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FOUR IN CLOSE FINISH Jaz Age Wins by Head From Chat ford, Double Heart Third. : - Miami Shores Claiming Handicap Features Card of Exciting Tropi cal Park Races. MIAMI, Fla., March 1. It was sprinting entertainment that was furnished by the Gables Racing Association for the second day of its meeting but thrilling finishes were the order of the day, with the Miami Shores Claiming Handicap, one of the most exciting of the day. In this, J. Parmelees Jaz Age won by a short head over J. L. Johnstons Chatford, and Double Heart, racing for C. Leroy King, was an exceedingly close third. Another day of delightful weather resulted in a surprisingly large attendance and there was a continued activity in the wagering with virtually all of the windows on the course open. A three-furlong dash for juveniles was followed by three races over the five and a half furlongs distance and a six furlong affair, the only races at a longer route being the sixth at a mile, and the seventh, at a mile and a sixteenth. Both fields were nicely balanced and fighting finishes were the consequence. j The Miami Shores Claiming Handicap was i one of the five and one-half furlong offer- 1 ings and as it was run it appeared that Chat- M ford was best for he broke slowly and was m forced to race around vitually the entire field, a big handicap at the Tropical Park course, with its turns. FLAG BEARER SETS PACE. Flag Bearer was the one to jump into the lead at the rise of the barrier and Jaz Age went after him, while Pennate was in third place. Then came Jack Collins, a stablemate of Flag Bearer, Double Heart, and Chatford was last of them all. Double Heart was not showing his usual -alertness, but he was well before Chatford, which was backing away at the break. As Flag Bearer cut out the running Hanford had Jaz Age under a slight restraint to hold to second place back of him and he was a length and a half before Pennate, and Jack Collins was leading Double Heart, which was racing along on the inner rail. Mills had gone to a drive in an effort to keep Chatford up, but he trailed the field and was not making up any ground. Flag Bearer held to his lead to the stretch turn, but it was apparent there that Jaz Age could go to him at the first asking. Pennate was right in the contention and Double Heart was making up ground when Chatford began to circle around. He was answering the vigorous call of Mills gamely, but, being on the outside of the closely bunched leaders4 he was forced to travel lengths farther. PENNATE TIRES. Flag Bearer was through when the final furlong was reached, but Pennate and Double Heart were still racing closely after Jaz Age, and Chatford was closing with a great rush, fairly running over his field. Double Heart was making his bid as Pennate faltered slightly and at the line there were four of them closely lapped. Jaz Age had just lasted to be winner by a head and Chatford had taken the place from Double Heart in like fashion, while Pennate was only a half length away. Mrs. George Reads home-bred Lady Sunbeam, a daughter of Master Charlie Pavia, gave a game exhibition to beat the juveniles that opposed her in the opening three-eighths dash. Her courage helped her to beat H. C. Hatchs Dark War by a narrow margin, and third fell to C. V. Whitneys Wanderoo, while Mose Lowensteins Super Purchase was fourth. There was some delay at the post, but the start was an excellent one and Dark War, beginning from the outside, had speed enough to dominate the early racing as Riley brought him over from his outside place. Lady Sunbeam and Wanderoo were in the front division and Wanderoo had the rail position with apparently plenty of racing room. Lady Sunbeam quickly caught the Hatch filly and the pair of them were racing along with a slight advantage over Wanderoo, and that was the order as the stretch was reached. In the short run home, Lady Sunbeam hung on gamely to keep her head, in front at the end, while Dark War had saved second place from Wanderoo by slightly less than a length. G. Arvins Gan Lee, in p close finish, was winner from J. P. Whites Norwalk in the Continued on twenty-second page.. FOUR IN CLOSE FINISH Continued from first page. five and a half furlongs of the second race, with Mrs. A. Carfanos Mortime finishing a distant third and only saving third from Parties by a head. Mortime rushed into an early lead and Mills, saving ground with him all the way, was still well clear swinging into the stretch. Gan Lee was racing in second place and Norwalk was not far back of him, with Sunny Susan and Meclona also in the front division. Leaving the back stretch, Sunny Susan made a determined challenge on the outside, but she did not last long and, while Mortime was tiring when the stretch was reached, he seemed to have a chance to stick it out. A sixteenth of a mile from, the finish Mills hit the son of Morvich once with the whip, but it was of no avail and he was stopping at every stride. Gan Lee then fell heir to the lead, but Norwalk, which had rather a rough passage, was finishing with a great rush. Right to the line he was wearing Gan Lee down, but he was a stride short of victory and the Arvin sprinter was over the line winner by a head. This final duel had taken the first two out three lengths before the chicken hearted Mortime. The third, another five and a half furlongs dash, saw J. C. Ellis Jack Howe stop in somewhat the same fashion as Mortime and and permit E. L. Kents Lawyer to be the winner in the last nod. Back of these Mrs. J. M. Dowells Bob Blackburn saved third from Miss L. Halls Orkin. From a good start Carroll rushed Jack Howe along until he had opened up a long lead and Bob Blackburn was showing more foot than the others. Caporal n. followed these and Lawyer was not far back of these. Saving ground all the way, Carroll had Jack Howe into the stretch still some four lengths to the good but he had not reached the final sixteenth before he began to weaken and Lawyer charged up on the outside. Carroll rode vigorously and gave the old gelding no end of help but it was of no avail and it was Lawyers nose that dropped down in front. Bob Blackburn readily outfinished the others but he was two lengths back of the fighting pair as he crossed the line.
