Carter Results in Triple Dead Heat; Valdina Foe Romping La Salle Winner: Bossuet, Wait a Bit, Brownie Share Top Honors at Aqueduct; Sensational Finish of Belair Stud, Wm. Ziegler, Jr. and Joe W. Brown Homebred Racers Thrills War Relief Crowd Of 25,386 Following Gruelling Battle Through Stretch, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-12

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Carter Results in Triple Dead Heat Valdina Foe Romping La Salle Winner Bossuet Wait a Bit Brownie Share Top Honors at Aqueduct AqueductSensational Sensational Finish of Belair Stud Wm Ziegler Jr and Joe W Brown Homebred Racers Thrills War Relief Crowd Of 25386 Following Gruelling Battle Through Stretch StretchAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 10 There were three winners of the 10000 Carter Handicap this afternoon as this feature of Aqueducts War Relief program and 25386 fans were thrilled by the most sensational BelcJr Studs Bossuet William Ziegler Jrs Wait a Bit and Joe W Browns Brownie the result being called a triple dead heat The favored Bossuet paid 240 Wait a Bit was 350 and Brownie paid 430 in the straight pool The picture which was clear and sharp showed the three noses on the wire WL Ranchs Bill Sickle was fourth a length and onehalf back and only another head before Apache who was a similar margin before Jack S L while Alquest was only another neck away Thus seven of the nine starters finished within two lengths The trailers were Ariel Lad and Doublrab A bandage came loose on the latters right hind leg and he was pulled up upFirst First Such Finish in Stake Race RaceThere There have been triple dead heats before in American racing history but never in New York and never in a stakes race The roar of the crowd when the announcement was made over the loud speaker drowned out Fred Caposellas voice and it was dif ¬ ficult to hear the full explanation of the order of the finish There was insufficient space in the lighted portion of the odds board to show the win price of the three horses and numerals had to be superim ¬ posed to show the payoff on Wait a Bit BitIn In early years such a dead heat might have been run off between the winners after the final race and on one occasion at MaisonsLafittee near Paris several years ago Mullingar and Portland finished in a dead heat then finished on a line again in a rerun Back in 1926 Macaw and Nedana finished in a dead heat in this same Carter aHndicap aHndicapNo No more exciting race could have been provided for this War Relief program the entire profits of which are being donated to the American Red Cross National War Fund and three Long Island hospitals The session was conducted under the auspices of the Aqueduct Relief Fund Inc all fa ¬ cilities having been turned over for the day by the Queens County Jockey Club Ifc is estimated that approximately 100000 will go to these worthy causes despite tha thaContinued Continued on Page TwentyFour Bossuet Wait a Bit and Brownie DeadHeat for Honors in Carter Sensational Finish Thrills War Relief Gathering of 25386 Fans at Aqueduct AqueductContinued Continued from Page One Onebad bad weather which cut the attendance be ¬ low expectations expectationsThe The Carter was a horserace from the start with Doublrab first out of the starting gate before Apache Bill Sickle Ariel Lad Brownie Bossuet Jack S L and Wait a Bit all closely grouped while Alquest was slow to find his stride strideMidway Midway of the backstretch Apache was a head before Bill Sickle with Doublrab running right with them on the rail only a neck before Ariel Lad and Brownie who were heads apart Back of that closely packed group Jack S L and Bossuet were running as a group while Wait a Bit and Alquest were trailing several lengths apart apartRounding Rounding the curve Bill Sickle drew into a daylight lead over Apache while Brownie and Ariel Lad were lapped a couple of lengths farther back Bossuet began to move strongly at this stage and Doublrab dropped back sharply Moving to the stretch turn Bill Sickle had widened his lead to a couple of lengths while Apache was visibly tiring and Bossuet was coming on strongly with Brownie coming into con ¬ tention and Alquest improving his posi ¬ tion Wait a Bit was still well back in seventh place but only a little more than three lengths off the leader leaderIt It was a dingdong battle down the stretch with Brownie and Bossuet drawing out slightly at the eighth pole and Wait a Bit charging at them on the outside as Bill Sickle fell back a beaten but still game colt coltJimmy Jimmy Stout on the favorite Eric Guerin on Brownie and Gayle Smith on Wait a Bit all drove desperately with Brownie appear ¬ ing to have the race at his mercy a few yards from the wire The other two fought on valiantly to the finish and drew level in the final stride strideThe The purse to the winner was divided each owner receiving 362333 plus a third of the 300 breeders award all three win ¬ ners being homebred homebredThis This Carter was a sizzling race over the sloppy strip with fractions of 22 44 110 and the final time 123 for the seven furlongs One of the winners Wait a Bit holds the Aqueduct seven furlongs mark of 122


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