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Field of Nine Expected For Aqueduct Handicap HandicapDouble Double Jay to Oppose Stymie In 25000 WeekEnd Fixture FixtureAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L L N Y June 23 Two moderate features for 5000 prizes adorn tomorrows Aqueduct program They will be the fifth and sixth offerings the Bo ¬ hemian Purse for threeyearolds at six furlongs has attracted five wellmatched speedsters a couple of whom are likely candidates for the 20000 Shevlin to be run next Wednesday at a mile and a six ¬ teenth Double that number have been named for the Fort Greene Purse for older class C horses at a mile and a sixteenth sixteenthMrs Mrs J T Maloneys Big If whose out ¬ standing achievement was a victory over Escadru My Request and others in the Remsen Handicap last fall tops the Bo ¬ hemian with 122 pounds He will give three to Lester Manor Stables Fugit and Edward Laskers Myrmidon six to Sun ¬ shine Stables Control and 13 to Can Hatchs One Bell Big If and Control are the Shevlin candidates in the race raceBig Big If who will be ridden by Arnold Kirkland started twice at Belmont Park his only races this year and showed con ¬ siderable improvement in his most recent effort finishing second to the capable Singing Step StepMyrmidon Myrmidon came over to Aqueduct in company with Pail of Water on Monday and worked well He has occasionally given signs of quality and is in the capa ¬ ble hands of Max Hirsch HirschControl Control suffered bad racing luck in his last three starts disappointing his connec ¬ tions Both of these races were consider ¬ ably betterthan the past performances in ¬ dicate and this colt is capable of causing an upset Fugit raced very well in Florida but has been idle since early spring springEquanimous Equanimous Perfect Bahrain Rocket Bomb and Black Swan head the Fort Greene with 117 pounds each and all will have a following on their best races Equanimous was a recent disappointment Perfect Bahrain has several good races to his credit while Rocket Bomb has been freshened and Black Swan ran into a fatal blind switch in his last start startThe The others are the erratic Mahmoudess and East Light the muchimproved Spice bush Legendra who occasionally comes up with a splendid race Prefect and Flaring Home Prefect may he the one to beat un ¬ der a feathery 107 pounds though the best of the available apprentices Carl Meyer and Dfck Rozelle are on Mahmoudess and Spicebush respectively with no rider yet found for Prefect
