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ST. JAMES GELDING IN FRONT » Jamison Scores in Hollis Claiming Stakes at Belmont. ♦ Milkman Defeats Two Others in Allowance Race — Jack High Makes Auspicious 1931 Debut. 1 NEW YORK. N. Y., May 21.— Jamison, the son of St. James and Feminist, which now races for the Westside Stable, was winner of the special offering of the Westchester Association here today. This was the Hollis Claiming Stakes, run over six furlongs on the Widener course. It had a net value of ,700 to the winner and produced a good finish, with the Brookhurst Farm Stables Harlem racing to second place, with E. F. Sanfords Hibala a close third before W. C. Clancys Squeaky. Drizzling rain, which fell intermittently during the day, had no effect on the going and, while the track was well sprinkled as a result of this rain, the going remained fast and the sport furnished was excellent. The start was a good one in the Hollis Claiming Stakes and while Chickahominy was first out of the stalls, he almost at once gave way to Harlem and Squeaky, which were the ones to set the pace. Hibala had left the post a bit slowly, but he was soon in third place. Jamison was racing along next to the inner rail at the heels of the Sanford sprinter. Black Mammy had left her stall sluggishly and was far back in the early racing. To the last furlong post the first four were closely lapped and there it was that Squeaky showed signs of tiring and Jamison was steadily making up ground, while Hibala. on the outside, was hanging to his task gamely. Then Jamison caught Harlem to draw away to victory. Hibala hung slightly right at the end and Harlem had saved second place by a nose, with Squeaky about three lengths back. There was much interest in the 1931 debut of George D. Wideners Jack High, holder of the American mile record of 1:35, made when he was winner of the Metropolitan Handicap of last year. Jack High was the winner but he was well flattened out and doing his best to beat Joseph Davis Colossal, while Highland Belle, the lightly weighted filly from the Audley Farm Stable, Was last of the three that started. It must be said for Jack High that he was giving Colossal twenty pounds on the scale when he carried 129 pounds to the 108 on the four-year-old, but the younger gelding ran a surprisingly good race to fight it out so gamely with the record holder. Highland Belle was rushed away into a long lead, and McAtee rated Jack High along in second place, while Colossal was well back of the son of John P. Grier all through the early stages. It was going to the stretch turn that McAtee sent Jack High after the filly, and at the same time Eddie Watters moved up with Colossal, and the son of Trojan moved up to soon be lapped on the Widener horse. It had taken a drive for Colossal to catch the chestnut, and McAtee was sitting still on his mount. Then Colossal made his challenge so determinedly that McAtee was forced to draw his whip, and right to the end the pair were locked, with Jack High winner by a nose. Of course Jack High was giving away much weight, but the last quarter was run in :25%, and he was doing his best at the end. W. R. Coes Osculator proved much the best of the juveniles that raced in the four and a half furlongs dash, which was the fifth. Early in the race he took a safe lead, and Meek had him under restraint for the remainder of the journey, to cross the line winner by three lengths. Twenty-five maiden juveniles started in the opening four and a half furlongs race, and victory went to Benjamin Blochs Mor-ush, a son of Morvich and Cushion, and accordingly a sister to Morshion. She showed some of the speed of her noted sire when she was winner by three lengths from George D. Wideners Adilenos, with the Ran-cocas Stables Deduce saving third from Jack Pulpit, a starter under the silks of the Linton Farm. There was some delay at the post, but the start was a good one. Urgency left in good position but was not able to hold his own. Leon Lass and Number Four were close up, and Adilenos looked a winner at the final furlong post, but it was there that Morush moved up with the rush that was to land her an easy winner. Only three starters went to the post for the Lamplighter Purse, but it brought an excellent finish when Milkman, from the Rolling Plains Stable, beat the Ramapo Stables Knowlton, with the Belair Stables Manchonok rather a distant last. In this the quick thinking and excellent riding of "Pony" McAtee had much to do with the victory, and S. Renick was largely to blame for the defeat of Knowlton. McAtee was rating Milkman back of him, but going to the stretch turn he shook up the son of Cudgel to make his move, and as he drew up on Knowlton he was mapping a course to go outside the son of Sir Barton, but before he was lapped on the three-year-old Knowlton swerved out badly. McAtee quickly changed his course, and pulled to the inside, at the same time drawing his whip. Milkman was rushed up on the inside, and the race was won right there. All the way home McAtee had to ride in his best fashion to land his mount winner by three-quarters of a length, and it was evident that but for the ground saved in the stretch he would have been second instead of first.
