New-York tribune., 1919-06-29
Filly
Wins Aqueduct
Feature Race
Buxton Rides Star Mas
Il -.
ter to Vic tory in
Queens County Handicap
By w. ]. Macbeth

two-year-old filly. stamped herself as
one of the very best juveniles Of the
season by her sensational victory in
the Great American of $4,000, the fea-
ture race at Aqueduct yesterday after
noon.
The big, graceful daughter of Ulti-
mus -Belgravia picked up the heavy i'm
post of 1877 pounds, and over a track
which by no stretch of the imagina-
tion could be considered lightning fast
at the time, sprinted the five furlongs
in 5S 2-5 seconds; the best performance,
doubtless, this chute course had ever
seen. The record for the course, only
one-fifth second faster. was set July
last by W. r. Goes Terentia, under
112 pounds.
One of the very largest crowds out
to the races this season and by far
the greatest multitude of enthusiasts
that ever watched the thoroughbred
sport at Aqueduct was in attendance
yesterday afternoon. Every available
square inch Of stands, aisles, stairways,
club house verandas and lawns was
packed to suffocation, while the "over-
low" was backed into the old ring un-
der the stands. About a third Of the
populace on hand couldn't get even q
glimpse Of the various competitions.
they heard, rather than saw, the COM
petitions.
Man O. War Was Scratched
But getting back to the Great Ameri-
an. it seemed really a pity that the
Glen Riddle Farm scratched Man o.
War, universally regarded as the best
tto-year-old colt seen so far, for with
MS 1870 pounds he and Bonnie Mary
would have met on equal terms. And
there are many good judges of the
opinion that the filly would have taken
he colt in the race she ran yesterday.
Bonnie Mary's victory was most i'm
s2resslve. She was not the favorite J.
W. Mays Head. Over Heels, another
avorte. which carried only lip pounds,
cot most of the play; first, because of
sahe disparity in weights, ard secondly
because Bonnie Mary in her last start
# June ID, at Jamaica, in the Rosedaie
urlongs, was beaten by Toujours.
e'lany were of the opinion that the i'm
jost was too much for her courage.
Bonnie Mary redeemed not only her
.orner prestige but established an albi
For the earlier reverse against the
'party guilty-none other than Jockey
Buddy Ensor. The boy was anything
nut fit for saddle duty that afternoon.
1ho FLY finished with a deep cut over
aier eye where Ensor had whanged her
''ver the head alleging that she tried
&. rLn out with him at the turn
'h'ch fact, it is said, led to stern re-
7 risals on the part of Trainer Bill
tIc~ln
TIE Great American yesterday was
ssrit.y twohorse race. OF the field
M. dozen that went to the post,
he favorte, Head Over Heels, alone
Fas able to give Bonnie Mary any kind
u an argument. For the first three
,ghtEs the pair raced head to head
Tonne Mary's resolution broke the
cart of Head Over Heels, and through
he slral furlong it was only romp
IT TIE Clark filly. Had she been
rosssd, Bonnie Mary might have have
otGh'd the record or beaten it, in
led
Winner Well Ridden
Z Callahan did not put I'D very i'm
sssve finish on the favorite. Under
ne 'ash Head Over Heels bolted over
'waid the rail at the last sixteenth.
at at the time the colt was badly
10 Asd the leg up on the winner. dis
avet superb Judgment and excellent
'rsen anahip throughout.
(. hlacomber's Star Master won
ne Queens County Handicap, at a
i.e. This race was run just to suit
lin md Buxton. The lightweighted
ppi,y Witchet raced the high
aignted Naturalist to death in the
sr,T running, so that Buxton had only
- av.it the psychological moment to
AXE winning bid in the stretch.
mper, outruH in the early stages of
&c journey, closed with a great rush
!7r third money.
]. E: Griffith's The Brook proved
nself the class of the timber ton
RS. In spite of his ITO pounds i'm
'st the little gelding, we'll handled
Kennedy, came on with great reso-
: led Brooks at the last @ jump nr"'aTfi and
u galloping. Debadou, the early
? 7rlaker, ran out after clearing the
lence. This one, though tired,
have given The Brook an ar
ut in the final dash over the fiat.
'rook equalled the record for the
& a-5. ="
Pickwick Breezes Home
opening dash of seven furlongs
only breeze for Piekwick, the
on favorite. Warsaw won the
fifth after racing n. X. Beal into
mission, but had to be hard rid
20 stave off the challenge of Ivry.
latter once more bore out with
= after losing a lot of ground on
unt OF the boys temerity in the
J.. through the back stretch.
real old-fashioned form reversal
seioped in the closing trial. R. /.
h;s = haekamore, so to l shot, got
cis money, while Eastern Glow
q Cormoran, outsiders. finished soo
and third. The favorite, Roseland
the second choice, Link Bov'
er figured D0s'
HOffuer Wiz. Csyr re-, !