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FAVORITES GAY DECEIVERS Big Crowd at Jamaica at Sea Selecting WinnersFirst Disqualification. NEW YORK, N. T., October 4. Benjamin Block, owner of Morvich, champion two-year-old colt of the year, seems to have exceptional luck with juveniles. Mawrcoron, son of Bryn Mawr Coronis, the only other horse racing in Blocks colors, scored his second victory in a row in impressive fashion in the Lynbrook Selling Stakes at Jamaica today and incidentally earned for his owner the sum of ,175. Five two-year-olds faced the starter in the feature. Ilephaistos set the early pace, while Mawrcoron kept close tip. On the far turn the Block colt challenged the pacemaker, and although he drew clear almost immediately and held r, good lead when he came into the stretch Wilson kept his mount under a vigorous drive to the finish. He held a two-length advantage at the end. Bruening rode a good race on Leghorn. He brought her up rapidly in the stretch to displace Ilephaistos and take second place, although never seriously threatening the winner. One after another the public choices tumbled before their less fancied opponents and the big crowd which journeyed to the track had a rather unprofitable time of it. Fine weather and the Jewish holiday contributed to make the throng of spectators an exceptional one for a week day. The racing ground had dried out well after Mondays downpour and fast time was recorded in most of the races. The first disqualification of the meeting camo witli the running of the third race. Miller, who had the mount on Prince James, and Babin, . stride Cote dOr, were both guilty of rough riding tactics, but Miller and Prince James suffered the displeasure of the stewards. While Wrecker was setting the pace to the stretch turn Sillier, on Prince James, was making repeated attempts to slip through next to the inner rail, lie was as often blocked by Babin on Cote dOr until the turn into the straightaway. Here Wrecker forced Cote. dOr wide and this TiUowOci; Miller to get through on the inside with Prince James and the pair quickly passed Wrecker, to fight it out under a drive through the final eighth. Prince James outlasted Coto dOr by a nose, while Wrecker finished a length and a half behind. The stewards called Miller to the stand and questioned him regarding his ride. The offense which brought the disqualification of Prince James was committed by Miller going to the first turn. Ho crossed over in front of Golden Flint, forcing the latter against St. Patrick and knocking both out of contention. The stewards awarded the race to Cote dOr. second to Wrecker and the third money to St. Patrick, which finished fifteen lengths behind the Redstone starter. START AIDS COMIC SONG. As is usual in a race with a large field of rather green horses, the start decided the first race, a selling dasli at five and a half furlongs, for two-year-old maidens. Thirteen nonwinners went to the post and J. E. Wideners Comic Song, son of Black Jester China Song, was away fastest of all and drew away into a long lead and maintained it throughout, never seriously menaced. Meantime Miracle Man, the heavily supported favorite, and Forest Queen, the well-backed second choice and receding favorite, were attempting to work their way up throuLh the field. Several of the juveniles ran greenly all the way. Bullet was swerving back and forth across the track and Royal Primrose also showed a marked lack of racing education. Marinelli, on Miracle Man, succeeded in getting his mount clear and had no trouble taking second place. Forge Ahead was third, due mainly to L. Fators rigorous finish, in direct contrast to H. Swarts effort on Forest Queen. Owners and trainers on metropolitan tracks who refuse to send their horses into the cheaper races are responsible for the sort of travesty on the sport to which the spectators were treated in the second race. There are selling platers and selling platers cheap ones and cheaper ones but the four that faced the starter for this dash were probably the worst lot of thoroughbreds that New Yorkers have seen recently. There wore Gem, Frizlet, Titanium and Royal Jester. The latter, it will be recalled, was one of the high-priced yearlings brought from England by J. K. L. Ross. Much was expected of him but when he failed to develop as a two-year-old the Canadian sportsman sold him at auction. He was the worst of the bunch today. Gem was not nearly as bad as the others. Fator held her under restraint until the turn out of the backstretch, where she moved up easily to pass Frizlet. which Weiner had kept in front to that point by riding with much energy. The Berrilldon filly then ran away from her opponents and was only cantering at the end twelve lengths in front of Titanium, which passed the tired-out Frizlet turning into the stretch. GENIE W. A REPEATER. Genie W., again an outsider in the betting in spite of her victory over the same horses on Saturday, defeated the odds-on favorite, Irish Dream,- by a large margin in the Lafayette Handicap at one mile and seventy yards. It would seem that the daughter of Star Shoot is a much underrated filly if her performances recently are to be taken at their face value. McAfee got Genie W. away well and took the lead going to the first turn. He kept her there all the way and increased her advantage steadily to the finish. She finished three lengths in front of Irish Dream, while Light Rose was third. The favorite met with interference soon after the start, but Fator brought him back into contention in the backstretch and kept him under vigorous pressure to the end in a vain effort to overhaul the leader. Ten-Lec was many pounds better than her opponents in the Brunswick Handicap, at three-quarters mile. She was sent into the lead immediately by Kummer and drew away into a commanding lead before reaching the turn. After that she bad nothing to worry about so far as the others were concerned and cantered across the finish seven lengths ahead of the Greontrees Good Bye. Good Bye retained the place by half a length from Vista. Jockey C. H. Miller was set down by the stewards for four days for his foul riding on Frince James in the third race. K. J. Crawford sold Black Prince to T. Quinlan. The horse will be shipped to Erie, Pa., for racing.
