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PATRIOTISM HOLDS SWAY Liberty Bond Buying Proves Pop ¬ ular with Jamaica Racegoers Hank ODay Wins Feature Race Raceof of the Day Robinson Rides RidesThree Three Winners Xew York October 1 Patriotism again held sway at tlio popular Jamaica course where tliu running of the second days program of the Metro ¬ politan Jockey Club was largely attended by dev ¬ otees of the sport The rain of last night made the course heavy causing numerous withdrawals and otherwise detracted from the promising card However the bright sun and return of warmer weather drew ti good attendance who continued to do their bit by first visiting the loan booth and subscribing 101350 within twenty minutes E J Ryan again officiated and opened proceedings with a subscription of 5000 a renewal of his tribute yesterday John Walters the clubhouse commis ¬ sioner who has i on in the marines brought fortli cheers when lie subscribed for 25000 T J Shaw pledged 13000 while J J Sullivan and Harry Abralutmson each pledged 10000 and Col James R H Brown James Beatty and Albert Stokes asked for 5010 worth The pledging will continue daily During the afternoon ladies in charge at the several booths about the enclosure were kept busj accepting subscriptions The first race went to Marntite judiciously ridden by Taplin who saved enough ground at the turn for home to withstand Sailors bolated challenge The latter was away slowly and with better racing luck might have won wonJEaddy JEaddy Dear accounted for the second race in plssy fashion Sflnittingers listless effort on Ful lux the heavity supported choice aroused tliu coiF5 demnation of the form backers backersSnapdragon Snapdragon II showed his heels to the opposi ¬ tion he met in the third race after Lyke had given a weak exhibition on Poacher The latter went extremely wide at all turns hut had no difficulty gaining the place from the tiring pacemaker Whimsy WhimsyHunk Hunk ODay easily accounted for the Gowanus Selling Stakes which divided feature honors with the Liberty Loan Purse which made Thomas Mona Iiiiu 533 richer in Liberty securities when Pickwick won wonAfter After the finish of the fifth race Sam Bernard the popular actor was introduced and after a few well chosen words he gained Senator James Reynolds 2500 subscription and many others to a total of several thousand dollars dollarsMinuet Minuet finally graduated from the ranks of the maidens after many fforts in which she usually finished second and her victory proved the most popular of the day dayFrank Frank Itobinson figured prominently during the afternoon riding three of the six winners winnersC C J Fitz Gerald was an arrival It is his in ¬ tention to divide the remainder of the fall season between metropolitan racing and the conduct of the state breeding bureau industry industryKternal Kternal was worked fiveeighths along witii a stable companion after the second race He was hard held and was never near the inner rail The time was 107 It was the last metropolitan ap ¬ pearance of the son of Sweep which will be shipped to Maryland on Friday FridaySnapdragon Snapdragon II winner of the second race cost his owner Andrew Miller G000 as a yearling at the Saratoga sains His dam was one of the highest priced mares bought by Clarence Mackay when that sportsman was collecting some choice mares abroad She cost 17500 17500X X L Byer has offered to donate the thorough ¬ bred mare Repentant by Migraine Rapine to the breeding bureau of the Jockey Club She won the Harbor Hill and Elk Ridge Hunt Steeplechases as a tlireeyearold and is a mare of good size and bone boneM M KiHvan was Kusneiwled for ten racing days for misbehavior while astride Tippler on Monday
