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FALSE START AT JAMAICA ♦ Southampton Handicap Run Twice Because of Faulty Sendoff . « Clock Tower Wins the Run-Off in Impressive Fashion — Disagreeable Day of Sport in the Rain. 1 NEW YORK, N. Y., May 13.— Spectators at Jamaica this afternoon had the opportunity of witnessing seven races, although only six were on the program. The additional event was brought about through the re-running of the feature event, the Southampton Handicap, because the stewards declared the first running no contest. Because of the re-running of the Southampton, Morton L. Schwartz Clock Tower probably will not be a starter in the Kentucky Derby. Clock Tower was to be shipped soon after his Southampton engagement if he made a creditable showing, but when the handicap was run over after the sixth race, trainer Max Hirsch decided too much of a chance would be taken in sending the colt on to Louisville. Six horses reported for the Southampton, and starter George Cassidy had some difficulty lining them up. Clock Tower had to be taken in charge by an assistant starter. Some part of the starting mechanism broke and all the horses with the exception of the Schwartz colt broke away. Cassidy cried, "No start," but none of the jockeys except Walls heard it. There was no recall flag in evidence. Walls hesitated for a moment after Cassidy called out and then decided to send Clock Tower after the field. The son of Snob II. gained steadily on the field and moved into third place on the inside at the half mile ground. It was on the second turn that C. V. Whitneys Rideaway wrested the lead from Mowris and moved on out until he was well in front. Clock Tower succeeded in putting Mowris away, but he could not get to Rideaway, and Walls had him under restraint at the end. Mowris finished third. DECIDE ON RUN-OFF. After the stewards had heard Cassidys report and despite the pleas of several owners, including M. L. Schwartz, W. R. Coe and W. M. Moore and trainers Max Hirsch and Frank Taylor, they decided to re-run the race. The owners and trainers were satisfied to let the race stand or to call it off. Morton L. Schwartz Clock Tower accounted for the re-running of the Southampton in a hard drive over C. V. Whitneys Rideaway, while W. R. Coes Polydorus was third over Blenheim, from the Wheatley Stable, and Mowris and Danour completed the field. The race was worth ,100 to the winner. Clock Tower turned in a smashing performance in the second edition of the race and was timed for the mile in 1:38%, against the mile of the first running in 1:39. Clock Tower at the end had a head margin over Rideaway, while Polydorus tired badly in the final sixteenth and was a distant third. In the first running Polydorus ran out sharply rounding the first turn and again lost ground entering the stretch. It was one of the most disagreeable programs of racing ever seen in New York. The weather was dark and gloomy and a cold, drizzling rain fell most of the afternoon. The starts in most of the races could hardly be called good and the riding of the "double bug" riders in the sixth event was well-nigh disgraceful. STURDY DRIVING WINNER. P. S. P. Randolphs winter campaigner, Sturdy, was a driving winner of the first race of the afternoon, a claiming affair for platers over six furlongs. In a drive Workman sent him through on the inside entering the stretch and in the final sixteenth Sturdy wore down the leaders and held Sti etcher safe. The latter was an easy second before the tired and spent Polyfon. The latter raced Dr. Louis Hamman and Sun Broom into defeat and at the finish had nothing left with which to stall off the rush of the placed horses. Sturdy was the popular choice and the victory proved a popular one. Harlem, a mud-running daughter of Flying Ebony — Bagadine, which races for the Brookhurst Farm, was an easy winner of the second race of the day, which attracted a field of the better grade platers. At the finish Harlem had a big margin over H. S. Bowns Don Pedro, while C. V. Whitneys Hat Broom was third. Little Nap completed tin- field and was fourth. Harlem raced into command at the start and Callahan allowed her to move along smartly to the first turn. There she was taken under restraint and rated along for the remainder of the race, winning with speed in reserve. Don Pedro, which raced in closest pursuit of the leader, was a driving second before Hat Broom, racing for C. V. Whitney. The latter gained some ground under pressure, but could not menace the leaders at the end, and Kelsay eased up Little Nap when the latter tired badly on the far turn. W. B. Mitchells Windfall accounted for the third race, at three-quarters, for ordinary sprinters. He was hustled right along by Walls and raced Guffle into defeat in the early part of the stretch to win by a lengt.li. Guffle held second by three lengths over Ebony Prince, which was a head before Zaila, both of the latter coming from well back. R. H. "Spec" Crawford arrived from Virginia with the horses Sir Sweep, Top Kick and High Wood, which he purchased from the Audley Farm. They have been schooled as fencers. Laverne Fator arrived from Louisville and will accept mounts at Belmont Park.
