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Put In Annexes Seabiscuit Handicap Omission in Front Again at Aqueduct Graf Campaigner Has Three in Row RowStretch Stretch Charge Brings Neck Triumph Over Bankrupt in Featured Bramble Handicap HandicapAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 22 James Grafs remarkably rejuvenated Omission won his third straight race at this Aqueduct meeting today as he stormed over his field in the stretch drive of the featured Bram ¬ ble Handicap to whip Ensign Townsend B Martins Bankrupt a neck Naval Lt Walter P Chryslers Ramillies was only an ¬ other halflength farther back and tvo lengths before Pfc T H Heard Jrs Boysy It was not an auspicious event for the Army and Navy owners but provided a stirring spectacle for the 21018 fans who were checked through the turnstiles Sec ¬ ond choice to Bankrupt Omission paid 830 and was timed in 145 for the mile and a sixteenth sixteenthAt At the eighth pole it looked as though racing secretary John B Campbells face ¬ tious remark that he would settle for a fivehorse dead heat in the Bramble might be justified for five of the seven starters were spread across the track only heads apart and Eye for Eye was only a half length back of them and two lengths be ¬ fore Singing Torch who was pinched off twice when trying to move along the rail and eventually finished last lastPorters Porters Cap Sets Pace PacePorters Porters Cap who was once good enough to win the Santa Anita Derby set the pace in the Bramble holding sway to the head of the stretch with Eye for Eye forcing his pace closely and Bankrupt close behind Omission was away slowly under Herb Lindberg but steadily improved his position and was running third at the top of the home lane laneIn In the drive for the wire Porters Cap and Eye for Eye wilted badly while Omis ¬ sion ran over the steadygoing Bankrupt drawing away in the last few yards yardsBoysy Boysy ran a dull race and seems to be barely the shadow of his old hardhitting self Ramillies on the other hand was away very poorly being last by daylight for a quartermile then closing gamely gamelyThe The Landboy Steeplechase which was third on the program was comparatively easy for Richard V N GambriUs Tioga who beat Greenwich Time a length and threequarters after taking the lead at the theCo7itinued Co7itinued on Page Three Omission Extends Win Streak at Aqueduct AqueductGraf Graf Campaigner Now Has Three Straight at Track to Credit CreditContinued Continued from Page One Onefar far turn the second time around in this twomile test Simoon who was made the favorite in a fluctuating market was an ¬ other length and onehalf back and some 40 lengths before Cortesano Cupid refused to take the fifth fence unseating jockey Morlan MorlanTioga Tioga paid the unexpectedly large price of 7 and was timed a slow 354 nearly a dozen seconds off the track record recordCortesano Cortesano led for a halfmile then was passed by Greenwich Time Simoon and Tioga who were racing closer together However Tioga manifestly dominated the situation and took the lead when R Miller gave him his head Greenwich Time con ¬ tinued gamely but just wasnt good enough enoughApheim Apheim Stables Okapi Lancer made par ¬ tial amends for a series of disappointing performances in the Middle Bay Purse 3000 sixfurlong event which followed the feature The son of Okapi who was rid ¬ den by Eddie Arcaro took the lead away from Spheric at the far turn and withstood that colts second bid to score by a head Late City the favorite closed well to take third place a length back of Spheric and four lengths before Free Dutch Okapi Lancer paid 910 and was timed a moder ¬ ate 113 Harpsichord had a lot of early speed in this dash but flattened out badly before the stretch run
