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IDEAL WEATHER AT JAMAICA Brings Out a Large Attendance and Liberty Bonds Go Fast Harwood n Wins LongDistance Feature Housemaids Vic ¬ tory Is Popular New York October 4 Ideal weather and an at ¬ tractive jtrosrrani brought i large attendance to the liiniaicn course today Spokesman E J Ryan of the LilKrtv Loan committee greeted tlie crowd upon its arrival and in a few minutes pledges were received The trainers provided the greater portion of the days subscriptions Thomas J Healey acted as solicitor and from the list he presented it is ap ¬ parent that every trainer and assistant about the stables contributed in some measure to the Otf TiO realized for the day Mr Kyan assured his hearers that this was atxmt onethird of the sum lift ex jKcted to realize tomorrow Thos Healey and A J loyner headed the trainers with 3000 each and J 1 Flanigiin trainer of thfi K Herz horses followed with 2000 E T Sonle added 2000 more while Ja J Johnson of the Quiucy Stable N ok S2r00 worth worthAfter After the first race a squad of khaki clad mem liers of tlie g defense division of the chemical w lfar service marched down the track and entered tlie center field amid thunderous applause After a few evolutions they circulated among the crowd wearing their KIK masks and induced many more to record subscriptions at the several booths boothsK K G Soule with his usual keen judgment se leciiij Lively as a winner for them and placed modest wager for each Their enthusiasm MJIH K ° SUfi ff When Lively justified 3Ir JSoules imdittton ThV of Irtay card lacked a feature at ¬ traction only the cheaper variety of racers per ¬ forming and form was not well observed for most if the favorites went down to defeat defeatThe The longdistance nice provided tlie feature for tlie talent and was won in easy fashion by Harwood II which evidently favors the Jamaica course jibove the others on this circuit Conduit ran a yood race to gain second place There was some slight bumping at the head of the stretch from which Snapdragon II suffered Barry Shannon was the offender offenderThe The daily Liberty Loan purse was captured by Housemaid when she scored the most popular vic ¬ tory of the day Taplin took no chances with her after assuming command at the home turn for he rode her on to the finish where she was five lengths to the good Taplin rode his third winner when he scored with War Marvel in the filial The Miicomber representative was much the best and rather heartened the players who were enabled to regain some of their earlier losses lossesHARMITE HARMITE SCORES DT EAST STYLE STYLEilurmite ilurmite aiid Goldvale divided favoritism in tlie opener but the former never left the result in ioubt for a moment leading from start to finish and always holding Goldvale safe safeLively Lively with Robinson uy was confidently backed to defeat Assign in the mile and a sixteenth dash HIM as the second race Assign was practically eliminated at the start He was sideways at the 1lic barriers rise and wheeled then Schuttinger resorted to the whip and went after his opponents While he closed up considerable ground Assign oiild not overcome the early handicap and failed ro finish l ett r than fourth In the meantime Lively had rushed into the lead right at the start inl Robinson experienced little difficulty keeping him there Wild Thyme was second and Kelw third thirdThe The Krenchbred Chester Two which had failed to show anything out of the ordinary in his previous races showed marked improvement today and easily won the third race He was well backed and after indulging W II Buckner witli a brief lead asily passed him at tlie turn for home and was axing up at the end Tlie favorite Tlie Banshee 31 raced next to the rail throughout and was held nnder reserve to tlie final eighth but when callPd on failed miserably miserablyThe The Metropolitan Jockey ilub anticipates one of the largest crowds of the fall season at Jamaica to ¬ morrow Accordingly it lias prepared a program that promises much in a racing way For the main at ¬ traction the PierreiKHit Handicap of 2000 added at one mile and an eighth is offered Only four are named overnight to start in this feature Koamer George Smith War Cloud and Corn Tassel sufficient in themselves to make it a race well worth seeing Koamer was not apparently at his best last Sat ¬ urday and his trainer and owner are confident that Mich will cot lie the case tomorrow tomorrowAs As a supplementary feature the Lynbrook Selling Stakes is exacted to furnish a good contest Nine twoyearolds of fair class are carded to start in this event Tlie Century Liberty Bond Handicap will bring together some of the speediest horses it the track and Hollister the top weight will have serious opposition especially from some of the lightly weighted threeyearolds
