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Doc Doc Eggers Eggers Makes Makes Good Good in in Primer; Primer; Oil Oil Painting Painting Takes Takes Distaff Distaff Handicap Handicap God Child Second Before Canadiana Woodhouse Whips Filly to Convincing Tally; Favored Sometime Thing Is Fourth By BOB HORWOOD Staff Correspondent AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 20. Though forced to race wide all the way, Mrs. Joe Goodwins Oil Painting charged to a convincing triumph in the second running of the 9,350 Distaff Handicap today.. With Hedley Woodhouse, who was completing a consecutive double, whipping rhythmically, the daughter of Papa Red-bird reached the end of the seven furlongs a length and a half before Dr. John M. Lees God Child, who led E. P. Taylors Canadiana by a neck. It was another neck back to Alfred G. Vanderbilts Sometime Tiling, who was favored by the crowd of 24,367 though she was topweight on the" scale. Oil Painting paid 0.40 and netted 0,300, as the winners share of the stake. It was her second straight score in fast company on Long Island. Black Main Stumbles Black Main stumbled at the start of the Distaff and was quickly moved over to the rail, while Miss Weesie took a length lead in the long run down the backstretch, followed by Canadiana, Sometime Thing and Oil Painting, who was on the outside, closely followed by Dispute, God Child and Black Main. This meant that the ultimate winner had six horses between her and the rail as she sped around the far turn. That didnt prevent her from gaining the lead at the three-furlong pole and in a few strides she was a length before Miss Weesie, who stopped as soon as she was caught. Oil Painting continued to race a bit wide the rest of the way, with God Child and Canadiana, who was between horses all the way and in rather tight quarters, close behind, while Sometime Thing was daylight Continued on Page Forty-Nine Oil Pointing Convincing Distaff Handicap Victress God Child Is Second Aheadlof Canadiona and Sometime Thing Continued from Page One farther back and moving away from the rail to make her bid. Though Woodhouse was forced to whip and shove his hardest to stave off the stubborn bids of God Child, Canadiana and Sometime Thing, Qil Painting responded gallantly and was actually going away in the last strides. Black Main finished a fairly good fifth, followed by Dispute, Miss Weesie, Old Baasket and Queens Beeches. The Tatter, a good winner in England who was purchased from Queen Elizabeth II. by Mrs. John W. Hanes, was away slowly in her American debut and never rejoined the field. Mrs. Robert L. Gerrys Master Ace coasted to an easy score in the fifth event, taking the track at the start and drawing clear each time Hedley Woodhouse let out a notch as he was challenged at the far turn; between the curves and in the upper stretch. C. T. Chenerys Belluno, second choice to the winner, finished three lengths behind and three and a half lengths before Mrs. J. S. Silvermans Comets Glow, who led Ethel D. Jacobs Peter Lane another length and a half. Master Ace paid .20 after getting the six furlongs in 1:11. Ted Atkinson, who won the last four races on Saturday, picked up where he left off by winning todays opener on Dac Stables Greek Day, giving him five straight and six winners in his last nine attempts. Favorite in the seven furlongs dash, Greek Day pulled away from Mama Shane in the stretch to score by five lengths, paying .80. Greek Day was claimed for ,000 by J. T. Maloney, while Mrs. Jules Schwartz reclaimed Mama Shane from Jules for ,500 Wessler had haltered her from Mrs. Schwartz for the same sum in 1 1 April. .
