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OVER THE MILLION MARK Liberty Loan Campaign at Ja ¬ maica Brings Results Motor Cop Wins Montague Handi cap Manister Tois Defeat Causes Comment New York October 0 The Liberty Loan cam ¬ paign at Jamaica went over tlie 1000000 mark today After 57250 had been subscribed early in the afternoon bringing the total up to 957250 W S Kilmer and P A Clark engaged In a money matching contest in the club house witli the re ¬ sult that the million mark was quickly passed Mr Kilmer subscribed SliOOOO P A Clark 50000 and Max Bliimenthal added 10000 more moreThey They not only fight for you they give for you shouted E J Ryan in the continuation of the Lib ¬ erty Loan drive at the Jamaica track today Thes words were inspired by a subscription of 10000 by Dick Brown for his son Win A Browii who is fighting in the trenches and another subscrip ¬ tion for the same amount by Sam and Itoach Lewis for their nephew Chas F King who also is going over the top with our army in France This was like touching a match to a bag of powder In less than ten minutes racegoers had added 57250 to their drive which brought the grand total to 957250 or within 42750 of the million dollar mark markCharles Charles Kilmer of Philadelphia a friend of rac ¬ ing gave 13000 while E O Pearsall was cheered when he subscribed 5000 W C Edwards secre ¬ tary of the Metropolitan Jockey Club added 1000 to subscriptionJudges his subscription Judges Pettingill and Smith snbscrilMd 1000 each while Mars Cassidy the starter took 5 M worth and H IT Homan clerk of the scales 100O 100OJames James Rowe trainer of the H P Whitney horses came up from Brookdale Farm for the day and joined in the snirit by subscribing 5000 Toby Tompkins tlie actor obligated himself for 500 500The The Loan drive was the redeeming feature of a poor days racing card riddled by numerous with ¬ drawals eliminating contention in some of tlie races racesThe The Montague Handicap was the stake offering of tlie day and A K Macombers Motor Cop was re ¬ turned an easy winner He led from start to finisii and was easing up at the end Salvestra an added starter thirdThe finished second and Liicullite third The Liberty Iond Handicap was nothing more than a stiff gallop for Mluto II Columbine and Game Cock the only other starters never having a chance with the winner winnerThomas Thomas Monahans twoyearold gelding Peter proved best in tlie opening dash He followed the pacemaker to the stretch turn whtre he moved into the lead and under Robinsons energetic riding gamely withstood the strong closing challenge of Roderick Dim The latter would have been a more formidable opponent had he not begun so slowly slowlyLERRANTS LERRANTS VICTORY A SUBPEISE SUBPEISEThe The success of LErrant in the second race was a stunner for the talent who figured he had littlu chance to defeat Manister Toi and Assume the only other starters Hut defeat them he did and in a inannur that left no room for doubt The Frenchbred colt closely followed Assume to the home turn and when the pacemaker tired he raced into the lead and easily resisted every effort of Mauister Toi to oust him from the lead leadBathilde Bathilde carrying the colors of her owner and breeder David Gideon cantered to an easy victory in the fifth race She was immeasurably best of those opposed to her and quickly demonstrated her superiority by racing into a big early lead which she increased as the nice progressed progressedTlie Tlie closing dash brought alniut the defeat of W It Coes promising Englishbred filly Forfar confi ¬ dently supported on the strength ofher recent good performance when she made her turf debut Forfar was unfortunate today She raced on the outside throughout but finished gamelv and was gaining fast at the end The winner turned up in Lacka wanna which led all the way never seriously menaced menacedManister Manister Tois nice was the subject of the stew ¬ ards investigation Troises defense was apparently satisfactory He said he was in close quarters ami that his mount had no opportunity to extend him ¬ self selfMaj Maj Allan Pinkerton who is at present in Den ¬ ver has offered to donate the thoroughbred sire Duke of Ormonde to the Remount Commission of the federal government The tender was made through Algernon Daingerfield and the horse will be in ¬ spected within the next few days Duke of Ormondo is by Ormonde and is the sire of Favour Amalga ¬ mator Set Square and oilier winners He Is i horse of heroic mold standing almost seventeen bands and weighing 1400 pounds poundsW W 15 Jennings received word from Kentucky yesterday that two car loads of horses the prop ¬ erty of A K Macomber had l leen een shipped to Cali ¬ fornia and that two more would leave in the courso of the next few days At the close of the eastern campaign the Macoml er horses which will be re ¬ tained for racing will be turned out at a farm of Mr Jennings selection selectionMilkmaid Milkmaid a winner at Laurel Monday is nicely bred and should l e a valuable acquisition to the Koss broodmare band when her racing days are over as her dam Nell Olin is by Wagner a son of Prince Charlie which got Flying Dutchman while her second dam Ulack Sleeves which threw Bad News is by Sir Dixon President James Butler of the Empire City Rac ¬ ing Association yesterday engaged C J Fitz Gerald to act as general manager during the meet ¬ ing which opens on Monday next
