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GREY LAG STAGES COMEBACK * Veteran Star Shoot Racer Displays - Old Speed at Jamaica. ■ ♦ Accounts for Arizona Handicap, "With i Cherry Pie Second — Brown Wisdom Graduates In Third ltace. NEW YORK. X. T.. May 4.— Old Grey Lag, now in his tenth year, came back to his 5 own at Jamaica today when, to the riotous I cheering of a big crowd, he was winner of the Arizona Handicap, over the mile and a sixteenth . distance. A daughter of the old fellow had started in the opening race of the day, . and seldom, indeed, has it been that father and daughter perforin on the same program. There has been no more popular victory all I year, for seldom has there been a more popular . turf idol about New York than Grey Lag, and it was deserved popularity for his many brilliant achievements of some years back. In this victory he showed a flah of his- old [ time quality when, after being sharply roused I with the whip by Fator, he closed a big gap , to bo home an easy winner from the Green-tree Stables Cherry Pie, another old-timer now eight years old, while back of them followed . Filcmaker, Oh Say, Mrs. Vanderbilts Kentucky Derby candidate, and Walter J. Salmons Teheran. When the head of the | i stretch was reached he was close after Cherry Pie, while they both wore rapidly closing the gap of the leaders. There was not much of a contest in the stretch, for Grey Lag was in full stride and ■went on past Cherry Pie. after the son of Chicle had disposed of Filemaker and Oh Say. and it was no race through the final eighth. IDEAL RACING CONDITIONS. Weather and track conditions were ideal for the sport, and the card was remarkable for large fields, two of the races being for maidens, of which there is always an over- j abundance. In the Arizona Handicap, which was an overnight affair, Filemaker and Oh Say were , rushed away into a long early lead, with : Cherry Pie rating along in third place, and Grey Lag four or five lengths back of the Greentree Stables veteran. The leaders were Botes so easily that there did not seem to be a reasonable chance to catch them until it was observed that McAtee was making no ! move on Cherry Pie, while Fator was sitting still on Grey Lag. It was going to the turn out of the back [ stretch that Fator shook up Grey Lag, and J when the old fellow did not respond he ■ swung his whip twice. This roused the old £ son of Star Shoot to run in earnest. J. W. Beans Artie Kay, a filly which has ! been knocking at the door on various occa- sions, graduated from the maiden class in the c opening five-eighths dash, for juvenile platers which had never won. She just beat home Mrs. Louise Viaus Omareen. while Bud Fishers Altimeter was the one to beat Agi- T tate for third. Artie Kay was away fairly well, but she ■ had an outside position and, as a result, was forced to race around several horses to score her victory. In the run througn the stretch Agitate, which had raced along in the front 5 division, loomed all over a winner an eighth from home, when she gave way to Omareen, then, right at the end, Artie Kay made her winning rush on the outside that saw her winner by a nose. Altimeter finished with excellent courage to beat the tiring Agitate * for the short end of the purse. * In this race Grey March, the daughter of Grey Lag. which raced for the Rancocas Sta- ble, left the post so greenly as to have no c chance, though she showed a flash of speed £ in the running. Lillian M. was another which E had no chance at the start. J BABY GAR EASILY. ] Fifteen ordinary platers met in the three-quarters of the second race and, when W. B. Mitchells Baby Gar was off well, she c quickly raced "into the lead and never left the result seriously in doubt. Hat Brush, from the Arden Farms Stable, raced to I second place, with Frank Bambaras Reprisal s beating C. V. B. Cushmans Supersede for i third. J McAtee had Hat Brush away in the first ,£ flight, but he was utterly unable to keep up with Baby Gar, which raced off into a long lead and was still eight lengths clear at the end. Reprisal and Sunbright, were right with Hat Brush as he fought along to hold second place, but Sunbright was on the outside and that was a bit of a handicap. Supersede was J further back but, when he found racing room, finished fast. In the stretch, the whole battle of the race, until the eighth pole was reached, was for the place. Reprisal was making it interesting for Hat Brush but, in that final eighth, the latter came away to take second place by two lengths, while Reprisal would have been beaten for third in a few strides. The third v.as another maiden affair that brought out a big field and two eligibles for v tlu- Kentucky Derby finished first and second f when Frederick Johnsons Brown Wisdom was winner. With II. P. Whitneys Fly Across of second. Daric. from the Rancocas Stable, was the one to be third. , Laverne Fator completed a riding double T when, after bringing home Grey Bag, he r, scored with Clarence Buxtons Judge Bart-lett in the mile and seventy yards race un- der claiming conditions, which was the fifth. Taking the lead at the rise of the barrier, Judge Bartlett was good enough to make every post a winning one and still had a length to spare at the end. at " Marshall Cassidy was an arrival from Cali- S fornia and will remain for a few days. He I? will resume his duties at the opening of Woodbine Park. a b by ============================ * T.
