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M. FATORS OVERCONFIDENCE • Proves Costly to Rancocas Stable in the Highland Selling Stakes. « With Almost Certain Victory In Sight He Eases Up Sherman and ano Beats Her by a Nose. ♦ NEW YORK. X. Y.. May 1— John I ftus won a stake for Mr. Ryans Oak Ridge Stable at Jamaica today with Cano. a three-year-old son of Omar Khayyam and Ronnie Tess. It was only a claiming stake worth $:5.100 to the winner, but it was a stake and Cano ran a powerful race though ! his victory was the luckiest of the after- : 1 noon. Sherman, the one that was just nosed I out, should have been winner, but M. Fator who had the mount on the Rancocas Stables three-year-old was overconfident at the end and it cost his mount the prize. While there was still too much chill in | I I the air for a real May day the weather was 1 infinitely better than the other two days of , the meeting and a goodly crowd was on hand. The stupid ride of M. Fator on Sherman was not the only untoward happening of the afternoon. In the first race II. C. Fishers Bright Idea bolted at the rise of the barrier : and was left at the post. Then in the running of the Highland Stakes that went to Cano, Richard T. Wilsons Forest Flower was left. Still another starter of the day I i was unlucky when Clarence Buxtons Missionary was bumped at the start and ran a . winning race though beaten. In the Highland Stakes. Hildreth saddled ■ both Rival and Sherman for the Rancocas Stable. Rival went out to set the pace and | he quickly went into a good lead, while If. Fator had Sherman under a slight restraint I and he was well forward though it was See It j Through that was in second place. Cano had begun slowly and was forced to go to | the outside to find racing room. When the head of the stretch was reached. See It j Through was tiring and Sherman moved up until it seemed certain that the Rancocas pair would finish first and second. Continued on sixteenth page. M. FATORSOVERCONFIDENCE ""ontinned from first pas*- M. Fator was on the better horse, for Sherman was steadily wearing his stableniate down, when the youngster eased slightly in the belief that it was all over. Merimee was hard at work on Cano and he was finishing with a great rush on the outside. The finish was remarkably close, but Cano was up in the last stride to save the day. Had M. Fator gone on with Sherman through the last eighth he could not have lost. This is written with a full appreciation of the cyclonic rush of the winner and with no attempt to take anything away from his victory. Sherman should have been winner and Fator was to blame for his defeat. J. F. Bichardsons Top Sergeant, ridden by Karl Sande. proved to be the easiest winner of the afternoon when he galloped away from his opponents in the running of the fifth race. Tangerine raced to second place, while Anne was third. The winner was ridden with judgment and, after following the pace, moved around the leaders at the stretch turn and then drew away into a long lead, which he never relinquished. Tangerine closed some ground to take seeond place, while Anne tired badly at the end from her early efforts. C. A. Stonehams silks were carried to a third victory at the meeting when Flannel Shirt was first home in the three-quarters claiming handicap, that was the second offering. At the end he was being chased home by Clarence Buxtons Missionary, while St. Allan beat Ifasquerado, the enly other starter, for the short end of the purse. It is probable there would have been a different tale to tell had it not beea that Missionary was bumped and knocked off his stride right at the start and thereafter La-vine. who had the mount on him, was of absolutely no help. Flannel Shirt was away running and Fairbrother, when well clear of the other three, rated him along at a fast clip. Missionary, after his bad luck at the start, raced up strongly on his own courage and before the stretch was reached he had put old St. Allan away, but he could not catch the Stoneham plater. Woods Stocktons Sea Tide had to be much the best of the two-year-old maidens that came together in the opening fiv-eighths dash. Off together badly, she was forced to close a big gap, but was fortunate in finding her way through at the head of the stretch. She finished in the deep going, but readily outran her opponent through the last eighth. Helen Condon was the one to set the early pace, but Candystick. the James Butler starter, worked his way up to the outside and had her headed on the turn for home He had been forced to go wide, but was earning again at the end to save second place With W. V. Caseys Gipsy Flyer taking third. Gipsy Flyer was unfortunate at the start when she left Ihe post greenly. She el .-• il .1 big gap. but was tiring at the end. In this race H. C. Fishers Bright Idea wheeled sharply as the barrier rose and was left at the post. Alex YVoidliffe. that races for P. H. Sims. accounted for the five-eighths for two-yar-olds that was the third offering. He showed great alertness leaving the barrer and. opening up a good early lead, stuck it out to beat A G Btaketjrl Stampdale, while A. J. Con-tentos Bill Dwyer was a distant third, and only third t ecause larence Kli—nor did not ! r e.vere with J. s. Coedena ciuudlwid. At the start Cloudland went in the air slightly and was slow to be under way. Then when Kummer had him settled into his racing stride AlCS Woodliffe was w. 11 on his way and Stampdale was the only one that was giving any semblam f a contest. For an instant in the str tch Stampdale seemi d tn ha e B chare e to catch Alex YVocd-lilfe. but he sv. rvd when Butwell called OH him. The chance wis gone. In the nieintime Kumnier, finding that Cloudland was w 11 beaten, had eased him up. Burns, on Hill I wyer. was quick to see his chance and B4 drove his mount furiously. Kummer attempted to rouse Cloudland again, but was too late and the Contento colt tick the short end of the purse. John K. Madden started both Bepulse and Al Levy in this race, but they were both well aaaten all the way.
