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Fifty-Three Nominated For Carter Handicap Tom Fool, Intent and Tuscany In 0,000 Sprint on June 27 AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., May 23.— Aqueducts Carter Handicap, which was made one of the richest sprints in racing when Cyrus S. Jullien, president of the Queens County Jockey Club, increased its value to 0,000, has attracted 53 nominees for the fifty-third renewal of the seven-furlong dash on June 27, it was revealed yesterday by racing secretary John B. Campbell. The event is one of the highlights of Aqueducts 19-day summer meeting, opening June 20. An outstanding field of speedsters, headed by Greentrees Tom Pool, winner of the Joe H. Palmer and Metropolitan Handicaps under 130 pounds; Brookfield Farm sin-tent, the Santa Anita Handicap victor; Mrs. Samuel M. Pistorios Tuscany, the Toboggan winner, and Jan Burkes Squared Away, who set a new track mark recently at Pimlico, are expected to go after the big pot. The Carter, oldest in the Metropolitan area run over the same track, was inaugurated in 1895, a year after the opening of Aqueduct. At that time the event was worth 00 to the winner and the prize was put up by a Captain Carter, a Brooklyn contractor. The Queens County Jockey Club retained the name in honor of the donor. The event became world famous in 1944 when the seven-furlong dash ended in a triple dead heat, the first time in stakes history. Principals involved were Joe W. Browns Brownie, Belair Studs Bossuet and William Ziegler, Jr.s Wait-A-Bit. The picture of this unusual finish has been circulated all over the world and even now requests are still being received for copies. The Carter has always attracted the first flight in the sprint division and the added incentive of the big purse brought a big jump in the number of entrants. Last years event attracted bu 36. The track record for the event was set by Greentrees Northern Star, also a nominee this year, in 1:22, the fastest seven furlongs run in New York since the great Roseben ran it in 1906 in the same time.
