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Fighting Fighting Step Step Clang Clang Handicap Handicap Victor; Victor; Great Great American American Stakes Stakes Goes Goes to to I I Will Will Comes From Rear To Defeat Useless Paley Colt Home in Clear As Favored Eternal War Is Weary Fourth at Aqueduct AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 19. Jay Paleys I Will, a son of Roman Breathless, drove to the end of the fifty-sixth edition of the 0,000 Great American Stakes here today two lengths before Colin MacLeods badly named Useless, who led Walter P. Chryslers Brabancon another six lengths. Allen T. Simmons Eternal War was an utterly weary fourth at odds-on after indulging in a pace duel with Useless in which he was unable to draw clear. I Will, who had won his last start on the Belmont Straightaway, was not entirely neglected by the crowd of 21,811 and paid .80, after stepping the six furlongs in 1:13, which is about as fast as horses have been running over the Queens County Jockey Club strip at this meeting. Eric Guerin, who is thoroughly familiar with Aqueduct as he exercises John B. Thealls horses here in the mornings, was aboard the winner and provided a well-judged ride. Useless First in Motion This was a family duel in a sense as the veteran trainer George Odom saddled the winner, while his son, G. P. "Maje" Odom, saddled Useless. Eddie Arcaro was listed to ride Eternal War, but failed to show up and was replaced by Arnold Kirkland, who got all that could be had out of the colt. I Will earned ,825 today and has now won two of his three starts. Useless was first to show in front in the Great American but was quickly passed by Eternal War, who was never able to get more than a neck in front, while Guerin was rating I Wih in third place before Our Tommy, Brabancon and G. Ray. Useless put Eternal War away rounding the final bend, but I Will surged up on the outside at the same moment, and despite losing ground while in front before reaching the eighth pole. Guerin kept urging I Will in Continued on Page Three v i Aqueduct s Great American Stakes Taken by 1 Will Continued from Page One the run to the wire and he steadily increased his margin to the daylight he showed at the finish. Brabancon finished well after having dropped back to last place, and took the show from the favorite in the final jump. Brookmeade Stables Buffet Supper, a fashionably-bred daughter of Pilate Eight Oclock and thus a close relative of Eight Thirty, may have convinced the skeptics that she is a fair sort of filly when she skipped to a clever two-length victory in the ,000 Murray Hill Purse that preceded the Great American. With Arnold Kirkland keeping his eyes to the front, Buffet Supper ; led the red-hot favorite, Ralph Mcllvains Forfar under the wire at the end of the mile and a sixteenth, while W. L. Branns Pickpocket was another three lengths away in third place, two and a half lengths before Sunshine Stables East Light, who had set the pace for six furlongs.
