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RANCOCAS SCORES TRIPLE VICTORY NASSAK WINS EASILY « Mei Foo and Mowlee Also Victorious in Sinclair Colors. » John P. Grier Colt Qualifies in Im-: pressive Fashion for Preakness and Kentucky Derby. . NEW YORK, X. Y., May 5.— Xassak qualified handsomely for the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, should Hildreth care to go after the Baltimore prize, when he was winner of the mile and a sixteenth Kings County Handicap, the big Saturday feature of the Metropolitan Jocey Club at Jamaica. And while Xassak galloped home winner, after never having been fully extended, San-kari, a stablemate, raced to second place. Altogether it was a Rancocas Stable day, for earlier on the program, both Mei Foo and Mowlee were winners from the same stable. It was the biggest day of the Jamaica meeting for the weather was ideal for the sport, and there was the added attraction of entertaining the visiting fliers. It was 2 :30 when the German fliers, Capt. Herman Kohle and Baron von Huenefeld and their Irish companion, Maj. James Fitzmaurice, arrived at the course. As they were escorted to the clubhouse box that had been reserved for their reception, they were greeted by rousing cheers, and Jack Adler — ■ he of the leather lungs — made some unneeded introductions and voiced a welcome for the big crowd. The distinguished guests were visibly pleased at the ovation received and waved and bowed their appreciation of the plaudits. The victory of Xassak was a confidently expected success though under his 114 pounds he was carrying two pounds more than scale weight and giving away great lumps to every other starter. There was little delay at the post and the son of John P. Grier was so much best that Fator at once permitted him to race into the command and there was no time after the first eighth that he was fully extended. Honker, with eleven pounds the best of it, raced along second, and Festival, under the feather of ninety-five pounds, was third. Sankari. always slow to begin, followed some lengths back, Avith Dangerous in the rear. SANKAHI SECOND. Through the back stretch McAtee moved up with Sankari and. finding his way through on the rail, was soon in second place, until it was evident at the end of the first five-eighths that the Rancocas pair would be both first and second. Honker and Festival were hanging on well, but each was doing his best, while old Dangerous was beginning to gain ground. Swinging into the stretch, Fator had made no move on Xassak and he was still romping along in front, while Sankari was just as safely in second place. Honker had carried Festival out a bit in the stretch and this afforded Dangerous his chance to finish next to the rail to take third place. The fractions for the running testified to the readiness of Xassak, when he ran his first quarter in :24, went to the half in :48%, three-quarters in 1 :132s, mile in 1 :3S% and the mile and a sixteenth in 1 :45. The second "score for the Rancocas Stable silks came in the running of the Bremen Pliers Handicap, in which Mowlee, ridden by Ii. Fator, was rather a handy winner over Sandy from the Rolling Plains Stable, with M. A. Silvers Indian Love Call saving third from H. P. Whitneys The Tartar. The only other starter, William M. Moores Sour Mash, raced last of the five all the way. The start was a good one. with Mowlee last to leave the barrier. He had the inside post position and Fator was fortunate in finding room to hold to that position anl quickly find his way through the company until he was showing the way in the first sixteenth of a mile. Sandy was racing with Indian Love Call and The Tartar following in close order. MOWLEE IX FRONT. Once he had Mowlee clear of the field Fator took hold of the son of Luculite and had no trouble both in keeping the "ommand and saving something for the run through the stretch. He won by three lengths. Sandy as resolutely raced second, while there was little to choose between The Tartar and Indian Love Call, though the Silvers colt had a shade the worst of it in being forced to race on the outside. Making a good turn into the straight it was no trick for Mowlee to be home winner by three lengths and while Sandy was tiring slightly and Indian Love Call gaining, saved the place by half a length. The Tartar quit rather badly. The opening race was a three-quarters dash Continued on seventeenth page. RANCOCAS TRIPLE VICTORY Continued from first page. for platers and Briar Broom, from the Ma-hopac Stable, was winner when he led home F. M. Barlows Gracious Gift and Edward Arlingtons Poeticule. The score was a lucky one, for had it not been that the winner carried Poeticule out at the he;id of the stretch it is probable that the Arlington filly would have scored. It was rather a good band of maiden two-year-olds that met in the five-eighths of the second race and it brought a Rancocas Stable victory when Mei Foo, the son of Kai-Sang, made all the pace to score from William Ziegler, Jrs., Holiday, with II. P. Whitneys Letalone saving third from Zest, a stable-mate of the winner. Holiday had met with some interference leaving the back stretch and Garner, who rode Letalone, claimed a foul against Ratti, who rode Mei Foo. After considering the claim the stewards could find no reason for altering the order of the finish. It was a cheap band that started in the mile and seventy yards fifth race, and G. C. Winfreys Bright Steel proved winner when he led home G. W. Coburns Prattle, with Edward Staats Luthers Account beating Mrs. Louise Viaus Jim Crow for third. Jim Crow was the one to set the pace and he was closely followed by both Account and Ominous, with the others further back and in fairly close order. Jim Crow held his lead into the stretch, but there Account was so close at hand that he was under a drive, while Ominous was still much in the running and saving ground on the inside. At the final eighth post Ominous tired and was quickly shuffled out of the running, while Account finally had Jim Crow beaten. Then, when Account looked the winner, Bright Steel and Prattle came with a rush on the outside to both beat him home in the order named. At the end of the program there was a three-quarters condition race that brought out a good band, and it resulted in a score for A. Schwartzs Kentucky II. Black Curl, another from the Rancocas Stable, was the one to set the pace, but Kentucky II. was never far away and through the final eighth he caught her to win going away. William M. Moores Stretcher, after racing forwardly from the start, saved third from William Ziegler, Jrs., Gerfalcon. +
