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JAMES BUTLERS PIQUE , » , Winner of Best Offering of Jamaicas Wednesday Card. * Zero Hour Outlasts Tiger Gloss in Great Finish — Noon Fires Rider Caught Napping. • JAMAICA. X. Y., May 5.— James Butlers Pique was winner of the best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today, when he led home Needle Oiun, Swope and Titan in the l,aurelton, a highweight handicap. The other races of the afternoon offered an interesting setting for this sprini handicap and while the weather was unseasonably cold there was a big crowd out for the sport. Only four raced in the Laurelton, but it was a well balanced field and it marked the first start of the year for three of them. Needle Qa being the only one that had appeared earlier at the meeting. No time was lost at the barrier and Pique lost no time in going into command. Titan chased along after him while both Needle inn and Swope were slow to get in their strides. This order was maintained until Bearing the stretch turn where Needle lun began to close up while at the same time Titan showed signs of tiring, but Pique held to his lead and Breuning had him nicely in hand. In that run through the stretch Needle Gun closed gallantly to take second place while Swope saving ground on the stretch turn also came with becoming speed that saw him safely in front of Titan at the end. Titan lost a bit of ground in the stretch, but he was well beaten when he went out slightly and that had no effect on the result. ■cram nr x arrow margin. It was a great finish that came out of the opening race for platers when Harry Marts Zero Hour outgamed the Bedford Farm Stables Tiger Gloss to win by a narrow margin. Incidentally much of the credit for the victory belonged to G. Arnold, the little apprentice rider that is attached to the Greentree Stable. This little fellow rode a particularly energetic, race to have his mount home the winner and it was probably his best exhibition since he has been riding about New York. From a good start Tiger Gloss was rushed into a long lead and Zero Hour was in second place, while Belcross had the others headed. Then in the stretch Arnold made his run with Zero Hour and driving the son of Hourless with rare energy he wore Tiger C.loss down stride by stride to be winner in the closing strides. Belcross tired badly in the final eighth and James Butlers Gircus Rider was along to beat him for third. James Butlers Noon Fire was beaten by a nose in the second race because Andy Schuttinger became careless and EL Thur-ber. bringing Robert Odoms Light View up with a great rush, nosed him out in the last stride. Five lengths back Rag Weed saved third from Araby. It is entirely possible that had Noon Fire been first home a claim of foul would have been made against Schut-tinirer by Thurber for on the turn out of the hack stretch Noon Fire came over against the tidum colt and forced Thurber to take up to avoid an accident. Kinrmnm fatal mistake. At that time. Light View and Noon Fire wen- racing closely lapped, and as Thurber took it up it was natural that the Butler sprinter should race away into a long lead. He was still well clear at the head of the etretch and racing so easily that he seemed a sure winner. Then in tin- final eighth, Schuttinger eased his mount slightly, and it proved fatal when Thurber brought Light View up with his winning rush. Mnyni, the Uaiicuias Stable starter, was one that bad little chance in the running. Catrone did not appear to be ready when the barrier rose and. before he could have the MM of Broomstick in his racing stride, he was so far out of it as to have scant chance. In the overnight entries and on the program, the weight to be carried by Noon Fire v;us given at 107 pounds. I*atcr, it was discovered that under the conditions he should carry 117 pooaefe. A correction was put up on the notice beard, but there was much complaint of this mistake. Little Arnold brought his second winner of the day home when he piloted G. C. Dennys Valletta to victory in the mile and seventy yards of the third race. In this he again showed skill and energy to have the filly heore from James Buonocoros Mary B.. while William Daniels Romany saved third Continued on fifteenth pare. JAMES BUTLERS PIQUE Continued from first page from G. CL Winfreys Camouflage, the onlv other starter. From a good start it was Romany and Camouflage that jumped out to set the pace, ■ with Vallette rating along in third place | while Mary B. was permitted to drop far out j of the running. Through the back stretch Camouflage drew out from Romany and he went into a lead | that still saw him in command as he swung , for home. There Romany lost some ground j by going wide, while Arnold made a better j turn into the straight. Mary B. was making | a belated move and she was catching her i rivals at every stride, and there was a gen-1 eral closing up. In the last eighth. Camouflage tired badly ! and then it was that Vallette dashed to the j front, to be home the winner. Mary B. was along in time to save second place, while : Romany beat Camouflage in the last few ; strides. [ Old Yoshimi proved best of a cheap band that met in the mile and an eighth of the fifth race. He rushed to the front at the rise of the barrier and made everv post a winning one. though at the end he had to stand a long drive to be safely home. Bruns raced close after the winner most of the way, while Rusovia was heading the others to the stretch. There Maxie saved ground on the turn and came with a great rush, but he tired again in the final eighth, though he headed Rusovia for third. Good Night was last all the way and at no tiaie a contender. 1 *
