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GETAWAY DAY AT JAMAICA Largest Crowd of Fall Meeting Present Feature to Thunderclap. NEW YORK, N. Y., October 15. One of the largest crowds of the meeting turned out for getaway day at Jamaica this afternoon. Good weather and a fast track, combined with a card which attracted a better grade of horses than usual, made the racing more interesting than for the past few days, although, sharp competition, " was generally lacking. The Continental Handicap, worth ,300 to the winner, was more attractive in promise than in the running. Thunderclap carried the Rancocas colors to their third victory of the meeting in this event, while Donnacona outlasted Audacious for second place. Donnacona went to the front at once and raced into a long lead going down the backstretch. Thunderclap replaced him on the turn when Sande turned the Vulcain gelding loose. Thq Rancocas starter crossed the finish under a mild drive a length in front of Donnacona. Audacious was a sharp disappointment. Kummer held him under a hard pull through the early running and allowed him to fall back: a considerable distance. In addition to this he kept the Star Shoot horse to the outside through most of the running and forced him to cover far more ground than cither of his opponents. Audacious moved up with a threatening burst of speed on the turn, but Kummcrs efforts to bring him to the leaders in the stretch were not impressive. In spite of this the son of Star Shoot just failed to head Donnacona for second place. R. T. Wilsons Dimmesdale defeated the Rancocas Stables Dominique in the Consolation Handicap, a three-quarter mile rash for non-winners at the meeting. Routledge was third. Domiuiquc set a fast pace through the early part of the race and shook off Routledge in the first half mile Dimmesdale meantime had been kept close to the leaders. McAtee sent the Olambala colt through next to the inside rail entering the stretch, passed Routledge and wore down Dominique in the last eighth. He came to the finish half a length to the good. OPENER TO OLINOHFIELD. Clinchfield, under a hard rido by Miller, went to the front in the final strides to beat Awning, the favorite in the first race, a maiden two-year-cld affair at five and a half furlongs. Promenade was third. An even dozen youngsters faced the barrier in this race. Awning started quickly and drew away into a long lead in the racing down the back-stretch. He was no match for Clinchfield when the latter moved up on the outside with a rush in the final sixteenth and challenged. He held on gamely under vigorous urging for a brief space, but finally gave way before his opponent a few strides from the finish. Promenade disposed of the remainder of the field for third money. Five cheap platers ran a good race in the second dash. Cansa, the receding favorite, won in the final strides by a half length from the rank outsider, Burley, while Titanium, the well-bucked favorite, was third. , . Titanium started away in front and hold the lead until tho final sixteenth. Canso, restrained behind the pacemakers through tho early part of the race, closed with a burst of speed through the stretch and wore down the leaders. Titanium was worn out from racing with Burley and quit badly in the last rew strides. Tho three placed horsi-a were head and head entering the last sixteenth and the winner remained in doubt until a few yards irom the finish, - The popular Greentree Stable scored with Black . Rascal in the Golden Rod Handicap. The Black Toney colt showed the most speed and led Chester-brook " by four lengths at the finish, with Bravo, the only other starter, following the latter by ten , J, lengths. The winner got away from the barrier with a great burst of speed and opened up a long , gap on the backstretch. The best efforts of Ponce on Chesterbrook were not enough to close much of the space which separated him from the leader, while Fator was not forced to use any pressure on the Black Toney colt to keep him in front. Arapahoe defeated the favorite, Dioniedes, in the c fifth race, while Escarpolcttc was third. Wilson II sent the Harmouicon gelding into a long lead in " the first three-quarters mile, but he tired In tho stretch and just lasted to beat Diomedes by a half c length. Escarpolette easily outlasted La Kross for r third money. Two of the race track trains were delayed and I tho second race was held up as a result in order r to allow the latecomers to reach the track before e it started. The three-year-old W. . T. Grives stepped in a a hole at Belmont Park training track yesterday. He e broke his leg and had to be destroyed. Ho was the e property of W. T. Martin. Arapahoe was claimed out of the sixth race by y P. S. P; Randolph for 34750,
