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| I • i ■ : • LIVE JAMAICA NEWS Gay Ben was claimed by E. M. Krulewitch for ,500. Joseph A. Murphy, the handicapper, was a visitor today. John Hyner came over from Maryland, where he has been racing. August Belmont was on hand to see his horses perform. Dan McTaggart will make the engagements for his brother, John. John McTaggart and G. W. Carroll were I among the jockey arrivals from Pimlico. Vincent Powers has come back from Maryland . with the jumpers of the Greentree , Stable. Roger Kinter has taken the book of C. • Ralls, the J. H. Rosseter jockey, who recently arrived from California. Jockey J. Callahan, who rode General I Thatcher in the Preakness, was an arrival [ from Pimlico. The Jamaica schooling list contains three names at present. These are Canaque, High 1 Commander and Vice Regal. After the first race there were eight claims 5 lodged for Stephen Petits Finality, the winner. ■ He went to J. P. Smith for ,305. R. Pierce, the little fellow that steered j Stephen Petits Finality to victory in the , , opening dash, is a lad that only weighs 82 pounds. The condition of Steve Judge, who is confined ■ in St. Marys Hospital at Jamaica, is 5 reported as improving. His horses, however, . will continue to be trained by H. O. Webber. . Jockey Fred Smith was an arrival from , . Maryland. He has entirely recovered from the injuries received by his fall at Havre , de Grace. Clyde Phillips also has arrived j from Pimlico. While Davis Deary had intended shipping Zev to Louisville after the Preakness there i was a change in the plans and he is back at Belmont Park. It is doubtful if he makes i the trip to Kentucky. E. F. Simms came out for a days racing j and to see Lucky Hour work. He galloped a mile in 1:42 with Schuttinger in the saddle after the running of the first race. It was rather an impressive move. His visit was . doubly pleasant when Southern Cross beat Flying Cloud. Entry blanks for the stakes of the Niagara i Racing Association meeting at Fort Erie 9 were distributed among the horsemen. The 1 first Fort Erie meeting is from July 7 to July 14, and the second from August 4 to August 11. The stakes to close are the t Canadian Derby and the Dominion Handicap. • Each is a mile and a quarter test and the B entries are to close May 26. The Richard T. Wilson horses that T. J. Healey has in his string, together with others l besides Vigil that bear the Salmon silks, will 1 be raced in New York. Wilderness, the Wil- - son colt that went wrong in his preparation r, for the Preakness, will be fitted for the Bel- . inont Stakes, to be run June J at Belmont t Park. The good son of Campfire and Genesta x is rapidly recovering from his foot ailment t that kept lii:n from the post in the Preakness and Healey has no doubt he will have him i ready for the Belmont. ♦
