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Shot Put Scores in Lincoln Feature Bill Sickle Beats Colchis at Aqueduct WL Ranch Gelding Captures Seaside SeasideFalse False Start Holds Up Race 28 Minutes Breezing Home Chief Sufferer by Mishap MishapAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 7 A false start in the featured 3000 added Seaside Handicap caused by a mechanical defect in the starting gate and which delayed the ultimate outcome of the race 28 minutes created a bit of a stir among the 24633 patrons today as racing cancelled on D Day was resumed at Aqueduct AqueductThe The main releases on the gate having failed to function the emergency starting contraption was put into service after this long delay and WL Ranchs Bill Sickle paying 1250 went on to capture the six furlongs event by two and a half lengths from R Sterling Clarks Colchis who in turn was a head before Allen T Simmons Harvard Square with Singing Torch fourth William J Zieglers Breezing Home who had run off the full circuit of the course because of the false start finished fifth with Mrs J Freedmans Fire Warden pulling up last lastCompletes Completes Full Circuit CircuitActually Actually Breezing Home got the worst of It by the phoney start no fault of starter George Cassidy All horses burst out of the gate and all riders except G L Smith aboard Breezing Home was aware of it Steve Brooks on Harvard Square yelled to Smith but Smith did not hear him conse ¬ quently Breezing Home went on by himself amid cheers and jeers to complete the full circuit Brooks himself had trouble pull ¬ ing up Harvard Square which scampered off about threeeighths of a mile before being finally checked The others were quickly halted haltedThe The stewards asked trainer Matt Brady whether he wanted to scratch Breezing Home on which a sum of 40981 was wag ¬ ered in the straight place and show pools Brady gave his permission to run the gelding geldingDuring During the long interval while the emer ¬ gency gate was being substituted the riders had dismounted and the mutuel machines were locked The faulty gate was towed up to the sevenfur lone chute Incidentally it was at Aqueduct last fall when a similar similarContinued Continued on Page TwentyThree Bill Sickle Outsprints Colchis at Aqueduct AqueductWL WL Ranch Gelding Ridden Out Strongly in Seaside Handicap HandicapContinued Continued from Page One Onemishap mishap occurred necessitating starts by the tape in several races racesBill Bill Sickle completing a riding double for Atkinson broke slowly when the start fin ¬ ally came but he moved up gradually on the inside and ran over the leaders through the final quarter mile Fire Warden and Har ¬ vard Square fought for the early lead Breezing Home surprisingly showed speed for a half mile despite his earlier runaway didoes and then petered out Colchis slug ¬ gish for three panels made his bid in the stretch but was no match for the winner winnerThe The cofeature called the Bensonhurst a 3000 test for threeyearolds was won by Erlanger Stables stretchrunning Shut Up a candidate for the 50000 Dwyer Stakes on June 24 The gelded son of Menow far out of contention in the early stages sweeped from last place in the stretch to dispose of Greentree Stables Dustman the choice by three parts of a length Supper Dance finished third trailing Dustman by a length and a half and outstaying Lawrin son by a head headJohnny Johnny Longden who earlier scored atop Madlyn K completed a riding double on Shut Up which carried top weight of 122 pounds and paid 5 He was clocked the mile and a sixteenth hi the comparatively slow time of 147 147Col Col C V Whitney who apparently has a barn full of crack twoyearolds turned loose another potential juvenile star when Hindu Kush carried his popular silks to victory in thefourth for maiden colts and geldings at five and a half furlongs Though it was his first start and he per ¬ formed greenly the Mahmoud lad came on under Ted Atkinson to beat Top General by a short length in 108 He was the choice at 520 Third in the field of eleven was Talook
