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• RANCOCAS STABLE DOUBLE » Cheops and Lachen Carry Popular Colors Successfully at Jamaica. ♦ First Mentioned Easily Proves Best of His Three-Year-Old Rivals — Lachen Never Leaves Result of Race in Doubt. •— NEW YORK, N. Y., May 4.— Cheops and Lachen, stablemates in the Rancocas Stable of Harry F. Sinclair, were winners of the two best offerings at Jamaica today, and Mr. Sinclair was on hand to see them perform. The program was not a particularly attractive j one, but the above mentioned races and a ] five-eights dash for maiden two-year-olds | furnished a good sport. ! The weather was disagreeably cold and a I high wind blew over the course but the going was fast and, while the skies were overcast, no rain fell. Lachens triumph came in the Laurelton Handicap, and only four went to the post, Bonnie Maginn, from the Belair Stud Stable, finishing in second place, while A. J. Sullivans The Code beat the Log Cabin Stud Stables Crossfire for third. Laverne Fator, who rode both Cheops and Lachen, sent the son of Lucullite into the lead at the rise of the barrier, and he never left the result in doubt. The Code, the lightweight of the field, went along in second place through the early racing, but he could never get to the leader, and before the stretch was reached he had tired and dropped back. It was after The Code was through that Bonnie Maginn moved up in resolute fashion on the outside, and she soon found her way into second place, but at the end she was still three lengths hack of Lachen, though right before The Code. Crossfire ran a dull race and was last throughout. Cheops proved easily best of the three-year-olds that came together in the condition race at three-quarters that was run as the third and the second best offering of the day. The son of John P. Grier was opposed by Clifford A. Cochrans Guinea Hen, the Belair Stud Stables Sun Hawk and the Oak Ridge Stables Northern Pass, and that is the order in which they finished back of the Rancocas Stable colt. Continued on sixteenth pnee j RANCOCAS STABLE DOUBLE Continued from first page Guinea Hen was the only one to give a sembjince of a contest. Beginning well the filly rushed into the lead early, and Fator soon had Cheops racing along a couple of lengths back of her, but galloping strongly. The other two were further back and it was apparent early that they were not to cut any serious figure. It was not until three-eighths from the finish that Fator shook up Cheops and he quickly moved up to the filly. Kelsay called on Guinea Hen and the result was that she raced along with Cheops on the stretch turn, but shortly after turning into the straight he shook her off to win going away with plenty in reserve. Sun Hawk readily saved third, while Northern Pass ran an unaccountably bad race when he had no speed and was outfooted all the way. Scat, racing for Mrs. Louise Viau, was an easy winner of the opening race at a mile and a sixteenth for platers, when he led home Bud Fishers Drawing Board, with J. Ro-tunnos Wishing Stone finishing in third place. There were only five starters and Herkert was fourth with Prattle. Rather a bad last, thanks to a miserable ride by J. De-laney, ■ an inexperienced apprentice. The second race was one of those contests in which only apprentices who had never ridden a winner were eligible to ride. As : often as it has happened in the past the best horse was beaten when T. Brady brought ; about the defeat of Edward Arlingtons Joe i Sweep. His exhibition was hardly as bad as t that of Delaney in the opening race, but it : was bad enough to permit J. J. Murphys Out Step to be winner. Joe Sweep was second, , simply on his own courage, and G. C. Winfreys • Okay clt sed with a rush on the rail 1 that i laced him third. There was a good finish of the five-eighths dash for maiden two-year-old fillies, when, in a gamely fought-out finish, Catsplay from the Greentree Stable, just managed to down the Audley Farm Stables Princess Tina, with Clifford A. Cochrans Man o War filly Valkyr taking third place. Hoity Toity, a stablemate to the winner, caused a considerable delay at the post by her bad actions, but the start was a good one. Just after they left, Philene, a Ran-cocas Stable starter, after being off well, was crowded to the fence and shuffled back until she was a bad last. Catsplay was lucky to escape interference. After two of the E. Arlington starters had been last, largely because of bad rides. Grand Bey won easily for him in the mile and seventy yards race at the end of the program. o
