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i. "■ ?■■ ! Connors I Corner By "CHUCK" CONNORS ■ ■ Chief of Chart Correspondents AQUEDUCT. L. I., N. Y., June 22.— This meeting got off to a good start and all signs point to a continuation of the open- ing day turnout. Aqueduct has on its agenda nine flat stakes and four through the field. The money distribution for the combined offerings is 57,500 and the Dwyer and Brooklyn are each endowed with 0,000. The Dwyer is for three-year-olds while the Brooklyn is for the senior members of the family. The three-year-old classic will always be selected as the best race turned in by the champion Man o War. In the 1920 running he was opposed by John P. Grier, racing for H. P. Whitney, and this was the only time in his three-year-old career that he felt the sting of the whip. Jockey Clarence Kummer went to the lash when the two were racing head and head in the stretch and Man o War forged away. He sped the mile and one furlong, that was the distance of the Dwyer that year, in 1:49 Vs. a commendable effort. The champion later in the year at Havre de Grace picked up 138 pounds in the Potomac Handicap, the heaviest poundage ever carried by a winner of the race, and won in a comfortable fashion. Many regard that as his best effort for it stamped him as a weight carrier, as he conceded his three foes much poundage and showed his complete mastery of his opposition. The Dwyer this year could develop into a spectacular race although the potential starters are by no stretch of imagination comparable to Big Red. The Brooklyn, for the senior members of the class, is one of the oldest features of the eastern season. The first running was in 1887 and the finish three heads on the post was Dry Monopole, Blue Wing, and Hidalgo. The finish was the subject of a painting and for years copies were displayed in every cafe, saloon and club-room throughout the country. The boys and girls of that day who witnessed the running had no trouble in slaking their thirst for immediately after the finish, the Dry Monopole people, siezing the opportunity for advertising purposes, passed out the "bubbly" much to the delight of all concerned. However, that pratice was never reneated for the Brooklyn, although the late W. C. Whitney, following the success of his starter in the English Derby, cabled to New York to set un the wine for the boys and girls at the track the next day. That party was a big success. W. J. Ziegler will have some stories for John B. Campbell when he returns. He is on a sailing cruise, the annual yachting race from Newport, R. I., to Annapolis, Md., and according to the latest reports, via homing pigeon, was becalmed somewhere in the Atlantic between the start and the finish line . . . George D., accompanied by Mrs. Widener, will leave next week for an extended tour of the Norse countries of Europe. He plans to take along his auto and sightsee in a leisurely manner, for a month or more . . . Wynford II.. who made his last start in the Grey Lag Handicap at Jamaica last fall, was shipped to the farm of his owner, Lawrence Lewis, Charles City, Va. The six-year-old son of Badruddin and Soleada. who was bred in the Argentine, will be mated to several mares next spring. Trainer Jimmy Smith, impressed by the performance of W. J. Zieglers Leading Home in the Top Flight, may ship the filly to Delaware Park for the New Castle Handicap . . . Harold Young is a remit arrival and plans to remain for several days. He reported that he had turned out his Meditation in Kentucky for one year . . . Louis Strube. showing some relief from an arthritis cure, is a paddock these afternoons . . . Mrs. Hirsch Jacobs has a new name for her husband. She refers to him as Mark OReilly Jacobs. The application stems from the frequency which the Forest Hills trainer quoted Marc Aureileus, "Our life is what our thoughts make it." Jacobs has frequently told Isidore Bieber to quit worrying for they would come up with another good horse before the end of the century. The exodus of jockeys from here to other tracks for engagements over the week-end is pronounced. The boys, before departure informed the clerk of the scales. Joe Kyle, that they would be on hand Monday to fulfill engagements . . . Pete Markey, owner of Piet. wired trainer Frank J. Kearns that he would be here for the Queens County Handicap at Aqueduct tomorrow . . . Joe Continued on Page Thirty -Six iil 5 - J , t ■ 1 6 g 9 9 I 0 2 12 2 ■ 2 2 1 6 6 9 6 6 8 8 7 11 9 8 8 12 2 0 0 12 2 12 ■ 12 2 7 12 2 8 8 10 0 10 10 0 6 j 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 12 12 10 • 12 2 12 .j 8 8 9 9 12 [2 f! 10 12 2 Connors Corner 1 I 1 Continued from Page Five Cahill, director of sports publicity at West Point, accompanied by his fiancee, Miss Helen Kamenski, were visitors during the afternoon. The nuptials are in the near future . . . Dr. N. E. Southard had as his guests during the afternoon a couple of visiting veterinarians, Dr. R. T. Darby and J. Daley . . . John J. Dunnigan, the self proclaimed father of mutuels in New York, made his first appearance in some time ... Lt. Col. Stuart Bate, of Toronto, a steward of Woodbine Park, was a one-day visitor. He is en route to- Fairfield, Conn., for a horse show. The admittance crew members disap-q pointed the crowd. The men were to don summer attire, white for this meeting, but something happened and the navy blues will be in evidence for another week . . . Cyrus S. Jullien and Eddie Kilroe, president and., general manager respectively, were out early ironing the last minute "bugs" which develop before a meeting is on a smooth keel . . . The veteran James Fitzsimmons was on hand to take over the training of the Wheatley and Belair Stud horses. The veteran re- cently lost his wife. . The also-eligible rule that was placed into effect at Bel- mont will be in operation at this meet- ing. Horses on the list will be "drawn in" should scratches develop. Trainer Bill Knapp received a letter from Doug Davis Farm out in Kentucky. The missive naturally relates to Three Rings. The Mrs. E. L. Hopkins colorbearer has a big paddock and the door to his stall is open at all times permitting easy exit and access. The other day a heavy rain fell nd Three Rings wandered about his paddock, but when it was time to re-enter his stall the old fellow showed his aversion to puddles. The rains had left a young lake in front of his stall and Three Rings eyed the water in a distasteful fashion. He first put in one foot and withdrew it quickly, somewhat like a swimmer testing the water before he takes the plunge. The rains were getting heavier and in a desperate move. the horse backed away, measured the stall opening, and then jumped the lake, land-ro ing in his stall with what he apparently thought were dry feet. The selections are: STUBBORN in the third, BARRAGE in the seventh, and APPROVAL in the eighth.
