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JOCKEY J. GILBERT RIDING SENSATION AT JAMAICA DELPHINIUM QUALIFIES Makes Good Showing for His Engagement in Preakness Stakes. i Takes Tuesdays Chief Race at Jamaica From Memory Book — White Cockade Unlucky. * NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.— Jockey t J J. Gilbert is the riding sensation of I the present Jamaica meeting. He has j j ridden sixteen winners in six days, j j three each on the " last four days. * I Today he had the mounts on Chirac, | j Fumble and Phrixus, winners of the I ♦ first, fifth and sixth races, respec- j J tively. ] NEW YORK, N. Y., May 5.— Four candidates for the Preakness Stakes, to be run at the old Pimlico course a week from Saturday, met in the feature offering at Jamaica today, and Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloanes Delphinium, second to Gold Seeker in the Chesapeake and third to Teufel and Granville in the running of the Wood Memorial, was the winner. Well back of the son of Blue Larkspur, second place went to Greentree Stables Memory Book, which was making his first start of the year, while Sage Stables Pall-man beat Ogden Phipps White Cockade, which was shown for the first time under silks. Of the four White Cockade was particularly unfortunate when he ran out badly on the first turn to be eliminated in the first quarter of a mile. As in his other races, Delphinium proved himself a colt of high speed, and his race was an excellent one, but it still appeared that he does not care for much more than a mile and seventy yards. After the Wood, Bob Smith decided he would not go after the Kentucky Derby with him, but rather wait for the Withers, and there was nothing in this trial to suggest any change in that plan. MEMORY BOOK IMPRESSES. For a first appearance, Memory Book raced impressively and if the race does him good, as is expected, he may readily be up to the mile and three-sixteenths of the Preakness. Pullman does not belong in such company, and despite the misfortune of White Cockade, by reason of his bad start and running out on the first turn, he was lacking in speed after he was straightened away in the run through the back stretch. For this reason the test of these eligibles would hardiy seriously threaten Bold Venture, which is to be started in the Maryland prize. It was not until after White Cockade was particularly unruly that he was taken outside the stalls. Then, when the word was given, he was a full two lengths back of the other three, and Litzenberger, in an effort to offset that disadvantage, sent his mount to the first turn at a clip that made him run out badly. Delphinium left in full stride and Woolf dropping him down on the rail, never surrendered the lead. Through the back stretch, he took a nice hold of the colt as he went along in the pace and Coucci also had Memory Book under a slight restraint as the son of St. Germans held to second position. Pullman was a length and a half back of the Greentree colt and saving ground on the inside. PULLMANS BID SHORT. This was the order through the straight and going to the far turn Westrope called on Pullman and he moved up strongly on the inside but his bid was short-lived and he could not head Memory Book. Three furlongs from the finish, Coucci roused his mount, but Delphinium was still going easily in front and he swung into the short stretch still clear. A furlong out he was two lengths in the lead and his winning margin was two and a half lengths. Memory Book had beaten Pullman four lengths for second place and White Cockade was being eased up another eight lengths away. Hal Price Headleys Preeminent, the colt that was sent to the post in the Santa Anita Handicap last February to make pace for his stablemate, Whopper, was winner of his first Continued on twenty-sixth page. JOCKEY J. GILBERT RIDING SENSATION AT JAMAICA Continued from first page. race of the year when he took down the Devon Handicap, the third race of an interesting card. The son of Supremus had been dropped down considerably from the class of horses he has been meeting and he was an easy winner over Marching Home, from the Middleburg Stable, with Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Sandy Bill, odds-on favorite of the company, saving third from Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins Knowing. The only other starter was A. J. Sacketts Tabitha, which was making her first start of the year. With little delay at the post, the five were off in excellent alignment and Marching Home was first to show in front, but he was soon headed by Knowing and Sandy Bill. Preeminent was not as alert in reaching a racing stride, while Tabitha was outrun from the first stride. As the small field rounded from the back stretch, Knowing and Sandy Bill were lapped in front and they were clear of the others, but Knowing was keeping Sandy Bill right at his task and costing the son of Wise Counsellor considerable effort. In the meantime Saunders had taken Preeminent to the outside and was circling around steadily. As the son of Supremus drew alongside the leaders, Knowing tired, but Sandy Bill went along with the Headley colt, and Gilbert had gone to a drive, but it was evident he was beaten. A furlong out. Preeminent was a length to the good and he was over the line winner by two and a half lengths and in hand. Sandy Bill had tired badly under punishment and he lost the place to Marching Home by a half length. The second was a six-furlong dash for cheaper maidens, and it went to John Hay Whitneys Minstrelsy, when she readily scored over Polywhisk, from the Southland Stable, and Mrs. Val Cranes Chitter was third over Super Calendar. Early in the action Kastner shot Minstrelsy into command and Super Calendar chased after him, with Polywhisk heading the others. When safely showing the way with the daughter of Royal Minstrel, Kastner took a slight hold of his head and Super Calendar, racing at her heels, drew out three lengths before the others. Then, as Horn made a futile effort to run down the leader, the Sting colt weakened and it was Polywhisk that took up the chase, and Arguefication was improving his position back of the pair. In the stretch Minstrelsy readily held her lead and her winning margin was a length and a half. Polywhisk hung to second place and saved that part of the purse by two lengths, while Chitter, to be third, closed some ground, but was beaten two lengths by the Whiskalong colt. The big disappointment of the running was Laddie Stone. He showed none of the speed that marked a recent effort and was never in the contention. Johnny Gilbert brought home his second winner of the day in the fifth, which he scored with William Zakoors Fumble. He won with plenty to spare over Never Yet, from the Sage Stable, and third went to Mrs. Parker Comings Direct when he led Medius Dies past the line. There was some delay at the start, for which Never Yet was chiefly to blame, and the start was a bad one, with Never Yet beating the others away, while Monument was off so slowly as to have no reasonable chance. He was so far out of it that Woolf made no serious effort to run the field down, and he finished five lengths back of the others. Muscatine and Fumble were soon close after Never Yet, and before the stretch was reached Gilbert had caught the early pacemaker, while Muscatine began to climb and drop back badly. Swinging into the stretch with the race won, Gilbert took no chances and kept the son of Blind Play stepping right along to make the winning margin seven lengths. Never Yet saved second place by a length, and Direct gained some ground to beat Medius Dies for third. Johnny Gilbert again won three in an afternoon when he brought B. G. Guths Phrixus home winner of the mile and seventy yards at the end of the card. His other winners were Chirac, in the first race, and Fumble, in the fifth. He had only four mounts, finishing third with Sandy Bill in his other attempt. There was an accident in the last race, when Evening Hour was put on the fence early in the action and pulled up by Malley, who suffered a badly injured leg as a result of the mishap.
