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GOLDENEYE BIG SURPRISE Clark Colorbearer Wins With Sea-biscuit Proving Disappointment. Wheatley Stables Wood Memorial and Kentucky Derby Candidate Runs Poor Race at Jamaica. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 23. The best offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica today furnished a big surprise when Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Goldeneye, making his first start of the year, won with something to spare over Robert L. Gerrys Chancer, with the Wheatley Stables Seabiscuit, a candidate for both the Wood Memorial and the Kentucky Derby, a bad third before Wha Hae, the only other starter. The race run by Seabiscuit was the big disappointment of the afternoon, for in his last start the son of Hard Tack had .finished second to Tintagel, beating Hollyrood in a six-furlong .dash. It was another day of disagreeably cold weather, but the Jamaica patrons have become accustomed to such conditions and a good crowd enjoyed excellent racing. In the six-furlong dash, where Goldeneye surprised and Seabiscuit disappointed, it was Chancer that set all the pace. The son of Chance Play was well seasoned by his Florida campaigning and Seabo rushed him into a lead of three lengths in the first quarter. Wha Hae was second, while Sea-biscuit, breaking slowly, was soon a bad last and dropping back until he was five lengths back of the small field. Goldeneye was racing along with Wha Hae, but both were so well back of Chancer that it looked promising for the son of Chance Play. Chancer was still two lengths clear as he swung into the stretch. There Goldeneye had moved into second place, and Seabiscuit, under a vigorous drive, was moving up on the rail but it was evident he would not catch the leaders. A furlong from the finish, Goldeneye had gained on Chancer until Seabo went to a drive on the Gerry gelding, but he was through and, never faltering, Goldeneye raced past him with little effort to come home the winner by three lengths. Chancer had saved second place by four lengths from Seabiscuit, with Wha Hae quitting in the run through the stretch. Seabiscuit was picking up fifteen pounds over the weight he carried in his previous race when he was second to Tintagel to beat Hollyrood and that was some excuse, but his performance was considerably below that effort and it was a race that would give him no chance in the Wood Memorial, while he surely has nothing to suggest Kentucky Derby- quality. Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewarts Buttermilk, a daughter of Milkman that could not win a race in several Florida starts, scored in the opening five furlongs dash when she caught Benjamin Lissbergers Juliet W., one that was widely touted and third went to the Greentree Stables Banjorine when she led Hook It over the line. With little delay at the post Juliet W.f went into an early lead and Buttermilk chased after her, the pair soon taking a considerable lead on Hook It and Banjorine. As Juliet W. held her lead, Workman had her under slight restraint and she was galloping strongly until the stretch was reached. After turning into the stretch the seasoning of Buttermilk told the tale, for Juliet W. shortened stride and the Milkman miss was alongside a furlong out to come on and be winner by a length. Juliet W. had beaten Banjorine two lengths for second place and Hook It was lapped on the Green-tree filly. The second, a mile and a sixteenth for cheap ones, was really a two-horse affair when C. H. Knebelkamps Move Faster and B. G. Guths Al Neiman raced lapped from the first turn until inside the final seventy yards where Move Faster drew away slightly to be winner by a length and a half. Five lengths back of the battling pair, Clientelle, from the Southland Stable was third, after having raced in that position throughout. Move Faster and Al Neiman hooked up in the first quarter and as they went along stride for stride, they were soon three lengths before Clientelle. Neither one would ease back and it became a question of which of the pair would tire under the pace. Al Neiman had the inner position and at tho top of the stretch, when Landolt went to the whip on Move Faster, it seemed he was beaten for Al Neiman was holding his position and showing just a head to the good. This duel continued with nothing to choose between the pair, until seventy yards from the finish where Al Neiman tired and Move Faster took the lead to come on gamely and be the winner. Anderson, who had the mount on Clientelle, was absolutely no help to his mount and the Wise Counsellor colt was third all the way, merely on his own courage. He was four lengths before Bounding Count at the end but soundly beaten by the leading pair. Little Ira Hanford rode a smart race to have the Wheatley Stables Drawbridge home winner by a narrow margin in the five furlongs dash for maiden juvenile fillies that was the third offering. The daughter of Sir Gallahad III., had been badly shuffled back in the early racing and she had to close a big gap to reach the contention but Hanford skillfully took her out of tight quarters and circling around, saved the day. Disown was the one to dash into an early lead of three lengths, and Drowsy raced after her with Working Girl in the front-division and Belle Elan was also in contention. Then as Hanford made his move on the outside with Drawbridge, the Wheatley Stable miss, ran them all down, but Drowsy, under the masterful handling of Coucci, put up a stubborn fight right to the end, where Drawbridge proved the gamest to earn a head decision. Eight lengths back of these, Belle Elan, which had beaten Drawbridge in a previous meeting, was third and four lengths before Stylistic, one that raced for Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin.
