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1IARMONICON BEATEN BY FAST COaUETTE Jamaica Racing Attracts a Great Crowd to View Excellent Contests Throughout the Day New York June 12 One of the best programs provided in the wist this season was disposed of at Jamaica today and an immense crowd was on hand The Iaumonok Handicap at threequarters of a mile was the principal feature of the card and it attracted a great Held of sprintcrH Harmonlcou making his lirst appearance in thin country ruled a dccidCd favorite but the big son of Disguise had to be content with second place as the speedy and game Coquette dashed into the lead right at the start made all the pace and lasted it out reso ¬ lutely llarinonicon was a forward contender throughout but could not overtake the lilly Hester 1rynne was third The race was worth 1475 net Amalli evidently benefited by the warm weather ran one of his best races to win the second at a mile and an eighth The Wilson horse was badly outpaced iu the early running but making up ground gradually wore the leaders down In the linal strides Second in importance to the taunionok Handicap was the fifth race at one mile and a sixteenth which brought out another good field The stable of L S Thompson again furnished the favorite wheii Slumber II was installed first choice and made good in decisive fashion Double Eagle and Flying Fairy made the running to the stretch turn where Nutter brought Slumber II up with a rush and lie drew away in the final eighth eighthLily Lily Heavens scored over the wellbacked Tralee in the lirst after leading nil the way After tfie finish the stewards had the riders of Imth horses in the stand as a result of Buxtons claiming a foul at the bands of the winner right after the barrier went up After a lengthy deliberation the claim of foul was disallowed disallowedThe The attendance was even better than that of the opening day Thursday The clubhouse delegation was especially strong and the lawn was almost covered by the immense crowd crowdFormer Former President Itucrta of Mexico was a visitor today and the guest of underslier Mitchell of Nassau county countyWorking Working Lad has been blistered since his last race and will not be a starter for some time timeLibyan Libyan Sands one of August Belmonts twoyear olds is highly regarded by horsemen horsemenJockey Jockey T Nolan accompanied by C P Winfrey departed today for Denver Colo where he will ride It is ro orted that the stable of George W Wingfield a prominent Nevada sportsman has first call on his services in the west westMarc Marc Hirsch hay purchased the twoyearold Mtir phv from John E Madden MaddenW W J Tarpey was an arrival today from Cali ¬ fornia forniaAfter After last nights showers both the Belmont Park and Jamaica courses were slow for this mornings workouts The following were among the ISel uiont Park workouts workoutsAl Al Keeves Half mile in 48 48Blue Blue Thistle Mile in 145 145Charter Charter Maid Mile in 143 143CorfuHalf CorfuHalf mile in 51 51Damrnscli Damrnscli Half mile in 48 48Dr Dr Dueiiner Mile and n quarter In 213 213Ethan Ethan Allen Fiveeighths in 103 103Etruscan Etruscan Half mile in 4S 4SHedge Hedge Mile in 145 145Lady Lady Kolha Mile in 14H Pixy Fiveeighths iu 105 105Koamcr Koamcr llireequarlers in 119 119Sharpshooter Sharpshooter Mile in 143 143The The Finn Mile in 145 145Virile Virile Mile in lISlf lISlfWenonah Wenonah Fiveeighths in 104 104Whimsy Whimsy Threeeighths in ISJ ISJThe The following workouts took place at Jamaica JamaicaComely Comely Fiveeighths in 105 105Dartworth Dartworth Seveneighths in 1 0i Lady Terosa Mile and an eighth in 200 200May May Queen Fiveeighths in 105 105Noll Noll I Half mile in 50 50Pebbles Pebbles Seveneighths in 131 131Polarius Polarius Throequarters in 117 117Scmprolus Scmprolus Fiveeighths in 103 103Singsong Singsong Seveneighths in 131 131Supremacy Supremacy Fiveeighths in 1 05 05Wanda Wanda Pitzer Fiveeighths in 102
