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i*sStoi iiiM ■■ ■■■■■■H HboHm Nfl Kk ;1WfflP; .: ■■■■-■■ John B. Campbell, racing secretary and handicapper for The Jockey Club, is credited with many achievements, but the three-horse dead heat to win in the Carter Handicap of 1944, the result of his skillful weight assigning, never will be forgotten. Nine horses started in that renewal of the seven -furlong Aqueduct stake, their imposts ranging from the 132 pounds carried by Apache to the 109 assigned Bill Sickle. J. W. Browns Brownie, Belair Studs Bossuet and William Ziegler, Jr.s, Wait a Bit finished so closely aligned that the camera could not separate them, providing the first triple tie in an American stake. The official photo of the finish above shows Brownie on the rail, Bossuet in the center and Wait a Bit on the outside. The chart below gives the complete details of the running, revealing, among other things, that the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh horses were separated by only two heads and a neck. Aqueduct Renews Astoria and Carter First Flight Goes In Juvenile Stake Meets Miss Kimo and Eight Others; King Dorsett Tops Sextet for Handicap Event BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., June 7.— Two 0,000 stakes are on the agenda for the final day of Aqueduct-at-Belmont tomorrow, before the Queens County Jockey Club goes back to its home track on Rockaway Boulevard. These are the Astoria, for two-year-old fillies at five and a half furlongs on the Widener Course, and the Carter Handicap for older horses at seven furlongs. The Astoria has been won by some first rate fillies, who later became sterling producers, among them Maud Muller, Edith Cavell, One Hour, Sovietta, Stagecraft, Inhale, Donita M. and Tangled. The Carter is famed principally for its triple dead-head two years ago between Brownie, Bossuet and Wait a Bit, but has been won in others years by such good ones as Beldame, Roseben, Roamer, Old Rosebud, Sarazen, Osmand, King Saxon, Clang, Fighting Fox and Devil Diver. Ten have been named overnight for the Astoria and they represent the elite of the junior misses who have started this far in the East. William Helis Miss Kimo, winner of the Rosedale Stakes and Polly Drum-mond Stakes is top weight with 122 pounds, conceding three to C. V. Whitneys First Flight, who whioped her in the Fashion Stakes here. This pair will probably go postward almost equal favorites, though there is sure to be some support for Maine Chance Farms War Fan, who was a beaten favorite back of Gracie Vee in her last start, but has worked brilliantly. Lord Boswells half-sister gets in with a mere 110 pounds. Others in Astoria The others in the Astoria are W. H. La-Boyteauxs clever Pipette, Wheatley Stable and Mrs. Whitney Stones Keynote and By Sea, who will be coupled; Sidney S. Schupps Miss Disco, John S. Phipps Dark Venus and Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffers Doggin It, who finished second back of Miss Kimo in the Polly Drummond at Delaware, with 115 each, and Starmount Stables Beautifed at 110. Ted Atkinson is named overnight to pilot both Wheatleys Keynote and Mrs. Grahams War Fan, so one or the other will have to find another rider. As Wheat-ley Stable has second call on the jockey, it appears likely that War Fan will have another pilot. A half dozen have been entered in the Carter, headed by John B. Thealls King Dorsett at 126 pounds. This clever speedster will be opposed by B. F. Listers Eternity, 121; Deering Howes Cassis, 117; Edward Laskers Flood Town, 113; Jay D. Acres Black Swan, 112, and William Zieg-lers Breezing Home, 107. Eternity should be a lukewarm favorite here, with King Dorsett and Black Swan next in demand. The others, however, could win this dash without creating much amazement. Only three of these lesser Astoria candidates worked this morning, but the others have all had good trials in recent days. Pipette went three furlongs in :362/5 in handy style at Belmont, while By Sea went the same distance in :37 at Aqueduct, and Miss Disco breezed a half in :50 at Jamaica. Actually, workwatchers were most impressed by a colt who will not be seen in action until next Wednesdays Tremont Stakes. This was Jet Pilot, who went five furlongs in 1:00%. galloping out an additional eighth in 1:13%. Besides the two stakes, there is an attractive handicap on the card. This is the ,000 Frigate at a mile and a quarter that closes the program. Seven have been named for this test, headed by William Zeiglers Bounding Home at 122 pounds. This fellow won the Belmont Stakes a couple of years ago and has only recently showed signs of regaining that form after a long period of obscurity. The six opposing Bounding Home are Proof Coil, 120; Petrol Point, 119; Stage Bond, 113; Ayahs Boy, 112; Omamax, 104. and Blenel, 102. All of these stayers have good recent form to recommend them and the Frigate promises to be an unusually attractive contest.
