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— - -i QUARTER DECK VICTORIOUS * White and Brown Colors of M. L. Schwartz Score at Jamaica. « Veteran Nursery Rhymes Defeats Fair Band in Second Race — Runanwin First in Juvenile Contest. • NEW YORK, N. Y., April 30.— The white and browr cross sashes of Morton L. Schwartz were carried to victory in the best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today, when Quarter Deck, the son of Mar. o War, was winner of the Long Beach Claiming Handicap. Setting the pace all the wiy, the four-year-old was at no time threatened, to cross the line winner by two and a half lengths over Dr. Irving Jacobs Sun Mission. Third fell to C. V. Whitney? Hatbroom, when he outfinished E. F. Sar fords Hibala. The race had a net value of ,725 to the winner. Racing conditions had improved greatly over ea.lier in the week, and with the more seisonable weather there was a corresponding increase in attendance. The sport was intc ! esting even though two of the races brought out platers of the cheapest variety. From a good start in the Long Beach Handic ip, H. Callahan at once sent Quarter Deck into the lead. He came over slightly as he headed for the first turn and Little Nap, which had the inside position, was crowdid back before he was fairly in his stride By the time the back stretch was reached Quarter Deck had increased his lead to two lengths, and by that time Callahan had taken hold of him and he was galloping along under steady restraint. Sun Mission, Hatbroom and Hibala followed in close order, and Little Nap was shov ing the way to Kensington, another that had been crowded going to the first turn. There was little change in these positions in the run through the back stretch, and Sun Mission was going gamely back of the sor. of Man o War, but he was going in no better fashion than the leader. Kurt-singer was racing Hibala along next to the rail, and he was in a bit of a pocket but with ample racing room, and Hatbroom was holding his position, though both Little Nap and Kensington were so far out of Continued on seventeenth page. QUARTER DECK VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. it at this stage as to have no chance. Never shortening his stride, Quarter Deck turned into the stretch with a lead he had increased to three lengths, and he was in hand at the end with almost the same winning margin. Sun Mission, as readily, held second place safe, while Hibala tired in the last furlong and Hatbroom ran him down readily, to be an easy third. Sims, racing for Frank E. Brown, was a handy winner of the opening dash, at six furlongs, that brought together a fairly good band of platers. W. E. Martins Black Watch raced to second place and E. F. Sanfords Lindy saved third from Mary L. Crawfords The Gen. When Sims left the post running there was not much to the contest, for he had speed enough to show the way at every post and at the finish he was still two lengths clear. The Gen raced after the winner resolutely until well into the stretch, but in the final furlong he tired badly and it was there that Black Watch, which had steadily made up ground in the final three furlongs, easily took second place. Lindy also caught the tired The Gen and beat him a length for third, while the others had cut no figure in the running. Nursery Rhymes, the old plater which races for J. Bradfield, was an easy winner of the mile and seventy yards race that was for the cheapest band on the course. This was the first division, for the race was so cheap and accordingly popular with the trainers that it was run in two divisions, the second coming as the sixth. The Rosedale Stables seven-year-old Juggler raced to second place, with Val Cranes nine-year-old George De Mar taking third from F. S. Harris Sun Persian, a six-year-old. The old veteran proved better than some younger ones that were saddled. Nursery Rhymes was lucky at the start and when Remillard had him showing the way on the first turn he was able to lead all the way and win by a margin of five lengths. Juggler was just as consistently second, but in the final stages the old fellow was tiring badly and just lasted to save second place from the fast finishing George De Mar. Sun Persian beat the others, but was half a dozen lengths back of the first three and one of the real disappointments of the race was Glenno, which was a good horse in Florida. He was utterly devoid of speed in his last race, but finished a close second to Wu.
