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• - e THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY • G. A. Cochrans Derby Candidate Propus Wins Again at Jamaica. • Indian Scout Runs Fastest Three-Quarters of Meeting to Score In Second Race — Seat in Front. NEW YORK, N. Y., May T.— Clifford A. Cochrans Kentucky Derby candidate Propus, unbeaten in his two previous starts at the meeting1, added a third victory to his score when he was winner of the Rainbow Handicap, at three-quarters, from the Rancocas Stables Sweepster. It was another close finish with Sande again on the wrong end of the nose verdict, while Kelsay had the mount on Propus. In his two other victories . Propus also beat a Rancocas sprinter. Mowlee, on each occasion. The Rainbow Handicap was worth ,150 to the winner, and Propus ran the distance in 1:12%. Only four started, with H. P. Whitneys The Tartar rather a distant third, and Robert L. Gerrys Sarmaticus last of the quartet. Conditions were delightful for the racing and the track was at its best, as was shown when Indian Scout raced three-quarters in 1:12, the fastest time hung out this year at Jamaica. A good crowd was out and, while two of the races were for the lowly platers, there was plenty of interest in the two short-distance contests. There was no question of the superiority of Propus in the Rainbow Handicap. Beginning well, he forced the pace and. after racing Sarmaticus into defeat, he had enough left to withstand the rush of Sweepster in the stretch. In the early racing Sande had rated Sweepster back of Sarmaticus and Propus, and he was fully two lengths back of them as they sped along. Sarmaticus was beginning to tire when the stretch was reached, and there it was that Sande came along with Sweepster. The son of Sweep was gaining with a mighty rush and it seemed inevitable that he wjuld catch Iropus, but the son of North Star III. responded gamely to the call of Kelsay and, fighting along every inch of the way, was Continued on thirteenth page. THIRD STRAIGHT VICTORY Continued from first page. still a nose to the good as. they swept past the finish. The early racing had taken so much out of Sarmaticus that h° drooped out f the money, being beaten by The Tartar for third place rather handily. Sweepster had won the Rainbow Handicap last year, and in 1923, it will be remembered, the same race went to Zev, which had been shipped Lack to Jamaica after a defeat in the Rainbow Handicap. Then from the Rainbow Handicap he went to Louisville, to be winner of the Kentucky Derby. Dr. T. M. Cassidys Indian Scout ran the fastest three-quarters of the meeing when he went the distance of the second race in 1:12 to just beat home the Ran«-oens Stablea Mowlee. ridden by Earl Sande, owing to the sickness of Lawrence Fator. the regular jockey. These two had it between themselves all the way and. while Indian Scout was only winner by a nose. Mowlee beat St. Henell four lengths for the place. It was a good sU;rt and J. J. McTague at once raced into the lead with Indian Scout. Sande soon had Mowlee lo.se after him and he had the son of Lu. ullite under slight restraint, making it appear that he could go to the pacemaker at the first asking. Caricature. St. Henell and Ironsides followed in close order, with the others further away. It was rounding into the stretch that Mowlee moved up until he was on even terms with Indian Scout, but the son of Cnmpfire was still racing fast and Mowlee could not go on by. Inside the final eighth Sande pulled his whip, but McTague was content to ride Indian Scout vigorously and he hung on gamely. Right to the end they were locked and Mowlee could come no ■ loser being beaten a nose. St. Henell outfinished Ironsides to take thiid. while Caricature, after showing some early speed, was tiring badly at the end. The first races attracted cheap ones, but the third, over the mile and seventy yards route, brought together even cheaper ones. It went to Mrs. D. M. Mortons Afton when he led home T. P. Harts Compensation, with J. H. Pattersons Elevate finishing third. Elevate was pin -hed off slightly leaving the barrier and it cost her some ground that put her among the trailers. Shasta Flapper, the early leader, began to weaken before the run through the back stretch was completed, and there it was that Afton moved up. Compensation was still In the front division and Red Spider was going well, though he had found his way to the outside. Goodwin was bidding his time with Elevate, after having worked her through to a fairly good position. Compensation was showing the way swinging for home, but Afton was right after her and Elevate, after having to weave her way to the outside of the leaders, was also closing resolutely. The three fought it out in the last eighth and Elevate was probably th - best, but she could not overcome her early misfortunes and Afton was winner by a nose, with Compensation beating Elevate a -.ant length. Cheap ones raced over the three-quarters distance of the opening race of the day and G. L. Goodacres Jim Bean proved best when he forced all the pace to lead Ik. me H. Segals Mr. Kirkwood, with G. W. Hursts Romp taking third. Bird of Prey was the one to chase after the winner until the stretch was reached, where he had enough and dropped back badly. Romp was always In a forward position and, for a time. CDOtie was prominent, but he tired so badly hat he was eased up in the stretch to quit utterly. Reprisal met with some early difficulty, made a move on the OLtsMe in the first eighth but could never reach the contenders, while the others cut scant figur.- in the running. Standard Bearer, one of those well thought of, was unfortunate at the start and was always far back. Mrs. Clyde Phillips* Domulalia escaped from the maiden class in the five-eighths mile race for juvenile fillies. She led home Marshall Fields Calabria and Mrs. C. V. B. Cushmans Showery saved third place froni H. C. Riddles Lydia B. The start was s bit straggling and it was Showery that set the pace. Domulalia was never far back, and in the stretch she raced past the Cush-man filly and had enough left to withstand the belated rush of Calabria. E. Fator was of little help to Lydia B. and she was messed about considerably to finish fourth, failing to catch the tired Showery. Edith Bean began from the outside, showed a flash of great speed, but was never a serious contender. Scat helped E. Arlington celebrate his fifty-second birthday when he was an easy winner of the mile and an eighth race at the end of the program. Scat was taken back from the pace of King Jimmy in the run through the back stretch, came resolutely when called on and raced past the son of King James in the stretch. These two were the only ones to cut a real figure in the running and It was Easy Money that finished third. J. Gilbert claimed Comet out of the last race Monday for ,000 :tnd M. C. Osborn took King Jimmy from the same race for ,000.
