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JAMES BUTLERS STING 1 ♦ Scores a Notable Success in the I Excelsior Handicap. • Displays Remarkable Speed and ] Breaks Both the Record for Race and Jamaica Track. ■ ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., May 9.— Showing a return to his excellent Empire City form of 1 last year. James Butlers Sting fairly tow- 1 roped some of the best handicap horses in the East in the Excelsior Handicap tins aft- i ernoon at Jamaica. From a time standpoint s the race run by the handsome son of Spur I and Gnat was a remarkable one. Waiting i on Serenader through the first half at a moderately fast pace. Breuning then sent Sting along so fast that the three-quarters | was covered in 1:10%. "Without the slight- | est signs of tiring the Yonkers-owned colt | came right on to the mile with several | lengths advantage in 1:36. finishing out the distance of the Excelsior in 1:42%. not only a new record for the stake, but a new mark for the Jamaica course. Eight of an expected field of ten faced starter Oassidy and Mad Play, with La-verhe Fator in his saddle, enjoyed most favor with the crowd. Cherry Pie and Spot Cash had strong followings and the Butler candidate never lacked for friends. From a satisfactory start Mr. Sanfords six-year-old gelding Serenader was sent into a daylight lead and he easily held command over Sting and Wilderness to the far turn, where Sting raced by him without effort and turned into the stretch with a long lead. Jockey Ellis at the same time sent Cherry Pie up from the rear and made a short turn into the final quarter. The Greentree crack made a game effort to catch the flying leader, but little Breuning. astride oting, was looking back at the end. Mad Play, devoid of early speed, came arrund the tiring ones in the last eighth and finished a fast-going third. Serenader tired very badly after relinquishing the lead and just lasted to hold fourth place. Spot Gash failed to respond when called on and Aga Khan was outrun at all stages. Stings victory rewarded Mr. Butler to the extent of J5.850. HEBERTS FrSE RIDE. A fine exhibition of horsemanship by apprentice rider S. Hebert featured the second division of the mile and seventy yards claiming purse. Astride G. C. Winfreys Insulate. Hebert worked his way through on the inside of the upper turn and then courageously drove the daughter of Black Jester through an opening above the sixteenth post. Catching the pacemaker. Demijohn, tiring. Hebert stuck to his reins and strongly hand rode Insulate to a head victory. Demijohn also was capably ridden by Ellis in the final drive, though he may have been made just a bit too much use of in the easly stages. Royal Duck loomed up strongly turning for home and then save way when he could not overhaul Demijohn. A crowd that warmed the hearts of President Kilroe and General Manager Dwyer filled the old Jamaica grandstand to capacity today. As for the clubhouse, there was 1 little possibility of ones moving about in that structure, and the benches on the lawn were taken early. Every eastern turf enthusiast, excepting, of course, those staying over for Iimlieos closing days, was on hand I i and visiting about the paddock. Favorable ■ weather and exciting racing provided entertainment worthy of the assemblage. ANOTHER COCHRAN SUCCESS. The luck of Gifford A. Cochran, made possible by the training skill of William Duke ; and superb saddle work of Clarence Kummer. • continues. His Dangerous, another of the 1 famous five-for-40.000 batch of yearlings of 192::, showed a sparkling performance in 1 the California Handicap, an overnight race, and second on the program. I Jut he displayed many of the habits that mitigated against his success as a two-year-old. Sluggish at the start. Dangerous raced up f;t.st when rounding the far turn, tried to bear out with Kummer entering the stretch and then, after responding brilliantly to the riders determined finish, gave signs of bearing in on Contract right at the end. Kummer was forced to abandon the use of the whip and take his mount in hand right at the end, easing up slightly to prevent his interference with the Walter J. Salmon colt. Contract himself gave a fine exhibition of sp ed and Canted his 124 pounds like a near of . merit, giving way only at the very end. .Mr. Butlers Turf Idol faded away after a stern early chase- of Contract and was well b at.-n. Considering that it was his first out of the year, improvement may be anticipated. Mrs. A. Swenkes veteran sprinter West-wood made a show of his company in the Continued on twentieth page. JAMES BUTLERS STING Continue! from first page. first division of a mile and seventy yards claiming event that came third on the program. McAtee had him first away and. outclassing his rivals for speed, had them all dizzy following him. McAtee took no chances in the stretch and rode him hard to the finish line. Metrodore was always closest in pursuit and made a determined but unavailing effort to reach him in the last eighth. J. A. Coburns Rigel, a cast-off from the Rancocas Stable, ran out at the first turn and lost all chance. He repeated the offense on the far turn. Scratches reduced an unwieldy field of maidens in the first race to twelve, but Winning Bird reduced it, as a contest, to a one horse affair in the first sixteenth of the journey. Jockey Harry Wakoff had L. A. Prices three-year-old, trained by the veteran Billy Oliver, away from the barrier flying and maintained an advantage of five lengths to the last sixteenth, where he began tiring, but held a day light lead at the finish. Lord Bacon raced among the forward contenders until the eighth post where he gained on the tiring Roiville, and was easily second. Leo Rosenbergs Extra Dry was a handy winner of the closing race, a three-quarters condition race. Swanson waited with her till Our Buddy began to tire and then sent her into the lead below the sixteenth post. Jibe, which had followed the pacemaker closest, wore him down in the last eighth and secured second honors by a length. Coronation, from the Harry Payne Whitney stable, and most favored by form students, acted very unruly at the post and was in tight quarters when the start came. He was rushed along by McAtee, but after gaining . a contending position, he quit badly. m . —
