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OMAHAS EFFORT GOOD Belair Stud Colt Gets Poor Start and Suffers Interference. i Today Earns 1,350 for 0. V. Whitney by Taking: Renewal of Famous Jamaica Fixture. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 27. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitneys good colt Today won the eleventh renewal of the Wood Memorial Stakes at Jamaica this afternoon with a performance that boosts his chances mightily for the Kentucky Derby. The mile and seventy yards feature, which had a net -value of 1,350 for the victorious owner, also qualified the Greentree Stables Plat Eye and the Belair Studs Omaha for next Saturdays feature. They finished second and third. Under a perfect ride by Sonny Workman, completing a double for that rider during the afternoon, Today traversed the distance in 1:42 to defeat Plat Eye by two lengths. The latter was just able to stave off the challenge of Omaha for second place. The Brookmeade Stables Psychic Bid, after setting a fast pace to the furlong post, was fourth among the dozen three-year-olds making up a field that attracted 15,000 persons to the Metropolitan Jockey Club course. Because of getting into the Wood under 112 pounds, equal weight with Omaha, but ten pounds less than carried by Plat Eye, and eight below Psychic Bids burden, in addition to his winning effort at six furlongs at Havre de Grace, and impressive training, Today went to the post a slight favorite. He was the third straight choice to emerge victorious. Many persons among the large throng considered Omahas effort the most impressive of the group, as the son of Gallant Fox was slow in reaching his stride, being caught in close quarters on the first turn, and then moving up fast from far back in the final three-quarters to finish fastest of all. He would have taken second place in another stride, and was steadily reducing Todays "margin at the finish, even though Workman rode the Whitney colt out to the limit. BAD POST ACTORS. The field was fractious at the post, Man-tagna and Good Flavor being the principal offenders. The former was placed on the outside, and when the start was effected the Maemere Farm colt lunged into the air and lost so much ground that he was never able to enter contention. Psychic Bid, Good Flavor and Plat Eye exhibited, the most early speed, and they battled for the lead in the run to the first turn. Psychic Bid had the most speed of the trio and, rounding the bend, gained on the others. Good Flavor was unable to keep up and as the field moved into the back stretch Workman had Today in third position. Down the back stretch Psychic Bid held command under slight restraint from Jones. Today forged up into second place as Cpucci bided his time with the top weight. Around "the turn the Brookmeade colt continued to show the way with Today at his heels, while Plat Eye had dropped back even farther. Approaching the stretch entrance, Workman shook up Today, and the son of Which-one and Afternoon began his bid for command. He made up ground slowly and did not reach Psychic Bid until just after the furlong pole was reached. Once he had collared the pacemaker, Today had him beaten, and he steadily opened up a lead that amounted to two lengths at the end. As Psychic Bid wilted, Plat Eye rushed into second place, and he had to be whipped to hold the place against Omaha, which was moving through the stretch stoutly under a terrible drive. Psychic Bid had no trouble in being fourth, although Morpluck showed a creditable effort in being fifth, as he too came from well back. None of the. others had any excuse. CROWD BELOW EXPECTATIONS. Clear but slightly cool weather prevailed for the afternoons sport, but while the crowd equalled that of last Saturday in size, it was not as large as Jamaica officials had fondly expected. Rose Cross, which won the Dwyer Stakes last year for the Manhasset Stable, made good in his first start of the season in taking .Continued on seventeenth page.. OMAHAS EFFORT GOOD Continued from first page. the supporting feature, the Jamaica Bay Handicap. Under 116 pounds and running the mile and seventy yards in 1:42, the four-year-old St. Germans colt defeated A. C. Schwartz Gay Monarch by half a length. The Maemere Farms Somebody finished third, a similar distance back. Cleves and Watch Him, completing the field, finished well in the ruck. Somebody enjoyed a good lead in setting the pace during the first three-quarters, Gay Monarch moving along in second place, -while Rose Cross was third. The others moved up after reaching the stretch, with Rose Cross being fortunate in making his run on the inside of Gay Monarch. Overtaking Somebody with less than a furlong to go, Rose Cross put that colt away after a mild brush and then stood off a determined challenge from Gay Monarch under a strong finish from Coucci. The triumph gave the Bronx Italian a double, as he previously had scored with Count Arthur. Transit Lady gained principal honors in the opening dash after a hard tussle with Misled. This pair were the only ones among the eleven juvenile fillies meeting at five furlongs that were favored by the poor start, and they dominated the race throughout to finish well before Glory Greenock. The Greentree Stable entry of Mauve Decade and Allons Done was favored, but neither had much chance after the break. After Count Arthur had nosed out Sir Beverley in the second race, a dash of six furlongs, for maiden three-year-olds, the official board was held back for several minutes while the stewards deliberated a claim of foul made by W. Saunders, rider of the Belair Stud colt. The result was allowed to stand vnd the victory was the first of the season for Mrs. John Hertz. The two colts, in running the distance in 1:12, defeated H. P. Headleys Apprehend by four lengths. Silvio Coucci rode Count Arthur, a son of Reigh Count, and it was charged that he had carried out Sir Beverley at the stretch turn, where the pair were making a determined bid to overtake Apprehend. Previously Count Arthur had been caught in close quarters between the Belair colt and Apprehend. The latter set a steady pace and appeared able to hold it when he collapsed suddenly a sixteenth out, Count Arthur and Sir Beverley rushing behind him to stage a hold up to the end. Douceur proved best of the others, but was never a threat.
