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MICROPHONES GOOD RACE Shows at His Best to Account for Cedarhurst Purse at Jamaica. i Third Race Marred by Start in Which Airy Going Was Sufferer — Photograph Finish Necessary in Fifth, NEW YORK, N. Y., April 30.— Microphone came back with another good race at Jamaica today to carry the silks of Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs to victory in the mile and seventy yards of the Cedarhurst, a purse that brought out rather a smrrt field. Mrs. William Ziegler, Jr.s Esposa took second place, with Louis Strubes Rust beating Old Story for third. As far as the weather was concerned, it was the best day of the Jamaica season and a big crowd was out in the sunshine. The sport was interesting, though made up of overnight races. In the feature. Microphone repeated his recent victory, though opposed by rather a better lot, and he was not able to go into the long lead that marked that effort. He carried all the pace, but was intelligently rated by Johnny Gilbert, with the result that when the stretch was reached he had plenty left to carry him home to an easy victory of four lengths. Esposa held to second place all through the running, but when driven in an effort to run down the old son of Flying Ebony, she tired and Rust, which had been third all the way, could not improve her position in the final furlong, where it was expected the pace would tell its cost on Mrs. Jacobs performer. Old Story was the trailer through the early racing and he closed some ground, while Thorson was at no time a serious factor and he was ten lengths back of the four others in the small field. Microphone had been used for sprinting until there was a general impression that it was about all he could successfully accomplish, but his two recent races, over a mile and one-sixteenth and a mile and seventy yards, respectively, give him an altogether new importance. The third, a six furlongs dash for three-year-olds of the better quality, was marred by a bad start in which the Greentree Stables Airy Going was being handled by a trackman when the field left and she was virtually well beaten before she ever left her stall. This went to Mrs. Marion Cassidys Bill Farnsworth and, after all her unusual handicap, Airy Going took the place from Mrs. F. Ambrose Clarks Goldeneye, and Excite was third. It was only the start that permitted the Crack Brigade gelding to beat Airy Going. In this bad start. Excite left running to open up a lead of daylight, while Bill Farnsworth had left in full stride and he was racing second followed by Goldeneye. While Excite led by a length and a half. Bill Farnsworth was fourth lengths before Shining Sun and when Airy Going finally left her stall j she was rushed into fourth place. The Pennant miss continued to close on the leaders all through the running, but her handicap was too great and Excite was still showing the way at the top of the stretch. There Hanford made his move with Bill Farnsworth and a furlong from the finish Mrs. Cassidys colorbearer was showing the way to be over the line winner by a length and a half. Airy Going was a gamely closing second, just beaten a length and a half, and she was a neck before Goldeneye, which had the worst of the weights when required to take up a burden of 118 pounds. A big surpris-3 occurred in the opening six furlongs dash when Mrs. Val Cranes Cha-tain, which was quoted as good as 50 to 1, was winner over Mrs. Grace Spitzers Tudor Queen, and Howard Maxwells Super Calendar took third from Phrixus, the favorite. Phrixus was best of the company and only lost because of running out badly. He was showing the way when he began to bear out three furlongs from home and, losing much ground when going almost to the outside fence in the stretch, he was coming again to be fourth. Chatain raced forwardly from the start and went into the lead after Phrixus went out, to come along and win by five lengths. Tudor Queen was also in the front division all the way and she saved the place by a full three lengths from Super Calendar. George H. Bostwicks Pompeius, dropped into utterly cheap company in the six furlongs of the second race, was enabled to win a purse, but he was bearing out at the finish, and "Sonny" Workman had to ride his mount vigorously to make the score certain. E. Coats Dame Quickly raced to second place, and third went to John Mundingers Stickemup, with Clapping Jane a close fourth. A photograph was called for in the finish of the fifth, a four and a half furlongs dash j | for maiden two-year-olds, when Greentree I ! Stables Mill Pond and William Ziegler, Jr.s The Runner crossed the line so closely lapped that the judges would not make a decision. Five lengths back of the battling pair, John Hay Whitneys No Dice easily took third from Direct. The photograph gave the decision to The Runner, which was the outside horse in the battling finish, though from the press stand it seemed that Mill Pond had lasted to keep his nose in front at the line. Mill Pond was the one to cut out all the running, and Mahdi went after him closely, with The Runner in third place and No Dice right in the contention. Coucci made a close turn into the stretch and by that time Mill Pond had put away Mahdi and No Dice, but The Runner had found his way through and was closing rapidly. Through the last furlong it was a stirring duel, then came the close finish and the machine decision that made The Runner winner. Ten platers raced six furlongs in the last number of the day and it brought a thrilling finish, in which Hugh W, Jacksons Miss Rainbow was a driving winner over Thomas Malones Portden, with Mrs. N. Ederles Sang Froid a close third before Laird. Miss Trophy, Portden and Laird were the ones which furnished most of the pace, and it was not until the run through the stretch that Miss Rainbow came seriously into the contention. Then in the final furlong there was a general closing up and the first four at the finish were so closely aligned that it was expected a photo would be demanded, but the award went to Ills. Rainbow, which scored by a nose, while Portden was a scant head before Sang Froid, with Laird closely lapped on the Malone sprinter. j
