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Tohitian King Tops Shevlin Line-Up Whitaker Colt Shoulders 120 While Facing Eleven Rivals Dictar, Caesar Did, Bassanio* ► Regarded Threats; Gazelle, Carter Also Run This Week AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y.f June 20.— Three stakes are on the agenda for the first full week of the Aqueduct meeting, starting with the 0,000 Shevlin for three-year-olds at seven furlongs on Monday, followed by the 5,000 Gazelle for fillies of the same age at a mile and a sixteenth on Wednesday, and climaxed by the seven-furlong Carter Handicap, which has been increased to 0,000 added this year, on Saturday. The Carter, which has been run at Aqueduct since 1895, is to be headed by Greentree Stables handicap champion, Tom Fool, who has been sharpened for speed since his smashing triumph in the Suburban at a mile and a quarter. Green-tree also has a formidable candidate for the Gazelle in Hows Tricks, who has yet to be tried over a distance, but comes from two easy and exceptionally swift victories at six furlongs. She will probably have to face Mrs. Ben P. Whitakers Coaching Club American Oaks winner, Grecian Queen and E. P. Taylors Queens Plate winner, Cana-diana. Variation in ClaSs of Winners Until this year, the Shevlin has been contested at a mile and a sixteenth and there has been a wide varaiation in the class of the winners. While it has been won by such stars as Victorian, Jack High, Faireno, By Jimminy, My Request and Battlefield, it has also fallen to such erratic sophomores as Blue Border, Colonel Mike, Dooly and Golden Gloves. This edition of the fixture has attracted a field of 12, headed by Ben F. Whitakers Tahitian King -with 120 pounds. All of his rivals, except Willy Schwabs Milspal, get in with 111 pounds, and that filly is to carry 106. Tahitian King was generally regarded as the chief rival to Native Dancer last year, but this season has been somewhat of a. disappointment, though he won the Swift Stakes from a fair field at the same distance at Belmont Park, and more recently finished a close third behind Invig-orator and Isasmoothie in the Peter Pan Handicap. Hedley Woodhouse will ride the son of Polynesian, who will probably be a tepid choice despite his weight. Dictar Second to Powhatan The best recent form among those opposing Tahitian King is held by George Auerbachs Dictar, Howell E. Jacksons Caesar Did and Ogden Phipps Bassanio. Dictar finished second to Powhatan at Belmont last out after having been idle since early spring, when he ran three good races at Jamaica, winning one and placing in two after an obscure debut. A powerful, big-bodied colt, he shapes up as the one to beat on Monday. Caesar Did is an erratic colt, who, according to trainer Ed Christmas, wants * things his own way, but comes from a fine race behind Scimitar and Invigorator on a muddy track in the Kent Stakes at Delaware. Bassanio scored an easy victory in his last start at Belmont Park, but had nothing much behind him. Before that he was only a half length behind Tahitian King in the Peter Pan when, getting a dozen pounds. Milspal and R. P. Levys Hueso have been racing in neighboring states of late and showing fair form, while King Ranchs Kamehameha was unplaced in the Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs on Wednesday, after having started in the Belmont Stakes last Saturday, in which his saddle slipped. G. C. Ganters* Virtuous has* drawn the number 1 stall in the gate and has the speed to take the track at the start. Henry Moreno will ride this colt, who may require some -catching. Jack Amiels Sun Warrior is another speedy colt, who will probably vie for the early lead. The Shevlin field is completed by Velvet Acres Cairnbrook, C. T. Chenerys Fly-Lo and Valley Farms Impasse. Cairnbrook and Fly-Lo finished in that order at the front end of a slow sprint on June 12.
