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OFF DAY CARD AT JAMAICA * Sunflash li. Wins Main Race of Program in Clean Cut Style. ♦ i Common Law Defeats Oenone i ; After Hard Fought and In-teresting Stretch Drive. I • Sew York. June 21. — The hM Handicap at one mil: .ml a sixteenth ana the main attraction of an aff Iay card at Jamaica this afternoon. Sunflash II. :~ favorite in this race, despite the fact that lie v..:: asked to concede much weight to the four I other starters, Itaylterry Candle, skirting the siks of Ral Parr, who purchase! him from J. W. May llii morning, also was ;.ccon!ed --troiig support. St irt T Cassidy scut tin- field away to a roo 1 start, willi Kaylwrry Candle showing Hip way. He displayed n high flight of early -| ced ami set the MM to til-- stretch, whore he liegan to tire. In tli- meantime Sunflash li. was racing alone close ■ i • .im.I under restraint. Entering the homestretch. he went extremely wide, hut McTaggart iiuicklj straightened him out and. finishing fast mi the out-: ide. won l»y a safe margin. Mauovia was second and DM a good race considering that he raced on the outside :ll the way and lost considerable ground on the ter.is. Bay berry Candle was a tired horse at the end. Oral si*H-nhitors failed to give Teddy Rousseau much iiinsidcmth n in the opening race, hut that Bar! did not prevent the Salmon youngster from u inning in easy style, with Ilohokus and Little Maiuic. also neglected iu the letting, finishing - nd and third. S;teeii platers faced the starter in the second r.icc. Tin talent were nio.-e fortunate in their w lection iu tliis race, tlic majority supporting I*. A. "l:irks three-year-old. Midnight Sun. He rewarded them hy leading all the way and easily holding Whiuitoorwill safe at the end. Hal Parrs Nebraska also came in for strong hacking, hut did nothing to warrant the confidence placed iu him. HE WILL BREAKS DOWN. Fred Knrlews good racer He Will broke down while racing iu a contending position in the third race, for which he was favorite. Langden. which furnished a big surprise yesterday hy heating Har-wiod II.. came near duplicating his iierformance hy ha ling l.y a good margin to the stretch, where lie Mi-ldeiily tired aai wn» quickly passed hy Koh-i-..n.r. Crumps;, 11 and Kingfisher in the order named. Koh i-.oor drew away at the end. Common Law and Otiioue staged an interesting duel in the fifth ra -e. Oenone led to the stretch. followed closely hy Com in on Law. the latter, under a hard ami energetic ride hy Byrne, outstaying ■ at ne in the final strides of a terrific closing crive. Oenone tired, ha! hang 0:1 gamely. Tha Metro|Mdit:iii Jockey Clubs second meeting comes to an end with the running of tomorrows ineram. the priadpal feature of which will he the Southampton Handicap. Jack Hare Jr. is a carded starter in this event, after an alKeucc of evcral weeks from the races, due to a slight mishap suffered in his last race. .1. V. May sold the campaigner Bayborry Candle to tapt. Itnl Iarr licforo the race**. It is the captains intention to race the mare for the remainder • f the season and afterwards retire her to his breeding establishment in Virginia. Starter Cassidy yesterday suspended jockey Hell for the remainder of the meeting. S. C. ilildroth claimed Harwood II. from the ixth race Thursday for ,800. Seaman W. 11. Travcrs was notified of Starfinchs recent victory. Travcrs is stationed at Key West. Fla.. where he is in the service of the Iuited States Navy. Fred Fendiler. of El Paso. Tex., an associate of Col. Matt Winn, was a visitor.
