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DARK FOR PREAKNESS HOPES St Henry and Others Fail in Cler mont Purse Test at Jamaica Billy McLaughlin Defeats Sedge Sedgefield field by Inches in Garden City CitySelling Selling Stakes NEW YORK N Y May 8 The hopes of several Preakness candidates went glimmer ¬ ing in the third race at one mile and seventy yards here today and while not the most valuable of the afternoons races excited the most interest as in the field were several threeyearolds of which much was expected St Henry was accorded the position of favor ¬ ite but proved unequal to the task and the finish found the Jones nominee no better than third June Grass was away flying and set a hot pace until the sixteenth post was reached where Pirate Gold sneaked through on the inside and in a hard drive got up to win by a nose in the final stride June Grass had no difficulty in saving second place and St Henry was an easy third by twelve lengths lengthsIdeal Ideal racing conditions served to attract an exceptionally large throng for Monday They were well rewarded and enjoyed some spirited racing the finishes being of the hairraising kind kindThe The Garden City Selling Stakes worth 2 650 to the winner resulted in a rousing finish In which Billy McLaughlin was the winner Wynnewood was first away and opened a lead of two lengths extended it to three at the threequarters post and looked an easy winner an eighth out Then with victory in sight the pacemaker tired suddenly while Billy McLaughlin and Sedgefield finishing in cyclonic style overhauled the leader by de ¬ grees The latter two passed Wynnewood in the last sixteenth and after as subbborn a duel as has been witnessed here this year Billy McLaughlin earned the decision by a nose Valor which raced prominently the first part bled and was pulled up by jockey Sande SandeThe The followers of jockey E Sande were a jubilant lot when Carnarvon took the lead at the start and was never headed to win in the easiest possible manner from Jock Scot second and Star Court third The last race developed the greatest sur ¬ prise of the afternoon when Great Man took the measure of his two opponents Crochet and Rigel each of which were at short odds This marked the first win for the Riviera Stable StableThree Three claims were entered for Carnarvon after he won the fifth race Roderick John ¬ son secured the unsexed son of Llangibby for 2550 2550STEWARDS STEWARDS ISSUE RULINGS RULINGSThe The stewards of the Metropolitan Jockey Club issued the following rulings today todayThe The trainers license of P Govins is sus pended for the meeting on the report of the Maryland State Racing Commission CommissionThe The entries of the Blue Ribbon Stable are suspended for the meeting pending proof of ownership ownershipBy By order of the stewards stewardsThe The opening event was won by W Dan ¬ iels Edward Gray the favorite in a thrill ¬ ing finish with Osage second and Three Square third Three Square and the winner alternated in the lead with the others in close pursuit heads separating the entire field rounding the turn for home At the eighth post Three Square looked the winner but Edward Gray and Osage finished with a fast rush passed the leader and in a stir ¬ ring finish Edward Gray succeeded in get ¬ ting up to win by a head in the final strides stridesJockey Jockey E Fator who rode with good suc ¬ cess during the winter at Tijuana is an ar ¬ rival and will do the riding for the stable of the Canadian N L Byer ByerPractically Practically all the Rancocas Stable three yearolds including KaiSang the Preak ¬ ness Stakes candidate are coughing The twoyearold winner Whirlwind also was at ¬ tacked Saturday necessitating his with ¬ drawal from the last race today as well as Thessaly and The Almoner AlmonerJockey Jockey A Schuttinger arrived today antl will pilot the horses of the Lexington Stable during the meeting meetingThe The Greentree Stable sold Boxwood to E J Crawford this morning morningThe The veteran trainer C Oxx was stricken by ptlralysis Saturday night and is in a serious condition at his home homeIrish Irish Brigadier was saddled In the Cler mont by P M Burch for trainer F Burlew who departed for Louisvflille yesterday yesterdayTrainer Trainer J Edwards has turned the two yearold Jane Grey owned by H Waterson out for the year The filly developed lame aess in her recent gallop Continued on twelfth pace DABS FOR PREAKNESS HOPES Continued from first page Oceanic will be shipped to Pimlico Wednes ¬ day This good colt had been named for the Kings County Handicap but trainer Louis Feustel decided that it was rather a severe test for the colt and had him with ¬ drawn drawnDr Dr R McCully has said that the talk about the coughing of horses this spring has been greatly exaggerated He said that each spring there was plenty of coughing among the horses but that more had been said about it this year than ever before beforeW W R Coe was not at Jamaica Friday to see Master Hand win but he has promised to come here from his farm at Cody Wyo before long longMarie Marie Antoinette and Powder Puff wero traveling companions of Morvich on the trip of the Block champ to Kentucky Thesa mares were shipped to W D Millers Ken ¬ tucky farm to join the matrons there
