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AVENAL UP IN FINAL STRIDES ; Earns First Purse for Mrs. F. A. : Clark in Jamaica Main Event. Closes in Gallant Fashion to Be Neck In i Front at the Finish Talked About and Swift Lad Unplaced. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct 16. In a program composed of overnight events, the best field was brought together in a six furlongs dash 1 for juveniles and under claiming conditions that was run in two divisions. The better ; ones were brought out in the second division of this split and it went to Avenal, the son of Swift and Sure, claimed from Percy M. Pike at Saratoga Springs by Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark for ,000. It was his first victory for Mrs. Clark. Lapped on Avenal at the finish, the place went to Cardinalis, which races for "Mr. Nightingale." and third was the portion earned by M. Sheas Malign, a discard from the G. D. Widener stable. Warren Wrights Talked About, Mrs. W. Plunket Stewarts Buttermilk and Percy M. Pikes Swift Lad followed in the order named. There was a decrease in attendance with so little offered in the way Qf entertainment, but the crowd was of fair size and there was a becoming interest. BREAKS SLOWLY. In this running Cardinalis was the one to carry the pace and he was closely attended by Malign and Buttermilk. Swift Lad was back of these and Avenal broke slowly, while Talked About was so sluggish that in the early racing he was two lengths back of the field. This order was well maintained until near-ing the stretch turn, where Talked About moved up on the inside until he was racing third to Cardinalis and Buttermilk. Then the filly ran into some trouble and dropped bark while Avenal was charging gallantly around on the outside. Through the stretch Talked About was in rather close quarters on the rail and dropped out of the battle and Avenal continued to close until he was over the line winner by a neck. Cardinalis had saved the place by a like distance and Malign readily outfinished Talked About to be third by three lengths. M. Marmorstein claimed Swift Lad out of the running from Percy M. Pike for ,000. He may have obtained a bargain but in this particular running the son of Swift and Sure was a bad last. NOEL II. EASILY. J. U. Grattons Noel H., a son of Prince of Wales and Port Weather, was an easy winner of the. first division of the split claiming event for juveniles and he was so much better than the others that it was not much of a contest. Breaking well, Seabo took him into a short lead in the first furlong and there was no time in the running that he was threatened. In hand all the way, he had increased his lead to four lengths when the short stretch was reached and his winning margin was three lengths. The place went to Wantarun, carrying the silks of S. Pisacano, and he had little trouble outfooting Yetivc, with Nipponese finishing fourth. Gold Cross left the post sluggishly and ran an exceedingly dull race to be last all the way. A soft spot was picked-for William Woodwards Baron Gray when he was sent to the post against a poor band of maidens in the opening six furlongs dash. It was fashioned for maidens of every age, and the juvenile son of Sir Gallahad III. was so much the. best that it was not much of a contest. Going right out from the break, he readily raced another two-year-old. Monument, into defeat with little trouble and, galloping along in front, his winning margin was four lengths. Evidence of how cheap the company really was came when the Sage Stables Bravado raced into second place, five lengths in advance of Monument. WILL DO XTJCK1V Will Do, from the Milky Way Farm Stable, won the five and a half furlongs dash for juvenile fillies that was the second offering. Her margin was three lengths but it was for the reason that Showemall had gone out badly in the stretch when she seemed to have the Stimulus miss beaten. The place went to Guarded Queen, from the Brook-meadc Stable, while the finish for third was so close between Bad Dreams and That One that a photograph was required. The camera gave the finish in the order named. Will Do and Showemall were the ones to step into a long early lead, and going to the stretch turn Showemall outran the winner but at the turn went out to lose all share in the purse. Both Stylistic and Goose Cry met with serious interference right after the break and had scant racing chance.
