Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-25
AQUEDUCT RACES.
Four Favorites and a Second Choice
in Front

The spring meeting Of the Queens Coun-
ty Jockey Club wound up yesterday at
Aqueduct with some good racing coupled
with the success of four favorites and a
second choice, which enabled the form
players in the crowd of 5000 enthusiasts
to clean up handsomely in their battle
with the books. j. H. Mccormick won
two races with Grenade and Monet.
Grenade captured the Flushing selling
stakes for three-year- olds and upward
one mile. He was the choice all through
the speculation, closing at 3 to =. The
start was ragged, Jack Ratlin beating
the gate and holding the lead until he
turned into the long homestretch, when
he blew up. The little j. Walsh, who had
been following closely with the favorite,
went to the front, but he was forced to
a drive in the last sixteenth to win the
race by three parts of length from
Peter Winners Ocean Tide, II to 1, who
was off poorly and then beat Sais, 6 to l,
by half dozen lengths for second money
Sais. under the whip had half a length
over Consideration, a 30 to / shot. The
mile was run in 40 Is.
Willie Shields invincible colt. Oaklawn
scared nearly all of the would be-starters
out OF the CarnarSie stakes for twO-year-
olds, four furlongS. and then won all the
way. Burns pulling him up at the end
where he had three parts of a length
over Father Bill Days VeroneSe a colt
latter was the runner up at all stages
and defeated James r. Keenes High
Brush. by Ben Brush-Innerdale. an ad-
ded starter. by half a dozen lengths Oak
lawn was at the prohibitive odds of l to
10, and covered the half in 0.IO.
Whorler 10 to l shot. made n .runa-
way of the first race. for platers, seven
furlongs, and breezed home with half a
dozen lengths n re in nh
Farrens King Pepper. second choice, was
the contender all the way and took the
place in a drive by a head from Wizard,
6 to 1. ARABIC the favorite, shut off at the
start, was fourth, beaten three parts of
length.
Jimmy McCormck's Monet picked up
III pounds in the handicap for three
year-olds and upward. six and half fur
longs, and, hammered down to 10 to 10
favorite, came home an easy winner by
a length and a half in 1:21. Amberjack
made the running to the head of the
stretch. where Monet went to the front
to stay. Rosetint 8 to 5, second choice,
was all out to beat Buttling to 1, three
parts of a length for the place. Oarsman
was bumped at the start and never had
a chance.
Tony Aste's Phyllis A, 3 to 1 favorite.
showed her heels to a big field in the
fifth race for two-year-olds, four and
half furlongs, but she was weakening at
the end so that Kent drove her home a
scant length before H. r. Griffin's Avis
ton. 10 to l. Ethel Hayman, to 1, was
two lengths away. August Belmont's
Crossways, after unseating ]. Johnson
for whom Sperling was substituted, was
nowhere.
The hottest tip of the day was Phoe-
bus, who was made an even money favor
lite in the last race for maiden three
year-olds, six furlongs. He had early
speed and looked the winner in the mid
die of the stretch, but backed up and
James r. Keenes Regal, second choice.
beat him a length in hard drive in
lib 40. Ismailian. u to l, was a poor
third.