter to ride a double during the days earlier races for the veteran Alfred Robertson had pre ¬ viously so distinguished himself Favorite players were faring rather better than usual through the decision of the days best offering disappointing as was Cory dons failure in that affair even though jockey George Woblf aided and abetted him himCopperman Copperman broke alertly in the Short Grass and was taken in hand rated along ¬ side Sir Alfred in second place around the paddock turn and through the long back stretch while Redthorn was indulged in the pacemaking role roleRedthorn Redthorn began tiring without being challenged on the last turn and there Givens let Copperman run He moved away from Sir Alfred and curved around Redthorn to the lead entering the home stretch drawing off all during that run runRedthorn Redthorn collapsed utterly and Corydon last to the final bend moved by beaten horses overhauling Sir Alfred at the eighth pole and beating him nearly a length for the place placeA A dozen performers several of them hav ¬ ing previously displayed stakes quality on the flat and in steeplechasing furnished an interesting spectacle in the about a mile and a half of the T S Martin Hurdle Handicap with Mrs D H Sangsters Guinea Club emerging the winner by four lengths Galley Boy struggled up into sec ¬ ond place the last part of it finishing half a length in front of Top Milk The last named was coupled with The Beak which contributed to this entry going away the favorites favoritesOne One of those rarities a false start was wasContinued Continued on Page Threg Coppernian Earns First Purse of 1943 Season SeasonLeads Leads OddsOn Corydon to Wire In Aqueduct Route Attraction AttractionContinued Continued from Page One Onewitnessed witnessed previous to the actual send off in this affair affairAmong Among those competing was American Wolf one time stakes luminary at Hialeah Park ParkMiss Miss Biscuit an eligible for next weeks Astoria Stakes qualified handsomely to fill that engagement when she captured the fourth event incidentally completing a double for Robertson Miss Biscuit met five maiden twoyearolds of her sex in this event and went over the distance in 101 winning by three lengths at the direct expense of War Waac Two lengths farther away Santa Stefana was third thirdAir Air Current and Singing Torch driving through along the rail in the stretch caught Albatross tiring the last yards of the six furlong fifth event and fought it out for the first award with the unexpected re ¬ sult Stout drove the former F L Tyler gelding to the line first by a length Alba ¬ tross was a like margin off Singing Torch Full Cry the choice was never formidable The winner paid 3230 and the time was i 112
