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KINGS BLUE VICTOR IN MIRTLEWOOD HANDICAP DOUBLE FOR BELAIR STUD SILKS AT AQUEDUCT FOXBROUGHANDAPACHE ENTER WINNERS CIRCLE CIRCLEFormer Former Annexes Petruchio Purse for Initial Triumph in U S A Alcazar Colt Scores First Out OutNEW NEW YORK N Y June 23 Foxbrough made his long delayed return to colors in auspicious fashion on a breezy afternoons program at Aqueduct today as he loafed home in front of a good field in the featured Petruchio Purse of a mile and a sixteenth William Woodwards homebred brother of Gallant Fox and Fighting Fox came to the final marker in this offering with a length and a quarter to spare over Johnny Par ¬ tridges Devils Crag who was taken far out of it early by Arc ro then finished steadily and well under pressure J E Wideners Moscow II set the pace under sufferance for a few furlongs early in the contest and wound up third four lengths back of the runnerup and far before Saguenay II and the others of a field of half a dozen dozenFoxbrough Foxbrough was completing a double for the chairman of The Jockey Club whose Apache a firsttime starter graduated in front of some highly regarded maiden two yearolds in ths race preceding the days stellar attraction The fiveyearold son of Sir Gallahad III and Marguerite was a topheavy favorite right off recent works and paid just 330 for 2 after carrying his moderate impost of 114 pounds over the distance on a dry racing strip in 146 The time was nothing remarkable but he was facing a stiff wind up the back stretch and then loafed much of the way through the front pass passCHAMPION CHAMPION JUVENILE IN ENGLAND ENGLANDFoxbrough Foxbrough as most know was bred in Kentucky and shipped to England as a yearling where he was the champion two yearold of his year and early favorite for the famed Epsom Derby A war refuge he was second in the Westchester Handicap at Empire last fall though he failed to win in 1940 He is not an eligible for the Brook ¬ lyn but is in the Butler and other important stakes stakesMondays Mondays card promised some interesting entertainment and attracted a crowd of 10665 The stties were clear during the early hours of the day but a strong breeze threat ¬ ened rain and it was cloudy when the fea ¬ ture was decided The chalk players fared rather well during the afternoon with Fox broughs tally one of the most widely advo ¬ cated of the meeting meetingFoxbrough Foxbrough far overshadowed his field in the Petruchio Belay was rough in the gate and then broke into the air while Moscow H and Saguenay II left the gate head and head on the lead end with Stout shuffling on Foxbrough and sending him after that pair around the first turn Once settled in stride in the opening quarter Foxbrough was wasContinued Continued on fifth page DOUBLE FOR BELAIR STUD SILKS AT AQUEDUCT OVAL OVALFoxbrough Foxbrough and Apache Triumph for The Jockey Club Chairman ChairmanContinued Continued from first page pagefull full of run and went past the leading duo entering the back stretch with Stout reach ¬ ing for holds Foxbrough only galloped the rest of the way increasing his lead to four lengths on the last turn Through the stretch the favor ¬ ite was cocking his ears and looking for horses as is his wont and he started easing himself near the end Stout was given some anxiety getting his mount going again as Arcaro moved with Devils Crag CragREGULAR REGULAR WHIRLAWAY RIDE RIDEArcaro Arcaro had taken Devils Crag back leav ¬ ing the gate and gave him a Whirlaway ride the Partridge fouryearold lagging lengths off the first three going down the far lane and then steadily making up ground in the final three furlongs However Fox ¬ brough did not wait in front of him long enough to permit the Partridge representa ¬ tive to gain an advantage from that crochet of the Belair horse one that cost him more than one important 1940 stake stakeMoscow Moscow II was no match for Foxbrough when the latter went buzzing past him but continued well enough to be third though far back Apache a firsttime starter from tfie Belair Stud whipped nine other maiden twoyear olds in the five and onehalf furlongs of the fourth offering in which he made the ac ¬ counting by two lengths at the direct expense of William Zieglers Wait a Bit Greentrees heavily backed Buckskin was third another three lengths back backApache Apache paid 2620 and was ridden by Jimmy Stout He forced the pace of Bul ¬ rush until the latter game way then wore down Buckskin and after taking command was good enough to withstand a final fur ¬ long rally by Wait a Bit Apache was lugging out on the turn and then came in and both ¬ ered Buckskin as he put the latter away
