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The The Dude Dude Outsprints Outsprints Fighting Fighting Frank; Frank; Windf Windf ields ields Scores Scores Again Again at at Aqueduct Aqueduct Whips War Watch At Mile and Eighth Canadian-Bred Colts Third Win in Row Earns Him Place In Line-Up for Dwyer Stakes AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y.,— June 10.— Aqueduct returned to Aqueduct today and a sizable Monday crowd of 27,203 fans turned out at the Rockaway Boulevard course. They were greeted by an upset in the featured Gravesend Purse when E. P. Taylors Windfields, rather inexplicably the outsider of the four-horse field, drove to a two and a half lengths triumph over Mrs. Alfred Roberts War Watch, while J. B. Thealls Islam Prince was eight lengths away in third place, a similar margin before William Helis Tidy Bid. The four horses finished in precisely the opposite order of their program numbers. Winfields, who was winning his third straight, paid a liberal 2.60 and ran the mile and a furlong in the slow time of 1:54 over the fast, but not speed-conducive strip. Herb Lindberg rode the Canadian-bred son of Bunty Lawless. The improvements at Aqueduct consist mainly of 84 additional pari-mutuel windows and a bleachers stand at the stretch turn which will eventually have 2,500 seats. The seats are arriving in driblets and there is quite a job involved in putting them in place as they have to be riveted to platforms. There are also additional sanitary facilities, a trainers and dockers stand on the backstretch and improved drainage. Track officials estimate that Aqueduct can now accommodate about 15,000 persons more than formerly. Racing Strip on Slow Side The racing strip itself appears to be in its best condition in some years, though on the slow side. Track superintendent Frank Keough, being a horseman all his life, is more concerned with safety than having new track records. Tidy Bid was sent to the front at the start of the Gravesend and quickly opened up a lead of eight lengths over Windfields, who was followed by Islam Prince and War Watch. Tidy Bid continued to lead down the far side where War Watch and Islam Prince came up on Windfields, the former momentarily moving into second place. Tidy Bid was beginning to shorten stride, however, and Lindberg roused Windfields Continued on Page Three The Dude Has Speed to Beat Fighting Frank at Hawthorne Continued from Page One he is a real topnotcher. His races here stamp him as an unusual thoroughbred, j J but there are a number of skeptics who ° refuse to accept the miniature colt in the upper strata. The silks of F. W. Hooper were carried ,d ™ to their second triumph of the day when Yesnow, a three-year-old gelded son of ll Menow — Annebell Lee, aided by the clever "■ riding of Steve Brooks, smothered his ~~ rivals in the fifth race and he skipped over the six furlongs in 1:13 ft to score in hollow fashion by five lengths. Mrs. Emil Dene-marks Karakorum was a neck in front of "~f ? the Sandy Strand Stables High Hope in the fight for the place. Brooks lost little time in pushing Yesnow ™ to the front but he encountered severe opposition ?" from Sable Star until heading into ° the stretch. At that point Sable Star dropped ?,"j out of contention and left Yesnow all JJj by his lonesome and Brooks sat still the remainder of the distance for an easy sy score. F. W. Hoopers Little Bits, well named gelding, judging by his small size, broke away from the gate like a flash and stepping along briskly during the first quarter, he opened up a lead of several lengths, then breezed under the wire by five lengths. This race was a claiming affair for juveniles at five furlongs that was contested as the third test of the afternoon. While Little Bits probably would have been a bargain at the ,000 tag he carried, the others showed little to indicate they had any pretentions to class. Louis B. Combs News Report, favorite in the wagering, was much the best of the others and finished second in front of C. Troutts Busy Pony. Little Bits, under the handling of Ovie Scurlock, raced the distance in 1:01%.
