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STAR FIRE BIG SURPRISE ♦ James Butler Filly Leads All the Way to Win Jamaicas Main Race. ■ Scores Over Magyar and Rip Van Winkle in Boulevard Purse— Unseasonably Cold Weather Hurts Sport. ■ ■ — NEW YORK, N. Y., May 8.— James Butlers Star Fire was winner of the best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today when he led from end to end of the Boulevard Purse, a mile and seventy yards race, to score over Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins Magyar, with W. L. Johnsons Rip Van Winkle beating A. C. Schwartz One Chance for third. Back of these came Mad Frump and Martis. The Butler filly furnished the surprise of the day, for she was started in a six furlongs dash Saturday, to be well beaten. That effort fitted her thoroughly for her victory today, and, making every pole a winning one, she never left the result in doubt. Another unseasonably cold day made the racing conditions anything but comfortable at the Long Island racing ground, but there was a crowd of goodly proportions out and there was no lack of enthusiasm for the sport that was offered. In the Boulevard Star Fire had the inside position and Hank Mills sent her away in full stride. One Chance, breaking from the outside, was close after her going into the turn but he bore out rather badly, while the filly hugged the rail, and, rounding into the back stretch, enjoyed a long lead. Rip Van Winkle was following One Chance, which was in second place, and Magyar was outfooting Martis, while Mad Frump was last of the lot. Through the back stretch Mills continued to draw out with the Butler filly until she was seven lengths to the good and still going away. Rip Van Winkle had moved into second place, but was barely showing the way to One Chance and then came Magyar leading Mad Frump, which was not racing cheerfully and only had Martis headed. Rounding out of the back stretch Mills permitted Star Fire to take a long breath, but she was still half a dozen lengths to the good and galloping strongly. Rip Van Winkle was holding to second place, but Magyar was closing rapidly back of him, while Mad Frump by this time was hopelessly beaten. Into the stretch Mills swung his whip on Star Fire to keep her at her task and she came on steadily. Magyar had run down Rip Van Winkle, but he was still far back of the filly and she crossed the line the winner by four lengths. Magyar had saved second place by a like distance from Rip Van Winkle and he, in turn, beat One Chance three lengths. Far back of these came Mad Frump and Martis. Cherry Tart, racing for the Greentree Sta-« ble, was an easy winner of the opening race. Celiba, from the Coldstream Stud, was second and Mrs. O. V. Wingfields Happy Sue beat Flying Song for third. Early in the action Coucci found his way through with Cherry Tart and, safely clear of her company, she soon increased her lead to three lengths when Coucci took hold of her and she just galloped along to have a like advantage at the end. Celiba outfinished the others to beat Happy Sue a length, while Flying Song was closing ground, when too late, to be fourth. John J. Robinsons Dessner gave Coucci his second winning mount of the day when he scored in the second. This was for plater juveniles and John Simonettis Bright Toney raced to second place, while Mrs. T. J. Lewis R. Pinchot beat Gawaine for third. It was not until an eighth from the finish that Dessner had caught Bright Toney but, to catch him was to beat him, for the Robinson gelding came on by to have a winning advantage of three lengths. Coucci took no chances and hustled him along to make the score certain. R. Pinchot was a length and a half farther back and a like distance be« fore Gawaine. Syenite, from the Brookmeade Stable, was rather an easy winner of the third race over Samuel H. Harris Teralice, with Joseph E. Wideners Guardrail, a first time starter, saving third from Old Honesty. It was a good start and, from the rise of the barrier, Syenite and Guardrail drew away into a long lead over the others. They went along stride for stride with Syenite just showing in front and were soon four lengths before the others. Teralice was soon in third place and Old Honesty was following him closely. In the stretch Garner saved ground with Guardrail and he went to a hard drive in a vain effort to pass the winner. Then, in the final eighth, Teralice, finishing strongly, though bearing out a bit, ran past the Wide* ner colt and raced into second place, ttfro lengths back of Syenite. Guardrail evidently needed the race to complete his training and he was beaten another four lengths, but he was five lengths before Old Honesty.
