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Twelve ThreeY earOld Fillies Seek Honors in Gazelle Stakes Boojiana Plucky Maud and Whirlabout Match Strides In Aqueduct Route Fixture FixtureAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 20 The Queens County Jockey Club will offer the fortyninth running of the Gazelle Stakes as its feature offering on tomorrows mid ¬ week program This is a test for three yearold fillies at a mile and onesixteenth with the lucrative prize of 10000 in added money awaiting the winner A dozen have been named for this test and while the entries do not include the names of Twilight Tear or Durazna they do include one lass who can probably make that duo realize theyve been in a horse race plus a couple of others who can run more than just a little bit bitThe The probable favorite for the Gazelle is Col C V Whitneys Boojiana who gets in with 121 pounds receiving three from Lazy F Ranchs Plucky Maud who is top weight Boojiana daughter of Boojum was a good filly last year but had a tendency like so many of her sires stock to run out on the turns She did that slightly in her first start this year at Belmont Park when she was beaten by the superior mudrunning colt Comanche Peak but came back to take the track from such nimble older mares as MarKell and Silvestra and hold sway throughout skimming the rail like an electric rabbit in the Top Flight Handicap HandicapPlucky Plucky Maud Delaware Oaks Winner WinnerPlucky Plucky Maud who will also receive con ¬ siderable support won the Delaware Oaks in her last start beating Louis B Mayers Whirlabout Earlier she had tried to set the pace in the Coaching Club American Oaks won by Twilight Tear but tired from her efforts However she may be on the upgrade upgradeThe The day of the Delaware Oaks trainer George Odom who remained in New York said he feared Whirlabout might have gone a bit stale being prompted in that belief by her dull race in the Top Flight The fact that he is starting her back tomorrow may indicate that the filly is in trim again againThe The complete field for the Gazelle which was inaugurated in 1887 at the old Grave send course when J B Haggins Firenze won it consists of the couplings of Directory and Whirlabout with 112 and 121 pounds respectively and Johns Dear and Plucky Maud with 112 and 124 Dare Me 118 Cattachiptico 115 Red Wonder 112 Boojiana 121 Good Thing 112 Step Across 112 Leaving 115 and Faro Queen 112 112The The latter two are the dark ladies of the Gazelle Leaving is a hardhitting courageous and consistent filly who has not been racing against the cream of her crop but has given a good account of her ¬ self all season Her actual class remains a question mark Faro Queen has been run ¬ ning against older horses recently and without success but with a little better racing luck might improve those efforts when pitted against her own kind kindThe The chief supporting feature of to ¬ morrows eightrace program is the Deau ville Handicap a 3500 test at six furlongs which has drawn a dozen threeyearolds This band is headed by Wheatley Stables consistent Irish Tar with 122 pounds Comenow and the entry of Fox Brownie and Ravenala get in with 118 pounds each and should have something to say about the outcome Ariel Game much improved since moving from the Brookmeade barns to Mrs Vera S Braggs stable is in with 120 and may be the choice
