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J. H. WHITNEY SILKS Inhale Carries Them to Impressive Victory in Youthful Stakes. Displays Great Speed to Cover Five Furlongs in Fast Time of :59 Tremendous Crowd Turns Out. JAMAICA, N. Y April 17. Inhale, a daughter of The Porter and Fatima II., carried the silks of John Hay Whitney to a cantering victory in the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica today. This was the feature of an interesting card offered by the Metropolitan Jockey Club before the largest crowd that ever assembled on the course. Far back of the Whitney filly was Family Friend, one that had been sold by Mr. Whitney to the Paragon Stable during the Florida season, and third was the portion of Gayset, which raced for R. A. Smith. The prize had a net value of ,225 to the winner, which was eased up at the end after covering the distance in :59. Inhale was raced throughout the winter at the Santa Anita meeting and was thoroughly seasoned, though her victory in the Youthful was by long odds her best performance. Dashing into an instant lead, there was no stage of the running, after the first furlong, that she was asked for her best and through the stretch Gilbert was looking back and taking her up to cross the line winner by eight lengths. Family Friend, which was one of the top flight Florida two-year-olds and winner of the Viscay Stakes at Tropical Park, was second at all stages of the running, but could never catch the flying filly, and Yes Siree, another from Florida, after showing a flash of speed, ran into some trouble and dropped back badly to be soundly beaten. SAVES GROUND THROUGHOUT. Gayset saved ground throughout and was in close quarters three furlongs from the finish but right at the end he hung slightly to be beaten a length and a half by Family Friend for the place and Silvador, one that acted badly at the post, was a distant fourth. The Youthful was first run in 1903, the first season at Jamaica, and it has always Continued on thirtieth page. J. H. WHITNEY SILKS Continued from first page. been a race of importance, amongst the winners having been the mighty Man o War. It was also in the Youthful that Equipoise was disqualified after winning for a foul at the head of the stretch, and the purse awarded Vanderpool. The fractional time for the swiftly run race of Inhale revealed that she ran a quarter in :22, a half in :45. She was not nominated for the Rosedale Stakes but on this brilliant showing she must be rated the best juvenile of either sex thus far shown at the Jamaica meeting. MELODIST NARROWLY. Second in importance to the Youthful was another six furlongs dash for three-year-olds that went to Melodist, a son of Royal Minstrel, and Vexing, from the Wheatley Stable. Incidentally, he is an eligible for both the Preakness and the Kentucky Derby, though there is doubt of his measuring up to those prizes. He raced the six furongs in 1:11 to earn a close decision over A. C. Norris Guy Fawkes and was worked put. by Longden to" the seven-furlohg mark in 1:25. Guy Fawkes was the only one to give the son of Royal Minstrel a real race for Miss Julia M. Lofts Warn, which took third, was five lengths away, easily beating Count Atlas- for that part of the prize. Guy Fawkes had no excuse, for he had foot enough to go into a lead of a length and a half immediately after the break, and there Dubois took hold of his head and rated him with a fast steady pace. Melodist was not as alert leaving but Longden roused him sharply and before the run through the back stretch was completed he was in second place, and Warn, running along on the inside, was third. Guy Fawkes and Melodist drew away to a lead of three lengths, going to the stretch turn. Longden went to a drive on the Royal Minstrel colt, and he responded with becoming, courage to the call to draw up on Guy Fawkes at every stride. He had the outside position swinging into the stretch and stride by stride he drew up to outgame the son of Happy Time, and his winning margin was half a length. OPENER TO MAEMUTE. Maemute, a chestnut son of Transmute and Sweet Bun, which races under the Mae-mere Farm silks of Dewitt Page, was winner of the opening five furlongs dash, that engaged eleven juvenile maidens. His margin of victory was a length and a half, but Lltzenberger was taking no chances, and rode him out smartly to lead "Bob" Smiths Ninki over the line and at the heels of the Smith colt, third went to Mrs. George D. Wideners Happily. J. .Hartmans My Colin upset some calculations in the second race at six furlongs when he went stride for stride with the favorite, Highpool, from the Howe Stable and then readily outgamed him in the stretch to win going away by half a length. Night Raven from the Starmount Stable was third, and the only others of field were Speed and Swift Lad, which followed In the order named. i
