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UDELIA BY NARROW MARGIN ! | Jtobinson Campaigner Outstays Fancy Flight in Jamaica Feature. i ancy Flight Probably Best In Race— Winner Aided by Good Luck — Big Crowd Present. ♦ i NEW YORK, N. Y., May 18.— John J. Robinsons Glidelia earned the closest decision of the meeting at Jamaica today when •he won the six furlongs Artful Purse, a dash confined to fillies and mares. Closely lapped on the daughter of Lucullite at the finish was J. H. Louchheims Fancy Flight, and far back of the pair Sidney Rhein-steins Brown Wren saved third from James Butlers Key Chain. It was only in the final strides that Glidelia won by a matter of Inches, and in fact the two were so closely aligned that many on the lawn thought the placing judges had erred. The racing was under bright skies, and, even though there was still a touch of winter in the air, a big crowd was out and there was interesting sport. It is probable Fancy Flight was best, but Belizzi made altogether too much use of her speed in the early stages. Rushing her away from the post, he sent her to the first furlong pole in :22%, and she raced a half in :45*3. Such speed naturally carried her out six lengths before Glidelia, which was outrunning the other two by a big margin Swinging into the stretch, it did not seem possible Glidelia could catch the three-year-old, but Pascuma, hard at work, had the , mare racing gamely. A furlong out the terrific early pace was taking its toll, and Fancy Flight began to weaken. There she was bearing out slightly while Pascuma was saving ground on the rail with the Robinson mare. It was not until well inside the final twenty yards that Glidelia was even lapped on the three-year-old, but she was coming along gamely, and when Pascuma fairly lifted her along, he had her nose showing in front at the end. Brown Wren was beaten eight lengths for the place after being outrun all the way, while Key Chain showed no speed, and she was another fifteen lengths back. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Dark Winter, an eligible for the Wood Memorial, and one that was considered good enough to be ■ started in both the Chesapeake and the Kentucky Derby, was an easy winner of the fourth. It was a test of a mile and seventy yards for thi ee-year-old maidens and the son 1 of Traumer and Sunwina was so much the I best that it was not much of a contest. Mor-1 ton L. Schwartz Union raced to second place i and Jovius, racing for William Woodwards | Belair Stud Stable, had no trouble saving third from Becteacn. i R. Pinchot, the juvenile son of Chatterton and Hurry Home, that races for Mrs. T. J. Lewis, made a show of the maiden two-year-olds that met in the opening dash at five-eighths. It was for platers and the son of Chatterton galloped home the winner by ten lengths. George D. Wideners Mind Reader took second place and Jacob Byers Aga Ray beat James Butlers Forgeron and Samuel R. Rosoffs Walda, the only other starters. Morton L. Schwartz Clarify proved best of rather a nice band of sprinting platers that met in the second race, at three-quarters. He ran down James Butlers Spring Fever in the stretch to score, and third went to Cabezo, with Rubio beating the others. Another fighting finish came in the fourth, at a mile and a sixteenth, for cheap ones, when Paul Codds Lucky Racket was just up to win over Damon Runyons Euclid and Mrs. J. E. Nagles The Crane was a distant third, beating Easy for that part of the purse.
