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JAMAICA RACING AT AN END. LOTUS SCORES A BRILLIANT VICTORY TN THE RAVENSWOOD HANDICAP. "Billy" Dubois Wins Fortune Six Favorites Beaten Radtkes Suspension Over Miller Rides His Usual Two Winners. New York. November 2. The finest of Indian summer prevailed at Jamaica today. The favorable weather conditions, combined with a splendid card of seven races, drew morn than lO.fiOO visitors to the cosy little race course. A brilliant, field of sprinters was engaged in the Ravenswood Handicap at six furlongs, the feature par excellence of the long program. Lotu-?, the gigantic daughter of Watercress and La Fleur confirmed her present invincible form by defeating the flower of the eastern sprinting division in fast time, Incidentally enriching her owner, Billy Dubois, to the tune of many thousands. The fact- that Halifax and Jacobite, the E. R. Thomas entry, were backed extensively at 1 to fi, enabled the plunging clubhouse commissioner to get on his big commission at the lucrative odds of 2 to 1. The extent of Billy Dubois wagering on Lotus created a sensation, some averred that in order to recoup recent heavy losses lie had risked every penny he possessed. It was. generally under- stood before the raee.that.it meant make or break for him. .7. W. Gates "killing on Luretta preceded it in which the big plunger. was. generally credited with a huge winning, that failed to excite any-particular comment. t .Six favorites in a.rowwcntdoyrn and. the: betting ring was practically deserted during the speculation on the last. In this r:ice Miller scored his second vielory of the afternoon with Plaud at 11 to 5 eloslng. The early returning trains were crowded today, only tile employees of the track tilling the last two trains. It was quite the most disastrous day of the season for the rank and file of bettors. Tlie card looked very inviting:, many risked their Ixink-rolis on Macy Jr., the probable victim of losing stable orders, and left the track early. Cressinas Ignominious defeat in the mile and a sixteenth handicap was the most crushing blow of the day. Tlie published reports that the Jockey Club would inaugurate an exclusive betting enclosure to which an extra admission, of .00 would be charged on top of the usual .00 has not been confirmed. C. X. De Annan, John Piuigle, and others liavc made extensive entries in tlie Ascot Park and San Francisco stakes. Twenty-five full carloads have been engaged for between now and tlie close of Aqueduct for shipment of eastern racers to California for the coming winter. Gliiette, the great French mare has been reentered in all the stakes of the California Jockey Club. As a result of Roseben being run in the mud yesterday with 1-18 pounds up, his off forehoof spread badly and today lie hobbled and limped about his stall painfully. Jockey Herman Radtkes term of suspension ends today. From all that can be learned regarding Radtkes case It seems that the turf authorities, after an extended investigation into his riding of Tommy . Waddell, have arrived at the conclusion that he was not at fault criminally and that he merely committed an error of judgment.
