The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
ROAMER SETS MARK
IN WINNING CARTER
Three Ncar-old Beats Strong
Field in I - - for Seven
Furlongs.
RECORD FOR AQUEDUCT TOO
Borrow Carries 100 Pounds to
second Place-Ten Point
i Beaten OFF.
FOR AQrEDUCT TOO

Andrew Millcr's Roamer. a three-year- |
al carried of the palm In the race for
u, carter Handicap ut Aqueduct yes
.erda, and in SO doing set MP new
record ror the race. which has been a
turf fixture since 1895. as well as cs-
,,hItsntnr new figures OF ! "a 40 for the
distance ~ sew furlongs over the
Atu,iur' track. The sizzling pace at
which Roamcr carried his field along
IVA, he .magpol by the fact that he
,tppcd ON" second and n nth from the
p-eyious hest time made by James L.
nccn,'s Isracitc IN 1903.
dozen Of the hest thorouEhbreds
racing In the metropolitan district went
10 the post Tor the event. which until this
season had been the opening attraction
~ the queens County Jockey Club spring
axiurc That the race is still draw
irg card was proved by the big crowd
which turned out. Close on to 10000
persons spread over the lawn and wedged
tncir way into the grand stand in spite
OF the fact that open betting was tabooed
and a man had to be well acquainted be-
lore he could make a wager on any horse
lie fancicd Circulating among the well
known frcqucnters of the track were
number Of detectives from Headquarters,
but tho recent activity OF the police had
It's effect and not single arrest was
made for violation Of the laws in regard
10 bookmal,ing.
Though tho race was Roamer's from
the drop 81 the flag to the time when the
son OF knight Errant-Rose Tree I'd
flashed past the judges two lengths in
Of HtNnp WhilnRy'a BOT-
row, there was glory enough for the
after I'M his defeat of all the heavily
weighted starters and especially in the
fact that lie took the number OF A. l..
Astes Ten Point. which carried 129
rounds. ~ did Borrow, and was sup
ported 20 earnestly that from an OPEN
.ng quotation OF TO he closed strong
'avorte AT ! to ..
August Belmont scratched Rock View.
which was asked to shoulder 1870 pounds,
ana this lett Ten Point. four-year-
Cd. and Borrow, a siN-year-old conceu-
lng weight TO the rest of the field. Bor-
row ON account Of his gelding allow
arce. was the actual top weight accord
.1V to the weight for age scale, while
Ro4mtr. with 109 pounds, had the honor
NJ leading the three-year-olds in the
matter of weight carried. In addition
80 Borrow. Mr.. Whitney started Gamer,
and the whitney stable was supported
oh'IInable against Roamer.
Buttons clevorucss In getting Roamer
away from tho post had much to do with
his success The field appeared to be In
rorfcct alignment when the lifting or the
barrier denoted that the race was on. but
In half a dozen strides Roamsr had
dashed into clear lead. and he scurrted
away so fast that when he swept around
'Na first turn he had lead OF nearly
N"e lengths Borrow. next to the out
s'da Wds slow 10 get In motion. and was
several lengths behind the leader at the
md of the first furlong.
Ten Point was In his running quickly
hu' N making the first turn he got into
jam aud never was prominent there
,''o- There WAS wild chase after
roamer all around the turn. with Flying
Fairy pressing her way through the mass
ami taking second place away from Mo
r'dlan as the horses Strengthened out In
ne stretch Then Borrow was noticed
waving his way through. and great
shouts greeted the gallant effort Of the
'op weight TO get ON terms with Tho
'salo-
Notter made up for his dilatory tao
tlrs at the start by driving Borrow Will
~hp and heel all through the last fur
long, and until the last sixteenth II looked
- though the Whitney entry had "A chance
~ catch the threc-year- Then Dor
rov began to faltcr and as he hung II
vs. stride the cheers OF the crowd switched
n Roamer. the certain winner. Notte
kept hard at work to the end. but in tn
nrgl rush could not gain an inch OF
Roar"r which won ny two lengths Fly
ing Fairy hung on better than in tn
u !olilyn and finished third. four Lengths
isaind Borrow and three lengths In from
~ r. f. Csrman's Meridian. Ten Poin
"u'"an the rest In the stretch and Finished
f''h with the large field trailing off be
'ont performer and winner Of the Sara
toca Special as two-year-old. was yer.
'onular and received warmly by tn
crowd
Ten Point was not the only favorite (
m'.t defeat. only two first choices win
Ming The FIRST upset occurred IN tn
onc7ing handicap for three-year olds an
inward at six furlongs. August Bel
monts Crossbun was made favorite a
n ., with Impression and Carl equa
second choices in the field OF six Cross
hun began slowly and Water Welles. neg
le''ed Al TO !, was away wingint
only to give way to Carl at the turr
Water Wellcs followed the pace set b
CAL until the last furlone, when he DIRE,
on' McNahe then started n belated ru
On IMPRESSION and Water Welles had a
10 could do to hang on long enough I
snatch victory by neck
+. r. lltchCnck's Recession was tn
Disappointing public choice in the secon
race another dash of six furlongs. DE-
ro'l' WAS out in front with Mrs. NJ. j
Farmers Rdtina, after the first fey
t,rdr7 and easily withstood Trlfer's cha
thso N mo stretch TO win by two Lengths
pNl ferns, Jr,, third a similar distanC
behind
NN'r many attempts. In which he ha
disappointed his admirers the Montpt
Yer stables Amalh finally scored in III
'n''d 'ar", for four yea r-Olds and upwar
~ d milo and a sixteenth, lie was mad
'a'orit', with Goldy and Patton consdere
I' most dangerous rivals. The two Ia,
named Wrr" outrun in the first half mil
"nl.r N'ualh stuck closely to the pace s,
y Boil" of Bryn MaWr. Goldy was La
harln- the turn for home, but ran n r.
M"IRih'' race from that point. Anal
,"''r was In DANCE however, and wo
'nrre lengths with Goldy beating Ia
S"F'n .alf IA length for the place.
ion1' hry dropped IN a soft spot in II
MN taco aud won gallopinE from Rollir
zone covering the mile in ! 40, In Il
ma dash for two-ye ar-olds Al Reeve
= '"N'd h' IN" Brooksde Stable. WI
.hNrd 80 strongly that his odds fell fro
/" J Ia to :. He failed to get ava
- quickly as August Belmonts Luxur
..r 'avorlte but sailed into the lead
we IaSt furlong and won easily by f'
'I-ihs from LUXURY. The summaries:
FIRST RACE.