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PLAT EYES WINNING FORM Greentree Stable Colorbearer Scores in First Appearance. Carries Top Weight of 120 Pounds In Jamaica Feature and Defeats Gov. Sholtz. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 27. Plat Eye, swift running son of Chicle and Crazy Moon, which races for Mrs. Payne Whitneys Green-tree Stable, came back to. the races at Jamaica today after being out of competition almost a year to win the Victorian Handicap, the six furlong feature offering of the Metropolitan Jockey Club. It was a worthy performance when he carried top weight of 120 pounds and, forcing all the pace, won with something to spare over Paul A. Shaws Gov. Sholtz, to which he was giving away eighteen pounds and Black Buddy, a stable-mate of the Greentree sprinter, was a close third. The continued cold weather had some effect on the attendance, but the sport was excellent and a goodly crowd was entertained. In this sprint feature Bright Haven was first from the stalls, but Coucci sent Plat Eye right out with him and the son of Chicle, going stride for stride with the son of Bright Knight soon gave him more than he could handle and he dropped back beaten. Preeminent made an effort to run down the gelding and at the same time Black Buddy began to move up resolutely on the outside. Exhibit was also in the thick of the contention, while Gov. Sholtz was last of the small company, but all were running in fairly close order. As the stretch was reached it appeared the Greentree pair would finish first and second, for Black Buddy was outfooting the others, while Plat Eye was still going strongly in front. Then in the final furlong the lightly weighted Gov. Sholtz staged a mighty rush on the outside. In the closing strides he caught Black Buddy to beat him a head for the place, but Plat Eye was safely over the line winner by a length and a half. In this the silks of Mrs. John Hertz were shown for the first time this season when Our Reigh was sent out by Frank Hackett, but he cut no figure in the running and finished last of the seven that performed. The race would suggest that Plat Eye will at least take a place among the best sprinters and it is possible he may be something more, for he finished out six furlongs so strongly that the distance is in no sense his limit. Continued on nineteenth page. PLAT EYES WINNING FORM Continued from first page. The Locust, a gallop of a mile and seventy yards for three-year-olds was of almost equal interest with the Victorian Handicap, for it attracted some of the candidates for both the Preakness and the Dwyer Stakes. It went to John Hay Whitneys Mr. Bones, and his score was an impressive one when he easily took the measure of C. V. Whitneys Tatterdemalion and Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloanes Corundum, beat Faust from the Wheatley Stable for third. In this Faust had to surrender kis apprentice allowance of five pounds when Hanford was hurt riding Mag Mell in the previous race, and with Stout in the saddle he carried 115 pounds. Pullman, was taken to a position outside the stalls by reason of his misbehavior and he was away last of the lot from that position while Tatterdemalion was first under way. The son of St. Germans did not have the early speed to take a full advantage of the start, and going to the first turn, Mr. Bones had gone into the lead and never surrendered that lead. As he went along in front Johnny Gilbert had him under a slight restraint, and at the end he was romping along six lengths clear and showing no signs of tiring. Tatterdemalion had no excuse for Workman soon had him in second place and three furlongs from home he roused the St. Germans colt but to no avail. He had the others well beaten, but could not draw upon Mr. Bones. The second race went to Sage Girl, from the Southland Stable, when she furnishel all the pace and outgamed the three-year-old Speed, which carried the silks of Charles S. Bromley, to earn a close decision. Far back of these, Dewey Benthams Flopsie beat Beaver Lake for third. There was some delay in this before the start when Saunders foolishly ran Royal Bird up on the heels of the lead pony and as his mount stumbled, he flopped from the saddle in front of the judges stand. It was some little time before the gelding was caught and the other jockeys were permitted to dismount until the son of Prince of Wales was returned to the post. The start was a good one and Flopsie left her stall fast but Sage Girl was close after her and at the end of the first furlong was showing the way to the Bentham miss. The pair hung together but leaving the back stretch Speed moved up threateningly on the outside and as the stretch was reached he disposed of Flopsie and gave Sage Girl a determined challenge in the short run home. The Wise Counsellor filly hung on gamely under a drive and she still had her head in front crossing the line. It was a smart band of three-year-old fillies that met in the third and it brought the second victory of the meeting to Whitney Stones Blue Sheen. She outgamed Danise M. from the Orienta Stable to score and well back of the pair the Wheatley Stbales Mag Mell, that raced coupled with the winner, was an easy third over Anne L. Alexandres Anne G. The only other starter was the Greentree Stables Apple Betty and she was never in the contention to finish ten lengths back of the other four. It really was a two-horse race when Danise M. and Blue Sheen jumped away from the others and went along closely lapped all through the running. Danise M. had the inside position and she still had her head in front after turning into the stretch. She was showing the way a furlong from the finish but she could not shake off the Toro miss and then right at the end sh; tired and Blue Sheen was past the line winner by three-quarters of a length. Mag Mell had held to third place all the way without being able to threaten the leading pair and she was beaten three lengths for the place but she was five lengths before Anne G. At the end of the card H. Jacobs completed a double for Mrs. Jacobs when he sent out Microphone to have him win all the way over Mrs. G. C. Winfreys Ward-in-Chancery, and far back came the Starmount Stables Playvote in third place before Play Chance, the only other starter.
