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SUNSARD STAKE WINNER ♦ Carries Joseph Browns Colors First in Jamaica Feature. ♦ Salta Runs Best Rare of Career to Win Clarendon Claiming Handicap — Mordlne Juvenile Winner. * NEW YORK. N. Y.. May 5— Sunsard. the son of Sun Briar and Rhajes, that races for Joseph Brown, was winner of the Thursday stake offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica when he scored in the Olympic Claiming Stakes, which was worth . .".50 to the winner. N. S. Hurds Sand Hills raced to second place, while J. L. Hollands Gnome Girl saved third from Jefferson Livingstons Adamas. It was rather an interesting day of racing that was furnished and with brighter weather than has been the rule. The course was a much more pleasant place to spend the afternoon and as a result the crowd was of goodly proportions. Nine went to the post in the Olympic after twenty names had been sent out in the overnight entries. After a short delay the barrier rose to a good start and little Hastie lost no time in taking Sunsard into the command, while Richard T. Wilsons Kthereal was last of the band to leave. Hustled right along, Sunsard had speed enough to hold his lead throughout, and Gnome Girl and Tester were closely lapped back of him, and Adamas leading the others. Tester was first to tire and as he dropped back Sunsard drew out to increase his lead and all of the efforts of McAfee could not drive Gnome Girl to him. Adamas was racing strongly on the inside and the others rather strung out, though Sand Hills was steadily making up ground. Sunsard held them all perfectly safe and at the end he was still a length and a half clear, and Sand Hills, by a fine dash, beat Gnome Girl home for second place. It was a better field that went to the post in the Clarendon Claiming Handicap than that which came out for the stake feature of the day and W. H. Maxwells Salta. in other years never earning a reputation for game-ness, probably gave the best exhibition of his career to be winner over Beau Geste from the B. B. Stable with Harry S. .lobes Grippeminaud finishing third. In this running, it was over the mile and seventy yards distance, Salta made the pace every stride of the way and gamely fought off repeated challenges. All through the early rating it was Needle Gun that raced after Salta and after leaving the back stretch it seemed certain that the son of Inder Fire would make the Maxwell colt stop, but it was Salta that made him quit Continued on twentieth pase.J : . , I , : | ; SUNSARD CTAKE WINNER Continued from first pagr and at the head of the stretch he was thor- oughly tired to drop back bad/v beaten No sooner had Salta put Needle Gun away than Beau Geste dashed up on the inside and he had another battle on his hands. He met that charge with remarkable gameness and at the end he was still a length to the good and still giving up plenty. Grippeminaud closed a considerable gap to be third while Ragweed was also closing resolutely though well back of the first three. It was a big field of cheap ones that met in the opening three-quarter dash that went to Louis Strubes Black Pepper when he led home William V. Dwyers Commissioner Hannon with H. K. Khar War Queen, saving third from the imported Strolling Saint that raced for William A. Read. From a good start War Queen was the one to go out in the pace and Commissioner Hannon and Capriole, a James Butler start, r were close after her. The three of them quickly drew out into a good lead over the others in the field of which Black Pepper held a forward position. The Butler gelding was first to weaken. As he dropped back Laidley went to the whip on War Queen to hold her advantage and that kept Commissioner Hannon at it without a chance to take a long breath. This took so much out of him that he could not withstand the rush of Black Pepper through the final eighth and he was beaten a length and a half though he saved second plan by a greater distance from War Queen. Strolling Saint was fairly well up all through the running and hung on well at the end. Mordine, the son of Morvieh that raced well during the Havana meeting, was winner - over Sport Hallahan. the New Orleans champion, and Our Adele. which performed at Tijuana, in the fifth race at five-eighths, for two-year-olds. Mordine. showing some of the speed of his daddy, rushed into an early lead and as he did so Our Adele was crowded back badly and lost her winning chance. Sport Hallahan was right after the Benjamin Block colt from the start and he kept him busy to the last stride, but second was his only portion, while Our Adele came again after her early misfortune to save third easily from Kirkover. At the end of the card there was a mile and seventy yards rac- for jockeys that had never ridden seven winners. R. Bla.kburn brought D. A. Cohns Kosciu.s-xo horn.- winner from Mrs. M. Haeketts Sam Smith with Bud Fishers Sporting Kditor third. Jason-ette, after being whipped fur half a mile, was fourth. There came another score for the Rancocax Stable when Sam Hildreth sent Black furl to, the post in th- three-quarters, allowance race, for three-year-olds, which was the second offering. The daughter of Friar Rock was so much the best of her company that I the result was never in doubt, and at the end I lit was William Ziegler. Jr s Wee Burn that | I ra.e.l to second place, while J. L. Hollands Lord Broom was rather a distant third, to beat the Newtondale Stables Cun Royal, the only other starter. Laverne Fator went right out to set pace with Black Curl from the rise of the barrier. and she was always clear of the others. Curl Royal and Wee Burn raced after her. while Lari Broom was unaccountably dull and badly outfooted. At the head of the stretch Cun Royal showed signs of tiring, and Wee j Burn came away to hold the place safe. while Cun Royal stopped so badly in the last ! j eighth that he surrendered third place to Lord Broom.
