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jFEATURELESS RACING jTuesdays Card at Jamaica Below New York Standard. ! -- . Best Offering Ruined by The Dela- ware n. Beating Barrier and Thereby Winning Race. , NEW YORK, N. T., Oct 14. There was no race at Jamaica for Tuesday sport that was i worthy of being called a feature and the entertainment was furnished by about as cheap a group as can be found in New York at this season of the year. The weather was pleasant for the sport, the track was fast, ! and a goodly crowd was out when the character of the sport is taken into consideration. Three of the six races were for two-year-olds, and two of these were five and a half furlongs, dashes for platers that had not won at the meeting, while the other was a five-eighths dash for fillies. Then a mile and seventy yards for cheap maidens of all ages did not lend any tone to the show. "What might have been the best race, a three-quarters sprint, was sadly marred when The Delaware II. beat the barrier so far as to make his victory possible and the remaining offering was a mile and seventy yards for platers. This is what was served up to follow the holiday card of Monday. The promise is a bit better for "Wednesday, the closing day of the Jamaica meeting, with the Claremont Handicap and the Remsen, another handicap for juveniles as the feature offerings. With the running off of the "Wednesday card the scene of racing in New York win change to the Yonkers course of the Empire City Racing association, and that brings the New York season to a close. SCORES BY A NOSE. The start virtually decided the three-quarters of the third race. J. L. Hollands The Delaware II., beat the barrier and Mc-Atee, taking every advantage of that fact rushed him into a long lead. He was quitting badly at the end and even with that advantage just lasted to win by a nose from Robert Odoms Sumpter, while Lee Rosenbergs Sun Audience was a close third. "When The Delaware II. was permitted to go at the barrier he was lengths to the good before the others were fairly under way. Nellie Grey was rushed into second place and Sumpter was racing forwardly among the others, while Sun Audience, a bit slow to begin, quickly moved up on the outside. But it was Nellie Grey that drew out from the others to chase after the leader. She gained some ground and was still second after making the turn into the short stretch, but it had taken considerable out of her and she tired badly in the last eighth, while both Sumpter and Sun Audience were gaining with excellent courage. Sumpter had saved ground on the stretch turn, while Sun Audience had gone a bit wide. Right to the end, they continued to draw up on The Delaware II., but his advantage at the start had told the tale, and he staggered home, winner by a nose. John E. Maddens Myrtle Belle proved best of the two-year-olds that came together in the opening five and a half furlong dash and at the end she had something to spare, as she led Jefferson Livingstons Confluente and P. S. P. Randolphs Sea Tide home. Mixture and Myrtle Belle dashed out into a good early lead and when the head of the stretch was reached Myrtle Belle shook Mixture off to go into a good lead. She was tiring right at the end, but had enough left to withstand the belated challenge of Confluente. The latter was going well at the end, while Sea Tide was quitting badly. Mixture was the one to be fourth. Gertrude D. in this was just a bit slow to be under way and she was forced to race wide all the way. She gained some ground to the head of the stretch but was at no time a contender. LOCKERBIE EASILY BEST. Fred Housmans Lockerbie was easily best of the three-year-old fillies that met in the mile and seventy yards of the second race, and never left the result seriously in doubt. At the end she was showing the way to W. V. Dwyers Lady Audrey by a good margin and Robert H. Shannons Sophy outstayed Escoba dOro and Anne. From an excellent start Lockerbie at once went into command and she was followed by Anno and Escoba dOro with Lady Audrey not far away and Sophy last of the company. Through the back stretch Lady Audrey moved up on the outside until she had reached second place, but Lockerbie was romping along in front with a safe lead. Continued on sixteenth page. FEATURELESS RACING Continued from first page. The other three were well lapped until the head of the stretch and they staged a good contest for the short end of the purse, Sophy proving best It was a good finish that came out of the five and half furlongs of the fourth race, which was a split of the first, when G. C. Winfreys Bill Winfrey was just up to win from J. L Lurdings Master Billy, with W. Kearns Contentment a close third. Master Billy had a bit the best of it at the start, and he was rushed into a good lead with Contentment chasing after him. They soon drew away from the others ana Bill Winfrey was being hard ridden in third place with the others well strung out In the stretch Master Billy tore out and carried Contentment with him, forcing Bill Winfrey to come outside of the pair of them. He worked his way up steadily but it was not until the closing strides that he caught Master Billy, though Contentment flattened out and was beaten by a couple of lengths. It was a sad band of maidens that went to the post in the mile and seventy yards of the fifth race. It was for maidens of all ages, and they were entered to be sold for ,000 and they were dear at that price. Mrs. G. II. Abbotts Billy Todd jumped into an early lead and never left the result in doubt Mrs. W. M. Bairds Intrepid, after going wide on the first turn, and being messed about considerably, wiggled through on the rail in the stretch to take the place and W. C. Clancys Stony Point, after being second most of the way, saved third from Edward Arlingtons Gladys V. The J. L. Holland stable and jockey McAfee completed a -double when Gnome Girl was winner of the final race of the afternoon in a drive. Pleasant Memories was second, while Florence Nightingale was third. The "winner came from behind the pace and got up in the closing strides.
