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BREVITY AND CORINTO SHARE OPENING HONORS DELPHINIUM RUNS THIRD Stablemates Stage Nose Finish in Jamaicas Headlines Wheatley Stables Derby Candidate Earns 0,775 Ned Reigh, Hol-lyrood and Tintagel Beaten. JAMAICA, N. Y., April 25. Before the greatest crowd that ever graced the Jamaica course of the Metropolitan Jockey Club Saturday, the maiden, Teufel, was winner of the Wood Memorial for the Wheatley Stable, with William Woodwards Granville, a stablemate, closely lapped on him as he crossed the line. The pair sent out by James Fitzsimmons for this final public test for the Kentucky Derby, was six lengths before the Brookmeade Stables Delphinium, and at his heels came Willis Sharpe Kilmers Ned Reigh, just beating Bright Plumage. .These were followed by Holiyrood and Tin-tagel and each one of the seven is not only engaged in the Kentucky Derby, but is also eligible for the Preakness at Pimlico, two weeks later. The Wood carried a net value of 0,775 to the winner. Though the weather was disagreebly cold and a high wind blew over the course, the official count of the attendance was 15,000 and the sport was of a character to make one forget the inclement weather. There was some delay in the Wood before Cassidy could find an alignment to his liking and before that was accomplished Delphinium was taken to a position outside the stalls. The seven eventually left on the same stride and, as was expected, Tintagel at once slipped into the lead, and it was Delphinium that went after him. Stout had Granville in third place when he saved ground on the first turn, and when he had the son of Gallant Fox in full stride he was content with that position. Ned Reigh followed the Woodward colt, and then came Holiyrood and Teufel, while Bright Plumage was a distant trailer. TINTAGEL A SPRINTER. Seabo had instructions to permit Tintagel to step right along, and after he had run a first half in :47 and was unable to shake off the son of Blue Larkspur, he began to tire, and it was Mrs. Sloanes colt that took up the pacemaking burden. Stout was still waiting patiently with Granville, and then on the turn from the backstretch, Litzen-berger began to circle around with Teufel. The Diavolo colt was running smoothly as he picked up his horses, and near the stretch turn, it was apparent that the Fitzsimmons pair would finish first and second. Rounding into the stretch, Delphinium weakened and Granville went to the command but at the same time Teufel charged up on -the outside to give the son of Gallant Fox a serious challenge. Then came the spectacle of stablemates battling it out nearly to the last stride. Granville did not stop but Teufel would not be denied and running straight and true under the call of Litzenberger, he was over the line winner by a nose. This carried the pair out six lengths before the tired Delphinium and Ned Reigh was going strongly in fourth place another length away. HOLLYROOD DISAPPOINTS. The race qualified Teufel magnificently for his engagement in the Derby and at the same time Granville lost no friends from the manner in which he battled along to the final stride. But the same race indicated that Holiyrood does not belong in the Kentucky Derby and there is no reason for sending Tintagel on for the running and Odom announced that he will not make the trip. Ned Reigh will make the journey and he may readily have a chance at a mile and a quarter. Mrs. Phipps, with Ogden Mills, owner of the Wheatley Stable, was delighted with the performance of Teufel and she watched the running from a clubhouse box. Mr. Woodward is in the South and he was .Continued on tiventy-fourth page. BREVITY AND CORINTO SHARE OPENING HONORS Continued from first page. tory. Boston Pal came out of the race limping perceptibly. Coldstream, Charles B. Shaffers Derby candidate, displayed a good performance in finishing third to Mrs. Emil Denemarks Corinto and H. C. Hatchs Ariel Cross, in the sixty-second running of the Clark Handicap, with ,000 added, the winner earned ,510 for his Chicago owner. The mile and one-sixteenth was run in 1:44, within four-fifths "of the track record and under 109 pounds, Coldstream was giving weight on the scale to the eight other starters. Corinto, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, slipped through on the inside of Ariel Cross and Coldstream at the sixteenth post to triumph by a length and a half. A neck separated Ariel Cross and Coldstream, while Safe and Sound was well back in fourth place. Nick Wall hustled Coldstream to the front from his inside position in the run to the first turn, and the son of Bull Dog had Likewise to fight off during the opening half mile. Then Erin Torch, another Derby eligible, moved up on the outside to challenge Coldstream, but he was quickly put away. Making the second turn, Ariel Cross, which had been at Coldstreams heels from the start under patient handling, moved up on the inside of the Shaffer colt and came to the stretch almost on even terms. The Canadian owned four-year-old took a slight lead as the field straightened out for the run home, but Wall called on Coldstream, and he forged ahead of Ariel Cross again. The latter was getting the best of Coldstream again between the furlong and sixteenth poles, when Corinto, which had been in the middle of the pace until the three-furlong pole, but gaining steadily thereafter, found room enough to move up on the inside of the leaders and he had taken command before the riders of Ariel Cross and Coldstream realized it. The seven-year-old Wild-air gelding, shouldering 114 pounds, soon drew away and had speed in reserve at the end. Ariel Cross and Coldstream both fought on tenaciously to the wire. The intelligent riding of Charles Corbett played an important part in the graduation of the Millsdale Stables Grey Count in the opening event, a dash of four and a half furlongs, bringing out eight maiden two-year-olds. The gray son of Reigh Count and Grey Duchess won by a head over J. W. Parrishs Proph, with Matthew Andersons Chenault, taking third a length and a half farther away. Grey Count began fast from the inside and held a good position under rating as Billionaire rushed up to take command on the outside, with Proph close up. Midway on the turn, Billionaire ran out and was eased up, and Proph assumed the lead with Grey Count in close attendance until through the final furlong Corbett called on his mount for the closing rush that turned the tables on the Parrish color-bearer. Chenault finished well to get his placing over Monon Lad. Proph was a slight favorite,, but the winner was confidently supported by his connections. It was his second start, he having finished second to Prince Sador at Santa Anita in his other effort. In another driving finish, C. N. Finchs Pat C, the favorite, gained principal honors in the second race, in which a dozen platers met over six furlongs. Ridden by J. Burrill, the veteran Stimulus gelding, defeated Transit Lady by a nose, with Cherokee Red a head farther away and a length back in fourth place. Pat C. was close up all the way and took a slight lead at the furlong post to hold it under strong handling. Transit Lady was sent to the front right after the start, but could not draw away from her opponents and, after losing the lead, fought it out gamely while Cherokee Red gained steadily to finish fastest of all. Die Hard, second choice, tired after half a mile. Two daughters of High Time, beaiing the Dixiana silks of Charles T. Fisher, ran first and second in the third race, a dash of four and one-half furlongs attracting nine maiden fillies. Shootin High, with Alfred Robertson in the saddle, led home her running mate, Foolish Moment by three lengths, while Mrs. Silas B. Masons Manna Miss was a length and a half farther away in third position with Evening Tide fourth. The Dixiana pair flashed to the front right after the start with Shootin High drawing away from Foolish Moment, to hold sway with something in reserve to the finish. Foolish Moment, was under restraint until well into the stretch where she was put to a drive. Although breaking on top, Manna Miss could not hold the position, while keeping the others in her wake. All of the first four were making their first appearance under silks and the Dixiana team was a strong choice. Another favorite made good when Visigoth came from last place in the final three furlongs to capture the fourth event by two lengths over First Entry. Mamas Choice was a neck away in third place among the half dozen high grade platers going six furlongs. Visigoth, sporting the Shady Brook farm silks of Theodore E. Mueller, local sportsman, had the services of Basil James. He lacked early speed and dropped back as Aunt Myrtle set the pace with My Blaze second and Mamas Choice third, and he appeared beaten going around the turn, but approaching the stretch he began his advance and gained steadily. He took the lead at the sixteenth post to draw away. First Entry was held in reserve for three furlongs and moved up gradually when called upon, but was no match for the winner while outgaming Mammas Choice.
