Eleven Entered for Equipoise Mile; Stymie Starts in Aqueduct Handicap: Jacobs Money King To Shoulder 130; Concedes Four Pounds to Double Jay and Thirteen To Conniver, His Main Foes, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-26

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Eleven Entered for Equipoise Mile Stymie Starts in Aqueduct Handicap Jacobs Money King To Shoulder 130 130Concedes Concedes Four Pounds to Double Jay and Thirteen To Conniver His Main Foes FoesAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 25 Stymie will again be the host to the week ¬ end throng at Aqueduct tomorrow The Pride of Brooklyn is to carry 130 pounds Including Bobby Permane in Mrs Ethel D Jacobs silks against his rivals in the 25000 Aqueduct Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth The worlds richest horse fin ¬ ished second to Knockdown in the Queens County at the same distance on opening1 day with two more pounds to carry While Stymie does not have to meet Knockdown who also beat him at Jamaica he faces aj severe task in trying to concede four pounds to Joseph Tiganis Double Jay and 13 to Harry LaMontagnes Conniver who appear to be his chief rivals rivalsConniver Conniver will have a running mate in LaMontagnes Caifero the disappointing favorite in last Mondays Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park who gets in with 114 114The The others in the handicap are Green tree Stables Blue Border 109 and Coinci ¬ dence 108 Bayard Sharps Tide Rips 112 and Sunshine Stables Lets Dance 104 104Inching Inching Way to Million Mark MarkStymies Stymies earnings now total 863635 and he is inching his way toward the million dollar mark his biggest advance this year coming when he won the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park The son of Equestrian also beat Vertigo II in an over ¬ night race finished second in the Dixie Suburban and Queens County third in the Excelsior and fifth in the Gallant Fox the only race this year in which he failed to add to his gold supply supplyThough Though running a good race in the Queens County Stymie failed to gain on Knockdown in the final sixteenth He showed that he retains his condition how ¬ ever when going six furlongs in 115 on a muddy track at Jamaica yesterday morn ¬ ing and will doubtless be the public choice choiceConniver Conniver is possibly the most improved thoroughbred in the East and has won five fiveContinued Continued on Page Three Stymie to Contest Aqueduct Fixture FixtureJacobs Jacobs Money Champion Carries 730 Double Jay And Conniver Main Rivals RivalsContinued Continued from Page One Oneof of her seven starts this year the last threa in succession Though under the influenca of her sex at the time she won her last start at Belmont Park by six lengths get ¬ ting the mile in 137 under stout re ¬ straint That race and the two previous victories of the Discovery mare wera against other fililes and mares and she has yet to show that she can cope with first class males malesHer Her stablemate Caifero was so impres ¬ sive in his debut at Belmont Park although finishing out of the money that he was made favorite for the Salvator on Monday The South American was extremely washy and nervous in the paddock and apparently left his race there thereFerril Ferril Zufelt has been named for both Conniver and Caifero an indication that only one may be saddled by Bill Post Ted Atkinson has also been assigned to both Blue Border and Coincidence from which the same conclusion may be drawn Blue Border just missed in a sixfurlong dash won by Grey Flight on Monday while Coincidence finished second to Verti ¬ go II in the Salvator Mile the same after ¬ noonDouble noon Double Jay Training Well WellDouble Double Jay is a hardhitting handicap horse when at his best but has been idle since finishing far back in the Dixie at Pimlico having wrenched an ankle Tha Balladier colt has been training soundly however though not a particularly good work horse This morning he stepped a half in 47 from the gate at Aqueduct indicating that he has his speed Whether he also has stamina or needs this race as a prep for the richer Brooklyn Handi ¬ cap later in the meeting remains to ba seen Basil James will be in the saddle saddleTide Tide Rips and Lets Dance will probably be the outsiders of the Aqueduct field though both have races to their credit in the past that would give them a chanca at the weights if they can reproduce their best form His best race this year was in the Trenton Handicap at Garden State Park in which he finished a half length behind Double Jay Porter Roberts came up from Delaware to ride rideLets Lets Dance turned in a dismal effort in the Queens County and was well beaten though somewhat unluckily in the grade C handicap before that and appears to ba only the shadow of himself The veteran Joe Renick will be in the saddle


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