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WAR ZONE IS VICTORIOUS ♦ Defeats Peter Pan Filly Purling in the Suffolk Selling Stakes. Startling Best in the Clarendon Handicap — Big Sum Offered for Omar Khayyam. N.-w York. May 20.— The Suffolk Selling Stakes M tli- imm in attraction ,-:t Jamaica today :iu . «»iis; iri -ins thai it was Monday, a surprisingly large iwri warn out to witness its decision. H. I*. Whinnys Peter Ian filly Purling, which made an impressive racing dclmt Saturday, was given atrotig •tipimrt in the Suffolk, but. while the filly was a contender at all stages, she could not quite overtake the English -bred eolt War Zone. It was ;i hotly -contested struggle, avith War Zone petting the inter, Purling and Sweeplet following closely. War Zone, under the masterly riding of «.| I I.ill Knapp. had a comfortable had in the Ktreteh and gamely withstood the closing challenges of Iuiling and IvmM. TMa was the twelfth running of the Suffolk Blake*, its history ill condensed form being as Mbn: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. MH Nii-piii 109 Pullman ....S1.5S0 :55 IPO I Waterside 107 ONeill L3M :5ti:::. 19115 S|H.ial License.. »7 McD.-iuicl .. 1.370 :54 r, MM Til.ing 97 V. Powers.. 1.171 1:02 »* ■H7 Baatte M Swain 1.540 1:01% 190* Trance KM Musgrave . 1.525 1 : K»r MM I-ad.-.sctte Mr,, Garner.. 075 :54 i.r. IM.i Auvtiine 107 JJ. Biitwcll. 075 1:13% MM Fcrnrock 109 K. Dugaii .. 075 1 :0S I 191« Straight Forwd. .109 J. McTagt. l.KW 1.-01% MIT Caws ScW KIR K. Trois. . . . 1 .MM 1:01%, WIS War Zone 112 W. Kmtpp.. 1,850 1:01% X«. racing in 1»11 and MM. Distance 4 1-2 furious in i m«. 1904. KMC and 1910: ."• 1-2 furlongs in Wire 3-4 mile in W13. Not run in 1909 and MM. MHlrace was ltest in the oiK-ning dash, in which a big hand of maidens contested, and experienced little difficult: holding Grayson safe in the last sixteenth. The second race resulted in a spirited finish, in which I.ad.v Gertrude h.-.d the In-tter of Thistle in a long and furious drive, after Itoth had passed the liaccm.ikcr. Wheat Cakes, at the head of the stretell. I!. V. Carmans old campaigner Startling was at his |hvi MM and heat High Noon in the Clarendon Handicap, after tlie latter had apparently a safe lead turning into the stretch. l"r -ilerick the Great easily won the fifth, while i:i lie- closing race. Lads Love, a first time starter. just listed long enough to score by a small margin over Kay due. IMw.ird It. McLean of Washington, has offered Wilfrid Viau 5,000 for the four year-old Omar Khayvam. His agent. Mr. Hollow, made the offer after ME. Viau had intimated that 110.000 was the pi ice lie asked. "Mr. Mcl an will give you 5,000 .-•n-.l send a man over for the horse, said Mr. Hollow, "if you care to s.-l| him." "I dont wish to sell him." answered Mr. Viau. "Well, if you change your mind the offer is still «|teu." answered Mr. Hollow. In speaking of the transaction. Mr. Hollow sail if Mr. Mclean buys the horse, he will turn him over to It. F. Carman, Mr. Viaus late train r. t train him again. SUNBONNET BOWS A TEHDON. Sun I Minuet, unquestionably the best three-year-obl filly engaged in the racing of last year. Itc-l-niging to A. K. MacomlM-r. litis a IkiwciI tendon and will Ik- retired for the year, if not permanently. She was nominated in every stake for which she was eligible ill the east. This is a great loss to Mr. ?.!.. ..in Iter, as In- counted u her to win some of the iiiipirtaiit features for Horses of the matured division. Walter Jennings, her trainer, attributes tin- injury to the mare to the deep sandy track at Belmont. over which the man- has 1km.ii training. "It is not a good track to train over in its present condition tlioilgh it might Ik- remedied. It htoks as if there is a jinx following Mr. MacomlK-rs stable. Something; seems to bo continuously happening to take away our g«K«i horses or make them lose races. I guess our luck will change pretty soon. It is al.uit time." Friday. May 24. will lie known as Bod Cross • lav An attractive program of six races will be i ringed. The stake feature will Ik- the Highland Stakes, for three year-olds at three-quarters. In . ddition to which there will lie a Red Cross Handicap for three-year-olds and over at three-quartan. The gate receipts on this day will go to the lied Cross fund. The free list will be suspended. t ie only exceptions being the employee. „f the .ick. the officials and the working press. Jockey .1. Hanover, who suffer.-d "a broken leg ■ |.e. i knocked down by an unknown automobile, is : sting comfortably at a local hospital. xjle acci-e. nt occurred just outside the race track. Steeplechase jockey Norman Kennedy received a ight fracture of the collar bone when lie was i irown while s. lending a steeplechaser through the J elmoiit Iark infield this morning. J. C. Kussey will ship his stable to Louisville t miorrow. Henry S. Koppin of Detroit, was among the isitors today. Mr. Koppin j. s -eking some avail able racing material with the view of campaigning a stable over the metropolitan tracks this summer. Fred Gaylor has ls-en employed by Henry Mc-Iianiel to make future riding engagements for jockey J. Bell. Ten carloads of thoroughbreds arrived this morning from 1imlio. The lot consists chiefly of liiui|M-rs. which participated during the Maryland meetings. The consignment will go to various New York course- for future engagements.
