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TILEING DEFEATS JUGGLER XEADS ALL THE WAY IN THE CORONA STAKES AT JAMAICA Preceptor Surprises Folks Cella Shows a Probable ProbableCrack Crack in Toil Jockey Sumtcr Not Badly J Hurt George Odom Buys Trance New York May 1 The racing at Jamaica today was tame and uninteresting scratches reducing the fields materially in some of the races After last nights downpour it was expected that the track would be muddy but under the Influence of a hard wind the surface of the course was dry but was soft underneath and far from fast The weather Was very cold and the attendance was kept down to the regulars For those that did turn out it was only a fairly profitable day as but two choicer won although the winners all had a following followingThe The feature was the Corona Stakes for which there were only three starters Juggler was a slight favorite throughout over Tilelng but the latter was much the best In the going Juggler was stifTer than usual when he appeared on the track and did not warm out of it in his customary way Tilelng took the lead early and had an easy thing of it to the end Juggler could not outrun Sir Toddlngtou until seven furlongs had been covered sind ran far below his best form formThe The condensed history of the Corona Stakes Is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1003 Setanket 4 1O1 Fuller 12251402 11MM 1225140211MM Ie Ueszke 5 10i Shaw 130145J 1905 Lord Badge 0 107 Crinimins I7il5 140 J 7renade 5 lOIi Garner 1130 140 JJKI7 140JJKI7 Juggler 4 10S Mountain lSi 144 1SOS 1441SOS Tilelng 4 100 1C Dugan 1240118 1240118Light Light Wool had no trouble in administering a decisive beating to Berkeley the favorite for the handicap ifor which there were four starters Light Wool was on his bad behavior at the post but broke flying and made every post a winning one It was a bad race however and except the winner none of the starters is entitled to rank with good han ¬ dicap horses except with a big pull in the weights weightsThe The fact that Preceptors two beaten races were in stakes was overlooked by the bettors who made both J II Reed and Indomitable favorites over him for the opening race Preceptor made a run ¬ away race of it however and will surely pay his way In the twoyearold selling races Indomitable like most of the get of Watercress was not suited i by the soft going and can do much better than his performance of today todayThere There were tips galore for the twoyearold race which closed the card but as usual the winner turned up in one that had some racing experi ¬ ence This was H T Griilhis Havre which ran the favorite Lilypad Into defeat and won handily enough from Tod Lilypad Tod The Robin Ruble and Miss Battenbcrg were each heavily backed Tod I is said to be the fastest youngster in L A Cellas stable and none of those with which he ran today is likely tbtoeat him again especially when tin distances are stretched out He Is a beautiful bij colt by Senipronlus Ethclinda II He was green j and broke slowly but was running great guns through the stretch and has the cut of a stake colt Miss Battcnberg a very ratty fractious youngster got the wotst of some crowding after going a fur ¬ long and fell G Swain who rode her was for ¬ tunate to escape injury being only shaken up and slightly bruised bruisedSumter Sumter who was removed to the hospital after getting a fall from Patriot yesterday Is not badly hurt and it Is expected that he will be all right In l a day or two twoR R F Carman who appears to hold a strong hand for the Long Beach Handicap tomorrow will I have to look around for a rider as G Burns was today set down for five days His offense was breaking through the barrier with Sir Toddington in the Corona Stakes StakesGeorge George Odom has purchased the fllly Trance from H T Griflin and she will carry his colors in the 3 EIrnhurst Stakes tomorrow The price was not t made public Odom is gradually getting together f a useful stable stableAt At a meeting of the republican state committee last night the proposition to make the endorsement of Governor Hughes position on the race track ques ¬ tion a feature of his claims for the presidency when his name Is presented In the national convention was unanimously voted down
