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LONG BEACH HANDICAP TO ROLY. Short Grass Runs a Fine Race and Barely Fails is to Win — Corsican Takes a Race. New York, June 21.— An attractive program was oneicd at Jamaica today, but the sport was marred 5 to a great extent by rain which fell just before the " running of the third race. The Leas Beach Handicap at one mile and an eighth, brought out a a high-grade field of handicap racers. Boly was returned - the winner by the narrowest of margins over the rapidly-coming Short Crass, which, after trailing far back for the first seven-eighths of the race, closed up with a terrific rush through " 1, the stretch and just failed to get up. I he winner raced forwardly and when Chicle the early pacemaker, quit in the stretch, Boly ami V . U ".V"1; tll,,ir «•*•■■ Holy soon disposed i !. U- hnt was nearly nipped at the end bj Short Crass. Corsican scored over a good band of sprinters in B the third The Rureh horse was badly outpaced ■ "". •■*** running, but closed up like a shot in n p!,■xna!,,l,,JarJ.rI;i,1Ti,s.W0,, Urawins ttway fron „ mtS£m2*m£ won ""other purse for the Brighton Stable, in the and opener, Balgee scored over f the heavily-hacked Monocacy in the third The latter probably would have won had he been in an inside position. As it was he was forced to go many lengths farther than any of the others in the race. 1 hen. when in a contending position in the- stretch, he swerved over against. Kav o Light and caused that horse to almost go over the inside I fence, for which he was promptly disqualified s i»««.i«u from second place. Uorrow worked a mile and an eighth between racesin 1:.,7 in preparation f„r the Brooklyn Handicap ! Saturday at Aqueduct. ,,: ,b Jf*SS. is " arrival bere from Chicago and will doubtless secure a special rate for those desiring to go from New York to Hawthorne He : reports a great deal of interest being manifested 1 m the coming meeting there. •/■ B"ckli"- who •lecompanied the remains of f ha rles i Lyman from Montreal, was a visitor todav Speculation was again of large volume, with the J talent having a slight advantage on the davs J J operations. Several of the riders in the first race were called into the Stewarts stand, as there was a good deal ■ of rough riding in that race. Jamaica work-outs this morning on a fast track « were : Achievement — Mil- in 1:48%. Oarltea ;. — Half mile in 51. Dancer— Three -quarters in 1:18%. Frosty Face Seven — -eighths in [JHL Cainsborough— Seven -eighths in 1:36. Lily Heavens— Half mile in 50%. Linda Payne — Five-eighths in 1:05%. Magnet-Mile in 1:48% Mcelicka — Three-eighths in 38%. Monmouth— Mile in 1:47%. Old lien— Three-eighths in 3S%. Old Koenig — Mile in 1:4S. Bepublican Half mile in 51%. Sand Marsh— Mile and one-eighth in l-59«i Skeer Fact — Three-quarters hi 1:17%. Solveig— Five-eighths in 1:04%. Success— Half mile in .11%. Springmass -Half mile in 50%. Wooden Shoes — Mile in 1:47. lie linoiit Park workouts this morning with the track good were: Arnold— Half mile in l!1.. Air Man— Half mile in 49*. Breeze — Half mile in .11. Brother Jonathan— Half mile in 49 Burlesque — Three-eighths in 30%. Candyland— Three-eighths in 3i%. Comely — Three-eighths in 37%. ; Daddy Ixmglegs— Three-eighths in 37%. Fcniroek— Half mile in 49. Friar Bock —Mile and an eighth in 1:50. Fuzzy Wuzzy — Five-eighths in 1:04%. Cloaming — Three -quarters in 1:17%. .leipner— Seven-eighths in 1:30. Oillie-s— Mile and a nasjrter in 2:19. , Oonosis— Half mile in 51. Oolelen Gate — Mile- in 1:50. Helping Hand— Three-quarters in 1:19%. Jack Carl— Three-eighths in 37%. Kilkenny Boy — Half mile in 49. | Leonie — Three -eighths in 37%. Marie Odile-Three-eighths in 37%. | Manhattan — Half mile in 48%. ] Pennant— Mile and an eighth hi 1:55. waneateaea Half mile- in .10. , Badiant Flower —Five-eighths in 1:0S%. Sprint --Three-quarters in 1:22%. : Spur -Half mile in 53. . Spinster — Half mile in 49%. Schoolboy— Half mile in 4.M.-,. - ritimatiim — Three-eighths in 42. Virile — Mile- in I:4H. • Voluspa — Three-quarters in 1:20%. I Whimsy — Threc-eighths in 30%. I Woodtraii — Three-eighths in 35. I Woodward— Mile in 1:47%. |
