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Two Stars Turns Back Odds-on Misty Morn Flanigans Stakes-Winning Filly Shows High Speed at Aqueduct AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 17. Leading all but the first few strides of the featured Putnam Purse, Rear-Admiral Howard A. Flanigans Two Stars turned back Wheatley Stables Misty Morn, the odds-on choice, by a length at the end of the seven furlongs. Eric Guerin appeared about to employ his whip on Two Stars when Misty Morn challenged near the. sixteenth pole, but changed his mind and the daughter of Revoked from Wee Nip won with more speed to spare than the margin at the finish suggests. The two leaders left Reginald N. Websters Sorceress six lengths behind them, while C. T. Chenerys Mano-tick was another two and a half lengths out of the money. Two Stars paid 8.90, though all of her races this year except her last venture in the Betsy Ross Stakes at Garden State had been good. The time was a creditable 1:24 over the fast track. Last year, Two Stars won the Schuyler-vilie Stakes at Saratoga- and the Astarita at this track for her only two victories in nine starts. Incidentally, Two Stars, whose Continued on Page Fifty-Five Two Stars Turns Back Odds-on Misty Morn Flanigans Stakes-Winning Filly Shows High Speed at Aqueduct Continued from Page One name refers to the insignia of a rear admiral in the United States Navy, was bred by Mrs. G. L. Harrison, widow of Rear-Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who was physician to President Woodrow Wilson, while the fillys grandsire is War Admiral. She did everything but write "Mr. Roberts." C. V. Whitneys Whitewash forced Two Stars early pace, but was trying to bear out most of the way and appeared to interfere with Sorceress when that filly started a strong bid on the rail rounding the far puin. Misty Morn was far back in the early stages, but moved up rapidly nearing the three-furlong pole, at which point the entire field of six was bunched in the space of a length. Once straightened away for the long jrun to the wire, Two Stars drew clear and had no great trouble holding Misty Morn safe the rest of the journey. Alfred G. Vanderbilts Indian Land, who was a stakes winner at two and four, but had start-ed only once since 1953, was dropped into the fifth race with a ,000 claiming tag. The son of Tintagel, who came on the track apparently sound and looking like split silk, won the dash with a powerful stretch run by two and a half lengths over Wileu and paid .10. Indian Land was claimed by the capable Gibby Gay, who will probably had no trouble patching up the slight cut he suffered above his left front foot. Indian Land won theabylon Handicap at Aqueduct at two and the Camden and Vosburgh at four while earning 21,300. There were only two other claims in for him today, Gay winning the shake.
