The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-11
FAIRY WAND WINS
GAZELLE HANDICAP
Scores First Victory Of the
Year for Lieut.. G.. A. Coch-
ran at Aqueduct Track.

For the first time this season the IA
nous green and gold. the colors Of
Lieut.. Clifford A. Cochran. flashed home
In front yesterday afternoon at the Aque-
| duct track. They were borne to victory
In the GaEelle Handicap by Fairy Wand.
| tho big chestnut daughter of Star Shoot
and Countess Wanda.
Fairy Wand was full of running, and
| taking the lead soon after the barrier
was lifted never was headed. At the
end Of the one mile and sixteenth jour-
| ney she was length In front of Com
mander J. K l.. Ross's bay Ally Pris-
ella MullenB. which took second honors,
eight lengths ahead Of Joe Marrone's
1anovia-
Tho Gazelle. which is for mares and
Niles brought half dozen nifty ladies
to the post. After the Quincy Stable
had scratched Lady Dorothy. p. A. Clark
added Battle and George d. Widener
named Banshee. but the added sta rters
never played a prominent part in the
race and were beaten of.
After tho victory William Mldgely
trainer Of the victor. sent n cablegram
to Lieut.. Cochran. who Is fighting with
the American forces In Italy.
borrow Runs Fast Mile.
After several defeats Harry Payne
Whitney's ten-year-old gelding Borrow
scored victory. The old fellow won
the fifth race. a handicap at one mile,
In the fast time Of :3S.
This famous old geldlng. which has
scored brilliant victories on both sides
OF tho Atlantic, carried his 12s pounds
without faltering He followed Edward
Arlington's st. Isidore to the stretch,
where he came on and won easily by a
length. St Isidore tired badly in the
final sixteenth. but Georgia Walls kept
him going long enough to land the Sec
ond part of the purse by a neck from
A. H. Diax's Orestes.
1t was Orestes's last race on a metro
politan track this year. After the con-
teet Mr.. Diaa announced that he will
ship all OF his thoroughbreds except the
yearl!ngs to Havana early next week.
John Sanfords bay Ally Tuscaloosa de-
feated q big field of high class two-year-
olds In tho last race. Georgie Walls
got her away from a bad position at
the post in excellent style and sent her to
tho front during the first sixteenth OF
mile. From then to the end all the
noted little Jockey had to do was to sit
still and let the Ally step along as she
pleased She was never compelled to do
her hest and won by three lengths. Harry
Payne Whitneys Pigeon Wing. which
was the public favori,e. ran in second
position throughout. but never threat
ened Tuscaloosa Major August Bel
mont's Duchess Lace was 4hird.
'Chase Goes to sixty -Four.
The steep,echase went to Commander
J. X. l.. Ross's bay gelding Sixty Four.
He was much better than his opponents
and won easily. He made all the run
ming and at tho end was more than o
dozen lengths ahead Of Joseph r. Wide
ner's imported jumper Louvois King
Simon finished third.
Star Spangled, which enriched $4,000
rncegoers by carrying hiR patriotic naIns
home in front on the Fourth OF July.
returned to the track In the frst race
and scored another brilliant victory. As
IN his previous race James Fttzsimmons
was confident he would win and told
every one he knew and hundreds he
didn't know to have a wager on the
colt. As a result Star Spangled was
heavily backed favorite. and when he
finished in front received a tremendous
ovation.
James Shevlin. president of tho Queens
County Racing Association. announced
yesterday that the Red Cross had re-
ceived 5000 from the AQueduct track
last Friday,