Tremont, Shevlin Next at Aqueduct: Former Tests Top Juveniles Wednesday; Bounding Home Points for Week-End Stake, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-12

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Tremont ShevISiro Next at Aqueduct AqueductFormer Former Tests Top Juveniles Wednesday Bounding Home Points for WeekEnd Stake StakeAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 10 Aqueduct enters the second week of its 24day summer meeting on Monday with two stakes to be decided during the six day span Juvenile colts and geldings will dispute the 7500 Tremont at five and onehalf furlongs on Wednesday and the 10000 Shevlin for threeyearolds at a mile and a sixteenth is Saturdays feature This season with the Derbyage colts and geldings in general disrepute the Tre ¬ mont holds somewhat more interest than the richer Shevlin for the young horses appear to be as outstandingly good as their elders seem mediocre mediocreAmong Among the nominess to the Tremont are such exceptionally speedy youngsters as Lt Edward Laskers Flood Town Naval Lt Walter P Chryslers Maransart Victor Emanuels Forum Greentree Stables Dock stader and Paricutin Louis B Mayers Guam and Col C V Whitneys Burgel Arab and Hindu Kush KushThere There are 95 eligibles to the Tremont but the ones named have showed the most agility of the youngsters who have ap ¬ peared in public The only conspicuous absentee is Col E R Bradleys Big Deal who won his second start easily in the same fast time The Burglar towroped his rivals in his Belmont debut the same day dayFlashed Flashed Speed in National Stallion StallionFlood Flood Town dazzled the speed handi capper in his National Stallion triumph when he sizzled a half in 44 opening up a big lead despite swerving all over the track then strolling to the wire before Colonel Whitneys fastfinishing Jeep This son of Johnstown Apogee resembles his sire both in conformation and speed and his dam could run a bit on her own ac ¬ count However both The Burglar and Guam created a most favorable impression in their Belmont races as did Maransart Hindu Kush has been unable to keep up with BurgelArab in his morning trials but he was a clever winner here last Wednesday and is a better than average runningmate for the son of Boojum par ¬ ticularly as there is the customary doubt whether a Boojum colt will be able to run around a turn turnAll All in all the Tremont possesses a num ¬ ber of highly interesting questioning con ¬ taining as it does half dozen colts of ex ¬ ceptional ability and potential champion ¬ ship caliber caliberThe The Shevlin promises to give New York fans another glimpse of William Ziegler Jrs Bounding Home surprise winner of the 50000 Belmont Stakes He wijl prob ¬ ably have the task of catching George D Wideners Lucky Draw and Who Goes There a pair who have the speed to take the track when starter George Cassidy presses his button and who may not be catchable at this moderate distance of a mile and a sixteenth Lucky Draw won both of his races this season one at Ja ¬ maica and another at Belmont and is work ¬ ing nimbly for this engagement Who Goes There won the Withers with ease then set the pace in the Belmont for a mile and fin ¬ ished fourth fourthLucky Lucky Draw Preps for Shevlin Today TodayThis This trio comprises the name horses likely to be seen in the Shevlin The other probables include Autocrat Free Lance Ap pleknocker Shut Up Skytracer Rodney i Stone Freezout Kaytee and if the track I should be muddy Comanche Peak PeakLucky Lucky Draw has been engaged in a valu ¬ able prep race for the Shevlin on Monday heading the weights in the featured Gotham Handicap a 5000 test at seven furlongs The son of Jack High has been assigned 126 pounds and will try to con ¬ cede from 10 to 21 pounds to his four rivals rivalsConsiderable Considerable interest is added to the Gotham by the presence of G Z Carranz Seeing Eye winner of the Derby Mexicano and several other races at Mexico City dur ¬ ing the winter and early spring springMondays Mondays supporting feature is also an attractive race though it too has drawn a small field This is the 3500 Great Kills Handicap for class C runners at a mile and a furlong It has drawn a half dozen headed by the veteran Boysy with 122 pounds


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