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MISS MERRIMENT IN FORM Emanuel Mare Returns to Races in Winning Condition. Easy Winner of Briarwood Purse, Best Raca on Jamaica Card Weather Still Too Cold. JAMAICA, N. Y., April 20. Victor Emanuels Miss Merriment was brought back to the races at Jamaica this afternoon a fit mare when, showing all of her sprinting qualities, she was an easy winner of the Briarwood Purse, a six furlongs dash confined to the fillies and the best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club. She simply toyed with her opponents to beat Louis Strubes Rust, with Mrs. William Ziegler Jr.s Esposa a close third before William Woodwards Palma, while Marching Home, a stablemate of Esposa, was a distant last. While there was no race of particular importance on the program, with this dash as the best offering, another big crowd was put. The weather was still a bit cold for comfort, but a bright sun helped some and there was plenty of activity in the speculation. In the Briarwood there was no time lost at the start and as the five fillies left, Rust was first to show the way, but it was not for long for Miss Merriment readily raced past her and, running a first quarter in :23Ys, was well clear and Litzenberger had taken hold of her head. Marching Home was following Rust and then came Esposa, with Paima last of the lot and destined to be last all through the race. This order was maintained through the back stretch arid, turning from the stretch, Malley shook up Rust in a vain effort to run down Miss Merriment. The daughter of Spanish Prince II. responded cheerfully to the call and moved up slightly, but Litzenberger had Miss Merriment in hand and when he permitted her to run she jumped away again. In the meantime Esposa was steadily making up ground and soon displaced her stablemate, Marching Home, to move into third place. The Victor Emanuel filly turned into the stretch still clear and galloping strongly to romp home winner by four lengths, while Esposa was gaining on Rust so resolutely that Malley was forced to a drive on the Strube filly to save second place by half a length. Marching Home had tired so badly that Palma had no trouble running past her in the stretch to be fourth, but she was four lengths back of Esposa. Grand Jester, from the Wheatley Stable, was winner of the opening five-furlong dash for plater juveniles when he led home Hypo, from the Calumet Farm Stable, with the Brookmeade Stables Out of Step just beating Hurtle, the favorite, for third. While the start was a good one, Nertney was unprepared with Hurtle and he had the Hustle On gelding away slowly, while Hanford left running with Grand Jester and, taking full advantage of that good fortune, he never surrendered the lead. Hypo was second all through the running and he was closely attended by Out of Step. The second was a dash of six furlongs for cheap ones and Mrs. J. J. OByrnes Beaver Lake proved best when he won over W. H. Gallaghers Notice Me and Laddie Stone, from the Calumet Farm Stable, just lost the place in the final strides. Fourth was the portion of Dundrum. Molly- was the one to set the early pace, but Laddie Stone was rushed through on the inside to displace her as the big field swung from the hack stretch. He held command until turning for home where there was some closing up and Beaver Lake slipped through on the inside to come on to victory. Right at the end Notice Me finished with a rush to nose out Laddie Stone for second place and Dundrum finished well back of the son of Sir Gallahad HI. Bogertin, well thought of for the dash, was never a serious contender, while Molly, after her early speed, quit badly after being caught. Paul B. Codds Jack Snipe took the third, another six furlongs dash that engaged a cheap band and the place in this went to J. D. Norris Two Edged, with. William N. Adrians Red Badge beating Dame Quickly for third. Jack Snipe was the one to set the pace, while Anderson rode a pitifully weak race on Red Badge, though she raced second on her own courage until well into the stretch. With Anderson absolutely no help, the mare weakened at the end to lose the place to Two Edged by a neck, but Jack Snipe wa3 safely over the line winner by two lengths. Only six started in this and the other three. Dame Quickly, Keyed Up and Vera Cruz cut no figure whatever in the running. The fifth, a mile and seventy yards for platers, brought out a rather nice band and Mrs. G. C. Winfreys Ward-in-Chancery, atoning for his recent bad race and coming back to his Florida form, was the winner. The Brookmeade Stables Young Native raced to second place with the Orienta Stables Frank Ormont just beating Apprentice and Playvote for third. From a good start, Young Native stepped away from the others until he was five lengths clear when the back stretch was reached. When running along in front, Woolf took hold of Young Native and as he eased the son of Pompey there was some closing up as the turn from the back stretch was reached and Ward-in-Chancery moved up but he was still headed by both Apprentice and Playvote. Then, after giving his mount a breather, Woolf. again permitted Young Native "to race along and he again opened up a lead of four lengths.
