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JAMAICAS ORDINARY CARD Fridays Program Not a Particularly Attractive One. Rigel Unfortunate in Race "Won By Forest Flower High "Weight Handicap to Skyscraper. NEW YORK, N. T., Oct 3. With three races for two-year-olds, two of them under claiming conditions and the third for maidens, the program at Jamaica Friday was not a particularly attractive one. There were two redeeming features in a highweight handicap at three-quarters that went to Skyscraper and a claiming handicap at a mile and seventy yards that was won by Richard T. Wilsons Forest Flower. The weather was delightful for the sport, and the track at its best, while a goodly crowd was on hand to cheer the winners. It was unfortunate that as the barrier rose Anderson took Rigel up sharply and he was virtually beaten right at the start in the race won by Forest Flower. Rejection and Forest Flower quickly drew out from the others and in the backstretch they were three lengths clear. But Forest Flower was in a running mood and she shook off Rejection readily when called on to come away into a safe advantage before the stretch was reached. When Anderson was off so badly with Rigel he whipped him away from the post, and, going exceedingly wide on the first turn, made up a deal of ground but it took all the speed out of the little chestnut and he was beaten when the far turn was reached. Swinging for home Forest Flower was four lengths clear and racing easily and Rejection was doing her best back of her. Then along came Prince James and under a long Continued on sixteenth page. JAMAICAS ORDINARY CARD Continued from first page. drive he was just up to nose out the filly for second place. Cockney closed some ground to be fourth, beating Costigan easily, while Rigel was last of them all. J. L. Lurdings Battleman was winner of the opening five and a half furlongs for selling platers. At the end he had a safe lead of five lengths over G. C. Winfreys Bill Winfrey while Edward Arlingtons New Hope was third over Ray Scherrers Kumonin and John Wilsons Hendrick was a tired fifth. Battleman and Hendrick were two that dashed away into a long early lead with New Hope showing the way to the others, but unable to cut down the lead of the winner. Bill Winfrey after being outrun in early stages closed with good courage and in the short stretch run, when Battleman put Hendrick away, he raced into second place, while New Hope finished resolutely to be third after having apparently been beaten foe tha,t portion of the purse. Bright Idea had no chance when she bumped and knocked sideways and then refused to start Edward Arlingtons Adrianople by a sensational rush through the stretch was winner of the second five and a half furlongs: for two-year-olds. He slipped through next to the rail to beat Mrs. Gertrude Nelsons Wracklane and it was J. L. Hollands Good Will that was third. Adrianople had to be a good colt to win for he left the post in a bit of a tangle and was far out of it to the stretch where Parke was lucky to find an opening next to the rail and when called on he came through gallantly to win going away. Akbar was rushed into a long early lead and he looked all over a winner until he bolted to the outside on the turn. That gave Wracklane his opportunity, but in turn lie feil a victim to the rush of Adrianople along the inner rail. It was a great finish came out of the high weight handicap for all ages. That is a great finish for second place. W. J. Boths Skyscraper was an easy winner but the thrilling battle was between H. C. Fishers two-year-old Swope and C. A. Stone-hams Dry Moon and it was the two-year--old that earned the verdict. The only other starter was H. W. Maxwells Blue Moon and she was beaten off. From a good start Skyscraper at once went into command, but Blue Moon hung to him resolutely through the backstretch but rounding the turn he drew away readily. Dry Moon followed Blue Moon and Swope brought up the rear. Skyscraper went out a bit on the stretch turn and when Fields saved ground with Blue Moon he tried to drive her through on the inside but to no avail. Dry Moon had been moving up on the outside in gallant style and when Blue Moon failed to respond to the call of Fields he seemed a sure thing for the place, but Turner had roused Swope and the two-year-old was responding gamely to the call. Stride by stride he wore down the older horse until the last nod his nose was in front, but Skyscraper was home, winner, two lengths before the pair of them. The fifth race was .at a mile and seventy yards for cheap ones to be ridden by jockeys that had never ridden two winners. It fell to J. A. Harpers Black Wand, ridden by R. Hoade, with S. Flahertys Byron in second place and Mrs. M. E. Merz Sword was third. Byron stole away into an early lead and Sword, after losing much ground on the first turn, was rushed around the others until he was in second place when the backstretch was reached with Black Wand running third. This order was maintained to the stretch turn where Sword was again taken wide enough to enable Black Wand to come through inside of him and finishing with good courage the Harper filly readily ran away from Byron in the last eighth, to win going away. The others in the race cut no figure. Mrs. V. Vivaudous Pleasant Memories, ridden by jockey Babin, was an easy winner of the final race of the afternoon, which was at five-eighths. Martha Martin raced to second Place while Lupine was third. The winner drew away into an easy lead and at the end held her opponents safe throughout. Martha Martin closed a big gap to finish second while Lupine, after showing early speed quit badly. Trainer F. M. Bray reports that the filly Alhanco, which bolted in her- last race af Aqueduct, injured herself and has not been out of the stall since. Young April, which was kicked at the post yesterday, is also in a bad. way.
