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♦- ► Blue Hills Upsets j In Brighton Beach Atkinson Observes His 36th Birthday Guiding Mount to Head Win Over High Bracket AQUEDUCT, U I., N. Y. June 17.— Ted Atkinson celebrated his 36th* birthday at Aqueduct today by scoring an upset in the featured Brighton Beach Handicap on C. * B. Bohns Blue Hills. Major Sutherland and £ the Seventh Regiment band saluted the j jockey by playing "Happy Birthday to , You" as he came into the winners circle, but Ted apparently wasnt aware of the greeting until he stepped off the scales. I Blue Hills came between horses near the finish of the Brighton Beach to wear down t Abe Le Vinsons pacemaking High Bracket and triumph by a head. Phantom Farms , Nullify was two lengths away at the end of J the mile and a furlong and five lengths be- J fore Lazy F Ranchs favored Out Point, who was far back all the way. Blue Hills, who J was scoring his first victory of the year. J paid /7.80. A few days ago, Atkinson scored * a similar victory on Bohns Dart By, who t was also breaking a long skein of bad races. * Both horses are cast-offs from Brookmeade 1 Stable and have raced well in stakes in the i a past. A crowd of 16,496 turned out in swelter- t ing. humid weather. The attendance was "! held downs by several thousand due to the j continued strike of Long Island railroad engineers. ] High Bracket went to the front at the start of the Brighton Beach, with Guard of j Honor being hustled into closest pursuit, ] followed by Nullify, Blue Hills, Mostest and j Out Point. Going down the backstretch, j High Bracket led Guard of Honor by a half , length with Nullify running strongly a . couple of lengths away, while Blue Hills was ■ close fourth. It was several lengths back to Mostest and Out Point, with the former appearing to try to bear out on the favorite. High Bracket Continues in Front i High Bracket continued to lead around the curves to the stretch, while Guard* of I Honor dropped out of contention and Nul- . lify moved up on the outside to challenge. At the same time, Atkinson brought Blue Hills between the leaders and took a slight ! lead at the eighth pole. High Bracket re- I fused to quit, however, and Atkinson was forced to rouse Blue Hills to retain his lead. , Nullify hung in the final furlong, while Out , Point failed to gain appreciably at the end after going wide at the final bend. C. T. Chenerys Belluno, a "good thing" in the first race, and Patrick Torinos Sign Here combined for a 2.40 Daily Double. They were ridden by Jim Nichols and Bill Boland, respectively. John H. Schiffs El Arabi won the hurdle race, which was a wild scramble from the poor start to the exciting finish. Charles Cushman hustled the winner, who was very rank in the early stages, to the finish a length before C. E. Mather II.s Avon-wood, who led Walter Wicks, Jr.s, Tourelay by three lengths. Mrs. W. Haggin Perrys Fiddlers Choice, the favorite, was a half length out of the money. Mary Robinsons Lady Fairfield ran out on every turn, while Happy Hill Farms Thief and Frances Tomasettis Forbidden C fell spectacularly while racing strongly. El Arabi paid : .40 as second choice. When Melvin Ferral fell with Thief, he rolled and bounced almost 50 feet, and appeared to be kicked by a couple of horses, but jumped to his feet, jogged across the infield and hurled the hedge near the odds board considerably better than his mount had negotiated the obstacles. Later it was discovered he had a deep cut on his right leg. Bob MacDonald also escaped serious injury in his fall from Forbidden C, but rode back to the jockeys room in the ambulance. He suffered a sprained thumb. * Jim Nichols completed a double when he steered Walter S. Homes Raes Reward along the rail to take the Rosebank Purse by a half length from Ray Staritas Geor-getti, who led Ogden Phipps Ancestor another two lengths. A. G. Vanderbilts Color Guard, making his seasonal debut, finished two lengths out of the money after being flat-footed at the start. Raes Reward stepped the fastest six furlongs of the meeting, 1:11 and and paid .40. Nichols had won the opener on Belluna. JOCKEY TED ATKINSON— Celebrated his thirty-sixth birthday yesterday.
