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Grey Flight Just Lasts To Nose Out Blue Border BorderLong Long Early Lead Dwindles Fast In Late Stages of Aqueduct Dash DashAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y June 21 Wheatley Stables Grey Flight lost all but about an inch of a fivelength lead in the featured Flying Heels Handicap today but saved enough to win the photo decision from Greentree Stables Blue Border Sid ¬ ney S Schuppers Miss Disco finished a half dozen lengths behind the flying lead ¬ ers and two lengths before Russell A Fire ¬ stones Degage Mrs C O Iselins Nassau and Mrs C C Tanners Colonel OF com ¬ pleted the small field Job Dean Jessop rode Grey Flight who paid 540 as the public choice and got the six furlongs in 111 111A A good Monday crowd of 21754 turned out in appropriate weather for the first day of summer an excellent turnout in view of the opening of Monmouth Park ParkJessop Jessop opened up a wide early lead with the speedy Grey Flight with Degage in closest pursuit Blue Border Colonel OF and Nassau formed a compact group fol ¬ lowed by Miss Disco in the run to the far turn Grey Flight added to her lead steadily in the run around the turns but Blue Border saved ground at the final turn and responded amazingly well when War ¬ ren Metirtens went to the whip fighting on with unsuspected unsuspectedc c courage As Grey Flight bore out to the middle of the track and Degage wearied Blue Border cut the leaders margin with every stride drawing almost level in the final stride Grey Flight FlightContinued Continued on Page Three Grey Flight Hangs On to Gain Nose Decision Over Blue Border BorderContinued Continued from Page One Onewas was still running however and it is pos ¬ sible that she might have been able to hold her scant margin indefinitely indefinitelyMiss Miss Disco who was hot and restless going to the post passed thoroughly beaten horses for her share of the spoils spoilsWalter Walter P Chryslers Outland a son of Bahram captured the fifth race a dash for maiden juveniles outfinishing Ogden Phipps The Admiral to score by a head in a hard drive Vera S Braggs Prop fin ¬ ished a half length away after setting the pace for all but the fraction of the five and a half furlongs while Belair Studs Bosmet coupled with The Admiral was a distant fourth Warren Mehrteris rode Outland who paid 1140 and was timed in 107 The winner is a homebred eolfc who was making his third start and shows steady improvement The Admiral who was made the favorite was acquired in the E R Bradley dispersal and is a handsome though slightly ewenecked son of War Admiral from the Selima winner Big Hurry and is bred along the same lines as Busher and Mr Busher He will doubtless improve and is engaged in the Tremont and Great American at this meeting Out ¬ land has no local stakes engagements
