The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-29
PRIDE OF PARK ROW
IN FRONT AT FINISH
Sam Jackson Is First Under
Wire in Best Race vt Day
at Aqucduct.
LEFT AT POST

sem Jackson. which had run second
in the Suburban and third In the Empire
City Handicap. further distinguished
himself Yesterday by winning the Dun
woodie Handicap at a mile, which was
the best fiat race provided at the Aque-
duct track sam Jackson's victory
brought JOY and wealth to the workers
in ana near Park Row. for he is owned
by Fin o'Brien, who has an establish
n,ent facing City Hail PARK ard is one
OF the best known men Ia the neighbOr-
hood.
Sam Jackson's prominent running in
the two previous big hdudicaps men
toned caused him to start n strong
faNorite at : to 8. with Buck1orn and
Hlanovia closing at 3 to /, Iron Duke
. To ! and Lady Teresa : to Iron
Duke ran a remarkable race in finishing
second. as he conceded weight by the
scale to every other morse IN the race.
hen II came to the stretch run, how
ever. lie was no match for sam lack
SOL. which came from behind and I'm
ishcd with a burst Of speed that landed
nim four lengths IN front.
There were anxious moments for the
hackers Of the favorite. as h. was tine
only one of the quintet that did not
get away when the barrier Went up.
with the ~flectfootcd Hanovia tearing off
the first three e.ghths In 30 seconds.
sam Jackson fell further behind. lie
was not able to make up any ground
on the leaders gong around the turn.
ds bN this time Iron Duke had outruu
HtnOvla ana was leading shs bunch al
a EaIt that brought him To the five fur
longs in a minute Buckhorn was the
immediate pursuer then. but as soon is
the stretch run began Tommy MCTag-
cart wen to work on sam Jackson and
the aged performer responded with such
an increase of speed that he ran over
Iron Duke ana BuCkhorn as they were
lighting for the lead at the eighth pole.
After that the only race was for the
place. Iron Duke finishing with resolu-
tiou and heating Ruckhorn by half a
length. The time of | 81 3-5 WAS fast
when Il is taken into consideration tina
the inner is essentially a long distance
horse.
Though only four horses started In the
Midsummer Steeplcohdse Handicap it
provided a real good race and a close
flush, the first three Icing within three
lengths as they passed the judges.
shannon River, the top weight. went to
tn front before the end of the first
turn uf the course. with Skibbereeu and
Elc' ton Bet his immediate followers.
Allen s"nt shannon River along SO that
lie opened a gap of TN lengths At ,re
beginning of the bdCkstretCh. Then
Single stick made "A run that brought
nm To within two lengths OF the lcader
as they made the last turn. Sklhberecu.
which was indifferently riddeu by Hen
dcrsou, had dropped back To- last, hut
canl" again In the .%t,.tei', 50 mat ON
clearing the last fenC. shannon River
had only q lengths advantage. There
N.s Il r"usiug, Whipping finish through
the stretch. IN which shannon River
showed the most speed and won by two
lengths. with Sk'hbeicru taEing the
place from Single StIck by a length.
John Sanford scored with two OF his
hom" bred Niles. t.lrusinia. q three
Near-old. and ! oyalISt. IA two-year-old.
Thu former was making her first start
Of the year in the second race and went
10 the front early To win by Il length
from the rather unfortunate Hlker.
RoYalist had little to beat in the last
face aud came home three lengths ia
front Of T. +. cooncy'S Flag Day. The
summaries:
FIRST ACT