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DEAD HEATERS AT JAMAICA TKANCE AND FITZ HERBERT FINISH LEVEL IN THE ELMHURST STAKES Old Honesty First in the Long Beach Handicap Masquerade Outsprints Alethcuo Shilling ShillingRides Rides in His Santa Anita Form New York May 2 The Elmhurst Stakes th1 twoyearold feature at Jamaica todayresulted in a dead heat between Trance and Fitz Herbert Mnsgrave who rode Trance tried to make a straight victory for the filly by claiming a foul against Filz Herbert but it was not allowed and as tinder the rules a dead heat between twoyearolds cannot be run off the purse was divided While there were seven starters the race appeared to be between the dead heaters and they were equal choices at the opening of speculation But there was a big dif ¬ ference in weights In favor of Trance over the last meeting of the two when Fitz Herbert won easily and this brought the filly the bulk of the support she closing the favorite favoriteFitz Fitz Herbert broke quickly and made the pace wjth Krbet and Trance the contenders Just before the turn for home was reached Musgrave started to go up on the inside with Trance but Shilling on Fitz Herbert quickly blocked the move crowd ¬ ing Trance to the fence Musgrave then went to the outside and in a drive through the stretch Trance got up to make it a dead heat Trance appeared the winner when a sixteenth out but Fitz Herbert showed wonderful gameness under punishment Musgrave exhibited a boot marked by whitewash where he was crowded against the fence as evidence of the foul claimed but the stewards took the ground that he had tried to go throngli when tliero was not sullicicnt room and his claim was dismissed Trance ran in the colors of George Odom who purchased her yesterday and it was rather hard luck for the young owner to miss the stake which would have contributed materially to ¬ ward her purchase price as it was generally con ¬ ceded after the race that she was best and would have won with good racing luck luckThe The tabulated history of the Elmhurst Stakes is ii s follows Year Time1H Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1H 3 llace King SIFuller 148000 101 J 1JHM Niblick 104H Phillips 147000 l0i l0i11K5 1011MX 11K5 Leon J Hayman SK J Kelly lj 000 101 1MX Frank Lord 7 Garner 150000 l00j 1107 Laura Clay SO G Burns 1C05OO 101 101J90SFitz J90SFitz Herbert 10fllcII Sliilg 77r0 100 1008Trance lo5Musgrave 97750 100 100Dead Dead heat heatThe The running of the Long Beach Handicap demon ¬ strated the wisdom of Tom Welch in starting Me Carter for the Excelsior in preference trt Spooner for seemingly the latter is nothing more than a sprinter at the present time at any rate Spooner was an odds n favorite for the Long Beach but after leading for seven furlongs tired badly and Old Honesty well rated by Musgrave throughout won easily from IliOeman Old Honesty was well backed both at the track and away and justified all of the good things said almut him before the running of the Excelsior ExcelsiorJ J A Wernbcrg cut loose a good thing in the sprint handicap in Masquerade a caston from the Keene stable which had enough left after leading all the way to stall off the stretch rush of Aletheuo the speedShilling favorite which was woefully shy of early speed Shilling who has been something of a disap ¬ pointment here showed something of his best form today In addition to his dead heat on Fitz Herbert lie won the last race with Zal He showed a flash of the riding that put him at the top of the list last winter at Santa Anita by getting away from the post well and putting up a very strong finish when Zal was challenged by Frlzctte in the stretch stretchNot Not one favorite won except for Trances dead heat and the public which turned out in generous numbers had all the worst of the speculation The weather was sufficiently attractive at noon time to bring out a big attendance but before the racing began it had become cold and windy and the day was far from enjoyable The steeplechase field at Bolmont Park was thrown open for schooling this morning and much good work of this character was done T S Martin winner of the Whitney Memorial last year and a candidate for this seasons renewal made a very brilliant showingJohn showing John M P which will probably meet T S Mar ¬ tin In the New York Steeplechase on the opening day of the meeting was not out but has been training well Sanctus and St Kevin stable mates of T S Martin also schooled in a thoroughly satis ¬ factory manner and give every indication of redeem ¬ ing the promise they gave as threeyearolds but which they did not fulfill last year James yearJames Blute is pointing Ilalket for the Latonia Derby and if the colt does well and shows a liking for the Derby route he will be sent west for tia ¬ ra ee eeJockey Jockey Shaw was sick today and his physician has ordered him to remain at home
