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LITTLE MIRACLE BEST Outgames Sgt. Byrne in Thrilling Stretch Duel at Jamaica. St. Albans Handicap Two-Horse Race Throughout Monument and Drawbridge Win. JAMAICA, N. Y., April 19. In the most thrilling finish of the Jamaica meeting, Mrs. E. Graham Lewis filly, Little Miracle, scored a fighting victory over John Simonettis Sgt. Byrne in the St. Albans Handicap, the feature of the Monday racing. It was not until a photograph was referred to that the daughter of Bud Lerner was awarded the purse and far back of the battling pair Louis Strubes good mare. Rust, was an easy third before R. A. Moores Thursday. With the most delightful weather since the opening of the season, a big crowd was out for the sport and the racing furnished was well received. Sgt. Byrne had started in the Paumonok Handicap the opening day and was rather unfortunate in that race; as a result he was the choice for the St. Albans after the withdrawal of Snark, Blind Pig and Cycle, but Little Miracle, making her first start of the season, had steady support. TWO-HORSE RACE. It proved a two horse race, for early in the running Sgt. Byrne and Little Miracle drew away from the others, and for every foot of the six furlongs they went along closely lapped. Sgt Byrne had the inside position and in the early stages Stout had him under slight restraint, but Wall also had a nice hold of Little Miracle as she went along stride-for-stride with the son of Stimulus. It was after leaving the back stretch that Rust made a determined rush on the inside and for an instant threatened to join the leading pair, but as she moved, the other two extended themselves and the real race was on. In the stretch the fight continued and until inside the final sixteenth Sgt. Byrne still had his head in front, but right at the end the filly proved the gamest and it was her nose that was first past the line. The old son of Stimulus had given up his last ounce, but it was not enough. Rust had no trouble holding third place, though four lengths away, and then came Thursday, which was plainly not in his element racing six furlongs, although he was going well at the end. DRAWBRIDGE WINNER. Jim Fitzsimmons sent out three fillies for the Briarwood Purse, a dash confined to three-year-olds of that sex, and it was Drawbridge, from the Wheatley Stable, that won, while both William Woodwards Lucky Pledge, the sister to Gallant Fox, and Dizzy Dame, which races for Howard W. Maxwell, finished outside the money. The place went to Joe W. Browns Jewell Dorsett, which was raced at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans during the winter, far back of the daughter of Cohort. F. Landers Phlox, a Florida winter campaigner, took third. Mixed Weather, an unsexed juvenile son of Jack High and Equinoctial, racing for George D. Widener, his breeder, was winner of the opening five furlongs dash. It was the first appearance of the youngster and he Continued on twenty-third page. r 1 LITTLE MIRACLE BEST Continued from first page. showed becoming courage when he led home Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Johnnie Dear, which had a thorough seasoning in Florida, and Spanish Fly, from the Orienta Stable, gained some ground to take third from Petit Fours, and the only other starter was Dohoev. MONUMENT GRADUATES. The second offering .was a six furlongs dash for maidens and it brought the graduation of Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs three-year-old Monument, when he won by a wide margin over Mrs. William Ziegler, Jr.s Belle Elan, and third went to Victor Emanuels Dark Beau. Halo was the one to show the way in the early stages, with Shantime and Monument followering her closely until the turn out of the back stretch, where she began to weaken, and Monument raced by on the outside. Stout took no chances and as the Flagpole colt took the lead he hustled him right along until crossing the lino he had established a wininng margin of eight lengths. There came a "double" for the Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs silks when Mauritius earned a close camera decision in the mile and seventy yards of the fifth race. S. V. Houks Van Nuys and G. N. McNaughtons Chilca took third. The start in this was the worst of the meeting, and only three of the six horses had a chance, and they were the ones which divided the purse. Patti broke out from her stall and Starwick went in the air, while LEtoile was the other which did not get away. Arcaro had Mauritius away in stride and Chilca followed him with this order prevailing all the way. Barba rated Chilca along but made no serious move until the stretch was reached; as he moved he was challenged by Van Nuys. In the run home Chilca was in close quarters between the other two horses, and Arcaro plainly outrode both Rose and Barba to keep Mauritius at his task. The son of Gallant Fox was weakening badly, but his head was still in front, while Chilca was beaten two lengths for the place by Van Nuys. After the finish a claim of foul was lodged by Barba, who charged that Rose rode him close at the finish, but the claim was not allowed. At the end of the card was the first mile and a furlong race of the meeting, and it went to Last Romance, from the H. F. Carr stable, making her the first two-time winner of the meeting. She won over Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Glittering by six lengths, and old Moralist had no trouble saving third from galloping.
