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JAMAICA MINUS HEADLINER Muddy Condition of Track Responsible for Ordinary Program. Attendance Increases With Return of Good Weather Regal Flag Romps to Victory in Fourth. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 7. A featureless program, given over to the cheaper grade of platers, was offered at Jamaica this afternoon and, due to the muddy condition of the track, pronounced mudlarks were in command. A return to the clear skies brought about a decided increase in attendance and racing was of a formful nature during the afternoon. The fourth race, which was a dash of a mile and seventy yards, a split of the second race, brought together a field of nine and the winner turned up in Regal Flag, racing for the Pinetree Farm. This good mudlark was ridden by Pascuma and dominated the race all the way, finishing with speed in reserve. P. A. Mahoneys Yancey, a recent arrival from Maryland, was the one to race to second place, while A. J. Gadeks Foxiana was third. The winner was accorded some support in the calculations and, breaking from an outside position, moved into command with a rush. He opened up a commanding lead and never left the result in serious doubt. Yancey, from a slow beginning, worked his way up on the inside and finished gamely, while Foxiana had no mishaps in the race, but was a good third. Wonderful, which had moved up with determination entering the stretch, was blocked at the eighth post, but then tired badly at the finish. Prize Day, which P. B. Codd claimed out of a race last Wednesday, did not take long to repay part of her purchase price when she led home a band of three-year-old platers in the second race. At the finish Sun Teatime was the one to finish second, while Rod Rack was third. The start was a good one, but Zaidee stumbled slightly and was away slowly. Plum Run moved into command with a rush, showed speed for half a mile, but tired when displaced. Prize Day was under steady restraint, moved up when called upon, assumed command and when ready, shook off her opponents. Sun Teatime, another that was close up all the way, finished well under Continued on twenty-fourth page. ; JAMAICA MINUS HEADLINER Continued from first page. urging to hold Rod Rack, which faltered suddenly in the final few yards. A smashing finish came out of the first of the day when Flying Sailor outlasted Dunbar in the last strides, while farther back in third place was Vespa. The start was none too good and Richards had Flying Sailor away with a rush. He sprinted into a brief lead, while Vespa and Dunbar were racing after him, with the others strung out in Indian file behind them. Turning for home Richards eased out slightly to secure the firmer footing and Robertson, on Dunbar, did likewise. At the furlong pole Vespa rushed to the inside and then tired, while the other two staged a stride for stride duel, with the winner just lasting.
