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: ; i t : , • 1 GOOD SPORT AT COLUMBUS Thrilling Finishes Mark Wednesdays Racing at Beulah Park, Held Under Ideal Conditions. COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 4. — Delightful weather conditions Jigain prevailed at Beulah Park this afternoon, following the heavy overnight storms of Tuesday, which left the track again in a heavy, lumpy condition. Nevertheless, despite the changed condition of the track, the fields in the majority of the races were large, and the finishes in most of the races were of the close kind. Close to three thousand again packed the stand* and enclosures. West Point, perfectly ridden by jockey P. Armstrong, came from behind Impossible entering the home stretch, and after a hard drive succeeded in wearing the latter down, to win going away by a length and a half margin. This marked the second winning mount during the afternoon for the H. E. Brown rider, had previously won with Perhaps. Little Avon, ridden by jockey F. Moore, barely lasted long enough in the opening dash to earn a head victory over Air Mail, after having led at one stage of the journey by a five lengths margin. When the home stretch was reached the eight-year-old gelding was seen to be shortening his stride, forcing his rider to go to the whip to stall off the closing rush of Air Mail. Boxwood came from out of the bunch to take third place. Another thrilling finish resulted In the second race, when the first three to finish lapped on each other, with the winner Bullet Joe driving to the utmost. Peter Brush was second and somewhat unfortunate in the early running, while Freemason, the early pacemaker, hung on gamely for third. Two-year-olds of the maiden variety made up the small, but select field that faced the starter in the third race. Jean Wengel, a speedy daughter of Airman — Smiling Mag, which runs in the interests of G. F. Jenkins, had the most speed and had two lengths margin over Tufli at the end, with Panzan third. Perhaps, running without blinkers in the fourth race, added another purse to the account of the H. K. Brown Stock Farm. The winner was ridden by F. Armstong, who continually urged the nine-year-old gelding to the utmost. Backed into odds-on favoritism. Why re-i warded all confidence reposed in her by lead-1 ing practically ever foot of the way in the fifth race, though St. Quentin loomed up dangerously in the back stretch, but when Hardy called upon Why for the supreme effort, the game daughter of Sir Johnson — Etta Ray readily drew clear to an easy victory. Havana Electric, after being out-i run in the early stages, finished with :i burst of speed that carried him into second place at the end, while St. Quentin was also passed for third money by Scorcher.
