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I ■ •] r t • I t » ] 1 i ; t . . . . j ] j j 1 , • t t ; i i ! i • i ROUGH RACING AT JAMAICA * — • Interference Spoils Chances of Several Prospective Winners. a Tom McTaggart Wins Garden City Selling Stakes — Sunflash II. Beats Dorcas. ♦ New York. June 19. — There was plenty of rough riding and crowding in some of the races at Jamaica today. It seemed to Ik* an epidemic through which horses suffered considerably, many finishing far behind when they would have been much closer with clear sailing. This was noticeable in the featun* race of the day, the Oarden City Selling Stakes, which was won by Tom McTaggart after a hard drive to ls-at Obolus and Wise Man. Tom McTaggart was one of the lucky ones to avoid interference, being prominent all the way and at the finish he had just enough left to withstand the fast closing rush from Obolus. which was the la t horse making the first turn. Flittergohl was knocked around for the first seven-eighths, never being clear until rounding for home, where he came to the outside, but it was then too late. The arden City Stakes was first run in IDOL its history in brief form being as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 10O4 De Reszke S 106 W. Davis. . . .120 1 :4!»% 1905 Orenade 4 99 Sewell 1 .200 1 :4S 1906 Rye 3 105 W. Miller.. 1.055 1:17% 1907 Juggler 4 105 J. Hennessy 1.040 1 : 17 j , 1909 Beaucoup 4 101 Creevy 075 1 : !s 1913 D. Mucdonald. . .7 110 J. Wilson.. 675 1:40 1915 Yank. Notions.. 5 110 P. Lowder. . 075 1 .47 *£ 1916 Wooden Shoes.. 5 110 R. Ball 1.060 1:47 1917 Wooden Shoos.. 6 10S R. Troise... 1.060 1:47% 1918 T. McTaggart.. 4 111 . Merglwr.. 1.625 1:47 Not run in ISXIH. 1910 and 1914. No racing iu 1911 and 1912. Run at Belmont Iark iu 1913. Jockey J. McTaggart rode his first winner in several weeks when he piloted Pigeon home first iu the opening dash. Nan Knoehr set a fast pace to the stretch, where Pigeon passed her and ilrt-w away at the end. Starlike furnished nn upset in the second race when he beat Kingfisher by a head after a sensational finish, in which the latter just failed to get up. Kingfisher racd in the rear until the turn for home, where he moved up with a terrific burst of speed, and was fast overhauling the leader at the end. He would have won in a few more strides. The fifth race resolved Itself into an interesting duel between Sunflash II. and Dorcas. The f Tmer set the early pace, was passed and outdistanced after leaving the backstretch. but hung on in resolute fashion and caught Dorcas in the last eighth and outgaiued him in the last few strides to get the decision by a small margin. JUSQU* ATT BOUT SPEEDY COLT. J. E. Wideners French-bred colt Jtisqu au Bout outclassed those opposed to htm in the closing race and merely cantered throughout, without being extended at any stage of the race. In the race prior to the stake feature, won by Kirsties Cub. Star Spangled was much the Ix-st. but early interference deprived him of whatever chance be may have had. To add to this Ambrose put down his whip in the final eighth when he thought he had the race won. This enabled Kirsties Cub to com along and beat him under a masterful finish by little Callahan. e The afternoon was beautiful and the attetidanee larger than UMril fir a mil! week day. Many prominent racing folks wen* on hand, including Foxhall Keene. who takes a day at the races onci in a while, just to keep in touch with the apart until tiie war ceases, when he will probably gatln r together another stable of horses. Tom Welch has rei.-eivod a cable from Kdmoiid Blanc, offering nine French yearlings for sale for alioiit .S11.0O0. One of them is a sister to Tromp* La Mort. Mr. Welch presumes the majority an* by the good sire Vorweod. which is owned by Mr. Blanc. There was a small fire discovenal iu the new club house at Aqueduct this morning. The damage was slight. Its origin wmt not known, but night watchmen have low been engaged to watch the priqierty. John Madden was well satisfied with the result of the sale of his yearlings at Dnrl -mils last night, the average being about SI .100 for al: those outside of the charitable offerings, which naturally brought high figures. There was much activity on the part of the halter nun. claims and run-ups being quite frequent during the afternoon. W. C. Weant was the successful bidder for Paddy Dear at ,505. James Boden has purchased Judge Wingfield at private sale.
