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JACK HIGH RETURN NOTABLE Wins Tenny Handicap His First Start of the Year Victory Makes Him Appear Probable Winner of Jfext Metropolitan Result Over ¬ shadows Swift Stakes NEW YORK N Y May 22 Jack High George D Wideners hope for handicaps this year came hack magnificently in the six furlongs of the Tenny Handicap at Belmont Park today It was the first appearance of the year for the son of Jphn P Grier and Priscilla and his score was one that makes the Metropolitan Handicap of Saturday look like a veritable gift giftrThis rThis was not the feature of the afternoon but by reason of its showing Jack High made it overshadow the Swift a seven furlongs dash for threeyearolds threeyearoldsConditions Conditions could not be Improved upon for the sport The track was fast the weather balmy and the crowd was a surprisingly large one oneIn In this Tenny Handicap there was an unreasonably long delay at the post when Eddie Ahearn and Chatford were both on their bad behavior Then the start was a bit ragged with The Heathen more alert than the others while the filly Capture was badly bumped before fairly under way and knocked out of contention contentionEddie Eddie Ahearn was right with The Heathen with Rapid Transit in third place as they left the barrier Then came Capture until she was knocked back with Caruso Jack High Sandy and Chatford following in the order named namedFOLLOWS FOLLOWS PACEMAKER PACEMAKERMcAteo McAteo had Jack High in an outside posi ¬ tion and he quickly raced around until he was close after The Heathen and Rapid Transit which were showing the way while Eddie Ahearn had dropped back rather badly I Rapid Transit did not last long in his place j and next it was Caruso that came into the picture But The Heathen was still show ¬ ing the way and Jack High was going along under a slight restraint back of him himAs As The Heathen swung into the stretch it was apparent that McAtee could go to the front with Jack High at the first ask ¬ ing but he was riding a supremely con ¬ fident race and the handsome chestnut was sweeping along smoothly Caruso was going well in third place and Chatford was stead ¬ ily making up ground groundIt It was no race in the last furlong for Jack High drew away with the utmost ease until he crossed the line winner in hand by three lengths The Heathen had lasted to beat Caruso a length and a half for the place and Chatford was another length and a threeyearoldJack half back of the Coe threeyearold Jack High is in the Metropolitan Handi ¬ cap under 110 pounds against the 126 pounds he carried in this sprint and he is fit and ready to race the mile With fair weather and a fast track it is hard to understand how SaturdayThe he is to be beaten Saturday The thirtieth running of the Swift Stakes today went to G A Cochrans Polygamous which led from flag fall to finish and won with plenty to spare from Limbus of the Rancocas Stable and a large field of threeyearolds J Butlers Questionnaire after starting slowly finished in third place a length ahead of W J Salmons Swin field Erin running last after being in a tangle closed very fast fastA A good band of maidens started in the sec ¬ ond race and it resulted in a well earned vic ¬ tory for E R Bradleys Bide a Wee recently sent on from Kentucky by Dick Thompson The filly fought it out gamely to take the measure of Milkman from the Rolling Plains Stable and Hornpipe from the Wheatley Stable saved third from Crucifixion a big son of Negolol that races for the Lone Star Stable As a matter of fact the race run by Crucifixion was the sensation of the con test for he was away so slowly as to appar ¬ ently have no chance to catch the others othersLOSES LOSES GROUND GROUNDHornpipe Hornpipe was the one to set the pace and Milkman was close up and not far back of him Bide a Wee was forced to race outside the pair of them and turning into the stretch she lost considerable ground Hornpipe tired in the final furlong and there Bide a Wee staged her game finish when under the ap ¬ prentice Quillen she beat Milkman on which McAtee had the mount by a head The pair were a length before Hornpipe and he in turn only nosed out Crucifixion which had closed an immense gap gapWillie Willie Knapp added blinkers to the equip ¬ ment of Herbert Bayard Swopes juvenile filly Wee Drop in the opening race through the Widener course and she was home the winner by a good margin over Old Sport racing for Mrs Julia Page and H Teller Archibalds Jolly King which fought it out for second place The start was a good one and Prim and Wee Drop were first to show Old Sport and Foolhardy were not far back and the others followed along in close order Kelsay who had always shown real skill in the riding of twoyearolds soon had the little filly showing the way In wayIn the final furlong Kelsay sent Wee Drop up and while she passed the finish winner by two lengths he was riding her out vig ¬ orously to make the victory sure Old Sport had raced along well out in the middle of the course all the way and fought it out with some courage to beat Jolly King which finished with a rush Fourth was the por ¬ tion of Star Button ButtonSydka Sydka daughter of John P Grier which had been racing in Maryland for John Speed Elliott was an easy winner of the four and a half furlongs for fillies that was the fifth offering The place went to Lee Rosenbergs Sun Parched while H P Whitneys Chene after being far out of it in the early racing closed a big gap to be third thirdThe The winner shewed the advantage of edu ¬ cation that comes with racing and dominated all the running while Sun Parched was sec ¬ ond virtually all the way Chene after break ¬ ing slowly was entirely out of it before she found a racing stride She closed a big gap and was going better than the two that beat her through the closing stages but was unable to make up the ground groundT T T Pendleton whose nom de course is The Lone Star Stable has taken over twenty three head which have represented the Xalapa Farm silks of E F Simms Chas F Carey will continue to train them
