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BY JIMMINY Turned in one of the best speed performances of the season to account for the Gotham Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday Martian in Popular Lincoln Triumph By Jimminy Easily Beats Lucky Draw Captures Gotham By Three Lengths LengthsFavorite Favorite Unable to Concede Parker Colt Ten Pounds in Sprint Event at Aqueduct AqueductAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 12 G D Wideners Lucky Draw found himself un ¬ able to concedt 10 pounds to Alfred P Parkers By Jimminy in the featured Gotham Handicap at Aqueduct today and finished that sevenfurlong dash three lengths back of the sleek brown son of Pharamond II Mrs E D Jacobs Stymie closed fast to be third another six lengths away and a length and a half before R A Cowards Doggone G Z Carranzas Seeing Eye winner of the Mexican Derby made his first start of the year in the United States in this dash and wound up a distant last lastBy By Jimminy was second choice to Lucky Draw and paid 850 while the Widener gelding closed at 1 to 2 The track time was 122 only twofifths off the record made by Wait a Bit last year when that horse benefited by a flying start which was made without the starting gate Pri ¬ vate dockers timed By Jimminy in 123 M which is plenty fast enough enoughThere There were 23722 turf fans on hand this sunny afternoon to see the attractive Monday program but they were not vastly cheered when two consecutive oddson fa ¬ vorites Pamela C and Lucky Draw were decisively beaten in two of the feature races racesAtkinson Atkinson Bides His Time TimeThe The Gotham was a duel between By Jimminy and Lucky Draw almost from the start As the small field left the post Doggone was first to show in front but Lucky Draw and By Jimminy swept past the lightly weighted filly before the horses came to the main track from the chute Longden tried to send Lucky Draw into a decisive lead but was never able to draw clear as Atkinson kept By Jimminy right at his heels This pair soon drew put to a fourlength lead over Doggone while See ¬ ing Eye and Stymie were strung out behind her in that order orderAt At the far turn By Jimminy was lapped on Lucky Draw on the outside of the Jack High gelding with Doggone still a distant third and Stymie moving past Seeing Sye SyeAt At the head of the stretch Lucky Draw DrawContinued Continued on Page Three By Jimminy Turns Bock Lucky Draw at Aqueduct AqueductParker Parker Colt Trims Favorite by Three Lengths in Sprint Event EventContinued Continued from Page One was a half length before the winner who obviously dominated the situation and quickly drew away with authority Atkin ¬ son kept busy with a hand ride through the stretch and his margin steadily widened as By Jimminy approached the wire Dog ¬ gone stopped badly in the last eighth and Stymie had little trouble running past her for third money but could not threaten the leaders leadersBy By Jimminy and Lucky Draw may meet again In Saturdays Shevlin at a mile and onesixteenth and there will be a weight shift in Lucky Draws favor that might re ¬ verse todays verdict verdictEnsign Ensign Townsend B Martins Bankrupt came from third place at the top of the stretch to score a clever victory over Pfc T H Heard Jrs favored Boysy in the 3500 Great Kills Handicap which was the secondary feature of the program The son of Pay Up was two and a half lengths before the aging Boysy at the finish with C S Howards Porters Cap another pair of lengths farther back Air Current was fourth before Eye for Eye who was stag ¬ gering after a pace duel with Porters Cap that lasted for a mile of this mile and oneeighth race raceFerril Ferril Zufelt had Bankrupt in third place to the top of the home lane where he closed with a rush entering the final drive on a level with the tiring Eye for Eye and Porters Cap Air Current ran one of his dull races while Bourmont who finished last was sent into a blind switch by Long den on the far turn when he tried to go inside of Boysy The latter finished with more dash than he has displayed this sea ¬ son but was meeting lesser company than he had been facing facingBankrupt Bankrupt paid 940 and was clocked in a moderate 152 152The The Regal Lilly Purse for twoyearold fillies which was run as the fifth event for a purse of 3000 resulted in the sur ¬ prise victory of Col C V Whitneys un ¬ prepossessing gray filly Silver Smoke who beat Louisiana Farms Pamela C just buckjumping to the wire The latter was an oddson favorite and the last time this pair met Pamela C beat Silver Smoke three and onehalf lengths There was a weight shift of precisely one pound for approximately eight lengths Durability closed fairly well to be third five lengths back of the runnerup and daylight before Quiet Shot ShotPamela Pamela C was sent to the front by Eddie Arcaro but never drew clear and did not seem to be particularly hard urged in the early stages Quiet Shot was a distant third as the field went Into the bend with Annie Lea at her side and Durability run ¬ ning fifth fifthCurving Curving for home Silver Smoke saved some ground and drew out easily in the run for the wire although she was racing with her head held high in the air Pamela C had no trouble saving secondary honors but Arcaro was mildly booed as they re ¬ turned to the unsaddling ring ringSilver Silver Smoke paid 2570 and was timed In 107 for the five and a half furlongs
