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ARIZONA TO ESP1N0 • W. Zieglers Derby Hope Takes Friday Feature at Jamaica. ♦ Wins in Hard Drive by Safe Margin and Is Worked Out a Mile and a Quarter. • NFAV YORK. X. Y.. May 7. William Zie-gler Jr.s Kspino. ridden by W. Smith, accounted for the Arizona, which was the i stellar offering at Jamaica today. His victory came after a hard drive in which he led home Sanford. from the Rosedale Stable, and G. A. Cochrans Flat Iron. Harrovian, Wish ins Stone and Seventh Son completed the field. The race was at a mile and seventy yards and Espino was an odds-on | choice. He was worked out a mile and a quarter in preparation for his engagement in the Kentucky Derby and was timed the | mile in 1:39%, mile and an eighth ia 1:53 i ami the mile and a quarter in 11:1073. Considerable interest in the race was de- | traded when trainer J. Rowe decided to] withdraw Harry Payne Whitneys Color Ser- i geant, while Mosque, from the Rutler stable. was also withdrawn. The field left in good alignment and it was Flat Iron that showed i the way around the first turn, while Wishing i BtOM was in second place, with Kspino third. Seventh Son was a bad last. There-was no change in the running positions until the field straightened out on the back Stretch. Flat Iron continued to show the Way while Smith moved up with Kspino on the outside. Sanford in the meantime encountered repeated interference, but moved to the front with Kspino. but Flat Iron had something left and quickly regained the lead. Sanford, under urging, closed considerable ground, but Sande was forced to come to the outside of the field turning for home. Espino felt the sting of the whip at the eighth post and through the final sixteenth drew away to win by a safe margin from Banford, which had a wide margin over Flat Iron. The card, which was an off one. attracted a good sized crowd for a Friday. The Hack was fast. NO RNBBTB AISPK lOrSI.Y. No Regrets, a daughter of Kternal-Chryso-beril racing- for the Swingalong Stable and ; making her first start, proved an easy winner of the first race of the dsy. At the end she j was leading homo X. lx scalzos Avisack II. | and J. W. Beans Beautiful Flower. The j winner was ridden by jockey F. Sharpe and j dominated the running throughout. There was little time lost at the post and Sharpe sent Xo Begrets away with the leaders. She quickly moved into the lead ! and was pursued by P.eautiful Flower with i Avisack II. racing in third place. The others j WOK never serious factors in the early running. Xo Kegrets was under restraint round- ! ing the stretch turn and easily defeated Beautiful Flower. In the meantime Avisack II. was responding to punishment and came with a rush through the stretch but was not good enough to menace the winner. P.eautiful Flower quit badly at the end but was an easy third. C 1 . Wideners Sabina ridden by the apprentice .1. Jowers accounted for the running of the second race which engaged a» band of platers at three-quartets. Her Scon- came after a drive with .lames Cutlers Circus Kider and J. Kotunnos Johnny Campbell. The field was an unruly one at the j ost, but left in good alignment. Tiger iloss and Circus Rider were the ones to establish the early running while Sabina was well up on the outside. Johnny Cambell was racing forwardly and entering the stretch came to the outside, while Powers slipped through ■SSI to the rail with Sabina. The move was a profitable one for he saved many lengths and at the end drew clear under severe pressure. Circus Rider, which was used up considerably racing Tiger doss into defeat, held on well at the end to save second place ftorri Johnny Campbell lKOl KSSOK ■ A IMIOW IV. A tattling finish CaSM with the running of tie third race, which was a dash of three-quarters, and lUSSM Hutlers Professor proved l«-st by a narrow margin from A. Mounces Bos, whhe 97. L. divers Fiddlesticks was third. The winner was ridden by jockey P Fisher, and In- was kept close to the lead throughout. Sox and Fiddlesticks i-.-t the early pace, with the Ifounce starter on the inside. Riholiho was in third place leading Professor. Fisher was in -lose quarters on tht insid.-. but fortunately found an opening and Osesped interference. Sox drew away blightly when Harvey went to the whip, entering the stretch, but in the final eighth tired, and could not stand off the rush of ••■itiuiied on t wenti-t li pssf I ARIZONA TO ESPINO Continued from first page Professor. The latter forced his way between the leaders and just got up. Fiddlesticks, making his first start, tired at the end, and was probably short. Irish Marine racing for Mrs. D. C. Landers and ridden by J. Brunner accounted for the fifth race, which was at a mile and seventy yards in a clever manner from P. J. Beillys IMue Hill while Thomas Sheedys Tiber was third. The winner and Liason were the ones to show the way the first mile while Blue Hill was in third position with Tiber bringing up at the rear. The latter dwelt slightly at the start and was far back as the field raced to the first turn. Bounding the stretch turn Irish Marine under urging drew away slightly from Liason. The latter began to show the effects of forcing the pace and tired. Blue Hill was forced to come to the outside and lost some ground. Through the stretch he closed gamely and finished strong. Tiber came with a rush at the end to finish third.
