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THEODORE J KNAPP President of the Queens County Jockey Club operators of the Aqueduct course at which track New York patrons will witness the races during the next 24 days Aqueduct Opens 24Day Season Ten In Queens County Handicap First Fiddle Looms Choice With Alquest and Bossuet Also Commanding Support SupportAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 3 The Queens County Jockey Club takes over the conduct of Metropolitan racing Monday when the scene shifts to Aqueduct race track for a 24day meeting running through Saturday July 1 There will be nine stakes renewed over the flat during that period plus a group of hurdle stakes starting with Mondays 10000 Queens County Handicap and climaxing with the 50000 Brooklyn Handicap on the closing Saturday The Queens County which is at a mile and a sixteenth has drawn a field of 10 1 of the most capable middle distance horses in training headed by Mrs E Mulrenans First Fiddle The son of Royal Minstrel who will carry the steadier of 126 pounds part of which will be Johnny Longden is unbeaten in his four New York starts this year and will probably be favored in the wagering The opposition is formidable consisting of Belair Studs Bossuet 112 A C Ernsts Alquest 120 Millbrook Sta ¬ bles Alex Barth 117 Louis B Mayers Kings Abbey 113 Brookmeade Stables Bourmont 110 the same stables Great Rush and Greentrees Famous Victory 108 A J Sacketts Tola Rose 106 and Paragon Stables Anibras 102 102ThirtyNinth ThirtyNinth Running of Stake StakeThis This will be the thirtyninth running of the Queens County which was inaugurated in 1902 when F Brindles Margraviate was the winner winnerFirst First Fiddle carried the same weight he is asked to take up Monday in his latest victory at Belmont Park when he ran away from Wait a Bit and Swimmin Hole Whether he can do as well against Mon ¬ days somewhat more powerful opposition remains to be seen seenBossuet Bossuet has won both of his races this season in impressive style In his debut the Belair colt whipped Adulator Shut Out Alsab Harvard Square and others with ri ¬ diculous ease in a sixfurlong sprint In that race he carried 116 pounds and he picked up nine pounds more in his next start turning back Brownie MarKell Doublrab and Signator The son of Bos well has thus made himself king of the eastern sprinters Whether he can carry his speed a mile and a sixteenth is one of the questions that make this Queens County renewal a fascinating contest Bossuet is by the stayer Boswell out of a mare from a sprinting family familyAlquest Alquest has been a winner at Belmont and in his last start finished a creditable third behind his stablemate Aletern and Sun Again in the 50000 Suburban A rep itition of that race would find him in the picture pictureAlex Alex Barth is an honest hardhitting horse who has been there or thereabouts in all his races this year and won his last start at Belmont as an oddson favorite beating Bolingbroke and Moon Maiden MaidenKings Kings Abbey was an impressive winner of a sevenfurlong race at Belmont the other day and gave the impression that he may be on the road to finally realizing the hopes that have been held but never quite realized for him the last two seasons seasonsThis This quartet appear the principal rivals to First Fiddle in the Queens County but there are threats all the way down the line including Anibras who is a full brother to Eurasian and has been running in im ¬ proved form this year If a capable rider can be found who can make the weight he might surprise
