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HORSE OF THE CENTURY Man o War Draws Large Crowd but No Opponents Practically a Walkover for the theChampion Champion Yellow Hand Being BeingOnly Only Other Starter NEW YORK X Y Juno 22 The appearance of The Horse of tlie Century Man o War in the Slnyvesant IIiuilici it one mile in which the champion was asked to concede lumps of weight to his competitors was the star event at Jamaica to ¬ day attracting a throng of admirers of generous proixirtions proixirtionsThe The promised race however degenerated into a practical walkover as at post time none of the overnight acceptances dared oppose him R T Wilsons Yellow Hand which was an added starter was his lone companion After a short delay in which Man o War liroke through the barrier they were sent away Man o War went to the front at once and permitted Yellow Hand to get within four lengths of him once then galloped away to win eased up upThe The handicap attracting eleven highclass sprint ¬ ers excited more interest than the stake race and was filled with good things galore but at the end War Marvel running to his real form was returned the winner by a slight margin over Quietude and Different Eyes which finished in the order named Ieter Piper which wore himself out at the post showed a flash of speed but tired and finished in the ruck Valor of which much was expected ran well for part of the way but tired finally finallyE E Peters has purchased VT1 T rviinm n i W II Fixers stable was again the target for the haltermen Rustler being claimed by E Herz for 1810 after his victory in the initial race raceThe The further entry of Air Man will be refused by secretary Edwards by order of the stewards stewardsE E Herr claimed Rustler out of the first race for 2405 C A Applegate claimed Jim Daisy out of the same race for 1810 1810Tomorrow Tomorrow the Jamaica meeting comes to an end and the horses will move to Aqueduct where on Thursday the Queens County Jockey Club will inau ¬ gurate its seventeenday summer period of racing with the Brooklyn Handicap as the opening fea ¬ ture
