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STUMBLE COSTS RACE Chatford Beaten by James River Irf Key West Handicap. Riding of Mills Features Racing atf Miami Jockey Greenwood Seriously Hurt in Spill. MIAMI, Fla., March 5. Jame3 River, which raced successfully under the silks of George D. Widener early in the Miami season, in a thrilling finish was winner of thp week-end feature of the Gables Racing Asso- J ciation at Tropical Park when he was just i up to beat J. L. Johnsons Chatford. This j was in the Key West Handicap, at a mile, : which engaged half a dozen good ones. Well back of these D. W. Benthams Martis wa3 third over My Dandy. For the first Saturday of the second meeting of the Gables Association an immense crowd was out, being larger than the big gathering of the opening day. Conditions were ideal for the sport and the racing was spirited, though there was an unfortunate accident in the running of the first race, when C. Greenwood, riding Indian Game, and M. Lewis, on Fair Blanche, both went down. First reports were favorable, though later word from the hospital suggested that a broken rib had punctured Greenwood3 lung. Lewis escaped with some nasty cuts and bruises, but was also taken to the hospital for further examination, - UNREASONABLE DELAY. There was an unreasonable delay in the start of the Key West Handicap, for which Chatford and My Dandy were to blame. Finally Chatford was taken to a position outside the stalls and just as he left he stumbled badly. This probably cost him the race, for without the misstep he would probably have opened up a safe lead on his company. As it was. Mills rushed him with such success that he was able to take the command in the back stretch and, once showing the way, he was taken in hand and rated along at a steady pace. Thais, the Whitney starter and light weight of the party, moved into second place and Ensor was following with Martis, which raced along on the rail. James River, farther out in the course, was closely after Martis and it was My Dandy and Rip Van Winkle that brought up the rear. Chatford, sticking to the command resolutely, soon put Thais away and Martis was unable to improve his position, but James River was circling around gallantly and he soon moved into third place. Mills sensed the danger and shook up Chatford as he rounded, the stretch turn, but the son of St. James continued to close until there ensued a rare duel that carrit the pair well clear of the field. HARD FOUGHT FINISH. It was a hard fight to the line, where James River just dropped his head down to earn the decision. Martis had more left than the others and he saved third by a length from My Dandy, but he was seven lengths back of Chatford. Thus, it was, that Mills just missed having three winners in a row, for he had already scored with both Sun Teatime and Ben Blair. An accident occurred in the running of the mile race for three-year-old sprinters, when Indian Game, ridden by C. Greenwood, and Fair Blanche, ridden by M. Lewis, both fell in the back stretch. Both were well back in the field. Indian Game went down first, with Fair Blanche over him. The Lake Worth Claiming Handicap, over the five and a half furlongs distance, proved a worthy companion piece to the main race of the day, and it brought the biggest thrill of the afternoon when J. O. Keenes Pancho Lopez equalled the track record of 1:01 to nose out C. Leroy Kings Double Heart, with E. McCuans Flag Bearer saving third from Fair Jack. It was unfortunate that at the start Mrs. V. M. Duncans Little America jumped into the air and almost unseated D. Smith, being A eliminated. Ensor was particularly alert vitl Flag Bearer, and he sent the old fellow intxfl a lead that saw him almost three lenggMH clear before the others were seyjatfH racing stride. Pancho Lopez waH place, and Fair Jack was showhJ Continued on thirteenth Pl STUMBLE COSTS RACE Continued from first page. to Double Heart, which was slow to find his stride. Montgomery was content to keep within striking distance of Flag Bearer until entering the stretch. There the long striding son of Pagan Pan wore the old gelding down to take command. Double Heart came with a rush on the outside and soon had Flag Bearer headed. He continuedvtp gain on the Keene three-year-old, but he was just a stride short when, under a strong ride by Montgomery, Pancho Lopez lasted to be the winner by a nose. The tired Flag Bearer was another length and a half back, but he had easily beaten Fair Jack. This race completed a double for Montgomery, he having had the mount on Zevar, the first winner of the day.
