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BIG CROWD AT JAMAICA Divides Time Between Buying Bonds and Seeing the Racing George Smith Beaten in Feature FeatureKace Kace After Meeting All Bad BadLuck Luck of the Eace New York October 3 The haze of Indian sum ¬ mer enveloped the Jamaica course today The weeks best crowd was in attendance and it was soon evident that they came patriotically inclined when E J Kyan opened his daily Liberty Bond Irive More large subscriptions were forthcoming Todays list was headed by exCongressman George W Loft whose representative Samuel Lewis pledged 75000 for him This the largest in ¬ dividual contribution was loudly approved for it is another evidence of Mr Lofts patriotism At Saratoga lie leased steeplechasers so that he might bt represented in the Red Cross Steeplechase the proceeds of which were given to that worthy cause E causeE G Soiile pledged 25000 and Joseph M Hogan asked for 20000 worth Mr Kyan evidently has developed a good habit for he contributed his daily quota of 5000 E J Callalian and Fred Heck were others who contributed a like amount The amountThe jockeys were given their opportunity today Frank Robinson Ted Rice and George Walls headed the list with 2000 each and Sehuttinger took 1000 while Loftus asked for 1100 Sehuttinger won the drawing for a thousand dollar bond and donated a fifty dollar Imml to the rider of the winner of the Liberty Bond Purse George Walls after piloting Whippoorwill to victory in this event was escorted to the grandstand steps and presented with it to the gratification of the spectators The df total amounted to 165000 of which the jockeys subscribed 12800 12800If If wcs m enthusiastic crowd that witnessed the racing Tlie days feature tlie October Handicap saw the unfortunate defeat of tlie added starter George Smith whose failure may be directly at ¬ tributed to Taplins intention to make George Smith travel the long route for he devoted his entire attention to carrying the Sanford candidate wide 01 the first turn Naturalist away fast and with good racing luck went on to victory pursued closely at the end by George Smith which had been com ¬ pelled to come wide around his opponents at the final turn Star Master under Loftus strong riding gained TasselSherman third honors from the tiring Corn Tassel Sherman A was immeasurably best in the opene and ran accordingly leading all the way by a wide margin War Zone was second and Wonderman third thirdPOACHES POACHES PROVES DISAPPOINTMENT DISAPPOINTMENTThe The second resulted in the downfall of Poachcr the oddson choice from Hihlreths barn Wliippoor will taking his measure in decisive fashion Poacher set the pace at a good clip to the stretch but had nothing left when the Wilson nicer challenged Walls rode a strong finish on the winner winnerWalls Walls again figured prominently in the third race his masterly handling of Madam Curie con ¬ tributing in a great measure to the success of the Sanford filly He kept Madam Curie under re ¬ straint during the early running caught the pace ¬ maker tiring in the final sixteenth and the filly responding endMatinee to his final bid drew away at the end Matinee Idol with Loftus in the saddle was the choice of the talent in the fifth although James Butlers Hantry came in for substantial backing Matinee Idol made good in inmressive style while Itantry miserablyLoftus failed miserably Loftus was to the fore again in the closing race and but for his superior horsemanship War Spirit would have been beaten by W R Coes Over There Loftus sent War Spirit to the front with the rise of the barrier and the Macomber representative held on to his slight advantage outstaying Over There in a game finish The latter was running fastest of all strideMadame at the end and was gaining with every stride Madame Curie winner of the third race is a halfsister to John Sanfprds premier stallion The Curragh She is by Radium while The Curragh is by Spearmint Their dam Currajong is by St Krusquin the sire of the dam of Sun Briar and other great performers performersWar War Pennant the winner of tlie Remsen Handicap on Wednesday was bought by trainer W B Jen ¬ nings as a suckling from Charles Moore of Lexing ¬ ton for 2 00 He cost less than almost any year ¬ ling in the Macomber outfit last year and is a promising juvenile He will be entered in all the important stakes for next year His dam Maltha is by the Futurity winner Ogden now owned by J E Madden
