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HEAD PLAY IS BEATEN ■ No Excuses for Mason Star in Wood Memorial. » Finishes Six and a Half Lengths Behind Mr. Khayyam — De Valera Takes Second Money. 9 NEW YORK, N. Y., May 20.— Mr. Khayyam, son of Omar Khayyam and Alice Foster, racing for the Catawba Stable of Mrs. James Austin, of Westbury, Long Island, was a driving winner of the Wood Memorial, the feature of todays program at Jamaica. De Valera, from the stable of Henry Carnegie Phipps, was second, while Head Play, Mrs. Silas B. Masons Preakness winner, was a distant and thoroughly beaten third. The race was run in view of the largest crowd that attended a Metropolitan Jockey Club meeting in recent years. The defeat of Head Play stunned the crowd that came to see him toy with the opposition he was asked to meet, but the golden-coated son of My Play and Red Head had no excuses in the race and when placed under punishment on the far turn, failed to respond in the manner expected of him. He was well beaten and at the finish was six and one-half lengths back of Mr. Khayyam, which was steadily drawing away. Head Play was asked to shoulder 126 pounds and concede weight to his opponents, while Mr. Khayyam was carrying 122, De Valera, 117 and Dark Winter, 114. The concession in the weight to Mr. Khayyam and De Valera was not sufficient to lay his defeat to that cause. ONLY FOUR STARTERS. Scratches reduced the field to four starters, the withdrawals being Kerry Patch, Poppyman. Balios and Pomponius. The crowd that passed through the turnstiles voiced their disapproval of the wholesale scratching from the Wood Memorial, but from the horsemens point of view, the field was ideal size and practically eliminated crowding or interference of any description. The field paraded to the post in absolute silence. No enthusiasm was displayed by the crowd. Numbered among the clubhouse contingent were many prominent in the civic affairs and Mayor John P. OBrien headed a delegation that witnessed the race. Kerry Patch, winner of the Futurity, a failure in the Derby and Preakness, surprised every one by defeating "Pete" Bost-wicks prohibitive choice. Blind Bowboy, in the third race of the day. This engaged a field of three and Blind Bowboy, ridden by Mills, was conceded to be the easiest kind of a winner. COUCCI IN LIMELIGHT. The Lee Rosenberg starter had few supporters in the pre-race calculations but he developed many an admirer as he raced .through the stretch and steadily wore down Blind Bowboy to score by two lengths at the finish. The ardent followers of Coucci then made their presence known as the youth jogged back to the judges stand, completing a double for the afternoon. His first mount was Alarm Clock. A driving finish that produced another surprise result came in the fifth race, which engaged a representative field. Jimmy Sutro, which races for J. Carroll, and ridden by Pascuma, scored, completing a double for the rider. The start found the Butler representative away in stride, with Jimmy Sutro in the rear. Helianthus assumed command on the first turn, with Apprentice next to him and Blenheim back of them on the outside. On the far turn Jimmy Sutro was rushed up and forced his way between the inner rail and Blenheim and drew away into command. Swinging for home he opened up a big lead and then through the stretch Apprentice rallied and finished well under pressure.
