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HARRY M WARNER His purple and andgold gold WL Ranch colors were carried to tovictory victory by Bill Sickle in the Seaside SeasideHandicap Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday Run Astoria at Aqueduct Today Ten Juvenile Fillies to Compete Bertie S to Take Up Top Impost of 779 Don Meade Assigned Pamela C Mount MountAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 7 Two stakes the Astoria for twoyearold fillies and the Lion Heart Steeplechase originally scheduled for yesterday will share the top honors of the attractive card at Aqueduct Thursday Observance of DDay when racing was interrupted Tuesday necessi ¬ tated switching the dates for the renewals of these important fixtures fixturesThe The Astoria which carried 7500 added is a test of five and onehalf furlongs It drew a field of 10 of the best lassies in training with Isador Biebers Bertie S the top weight at 119 pounds She will have Pheecia as her runningmate Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons also will send out a pair in Wheatley Stables Drumuir and Ogden Phipps Subdued SubduedOthers Others in the field are Brookmeade Stables Winning Bid Edgar Zantkers Santas Vixen Philip Godfreys Scotch Plains Greentree Stables Expression Mrs Walter M Jeffords Ace Card and Louisi ¬ ana Farms Pamela C CDon Don Meade recently reinstated will mark his return to colors Thursday Among other mounts the little veteran is slated to pilot Pamela C in the Astoria AstoriaEight Eight in Chase Event EventEight Eight of the top line jumpers are to clash in the 4000 added Lion Heart Steeplechase for fouryearolds and up ward at about two miles Miss Ella Widen ers sturdy red roan gelding Iron Shot which performed so impressively during the Belmont Park meeting will essay to pack the crushing impost of 163 pounds conceding from 16 to 30 pounds to the others These include Bayard Sharps Knights Quest Rokeby Stables Good Chance Harry LaMontagnes Lechlade Mrs R H Crawfords Kennebunk Mrs F Ambrose Clarks entry of The Beak and Invader and Winged Hoofs The last named owned by C Mahlon Kline will run with Iron Shot ShotThe The Astoria inaugurated in 1902 and since won by many of turfdoms standout young female runners appears a wide open event However Bertie S is held a slight early favorite although the trim looking daughter of Thanksgiving could finish no better than fourth in the Dover Stakes at Delaware Park ParkIron Iron Shot hero of the Meadow Brook and the Charles L Appleton also junner up in both the International and the Corinthian is bound to go postward a short price in the Lion Heart despite his heavy impost
