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Miss Mommy Triumphs at Arlington Astoria Stakes Won by Eternal Flag Simmons Juvenile Leads Throughout ThroughoutPail Pail of Water RunnerUp In Aqueduct Race Staged Over Sloppy Racing Strip StripAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 23 Allen T Simmons Eternal Flag delighted her considerable following in the rainy day crowd of 17679 at Aqueduct this afternoon when He beat the gate in the 42nd running of the Astoria Stakes and led all the way to beat Edward Laskers Pail of Water by slightly more than a length Cain Hoy Stables Danger Ahead finished two lengths farther back and a length and a half be ¬ fore John S Phipps Gay Mood Slightly favored over Pail of Water Eternal Flag paid 520 and ran the five and a half fur ¬ longs in 106 over the sloppy track Ted Atkinson hustled the daughter of Eternal Bull Earliana by American Flag away from the gate and kept her running on the rail all the way wayEternal Eternal Flag was scoring her second stakes victory having taken a minor fix ¬ ture at Tropical Park her sixth victory in 13 starts and was in the money in four other races Todays score was worth 17250 bringing the Akron Ohio sports ¬ mans return on his homebred miss to 933820 Frank Catrone who saddled Eter ¬ nal Flag also sent out Eternal World an ¬ other of Simmons Eternal Bull youngsters to win the Youthful and Remsen at Jamaica earlier this spring This edition of the Astoria was settled in the very first strides as Eternal Flag was several lengths in front when her 10 rivals were leaving the stalls Pail of Water Gay Mood Pip Ing By and Danger Ahead formed a com ¬ pact group behind the flying leader as they went around the turns to the stretch stretchSaves Saves Ground Along Rail RailEternal Eternal Flag was still two lengths in the van curving into the stretch and saved ground along the rail while Pail of Water lost very little ground The Jack High filly who had won her two previous starts set out earnestly to cut the margin reducing it almost by half in the long home lane but never looked like winning Danger DangerContinued Continued on Page Three Eternal Flag Scores Popular Victory In Astoria Stakes at Aqueduct Track Pail of Water RunnerUp To Simmons Youngster in Dash Over Sloppy Surface SurfaceContinued Continued from Page One OneAhead Ahead finished fairly well to take third money fr6m Gay Mood while Piping By tired and finished fifth None of the others were ever in the race raceLouis Louis Olah who for several weeks has needed one winner to become a fullfledged jockey finally became a journeyman rider today when he piloted Mrs Tilyou Christ ¬ ophers Judy R to a frontrunning victory in the second race beating Isidor Biebers favored Gary Leslie a length at the end of the six furlongs Olah will continue to re ¬ ceive three pounds allowance when riding for his contract employer John A Coburn Judy R paid 1250 after opening at 10 to 1 and was timed in 113 over a track that was still fast despite the steady rain that began falling as the horses entered the gate gateWhile While Olah became the newest of the fullfledged jockeys by winning the second race one of the oldest active riders in New York Joe Renick piloted the first winner hustling Mrs Eddie Mulrenans HiyaSailor home a length and a half before Mrs R E Wingfields Dear Boots who led Louis A Krams Smark L another neck at the end of the five and a half furlongs dash for maiden juveniles HiyaSailor paid a lib ¬ eral 1530 1530Olah Olah wasted little time in winning his first race as a journeyman rider when he steered Mrs Tilyou Christophers Mesl to a frontrunning victory in the Corvette purse that followed the Astoria Belair Studs Myblaze an outsider closed with a rush to take the place three lengths back of the winner and a nose before La Pomme Stud Farms favored Brisket The latter was making his second start in this coun ¬ try and was not unduly urged from the sixteenth pole when it became evident that he had no chance of catching Mesl and Hyblazes rush down the extreme outside appeared to catch Ferril Zuf elt unaware Though a frequent winner under heavy burdens at five and a half furlongs in Argentina Briskets record also shows that he frequently stopped badly when asked to go any farther Though he was beaten eight lengths at 19 to 1 in his debut at Belmont he was backed down to 2 to 1 today todayMesl Mesl returned 730 as second choice and was timed in 112 on the soupy strip
