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C. V. WHITNEY— His colors were seen in a double at Belmont Park Saturday, First Flight and Blue Falcon scoring. Historian Historian Annexes Annexes Lincoln Lincoln Handicap; Handicap; First First Flight Flight Speeds Speeds to to Astoria Astoria Victory Victory Whitney Homebred Defeats Miss Kimo Gives Miller Saddle Triple In Easy Accounting; Carter Goes to Flood Town by Nose BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y.. June 8. — C. V. Whitneys First Flight stamped herself the queen of the juvenile fillies at Belmont Park today when she raced straight and true down five and a half furlongs of the Widener course to win the transplanted version of the 0,000 Astoria Stakes with consummate authority. Williem Helis Miss Kimo followed the daughter of Mahmoud — Fly Swatter under the wire by a little more than three lengths and preceded John S. Phipps Dark Venus another length. W. H. LaBoyteauxs Pipette was a head away in fourth place. First Flight gave young Paul Miller a triple and a sweep of the flat races up to that point, and ran the distance in the sparkling time of l:043/5, which is about as fast as juveniles run. Miller had only to shake her up coming to the eighth pole, but never laid a stick on the handsome bay miss. A heavy favorite, First Flight paid .30. Edward Laskers Flood Town scored a stunning upset in the Carter Handicap, taking the track at the start, and holding sway throughout, to lead J. B. Thealls King Dorsett under the wire by a nose that was not only small, but was invisible to the majority on the finish line who thought King Dorsett had won by almost a head. Jay D. Acres Black Swan was only another head away, in a finish that was reminiscent of the Carter triple dead heat of two years ago, when Brownie, who was saddled by Theall that day ; Wait a Bit and Bossuet crossed the line as one horse. Mrs. B. F. Listers Eternity, who was the post favorite, finished four lengths farther back, beating only Deering Howes Cassis. Flood Town was ridden by Warren Mehrtens, and paid 2.10, after running the seven furlongs in the fast time of 1:23%, one and three-fifths off the track record. Millers Third Winner of Day A surprisingly small crowd of 37,632 turned out in the first real summer weather of the year. This was about 5,000 less than expected for the attractive week-end program. The Paul Miller fans among them did well, however, the promising apprentice winning the first three flat races with C. V. Whitneys Blue Falcon, W. G. Loews Good Bye, and Whitneys First Flight. Miller had First Flight away alertly in the Astoria but allowed her to settle into stride, while Pipette along the rail, Miss Kimo in the middle of the track, and Dark Venus on the extreme outside, went past her. Coming to the stands, Dark Venus led by a narrow margin on the far rail, while First Flight had come up to second place in the center of the path, and War Fan was briefly in the thick of contention, Continued on Page Five First Flight and Flood Town Score in Astoria and Carter Continued from Page One along with Pipette, Miss Kimo and Doggin It. The half dozen fillies were almost on a line and spread across the entire width of the track. It was at this point that Miller asked First Flight to get the job done and she responded at once, drawing away from her rivals at will, under a hand ride. Miller continued to urge the favorite all the way to the wire, but Just enough to let her know the Astoria was a serious affair. First Flight earned 0,750 by her victory in the Astoria, bringing her earnings to the respectable sum of 3,600, gleaned In three starts. She won the Fashion Stakes here for her debut, then was beaten by A. T. Simmons good colt, Eternal War, in I the Juvenile. She may not be able to beat the top colts, but appears clearly best of the young fillies and had the excuse of an inside post when beaten in the Juvenile. Darby Dan Farms Darby Delilah gratified the fans by taking the track at the start of the Astarita Purse that came between the Astoria and the Carter, and standing a steady drive to beat Belair Studs fast closing Segula a neck, while Paragon Stables Timore was a neck away in third place at the end of the six furlongs. Harrison B. Wilson rode Darby Delilah, who paid .70 and ran the distance in 1:11%.
