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- 9 LEGIONARY AND GILBERT WIN • Nimkoff Mare Outruns Frank Or- mont at Jamaica Course. ♦ Brush Hook Scores in Second Feature but Fails to Impress Observers With Preakness Quality. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 6.— Mrs. L. H. Nimkoffs Legionary, with Johnny Gilbert doing the riding, was winner of the feature offering at Jamaica today when she scored in the Neponsit Handicap. She led home Frank Ormont, from the Orienta Stable, with third going to Mrs. A. P. Doyles Red John, and back of these were Singers Folly and Black Caesar. There was a recurrence of chilly weather but a big crowd was out and there was the usual interest in the sport. The ruling of Attorney General Bennett on the legality of the Crawford Law, under which the betting is conducted, caused little alarm among the layers when it was explained, though it was naturally a topic of the afternoon. In the Neponsit, Gilbert showed excellent judgment in his handling of Legionary when he stole away with the daughter of Cohort into a long lead in the early stages. When well clear he took hold of the mare and rated her along. Frank Ormont, as is his custom, was a distant trailer to the back stretch and it was not until the half mile mark was reached that he began to move up and in making his run, Landolt stole through on the inside. Red John and Black Caesar had been chasing the Nimkoff mare but before the stretch was reached, Frank Ormont was right with them and was setting sail for Legionary. In the stretch Landolt went to a drive on the old gelding and he responded cheerfully, but Legionary was not ready to stop and Gilbert nursed her home the winner by three lengths. Frank Ormont had saved second place by four lengths while Red John was a full five lengths before Singers Folly. Brush Hook, the son of Sickle and Nedna, which races for the Greentree Stable, and an eligible for the Preakness, was winner over a field of three-year-old maidens in the third, which was a split of the second race. While this colt, which was making his first appearance under silks since the Continued on twenty-sixth page. LEGIONARY AND GILBERT WIN Continued from first -page. running of the Hopeful at Saratoga Springs I last August, was winner by three lengths, 1 his score was not one to suggest his being I of Preakness quality. Second place went to j Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloanes Gean Canach, i which has failed in various attempts, and I Stephen Sanfords San Pietro was a close I third, beating Uganda for that part of the j purse. There was considerable delay at the post, j during which Light Heeled gave most of the trouble and in one lunge unseated Eye. Then, as the start came, while the field moved away in good alignment, Ironbound, which had the inside post position, was almost at once caught in close quarters and crowded back. San Pietro was first to show the way, but l Brush Hook, racing along on the outside, i was running closely after the Sanford gelding, and then came Flaming Swords and | Uganda, the latter holding a position next to ] the rail. Going into the turn from the back stretch San Pietro drew away from Brush Hook to open up a lead of a length, but the | Sickle colt was racing strongly, and Coucci had not asked him for his best. Uganda I worked her way through to head Flaming | Swords, and back of her came Gean Canach, ! which had been in close quarters in the j early stages. It was not until turning for home that ! Coucci roused Brush Hook, and as he did : so the chestnut moved up to San Pietro readily, but it was not until the last furlong that the Sanford gelding tired, and Brush ! Hook came on to be winner by three lengths. In the meantime Gean Canach continued to gain, and in a hard drive he got up to beat the son of Archaic a head for second place. Mrs. W. A. Bridges Maxine F., by a determined rush through the stretch, was winner of the opening six furlongs dash that engaged a field of three-year-old platers. Second place went to I. J. Collins Chance Light, with George D. Wideners Combahee I saving third from Miss Trophy, favorite of I the field. From a good start, Gilbert lost no time going into command with Miss Trophy, j and he sent her along to a lead of a length I and a half in the first furlong. Chance Light I was heading the others, and then came j Maxine F., which, after breaking from the inside, was taken out to find clear racing room. The others were in fairly close order, j with Combahee last of the lot. The six-furlong dash for maiden three year-olds brought something of a surprise when Mrs. C. Oliver Iselins Velvet Mask was winner over the Greentree Stables Airy Going, which was at all times held at odds-on by the layers. Third went to Leslie Keif-fers Flying Centaur when he ran down Sea-myth to take that part of the purse. There was no excuse for Airy Going, for she was away well enough and soon found her way into the command, Tat she was never able to draw away from the company. Nathan Hale was right with the daughter of Pennant, and then came Seamyth, racing along on the outside. Velvet Mask followed these closely and the others were in strung out order.
