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UPSETS IN FEATURES Polycletus and Clodion Furnish Surprises in Jamaica Attractions. Favorite, Maedic, Knocked Back in Early Running of Remsen Handicap Stout Saddle Star. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 10. W. A. Carters Clodion was a surprise winner of the Rcmsen Handicap at Jamaica Saturday, the co-feature on the card, and the Belgrade Claiming Stakes, was easy for Maxwell Howards Polycletus. Both were surprise winners when Maedic, unbeaten in five starts at Saratoga Springs, was soundly beaten today, while Jesting, the favorite for the claiming feature, could only reach fourth place. It was a drab day for the week-end sport with occasional drizzles of rain, but the sport was first class, even though not entirely in accord with the market, and a big crowd was out. It was a big day for William Woodwards jockey Stout when he piloted three of .the winners, Waterset, Polycletus in the claiming stakes, and Duel, which whipped three other maiden juveniles in the mile and seventy yards offering. The finish of the Remsen Handicap, back of Clodion, which won by daylight, Mrs. P. Ambrose Clarks Night Bud and Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Dogaway were so closely lapped that a photograph was required to give the decision in just that order. The Remsen had a value of ,065 to the winner. MAEDIC ELIMINATED. Seven went to the post, and they left In good order, but early in the running Maedic was knocked back badly and it was interference enough to offer an excellent excuse for his disappointing showing. Juliet W. was first to show out of the company but she was closely attended by Clodion, and Eli Yale was heading the others. Riparian was slow to find his racing stride but going to the first turn he was moving up on the outside but it cost such an effort that he faded away again before the stretch was reached. I.wa?. nearlnS the stretch turn that Clodion headed Juliet W. and when in command he was taken in hand slightly to round Iff tthe,EOd and he still had some-tSFu. m i1",11 by a lenSth and a half. Night Bud closed with a mighty rush and Rcnick made a mistake when he chose the outside instead of the inside and as a re suit he barely saved the place from Do away which had him headed earlier in the stretch run. Maedic, after his early misfortune, closed ground to be fourth, but he was another three lengths back. Juliet W. had weakened badly after her early flight of speed and Eli Yale was last. Polycletus raced to his best form when he carried Jimmy Stout to his third victory of Continued on thirty-eighth page.. J t c 1 j i t i j i i 1 : i i i i ; : : : ; i i ! j I : j j j I : UPSETS INJEATURES" Continued from first page. the day in winning the Belgrade Claiming Stakes, the companion feature of the half-holiday card. In this Stout showed excellent judgment when he rated his mount along back of the pace and, timing his run from the head of the stretch, was over the - line winner by four lengths, to add ,495 to , to the earnings ,qf the son of Polymelian. Billie Bane, racing for "Mr. Nightingale," j took the place and William Ziegler, Jr.s, i Wha Mae barely saved third from Jesting, , the favorite of the field. From a good start, Sammy Renick had Bright Haven in frqnt and Polycletus went : after him and was soon under a steadying : restraint as he followed the fast pace. Wha Hae was close after the Howard sprinter, while Billie Bane was not far back of these. 1 Both Jesting and Fraidy Cat had left the 1 post slowly and were trailing the field. 1 Then Marcabala moved into the conten- I tion, but he didnt last long, and still Bright 1 Haven was showing the way and Polycletus hung to second place with no trouble. Wha 1 Hae was messed about somewhat by Wall, 3 when he swung him to the outside as the 1 stretch was reached, and right there Stout ! made his move. When called on Polycletus readily assumed command and was still . drawing away when he crossed the line c winner by four lengths. Billie Bane had saved ground in the stretch as Bright Haven weakened, and he j outfooted the Ziegler sprinter to take the place by a length, and Jesting, after her slow beginning, closed a big" gap to just lost third to Wha Hae by a nose. WATERSET RIUMFHS. j The day started well for the players when Samuel McPhersons Waterset, the choice, was winner of the opening dash, at six fur- j longs. Paul B. Codds Sandy Boy raced to second place, with Mantado3 taking third i from Bally Bay. As if so often the case, the , one that was unruly at the post had the best i of the start when LotofUs left in motion. She dashed into a clear lead and was showing the way to the stretch turn, where she went i out. badly to be eliminated. Waterset had come into a contending position and, mak-j ing a good turn into the straight, Stout roused her to have her winner by a length. Sandy Boy had also saved considerable ground and finished well to take second place by a couple of lengths from. Mantados. one that had been in the front division all through the running. 1 There came a surprise in the second, at 1 six furlongs, a dash that brought out a good : band of juveniles, when Mahdi, from the Sage Stable, stuck it out to be winner over Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Capture, the fa-vorite of the company. Back of these, Frank 1 E. Browns Jackinthebox and William Zieg- ler, Jr.s Zostera were so closely lapped a 1 photograph was required to make the decision. Mahdi was neglected in the market, 1 going to the post with plenty of 30 to 1 available against his chances. The photo- 1 graph awarded third to Zostera.- CLOSE FINISH. The third was at a mile and seventy yards for maidens of every age, but only four two-year-olds appeared under silks, and it brought one of the big thrills of the afternoon when Ethel Jacobs Duel and Herman Phillips Scrooge, a discard from the Joseph E. Widener stable, finished so closely locked that a photograph was needed to make the decision. Three lengths back of the pair, Percy M. Pikes Bakerstown beat C. V. Whitneys Post Meridian a length for third. Scrooge took the lead at the break and-Anderson had the son of Haste along, but it was only in the last stride that Duel ran him down to earn a camera decision and give Stout his second winner of the day, for he was astride Waterset in the opening dash. After Scrooge went into a lead of three lengths in the first furlong, Bakerstown galloped along five lengths before Duel, while Post Meridian was four lengths back of Mrs. Jacobs colt. The sixth was a mile and a sixteenth handicap, for those of Class "D." This brought a form-reversal when Star Shadow, racing under the silks of A. A. Baroni for the first time, showed vastly improved form to lead home Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Night Raven, with James Butlers Caught saving third from Sunanair. Caught was taken to the outside of the stalls and he broke last of the field. Night Raven was the one to first take the lead and Flamenco went after him closely, the pair opening up a good lead on Shining Sun. But Star Shadow was always within striking distance and working his way up steadily, Wright showed with the Jacobs gelding in the stretch to win going away by three lengths. There was a double for the Mrs. E. Dene-. mark stable and jockey H. Le Blanc, when Knights Fancy registered her first victory here to turn back E. K. Brysons Kievson, E. Coates Panalong and three other middle distance platers in the mile and teenth, of the seventh race. Overlooked in the speculation her triumph came in one of the most exciting finishes of the day and it was the skillful handling that she received that played an important part in the score.
