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Raylywn Outlasts Kennebunk to Gain Heck Verdict in Aqueduct Hurdle Race Mrs F A Clarks Favored Campaigner Is Victorious in Gruelling Stretch Drive DriveAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 20 The Amagansett Hurdle Handicap which was the feature of this afternoons racing at Aqueduct proved to be more of a thriller than was generally anticipated On the slightly gruesome side Mrs E duPont Weirs Flying Tiger fell with E Jennings at the first obstacle Horse and rider rose to ¬ gether as the field swept by the boy catch ¬ ing his mount but Flying Tiger appeared to have fractured a foreleg and was taken away in the horse ambulance Jennings walked back through the centerfield after the Coup De Lyon gelding was installed in the conveyance conveyanceIt It was later learned that while Flying Tiger was lamed by his fall he did not suf ¬ fer any broken bones and will not have to be destroyed destroyedThe The Amagansett was largely a duel be ¬ tween the Mrs F Ambrose Clark pair of Raylywn and Blue Funk and F E Seld mayrs Yankee Chance but while Blue Funk and Yankee Chance irfed at the end Mrs R H Crawfords Kennebunk who had never been far away came on strongly and only succumbed to Raylywn by a neck Yankee Chance was threequarters of a length farther back and a pair of lengths before Blue Funk FunkSecorvd Secorvd Straight Victory VictoryS S Riles rode Raylywn to his second straight victory one which delighted the crowd of 20837 who made the entry odds on favorites the payoff being 390 Blue Funk had previously beaten Raylywn but evidently lacks the stamina of the Milkman colt coltThe The lead alternated continually for more than a mile of the mile and onehalf of this 3500 test with Yankee Chance Blue Funk and Raylywn taking turns at the pacemak ing Kennebunk was never far away and made his run coming to the final hedge but was unable to outfinish Raylywn RaylywnAnother Another favorite rewarded her followers when the unruly Free Air who had been blindfolded to be placed into the starting gate took the lead at the first turn and scampered home a length and onehalf be ¬ fore Sticky Kitty in the Calypte Purse at a mile and onesixteenth What Not was only a neck farther back appearing to hang in the stretch after making a strong bid on the final bend Dairy Lady was another length away and a halflength before Sissie Smith who had no apparent excuse other than being rather slow to find her stride Free Air was ridden by Eddie Arcaro who was greeted with the mixture of sweet and sour notes on his return to the unsaddling enclosure The daughter of Peace Chance who carried Mrs Beatrice Digorgios silks paid 790 and was clocked in 146
